Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-29
PARISH NEWS.
River News


Can't. J. 3. Lindhe is pursuing the
even tenor of his way and with a broad
smile reports "all well at Burrwooi''.
Our good friend }. l.. Hortenstine is
keeping in the back ground and We see
very little OF him. We We're tod tl;t
he ard Mr.. Frank Cefa1u content them
selves playing solitaire since Mr.. J. D.
Coleman has left their company.
A pleasant little chat with Miss Steen
the courteous and painetaEirg teacher
of the Burrwood school enlightened Us
with the fact that her school is now
equipped with regulation desks and
benches and the Improvement has
worked a cnarm on her pupils which
seems to make tie children more Grdu-
Gus in their studies and herwork mu"h
lighter and easier. Noto.what a ltt'e
lrcgr,ssivencss viii 60, Mr. :. d. Ccie-
ma is mostly resr.ns.oi" for this f,
t was he who was rrirc factor in the
Burrwo>d ball giv:A for the benefit
Of the school. TIE proceeds Of which
have made possible this wn"dfrfu. IN
nrovprrnt. We also CLEANED rom the
teacher that she had q pleasant bus
rrss efn rem TWO members CT the
School Beard. President Dyrond ard
Sur erirtendvnt koLn, last week, who
EXPRESSED themselves We'll satisfied
with the condition Of the school.
Ire i. s. Dredge st. Johns is orce
more at Burrwocd having been ordered
there to work instead Of going to Flor
ida as had been contemplated. We had
a pleasant conversation with CAPT.
Conklin her affab!e master, who said
that he could not say how long 1t would
be before be would be ordered to Fla.
The Bowers Southern Dredge co.
seem to be working satisfactorily on
the Bar, while they have the number
10 at work there a squad Of men are
stationed at Dynamite Camp, at the
head of Southwest Pass, busily engag-
ed at dynamiting the sill there.
Gaptown presents it's usual air Of act
iyeness and mats are being constructed
and sunk as fast as the willow cor
tractors can furnish the brush.
Mr.. L. F. Alexander, has the trim
little motor launch, the Mack, belong
ing to Mr.. Geo. Conrad, chartered, and
is kept busy running from Gaptown to
the jetty camp experimenting the
works in general.
At Burrwood we noticed the face Of
an old time friend. Mr. Peter Eskald
of Biloxi, Miss, who is there giving
the finishing touches to a derrick and
pile driver barge he has just built for
the government. He is looking as pros
porous as ever.
Venice.
A Ass of yellow fever is reported at
Panama, as having come from Carta-
gena, Colombia.
Last Monday morning a jolly bunch
of boys and girls from this place es-
. corted MI. Ernest Albert to the train
on the swift little laurch MaIlard; on
their return from the depot the ride
was directed to Baptiste Coliette to
take in the sights Of the worF.
Misses Louisa and Jane Buras were
the hcstesses of their many friends last
Sunday.
Mr.. |. Cox, son Of Capt. Cox Of Pilot
Town was a brief visitor to this place
on Saturday.
Misses Leonie and Sadie Buras en-
tertained Messrs. J. Rcndez ard S.
/ Barrois of Buras last Sunday.
Mr.. B. +. Biaggini called OF the
Misses Blaise last Sunday.
We are in hopes of seeing the Stand
ard resuming it's regular trips in the
lea future.
DR.. H. l.. BalloWe made a profes-
sional visit here last Monday.
Little Francis Kinkella was seriously
i'll with chickenpox but is recuperating.
Miss Alveretta Blaise Of this place
returned home Tuesday morning on the
Mark A. Morse from Quarantine where
she was the guest OF her sister for a
few days.
| Mr.. Where Denis CT Port Eads was