The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-07-25
Local News.

The bayou Is falling rapidly.
Politics is on boom, and politician
are booming.
There are quite a number of stran
gers in town, whose names we did no
obtain.
A magnificent statue Of Genera
StOnewall Jackson was unveiled at Lex
tngton, Va, Tuesday, the thirtirth ami
versary Of the famous Manassas Lexing
ton battle.
! The Reveille under its new mana
cement came out Saturday last. TIT
Reveille has changed hands four time.
since the MESSENGER has come in exis
tance-fve years.
Mr.. c. d. Payne, publisher Of the
Union Signal, Chicago, ILL.,. writes: ]
never saw anything that would cure
headache like your Bradycrotine.
Tennessee is experiencing a great
miners strike. The governor has called
out the whole state militia and great
trouble was apprehanded for time, but
fortunately no violence was made.
There Is deep ditch in the road
leading to Breaux Bridge, near Isidore
Aichel's place. which is very dangerous,
and which could be bridged at very
small cost. We call the attention of the
police jury to this.
The pupils Of Mr.. Chas. Delhommer's
Academy, will give a grand exhibition
at the Breaux Bridge Opera House. on
Sunday August I'd. for the special bene-
fit OF Mr.. Dolce Patin, who has been
twice the victim of fire.
We direct the particular attention
of onr readers to the card of Mr.. Isaac
Schwartz, which appears in to-day's
issue. Mr.. Schwartz is an experienced
jeweller and matchmaker and all work
entrusted to him will be carefully done.
Some Of our people seem to have
their speeches in the last cam
paign, especially when addressing negro
audiences, but they were heard by people
who are possessed Of good memory, and
it will perhaps surprise them to hear
their words repeated in their faces.
The Attakapas Vindicator was re-
moved from Lafayette to Franklin. Is
Lafayette bad case. or is 1t necessary
10 work up st. Marys The Antics of
Lafayette will smile. but we presume
hose Of st. Mary will not see the ad-
rent Of the VindicatOr with a good eye.
That spicy and interesting paper,
he City Item, which Is really the organ
" the people. is about to issue a weekly
'dition. The Item is the most impartial
,aper published in the state. and those |
Tho desire to get the most correct news
hOuld subscribe to The Weekly City
tenn.
Mr.. ]. B. Levert is having a new |
md additional sugar mill erected in
lis sugar house on the st. John planta-
ion. This addition Of machinery will |
make 1t one Of the finest and most COM
'lete sugar house in the state. No
'reakage will stop the grinding as
very machinery In the sugar house Is
duplicated.
Our town Is livelier this summer
han previous years. but parties, soirees
tc.. are not as frequent. There are
many strangers in town, especially
oung ladies, and 1t seems to us that
he boys should do something to enter
ain them and make them pass their
lme agreeably. Give pic-nics, fishing
arties, soirees etc. Make things lively
Senator German of Maryland is be-
ng doomed as the most available can
idate for the presidency, on the Demo-
ratio ticket. The views of Mr.. Cleve-
and on the free coinage Of silver are
onsidered fatal to his prospects for re-
ominstion, as 1t Is probable that the
convention will adopt free
oinage plank, by the union Of the south
nd the west.
The Washington Advocate entered
pom its third volume last Saturday,
nd its editor complains that the bust.
ess Of the paper is decreasing. We
re panied to hear Of such q state of
fairs, in the business Of our confrere,