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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-27

,2i9' acres. and particularly described in
SAID deed from Elizabeth Savage to James
Raiiey, reference to which is hereby made,
said Raleigh plantation originally coatain-
ing sixteen hundred and twemy-elght and
25-l0J [l62s-25 acres, but now containing
acres. together. with all buildings, ma
chinery. improvements and appurtenanees
thereunto belonging or in any wise apper-
tanning. together with the rents and reven-
! ues thereof on due thereto-seZed IN the
above suit.
Terms OF saTe-cash without the benefit
of appraisement.
Sheriff's office, Providence. La, Feb. 20-97,
ct,
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Information for the
Public.

The following is the schedule OF the
Y. & NJ. v. r. R., taking effect from
Sept. 10.
New Orleans DivisIon-Train will
leave vicksburg at 8 a. IN. and arrive
at New Orleans 1890 a. m.
Train 81 will leave Vicksburg 500
a. m. and arrive New Orleans $3.50 p.
m.
Train 6 will leave New Orleans 4:20
D. M. and arrive Vicksburg 6:55 p. m.
Memphis Division-Train No. 5 will
leave Memphis at z 80 p. m. and arrive
at Vicksburg at 2:45 a. M
No. 6 leaves Vicksburg at 12:O5 a.
m. and reaches Memphis at 7:2O a M.
No. 20 will leave Memphis at $40 a.
M. and arrive at Yicksburg at $40 p.
M. and No. "a will leave Vicksburg
at 1880 a. M. and arrive at Memphis t
$50 P. M.
| For information as to rates &C.
write to
&. G. SLAUGHTER. T. A.
vicksburg, Miss.
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THEY MUST BE WATCHED.

yIcksburg Herald:
The cold weather in the upper val
leys will of course exert marked I'M
provement in water prospects, though
the effects will not be Immediately felt.
1t will for the next few days shut off
further Hoods from the head waters,
and give the present surplus time to
pass by. The rise continues at Cairo
vet. but stand will doubtless be
reached there in day or two. This
will be succeeded soon by fall. If the
cold wave continues. The levees on
the Mississippi side of that section are
all holding, and those IN charge feel
confident, they have had pretty
hard fight, and the peril is by no means
aver. The officials have fully realized
that their levees south of Friar's Point
are 400 low, and they are fortunate in
learning this lesson less disastrously
sthan their Arkansas neighbors.
The point Of chief strain will now be
shifted to the south Of the Arkansas
mouth. AT Greenville and Arkansas
City the highest previous marks are
about reached. Without additional
water to that In sight, the swell at those
points will continue for some time yet
On the banks fromsthere down. OF &
speak more definitely from the mouth
of the Arkansas river south. the ievees
on both sides of the river are continu
aus. high and strong. There are ne
uncovered reservoirs of swamps ant
stiepressions for he flood to waste in
all is kept within the channel, so lont
MS TIE levees hold. All The vast flood
above that are expanded for miles mus
be concentrated and pass through thi
funnel, be held in the artificial barriers
for near two hundred miles to tn
mouth of Che Yazoo. Upon tina
stretch of the river from the present IN
To the next thirty DAYS and more, tn
test of levee strength will be expert
enced. The longer it lasts the NOR
severe will it be. Yet. from all tn
knowledge of the situation and the eN
perience of the past that is ours, we be
lieve that the crisis will pass withou
disaster-that the preparations whic
have been made at so much cost in tn
last six years will be proved suf1icier
to withstand the pending trial.
The duration of the excessive heigl
Mt Cairo is unusual, especially in vie
Of the comparatively moderate stage
at ST. Louis aud Cincinnati. Their
has been no extraordinary heights
those points. The circumstance prove
the vast precipitation in the Oh
lower tributaries. In the Arkans'
valley. fosssaetclys there has been
unusual amount of rainfall. This .
goes TO prove that the worst posslo
rarely. il ever, happens. Things al
affairs arc never so bad but that TIT
might be worse.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-27
SheriH's Sale.

State OF Louisiana, Parish of East Carroll,
Seventh District Court.-Lehman. Stern
& Co., Limited, versus William e.
Wyly-Ne. 420. :.
Rv yirfue of writ of seizure Il sale TO me d.
rected by the Hon. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Tor
the parish OF East Carroll aforesaid. IN the
above entitled cause, will proceed to sell
at nnblic auction, at the door of the Court
House, in the town of Providence, East
Carroll parish, La, on
Saturday, the 9th day of March, 1897,
between the hours prescribed by law. all the
right. title and interest of William q. WHY
in and to the following described property,
| to-wlt:
1st.-That certain tract or parcel of land
| known as the Curry place; bounded OF the
west by Bayou Macon, on the north by the
Prentice place. on the east by the Longshot
nlantation next described, and on the south
| by the Morgan place. and containing aboa'
| seven bunrded and fifty acres.
| 2nd.-The Longshot plantation. with the
improvements thereon, bounded on the
north by Joes Bayou. on the south by Joes
Bayou. on the east by the Carson pianta.
| tion and on the west by the curry place
above named. and containing about seven
hundred and fifty acres.
| 3rd.-The' Prentice place. fronting or
BAYOU Macon. bounded above by Van Rens
saeler place, below by the curry place above
named. and in the rear by above nameG
Loneshot plantation. and containing about
four hundred and eighty acres.
4th.-Tbe Raleigh plantation. containing
! eleven hundred and sixty acres more o.
less. fronting on the Mississippi river
bounded above ny Salem plantation, below
by Fosters plantation and in the rear b,
the Beard place.
5th.-The Van Rensselaer, plantation
composed of lots Nos. five and eight o
section No. IL; lots Nos. one and five am
the fractional northeast quarter OF section
No. thirteen and the southeast quarter
said section No. thirteen. in township nine
|, teen north. range ten east; also the ives
! half of the southwest quarter OF section
No. eighteen in said township No. nineteel
range eleven. east.
ftb.-The Wright place, containing tire
! hundred and twenty-five acresmore or iess
, composed of lots Nos. one. two and thre
and the northwest quarter OF section NC
, twenty-one and the northwest quarter o
: the northeast quarter OF said section nc
: twenty-one 10 township twenty nortf
, range eleven east.
/ 7tb.-The Kent plantation. coDtsinin
I eight hundred and sixty-three acres NOR
r or less, described as lot No. one of sectio
D No. six: the southeast quarter OF sectlo
4 five. lots Nos eight and nine and the norti
\ eass quarter of the southwest quarter
a said section No. five; the southwest quartz
4 of section. No. four in township elgnteei
4 range eleven. east; also the northwest qua
a ter of the southwest quarter OF section NJ
3 | twenty-six in township No. nineteen. rang
!. | eleven east the northeast quarter oil tn
!. southwest quarter OF section No. twent.
f one in township No. twenty, range eieve
i. | east: the west half of the northeast quarts
I. section No. size in township 40. eighteel
a range eleven ct; also the west hall oil u
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-27

The N. o. City item. which takes a
delight in belying true and tried DEM
ocrats of our State. has been caught in
its dirty work again, as will be seen by
The following:
When the City Item circulated
broadcast over the land the report that
Isaac Broussard, sheriff of Lafayette
parish, was a .defaulter, the Clarion
promptly announced the statement a
lie. We felt that it was but thiDly
disguised scheme of the Item to murder
politically this gallant and beloved
Democratic leader. schemes that that
paper has been known to resort 10 on
several occasions. Therefore, we are
clad to be able to give below the result
of an investigation into the matter by
the lafayette Grand Jury, which com
pletely exonerates, if such was needed
the beloved young sheriff Of our sistel
parish:
1--WE took special occasion to maxi
| minute investigation of the sheriff
accounts both with the parish ant
State. and we are proud to say to tn
people of the parish that the scurrilou
article that appeared in the Daily Cit.
Item some time since, charging tn
sheriff with defalcation of State funds
was and is absolutely false and libel
Gus. Sheriff Broussard's accounts no
only show that he is in good accoun
with both State and parish, but the
also show that be has settled with tn
auditor for amounts due Oh deductio
tax list and holds the auditors receipt
therefor, st. Landry Clarion.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-27
Sheriff Sale.

State of Louisiana, Parish of East Carroll,
Seventh District Cout.-St. Louis Trust
Co.. vs., w. q. Wyly.-No. 3I9.
BY virtue al a writ ofH ia to me directed
by the Honorable Seventh District Court
for the parish of East Carroll aforesaid. ID
the above entitled cause, WIN proceed 10
sell at public, auction, at the door OF the
court house, in the Town of Providence.
East Carroll parish, La, on
Saturday, the 9th day of March. 1897,
between the hours prescribed by law, all
the right title and interest OF w. It. WHY
| in and to the following described property,
to-wit:
lst.-All and singular the divided west
| halt OF the Robertdale plantation comprls-
| ing 497 acres, being the same properly
described as Lot one in the Act of Partition
recorded in Notarial Book IS" folio 400 CT
seq. of the Recorders Office of East Carroll
parish. La. with the buildings and lm-
| provements thereon or thereto belonging
and the immovables by destination thereon,
the original Robertdale plantation having
lbeen composed of Lots 10. IL. II, Ii, IA ana
Is. in township twenty-five, range thirteen
/ East in the district of lands north OF heu
riye-, La excepting however from SAID 49,
| acres forty-three acres to be taken from
the northwest corner of said plantation
sold by W. G. WHY to Geo. G. Benham. u: ::
| AS per deed recorded in Notarial Book II,
49,
Carroll parish, La.
Together with rent note of e. Stockner fol
S275. 90 in favor Of w. G. WHY for rental
of land for 1897 on said Robertdale Plan
tation. dated Nov. End, 1896, and due Oct
18th, 1897, with s per cent. interest after
maturity. !,
2nd.-The undivided third OF the G. b
Richardson plantation situated in the par
ishes of East Carroll and West Carroll ai'
described as being the n Il OF sec 26; lot
8 and in sec 26; lots and in sec 70 ant
the W u OF sec 50, all IN township, pine
teen, range ten east, containing In the ag
gregate 44g 27-lOO acres in the district o
lands north OF Red river. La. said undivided
, one-third containing l49 7o-i00 acres, to
gether with all the buildings and improve
! ments thereon and the immovables by des
; rination thereon-seizedi 10 the above suit
. Terms OF sale-cash with the benefit
E appraisement.
I Sberiff's office. Providence, La, Feb. 20-'9l
4
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RIVER NEWS.

Lake providence, La. March &c, 1897.
Danger Line. Height. change
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Times-Democrat: According to the
Weather Bureau, and facts arc cited to
prove The statement. stage exceeding
is feet is highly probable at Vicksburg
in the near future. since the overhowed
waters must return to the river to pass
yickshurg. sooner or later. and due
weight having. been given in its calcu-
lations for the percolation and evapora-
s,on of the waste waters. there remains
This ftii Their expected rise to swell The
stage at that point.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-27
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sheriff IS Sale.

State of Louisiana. Parish OF East Carroll,
Seventh District Court--Dundee Mort
gage and Trust Investment Company,
Limited. VS. Wm. q. WHY No. $3.50.
BY virtue Of writ Of FL IA to me di-
rected by the Honorable Seventh District
Court for the parish of East Carroll afore-
said. in the above emitted cause, l will
proceed to sell at public auction, at the
door of the Court House. in the town oil
Providence, East Carroll parish, La. on
Saturday. the 27tL. day of March. 1897.
between the hours prescribed by law, ali
The right. title and interest of William G.
WHY IN and to the following described
property. to-wft:
Tie Kent place, being the east half o
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-03-27
Sheriff. s Sale.

State OF Louisiana. parish OF East Carroll,
Seventh District Court. q. WHY
versus W. G. Wyly.-No. 341.
By virtue of a writ of FL FA to me direct
ed by the Hon. Seventh District Court Tor
the parish of East Carroll aforesaid. in the
above entitled cause. | will proceed to 81 il
at public auction at the door of the Court
House. in the town of Providence, East
Carroll parish. La. on
Saturday. the 9th day of March, 1897,
between the hours prescribed by law, all
the right, tIte and interest of W. Il. WHY
in and to the following described property
to-wit:
1st.-All and singular the divided west
halt of the Robertdale plantation compris-
ing 497 acres, being the same property de-
scribed as lot one in the Act of Partition
recorded in Notarial Book SIS, y folio AGO ct
| seq. of the Recorders office of East Carroll
parish. La, with the buildings and improve
mepts thereon or thereto belonging and
| the immovables by destination thereon. the
original Robertdale plantation having been
composed of lots 10. IL, IL. Is. IA and II, IN
| township TWENTY-FIVE, range thirteen east
! in the district oflands north of Red river,
\ La. excepting however from said 49I acres
| forty-three acres TO be taken from the north
west corner of said plantation sold by w
G. WHY to Geo. C..Benbam, Jr.. as per deed
| recorded in Notarial Book 'T.' folio ol1i
| of the Recorders Office of East Carroll par.
! ish, La.
/ 2nd.-The undivided third of the c. b
Richardson plantation situated IN TIDE
parishes of East Carroll nd West Carrot
and described as being the n OF sec 70
| lots 8 and in sec 26: lots and 6 in sec q
and the W Il Of sec 80. all in township
nineteen. range ten east. containing in the
aggregate 449 27-l00 acres IN the district o.
lands north of Red river. La. said nndivid
| ed one-third containing 149 15-l00 acres. TO-
cether with all the buildings and improve
ments tn sreon and the immOvables by des
tination thereon-seized in the above suit
Terms OF sale--cash with the beneht OF
appraisement. r ,.x
Sherif's Office, Providence, La. Feb. 20 81
| st.
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j. S. Gnenari keeps the origina
genuine DIR. Tichenors Antiseptic.
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Tfe gauge read yesterday morning. at
o,clock' 42.00. rise OF 5M tenth Ia twenty,
four hours, which now makes the river
foot higher than was ever known at ms
noInt. win ch was June LIST, 1872. when the
gauge read 80.
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northwest quarter OF section No.twenty-six
and the southeast quarter of section No.
twenty-seven, together with all the build
ings and improvements on the aforesaid
places and all the appurtanances thereunto
acknowledgement In the above suit.
Terms ofsale-cash without the benefit OF
appraisement.
wv. DUNN, Sheriff.
Sheriff IS Office, Providence, La, Feb. 1927.
Ct.
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TO THE TRADE.

raj. &. P. Coats Spool Cotton.
at As less Z per. cent. This price is
| to merchants only.
w. N. WHITE, ACT.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-12-09
DINGLEY INTERVIEWED.
Little Hope for Currency LeEirIn-
tiOn-The bankruptcy Bill.

Lewiston, Me-, Dec. In an inter
view here, just before his departure for
Washington tonight, Mr.. Dingley said:
"Inasmuch as this will be the first reg
ular session of the Fifty-fourth congress,
and therefore the session is unlimited
in length by the constitution and laws,
1t is difficult to forecast the duration
The business of the approaching session
will be expedited by the fact that the
house us well ne the senate is already or
ganized and the committees appointed,
but the senate has no means Of limiting
of the senators to greatly extend the
sitting. l see no reason now, however,
to believe that this session will continue
later than June.
Probably bankruptcy legislation will
be the first to come up after such appro-
priation bills as may be ready.
IF the senate were republican and in
harmony with the majority of the house
on monetary questions. j should look for
currency legislation. but with free sill
yer majority in the senate antagonstic
TO the idea of the majority of the house
as to what constitutes n sound currency
system, | don't see how it is possible to
secure desirable currency legislation of
an important character until the senate
has been brought into harmony with the
house.
Speaking for myself. think that a
sound policy and the best interests OF
Cuba require that the question of ON
attitude toward the island and Spain he
left with the president, who has ALREADY
done much for the Cuban cause
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-12-09
THE PRESIDENTS MOTHER.
Mrs. Nancy Allison Mckinley Strick-
en- With Parnlysis-Her Death
Expected.

Canton. O.. Dec. Mrs. Nancy Al
lison Mckinley. mother of the president,
was stricken with Paralysis this morn
ing and it is feared that her death is
only n question of n short time.
AT o'clock this evening Mr. Abner
Mckinley stated that Ills mother waa
semi-unconscious.
DR.. Phillips, when he saw the patient
at G o'clock this evening, said she was
very i'll and stood little chance of re-
covery. 1t was the opinion Of the doctor
that she could not last longer than n
few days, and the end may come at any
time Inquiries concerning the condition
of Mrs. Mckinley are coming to Canton
from all parts of the country, flood of
kilograms starting as soon ms the news
of her illness was made public. which, on
account of the quiet life which Mother
Mckinley leads. was not known for
some time after the attack.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-12-09
HEARING RESUMED.
Railroad Men Before the Commerce
Commission.

Washington, Dec. 2.-The hearing
given by the United states commerce
commission to the representatives OF the
railroads which have petitioned for an
extension Of the time in which to comply
with the car coupler law, passed in 1898,
was resumed today.
William Brown, general solicitor OF the
Chicago and Alton, replied ut some length
to the protest made by Mr.. Gompers yes
terday against any extension to roads
which had made no effort to comply with
the law. He spoke, he said. for the stock
holders of the railroads, who were as
much entitled to their dividends as the
laborers working for the companies were
to receive their daily wages. On behalf
of 300 of the employees of his road, Mr..
Brown also presented to the commission
n petition for an extension. 1t was n
practical and a physical impossibility, he
said, to comply with the law. TO grant a
reasonable extension would bring every
road, and probably trunk lines, into
active sympathy with the law. To re-
fuse would be to punish those who had
complied.
Representatives o. other delinquent
roads rendered their excuses to the com
mission and in each instance estimated
the time required for the full equipment
Of their individual lines. All united,
however, in the request of Mr.. Cowen for
funds. reduced earnings. want of shop
facilities and the difficulty of dctermin-
ing the safest and most economical ap-
planes were the main reasons advanced
for delinquencies.
At the afternoon session, President
Smith of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad, in his explanation for the de-
linquency Of his road, expressed the opin-
ion that the time was coming when the
people of this country would demand
the confscation and government owner
ship of railroads. In connection with
his argument. President Smith presented
n petition in favor of nm extension signed
by 2341 employees of the Louisville and
Nashville. He also presented voluminOus
petitions signed by shippers in all parts
of the south.
While President Thomas of the Nash
vile. Chattanooga and ST. Louis road
was addressing the commission, Chair
man MORRISON asked what the road
would do in the matter of compliance
with the law if their earnings did not
increase Mr.. Thomas created much mer-
riment by replying that his confidence in
coming prosperity had been 20 great that
he had broken the record of lifetime
and had voted for Mckinley.
"Whpn southern man does that" Ire
said, "his faith is absolute"
Questions asked by the commissioners
developed the fact that 10 per cent of
the freight cars now in service were not
worth equipment Those cars would he
retired during the period of extension.
The hearing was adjourned mt y. n.
until tomorrow.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-12-09
Denied by sIoan's Manager.

London, Dec. 2.-Gaines, the manager
NJ Tod Sloane, the American jockey,
saws there is no truth in the statement
made by the st. James Gazette yester-
dav afternoon that Sloane has contracted
Il, ride for the Prince of Wales and Mr..
Lorillard. The manager said:
"Sloane has not received an offer from
the Prince of Wales nor has he even met
the prince. He highly appreciates the
compliment the Prince of Wales paid him
in allowing him to ride one of his horses,
which was an unusual one, considering
that he was an unknown American when
he came to England and without back
ing. 1t is not probable that Sloane will
ride in England in 1913, owing to his
American engagements
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-12-09

al OF disapproval would lead to further
Irritation and scandal. 1t has bee.
deemed best to close the whole contro.
yersy as speedily as possible and with,
out orders from Rome which would
bumiliate one side or tAe other. The
main desire, it is said, has been to nc.
complish results with the least possibl.
outward agitation. To that end schem,
has been reached that Mgr. Schroeder
will resign within the present scholasti,
wear and probably at an earlier day. The
resignation will be accepted.
Cardinal Gibbons said to a reporter o.
the Associated Press tonight that he haC
nothing to communicate to the press re
gardng the matter. AS chancellor O
the Catholic university it is very proba
HE the decision of the vatican will b.
forwarded to his eminence, but he init
mated that nothing had been receive,
nm to n late hour tonight.