The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-22
The Citizens Mass Nkeeting-Eu
lo:islic Speeches and HkrSO'
lutiOMS Of Sorrow.
IcmOrinl Services TO.ni0rrG>

lediatcly upon receipt Of this ''l'-
4 the news spread throughout 'h'
:Al there were general expressions Of
lumong the people. The Natlo"a
appropriately drapcd in mourning
WEI ,rled at the VINplCAroE office. o,
""Non street
Ilh, Judicial District Court was III u
SessI4. the time, but when the inf"rma-
;l"n Wade known, Judge y. piersor ~
'nnoul;t to the bar from the bench. 81
"hereNthe following proceedings tookEH
place. s.
EXTRAChv MINUTES DISTRICT COURT. s
On MOI Oct Eth. 1881, at lOa. III. II
court wa eued pursuant to adjonrN-
nent, lioA ID piers"n District Judge. )
presiding. q . :,
The dealt ,,;s Exce),cncy. Louis A.
WIZ, cove of Louisiana, being an +!
nomnced in Corrt Mr. r. p. ChaplinN
moved that 4 nnrt do now adjourn un.s
III to-un"rro"s ming at.9oclock. in re-
'Pect 1or theaory of deceased. which s
motion being lurre,l in by the court
was adopted bA nar +
On notion tNnurt appointed a com
In'ttee OF three, ,.posed of Messrs. NJ. }.
cunningham, 4 Chaplin and u. G.
Scarborough, tA,tt suitable rcsolu-
tons.
me following buttons hcing report :
ed by the conn., we're on motionH
'oop'cu anu "rlerepread upon the min
: ures as follows:
:, WHEREAS, the Siintc]]iyencc of thek
Heath of his Excelld Io,lis A. Wiltz,s
governor OF Lo''lS'A has just been re-
ceiveh.
Be it Resolved. THAI orr opiuion. thcI
people OF Louisiana Ii, inst = most Elf !
cient and patriotic puHscryant.
Resolved, mat Go\ Wiltz's great
familiarity with publicIairs. his broad
comprehension OF the nS of the State,
ana nnselhsh devotion \luty, with his
youth and mental vigor, tnently fitted
INN for the pronlotlon "Sluch needed
Spnblic improvements. t"Aic advance
ment of the material inteis of his ma
I've STATE, ana lof t'lc fesstnl dis.
!; .harye of the many onerOusNies ard re-
responsibilities of the eXaltedIsition rs.
signed him by the people loved; but
: through the dispensations du allwis,
Providence, to whose decrerAl| shonl'
bow with resignation, diseasds paral
yzed his efforts in the midst dis oppor
tunitics, and death has deprivel ,s of hi.
services in the prime OF his man\d.
Resolved, That out of the 10 and re
spect we bore him when alive, well a
the honor and reverence we lesito ref
Ter to his memory, all further but ess o
the day be dispensed with, andSe re
: guest that this Hon. Court do now ,iour,
: till morrow to-morning at o'clock,
THOS. p. CHAPLIN.
NJ. j. CUNNINGHAM, }Commith
d. C.::sCARBOROUGH.
Court tlcreupon adjourned until toAo,
row morning n.t. III as ao'clok. J
A t-.~ extract from minutes terkh q
5,ice, D. c., Oct. 18th, 1881. "
JNO. A. BARTON
by. Nrk.
On Tuesday the City Council me. an
: passed the following resolutions:
CITY COUNCIL. \
At a meeting Of the City Council of
: city Of Natchitoches, held at the Mayo
office, city Of Natchitoches, Oct. II
= 1881, the following resolutions were ado
ed:
WHEREAS, In the death of Louis
Witt, a calamity has befallen the peoI
pf the State of Louisiana the cxte'n
whicl, can be only estimated, by rettre'
to his services to that people during
life; therefore
BE it Resolved, That we recognize
fact that tho administration of Louis
Wilt, our late lamented Governor, '
such as met the entire approval Of
whole people of this State, whose Welt
. was his sole aim and object, and in VIII
service he tailored in sickness and
health, even unto his death, by VIII
Louisiana has lost her noblest son,
purest patriot, her ablest statesman.
Be it further Resolved, That rs a tol
of our esteem for the merits aud wortl
our deceased Governor, thsc reese
tions be spread upon the minutes OF
meetings Of the Mayor and City Co"nci
Natchitoches, and copy be sent to
Natchitoches VlNDICAToR, for publicatl
WILLIS HOLMES,
CHAs. V. PORTER, Mayo
Secretary and Treasurer.
On Wednesday, in order to adopt a I
lie expression of sorrow at the great
reayement which had bcfallen the PEG
h call was issued for the citizensto |
a meeting at the Court House, ut IL o'cl
M. At that hour large number OF PR
nent citizens assembled, when the
lowing proceeding occurred:
COURT HOUsl
Natchitoches, La. Oct. -, 1881.
With a few appropriate remarks !
j.. H. Cosgrove, movedSto appoint Ju
10. Pierson as chairman Of the citi2
meeting, which had convened to pay
butte and do honor to the memory Of l
is A. Wilt, late Governor Of Louisi'
On motion of Mr.. c. +. Dranguet.
H Tunnard was selected as Secretary.
Eulogistic address were then deliv'
by w. H. jack, ESQ.,, Hon. J. II.
grove, Hon. NJ. J. Cunningham, and
r. Dranguet, Esq.
Hon. j: H. Cosgroye moved that
chair appoint q committee to draft 81
bile resolutions for the occasion. The c
then appointed the following gentlen
Hon. j. H. Cosgrove, Chairman; Z
Il. Caspari, D. c. Scarborough, Esq
|. IL. Lemee, Esq, N. L. Dismukes, /
!, b. P. Chaplin, Esq, J.C. Noise, Esq.
| |H. Tunnard, Esq, s. W. Kile, Esq, {
|, Dranguet, Esq.