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Whereas the varioaS Drainage Districts of
fhis pariSt ave all in need OF drainage. and
whereas tiie revenues derived from the reg
ulaf drainage tax in the several districts is
50 snail that Il may not suffice to deirtly in
iui the cost 1T drainage work that NAV be
urgent III sud respective districts. and where
"a tie 3aiN reco4ui2es the Importance and
advantage to Thn various drainage Districts
of prompt drainage, therefore.
BE 1T Resolved. IN the Police Jury ii regn-.
Tar session convened, That the various drain
a.r commissioners ~ this parish be and thev
are herebv authorized aud EN- lowered 10 Use
the first funds fIat otherwise previously APP
III PLATED IN the payment and reimburse
ment n Any funds thai niay lie advanced TO
them. tar drainage purposes III their respec-
tvs districts
Reso.Ned further, that all accounts for
funds SO advanced Ivy any Of the public spir-
lied sittZeIfs Of tniS PARISH 81 elsewhere. shall
be MATE ont n le all amt duly signed by at
least two ol tie dtainag. commissioners Of
the district u which work has been done, af-
ter when ii shall be endorsed LIZ the presi
dent ..apploved-pavabie from the funds of
Drainage District No. -" las the case NAV
be-. and which said accnunt thus endorsed
shall ie presented ta the Treasurer If the
Parish. who shalt register aIi number uL
account. with red ink. and keep 1t correct
record III In Looks. Showing the antonnt and
number Of tacii voucher registered nv h'm ::
and ir shall be required to pay ami ijquidate
all said vouchers. conforinably to their mum
bers-Snmher enc being payable before
number two
Resolved further. that the commissioners
OF the various drainage districts ure hereby
authorized TO stipnlate To nay such re.sona-
be rates OF interest rs they may deem pt0ls-
~ 10 Said parties advancing funds rs afnre
said and that this authority hereby granted
sad cominissioners Is intended and does
grant them the power to secure the REIN
bnrsenntnt OF all >ulns advanced them pre-
vr"tt> IL ~ well ~ Subsequent to the passage
of the present ordinance.
Resolved inrtitrr. titat all ordinances ON
the subject previously adopted by the jury
are IL rehy i, peaiet, and that this ordinance
shati 20 into operation immediately after its
passage.
Adopted aud approved Sept 2nd, 1877,
j. II. AUCOlN, President.
II y. c0CLON. Clerk.
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leges therrnnto belonging or in auy wise M
pertaining.
To pay and satisfy tile sum of III the ann
of enc ilundeed aud fifiy Il lilnrs. with ii rbt
rer cent per annun Interest thereon from TIA
4th of Augl.t 1870 tItl Paid. m / sum Of
ten per cent 81 thr i sgre .at. There 7 nfsnd
principal aud interest as attarnak's fees
erein. and ~ All cost Of III So Proceed los
And winch said amount ~ alorrs id i n.
cured hv nct Of n e and mnrfg,ge rassed
before Thomas A. u tdeaux. Notary Public az
said Psrist nn the lth day nf December 1891.
JAMES BEARY.
Sheriff Of Lafourchs.
Sep llth. 1897.
Thomas 4 Bade4ux,
AIRY for plarutii.
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provided thai this shall no % construed rs
preventing common carriers allowed in the
parish. and tn cir employees. from landing
or stopping sufficiently long To deliver only
such articles not prohibited by these resoiu.
tions.
Be it further resolved. that from this date
all person or persons are warned not to
BRING. +iIfp or Import within the limits of this
Parish from amy infected place what-ver.any
dry gco!s al any kind or Prescription either by
nelce. bale OF rpy, and that ans dry 200 Is sn
shipped, brought or imported, shall be seizsd
without legal iorp aliry, and delivered in
such pInceS rs HAY he selected by the SAM
tary or Ruarnutii 4 officers, until al danger
Of injection shall have ceased, and then re-
Turned 10 tho owners thereof upon pdytGrnt
Dy the owners ot ali charges incurred by the
detention and guardianship OF laid dry
goods; and in default Of psyment Of sucIi
charges, it shall h4 ltwfll Ter iEo Chairman
OF this Boar. ~ have all III said goods sold
at Public Auction. aud amy SURPLUS remaining
sitter allchargPS SHAH have been raid shall he
returned {" The owner IF the goods; proyi-
ded that the term Dry Goots, as us4d above
shall not lIcIule rice sacks. which after dis
infection may b delivered immediately.
De II fdftier ordained 81 at tho following
Quarantine Stations are hereby established
!. Tine at the upper line III tie Parish on
each side of Bayou Latourche with two or
more officers or guards at each station.
- ~ bHS Illit IL lttt ltITfh
bonnie Road, with = or more officers or
guards.
5. One ut Railroad tMain, track on the
Acadia plantation with two or more officers.
1. One at Raceland station with two or
more officers or qua Els.
D. One at Lafourche Crossing with . or
more officers or guards.
o. One ar Grand Bayou Bridge on
Chaekbay Ridge with one or more officers or
guards.
BE 1T further resolved. that All person Or
persons Violating or adm. any person or
persons IA vinlHte the provisions Of these
resolutions shall be liable to a fine of not less
than - dollars or more than 100 dollars r.
coyerabie netnre any Court of competent
jurisdiction and to imprisonment ut Quaran-
tine Station for not less than IL DAYS or mo &
than 81 DAYS.
BE it resolved. that all the parish officers.
~Ius-lees aud constables of this parish are re-
questet aud they are hereby empowered to
AID and assist III the enforcement of the pro-
Visions OF these resolutions.
lie 1t further resolved that all the costs
Incurred for the detention Of persons aud
disinfection Of effects. shall be borne and
~liquidated entirely by the persons detained
and the owners of the effects di=infected.
BE it further resolved that these resolu-
tons be published aud printed. copies sent
to the officials OF the $. P. K. Roal, to the
Presidents OF the Police Juries of the neigh
boring parishes and copies properly posted
at lsaceland, Bowie and Schriever Stations.
j.. L. AUCOIN,
Chairman tx. Com. b. of III.
Parish Of La fourche.
IL. y. COUL0N, Clerk.
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Board Of Health.
STATE OF IOUISIANA-PARISH OF la
FOURGHE.
Tliiheaaux La. Sept. 18th,


Thiheaaux La. Sept. 18th, 1897.
The 3eard Of Hesltl, as consti tufed bv the
Police Juf7 met this day in the Parish Court
House.
Present. Ill Aucoia. Chairman, and Mes
clair, J. l.. hcdrigue, l.. Falgout and j. l..
leblanc.
Absent, Messrs. J Godchaux, j. o. Toups,
J. p. Bourgeois
On motion Of Mr.. Morvant duly seconded
and carried. Mr.. II. y Couinn was selected
Clerk Of the Boar,l Of Health.
Whereupon On smorInn of MI. Leblanc
seconded by Mr.. Faigout the dissolution TO
LOVING WAS unanimously adopted.
Yeas. Aucoiu, Morvant, Bergeron, Tfos-
clair. RODRIGUEZ, Falgout and Leblanc.
Nays, None.
Resolved lv the board Of Health of the
parish Of Laft urehe. that Messrs J. l., Au-
coin. u. U. Moryaut and l.. j. 1rosclair
bF appointed the Executive Committee OF
this Beard OF Health and full poweris hereby
given sail Executives committee. to ex-
ereise all the powers Of this Board and es-
p~ecially to declare quarantine when i'll their
Iudtucnt it shall be OF perfume, anu also to
elect one or Il ore health officers, AZ required
hy law tiS all compensation and salaries for
its officers, guards, assistants and all employ
ees, that may be required in carrying out the
purposes of the Board OF Health, and the
full and effective performance OF their du-
ties.
There being no further business the Board
adjourned subject to the call OF the Chair
man
H. n. COUL0N j. L. ATCOIN
Clerk. Chairman.
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POLICE JURY.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS,
STATE OF IOUlSIANA-PARISH OF La
FOURCHE.
TlilOdaux. Sept. IL, 1897.

IN
.he FONTS Jury 81 Iaioufehe. met this
'ag on ~ eli1 q Presldfnd.
Ireseht IL. Aacoin ffeslaeht, anu Mes
Beroeron. j /. Rodriune l. Eajgont ana +
l.. Leblanc.
Absenr Messrs. ]. Godcbanx 10 Topns
and ]. p, Ronrreois.
President Aucoin stared tbs+ rho obiaot of
| this meeting vast fake inta nnsidsr.t;ar
the a~dyisability of on,rantiningI oga;nst ia
ces infected with yellow tayer snd q kasring
on the snhiect he suhmittaJ tho toIIowIn@
letter:
BOWIE. La. SEPT. lOTr 1897.
HoS., J. I. ArroTS.
Pres. Police jury Of Io,forrehe
| Dear Sir
Yellow fever hpipa prevalert IN OCEAN
| SDr7nus and other nIace% IN the nississinni
Gulf Coast. and one case HAVING d;aa N Il
o. and twelve snSp;eious case 6elne reaorted
/ deem il necessary III the interest II tIa
| health of the 1.eonlp nf Iafnnrcba fb,fs
rioid aur.autine Nj declared n, /, ~ aoainsf
All ipttrted places. 7 ,yonId r.1ro,n,nsnd TO
| YOUR Honorable body VI take action ~ once
and Mace guards az all ,aiirnad etat,ons in
the PARISH and allow no Que to yet off the
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Cascnrets Candy Cutlartic, tine most won.
dcrful medical discover of tie ace. pleas.
ant and refreshing IN fnc 'a- NJ. Grt gently
aud positively or Eidnets, liver and bowels,
cieanslnT lie entire syst. NJ. disuel colds.
cure hca'taelie. fer'~ halitnai CONSTRUCTION
ana b:ionsness. F'~4sc Euy aud irr 4 hox
Of n. G. G. tn-,lav, q, -. 80 cents. Sold and
guaranteed to IN Nv adl dru.g istF
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his ferry without the express PERMISSION OF
the Police Jury under IL penalty at Sion.to
recoverable before any court OF competent
jurisdiction.
Eigth. All ferry keepers shall cross al
children going or returning from school pub
lie 81 private free of charge. provided that
the time for crossing sch ol children shall ee
limited to one hour previous 70 tlte opening
and ,hsequent 10 the closing Of the schools
! at which they may attend.
Ninth. The following fees OF toll shall be
ell trged and no more:
Each tnnt passenger with the privilege e
return the same day VI
Each horse and rider for each crossing "
E4ch buggy with cou,euts Tor each cross
in9 ~
Each buggy with two horses and contents
tor each crossing ~
Each carriage with two houses and contents
for each crossing Do
Each / horse wagon loaded or empty eacb
crossing ~
Each horse or animal each eros sing Y
Each one horse cart with contents each
crossing -
Each two horse cart with contents each
crossing ~
Each three horse cart with contents each
crossing -
Each one or two horse wagon with con
TENS. each crossing. ~
Zach threshin2 machine with contents.
each crossing, ~
Each portable engine, each crossing. Leo
From 7 o'clock j. III unfil :: o.rlock a. III.
between October 1t and March 3ist, aitl
from s o'olock j.. m. until o'clock Il. m. be
tween April Isl and September Both the ferry
keepers may charge double the above rates
of toll.
Fenth.-Eneh ferry keeper shall keep a list
of these tolls posted nn Il conspicuous part Of
his boat or on d bulletin board placed con
srieuously near Tie terry landing. and all
the ordinances or part of ordinance conflict
ing with the above are hereby repealed.
Adopted and approved Sept. End. 1897.
J. l.. AUCOIN. President,
I'll. n. CDTrInN EInrk
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EFS1ITTION

hESDLtI1ON
Adopted BY tn Executive Committee of the
Board Of Health Of the Parish Of Laiour-
che Oh September 18th, 1897.
Resolved, By the Executive Committee of
the Board OF Health Of the Parish of Latour-
che, acting by virtue of Laws of the State
and by the power vested in it by both the
Police Jury Of TINS Parish and the Board of
Health thereof, that Quarantine is hereby
declared 70 take effect fl ON this day against
All persons coming from places infected with
yellow fever or any other contagious or mfec-
tIouS diseases. and especially from New Or
lsans and all places east Of New Orleans and
along the Mississippi Coast.
Resolved further, that it shall be unlawful
for ans person or persons to enter this parish
cening tretn ally place infected with yellow
fever or ot'lef contagious diseases who shall
have been absent from such places less than
l2days. under penalties, hereinafter specified
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Tie iiauua G.plriri, IN maricieg the
,aiSr i%rirpt circulated III ne eaily
part ~ tn>f week about yellow fever
n Honml. saws:
.lf,trr j. Il" yr'tnw frvrr in Hoama.
We hope there witl ever ~ auv. Int
Il W. are 90 fortunate ns tn have
the disease IN "ur mt''st. oar Tn hn-
danX friends ana uti,trs WHO we're
disposed To- "te,iif the wild lutnors.
that were all mt this week can rest
easy over the tl,rn .tt rilnt they win
recciv" authentic infnrmntinn nn the
subject ~ snon rs it is possible for us
to send It,"
Implicit faith can be put iosthe az
sufanrr of Brother Dnval; he wili do
inst wlar he says ~ viii. aud al
concerned may l,e sure that ii the
dread scpntgr should rbtrr the por-
talS nf oar sister town. Tie Courier
VIII I've prompt In prUclnimmg it to
tie world.
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LeNying ajax for the wear Eighteen hundred
and Ninety-seven tls9I( on ali property stu
ated in the Parish Of Lafonrche subject to
taxation unGer the Constitution of 1879.
SIC. lst. BE it ordained by the Police
Jury of the Parish of Lafourche in regular
meeting assembled that an a6 valnrem Tax
OF eight mills ON The dollar be and is hereby
levied Tor the current year (lS911 Eighteen
hundred aud nIuety seven on all property
situated in tie Parish Of Lafourche, not
exempt from t. Nsticn under the constitution
Of 1879.
SEC. 2nd BE it further resolved. that the
said tax. when collected. shall be apportion-
ed and set apart as follows:
First. Four mills shall he set apart to pey
the current expenses of tho Parish, including
all salaries OF the Parish officers aud shall be
known as the General Fund.
Second. ,! mills shall be set apart and
used for the supp rrt an' maintenance Of the
Public Schools of the Parish and shall be
known as the Public School Fund.
Third. Of n null shall be set apart and
used only for the purpose OF building. i'm
proving and repairing the school houses
belonging 10 the Parish. paving the SALARY of
the superintendent and such incidental as
may be Necessary. aud shall be known as the
Pahlic Srhoo, House Fund. The Public
School aud Public School House Fnnd shall
be subject TO the legal order Of the School
Board of the Parish Of Laiourche. and "a
statement Of the expenditures thereof shall
he submitted by the School Board of the
Parish through u President or sape,rintrn-
dem to this Jury Bi-Annnaily. oil the first
Monday of July and January of each wear.
Fourth. | mill shall be set apart and used
tor Drainage purposes. as stipulated by urdi-
nance No. 1872. adopted March 9th 1875 and
any subsequent amendments thereto: and
shall be expended as therein provided Tor
SIC }. Be it Ordained. etc. that this ordi-
nHnnp sha1 r4l-az atfa.t fran, Il nd IF mr. re tJpst
publication.
Adopted and approved Sept. LIST. 1897.
J.. L. ATCOIN, President.
II. n COTION Clerk
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This s~ertinu was visited last sun.
DAY ~ ~ all day rain aud wind storm
win made going abroad almost i'm.
pos We. M damage WAS dome, how
eve. |heyonii hluwins dnwa the crops
10 SINE extent.
HIS storm proved very disastrous,
however, along the Texas coast. Nine
persons were reported killed and four
teen wounded at Port Arthur, four
towns We're almost wiped ont of exis
tenee, old aud new Sabine Pass was
almost wrecked. A tidal wave ac-
companied the big. winds and carried
desolation and destruction over IA vast
extent nf country.
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Dose one Ieaspoonful in glass aater.
Childrta l3 to 30 drops. After meals.
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Applied to the skin it will whi.en it
and Will Keep the Teeth aud Gums
i'll healthy condition.
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Ordinance No,

= " u. N0
FL. N. COULON. Clerk.
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40 as La.

A DESIRABLE RESIDENCE ON GA
- pa with large hack yard and garden
FOR Particulars apply to
DAVID SMITH,
Thihadaux, LIE
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\ perfect complexion beautitier and
positive relief for an affections Of
the skin Delightful after shaving.
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Ordinance No

Ii. n. COULON, Clerk.
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THE DOCTER'S LANCET.

if / may caM it practicing when l vir-
tllalQy had no practice, for the few
patients [ had managed to obtain
during the twelve months [ had lived
there were mostly of the non-paying
kind, and had it not been for GER
tain proficiency with pen and pen
Gil, whereby [ was enabled to make
enough to keep myself, I am afraid
that on the extremely small and pre-
carious income which the exercise of
my profession brought me in [ should
long ago have come down to the pro-
verbal straw
For a moderate sum / had been
able to rent two rooms in an old tum-
bledown mansion, for the very good
reason that half the rooms in the
house we're invariably empty from
some cause or other, and the landlord
was glad to let any of them for almost
any sum. The house was built with
two wings, in one of which were my
rooms, to which there was a corre-
spending set in the other, with the
porter's lodge between. 1t is neces-
sary to state this on account of what
afterward happened.
The end of the summer had seen
me Frustrated with severe illness,
from which [ had only recently be-
gun to recover, and even now, in the
chill October days, [ was still feeling
the effects of it. One evening shall
[ forget it, [ wonder?-I was sitting
in my room, which was a Large one,
thinking gloomily of the past, of the
little success [ had achieved, and of
the still gloomier prospect of but
scant measure to follow.
Thus reviewing past events, it was
a curious coincidence which led me
to dwell longer than usual on one
which had taken place some months
before; one trivial in itself-for it
was only quarrel with neighbor;
disagTeeable no doubt, but not
worthy of much consideration, and
yet tonight [ could not get it out of
my head. Plunged in these melan,
choly thoughts, I was suddenly arous-
ed by a tapping at the door Won
dering who it could be, I made haste
ITO light my lamp, but while CROPPING
for the matches the tapping was re-
peated more loudly, and [ FASTENED to
open the door in the dark
"Who's there?" I asked, seeing no
one in the darkness.
'tI is 70 said a voice. ''You will be
surprised to see me-
[ started back.
"Mr. Gerarde!" [ exclaimed, for I
recognized his voice.
Here was the very man I had just
been thinking of. There was some
thing uncanny in his appearance just
now, whence | knew not, and I con-
fess it startled me; nor was [ at all
pleased by it. Though at ONE time I
had seen good deal of him, [ had
never liked him, and I could not i'm
agine his object in coming to me
now.
"You want to see me, Mr.. Ger
arde?" [ said.
a n I.
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seemed to have doubled in height
The little hair he had was cropped
close to his head, and his beard and
mustache were shaved off.
''You would hardly have known me
if you had met me anywhere?" he
said, seeing that was observing him
He passed his hand over his forehead
and added, abruptly, eve parted Oh
bad terms the last time 1 saw you"
eyes," [ answered.
"You must not think anything
more of that. I have no heart left tC
rake old quarrels now. [ come to you
to ask shelter for the night, because
l have not friend left to go to. l an
very different from the man yor
knew once, Mai tland. I have had {
run of bad luck for long time; not
only in play-for never was thor
ough gambler-but in everything.
am a ruined man; ruined in purse
and ruined in health and spirit, or ]
should not have come ito ask shelter
of you. You remember Lucie?''
''Your dear wife,"
"Aye, you might call her So" he
continued. ''Never did man love a wife
more tenderly, or treat one with more
kindness, while he had the MEANS
He paused for moment; then, as
if he had forgotten what he WAS
about to say, applied his hand to his
forehead again, and sat thus for a
few seconds looking down.
''You seem in trouble?" [ said, as
soothingly as [ could.
eyes," he answered.; 'things were
desperate enough before the crown
ing misfortune came. People will say
it is my own fault. Perhaps it is. All,
WE'LL"
His tone and manner were so utter
ly abject that [ could not help plying
him. Come I said, 'let us not look
ait troubles till we are half blinded.
Put them away tonight, and tomor-
row you will see your WAY the clear
er. Let us make fire and be cheer
full this stormy weather.
81 am as wet and cold as a dogs
nose" said he, spreading his hands
over the fire.
"You have been in the country?" I
remarked, seeing some clay upon his
boots.
81 arrived here this afternoon from
--, and have been walking about
the muddy streets ever since, but to
no purpose. I thought [ had a friend
or two here, but I find [ have not It
is my own fault. [ chose my own ac.
quaintances, and might have known
what they would be to me when such
a crisis as this should arrive"
Several times [ tried to divert our
conversation into more cheerful chan
nels, but he invariably returned to
the same subject, and at length [ let
him speak on without interrupting
him. After awhile his anger seemed
to have spent itself, and he iapsed In
to moody silence.
81 am poor, Gerarde,'' said pulling
out my purse, 'but-''
NO. said he, stopping me; cit is