The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-02-27

Work is being pushed on the levee
in front of town.
Washington's birthday went by un-
noticed in Providence.
Mr. ii. Stein has been in town this
week booking orders.
Attend the lecture at the Episcopal
Church tomorrow night.
A few scattering flakes of snow fell
about 10 O'Clock on Tuesday.
The Lenten season will be with us,
beginning on Wednesday next.
Never kick against your town.
Always say a good word for it.
The real estate firm of Millikin &
Hamley cold more lots this week.
"Gee!" and hawr is now the famil-
lar sound Of the plantation darkey.
Business is picking up little after
being quite dull since the holidays.
Only one fare on the Mississippi
Valley r. r. to witness Mardi Gras.
The Messrs. Pittman will open
store on the Bank place in few weeks.
The mild weather was knocked out
by a stiff norther on Tuesday morn
ing.
The Town Council will meet in
regular monthly session on Wednes-
day next.
Jim Scott is now ready to do white
washing and vanishing. His terms
. are cheap.
The general health Of the communi-
ty is very good, after such prevalence
of grippe.
Levy will have the largest and fineet
stock of gents furnishings ever brought
TO our town.
The colored people of the Baptist
faith are erecting nice church in the
lower part of town.
Judge j. NJ. Kennedy left on Mon
day TO hold term of the Appellate
Court in his district.
Jane Hubbard, hard working col
ored woman. is erecting nice home
in the south of town.
The planter that does not plant lot
of corn this year will find out his mis-
take when il is too late.
Mr.. Ed. Magee's nice little home OF
the lake is almost completed. lie ex
pects TO be in IL next week.
The bright sunshinny days of las
week made the farmers happy. The.
got in six good days of work.
The popular officers of the steame
Savannah continue to bnild up larg
trade for the Memphis merchants.
The cold turn that the weather too
on Tuesday morning made us thin
that spring was only teasing us.
X. Of P. meeting on Tuesday even
ing next. There will be some yer
important matters attended to.
White had to duplicate his order 70
ladies shirt waists on Friday evenin
last. They went like hot cakes.
Our friend Ernest Moore, the popr
lar clerk at Whites, can't be beat whe
il comes to decorating chow window
Mr.. N. Fousse has fixed his buris
parlor up very nice, and has his show I
coffius arranged the same as in cit!
We are glad to announce to hi
many friends that Mr.. Fred Schneide
il very much better, and will soon b
out.
Mr.. TT. Powell, Financial Reporte
of the knights Of Honor, has an in
portant notice in this issue. Be sui
to read it.
We hope there will be crowde
church tomorrow evening TO witne'
the stereoplicon views and lecture b
Mr.. Mack.
The steamers Ruth and Annie Laur
Of the Powers line, are pow going
Buncb's Bend aud loading up wit
cotton seed.
What is gfsnder than to Listen
the sweet singing mocking bird vii
its warbling notes near your windo
of q morning.
Mr.. Phil Mcclure Is fixing up D
storehouse next TO his proper
on tie corner Of Lake and Scarbo
ough streets.
Now that The Governor has retnrDt
from histhree weeks outing, we shou
soon know who the assessor OF Ea
Carroll is to be.
Eight or ten Of our colofed citize'
have taken advantage of the low
rates or the Mississippi Valley railro'
and will attend Mardi Gras.
Spring is now nearly with us a.
you should have your premises whit
washed. Jim Scott is an artist
manipulation of the whitewash brua
There was quite change IN q
temperature on Tuesday moniu
Monday the THERMOMETERS was near
so aud the next morning 1t was dow
10 torty-two.