The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-01-26
Local Lights.

E1FOr nice and cool beer, go q
b. Audiberts's.
The public schools in st. Martin par
ish will open on Monday the 18th. of Feb
ruary next.
A man named MarenO LagardO was
fined $50 Wednesday of this week in
New Orleans for unreasOnably beating
his mule.
Pinaudville, that part of town on the
east side Of bayou Tecbe will soon have
two lamps put up, which have been
bought from subscriptions by the citi-
zens.
Near Eckart Ind, last week while
three boys were hunting, they dug into
an old log after rabbit and discovered
a lot ofgold coins. The treasure amoun-
ted out $1,000.
Today at the Court House door will
take place the sale, by the Sheriff, of the
property seized for costs. i'm the case Of
Laurent ArnOudet vs.. Bertrand Bernis.
the property is described in the Sheriff 5
sale notice in another column.
The good citizens of West Baton Rouge
parish and the planters who need the
negroes to make their coming crop are
taking steps to stop the Regulators
from whipping and ordering inoffensivc
negroes out of that parish.
The sidewalk in front of Mr.. F. Rous-
seaus property and in front of the Mes
senger office is being constructed. and
when completed will be of great con-
venence to pedestrians. now let the good
wOrkgo on. and We will soon have good
walks on main street at least.
There isa gang of young hoodlums in
this town that should have the police
officer behind them. and when caught in
their nefarious work. should be Jailed.
They have been doing mischievous work
for some time past, and having things
pretty well their own way, but now the
police has been put on their way.
Hon. f. a. O'Sullivan of Lafourche
went to Washington this week and de-
livered to the President of the Senate.
Mr.. Ingalls,, the electoral vote of Loui-
siana, which had been unanimously cast
for Cleveland and Thurman.
The public roads in some sections of
ST. Martin parish are almost impossible
the police jury should call the attention
Of road overseer to that fact and request |
them to work the roads which are in bad |
and impossible condition.
Mr.. Chs. d. Sweet will visit this town
and parish soon to solicit specimens of |
agricultural, mineral and other products
of this state for the exhibition at the |
''COttoE and Cane Palace" now in |
course of erection i'm New Orleans, and |
which will be one of the greatest fea-
lures in the attractions of the coming fes-
tivals.
We will soon be i'm spring, and if our
citizens intend to have the lake road
open, they should work it up now so as
to be ready to go to work in early spring
We believe the citizens are entitled to
that road, and if they would petition the
Police Jury that body could not refuse
to take immediate steps to procure said
road.
The weather the past few days has
been spring like and had given chance
% the planter to begin ploughing and
preparing for the new crop,
'ut early Sunday morning a drizzling
ain began to fall and fell all day. In
he morning the weather was very warm
md ut about three O'Clock in the evening
he wind turned to the north and the
began to fall rapidly and
Monday morning there was good ice.
Gov. Nichols has offered a reward OF
$50 for the arrest and conviction of the
Regulators who last week ordered from
heir homes some of the cOlOred laborers
# Livingston and West Baton Rouge pa
'ishes.