The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-02-08
Local news Is hard 10 gather.

prove.
The river continues to rise at this
point.
The Mardi Gras trip can be made
cheap.
Now is the time to start your
garden.
Politics are as dead as door nails In
East Carroll.
The Democrats of the parish should
be organizing.
We want 10 be friends to every per-
son, but newspaper must mention
wrong doings.
The Board of Aldermen are helpers
to the Fire Company.
The Indictment weather started in
again on Monday night.
Marshal Blount says woe be to the
hog that he catches out.
There are some white people almost
too low for the dogs to bark at.
Mayor Hamley has sold several lots
lately. New Providence is on boom.
DIR. ". E. Long and Mr.. w. D.
O'Kelley were visitors to town on
TUESDAY.
We learn that there is a great deal
of sickness in our sister parish West
Carroll.
Mr.. Hugh Mcclure Is erecting a
saw mill down in the Live Oak neigh
borhood.
DR.. Bell has been busy this week,
having been called to different parts
of the parish.
The Firemen he'd their meeting on
Monday night. Several names were
added TO the roll.
All taxes that were not paid on the
first of January are now bearing two
per cent per month.
John Hays Hammond, who is writ.
ten about SO much now, is kin to Mrs.
j. S. Guenard of our town.
The Street and Bridge committee of
the town will soon start repairing the
sidewalks, bridges and bitches.
The sun came out bright and beau
tiful on Monday morning; but the
next day it was hid from view.
Mrs. w. N. White was taken very
sick on Friday of last week. We are
glad to report her much better.
The rain fall from Friday night to
Sunday morning was over four inches.
This was the heaviest for years.
Messrs. Cooke and Green returned
on the feathers, after attending the
Republican sale In New Orleans.
Mr.. Clarence Seghers has moved
into his new residence on the lake. 1t
is very pretty cottage, nicely erected.
: The weather prophets say we are
going to have some severe weather
this and next month. We hope they
are off
President Maxwell has called a
meeting of the Fifth District Levee
Board for Monday, the 18th inst, at
Delta.
Sheriff Dunn and wife returned by
the Natchez on Sunday last from New
Orleans. Mr.. Dunn reports having a
pleasant time.
Mr.. w. E. Dunn is now holding a
position in the Sherif's Office. He
told us that he was going TO run the
whole business.
On Friday. night of last week there
was q regular deluge of water from
above. It continued 10 rain almost
the whole of Saturday.
MrC F. Davis returned from New
Orleans on Saturday last. He says
the Sheriff liked the joke but the
madam wouldn't stand it.
On Monday last we saw bale of
cotton, the first TO pass through town
in several days. Ii is beginning 10 be
a scarce article hereabouts.
There will be a large number Of
.cant get Always" who will not attend
Mardi Gras this season. Cash and no
each make quite adherence.
Now that the Fire Company have
got good team, it is to be hoped that
the merchants of Providence will give
It the support it should receive. s
Capt. Geo. C. Thomas Of the govern
ment fleet, is i'm our town. Captain,
We are thinking there is q magnate
bereabouts that is drawing You back.
Mr.. Contement, of Amite City. ar
rived in our town on Tuesday aud has
taken charge of the prescription
department of the Campbell drug
store.
The leyee that is being enlarged
along the Stockner and Dona vista
fronts, will be finished in about TWO
weeks if the contractors can get the
weather.