St. Landry democrat., 1893-01-21
Silver Jubilee.


church, Rev. Armand Dubourg, who
twenty-five years ago, on the 2lst o
December, 1867, had been ordained t.
tue priesthood.
= The church was brilliantly illumina
+ ted and elegantly decorated, and, not
witLstaDding the threatening weather
a large congregation had gathered to d,
: honor to the happy jubilarian. Twen
ty-two priests from various portions o.
the State were in attendance, and they
opened the exercises by filing in pro
cession into the church, singing in so.
norous tones loud pans of joy, the unu,
sua sights aud sounds awakening in
the breasts of the congregation II pleas.
urabie but otherwise undefinable feel
ing akin alike to awe and to enthusiasm
Au eloquent sermon altogether appro.
pirate to the occasion, aud highly com
plimentary OF its hero, the worthy ju-
bilarian, was delivered by Mgr. Erin, of
Grand Coteau, and listened to with
pleasure and rapt attention.
The music and singing were superb.
The fine old organ, recently placed in
excellent repair by Prof. Green, of st.
Mary's Academy, pealed forth its grand
est stratus, and it's sometimes rug
ged notes were tened down aud mellow
g, ed by the dulcet melody OF the Prof.s
clarionet, while the singing was simply
enchanting, TIE choir, led by that
sweet singer and charming lady, Miss
Alice Labyche, sung Lejael's mass in D,
the beautiful and accomplished Mrs.
Flynn, of Washington, singing au Ave
Verum during the offcrtory.
Our excellent choir consisted Of Misses
Alice Labycbe, Blanche Lacombe, An
ME Andrus, Bernadette Dupre, Olympic
Laas, Marcelino Estorge, Annie Cor
don, and Ada and Mabel Sandoz. They
were ably assisted by the following
sweet-voiced daughters of our sister
town of Washington, viz; Mrs. B. NJ.
Lynch, Mrs. w. A. Flynn, Mrs J. A.
Derbanne, Miss Josephine Lslanne,
Miss Corinue Derbes and Miss Edith
Going, and ., Rev. Mr.. Noise, who
sang bass, and Rev. Mr.. Thouveniu,
who sang tenor
The ecclesiastics in attendance were
Monseigueur Erin, canon, of Grand Co.
teau, Revs. Subileau, Fraiu and Cough
Ian Of New Orleans, Eigroux Of Race /,
land, Raymond of Bayou du Large, !
Langlois of st. Martnsville, Forges of !
Lafayette, Jouan Of New Iberia, Laio- /
ret OF Carencro, Bardi of JeaneIette, !
Desnoyel Of Arnaudville, Pensier OF .
Vile Plate, Blanc Of Laplace, AveilLf
Of st. Maurice. Thebaut of Pointe-aux-
Loups, DeWilde of Napoleonyille, Eby
Of Church Point, Noise of Washington,
Clark of Chataignier, Thouvcnin, vice
president of jefferson College, and
Burgot, assistant at OpelousaS,
At the conclusion of the services
Father Dubourg entertained the visit
ng clergymen ut dinner at the Presby-
eTy, y here, despite the weather, WHICH =
lad now become ugly, he managed to
make them quite comfortable,
The good Father was the recipient of
many presents-silent but eloquent to-
SeDs of the esteem and affection in
which he is held i'll the field where, SO
20 speak, he first heshed his maiden
sword in the service of the Lord-the
people of Washington ylelng with those
,f his immediate congregation III thus
their appreciation OF his
many shining virtues and admirable
qualities.
The l.. ). District aud Circuit Counts
,ook up the docket OF cases pending Ill
hose courts Oh Monday, Jan. 9th, dis
posed of the civil cases as tar as pre-
pared for the action Of the court, took
lp the crjminal docket uu Thursday
morning and disposed OF some % OF 30
cases, the most important OF which We're
Lhe suits against Coleman, colored, for
robbing postot1ice, aud against Z, l..
Beldun, accused and convicted OF steal
ing public records from the Office Of [.
5. Commissioner Odom at Lake Charles.
The former was sentenced to 3 years in
penitentiary and tue latter TO pay tine
Of $500 and the costs. \ motion for
pew trial was filed in the latter case and
The party given until .1st to 5th Feb.
pr0x. TO pay thestine.
One or two cases in admiralty -uOyel
suits III this place-were also disposed
Of, and the court adjourned on Monday.
Judge Boarman is evidently in very
bad health notwithstanding that be
Iabored very assiduousIy to clear up the
docket. j. B. Beattie, the clerk, was
taken down with erysipelas pending the
session, was unable to otficiate III the
court, and is still confined to bis bed
room al the Eureka House. /
A telegram to the n. Q. Delta dated
Welsh, Jan. Is, says that on the 10th |
Ross G 1illory, Jerome Hebert and Joe !;
Treme created considerable disturbance |
in that place and Guillory and Treme
were jailed by town marshal D. Z. Gosh, |
who struck Guillory in the face with .
the butt of a rife, which fe!led him to .
the ground and made all ugly wound, /,
H6hert escaped. The uext day the /
prisoners were fined $50 apiece and
placed under bond to appear before the
grand jury and left town peaceably,
rg' The st. Landry Homestead aud
Loan Association has opened series i.