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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-11-21

heard express themselves in regard to thia
matter were in favor Of Lafourche street, ~
the ~losation Of the ferry
Mr.. Seely being called to the chair Mr..
Coulon seconded by Mr.. GrisamOre offered
the following
Be il rrsolv-d bv tina pcliee Jury of the
Parish of L.aiourche in special session couva-
ned that =, elton lIth OF Ordinance No l6l,
be amended sa us to read as follows:
The location of the Lock port Ferry shall
he at the option of the purchaser, whether
at Latnurche or Barafaria street. pro, ided.
however, that in case of Il change. the refill
ling of tn" cuts in the lever, shall not b.. ut
the cost Of the Parish.
MI. Delaune. seconded by Mr.. Moran mnv
ed in lieu of the above amendment, that the
location Of the Ferry be fl xrd AT . point he
tween the Barr:lleaux property and the Con
vent.
Mr.. Coulon withdrew his amcndnept. N
he said, through Difference to Mr.. D.larna,
IA u member OF the ward most interrstad in
I is matter.
Mr., Fo!se. seconded by Mr.. Grisamcre,
moved that II vote be taken as to whether
the llfh section be maintained AS it now
reads. =
Yeas nrlanne aud Moran.
Nays: Conlon, Grisamore Seely AMI Folae..
Mr.. Deiaunos amendment was ne It taken
up:
Amendment to Ordinance 161
Re il resolved Nv the P..iir" jury of the
Parish of Lafourche in special sesaion con-
ven3d
That section u Of Ordinance No. l6l, rela-
tive to Ferries ai"nted at til" regular aes-
aion Of Oct. 9Th 1895. be- amended 20 a. to
read ~ follows:
The purchaser Of the FeIrv Mt Lockport
shall he required to locate the Ferry ~ =
point between the urprr line Of the Raril-
lesnx property and the lower line Of the
Convent property.
Adopt 4 at the special session of Nov.
18th. 1885
Yeas C"nl"n, DcIaune. Seely aud Moran.
Nays: Grisamore and Folse.
Owing to above amendment tho President
was instrn ted 10 read vertisc tho aale 1T the
Lo'kp"rt Ferry giving the usual 30 days
notice.
The jury then adjourned.
II. N. COULON, President,
r Z. Leblanc.
Clerk.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-11-21

The Gretna San edited by d. B..
Woodruff is on our table. 1t is All
eight page paper, full OF good Sc
lect reading matter aud ABBY witt
ten editorials. The editor possess
es WIN, courage aud ability, which,
combined, should insure SUCCESS.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-11-21

Science has done another of its
peculiarly smart ticks. 1t has
built y railroad bridge over the
Ohio River at Henderson so low
that steamboats, caun0t pass under
it.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-11-21

The ri, ers are slowly rising. The
Mississippi has 10 feet of water at
Memphis, aud 90 feet, Z inches at
Vicksburg. At Shreveport there
are 4 feet; 8inches.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-11-21

August Sanchez lor many years
q resident of ThibOdaux, but oflate
dwelling some miles below, was bn
ried in the cemetery of the church
Of st. Mary Pamela, a few days
ago.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-11-21

Nearly every planter on Bayou
BLACK has ordered OneOr more Corn
Planters Of which j. F. Wood is
the agent.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-11-21

How important to arrest u dis
ease which, If not checked, will
destroy human life. DR.. Davis's
Compound Syrup OF Wild Cherry
and Tar is the best known remedy
for Coughs and Pulmonary affec
tons. For Dizziness in the head
use DR.. Davis's Liver Pills.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-11-21

The Assumption came into the
Bayou yesterday and returned, tie
1ng the first trip of the Red River
Ainc of boats Tor the season.
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!. The great Exposition is open.
Whether it is we'll attended or
not our information is at loss.
1t ought to be handsomely patron
lied.
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The prohibiiiouistS have carried
Richland parish by a majority OF
SIG.
Water will be in demand III Rich
land, in 1886.
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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-11-21


President Cleveland has appoint
ed, Thursday November Is, inst, AS
a day Of Thanksgiving, and prayer
for blessings and tavors.
Gov. McEnery has also named
the same day az one of thanksgiv
ing.
This day is not Observed in low
er Louisiana as it is in other States
from the fact that almost the entire
population is engaged in the manu-
facture Of sugar.
A NEW DEPARTURE.-Hero and
Maihiot of Assumption, on Wednes
day, shipped a large lot Of Molas
SEES through Thibodaux, vice Nor
gan'S Rail Road to Texas, in search
of a better market than New Or
leans furnishes.
The late elections in New York
and Virginia prove that the DeAu
Gratis are always strongest when
they mix with GO faction or mug
wumps jambalaya.
Touch not the unclean thing will
be a safe motto for the Democracy
hereafter.
When the Republican writer's and
speakers claim that that party is a
party that advocates protection on
sugar aud rice, they must know
very little of the records of that
party, OF, imagine that their read
ers aud hearers are . set of consum
mate fools:
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-11-21

They are having a little enjoy
ment in the way of war over in
southern Europe. There. are too
many principalitles laying around
aoose. An effort is being made to
wipe out some of them.
As the war is carried on in some
Russian, Turkish or other oatland
ish dialect we do not understand
.suuch about il.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-11-21

Minnie Walkup has returned to
New Orleans. She proposes to re
ceiye every dollar to which she is
legally entitled from her husbands
estate, and she is right about that.
She does not propose to accept any
propositions to go on the sta &c
One tragedy is enough for her.
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mYYYo DADEN may he found On file at Ged.
Vdx0 AK Ell P. howell & Co.'S Newspaper
Advertising Bureau 10 Spruce st. where advertisinS
ouutreots Iuay Lo 02lsl0 for It IN NEW 4O0As

Congress will .Dret on the first
Monday of December, which will
noon be here.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-11-21
NEW ARR EMS. .
STRANGERS lIOTEI.

Mr.. Thomas Albert Informs his friands
nd the travelling puofc tai he has u,ale
acme new arrangements which vii, enable
him O>Ituiy all tlOse WHO WILL honor him
with their cnsinm.
Meals furnished at al hours OF the day.
Breakfast At 10 O'Clock y. NJ. aud Dinner
1t 4 O'Clock p. NJ.
COmmo1,ous and well furnished rooms.
MODERATE PRICES.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-11-21

Rice Sacks.
Propose to sack the crop. See
advertisement, elsewhere.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-05
NI?PED IN The EUD.
A Social Calamity AverteI by LittIc
Explanation.

A Social Calamity Avertel by = Littlc
Explanation.
He looked all around to see if any
body was within hearing. and then
dropped his voice to a whisper and said:
Boss. reckon you kin gin me a
Iectle information. What does puSson
do when he elopes?0
why, an elopcment is when a man
and woman o. boy and girl run away
together
'.Whar' do dey 90 to:''
80. anywhere they decide upon"
''Who pays de expenses
The man, eff course.
How long ana dey gomez"
Sometimes GeeG-SOmetimes for
ever
WHO pays de expenses back?"
THE man.
What becomes of de woman's hus-
band?'
We'll. he generally arms himself with
a shotgun, and if he overhauls the
couple he shootS seven kinds of day
light through the man and forgives his
wife and takes her home"
70 de Lawd! Shoots right at ye:?''
Yes"
f lis We right fHli o shot?''
Yes"
''Doan' gin We no time to run or re-
pent. an can't he bought OF wild a
silver watch and S22?''
No. sir"
Now! Sayr'
We'll"
Il isn't gwine! TIE changed my
mind! Good day" Detroit Free Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-05
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

Women are the hardest conun-
aever seems to be willing to give them
up-N y Ledger.
The craze for stuffed owls has
broken out again. The owl sets Il good
example. and every family should have
one. 1t keeps its eyes open and its
mouth shut. Chicago Journai.
Yes, my boy said an old min
lister to his son, who was going out to
do battle with the world; ''5e rs wise as
serpent and as harmless as dove:
but if You forget any part of this all
vice do not forget that part about being
As wise as Il serpent. "-BOst0n Courier.
The man that l marry" said
Clara. must be handsome. rich, brave,
clever and good-.empered" But how
will YOU discover that he possesses all
those qualit'e5?" Il can see for myself
if he is hands some and can easily ascer-
tain if he is rich. don't so much mind
about the others. ''-PtiiaIeiDhiN Record.
WHAT name does YOUR husband
call you by?" said a bride to Il friend
who had been married several years;
does he call you ducby or lovy? Nv
darling calls me ducky." Does he?
Mine used to call me pops 4y-wOpSey.
but he doesn't use that term now.
What does he call you, thel?" He
calls me, Say, there's ~ Y San.
How much for candy?" said a
little boy. six sticks for five cents, Ell?
Now. lem me see: six sticks for5 cents.
-, a..
for cents. two for / cent, and one for
nothing. I'll take one stick, mister
He got it. hut the dealer is still in
state of bew lderment. and can't see
how that can be--NORtredJ (CdEa{I)
Witness.
i used to think Edmund an
angel" sighed Madeleine. .'Matri-
mony, however, opens ones eyes. and |
find him perfect bear" -, how de
lightful!'' exclaimed Sylvia clasping
her hands and looking unuttera5le
things ''Delightful?'' echoed Made
leine, in amazemeat Yes, delightful.
Tell me. dear. isn't a bear one of those
awful animals which hug one 20 DEATH
Yes. know it is. How happy you must
ber Madeleiae had tainted. oil Cir
BIz :drd-
You doa't cook like Sary Ana
used to, Matilda he said. in tones Of
gentle, eXaSperating reproof; mo. Il
seems to ME YOU can't COOK like Sary
Aun used to-" On another occasion Is
was: You're no. as smart in gctt;n'
round as Sary Ann was. Matilda You
don't appear to keteh on where she LETT
oTr Abor+ fbic ti,,,n u ba1v.- rolli,, o.
pin came in contact with his head.
''What do you mean by that, you viz
en-" he exclaimed in agoly. TIA
doing some of the work Sary Ann neg
lected,' she replied, and there was
much peace in the family thereafter.
-Ia9dGeip iiG Record.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-05
a Novel Traffic.

The COWBOYS here. writes Midland.
(Tex.) correspondent. in the good
weather are doing little business o.
their own account by killing Wolves
with s5rychnine for their hides. The
hides they send TO Chicago getting Il
fair return for them A New YORK
woman. who came ont here TO keep
hotel. with her husband. has started up
an interest in curlews' wings which are
fashionable adornments for ladies hats.
and the cowboys are killing curlews
now by the score. The curiew is abun-
dant on the staked plains. and their
wings, which are brownish green, with
splashes of dark brown and green, are
very good backgrounds in millinery for
a few more brilliant feathers. The cur
lew nests in the prairies by scraping up
some dry g.lSs under tuft of gramma
grass. They drop four eggs into the
nest. and it is as rare as 10 discover a
four-leaf clover to find a nest where the
four small ends OF the eggs are not to-
gether. The curiews' wings bring ten
cents a pair herc--AfdLdnd, (TcE.J
Cor. Chicago Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-05
An Initiative Cat.

William Ewing, of Conemaugh, is q
highly respected gentleman of sixty
years of age and is n member in good
sanding OF the Disciples Church. The
necessity for these statements VIII an-
pear right away. In Mr.. Ewing's house
were two clocks. one downstairs and
the other up. which had nos moved fuT
two years. a tinker was recently calle /
in to repair the downstairs cloci
While he WAS AZ work Mr. Ewing's ca,
s very intelligent animal. Jumped upon
the table on which the clock stood and
closely watched all that was done.
After the clock had been fixed and
made TO strike again the cat disap-
peared. Some time later the clock up
stairs was heard to strike The mem-
bers of the family, in great surprise.
fastened up stairs and were aStonished
to find that the cat had opened the
clock door and, by inserting its paws
among lis works, had actually over,
come the obstacle to its running. They
stood and watched it and saw it STRIKE
the pendulum with one of its front
paws. just as the tinker had done with
the downstairs clock. The cat did not
set the hands. for the reason. perhaps,
that it did lot know the precise time
JGhaSioc1 Pa Tribuns.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-05
FARM AND EREslDE.

Horses that are not free drivers viii
require less urging if driven with bri-
die with blinds philadelphia Press.
There never was a time when
''triies" played so important part in
the matter OF making the house beauti-
ful as NOW. y Mail.
There is but one way to keep large
fiocks of fowls, whether young or old,
and that is to separate them into small
lots, each lot to occupy place by them
selves.-Troy Times.
Give the poultry cabbage for green
food. Give them warm water every
morning. Feed them literally all sorts
of food. Keep the house clean and
warm-then You will get eggs.-N T.
Herald.
Orange Pudding: Two cups of
bread crumbs, one cup of chopped suet,
three eggs. juice of three oranges, one
cup of milk; pour into cups creased
with butter, boil in q deep pan and
serve with sauce.-The Household.
The fact that our droughts occur
much oftener late in the season than
early favors the raising of the early
varieties of corn They are certainly
desirable when it is intended to follow
corn with wheat.
"A spicy writer IN the american
Rural Home insists that even hogs
would rather be clean than dirty, and
that they would make much less I'M
healthy food if kept in clean, sunny
pens.
DO not waste the corn-cObs. Use
them as fuel and save the ashes. as
cOrn-cobS contain very large proper
ton of potash, and are valuable fOT that
substance alone. In addition. they also
make economical fuel. burning freely
and easy. and can be collected with but
little labor. - TOicdo Biade.
Apple Tarts: Pare. quarter and
boil in half a cup of water ten large tart
apples; beat until smooth; add three
beaten eggs. one grated lemon, half a
cup Of butter, one and One-half cups of
sugar: beat all together: line patty
pans with a puff paste and fill: bake III
hot oven five minutes. HouSeh0Ed.
This is a delicate substitute for
macaroni and may be eaten even by
people with sensitive stomachs: Soak
slices of bread in milk until they viii
absorb no more. Butter baking dish
and place a layer of the soaked bread
with dust of salt; then a thin layer of
grated cheese; then other layers of
bread and of cheese until the dish is
filled. The top layer must be cheese.
Bake IN moderate oven for half an
hour and serve hot. Care must be
taken that the bread is perfectly soaked.
boston B"iget.
To make Baltimore apple bread,
prepare dough exactly as if for ruskS.
When it is very light. roll it about half
an inch thick. Spread stewed apples
over half of the dough and fold over the
remaining half. Put in a pan to raise
Then bake in a moderate oven. Have
some thinly SLICED apples stewed. and
when the bread is baked Law them all
over the top. Sprinkle with sugar.
small bits of butter and cinnamon. Put
back into the oven long enough for the
sugar 70 form a coating. -R@rGL Homo.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-05
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

OF the Young ladies in the Normal
College in New York twenty-five per
cent. are Jewesses.-N Y. SUa.
The village of Brussels, in this
county. is. we believe. the first munich
pality in Ontario to elect a woman as a
school trustee.-GOderich (Ont.J Star.
-Ex-Governor Hoyt, of Pennsylvania.
tells that when he was in college Lafay-
ette) he and his classmates got board
for eighty-seven cents a week.
-..Thon." the proposed new pronoun
Gmpersonal. singular number) is being
taught by some of the teachers in the
public schools, the Lewiston (Me.)
Journal saws.
"A right word tomorrow in an OBJ
scurc school-room, by an obscure teacher
to very unpromising scholar, may
change the destinies of 4 life, perhaps q
nation School Journal.
-Albulu 1rque. New Mexico, has an
Indian school thoroughly organized.
with elaborate accessories for teaching
the abOrigineS useful trades as well as
educating them.
"A pastor in a Massachusetts village
has the eccentric custom OF presenting
every baby born into his congregation
with rattle. The record of the last
three years shows the purchase of TWEEN
ty-five rattles oaly.-BOst0n journal.
The intel Presbyteriqn's afiirma-
tive answer to the question: Cana per
son live and die a Christian without
knowing it?' suggests to the Christian
Register another question: Can per-
son live and die Christian without
somebody else knowing it?"
The Presbyterian Church in Salem,
Ore, within the past four months has
become Self-Supporting and received an
accession of thirty to its membership,
sixteen of these on confession of faith.
Robinson Crusoe has been translated
into Latin for Young students, the OBJ
iect being to render the study of Latin
attractive. BOYS and girls who. in these
days, 90 to school, should congratulate
themselves that they Were not school
mates of their parentS.-CUrrcHt.
The statistics of the salaries paid
Congregational ministers in Connect
cut show that of the 29S churches only
fifty pay $1,000 a year or more. and 12S
pay less than $1,000 The average for
the whole is about $1,000. The aver
age for all except the first-named fifty is
about 1880. The lowest salaryiS about
$+00 and the highest 5000
1t is somewhat startling to the
reader of the School Journal. devoted
to school education. t. find in its col
umns this paragraph: .'What has
made Thomas Alva Edison what he is
the greatest living American inventor?
Not the education of the schools. for he
has little; not inherited wealth. for he
was born poor; not friends, for he had
As few as most poor boys: bat persist
ent thinking on what he saw around
him.' And again. in another para
graph: Better by far the uneducated
rnughness Of Lincoln than the educated
emptiness Of the dude" The ScboOi
JoHrnH appears to be dissatisfied with
The results of present educational
:nethods. Current
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-05
The Dress of Great Men.

Daniel Webster usually wore suit of
snuf-brown color. with a large soft
neck-tie. Martin Van Buren, was very
fastidious about his clothes, and always
appeared during the summer in tie
whitest of white linen duck. Ills clothes
were cut in the latest styles. and he
wore very high stock neckties. out of
which peeped his standing collar. An
drew jackson also dressed well. though
he did not make his clothes a grea.
matter. Henry Clay wore a swallow
tail, and standing collar extravaganza
IL high. James Buchanan was always
very precise in his clothes, always APP
pearing in full dress. Washington Cor.
CieCeldHd Leader.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-05

The happy owner of a cow can al
ways provide some dish for dessert upon
short notice. Here are directions for
'.trifie.'' Cut several slices of sponge
cake into small pieces of regular shape,
say an inch square; put them into
deep china bowl. cover with a rich
boiled custard, reserving the whites of
the eggs to whip for the top, or if the
COW produces cream. use the whites of
the eggs in the custard and whip pint
of cream for the top of the bowl; flavor
with vanilla and sweeten slightly; add
the sugar while whipping the cream.
N. y. Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-05

THE VoLTAIC BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send tn eir celebrated ELECTRO-V Vol
TAIC BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for 30 days, to men (yOung or Old
afflicted with nervous debility. loss of vital
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vigor, and manhood guaranteed. No risk in
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them at once for illustrated pamphlet, free.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-05
125 Years Old.

Messrs. Francis Newbery & Son, Lon
dol, England, established for 10 years,
write: As testimonial from one Of the
Oldest drug-houses in Great Britain, re-
speeding your household remedy, will no
doubt be of interest to you, We are pleased
to make the statement that we hSve sold
St Jacobs Oil with satisfaction to the pub
lie, for several years, and that owing to
the extraordinary merits of the article, the
demand is continually increasing, and that
we have heard of many favorable reports
regarding its great virtue as a pain-curing
remedy.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-05
There Shall be no AIns.

When Napoleon talked of invading Italy
one of his officers said: but, sire, re-
member the Alps" To an ordinary man
these would have seemed simply insur-
mountable, but Napoleon responded eager
ly: There shall be no Alps" So the ia
nous Simplon pass was made. Disease,
like mountain, stands in the way of fame,
fortune and honor to many who by DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery"
might be healed and so the mountain would
disappear. 1t is specific for all blood,
chronic lung and liver diseases, such as
consumption (Which is scrofula OF the
lungs), pimples, blotches, eruptions, tu-
mors, swellings, fever-sores and kindred
complaints.