The Chief joins the numerous friends
of the happy young couple in ex
tending them cordial congratulations
and best wishes for a long and
blissful wedded life.
Gravel Road for East Side.
We understand a movement is in
contemplation to construct a gravel
road extending from the Hope Villa
terminus of the model road out of
Baton Rouge by way of Prairieville
and Dutchtown to Geismar, thence
along the river through Darrow and
Burnside to the St. James line. It
is stated that a number of the larg
est taxpayers in the section to be
traversed by the proposed highway
are interested in the project and
have signified their intention of fa
voring the levy of a special tax to
provide the necessary funds, and it
is likely that definite developments
in the matter will transpire within
the near future.
Manhattan Company Makes Good.
The Manhattan Stock Company,
playing a week's engagement at
the Grand Theatre, have given entire
satisfaction at every performance and
made friends of all who have wit
nessed the several productions. The
troupe includes a number of local fa
vorites whio have appeared here in
recent years with Gordon Hayes,
Cooper & Mcl oughlin, Murphy's
Comedians and similar organizations,
and taken as a whole is the equal
of any theatrical aggregation that
has held the boards at the local play
house, admission prices considered.
For its closing performances here,
the company will present "Rip Van
\Vinkle" tomorrow afternoon, and
"\Vife Against Wife" tomorrow
night.
