The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-07-05
STATE NEWS. AND VIEWS.

-ol "A LII NEWS AMI VIEW o.
Did the members of the legisla-
ture get $500, apiece for voting
against the new lottery bill?-EFree
Press.
Col. John A. Stevenson, the can
didate for Governor OH tlir Repub-
lican ticket at TIE last election, died
very suddenly on one of his planta-
tons Friday twenty seventh ult.
People who want to rent resi-
delces in Thibodaux, have great
difficulty in finding them. Owners
OF vacant lots, of which there re-
main but few in town, should build
upon them. They viii sell or rent
readily. --[Thibodaux Sentinel.
Yes, there are hundreds of cor
porations and capitalists who expect
Il bountiful harvest from the Expo
sition, but do not contribute dol
lar to help it on. They ought to be
posted and boycotted for their in-
tense selfishness.- Chronicle.
Business of all kinds is very dull
owing principally to the numerous
failures in New Orleans and the
stringency Of the money market.
Money is scarce and hard to get i'll
Sufficient quantity TO procure tie
necessaries OF life TTerrebonne
Times.
We hear that two bad characters
have recently returned to this neigh
borhood, one having been implica-
red with Henry Gay in burgla,izing
the Weinschenck store in 1875, al d
Che other q supposed participant III
the robbery committed at Feig's
store, Port Barrow, about four years
ago. Both are fngitives from Justice
and should be arrested.-I Chief.
The barniDg OF the stores on Royal
street, near Canal, gives the oppor-
tunity for widening that too harrow
and important thoroughfare. We
suggest this to the members of the
City Council. When new buildings
are erected to replace those DIES
troyed by the late fire, they should
be set well behind the fronts pre-
viously Observation-Disclosures.
Gov. McEnery has written to
Captains Michelet and Aucoin, who
have charge of the company of
Sweet Sweepers, that unless the
troubles in New Iberia be settled
before July fifth, they may expect
immediate marching orders to that
benighted town, and that they will
be expected to settle all troubles in
quick time. They will be very apt
to do it Thibodeaux Sentinel.
The merchants who take a lively
interest in the welfare of the town,
who perform their duty as citizens,
who help build up and contribute
towards permanent improvements,
should be encouraged and assisted
by receiving the patronage of their
fellow citizens. Those who grasp
and hold all, shirk their duty as
citizens; wont help build up; wont
advertise; wont contribute towards
a single pubic good; should be al
lowed to sit on their counters and
count their fingers Free Press.
The police juries of the parishes
of Union and jackson have we
learn, refused TO license the sale Of
Observation-Disclosures in their u irshes,
There has evidently beea a misap
prehension Of the powers and du-
ties Of police juries on the subject.
The law, without a doubt, leaves
the whole question of licensing groo
shops to the police jul-ies, and they
can prohibit or regulate the sale of
Intoxicating liquors without refer
to the State law. The Su.
preme Court has SO decided, and it
would be we'll for our police Jury
now in session, to thoroughly inves-
tlgate the question before fixing the
amount of license. Sumptuary laws
may be distasteful, but patriotism
demands some action on the part of
authorities to prevent
the vice of vices and the parent of
over two-thirds of the crime in the
parish. If this unnecessary luxury,
liquor, is demanded and must be
sold, let the persons who require it
pay indirectly in license the cost of
criminal expenses, of which it is
the direct cause. Let the police iury
either prohibit entirely or fix the
license at such a figure as will nav
INTO the parish treasury sum suf
iclent to meet all the criminal ex.
penseS Of the parish. The labor is
temoralized, society is impaired,
life, liberty and property is rendered
Insecure or worthless by this great
vice. We belong TO no Knights of
Temperance, bnt every man who
thinks Mt all will be ready to see
This vice put down. The police
ury have now an opportunity to do
! patriotic act, the consequences of
which will result in great good to
his parish. Stop it, gentlemen, or
TX the license high enough to pay for
Ill 0f our pritoitol ox.,>,,,.-e