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A GOOD MOVE.

Representative Juge, of Assumption,
has introduced a resolution in the leg
islature memoria lizing Congress to
dredge out the Bayou Lafourche from
its lower end coming up.
This is a good move. The Federal
government has made an appropria-
ton to dredge out the Bayou Lafour-
che, and for the last two years the gov
eminent boat has been dredging from
Donaldsonville down. The immediate
result has been to give too much water
above, to the imminent danger of that
upper section OF the country, with no
corresponding relief to the lower sec
ton. 1t has been just like increasing
the capacity of a funnel without any
corresponding enlargement of its spi-
got, in the vain hope of preventing its
overflow.
The logical way is to begin by
dredging out the outlet, enlarging the
spigot, and to ascend gradually to its
head.
We hope the legislature will adopt
the resolution without a dissenting
voice, and that it will be forwarded to
congress at once
But that is not all which will be nee
essary to be done. Legislature after
legislature have memoriallzed congress
to remove the distractions placed at
the end of the bayou by order of Gen.
jackson, and yet nothing was ever
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REFINED SUGAR.

The question of placing refined sugar
on the tree list came up a few weeksago
before the House Committee on WAYS
and Means, and it is useless to attempt
to conceal the fact that there is danger
ahead for the su. industry Of Louisi-
ana. Our delegation should, and we
are confident they will, demand a hear
Ing before the committee to prevent
the passage of the proposed measure.
Several of our Con gressmen appear
confident that the free sugar bill will
be defeated, but Is not wise to be
too confident. Hard work is required
to have Congress take un avorable ac-
ton on the bill. because there is a
strong sentimeIt in the House and
Senate in favor of free sugar of all
grades.
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The Newest Boston Drunk.

The latest craze IN Boston, it is said,
is the compound oxygen drink and sew
eral establishments there are doing a
rushing business in catering to this
new form of dissipation. They are
~patronized by men and women, mostly
tie latter, of the highest social stand
ing. The sensation produced by the
inhalation of compound oxygen is de-
scribed to me by those who have tried
It as e~cstatic. There is nothing known
to the science of medicine Or pharma-
cy thateqnals Its delights. Big quaffs
of it&thatfills the lungs air cells are
saida&MsHet all the nerves of the body
a-ting4esaId the brain in a delicious
whirl. The effect lasts all the way
from five minutes to an hour, according
to the person, and is said to have no
apparent deleterious results, except a
peculiar mental collapse, from which
the dissipator doesn't recover for sew
eral hours. While under the strange
influence of the stuff one feels COM
pletely lost to the world and oblivious
to everything terrestrial. That is the
reason it is called the compound oxy-
gen drunk.-"Sic transit Gloria MN
DIP
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THIBODAUX FIRE co, NO. l.

At a meeting of the Thibodanx Fire
Co. No. /, held on the 18th inst, the
following officers were elected to serve
one year, beginning on the second
Monday of June, 1892
J.. Louis Aucoiu, President Honore
Champagne, Vice-Presiden S. T.
Grisamore, Secretary ; Charles j.
Coulon, Assistant Secretary /; H. N.
Coulon, Treasurer p. DeManade,
Foreman ; Roman Confinement, Assis-
tant Foreman ; Francisco Boffani. En-
CINE Director; W. A. Roberts, Jr
Hose Director and E. Laforet, Assis-
t-Hose-Diiector
THIS company is the oldest fire
company in Thibodaux. With the
Hoome Hook & Ladder Co. No. /.
they own the Thibodaux Opera House
lately completed interioriy.
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Notice to Tax Payers
To Unknown Owners of Assessed imma,I
able property situated Ia the paFisA
OF Laf0urche.

TNAkE NOTICE, THAT THE STATE an
H. Parish taxes due for the year 1891 On Nh
property assessed in Your respective nanes ~
amount of taxes are still unpaid, and ezrr;s1
: per cent interest per month until raid.
Pursuant to law. il is made my IMPERlI
TIVE duty. % days after Publication hereof
to seize aud advertise the property for M
O satisfy said claims OF the State ana PAeisbl
together with ali costs and penalties.
JACOB BAGONOvICH
Taxes for 1891, amounting To 8 a5. Ases
tain tract of and situated in t. ,ger L.fsa,.
che right bank, bounded hy iaAis Ut Peoples
Bank and J. NJ. BoIlinser.
BOURRI PIERRE
Taxes for 1891 amounting to s8.25. ATaaa
lot iii T~hibUdaux. Corn. St. Philip ad
ThIbodaux Streets.
CAMBDN HENRY & AIS.
Taxes of 1891 anGnnting to s47. -. BEN.
all that portion of the undivided Of W 1
Sc !, Sec 50, I II. : K is L, also u T, fg,
r 20. f. Sec. Z, S L !. of N f. / Sec. SS Il
I, N w !. is w /. Sec. II. N w Of NV
&SE4& ) L of . L |, Sec. u N W
of n w !. N w & ) T. !. of 5 f |. ofsee
2O.N 4 . of n + sec. IL, II of s w 1. Sss
% Z ! of n f !, Sec. "a, n Z /. of n 81
Sec. 30. n g. \ r ! of y w I. ) G offs
/. Sec. w h OF \ " |. NC. u. 81 of
w !, Set. q. + ! Of S w !, ) w OTIS E
al vi Sec 81 & Lap-ne tract al 49, acres q
Bayou du Chen, al about 1000 acres.
MClDAM ALEX, OR UNKNOWN
Taxes of 1891, amounting to $575. 3
acres OF land, being E of ) W i
" of ) W Sec 81. f. "A, s. Il. Is, E. w.
of d. See. 81, L Ia ). Il, IL Z.
MCENERY JOHN EST,
FAX 1891 amounting TO 81 IS, being T., 81
). II, OF W, ]. Sec, n. n w / ofs~
Sec, -. All of Sec 81, all oil 5 &c, 50, and a
OF lrac. See, 80 in TIA ) X. Is e. Aasa
1851. 81 acres.
Thibodaux, May 2lst. 1892.
P. e. L0RI0,
Sheriff s. Tax Co.Iac.s
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The House of Representatives gave
an exhibition of its weakness on last
Monday which was truly lamentable.
Mr.. Benoit, a blatant Alliance man
from Ouachita parish, introduced a re-
solution Of sympathy with the Car
drivers strikes of New Orleans, mere
rioters who set all law at naught; and
IN true demogagic stsl lie held the whip
over the house and drove the resOlu-
ton through in a jiffy. Only one man;
was found with courage enough to vote
nay, and that man we are proud to Ie-
cord, was our esteemed fellow citizen
Hon. NJ. Delaune.
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A Reward of $500

Will be paid for any Case of Rl,euu|
tism which cannot be cured by i
Drummond's Lightning Rea,e1
This offer is made in good faith /
the prnprietors, and I'll ere is No ~
sonable excuse for any one to ma
longer. An ordinary case will be cu1s
by one bottle, and it is poor econeu
to suffer when relief can be secured
certainly. The price of a bottle IA
and that is the cost of a cnre. Dfar
mond Medicine Co.. 48 50 Maid,
Lane, New York. Agents wanted,
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THE MEMPHIS BRIDGE.

An immense throng poured into
Memphis from far and near, last
Thursday, May II, to witness the cere-
monies of the formal opening of the
magnificent cantilever railroad bridge
which now spans the Mississippi river
at that busting, growing and progress
sive Southern city.
From the Memphis Commercial we
clip the following extracts descriptive
of this great bridge which ought soon
to be duplicated at New Olle ms:
A readily Ineligible illustration was
furnished by one of the engineering
staff in conversation upon the subject
not long since. Two men are standing
upon opposite sides of a stream, IN
hand of each firmly grasping some sub
stance set solidly in the bank, support
ing between their other han Is a plank.
The shoreward hand exactly represents
the anchor, the shoreward arm the an
chorage spar ; the streamwaId arm
che ca%ntilever arm of the bridge, and
the plank, Jointly supported, the in
termediate span. There is no flaw in
this cOmpari son..
In the Memphis bridge :he anchor is
a mass of masonry, its parts riveted by
steel bars and solidifed by cement,
weighing about 1900 tons. From it
to the first pier runs the anchorage
span, 225 SO feet long !; then m the
arm, ITO feet long. the intermediate
span, 451 feet, ami the western arm
also ITO feet making together an I'M
broken span of 100 feet.
Now how is this western cantilever
arm supported 2 What forms the body
from which issues SO gigantic a mem
Der The central span of the bridge,
built inlepende I'll upon the girder
principle, stretching between piers two
and three, needing 40 help itself other
than that afforded by the piers on
which it rests, acts as an anchor, one
generously extends to the span on either
SIDE that friendly arm which M axes
them, too, secure, and consolidaUes the
whole structure.
This central span is 621 feet in
length. Westward If it run the arm
Q7O feet) and the second intermediate,
451 feet, forming a span of 621 feet and
bringing us to pier No. 4. Here, again:
it will be observed, the plan of a "per-
feet" or symme rical cantilever is not
followed, and the pier, instead of an
arm, forms the western support for the
intermediate in question, thus exempli-
flying what engineers call a half ian.
tllever. Finally we cross a deck span,
33,785 feet in length, and land upon
the soil of Arkansas, or rather sixty
feet above the soil, to which the trestle
work furnishes means of gradual des.
cent. This trestle work consist Of
forty-nine plate-gir6er spans of iron
columns, resting on small piers on pile
foundations. 1t is more fully describ.
ed elsewhere.-La. Review.
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A SERIOUS PROBLEM.

The continued high water Of the
present season the W on
the Lafourche the two on
the Mississippi below D~onaldsonville ;
the apparently we'll established fact
that with our present system of levees
it is well nigh impossible to withstand
the pressure brought to bear against
them and that at every recurrence OF
such IA flood of water as was precipita-
ted upon Us this year, there will be
great danger of inundation !; all con-
duces to the irresistible conclusion
that something must be done, and thai
without delay, to improve the condi-
ton of onr levces and to give them
sufficient strength to hold back the
vast volume of water that annually
presses against them.
Here in Lafnn,cle we feel in an es-
pecial manner the great need Of re .ief
from i%nundation. Almost every year
one side oi the other of our parish is
affected by overflow. and serious inju-
~ is invariably Inflicted on Il peo-
pie. Heavy pecunialy losses are en-
tailed, besides the anxiety, worry and
trouble which our people are made to
suffer annually.
To put our levees i. such a condi-
ton so as to reGure the danger of over
flow to Its mluimum-fOr we cannot
hope to make it disappear altogether
is a consummation devont'y to he
wished. 1t would afford i~ncalculable
relief to our people and add greatly to
progress, prosperity, and happi-
ness.
But how to achieve this great de
sideratum is at present a nest 4rplex-
ing problem. Our presenr resources
are now admittedly Insufficient and
for the present at least w cannot hope
for much assistance from the Federal
government. The local board system,
J with power to exact local ccntrihu-
tions, has been tried in some parts of
the State but it has given anything but
general satisfaction. That system is
wrpns in principle, for, as established
among us, it is virtually ''taxation
without representation" - doctrine
which has always been obnoxious to
American ideas.
And yet if we do away with this
system, where are the necessary funds
to build, improve, and maintain our
levees to come from /?
Truly, we are confronted with a Sc
rious problem, the solution of which is
not SO apparent. The Legislature has
before it a bill to create another board
with powers to levy local contributions
&C., We have not been favored with
a copy of the bill but we assume that
it is framed on the law already in ex-
istence. While the system of local
contributions may be good In itself,
yet, a. we have just said, the manner
OF its establishment, that is, the con-
ferring of the power of "taxation with
out representation" is radically wrong,
Would it not be worth the while OF
the Legislature. if it is going to give us
any other "Levee Boards" to return tn
first principles and let the people
themselves say whether they shall
bear heavier burdens of taxation than
those under which they already labor
The experiment is worth trying.
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COAL! COAL COAL

A COAL BARGE WILL REACH THIbvs
~ daux during this coming week, ana
.be moored al front of the Market House, iol
the purpose OF. selling coal in suiall ists =
supply the demands vi the Citizens OF lhaoV
dau4.
Those desiring to pnt in their winter saR
ply, would do well TO address themselves ~
once To THEO. Z. BERGERON.
Proprietor of the Little Bjou S.looB'
Thibodaux, La.
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January LIST. 1890

Mr.. F. Gouaux, Rouma, La.
Your 'Pile Ointment Saive' is the best
remedy / rave ever tried for piles. it has
cured Inc OF u very Id ca SO 1 had tor Yeas
L know several persons 1t mas cured also.
aH an old man anu | have seen many cases
treated by many doctors and patent medi
clnes, nothing can com are with your salvr
You ought to quit all your other business and
do nothing but prepare that saive 10y large
quantities. II 1t was well known you could
not prepare enough OF it. Yours truly.
Glendale 2. o.. La. SAMUEL WOLF
Price, $l.0U by all druggists.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
18th. Judicial District Court, Parish
of Lafourche
Succession of Justilien Foret and Com
munity. No. 1853 Probates.

WHEREAS ELLIS FOEET OF SAID
W. parish has made application to be ap-
pointed ana named adininistrato of the afore-
said estate and community.
Now therefore AL persons are hereby
warmed ard notified to nile their opposItions
10 the said application in writins with the
clerk OF said Court at his oific III the town ul
Thlbobanx ten days after the first pubiica-
ton lere"f otherwise the said applicant will
be named aud appointed us such admihistra-
tor as required by Jaw.
(~~) Witness my hard and the impress of
}L.S.} my seal Of Office this che 18th day
(~>D of May A. D., 1892.
j.. w. kNOBLOCH,
Clrrk of said Court.
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Thibodaux, La, April 29tl-, 1922.
Mr.. Gouaux-W have IA sleady sale Tor
our Asthma Remedies" Q never had a
cot plant out nany compliments.
Your last invoice just received.
Ro1H Il EASTWOOD, Druggists.
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JUNE 4th, 1892,

between the hours of il o'clock a. IA. and :
o'clock p. III. the following described properly
to effect Ii Partition between the plalnhA
Henry heeler and the defendants Mrs Caro-
line Pierre individually aud as natural TusFix
OF her Minors. Louisa, Felix, Rachel. jose
phine, Edna aud ltssle Pierre in the f0llowaa4
described property to-wit:
A certain fractional 10. of ground or torn
lot, being the Easteren halt oil lot No. lLss1
one hundred and thirty Ave on tue plan Oh ING
town of Thibolaux. said fractional lo' @
ground measuring forty eight (4sl leet ffsn.
on Crazy street by the whole depth OF hais
lot from North To South, between psFsnti
lines; said potion of lot being boundee
North or in front by Crazy street, west "
the other portion Of said lot formerly beicag-
Tug to Bcllonie Lerette, now To JOhn Lhipor
daux, South by lot No. 1873 and East bf 70.
No. l36. Together with all the buildings ana
improvements thereon Oh the following terms
aud conditions to-wit.
For cash to effect said partition.
April Both 1872. p. Il. LORI0.
Sheriff of Lafourclie-
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VTSEND YOUR JOB PRINTING
TO THIS OFFICE.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
18th Judicial District Court Parish D
Lafourche.

Henry Keeler as. No. 1908 Afss
Caroline Pierre ct ais.
DURSUANT TO A JUDGMENTRENDE8<
i ED on the llth day 81 August lsJI,by ON
above entitled Court n the above entitled and
nun bered case and IN obedience 10 q eFa~
mission to me directe | bearing date Of April
18th 1891 | viii offer for sale at public aucflsa
pursuant t. law to the last and highest ~
der al the Court House III the town Of Thite'
daux on
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done. After the memorial is adopted
prominent citizens should take the
matter in hand and urge it upon con-
gress with all vigor and earnestness.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-07
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
KOSSUTH STREET

Whereas. on the 2ist day OF May. A. ID. 1902, the
City Council OF the City Of Providence passed the
Following resolutions viz.: .
Resolved, That in the opinion OF the City Council
Is desirable and necessary 20 lay out and extend
kossuth street. from Hyatt street 70 Pope street,
making the width OF the same uniformly 40 feet,
and the northerly line In range with the corre-
spending line OF Kossuth street. as laid out and re-
celved east OF Hyatt street
And whereas, certain real estate will I've required
for that purpose;
Resolved, That the City Solicitor be hereby d.:
rected 70 make application 10 the supreme Court ~
THIS state Tor the appointment OF cOmmssloners on
estimate ana assessment under ana nccorulng 10
the act entitled An act In relation TO the laying
out cnlarging, straightening and otherwise alter
Ing streets IN the City Of Providence. and the acts n
amendment thereof and IN addition ther.to, and
the CITY Council hereby direct that In said appliea-
ton the City solicitor shall make application that
sad commissioners shall apportlon and ass -
the persona and Estates benenfcd thereby. In the
ratio az the benefits conferred.
kesolved That the city Clerk be hereby directed
20 give notice OF such application as soon As he shall
be Informed thereof by the City solicitor according
To the direction and In the manner required by said
act.
The City Council OF said Providence hereby give
notice that application vii be made % the supreme
Court Of this state. In said Providence, on sArUR
DAY. june 20, A. ID. 1892 at 10 o'clOck A. NJ. for
the appOlntnent OF commissioners for the purposes
aforesaid.
Witness: WILLIAM L. CLARKE
je3-lN City Clerk.
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RIVERSIDE.

At $50 last evening the fire bell was
rung for q supposed fire in this village,
but upon investigation no confagration
could be found. Before returning to the
engine house, the company under the
charge of Capt. Franklin Monroe, made
trial of the engine and made a record OF
l25 feet through 200 feet Of 4lS-inch hose
A big nuisance to pedestrians has been
for long time existing in the form of
'cycle riders, running through the village
at night without light or bell.
Last night as the engine COM
pany was returning to their house,
without any warning a safety bicycle
ridden by a woman crashed into "A baby
carriage which was being wheeled by
Mrs. Frank Sweet. The carriage was
struck on the side, breaking the wheels
and otherwise injuring the vehicle. The
baby was thrown out on the railway track,
striking on his head, but did not sustain
very great injuries. Mrs. Sweet immedi-
ateiy made complaint TO Officer Cava-
naugb, who was on the spot at the time
Of the accident
Farragut Relief Corps held their regu-
lar meeting in the post hall last evening
David Glover, contractor, and family OF
Providence, have moved into their cot
tage on the shore, near the wharf.
Charles A. and Gustof Il. Hanson have
purchased two and half acres of the
Medbury farm. They will at once COM
mence the erection Of two-story resi-
dence.
Frank Redmond the actor is at the
Riverside hotel, and his father is ex-
pected soon.
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New License Commissioners.
NARRAGANSETT PIER.

At the annual election of district Off
GERS. occurring Tuesday afternoon, there
were 234 votes poled. Horatio N.
Knowles was elected moderator, w. Her
bert Caswell, district clerk, and Ezbon
S. Taylor, district treasurer. without a
contest. Horatio N Knowles was elected
president of the council by majority of
twenty-three over James A. Tasker.
Charles j. Tasker defeated Il. X. Knowles,
receiving thirty majority.
There were no candidates opposed to
Elisha ID. Browning and George T. Briggs.
James A. Northup of the old council was
reelected by the largest majority Of the
day, he receiving forty-fve more votes
than Peleg Brown.
James 4. Cross, Phineas o. Littlefield
and Robert c. Knowles were elected as
SCISSORS. Louis L. Champlin district SER
geant by a majority Of forty-four over
Thomas Quinn. Thomas q. Hazard, Jr.,
was elected member of the school COM
mittee for three years. and John l..
Brown, James 4. Cross, James o. Chand-
Ter, Joseph L. Eaton and John X. Hull
were elected justices Of the peace.
The secret ballot as applied to towns
was used for the first time and worked
admirably, while votes were duly counted
and the result announced in less than
two hours after the polls closed. The
new council is Republican in politics, al
though party politics had no part in the
election, the nominations being made by
the Citizens and Peoples caucuses.