The Natchitoches enterprise., 1899-02-23
State News Items.

| Yesterday. Ibis D1fQ Ia bdtIVO va ~
sea coasts but seldom seen in the int
rior. This specimen must have pee
brought by the extreme cold "eatne
which has been prevailing OF late. Inl
particular specimen was examined III IN
l.. = y. and pronounced rare bird II
these parts.-Truih.
The thermometer registered twenty
degrees below zero on Monday moi nlnE
which WAS six degrees col Ter than Sun
day morning. This cold snap has
broken the record for North Lonisiana
The weather being twenty four degrees
colder than black Friday in 1855, wheH
TIE chalk figures on the blackboard al
the schOOlhouSe were frozen and the
school teacher pulled them of and
threw them out of the window Area
dla Advance.
A drummer who waa skeptlcai as to
the real severity Of the weather went
ont on the hotel gallery Monday morn
ing aud delivered Il speech on free silver
The speech WAS frozen as fast a. he de-
liVcred Ii The frozen parts were then
carried into the hotel office and thawed
by the stove, and thus repeated to y
circle around the warm stove This
method of reproda ing speech should
attract the attcntlon Of Mr.. Edison and
other inventors Elk.
During the fOrepart OF the week and
when the freeze wAa ut lis highest the
artesian well Of this town presented u
gorgeous and magnificent sight. When
The fierce nOrther struck the town the
we'll was allowed to flow, and the water
that II shot forth froze into great, long
and large icicles. The whole structure,
fully thirty feet high. was one eOlid mass
OF large hanging ice, q sight to be en-
ioyed by those who appreciate the beau
Il resembled the grottos that we read
about and there was o charm about it
that kept the eyes Of the visitors rIYitcd
upon it.-Blade
The wharf was visited this morning
bv crowds Of persons watching the
masses OF Ice floating past. 1t was the
first time IN The history Of thls section
that such sight might be enjoyed and
the probabilities are that none of those
who stood bv the river awe struck, ~ it
were. BY the moving crunchIng mass of
ice, will ever zee the like again, uniesE
they should move further north. MOI
man living hats ever before witnessed
such 8 sight and cuncensus of opinion
il that once in 4 life time Is plenty to
suffer from such cold as has prevailed
during the last four or five days. Old
inhabitants that were wont to te II Of the |
cold OF 1850. 1856 or other of the re-
years of the past but the cold
est weather Of any OF the past fifty years |
was not more tnan killing frost IN |
with that Of Sunday, Mol
matter how low down the thermometer |
may have sunk In wears agone tie Oldest
weather observer has no advantage In |
experience over the youngest kid OF TO.
Law, Those OF the Youngest generation
nave felt the cOlde5t weather ever
inown, have looked upon the highest
tage Of water, have seen the country
engaged In an almost bioodlcsa war and
passed through visitation of the mild
st strongest and queerest yellow fever
'ver known. Old men can give no
POINTERS to the young on cold weather,
Ugh water, blOodles wars or yellow
ever and must hereafter cOnfine them
Olives to fishing varns.-Trath
The Enterprise has received copy of
of a valuable book being pre-
AIRED by Mr.. Frank h, Tonpkins on the
rejection of the lands along the Mis-
'sippi valley subject TO overflow by
GODS that shove their way to the gulf
rom many Of the states OF the union.
ir. TompEins has received many fat
erlnG letters OF encouragement from
Ich men as Senator McEnerY Major L.
!. DabneY, OF Mississippi. III. NJ. PhaTr.
I Arkansas, members Of the Louisiana
tate Board Of Engineers. and of the .
reSs Of Louisiana and IN other States.
lis book will be of great value to those
'Ishing to be enlightened on the SUBJ
set OF levee protection 10 the Mlssiss- :
'pi valley.
VIM. Cameron, one of the richest men
the South, died on the passenger
ain last Monday week at about u
clock. The deceased was engaged in
le lumber business. both in this State 9
nd in Texas, on an extensive scale. His r
Heresis were YarIouslY located. at New c
rleans, Lutcher. Bowie, Lake Charles, E
eAumont and Orange. He had been t
Oking over some timber land across o
Ie lake, and returned to Morgan city, a
here be took the train for his home r
Waco, but soon after leaving that a
ace, be expired. The BODY was put q
here for preparation and shipment b
} bis home by special train Mr. Cam
'on had $4,000 ON bis person. His r
rtune is estimated az $1,000, OOO-
rankin indicator.
4 sad tragedy took place at Church
oint last Monday by which worthy Il
1ung man lost his life. 1t appears n
lat Emelien and Numa DaIgle. broth b
., went out duck hunting, and while 9
'eeeplng on flock Of ducks, Emellen I
umbled causing his gun to 90 off ac- G
IDENTIFY, the load lodging in the back of u
'e head OF Numa, causing instant d
,ath. Tue unfortunate young man was =
'ly 20 years OF age. They are SONS Of .
=. J. E. DaIgle, Of Church Point
We notice disposition on the part
some OF our exchanges to open the .
lbernatofial campaign. An early OPEN
2 Of the State SIGHT should be opposed
the press. The election does no.
Ke place until year from next April,
I'd the people should not be dragooned
to political excitement at this time.
campaign lasting two or three months
III be sufficiently long for the people
famlliarize themselves WITH the mer-
OF those who aspire 10 pubic posi-
%. Az matter OF fart, this State Ia
Irsed with too much politics. One
'mpaign Is scarcely over before anoth.
IL ''on." The 10 dear peep" want a
ng rest-the longer the better-in
htch to attend to their own affairs and
I've some OF the problems now press
3 for solution. Let the politician,
erefOre, take q back seat and stay
ere until next winter -West Baton
Ouge Sugar Planter