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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-03-22
No. "a:


-Alors, c'-st la mere /?
Non! Settlement Miguel en-
tendit les hnrlementS de sa file ct
les lmprecations de sa femme. il
les entendit de Ia cachette ignoree
on II s'etait refngie, il vint Sc liyrer.
-Et il tut fasilG
-Oni, madame, fusille soua les
yfnx lie Dolores, qu Faccompacna
Jnsqu'an bout.
-Et c'e>t NJ. Rivadarcos uui
ordonna lexecution
-Sans doute, puisqu'i n'etai1
venn que pour celia!
Emma paraissait de ma,bre.
dams sa paleur ct son immobilit6
sepulcrale.
-Qni ordonna le supplice de :
Penfant, de la petite file j.? deman
da t-elle encore.
-Lui aussi! Lui seul await droit
de commander.
-Qui, lui ? interrogea la ieune
femme. LIE general Lopez
-Oni, madame.
Emma s'etait levee. Ellie posa
ses deux mains glacEes sur les
epaules de Luisa, p!obgea ses yenx
un peu hagards dams les yeux de
ceIle qui venait de parler, ct lui
dit:
-Vous mentpz!
--Je vous jure que je dis la We
rite
Et ellie Sc sigma du ponce pour
consacrer ce seIment ct lui donner
toute sa solennite. Emma recula
lie deuX pas.
-Cest bien, fit-elle, vons pouvez
partir.
Madame comprend que ma vie
est en- danger, sans celia, je he Pan
rails jamais quittee, mais il vaut
mieux, apres tout, que vous soyez
prevenue, Oh Sc defend mieux.
| Ellie voulut Drendre la main de
sa maltresse peur In porter a ses
levres, en- signe de dernier adieu,
mais la jeune femme recula encore
de deux pas.
--Partez repeta.t. EN- lni
montrant la porte.
Luisa, dominee par laccent qul
n'avait rien demenacant, ponrtant,
s'lnclina ct sortit sans ajouter une
parole, un peu effrayee du regard
etrange de la baronne. Emma
restee seule, fit quelques pas chan
celants vers le berceau d'Anita. la
conternpla un instant dun air fou,
balbutia:
-Et mes enfants ont IN tel pere
Puis ellie roula sans connaissance
sur le tapis.
IX.--LES PRESSENTIMENTS DE
LUISA SONT JUSTIFIES.
Pendant ce temps, Luisa etait
remontee dams sa chambre, on,
apres avoir entassG hativement
daus une MALE les objets lui appar-
tenant, ct mis- sur cette MALE un
nom de fantaisle, sans adresse, ellie
ecrivit un billet a pex general Lo-
pez pour le prevenir de sa resolu-
tion ct lui announcer que, plus tard,
ellie ne savait quand nj comment,
ellie ferait prendre cette MALE.
Ceci fait, ellie sortit de ph6tel de la
rue de Moree.
&c fut la nourrice, ce fut Eu-
doxie, qui entra la premiere, assez
longtenps, dependant, apres le de-
part de Luisa, dams la chambre de
Nine RivadarcOs.
La suite au proclaim numers
lie gros lot de 100000 francs
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-03-22

trmmes, don't Tune n'OSait parler,
don't rautre n'osait lnterroger. Ce
fnt Emma qui lie rompit la premiere.
-LuiSa. dit ellie dune voix
pIes9ue calme, bien que ses yeux
bleus fuss-nt tout rempIis dune
angoisse intense, il fant que vons
parliez, que vons m'expliqniez CO
qni sc passe. II y Il un secret, nn
secret terrible entire vouS ct mon
mari. C'est d cause de celia que
vons voulez partir. Jexige de
,ous la verite, toute la verite.
Madame, je vons jure.
-Ce secret, poursuivit madame
Rivadarcos sur Ie meme ton, sans
s'inqnieter de la rdponse ct de
'effroi de la metiSse, ce secret a
rapport d rexecntion de ce Miguel,
don't la venve Went d'enlever ma
file. Ce secret, il faut que je lie
cOnnaiSse.
Luisa baiSSa la tGte sous lie
regard de madame RivadarcOS.
-Je crois avoir etc bonne pour
vOus, mon enfant, continua cette
derniere; vons pretendez avoir
qne!qne attachement pour moi.
Vous ne me le prouverez QUEEN
parlant, Ell me disant ce que Zig
noIe ct ce que Jai le droit de con-
Daitre.
Eth bien, madame, repondit
enfin la metisse, vous l'exigez,
Janrais pretere me taire. Je
ravais iure a votre mari. Mails les
chooses sont trop graves, ct vous
6tes trsp menacee vous- meme. II
est vrai, .je Grains, je sufs certaine
one ia vengeance de Dolores he
s'arretera pas Ia. On la croyait
morte, on pensait qu'elle await
peri avec ses enfants. Ellie Sc
cachait settlement ct attendait
Fh"ure drexecuter ses projets.
Ellie n'aura de pitie pour per
some. On Pa faite veuve, ellie
vous fera veuve. Sa file est peut-
6tre, est, sans doute, merte des
suites. ..de la torture qu'elle a
subie, vos files sont destinees a
mourir aussi. QUAINT a moi, ie
sals d'svance que je suis condamnee
par elles ct celia So comprend. 81
ellie ma point commence par moi,
c'est qa'elle des raisons pour
celia, GU que les circumstances ne le
lui ont pas permis encore, mais
mon tour viendra, ct ma presence
anpres de vous ne peut qu'irriter,
qu'augmenter sa haine contre
tout ce qui porte le nom du general
Lopez. C'est pour celia que je vais
essayer de FUR. de me cacher 81
bien qu'elle ignore ce que je suis
devenue, CONNIE j'ignorais ce gn'elle
etait devenue, malgr6 toutes mes
recherches.
La pauvre ct charmante Emma
ecouta ces paroles hachees, trop
claires dams leur apparente obscu-
rite, immebile, sans faire un. geste
! -Luisa, reprit-elle, quand Luisa
s'arreta, pour que cette femme,
pour que cette veuve, ait voue une
haine aussi implacable, ct que vous
semblcz comprendre vous meme,
tout ce qui porte le nom de Lopez,
Ill faut done que ce Miguel soft
| mort autrement ct dams d'autres
circumstances qu'On ne me Pa
dit tout a rheure. Si Get homme
await etc coupable, sill await peri
en- vertu de la loi, 81 mon. mari
...n'avait fait qu'accomplir, EN-
ordonnant son execution, un devoir
p6nible, mais un devoir legal, je lie
repete, il ponrrait y avoir une
femme desolee, pleurant Fhomme
aime: il ny aurait pas cette crea-
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-03-22
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Serment dune Mere.
Par A. MATTHEY. .
[Suite.l
-Qu,s me vOnlpz vOus!

salt sc fixer sur sd maItrssse, je
deSireraiS vonS parler.
Est ce bien grave, est ce bien
pre~sant ? demanda encore Emma
avec donceGr. Dams l'etat OH je suis,
ie he me sens guere capable de
n'occuper de Qnoi que ce soft.
-Je comrrendS Ia douleur de
madame, ct, certes, je la partage,
CONNIE ious ceux qui ont Ell le
bonheur de servir madame, mais ie
he puis hester nj tarder plus
longtemps. Ce cue TAI a dire a
madame me cohte beauconp.
Et celia devait etre, car la ba.
rome constata tout 4 coup la
paeur marquee de LniSa ct lie
legcr fIlsson qui, par moments,
parcourait son corps. En- d'autres
circumstances, celia eht surpris
Nine. Rivadarcos, mails, euvelop.
pee de lhalheurs, n'attendant plus
que du maiheur, ellie men fut pas
eto nee ct raidit settlement ses
nrI - pour recevoir vailIamment lie
n",ve;u coup qui allait sans doute
Pa' teindre, bien qu'elle ignorat
d'on il venait ct ce quill apportait
de souf1rance avec lui.
DE quot s'agit,il ? fit-elle sim
plement dune voix un pen courte.
-Je suis obligee de quitter lie
service de madame.
-Vous lie voulez plus roster
avec moi?
-Je ne lc pnis plus, madame.
-Pourquoie
-Je.. .je ne. ..que madame me
dispense de le lui dire.
All fit encore Emma.
Ellie regarda plus attentivement
la metiS. Son embarras etait ex-
tr6me, ct ellie parraissait sur des
epines. Un ecIair traversa le
cervsau de la femme du banquier.
Brusquement, ellie Sc rappela deux
regards echanges entire son mari
ct cette suivante ellie Sc rappela
Repression de terreur que cette
derniere n'avait pu dissimuler,
lorsque la personnaIit6 de Dolores
S'etait revelee; ellie Sc rappela lie
cri pousse par Luisa, ce "Nous
sommes perdus :" qni await echappe
4 la netisse, apres avoir lu la
carte de visite laissee par "la
veuve de Miguel"
II y await un secret, un secret
terrible entire cette file ct M. Iii
vadarcos un secret qui await
rapport a Fexecution du mari de
Dolores; un secret qui Sc rata
chait d l'enlevement dAnna. Ellie
Sc leva, reposa Anita dams son
berceau. ct fit deux pas vers Luisa.
-Luisa, lui dit-elle, en- la regar-
dant fixement, veus nc pouvez
partir ainsi, sans me faire connai
tre les motifs de votre depart.
Celia nest pas naturel. Je croyais
que vous vous plaisiez a mon
service. que vous aviez meme
quelque attachement pour moi.
A ces mots, Luisa s'elanca vers
ellie, lui prit une main, ct, la por-
tant respectueusement a ses levres,
avec les formes humblement de-
monstratives qui appartiennent a
sa race, murmura:
oh! oui, madame, mais par
donnez- moi. Ce NEST un grand
chagrin que de faire ce que je fails.
81 je restais ici, ce serait la mort,
pour moi, ct celia he vous sauverait
pas.
La mort pour vous repeta la
barOnne.
ii Y cut un court silence entire
ces deux femmec, separees par les
The Somerset reporter., 1890-12-25


When the REPORTER went to Press last
week the three hotels In Skowhe gan were
closed to the public, and continued closed
until between and 10 O'Clock Thursday
evening. All the guests of the hotels with
very few exceptions were not provided
with dinner or supper and were thrown
upon their own resources. Some &C
cepted the invitation extended by friends,
but large number took dinner and sup
per In Grand Army Hall, where the
ladies' of the Universslist society fortu'
ately gave dinner and supper for the
benefit Of that church. 1t was largely
patronized by hotel patrons.
Thursday evening there was large
gathering of citizens at Hotel Coburn
and committee consisting of Messrs.
Geo B, Stafford, W. X. @. Estes, W. ii.
Wildes, S. II. Hart, f. f. Fairbro.her, A.
G. Blunt, L. A. Dascomb, C. P. Sawyer,
and s. W. Gould, were named to confer
with the selectmen relative to the situa-
tion.
This meeting WAS held in the rooms of
Judge Whitehouse who was present as
were also f. N Merrill, Esq, Hon. S. j.
Walton, Mr.. L. W. Weston, DIR. j. N.
Merrill and others. also representatives
Of the REPORTER and other newspapers.
The meeting was an informal one and
the above named committee, as such,
took no action. The matter was talked
over generally and cordially. General
Isaac Dyer, chairman of the board of
selectmen, stated that he had given no
instructions to Constable Paine to notify
the hotels to take out licenses, that Mr.
Paine had spoken so him of 1t and be had
advised against it. Llewellyn Goodwin
of the board of selectmen stated that he
knew nothing of Constable Palne's notice
to the hotels until after thad been given.
The selectmen said further that they did
not consider themselves in anyway re-
sponsible for the present condition and
could give no assurances that any law of
the State would not be enforced. So far
as they were concerned the situation re-
NAMED precisely as 1t was before con-
stable Paines action.
The Hotel proprletors stated that they
could not run their hotels II they were
obliged to take out licenses and give
bonds under this law, which is disregarded
all over the State. and when required
so to do must close their houses.
Shortly after Q O'Clock the landlords
announced that they would open their
hotels, and Immediately the electrics were
turned on, the shutters opened, business
resumed and general feeling of relief
that affairs were to resume their former
status, prevailed.
The Somerset reporter., 1890-12-25
East SkoWhegan

The storm of last week CONNER cling
Wednesday night and lasting up to
Thursday and followed by strong wind
till Saturday morning, was severe and
cold, the roads being blocked so that no
mail was received at Canaan from Skow W.
hegan Friday night but arrived Saturday
noon. little too squally for our veter-
an stage driver to make his trip sooner.
No mail from Pittsaeld Friday and up
to Saturday noon had not arrived.
The meeting held at Haskells Corner
last week Tuesday evening filed the
house and all enjoyed it, with Elder Jack
son aud 10 others from Moore's Mills.
company from this place and Canaan
made Simon Z. Pettigrew Of Clinton a
social visit last week Thursday evening
and singing was enjoyed by all with Miss
Pettigrew, pianist, his daughter, VIII,
played all pieces they sang with readiness
AT the close of their visit Elder Jackson
1fered prayer and all left for home well
pleased with their reception and visit.
Mr.. Petttgrew had his leg broken In
the gale o. last July, shutting barn door
and had been out few times and attend
ed the dedication Of the new church at
the Ferry and took cold and had a hard
run of pneumonia since but Is gaining
rapidly now.
Your correspo ndent has obtained Web
ster's American Dictionary Of the Boston
Globe Office and he will have no excuse
for bad spelling hereafter lit is a splendid
book and neatly bound.
The Somerset reporter., 1890-12-25
Another Contract

Monday the Bath Times published the
following:
A telegram received at the Bath Iron
Works states that Gen. Hyde Is successful
In his bid for that heavy war vessel known
as the Ammen ram. This means that q
million dollar job has been placed here,
which will MAKE steady employment for
several hundred additional men there. 1t
also means an enlargement Of the plant
for another cradle must be built, work on
the ram being in order before the two
cruisers will have been launched. This
cradle will be built in the yard from
which the Morse Bros. recently launched
their schooner, just south and part OF
the present yard Of the works. As the
preparations to be made on the vessel It,
self are extensive before the keel can be
laid the work Of pile driving for the ships
support will not begin until spring.
The defence ram is vessel designed to
little over 1000 tons. She is to be used
wholly in home waters. Armed with o
powerful ram, and provided only with rap.
id nre pieces, she is intended to engage
and destroy her enemies by means of her
fighting efficiency abe Is to be provided
Win Whtef compartments WHicn, VI pe'uR
filled will sink her deck to within few
feet of the surface OF the water. This deok
will be heavily armored and effectually
prevent the ingress of any hostile shells.
The ram is the design OF Rear Admiral
Daniel A. Ammen OF the United
States navy. 1t is calculated that one or
two vessels of the Ammen type will effect
ually prevent the passage of = hostile
feet up New York or Boston harbor. The
ram must be completed inside of two
years from the date of issuing the con-
tract. She was authorized by Congress
during the last session She will cost in
all considerably over 81 10000
The Somerset reporter., 1890-12-25
STATE NEWS.

Clark's Island granite quarries derrick
fell and injured two men. Leslie Elweil
was struck on the head and his skull was
fractured. He Hes in a comatose condlt-
ion with little hopes of recovery.
The jury In the case of Hilton b.
Wright who was ON trial at Rockland
for attempted murder, found him not
guilty on account of insanity and he was
ordered committed to the Insane Asy-
lum till further Instructions from the
court.
Col. Henry G. Staples of Augusta is
mentioned there a. candidate for liquor
commissioner TO succeed Col. Howard
whose term expires May 18th next.
E. W. Shaw 4 Son are numbering this
winter on Dead river and expect to cut
over 2, ,000, 600 feet. They employ 10 men
and 50 horses and already 400, 900 feet
have been landed. A few days ago four
pine sticks hauled to the landing scaled
5000 feet.
Friday mornings train on the Somerset
railroad got stuck In snow drift at An.
son and at 10 80 was still snow bound.
The morning express from Bangor was
over an hour late to Wateryllle on &C.
count of drifts on the track east Of Ban
gor.
Lawrence, Newhall Il Co, of Fairfield,
are doing quite lumber business in the
Maine woods this winter. They are keep
| ing about 500 men employed and this
means quite lot of money placed in cir
cuation.
Frank Flanders. an employee in the new
Richards paper mill Gardiner caught his
arm in the calender rolls Monday morn.
ing. The limb was bally bruised and cut
one bone was broken aud the arm dislo-
Gated. He WAS taken to his home at the
New Mills Gardiner
The boarding house known AZ the Ex.
change Hoeel Bar Har6or was burned
Monday morning. The loss is estimated
at $4,000, insurance on the building, 81,
100; furniture 300.
An en- tertanment was given by the Sun
day school In the Fisher District In Cor
inna Friday evening for the benefit oi
Rev. G.. W. Hinckley's Good viii Farm
The whole state Is becoming interested il
this grand charitable work.
Worthy Master Prince, In his annual ad
dress before the seventeenth session Of thu
Maine State Grange in Lewiston, vigorous
ly opposed the passage of the silver coin
age bill 1t is underst cd that the conven
ton heartily endorsed the Worthy Master
and it was intended to take formal actor
to that effect but the matter was over
! looked
The Somerset reporter., 1890-12-25
Tho State Grange.

The State Grange Annual Meeting at
Lewiston last week was very largly atten-
ded closing Thursday evening. Thursday
fore noon on motion by Past Master Hon.
Frederic Robie of Gorham, it was resolved
that all tuition OF the Maine State College
be hereafter free 1t was also voted not
to accept the constitutional amendment
relative to changing the fess. They will
remain the same. The leading feature Of
the entire session was the discussion of
taxation, and Just before the close, the fol-
lowing resolutions we're passed;
Resolved That the system of taxation in
Maine as it exists at the present time, is
radically wrong, and we call upon the
powers that be to SO equaize this burden
that the agricultural interests of the state
shall be placed on an even basis with Other
interests.
Resolved That as Patrons OF Husbandry
we believe in education in its broades
sense and are heartily In accord with al
movements which tend in anyway TOWARD
securing the most thorough enlightenment
of all classes in society, and we believe Il
is for the best interest of all that our pub
lie school should receive the fostering care
OF the ate in its utmost extent.
RESOLVED, That we reafirm the position
that, as an order, we have always taken Oh
tue temperance question as being opposed
to the rum traffic and in favor of the en-
forcement of the laws now on our statute
books for Its suppression.
The Somerset reporter., 1890-12-25
CORRESPONDENCE


large amount Of deer and caribor
meat was shipped from here to Skowhegar
last week.
Chas Z. Brown is toting from Bingham
to Spauldingtown for Lawrence New
hall
Calvin Hunnowell is sick at Bingham
hotel, with an sheess ON his jaw caused By
an liberated tooth
We understand that Goodrich Nor
ton have refused 500 per acre for the
land in Moscow they recently purchased
which contains a valuable slate quarry.
The shorif questson still remains in
doubt. We rather expect there will be
one appointed for this place.
jeremiah Hill, soldier in our last war
died quite suddenly at his home last We'd
nesday night about o'clock. with heart
disease. He leaves widow and six child
rem, who have the sympathy of all. The
funeral took place Sunday afternoon AZ l
o, clock, under the direction of the g. A
X.
Eight inches of snow fell last Wednes
day night followed by the most severe gale
ever witnessed In this place. Window,
were blown In that had stood the storms
Tor Az years.
Leonard Foley from Palmyra, passed
through here last week with ten oxen and
several PAR Of horses on his way to Cyru,
Halls camp, where he will haul logs &c
the Kennebec.
Henry Washburn is one of our stirring
business men but he aecideutly got left
the other day, when he went to the train
from his hotel, and with him James Hugh
es. one Of the grand jurors and three 9th
er passengers. who wanted to be in Skow
hogan that forenoon. Henry didn't gel
excited when he saw the train rs rods from
the depot. bnt qnieily hs1Dssxsa . hozsei
and landed his passengers in Skowhegar
at IL o'clock A. NJ.
Ed. Carney and Geo. Abbey have moved
into their new houses on Meadow street
All patrons of the RRPoBrER are very
much pleased with its appearance for the
past two weeks,
The Somerset reporter., 1890-12-25
The New Regime.

Over 100 Farmers Alliance men, masked
on Tuesday night forcibly removed three
loan company tenants from farms recently
sold by the sheriff under foreclosure pro.
ceedings, and placed the original owners in
possession. The families were driven
from their homes at 2 O'Clock In the
morning, and they, with their household
goods, were driven 10 miles in wagon
and dumped i'll the road in the bitter cold.
1t is said that organizations are forming
In Lower Canada to endeavor to secure
many Of the so-called abandoned farms
in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire
Committees Of two or three persons are
being sent out to great many different
localities to examine these farms and
obtain options for their purchase. And
it is said that very considerable emigra-
ton Of the Canadian farmers from Lower
Canada to the idle surplus OF New Eng
land farms may be expected in the coming
spring.
The Kennebec Journal says;-There is Q
prevailing distemper among horses in that
vicinity. 1t ia known as the "Strangles'
and differs from the old-fashioned "horss
sir' in that the abscesses form back OF
the jaw instead of underneath. DR.. Fair
banks is kept very busy attending to hi,
business calls. He has treated over seventy
five cases Of the "Strangles' during the
rast six weeks.
A. c. Judkins & Co g millinery store o.
Biddeford was burg'arized Sunday night
A few goods and small amount of cast
were stolen.
The Somerset reporter., 1890-12-25
m auIson

During the windstorm, Friday, the new
dwelling house of Mark Getchell at
Madison was blown from the underpln-
ming and was made a complete wreck.
Also the trestle which ran from the en-
gine house of the pulp mill to the mill
This was loft. high and carried a large
steam pipe. The pipe was bent and there
by rendered useless causing q loss of
about a thousand dollars to the company.
F, Elliott, one Of the foremen dt work
upon the pulp mill at Madison, had mar
row escape from being crushed to death,
Thursday last. He stepped into shed
where brick had been housed, having in
his hand at the time mortar hod, when
the roof heavily laden with snow sudden
ly fell In upon him. driving him to the
earth. He had the presence of mind to
keep the strong handle Of the hod up
right which, with an empty barrel that
was conveniently near, averted what
would otherwise have proved fatal inju-
ries.
A young man named Lane, boarding at
Luther Edwards, died suddenly Friday
night He had been at work as usual that
day but In the evening complained of
feeling uuwell and soon after was seized
with commissions or fits which followed
one after arother In rapid succession un.
I'll he died in the twenty-third attack.
The Somerset reporter., 1890-12-25

ed by the critical illness of her son.
Moses Witham.
c. +. Seeking has his new house nearly
completed, he intends to move into II
about Christmas.
Last Thursday evening about 20 mem
bers of the Good Templars Lodge at
Canaan, drove over to Mrs II. W Emer-
sons, the company were cordially receiv'
ed by Mrs. Emerson and Miss Edith.
although, taken somewhat by surprise,
during the evening a picnic supper was
served, which consisted of cake, coffee,
etc. later with additional refreshments
of peanuts and candy. The chief feature
of the evenings entertainment wss vocal
and instrumental music, selections upon
the organ were rendered with ability, by
Mr.. George Maxneld. The squirrel was
chased with other similar amusements.
All decided 1t to be an enjoyable occasion,
at a late hour the company departed for
their homes in the happy land OF Canaan.
The Somerset reporter., 1890-12-25
So M adjSon

Mr.. Charles Houghton is quite
sick.
Mr.. Joseph Vickery lost a nice
OK a short time ago, caused by slip.
ping on the ice.
The people our way are just get
ting out once more after tho snow
blockade the roads are in a very
% u,ri condition.
AS your correspondent was ont
riding last evening, we saw a large
snow owl, as they are seldom seer
around here it was quite a novelty
to us.
Mr.. II. ID. Will went to Nor
ridgewock Sunday to spend the day
with his parents.
Death has again visited oul
midst and taken one of our aget
and esteemed citizens, Mr.. Fetel
Ellis, he was kind, good neighbo
and faithful friend, he leaves al
aged sister to mourn his loss.