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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-08

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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-08
Letters fron tho PEOPLE.
Flag Station, West Eeliciana,
Aupust 9Th 1897

Editor Sentinel-Dear Sir:
Your recent report of the accident
on our branch railroad which &C.
CURED few days since on the
Bellc,nonte place, near Bayou Sa-
"a, has been freely discussed and
commented on, and the opinions
and suggestions Of the SrSrINEL
are fully concurred il.
This portion OF the branch rail-
road, formerly the old West Fe-
licianu r. R.) is one of the oldest
IN the United States, tho roadbed
il certainly settled, and the pres
ent management owes it to them
selves and the people, to recon-
struct this road IN its entirety,
with new cross ties, steel rails and
. thorough overhauling Of bridges
etc.
The late accident very luckily
occurred in II good place, but it
s'nt often that the Road Master
of Destiny" is 50 accommodating
for had It occurred few rods
further down the road on one OF
hhe high tresttes OF embankments.
IN any'oLl have hurled an the occu-
,r mor TO b ,ns:he III fated srsin into
a less expens add the ''soothing
elsewhere. ,'Tn,ths kind Samaritan
'ss ssis ssG in be m add rd could sos have
( yet the total
re there is less Up will aooa com
ms.f the land nd the passenger
tra&s it will fall,reatly increased
and il grounding, that the manage:
u,es. Of tias' +. NOE +. R. r:
will give this matter their serious
attention, aud put this portion of
their. road in safe and rel,able
condition.
From one who was
"JOSTLED".
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-08

His specially is First Class Family
Groceries. while his line of ~ Goods
and other articles of necessity will be-
found up to the highest standard of cS-
rcilcncy. Seeing II believing. Give
him - call Jan II 50 ly.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-08
The Reason Way.

4AAO 8AG0OVo vVoSe
Personally, wc have hcen asked
by valued friends 1T ours IN the
ant, side If the proposed revenue
amendment question: ''arc you in
favor Of gamblingY" to which in
terr'gatory we unhes,tatinxly an
swer "no;" VIC are opposed to it
in whatever form or shape it may
present itself, even down to the
"little friendly" game played ut
the private tircsislc and which, we
regret to see, is becoming too pop
ular of late. 'Thcn why, say
our friends, lido you. through
youf paper, advocate the adoption
If the proposed revenue amend
ment which il nothing less than
an attempt tn retain the lottery in
our midst, thereby again fastening
upon 10 the most effective and
injurious system Of gambling that
has ever been dcv,scd?'
Without pausing to split hairs in
the discussion Of the comparatives
degree If evil growing out of dit
fercnt systems IF gambling, and
merely mentioning en- PEASANT,
that We have never patronxe<i the
lottery even To the extent of one
ticket, and TINT no one will be
compelled, to patronized It even
If re-licensctt,-no more than gen.
tlcmcn are compelled to patronize
low gr"ggerics simply because they:
are liccnsed,-we submit that the
defeat Of the revenue amendment
will not affect the outcrush,ng Of
gambling in Louisiana.
Dens of iniquity arc permitted
under the cover and license of the
law. that Yield comparatively 10
revenue to the state. Laws that
do exist are, many of them. open
" violated under the very eyes Of
the officer. Of the l.w, notably
the Sunday law.
The lottery 10 probably the
leass haruful IT the various
ganes Of chance thse do exist AID
are likely to eoetisss to s1ise, for
nsaay very many years TO come,
and ose vesy material. difference
10 ehat Il proposes 70 pay . sub
stansiai revenue towards the sop
port Of valued institutions and
interests Of the state. and the 9TH
ers do not.
This then 10 Why we advocate
the adoption Of the proposed am
endment: because il provides for
the annual payment into the trc:-
sury Of the state of the sum Of 81,
ESQ, GOO for = period Of twenty
Eve years-a total of $3l $50, 900,
which will be applied to various
institutions and interests of the
state, each year, as fOi;ows:-
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-08

QUxcK' WoRK.-Mr. Lambert
while here on Tuesday last, re-
ueived . telegram from the Me-
cAanic's q Traders Insurance Co,
0f New Orleans, to proceed to Old
nluk IN ,Poiute Coupce parish,
and adjust the Ere loss of Messrs.
DAVIS . Falconer, whose store
burned 4 few nights ago. These
parties were insured for 1900.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-08

Preparing Tor hot weatheS.-'rhe fol-
lowing telegram from Whitewright,
Texas. indicates that the people In that
vicinity do not intend 10 la caught un =
prepared:
wHrrEwRIeHr, Tcxas. juno 2, 1891.
Chamberlain & Co., Des Moincs, Iowa {:
Ship us at once one gross Chamber
lain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. p cent size. and two dozen 80
cent size. We are entirely out and have
r}ad nearly forty calls for II this week.
o. Y. RATHBUN & Co.
n N1his is just such a medicine as every
an amily should be provided with during
own, hot weather. 1t never fails and is
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-08

Grand Cane, La, July 29th.-
The widow Of VIM. Bruce Num-
ford, tie 6sSt victlU of hen But
ler's vengeance while in authority
Il New Orleans during the great
civsi strife. sl,sns the greater part
Of last week in this town, the
guest Of her lan,ented husband
nephew, DR.. j. H. Mumford. She
is late Of Kansas City, Mo-, where
she has spent many years, but will
spend the remaining portion Of
Asr declsning dsys among relatives
in Louisiana.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-08
NOTICE.

Board of Public Schools.
Parish of West Fslsciana,
81. Francisville, Aug. I, lH0l.
AZ . mesting of the Board held
thss dAy = was Rssolvsl, 10 Gu
peey . lady asssstsos for The White
1Gho0s 0sAOel, u. Fs..sissille !
TsasAess wisAsag 70 apply fos ths
poit3oa sss hsreSy pd'si6sd that
appl6sasisos Win - sessived b.
- Sopss,aaendaue II Public
Schools up to date Of August "A.
Address: ...-t
". WllsoN MArrnEwD,
Sept. Fable Schools,
Bayou Sara, La.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-08

~Tbe Democratic party,
strange to say ~ elected its en-
tire stste ticket il the recent cleo
ion II kentucky. And the now
>onstitution was adopted BY an
immense majority.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-08
BAYou TUNIcA, Ii.

Editor SENTIxEL:- Anefe
there has been nothIE
newsy paper from this n nom, mao Inc sne
though news is scarcer IS surface,
man during this hot exist the
thought | would write 6"
ticlc.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-08

~Thc devil will never be lone
s0sac a. long as theso are people
N tho Church who expect TO get
10 hoavoo viihous ies COSTING them
eooa - 0oeey.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-08
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The Hon. J advert isesMcnt in anOth-
Sheriff Quinn, of the Victor Safe anu
eet fnloo0ek Company.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-08

t)ld newspapers are for sale at
the SE.srsNEL Office.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06
Too Much Water.

In Yuma, Arizona, % houses are in ruins
from the flood. !, 400 people are homeless
and not single business house remains
standing. 1t is feared that hundreds of
lives have been lost ia the ella valley. The
telegraph wires are down in the valley and
as all bridges are gone and the roads i'm
passlble, no reliable reports can be had
from there. The river above town is seven
miles wide and below the town in places
the water covers the country in one grand
lake over fifty miles across. The blockade
Will not be raised for wost-bound trains for
four days and it viii be ten days or two
weeks before they can get away. The town
has provisions sufficient for ght more
days and the Southern Pacific hotel is
feeding ], 900 people day. Reports from
Jakuno, ID miles above Yuma are to the
effect that the flood drove the people into
the tree-tops, and many being exhausted
from cold and hunger dropped into the
water and were drowned reports flom
reliable sources put the loss of life in the
valley anywhere from fifty up TO one hun
dred. All along the valley everything is in
desolation. Costly houses and barns have
been washed away like playthings, while
stock and fences have been carried away
by the food, leaving the country as bare
as a desert. Men who ten days ago were
wealthy are now homeless paupers. Eighty
IN les south of Yuma, where 5000 Coco
pash Indians live, the country is flooded
for eighty square miles. AS there are no
hills Tor refuge, it is reported that over 100
Of them have been drowned. The great
valley Of the Colorado is one vast sea of
water as far as the eye can see in every
direction. The river has fallen six inches
in SO hours and is now nearly at stand
still. The loss in the county foots up to
over 50, 900. 900, of which the railroad will
have 10 suffer to the extent of $500, 900.
Old Yuma will never be rebuilt. The town
will go higher up the hills.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06
Perished In the Floods.

Los ANGELES, CAL, Feb. 26.-Up TO
noon Tuesday reports showed at least six
persons lest their lives in the floods. The
family of Charles Watt is missing from
near Downey and are supposed TO have
been drowned. The Wells family, con-
sisting Of man, wife and babe, were
drowned at Quart, and the bodies of two
Mexicans wero found in the same neigh
borhood. S. Laurens was drowned at
Wilmington while trying to rescue some
cattle. The worst of the food was proba-
bly, at Downey and vicinity. Old and new
San Gabriel rivers broke from their banks
and ran together and made great inland
sea- six to ten miles wide and seventeen
miles long. Many houses were swept
away, and a number of families occupying
the territory inundated have not been
heard from. Shots were heard in Downey
Monday morning, fred at Watts ranch
house, supposed to have been q signal of
distress. The house was swept away and
it is feared tho whole family persisted in
the torrent.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06
Democrats Nominate ChamplIn.

The democratic state convention was held
at Lansing on Thursday. Lieut.. Gov.
Strong was named as temporary chairman
and received an ovation upon his appear
ance. Free Estee of Isabella was made
temporary secretary. John Power OF Del
Ia was subsequently, made president OF the
convention. The first ballot TO nominate
supreme court Judge resulted in 636 votes
for John w. Champlin and 1853 for William
Newton. Champlins nomination was made
unanimous For regents Of the university
Arthur M. Clark of Sanilac and Chas. S.
Williams of Owosso were nominated.
The platform reaffirms the principles
adopted at Grand Rapids in 1890; congratu-
lates the democrats in congress on the de-
feat of the force bill; promises the repeal
of the Mckinley bill; advocates recipi ocity
for agricultural products as well as manu-
features; endorses the recent action OF the
state senate in unseating two members; APP
proves aud endorses the administration OF
Gov. Winans.
A letter was read from Hon. ID. j. Cam
pau. addressed TO the chairman of the con-
vention, dated at Berlin Feb. 6, in which
he resigned the position of chairman OF the
democratic state central committee, on ac-
count of his absence abroad and inability
to personally give attention to the impend-
ing campaign. The convention unanimous
~ declined TO accept the nomination.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06

Five thousand students In the United
States have signihed their willingness 10
engage ia foreign mission work.
T. II. Darrow of Boulder, Col, was
saudbagged, k He'd and robbed of s., 900 in
Denver early Saturday morning.
All OF the miners recently rescued from
the Pennsylvania mines in a starving con-
dition are rapidly recovering their health.
The ice in the Saugeen river broke up on
Tuesday night and caused the carrying
away of the iron bridge at Walkerton,
Ont
Hereafter all insurance companies out
side of Ohio that want TO do business in
that state will be taxed $3.50 per year per
agent.
Chicago's council has fixed the street car
fares at three cents, and the street car
companies will contest the matter in the
courts.
The body of Manager Swift of the
Sprnghill N. s.. mine. was recovered
Thursl lay, making 1913 victims of the
explosion.
Chas. Ford, the Ottawa, H., man who
murdered David Moore, an Omaha sales
man for a lumber firm, viii be executed
March 81.
Archibald Nichols. member of large
firm OF cigar manufacturers, who lived in
New York, has committed suicide at Key
West, Fla.
AT gainesville, o.. Saturday night,
Franl Lett. young farmer was stabbed
to death by his uncle, Andrew Lett. The
murderer is in jail.
Rev. John Boetzkes, prominent
Catholic priest, for the past sixteen years
stationed at Helena. Ark, died in a
hospital at Lancaster, Pa, Saturday aged
5S years.
The congressional apportionment COM
mittee of the Arkansas legislature has
agreed upon measure for redistrcting
the state. The bill makes all the districts
democratic.
A boy named George Disch, about IA
years OF age, was caught in the machinery
of Kerr & Harcourt's bobbin factory at
Walkefton. Ont, Friday, AMI was in
stantly killed.
James J. Packard, clerk in tho postoffice
at Huntsville Ala, in charge of the money
order and registry department, has been
arrested at the instance of "a portOf1ice
inspector from Washington.
Five laborers from Chicago. travelling
through the northern part of Montana in
search of work, were caught in severe
storm while in Two Medicine mountains
and four were frozen to death.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06
Another Senator Dead.

Senator George Hearst of California
died at his residence on New Hampsh re
avenue, in Washington. at 9:l0 o'clock
Saturday nt;ht. He had been i'll for a
long time, and in December last went TO
New York city to consult with DR.. G. S.
Ward in regard TO his condition. The
physician found that he was afflicted with
u complication OF diseases resulting
primarily from serious arrangement of
the bowels. Acting upon the physicians
advice he returned TO his family in Wash
ington and yielded himself entirely to med
ical Treatment. Absolute quiet and rest
was strictly enjoined and his official duties
were lightened as much as possible. Not
withstlnding the fact that he received the
benefit of the most careful nursing and
the most skilful medical attention steady
and uninterrupted decline was observed,
AMI it was seen several weeks ago that his
case was "a hopeless one. DIR. Ward has
been almost constantly in attendance upon
him since his return from New York. and
during the last few weeks he has been as
sisted in his treatment by n. S. Lincoln
of Washina ton.
George Hearst was born in Franklin
county, Missouri, September 20, 1920, one
year after his father, a South Carolinian,
ndu bLulETdtCu IutIS. I1t TcCttNbu d puDllC
school education and passed his early man
hood on his fathers farm. In 1850 he
went TO California. where he worked in
the mines and located and purchased
mining property until his Pacific coast
mines and mills gave employment to 1000
men and his quartz mills crushed 1000
tons OF ore daily. He had ever since been
engaged in mining, stock raising and farm
ing. In 1865 he was elected TO the
California legislature. In 1882 he was
candidate for governor before the San
Jose convention. In 1885 the Democrats.
who were in the minority in the state
legislature, gave him their unanimous vote
for United States senator, and on March
%, 1886, he was appointed United States
senator, as a democrat, by Gov Stoneman,
TO I'LL the vacancy caused by the death of
John +. Miller. He was elected to the
United States senate to succeed Abram p.
Williams, republican, aud took his seat
March 4, 1887. His term Of service would
have expired March 3, 1923.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06
CONGRESSIONAL.
The President Vetoes the Bill Pro-
viding for a Pension and
Record ONCE.
The Direct Tax Bill Passes the
House by Vote of
172 TO 1O1.
Senator Henderson of Nebraska
Elected President Pro Tenn
of the Senate.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-SENATE-The
house amendment to the direct tax bill
was presented and was laid on the table
for the present. AL the amendments re-
ported from the committee on appropria-
tons have been disposed OF. The confer
ence report on the military academy APP
preparation bill was presented by Mr..
Allison and agreed to. The bill remains
as it passed the house. the senate receding
from the only amendment it made. The
chair laid the Nicaragua canal bill before
the senate as unfinished business. but Mr..
Paddock said that the bill had been laid
aside and announced that he proposed TO
insist on the pure lard food bill being taken
up next A roll call then disclosed the
lack Of quorum and at the senate
adjourned. HoUsE-A general debate on
the shipping bill occupied most of the SEES
son. In the evening the general deficiency
appropriation bill was discussed in commit
tee of the whole.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06
Dragged TO Death.

PONTIAC, Feb, 2S.-On Thursday night
about $3.50 horse hitched to road cart
ran into tho yard of one Of Ferry & Co. S
tenant houses. Upon examination the cart
was found bottom side up with a man fast
by the cross-bar and enveloped in blankets.
He was Identified as James Callahan, who
had horse belonging to Mr.. Griggs, pro-
dnce dealer OF Rochester and was found to
DC in an unconscious condition. Drs.
Galbraith and McCarrol Were sent for and
upon examination found the back part of
the head filed with holes and portions of
the scalp torn off from contact with the
rough frozen ground. The man had
evidently been dragged some distance
before reaching the toll gate. He lived
about two hours. Callahan is believed to
have been under the influence of liquor. He
was about 80 years old and unmarried,
and has mother and sisters living in this
city.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06
STATE NEWS CONDENSED.

]. Dolls dwelling and farm barn were
burned down Monday morning.
George w. Goodenough, a pioneer Of
Davidson, so years old, died Wednesday.
Carl Navarin. an Austrian miner, of
Red Jacket was killed Saturday by falling
rocks.
H. Macliay has succeeded II. Van Levin
as postmaster at Iroquois, Chippewa
county.
The Detroit, Lansing & Northern rail-
road officials will build $50, 600 depot in
Lansing.
G.. King. workman at Worden's mill.
Cedar Springs, lost two fingers in saw
the other day.
The Loud & Sons lumber company of
Au Sable is using the Potts railroad TO haul
logs out of the woods.
The Genesse circuit court begun its term
at Flint Tuesday, with Judge William
Newton on the bench.
Three miners in the Cleveland mine.
ishpeming, were seriously injured by fall
of ground Wednesday.
Charles Krupta of Whitehall CO years
old, hanged himself with a flour sack We'd
ncsday morning. Insanity.
The death of James B. Larned of Port
Austin removes one Of the pioneers and
foremost citizens of the place.
The Iudington c. A. II. held a rousins
campfire last week with brilliant speech
by the Hon. James Il. Mcmahon.
The Bay City mission made % converts
last year and is out of debt, hut will need
$3.50 to carry on tho work next year.
Judge Beach of Lexington is holding the
Sanilac circuit court while Judge Moore of
Lapeer is away on Indian commission bust
ness.
Rev. J. w. Arney of Saranac has sold
his speedy stopper, Amy. for $3.50, and
now has but one horse left. He will give
no more races.
Almeda Ross of Birmingham, the four
year-old daughter of Senator Ross, set fire
TO her clothing and narrowly escaped burn
ing TO death last week.
Joseph Bennett, well known resident
Of Saginaw, died after brief illness. Set
urday, leaving FIVE children. He had
lived In the city 2S years.
A Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad
freight train struck and instantly killed
Peter Petoskey, son Of Simon Petoskey of
Petoskey, at Alba, Sunday morning.
The West Michigan fair association has
succeeded in raising the money necessary
topurchase the land for its grounds and
the deeds TO the property have passed.
A. M. Boardman's building in Vassar is
used as a bakery by N. T. Hiser and Thos.
Nelson as q residence. Mrs. Nelson was
nsing an oil stove Tuesday morning when
the thing exploded. Mrs. Nelson was
badly burned on the hands and face and
the building damaged $l75. Hiser's loss Is
sbout 800 and Nelson's t75.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06

II. G. Dun's weekly review of trade says:
There is not much change in the condition
of trade, but there is little more dullness
at the south and at the northwest, with a
little more stringency in money markets
and comDla nts about the Siowness OF collec-
lions. In general, business is still hesitat-
ing. The larger cause is undoubtedly the
partial loss of the crops, which has left a
great many farmers without means for the
usual purchases. At the same time the coll
lapse of the real estate boom which so Wild
ly inflated prices throughout the west and
south has affected Business more than hos
yet been realized. To this influence is add
ed Mt the south the extremely low price OF
cotton, which affects farmers the more be-
cause so many of them TT ed, by holding
their crop, TO force higher level of prices
The price of wheat has not advanced.
western receipts continuing heavy, while
exports are light. But corn has risen 2Hc
and oats 1a{c. The exports of merchandise
from New York for the past four weeks have
been IL per cent less than for the Same
week last year, and imports also. decrease
about 10 per cent. The business failures
during the past seven days aggregate 200 as
compared with 207 last week. For the cor
responding week OF last year the figures
wero gel.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06

Breedsville, Van Buren, county, has n
new roller process Touring mill.
The affairs Of the Union Mutual Acct
dent association OF Chicago are in the hands
of the sheriff.
DIR. Hosmer A. johnson, one Of Chicago's
most prominent physicians, died Thursday
of pneumonia.
Congress has received the thanks of
Gen. Sherman's family for the resolutions
adopted In his honor.
The governor OF Arkansas has signed q
bill providing for separate coaches on rail-
road trains for negroes.
It Is again reported that United States
Treasurer Huston has rendered his resig-
nation owing 10 failing health.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06
LOCAL LEGISLATURE.
How the Democrats Took Advantage
OF the Absence OF Several Re-
publican Senators.
Succeed Morse and Horton on
Committee Appointments.
A Milkweed Bill Made the Vehicle
for the Indignation OF Sena-
tor Wilmington.

LANSING, Feb. 24.-SENATE-The senate
today consisted of Is democrats, three re-
publicans and three patrons Of industry.
Other republican senators were in attend
ance upon the state convention at jackson,
and the democratic senator's took advan-
tage of their absence to uuseat Geo. B..
Horton of the fifth district and Ben. G.
Morse of the twenty-siXth district, whose
seats had been contested, and to seat Jas.
II. Morrow and Chas. A. Friedlander in
their places. There was big uproar over
the proceeding. H0UsE-With the closing
of the fifty days time allowance for the
introduction of bills, the last day being
tomorrow, all was hustle and confusion to-
day. An unprecedented number of bills
were introduced.