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..Orleans- brought out ;the largest crowd of the season.
The question of the bond issue ' .?will be settled at Saturday?s meeting of the ?city fathers?
Jac Wambsgan, accompanied by a number of his New Orleans friends, was here yesterday. .
Local news isn?t as plentiful as it has been, hence The Progress js short in that respect this week.
The bathing season has arrived, and the number that take a daily ,dip in salt sea waves is considerable.
H. P. Weis?, better known as .??Clip,? was here.to-day in the interest of the old reliable Picayune.
The continued drouth, in this section has caused the pecan trees ;.?o shed a gr.eater portion of their _ jfruit.
' vIf the present drouth lasts very ?-much longer stock- will suffer for --?/water, as the branches are fast drying up.
The carpenters and painters are nearly ready to turn over the buildings erected in the burnt district to their owners.
New Orleans families who own summer houses here and in Wave-land are now moving over for the heated term.
D. Negrotto, Jr. of New Orlear.: .came over yesterday to look after - his Tanico Springs property on .Carroll avenue.
Bay St. Louis is short a barber shop, one of the half dozen here having been closed up by an attachment for rent.
Hon. E. J. Bowers has purchased the resider	property on
the front road of G.	I ?vy. The
price paid was SI,'7' /
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The Bay St. Lc .	-	is	prepared to fill order? j..	,	Cakes
and Candy in any amo^ c and solicits a share of the patronage. ' ? Col Elliot Henderson, the well Vnown ? Pas3 Christian ? attorney,
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Miss steua sanso, or ncayune Station, were nu.rriod on the 23d of last month.
Monday being thte -last day of May, it was appropriately observed in Catholic church circles. There was the usual crowmng of the Blessed Virgin and the-"occasion made the theme of a beautiful sermon at 5 o?clock by ReT, . Eather Alphonse.
The editor has received a invitation to attend the closing exercises of St. Rose?s school, colored, which takes place on Tuesday evening next at 7 o?clock. The school is taught by .the Sisters of St. Joseph and it is' needless to say that the pupil3 will give a most creditable exhibition,	:
R. W. Toulme informs us that the ?hop-tea? he is selling contains only two per cent of alcohol, and therefore IS NOT drunk-producing. He also informs us that he doesn?t like for his place of business to be referred to as a ?joint.??' We stand corrected, and, in obedience to his wishes, if we have occasion to refer to his establishment in the future we shall call it a saloon.
Rev. Father Alphonse reached home Thursday night after a: visit of three months spent with his mother and sisters in Belgium. It affords his parishoiiers, as well as his many friends of other denominations, much pleasure to note his robust health. He informs The Progress that his trips to and fro across the ocean were devoid of any incident worthy of relating, and that he is happy to be back home and at work among his flock once more.
A practical woman remarked the other day that she read the advertisements in a newspaper more closely than anything else. ?And long ago,? she said, ?I quit buying of those who do not advertise. It always seems to me that the merchant who advertises invjtes me .to trade with him, while the one who does not advertise impresses me
eu every men me superD young man that he has ever proven himself to be. He is a gentleman of sterling worth and the success he has achieved in his chosen profession, civil engineering, is due to ability of a high order. He is in every way rJ* -his fair bride and that their union will be one' happiness is assured.
The bridal party went from the church to the home of the bride?s mother where an elegant repast was served,- and at 9:30 o?clock they boarded the north bound train for Mobile, where they will spend several days before returning to the Ba-
of~ sepreme
Death of Mrs. S. A. Cameron.
The friends and acquaintances of Mrs. Sallie A. Cameron were painfully shocked when news of her death reached them on Tuesday morning. She died at a late hour Monday night at the Hotel Dieu in New Orleans and her remains were brought to this place on the early morning train Tuesday for interment,
Mr3. Cameron had long been the victim of an incurable malady and it became necessary that she submit to-a surgical operation in New Orleans last week and from which she never rallied.
The deceased was a most devout Catholic and-her funeral took place from that church at 4 o?clock Tuesday evening and was attended by a large concourse of her friends and acquaintances. Rev. Father Leduc paid a glowing tribute to the many Christian virtues possessed by the good lady, and when the last words were spoken at the grave side the scene was one of the saddest ever witnessed at an interment in the old cemetery.
A husband and and two devoted daughters are left to mourn her death, besides a host of warm friends, to whom we extend , sincere ssmpathy in their sore bereavement.
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