The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-07-18
Local News.

| WHO "VVh itoiu
The police Jury completed its labors
as a board of Reviewers this week.
The Reveille announced in its issue
Of Saturday last, that 1t suspends publ.
cation.
Visit the new Bargain Counter,
Prices to defy competition, next to Lab
be's drugstore.
1t makes Breaux Bridge happy to
get convention, even II she gets licked.
She can stand that.
Mr.. A. d. Roy. member of the police
jury from the fifth ward. paid us an ap.
preciated visit this week.
Mr.. Gilbert Marionneaux and family
of New Orleans, are i'm town. and will
pass about ID days visiting relatives and
friends.
Bargain Counter principle; buy for
cash. sell for cash, at cash pricesl Gre.
dit dead. Inquire next to Labbe's drug.
store.
Misses Laure and Camille Broussard,
Of Galveston. and Miss Gabriel Thomas,
OF Breaux Bridge. are in town on a visit
to Mrs. Frank Thomas.
Let every delegate Of the old parish
committee attend the meeting tomorrow,
and vote against any compromise with
the illegal committee.
That popular young business man,
Dumas Hebert. who will be with his
brother, j. o. Hebert on the Isl of Au.
gust. is in New Orleans, selecting a stock
Of goods.
We received letter from St. Louis
No., which gives us the information
that John Battle. the orphan boy who
was raised here by Father Jan, died in
that city on the 4th inst, Of heart dis
ease.
MIR. M. A. Murry, Wilmington, DEL,
writes :" had one Of my severe head.
ache and was persuaded to try your va.
luable tBradvcrOtine) medicine. l never
hal anything to do me SO much good"
MFR. j. O. Halphen, Jr., foreman of
Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1. was quite ser.
iOusly hurt Monday evening while try
ing the steam engine. He was at the
time of the accident at the pipe, and the
water pressure was 90 great that he
could not hold it, and when he let it go,
was struck in the back.
"A sinner and penitent should never
enter the pulpit and preach morality.
And those who haye worked. affi.
liated and used the negro vote should
keep quiet and not point at any one as
being or having been Republican. as
they will surely be reminded of their past
doings and afliliation with the negro.
There was magnificent game of
base base PLAYED here Sunday last be-
tween club Of this town and one from
La POinte, near Breaux Bridge. The
game was very interesting and hotly
contested. Nine innings were played and
the score stood eleven runs for each side.
This is probably the more interesting
game ever played here. The two clubs
will undoubtedly cross bats in the near
future to decide which Is the strongest.
Our good friends Of Breaux Bridge
are always dissatisfied with our politi-
clans after the election because they
never get anything. Why give them
when it is so easy to get the
whole pie? Our politicians are not half
80 foolish as you seem to think they are.
You have the power to check them, COM
mand them, control them, get the offices
and herhaps move the Court House, but
Alas! your heads seem too light for your
tails, and the pull is entirely too slow.
Do not blame our smart politicians, but
your own ignorance.
Some Of our politician friends do not
like to hear Of the Court House question
at all. Others say there Is not enough
brain in Breaux Bridge to get even an
Office, how can the get they Court House.
There are others who look over the mat
ter little more seriously and say if
those people would work properly they
would sweep out the politicians take the
Court House and elect their own officers.
Can they do this without the support
Of some Of the politicians? This would
undoubtedly cOmplicate matters very
seriously and put our politicians in
quite funny position. Let Us avail