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SHOMER G ,UARIANt
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF CLAI
BORNE PARISH,
Oiflrio in tlha Old P.,it Otioe Building"
C. W. SEALS & J. 11. 'IIPI'S,
EDITons & ornuPninTron.
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homer, La,
Friday.....June 7, 1889
The May of 1889 has been the
dryest since 1873, and with the
exception of that y'ear the dryest
on record.
Major Barksdale of Miss., has
withdrawn from the Gubernatorial
race. The light between the
scveral remaining aspirants is
waxing warm. •
The Supreme Court convenes at
Monroe next Monday. The cases
of this parish being now return
able to Shreveport, under a recent
act, we have no busine ss in that
court.
The city of Pittsburg raised
$100,000 in one day for the suffer
ers in the Conomaugh Valley.
With such philanthropy and gen
erosity as this, the wants of the
distressed sufterers will soon be
rclieTed,
The IRepublicans of the 5th dis
trtct had a meeting a few days
since in the town olf elta. Frank
Morey was endorsed for congress
and Boatner denounced. Rlesolu
tions were passed condemning the
course of Coleman towards inter
fering with appointments in this
district.
Each day's discoveries make
the calamity of Conemaugh Val
ley greater Ltan btfore. The latest
accounts show that full 12,000
people lost their lives in the flood.
The 2lmes-Dem*orat telegrams of
the 6th, tell of a. place where a
thousand dead bodies were found
tin aeingle pile. The survivors of
'Chibwef.nertunate calamity are re
,ceiving aid front all parts of the
'world.
• case was recently tried r ad
decided in the Minden court in
*which the leg lity of thle railroad's
litle to the land, granted in 1856,
was involved. The Rt . R. brought
Spetittory action again.st thie citi
zens now in Fossession, to have
it decreed to be the owners of
the land. Judge Boone decided
that the railroadl had no title, and
the eltizens were the legal owners.
The case will be appeal to the Su
preme Court.
Hon. E. J. Gay, member of con
gress from the 3rd district of this
state, died at his home in the par
ish of Iberville a few days ago.
Mr. Gay was a wealthy man and i
an honorable man, but was not'
much fltted by nature for a con
grosmanr. It is not yet known
Upon whom his mantle fell, but
seveal names have been suggest
ed by the democratic papers.
Am~ag them we notice Andrew
rrce,- who l a son in-law of the
' dead congressmen, Don Catfery,
3: A, O'Suollvan and Dudley
Avery. With Don Cafrty or Mur
p.hy j . FPoster, of St. Mary, the
'thi:owel4 have an a ble repre
e epta..le ubllcs are makina a
· *p1iate etfort to g~ontrol of
hat distrieasta ills is Kel.
. l:l& diist, sad it. is to be
~ "op1odirathe or anyf oh lbapeo
i ayGoul has Ibuud out that 1
4<o 6t@U people can build rail. I
laj$I part of ithe coutry.
' jtid0oh, said bie has recatly
ls i. pest lIeustent, GCant,
we to eutlqe frghten off
up "thteet erinse
~iIloges may'
t~itsse
A I:~
A Graded School for Homer.
There is some talk about lio
mer and the surrounding ý.',untry
of making an effort to organize
and establish a graded schol at
this place. The GrI:ArInN heart
ily eudorses the project and thinks
the matter should be thoroughly
discussed and some plans agreed
upon at an early date, whereby
we can establish a first class grad
ed school in the town of llomer.
There has never been a school of
this kind in Claiborne parish. Af
ter hearing the advanced methods
of teaching, exemplilled by the
Insti:tute workers recently in our
town, we are stronger convinced
than ever of the need of such a
school. Every teacher knows that
the most successful and best meth
ods of teaching cannot be applied
in the common country school.
The reasons are obvious. In the
first place, the teachers are very
few, who are competent to teach
all the branches required to be
taught, even in the common coun
try schools. iBeides, if they were
competent and adapted to teach
ing all the branches, they have'nt
the time to devote to the various
classes. For instance he has sev
eral classes in reading, history,
grammar, arithmetic, etc., and by
the time he spends a few minutes
with each class, the morning is
gene, and the evening goes the
snmfl way. But if we had a ;rad
ed school. there would be a teach
er for reading, history, etc., and
the teacher would have ample
time to explain and to use the oh
ject method and all the improved
methods of teachiug. 'Though, as
suggested in the Journal, it will
cost something to maintain a
school of this kitd, and at first
would, probably, have to be sup
portedl by a small tax on the pro
perty owners of the town. The
children who come from beynd the
corporation would, of course, be
required to pay a small tuition
fee.
If we had such a school as this
here, we would draw a large pat
ronage from abroad; our educa
tional interest would hoe intensifi
ed ant built up; our town would
be an educational center and the
great seat of learning that it should
be.
We hope our citizens who have
great interests at stake here, finan
cial and otherwise, will take hold
of this matter, and there will be'a
generail discussion of the matter
which will lead to their early con
sumation of the plans to which
we have referred.
The Pensylvanja Deluge. '
On the lst dlay of May there
occurred in the Conemangh Val
Iby at and near Johnstwon, Penn.,
one of the most destrnutivo and
appalling rainstorms that ever oc
curred in this country. The heca
vy rains began near the south
fork of the Conemaugh river, and
the large artificial lake 100 feet
deep In water, and covering an
area of five miles of surfacejust
above the city of South Fork,
bnurated its dam and the immense
volume of water rushed on its mad
fury to the towns of South Fork,
Conemaush, Woodvale, Johnson,
Cambria and other places wherre
a teow moments before the dread
ful calamity, slept in peace.,and
plenty full 50,000 human beings.
Nearly all the houses in the above
mentioned towns were demolished
and washed away by the raging
flood, anil it is estimated that 4t
least 8000 people were drowned
and killed. The railroad tracts
were washed away, telegraphiines
term down, the waeon roads all
torn to pieces. So that every
means of communmcatio were cut
off from those unfortunate towns,
hencae theexact condition of things
has not yet been found out. Yet
enough is knoawn to make this one
of the mest destruetive rain storms
that ever visited this country. In
sue l the small towns along the
valley below where the dam broke
loe, not a sitangle hbuse was left
standing. Theinamatea were drown
ed bebre they could get out of
ber, slie-overtaken by the tu
$e. waters, and strangled to
eath, r dasdh d against floating
4tbiaW. whioh were p ing on
i1 litheir uIhas of death and de
itr o en , the day be
~~ktetv Bnasbd Its gast
Hicks and Duncan.
Jnd' Hicks of Shreveport has
again astonished the people by
one of his anomalous r' "ngs. A
f,.r dlays ago he orderca the clerk
to rtrike from the records of the
court the judgment and soetence
in tie case, State vs Bob Duncan,
ant that Duncan be released and
set at liberty. it will be remem
bered that Duncan was recently
convicted' of inflicting a wound
less than mayhem, and sentenced
to one year at hard labor in the
pcnitentiary also to pay a fine of
$2ý0. When Duncan heard the
sentence he jumped from the court
room window, and crippled him
self in his leap for liberty. The
fine has been collicted but the
balance of the sentence remitted,
which is equal to a pardon. It
seems to us that the judge has ex
ceeded his jurisdiction in the mat
ter. The laws of this state are
emphatic in declaring that no
judge has the authority to amend
or revoke any sentence passed in
a criminal case. A notorious hood
lum and one of the worst charact
ers of Shreveport is thus permit.
ted to continue to ply his nofarious
vocation with imlunity, all on
account of an unprecedented and
arbitrary ruling of a whimsical.
judge. The good people of Shreve
port are loud in their condemna
tion of Judge Hicks eotrse
In this matter and justly so we
think. We presume tho District
Attorney will at once take steps
to see that Duncan is rearrested
and that the sentence of the court
is executed. It would certainly
be a dangerous law, ifjudges had
the right tosentence a man to be
hanged Lfter conviction by a Jury
and before the sentence is cxecut
ed to set it aside and free the
prisoner. In such a case the judge
would constitute himself into a
board of pardons, as he seems to
have done in the Shreveport
case.
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1 IMEMORIAt1.
Benjamin D. Itarrison was born
in the State of Alabama, on the
first day of February A. 1). 1824,
and died atlHomer, Ls., April 13th
1889. Mr. Harrison came to He
mer, in 1851 and was a participant
in the efforts of the first settlers of
the parish in establishing society
and necessary comfort and con
veniences. lie it was that first
brought to our parish the Printing
Press, when our town was sutr
rounded by an almost unbroken
forest, by the influence of which
imigrants come teeming in from
tIle older States until Claiborne
parish was filled a lth * people
that won for her the proudl name
of "Banner Parish of the State."
Mr. UIaFrison soon after cominz'
to Homer afllhlated with Homer
Masonic Lodge, No. 152, when the
Lodge was in its infancy and had
all the glorious work she has ao
complished before her, in which
work hie engaged amnd did his part
cheoorl'uly. He has enjoyed the
prosperity of the Lodge when it
flourished "as the green bay," and
unshlrkingly did his duty as a
member and officel during her
days of depression. Our brother
loved and protected the cordial
princlples of our noble order, and
none were ever turned away by
him empty-handed so long as he
was able to contribute to their
needs, Ourbrothecr is gone, so
let us cherish his memory rwith
the kindest and most fraternal
affection. His works with us and
the the world are ended. Hie has
been called from labor by the
Supreme Mager or the universe.
Therefore, be it Reiolred, That
in the death of our beloved broth
or, Homer Masonlie Lodge, No. 15,
has lost a worthy member and
efficient ofeieer, the community a
useful ectizen, his family a devot
ed and loving husband and fath
or.
Resolved further, That the mem
bers of the Lodge wear the usual
badge of mourning for thirty days,
that a copy of these resolutions be
sent to his bereaved family, re
corded on the minate booi of tbho
Lodge and ceies furnished the
GUuANmx and JAmsrl with re
quqst to publib.h A.K. CslInXax,
DPiow Fimousao,
Committee.
rske begelts hlike, Look abroad
ir tiw state ,sand how t'ranq uil
"thr~,~ataae 4!i~ 4ria.h
8. D. DREYFUS & CO.,
-WIIOLESALE DLE 'RII8 IN
1)RY GOODS, CLOTHING,
No'rroxs, I]vrs, , oo)TS
AND SHOES,
Nos. 123 and 125 Texas Street,
SHREVEPORT, - - LA.
6-7 ly.
Dr.I..B POLLAIID,
( LATE OF I)ALLAS, TTIAR.)
JJAVING permanently located iT
omer trndcrs his professional ser-il
vices to the public in the practice of
MEDICINE and SURGERY
Special attention given to chronic
diseases of both soxeas--will visit asy
part of the country autd prform surgi
cal operations.
Office np-stairs over G. G. Gills store.
Residence opposite thie l'rcbytcrian
church. F.S.
ARDIS & CO
-WHOLESALE-
GROC ERS
- ANI)
COMMISSION ME1llE'IIANTS,
SIIRE'VELOIIT, - - - LA.
-0
- -..ALSO
DEALERS IN
Bagging,
Ties,
Grain, etc.
SPECIAL ATTENTION
Given to orders from the
Country.
No. 616, 618 and 620 Levee St.,
SIIIIEVEPORT, - -- LA.
6-7. ly.
HIAYNESYILLE
IIIGII SC1OOL.
T''I1E SI'IuNO Tiernl of this IN
STI'I'UTI'ION pens with the
NEW YEAR,
And the fture promwlets of thlin ~rlho,
are better '| evli r ta'fore. T'h' p'ts
cut atttndaliLce is goodzadal t.z:.ltrs
aund pupills i!re full ol'.c.rgy anld z,::l.
The teUacherl h:svw et.,njriu-ne., .ndl
ability, and the itr,,tclion gi'~n ic
THOROII U(I n I :lrl tAI.C . t tre.1,
finr t 1 'a, mitt , and the aae,'al Ir-mi: ig
allnd iin linee is of t:e ulb t.
Board a2ld Tnitiou as low as ecoanlart
ent with ilrst-class opplortoniti.s,
Parentts and Guardian: will do wvll.
to put their children in thia School, ae
31 oare will be slparedI to ,ljoUote tleir
Intelleetual, nmorlt anld social training.
Mrs. Alice Nix hlas charge of the Mn
sic Departmeut, amd Mise Lola Brown ol'i
clite Art Iehpaitment.
PROI. 8. J. MEADOWS
)ll1$ LENA MEAI)DOWS,
- 18. Asioclate Prinepals.l
W,. A. JOlNSTON,
S. --DAr --E-IN
I ATINS,
CLOCKS,
• JEWELRY,
llla PS r-llatd11
SPECIACLES, Etc.
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1101111R IRDilAIN,
TILE OFFI('IAL JOURNAL OF
CLAI IIORNE PA RISII.
Under special con
tract with the PO
LICE JURY it pub
lishes all the official
1proceedings of the
jparish.
Publishes all pro
ceedings of the
soaroO TOO. .
Publishes all pro
ceedin.gs of the
TOWN COUNCf
TIIE "BEST
IEIIlI
N
NORTH
LOUISIANA.
-THE GUARDIAN JOB
OFFICE
g@" Is Fully Equipped S
For the execution of Every DN
scription of JOB WORK at City
Subgcriion prie ONE
DOLLAR R"I
The Newr Orleran, WeekiB. Pa
jI.au a.::.d ,. T ib Guamm 'tfr
JORDAN & BOOTH.
ARTI8TIC AND ORIGINAL DESIGNS IN NOVE
TIE o - .
Fine Clothing, Gent's
Furnishin g Goods and hats.
o Stock Large, Varied and Complete. o
101li & BilOT,
No. 218 Texas Street, Shreveport, - - - "I
Will 1baplicate Nuw U)rleans and St. Lonis Prices. fltThe only Am1rican
liHouse in Shreveport dealing in this kind ofCGoods. Country Ordlers solicited.
WBRIDGEMAN,
COLLIER & CO.j
-DEIAL.ERS IN
GENEI AL MIERICIIANI)ISE,
----Si'Cill AS
DRY GOO), CL4,07OTIX(,
OTIOYS, iOOT'. 811OES. S.
liN T i, tCAP', &c.. &,., .
Fresh goods always on hand at ROCK BOTTOM PRICES,
Remember the place, North Side of the PIublic Square, in
the J. K. Willet Brick Building, I lomer, L.a.
ATTENTION,
W CONTRAOTORS,
BUILDERS -
An(d all who use Sash, Doors;
Blinds and Moulding.
I have hltely addled to my STOCK and Immense line of thei
above discribcd Goods. I have in Stock and to arrive, ,
0. G. DOORS, WINDOWS, 4
3 b" 7 S by 12-12 Lights, Size, 2-4.fx1-6'
2-10x7 9x18- 12 " " 2-7 x8-6
2-10x6-10 lOx iS- 12 " " 2-10x6-.-O
2-SxO-8 12x16-- S "
2-6x7
Also a great varioty oF Moulding. See nmy flricc.
Tley are as low as tihe lowesct.
G. eG. GILL.
The Largest DRY GOODS HOUSE In theo 8tat
outsido New Onrloai, covering 2000 piro feet iaO
lspace, for
The only House thqit mnanufaitctures its 0wn Shoes
The Pioneers and origiliators of Low Prices foi tlih
Best Qualities.
FOR GOOD, HONEST VALUE ,
GO TO
TILE OLJ) RELIABLE
. ZODIAGS.
Texas Street, Shreveport, La.
FLORSHEIM BRoS
.WIIOIESALE IDEALERS I
Dry Goods, Notions, :
Boots, Shoes
an,,oats .
Ans. everyth4ii LEi' E Stret, l O1AEVE or'I', - -l.
Th )nplicato ny H Bill bonglt i sn any E instern Sar keut.t. .A I
It standis at the rhead of alo
Southlemri iewsIc1plcrs. The
)ereal t 'Jiees-.emoCnt of
SNew Orleis, 1O.-Daily and
Te Strkeei. It as thre Inrtcat
,,IO}8LEDAESI.
DT Gods,' Noions