The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-02-08

See The court doings lin another COL
ann.
The Lenten season begins next
Wednesday.
Cooke continues to turn out first
class bread, cakes aud rolls.
Drop in to the hardware store and
see The complete stock TO be found.
The ground was frozen as hard as
rock for two or three days this week.
Wood is a scarce article in town
j, is bringing about five dollars a
cord, aud hard to get at this price.
The Town Council met on Thursday
highland transacted a large amour,
of business. Proceedings next week
Mr.. Hugh Mcclure, one of our SUBJ
stantial citizens, has been quite sick for
the past few weeks, we are sorry to
say.
A slight snow fell during Wednes.
day night. 1t hardly covered The
ground.
Hicks, the St. Louis weather man,
says that we will have some terribly
cold weather during this and next
month.
There was no FIRE kept up in the en-
evening. This is the worst Kind of
neglect.
We will receive twenty-five founis
of new job tpye next week, aud will be
better prepared to do your job work
than before.
The river 10 again rising at this
point, aud we can look for some
water Oh this rise. 1t is predicted TO
60 bank full at least.
The terrible weather of last week
put all boats behind The Belle los,
one trip last week aud the Delta did
not pass down until Tuesday.
Henry Newman and his son-in-law,
Harris Hyman, were bounced from
the N. o. Cotton Exchange for rob.
bery--nothiDg more nor less.
The steamer Chslmette took away a
large number of our folks for New
Orleans. May they have a jolly good
time aud return home without an &C.
cideDt.
The store of the Providence Hard
ware Co., is an attractive place, and
both Mr.. Piitman aud Mr.. Wood in
vite the public to call aud see their
complete stock.
We understand that great deal of
labor is moving to our parish. 1t is
the best parish in the State for colored
people, aud there is no country where
they are treated better.
Congressman Ransdell and the other
gentlemen who are working for the
upbuildng of Providence and East
Carroll should receive the encourage
inent and backing of every citizen.
The Masonic lodge, knights OF
Pythias aud Woodman of the World
= have limitations at every meeting, aud
these three orders are getting 10 first
, class material The X. p. lodge has
now about sixty members.
Miss Bella Fucich, governess in
the family of sheriff j. w. Dunn, left
Monday for her home in New Or
leans. Miss Fuoich will take IN Mardi
Gras and spend two weeks IN the
city, aud Thea return again.
The criminal business at the term of
court closed last Saturday, was done
spriDcipally by the district attorney
aud lawyer, j. M. Kennedy, who was
interested In nearly every criminal
ease that was tried or came up for
trial.
Whe0 you want .pbysic that Is
mild and gentle, easy to take and
pleasant in effect use Chamberlain's
Stomach aud Liver Tablets. Price
% cents. Samples free. Every box
guaranteed. For sale al Guenard's
drug store.
Withaa National bank, which will
tbensgive us two banks, oil mill, CON-
press, ice plant, steam laundry, bot
ding works, aud few other enter
prises that area certainty, Providence
will soon be town of considerable
size on the map.
The mail carrier got lost last Satur-
day In the river in the heavy fog. II
was about III O'Clock when he got into
his skiffio cross the river, and he said
il was nearly before be reached bank.
Ii is an impossibility Ito fluid the way
i'll u leg on the river.