The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-09-13
Local News.

| udteS DelOTe tIle convention t0-rl0rrOW
Prof. W. III. Beall who was on yisi
to Abita Springs, La, returned home thi
| week.
For good goods at the loves. price;
60 to j. o, Hebert's he is the leader o.
low prices.
Get your dry goods, shoes and hat.
at j. o. Heberts. He is the cheapest
store in town.
Mr.. G. W. Bancker commenced We'd
nesday to grind few acres of stubblt
cane to make syrup.
Quite a heavy rain fell 1aturday
evening and Sunday morning, which
will prove beneficial to the cane.
1t will be to your interest to visit
the store OF j. 0. Hebert, before buying
elsewhere, he has bargains for you.
MIR. S. V. Martin accompanied his
son, Joseph, to New Orleans this week,
where he took the train for the George
town College.
Steam was raised at the Oil Works
Tuesday and the gins started. The oil
presses were started at twelve O'Clock
Wednesday.
Mr.. Martin ]. VOOrhies, who LEFT here
abou. a year ago for New Orleans. came
here Monday, with the intention Of lOca-
ting permanently.
Take good care Of your beard and
keep it clear of gray hairs so as to retain
your young looks by using BuckinSham's
Dye for the Whiskers.
Mr.. Alphonse Geoffroy closed his
grocery and bakery and left for Brea uX
Bridge Wednesday. to engage ir the
came lines Of business in that town.
Mr.. Louis Tapissier, cornetist, has
left here Monday for New Orleans. Mr..
Tapissier proposes to engage in Some of
the theatres in the crescent city for the
coming season.
Misses Emma and Katinka Ryan,
two charming young ladies of Lake
Charles, who spent about month here,
visiting relatives and friends, left for
their home Saturday last.
We wonder which is the best in po-
litic, big crowd or big brain. We be-
lieve the latter is the best; We will be
able to come to a positive conclusion to-
morrow, after the convention.
Mr.. Chas. X. Schwartz, the popular
peddler, announces to his friends and
the public that he has just returned
from New Orleans with fine stock of
goods. His goods is the best and his
prices the lowest.
Cotton is coming in very freely these
days. The Oil Works began to receive
cotton in seed Saturday last, paying s2G
per thousand pounds, which is price
the planters find too low, and many hesi-
tate to sell at that price.
We are afraid that the combinations
for the convention tomorrow will be too
complicated for a good number OF our
friends, and after their Disappointment
will make faces that will excite the com
passion of their friends.
People who live in new countries
are liable to be Frustrated by malarial
feyers. Inhabitants of cities, by reason
of bad drainage and unwhOlesOme Odors,
suffer from similar diseases. Ayers
Ague Cure is warranted specific for all
malarial poisons.
Mrs. Widow William Parcel, born
Celestine Dutel, died at her residence in
this town at s o'clock Monday night, at
the age of "A years. She was buried
Tuesday evening at three o'clock, and a
large concourse of relatives and friends
her remains to the cemetery.
We sympathize with the family.
We have received the first Issue Of
the New Orleans Republican, nswspa-
per published by the Republican Publis-
hing Co., with Mr.. A. R. Burkdoll, as
editor and business manager. Mt. Burk-
doll has been connected for several years
with the Crowley Signal, and is well
known in Louisiana as a journalist of