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^ The Daeotali?s I?o\vn Trip.
I Thebig Dnootnh passed Co] fax nboui dark on Sunday eveniug, and the editor Ujf the Chkoniciji having to attend the T*'. S. Circiut court of Alexandria on Monduy, took passage. She landed nt Alexandria with tlie following cargo of through freight: 712 bales of cotton. 2000 Mrku of seed, 20<X) sacks of cotton seed meal, 200 barrels-of oil, 1000 sacks of nil cake. In addition to tlie foregoing she also had on board 1100 sacks of Bcod i for the Alexandria oil mill. Wo found Capt. ?Billy" boardman still possesBod of * nil the affability and courtesy that lias always mado-him a prince among p>od v fellows, with that elever brother of bis nn able second, and Skipper F. M. Saddler and Clerk J. P. McElroy a full team to make up a crew unsurpassed in this or any other trade. Owing to a heavy log the boat lay to at the head of the falls, and about 9 o?clock Mondfiy morning, with the Boardmans at the wheel, performed the double feat of shooting the | falls and the draw in the big iron railroad i bridge all in one act. This is not a very pleasant job with the pilots, as the iron bridge spans the falls at the most dan-, gerous point, and it is only by keeping a I cool head and a steady nerve that they 1 manage to pievelft ttveir boats from rasp-? ing against the center orJtv?rntable pier.
I This they acccomplish by huggTnff^ii?
| Pineville pier as closely as possible, and even then the swirl or b^nd in the swift waters throws the craft so far' around that large boats like the Dacotah barel.v escape mashing their wheek or rudders against the masonry of the center pier.
I ? ?* tty L.ud couutrv-like home ol
ptpt. uu>! Mo iv. T. ]u,ur()nmii ?a!i
Abe ticen? of tm:-h mcrriiies* lust Satur. duy msht. Ttic occasion uusau luloi^n-al daucc v hich wjiu well atteuded? and er joyed by all. Mrs. lioarclmau was assisted lu rtcelvluR by Miss Sadler. Ml so Gertie Weiss tung several pretty songs and was accompanied by ttie skillful fingers of Mrs. Hoardman on the ivories, and Miss Jeannette Tclhlard rendered several instrumental selections. Tin-evening was an all around enjoyable one and reflected well on tlie hospitality ol
the host and bo.st< <=s of the eveni;
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?* DANCE ON THE DACOTAH.
?On TLmsday tlie Dacolah ar rived af Alexandria oa its uovvu ward tri-j? to Now Orleans. Qniu a party of excursionists wrro aboard, on their way t? attend the Mardi Gras festivities iu }scvr Or leans. Among them were Mr. aud Mrs. Armstead aud Misses Carrie Sanford and Susie Tcxton, of Con shatta. Genial Capt. Boaidman witli his ever big hearted hospitality invited quite a number of Al-exaudrians to come aboard and dance that night. Ho they did aud several pleasant hours were spent partaking of the Captain?s hospitality. The cabin had been cleared, the carpets taken np, and a fine string band from New Orleans dispensed sweet music. Among the many present were: Mr. aud Mrs. A. P. Boardman, Mrs. Cullen, Mrs. Belle Osborn, Mioses | Nell Biackman-, Carrie S.indiibrd, Susie Paxton, Daisy Hyams,Katie ! Boardman, Josie \Yilliamt>, Maud ! Merrill, Carrie Girauit, Mary Kea-tor, Cole, Kramer and others. Meb^s. F. G. Drouet, James Lewis Groves Jarreau, J. II. Jlyams, O. N. O. Watts, 1?aul Snyder, Saddler, J. T. Keator, II. II. Mobley, Jeff Weast, Graham Stafford, Norman Kramer, Leach and othere.
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