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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-10-04
LOCALES.
Arrivee ct depart des trains a Thibo-
daux, % novembre, 1889.
PREMIER TRAIN.

PREMIER TRAIN.
Quite Thibodaux a 8 heures a. M. avec la
MALE de fOuest.
Arrive a Thibodaux a 10 heures 90 a. m
ayec la MALE de la Nouvelle Orleans.
Second train lavec la MALE de la Nouvelle
Orleans ct de lEst).
Quite Thibodaux a 4 heures IS. p. l..
Arrive Thibodaux a 6 heures SO p. III.
La MALE est t%oujours close au post office,
Is minutes ayant lie depart d. train.
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MI. J, Dush notre tailleur emerite
attend tout un assortment de
vttements pour hommes. Son
d6ballage s%urprendra nos elegants
par la varlete, lie bon govt ct la
oualit6 extra de SO merchandise.
Eu vue de la saison gui s'ouvre
chacun voudra Sc fournir chez Mr..
J. Dush, qui dune main liable ct
exercee, peat reparer tout ce qu'un
habillement confectionne peut
offrir de defectueux /; car, ne vOus
Y trompeZ pas, il est un tallleur de
premier Ordre.
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FORE Les onze ct douze
octocre, 1890, une grande Foire
aura lieu an "Guion Academy
dams lie but de prolonger la session
s~colaire. IL est, pensons-nOus, du
devoir de tous les bons citoyeus,
qu'ils aient on non des enfants,
suivaDt les cours de cette excellente
ecole. de venir en- aide a l'institu-
ton ct a ceux qul la dirigent. II
est a croire que personne ne voudra
Sc derober a ce que nous consid6-
rous presque CONNIE un devoir.
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A vendre.

Une excelleute cypriare mesurant environ
SIX cent uudraute acres, ct situee q qnelque
distance de Thibodapx. sur Ia rive druite 1u
bayou La fourche. an Brule Guillot.
Cette cypritre cat Ia plas richie de rEtat,
au dire des connaisseurs.
Voir an bureaux de la SENTINELLE a Thi-
b0dauX pour inlor.nations.
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NOTICE.

rl>HIS Will NOTIFY ALL HUNTERS.
L Fishermen. Moss pickers. Pedlars and
Tramps caught in the Golden Hanche and
Lake Side Plantations bordering on Bayeu
des Aliennands. six miles above tie Temple
and extending down to Harang's Canal, will
be arrested anil prosecuted to the full exrens
of the Law. Done by the order of the Board
of Directors OF the Golden Rancho Sugar aud
Cattle Co. JOHN X. GHEENS.
Aug. 2f-90St President
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AyENDRE,

il.0o0 BRIQUES de Premiere qua'ite sons
a vendre par Mr. THEODORE ADAM, suris
Bayou Lafourche, pres le Canal Harang. La
livraison sera taite sur !e hord din ha YOU 81 on
lie demande. PrIx $500 lie MILLER.
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AVENDRE.

Une grande q~uantite de BARDEAUX, pre-
miere qualite ct delivres sur lie bord du Bayou
Lafourche a ThibOdaux. S'adresser a Mr.. 0.
l.. CARO-, agent pour Mr.. Jules Iechaux. on
aux bureaux de la SESTINELLE de Thibodaux.
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NOTICE.

TAX COLLECTORS OFFICE, PARISH OF La
FOURcHE. Thibodaux. Sept. 9Th, 1890.
Notice is hereby given to the tax payers of
the parish of Lafourche, that the taxes as
scssed in the year 1890 are set forth in the tax
rolls on file in my office and in the mortgage
office of this parish; that they are now due
of December 1890. and shall bear interest at
the rate of 3 per cent per month from said
date, until sold in accordance with article 210
of the constitution. Tax payers are invited
to call Mt once and settle, in order to avoid
interest and cost. p. 4. LORIO,
Sept-6-@. Sheriff and Tax Collector.
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Fumez les .Thibod eaux Special
Cigars" ct sous seIez heurenx.
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NOuVEAUX ARRANGEMENTS
HOI'EI- DES H~TERANGERS.

NJ Thomas Alserti PREVENT ses ANS
les voyageurs 9u'il Went de taire de uou
veaux arrangements qui lui permettront d.
s'atisfaire tout eeux Jul vOudront l'hennoe
rer de leur eonfance
Repas atoute heure de la lournee ct 81
commando.
Table dh6te q 10 heuree du matin spOu
%deieuner ct 3 4 heures d / sOir pc ur diner
Chambres commoces ct bien garnies,
PRIX MODERES.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-10-04
J.. TRONE & SONS
HGU1E. SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL
PAINTERS.
THIBODAFY, La.

H-ImItation Woods an. marbles OF all
kinds, cleaning graveyard marbles, inscrip-
ions for graves, etc.
The sun., 1890-05-18
Like Ono Como Back from Death.
Ern,n III. Afkknl Rnnn,r


Last week Miss Polly Lunsford Of Gadds-
town. Union county, aged lG years. was taken
suddenly ILL., and DR.. Jones OF this city was
summoned to her bedside. lie pronounced
her illness due from cold and exposure. and
told the mother Of the young lady that there
was little chance for her daughters recovery.
For three days the young lady grew worse.
and on Tuesday morning she. to all appear
ances. died The neiRhbors and friends OF the
family had gathered In. and the body OF tho
dead girl was prepared for burial. Her arms
were crossed over her breast and her eyelids
closed. No color OF life was visible In her
cheeks her hands and face were cold. as II
dead. Her pulse had ceased to beat. Tho
But as the mother and friends OF tho de;
ceased sat around her inanimate form and
mourned her as dead. she suddenly returned
10 life Unaided she arose from Ter bed and
went to the water bucket and drunk 4, glass OF
water Then she asked her mother and brother
to kneel with her In prayer which they did. to-
gether with all those present. The girl made
feryent prayel : ash Ing God to direct her mother
and brother in tho paths OF right After the
prayer she sang and talked with her motheTiO
about an hour, when shO told those about her
that she was going TO die that she felt the
death angels touch. Hardly had sho uttered
the words than she fell back upon her pillow
and ex pired. Those about her were astunisbed:
the mother was loalh to have her daughter
buried thinking that she might vet hs In "A
trance and would return TO life. But she was
really dead this time. and on Wednesday, even
ing was buried.
The sun., 1890-05-18
4 GREAT CALCULATOR.
Anecdotes OF the Famous Problem Solver.
BRbbREe.

Among the guests at Kenyon's table whose
personality struck me the most were Walter
very interesting though an eGottsttoai talker.
but few had SO good self to talk about. To
my regret he no longer gave those Saturday
few years before One OF three qualifications
we're necessary for those who sought 10 he In
vted-inle elect, beauty. or ranE-wthout one
Of these you might be rich as Or rrsus and vet
be told you cannot enter here l remember his
telling me that as long ago as 1889 he had lore
told that steamers would 60 to America In
seven days.
His calculating machine was an endless sub
Ject OF monoloRue. 1t Ia a curious fact that
once learned; not many years ago. from an old
him at Dartmouth that " Babbage was the stu
asked II he remembered anything remarka-
BILE about the great calculator In his boyhood.
baGe.' and he didn't like it Babbag%e % was very very
fond Of talking OF Byron's daughter; OHM she
was always Ada" lor he had carried Der IL his
arms as child. and he WAS her friend and
counsellor when she was Lady Loyelace. Ken
yQn had met her at Fyne Court, where she was
Mr. trosses e1s. elsc,rcaf experiments. ] Kenyon IN
acknowledged Lady Loveace to be woman OF
pie insesst b but she TOO mSt4S
ternate., stratiAcation Of poetry aud matho-
!mpatlcS." Lady Loyeace used to cay Babbage
poetry and should take for my eubjoct the
description Of an Intellectual Inferno" he said.
M ~ vas diilleult TO associate poetry in any form
He told me that he never allowed him self to
lose any time. Before setting out for walk
l give myself certain problems to think out"
lie even calculated the effect OF imagination
IN ins set,deiusiop. He found himself away from
catching cold. when happily he bethouGht him
sell Of tying piece OF string round his head
GGtesstu!. and ho slept without feeling, chilly.
Beo BeoIage said he had told this story,t to Rogers.
pun, for he affectod to despise them Rogers
declared he had caught cold through a trick
ot hls Imagination; he thought he had been
iuncheon party. at Lady Cork's, In New BurllnR-
wi1b uh street, q, and was In consequence seized
ti9ns OF catarrh. but he discovered that the
window was OF plato glass and perfectly shut.
The sun., 1890-05-18
ELlPn4NTs IN THE STREETS.
Two Circus Pachyderms Lead Their Keep
crs IL Great Chase In Seattle.

SEATTLE May n.-McNIahons circus. which
showed here last week. WAS preparing to en-
morn ng, when the big elephants. Queen and
Midget. refused to Cross the EanEplank, and,
becoming unmanaGea6le. broke away from
their keepers and struck up town. A crowd OF
200 men and BOYS had gathered on the wharf
to watch the embarkation and there was
Td whar oh rneS up huS
nue. and into Columbia street. Here the keep
e:s cauSht up WIth n their charles Ei and Midgets
street and stopping him just above Front
street Queen ran around the corner OF West
lowed by half a doZon attaches OF the circus
and a crowd OF highly excited men and boys
numbering nearly 100.
An endeavOr was made 10 stop the now thor
oughly enrnged AMI nnl on lesler avenue. but
she swung her trunk aboutwildly and trumpet-
ed once or twice. The endeayor ended imme-
dately. Queen then trotted onto Yeser
wharf. The mad beast ran around the ware
houses on the wharf thrice, and then started
up leser avenue. There was another rush OF
frightened people, and some one in the rear
rank closed the gate on the wharf To- shut
rytng, the frame all away. Queen then pranced
into leslers lumber yard. Here another ut
ttempt was made TO captpre the big brute.
and tried to beat her into submission. but she
only grew more enrGRed. While running
burying four men in the debris. Queen then
ran out OF the yard and into West street again
SP that street get she ran followed by fully
grown discreet, and they Kept at respectful
distance, and whenever Queen would stop ev-
elephant chase continued. When tho business
limits were passed and the residence portion
was reached, the eXcltqment reached its
height. Housewives would appear 1t the door
TO see what was going on, and there wuuld be
a yell and the door would close with bang.
reached. Queen took to the woods in Kin
nears 8 park. and then went down over the
hluff Just beyond to tho wharf at dohneou's
mill. Here the chase ond5d. Queen was had
ly winded, but when coruered showed fight.
A chain was finally gotten around one OF her
was a captive. She was Cotton back TO Com
mercial wharf with little difficulty. and was
been taken an hour before. The ferndale left
for Olympia at 3 O'Clock. Queen and Midget
are old circus elephants and have always been
looked upon rs perfectly dociie. They are
both natives OF Africa.
The sun., 1890-05-18
HATCRING BUT7ERFLIES.
How New Haven Collector Easily He.
plenishes His Collection.


John Maier is Of Teutonic extraction, and
he is a tailor. Whenever he can he devotes his
time to catching butterflies. This ia his
hobby. What does he do with them2 He SIM
ply chloroiorms them and frames them by
thousands. About the walls OF his store are
six such collections, averaging about TWO and
O half feet square.
Mr. Maier has certainly done some wonderful
one of his collections. 1t contains at least 500
butterflies OF all shapea, sizes, coloEs. and
shades. and these are arranged in eirclss and
crosses. and all sorts Of figures. The largest
and rarest are placed In the centre. and the
lesser lights around them. All are placed with
wings outspreai. perfect specimens.
Maier uses net in collecting specimens and
in the fall and winter months he puts in lis
spare time climbing trees and obtaining bat
there Is a regular butterfly hatchery, He has
fully 1000 cocoons. Those are divided accord
ing to their size and are now resting peacefully
In shallow boxes about foot square. The RbNeS
are supplied with covers. and IN conseQtence
act Just as do ineubators and scores u the
chrysaltdes are daily expanding into beautiful
butterflies. Alive. they h2at ,qbout thy store
put them TO sleep.
To do this he has novel arraneemeIt, This
wood sopinG toward each other In q gentle
angle. yet not conDecting, sort Il trough
separating them. The whole is about lS'
Wide The body Of the captured butterfly is
placed In the trough, his wings Are spread
out on, the eopinG wood on etha side. ara
buttlerfydom by tho administrator OF ,ust q
little chloroforGn. The wings aTgiheR pinned
feet form, and when tho nrrang Incn, is full OF
dead butterflies It ia relieved ofits cargo. and
the pretty gauZy little felows We tHcHed ulb3n l3n
the background OF the oominEHddltlon 70 lue
collection Nj. Maer has besi doing this sort |
OF thing for SIX years.
The sun., 1890-05-18
LOVE IND GREEN BOTTLES.
Curioaity Cast Upon the Waters Returns
In the Shape OF n Marriage Proposal.

LOUISVILLE MAY 15.-'That truth is stranger
than fiction was new er better shown than by
thn romantic marriage last nlSht o. MIsi stella
Six yeals ago party of four young girls were
strollinZ along the banks OF the Ohio River at
Pleasant Ridge. six miles above Madison. The
river was then at the highest stage ever known.
and its rolling grandeur was the very inspira-
tion Of romance in the hearts OF the four maid
ems. They resolved as they, watched the tur-
huIent water that they would each and every
one write u note, seal II up in n bottle and cast
1t In the stream. Each maiden wrote a note
without letting her fellow romancers know
or course they all penned the letter with the
main idea OF catching q husband. and Miss
Stella Adams wrote the following:
am down taking view of the river to day. write
% o Know the Sns G tnsi
one n o S a. h ne six s6ove No T
Please let me know whenyou found this bottle, AnI
Ny address is as follows; Boo Camp Post once, Let
foF'pP aeP eGP4nny ami .w.s, i"aH%" ~ STELLA AD'A'
To an unknown friend
Miss Adams was not 16 at that time. She
was only II. but a. Ii seemed the most roman
tic she gave that charming age. She folded
the note carefully and. placing 1t in a bottle,
On I the 18th Of March. seventeen days later
louis +. Riyaud. II years OF age. was strolling
d HonE the river y, bank ,s some iito distance be-
He espied green object bobbiug UP and
down in the water. He drew 1t to tho shore
and found it was bottle. He opened it and
read the note, Then. being also OF romantic
turn OF mind. he resolved to answer the note.
He did 80. and in return received note as ten
der as his own. Pictures were exchanged and
q correspondence followed for two years. Then
the young people began TO write less and less
frequently. and finally for no reason than that
the romance OF the affair had begun to cool. tho
Correspondence ceased altogether.
Until the 4th OF last April the young lovers
beard nothing of each other Then young
kivaud received etter from young man at
Madison. who stated that he was in love with
Miss Adams aud that ho wanted her picture,
which she had said he could have II 'Rivaud
would send It to him. Then Hivaud's love was
aroused by jealousy and he opened the CORE.
gpondence once more with tho heroine OF the
IN their tone. and finally a few weeks ago
Hivaud visited his lady love at her home.
few more visits and then an engagement. The
sequel OF the affair WAS consummated by their
marriage at the brides home at Pleasant Ridge
yesterday afternoon.
The sun., 1890-05-18
Len $4,000 Under Ithe BeddIne.
From he san FrdnetscO Chronicle.

On going to bed at the Palace Hotel late
Monday night A. d. Westfleld, a wealthy resi-
dent OF New York. placed $4,000 in Bills un-
d, der the mattress OF his bed and when he arose
OF tho overland train by the Southern route, he
forgot this money in the haste of his prepara-
tons Tor leaving In company with pRrty OF
the overland trip. He had Iust crossed tho
Gangplank Of tho ferryboat with his friends
when he suddenly turned pale and exclaimed:
back, Jumped into the carriage and ordered the
driver TO hurry him TO tpe Palace. When he
reached tho hotel no dashed up to his room
No servant had yet entered 1t. and all was as
when he left. He quickly turned up the mat
trebs and there was his money right where he
his annoyance at missing his train and friends,
and he did not object q bit at waiting for the
evening train, which he took alone
The sun., 1890-05-18


The ninety-rOom house that Stephen D.
Flkns Is building near the town, OF Elkins,
Randolph county W. Va Will Ds finished
residences in the south and i9 at the top Of a
rnilroad station. In front is an extensive lawn
Around tho building + wall three fcet hlaher
with It's towers, does not look unlike u Euro
peHn castle.
shingled sides and slate roof. On the first
floor is largo hall, which will be lighted with
six ornamental tOrCheres, which will cost
about 5000 apiece. The paror, dining room.
and library. all about the samo size, are on the
same floor and will be fitted mp luXurlousy.
Tho chiIdren,s room Is also on the same floor.
bur is smaller than the other three. All tho
places arc massive. The walls OF some OF the
rooms are adorned with handsome paintings.
On tho second floor arc the sleeping apart-
ments, and about half dozen bathroons.
The balhtubs are OF solid porcelain. Tho
Kitchen extension IL n two-story building
The first floor contains tho kitchen proper.
their sleeping and bathrooms.
The sun., 1890-05-18
Two VVhIms of an Emperor.


In one particular at least the young EN-
peror OF Germany socks TO emulate the ex-
ample of the famous Caiph OF Bagdad. He
makes practice OF proving around incoD-
nito, as Il he wero determ!ned to find out by
means Of his own eyes, and ears the will and
not fancy this sort of hing, for they arc in
Germany. OF all countres severe sticklers ut
cti Iuette. aud they regard 1t as sbockinpIy
infra dig that their sovereign should snoop
around barracks in the darkness of night in
the Disguise sometimes OF Datro!man and
Another practice Of Williams is to call in
formally upon his acGualntances in Berlin; ut
any hour of the day or evening he is likely TO
make his appearance in the house of a friend
and, Of course. being the Kaiser, he has to be
made welcome. 1t was not fortnight ago
that Herbert Bismarck was enteriaIning a
party, OF friends in bis bachelor quarters whom.
seat was put for his Majesty at the table. and
FOR an hour or SO the Emperor chatteG Eayly
with the guests; then. apologizing graciously
good evening and went his way.
The sun., 1890-05-18

Secretary Tracy kent an opcn account with
druggist and al times sent Henry r. Mei.e n
l5-year.old French boy in his 'employ, TO get
such articles as he desired. The lad noticing
with what readiness the orders were accepted
and filed, concluded to get -opet hing for him
self, and 10y representing ihEt they were OBJ
tanned al the direction OF the Secretary lie got
n cont and vest from Sgks & o.. valued ntSll.
and vnri"u- articles Of pcrchandl-e from Mr..
Thnnil son,
Notio vas indicted on the hHrge Of obtaining
q odB under false Iretencss. lie Ilundcd
guilty yesterday, and wa Hsnt TO tho Reform
School during his minOIity.
The sun., 1890-05-18
A Blessing In Disguise.

From the Nc!roN fSe fTe''
citizen wns Uassing " MH'omn streeC
the other evening when a'man rushed OUT on
him from nm alley and knGcked him down. but
had hardy dogG 50 20, Gei2t s 5nJ sajT pordons You
But YOU have bungA M eye for NO." said
'""'Y Yes, but II il ~ va tLrohGh mistake"
Lay Tor some felGSw and black bis eye"
But am no fighter. ] never hit anybody
in nv lie When ~ home with this my wife
will want to know low 1t hapnened. and she
won't believe 'ha: Lere WAS mistake"
Lay II 10 the poHce
How"
Why. say that you we're waiting on the cor
ner md n police nan gave you whack."
by George Plt that sOlVes the problam
One was around dhuEplace Iast week and notified
her to remove a&ail q l ashes h. and she hit him
scat, and she Just the woman to go down and
blow up the sulerintendeut. NJ uch Obliged for
HiEpniGp" /"
The sun., 1890-05-18
Conversation of Two PrIsonerI Who Had
Dug Out OF jail.
Prom the Sdpannah Morning Mrs.

bug Out OF jail.
! From the Savannah Morning Mrs.
A cartan South Carolina Sheriff relates a
drummer who has Just returned rom the Pal
metto State. insisted that sroD with him a
day or two and have n visit. Tho)ail yard was
| O cool. nice place. with n shade tree In It, and
under this tree was slung hammock for the
benefit OF the Sheriff when he fek like taking
nap. ! was lying in il about midafternoou,
smoking and swinging, when Theard pecu-
liar noise below me- Turning partly over so
that could see the earth. saw II give way
and next moment the head OF man appeared
above the surface. He crawltd QUICKLY out
ard second appeared. and then caught On.
They were prisoners in tho lail and had TN.
away, 10 this spot.
"Well2" | Gneried, as the one who WIS On
his feet looked around In dlsausted wayasd
TIN down at me.
:. "",Drat my eyes, but we've dun gone and dun
it," AZ growled. II,
Now. you see. joe" he answered. address,
ing his comnanton. who had only hi} bead
aoove the SURFACE, you 'un is n blamed fnle
lc9 un ilRGered that we was outside tie wall
and we've dun tell short by ten feet" Il
dun reckoned / was k'rect." did the
Yes. you dun. reckoned and felFofr tho
mewl Purity, haint IT. Four weeks I.diggin'
and cum up ten feet short We 'uns nd better
WrlRgie Dack and sell ourselves fur dts meat !"
And he entered the hole aud crawH baek TO
the Jail. and when the Sheriff camolnd told
purn thsir onery skins but iGthey like
work SO well III give It TO en- IlVnake each
one OF them saw half cord ofkood day
from now on to New Years."
The sun., 1890-05-18
Met First at Their Wedding.

0AKEs. \. D.. May 1S.-S. s. Latta OF Verona,
natl. Ohio, were married by Justice Hemenway
at the West llQtei IN Cakes Saturday. directly
after midnight. The parties had been CORES
ponding for somo time and photographs had
been exchanged, but they had never met, The
bride was wai dressed and nrepossossinR In
by saying hat women were so much in tho
majority at her home tina, she preferred taking
her chance in the matrimonial lottery In the
West. She refused to bo married On Friday,
and the ceremony was deferred until midnight
10 AVOID the disaster sure 70 olow wedding
on the unlucky day OF the week.
There arc three couples in this vicinity who
married without previous acquaintance. AMI
they seem uB happy and prusnerous us those
who WOO and we'd in tue good old-fashivned
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