The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-23
Local and Parish News.
The dust is as thick as ever.

The deer hunters are having hne
sport. IL
Quarantine is beginning to get mo-
potonous. ,
Tuesday morning the mercury was
down to 60.
1t is time that the paper mails be
allowed to come in.
Money is q scarce thing in these
parts just about now.
Services at the Catholic and Ep'sco-
pal Churches tomorrow.
Business is very dull IN town except
Saturdays and Mondays.
Cool mornings the bass strike at the
spinner. Ii is nice sport.
A house is being erected back OF the
residence of Mr. Ben Browns.
Ten or fifteen cotton-ladened wag-
ons from the Hills Oh Tuesday.
There are fields and fields of cotton
that have not had picker in them.
Wbite-the only house in town
carrying a complete line OF ware
The river continues to fall. 1t will
give cotton boats great deal OF trou-
BILE.
The yicksburg packets are now car
rying cotton aud cotton seed 10 vlcks-
burg.
a man who has passion for drink,
should leave the wine cup severely
alone.
Picture frames and handsome pic
tures for sale at the Fatherree drug
store.
sweet little cherub of girl ar
rived at the home of Mr.. aud Mrs. Ed
Magee.
The Epworih League meets ever.
Sunday evening at the Me.hod's
Church.
Col. w. II. Benjamin was in the CIT
Monday attending a meeting OF III
Vestry.
A heavy fog on Wednesday mori
ing that did not clear away until nea
o'clock. ~
Wild geese are going SOUTHWARK
which is sign that cold weather
near at hand.
Fully fifty houses have been put I
IN and near Providence in the pa
twelve months.
Those who have predicted frost
ahont avery day in this month ha
missed it so far.
It will only be few days long
when our quarantine laws Will DC
thing of the past.
There are now seven or eight wee
accumulation of cotton on the pan
waiting shipment.
Mr.. II. Seeligs of Alsatia, was
town OH Wednesday, but only rena
ed for few hours.
There we're more DRINKS among
negroes on Saturday last than we u
seen for sometime.
The Board of Health met on Nj
day and agreed to let SEED SACKS "
in from Vicksburg.
Al, defective fiues must be repai
Ifyou use them after being cohoe'
ed YOU are subject to fine.
The ouaraptine of the past six we
lost the town many q bale or col
and large trade from the Hii's.
The cool spell of weather We thou
we were going to get MONDAY ~
switched off in another direction.
Cotton seed is now bringing
az m nor TON. 1t is better to holO
~ vour cotton seed than TO take
price.
T, "a said that the colored G
o,,a town have entered INT
arreemeut not to work for the "W
folks."
Messrs. win Reed. Everette
sion. Fred Shields, Eugene par
aud Albert Taylor spent last ou
in town.
Tbere has been less sickness in
and country during Septemoef
thus far 10 October than ever
known before.
We regret to learn that Mr.. OI'
Hamilton is down with lever.
hope to see him up before some G.
gets 10 see him.
There will be no services .,
Methodist Church tomorrow,
ing Rev. Mr.. Parker's SUNDAY
lower neighborhood.
Mr.. Chris Duff, one OF our
working and industrious friend
ing out in tho back country, we
to learn has beea dangerously
the past few days.
The two fire cisterns, one
Catholic Church corner aud the
at the Opera House corner, shot
filed with water just as soon US
Bile. Delays may be dangerous.