The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-07-02
Local and Parish News.

Local anu NCWSs
Granite ware at Whites.
Clean up your premises.
Coco cola al McGuire's.
The river continues TO fall.
Epworth League meeting tomorrow.
Services at the Churches tomorrow.
Cold drinks al the Guenard drug
store.
The large warehouse will soon be
completed.
White carries the celebrated Glover
brand shoes.
The bank has commenced Gazing be:
low Nelson's.
Sheriff Dunn has made close COL
lection Of taxes.
Now is the time TO call at HIPS for
nice silk skirts.
Miss Alice Fousse is visiting rela-
tives in Vicksburg.
A newspaper has tough time in
pleasing everybody.
Dc Idlub WC0tASt hoo ~
with tho brick yards.
There will be partial eclipse of the
moon tomorrow night.
Hill Bros have just received hand
come line of silk skirts.
We are now In July, and the sum-
mer is about half over.
The machinery for The new gin will
soon commence TO arrive.
The ram this week has checked the
work on the brick building.
Boats now hug the long WHY bar
in crossing 10 The Mississippi side.
The town board of assessors was cut
Tuesday morning getting cussed.
Hon. j. E. Ransdell returned from
New Orleans OH Monday morning.
The government has raised the
charges on money orders two cents.
Services at tie Catholic, Methodist
and Episcopal Churches tomorrow.
Tho town Of Providence should. have
n flag raising, and make 1t = big day
Mr. Tom Wilson has nearly finished
lis nice residence in the Davis addi-
ton.
Major l.. X. Barber aud family were
ia town on Tuesday TO attend the we'd
ding.
Al the tax sale OH Saturday last only
two pieces Of property went to the
State.
Miss Joe Maize Egelly left at the end
of last week TO visit. friends in Vicks-
burg.
The heavy rain on Sunday last pre-
vented the meeting OF tho Epworth
League.
Now that there Is a war tax on beer,
the boys will get moro foam than the
real stun.
The crops wero not near so grassy
after tho rains, and they are clean
once more.
j. w. Pittman carries full aud com.
plele line of hardware aud farming
implements.
The change of The moon didn't seem
to have anything TO do with the letting
up of the rain.
The siorekeepers ehould not throw
their rubbish ia the streets. There Is
a iinc for this.
X. of z. meeting on Tuesday even-
ing next. There is work in the
knight rank.
A fiat door key picked UP on the
sidewalk can be had, If the owner will
call al our office.
During our absence for few weeks,
the paper will be left in charge of Mr..
Willie Pi,tman.
Next Thursday evening is the rcgn-
lar meeting night OF the Mayor and
Board Of Aldermen.
We are glad TO see our friend Gal
laniy out again after rough tussel
with bilious attack.
Miss Maud Hamilton left for Vicks-
burg Monday, TO spend sometime with
her sister, Mrs. Ryan.
Mr.. Charley Beard Of Henderson,
was up TO attend The Reid Kennedy
Aedding on Tuesday.
Calaniy & Marcus are making cut
ting rate on everything in their pretty
and well filed up store.
Mr.. lIazelip, a prominent merchant
of Mayersville, Miss, was visitor to
the city on Sunday last.
One of our young men came very
near losing his life on Thursday las,
while bathing IN The river.
Mrs, Il. X. l,ausdelI, who has been
quite sick for several days, we are glad
10 report is much better.
We arc glad to see that our repre-
sentative in the legislature is opposing
Mr.. Fitzpatrick's saloon bin.
Deputy sheriff Hall has returned,
after placing Steve knight and Louis
Coleman in the penitentiary.
One of our friends chartered a
steamboat last week for special pur-
pose. Nothing like il Tommy.
A few days ago two drnmmcrs goi
;ufn n rouoh and tumhie srrxi, NJ their