The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-04-02


On Thursday last, was felt very much.
On Sunday night it commenced to
rain and continued up into Tuesday
night. 1t is regular pneumonia wealth.
er.
On Saturday last while the little
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Seghers
was playing on pile of lumber he
slipped aud fell. and for a while it
was thought the little fellow was dan
gerously hurt. We are glad TO learn
that IL was not serious.
Some person fired pistol off near
the post office corner about o'clock
on Saturday night last. 1t is almost
an impossibility to catch up with them;
but there is no mistake about it il
they are ever caught they can look for
a $50 fine. Sooner or later they will
come to grief.
A double team driven by Mr.. Will
Davis on Sunday night took fright and
ran away. The horses knocked down
the lamp post and broke the lamp to
pieces st the corner of Lake Il Scar
borough streets and then struck a
telephone pole, breaking the buggy
in several places.
The Arkansas is rising and is above
the danger line. The Missouri, the
Tennessee, the Cumberland and the
Ohio continue to rise /; and with the
continued heavy rain fall, we might as
we'll make up our minds to experience
another high water and another high
water fight on our hands.
II 10 said that a new line of levee
will soon be necessary from the upper
angle of the new levee now being
built at Cottonwood 10 the dividing
line of Cottonwood Wilson Point
places. Look after it while there is
time, and not wait until the water is
up and danger commences.
Every carpenter in our town has
more work than be can do, which goes
to show that there is great deal OF
improvement going on. With carpen-
tiers busy at their trade and other
working men not idle, there is bound
TO be money always in circulation,
which is spent among our town mer-
chants.
On Monday evening Mr.. j. S. Cue
nard started moving his drugs out OF
the old frame building on Lake street
to the Leyee street store, and is now
ready TO see his friends. 1t don''
make any difference to him whether
YOU want physic or not, call aud sec
him, where you can get the latest wal
news.
One Of our military boys, who IL
very much afraid that war with Spain
ia bound to come and that the Louis.
lana militia will be about the first to
be called out, says that he don't wan'
to 90. and that he would rather stay
home and help make a high water
fight, because he feels like il will hayt
to be done.
The patrons of the Providence pos
office were again disappointed on Sun
day last in not receiving any mail. 1
ia a great Inconvenience to be deprived
in this way, especially when there !
so much excitement going on In th'
way of war aud our own constitutions
convention playing h-ll with tn
wishes of the people.
A large number of the Sunny Sid
lark colony of Italians. who wer
duped into buying land, were on Ia
steamer John X. Speed Monday o
their way to New Orleans. While tn
boat was laying at our landing, a chill
was missed aud could not be fount
/. was thought that it had fallen ove'
board and was drowned.
j The steamer Warren laid at on
landings over four hours on Saturda
morning last putting of . large frelgL
flor our city merchants.
The river has been rising ct the RAJ
OF foot day this week. The gaua
now reads SO, within $50 feet Of q
high water mark Of 1897.