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The public will regret to learn that our eX-
cellcnt friend, w. ii. ID. GREEN, is about to
yacate the hotel at Burlington. Under his
administration the hostclrie has gained an
enyiablc reputation with the travelling public,
and it will be fortuntc indeed if the house
falls into such excellent hands again. Mrs.
G. knows how to prepare meal fit for II
prince.
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The old adagc ''it never rains but ii pours,"
has been verified in Mr.. MALLORY'S expert
ence. Lately he sold his fast horse for $l0,-
800, and now he has disposed of the old Fall
Creek cars, which have been idle on the track
near the Nail Mills for the past four or five
years, for, report says. nearly $4,000.
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0@E Genuine Bacon of the best quality al
ways on sale at r. ID. RUNDELL's market.
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ORd.TiHns Dean DCrat.

Gov. Garcelon seems to be ps-
pecially raised to teach democracy
dignltied and unalterable courage.
Bless Col for GarcelOn! The
rOa | has been SO long, 20 dry, 50
hot. so dusty which ran from sab
mission to submission. G%arctlon,
away up in Maine, lifts ui' the
banner that Andrew Jackson
once bore and casts about him for
any weapon which fits his hand
III fighting for justice aud the, con
>titnti"n. Nothing may ever come
out of this contest to changr til"
status in the least OF the Irsaits
OF the late erection. nor is it nccts
>ary that anything should; but
this Will happe"-this has already
happened-the d-moc ac.y have
quit running. Garcelon has I'd
lied them ; Garcelon has checked
the ront which began in 1860 and
culmiD ateL in 1876, when the Pres
i'i'iiNS vas Stoiou' No "ioA'
needed. Put iron enough in the
blood Of the democracy to make
it aggressive, ond il is irresistible.
-Sedatia, (.uo..) Democrat.
The Sedatia Democrat has a lev
II head. Nerve Is the great watt
Of the democracy, aud it refresh
ing 10 know that there is one man
who has some OF 1T left, and who
does not fear to exhibit when oc
casiOn offers. Gov. Garcelun has
shown the radicals that he doesn't
scare Il continental, he seems rath
er to enjoy it.
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PrObates.
DY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE
ID to me directed in the above entitled
and numbered Succession, | will offer for
sale at public auction pursuant to law to
the last and highest bidder at the Court
House in the town OF Thibo1aux. on
Saturday, January 3rd, 1880
between the hours of II o'clock A. NJ. and
1 o'clock L. NJ. the following described pro-
perty, to-wit
LIST. A certaiu tract of land situated in
said parish of LatOurche. III the right
bank of bayou Lafourche. in the immedi
ate vicinity of and below the town OF
ThibodauX commencing at about one ar
pent and Il half and twenty-five feet from
the center of the levee OH bayou Lafourche)
and running back to the depth of nine
afpents fourteen feet and eight inches
more or less. being bounded north or in
front by street separating 1t from the brick
ward of Mrs. ii. +. knobioch; east by st.
Charles street 'sonth or in the rear by
land of William and Matilda jackson west
by lands of Clay Knobloch, Joseph Berthe
lot. and others, together with all the build
ings aud improvements thereon.
ID. Another lot If ground Immediately
in the rear of the first above described
lands but not adjacent thereto. being sep
Grated therefrCm by a lot belonging to
/! William Robinson, William Jackson and
Mathilda Jackson-forinerly belonging tt
Chas. Schifferstine-measuring two hun
bred and fifty-eight feet and eight inches
! (25S feet 8 inchc>l front on st. Charles
street west by lands Of Celestin Young,
| .!onet Wilson. and partly by Lindsay Vii
| liams and south by lot of Ciarice Crozier,
Sd. A lot of household furniture.
Terms of Salc-Cash on the Spot in
United States Treasury Notes.
l.. A. WEBRE. Sheriff.
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The M3.a Ofsst:snb.e ODin
ion.

The other night about 10
o'clock q constao!r who Was walk
ing Up Maple street on business
Was halted hy il wraG-ioo,ilg lit
tie m;.;i. VIII WAS lit agllat-d.
The officer suspected il family
row, bri ii didn't turn ot;t that
Way. The little man asked him
to step :.rOnnd The corner and
TAXI. Il look iii IL certain house,
and slln OH er stopped. 1t was
al unoceupied house, aud As they
halted before it the citizen said.
at is my humble opinion that
there is no family in here and
that Il water pipe has bur>1el. |
dislike Very mnch to set any ones
property damaged if l Can pre-
vent it.
Snre enough, there was two feet
of water in the cellar and more
rushing in.
at is my humble opinion,' re-
marked the little mlii, As The two
looked through the cellar window,
'.that some thief has cut off the
PIPE and the drain is stopped up.
Perhaps You don't want to see
this property damaged
The constable didn't. In bis
philanthropy he deci,ied to Open
the drain, and the little Il hav-
ing procured a candle, the officer
wadea in wafer up to his knees,
and finally opened the drain.
"Now, then, it is l1y hnmhle
opinion that we ought to plug up
the pipe" observed the little man,
and the officer drove a plug into
it at the expense of IA shower bath
Which wei him all over.
"a good job-agood job i"
chuck!ed the citizen, ''bnt seeing
that YOU are certain to be down
town in the morning 1t is my hum
bic opinion t! at you'd better call
at the water office and leave word
to have the water shut OFF,
The officer agreed. Next morn
AS he went past the office, Il
red rag around his neck and a
cold in his head. he left the mes
and learned that the house
belonged to the little man of hnm
lie opinion! 1.-THE constable catch
rs him on the street some dark
uight-D Detroit Free Press
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C medicine that can be employed: cleans
lg the stomach and bowels. and even tn
lood. In small doses of one pill a da,
hey stimulate the digestive organs an,
remote vigorous health.
AYERS PILLS have been known 70
tore than'a quarter of a century, and hav
blamed a worldwide reputation for thei
irtues. They correct diseased action i
he several assimilative organs of tn
ody, and are SO composed that obstruc
ons within their range can rarely with
and or evade them. Not only do the
ire the everyday complaints of ever,
ody, but also formidable and dangerou
iseases that have bafiled the best O
uman skill. While they produce power
Il effects, they are, at the same time, tn
fest and best physic for children. B
leir aperient action they grippe much les
ian the common purgatives. and neve
We pain when the bowels are not inflameC
hey reach the vital fountains of the blooc
I'D strengthen the system by freeing i
ON the elements of weakness.
Adapted to all ages and conditions ii
! climates, containing neither calome
n any deleterious drug, these Pills ma
2 taken with safety by anybody. Thei
igar-coating preserves them ever fresh
nd makes them pleasant to take; whil
eng purely vegetable, no harm can aris
op their use in any quantity.
PREPARED BY
r. J. c. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
JLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Fifteenth judicial District Court-Parisb
OF / ltoulrhe.
Cleophas Lagarle vs. No. 1890 Mrs. Mar
garct |. Mcleod. ct ais,

PURSUANT TO AN ORDER AND DE
L cree of abnYe court and III Obedience
toa commission to me directed in the above
entitled and numbered suit, | u i'll offer for
sale ut public auction pursuant to law to
the last and highest bidder at the Court
House in the Town OF Thibo'taux on SAT
UKDAY the Eth. day of JANUARY 1850
between the hours uf Ii O'Clock A. NJ. and
1 g o'clock l.. NJ. The following described
property to effect a partition to-wit:
list. i certain tract OF land situated and
lying and bein. in the parish Of Latourche,
ON the left bank OF Bayou Lafourche. hav-
ing %1orty-ona al arpents more or less
front nn said hayou Latouiche. by Il depth
of forty %arlients, hut narrowing III such d
manne as to give twenty l2nl urpents Ill
width in the rear OF ihercabout, bounded
Oh the upper line by lands o the Bairafa-
ria and i.;tiourr!le Canal Company. and on
the lower line by lands I0rIneriy belonging
to A.. Meiancuu but now 10 James Moral ::
said tract OF land being known as the
Mcleod plantation less sections sixty-ive
and sIxty-six iii Township No. l6 south of
Ill q No. i9 east containing about three
hundred and ninty 79Il00 acres hereinafter
more particularly described and separately
appraised.
together with all tie buildings and inn
pruveIpcRts thereon, such as sugar-house,
mid, engine, d welling house, cabins, barns,
s,aDies and a lot OF bricks, etc.
2nd. Sections siXty-tive and siXty-sIX IN
Township No. (lG) sixteen. south Oh range
No. (ly1 nineteen, east in the So"tn eastern
| Land District of Louisiana Visit of Missis-
| sippi, containing three Ii uidred and ninety
1910 acres according to tn official survey
of said Township on file III State Land
Office. Together with all the rights and
privileges thereto belonging.
3rI. Thirteen car, 5. TWO wagons ana I'M
| elements of lusbandry. tools. etc.
4tb. Thirli four mules all" >lXteen head
ut horn cattle.
9TH. One lot OF hogs and steep.
Upon the following terms and conditions
to-wlt
One undividedhalf cash in United States
Treasury Notes. the other undivided hal
and four years in notes of purchaser or pur
chasers bearing s pl0 pei anhdm lnteres
from date Of sale until paid, secured b,
special mortgage and vendors privilege Oh
The property sold with the penal clause o
) 0I0 attorneys fees i'll the event OF SUIT I
enforce pa Ii of notes or any of them
1 said notes To be made to the order OF >ai
purchaser OF purchasers and by Inn o
them endorsed.
The Sugar house on said property to b
insured for IA fair value by the purchaser .
purchasers and the policy of insurane
transferred to the vendors or holders OF sal
notes.
) The purchaser ur purchases to assnn
and nav the taxes due in 1850 being the il
sessnient of 1919.
Decemner 18th. 1879.
II LA WEBRE, She &.
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Slnce the Democratic press has
~ %aast tathomsd the determined
n, ,a' . 81 the colorcd people to leave
!. south IL appreciable numbers
~ s"."s with next Spring. rather
,asa 10 submit any longer to the
s - l'nposilions on their liber.
:, u has become the common
y lS these papers to yell out in
Sipase to the threatened exodus
:. N' THEM CO." If this will ng,
~ 10 part with the natural lal,o
,s.0 OF lhe South rather than do
,I .1 Justice is slucere, it means
,ss ' Tue whites have determined
,hs;. "e mepared to shake off
, ,1e,. lndisposition to enter the
A, "a' cai'e aud rice fields and
linn ! void which has almost
r. n V,le iihmemOrial been held
than a. negro. 1t no other benefit
,as .uls alone conll accurr to
bal oa'h by the departure of the
l,sS arms which have made the
n, ""slmmon seed and sandy
oil Attractive home for
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-Johny Batiste was walking
sovly down Green street. wan
derng who was going to invite
Aln to partake.':of a Christmas
'Ahner, when he saw a crowd Of
salVarts standing on the Ban
auet, one Of them,apparently writ
lAgO calculating on a piece Of
aown paper.
Johnny Strengthened up bis
'afs as he approached, and made
as~ discovery that one of the nun
M was making a diagram of
ua Bob's residence, the pattern
aadxelliug which they all in
~aaed to build for themselves
'ae0 they arrived in Kansas.
AUD thus the vanguard of the
1000 prepare to go to the happy
laad Of Kansas
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faction in Republican circles. and
the President has been urged to
make all such appointments from
his OWN political party. He, how
ever declines to do so, on the
ground thar The law, as il now
stand, would not be fairly admin
islerrd it he appointed only Re
publicaiis.
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Are the o e.
fective and congo
NAL purgative eve
discovered. The
are mild, but e.
fectual in thei
operation, movin
the bowels surel
and pair
Although gentl
in their operation
they are still til
most thorough an
Saorcb;pr o,+b,,
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A, election of Directors OF
,%,,;hoaaux Bridge Company will
hold on Thursday january l.,
..,o :, tl,e Office of Ill. w. Tabor,
IN Green street.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Parish Court-Parisll Of Lafourche No. l0i4
Projate>.
Succession Of Celestln alias ChaIlcs Youn

Succession Of Celestin alias ChaLlcs Young.
DY VIRTUE Or AN ORDER OF SALE
ID to me directed in the above entitled
and numbered succession. / will offer for
sale at pubic auction pursuant to law to
the last and highest bidder at the Court
!onse IN the Town Of ThibodauX on Satur-
day January, 3lst. 1881. between the hours
of IL o'clo. k A. N. and 4 O'Clock P. NJ. the
following described property. to wit :
A certain lot or parcel of laiti situated
in this parish on the right bank of bayou
Lafourche and in the immediate vicinity of
the town Of Thibotlapx and about ten ar
penis back from said bayou, measuring one
arpents more or less front on IA street sep
ar.tin. it from land formerly belonging to
Pierre Lagardc and now divided into lots
and belonging to various persons by the
breath belonging 10 said lands, said lot or
parcel of land bounded above by above
street and below by land of L.. 5. Allan and
in front by land of Widow HE Knobloch
and back by a ditch separating it from 9th
err lands of said Widow H. F. kuobloch with
all the buildings and Improvements thereon.
Terms of sale-Cash to pay debts
LA. WE3RE, Sheriff.
December 9th 1875.
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The members of Thibolanx
Brass Band wil give a fine Ball
10 night in their Hall on the cor
nr Of st. Louis aud Main streets,
70 whom we are indebted for an
IMITATION. No better place can
efOund this evening for a pleas.
ant time, and no better alnTSe-
nent than that of dancing can be
iand for .yonng people to indulge
in, during the holidays.
Let every one who can, attend,
and cheer mp the hearts Of the
Musicians who so frequently
cheer up ours by their excellent
music.
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Notwithstanding the crowds
.,,, have been visiting Mrs.
us.se. Mrs. Binnings and Mrs.
,ssoliupau they have still some
,tioo left for New Years gifts.
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Wanted

4 SITUATION AS A MANAGER ON
~ II Sugar plantation. Have. been Manag
ny for Mrs. \oile y C.mmack for six years
past in lierrilir and lerrebonae. Apply
20 L. l.. Win,ler Esq or address,
ID. &. DAVID, Houma, La.
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AT the Corporation School,
..,ored. for the month ending
neember 70, 1879 there were en-
allied 40 boys and 80 girls, with
a, average attendance of34 boys
and q girls.
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The SENTINEL was in error
l,st week in giving the names of
,e Constables elected in this,
II. second ward, of this Parish
sthe election on December 2nd.
The two COnStables elected were
Frost and Abraham Ben.
ae. Frost beat Robinson 1
y0teS.
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-Dou't forget to buy your
ma Auneen books from Ben
ois Holden.
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U,yTED.-A few more regular
,I.rs at the Franklin House
@'', ,hs week or mouth, where Il
',.s,nt home aud good board
bp secured. Meals at all
s.urs TO suit customers.
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Wanted.

sherman & CO., Mai shall. Mich, want
ahagent in this country at once. at a
alAy Of 500 per mouth and tx, enses
paid. For full particulars address rs
above.
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Since the rise in Bayo" la
,..bs the sound of the steam
thistle is heard IN the land.
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Local News.

Can notice Of election for Di
.o.s Of Thibodaux Bridge Com
y, in another column.
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The SENTINEL wishes a very
tsppy New year to all IT.: readers.
Nay the coming year be one o.
lsace, tranquility aud happiness.
Nav il hrin. with it many
MEASURES to every one and east
no shadows Of darkmess or SOrruw
ii any household.
Nay they oil, he one year older
At The close of the next year, aud
Asar the sound of thefirt cracs-
esin the streets.
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TOWN HALL,
Thursday November goth. 1879.
The Town Council of thS Town of Thiho-
dauN met III asijuained special session his
day at ) O'r!ock p. VI.
Present w. c. Raglan, Mayor c. Azcma.
J. L. Blanchard. l.. kerfe, -. w. Tabor.
and Jos A. TrnnG Trustees.
Absent. /. Aiherti. Trustee.
On motion duly seconded the proposal of
L. Rnbicllaux for making n wharf on the
l.vee was accepted and the Mayor was au-
thOriZrd 10 appoint IL committee OF three to
draw a suitable contract for having said
wharf built in accordance with proposal.
On motion duy seconded an appropria-
ton OF Seven hundred ard fifty dollars
was made out of the funds now in this
Treasury for the building of said wharf.
The Mayor appointed l.. k"ete. J. f.
Blanchard. and Ii. w. w. Tabor OH com
mittee for drawing wharf contract.
On motion duly sec ,nded the Council adj
journrd.
>igned1 w. c. Raglan,
Mayor.
[Signed! A. J.. PERRIN, Clerk Town Council
n true copy
a. }. PERRIN, Clerk Town Council.
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Ayers Pills

,&s az sot the e, purposes Of = Family Physie
Indigestion, Foul Stomach. Breath
headache. Erysipelas, Rheumatism.
Eruptions and Skin Diseases. Ri
l1nsness. Dropsy. Tumors, Worms.
for f Pnrif Is 3 III Din n7e Pill,
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Official.
Proceedings Of Town
Council.
TOWN HALL,

1o"N HALL. I
Thursday, November 18th. 1879. (
The Town Council of the Town of Thibo
daux met in special session this day.
Present W. {. 1.agau Mayor, c.. Azpma.
I, Alherti, l.. keeie, and II. w. Tabor.
Trustees.
Absent J. E.. Blanchard and Jos. A.
TrunH Trustees.
The proposal of I. Rnbichaux, for build
ing Il wharf on the bayou aud ii large
bridge over the canal at the intersection OF
Market street WAS presented.
On motion duly seconded the Council ad-
jouinra to Thursday, November Goth. 1879
at Z o'clock Z. NJ.
[Sign"d w. &. Raglan.
Mayor.
t:ignei] A. J. PERRIN, Clerk Town Council
A true copy
Al PERRIN. Clerk Town Council.
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Parish CouIt, Parish of Lafourche.

Succession of Louis Sylvein Allain No. 1909
PrObates.
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DIR. Fulton
FOR Ordinance relative to State Deht--.lSl-
uainst 1" O." I" LII:
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.

December 9th 1875.
, 1879-02-27

that time, without finding OIL. Tic atockhold-
err toeaHc dscnnrnerfi, md. orc aftcr the
otIicr, they Withdrew. ,urEue vas finally dtscor-
tinued, nnl 'tIe Company threw up ils lease.
Ftve yeara aRo wells III Brnlfori wcrs sunk
ECO fcot, resulting In the production OF oil III
large quantities. The tract Of land previously
leased by the King OIL Company was situated !!
tho very heart Of tho most productive belt o.
the oi! territory. An effort was made tmmedf.
atciy by tic Company to establish It's title To the
lHnt1s, but It WIS found that the property hnd
been sold aasl Released. md waa covered With
wells In that region. Tic occupants refused to
acknowledge the validity Of the previous lease,
whcreupan the Company sub-let its etatln to an
extensive operator ia oil ut Bradford, with the
understanding tint the Losnpauy's title to the
land efiould be contested IN the courts. The
ease CAME on IN the lower courts several months
ago, md decision was rendered adverse to the
King OIL Companr. An appeal Il TO be taken:
Tile present value Of tue property Is estimated
at f2,GQ0.GNU,
, 1879-02-27

On Tho 18th of February last. early IN tic morn
fng, Mr. Krfsto Chunder Cll.kerbutty, on BIZ
way to hntl,e Mt q CLINT on thu 1anRcs. found d
Calling OUT, " Dhutt. btlutth Tho goblin, tic
goblin. l4uoklng for the cause Ut their tcFror,
nc saw what at first seemed nothing moro than
one of those objects common enough on tho
tianRes-n corpse floating down to tho sen. Tho
place wns in the ccntro OF whirlpool nbout
swenty.tyc feet deep, where tic apparent corpse
sank. Aa It. was sinking Mr. Chuekcrbutty
thought TIC baw It tnogc one OF Its hands, trying
to ren,nvc tho lInir which fell loosely over fta
eyes Hc then Jumped Into The river aud awan
TO what he found 10 he o drowning woman.
ecsZlng her left hand, hr tried to make Ills
way to tic shore, some fostv-!lve feet of, but
ehc Rraspc'' big righ: hand With her left, becanb
fnsers[bc, AMI both were In imminent danger
OF losing, their lives, aa MI. Chlrkcrbuttys legs
bccame cntnngled In tbs clothing, at,.l both
sank. ffe fortunately, however, dlscngagcd
'nsc!f, and after great excrton succeeded In
reaching the shore ia safety with the woman.
II afttfWard transpired that tho woman had
bern suffering from illness and was considered
fncurnblc, becoming tnsensbtn ard apparently
dead, When her retatiyes, thinking all hopes
were over, bound her hands ansi legs (accord-
Ing to the practice among the 1indoosh nr,d
carried her to the CHAT. On the way she pnr+
TALLY recovered, md making known TO her
ignorant relatives tint slla was alive prevented
them from burning her: but NJ they were con-
v!nccd ,lsat the body was animated with
gl'ost, they threw lscr into tho river and led IN
horror,