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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-11-16


NEWS. al
Sugar and rice l~.l,r,.rs are referred
-. .I-sr.;..mpnt of W. b. Bl0smfeid.
r.. r. Mcbride has a fine lot Of glass
w;,,. i,{r, opened for inspection and
SALE.
!
Try sA.ex;as.yes- se. for p'''''''-
~, NAT ferret to 20 AMI see the
..Eauch King" Company tonight.
I.a.sh and grow fat.
The news from the upper rivers n
.5icatea ris. in the ~I-,f"nrchr, mat
viii IT least, render Hat boat navlGa-
ton easy in that stream.
Some planters are getting 20 tons ~
.n,,r rane per acre, and AL seem I"
l,. satisfied with the yield Ut the cane
that they grind.
DIED "Wednesday 1t H~arang'. Canal.
,,., i.l, rf LAT urch-. ut the y.r al ~ y~arn.
f,,ipur. daughter &c DVlniulQu- iArahs anu
Emei,s He''trt. p
New nri,a.s payer. please copy
~~
seldom does it happen that sugar
planters have such u magnificent sea.
4-,m to take eff their crops. 1T could
not be more propltious.
!. Wild ducks, and ponle d'eaux arc
to he fOumd in the market here dail!.
But the french ducks are like Angels
visits few aud far between.
i~euaexpaAve*! i. enrs o0'aa''s'''
! . Sheriff Cry Of St. Charles came "ver
here on. Wednesday, and took away
liz prisoner from our Jail, charged with
criminal offences in that Parish. Z
Send the children to the matinee to-
morrow. AdMission IS cents, adults
- cents.
Give the little fellows an oppnrtu-
nit, Ato tujs, = good laugh.
There il along train of ears; had-
I'd with and mOlaS>es leaving
every morning.
Those rr"dscts arc brought. here
from Assumption in fiat boats. !
d. The .yonng people ara having nice
times visiting sugar houses, and re-
seiying. that hnspitahl-> greeting that
southern plantcra always extend to
xl.eir neighbors and friends.
1870
= three If the men who were. cut and
woanded, at Raynn Bue,hf, laat.v"ek.
, BY some. unknown, and presumably
!: etsix. man, were nrphews of Ey.She!'fl
rhihedanx Of. this PLACE. Late re-.
= ports say the wound d n,e.i. arr MI
doing well, and will recover.
Mr. Dominique 'Harnnig saf lowe
LaffHaniche had the misfortune, to lose
one of his ..oumg daughters, a few
days atso. .<ti4 -
Death is no. respector Of prrsons
The Young a. we'll 40 tho old mus
submit to his dictates.
yse,e,s,. WnEo OF cAaeuv for fans,e diseases
The Lady Godiva must have hat
,Axceptinnaily long hair since it com
pletely concealed her lovely pera"n
sincs Ayers Hair Vigor. came int" ns'
such samples are not sS rare rs for
merry. It not only promotes tn
growth Of the hair but gives It a rich
%ilkon texture. eAlf 49,
Hoo. Andrew Price -was in sThibo
aauxh few days ago..
He will leave the oAasiDg week t.
take his pusition in the hxala Of Con
sress on the hyst Monday Of Decem
ter. ~s
Hs will mike short stops in Nash
.YA=~Al GA Y A~S. M liz rnuto
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-11-16

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, 1889-07-25
WANT HARMONY.
The Factions In Virginia Coming 10.
.gether In Uniting.

WASHINGTON, July 2O.-A committee
of five from the republican national ex-
cCutivc committee, consisting of Chair
man Quay, Nice.Chairman Clarkson,
Treasurer Dudley, Mr., Fessenden of
Connecticut and Mr. Hobarth of New
Jersey has been in conference mere for
three days, with view to harmonizing
the troubles, in the republican party in
Virginia. Delegations from both parties
have been heard. Brady and Groner of
the anti Malone element first submitted
TO abide by the decision of tho national
committee, and the Malone side showed
a similar desire to reach unity. To-day
u conclusion was reached by the national
committee approving of call for
a state convention, to be issued
by Malone as chairman of the regular
committee and Brady on behalf Of the
other side concurred In this action. The
call is so broadened as to give the protec.
tion TO delegates asked by the anti-Ma.
honeites. 1t makes IL the first duty of
the state convention after assembling
and reading the call to have read list
of the delegates certified to by county
conventions. The state committee and
also the dissenting delegates shall be ad-
mitted 10 seats on the floor of the con-
vention.
In conversation with an Associated
Press representative Chairman Quay and
Vice Chairman Clarkson said; "We
found both elements sincerely anxious
to effect party unity. Tho whole session
of three days has been harmonious and
nothing unpleasant has occurred. We
believe This an honest and independent
reconciliation, which protects the honor
and independence of all republicans in
Virgins, and which ought, and we be-
lieve will, thoroughly unite the party"
, 1889-07-25
TREE CLAIMS.
Important Decision by Secretary of
the Interior Noble.

WAsHrNGToS, July 20. - Secretary
Noble to-day in letter to tho commits.
sioncr of the general land office, modi.
fed in very important particular the
application of the rule as to the time Of
certain timber culture claims. The tim
Der culture act of June IA, 1873 provides
that any person who shall plant, pro-
tect and keep in healthy growing CON
dition for eight years ten acres of ftimhcr
in any quarter section of any public
lands of the United States shalt be en-
titled toa patent at the expiration of
said eight years on making proof, etc.
Section 2 provides: mo final certih-
Gates shall be given or patent issued un-
III the expiration of eight years from
date of entry"
Land Commissioner MacFarland, in n
circular of instructions to registers and
receivers, dated February /, 1889, held
that half the trees must ac-
tunlly have been growing five years and
the re remaining half four years to conform
TO the terms of the act Th is interpreta-
tion was sustained in a subsequent de-
cision-. which held that the preparation
of lands and planting of trees, acts of
cultivation and time actually so en-
ployed should be computed as part of
the eight years required in timber cul-
ture cases, and as the act provided for
three years cultivation of land before
lTteN tUlllU O' plHnteu tne erect Ot the
ruling was to compute the period of cul-
tivation from the date of entry. June 81,
1887 Commissioner Sparks, in circular
to registers and receivers, directed. "ln
computing the period of cultivation the
time runs from the date when the total
number of trees, seeds or cut
tings required by the act were
planted, and final.proofs.o of-entry-men
not having complied with this rule
were rejected
Secretary Noble in his letter to-day To
the commission sustains the ruling
made by Commissioner Sparks, but
says: "lnasmuch as the department
from the time of the passage of the bill
up to June 27, 1887, erroncously CON
strued the true spirit and intent of the
act, and I'm pursuance thereof numerous
entries had been made under the law as
promulgated, amounting to some 25OO
or more, such entries should be pro-
tested under the construction thus given.
The act of giving such construction all
the force and effect of the law, were IL
not SO, great wrong and inconvenience
would result The secretary therefore
directs that the rule in the case of
Henry Hooper III point be so modified
as to hold that all entries made under
the act rs constructed from February |,
1850, 10 June %, 1887, should pass to
patent and that all entries made after
the announcement of that doctrine
should be governed by the principles
therein enunCiated.
, 1889-07-25
ON THE COAST.
A Man In Montana is Struck with
Crowbar and Dies of
Heart Disease,
Walla Walla Visited by Millions
of Grasshoppers on Their Way
to tho Sound.
Heavy Seizure of Opium at Sac
ramento---Suicide of a Stock
Operator.


MissouLA, Mont, July 20.-In a dis
pute over land and on account of q long
standing feud, j. ii. Hopper was killed
by Megness Sasmutt, four miles from
Selfish, in the Flathead Lake country.
From limited information IL Is learned
that Hopper went to the house of his
slayer and began to abuse him. Sas-
mutt hit him with chair, and after
wards in the scrapo got hold of crow
bar and struck Hopper across the chest.
Hopper walked about 200 yards and laid
down in fence corner and died. The
coroner's jury's verdict was that he met
his death from heart disease.
The city is filled with smoke this
evening from the timber fire on Cattle.
snake creek which has ragged for ten
days, destroying thousands of cords OF
wood in stock, :bcsides an area of ten
square miles Of standing timber.
'Diphtheria has broken out at Corval.
lis and three children In Mr.. Wehr' $
family are lying dead.
, 1889-07-25

Boise City for ten years, and then
changed only by "A vote of the people.
The university will be nt Moscow, the
insane asylum at Black foot ard the
pcnltentiary at Boise City. Charitable
institutions may be located anywhere
for sanitary reasons.
Tho executive department includes
governor, lieutcnant- t-governor secretary
of staet, auditor, treasurer and super
intendent of public instruction,
Three of these constitute board
of pardons. out of the same
list Il created a prison commission, land
commission and board of education.
Differences of opinion were not wide,
but the details were closely scanned.
In the afternoon session the legisla-
tive department considered PROPOSE
ton of the delegate from Shoshone
county, who moved to strike out the
clause creating a state senate. lie advo-
Gated his motion on the grounds first
that tho system Is relic Of inonarchial
government; second, 1t creates an aristo-
cratic body; third, 1t is u dangerous inn
pediment in legislation; fourth, 1t gives
power to the few over the many. The
abolition of the senate would simplify
apportionmcnt, while its perpetuation
will increase the power and patronage of
n few men.
Parkcrof Lila county TOOK the opposite
view, believing that single house would
exercise an uncontrolled power of greater
danger. The amendment was lost.
The number of senator's and represen-
tatives and the basis of representation
caused q long debate and reconsideration
and change, and was finally settled at
eighteen senators and thirty-six represen-
tatives based on the popular vote, each
county TO have at least one representa-
tive. The term of senators and rcpresen-
tatives was fixed at two years. After
disposing of dine sections of the legs-
lativc schedule the convention tooR a
rpppsS
, 1889-07-25
TOO LAZY TO WORK.
n Molder In the Prison Mt Salem Cuts
on His Hand.

fsrEcIAL TELE0RAM TO THE REVIEW.
SALEM, July 2O.-About O'Clock this
afternoon the authorities at the state
prison were shocked and Mortified upon
finding that another convict had fol-
lowed the example set by the man How
ard last fall, who chopped oil his left
ON this occasion is registered as John
Curtis, alias John Thompson. He was
received at the prison from Multnomah
January 20, and sentenced to three years
for larceny in washhouse He
served term before, about the time
the foundry started and was then known
as John Thompson. His term expired
about three years ago, after which he
into the penitentiary there. Since he
returned to the institution here he has
worked but little having managed TO
burn his feet on several occasions while
working around the foundry, whereby
he has been laid up fol. repairs most of
the time Curtis, or Thompson, is a
molder and was at his post as usual
hand and placed his left arm on the
"tallow board" and hacked away. He
made one cash across the ficshy part of
the hand just back of the
thumb. With the next blow lie
cut clear through the wrist
mt the joint, leaving only u small piece
of the skin by which the severed menu
bcr hung. The first known ofthe terrible
deed was when the fellow walked through
the molding room to the guard and
asked 10 be taken in, at the same time
exhibiting the CHASTITY wound. He was
conveyed to the hospital prison and q
physician summoned who nmputated
the forearm half way to the elbow.
Curtis told his questioners after being
brought into the building that. his only
reason for the deed was to avoid work.
, 1889-07-25


AT Revelstoke on Monday morning
the Dispatch and the Marion cast loose
their lines at about the same time for a
run down to Sproats Landing, the Mar
ion getting a little the start. There Is
just the least bit of rivalry between
the two lines, the owners of
the former believing that they
should have the trade they are
pioneers in, and the owneis OF the
latter that little opposition is the life
oftrade. The Marion is trifie the fast
cr boat Of the two, as she gained in run
ming down the river to the first Arrow
lake. About twenty miles below Revel-
stoke stop was made for wood and the
Dispatch almost caught up, but had the
bad luck to make break In her machn-
cry that required three hours to repair
The Marion kept going and the cap
tam and passengers congratulated each
on having so fast little steamer, and the
latter on picking out the winner in the
race. They steamed down the first lake,
through the Narrows, into the sec.
ond lake, and tied UP for the
night at IA point about ~ miles above
sproats Landing. Along about 4
O'Clock in the morning, Captain Arm
strong was sweetly dreaming Of why the
bianKed government did not at once
ing to Nelson; and Judge runstall will
my new constituents receive me kindly
and JACK kirKup does the gtrl left be-
hind me care for me; and JACK Mathe-
son, will make money in Nelson real
est ate; and the writer, am | banKed
fool for thinking of leaving Don.
aid. While they were all
dreaming thusly in tired peaceful
ness, the Dispatch was slowly and
surely lessening the distance she had
lost. and at 80 quietly slipped passed
the Marion, the fireman of the latter be.
ing the only person aboard to notice the
act. In about 30 seconds he had fire
agoing and in just 30 minutes the Marion
had steam up But the time the Dis
patch had gained was too much to over
come in twclve.mile run, and she tied
up at the landing 26 minutes, by Ike
Stevens watch, ahead of tue Marion.
Thus ended the first steamboat race on
the upper Columbia
, 1889-07-25
A Two-Thirds Crop.


After an interview with several of the
farmers of this vicinity who have care
fully examined their wheat fields we
find that the prospects are favorable for
a two-thirds crop on some of the
ranches. Some fields will not exceed
half crop, and most of the farmers en-
press themselves as confident that they
will have full half crop.
Charles Laherty brought "A sample of
his worst burned wheat in town yestcr-
day, which it was thought by those who
saw IL that it will make fifteen or twenty
bushels per acre, while Il sample of his
best indicates that it will yield
Il crop of forty bushels per acre.
Mr.. l.ahcrty brought wheat he
thought to be about an average
stalk which measured 81 feet in length
and was we'll filled. w, s. Johnston
thinks that part of his wheat will make
35 or 40 bushels per acre Charley May.
nard says he will make 1900 bushels of
wheat this season. His fall and early
spring sown grain is good but the late
sownis not SO good. The Mras boys
of flax per acre John Hartman thinks
he will make 40 bushels an acre on part
of his crop. w. +. NJ. Ricketts, says he
will get ain average of about % bushels
an acre. NJ. a. Ferguson says his wheat
will average 80 bushels per acre. John
l.. Flowers crop will probably average
20 bushels. L. j. Wolfard thinks his
wheat will average % or 80 bushels per
acre.
w. F. NJ. Ricketts, in examining his
whea. fluids kind of worm in the Joints
of the stalk which he thinks is damaging
il more than the hot weather.
, 1889-07-25
DISAPPEARED.
stock Operator Of San Francisco
Supposed tn Have suicided.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE BEvIEw1
SAN FRAHcfsco, July 20.-F l.. Bailey
stock operator has disappeared from the
rooms of the Lick house, and IL is feared
he has committed suicide, as he left a
letter 20 a friend saying he intended to
take his own life. Financial losses and
i'll health are supposed to be the cause.
The custom house inspectors to-day
seized 1854 boxes of opium, valued al
s2lOO. on the steamer Empire which
arrived from Nanaimo, r. g., yesterday.
1t was concealed under the bed plates in
the engine-room. No arrests.
Charles Grant has been arrested here
for forgery and made fall confession.
In November, 1887, Grant gained the
confidence of II. @. Tunstell, an Eng.
lishman Of some means, who was about
to buy property in Nk,a. Lupstcll
cabled to his brother in England TO send
him $500 but afterward counternandcd
his request. Grant, who was aware of
these transactions, sent a cable to the
brother in England purporting to be
signed by Tunstell, saying he had again
changed his mind and asking that fGO0
be forwarded. This was done, aud
Grant obtained the money aud went to
New YORK. The matter was reported TO
the police at the time but the lorger was
not captured till this week.
, 1889-07-25
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Delegates Who Have Wires TO Pull
Anxious to Adjourn.

Sioux FALLS, OAK, July 20. 1.-The con-
vention met and adjourned without
transacting any business whatever.
About three-fourths of the reports Of the
standing committees have been sub
mitted, the greater part of which have
been made special order for the next
judiciary committee.
There Is dissatisfaction with the work
of the committee in arranging the judi
cial districtsxand while minority report
will probably be submitted, there is no
doubt that the report of the majority
will be adopted when 1t comes before the
convention. The minority were w favor
of ribbon districts, that is, one county in
width and extending across the entire
state, making the counties in Jim River
valley the centers of the districts. The
majority favored more compact form.
An effort is heing made to send in are
port to the legislative committee, as
practically agreed upon last week, so as
to reduce the number of state senators
from torty-four to forty and the number
of representatives proportionately.
Reports from the joint committee are
not very encouraging to the delegates
who are anxious TO finish the work of
the convention and adjourn, especially
those who have personal interest. in
the primaries that are soon to be called.
, 1889-07-25
Men of the Nero Type.

A vigilance committee has been organ
iZed at Spokane to watch the fire bugs
that have lately attempted to burn the
city. The fires that have recently de-
stroyed millions of property all over the
United States seem in most instances TO
have been the work of fincendaries. BE-
ings capable of such deeds are little less
than iiends. Still, il must be confessed
that men of the Nero type, who destroy
that they may rejoice with the demon of
destruction, are found everywhere. But
the law should be powerful enough to
detect and punish all such monsters, and
we shall be glad if onr Spokane friends
are enabled to wreak summary justice
on such eyil.doers
, 1889-07-25
a Literary Fake.
From tho Atlanta Constitution.


A western reviewer makes the start
popular book, Looking Backward, is
in the nature of what newspaper men
call a flake"
According to this reviewer there is not
an original idea in Mr. Bellamy's novel,
with the exception of the plot. The whole
business is borrowed from Fourier's So
cialistic theories and "prescott's Con-
quest of Peru" 1t seems that Prescott
described in Peru a government without
commerce, individual wealth, money,
markets, courts, lawyers, bankers, etc.
The state owned evsrytliing-owned the
land, produce, manufactures, household
goods and the clothing the people wore.
The inca had a storei,ouse in every dis
trict, and when a man produced any
thing II was stored in these repositories
TO be distributed accor,lingt TO the needs of
the people.
THIS Is the civilization advocated by
Mr.. Bcllamy, with few philosophical
flourisics from Fourier-tbis Is the con-
dition of affairs which he and Edward
Everett Hale, Thomas Wentworth Hig-
einson aud n lot of New England dream
crs expect 10 force upon the country
through the medium of their new party
of "nationalistsW
The country at large may be some
what slow and behind the times when
compared with MIR. Bellamys progress
i've section, but most Of us will prefer to
struggle along in our present darkness
and With our present sorlid surround
ings rather than dose ourselves with the
long.huried civilization of the South
American Indians. Mr.. Dellamy's book
and the craze IL has caused emphasize
the old saying that there is nothing new
under the sun.
, 1889-07-25

From the waltsburg Enterprise.Y ?

Why IL it that so much wheat Is
burned up this year? Because there is
80 much spring wheat to, burn, Fall
wheat is a good crop. Why is there so
much spring wheat this year? Because
"A year ago last winter most of the fall
wheat froze out, and farmers acted
on the inference that it the fall wheat
froze out last year, it would do
so this year. Now so long as farmers
vacillate In this way, they will be pretty
sure to miss IL every time. Let them
take for text: "Sow fall wheat"
Then let them stick to the text through
thick and thin, and nine times out of
ten they will hit 1t fairly on the head.
If they undertake to judge this year
by the last one, to strike this year
where they would have hit the very
center If they had struck last year
they are bound to find themselves strik-
ing at shadows most of the time. 1t Is so
IN every department. of life with most
persons. The InoAe they try TO act ac-
cording to them best judgment the more
they lose. We heard of a. stock gambler
he he made money. MONEY He gave gave his his
broker strict instructions to always
execute his orders the very re-
verse of what was given. For instance,
he would watch the market till he felt
sure stocks we're going up right away.
Then he wrote an order to buy and gave
IL to his broker. The broker, remem-
bering his instructions, would at once
sell. In the long run the principal
made money, and II this is true, you see
at once that he must have lost money IL
the broker had executed the orders as
they were written.
, 1889-07-25
NORTH DAKOTA.
Tho Convention wrang1ing over Ju-
dlcial DlXisIon of tho State,

BISMARCK, July 20.-The judiciary
committee. is still wrangling over the
question Of county courts, and they pro-
poposed division of the state into
Six judicial districts. The committee
also having an interesting wrestle with
the question as to whether the supreme
court shall hold all its sessions at the
capitol or at different points.
Lowell of Cash introduced a proposed
article declaring that all railroad and
transportation companies are common
carriers, and are to receive for the trans
portation of freight and passengers such
Compensation as is reasonable and Just,
to be determined as a judicial question
by the courts.
Rowe proposes that state senators
shall be elected for term of four years
and be divided into two classes, the first
class to consist of senators from the even
numbered district and the second from
the odd numbered. The terms of office
of the two classes are not to expire on
dates less than two years apart, provid-
ed that at the first election the tirstclass
shall be elected for one year apart. The
first lass shall be elected for two years
and the second class for three years,
A great number of proposed articles
arc introduced on the question of taxing
railroads, proposing that board of
assessors be elected by the peo-
Pile to assess railroads in each
county; railroads 10 be subject
to the same levy as other property.
An effort is being made by some to
have the convention refuse TO submit
the question of prohibition 10 vote of
of the people but there is every indica-
ton it will be.
A commission for the division of ter
ritorial property between the states is at
at work ON the books. and has discov-