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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-09
NEW YEAR ENTERTAINMENTS

Cedar Grove Ushered the New Year In
With Pleasing Exercises.
Fraternity hall was the scene of a
pleasant entertainment on New Years
night. and the hall was filled to the
very doors to witness the rendering of
the following entertaining program:
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-10

Thia is the light in which the Quss-
ton was viewed BY the Chicago con
ventiOn. This is the light in which
Bryan, Bailey aud all Of the other
great leaders Of the Democratic party
view the question. This is the light
in which the Ohio state convention.
The largest and most enthusiastic con-
ventiOn ever held ID that State, very
recently viewed the question.
Then why this uncalled for, unjust
and undemOcratiC criticism Of Senator
McEusry because be holds views
opposed to the main body of Demo.
crats on = question that is admittedly
a question Of little Importance one
way or the Otherq
THE COURIER does not believe il
tariff protection Is Senator McEnery
does except in the incidental way; but
We leannOt forget that Senator Nc
kneFy's voice was raised during the
campaign Tor the free silver cause.-the
aus We love; We cannot forget that
in his great speech in Congress, while
explaining his vote, inthe same breath
he urged the Importance Of free silver
legislation and declared his earnest
belief in the one great measure Of
relief.
To the ~Censurers of Senator Me-
Emery, The CoURrER asks the ques.
tons: Do you believe that tho free
coinage of silver is the sole issue and
will remain the sole issue until it is
finally settledf If you do how can
yOu question McEnery's Democracy
for believing as you do and praCticinc
what he breaches
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about; and, for that matter. 80 he's
Congress, but here we have asamplao.
what Judge CLARK calls "a government
Of corporations, BY che lobby, for the
benefit Of the m~illiOnairos.o
The Western Union has pat itselfin
Opposition to the popular wish andths
demands Of Congress, and ithas set it's
lobby TO work. That lobby has been
strOng enough to defeat no less than
fourteen recommendation Of con-
gressiOnal committees for the sstab.
lishmsnt Of . postal telegraph, and
has besn able, sven when q billtO thas
effect passed Congress, as In 1865, to
nullify the law and wipe il from the
statute book.
The lobby may have cost q cOnaider-
able sum to maintain, but look At the
magnificent fruit. sIl9.5s0.OOO Of
profit on tie enssrpriss and nearly
slO,OOO.OOO income : year for . few
m~illiOnairss to waste ON Paris palac es,
French chateaux and the entertainment
OF prlnCsSin England. Hers is where
the milliOnaires Of whom Judge Clark
speaks come into consideration,
His definition is = perfect one Of the
system whereby . branch Of the
government neOessary for the people
is Diverted from IT, and. thanks to the
used to enrich few individuals.
The tEaseis OOnspicuOuseverywher ip
country to-day; iesraisss tle price
0fsEsFysrticle Of geHstalC consumption
and thus manages 70 keep the people
poor; bnt in no instance is It more
Offenslve than 10 the case Of the
Western Union, which not only
plumbers the people with its exOrbitant
charges, but usurps the powers Of tho
government itself and maintains its
grip OF part Of our postal system
in defiance of popular sentiment.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-10

+, Warzlow-----..-----..---- s 50
= 80
c. p. Smith d
DreuK Anglers, eOmmissiO.,s,.
Law erDanks, cleaning market 5 10
-Four Asst. Marshals, June 9th, AGO
F. x. Zeringer, board of pris-
OuerHe %
Marshals for arrests and bury
ing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 8 so
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OFFICIAL Proceedings
OF THE
COUNCIL.

HoUMA, La, July 6, 1897.
The Town Council OF the Town d
HOuma, met this day at 8 o'clock
p. m.
His Honor J. C. Dupont, Mayor,
presiding.
Roll Call-The following ..MeHbers
were present.. Lewald, &c, Wurz-
low, r. L. Zelenka.
Absent-Wm. Wright, Jr. ana Emile
Daigle, Jr.
Quorum present.
The minutes of t~hepreviOus meeting
were read and adopted.
TlefOllOwing report Ofthe Collector,
Treasurer aud Improvement Commit
tee We're read and referred to the
proper Committees
HoUMA, LA, July 6, 1897.
To the Mayor and Council Of the Town
of HOuma.
GENTLEMEN-SInce my last report,
/ have collected and paid over to the
Treasurer, the snm Of One Hundred
and Eighteen Dollars, (@Il8.O0), as
fOllOwR
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-10
CORPORATION TAX SALES
OF
In1mOVdbIe PrODerlV,
The IOaCn of HOWnoU,
VS..
Delinquent IGE Debtors.

10y VIRTUE OF THEAUTHORITY
~ VESTED IN ME BY THE
Charter, and Ordinances of the Town
H0uma, and institution and LAVA
1t the State of Louisiana, will sell
at the front door Of the cOmrthOuse in
IN HOHma, within the legal lIours foI
judicial "ales, bceining ut III o'clock u,
m., on
SATURDAY, THE 3Ist, DAY OF
JULY, a. D. 1897,
and continuing on each succeeding
day until SAID sales are complete. nil
Imm"vable prop rty, on which taxes
are now due to the town Of HOumn
to eutOrce collection of taxes Rssasaed
III the years 1895 and 1896 together
with interest thereon from the 3Iat.
day OF December 1895, and the 3Ist'
day Of December 1896, nc the rate Of
TWO per cent per month until paid.
ana all costs. The names Of said
delinquent taxi payers, the am cunt of
taxes due by each on the assessment
Of said year, aud the immOvabIe prop
eFty assessed to each to be offered for
safe as follows, tO-wit:
Chanfreau, j. C. Mrs. Lots No, 10 and
10, bounded On the East by Roussel
Sc. West A. Zaringer, North Court
Sc. South by School Sc, Taxes 1895
aud 1896, IS %.
On said day a sale, I will sell such
portion of said property ~ each debtor
shall point out, and in case tho debtor
not point Ont sufficient property.
will At Once aud without furtherdelaT,
sell the least quantity of said property
of any debtor which any bidder will
buy for tine mount of the taxes, in
forests and costs due by said tax deb
tor; thu sale will be without appraise-
ment, for Cash in legal tender money
OF the United States. and the property
sold shall be Tedeemable at any time
the space of one year by paying
The price given with twenty per cent
added and in case there be no bidder
for any of the said property the same
will be bid in for the town of HOuma.
DREUX Anglers,
Tax Collector, Town of HOuma.
HOunna, La, June 18th, 1897.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-10
LOST.

ApEOmisSOry note for 1880 dated at
Houma, La, Jan. 9Th, 1896, drawn in
favor Of G. B. Ellington by Lezih
Duplantis and Alexis Duplantis, and
bearing interest at 8 per cent per annum
from it's date, with the usual attorneys
fee clause.
A reward will be given to any one fnd-
ing and restoring said note to
WINCHESTER & BRIANT,
Attys. of C. b. Ellington.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-10
"a Government of the COrpo-
rations, by the Lobby, for
the MiIliOnaires."
Times-D Democrat,

Times Democrat.
"Ws miscall this a government Of
the people, by the people and for the
people, said Judge Clark ia his recent
article in the Arena which unpublished
the other day, "bnt a consideration of
tledsfectS in Our pOstoffce management
shows, beyond cavil or question, that
in consideration fox the benefit Of the
public We arc far behind most other
countries, ven chose making small.
p%retension to popular government.
Taking PostOfRce Department a q
sample, It could be said that ours is a
governments Of the corporations, by the
means Of the lobby, for the benefit Of
the milliOnaires.'" We have had this
told us very often Of late by leading
Statesmen and thinkers. Hon. Geo.
FEed Williams pointed it out in his
stirring address before the Louisiana
State University at Baton Rouge.
Judge Clark, in his article in the
Arena, confines himself to Ons branch
Of tho evil-the postal service-and
shows how these corporations, OF,
rather, q single COrpOratiOn-tor the
Western Union has secured a monopoly
in the line OF business 1t handles
absolutely controls q branch of the
public service of the greatest oOnve-
nlence and necessity to the people.
The postal service in every other
progressive country consists of two
branches, the ordinary mail and the
telegraph. Common sense tells us that
they are not merely kindred, but
identical, going, naturally, hand in
hand, and the telegraph isused only as
. quicker way Of sending information.
# u is in a hurry he uses the
telegraph; If no has more time, he
uses the mail. To separats the two is
hike separating the expCess trains on
the railroads and the ordinary accom-
L
OdasiOn ones, placing them under
different control because one is fast
and the other slow.
How naturally the telegraph and
mail slip into each other as parts
Of the same postal system 10 seen in
England, France and other countries,
government control OF tho
telegraph has given complete satisfac-
lion and an Improvement from
to year. We have followed
England in every postal Improvement
{ has made except in the government
control Of the telegraph, and the only
hing that has prevented US doing this
8 the prohibition Of the Western
We Of the Unitsd States fully
ppreciAte the fact that the telegraph
nght to be operated As part Of the
'OstO6iceD Department, and the business
lterests and people generally have
anxious for years to bring this
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-10
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA,
18th. Judicial DistriCt Conrt Parish ol
TcFrebODne.



WHEREAa, Edmund Mcclellan. AL
administration ut the Succession nf Bar-
nard Ritter has 6le,l - Provisional
Tableau of hiS Administration Of tile
atfaITs Of said Succession.
Notice is therefore given to all NJ F.
sons interested including their h"iIs
tO file their 0ppOSiliOns, if any they
have, to said Provisional TableMu
with the Clerk of said Court at his
Office in the town of HOuma, La,
within ten days from the day of the
first publicatiOn..herSof; otherwise the
said tableau will I've liOmOlOgated and
approved IN due course of law.
Witness my hand and Official Seal
q HOHma, La on this 10TH, day OF
July, A.. D.. 1897.
M A. BOURG,
$3.50 Clerk of said Court.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-10
TERMs oF s-uBscRrprIoN.


IKE z1KlzT Bill AND SBHArOh
MeENERTS V0EB.
The taEiR bill passed the Senate last
Wednesday, By . vossofag 70 90. The
bin 10 orr opinion will fail to give che
rslief % the country that its advocates
claim i viii. It - no worse, however
tIlan the Wilson Bill and.as = revenue
yisIder Il may prove a decided im-
proyemsat over the Wilson Bill.
Buf when this 10 said there is moth .
Ing nnOrs LEFT 70 aay, except that the
Republican tariff bill grants more
favOrs, apparently, to several LOulsi-
n indussries than the Wilson Bill
did.
80 far az the general prosperity of
the country is cOnCernedT The COURIER
does not believe that the bill will add
e 3 take away from tho prosperity Of
The soantry.
There ought 70 BE- some improve
mept in buAiness within the next year
or 90, bus the Improvement, in our
opinion will be due. solalv "A the
''brute rOrOe,p 50 70 speak, Of our
matchless resources, and not to the
tampsring with tbs taria. We look
toE q anurt Of prosperity a. q natural
result Of long Pent upresOureeS.
Foam, that AL will be glad to get 8
tAsse Of may bubble through tae cork,
but the genuine champagne ii pros.
Perity viii never be reached until the
cork il removed.
The true remedy for existing OWLS
can BE- found in financial legislation.
Tho application must reach ! sDOt
that tarif ~leginlAtiOn with it's surface
lotions can not reach. YOu cannot
cur heart disease BY incrsaslnR or
dsC'saaing the quantity Of air tho
patient must breathe, and you can not
produce q final cure for a disease that
is ApreyIng On the very vitals Of the
nation BY u little bottle Of tariff sOlu-
tion that never sOOthes desper than
tAs surface.
This is The COUREER's honest con-
victiOn. We are not ashamed Of 1t
nor do We intend to relinqulsh it until
time has shown us on error.
There may be men in our party who
sspOnsed the free silver cause during
the late campaign, who shOuted its
'paramoUns Importance from platform
or editorial room because they regar-
ded il only aaa catcb-isaue that would
gain victory for the Democratic party.
while not truly believing in it's para
mount impOGtanes, except in 90 far a.
i was employed 70 set Office aud gain
victory. From recent expressions on
che subject, and the blister and upro-
riOHs manneE il which msn and news
have vainIy tried 70 make the
question the dividing line, BY
D~ensuring senator MeEnsry and other
who are a. solid as ever
% tho OnE iasue-she money ques-
who claim she right to differ
Dn nuch minor questions - the tariff,
are iprsed TO say that there are
Democrsts who wera BOT e. sincers az
hey protested to Be- when shouting
Ior free ailvor,
We thank goodman that TEE CoUR-
iER is not Of that number. Free ,
doctrine is ground in cur bones.
p ns it's no empty cry employed TO j
The political aspirations of the Z
'%artizan o. the ~bypOcrise. 1t is not
lever 20 bOust leaders into oaace i
na then be cast aside. I
The fres coinage OF silver at the
atiOno Of IS - | - We regard it means a
ght and justice; and the triumph Of 0
i idea will 30 tho corner stone Of 2
sfmanent prosperity 70 the whole il
b
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of Expenditures h0r. che
Mm~A N3~wmn -

BBsadGet Of ExPemdiaures for the
next 1iscssl year.
For Jurors and witnesses
Court $500
For Sheriff Salary, Prisoners
Board, conveying prisoners
to the P~enitentiary and insane
to the Asylum, serving Jury
notices for District Court, 1000
For coroner fees, for holding
lnquests, Jury fees and
burIals, SID
For Parish Physician......... 50
For Treasurer 500
For Clerk Of Police Jury.--.. 900
For Parish Assessor 700
For Justice Of the Peace.--... 1000
For CODstables. 1000.
For Diet Atty cOnve'c f-ees.... 500
For Parish Printer.... 400
For Police Jurors. $50
For Roads and Bridges. f4OO
For Road Inspector. 500
For Election. $50
For fncidentals. $500
sl6.75O
ALEX McCoLLAM, President.
Q. A. CELEsTrN. Clerk.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-10

$411.U5
Respectfully submitted,
ALPH. DUPONT,
Treasurer.
HoUMA, LA, July g, 1897.
To the Mayer and Council Of the town
Ut HOuma.
Your Improvement Committee here
by reports all work undertaken by us
to date as completed, and no wOrkmen
in the employ OF the town at present.
During the last three weeks the fol-
lowing amounts were contracted by
Us
F. .WurzlOw, carpenter work
l %
John DnPib, carpenter work
50
john Noon, ditching "a acl Do a
70 per acIe.---............ IS 90
John Noon, renewing and re-
placing bridges etc.,..-.... 2 100
c. p. Smith g. Co. lumber.--... % 50
Respectfully submitted,
z. WURZLOW, Chan;
r. L. ZELENKA,
COMMITTEES.
The Finance COmmittee passed npOn
and approved the following bills, and
upon motion, duly seconded aud car
Eied an appropriation Of Seventy.nine
and O9Ll0O Dollars was made to pay
same, via
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-10

TOtaI,..s. $IlB.OO
Respectfully submitted,
DREUX Anglers,
Collector.
HoUMA, La, July 6, 1897.
Statement of Alph. Dupont, Treasurer,
in account with Corporation of
H0uma, La.
June |, Amt. on hand as per
last statenent.--.. 500 90.
s, Amt. OF Receipts since
and to dat-e.--...- 1eI. 90
-
Total,..., 3a4I.2s.
June 6, Amt. paid out since
last Statement 462.2S
-
8459.O5
Respectfully submitted,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-10
8 so
$500

Bids in regard tOdigging out Barataria
Canal from Corporation line to Bayou
TerrsbOnne were read and referred to
Improvement Committee.
The following letter from F. C..
ENCLOSING, of Port Gibson, IAIiss., was
read and ordered spread on the min
ntes."
PoRr GmsON, Mss, june 9lst, 1897.
DR.. r. L. Zelenka,
HOuma, La.
DEAR SIR-In reply to your letter. of l7th,
instant, to our Mayor will say that POpula-
tion Of our Town IA 1000 Assessed Valuation
eo9s.O0O.O0; Special tax levied. nOne; Gross
revenues from all sources 81 mills for general
purposes and 3 mills Tor school purposes. We
figure that our Electric Plant win give US
revanue enough to pay running expenses,
interest and sinking fund ON 4S5OOO.Oo Bonds
s percent.
We have 4 miles of Pipe Line and g Hy-
dEants; 20 Arc Lamps 5000 candle Power; 4
miles Pole Line-ThOmpson & Houston Are
Lamps-We have with our WateUwOrks and
Electric Plant, 10000 Gal. compound Du.
plsx Pump, 20 #. Steel Tower, lOO,O 600 Gal.
Steel Tank, two s. Horse Power Boilers, one
lbs Horse rOwor Filler aud StovelI COsliss
Engine with Jack Shaft and Puleys, Brick
Power Horse; 8 Artesian Well; Cine Pump
Well "a < 30; onelO0O ~Ineandescent Dynamo
ds Candle Power one IS Arc Light Dynamo
nO0otCanals PJwer.
Hoping this will give yOu all tho iufOrma-
ton desired. Yours respectfully.
II. e. ENCLOSING,
City Eng. for Port Gibson Miss.
There being no further business, tile
adjourned.
&c. DUPONT, Mayor.
DREUX Anglers, s ecretary.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-22
Alcohol From Apples.

Messrs. Nivien and Dupont have OK
perimentcd rs to the manufacture of al
cohol FROM apples One hundred quarts
OF apple juice contained 80. 10 per cent
Of water, 0.30 PEI cent of ash, 2.04 per
cent OF pectin bodies and , Ter cent of
cane sugar, 2.91 per cent dcNtrosc, S. 80
per cent levulosc and 0.Sl per cent of
other sugars; total sugars, 1881 per
cent. On adding phosphoric acid, pot
ash and ammonia Tor sodium nitrate)
tho fermentation proceeds rs quickly
and completely as with turnip juice,
and by this means per cent alcohol is
obtained from the apples. This alcohol
was considered TO be of better quality
than the ordinary alcohol from cider.
Tho grounds remaining equal IS per
cent of the apples taken and contain g d
per cent of sugar.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-22
How Are
These for Bargains 7?

40 room residence on n large lot, South .Ieirer-
son street, with bath and all convcnicnces. ony
SLIGO; SEQ cash balance easy monthly payne
This house could not be built for 81 40. We
have had some bargains before, but this hcnis
them all. II you want n bargain in real estate
this is your chance.
y broom cottage in the Southwest. on gncd
size l2t-a big bargain Ut SGJU-E.G0 cash, bali
aEcc : per month.
Ninety acres OF tho finest land in Roanoke
county, iour miles from Roanoke, l0:oom honse,
branch through the land. Il good orchard ano NJ
teen acres in line oak timber, only SD per acre
Richly worth double that amount.
Twelve acres in the town OF Vintor-just the
place for - truck garden quality OF lano first
class, and j. dit cheap at 500 sec this. Il VIII
suit you.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-22
Queen Victoria.

People often write to Queen Victoria
asking her to lend them small sums and
promising to repay her i'll installments.
Sometimes they write saying they are
unable to pay her taxes and trusting
that she will allow the account to stand
over II bit. The presents the queen re-
ceives by post form curious collection.
Ihey are invariably returned. Poets
sehd hcr poems; tradcsmcn, specimens
OF their wares; ladies, mittens, stock
lnss and other articles OF attire worked
BY themselves. When any member of
the household is i'll, medicines pour in
from all parts of the world. and at
Christmas the queen is the recipient Of
some hundreds of Christmas cards, many
of them Of the most expensive nature
Philadelphia Ledger
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-22
R0ANOKE'S REAL ESTATE HUSTLERS
The Real
Estate 10 buV!!.

Dwelling. on corncr lot on Salem ave-
nue.; rooms, very desirable location:
price 81, 500; 5000 cash, balance .Sl3 per
month
Very nice cottagc on corner lot in West
Roanoke, 500; $3.50 cash, balance IS per
month
Large Sroom dwelling near IIotei Ron
noilc in most desirable location. Price
S2,oGO; $500 cash, balance SIS per month
Large dwelling property, 20 rooms. now
rrntll.g for SIS pc" month. Price < 300:
SOD cash, balance Sl2 per month
stop renting and buy this property:
Dwelling, rooms, on Seventh avenue
near Jefferson street. all convcnicnces,
now renting Tor $22 30 per month Price
:, 100: S2oO cash, balance $50 per month.
The most desirable lots on Center and
l.oudon avenues II. w, in rear of West
End roundhouse. 50Nl30 feet each. Price
Sl1I; SD cash, balance - per month.
An entire block, IL Of the most desirable
lots in Mclrose. .i00N32O feet. Price 81
00n.
Two lots On Elm avenue :. W.. Lewis
addition, lO0Xi3O feet. Price S.i25.
One of the most desirable lots on Va2c-
well street near the cemetery. Price
5000
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-22
THE CRANE DANCE.

Where the Soubrcttes Got Their Idea For
Speciality.
There is q dance called the crane
dance, which Is popular at the vaude-
vile houses. AT Lincoln park there is IL
real crane which does Is crane dance,
and those who have seen its saltatorial
feats say the bird does it much better
than do the featherless, two legged ami
mails.
No purely initiative dancing could
fail TO gain by being an exact copy Of
the performance of the long necked,
spindle legged sand hill crane. Its stops
are not only grotesque, but they are of
KIND to make the gravest onlookcr lose
his dignity and laugh like a delighted
boy Mt the circus This Lincoln park
bird at the outset of his dance is tho
personitication of dignity. When in the
days Of his freedom he tripped it OH his
native sand hills for the sole benefit of
his mate, be did so only i'll the spring
time, but now, III his lowly captive
state, he dances i'll and out of season if
the keeper who feeds him will hut wave
has arms and take an awkward step or
two to give him encouragement.
The crane begins its dance by showing
one long Leg, with its claw attachment,
straight ont i'll front Of his body. Then
Ic lowers ii and draws it back slowly
vst.l it is within an inch or two of the
ground. Then there is lightningliko
1orb.o shuttle, and the other leg is
ted TO the front. Then the dance
5oeis ~ earnest. The wings are
efr.chca .:i beat the air i'll perfect
,-i.r e The muvcmont of the feet, be
they g5!,g in,J or slow. There is the
semblance {. q clog then the snuous
foot and body movement of the nautch
girl. and in IL moment the whirl of tho
dancing dervish, TO be succeeded as a
finale by sort of wild "all hands
round" Ill which every feather Of the
bird is alive, rs it enters into the joy of
the dance with an utter abandon. The
act of stopping is like tho halt" of the
German soldier-sudden. stiff and in
slant. Then the crane marches away to
Il corner with Il still stately tread, but
with an eye which appears to reveal en-
barrassment. Chicago Times Herald