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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1884-07-12
NvTICE

l would respectfully announce to my
friends and the public in general that I will
dia. on Saturday, june. 18th, 1884, with q
carefully selected stock Of jewelry consisting
Of watches, clocks, &c.. and an especially q
lected assortment OF siiyerware /; all Of which
l will offer at a price to suit the times. l
will also keep an assortment of all kinds Of
sewing machine attachments, aleo guns. pis-
tolls and cartridges. F. ZERNOTT.
Thibodaux, June 18th, 1884.
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restaurant,
10 Mr.. Schneider and wife, who
had the soda and lemonade stands
in their care, aud their fair assis
tantS, aud
To Il. r.. Mcbride, tor bis able and
unwearied attention to all the ne
cessafy preparations and apparatus
required for the success of the en-
tertaininents.
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SUCCESSION OF ARENA OGERON DE.
& CEASED WIFE OF LOUIS SCHTE.

TWentIeth JuulclaI DlStflct Ouf
State of Louisiana, Parish of Lafourche.
Whereas Louis Settle, of said parish,
administrator of the above succession,
has this day rendered , final account of
his administration and praying the homo
legation # the same. .sss
Now. therefore, all parties interested are
hereby warned and notified to produce in
this Office, within ten days following tho
present notice, any objection which they
may have to the h~omologation Of the
same, otherwise the same shall b. appro
we'd according to law : e.fas
81 Witness my hand and the I'M
LIS. press of the seal Of my Office, thi.
(~~ 18th, day Of July. A. D., 1884.
J.W. KNOBLOCH, D'y Clerk.
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NGTs<-Ey

Inc copa!tnership heretofore existing be-
tween the undersigned ind. II the firm name
o.. 4. iil''o.anx IS this dAy ,li>solved by mu
t'ttl consent. DR.. il. DAusere uletir,n" and
CONSIDERING all his int. rest to JOS. L. ii,ibo-
{ e lux Who ASSUME all the liabilities of tha
lac firm.
JT THiBODEAUX,
,,, IL DANSEREAU.
Thibodasx, Ju Q i6, 1891.
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ThibodaIx Castle OF the order of
the Golden Rule held It's second
meeting on last Tuesday evening
four applicants were admitted, and
five new applications received.
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The iall IN the rivers continues at
all points. The water in the La
fourciie is about IA feet above low
water mark
The swamps between Lafnurche
and the Teche are empty.
The water between Lafouwhe
and the river falls about ore incl,
per day an! has probably by to day
gone down about 80 inches.
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In the advertising columns will lie
seen the announcement of the new
firm of Roth & Fleetwood, who will
occupy the corner of Main and st.
Philip Sts., which has been known
as. a drug store for more than 40
years.
The long experience Of the senior
partner in the preparation OF medi
clnes, and his care and watchful
ness in dispensing the same, is a
guarantee that every order sent to
the new firm will receive that care
iut' attention that it may merit.
The senior partner will have an able
and skilful assistant. The SENTI
ARL wishes the new firm all the sue
cess possible having no doubt that
u will merit a fair share Of the pub
lie patronage.
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The new Police Jury appoi nted
y the Senate Is, John S. Seely, s.
IGrisamore, Sosthene FOlse, A.
Delaune, II. n. Coulon, L. raemer
y. 5. Mathews, John II. Gheens,
sameS Moran and L. Cherami.
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Rev. Mr.. Byers of Jeauerette will
preach in the Presbyterian Church
to morrow ut IL Il. Nj. and S y. NJ
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Information has reached the prcsi
dent Of the Police Jury that the
mouth OF Bayou B@uf is complete
ly closed.
4 He has referred the matter TO the
drainage committee cftl.at district
Messrs +. O. Rousseau, Jos. Z.
Thib0daux aud Urbin Prestcuback
sud urged them to have the obstruc
tons removed without delay.
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LOCAL NE VS..

The fiena that is perambulatinr
the streets following sits hot.'
ought to be- shot down on the SPOT.
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sent halt SO pretty a view to the BE
holder.
Miss Alma Sabourin, the drum
mer, Won the highest praise for
her skilful handling Of the drum.
and the graceful style in which she
preceded the Guards in their va
riOuS manHuvers.
The second evenings programme
was similar to that of the first,
During the evening Miss Grune
berg sang "Qui je Su;s," "Alice
Where art Thou" and "Once
Again"
Mrs. J. T. Thibodaux sang,
"Bring back my Love Ger the Sea-
and M:ss Florence Jones II
"Casia Diua."
These songs were so warmly ap
plauded that they had all to be re
peatel.
This was the first appearance of
Miss Gruneberg OF New Orleans
and Miss Jones of Assumption,
Every II in the audience, on
those evenings, will he pleased to
have them come again, fol they Car
ried the citadel by storm.
Abundance Of ice cream, lemon
ade, chicken salad, cold meats,
aud soda water was served BY far
ladies who were pleased to wait
upon the guests.
On July /, at the close of the Ell
tertainment, little Miss Continent
sang, "Buy a Broom" when the
broOms werc sold at auction, being
bid off by the admirers of the fair
Sweepers at figures ranging from
one to five dollars each.
The following are the fair girls
who composed the Broom Guards :
OFFICERS BROOM GUARDS:
Captain, Miss Ellen Springer,
Lieutenant, Miss Mary Roth ;
Orderly Sergeant, Miss s. Dixon ;
Corporal, Miss Johanna Alberti =;
Standard Bearer, Miss e. Perkins
Drummer, Miss Alma Sabourin.
Privates Miss Flora Levi, Miss
Jennie Frost, Miss Zenobia Frost,
Miss Sophie Marx, Miss Minna
Schneider, Miss Emma Weissen.
thanrer, Miss Blanch Kahn. Miss
Jennie Blum, Miss Emma Flasch,
Miss E!dah Pierson, Miss Bertha
Hoffman,, Miss Emily FIasch, Miss
Melissa Jones, Miss Minnie Bin
niugs, Miss Susie Harvey, Miss
Loula Perkins, Miss Minnie Thomp
son, Miss Esther ALBERT, Miss
Ny rthe Robichaux, Miss Julia
R%obichaux. Miss Annie Aubert,
Miss Julia B%oudreaux, Miss Louise
Boudreaux.
Their uniform was very pretty
and chaste, composed Of red jack
ct With brass buttons, cream color
ed skirt, with broad red band, red
caps with white feather.
On the last evening a match
drill was had, the prize being a fine
plume for the two best drilled
Sweepers.
Messrs VIM. Price, Francis Pike,
aud 81. D. D. Menier were selected
by the audience as the Judges.
After quite an animated contest,
the first prize was given to Miss
Celina Dixon and the second to
Miss Johanna Aberti.
These successful Sweepers were
worthy of the distinction bestowed
upon them.
During the evening Mrs. j. T.
Thibodaux presented Capt. FL. 81.
Michelet with a magnificent bou
quet, composed of rare and beauti
full flowers culled from her own
magnificent gardens.
The brilliant success of these en-
tortainments is due to Mrs. j. NJ.
n..nnd;n Mas Il Dorlxinn and Mrs |
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A new Judge has been given,
! sels Judicial District by act OF LIE
glsiature. Judge A. F. Knobloch
Wi probably receive the appoint
hent.
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THE SWEET SWEEpERSy'

AAO1lSCsI . Hall on TIL
nights OF July 3 and 4, 1884, as til,
one prepared by the ladies VIII,
were the oliginators of them.
. The large stage was TASTEFUL,
and chastely decorated with United
States flags. interviewer with mo,
ses and evergreens.
The following is the programme
Overture by DIR. Daigre, A. Per.
rim and f. Perrin. Song, Sta,
Spangled Banner, Broom Guards,
Dnet-See the Pale Moon, MIS-
Malhiot, Miss Gruneberg. Tram
way Galop, Misses f. Blanchard,
Z. Perkins. Song, Les Dragons de
|iilars, Miss Gruneberg. Manual
OF Arms, Broom Guards. Se!ec-
ton from Martha, Messrs. Daigre.
Perrin and Perrin. Little Fairy.
Schottlsche, Misses Sabourin. Nal.
hot, and DIR. j. Daigre. Marseil
'a'se, Broom Guards. When the
Robins nest again, Mrs. j. I. THU
odaux. Hollow Square, Broom,
Guards. Folks that put OH Airs,
Misses Sabourin, MaIhiot, and G.
Fleetwood. Counter March, Broom
Guards. On tile Beautiful Rhine.
Messrs. Daiyre. Perrin, and Perrin.
Tenting on the Old Camp Ground,
Broom Guards. Loves Request,
Miss Gruneberg. Song of the
Drum, Broom Guards. Happy
Home Galop, Messrs Daigre. Per.
rim aud Perrin. Dixie, Broom
Guards.
When the curtain rose the
Sweet Sweepers, formed in a pyra
mid, sang the grand old Nation
al song, Star Spangled Banner,
with a large U. S. Flag and o mum
Der of small flags waving over
them.
AS the 80 voices echoed the notes
of the old song, it aroused the au
dienc1, and awaked the memories
of by gone days, and as the red
light Illuminated the Tableau in
most brilliant colors, the excite
ment and qualification of the au
dience was expressed in long aud
continued stamping aud clapping
of hands.
The second Tableau. Hollow
square. The Sweet Sweepers were
formed in square, and at the com
mand of charge against Cavalry,
when the blue and red
were turned upon them, pre-
seuting a view not surpassed by any
told in the marvellous works of
and his wonderful Lamp.
But it remained for the third
Tableau to excel anything ever ex
hibited in Thibodaux.
The old tent was erected iu the
middle of the stage and around aud
about it were the Sweepers, some
seated on the floor, playing euchre,
smoking cigarettes, reading ragged
newspapers, whilst others were
around the big pot, with
booming fire beneath, preparing
dinner. In the distance was the
guard, with broom erect, walking
back and forth, over her beat.
When the song was concluded
the lights we're let upon the scene
~, that made it so resplendant
With beauty and grandeur that the
old war veterans raised the rebel
yell, and made the walls echo again
and again. .ss,
The instrumental music was first
class and worthy of the able musi
clans n no handled the instruments.
The songs by the various ladies' re
presenting New Orleans, Lafourche
aud::Assnmption elected the highest
admiration of. the hearers who
never failed to encore the fair song
- or. Al,ock nnon tho sta Uo thEa -
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rE 4~F
From an advertisement in the
SENTINEL it will be seen that DIR.
Il. Dansereau has withdrawn from
the partnership existing for the
last 10 or Is years between himself
and Jos. 7. Thibodaux. .ffst
Dir. Thibodaux becomes proprie.
tor 0fthe establishment and assumes
all the liabilities, and will continue
the business in the same stand.
His long experience in the drug
businessis sufficient guarantee that
the customers of the late firm will
continue their trade with him.
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NEW FIRM!

The undersigned announce to their friends
and The public that they have entered into
co-i'artnersihp, under the tirlu name Of
Roth ~ FleetwoOd.
for the purpose of carrying on the drug busi-
ness, IN connection with which they will keep
Fancy Articles,
STA TIONERI AND FINE LIOTORS
at the old Stand, on the corner OF Main
and St. Philip Streets.
f.. n. ROTH,
j. N. FLEETWOOD,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-01
THE AVERAGE JUROR.

When the mailed hand of Justice
first wrested the right of trial by
jury from kingly authority the jul
risprudence of modern times took it's
first step beyond the bounds set it
in olden times by the wisdom of the
Roman. When each citizen was
made judge and supposed to be
clothed with the knowledge of right
and wrong, the system as now com
plicated and made mysterious by
centuries of varying precedent was
in its infancy, and corruption on the
bench the main evil to be apprehen-
ded.
To woman was never given leave
to sit in the jury box, for many rea-
sons. Her emotional nature units
her, and her gracious charity might
seek to cover with its mantle too
many faults. But if these two unfit
the woman, how much more does
each apply to the ignorant of either
sex? To emotional sympathy would
be added prejudice, which is always
joined to ignorance, and when all
the arts of the learned lawyer is
strengthened by long experience and
close study, the prisoner may well
tremble before the verdict to be rem
dered by the average jury. Yet it
is absurd to suppose that twelve men
may be found to try every case who
are fitted to appreciate properly the
arguments of the trained counsel.
On the same subject the course of
the experienced lawyer is radically
different if the case is to be present
ed for decision to the court instead
of the jury. To the one, the evil
dence is all-important and the law
bearing upon the case is carefully
cited and commented upon; to the
other appeal to the feelings is the
last resort, and the evidence is east
ly tortured into any shape. The
very fact that the average juror is a
business man makes him incapable
of performing his duties properly,
even as the most famous lawyers
rarely make the best judges.
When the negro became a freed
man, the change to all concerned
was great; when he was put in the
jury-box the danger, under ordinary
circumstances, became overwhelm-
ing. That our institutions have sur
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vived both experiments, is wonder
to ourselves. The explanation can
only be found in the intuitive fitness
for rule fostered by years of mastery
on the one hand, and the native pow
ers of imitation possessed by the
other race.
Now it is not only in the South,
however, that complaints against the
jury system reach us. The expert
ment tried among us gives only
more emphatic echo to the verdict
rendered everywhere-the ignorant
Juror must 90. Yet it is idle to sup
pose that twelve men however intel
ligent are capable of drawing just
conclusions from the mazes spun
with malice prepense by the man
trained for the work, and of long
experience and great ability in his
profession. Ultimately the jury sys-
TEN itself must go as the trial by
combat went and the dueIlo became
a delusion and a snare.
Even as the permanency of our
political institutions is predicated on
the intelligence of the voter, SO jus
tice dispensed by the courts becomes
impossible in the present state of our
practice without the trained juror.
In war the arts Of assault and de-
fence keep pace with each other;
when the cities build walls impervi-
Gus to the arrow and battering ram,
the cannon is soon aimed against the
solid stone; so the art of defense in
crime has now arrived at such per
lection that the average juror can
not be trusted to do justice equal
| and exact, and for such failure he is
burned in efigy or they seek to hang
him by mob law in so-called centers
of civilization. But the fault lies in
the unftness of the system for the
age in which we live, and the time
will come when causes will be tried
by trained jrors-that is judges on
the bench. Then viii come also a
great simplifcation in our practice
for much of this routine of oaths
and speeches Is of effect only on the
plastic clay of ignorance.
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Turned Over too Many Pages.

Macon Telegraph.
Three or four miles out of East Point,
Ga, a negro was taken very sick a few
weeks ago. 4 brother of color who had
bought himself cheap medical treatise,
volunteered to cure the patient for four
bushels Of sweet potatoes. He had not
doctored him over three days, however.
before the patient was cold in death. 4
white doctor living in the town happened
to be passing and was called in. When
he had tasted the medicine, which was
in a gallon jug, he asked: s'What di-
sease did you doctor for:' 'sPoll-evil sab. g"
What! Who ever heard of man hay
ing poll-evil? That is horse disease. ="
The other at once opened his book to
page 70, and said: Reckon you'll find
it right dar, sah." Yes" said the doc
tor, as he thumbed the leaves over. "but
the diseases of man are not found in this
department This is headed, Ailments
of Live Stock" go de LawdI" he
gasped, as he snatched the book and hur-
riedly tufned the Ieaves-''fo' de Lawd,
if I didn't turn over five pages too many!
l meant to hit him fur consumption an
billyus fever"
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No Room for Anything Else.

Peck's Sun.
"You can't do anything with man so
long as the office-seeking fever is in him.
You have got to watch him, and when
he meets with defeat or reverses in po-
litics, then fire some sense into him. But
as long as he is red hot in a campaign,
nothing will stop him. [ have seen a
politician, who was full of enthusiasm
and beer, fall into the river and drown,
and the police pulled him out and then
rolled him on barrel, and pretty soon
he came to and the first thing he said
was "Rah for Tilden. Set EN- up againr
You would have thought that that man
would quit politics and try and lead a
different life, but the next day he was
going whooping around, electioneering
in the saloons and on street corners, with
a cork Ife-preseryers strapped around him.
He is alive yet, and is an alderman
When a man gets into politics it takes
possession of him, and wherever he is
he is getting in his work for his party
There was a ward politician that knew
once that used to make a speciality of la
boring with the working men. One day
he was on top of building that was be-
ing erected, arguing with bricklayer.
when his foot slipped and he fell off. As
he was COing down he passed the hOd-
carrier going up with a load Of motar.
You would think that man would forget
politics, as he was falling, and say his
prayers, or pick out a soft place to strike
on the sidewalk, but he didn't As he
passed the hod-carrier he yelled to him,
Don't forget the caucus tonight in your
ward, and get out all the boys. He
struck in a bed of soft mortar, which
saved his life, and as they took hoe and
pulled him to the surface he scraped the
mortar out of his eyes, and as the doctor
came up to set his bones he asked the
doctor if he had made up his mind how
to vote this year. No, sir, there is no
room in politician for anything except
politics.
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The Philadelphia Times.
I Ssh.
THE PHILADELPHIA TIMES. 1884

THE PHILADELPHIA TINES, 1884
THE TINES will enter upon the new year
stronger and more prosperous than ever be-
fore in its histOry-mOre widely read and
quoted, more heartily commended, and more
ganlZatlOn, and an able SsOtf of contributors
and with the same independence and fearless
ness that has made it successful and powerful
in the past.
THE TINES has no party to follow, no candi-
dates to advance, but will meet every issue, as
it has ever done. with consistent devotion to
the right, to honest government. and the pub
lie welfare. And, while maintaining its posi-
ton as the leading journal of Philadelphia, it
viii aim to be continually in the advance in all
that can add value to a newspaper.
The value of newspaper is not in its size or
display, but in the intelligence and care, the
cQnclSeneSs and freshness with which it is
edited. The TINES spends layishly for news
from all parts of the world, but all its dis
patches are carefully edited and condensed in
order To give the complete news of the day in
the most concise and attractive shape, and with
IL a large variety of entertaining and instruc-
tive reading. The best writers at home and
abroad are employed TO enrich its columns,
and to make it q journal adapted both TO the
busy man and to the leisure of the home cir
Gle, Il welcome visitor TO intelligent and honest
citizens of every political religious and social
taste.
THE WEEKLY TIMES is altogether different
from the weekly newspapers of twenty years
ago. The day of those papers have gone by.
The telegraph and better local newspapers
everywhere, especially in the thriving centres
Of rural population, have made the old weekly
metropolitan newspaper unSatisfyIng. Those
that cling to their ancient usages have lost
Jneif HOlu on our tOFWard-InoVing people; they
are but shadows of theirf0rmer greatness. and
they have but a shadow of their former power
Those papers have had their usefulness. but it
Is gone: and, with it. they are going, too. 1t
was not the fault of the papers: it was the i'm
prOVement Of the country that brought about
the change. Men and women, wherever they
live, now require fresher news; and they re-
QuirC more than news.
THE WEEKLY TIMES gathers off the types of
every passing week whatever has lasting in
terest TO the people at large and sets it before
them in such generosity Of paper and print as
would have astOnished rs all twenty yeors ago.
DAILT-Twelve cents week. fifty cents Il
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les SIS year, with one copy free to the getter-
up Of every club.
THE TIMES.
PHILADELPHIA.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-01

If, as his friends claim, Senator
Mann, of fernando, is the author of
the Gainesville rule allowing party
election of county officers, he is re-
sponsible for the worst step ever
taken by the Democracy of Florida.
1t is contrary to all our party usages,
it is unjust to the core, and the only
way in which he can defend his past
advocacy of the resolution is to
pledge his best efforts to it's aban-
donment. 1t is false in theory and
pernicious in practice, and Demo
Gratis all over the State agree in the
opinion that it must be rescinded.
All are satisfied that it will be an
nulled by the next convention. It's
fruits are enough to condemn the
tree, and the seed from which it
grew will nevermore be planted in
Democratic soil.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-01

BENZ. HARRISON, Editor.

THE DAILY NEWS is published every morn
ing. except Monday, and delivered by carriers
in the city. or mailed postage free, for 30 cents
a month, S1.50 for three months, 500 for SIX
months, or So per annum.
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paper published every Saturday, containing
an the news of the week, local and general. 1t
is the largest and handsomest weekly paper
published in Florida, and will be mailed post
Are free for 81 a year, or 80 cents for six
months Specimen copies free to any address
Local advertisements % cents per line for
frst Insertion and 10 cents per line for each ad-
dftional insertion. Special notices 10 cents per
line Reduced rates on continued advertise
ments. -.
All advertising bills become due pro rata
every month Local advertisements due at
the expiration of the time for which they are
inserted.
rnoney-order or registere otter.
Address, 49,
w. w. RANDALL.
BUSINESS MANAGER,
PALATKA. FLORIDA.