The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-08-23
Local News.

was In town tuesday on business.
MIR. Alfred VOORHEES,, Of Lafayette
was here on a shcrt visit this week.
Mr.. Edw. G, vOorhies Of Lafayette
was in town Wednesday on short visit.
MIR. Ernest Robicheaux shipped this
week several car loads of rice to New Or
leans.
Senator NJ. j. Foster and Judge Jos.
A. Breaux of the Supreme Court were in
town Wednesday evening.
Three million five hundred thousand
dollars were appropriated for the Missis-
sippi River without opposition.
HON. Chas. j. Boatner was renOmin-
ated at the convention held Mt Monroe
Tuesday, for the fifth congressional dis
trict.
MIR. George Eastin, who for the last
few months was employed on the Vindi-
Gator of Lafayette, returned home this
week.
The small bridge at the corner of
Bridge and Washington streets is in
such bad condition as to demand new
one in its place.
AT the convention of the Fourth
Congressional District held Monday at
Alexandria, Hon. N. c. Blanchard was
renominated for his sixth term.
Gen. Adolph Meyer of New Orleans
was nominated by the convention at
New Orleans last week as the DemOcra-
tic candidate for congressman in the
first district.
TO overcome the marks of age. all
who have gray boards should use Buck
ingham's Dye for the Wiskers, the best
and cleanest dye made for cOlOring
brown or black.
Many bodily ills result from habi-
tual constipation, and fine constitu-
ton may be weakened and ruined by
simple neglect. There is 10 medicine.
for regulating the bowels and restoring
natural action to the digestive organs,
egu | to Ayers Pills.
Our young friend. Mr.. Alexandra
Moity, has recently purchased the bar
ber shop of Mr.. William Boucvalt. which
he now conducts for his own account.
Mr.. Moity is a good barber and deserves
the patronage of his friends.
The Democratic Parish Executive
Committee of st. Martin parish will meet
at Breaux Bridge tomorrow to select
six delegates to represent this parish at
the Lake Charles nominating & convention
| which meets on the 10th of September.
Several fishing parties were made a,
CatahOuia lake this week. Fish ant
crabs bite splendidly, and those who in
dulge in such sport enjoy themselves
very much pulling those immense Cas-
burgOs for which CatahOula is famous
The hand engine has been given Il
the people of Pineaudville who MOnda!
evening organized the Pineaudville Wig
liant Fire Co. No. 3. 1t is with tn
greatest pleasure we give this news t
the people of the town, as they know
composed with such stuff, there is n
failure. We congratulate our friends o
Pineaudyille.
We had the pleasure Sunday last o
being an invited guest at fishing part
given at Catahoula lake by several fami
lies, and we can say we had grand ant
most ENJOYABLE time, at the rod and a
the table, we caught good many fis
and ate a good deal too. We extend
the ladies and gentlemen our thanks 10
the good care they had Of us.
1t appears that there are are fe'
cranks in the parish of Lafourche @
well as in other parishes, who stop til
paper-their subscription-when apapt
does not follow their peculiar and SOM
time stupid ideas. What a loss to
newspaper Of one, two or even a doze
subscribers; II this can influence
bankrupt paper, that paper is certain
. " not worth having, and they are rigl
t to quit it, but this is not generally Il
case in Louisiana. Editors do not cal
TO please this or that one, and will n
consult their readers how to treat cu
= rent events, they express their ow
= views on such matters, and general
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