davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-07-28
&c Morgan city.

The other day / rode by the
Morgan train, TO Morgan City.
From Laiourchc to that point
there is little to interest the ira
weller. The fine plantations OF Il.
j. Gay on Bayou Blue and 5.
Cragin in Terrebonne with their
immense fields Of waving sugar
cane are about all the agricuitu-
raj sights worthy of mention. The
remainder of the route is almost
entirely abandoned through fears
of overflow from river waters.
Tigerville remains i'll statu quo.
Chacahoula and Bayou Bpuf sta
tons have 10 surroundings OF i'll
terest. Morgan City has grown
wonderfully since the war but
the evidences OF continued growth
are not very perceptlble. 1t has
apparently reached its growth
and arrived at acapacity sufficient
for the business its situation re
quires.
Its commerce is almost entirely
dependent upon the business OF
Morgan's Railroad, Steamships
and associated interest.
It's la5orers look to Morgan 70,
employment, its merchants look
to Morgan's employees Tor custo
merS.
The mercantile business is nov
apparently overdone and every
thing looks dull and quiescent.
Morgan City may continue tt
increase and prosper nbt my abil
ty to discern any bright future TO
it is not strong.
just think "a village OF 20O'
or 5000 people supporting within
its limits % drinking saloons!
:. No permanent prosperity ca
/: be anticipated where all tie az
examinations and profits Of til
people SO into drinking hoases
Morgan City would have anrt
y ty view over Berwick's Bias bu
the perspective is almost entirei
concealeJ by the immense VIVA
vesand sheds connected with IL,
/ cans railroads aud steamship:
{ Steamships here ply. regulari
with Galveston, and all sea coa!
t landings 10 the Rio Grande, al
t. daily steamboats, from the Iccl
country, land at the wharf.
Fleets OF stone coal are broug!
|, from Pittsburgh Via Red Rive
n Atchafalaya and the lakes. a
t, these furnish labor TO d large III
e Der ofmen who make their hon
n in Morgan City. | had IL fine vie
Of one AFTERNOON of about 100 pc
i poises playing slowly up the b
}. towards the lakes, and thought
Y. was rather Il hard lite to live
the water and he compelled
come to the top every few mi,i'
ae ties to get my breath. But the p
e, poises G 10 think that that
Ig tun. | found many good iiien'
in Morgan City who are hospit
BILE and kind, and who render
TO visit very pleasant and agree;
~ ble.
UNCLE STLAS.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-07-28

- There are a good many
warrants of this Parish given
out in 1876 for services, under "A
law Of the Parish and State re-
Iuiring all warrants of that year
to he paid in rotation. The Taxes
of 1915 collectable in 1876 were
set apart by law to pay their war
rants, when the Packard dead
men Police Jury repealed that or
.tinance in order that Crosier
might make a fat speculation, they
mis-appropriated funds paid i'll
for a special purpose.
How would it tlo for the hol~
ders of said warrants, to prose
cute these men for using monies
for purposes other than those for
which they were intended
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-07-28

- Oscar Crosier, sent to this
office an ear of corn, pulled on
July Goth, on his plantation in
Terrebonne, that WAS fully ma,
,ured and equal to corn grown
i'll any country, both in regard to
size and substance. The ear CON
tanned Is rows, every grain of
which was sound and fully devel-
oped. An acre of land, properly
cnltivited, corn like that would
produce from 40 to 80 bushels.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-07-28

A hay shed on the Hatch
Plantation on bayou Black, be-
longing to Bush & Goode, was
burned one last night week, con
suming a considerable quantity
of pea vine hay.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-07-28
that there are Il

Now that there are three
newspapers in Donaldsonville,
there is a triangular fight going
on, in which the reader wishes
they may all get the worst of it.
When Editors have nothing to
do but abuse ono another, they
should issue private editions for
themselves. and not ask the pub
Tic to read them.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-07-28

1t is very likely that, if Dora
lise Roman who was burned last
monday night had had one Of the
Burners with Patent EXtinShish
ers on her lamp, the accident
would not have occurred. For Sale
at S. Z. Grisamorn.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-07-28

Shaffenburg, an q. S. Mar
shall in Colorado of the Packar"
stripe stole and spent s5Oooo.oo
to carry that state for the Repup.
%licans, in Nov. 1876, is now III
the Penitentiary, Virtue is It's
own reward.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-07-28

-Vhn FadicGtOr of Nachi-
,oohes announces the sad death
Of Jnles Lambre, who was lately
drowned in Cane river, IN an eff
fort to save a child from the
death which overlook himself.
Mr. LambTc was a Lieutenant in
tle 18th LA. Regiment during
the lat e war aud shared with the
Editor OF the SENTINEL its trials
sufftTings and pleasures.
1t was a sad tate for a soldier
TO die, that of drowning in the
beautiful river that flows gently
IN front of his quiet and peaceful
homes
Poor Jules, many a friend OF
days gone by will be panied to
hear.o of thy early and ungimely
death.
Peace to the memory of good
and kind man.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-07-28
La.
SATURDAY, JULY 2Sth. 1877
Locals.

For putting up preserves or
pickles, the se!f.Sealing glass
jars for sale by S. I. Grisamore,
are the best things ever made
No trouble, no worry.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-07-28

The proceedings Of the Po-
lice Jury, which met on Monday
last, arrived too late for publica-
ton to-day. An ordinance in re-
ference to public roads. is print
ed to-day.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-07-28
WHOLESALE AGENTS.
FITS EPILEPSY
DR
FALLING~SICkNEN

Permanently Chrcd-ao humbwg-sys
months usage Of DR.. Goalard's Gste0.
IntaAibic Fiji Popdefs. To convince su1e
that these powders viii do all we claim
them, we will send them by mail, poa
i, free Trial Boz. As DR.. GVplard Il tae
physician that has ever made this dise.J
thousands have been pe,Ssanxstly cured
the use of these Powders, IRE rtU gHe|s
a permanent sur in every case, OF ~
yon al money expended. All sufferers vi
give these Powders an early triai. -
convinced of their curative powers
Price, for large box, $500. or = ~ ~
$1,000. sent by mail to any part o. =.
States or Canada on receipt OF pr1ce, =
express, c. o. ID. Address,
ASH & ROBBINS
300 FULTON STREET. BRoOKLfs, NJ
Ia ap-'U.A&R.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-07-28

-Hyams, the Sugar Planterm
says that he is "compclied to GO
armed at all times to resist the en-
croachments' of the ladies in his
vicinity, sas the dear creatures all
cling to the hope that' he may
soon become a widower. Come
down here kind and amiable
friend, and you will never be mo
Tested. No lady in this town will
ever want to get more than noe
good look at you. That will be suf
ticient to make them keep their
doors Shut when You are PRONE
mailing the streets; come down
here aud cease to be annoyed.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-07-28
OFFICE COR. MARKET PATRIOT SIS
Notice to Subscribers.

This mark X, on the margin means that
your subscription has expired. such are
invited to renew at once.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-07-28
SAD DEATH.-On last Monday

SAD DEATH.-On last Monday
night, about ten o'clock, Dora
Use Roman, Il coiorcd woman
aged Us years, residing on Jack
son street, was the Victim Of :,
terrible accident, that caused hey
death after fifteen hours OF suffer
ing and pain. 1t appears that the
DECREASED took a lamp to her cup
board 10 ger cup OF mix. ana,
by some means broke the lam.a.
scattering the OIL over her breast
ani face, wnlaa immediately
caught tire. aud burnt the moor
womin so terribly, that dealt!
VAS relief when it came. She
formerly belonged tn .Jndge ID.
i ,man, and Was esteehed and
fespscsed by all WHO knew her.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-07-28

On Sunday July I, all stores
ana coffee houses i'll which Ii
quorsarG aoidinthe Parish West
Baton Rouge, were closed dnrin@
the entire day. \ law Of she l'o-
Ilce 1Er,y required ii and it was
done. and SO ali places &liere l.
quors are kept Tor sale wi. Il Ia
tGTe remain closed GA the sao>
bath.
IN that part Of S; 5tary's Pa
IRISH. Nest u Berwick aay b.
same law Is III ia,>e. RasUt,s.
PEACE, t'atf0t.ils5, aada great re
iieftou Of coAsfaD,e. Justice Of 5ie
peace ai''i iaiiar ices .cr the people
10 pay.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-07-28
No. Hes.

j%telatce TO establishing P<J.ic Ferry a. la
34ag,s.
BE it ordained by Police jury OF the Pa
risl Of L4aiourciie iaa, d Pu6l,e Ferry bo
and is hereby established .cross tl,a Fay on
at iiarangs Cauiti sl.i9ctt to the
same regulations now governing piblic fer
TX
y Is farther ordained thai this orliuan-
&C Me- e.ocG from al,d attag jte passage.
Az roye,l and adoPtea3aiy 3}r,l, so17.
J.I. HOWELL.
fless. Police yarY.
FaAp ". FnAGc.s, secr.5t4ry Protela.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-07-28
SUCCESSION OF LOUIS 'ONCAL i'll
WIFE.

CTATE OF LOUISIANA. PARIH
- Court, Parish of Observation-Disclosures
Teiesfort Rodrigue of said Parish, dly
qualified Administrator ofsaid Estates, as
this day fled in this ot.ce, a final accounof
his administration, praying for the hoij'o
CATION OF the same.
Now. therefore tho parties interesd,
are hereby notitietl,to produce in this ote.
within ten days following the publicaon
OF the present notice, siich objection as
they may have against the homoiogion
OF said account, otherwise the same Iall
beapproved and h~omologated accojng
to law.
Witness my hand and the imsess
(sTsxsHaA of the seal of my Office, thisSth
$500 day of July 1877.
j. w. KNQBLOCI
Clerk % Cdt
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-07-28
FOUR MONTHS Or
S
For 25 s.
ANY PERSON WHO WILL BUY A Box y
PARSONS PURGATIVE PlIIS

and will take mi tl) each night for I'm
nights, and will do this every third
week during the mouths of June, lx><
August and September, will not be tr0uba
with Ferer and Agae, nor Mdlasi9s1 fns4
nor Bilious Fertr, nor any of the disc
resulting from miasmatic poison, conn
in Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ar
sas and Texas. If hRSON'S PU&6A
III We PILLS cannot be obtained atyN
nearest store, sead IS cts. to the undersj1
ed, and the pills shall be sent, post s p !ss;9
$3.50 per thousand in bulk.As this isblf
tie more than hafprice for standard Rals
the thousand, cash must ACCOMPANY -
order. The Recipe will be cheerfuny aestS
any physician on application. We Wills
Parsons Pills by mail to responsible pa9e
0R commission ut 81 per dozen. sample g.
II at $i.35, cash with the order.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-02
For the Boys and Girls.

You wouldn't take me for twenty, would
your ," said young lady, who looked much
Younger, to an old bachelor. - Take you for
twenty " he exclaimed, "yes. for life"
Jennie docking IN a mllliner's window
a. Don't you think they are very pretty ?" Liz
zie (whose thoughts are on the other SIDE OF
the street }" Very, especially the one with the
long side whiskers."
Our poor young men can continue right on
marrying heiresses, with the consciousness of
having committed no wrong. country de-
batting society, after protracted discusslop,
has decided that it Is iustIfable TO marry for
money.-Norristov Herald.
daring st. Louis man who ventured to kiss
Boston girl thus tersely depicts the resulting
phenomena "She rose IN sections-rigid,
awful, sublime-towered Medusa hke-fxed
her stony stare a moment on nohingDess, then
telescoped, collapsed, scooted, and saw her
no more.
Miss Helen Knowlton was the young pupil OF
Mr.. William NJ. Hunt who reported and printed
his art talks with his scholars. Her father ed
tied tie Worcester Palladium, and when BIO
died the young girl took his place and conduct
ed the paper for some time. Since selling 1t,
about two years ago, she has studied art and
taught it in Boston.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-02
WonderrnIinits Results.

There is no medicine that has accomplished
go much as SHILoHs Consumption Cure. 1t
has established the fact that Consumption can
be cured, while for Asthma, Bronchitis, Group,
HoarseDess, Whoopipg Cough, and all Lung
diseases it has no equal. No medicine was ever
sold on such favorable terms. II il was unreli-
able it would be the greatest folly to guarantee
1t. 1t costs nothing 10 try it, as it can be re-
turned If it does not give satisfaction after using
two thirds Of bottle. Call at my drug store
and get sample bottle for 10 cents or regular
size for 80 cents or 81 90. II your Lungs are
sore or Chest or Ba * lame, use Shiloh's Bella
donna Plaster which seldom fails to give relief
G.. W. LongweIl IL Co., Paw Paw, Mich.
"HACKMErACK," "a new and delightful
Perfume, sold by
G. ". Longwell & Co., Paw Paw, Mich.
Elsewhere by dealers generally. II
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-02
LGWs Relating to .Nswspaper Su6scrfg.
kfOnS nH6 sHrr0nrnr1a.

HOns dHd sHFrCdrdgfS.
l. Subscribers who do not give express no
tee 10 the contrary, are considered wishing to
continue their subscription
z. IL subscribers order the dlscontinuance of
their periodicals, the publishers may continue
10 send them until all arrearages are paid
y. Ii subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their periodicals. from the Office to winch they
are directed, they are held responsible until
they have settled their bills and ordered them
discontinued.
4. III subscribers move to other places with
oat Informing the publishers, and the papers
are sent to tue former direction. they are held
responsible,
b. The Courts have decided that refusing
to take periodical from the Office, or removing
and leaving them uncalled for. is prin,d facie
evidence OF intentional fraud.
u. Any person who recevesa newspaper and
makes use OF it, whether be has ordered it OF
not, IS held In law to be subscriber
z. III subscribers pay in advance, they are
bound tn give notice to the publisher. at the
end OF their time, or IL they do not wish to con-
tinue taking it; otherwise the publisher is
authorized to send 1t on. and the subscribers,
Will be responsible until an express notice with
payment OF al arrears, Is sent to the publisher.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-02
Men and Women.

And il ever one OF them CHANGED 10 say,
How she longed to pass TO the other side,
Nor feared TO cross DER the swelling tide.
A voice arose from the brethren then,
Let no one speak but the holy men;
For have ye not heard the words OF Paul,
Oh let the women keep silence all (?
How difficult 1t Is for suffering man to be a
good man Goethe.
The House OF the Minnesota Legislature has
passed blll TO allow women to practice law.
MISS Flora Blanchard, school teacher at
North Adams, Mass, conducted funeral SER
vice recently.
IL isn't loud praying which counts with the
Lord so much as giving four full quarts for
every gallon,
Mankind resent nothing so much as the in
trusion upon them OF a new and disturbing
truth.-Leslie stephen.
According to French statistics for 1875, 1872
men became lunascs through love, while the
heads of only 81 women we're turned by the
same cause.
Lavinla Goodeil has recently been elected
clerk OF the Congregational church in James
ville Wisconsin the first time that Office has
been held by a woman.
A lady being asked why woman is not so
much OF ''cllngng WINS" as she once was,
replied: Probably because OF the extreme
insecurity OF the manly oak"
Ny religion is known 10 God and myself
alone. Its evidence before the world Is sought
in my life if that has been honest and dutiful
to society, the religion that has regulated it
cannot be bad.-Jefferson.
A bill has been introduced lnto the Legisla-
ture of Wisconsin to admit women to practice
IN the Supreme Coure OF that State. 1t Is ac-
companied by "a petition signed by the Circuit
Judge, and by all the members OF the bar IN
Rock county, which is the home OF Lavlnia
Goodell, asking for the passage OF the law.
or the methods and success OF the Widow
Van Colt, the New FORK sun says "As soon
as she occupies the pulpit of a church 1t is
seized with spirit Of revivalism, and sinners
crowd to the altar. She appears at the brokers'
prayer meeting. and the hard hearts OF stock
operators melt under her power. She goes in
to the rougher parts OF the city. and the horny
handed sinLers grow ANXIOUS about their sal
vatiop.''
Men and women have ridicued; Presbyteries
and conferences have protested supreme
courts have ignored; and yet turning neither
to the right hand nor the left, the g. coming
woman" has steadily approached the ballot
box. Even now the rusty doors OF old Harvard
swing from their mornings; political conven-
tons welcome her to theiT platforms, while
Enghshmen are reused to enthusiasm when
women are candidates for positions on their
school boards. she is a recognized power il
the temperance reform, while thoughtful men,
who recognize the influence OF immoral wo-
men in Washington and tue lobby, are reflect
ing upon the latent influence OF our good wo-
men as the only unrepresented force in our
government Lizzie Boynton Harbert.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-02
An Hon 81 Medicine.

OF all medicines calculated to cure affections
OF the throat, chest and lungs, we known of
none we can begin to recommend so highly AZ
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, hoarseness,
tickling in the Throat, Loss of Voice, etc. II
does positively cure. and that where everything
else has failed. No medicine can show one half
80 many permanent cures as have already been
wrought by this wonderful remedy. For the
Asthma and Bronchitis it is perfect specific
curing the worst cases in the shortest time pos
sible. Three doses will relieve the worst case.
Trial bottles free. Regular size 81 90.
For sale by Il. w. Longwell d Co.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-02

A STARTLING TRUTH.-Thousands die annu-
ally from neglected coughs and colds, which
soon ripen into consumption or other equally
fatal diseases OF the lungs, when by the timely
use OF single bottle OF DR.. s. d, Howe's Ara
bian Milk Cure, relief at once is gwen, and a
permanent cure is often effected. The Milk
Cure, while it possesses all the virtues OF Cod
Liver Oil, can be retained upon the stomach
without nauseating. At the same time it feeds
the stomach and nourishes the body
Sold Dy Kilburn q Hudson, Druggists, sole
agents for Paw Paw. HAP
DR. Browning, agent for Decatur.
Thousands OF men and women suffering from
Nervous Debility. lost vitality and broken down
constitutions nave been perfectly restored to
health during the past year by using DR. s. D.
Howe's Arabian Tonic Blood Purifier. 1t sup
plies the lost wastes, cleanses and enrlches the
blood. acts directly upon the Liver, Kidneys
and Urinary organs, and builds man rgnt
square mp.
Sold by Kilburn X Hudson, Druggists. sole
agents foi Paw Paw. HAP
DR.. Browning, agent for Decatur.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-02
,HOE.y-D .gHOYT.

Wheat is up to 81 80 per bushe in most
Michigan wheat markets.
A gang OF confidence men and garroters have
their headquarters near White Pigeon, tits said.
Ex-Lieutenant- Governor Holt is gong TO
bulld brick block at Muskegon the coming
summer.
About 5000 worth OF books were added to the
State Prison library on Saturday last, manly
biography and travels.
The residence OF Albert Parsall, of PIpestone
in Berrien county, was burned on the night OF
February Esd. Loss $1,000; insured for 5000
A Detroit restaurateur hangs out a sign of
- free chops" and when the old loafers come
around he shows them an ak and a wood-pile.
These college towns are bad places. Two
- University graduates" OF tender age, have
been ished out OF ash barrels. OF late at Ann
Arbor.
Citizens OF Berrien county have organized q
Northwestern Berrien County Agricultural So
Getty, and it Is designed to locate fair ground
near Benton Hsrbor.
At lona glorious revival is i'll progress and
one correspond ent enthusiastically remarks
that q better than all there has been revival
among church members themselves"
Niles has several notable characters, among
which may be mentioned that OF woman
having had six legal husbands. II any town in
Bernen county can beat this we should be
pleased to hear or it.-Niles Republican.
At Adrian last Sunday night, in the crush to
enter the Opera House. the attraction being
final gospel meeting by Maj. Cole, the evan
gelist, several wo men tainted AID one had a
shoulder dislocated. Three churches were then
thrown open and yet the crowd could not all
be accommodated.
Since the Jackson State prison was Opened
to the public" in 1896, the whole number OF
prisoners received has been $40, OF whom
8, 1888 have been discharged, 626 parooned. 147
escaped, 229 died and 40 have had reversal of
sentence. The average length OF sentence.
exclusive OF life convicts, has been about three
and half years.
On February 20, +. A. Bissell of Ricbland
sold five head OF cattle to Bingham Divers OF
Rochester, which averaged $500 pounds each.
They are considered the FIVE heaviest three
year-old steers in the Northwest, il indeed their
equals can be found in America from one herd.
They were bought for exhibition at the next
New York Ssate Far,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-02

TPE NEW Town HALL AT AyER.-This ele-
CANT structure is now complete. In beauty OF
design it surpasses anything OF the kind in the
State Constructed Of brick and dark marble.
it is as permanent as it ls charming. The En-
glish architects have adorned 1t in subdued col
ors, which please without firing tho eye. Dr.
j. G. Aver built and gave il to the town in &C
acknowledgements Of the distinction they conferred
upon him in taking his name. Although 1t is
generous gift, still the hearty good wishes Of a
whole people are OF greater value, and the gen.
erous donor has doubtless secured them.-Gro-
ton (Mass.) Journal.