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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-01-12

Have your watch repairing done at
Eckart, New Iberia.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-01-12

pzy~B. Audibert keeps the incest beer
n town.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-01-12

E<g@ Beer always on ice at B. Audi
bert's.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-01-12

State Of Louisiana Judicial District Court
Parish of St Martin-No. s7Sq.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-01-12
Succession Sale.
In the matter of Estates of Charles
Boisdore, andJosephine Lemelle
deceased Widow of Charles
BoisdOre.
Probate Docket, No. 2656 Succession of
Josephine Lemelle and Probate Docket
No. 1873 Succession of Chs. BOisdOre.
21st. Judicial District Court.

Srate of Louisiana-Paris of st. Martin.
BY virtue of orders from the Honorable the
2Is,. Judicial District Court of the State of
Louisiana holding sessions in and for the Par
ish Of st. Martin, dated November 9Th. 1858, as
also pursuant to commissions issued by said
Court dated also November 5th. 1885, to ~ di-
rected. We Edouard Benoit ~ Dative Tesla
meEtary Executor of the succession of lose
pbine Lemelle and Louis Condley testamentary
Executor of the Succession OF the deceased
Charles Boisdore will offer forsale at public auc-
ton, to the last and highest bidder or bidders,
at the Court House door in the Town
of st. Martinsville. on the terms and conditions
hereinafter mentioned on
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18th. 1882
between the legal sale hours, the following des-
cribed property belonging to said SUGGESTIONS,
viz:
1st, A certain Town lot with all i'm
provements theron situated in the Corpo-
ration Of ST. Martinsville measuring one
hundred and fifteen feet front on St. Martin
street by ninety eight feet in depth, bounded on
tho north by the lot below described, east
by the property of Mrs. Dutel, south by the
lot of Mrs. Alfred Fuseler and west by st. Mar
TIN street.
2nd, Another Town lot with all the
improvements th,rhon, situated in the
Corporation of St. Martinsville, at the cor
ner of ST. Martin and Old Market streets. meas-
uring eighty five feet front on St. Martin street
by ninety eight feet in depth bounded on the
north by old Market street, east by the property
of Mrs. Widow Dutel, South by the lot above
described and west by st. Martin street.
Terms and Conditions.
One third of the price of adjudication cash and
the balance in l, >, years credit, purchasers sub
scribing and furnishing their notes correspond
ing with said installments. paysblAto the order
of said executors respectively M proportion to
their interest therein. EDOUARD BENOIT
LOUIS CONDLEY
Dative Testamentary Executors.
Z. Simon-Attorney.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-01-12
Address Registered Letters to
New Orleans National Bank,
NEW ORLEANS. La.

REMEMBER THAT ONE DOLLAR is the
Price of the smallest part OF fraction of ticket
issued in any drawing. Anything in our name
swindle.
"REMEN RER. also that the payment of Prizes
is GUARANTEED BY -FOUR NATIONAL
BANKS of New Orleans and the tickets are
r,gnsd nS The tresiIn, "l na whose
Courts; therefore beware of all limitations end
anonymous schemes.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-01-12
VENIRE.

List OF the names of the Jurors drawn
and to be summoned for the February
term of the 2lst. Judicial District Court
of La, holding sessions in and for the
Parish of st. Martin.
For the frs: week commencing on
Monday the 4th. of FEBRUARY 1889.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-01-12
For Sale, a Cheap Farm.

290 arpents all enclosed under new
fence, good buildings, on bayou Teche, on
railroad = mile from st. Martinsville,
La, price $3.50 per arpent. And other
improved farms. Address R. Martin
Dec 20 ly st. Martinsville, La.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-02
A SECRET BALLoT
Only One Method by Witch Bribery Cen
BE Suppressed.

Only One Method by Which Bribery Cen
BE Suppressed.
To THE EDIToR-Sir: 4 secret ballot is the
surest and simplest system for getting record
OF bribery, which was practced SO extensively
at the late election by ". W. Dudley's trusted
men" The man who buys votes always keeps
his eye on the voter he bribes til his ballot Is
deposited in the ballot-box. Col Dudley was
most emphatic upon this point in his famOus
letter: "Divide the foaters into blocks OF i've
and put a trusted man with the necessary funds
in charge 81 these i've, and make him RESPONSE
that none get away and that all vote out
ticket Ii is piainlyto 70 be seen that one man
had all he could do 10 guide five men 10 the
polls safely without any getting away, and
after the voter deposited his ticket be was paid
for his trouble.
In New York Ciyt It has for years been the
custom OF the bri0er % require the "hOater" IN
90 to the polls with the folded tickets which
had been given him ana then 20 hold II erect IN
the air so that il can be seen until the vote IA
deposited i'm the box. From all over the New
England states the same practice is reported
The briber IN Indiana never allows the hoater
to get ont Of sight until he gets the ballot de
posted, and occasionally he walks alOGg 10 the
box and sees that no one else gives him
ticket. The "bull fence In some parts OF Indi
ana is an evidence OF this. IL Is a high chute
which leads 10 the polls and from the polls
The idea Is 10 give men q chance to change
their ballots on the way to the polls without
getting caught at il, as any one party can buy
a few Of the other party's voters and start them
into the chute, where they may change their
ballot and hand Il 10 the election officers with.
out any one seeing the change. lt the act of
voting was performed in secret, no bribed voter
could or would be trusted TO carry out his bar
gain. This has been shown in England and, in
fact, wherever the secret ballot has been put in
force. 1t is the unanimous testimony Of all
English authorities that it is the secrecy pro
vision rather than the rigorous provisions of
the law against bribery of an kinds which has
practically suppressed bribery. Before this Law
bribery was far more prevalent there than Il is
in America.
The prospects are encouraging for this re-
form movement all over the United States. Let
all democrats unite In and souelch monopoly,
Quayism, boodleism and Dudleylsm. First
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-02
THE QUESTION OF THE HOUR
HOW TO STOP sRlBERYAT ELECTIONS
Public Opinion as Expressed in Letters 20
'-The Sentinel and by RepreSentativs
Indiana Newspapers-A Great
Variety OF Suggestions.

To THE EDIToR-Sir: In the discussion in
THE SENTINEL in reference to a new election
law there is one point we have not seen men,
toned. It is this: Shall there be any hand
writing on the ticket, or shall all scratching be
done by means OF printed pastors? I decidedly
favor the pastors.
The election board would recognize the pen
manship OF a large part Of the voters, and
peculiar flourish of a name or two would en-.
able the 6oaters goods" to be EASILY identi-
fed. Local candidates often write their names
on pastors in such n way as 10 find out through
the board If that ticket was voted and the
writer found out how two doubtful persons
voted on Nov. by the Ink showing distinctly
through the ticket OF course under the new
law no one but the board will see the tickets
voted, YET swear them 10 secrecy as you will,
and nod or l0o6 from them afterward would
betray what they ;Ouid not help finding out
These objections would apply with almost
equal force 70 the plan o. printing al the
names OF the candidates on one ticket and
marking those voted ior. Besides, by this.
method, with the multiplicity of candidates
presented 10 the people nowadays, fully one
third the voters would need assistance 10 fixing
their ticket and Oi the 20 republicans OF tins
township. there is but one the democrats
would trust with this business. and he IS talk.
ing oil moving away
We should Ike TO see the following prinoi-
pies embodied into law:
/. Voting made compulsory.
2. Strict registration required.
3. The crowd kept back fifty feet from ths
polls and a screen in front of them, as pro-
posed by Nv. W" of Indianapolis
!. All the tickets exactly similar except
names, being either printed or serutinized by
legal officials: a small screen on the back of
the table OF Just sufficient size 10 let the board
see that only one ticket is taken BY each
voter and none others misplaced, but not 70
see what kind OF a ticket Is taken.
;. The candidates named on each ticket to
be numbered-the pastors 10 be numbered
accordingly; this for illiterates.
o. Nothing but printed newspapers 70 bs
used, and in presidential elections, no electoI
to be scratched.
:. Each ticket to be inclosed by rubber
or envelope.
s. Any specially marked ticket 10 be thrown
out, and anyone indicating how he votes to be
distranchised for that election.
9. Every person convicted Of vote-buyiuS
to be fined 500, the person bought TO receive
half the money"
Monroyia, Ind, Dec. %. j. ". r.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-02
A SONS TERRIBLE CRIME
He Brutally Murders His Aged Mother and
TweIve-Xear-Old Sister

He brutaliy Murders his aged Mother and
Twelve Xear-Old Sister
MUsCoGEE, I. T., Dec. 25.--A terrible double
murder occurred Sunday night on Rogers farm,
five miles west of here. 4 widow named Sarah
johnson and her family of four children occu-
pied the farm. The eldest Of the children was
a desperate boy named Charley. The others
were a girl of twelve, boy of ten and a baby
of three years. The ten-yssr-old boy was visit
ing and when he returned home yesterday
found his tweve-yearold sister lying dead on
the steps. Terrified at the sight, he haStened 10
a neighbor's house and gave the news.
crowd was quickly assembled, and fastening
to the widows heartrendiDg sight met their
gaze. Not more than twenty steps from the
door lay the widowed mother, her head beaten
into Jelly. BY her side lay huge oak club
covered with blood with which the terrible
crime had been committed Near the door
step, on the opposite side of the cahin, was the
mangled remains of the tvelve-year-old daugh-
ter. The three-year-old baby was still in the
house alive. The eldest son has not been seen
since the night of the crime, and he is known
TO have had frequent quarrels with his mother
IL is supposed that he was the perpetrator Of
the horrible crime or AT least an aecomplice.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-02

scope too often whether you be living or
dead. / believe; you will always live
your own life in. such wise as / should
most wish. In dishonoring yourself you
woHld dishonor me; you. will remember
that. Let us go down to the shore.
Nothing soothes one like the sound of the
sea. Who has been mistaken enough to
say that nature was not loved in classic
eyes? Why, all Greek and Latin verse is
fuh of it, from the roar of the waves in
Homer to the chaunt OF the grasshspper
in Meleager, and the birds singing in the
rosemary of Tibullusn'
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-02
ATOWN IN FLAMES.
Marblehead, Mass, Burning Up-The Peo-
pie Panic-Stricken.


pie Panic-Stricken.
MARBLEHEAD, Mass, Dec 25.-Marblehead
is on FIRE, for the second time in her history.
The entire business portion is in ruins. It is
the largest fire that ever visited this place. and
the people are panic-stricken. This dispatch
is sent with great difficulty over a hastily I'M
prOvised wire, and communication is liable 10
be interrupted at any moment.
The fire started about 10 p. m, in the base
ment of D. B. Powers furniture store on
Pleasant-st and is said to have been cause by
the explosion of a can OF benzine. At mid
night il is estimated that seven acres have been
burned over and that the entire loss viii be at
least $4,000.
Nearly the same territory was burned over
about twelve years ago. The fire started in
nearly the same place. Many of tO-nights
victims were also sufferers by the former fire.
The shoe business which has been quiet for
several months past, was just starting up and
many operatives will now be thrown out Of
work the entire winter. The FIRE is still burn
ing. 1t is impossible 10 get definite losses ow-
ing to the great excitement prevailing among
all plasSpS
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-02
Convenient TO Have ON Hand.
N. Y. sun.l

Dakota Lady tabout to give a grand balll-
"Well, thank goodness, John, my list OF invita-
tions is com pieted at hast"
Dakota Husband-"Havey you included young
Sawbones? He's a likely fellow, and we ought
70 pay him some attention, being newcomer.
Dakota Lady-"Why. no, he has escaped me
entirely Pm glad you mentioned him, John
he seems to be a desirable pGT1i in every way,
and besides, we shall probably need a surgeon
before morning."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-02
An Innuendo.

Selnda Anthus is charming young lady
but when she gets telling about articles of per
sonal adornment she slips slightly over the pal
ings that separate strict truth from easy fiction
A friend asked her the other day, what price
she paid for the very pretty hat she wore, and
she replied, "Seventy-five dollars" and then
got very much provoked because the hornd
thing observed did that include the frame%
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-02

ANOTHER PLAN.
A strict Registry Law and a Heavy Pen
atty For Bribery.

strict Registry Law and a Heavy Pens
atty For Bribery.
To THE EDITOR--Sir: As have been read
ing with great deal of interest in your paper
a number OF plans 70 avoid fraudulent voting
and knowing what has taken place here,
thought I would suggest a plan. In the first
place. there should a registry Law, and when
a man registers be should be furnished with
an envelope with his number stamped on 1t,
and required TO take that envelope TO the polls,
put hrs ballot in It and seal i up and vote il.
The person taking the envelope shall call the
name and number OF the person voting. II his
name and number cannot be found on the re-.
lister book the vote Is not TO be counted There
should not be more than 250 voters Ia pre-
cinct. The plan 10 allow no one within 100
feet OF the polls Is good one, and il is also
well that the voter should BE- screened. The
law disiranchising for buying votes, in my
opinion, will amount 20 nothing The penalty
should be $1,000 fine. one yea- IN the peni-
tenIary. il the party buying should be able
% pay the hne, he should remain in prison
until it is paid allowing him at the rate OF Sl.50
a day until the ine is paid. the seller 70 go
clear. Make also q provision Tor the seller 70
be punished iI IL should be found that he had
sworn falsely, iu order 90 get revenge on the
person he causes 10 he hued and Imprisoned Tor
buring of votes. There mfght be also a clause
10 pay 10 the iuIormer SO ON conviction.
From the following specimen OF q section OF
n page in the registry book. YOU viii see at =
glance IL viii bt easy TO ind a mans name, %
u viii only be necessary 10 turnover ten names:
lo-la William Turner
u. Abraham Cole.
II George N3rkes.
Is. David Young
l. Aaron Fisher
Is. samuel etarkes.
l.. Michael lucy.
T-T--r
The morning news., 1889-03-04
LIST OF VESSELS
Up, Cleared and Sailed for this Por

STEAMSHIPS.
earn Crea (Br), Hurrell, Antwerp, sid Feb IA.
| Kingdom (Br) - from - sid Feb =
Stamford (Nor), Gjomre, Bluefelds. Mic, sid -.
BARKs.
Demarchi Utah, Cappeno, Cardiff via Buenos
Strasund (Gerl Oehlberg, Stettin, sid Dec 7;
Cowes sid Feb 25
| Prinz Regent Ger, Herwig, at Liverpool Jan II.
| ISmaele QtaD, Capiello, Castellamare sid Nov 30
Ceres Nor) Olsen, at Buenos Ayres Dec IL.
Simon (Ger) CALAIS, at Cardiff Dec IA.
| Nor Nor), Buckholdt, Liverpool, sid Jan Il.
Teresa QtaD, Mutto. Barcelona, sid Dec 10.
| Brilliant tNor), Rasmussen, Rochefort sid Dec
| Orient GER, -, from South America. sid
weljekset Rus), widemark Marseilles, sid Jan
Severus Ger, Kosbadt, London, sid Jan a.
| Iona (Nor), Stromberg, Pernambuco, sid Jan %.
| Falkon (Nor, Hansen, at Liverpool Dec 30
Hestia Ger, Boettcher, Cape VerdeS, sid Jan
81.
Teresa QtaD, Mutto, Barcelona, sid Dec 10.
| Triton (Ger) Witte, Buenos AyreS, sid Dec 2S.
| Gler (Br), Dolb, Lisbon, sid Jan 25.
| Sostrene (Nor). -, Barbados, sid Jan -
| Adele QtaD Astarita, Lisbon, via New York, sid
Dec /.
Mariuetta UtaD ---, Cardiff via Barbados,
valona (Br). Andrews Liverpool, sid Feb II
| Jury (NOr), Adsem, Rosario sid about Feb ,.
| Ophir (Nor), Jensen, Rio Janeiro, sid Jan D.
Il
| Janeiro sid Jan %.
| Elena Ger, Gerber, Buenos Ayres, sid Jan H.
| Helena Outch) Verbeet Philadelphia, cid Feb
q.
| Adele (Br), Babin Barbados, sid Feb II.
| Elba Tilton, New York, up Feb 81
Constancia (Spl, -, Cardiff, sid prior to Feb
% via Pernambuco.
| Poseidon (Nor) -, at Buenos Ayres. Feb y.
| Windermere (Br), Bruce, at Punta Lara Feb 5.
sCHooNERs
| Charmer, Daboll, New York, sid Feb IS.
| Maud Sherwood, Kelley, Boston via Glen Cove,
up Jan 81.
| Maud Snare, Lowell, New York, up Jan 80.
| Kate Aitken, Brewer, Philadelphia, SID Feb 13.
| Edward Avery, Hawley, New York, up Feb g.
| Seventy Six, Hart New York, sid Feb 10,
| S ] Fooks. Henderson, Baltimore, sid Feb g.
| VIM WicKham, Evan, Norfolk, sid Feb 25.
Red Wing, johnson, Philadelphia via Will
| mington, G, up Feb l3.
| Lizzie Dewey, Burdge, New York. up Feb 81.
| Tena A Cotton, Cranmer, New York, up Feb ~
Willis Sheppard, Reeves New York up Feb ~.
| Richard S Leaning, Norton, Baltimore, sid
March l.
| Island City, Voorhees, Baltimore, up March 2
| A Heaton, - Norfolk. cid Feb 26
Lucie Wheatley, Mountford, Philadelphia, up
Feb 26.
Alice Bqrda, McLain, New York, cid March 1.
Thos l. James, -, from --, sid -.
Earl Mason, White, Providence, sid March 1.
The morning news., 1889-03-04
Open Annually at ocaIa, Fa' From January to May

The Biennial Session of the american Pomologcal So
ciey will be held at Ocaa Fla, Feb 90 q and % 1889
For premium list further information address the Secre
tary at Ocaa Fla
j. o. CLARKE C. W. CAMPBELL SR, GEO. W. WILSON,
Secretary. Gen' Manager adent
The morning news., 1889-03-04

A good deal of variety characterizes the
contents Of the March atlantic, and any
one who carefully examines its contents
will fiud that the editor has the art of strik-
ins the happy mean between the grave and
the gay. History is possibly the strong
point of the number, there being paper on
those two brave Scots, THE KeithS,n by
Hope Notnor, aud one of Alr. Fiske's lumi-
nous papers upon "Ticonderog Beuning-
ton and Oriskany.n Mr.. Frank Gaylord
Cook writes an interesting article upon
''Some Colonial Lawyers and Their Work, "
while theme of a more re. ent dav is ai-
mirably treated in personal Remnis-
cences of William H. Seward by Samuel
j. Barrows and his wife, Isabel G. Barrows
The paper is especially interesting since Mr.
Barrows was private secretaUy to Mr..
Seward, and Mrs. Barrows also acted tenn
porarily in the same capacity. Houghton,
Mifiiln q Co., Boston.
The March issue of the Eclectic presents
a rich variety Of matter. The opening
article by John Addington Sym 1nds makes
brilliant and suggestive comparison be-
tween Elizabethan and Victorian poetry, a
study of the social well as the literary
characteristics of the two periods. w. r.
Knight offers a clear account of NJ. Godin's
wonder ully successful experiment in CO.
operative manufacturing at GuiSe, Belgium,
the model establishment of the world THE
Growth and Decay of Glass Distinctions, !"
and 1.-The European Outlook for 1885," are
papers of strong interest, affecting questions
of the time. H. H. Johnstons brilliant and
humorous paper on "The Ethics of Canni-
balism" is also marked by wide scientific
knowledge. E. r. Petlon, 25 Bond street,
New York
The Cosmopolitan is a bright young
magazine, whose vigorous new management
is pushing it rapidly to the front. The
article in the March number on "The Ring
of the Niebelung" is by John P. jackson,
the well-known translator of all the Wag-
ner hbrettos, and the writer of several Wag-
ner guide books. "Ouida" is the author of
a charming chapter on Birds" "Some
Washington Homes" is the subject of one Of
the richly illustrated articles. Edward Ev-
erett Hale's portrait is the frontispiece, ac-
companying a biographical article by Mrs.
Bernard Whitman, an ultimate friend of
DR.. Hale. The Cosmopolitan, 1868 Fifth
avenue, New York.
The February number of the SdnitGrian
is good one. The leading article Is by DR..
jerome Cochran, state health officer of AL
ALBANIA, the subject of which is: Problems
in regard to yellow fever and the preven-
ton of yellow fever epidemics." 113 A
Second Place, Brooklyn, n. Y.
The morning news., 1889-03-04

Ryals, J H Ruwe, W F Reid. Strauss Pub Co
nah Bank and Trust Co. u solomon & Son. |,
Schol, Savannah Steam Bakery A Schwarz
Smith Bros, Solomons & Co, Strauss Bros, J G.
Stlgmare, Savannah Furniture Co. Theus Bros,
Shotter & Co, H Traub. P Tuberdy, r d
Walker, G W Tiedeman & Bro, D Weed & Co,
Thos West, J G Nelson & Co. Wilinsky stmr
Katie, NJ & c w West, Augusta Steamboat Co,
Ga & Fla s B Co, Southern Ex Co.