The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-02-02
state News Items.

The Lake CHARLES Press teils of a mar
living in that town who does not take
his home paper. lie read AN ad. IN 5
r New II Orlenns paper of pocket frt
= escape. he sent his dollar for the fire
D escape, Re requested. ana received ~
D mail email New Testament.
Mr w. C. Odom, Of Mo0reIand. called
, Thursday and informed It's that Wed
nesdHy he killed two hogs one a year
and a half OLD, weighing 300 pOunds
net: another two years a1d half old,
weighing AIS pounds net. THIS shows
thai pork can be raised in Rapidrs as
quickly as in the Western S.ates.-Town
Talk.
Or. KOhne, president of the city
boaId Of health OF New Orleans, has
addressed the Secretary of War In pro-
test Of the proposition 10 brlug to this
country The remains OF the soldiers who
died Of fever in Cuba.
Lafayette Gazette: The number of
| buildings gong up IN town and the con-
tinuOns demand by people who want to
rent dwelling houses may be taken as
sure sign that Lafayette il forging ahead
very rapidly. Lafayette Is the coming
town Of Southwest Louisiana.
There isn't the least doubt about
il in the minds Of those who take notice
OF current events. 1t Isn't Mckinley
spasmodic wave of prosperity that has
struck us. 1t is a healthy. steady and
substantial growth that Hanna couldn't
stop If be dared |"
Town Talk: The town authorities
Monday paid three notes of the Alex
andrIa waterwOrkS and electric light |
plant drawn for $1,000 each, but amount
Ing with per cent interest to $3,656. |
These notes were no; due until May lst,
next. but were taken up to save interest. |
Three more notes of $1,000 each, with |
interest Will be due on May LIST. All |
! he notes for these plants are drawn for
$1,000 each and twentY-One of them
With s per cent interest have been paid.
Six thousand dollars Will be due Nav ],
1900, ana six thousand dollars with =
these notes are paid the plant Will be
free OF mortgage
Town Talk: MIR. Armstrong. of Bayou
Rapldes, IL going to plant seventy five
acres in Irish potatoes this year for The
Northern markets. He will get his po-
atoes in the ground early next month.
MIR. Armstrong has purchased
machine for cutting mp his potatoes
'eady for planting and another machine
which will plant the potatoes and pnt
ertilizer In the ground ut one anu the
anne time. These machines will save
great deal Of labor
A number of counterfeit So United
states treasury notes have been placed
n circulation In DOnaldsonville and at
empts to locate and identify the party
r parties implicated in the crooked
asiness have,sO far met with no success.
We have examined two of these bills.
10th are the series of 1880, bearing the
sEasi numbers 49, - - lOO7l74
espectively. ThefpapPT Is turckseg and
ess transparent, the seal near the lower
light hand corner is a much deeper red.
nd the engraving on the back is not 80
lear and distinct rs on the genuine bill.
The greatest defect of the counterfeit
IOweveT, is the omission of the little
apltal ''check letter. A from the left
nd OF the note just before the words
Will pay" Two Of these small Letters
ppear on the face Of the good note, one
4 the place just Indicated the other
ear the lower right hand corner. The
got the latter all right
ut overlooked the other. By remem-
erIng the defects It Will not be difficnit
Or anyone Of ordinary intelligence and
TO avoid being swindled by
ne counterfeit.-ChIef.