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TIHE BANIER-DEMOCRAT. Matturday, June 5, :897. L. K. BARBER, ATTORNyt'Y-A-T.LAW. L;ke Providence, La. C. F. DAVIS, ATTOrNEY-AT LAW, Lake Providence, La. P. S: STRICKER, IMD., PrEcticirg FgPysicicr, Oflce at Carpl:ell & (Iaie Dr.g Store on Levee st reet. W. I). BELL, Surgeon and Practicing Pysiciar. (Olstetrics a specialty.) Will respond to all calls, day ormght. Office at B]ernard drug ttore. ResideLce next to Altodist. Chure Payment for imedic:tl services must be madle at the close of each month positively: C. S. WYIY, A.ttorney at L.arw. Lake Providenfe, La. Practices in State and Federal Courts 'Loc:al and Parish News. Vote right. lHot summer days. The election Monday. The river is w:thiu its banks. Col. Buckner was up on Monday. Services at the Churches to-morrow The parish jail tills up as court gets closer. You need not vote often; it is not necessary. Phil McGuire has started his im provements. The crops are suffering very much for moisture. As the dull season comes in, local news begints to get scarce. The pump driven at the Fisher corner was a good move. It is allfired hot, and the indications point to an extreme suenmer. Mr. Phil McGuire is having brick pillows put under the Pittman store. Business on Saturday last put a smile on the couutenauces of the mer chants. Chbarley Whittingtou is going to build something on his lots on Lake street. Pretty lawns and organdies in the latest patterns, are now on show at White's. Take our advice and save your money. You might need it for a rainy day. Master Nimo White was welcomed home from school on Thursday by his parents and friends. The rain on Thursday evcning eCme in the nick of time, and the crops will now flourish and grow. Mr. Geo. 'McKee will have a brick wall placed on the west side of his store, which is a first class idea. Very little business is done after 7 o'clock, and it is quite a recreaitiou for the clerks to get nff for the evening. Undertaker Fus.e sent a casket down to'Neponset on Thursday f:. r the little child of Mr. C. A, Williams. The dull season is now apon us, and the merchants cannot expect much business until the fall trade opens up. On account of the election on Mon day, there will be no court, except to convene and adjourn until next day. It seems that the fine sport of fish ing Is fast playing out iu our beautiful lake. From what cause we do not know. It looked like all the drummers in the country struck our town this week. They are already filling orders for the fall trade. We have'nt heard lately of the hotel that Mr. C. R. Egelly wa going to erect.. We hope that he has not given up the idea. Several of the colored children of our town, who have been attending Satight University at New Orleans, have returned. Purdy's large and line warehouse down on the river bank, is almost a total wreck, caused from the rough river during the high water. There is not a particle of doubt but that some one will be ready to take a voyage lup salt river after the counting of the votes on Monday evening. The many friends of Mrs. r. J. Powell are glad to learn that her con dition is greatly improved, and that the good lady is fast contalescing. The kids will niow have time to hunt plum orchards and till up on green fruit, which is enough to twist the stomach of a brass monkey into knots. Mr. Waitles Brown will please accept our thanks for an invitation to attend the commencement exercises of the State University and A. & M. college. On Monday the town election takes place, and the voters of our town, both white and colored, should vote for those who will make the best officers. lev. Mr. Parker, by his eloquence and mnasterly subjects always has a crowded church. To-morrow evening his subject will be "Future Punish ment." It was with many regrets that we learned on Thursday that Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Williams had the sad mis fortune of losing their youngest child, a boy ten monatha old. The Leathers is the only New Or lens packet that stays with unsluring the summer, and .the owners 6f this boat abeuld not be lorgotten when the itll boslnse eomuweuces. TheM merhebants ont Lake sltrebt who are keeping the street sprnlukled int froant of their stores, are doinog a good thing, and it will be a blessing during he loug .botsummer days. We regret to leatres that EZassael B.;o s er of our go~od clored fresds.d v' ,yrF ti;k, withVery little hopes of Sid ll agge learn Of Liis. GOOD TRAIN SERVICE. Train service inaugurated by the Y. d M. V. II. R. and I. C. systems iseap preciated by tbe.traveling public. By using the above lince you can go to St. Louis, Chicago, Louisville, Cincin nati and all points cast with only one, change of cars sind this change is made at a Unice Depot in Memphis. vhiere you Eet a solid vestibule train through to all the above points. For tickets or lnformation call on local agents or address JNO. A. SCOTT, lMemphis. Tenn. A. 11. IIANSQN, G. P. A., Chicago, SIlla. W. A. KELLOND, A. G. r. N., Lnuisville. Ksy. W. I). IBRENT, C. T. A. Vicl:bthrg. Miss. Now that cummer is fast -approach. - Ing and the warm season will soon be here, a:l premises- and out houses should he cleaned up and whitewaehed, whichl will add very much to the ou ce joyment of good health. at It is said that our daily mail will th resume cperatiou in about ten days. Three mails a week and as irregular as . they have been coming to us, don't suit the peop!e, and we are anxious r, for the time to conmo hen our daily mail is once more established. Mr. Charley Whibttigton has pulled Is down the horse shed next to the Fire man's hlall and is putting it up on the lot that the electric light plant occu pied. Charhl y is a hustler, and with a little time we hole to see him have his railroad. lion. J. E. IRansdell and wife return ed from Hlot Springs yesterday even ing. The many friends of Mr. Rans. ts dell- will be glad to learn that his health is improved very much during the month at the Springs, and that he is n- now ready for the arduous work be fore him at Ibis term of cou'rt to com :h mence on Monday: A person was heard to remark on al Saturday morning last that it was a ,r pity that the Banner-Democrat was the only paper in town.* The man Is who made this remark was never known 'to subscribe for a home paper !k in his life, and if a nowspaper had to e. depend on his kind for a living, it a would'ut run but a very short time. In a little paragraph in our last Issue o we menutioned that a lady -was found : sick and bad received attention from the Kings Daughters, which we since to learn is a mistake and that she did not need the assistance or charity of tr the Kings daughters. It was not our a intention to do the lady an injury, and gave the local as it was given us. is r. G. C. Martin, representing L. Landau & Co, Grocers, of St. Louis, te dropped in on Monday to see us, and 1I to say that he was replrcseutitg one of the best grocery houses in the "Future k Great." Mr. Martin is one of the 1(most is popular drummers that visits our lown and never leaves without captnr ir og a book full of orders. We wish him good luck with his now house. et The young rcee: who attend church on Sutlnday nights, should remember that othecss go to the place of worship b for the purpose of listening to the p. minister, and that their disorderly con a- duct is aunoying. As they generally o take the back part of the church and y. cannot be' seen by all, we think it would be a good idea to call names, ul which we will do the next time we see such conduct going on. n We took a trip across the river on SSunday last on board of the little steloamer Carroll, and found that the el lands that only a week or ten days o ago were eutirely submerged by the n waters of the Mississippi, were dry and that the crops had already been planted. There is no doubt that good Scrops will be made and that the depos ite left on the land will be a blessing e to the old worn out soil. b The closnlug exercises of our public school on Friday evening last was a it pleasing entertailument. Every child a did 'rcmarkably well, which showed credit upon themselves 'and upon th Steachere who had the undertaklng in 1- hand. The exercises closed the most It sueccessful year of our school, and as we said last week, we hope to see the it same corps of efficient teachers in Scharge. MrsR. Johnson in her last bequests, d left to Mrs. Grahanm,Col. W. W. John e son's silver spurs which were present e. ed to him by his command for gallan t try on the field, the headed pouen b presented to him by the Chiefs in the r Confederacy, and the sword captured in conflict from the enemy. These a relics will finally be placed in Memo g rial Hall, New Orleans, the South's B- Battle Abbey. The "military company will haye d their quarlerly inspection and muster 5- to-morrow evening. It is to be hoped ls that every member of ibe company who possibly can attend, will be pres Setit. There is very little interest now Staken in the company and unless pmne e thing Is done we are afraid that at the end of the tour years. which )i verr o near up, the East Carroll Guards will Sbeathieg of the past, we regret to say. , We notice in the N. O. paper thatb l five convicts Jjmped from a fast *eov . Irig train near pouldeotvIl. lasi f week, and amngathiem was Celet*a a* Nela , seat Iup for tom years fromo or perl~s. - Craps-seven or eleven, all for the amount of 5cts, has claimed another victim, and Willie Hall, a young colored boy, an innocent party, was to the unfortunate one.. in- There is a crap game run on the sly le in town, and on Saturday night a week re ago it Ra.g in full blast, when a dispute gi arose bet ween Jake Wright and Mat etc Douglass over a uickle. Wright- slip. or ped out~ide and secured half a brick and returning to the door let it fly,. o, and instead of s-trikig the person in tended, Willie Hall received the terri ble blow on his jaw bone. It knocked Ihim downt. but in .a few moments he recovered anl after a little while went to his ionte, which is in the swamp. L.- On Saturdla last Doctor Bernard was be called to see him and fonund him suffer. Cs nlog with lock jaw and a very high Ol, fever. The Doctor had hardly re Du- turned to town before .he received woird that he was dead. Wright was ill immediately placed in jail. s. Everything possible should be a, done to break up this low vice u't of gambling and the persons run us ning " the games severely 'pun. ;y ished. But in the past it has been shown 'to be an impossibility to make a convictiou-even white people ed being known to perjurethcemselves on e- the witness stand to save the guilty parties from a heavy find or the peni u tentiary. Let the next grand jury probe the matter thoroughly. We learn that Capt. J. B. Donnally, once a popular and highly esteemed n. citizen of our parish, is an applicant. for the position of Collector of the Port at New Orleans, with the chances strongly In his favor of receiving the appointment. Capt. Donnally was popular here, Le among Democrats as well as Rlepubli cans, and he is just as popular In the city of New Orleans, where he has be. on come one of the leading citizens. a The appointment of Capt. Donnally as by the President to the first position art in the Custom house of our State er would be hailed with delight, because er he is capable, upright and honest, and to is far superior in every respect to it Wimberly, who is considered an un scrupolous politician and who is being ti opposed by the leading Republicans of td the Stafe. The appointment of Capt. m Donnally weuld be an honor to his cc party, which is badly needed just id about now, in Louisiana. 'a WE O E1r NO BAIT ur Td To trap the unwary-make no allur. ilg annouccncemuts to catch you just once. L. 'The GUARANTEED value we rive , itn our matchless SPRING CLOTII. ING, UNDEIWEAlt, HATS- anti SN ECli,'EAl; --and your money re b::k, if you wait it, is protective Ierr. Ulr donevy ack if not suited. r" Mail crtrers receive prompt atten Stion. WAI:NEI & SEAI: .E- CO., •ic Viki , urg, Miss. r light marshal MAWilliams came across a suspicious looking individual te the other night and placed bitm in jail. Ie is a very heavy 'negro and is wear ing the shirt and shoes worn by a convict. The shirt is marked '1"6"' and below this '-31" in stencil Swithl a circle aroutndl it. lie refuses to Stell where he is from, but there is no doubt that he is all ecaped convict, on from either Mississippi, Arkansas or ie Loutisiana. lie gives the name of be Henry Latchie. That is a pretty good joke on one Sof the town candidates, who has been ,ecanvasiug for votes. lie tells each d colored voter that if they vote for him . that thley canr get half of anythitg he has, and that whenei'er they find them selves a little cramped for cash to call on him-aftcr the election! I le told ieI a colored man that if he had only one a $10 bill left that he could get half of d it; and you ought to have seen that d nitgger laughing at the liberality of , some white folks, who are knowu to in be otherwise tItan liberal. Sam Morris. a Ithard working colored eman, had the misfortune to loose his horse on TucBiday morning. Morria n thinks he died with bydlrophobia. ile says a dog was killed last week in s, the field with all the symptoms and that i:- he thinks his horse was bitten by the t-. animal. Several dogs were also b;tten a- before he was killed. This is a heavy en loss on Morris, and we hope that he he will succeed in getting another. The mail boat'on her Tuesday trip se was fully twelve hours ,ebind tinme 0- reachinrg Providence. This is very i'a anuoying when it is taken into consid eration that we are only getting three mails a week. e Miss Emma, the accomplished andl r attractive daughter of Dr. and Mrs. d W. D. Bell, arrived on Sunday moru y ing last from Macon, Ga., where she - has been-atteuding Weslytn College. w Miss Emma was welcomed home. re- The programme exeented by the be little girls and Uoys at the closing exerelses of our school ot Fridlay night l last, was highly enjoyable, and there Swas not a parent present who did:not a! appteciats the eWorts of the teachers, iMr. Millerand family of Mayeraville, It habeve located" in our town and' are .- domicied in the Franklin dwelling on "tt Hlood street. Mr. Miller is a hard orking ntra., sad a, gsd eaupater, p and we ca reemmedi him to the . citiseus qfodr (pwn atid -cotarv. NO USE TALKING! Women love as well as do men, a If you will spend a minute or two exnmining our handsome line of Tans, you will be Convinced that we have just what you want,; and that the style, fit and price are in hbrmony. We have B, C, D and E widths; in all the late colors and toes. Beginning to-day our show window will lecture on Shoes, until further notice. WV. N. WHITE, AGT., Lake Provldcaoe, La. The Vicksburg Tailoring Company, IMis .era stu1ts to Order for 2"8, a $O20, a $22, a 4 0. PANTS TO ORDER FROM $4 UP, BEST OF WORKMANSHIP, Ti:ree thousarnd different patterns to select from. We kandle no ready made Clothi,~a. VICKSBURG TAILORING CO., 226 South Washingion St., Vicksbnrg, Miss. M. A. HALE, Proprietor. E. A. DALE, Manager.' T . J. Powell, Levee Street, Lake Providonce, Lonialana, ....DEALER IN.... Fine Clothing, Hats, Caps, 9 and Gents' Furnishing Goode, Trunks and Valises. Ladis', SMisses, Children's and Men's Shoes. Overhode for all. Grocer ee and Plantation anul3pliee. MILS. ALICE BENTON JOHNSON. Through the tangled mazes of life's pilgrimage,. we meet sometime with choice souls, whose individuality is so marked-and the impress, made on thoso, who enter the inner penetralia of their influence is so enduring, that we are justified in speaking a more than '*Requiescat in pace" when they fall asleep. Such was Mrs. Johnson, born on the Woodstock plantation in Carroll parish-daughter of Mrs. M. A. Bar. ton and Col. Warren Magruder Ben ton, she grow up a child of love and indulgence, on the death of her mother became an heiress in her own right. She was educated at Dr. Falls' Semin ary, Frankfort, Kentucky, where she was wooed and won by Will Warren Johnson. nephew of ex-Vice President Ricl d Johnson, and heir of Col. Matt C. Johnson of Lexington, eminent jurist and banker. Their union was one of mutual devotion. She followed his fortunes with almost unparalled loyalty throughout his checkered -life. In the beginning of the Confederacy. when he was Ajutant to Gen. Albert Pike in the recruiting service in the Indian Territory. she made her home always in the wake of the army. Cast in the heroic mould there was no daring too intrepid for her to do, in defense of her rights or her prmnci ples. Her soul wvas at war at all times with falsehood, wrong and inuastice; a soul generous, hospitable and kind- scornful of petty calculations-and scornful of being scorned. Her high spirit could not brook a moan action. She would not have stooped to reach a crown, if thereby she despoiled a fel low creature. She worshiped the su preme good and loved, with pu:' ionate devotion, the beautiful in all its forms. She had a marvelous pity and yearuing toward the weak and helpless, and trod the earth with a springing step, lest she might crush a worm. Her sense of justice was unflinching, and paramount to all self-interest antd am bition. If her own comfort, or that of oth ers, required labor at her" hands, she' performed the duty with such lofty drignity, that the action itself became id izied asud'beautifnl. ,i'endship she eountcd a holy thing, and once bestoued./she fanned its lire with constant loyahy. Her hatred of sham. hypocrits and cant. were so great, that her devotions were often, when others slept, lest she might be seen of men. -" She bore all life's burdens with Spartan heroism. The secrets of her soul were not laid bare to the indiffer ent gossip, but her friends knew the rich treasures of her nature; how, that her sentiments were refined to the point of pain. She has been known to ride through the primal forest all the day, g singing with the birds and holding high communion with the very genii of the woods. She lived close to nature's heart-and kept its fountains l pure. So was her pride of birth and famil± great. As she lies by her fath- a or in the last earthly home, we can truthfully say, she has been faithful to the trust, and the escutchoon is un marred. Her charities were a free-will offer ing to the creator of her great nature. Many widows and orphans now -tread rosier path- because of her- help and comfort. If all of those who have felt her benefits should cast a rose upon her grave, poor mother earth would be hidden in a mantle of bloom. She practiced every prudent ecoonomy. that she might transmit an unencumbered estate to her grandchildren. Her mis sin accomplished, her tired heart is at rest, and no sentinel is needed at ktie tomb. "Our acts, olr angels are of good or ill Our fatal bshadows that walk by Us still." I,- Notice : Ierely given thait tie town else tLon. called for Monday. June 7, 19,7. will be held at the courthouse. O.J. Hurley. W. (;. McRae. -W. E. Dune. Supervisors of Eleetion. Lake Providence, La., June 1, 1587. Mr. John Donavam was ' given a hearty hand-shake by his legion of friends on 'tuesdsa. [Te reports crop and busiuess good in the lower end or the parish. S -- ' I II I Il I Special Notice. Spedial Order. o. 10. Atjuntatt's Omice, Camp No. l,U. C. V,, Lgke Providence, La., Jase X, 180 -Ail comrades of Catp No. 193, U. C, V. aor hereby commanded to assemble at Bead. qrlarters on Tuesday. June 8, lt7. at noon, for the tranesetion of important business. A full attend'ece is requested. - By order of the Ccn mrander. Cats. It. Fti.LLT, Adjutant. Thire gma men na. riE` pa welr pnded new hnJred do&Lh .lCic. Oa a pl _-.0pe a of w sed a k wn high -gads maBaufaCT They hab l a i erieltd "i-pariiey the Co..l. is Mir.. Balisi teil nIgt.itldca, beob late in the year- . and wi i ~ buy ..ir eW Aims1t9--Ser.sBo a.t.ir We , to a Loindo deTar. ;Th icyle oagsSS The -. oltes $4o.nd as,* eeoUwy. pat ,s manway , _" d Colmbis suieaidty. yow ook a ye& thse is ",' econmay la STA,,,, RD OF TH+ VORl HARTFORDS, ". . 60, ."50 ,4 se mthen smos, any oaer bi veise. POPE i ACTrURING CO, Hartdr, Co acle F to te Wor1l4. Mestn 17 Aacw eo P-ler SpUea raedbw or dcailes toaem A St Isaw If Calumblas ar at per sft=70M oiou y tiat ue s seow." Billiard & Pool Room Parloro PHIL MICUIRE, Proprloeor,. oext to Ma Iey.r's 310u Clothing Stose, . ..sLAKE and- LVEE STRRaTS... I Kke Pwro'vidence, ' f.ouiBsa.U, S BILLIARD and PO, TABLE. Choicest brands of Whialie, ' Brandies, Wines, C gars and i Sbaco. Keep on hand; Iive. Oak, pure Bye; Memphis Cl b pure Bye: l T. Bippey, exaorted and relmported; J. . Pepper. -, Shard-made sour mabh Bourbaon; Joekey Club,~ hand-md ad ~a mash; Melweod, pure pourbon, spring '91; Bbbinsaon County, pure Bye; Beechwood, pure Bye. Ce4 Good, full quarts-Old Bgqrbon, 20 ears old; W. H. MeBrayer, Old Taylor, the eam of Irish whiskey nnjus, im ported; .Windson Club 1880. This is'the oboieast and most select stock of thialass of goods vr brought to this market" No e. 'r charge for jugs. 2, , . ". "-. fi - Auhmtsu*-Buie c eb Bar, *; a I· ' CITY DRUG S'tORL7 CAMPBLtt, &i I ZE, ?rop's . LEVEE STREET, LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA.;. -Dealers - n -. . 4 Ir • g-. Mod6 ..' ,,h.- . +-- P'zitnoy icu Wii1EWt 3tItt a .es P"Physiolans prescriptios carefully tom pounded It all b-re,e or night, by a registered Pharmacis. " - LUMBER, LIMIER, ..UI. McGUIRE'S SAW MLd. AND ---.LAKZ PROVIDINCIE, .LA - ' :._ I am now prepared to fi61 all orders fof . CYPRESS, A +BT A.ND OAK L in a prompt and sntiiarctory manier at Idwest prices for prices before purchasing elsewhere. No lumber is bshipped frol My Cotton Gin is the.complete Moner systerm, mnd g are -ery low. agrA liberal share of the pfblio potrongc is soleteted. Respect..lly, I. C -c "it -~~ ~ _- 'iiI---- Guenard Drug :.8tg LAKB STZEET:, LAKB PROV..I . ... -: A. Geeral unssoitmen t of Pa YFesh gqiSi , R Filling Presclplion, a 'spelelilt by e tz i -ilceased Pharaosw st. *Toiletls-t a Fy AeP5t . udreth's N FOU LAKE PROVI -- ENP. S - + " • < _ • '+ .: • " , >c+ .. _-. ..,., : ·· . + -- .. : - .+~~~~~~~~~~~~~r' . ..,;:.f:+;,._.(;7;:.:'t k%:-.