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T'he Tensas Gazette. ST. JOSEPH, - - - LA. FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1897. The River. SIPE('IAL.] \ICxsBnRO, Miss., April 21, 1897. For 24 Hours Ending 8 a. m. Dg'r Line. Hg't. Ch'g. Rise. Fall. Cincinnati ...45 2S.9 0.0 1.5 Louisville .... 24 10.8 0.9 0.4 Nashville .....40 14.1 0.0 0.9 Chattanooga..33 8.1 0.0 0.7 Cairo ........ 40 49.1 0.0 0.7 Memphis .....33 3..4 0.0 0.1 Little Rock...23 8.3 0.0 0.5 Helena .......37 47.1 0.0 0.1 ArkansasCity 42 49.3 0.0 0.0 Vicksburg ....41 51.7 0.0 0.0 St. Louis .....30 20.9 0.2 0.0 As we go to press the water is reported to have fallen half an inch at the Burn (Pt. Pleasant) place, and a very slight fall was noticed at St. Joseph yesterday (Thursday) morning. Arbuckles Roasted CoffT at Kershaw's. Lumber cheap for cash; Kershaw is your man. Skiff patterns of various dimen sions at Kershaw's. Saddles and Bridles at popular prices at Kershaw's. Try the celebrated Acme Rye. Sold at E. G. Carter's. 25 barrels New York Planting Potatoes at Kershaw's. Skiffs in 16, 18, 20 and 22 feet long at $1.25 a foot at Kershaw's. Oars, 7 and 8 ft., Crown Brand, at low water prices, at Kershaw 's. Landreth's Garden Seed are the best. Kershaw's sells lots of them. Order your 16 18 and 20 foot Leavenworth skiffs from Ker shaw's. Oakum, Coal Tar, Nails, Lum ber for flats at popular prices at Kershaw's. Lumber, all dimensions. Send in your orders. Kershaw is anxious for business. If U want good goods at bar gains, goodness nose U should go to Kershaw's. WE HEAR that Mr. John R. Lynch sold a good lot of cattle last week to a buyer from the Indian Territory. W BsEG TO RETURN thanks to Mr. D. F. Myers, of New Light, for his reports as to the stage of Tensas at that point. "But there are others."' "Yes, but there's none like Kershaw; he'll treat you right, his good are first-class and cheap. Tna rPeOPrL of this parish have had ample warning of the over flow that was sure to come, and those who have not made prepara tions Will pay the penalty. Rgv. MR. SMITH requests us to state that Sunday School will here after be conducted in the morning at 10 o'clock instead of in the even ing at 4 o'clock, as heretofore. THEa HIGH WATER will bring gnats and other insect pests to worry the stock. Every planter should lay in a supply of gnat oil. Our ad .ve'iTsthg columns will tell them where to get it. EVERY sPECIES of business here has been suspended, except what is absolutely necessary to sustain human life and the battle with the water has taken the place of other "engagements." Mayr mULEs have been brought in from the back country and some are being kept on the plantations on mounds built for the purpose, , and on the floors of barns and , houses which have in most in- I stances been raised above the 1882 i flood level. Twa Police Jury of Franklin par- _ is has adopted precautions against the spread of that dread I dimse Charbon, which the Frank Ma Sun states is again making its a rieance there. Our planters r had better look out for its reap puring here. hckles's krtrna ak. - tkhe LBSve In he wOuid for .Oi, Sore, 1U7r, 8Ilt Bhe.a, s 8or, Tester, Obapped / ir s,- Cbllua, Oar.s, ad all r .Win ruphous, and poltlvely s. Piles, or no pay reqlredl, It i 1ed * to glye perjr t mtIta~ ate per~r, b For.. byJ. P. t mWr. MANY OF '.'HE PLANTERS here are engaged il reparing anld strength enling the private levees around their plantations with the hope that they may save part of their cr(c l. These gentlemnen cert; in lv deserve suctess for the energy thy have di~ltlaved. DE VOE PREDICTS APRIL. will en ter with showers followed by warm weather and it will continue warm and pleasant until the 15th. Then a lheavy .t ,r:n will form ov r 'r,.xas and very heavy rains will Sprevail until the I th. After the 20th plaoant. weather will pr-vail until the close of the month. 1 CAPT. MNC. I)DERBY, of the U. S. 5 Army. ini clharge of t he levees he.r, 1 paild a visit to the Tensas levees 1) on Monday last and spent thi. C) niiizit at St. Joseº lh. Capt. Derby 1) x p .re ,d thel higl,.st admira tiin at the plnck and enrgy displayed tby ,tur people in the fight againIst the water anid his word,,r at the results they a,'':npl ishui MuANY PrANTEnai. atit icipiating thIe overflow and th ' expense and in conve'nince of remiving seck t during high water, have built hi:rli nounids, several f(-Et avt,vy, t i,. t 1,52 overtiow, aid will pui sh, ed ,ver themn. Our friend, Jhn Snmyth, afte.r 1,.2, made a ua, stanltial nmoundl under his barng on Wavertr, iplantation nnrd it will r serve hinm wll now. IHe is illt. first of thle "mound Luild,,r'" in, Tenuas of the modern race. WE HIAVE RECEIVED from) tli. Tinmes-Democrat a booklet con taining the amount of coitribu tions to the drought sufferors cl lected through that paper and the dishursenents of said fund whi(h is very creditable to the Timnis Democrat. It has grown to b, a custAni in this country for the great dalies to become the medi ums through which contributions for charity are made by the benev olent people, and the New Orleans Times-I)emocrat has done well for the sufferers. DR. JNO. M. GILL.EPIE and Mr. Dan Morris, who have been active in guarding the levees between Hard Times and Hard Scrabble against disaster, are loud in their praises of Mr. Charles O'Donnell, the levee contractor, who came to the rescue of the Hard Scrabble levee at the most, critical period and by his presence of mind and skill repaired the damage that might have resulted in a crevasse. We all feel grateufl to the men who did such good service in pro serving our line of levees in Tensas. Twe Lives Saved Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Jonation ICity, Ill., was told by her doctors she bad Consomption aud that Itbere was no holpe for her, but two bottles of D)r. King's New Discov. ery completely cured her and she says it saveld hier life. Mr..Thos. Eggers, 139 Florida St., San Fran% elsco, suffered trem a dreadftul cold, appllroaehing Coisumliption, tried without result every thing elsp thene bought one bottle of Dr. Kana's New l)iscovery and In two week's was cured. He is taturally tbank% tol. rIt i suchb resuits, of whlIch tbese are samples, that prove tihe efscy of thiis medicine in Cough. and (cl. Fee trial bottlles at J. P. Ketshaw's Drag 8tore. Ietgu!ar size 50c. and $I.00. 5 A QUIET BUT HAPI'Y WEDDIJN OC curred atMyrtle (;rvo,near Water proo f,on Tuesday of this week,when Mr. Win. M. Durbin, formerly of this parish but niow of Natchez. was married to, Miss Ollie \Wailes, of \Waterproof, La., by Rev. Mr. Wynn, of New Orleanse, ,La. Mr. Durbin is a deserving young man, sober and industrious, while the bride is an accomplished young lady who has, by her many noble traits of character, en deared herself to a host of friends. The GAZETTE extends tile happy couple its earnest congratulations and good wishes for their future happiness. Natchez will be their future home. AFTER THE BREAK at Bigg3 and at Reids it was supposed that there would be a good fall at lwints 4e low as far as Natchez, but up to Thursday the decline had been very alight and on that day the river seemed to be about on a stand. On Tueeday, at 8 A. v., the Vicksburg fall was two tenths of a foot, and on Wednesday at a stand. It should, according to.all preced ents, have declined here muoh more than it has. The total de cline up to the hour we go to press, at St. Joseph, has been five incshee. We give the latest water report up to Wednesday at 8 A. N., and no ,,port was received for Thursday, COT, & CO. SOUTH COMMERCE STREET. SNA I'C IIE Z. DO YOU WANT A FRENCH ORGANDIE FOR SUMMER WEAR? Our advice is to sqe our stock and make vour selection Now. We brought out this season the most Marvelous printiin ever produced, and it is very probable that in ashort time there will he none left. So make your selections now. BELTS-.'ix dozen Ladies' I, ather SI1EEiTIN'G--Two pieces Linen Fin Belts, with new style Harness Buck- iIhed Sheeting, one hundred ir.ches les, worth a "'quarter," for 1oc. wide, worth thirty-three cents. for 25Y,. yard. VESTS--lxty dozen T.aie-' Lid l Fin- ard. ished iun::n(er Vesta, worth a quarter p. (. COrTTON--Ten pieces Tienuine for 10o. each. 'eppci roll l'illow Casing, forty-six THREAD--Genuine Willinantic ix Incle.e wide, forS 1-2c. yard. ('ord Spool Cotton, equal to ('ots' or , t(larke's, I 1'-2c. spool. Shirt pr;nts-One case best American VEl.---Mag;p "eilit,wih k Che- ~slirtlitg (Calicoes, in select l'ert-ale ,i ili Iots, the \Nev Sumimer Veil, ,c paittrnts. f.,r 3 1-2re. yard. ecih. Plrinted Piquecs-10t picces Printed 11i ,SE-Une ('uase Misses' Fast Biack l'iquea. suitable for Chtidren's wear e:..i,,s Hose, very tine gu.ige aid :l ladie.s' Suits. for 8c. yard. i:lamtic Tops. worth eighteen cents. ftr jO1. pair. Knigbt's C"anbric-One ease Genuine I)i:nit Prrints-Onec .ae Avalon )in- hKnight's ambric, ten yards to a cus tics. vry tin!e and ,erf'et! v f.i.t colors tonicr, for oc. yard. worth 12 1-2 cents for 0c. yard. 'Table Linens--I:f Bleached Tab!e Da I.'ian Waists-A special ntmutler ,f masks, in extra width (2 yards wide). I igh grad- : hirtrs, n desirable colors; for ;®c. yards. to sell for 4"c each. "urkish ;Iustt.-Ote ale of the popular: Linen C'oths -Breakfast Table Cbvers, 't',,,h K , in ~true Oriental colore., i'; Linen andt and very hlndsoeua sire ;,x~', fr .in hioriers. four yards long, for $1.0t) S,)xO ,eac, for $1.1. (' h. 'i'urn.ish Squarca-T'wo bale of Art -quares in selected Dclpht a:d Turk- Matting-A special drive in Heavy ish 1'etterns. l- .,ic (' lirna Matting, in small . 1-2x11 1-2. for $7.0. tiheck ,:,ttrns, to sell for 12 1-2c. yd. Sizes t `x2, for 10,530. Jtix:, for $1 48. L ,ace C(rrtaiuis-A job lot of handsome Linoleum--Enllish I.ioleuln i, l good La'r (',zw" a, n,' - y.ir!s long and iattetrns anr d heal: we-igLh, th r 35.: ixt iinctii wide, to ell at one half tie squar, yard. ri gur l:r pri.c, 1.:,0 pair. Ready-made Skirts, Handsome Brocaded Mohairs, made in late style four yards wide, for $3.50 each, Two other special numbers in Mohairs Skirts, at $3.50 and $4.80. P II Wool Scotch Check Skirts, 4.25. Moire Velour, All Skirts, for $6.50. J. J. COLiE & CO. oet.- yr -Tattoih8ez, Miss. I ... . . I I .H - - - . ON LAST TUEPDAY, at the in~ita ti-n of Capt. Derby, of the iT. S. Engineers, Lieutenant Governor Snyder accompanied him and As siitant Engineer HIardoe on the tug "General Cometock," on an inspection tour of the Teneas line of levees from St. Joseph to the Madison parish line. They found the line in as good condition as could have been expected with the exception of a section of the lard scrabhle levee, about 850 feet in length, where the levee had sunk from six to twelve inches. A large force of men are at work reinforc ing the river slope with sacks filled with dirt and had the throatened point comparatively safe. Mr. Harden took charge of thle wor: on W\ednesday and will continue to, strengthen it. The Briggs crevasse in the lower Madison line was visited by the party and found to be about, g800 feet wide, the water havi!ng a, ap parent depth of from 12 to 14 feet. At the time of their visit there was no indication of any increasi:ng width. The ground, both in front of and near the break, is heavily i timbered, and this probably checks the flow of thi water to some ex tent, but the great width and depth of the volumen of water p:ur ing through and the extreme heirht of the river to Cairo insures an inm nlense disclmrrge of crevasse wat,,r, the extent and height of which, as it affects this parish, being largely a matter of conjecture. It is well, 1 however, to anticipate and prepare' for an ext reme and disastrous flood. The Rid crevasse, about on. mile 1 below Biggs, is reported to ie 30' feet. wide. Old People. Old people who require medicitne to regulate the bowels and kiluevs will Bud the true remedy in Elec trio Bitters. This medicine oioecs not stimulate and contalun no whsi key nor olber Inatoxlcaut, but acts as a tonic and alterative. It acts mildly on the stomach amid bowels, adduin strength and giving tone to the organs, tberebs aiditig hature in the performance of the fn.actions. lglectric Bitters i soan excellent ap pitizer and slde digesttion, Oh(1 People god it just exactly whab i tthey need. Price filty cents at J. P. Kershaw's Drug Store. 6 Fresh goods are being constant ly reoeived at Kershaw's. He: sr cheaper than any one else ST'ce Steamer St. Joseph has been of in.alculable service to the unfor r tiruntt people along the river who - has been (wertfowed. She has car ried much stock and at Davis Island she rescued hundreds of people from the most imminent peril. Her officers are courageous and devoted I to duty and are always ready to aid - our i)people wh,)never an opportuni ty presents itself. Last.Friday - when our levees weie in great dan ger for want of sacks, the St. Jo Ss,,ph, at the request of the author iti s,turun d hack from this landing, -although she was much behind I tin', and went up to Bondurant's I to bring down 15000 sacks neededi . at another point. This boat has i cIrtainly proved to be "a friend ini need" during this high water cam paign. Our citizens feel grateful to r her officers for all they have done and our town feels proud of her ) namn,3a C. _ IT I. t RELTABLY reported that the crevasso water fromn 1Bigs was comning into Lake St. Jose1)h through Bayou De Ro*,sett Wednesday, but the dirt bridge across the lake at:t Mr. Sadi Marks' plantation ll was holding it back, and it had not appeared in the take at W\inter Quarters. V It \V E LEARN through a gen tieizzan lwho was in ominnu nication by telephone with Ashwood up to 9 r. il. Wed- ij nesday, that the back water v was inot against the Somerset t pl)antation levee on the front! plantatiolns. Ion plantation - was ov'erflowed except on the front. The water rose at Ion 12 inches during Wednesday. i Trespass Notice. All persons are hereby notified not to trespass upon the "LAKE PLACE' aid "HULS' plantations, on Lake ,t. Joseph, in this parish, for any purpoe whatever, Particularly Hunting. AllU persons so offending will be arreatep and dealt with arccording to law. MRS..B. DB. l))UaLASS: mehb6-1mo. All persons are hereby wanned i1 against trespasAing on the "CLY-I p DESDALE" plantation on Cow a Slough, in this parish, belonging-! to me, hnters particularly. Tree passers will be arrested and dealt - with according to law I ALEX. BLANCHE: I ju nS- att Raising Cotton s.on Ii Ton ahnot be t and ios~.~ ,, Thlere are to-day thousands of persist in raising cotton-large o - g~o'ol men lying* in premature small crop-on credit. Raise youif graves, hurried to their graves by crop for cash and go fishing when= creed of wealth and chances. ever you please. There are to-day thousands and If you ipist havy assietani c thousands of farmers pledged to raise the cash, use it judiciously the neck in order to raise more and you will find a dollar bill cash . r cotton than their own means do the duty Df two or three oti jpstify. credit. Ten per cent is an.enormous in No people on earth stand more t.rest.r Fifcent to Oaneomous i teres".' Fifty to One Hundred pe in their own light of prosperity than do the cotton farmers of the cent, Oh my It is the cotton raised on credit South. which creates the surplus and this Is it not a wellknown fact that evil alone keeps the cotton farm a seven million hale crop wili'real ors from progressing in the finest ire fully as much money asr a nine country on earth. million croj? Then why insist on Y Mr. ector . an, Yet Mr. Hector D. Lane, Presi" the surplus? dent of the Cottan Farmers Ass If you can't be a big farmer, be eiation, proclaimed broadcast: "If a little one, but under all circum you can't have credit standing dn stances be a cash, independent your own bottom without pleg and happy farnme ing all you own on earth, go with Let there be no more pledges· no.ot it. More thattle morgages, no more These few words will be more hinderances to the very air you effective than all your cotton corn breathe. The vety soul in your ventions, .your motions and reso body is not yours so long as you lutions. We take the lead, havitg established a 'strictly cash house, one of the largest in the Stat6, taking ad chances, eornJling us to make figures that are bound to.interest you. ___ _ _ S EQIAL.... Bacon 5c. Leaf lard §o. Women's and' men's polka t86e. D. S. Sides 4jc. Blind bridles 85c. Nice ladies and men iall solids Plates 4c. Trace chains 25cpair. any sire, $1125 Mese pork $8.50 Nails $1.75 per keg. j Singletrees 10d. Meal $1.M55 I ine salt 200 lb. bag 90e. Doubletsee 26c. Best Flour $4.60 Loose nails 21c. per pouqd. Ball thread p.; pouhd 2Ad; Sugar g1c. Good .hecks and stripes b. Spool thread per dqsen; 266 Coffee 12 to 15e. Domestic 8o. Cotton fope, 10.. Gr~itty lc. Best grain plow ~hoes $1.00 Feather trek 10.c In fact anything and everything needed in your family or on ydtr farm. Oat stoelfis onb of the largest ;n tih Rftaa and ww wnnld ha alau tn hPar froim van_ 0 OREYFUS MIRCANTILE COMPWI, 027o, 6,9, 631, 833 and 035 DREYFUS BLOOiK QC septll-lyr NATC Z, : . THE -:-TENSAs GA ZETTE-: A weekly newspaper pub lished at ST. JOSEPH, .LA. THE OFFIcAIJo iL -OF T BE PAltISII OF TEISA , -OF TEUE Board of School Di'tors -AND OF THE Fifth Dit, Levee Bod -:0:- Reaching every hiome to the parish, it is an excellen medium for ADVERTISERS who desire the business of this section. DEMOCRATIC in principles, it will ever ad vocate what seems to IT is-to the best interests of State generally, and the Paris particularly. Blanks of every description for Magistrates, Constables and other Officials kept con stantly on hand Advertisin [tate. RIeasoruable. Subscription, $1.50 A ye WANtED-A GOOD SUOE IAKR in St. Joseph. The patroeae eo this town and mmsldlIng esatrt will piv a gd man to come bhm and opa shoe shop. Wanted- Idi. - .f .pa . . .c . -. .. ALL ROADS LE.4f TO BURNS' SHOE STORE I'N N AATCHEZ, MIISSI3SIPI't All Past Record of Shoe' Selling Broken. This Sesb ii " ' iiF • Sold More Shoes to People from the Louisiana Side of th " River than ever before. Wear is the only test of a shoe. -Wears the Bee Value Shde * "House inthe 8odith. Oat Sales Prove it; Burns'. Main Street Shoe Stort " marIO .4,,I-4i'. A RTRtr. IlL Ie lI.. " " Nice ootohor fGodet Clothes That Will Look Well on YouT Clothes That will Wear Wei1 Clothes That Will be an Outward indexi Good'Taste; of Your Good Judutment. aro Oriders soaeltd..--Ooods tent on Applovi-. Mo I M, U-AiA & OC 425 AND 4407 MA1IN BiT. .NAZiT May a: . KEEP OUT OF THE, GOBR .7 a.-3Y tUSING- Pl~ant, Jr. QiiYtiv-aFtor The Genuine Have Hollow, Steel Stands and P. Frame.---Calt be ordewed thiough any atch li#t will be supplied by as direct in any. quanity, as we w1i rain out of tem this .ason,. " Itr~8 ii for Oaldgie and Price, ' Itipi itate and ifsr sar:. *olictted '. iN yatche , M4:,, W. B. DIOKS 'CO O NAT IE. M1U BOOTS, SHOES & RB usa. . . .....m*WC w I rarrq .. ......s 4 rll ClfLDIIil« .M r f1. WI1ý) ordor preft4 saivkkbd b ik.,Pwt urV.. , . + W I .w;Ho.-i8 K~~iP~rn~w 5Wfs lEE MAID - WU;Q 'PC AOW, s1 aid tkswn atgI'*41j Wkn w*wesy. 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