La;t Saturday was pay-day for the public
a:hool teachers of this parish and a major
ity of those useful members of society vis
ited town to file their reports with Parish
Superintendent Gondrau and receive war
aute for their past month's labors. We have
not ye: had an opportunity of examining
the reports, but we understand that all the
schools are in a fln-rishing condition, the
eyverage attendance of pl,upil being large
and the interest displayed by teachers and
scholars in the progress of their work
promising an una.ual mea,.ure of benefi
cial results for the pending term.
Our rough rnd ready colored friend
Owen White of the second ward, had a fall
last ,'.eek that laid him ':p three or four
says. He and several other colored men
were drawing a raft of drift togs against
the river bank by means of a capstan, when
the chain parted and Owen was thrown vio
lently to the ground, sustaininng a severe
bruise and, as lie thinkk, a dislocation of
the hip joint. lie did not feel the injury
imuch at first, but a few hours afterwards
was unable i; walk. With rest and proper
treatment, however, lie soon began to mend
and is now splurging around again almost
fully recoyored.
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