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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-07-30

1t affords much pleasure to call
the attention of the readers of the
SENTINEL to the letter of Mr.. T..
P. Doherty, printed elsewhere in
to days SENTINEL.
1t will be seen that work on
Canal that is to open an ontlet
from Lake Long into the Gulf
will be commenced in a very few
days. In order to complete this
great enterprise, it will be recces
sary for the tax payers Of Lafourche
and Terrebonne, to be prompt in
the payment of the taxes for which
tney are assessed, so that the
dredging can be paid for as rapid
~ as completed.
There being nearly 100000 acres
of land to be uncovered by this
work, the chances are that as
soon as this canal is cnt through
the sales of.the land, given to the
Local Board Of Swamp Land Com
missioners by the State will fur
nish money to compile the dram
age and re>open all tho Bayous
and outlets that nature original
~ formed to carry away the sur
plus waters that fall into this BIZ
sin.-
Tue people Of the west side of
Bayou Latonrche may rejoice &C
the prospect OF the early compile
OF .tlis.w prk..
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-07-30

-When Governor Foster of
Ohio calledsnpOu the Governor of
the other states to unite upon q
day to request their constituents
to join iu y day of Thanksgiving
and Praise to God, for the
recovery ct the wounded Pres.
ident, Governor Roberts of
Texas refused under the plea
that affairs Of Church and State
should not be united together
and that he an a State officer had
no authority direct Church duties.
No one, with common sense, is
ignorant Of the fact that any pro
clamatioD, Of Governor, in mat
tiers Of that kind, is not binding
upon the subject, who acts AS he
sees fit upon all such occasions.
Governor Roberts strained at a
gnat and didn't swallow a camel
but brought down upon his bead
the just condemnation of the
masses in Texas, and render
ed himself u TT subject for the fool
killer to operate npon.
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Prom j. Otis Knobloch We
have received . specimen Of IA
dozen as fine and delicious peach
90 rs any person could desire to
eat. They are Of good size but
are more noted for their flavor
than size. Otis has been provi
dent enough to plant fruit trees
that yield a full value for all the
trouble and labor they require.
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-Rnhherv seams To ha the n,

Robbery seems to be the Or.
der of tha night in Thibodaux.
Within the last month houses
have beea entered in ,varions
parts, a. thes,tswl, aud pocket
boeass jswgkf&G. fass'y abstrac
,tyl. The Miayqs, seem 70 have
.v0 spesiat 4esirn t0 Carry OF any
iairglAsV caAQ4'nt. set hcld Of.
l,us. esptqateA sae aisslyes TO. tscEE
sp su.;ll' nrths.ss IA were lying
a1Ouul fLoYe.
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From such Information as
reaches this office the corn crop
in the Lafoasche country will he
almost = failure, Rice will be cut
short by the early fall Of the riv-
or aud dry weather, and that a
halt yield Of sugar is about all
that can be anticipated for this
fall. Not very pleasing allusious,
but thus they are.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-07-30

Hon Clay Knobloch President
of the Local Board Ut Swamp
Land Commissioners of Lafonr
che and Terreb0nne, went to New
Orleans yesterday to receive the
new Dredge Boat, if bnilt accor
ding to contract. The Drcdge
will leave 1T once for it's work,
.atrl very likely will be 1T work
BY the end ofthe coming week.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-07-30

Gen. Pemberton, who com
manded the Confederate Army nj
Vicksburg, and surrendered them
to the Federal forces, died in July
in Philadelphia. He was 81
years old,
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-WhenM Mrs. Garfield read to
hJr husband, extracts from tue
newspapers, commenting on bis
attempted assassination, the Pres
ideut took her by the hand and
said: "It il q people worth living
for, is'nt it."
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when Roscoe Conkling and
his BOBBY Platt get back into the
United States Senate, they will
not be likely to resign.
But the comet will be out of
sight before that happens.
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c. avids IN accompanied
BY her sou Ridgelcy and daugh
ter Alice, left here on Tuesday
last for st. Louis to meet her hus
band who haS been residing. in
Calaforuia and the Sandwich Is,
lands for several years.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-07-30

Mrs I. Albert, of the well
known Strangers Hotel, corner
Tbibodaux and Green streets.
Thib0daux, has placed Gu our ia
ble u specimen of grapes which
she grows in her garden tor the
benefit of her numerous boarlers.
and visitors. One bnnch weighs
ii ounces. The vine had over
800 punches of grapes. They are
OF excellent flavor and good size
and prove the practicability of
The successful cultuieof the crane
In lower Louisiana. Mrs. Alder.
II knows how to keep a hotel so
rs to attract customers, and is al
ways ready and prepared to &C
commodate guests at any hour of
the day o. night.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-07-30

The closing exercises of St.
Joseph's College took place OH
Wednesday aud Thursday nights.
They were we'll attended. The
pupils acquitted themselves admi
rabIy well, rejecting credit not
only upon themselves but upon
their able teachers.
This college is an established
school and known as one of the
best schools in this section OF
country.
The next session will open in
September.
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We are indebted to Col,
Louis Bush, for a fine, large pho
tograph coyy of the original off
GERS Of the Lafourche Creoles q.
3. A. of VIII ch We were a mem
Der.
They are Louis Bush, Captain,
j. Kleber GOurdain, 1st. Lieuten
ant, John Collins, End. Lieuten-
ant; and Joseph P. Tucker, 3rd.
Lieutenant.
Some of their friends think they
look Il little two young.
But then 90 years have passed
since tho original was taken and
some folks do change in that
length Of time, especially young
chaps. We are thankful to the
donor for this elegant souvenir Of
interesting days.
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Attention is directed to tho
card of A. Joseph who proposes
to sell his stock at very low H.
gnres.
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-Conkling has one friend in
Thibodanx. Bob Higginbotham
sticks to Coukiing. Bobsays when
Conkling comes South that lie
will give him the freedom of his
house Oh Greeu street, aud his
board shant cost him marry ceut.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-07-30

On accoant Of low water in
Bayou Lafoarche, the Steamer
Assumption i'll reship her freight.
at Dona!dsanville, per fiat Belle
Laura, under the command Of w.
o. Sewn.
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-Ifany man has ever seen a
better fruit or melon year than
this is, on the Lafourche, he will
please step to the front.
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Tho papers say that Blaine
smiled all over at Conblingss de
feat aud fall. It is more likely
that he laughed right out in
school. Blaine ought to pits his
gorgeous Peacock.
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On last Monday the remains
of the late Benjamin +. Shaffer
were re-burieh in St. JONAS Gene
terry, in the family grave lot.
The deceased died in San Anto
MO Texas, whether he had gone
to recnperate his falling health
but instead of finding strength
he found a tomb.
The deceased was the youngest
sou of the venerable w. A Shat.
fer Of Crescent Farm, Terrebonne
Mr.. Sbaffer has lately fitted M
his family lot in St. Johns GENE
terry, in a very neat aud hand
some style: and erected a bcauti.
fnl shaft in memory of the decea
Aed members of his family.
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No remedy has been found
for Fever and Ague which proves
80 uniformly successful as Ayers
Ague Cure
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-07-30

Washington Ford, local
Ageat at Railroad Depot in Thib
o,taux, who has been up North,
Visiting around for nearly a
mouth, has returned looking a.
large as life aud twice as natural,
improved in appearance and
aroused III spirit.
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AGENTS AND CANvASSERs.-
Make from $95 to $50 per
week selling goods for f. G.
RIDEOUT q CO, 10 Barclay
Street, New York. Send for thei:
Catalogue and terma.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-07-30

Col. Louis Bush was elected
Pre>idelt of the National Cotton
Exchange, IN st. Louis on Jaly
4Oih. 1851.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-07-30

The defeat of Conkling and
his man Friday, in the LegiAa
ture of New York is one of the
most significant political acts Of
tho present year, and one that
will have an important bearing in
future on political aspirants for
power.
Il shows that when a President
places himself squmely upon his
constitutional rights that the PEG
pie will stand by him in the
might of their supreme majesty,
and that no man, no matter
how great be may fancy himself,
or how powerful he may imagine
himself, who undertakes to com,
pei a President of the United
States to bow to his imperions
will, will find himself endorsed
and sustained by the masses.
Gen. Garfield, in the nomination
of Robertson to a Government
Office, exercised the prerogatives
OF the Constitution, aud although
he was sent to Deaths door by
the assassin's bullet, the people
will stand by him to the end,
whilst ConKling and his imperial
sycophants may sink into the
lowest Aettks-of Oblivion
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-07-30

The hot Eeather this week still
continues, the mercury rising
here within two or three degrees
OF the hottest weather in June.
Occasional showers fall, but
rain is badly needed, especially
below Raceland where people
have officially iu finding wa
for their stock.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-07-30

E9itor Se,7i~s1 while "Grey Beardr
tenders his appreciation Of the detrimental
Of his au.lifnce last evening at AMusic Ha!ID
no will take pleasure in complying with
their reg uest'by giving another page from
Che Great Book" Of Microscopy at sn ear
- date.
Thib0daux, La, july q. 1881.
Respectfully yours etc.
GEORGE C. TAYLOR. j.
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The V>ltnic Belt CO.. Mar.
~Hall Mich. viii send their celebra
"a EIcctro.Toltaic Belts to the afflicted
anon 80 days trial. Speedy cures gnaran-
Iced. They nesn what they say. Wttts to
khem without delay.
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Sitting Bull, with 200 follow
ers surrendered to Gen. Terry on
Jnly Is, 1881.
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302 Canal Street
-, New Orleans. La, July "a, 1881.
Hon. Clay Knoblorh.

= WV VIIClgHS, Id, July "a, INSI. Z
Hon. Clay Knoblorh. =
Thibodaux, La,
Dear Strive have the drcdxe boat
nearly completed. We will have steam uu
Tomorrow and if the machinery proves ali
right and tight. We will telegraph you
10 come on and receive her. We had her
insured Yesterday for the sum of Euur thou
sand dollars, being two thirds Of her value
We are sorry to have been SO much oehina
but had to get a good deal of iron.
steel &c, from littsburg Pcnnsylvania, by
express to get her completed by this time.
Respectfully yours
MENGE 4 DOHERTY.
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C. s. Mathews Police Juror
visited Thibodanx last Monday.
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Quite an intelligent audience
visited Music Hall on Wednesday
night to hear Nj. George G. Tay
lOr's lecture on Microscopes and
their-usps. The lecture consisted
principally i'll Eli explanation of
Microscopes, which was short
and plain. But the most interest
ing part, was the. exhibition of va
rious articles under the magnify
ing power Of the various instru
ments which we've on his desk.
Both ladies and gentlemen were
deeply interested and it was not
until near midnight that they
left the mstructing exhibition.
The visitors gave Mr.. Taylor q
cerd Of thanks for the pleasant
entertainment that no had givan
them.
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SELLING OFT.

On account of retiring from business the
undersigned will sell his entire stock Of Gre
ceties, Tin, and Crockcry ware in lots, to
purchasers at low figurcs, call at once
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NOTICE.

/ hereby give notice THAT al bills aga inst
the firm must be presented before August
9th: for settlement, and all bills due the
said firin must be paid up at once.
A. JOSEPH.
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memorative Of those who died in
service ; to preserve the record
of their deaths and places of bur
ial; these would form some OF the
objects which would be considered
on such an interesting occasion.
The season is too for advanced
for such u re union this summer.
Not until next year could a
suita Die day be fixed. We would
recommend April 6 1882, being
the twentieth Anniversary of the
Battle of Shiloh as u suitable and
proper day for a re union OF the
soldiers Of LafOurche.
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~K1CKsHAWs.-Stock ara dieing
rapidly in Avoyelles Parish, Char
bon is believed to be the disease.
The improvements OIL Main street
in the buildings owned by F. Ter
mott, j. T. Thibodeaux, and A.
Bouron have added greatly to the
beauty Of that thoronghfare.
Now that the walk is about
completed Oh the East side of st.
Philip street from the Bayou to
the Canal, pedestrians have three
roads to pass from front to rear,
upon good banquettes. The work
upon the banquette leading from
st. Joseph's Church to Tnibo
daux will soon be under way, land
when finished will be of immense
utility and comfort to the attend
ants OF that church.
The banquette on Market street
in front of the Court House will
be renewed very soon.
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VI
her lost sons, to cherish their
memories, to reverence their cal
liant deeds aud to preserve their
names as Il sacred heritage, and to
make a record Of all who went
forth to defend her honor, aud
protect her rights, iu those anx
ions days.
To have a reunion of all the
soldiers Of the Parish of Lafour
che, to have those men meet aud
mingle together for u day, to talk
over old histories, recall suffer
iugs aud pleasures Of days when
wandering over the Southern
States, as. victors, as refugees, as
prisoners, would he IA day long to
be remembered in this Parish,
and Que which would afford an
told pleasure to those gallant
men and be exceedingly interest
ing to the youth who have since
arose to take the places vf the
lost and the dead.
To form u veteran organisation
for the purpose OF aiding and as
sistiug such of the old soldiers as
may be in distress and to make
ther7 efarage' confortab4e; to pre-
pare u. cJrrncts. record of-sname s,
tall soldNrk.Yho -entered into!
iAe Confsaerate States Army. i'd
lnangnrate action Tor the rrepa'I
If suitable mer.oiiais CON
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The Texas and Pacific.

Little Rock, l1.-TheGGzette'S special,
dated end of the Texas and Pacific Rail,
road track, says the road is nov complete
and IN operation at point las miles
east o. Ell Pase, and 492 miles west of
Dallas. in Lympha Mountains. 1920
feet above the sea level, and 1900 feet
higher than Dallas. About twelve miles
of track laying Is averaged every week,
at which rate Ell Paso will be reached
before January 1st. The grading is
completed, except few miles ia Cano-
sid's Pass, which will be finished in three
weeks. The bridges, one hundred sad
sixty IN number, between San Rachael
snd Eagle Pass, are being put in as fast
as the trsck approaches. Over one hun
dred trackmen are employed on station
houses and depots. Water tanks are put
put in every twenty miles, and where q
spring is not found wells are dug by
steam machinery, and an abundance of
water obtained. The track laying force
is kept up 10 three hundred men and
fifty teams. Seventeen cars Of iron and
forty cars of ties per day are used. The
telegraph wire is kept up with the end of
the track The weather is frosty. There
are no cattle on the range west of Pecos,
except two hundred head. There is suf-
fcent range west of the Pee 5 to feed all
the cattle and sheep in the mountains
All game is abundant. There have been
no Indians along the line for t~o months.
On the first of January through passen-
ger trains will be run between st Louis
and San Francisco, and al points in Calf
fornia and Oregon.
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Telegrephtc Ticks,

New York, Johannes Ashbury, ex-
member of the British parliament, aad
q great yachtsman, who arrived yester-
day. says he does not intend to take any
part 10 the yachting contests here this
season. He has been invited to accom-
pany Mr. Bennett to the Yorktown cele-
bration, and will probably go there.
Afterwards he will visit Arizona, Kan
sas and Texas, and go thence to Califor-
MIA. On his return he will go through
Canada, and spend the season with d.
Z. Macpherson, who will return to Can
ada with the Princess Louise about
November LIST. Ashbury's visit is solely
for pleasure.
New York, IL &C. ". Fonda, cashier
of the Farmers National Bank, has
been absent since SeDtemb-r Dist. A
large deficiency in in his accounts is now
reported.
Steamships frem England landed 1900
emigrants yesterday.
st. Louis, 1l.-Jay Gould, who is a
large stakeholder, was elected SIS one
Of the directors Of the national stock
yards.
Cleveland LIP. P. Wright was
appointed general superintendent OF the
Lake Shore.
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for the coming Fair, find copy OF the
offer below, which answers the many
questions of several correspondents {:
Board Of Directors D. 4. d H..
Society,":
Gentlemera-The undersigned, de-
string to encourage the Fruit Grow
erS Of Utah to put their Dried Fruits
on the market in the best possible
condition, offers to pay as below:
scots. per Id. for the best 25
lbs. dried Apricots.. -. S12 so
scots. per ID. for the best %
lbs. dried Peeled
Peaches. .......... - so
scots. per ID. for the best %
lbs. dried Green Gage
Plums ......... II so
scots. per Id. for the best 25
lbs. dried Blue Plums.. II 80
scots. per lb. for the best %
lbs. dried Ground Cher
ries. ............... II 50
scots. per Id. for the best 80
lbs. dried Unpeeled
Peaches. ......... % 90
25cts. per Id. for the best 80
lbs. dried Apples. Il so
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.TELEGRAPHIC
The Star Route Case.

Washington, lin court this morn
ing, Totten, for the cefense in the star
route chse, presented a motion to rescind
the order made some days ago authorizing
the information to be fled He ais o pre-
sented motion asking for an order on
the district attorney to bring the records
and flea OF the postofice department re-
lating to this particular route to some
place where they can be seen. The mo-
tion to rescind the order allowing the in
formation to be fled is long, technical
document. The causes set out in il are
that no notice of such information was
given to defendants; that the court was
without jurisdiction; that the matters
charged in the information appear
to have taken place about three years be-
fore the application for leave TO file, and
no excuse or explanation of the delay ia
given or attempted; that the affidavits IN
support ofthe information are insufficient;
that the proceeding by information is not
authorized by law, and is contrary to the
practice of the court; that the information
does not charge any offense apains.
any law of the United States; thst
the matters alleged were impossible Of
execution by the defendants; that the in
formation was not filed by any officer of
the United States, authorized for such
purpose; that there were regulations in
the postoffce department author ling the
postmaster-general TO order any increase
or extension of service, and allow a pro
rata increase of pay, such a rule hav-
ing been made before the defendant.
Brady, became second assistant postmas-
ter-general, and the allowance of Nc
Donough was made in conformity with
it; that the increase Of service had been
petitioned for and urged upon the depart
ment by the officers If the United States
in Arizona and New Mexico, by cover
nors and ex-governors of those territories,
which petitions, etc., are on file. The
pay for increased service amounts to
$24, 1876, msde to contractors in the
months Of June and July, after defen-
dsnts Brady and French had left the do
psrtmeht.