The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-08-20
NOTES FROM AN OLD NEWS
PAPER.
I'LL.

Wepass from the medical to the le-
gal profession.
The cards of C. Belcher, Connely &
RightOr, and F. S. Goode appear III the
advertising columns, and the names of
Winchester Hall and j. j. Roman, at
torneys at law, are inserted in the gem
eral business directory Of which fur
ther mention will be made hereafter.
All these are names of persons who
were well and favorably known in
their day::in this community, and the
survivors still continue to enjoy the
respect and esteem of their fellOwmen
in the communities in which they have
cast anew their lot. The Rightor of
the firm of Conne.y & Rightor, was no
other than the HOE. n. H. Rightor who
has been recently reappolnted by the
Governor of the State to the bench of
the Civil District CoErt of New Orleans,
position which lie has glaced for many
years and during successive admins
tratiOns.
Mr.. G. T. Counely, his partner, now
confirmed invalid, lives in the parish of
TerrebOnne, with his son, Arthur w.
Connely, sheriff of that parish.
Winchester Hall, after having served
his country with devotion in the late
Confederacy, practised his profession
here for short time after the cessation
of hOstilities between the States, and
then removed to Illinois or Missouri,
thence to New York where ,he now
lives at an advanced age
Speaking of the bar, naturally leads
to an inquiry about the court and its
officials, aud when we scan the columns
Of our old Minerva for the information,
We are not disappointed. Hon. James
L. Cole was Judge ofthe Fifth Judicial
District Court (the district being ,com
posed of the parishes of Assumption,
Lafourche and Terrebonne), j. J. Ro-
man, Esq, District Attorney, Louis
Bush, Clerk of Court, Mathurin Bourg,
Sheriff.
OF these, only Col. Bush, whose sub
sequent career is we'll and fayorably
known, survives. Judge Cole was ell
evated to the Supreme Bench in 1855
or 1856, served his term creditably,
and removing to lberville parish. was
there elected District Judge, III which
capacity he served until his destl, a
few years ago.
Mr.. Roman moved after the war to
New Orleans where he died, loved and
respected and Mr.. Bourg died in this
community where he had always lived,
loved, esteemed, and respected by all.
He held the office of Sheriff for years,
and it has often been remarked by his
contemporaries that, had he desired,
he could have remained in official har-
ness to his last day.
Our present court house had not yet
been: built, ..and the:.clerk's Office was
then on Market street, on the North
East corner OF the court house square,
VIII lie the sheriff held his Office in the
court house.
The municipality of Thibodaux was
governed by the following officials, viz:
V. D. Cerrebonne, mayor, and Henry
Fleming, Sciota S. Evans, lLouis T..
Anderson, John {. Ragan, James A.
| Guyther and j. X. Gourdain, trustees !;
i. 5. Allain, Secretary, L. Bush, treas
urer, and George Boner, constable and
collector; and public school matters
were looked after by the following
school directors Louis Bush, j. X.
Gourdain, Leufroy Daunis,U. A. Guy
ther, Geo. L. Anderson, and John c..
Ragan.
SaveCol. L. Bush and Sciota S. Evans,
all these officials of the past have van
ished from the scene of life, and their
places are now filled by men of another
generation, some of whom even had
not yet seen the light of day, when
they, in the ''pomp and glory Of their
prime," controlled the destinies of this
town. All truly has Shakespeare OBJ
served:
"All the worlds stage,
And all the men and women, merely
players:
| They have their exits and their entran-
ces,
And one man in his time plays many
parts"
Those of the past generation have
had their entrances upon this universal