The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-03-09
Local Lights.

Eeg~Beer always on ice at B. Audi
bert's.
The weather is again fair and the
planter begin to smile, and is hard at
work.
The proceedings of the Police Jury
and the Town Council are published in
another column, read them.
Our scribe visited the crescent city this
week, hence the scarcity of local news
in our columns this week.
Immigrants in large numbers are daily
seen on our streets who come here with
the view oflocating in this parish
Judge James +. MOuton and District
Attorney Louis j. VOORHEES, are in New
Iberia, holding the District Court, cri-
minal term.
a large number of orr citizens visited
New Orleans during the Carnival and
returned fully satisfied with the pleas
ures they had in the Crescent City.
Eve are requested to inform the Cat
holics that meeting is called to meet at
the prcsbytery after high mass tomorrow.
for the purpose of organizing in this
town a lodge of the Catholic Knights
of America.
We believe it would be advisable to
call meeting of the committee in
charge of the erection of Father Jams
monument, to take means to raise the
small amount of money which is needed
to complete the monument.
The ground has been raised at the foot
Of Father JAMS monument. inside of the
railing, and the statue now presents a
better appearance, and when the ground
will be covered by evergreens it will be
little beauty.
Sheriff Gardemal left with prisoner
for Baton Rouge Monday. and j. NJ.
Faurics, deputy ehcriff, left Thursday
morning with two others for the same
place, one Of the prisoners Joseph Ellie,
goes for two years, and Adam Joseph
and Noel Jean Louis 90 for life.
Judge Hicks, of Shreveport, has been
fortunate in securing jury panels which
rendered just and tue yeriicts, thus
creating qIite panic among the rOgues
in CaddO parish How infinitely better
is this than the regulator" method OF
correcting evils and furnishing wrong
doers. The Shreveport method brings to
a community confidence, respect and
capital. The Judge Lynch plan makes
the law scOff and scorn, and the lOcali-
ty where it rules one to be seduOusly a
vOided by prudent investors. Let New
Iberia and st. Martinsville look to the
character of their juries.-City Item.
Monday the 4th. inst. president Cleve-
land retired from his high official posi-
ton to private life, after four years of a
successful administration, to make place
for Mr.. Harrison the new president of
this great nation. Mr.. Harrison was
inauguratcd with great splendor Monday
and Tuesday sent to the Senate for con-
firmation the name of his councillors
who are: James Gillespie Blaine, of
Maine. Secretary Of State; William Win
dom. OF Minnesota, Secretary of the
Treasury; Redtield Proctor, of Vermont
Secretary of War; Benjamin Tracy, of
New York. Secretary of the Navy; John
Wilcox Noble of Missouri, Secretary of
the Interior; John Wannamaker, OF
Pennsylvania, Postmaster General; Will
liam Henry Harrison Miller, of Indiana
Attorney General; jeremiah Mason
Rusk, of Wisconsin, Secretary of Agri-
culture.
Now, what will be the attitude and
policy of the new ADMINISTRATION, no one
knows; but it is generally believed that
it will be friendly to the south, and viii
maintain the civil service rule.
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