The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-01-10

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Planters Association for the current
year will take place to-day.
Attention is called to the card of Mr..
Otis Knobloch, who makes his bow to
the public in this issue Of the SENTINEL.
Excelsior Lodge No. "a, | %. @. f.
will hold a regular session to night, in
wlichimportant business will be trans
acted.
Rev. Dir. c. NJ. Atkinson, will visit
Thibodaux, aud have services in tie
Presbyterian Church on the evening Of
January Is, 1891.
1900 Gallen Cistern, SIS. 1900 Gallons. $40
A. Riggs h Bros, 90 Perdido St. New Orleans
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John Celestin, whose property was
burned a few days ago. is going to re-
build soon. He does not allow il small
disaster to stop him.
Clerks, sheritfs. c%onstables, Judges
&c. are none too high for the Grippe
10 he afraid to tackle them and lay
them low on their little beds.
--~ $500
Oysters are small and hard to get
whilst French ducks are one of the
luxuries of the past years that have
not been enjoyed here for three years
The rise in the Ohio River that look
ed somewhat threatening at first does
hot indicate reasons for alarm here.
The water barely reached danger line
at Louisville when a tall followed.
Mr.. Otis knoblocll, Il worthy native
of this town, has erected a building on
his lot on Green street, near st. Bird
get, and opened a grocery store there
on. Mr.. Knobloch merits the custom
of his friends and the public.
Mr.. Antoine Hillarion, the father of
Mrs. Timothe residing on jackson
street, died last Monday and was bur
led the next day at st. J~oseph's Gem
etery.
The deceased was a native of France
and 73years of age.
Farmers and planters who are
through rolling are already beginning
to work for another crop. The ground
is in excellent condition and all ap-
p%earances indicate reasonable hopes
that another good crop may be made.
The sound of the steamboat whistles
indicates that the water in Bayou La
fonrche has risen enough to admit the
steamers that transport the sugar and
molasses to the market from the plan
tations along its banks.
The stream will not be likely to fall
again before next summer.
Sugar making is drawing to a close.
A few planters may have for a week
OF ten days yet. Sugar zane notwith-
standing the freeze has not ceased to
yield largely and granulate nicely.
It has been a long time since frozen
cane has yielded sugar as long after it
wa killed as it has the present season.
The Police Jury met last Wednes-
day, seven members present.
As two of those were quite unweil,
and so many absent, the jury decided
to transact no business further than
the examination of claims against the
parish, which were read, and the nee
essary appropriations made to pay the
same when approved by the chairman
OF the committee on claims and the
Parish Attorney.
The Twenty Fifth Anniversary OF
the ordination of Father Favre as a
priest, was celebrated in ST. Joseph's
Church, on Wednesday, by a solemn
high mass. Father Boucher of Plat
t~onville preached the sermon. Some
II or Is neighboring priests, attended
the celebration, whilst the great church
was filed with the friends of the priest
in whose honor the celebration wal
made.
Father Favre has been the assistant
of Father Menerd. in ST. .JOseDh,S