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The herald., 1897-03-31
Governors Signatures and Seals

Annually every new governor SENDS
to the governors of other states for their
official signatures as we'll as those of
their private secretaries and of the sec
retaries of state. Private Secretary
Cooper has just received large batch
of supplies, and the chirographies OF
come of the officials are wonders in pen
manship. Some look just like few pen
scratches and are wholly unintelligible
without the aid of some good newspaper
almanac. The seals usually are very
gaudy as well as artistic. Some of the
western states indicate their political
sentiments by stamping them in silver,
such AS Colorado, for instance, while
Idaho goes it one better and has the mar
rowest strip of gold on its otherwise sill
yer seal. indicating its belief In a six
teen to one basis.-Columbia Is. CO Reg
i9ter
The herald., 1897-03-31

to bring down destruction and waste
Above all your schemes and ambitions.
high in the heavens, sits One who watch
es the nations and weighs them-knows
when his war has begun. Vain are your
armies. oh princes, foolish your weap-
ons of war, the blood OF the slain shall
destroy them-the earth shall behold
you no more. At the cry of the widow
and orphan your swords shall be broken
like reeds, and the depths OF your COM
ing disaster shall be as the wrong OF
YOUR deed!s.-J. Hake.
The herald., 1897-03-31
Failed to Paw Up

Timothy Harcus was up before Judge
York yesterday on, a charge of contempt
OF court in not having paid his wife all
mony. About ten months ago Mrs. Har-
Gus obtained decree of divorce from her
husband and $40 a month alimony.
Up to the present time he has never
paid a cent and was summoned yester-
day to show cause why he had not done
so. He promised Judge York that he
would pay up after this and was allowed
The herald., 1897-03-31
The sseest Course

Everything that happens to us leaves
scne trace behind; everything contrib
ntes imperceptibiy to make us what we
are. Yet 1t Is often dangerous to take
a strict account of it. For either we
grow proud and negligent or downcast
and dispirited; and both are equally in
jurious in their consequences. The
surest plan is just to do the nearest task
that lies before us.--Goethe.
The herald., 1897-03-31
A Pioneer Gone

SACRAMENTO, March So.-Edwald
F. Taylor. well known throughout
Northern California. died here this
morning. Taylor was pioneer and
represented Ell Dorado in the legisla-
ture, and served nine years as regis
trar of the United States land Office. lie
was a prominent Republican politician
and land attorney.
The herald., 1897-03-31
The Senate Committee

WASHINGTON, March 30.-The eau
Gus of Republican senators today for
the purpose of considering the question
of filling the senate committee vacan-
cies resulted in the appointment of
committee on committees. This means
that the Republicans will make a def
mite atte mpt to organize.
The herald., 1897-03-31

records Of the bank in charging an item
of 100000 against the Fort Dearborn
National Bank of Chicago. when in fact
that bank owed the Bank OF Minnesota
nothing. On hearing of the indictment
Mr.. Dawson went into court and gave
bail for his appearance, which will be
before the April term of court,
The herald., 1897-03-31
A Narrow Escape

SANTA CRUZ, March S0.-Yesterday
T. Petrow attempted to shoot rabbit
near Watsonville with his shotgun.
when the gun burst, almost blowing
his hand off. Both large arteries of the
wrist were severed and he came near
bleeding to death before he was able
to obtain medical aid.
The herald., 1897-03-31
Mrs. Hammond's Trans,,aal Diary

The diary of Mrs. John Hays Ham
mond, wife of the American engineer
who was Imprisoned, sentenced to death
and finally released upon payment of a
heavy fine as member of til e Johannes
burg reform committee. is now in the
hands of the printers and is awaited with
conviderable interest. 1t is. expected to
clear much that is obscure ln the recent
troubles of the Transvaal. l.-sLondon ca
BILE to New York World.
The herald., 1897-03-31
A Gift to the Art Institute

Charles w. Fullerton, a real estate
dealer and lawyer, has gladdehed the
hearts of the officers and trustees OF
the Art institute by a gift of $4,000, to
be used in the construction of lecture
hall, in accordance with the original
plans for the institution. The hall will
be erected in the present open court, and
will be known as the Fullerton memor-
ial hall, in compliance with the stipula
tions accompanying the donation. II
will have a seating capacity of 900, an
ample stage, and be a model in its way
Chicago Times Herald.
The herald., 1897-03-31

Lower Mississippi is past daily bull
ietin giving the river and rainfall con-
ditiors in that district and the river ba-
sins tributary to 1t, based on the reports
of the local weather bureau officials,
will be issued by the weather bureau.
The herald., 1897-03-31
Senator Cameron Dead

MILWAUKEE,. Wis, March Sex
United States Senator Cameron of La
crosse, Wis, died in this city tonight
from general debility. Mr.. Cameron has
been In Ill health for some months past,
and on Wednesday last came to Mil
waukee for treatment
The herald., 1897-03-31
The Price of Beets

SANTA CRUZ, March 3O.r,The Japa
nese he'd mass meeting at Watson
vile Sunday for the purpose of fixing
the rate for beet contracts, and it was
decided to take no contracts for less
than one dollar per ton for taking care
of beets
The herald., 1897-03-31
undaliverad Talegrams

Undelivered kilograms remain in the
office of the Western Union Telegraph
company for j. M. Beck. Alton Park
hurst, Ed Costello, Z. d. Harrington.
j. Marion Miller, Mrs. B. Lohwasser and
r l.. Howell
The herald., 1897-03-31
Then He Wants You To

'Dah's only one time" said urole
Eben,- when it's safe to conterdict a
man. an dats when he puts on melan
chcly look an stahts IN ter tell bout how
old he's gittin' ter be.'''-Washir gton
Evening Star.
The herald., 1897-03-31
A Banker Indictad

ST. PAUL, Mimi, March SO.-Tha
grand jury today returned an indict-
ment against William Dawson, Jr.,
cashier of the failed Bank of Mime
sofa, charging him with falsifying the
The herald., 1897-03-31
The War-Cry of Ju,ltice

Justice will strengthen nation. but
wrong will leave trouble behind; this is
the key to the riddle to which all the ma
tions are blind. Is it not written in fire,
in blood through all history traced. that
to build upon slaughter and anguish is
The herald., 1897-03-31
An English Bank Broken

LONDON. March 3o.-A long estab-
lished banking house at Weymouth. one
OF the oldest financial institutions in
Dorsetshire. has suspendend. payment
with liabilities amounting to e500,o00
The herald., 1897-03-31
It Never Came

WASHINGTON, March 30.-It is said
at the White House that President Nc
Kinley has never received the letter
written to him by General Gomez of the
Cuban army, appealing to him for sup
The herald., 1897-03-31

spar for a living. We are not fastidious
about this, but we still hold that Fitz-
simmons and Corbett would draw better
than Grover and Benjtmin. Lake
Tribune
The herald., 1897-03-31
Work Day Companions

Hope has never been able pull much
without its yoke mate, Hustle.-Puck.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26
sUGARINB.

If the information recently given out
concerning a patent manufactured sweet
ening called ''sugarine," be correct, the
cane and beet sugar men will have to
deal with an enemy more dangerous than
any which has thus far confronted the
sugar industry.
We incline to the opinion, however,
that the s'sugarine" story can not be
easily swallowed by the public without
the proverbial grain of salt. The man
~ufacturers of the new, so called substitute
for sugar, in an effort to advertise a
sweetening substance may have ''stretch-
cd the blanket" considerably.
Sugarine will be introduced in this
country by Frank H. Allen, of COnnecti-
cut, whe has obtained the option for its
exclusive sale in the United States. 1t is
said to be only five hundred times as
sweet as ordinary sugar. Why the man
ufactnrers stopped at five hundred times,
when they could just as easily have said
a thousand times as sweet as ordinary
sugar, we fail to discover. Perhaps when
our bewildsred wits partly recover from
the first flush ofan increase SO astonish-
ing and ,ddmbfOunding as contained in
IlTs
the original estimate, the manufacturers
of suSarine will go 500 or SO better,
If sugariIe lis what it is said to be
the discoveries have made the greatest
stride yet made in the direction of sup
plying food in tablet or capsule form. If
u little lozenge of b1gaEine can sweeten
six pints of water, coffee or tea we surely
must be nearing the long predicted period
when men can make a dinner off Of one
pill of condensed food, and when the
chemist usurps the functions of the cook,
The American Caterer thus describes
sugaEine:
"1he patent Is q white, crystalline POWDER
easily soluble III water, alcohol or any Other
liquid in which ordinary sugar dissolves, and
can be produced in any form, powder, grain,
pellets, tablets, etc. Each of the lozenges
which are OF ordinary size, sent to Mr.. AlIel
is equal to half a pound Of ordinary sugar
and therefore sufficient for sweetening sil
piuts III water, coffee, tea, etc. Its chemica
property, it Is claimed, is that it has no effec
upOn the exchange Of matter, Persons suffer
ing from diabetes, diseases of the kidneys
etc, who can not take sugar, may take sugar
inc with IMMUNITY, the latter not having atfi
nifty with the carbon hydrates. A grain of i
will sweeten a cup Of coffee. The cost Of pro
ductiou is only one-tsnth the cost of ordinary
sugar. The article is being manufactured in
England by the British Sugarine Company
and patents have been applied for in the
various countries
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26
CORPORATION TAX SALES.
ImmOvabIe Properly.
The IOwn IF HOWm0,
VS..
Delinquent Tue Debtors.

10y VIRTUE OF THEAUTHORITY
ID VESTED IN Me BY THE
Charter, aud Ordinances OF the Town
HOuma, and Con stituMOn and Laws
of the State of Louisiana. will sell
at the front door Of the courthouse in
III HOuma, within the legal hours for
judicial sales, beginning at IL o'clock u.
m, on
SATURDAY, THE 3Ist, DAY OF
JULY, A. d. 1897,
and continuing on each succeeding
dag until SAID sales aIe complete, all
~lmmovable prop, rty, on which taxes
are now due to the town # HOumn.
to enforce collection of taxes assessed
i'll the years 1895 and 1896 together
with interest thereon from the 3lst,
day OF December 1895, and the 3lst,
day of December 1896, at the raie of
two per cent per month until paid,
aud all costs. Tho names Of said
delinquent ax-payers, the am cunt Of
taxes due by each ON tho assessment
OF said year, and the imMOvable prop
eTty assessed to each to be offered for
sale us follows, tO-wit:
Chanfreau, j. G. Mrs. Lots No. Is aud
10, bounded on the East by Roussel
st. West A. Z>rimger, North Court
st. South by SchOOl st. Taxes 1895
and 1896, SIS 25.
Winchester, j. +. Lots No. 3 and A,
Block %, Barrow st. Taxes $I4.OO.
On said day of sale, l will sell such
portion of said property rs each debtO r
Shall point out, and in case tho debtor
shall not point out sufficient property,
will ut once and Observation-Disclosures
sell the least quantity of SAID property
OF any debtor which any bidder will
buy fol- the mount of the taxes, in
terests and costs due by said tax deb
tor; the sale will be without appraise-
meEt, for Cash in legal tender money
OF the United st; tes, and the property
sold shall be redeomable at any tine
for the space OF one gear by paying
the price given with twenty per cent
added, and i'll Cast there be mo- builder
for any of the said property the same
will be bid in for the town Of HOuEna.
DREUX Anglers,
Tax Collector, Town of HOuma.
HOuma, La, June 26th, 1897.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26
Official Proceedings Of the
Police Jury.
HoUmA, La, June end. 1897.

~
Agreeably to the call of the Presi-
dent the Police Jury of Terrebonne
Parish met this day at the Court
House in Houma, l O'clock P. M.
Hon. Alex Mcclellan, President,
presided.
Were present: Walter Tucker, w.
p. Tucker, NJ. CambOn, F. A. AycOck,
LeO Lirette, Theodule Duplantis,
Ernest BOnvillaiu, Amed6e Lajaunis.
Was absent-T. H. Casey.
A quorum being present the follow
ing business was transacted.
The minutes of last meeting were
read and adopted.
The report of the Finance Commit
tee was read and adopted, aud on
motion of M, Cambon seconded by
Ernest BOnvilIaln the sum of $780,
5OallOO) Thirteen Hundred and Eighty
and 5ObIlOO Dollars was appropriated
to pay the claims Eapproved by the
Finance Committee:
HoUMA, La, June 2lst, 1897.
To the Hon. President and Members OF
the Police Jury.
GENTLEMEN-Your Finance Committee
begs to report, That they have examined
and approved the following bills from
to az inclusive amounting in the agre
gate to ($1SSO.503I1OO) Thirteen Hundred
ana Eighty and 5OAtl0O Dollars.
They have also examined the books ant
reports of the Parish Treasurer indinG
same correct.
They ask that an appropriation o
T~sfss05O4J Thirteen Hundred and Eighty
and 5oaI1O0D dollars 70 cover bills approves
as follows:
No.
Bill ofJ. +. Bourgeois p. fees in
in criminal cases....---s-. $lO4 20
9 " F." VIM. Butcher const. fees in
criminal cases-.---..-.-.-. 1919
) I" ]. {. Bourgj P fees in Grim
inal lol %
ger " j.. p. Larrien p fees in
criminal cases, .-.....-..- nv ~
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

The Westteld Ind.) News print the fol-
lowing in regard to an old resident of
that place: Frank McAvoy, for many
years in the employ of the L., N. A. &C.
Ry. here, says. Il have used Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for
ten years or lOnger-am never without it
in my family. consider it the best remedy
of the kind manufactured. l take pleasure
in recommending it, 1t is a specific for
all bowel disorders. For sale by The Stan
0ard Drug Store.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.-It is a terrible
accident to be burned or scalded; but the
pain and agony aud the frightful disfg-
urelnents "a be quickly overcome with
out leaving a scar by using DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. l.. ). MELVILLE.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

special Drainage Taxes, the amount
computed ON an assessment IA made
by Board of Assessors at tlIenmeeting
in Lafayette, on May 18th, 1896, said
assessment being S3500. 90 per mile.
The following resolution hy w.
Thicker was duly adopted
ReSoIUe1. That the Sheriff. Mr.. \.
W Counel,, ne authorized to contract
for blinds for the windows of grOnnd
lo"r"f the Court House and to have
same "rectrl and painted
Further resOJred, That he bedirectcd
and authorized tn erect II small shed
for his horse in the rear of the Court
IInuAr yard ut the expense of the
Parish,
Mr.. G.. M0ntP2ut, Cashier of Tho
Peoples Bank appeared herme Police
jury expressing the opinion that it
would he desirable tU have the Parish
funds deposited in both banks, hut no
action was taken.
The Finance Committee rr"par. Il
and offered the following Budget nf
Expenditures which wa duly adopted
70 the Officers and Members Of Police
jury, TeIrehnune Parish, La,
GENTLEMEN-Ynur Finance Com
mittee beg to report the following
Budget of Expenditures for the mex;
fiscal year and respectfully ask it's
adoption.
For Jurors and witnesses
Court $2506
For Sheriff Salary, Prisoners
Board, conveying prisoners
to the Penitentiary and insane
to the Asylum, serving Jury
notices for District Court, 2OOC
For ron fees, for holding
Inquests, Jury fees and
burals,- sol
For Parish Physician.-..-... 81
For son
For Clerk Of Police Jury..-.-. 2OI
For Parish Assessor 7O(
For Justice cf the Peace-.-.-... 20O(
For COnstables. 300
For Dist Atty c%onve'c fees...--- 5Ot
For Parish Printer.---....-- 40I
For Police Jurors. -..-..-..- 45I
For Roads and Bridges. l4GI
For Road Inspector.--.-.-. 50t
Fol- Election 75C
For Incidentals. 25OC
orc ~,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

Sick headache can be quickly and com
pletely overcome by using those famous
little pills known as tDeWitt's Little
Early Risers." l.. j. MELVILLE,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

TI6,T5U
W.P. Tucker, Chain;
F. A. Aycock,
Leo. Lirette,
Finance Committee.
There being no other business the
Police Jury of Terrebonne Parish
adjourned subject to call.
ALEX MCCLELLAN, President.
G. K. CELEsTIN. Clerk.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

Mr.. Aurelie Theriot appeared before
the Police Jury asking the use of
Dredge Zoe B for Grand Gallon by
petitions which were read and referred
to Drainage Commission Dist. /.
F. A. Aycock offered tie following
resolution which was duly seconded
and adopted ];
BE it ResoIUed, That A.W. Connely,
Sheriff & Tax Collector for the Parish
be authorized TO accept in payment of
taxes due 10y S. P. R. r. Co. gu Houma
Branch R. r. as taxes due Parish of
TerTebonne, for Parish, School and
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

/, q, Is. Daspit, Treasurer, OF che Parish Of
TerreoOnne do solemnly swear that the above
and foregoing is q true and correct statement
and exhibit of the different funds of said
Parish and that 1 have not specialized either
directly or Indirectly in same,
D. b, DASPIT,
Parish Treasurer.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21st,
day Of June, A. ID. 1897.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

Total, ..$l3o0.003
ALI of which is respectfully submitted,
w. P. TUCKER, Chairmani
TSigued1 +. A. AYCOGK,
LEO LIRETTE,
Finance Committee.
The report of the Parish Treasurer,
D. B. Daspit were accepted
Report of o. HB. DsaAPft, Parish
Treasurer.
GENERAL FIND.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-01-22
WIN Not surrender.

Washington, Jan. 1S.-Mr. Quesada,
of the Cuban junta, today received a
long letter from his uncle, Salvador de
Cisneros, president of the Cuban repub-
lie, who, by inference, gives a denial
to the reports that the insurgents are
willing to negotiate terms Of peace on
any other basis than absolute indie
pendence. The letter says, in part:
"We will renew our offensive cam
paign in few days. Gomez has left
me to enter Santa Clara with reinforce
ments and munitions of war. He will
go further west. Our situation is most
prosperous, and if we had plenty Of
ammunition, not only for rifles, but for
cannon, and in Camaguey dynamite
cannon, the railroads would be de-
stroyed and the few garrisoned inland
towns would be abandoned by the
enemy, and they would be confined to
the coast. AS expect to receive these
war materials from abroad, we very
soon will drive them to the sea and be
in a position to tell them, when they
depart, eur last goodbye"
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-01-22
arout BIN in the House.

Washington, Jan. 16.-The house
spent almost the entire day debating
the Grout bill, which was under con-
sideration for time yesterday, to sub
ject oleomargarine and other imitation
dairy products to the laws of the states
into which they are transported. The
advocates of the measure took the view
that the states should be allowed to
regulate the sale Of product sailing
under false colors, and the opponents
argued that the bill would establish
dangerous precedent and invade the
power of congress to regulate interstate
commerce. Those who supported the
measure were Messrs. Northway,
Morse, Lacey, Hainer, Willis, Grosve-
nor and Henderson. Those who op-
posed it were Messrs. Cooper, Tucker,
Cannon, Boatner. Clardy and Williams.
The bill is as follows:
That all articles known as oleomar-
garine, butterine, imitation butter or
imitation cheese, or any substance in
the semblance Of butter or cheese,
not the usual product of the dairy, and
not made exclusively Of pure and un-
adulterated milk or cream, transported
into any state or territory, or remain
ing therein for use, consumption, sale
or storage, shall, upon arrival in such
state or territory, be subject to the
operation and effect of the laws of such
state or territory, enacted in the exer-
else of its police powers, to the same
extent and in the same manner as those
articles or substances that had been
produced in such state or territory, and
shall not be exempt therefrom by rea-
son of being introduced there in origin
al packages or otherwise, provided that
nothing in this act shall be construed
so as to permit any state to forbid the
sale of oleomargarine except in such
manner as will advise customer of its
real character.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-01-22
A Fool and His Money.

San Francisco, Jan. 1S.--Oscar Low,
Victoria man, was buneoed out OF
$3.50 today by the old dice game trick.
Low lives at the Yosemite house, on
Market street, and started for the Bar.
barry Coast for drink He got into q
saloon on Sacramento street, and there
began shaking dice with a stranger.
He lost $40, and newly made friend
told him he could beat the winner out
of all his money if Low could only get
some more cash. The victim went tC
his room, and got 800 more. He re-
turned to the saloon, and soon lost
that Then he complained to the no
lice.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-01-22

New York, Jan. 18.-According to
the Press advices, the garrison Of
Santa Clara had been reduced to 1900
men, while Gomez had 5000, 5000
Seing armed. On January he in
vested the city, which was well forti-
fed. Gomez sent the infantry under
General Rabi to the west of the city.
The cavalry, 400 strong, under Quin-
tin Bandera, was placed on the other
three sides, its main strength being on
the east. On the 9th, 18th and 9th
there were skir1nishes, General Luque
being wounded on the latter day.
On the 9th, at daybreak, the Cubans
closed in on the town and the cavalry
charged over the earthworks and put
the enemy to flight. Bandera fell
while leading his men, and died soon
after. Gomez gave his men only a
nights rest. Then, leaving a garrison
of 1,500 men, he pushed on to the
west. Those Of his men who had nc
weapons We're armed from the Spanish
arsenal, so that in fighting men he was
nearly as strong as before the battle.
No sooner had the news Of the fall
Of Santa Clara reached the planters
around about than they began to flock
to Gomez's standard. Every mile he
went he got new recruits
The news received last night said he
had an army Of $4,000 men, well
eqnipped.