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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-06-02
charlie ont le temps de sc d9poser
sur les rives I; le courant nest pas
assez fort pour les entrafner avec

EAST BATON ROUGE.
Nous lisons dams le journal Off
ciel de pEtat
La somme qui Sc trouve dams lie
Tresor, au credit du fonds des le-
wees, sleeve 4 $12O,OO7.S9 ; il Went
d'6tre verse S46,311.3S total, 1861
1927 tout fait esperer que. lie
montant aura atteint lie chiffre dc
100000 avant la fin de pannee.
L'Etat sera done en- mesure, Fan
proclaim, de reparer toutes les lie.
wees du feuve.
Depuis lie dernier rapport, il a
cts vendu $50, 759 27I10O arpents,
au bureau des terres, au prix de
S46,311.3S qui ont etc grossir lie
fOnds des levees.
Depuis que lie tr6sorier q annOn-
&c que les warrants seraient pages
compliant, il en- a etc present6 ct
sold6 pour une valeur de S473,OOO,
sur 1S8O-81, 81-S2, 1888.
CALCAsIEU.
La compagnie de bois de char.
pente a 2,0OO,OO0 de pieds de pou-
tres dams ses chantiers. Cette COM
pagnie sc propose d'6tablir dams
ses ateliers une machine 4 rabOter,
ainsi qu'une fabrique de portes, de
chassis ct de volets.
II y . actuellement quatre ma
chimes a bardeaux qui fonctionnent
CONSIGNMENT ; Giles font en- moyen-
ne 10000 bardeaux par jour.
IBERIE.
DEt0ile d'lberie dit que lie patu-
rage est mediocre, w lie sec, ct
CONNIE les terres sont en- grande
partie parqu6es, les animaux libres,
Ill Y en- q peu) sont loin de presen-
ter une apparence satisfaisante. De
la pluie ct du chaud m~ettraient, en-
peu de jours, toute chose en- 6tat
normal.
LIE Sugar Bowl public toujours lie
tableau de P6tat des recOltes dams
differences paroisses.
ST. JEAN BAPT1sTE.
Une betterave dune taille extra
ordinaire a etc envoy6 dams les bu-
reaux du Meschacebe. Ce Kgume
mesure 81 pouces de longueur ct ne
pese pas mOins de sept livres.
ST. CHARLES.
| Une tentative d'assassinat a Gu
lieu reinforcement 4 la station Bout
t6. Un espagnol nomm6 Balthazar
Otero, employee sur une habitation
voisine, await sur lui $50 fruit de
SEES economies. On negre, connais-
SAINT cette particularite, s'embusqua
pour pattendre ct fit feu sur lui le
pleasant 4 repaule. En- voyant tom
Der sa victime, lie neg1e courut a
lui, mails voyant quill WYATT en-
core, Ii prit la flute. Otero, blesse,
put gagner une habitation voisine
on il recut des soins, ct lie lende.
main il fut transport6 a pH6pital de
Charlie.
! LAFAYETTE.
Les mures SO vendent dams les
rues de Vermillionville 4 % cents
lie gallon. La recolte a bonnie appa-
renee ct Ia cour de district est en-
! session.
ST. LANDRY.
La foire donnee au Grand Co.
! teau, lie Is de ce mois, an b6nefce
de rH6pital de Charlie, a produit
environ 1926 net.
ST. MARY.
LIE Morgan City RerieV, recon-
mande au Jury de Police de ne pas
envoyer d la Convention des lev6es.
qui dot Sc tenir a Baton Rouge, lie
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had shakeRshis haad, I asked him: Does 1t not
make your hand very lame to shake hands with
two or three thousand people In an EVENING"
NO., he said, mot in the slightest degree One
terrible strain, for many people are very cordial
In their greetings.7
A. DANCE IN THE EAST ROOM.
II have heard all the inaugurals from Folks
up to Grants afst." said Mr.. Robbins: ssMy
first winter Iin Washington was Mr.. Tyler's last
winter, In the winter Of 44-45, the winter that
Mr.. Tyler's- beautiful and graceful second wife
was the lady OH the Executive Mansion. /
remember one little incident that occurred there
at that time. The Polka dance had just been
introduced Into this country. young married
couple, named Bergh, who were friends of Mrs.
Tyler's, and who had Just returned from Europe,
consented, after great deal of persuasion, to
give the guests present at one of Mrs. Tylers
receptions an idea of the dance. They danced
the Polka In the center of the East Room. In
tnose Gays there were nothing like the crowds
that came there afterwards to attend receptions.
would not be surprised If Bergh is the same
man who has since made himself famous as the
originator OF the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals. The couple were tall
graceful and handsome. That was the only
dance ever witnessed in the White House.
The house then was large enough for the nation;
now the nation has greatly outgrOwn 1t.
"What do you think of our city now p asked
the reporter
81 have seen the handsomest capitals In
Europe" answered Mr.. Robbins, ''and I can
assure you that Washington ranks among the
handsomest cities in the world. In one partic.
nlar it is unlike any other city, and that is in
the great and wonderful variety Of street archi-
lecture. Even in Paris there is wearisome
sameness, but In Washington the eye Is pleased
with the wonderful variety in the styles of resi-
dences and the taste displayed, especially in the
modern houses In the northwestern part Of the
city,"
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CITY AND DISTRICT.
LINCOLN IN WASHINGTON.
REcoLLECTIoNs OF ONE WHO KNEW
HIM WELL
NEW AND INTERESTING DETAILS.

Ltncoln's Steamboat Patent-HOyv a
FiOt to Capture President Lincoln
and the City OF WaAhlngtOa was
Foiled-An Atten,pt to shoot Lincoln
Why silence was Maintained About
These PlOts-flOW Lincoln was Lee.
tured by Horace Greeley-A Striking
Episode of the War-Amdrev Curain,s
Huff-IzOW He was Prevented from
Going Over to Mcclellan.
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VELVET RIBBON is brought into use again for
trimming cashmeres and silks. 1t Is used in
great quantities on the box plated skirts, being
sometimes placed in three parallel rows down
each broad box plait and laid in loops that over
lap each other at the end. while on simpler
dresses 1t Is placed across the box plaits near
the foot. forming kind of border u three or
four parallel roWA
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Rev. DE-. Duryea EpiscopaD, Of New York.
says that Boston y the hardest place on the con-
tinent for minister who breaches pure COS
pei. and that Il requires years for such man
TO make hin inhnenes widely felt.
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Il New OpeosoS Ter 8ocksssgss
From tho BtUokyn Eagie. -ts.sa
Anefvous old gentleman. driven haR ~
tracted b. the cries of fish vendor Who ~
yelling "POrgies! porgies!" beneath bis Window
thrust out his head and shouted; -
I" II you'll stop your internal noise III give -
Q job worth money"
what Is IT." asked The porgy 1end-
"Why, TO como and teseh our church cAe6
how to sing"
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why q Little Had Cave is IN.
From the Boston 0lOb

WHY NB L1IG10 1l&GW VH8Y0 IL VI
From the Boston Globe
A boy was making great racket on his
drum In front Of house In Somerville. 'Iittle
boy" said lady, '.you mustn't drum here; there
Is . lady sick In this house." s'Wel, don't
know where am going to drum then; there's
reply.
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why women are generally so much more cheer
ful than men is because they can work with the
needle" This h the oldest satire upon the sew
ing circle on record.-Boston Transcript
1t is said a young woman forgot to take on
her bonnet the other night on retiring. and
never noticed the oversight. Then it is pretty
certain that she did not spend the evening at
theater. woman couldn't wear her theater
bonnet to bed without knowing it.-WaC.
snow then. Witness" said the cross-examin-
Ing counsel, sternly. docs the preceding Wit
ness enjoy your entire confidence ?" Great
Scott, no! Why. that's my wife."-Snn Fras-
cisco Post.
The latest novelty among society damsels
In New York is complexion dogs" No girl
will now appear on the street with q dog that
will make great sale for pink-white Italian
greyhOunds in Boston. while the yellow and
black pug viii prevail In New York.-BostoR
Post
Mrs. David Davis is disappointed In the large
trees of California. She says they are not
nearly SO enormous as she expected to find
them. Mrs. Davis ought not to expect tree to
look large when her husband is around
Rochester Post Express.
There is q umor floating around to the effect
that it win be quite the thing this summer for
fashionable ladies to claim to have robust
health. They may even call for pork and beans.
Detroit Free Press
Did you ever think what Won would do If You
had Vanderbilts inceme!-kor7isto,rm Reqistr
Well. no; but We have often wondered what
Vanderbilt would do If he had our INCOME
Philadelphia Nescs.
which is the opposite side OF the street," Why.
that side sir" (pointing across). "M0sh Oblish.
was s0ver there jus now, and asked mother
gemTn which was oops side, an he said this
waA."-Erch1n9U.
An Arkansaw boy, writing from college In re.
MIR fo 40 f~<h 80 ~~fA
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Funeral Reforms.

unckaA REFORMS
The cause of public health demands. SAYS the
Chicago Tribune, some radical reforms i'm burial
usages. The first step should be taken by the
companies owning or controlling cemeteries
and an excellent model is furnished by the prin-
cipal cemetery in Utica, NY. which is provided
with two capacious chapels One Is Of stone
where funeral services are held in summer and
the other of iron and glass. where they are
held during the rest of the year. The
chapel is described as sort of con-
servatory. full of tropical verdure, the
funeral train passes through covered car
riageway, and the services are conducted In
light and warmth, among trailing vines and
blooming shrubs. At the conclusion of the ser
vices the corpse is surrendered to keepers. who
bestOw 1t in a vault to await interment in the
grave under the supervision of one or more of
the Immediate family or friends of the deceased
In this manner the large number of persons
frequently in attendance at funerals are saved
the perils Of exposure in inclement weather.
Every cemetery should be provided with SINH
lar appointments and it would be we'll II
the Illinois legislature, now in session, would
pass q law requiring at least one such
chapel for every burying-grOund Of larger
dimensions than the village churchvard. There
are other reforms which may be established
speedily by example. The most important of
these is to make private funerals fashionable.
Let the usual services be held in church or at
the residence. to which friends shall be invited.
with notice that at the termination thereof
the friends are desired to leave the remains
In charge of the family and pail bearers to
be taken to their last resting place. BY this
means large part of the expense attached
to the funeral may be saved to families who
cannot afford to engage q score or more of car
riages, the friends will not be to pied to risk q
dangerous exposure in order tTshow their re-
spect for the deceased or friendship for his fam
ily and the privacy of the last rites will add to
their solemnity. The custom Of promiscuous
floral offerings would also be more hon0red in
| the breach than In the observance. It has come
to be q serious tax upon people Of small means
and wide acquaintance. A false sense OF
pride induces many people to incur expense
Tor flowers to send to the funerals Of deceased
friends which they cannot afford. Tho example
| Of nriyate funerals and family flowers should be
set by the rich, for the people OF the middle and
poorer Glasses win strive to keep up appear
ences as 10, a. the present system remains IA
vogue. Thsre 10 absolutely no compensation
| for the personal exposure and hardshlps inoa.
dent to the funeral customs Of the day. There
! q no other occasion where mere ostentssion 4
| 10 vulgar, and 1t can b Of NO possible sdyant-
are to the deceased 10 have his last appearance
on earth entail misfortune upon those Who were
dearest or most attached TO him in LIE.
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upon his having a guard. He told him how
dangerous 1t was, and that some assassin might
shoot him. But Mr.. Lincoln could not be made
to see 1t, and refused until one evening" in going
out as usual while he was passing through a
little thlcket, ball came out of the thcket and
nearly severed one OF his bride reins. He con-
sented then to have the cavalry guard that went
with him to the close of the war The affair
was not published tor the reason that have
stated before. that 1t would suggest to other
villains to make a similar. and perhaps more
successful attempt, at assassination. One cause
OF Mr.. Lncolns strength was that he never
acted under the influence of prejudice, selfish
ness or passion. He was always cool, calm and
deliberate. His speech at Gettysburg is beau
tiful illustration Of the character of the man. !"
Here Mr.. Robbins paused and recited from
memory this Gettysburg speech with much en-
thusiasm.
MR.. LINCOLN AS A SPEAKER.
'He had tenor voice." he continued, "clear
and penetrating. He rather leaned forward as
he spoke. and spoke with great earnestness and
few Restures. heard him speak at the Capitol
once. / do not remember what the occasion
was, but It was at the time when Mcclellan wa.
on the Peninsula, and very bitter strife was
going on between McClellan's friends and the
earnest friends Of the government. remember
thought It best to set Mcclellan right before the
people oy making short speech. heard both
Of Mr.. LincOln's inaugurals. The last was q
wonderful performance He was not graceful
orator, but most persuasive and convincing
speaker. Gut in Illinois he was called the
widows and orphans friend The natural ex-
preston OF his face was sad, except when 1t was
lighted up by his winning smile. His hazel ewes
Illuminated the whole OF hts face His manner
was always easy. The descriptions or pictures
representing him as awkward and ungainly are
to great extent exaggerations. The moment
one came within the influence Of his eyes and
smile all awkwardness seemed to disappear He
had enormous physical strength. Once, after q
crowded reception, when thousands Of people
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arm, and there was Grape on the horses harness.
On every carriage was q crest. II was the fune-
raj Of Louis G. Hammersly. who was. perhaps.
one Of the best known young society men in
New York. His father died five months ago.
and it is said that the son actually grieved HIM
self to death for his father. For many years the
pair were inseparable. They went everywhere
together They were not apart five minutes in
the day, and were the warmest of companions.
Both the father and the son were worth several
millions apiece and they lived in quiet luxury.
The sons grief over his fathers death was very
great. He was q fine, healthy3o0king man
when his father died, but he followed him to the
grave In less than six months He leaves q
widow. who will be one of the wealthiest women
in New Y.rk, as she inherits the wealth Of both
her husband and his father.
NO TOP COATS.
1t has been the fashion for the last two months
IN New York to appear on the streets without
an overcoat. This is the latest symptom Of
Anglo-mania- All during the dreary months OF
spring slim and consumptive looking young
men, with big brimmed derbys tight trousers,
pointed boots and English canes could b seen
1t all hours Of the day parading the streets,
night It was BY no means uncommon to eco
young men around the front doors actually
shaking with cold. but they res0lutely took to
the alleged fashion which ordained this idiocy
and refused to don their overcoats- There 70 no
telling how many OF them suffered from the cold,
but they did not mind this. Tho satisfaction Of
being In the fashion outweighed every other con-
ddNA&ion.
SIMPSON AND DON.
Mr.. Simpson end his son sold grain and provi-
Gions on commission ct Is Wall street. The SON
has recently conceived the idea that he should
be manager Of New York theatH, and the
father 10 never % happy Is when he Ii gratifying
his sons whims. Hence. Mr. Simpson and his
son ere to build q new theater In New York. It
ID IN aggravated attack Of managerial fever
After young 1r. Simpson hes been . manager
for year he win In ell probability b Gid to
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'Our president, Rev. John Pierpont, was q
very witty man. One Of our lecturers l have
stated, was Orestes A. BrOwnsOn. He had been
member and a clergyman of nearly every sect
Of the Christian religion. At that time he was
a Catholic. When Mr. Pierpont introduced him
he did it in this way: 'I4ades and gentlemen:
take pleasure in introducing to you the lee
tuTer OF the evening. Rev. o. A. BrOwlsOn. a
gentleman who has seen many sides of mann
subjects" Mr.. BrOwnson in reply said the Only
way to understand subject was to 60 into it
and become part of it. He was man of i'm
mense force and power. / remember when MI.
PierpOnt introduced Dickinson. Dickinson
was characterized by buoyancy of spirits and
boy-like enthusiasm. Mr.. Pierpont let him off
bV saying: '.Ladies and gentlemen. / take
pleasure in introducing to you the Hon. Daniel
>. Dickinson, good specimen Of young Amer
ica"
THE LINCOLN-STANTON-CURTIN EPISODE.
On the eve Of the opening Of the Lincoln and
Mcclellan presidential campaign my opposite
neighbor, Judge Joseph Casey-formerly a
prominent member OF Congress from Pennsyi-
Eania, . splendid man everyway, and then Chief
Justice Of the Court Of Claims, learned from q
reliable source that Mr.. Stanton had in some
way 30 outrageously offended tho in0rdinate
egOtism, pride and vanity Of Governor Curtin.
Of Pennsylvania, that he had firmly resolved to
stump the state for Mcclellan during the then
approaching campaign. Curtin was then IN the
prime OF manly ytgor and tho most eloquent
and persuasive speaker In the country, aud 90
great was his power before the people Of Penn
sylyania that Judge Casey felt perfectly sure
that Curtin's influence and eloquence would
control tho vote Of that state In tho then sp-
preaching presidential election. And the Judge
felt equally sure that the vote of PennsylYania
would decide tho question as to who would be
cur next President. He therefore was pro-
foundry alarmed and lost no time in seeking an
interview with Mr.. Lincoln and explaining the
great danger to him. Mr.. Lincoln replied: 4
fully realize the danger. my friend, but what
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LETTER FROM NEW YORK.

The Brooklyn Bridge-Advice 20 Van.
derbilt-The Sale Of The WOrld-A
Picture Of Pulitzer-A Strange Fume.
rai-NO Top. COats-SimpsOn Il Son
Saint Morse AEaln-Death OF Crema-
tt0n-Madame BOrry-ykrs. Potter, etc.
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then read the report from which we alb
stract:
Secretary's Report.

The annual report of tho secretary was called
forand read. The showing for the association was
excellent. The total number of members uD to
the present time is 1861; total number of ueS
members admitted 207; number of death4 during
the year ten. The total receipts from all sources
which includes death assessments paid In ls
$27, ,99S.56 Of this amount 81, l48 5U was for
dues. The total expenses have been 50 ,6O8.47
leaving balance of cash on hand of
S39O.O9. The sum of $25, 1858 .25 has been
paid IN twenty death assessments. The finances
of the association are in good shape. There are
no liabilities. All amounts due benehciaries,
and all bills and claims of whatever nature have
been paid up in full. The cost of insurance
has been much above the average on account of
assessments being made for three deaths which
occurred last year. The average cost of insur-
ance, loss, etc., is $6.62 per year. The report
which is quite lengthy shows great care in It's
preparation. and concludes with the following
encouraging words:
Sin conclusion, let me add that l do not hes
itate to assert that the future of this association
depends TO great extent upon the legisl ition of
this convention. Figuratively speaking can
truly say that for two years have felt the pulse
beat of the assoc iation rising and falling as tie
future looked bright and promising or dark and
uncertain. L speak assuredly in saying that the
demand from every section is for legislation
that will provide for the prompt payment of the
claims Of our beneiiciaries at the time when they
uost need financial aid. To provide for this,
aud 10 pull down the bars that bar out many
of our comrades in the service account of the
''old debit l elieve to be the two most inl-
portant issues before this convention. Accom-
plish this and confidence will take the place of
doubt, mistrust and uncertainty-llfe, zeal and
energetic work viii take the place OF indiffer-
ence, apathy and opposition, the result OF which
will b a great ingathering of our comrades i'll
the Railway Mail Service into our much loved
Railway Mail Service Mutual Benefit associa-
tiOn.'
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RAIL AND RIVER.
RQiL NOkeS.

| A. l.. Mohler, general freight agent of the st.
| Paul Manitoba road, has gone to Chicago.
| 8. s. Merrill general manager of the Chica-
go, Milwaukee & st. Paul road, and P. M.
Meyers, Sc retary of the same company and as
slstant to the manager, were in st. Paul yester-
day.
Gen. Grant, Mr.. Billings and Mr.. Evarts, who
| went out on the great Willard excursion, reached
st. Paul yesterday morning and went up to Fort
Smelling, but returned in time to take the one
O'Clock train east.
On the 18th the special freight train of ten
cars, containing canned goods, left Portland,
Maine, destined to Portland, Oregon, via the
Blue line, Chicago Northwestern, and the
| Omaha lines and Northern Pacific railway 1t is
expected and intended that this will be the fast
est train ever run between the Atlantic and Pa
cife.
The train on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul road that brought the mail service men to
st. Paul on Monday, LIFT Chicago at 7: a. m >,
and arrived i'll st. Paul at 7;l1 p. m, making
eleven hours and forty three minutes. The stop
pa2es on the way were fifteen minutes for change
OF engines, hfty-fve minutes for dinner at La
Gro Sc, aud thirty three minutes by the unex-
pected detention caused by the open draw in the
| bridge, making ~. This makes ten hours
actual running time. This beats
the time Of the fast train over
the same line, of August "a, when the Northern
Pacific dignitaries were brought here, by thirty
inmates. It IS the fastest time ever made be-
tween st. Paul and hicago by any line except
by the lhicago, st. Pau, & Omaha road which
made the run between these two points in hours
and iS minutes. This shows that when the ne
ces titles of the case require it fast mail train
can be ruu from New York to St Paul in IS
hours.
The passenger traffic through st. Paul, now
that the Northern Pacific road is
opened, has vey largely increased,
and essrs. Brown q Knabel, the ticket agents,
at the union depot say they have never sean any
thing that began to approach it. The opening
of the Northern Pacific seems to have set every
body travelling. They yesterday sold forty
through tickets from st. Paul 10 Portland, Ore
gon. The travel comes from everywhere, and
| largely from the eastern S ates. Forty tickets
to points in Dakota, or Manitoba would not be
noticed particularly, but it Is
noticeable when that number Of parties
come prepared to pay S1e0 or Sl25 each for
tickets to go that long distance. The travel
over all the tines is largely increased and all the
trains go out loaded to their fullest capacity.
Another noticeable thing is that the through
travel between st. Paul and Portland is dails in
creasing both ways, aud bids fair to continue to
increase. Twenty-four passengers left Portland
for st. Paul yesterday.