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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-01-17
AN ACT.
No.. 67l

To authorize the construction of a Draw
bridge across the Bayou Lafourche.
SECIlON l-Ba 1t enacted by the Senate
and House of Representa- ives of the State of
Louisiana, in General Assembly convened,
That the Police Jury of the Parish Of Lafour-
che, and the Mayor and Corporation of the
Town OF Thibodauxville be and are hereby
authorized to construct, or cause TO be con
structed, d Grawbridge across the Bayou
l.afUurche, within the corporate limits of the
Town of Thibodauxville. by contracting
with any person. persons or piivste Corpor-
alton, and granting the exclusive privilege to
collect such toll. or tolls, to the said person
or persons, or private corporation. as the said
Police Jury and Corporation may allow, for
a term OF years not to exceed twenty, and to
prohibit any ferry across said bayou within
the limits OF said corporation.
SECTION 2-Be it further enacted &c,
That the draw OF said bridge shall be at
least eighty feet wide. and shall be opened at
any time for the passage of steamboats, and
other water craft, on notice being given one
half hour previous, and the party cont act
ing to make and keep said bridge shall be
liable in damages for any detention beyond
a reasonable time, and the owner or owners
and officers of any such steamboat or water
craft shall be liable in damages for any iniu-
ry done to said bridge by reason of any neg
ligence or otherwise, and airy officer OF per-
sou employed on such steamboat or water
craft, WHO Snail WlilIuIly or maticlOuSlv ln-
jure, break or destroy said bridge, shall be
prosecuted, aud on conviction thereof, shall
he fined or imprisoned, or both at the discre-
ton of the Court.
tSignedl JOHN NJ. SANDIDGE
Speaker of the House of representatives,
tSigned) ROBEBT c. WIrKLIFFE
Approved March 9th 1855,
(Signed) p. o. HEBERT
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
;signedi ANDREW S. HERON
Secretary of State.
In 1865 a committee of the whole
council was ''appointed to confer with
the Police Jury of the Parish of La
fourche for the purpose of getting the
necessary means, either by subscrip-
ton, or the formation of a stock COM
pany. for the purpose of building a
bridge across Bayou Lafourche."
Subsequently the mayor was author
ed to subscribe five-thousand dollars
in stock in the T%hibodaux Bridge Com
pany.
The council resolved "That at the
next election for Mayor and Trustees
of the Town of Thibodaux the PEOPLE
shall vote on the question of tax, or
no tax, for building a bridge opposite
the town."
The result of that vote was 143 votes
for "rax," and 3 votes for .'no tax"
In 1856 the charter CT the Thibodaux
Bridge Company was drawn up by
Joseph Nicolas, a Notary Public and
duly advertised as follows, in sub
stance.
THIBODAUX BRIDGE COMPANY.
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SECTION 8. Fixes the capital stoct
$4,000. 90 in shares of $500 each. vh;sS
capital may I've increased to $4,000. 90 an
~desiguates as $500 cash On subscribing ~.
share, and equal amounts payable in Ira
six, nire. and twelve monhs. 80
SECTION 4. Specifies that a Board Of e..
Directors and three Commissioners of Pa
tion shall be annually elected On the A..
Mona ay of January ~
SECTION 5. Names the duties of -.
Board of Directors one of whom shall ~
elected President OF the Board aud allow.
him two and a half per cent on all mon;.s
received and paid ex cept on dividends ,nada
to stockholders.
SECTION 7. Authorizes the Board az n;
rectors to enter into contracts for the con.
struction Of a suita BILE bridge.
The Board Is required to make regulations
for their Government and to elect a seerata-~
and such other officers as necessity NAV ~
mand. The books of the corporation wers =
be open at any time for inspection by stock
holders.
The first Board of Directors was composee
of Jonathan c. White, P. 4. Gary, Lelfroid
Daunis. James A. Scudday. aud Henry Haa
ma n Jr. whose terms expired on the frst
Monday in January, 1857.
Suitable books were to be kept, dividend.
declared and ruch other duties as would from
time to time be deemed expedient.
The Fifth and last section. states
When the period has arrived for the lian;.
dation of the affairs of the corporation, thar
liquidation shall be conducted by three
stockholders in amount. and shall be stvIed
''.-iqnidatimg Commissioners"
It shall be their duty to cell and dispose Of
the entire property OF the corporation iexcept
the bridge that shall lie abandoned to the
Police Jury of the parish and the Mayor and
Trustees OF the Town of lhihodauxl on terms
to be fixed by IA majority OF the stockholders
III amount, at IL general meeting; they shall
collect oil amounts then due TO this CORPORA
tlon and alter paying all its liabilities. divide
The net lrocrett~ Of .ale and collection.
amongst It's Stockholders in proportion 10
their respective slarrs, ut least as fast al
enough shall be collected to DIVIDE.
But III case nt amy deficit in the winding
up "f the affairs of this TO poration. the said
Jiqnidating commissioners shah have fall
power and authority to compel the stockhuId.
ers to ill up such deficits, always in proper
tion 10 the number of shares OF each"
The above act was done and signed
in the Town Of Thibcdaux. with Mes
Sis Louis Boudreaux and Ernest Beau
vais as witnesses.
To be continued.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-01-17
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoris.
When she was q Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.

The Indian wal is still Oh the boards.
The Indians are surrounded by the
soldiers of the United States Army,
but have not the common sense to
comprehend the utter weakness of their
condition. in a military point OF. view.
The army officers are endeavoring to
reduce them to subsection without
bloodshed, if possible.
The wild men are infatuated with
the excitement of the ghost dance, with
which they have lately been indulglng
themselves tina. they imagine that
they can whip the wcrld. If they
force a fight upon the army their ideas
on that point will soon DO abandoned.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-01-17

From present indication it looks as
if Senator ingalls, of Kansas, will have
the pleasure of retiring to private life
on the fourth of March.
The Farmers Alliance aided by the
Democrats in the Legislature Of that
state are too strong for Ingalls, chan
ces. and the hopes that he entertained
of disputes arising among themselves
might enable him to secure enough
votes from disaffected ones, to carry
him safely over the creek, are vanish
ing into thin air.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-01-17

On last Wednesday night, in New
Orleans. two mel made an attempt to
prove that n was q better dog than
the other, and fought it out.
Dempsey and FitzSimmons were the
so-called men, and, after thirteen
rounds Dempsey found that he was
mistaken in his man and keeled over
Such exhibitions may show what is
called the "manly art" and what pun
ishment a man may be able to bear,
but if there be any practicable, useful
knowledge or benefit derived there
from it ought to he brought to the
front and not kept concealed any lon
ger. The fight was With gloves, in the
Oh. mpic Club grounds, for a purse OF
$4,000. Come to think Of it, a man
might pound another fellow a good
while and pretty hard for a sum like
that, but how is it with the one who
receives the pounding and gets moth
ingq
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-01-17

A jury has finally been empaneled
ia the ProvenzanO case and the trial of
the accused in the shooting of a wagon
load of Italians on Esplapa6e street
last year is now in progress. They
were once tried and found guilty, but
obtained q new trial.
This is a famous case, and the kill
ing of Chief Hennessey at a late date
is supposed to be an outcome of this
crime.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-01-17
Something about Manager Grisamore
Offering TO his patrons for t0-mor.
row night, Jan. IS.

Tomorrow night, Manager Grisa-
more will have the honor of presenting
to his patrons a charming actress and
a delightful play. Miss Annie Burton
in Dads Grip. There are few, if
indeed there are any, actresses on the
American stage who have struggled
for supremacy with more patience and
determination than has Annie Burton,
and there are few, if there are any, who
have eEtrenched themselves so firmly
in public esteem. A career begun
with modesty, but with a high resolve
to advance; characterized throughout
by the abserce of ostentatiOn; steadily
Strengthening itself in popularity by
the force of unquestionable talent, and
the magnetism of a sympathic nature,
has at length reached harvest Of sue
cess. Miss Burton has triumphed, and
to-day holds place among the leaders
of her profession.
The story of Dads Girl is as follows:
David Hoskins has been living ON a
fever and ague farm in Southern Hi
nois i'll almost abject poverty together
with the orphaned child of his sister
who in the opening of the Play is just
budding into lovely womanhood. Hos
kins has become suddenly immensely
rich through coal having been discov-
cred ON his farm. Dad and Null are at
Nastasket Beach-their first entire into
fashionable society. Hoskins loves
Mul as his own child; she is the only
n he has to live for-his son having
been supposed killed during our late
unpleasantness, but instead OF dying
in The war has committed crime for
which he has been confined in the
Prison at Joliet; Mul is aware of this,
but in order not to hurt the feelings of
the old man, who has been father and
mother to her, deceives the father, at
the same time she shields Joe, the son.
from the officers of the law. Null falls
in love with Stove Wainwright. a
young lawyer, and money are the diff
ticulties which arise ia the course of
their true love, on account of the devo-
ton of Null for the father and brother,
which at one time causes her to steal
money from the father to help the son,
who IS killed upon his attempting to
wrest the money from his partner in
crime. The old man discovers the
theft and arrives upon the same just
at. er the death of Joe, and demands to
see his face. Null in her devotion,
rather than blight the feelings of
Dad" loses her own chance of happi-
ness by declaring the dead man to be
her lover. We now find Null in des-
pair; she has lost the respect of her
real lover, and all their money has
been swept away through the failure
Of the bank where the fortune of "Dad''
has been placed. Mul determines TO
tell the truth to Stove, and then leave:
but the love for Null is too strong
Stove will not lose her, and so all is
settled happily. A fine vein Of comedy
runs through the entire play the
patl'os is sublime, and it can safr!, be
said the Play of Dads Girl is in it's
entirety one of the best now upon the
stage.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-01-17
SATURDAY,. JAN. II. 1891.

The free coinage bill passed the sen
ate on Wednesday.
Whether it will now 60 through the
house is question to be determined,
and then the president has said that he
will not sign a free coinage bill. Let
him try his hand at a veto if he has
the nerve to do If.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-01-17
imuSementS
FIREMEN'S HALL.

Jan. 1S-Annie Burton, Dads Glll
Jan. 10 and 20-RoseO Osborne, Satan,
and Alone in London.
Jan. 24-Monte Christie Troupe. in
'.Damon & Pythias."
Doors open at Z, p. m, curtain rises
at 8, p. M.
Admission, 80 cents: children, 25
cents; reserved seats, IS cents.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-01-17

The New Orleans papers devote
whole pages to the miserable dog
fight between Dempsey and Fitzsim-
mons, the other night, but they never
have room to print a sensible argu-
mentative practical speech made in
Congress on questions that every rea
sonable man feels an interest in, and
would like the privilege of reading.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-01-17

Rev. c. X. Marshal, of Mississippi,
died in Vickburg, January Is, inst,
aged "a years. He has long enjoyed
q national reputation as one Of the
greatest orators of the pulpit of the
Methodist Church.
He was a native Of Maine, but came
south in 1882.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-01-17
Female Weakness Positive Cure.
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
Please inform your readers that I have a
positive remedy for the thousand and one
/ shall be glad to send two bottles of nv
remedy fRE1 to any lady IL they will send
their Exprsss and Pa address.
Yours Respectfully,
Ny,
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A fire in Grenada Mississippi, last
Tuesday night, burned eleven build
ings, causing a loss of $5OOOO.OO
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Journal of the 9th Senatorial District.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-20
Has tho Making of n MARITIME ct.

The ten-year-old crown prince of Ger
many appears to be in a fair way to become
an insufferable little prig. A few days ago.
when returning with his brothers from n
drive, the palace guard. as usual, turned
out on the approach Of the imperial chill
dren. AS the carriage had driven up rather
rapidly the men were forced to run as
rapidly as they could to assume their places
Ill the ranks, and II unfortunate fellow,
in his haste, forgot his CUR. This was i'm
mediately noticed by the crown prince,
who, ns soon as ever the carriage had
stopped, instead of entering the palace.
hurried off with his brothers to the officer
in command of the guard for the purpose
of lodging a complaint against the soldier
who had appeared without his rifle. The
result was that the soldier was sentenced to
four days arrest and to u further term OF
fatigue duty for his remissness, while the
papers are filed with laudatory notices of
the military feeling and precision of the
future emperor of Germauv,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-20
The Foundation Work on the New
County Jail Building to
Begin Soon.
How Four Horns Knew It Was
WhiBkey That He
Bought.
Annual Staten emit Of tho Northern Pacific
Express Company-Fuiberg AdJugod
Insane Before Judge Buck.

The work of tearing down the old county
Jail began yesterday morning. In q few
days the lot will he entirely cleared. The
old engine house has been removed. It will
take a few days longer to tear down the
high stone wall erected on the rear part of
the lot. Yesterday the contractors for re-
moving the buildings, g amt g. Whalen, re-
moved the upper tier OF cells. There are.
about twenty prisoners in the jail who viii |
be kept in the lower cells until the cage il
ready to be removed. The cage and lower
cells will be placed in the old Presbyterian
church building, north of the court house
where the prisoners will be kept
until the new Jail Is ready
for occupancy, which will be
probably about six months from the pres.
ent time. Just as soon as the lot ia cleared
the foundation work will commence and
work on the rest of the new building pushed
ahead MS rapidly as possible by the con.
tractors, II. A. Bell d Co.. of this city, who
represent the Detroit Safe and Lock COM
pany. The style of architecture of the new
Jail will be something like that of the cour1
house and will be of Montana granite. Tht
estimated cost of the structure is 100000.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-20
1T WAS WHISKY Y.

Four Horns Tells the Jury How He Knew
1t.
William Long, who had a saloon at Ro-
bare, in Choteau county, last fall, was on
trial yesterday in the United States circuit
court for selling a bottle of whisky to -Four
Horns, a Plegan Indian. -Four Horns told
the jury that Long sold him the whisky for
81. Hon. r.. B. Smith, who defended Long,
asked the witness what kind of money it
was. Iron money" he replied, through
Interpreter Russell, by. which he meant a
silver dollar. "How did you know it was
whiskv?" was next asked. Because / got
sick with it and my head ached." The re-
ply made several of the jurymen and the
court smile. The Piegan said he drank the
contents of the bottle on the night of the
white mans election last November. He
said he had been drunk before that but had
asked Mr.. smith. Because / got ashamed
and thought the Great Father would not
like it," -Four Horns belongs to the Indian
police on the Blackfoot reservation and he
thought the Great Father would hear of his
conduct. During the eross-examination
MIR. smith asked him about certain state
ments make by the witness before the
United States commissioner at Fort Benton
on the preliminary hearing of the case. He
answered several of the questions and then
became a little testy. ''Iell him." he said
to the interpreter, and pointed at the de-
PENDANTS attorney, "to talk about the whis-
ky. 1 have sworn to tell the truth
and ] will say nothing else"
George La Bresch, an interpreter on the
Blackfoot reserve, corroborated the testi-
mony of four Horns. He testified that he
saw the Piegan pay Long a dollar and re-
ceive n bottle from HIM. Long went On the
stand and denied the entire transaction,
and characterized -Four Horns as a drunken
Indian. 1t developed that there was bad
feeling between La Bresch and the defend
ant. La Bresch said that Long had
threatened to kill him.. This Long denied,
but admitted that he punched La Bresch's
father in the eye on one occasion. The
jury found Long guilty. He will be SEN
fenced this week.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-20
JOTTINGs ABOUT TOWN.

The sale Of the city bonds, amounting to
100000, will take place to-day at noon.
Tho entertainment announced for last
evening at st. Aloysius hall was not given.
Tho board OF state examiners nudited q
few small bills yesterday amounting to.$lN.
John J. Barrett filed a notice Of lochtion
yesterday with the county clerk OF the En-
erald lode in Stemple district.
A special meeting OF the city council call
ed for last night WIS not held, ~ but few
of the aldermen were notified and only two
of them showed ~.
Governor Tools appointed tho following
n%otnries yesterday; Herbert Q. Chowen, OF
Cascade county. and John q. Dooley, OF
Missoula county.
A regular monthly meeting of the Build
ers' and Manufacturer exchange will be
held to- morrow evening to ballot on ten
applicants for membership.
East bound trains on tho Northern Pa
cific report ons Of the heaviest SHOWS 0ver
seen in these parts while crossing the main
range of the Rockies Oh Monday.
There will be a meeting of the board fOl
the Working Women's home this afternoon,
at two p. M. at tine residence Of Mrs. Hill
man, corner of Raleigh and Breckenridge
streets.
M. Is. Settlers ia held at police headquar'
ters TO answer n charge OF forging the name
of Chandler d. Heath to n letter recon-
mending a man for employment by II Of
that firms customers.
The meeting Of the Helena Athletic asso
citation last night adjourned to June 8
without transactinp any business. No quo
ru,n was present. The directors will mee
at Is p. m. Friday at the secretary's Office.
Deputy Sheriff Morris, of Cascade county
arrested Il woman named Amy Leroy il
Helena yesterday on n charge of petit lar
ceny preferred against her at Great Falls
Another woman, Mamie Cooney, went he
bail in $500, and she WAS released from tn
city Jail until the trial comes off. 1t is SAT-
she loaned another woman her diamond
pin. and when it was not returned prompt
ly, desiring to appear in some iewelry, ST.
took that of the party who had borrowe
hers and came to Helena with it.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-20
Realty Transfers.

Deeds filed yesterday for record were:
James Mauldin to l.. q. Phelps, lots 8
and 6. block j., Mauldin addition; $4,000.
Charles A.. Clarke to Edward A. Mon
grain, lot II and west seven and a half feet
of lot 13, block E., Blake addition; So, 700.
Nicholas kessler to trustees of school
district No. ., the following described lot:
Beginning at a post from which the south
east corner of the northeast quarter
of the southwest quarter of sec
tion %, town 10, north of range 4 west,
bears south 1872 feet and running west along
the south side of Cannon street as. con-
tinued 1926 feet to a post; thence north go
feet to place of beginning. Also to the
public use a continuation of Granite ave-
nue in bellevue addition, and combinations
of Choteau and Cannon streets; 5000.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-20
PERSONAL.

E. T. Gait, of Lethbridge, is stopping at
The Helena.
Ex-City Marsal T. j. Cronin has gone to
Chicago OH a visit.
@. M. Williams, formerly manager of the
Helena gas works, has resigned.
Russell b. Harrison arrived in Helena
yesterday. He registered at The Helena.i
j. X. Clark, member of the legislature
from Silver Bow county, is at The Helena.
John B~oynton, of New York, formerly
city engineer of Helena, is stopping at the
Cosmopolitan.
Henry Rossman and Miss Dorothy Peter
son, both we'll known young people of Hell
ena. will be married by Justice Fleischer at
Turner hall on Thursday night.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-20

A Shooting Contest This Afternoon Be-
tween Jack Fisk and Percy K0nnett.
A. j. Fisk and Percy Kenneth will shoot
for the state live bird medal this afternoon.
The contest will take place at the Helena
Rod and Gun club grounds and will be at
twenty-five live birds a side. A year ago at
Butte MIR. Fisk first won the medal. From
that time until last November he held the
medal against all who contested for it. Mr..
Kenneth won the medal from him in No
vember and has since kept it. In the con-
test with Mr.. Fisk Kennel won by a score
of twenty-five to twenty-four. Only a few
days Jim Conley attempted to win the
media but failed. The contest this after.
noon, il the conditions are favorable, will
probably bs very close as both men are ex-
cellent marksmen.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-20
AMUSEM ENTS.
Milton

Milton Mobiles In Love and Law.
Milton Mobiles showed the Helena people
last night that he 10 = irst ratio comedian
as we'll as a good melodramatic actor. he
took the part Of Felix OPaff in the melo-
drama Of "Loye and Law" written by him
self. " was essentially q comedy part q
Mr.. Mobiles acted fully up to tho character
OF his own creation. He made a capital
Irish gentleman in temporarily embarrassed
oircumstances, and q fine hero. Dolly
was ns usual, fully capable of handling
tho difficult part. The remainder of the
cast was good. OF the play itself little can
be said. The plot Is deep. like those OF
most melodramas, and contains about the
usual proportions OF love. villiany and tri-
umphant innocence. 1t Is, however. a very
interesting play, and gives Mr.. Mobiles an
opportunity to display his versatility Us an
actor. Tonight the ever popular play
1.-The Phoenix" will be produced.