The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-12-07
Local News.

ABNER " AI.KER.

Father Lavequery made a flying
trip to Lafayette this week.
-GaDsOuin died and Bronssard
who had preliminary trial was admit
ted to 81 l,OC9 bail.
Persons in need of parish warrant.
to pay their parish taxes can find same
by applying at the Messenger office.
The Teche has very rarely been as
low as it is at present, and but very light
flats can go few miles above st. Mar
tinville.
The Fifty. first Congress Of the Uuited
States met at the Capital city Monday
Hon. Thomas b. Reed of Maine was elec-
ted speaker OF the house.
The cards are out for the marriage
of Miss Marie Adele Greig, the charming
daughter of Mr.. George Greig, and Mr..
Auguste Martin, both of this parish. The
marriage will be celebrated at the CathO-
lie church, this place, Tuesday the 4th
inst, at 4 o'clock in the evening.
The wire and other apparatus for
the electric light plant of New Iberia
has been received and we will see our
neighbOrs brilliantly illuminated by
electricity. When shall We see electric
light in st. Martinville. can we not do
like our neighbors, put ourselves together
and have electric light?
We are informed that our sister
town Breaux Bridge is well supplied
with schools, it has three private and
one public schools for white children,
the public school. in charge of Miss l.. o.
Allain has daily attendance of 80 chill.
dren. The private schools are also said
to have very fair attendance, which is
an indication that our people are awak-
en- to the necessity Of educating their
children.
We wonder when our mOnied men
will see the necessity, and money there
would be in the organization OF a bank
in our midst. Nearly { 100000 busi-
ness is transacted in the money order
department in our pest office, most of
which would go to the bank, and the
collection, exchange etc. A bank
with 5 $500. capital could do business
of $500.0O annually. Who will take the
lead in this enterprise!
We understand that the crop of the
st. John plantation, according to the re-
suit thus far obtained. will average over
5000 of sugar to the acre. which is con-
sidered, by men who know whereof they
speak, as exceedingly satisfactory. This
RESULT is credited to the able mananger,
Mr.. j. A LOckete who is considered first
class cane cultiyator, and this magniti-
cent yield, in this unfavOrable year,
stands as proof of his ability.
Miles 0rtOn's circus showed here Tues
day. it is nothing very extraordinary.
The attendance was, nevertheless large,
and they must have scraped good deal
of money Of st. Martinville. Several
gamblers accompanied the show and
they robbed several of our stupid and
ignorant citizens. Our town authorities
should see to this and never allow any
such gambling, they are nothing but
frauds and the ignorant is always the
victim of snch unlawful games.
-Etienne Dexhamps, the murdered of
little Juliette Dieth. who was convicted
and sentenced to be hung in New Or
leans sometime ago, whose case was ap-
pealed to the supreme court, was by that
tribunal granted a new trial. Chief
Justice Bermudez, read the dlcisOn Of
the majority of the court quashing the
verdict and remanding the case back to
the lower court Oh the ground that
counsel for defense had not been given
sufficient time to prepare his case. JUS
tices McEnery and Fenner read dissin-
ting 9iiIiJ.s.