LOUISIANA. 



|M 



he large banks w.-rr i 

 i he agency Ihi* tear *n.l ..r 

 l-.lt*. The fUral 



ii>l wbrtt 



me II,. 

 1*. Formerly the agent had to advance 



tair's balances range from *3uiM 



..f || H . s- i. as given 



n.U, $10. 



u*al 



i<a. The lait *utttu-. ..f the pablie 

 uUl.l.- l ilowmg flgur. 



W. P. XicholU. Pnahlin* of the Book of Com- 

 metre, was convicted of imhinlamsat and sen- 

 tenced to three vr*r' impruuommt ; (be caahier 



. u 



, f n,, '....- - i , 



iham.waaMat 



to .mi*..:. 



f r 



it**** of en, 

 both state and c*y la 



I,, !,. 



ialbe. 

 . 

 Hea. The year was nut in all reaper!* 



; ,-.,. 1? .... ft .. - 



,.: ' 



14? more 



IU.nl .n adopted re* 



he dutv 



reference to uniformity ,,f 



bat only those selected by the bnard 



n u- in i lu M-liooU; and it 



on the |mrt >f A tearhrr to comply afirr 



> all be deemed auffl- 



I.il.run. in N.-wOr- 

 l.-jii.v UH, opaoad thfa year, 



<- <>f th,- tiixth annual 

 ,-mr Scbo 



nrlean*. .In!) :. h n t\\. BsOj ffl w-r- 

 < hool is now made n j.nrt of the >(.> 



.rrieuliiintl and Mechanical College, and 



continual, nn. I the sttt- 



iment station .lurn - o toU-r. to remain for 

 irrlnding seaaon. 



k >M-,l this |*-ri."l miller the lirrction of 



Jure of Migar. 



\%ill iiirain return to the capital to ratnma 



xperiraent ta> 

 . was establiohcd ,- 



^ The school was e*U.li-!>. -1 in 1*91. and 

 has had more than 80 students; half of the numlx-r 

 have baan from Louisiana, mostly the sons of MI gar 

 planter*. T tl nn-'tha 





en Tears of ap-. nixl ttuivt noa- 

 . j of Kngli-h. arithmrtic. plain 

 nd algebra through >|iialratica. 

 I 1 1. 1. 1 it. -The 1 -'.-I Pul.lir 



in which are united Ihe 

 ;ir ainl t! 



It has 

 are 30 ilatl 

 niodicals. The cin-ulntion in nUmt 800 



^AOa Tbb 



:.-igw! in ! ! -wanl 



emoriii. :15,000 books of 



the State 



inly. An : i.-r was i*>. 

 to have at lea.*t 



red out at that 

 Avnlry in the 

 loans, June 14, aa the First 



trican* banks thai 

 onvictcd this year. In May. 



JHlloailolradr. 



lagfrwaj.>l 



ti, l^funa began abovtXov. |. |M1 The 



fuV> K< *:*r tr....r, -a. n 



d of J.nuary. 



. . . -. 



, .... .r, r ,-.''...- . 



tin- iiunil--r "f ! tn. I-- : 



7W0 to 100.000. and tUwWas mtle prospect of 



einf able to help themselves. 

 The Flood.-Tbe (tovemor lawed a call to the 

 people of the Delta. April S. saytng. la part : -The 



pifd all tlie recorda. The vorame ofwalrr 

 which has to |ss out to sea through the chaa)- 



ndoabtedly trreater than the Isvaas haw bet* 

 neretofonrall^luixHi to withstand. After years of 



patient industry, enormous sacriflre. and bord 

 aome taxation oy the allavial distrku of ow 

 monwealtb. aided by the Stale at large and the 

 ual Government, protection against overflow, 

 if not brought to a ctate of perfection, has at least 



re * dlid f "ff* i T!5 lllf ** kopt * " T 1 ' ** 



Minimal ion of a leree si stem secure against any 



, .;. . i- - . v . ... 



all .. iovnfall means vour impovrr. 



iahment. nn.l |-rha| your ruin. Itrar in mind 

 that have the advantage of 



fighting as an orgr ' 



eorM 



are now in act in 



The !,%,-* 

 precautions v 



;rM break in the State omrred April 16. in 

 Madiaon Parish. The r, 



. .._...-' :-.,.. . . 

 of Stair enfineera, the dilate of the rarioaja 

 Mth all thnr iaff*anddiaeipUaad forwe, 

 aloof the front." 

 ere strengthened and all poaaibla 

 rv taken against the coming iond. 



H i.^-f.. -t at 



Cleans. Mat IS-14. when the gauge ahowrd a 

 mark of lfc feel. The water only touched 



that j.-itit for on, .lay. and then 



wa aa neaai of 1-6 foot above any previous flood 



on rrr<.r>i. Hut thi r\tr.vr 



tiiana a smaller damage than has etrrr 



be strata which failed 



were the weakest on the mtirr linr. and even they 

 wrre intact when the river at VickMSurjr. nearly 

 opposite, reached the unparalleled bright ..f M frrt 

 above lnw-watrr mark. But when the flood rose 

 half a foot higher those to I, rre* tocoambed. 

 Below the mouth of r. hundreds of miles 



ankmont withstood the flood. 

 Whrn thr Now Orleans I.^o,> Boanl made up its 

 account of the cost of protecting the city 

 thtiood law total was found to be $171.000. % 



