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Total. $5SS6 90
THOS. ID. KENT, F..
II. W. TABOR.
The following reports of the Parish Treas
urer were re al and referred under the rules
10 the Committee on Finance
IRE asurer's Reports.
Report Of A. J. Braud Parish Treasurer
in account with the General fund of the Par
ish of latourche, for the term beginning
with September lst and ending With Novem-
Der Ith 1873
Amount on hand last report. S6954 80
Reed since from Faxes..S l3l 81
Licenses JU0 W
- Ferries. 45l 81
T. tai Receipts. s..--...--. 682 81
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king IL Total ot.-.---.
EXPENDITURES.

Balance cu hand this day...- $ilS0 80.
Respectfully submitted
A. j. BRAUD.
Parish Treasurer.
Report "f A j. Braud. Parish reasurer,
in account with the Drainage fund of the
Parish oi t.ni.nrchr, al for the term beginning
with Selt,'mber and ending with November
4th, 1898
Amount IN hand last report. $6ll9 06l
Reed snre from tax collector. 33 4S
Making IA total -s6I52 5i4
Total Disbursements since e. 695 20
Leaving il -raud bal. on hand Of. $5457 "a |!
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Second Days Session.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Latourche,
Thibodaux, Nov. 7th, 1893.
The Police Jury OF the Parish of Lafour-
che met this day pursuant to adjournment.
Present President T. D. Kent. ana Mes
srs F. Christian G. EtGaude, P. Breaux. Ell
les Foret. d, Scally, and II. w. Tabor.
Absent :-Messrs +. U. Morvant, L. Le-
rllle, and Emile Ledet.
The minutes of yesterdays session were
read aud approved as recorded.
Mr.. Christen. on behalf of IL 9 Committee
on Claims, presented the following report.
Thbodaux, La. Nov, 7th, 1898.
To the Police Jury.
Gentlemen Your undersigned committee
beg to report the following claims as core ct,
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DR.. TICHENOR'o
A N IT'S SEPTIC

FOR
Wounds, cuts, burns, bruises, scalds.
an for collie, cramps, pains, and
bowel complaints, also for
collie, bolts. foot-evil, and
fistula in stock, has
not an equal on
the market,
and
We kindly refer you to the following
list of your friends and neighbors
that have tried it, and we
would be pleased to have
you consult them in
regard to it's
merits.
Thibodaux, La, May 29th, 1898.
SherrOuSe Medicine Co. Ltd.
Too much cannot be said in praise of DR..
Tfchenor's Antiseptic as household medicine
w. q. fRAGAN.
Mayor of Thibodaux.
F. DELATTE. Thib'x, P. 0. La.
JAMES BEARY /" !"
ED. MORVANT +"
THEO. BOURG Pugh 20. La.
DELAMOTTE & Co +"
q. HIMEl Labadie $ I"
j. ". LEBLANC Lafourche King
A. KLOTZ Klotzville i"
DIR. O.J. THIBODAJX,
NapoleonviIle, P. Q. La.
j. J. LAFARGUE
DonaIdsonville, P. .. La.
L. SILBER Plaquemine F." /"
E. J. CAIRE & 60 Edgard ::
Fl. G. MINOR Honma +"
F. NJ. TUCKER Morgan City
J. Y. SANDERS Franklin "
NINE. 9. DURAND
st. Mattinsyile p. 0. La.
!. \. GILMORE n. Iberia "
l.. SOKOLOSkI Abbeville g !"
DIR II. VI. NEBLETT
Br, ,aux Bridge Z. 0. La.
W. w. ID son Crowley :: +"
! }. BLOCH Oppionsas 6 /"
i y. ID MCFARIAIN
Jennings, P o. La.
: In justice to ourselves and the public we
warn you against the many limitations of
our goods now the market. Remember
that Dr. Tichen0r's tntiseptic is the original
and best, and none genuine without his name
blown in the bottle. Respectfully,
HERROU f MEDICINECO. Ltd
114-93-3ms.
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NO. It

onded by Mr.. Christen.
And thereupon the ury adjoul ned to to-
morrow at $50 o'clock a. m
THOS. d. KENT, President.
H. N. COULON, Clerk.
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THE POLICE JURY.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
Fir st Days Session.
State of Louisiana. Parish of Lafonrche.
Thi bodaux, La. Nov. 9th 1893

State of Louisiana. Parish of Lafonrche. }
Thi bodaux, La. Nov, 9th, 1893
The Police Jury of the Parish of /. .afourche
met this day in regular session.
Present President Thos. d. Kent. and
Messrs +. Christen, Chas. E. Gaude, P.
Breaux, E. Foret, u. Scally and H. w. Ia
bor,
Absent :-Messrs. Lerille, Ledet and Nor
want.
The minutes of the last session were read
and duly adopted as recorded.
There being no reports from standing COM
mittees, various claims against the parish
were read and referred to the committee on
claims for examination, and report at the
session of tomorrow.
President Kent reported verbally, that he
had disposed of the material purchased for
the closing OF the Leche crevasse. and that
between the proceeds OF the sale of lumber
and NJ. T. sacks, he thought sum of about
$500 would he realized, which lie would paw
over to the Parish Treasurer. to be placed to
the credit of La. Lottery fund of the 5th
District. President Kent. further reported.
that the sale of old iailor's house and cistern
attached thereto, had sold foI Si625 which
he would also promptly turn over to the gen.
eral funds OF the parish and further that ou
Wednesday last he had in company with the
Clerk of tins jury, called on Mrs. Calsse
Bourgeois and Mrs. Alexandra Lrette, and
had executed contracts with said parties in
lutions adopted by the jury on
May 9th last, relative to the Bayou
Blue Public Roads, and also that IA similar
contract would be signed this day with Mr..
Jean b. Gross, thus completing the right of
way through all TIE woodlands through
which it was proposed to pass the Bayou
Blue Public road. President Kent here sub.
mitted the proces-verhal Of the sale of the
Public terr es Of the Parish as follows:
PROCES VERBAL
OF the sale OF the Ferries made Nov. 4th, '93.
We hereby certify that on this 4th day Of
November. 1893. We proceeded according to
ordinance No. 1856 adopted by the jury on the
5th Of September last, and after crying them
out for sufficient time, that the following
ferries We're adiudcated to the parties and
for the price hereinbeow set opposite said
Ferries, to wit:
Angelloz Ferry to @. Angelloz for-..$ 5 90
st. John. to A. A. Bouireuux, ..... 90
GOSSIP, TO Mrs. l.. D Gossin, ,.-..... 6 90
Rousseau. to G.. o. Rousseau.. $50 10
Raceland. TO Frmin Thlbodaux,. 1920 90
Leblanc 10 Julien Bourgeois, ...-- 5 90
Ldckport, 70 r. i5arrilleaux, .-...... 2S35 0O
Badeaux. to +. ls. Bourgeois, .-... 5 90
Ho.ang, 10 William Hunter. .......... 800 00
Cut OF, 10 File Ducos,- 5 90
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W. +. Harang Coroner's fees 5 Is 90
ffosper Ioups Jury Us
j. +. Toups > 90
r. a. berdOu 2 Is
w. r. Martin 3 90
y. W. hnobloch Jury Certificates % 0G
CONT fees 5 10
M r. Dunn 4 Bro. Stationery II 80
9 2 95
IS. /. olake j. T. fees "a 55
Emile Dugas Constable fees SIS
n A, Frost Constable 50 90
T. Z. Loro Grim. Exp. Is 40
Nj. +. Dunn d; Bro Stationery II so
Stmr. Louisiana tht bill IS
Latourche Comet Printing 90
Oryille Thibodaux repair OF bridges 49 0u
j. B. Bourgeois repair OF roads IL 90
Total 1927 25
FRANK CHRISTEN,
And Mr.. Christen submitted the following
Claims:
Emile Ledet Special Committee 8 30 90
p. Braux Is 90
FIR. Deramee q. 49 90
Continued on fourth pUge.
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factions, would soon be converted into a
land of peace and of plenty, and which,
what may be considered the interest of one,
in all road, levee, and Drainage matters,
would readily be understood to be the great
interest of all.
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Making a total as above of $500 55
Respectfully submitted,
Al. BRAUD,
Parish Treosurer

A full list of the refugees from the storm
swept Cheniere Caminada. now in this par
ish submitted and read to the Jury.
The following report of j.. A. Belianger.
Road Inspector OF Dist. No. 3. was read and
accepted.
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-10-06

On Sunday evening an amusing Incl
dent occurred in the Champs Elyseea
quarter. A man named Haja, employed
BY NJ. Marseille, q wild beast tanner,
thought he had q right to add to his
wages by exhibiting his masters bear in
the streets. With this object in view
Ls installed the bear in an open cab, and
taking his seat beside the animal told
the coachman to drive to the Champs
Elysees. The vehicle reached the Avenue
Victor Hugo, followed by crowd OF
boys and young men, who by their de,
risive shouts attracted the attention Of
two sergents de vile. They stopped tho
cab, and after ascertaining the truth
one of them got into the vehicle and or.
dered the cabman to drive to the nearest
police station. ThepTesence Of a stranger
beside it so excited the bear that by ltd
swaying backward and forward it very
soon upset the vehicle. The merriment
caused by the sight Of the cabman, the
sergents de vile and the tanner sprawing
on the ground, with the bear almost
under the upset cab, can easily be i'm
agined. Paris Cor. London Standard,
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-10-06

Nearly every train that goes outpf this
city for Chicago has several ''box par
ties" on board. These are entirely diff
ferent from the box parties at theaters,
but have been christened by the train
hands with the same name. They are
little groups Of people bent on taking an
economical glimpse of the great exposi-
tiop, and who, in order to cut down their
expenses to the lowest notch, haYe had
packed at home boxes OF luncheon Of suf-
ficient magnitude to last during the trip,
At each meal hour the members Of the
box parties draw these boxes from under
the seat or sit IN groups with their
luncheon ON their knees and chat as con-
tentedly as If they were at a gorgeously
appointed hotel. Sometimes an exchange
is effected OF boiled egg for a tomato or
a bit of frnit for some ham, and the fel-
low who has had the forethought TO bring
a few bottles Of beer is q prime favorite
with the other passengers. Philadelphia
Record,
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-10-06
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.

Documents Of the Flrst Fourteen Cons
ETesses Found In the senate basement.
The former assistant librarian of tho
senate, Mr.. Il. 4. Cressey, has made a
most important discovery among the 40,-
600 volumes. supposed to DO useless,
which have been accommodating for years
In the basement Of the senate wing Of
the capitol. After search Of months
he has found 10 volumes, hitherto sup
posed not to be in existence, which com-
prise the senate documents Of the first IS
congresses and the house documents of
the first nine. The Congressional library,
the Boston public library and the British
museum ara all without these, and the
addition Of them to the senate library
makes it the most valuable In the world
for references Of the proceedings, debates
and documents Of congress-.
Almost from the adoption Of the con-
stitution all documents Of the aenate
and the house have been set aside in
small numbers for the secretary of the
senate. These were kept In bad order,
If kept at all, and scattered In vari
GUS places. just after the war, how
ever, they were all collected into the
senate library, which occupies o num-
ber of almost impenetrable recesses in
the upper part of the senate wing and
also an equal number of still more diff
cult hooks and corners in the basement
near the heating machinery, This last
NHyaa n drV and safe DIaca biIt hard lV nTv-
body ever ventured within its doors.
The 10000 volumes accumulated there
were all supposed to be extra ones, Mr.,
Cressey's discovery shows that they con-
tain perhaps the richest single treasure
in the country. .a....,.
The volumes are in q good state of
preservation, although they and many
others stacked in this unexplored retreat
show traces of the worms, Many Of the
backs indeed are entirely gene, but the
pages are intact, and the senate library
may now boast that it has for reference
complete documents of the senate and
the house, all except those Of the senate
of the Second congress. eg #a
A few of the 10 volumes are bound in
manuscripb, just as they came from the
authors, and some of them, as ii is be-
leVed, have never been printed, Dur
ing the first ID congresses none of the
documents was numbered, nor was their
character indicated by marks Thus
each must carefully be examined to as,
certain whether it Is an executive or q
miscellaneous document or q COMMITTEES
panOrE
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-10-06
old sonrs neEore lhe 0ueen.

A. very pleasing innovation was intro
drced in q musical programme rendered
before the queen at Osborne house
night or two since which deserves note
Nine. Nordica and Mr.. Plunket GFeens
were the yocalists, with Sig, Tosti as &C
companist on the piano, and in addition
to the accustomed repertory there were
given two old Irish songs arranged by
Dr.. Villiers Stanford, an old Scotch
song arranged by Miss Lucy Broad.
wood and an old Cornish song, t'Wbert
Be Goingf' arranged by Mr.. Arthur
s6mervell, all being sung by Mr.. Greene.
The introduction Of this last into royal
programme may be considered dne t.
the labors of the Rev. Sabine Barring.
Gould, the well known novelist, whose
collection Of the words and tunes Of the
half forgotten songs Of the west country
deserves all praise. Birmingham Post.
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-10-06

ii A gang of lightning rod sharks made
an attempt to rod farmers house
against his will Saturday, hut got the
worst of the bargain, The farmer is an
old soldier, living 10 miles south Of this
city, named John Snyder. On Thurs
day ono man called and inquired who
the owner was, got drink Of water and
departed. The next day another called
and proposed to make She farmer pres
ent Of 100 feet of rod, charging him rs
cents foot for 10 feet and charging him
extra for the necessary points, insisting
that the farmer sign q contract for the
balance. This he refused to do, and the
fellow left. Saturday two more men
drove up to his place, threw out rods
and tools and proceeded to put up the
rods. The farmer objected, but they
claimed to have an order TO do the work
and laughed him to seorn. Snyder got
his gun, and covering the man in the
wagon, who had drawn revolver, he
ordered him to clear out or he would let
daylight through him. The fellow drove
off at a lively rate, leaving his pal at the
mercy of the farmer, who served him in
like manner, and now the farmer has 40
feet of lightning rods to sell.-WarsRw
Qlls,) Cor. st, Louis Republic.
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-10-06

People have not been lavish Id their
purchases Of shoes Of late ysars, The
surplus Of them Is undoubtedly smaller
than usual, and yet the quantities dis
trihuted throughout the country have
been sufficiently extensive to enable deal
ers thus far to meet all the require
ments Of their customers by simply buy-
ing few stray lots here and there 70
piece out assortments, The aceumula4
tions are dwindling, however, day BY
day because there are more shoes being
consumed than there are being manti-
faetured,
When the oloudsyanish from the CONS
mercial horizon, as nobody doubts they
will-and it does not look reasonable
they should obscure the prospect much
longer-there will Do greatly enlarged
markets all over the land for shoes. But
for the present there is not much to ba
done except TO get under cover, Il there
is any shelter anywhere, and wait until
the storm subsidies, Shoe and Leather
RenOrter ' "s
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-10-06

Several weeks ago one of the boys at
tending the Queen Elizabeth grammar
school at Kingston, Logan by name,
wrote privately TO the Duke of York and
suggested that he should use his intiu-
ence to secure the boys of the royal
school an additional weeks holiday at
midsummer as an appropriate way OF
celebrating the recent auspiCious mar
riage The Duke of York appears to
have approved of the idea, for q few
days ago the governors Of the grammar
school were surprised to receive letter
from Sir Francis de Winton stating that
his royal highness would be pleased If
they would grant the asked for holiday.
Nothing was known by the masters or
other authorities of the request made by
the boy till the letter was received from
Sandringham, At a meeting of the gov.
ernors it was unanimously agreed to ae-
cede to the request, The announcement
was received with ringing cheers for the
Duke and Duchess Of YoTk,-London
TELEGRAPH,
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-10-06
WATERMELON PARTIES.
They Give Rise TO New Question Of Eti
uuetts In MARYLAND,

They Give Rise TO New Question OF Gtis
quetto In Maryland.
oneof the things in society Is the water
melon party. The new diversion was In
dulged in In Howard county, just above
Ellicott City, the other night, and from
the latest accounts it has broken out and
promises 10 become epidemic down in
Anne Arundel, where the melons grow
in all sizes, species and haVors. Just
how a watermelon should be served at q
watermelon party is a knotty question,
and 1t has caused considerable debate
and some little unfriendly controversy
among the Four Hundred of the melon
growing counties, ..,g..... ....-s..
Some contend that IL should be cut
crosswise, Others say it should be split
lOngitUdinally and eaten without fork or
knife. This diversity Of opinion may
relegate the melon party to the rear Of
the picnic for the present season, as tha
time Of the fruit is limited now to few
weeks, but the latent element in favor Of
the pastime may break out again next
season, just as the ague does every year
down in Piney woods.
Another difficulty in tine way of eat.
ing a watermelon artistically is to get
clear of the seeds. It ia said that on ono
occasion q guest at one Of the parties In,
sisted that it was proper to pick the
seeds out with the right index finger
and If by accident one should get into a
guests mouth it should be swallowed.
A debate followed the proposition, in
which one man said he did not propose
to make a watermelon patch of his in
ternal makeup by planting seeds in it,
The party broke up, and the hostess had
lot Of melons and an antipathy to such
parties left ON her hands,
The outcome of the new fad Is puzzlina
the people in uppertendOm in the cities
and villages and rural districts, From
what could be gathered in the last few
days on the subject, the watermelon
party does not promise to be q pro
nounced success, One of the great OBJ
jections is the uncertainty to what they
may lead, for If the watermelon party
takes with society it may in time be fol
lowed by squash party, or yellow
pumpkin party, or green tomato party
or a sassafras root or tea party, or somt
other thing just as erratic, and the F0uI
Hundred it seems, would rather eonten
themselves with the pink tea and Othel
diversions whereof they are familiar
than rush into new ones that might leaf
to an endless amount of est,-Balti
more American,
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-10-06
A IunIor NapOlean y Flnanse.

Who says that the African race ID not
going forward, that it is not saving, that
it lacks method and economy and the de-
aire to prepare for the rainy day? On
Pennsylvania avenue is a bootblaek who
win be millionaire If he lives long
enough, A gentleman took his chRiryes-
terday morning and requested that his
''russets" be shined, The darky went
across the street and returned with a
banana,
''Dese ig'nunt cofnfel niggers,p ha
said, 'frub on lemon peel, Day ain't ~
it wild dis" -r.....a ..... ,aa.s w.
Stripping the rind from the fruit and
using 1t as a towel, he eimparted some sort
Of gloss to tho shoes and received his 10
cents. Then he made his breakfast off
the banaha, Breakfast for q cent, with
shoe polish thrown in and Q cents to the
good, is not bad finaneiering at time
when the banks are breaking, w Washipg-
ton Post. ~
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-10-06

One of the lovely nylnphs who was
floating about among the sylvan woods
and streams during the summer has
among her belongings a gown which the
prosy man who pays the nymph's bills
considers not dream, but very sub
stantial reality, as it cost him $500 over
and above the original price. That was
the sum he paid for one of the horses
that took cold while the carriage waited
at the door of the modiste when the
gown was being fitted. He had been
clipped, and tho illness resulted in his
death. The owner of the "creation,' ,
however, thinks the unreasonable man
should place the blame where 1t belongs
--on the modiste Of the fashionable
horsel-New York Times.
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-10-06
Inspee.ers pay % EnlsE posIoaIss.

Postofice Inspector Fleming has 81
bill which he says he win have framed,
He got it from the bureau Of admissions
at the faif on demand for the return oi
money paid at the gates. Nearly .
month ago the inspector and Andrew
Irle Of the inspectors office had special
call from the office inside the grounds,
II was case Of stay ont or pay to get in.
They paid under protest and got re.
ceipt. tThis bill Is a curiosity said
Fleming as he opened letter from
Horace Tucker, "because it represents
the first case on record where post
Office inspector had TO pay 10 get into d
postofiiee. - Chicago Times,
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-10-06

1t is q noteworthy fact that post
mortem examinations have been held on
the bodies of electrocuted criminals In 3
very short time after they were shocked
Who among MS all can positively and
certainly declare whether life has left
the body after q passage through it o.
an electric current2 A shock Of 2,00t
volts will undoubtedly kill some mel
and may only stun others. Is there /
competent physician who viii stateupor
his honor that the criminals who have
been electroeuted In New York stat
were dead when they were carried from
the chair2-Electrical Review,
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-10-06
NO. 80.


f. +
With all its faults, with all is igno-
rance and with all its passions tho de-
nocracy Of Australia has political
ideal. The plutoeracy has none. II Is
fully occupied with is own affairs. II
rallies to no public cry, This Is the
feature og Australian life which seems
TO threaten most danger 10 the future,
The country which il not governed BY
its ablest men Is badly governed, and
the inclination Of the more cultivated
classes 10 abstain from touching the par
hamentary machine does Infinitely great
er damage to the colonies than any at
tempt on the part Of trades hall social
lists to capture" it.
But IL does not follow that this atti-
tnde IS permanent! ii ID the fashion to
say that the labor people have eyery-
thing their own way and have made pol
itips impossible. Itwas the fashion To
say the same in regard to industry be-
fore necessity taught the employers to
unite. Let any political need press hard
enough, let any political cause stir
warmth enough, and the game ability,
the same energy, the same public spirit
reused again to union on wider field
are not likely to achieve less result
Melbourne Cor, London Times.
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-10-06


Thoughtless persons may be moved to
laughter by the report that an inhabitant
uf the city really supposed that he had
been divorced from the bonds Of matri-
mnny by an unjudioial person for the
sum of 80. But the fact is really pathetic
rather than iocose, 1t is probably only
single example Of the large and multi
farious ignorance prevailing in soma
parts of the community. IL would he
sufficiently distressing IL the ways Of
these uninfprmed persons lay among
pure and pastoral simple people, never
disposed to take any advantage Of the
unskillful. When in these metropolitan
districts so many ravenous wolves Of all
sorts are abroad intent upon praying ON
few aud hard earned dollars, the phis
lanthropist and educator may well be-
stir himself, Brooklyn Eagle,