The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-24
Local News.

Baldwin, La.
Mrs. Louis Gardemal of Broussard- =
vile. is in town on short visit.
Sheriff Gardemal left for Baton
Rouge Sunday to make his settlement
with the state.
The circus which played here Fri
day of last week was good and well
worth the price of admission.
Our thanks to Postmaster General
John Wanamaker, for a copy of his re-
port for the year ending JUNE 30. 1890.
Mr.. NJ. L. Broussard who is soon to
put up shingle mill here has already
contracted for the machinery, it is now
an assured fact.
An old cOlOred woman known by
this whole community as ROsiette. was
buried Sunday evening, she succumbed
after brief attack Of the grippe.
We have given considerable of our
space this week to the interesting arti-
Gle entitled "Evangeline Story" which
will be read by our patrons with interest
We are pleased to learn that our
young friend, Felix +. VOOrhies. has Sc
cured employment at the Saw Mill of
Gueriniere BrOussard & Co., as engineer
and sawyer.
"A Young man named 0ROuke, a
brakeman OIL the Southern Pacific was
killed at Rayne last week by being run
over by the cars while making some
switching.
The grippe at the beginning did not
appear TO be of a malignant type, hut of
late it resulted very fatally in several
cases, and it looks more like pneumonia
than anything else, and requires good
care and prompt medical attention.
1t appears that the Opera season in
New Orleans has not been very success
ful, as the manager is financially en-
barrased. This is caused by the decrease
Of the patronage on account OF the pre-
vailing grippe and also the sickness of
several of the artists.
The small boats make trips to
Arnaudyille now that the bayOu is high
and are bringing here the large crops
which could not lie shipped up to this
time on account of the low water in the
bayou, hut the heavy rains of the past
few days will be great relief to that
part of the country.
The attention Of our readers are
called to the card of DR.. +. j. Mathis,
who arrived last week and will reside
here permanently and practice his pro-
fession. DR.. Mathis is graduate Of the
Mobile (Ala.,) Medical College, and has
his deploma which he will take pleasure
to show to those who desire.
Mrs. Thomas Roe. daughter Of Mrs.
W. Dwyer who was buried on Wednesday
the Il. died Saturday the II, and was
buried Sunday. The daughter followed
the mother to the grave at short inter-
nal and at the time of the death of the
daughter. two brothers were in bed seri-
ously sick. We deeply sympathize with
them and hope they will soon recover.
Mrs. Marie Louise de st. Claie, Wi
dow of the late Gen. Alexander DeClouet
died at the family residence, in Lafay-
ette parish at half past one o'clock Sun
day morning, the Is inst, aged y years.
Her remains were brought here and
entered i'm the family tomb. The fu-
neral took place from the Catholic
church, at four o'clock Monday evening,
and was largely attend by the friends OF
the family. The Messenger tenders its
sympathy to the family
In the first column of this page our
readers will find the card of DIR. Henry de
Mahy who has just located here and conf
menced the practice of his profession
DIR. De Mahy is a brother Of Mrs. Dan
DeBlanc of this town. and a native OF
New Orleans. He has been a visiting
physician to the Charity Hospital in
New Orleans for five years, and has {
good deal of experience. He has beeT
practicing at Loreauville for the las
two or three years and there has giver
entire satisfaction.