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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-04-10

Alphonse Breaux ................... 90
clusive........... ........... $500. Is IS
;. McFaddin, salary marshal March,. SO 90
Moss Bros. Co. key natls.........- %
Moss Bros. & Co., 20 lbs wire nails 70
VIM. eraser, repair'g Is lamps and
D. " Gerdebied lamp cbimneys,
wicks, observation-disclosures. 3e
Lafayette Advertiser, licenses blks, etc ; IS
Y. blanchard. work on plank walk 90
Amb: Mouton. Lightly lamps March, IS 90
Martin & Dueo'e' ehimneys, etc from
1. Creighton. work on plank walk - ~
CASTOR Siadous, hauling lumber. Il ~
Victor Breaux, fixing bridges .......... 9 SO
B. Falk, nails. bricks. globes, etc.,. IS SO
AN ORDINANCE relative to dogs runni ing
Mt large within the corporate limits Of
the town of Lafayette:
Resolved, That dogs shall not be allowed
to roam at large within the corporate limits
collar with stamp bearing the figures de-
noting the year for which said stamp is is
sued and the number thereof. The stamp
to be made out of suitable material (brass or
TIM and procured at the expense of the cor
Poration and issued by tile town constable at
the rate of one dollar each, collar included.
1t shall be the duty of the constable to keep
. correct register of names of parties pur-
chasing said stamps and their number; and
the amount thus collected under this orli-
nance shall be turned into the treasury.
Be it also resolved, That the constable is
hereby ordered to kill all dogs found rum
ming at large on the streets within the cor
porate limits of the town, unless wearing
said stamp and collar.
Resolved further, That all laws or parts
of law counteracting with this ordinance are
hereby repealed and that said ordinance
shall take effect from and after its pro1nulga-
ton.
Adopted by following vote:
Yeas: Ducote, Falk, Trahan, Doucet,
Bossat, Leblanc. Nays: None.
Following commissioners were appointed
BY the Council to serve at the municipal
election to be held Monday, May 3, 1897,
to elect mayor and seven councilmen to
serve the ensuing two years: J. Alfred
Mouton. F. c. TRAY. Danton J. Veazey and
clerk of election Baxter Clegg.
The secretary was instructed to issue war
rant favor of DR.. Thos. b. Hopkins, president
School Board, for $125. for benefit of High
School as per resolution passed Dec. ?, 1896.
Upon motion mayor was instructed to
have purchased 100 dog tags for collars as
per ordinance passed this day and same to
be turned over to finance committee.
Council adjourned.
CHAs. D. CAFFERY, Mayor.
BAXTER CLEGG, Secretary.
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Lands for Sale.

Several hundred acres of good lands stu
ated in the parish OF Lafayette for sale
easy terms. Apply TO
JNO. A. HUNTER, Rayne, La
d-6m.
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The following accounts were approved:
L. Lacoste, 4 bis coal ........$ 3 90
I. Richard, hauling lumber, etc.. 80
E. HI. Vordenbauman, lumoer......-. 10 IL
Estorge & Billeaud, lumber . I8z 90
Thos. Mouton, guarding jail. IS 90
I. A. Broussard, feeding prisoners. IS os
r. e. Greig, kilograms, etc-......-.-...-. 90
Lucien Duhon, constable fees.. IS 90
w. E. Cniacke, feeding Blanc bros. Iz4 50
Duplex & Roy, spades IS 80
Adam Primeaux, sharpening spades. 1o5
II. Theall, spades, etc.. .....- 6 oo
Amy Garry, washing blankets. so
A.. L. Lyons, beading Gustave BALM 4 90
A. A. Morgan, Antoine Delhomme,
v. Comeaux, Ernest Sonnier,
Albert Jani, T. A. Badeaux,
coroner's jurors each ................ 90
E. G. VOORHEES,, clerks fees....-..... Is IS
There being no flu, Their business the Police
Jury adjourned.
r. G. LANDRY, President.
r.. c. RRErG, Secretary.
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So. Pac. Schedule.
EAST BOUND.
No. 10. Arri's 2:46 a. M, lives ago a. m.
No. ~, s. 1870 p. M, - I2:45 p. m.
WEST BOUND.
No. 20. Arri'S I.4I a. m. lives z:4I a. m.
No. IL, - 3:I5 p. m. s. 1885 p. m.
Al EXANDRIA BRANCH.
East bound, No. 70, Arrives 1910 p.
West bound, No. r., Leaves $40 p. m.
AT NEW ORLEANS.
Arrives. Leaves.
No. I9 8:2o m. No. 20 S:2o p. m.
To. II $50 p. IN. No. Is 900 a. m.
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Chae. .. Caftery. . . .
Attorney at Law
and Notary Psblic.
Office Madison Street.
Lafayette, Louisiana.
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To total amt csh on hid spec tax$IS1o ~
Respectfully submitted,
ID. ". GARDEBLED, Treasurer.
The following accounts were approved:
DR.. F. S. Mudd, medical attention$ 9 90
Homer Mouton, L. NJ. Creighton, DIR.
+. S. Mudd, Ambrose Mouton,
A. Hirsch, coroner's jurors body
Alphonse Breaux, each . q 90
u. Himel, salary deputy marshall. SO 90
S. McFaeidin, kill & aud bury'g dogs IS
DIR. 4. X. Trahan, inquest over body
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Respectfully submitted.
]. E. MARTIN, Treasurer.
Lafayette. La, April !, 1897.
The committee appointed to Investigate
the Offices of tax collector and treasurer,
submitted detail report showing total re-
ceipts of collectors office $ISI95.54 and
treasurer's receipts $zo563.74 with dis
bursements *I6s64.s4. Balance on hand
$3oo8.oo. -
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City Council Prosee dines,

| LAFAYETTE, La, April 6, 1S97.-The
City Council met this evening in regular
session, following members present.
Mayor Fa,t3 Gh a. R d: Caffery Jos: Ducote,
Doucet and DIR. Trahan. Absent: Orther
c. Mouton.
Minutes of March I, 1897, were read and
approved.
Following is report of street committee
which was ordered recorded and street COM
the proper X. X. authorities to crossing at
Degree switch. X. X. company be requested
to remove same at earliest possible date.
REPORT OF STREET COMMITTEE.
We, the undersigned members of the
street committee, do hereby make the ;fol-
lowing report.
That the sum of four hundred dollars
$4,000 be appropriated as payment of the
work done on the streets of Lafayette by
Victor Breaux, contractor and that war
rant for the amount should be issued in
favor of said Victor Breaux.
After due examination of the building of
a switch for the American Brewing Associa-
ton of Houston, Texas, we hereby report
that said switch as been built according to
town ordinances
We report that the drainage of the town
is in good condition with the exception of
the pond situated north of town, but said
matter has received our prompt attention.
We furthermore report that the attention
of the officials of the X. X. Company should
be called to the obstruction of the ditch
running alongside of the X. r. tract of the
Western side said ditch being entirely OBJ
structed by the Dcgrez switch.
Respectfully submitted,
Jos. DUCOTE,
Il. FALK,
L. NJ. BIossAr.
The secretary instructed to issue to Victor
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Total amt. collected up to date s 1890 IS
Respectfully.
5. w. McFADDIN, Marshal.
Ordered recorded and filed.
The report of the Treasurer showed w.
w. s. E. L. funds combined. The secretary
was instructed to call on treasurer and have
separate reports made of the funds of each
and to instruct, him to SO render his state
ment in future.
Following Is the report of treasurer.
Lafayette, La, April S, 1Se7.-To The
Hon. Mayor and Members of City Council:
d. v. GARDEBLED, Treasurer, DIR.
1897.
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have caused to he made plat of said road
showing the location and course of said
road, and the location of the lands of the
different Proprietors through which said
road runs, and the distance and quantity of
land appropriated from each owner for said
road, which Flat is annexed to tn is, re-
port for reference.
Done at the parish of Lafayette, this 5th
day of March. 1896. Raymond Trahan,
Alexis Leblanc, Eloi Broussard, Onezir,e
Trahan, Charles Mcdonald.
ENDORSEMENT OF CONSENT.
I. one of the proPrietors named in the
written report. do hereby consent to the
location and direction of the road as
described in the written report, and accom-
panying plat; and hereby agree to accept
the amount of damages allowed me, by
said jury of freeholders, as by the written
report set forth in full compensation of all
damages by me sustained, by reason of the
appropriation of my land for the use of
said road. Signed and dated this 9Th day
of March, 1896. Donated: Jean Hebert.
Eugene Leblanc, Emile J. Iebert, Eraste
IIebert, H. G. Bourg. Charles Mcdonald,
Lazare Duhon, ALI. D. Breaux, Lauzin
Comeaux, Alexis Leblanc, Eloi J. Brous-
sard, Jean Comeaux, Valentine Simon, ".
Broussard, Mrs. F. Bourges. Witnesses:
Dosite Duson, Desirez Hebert.
The treasurer submitted his monthly re-
port follows:
To the President and Members of the
Police Jury, parish of Lafayette, La: Cen
tlemen-T The following is a statement of
receipts and disbursements of parish funds
since my last report:
DIR.
To bal on hand at last report $4,000 IL
Mich IS to amt received from
Tax coll'r taxes coll'd in Feb - SAX 40
Tax coll'r licenses coll'd in Feb. Cos 90
Total receipts.................-- .$5S9S 81
CIR.
March by per cent com
Tax coll'r tax coll'd in teb.........$ ~ OF
Tax coll'r licenses coll'd in Feb. 50 rs
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Adopted.
The secretary instructed to issue to Victor
Breaux, warrant for $500 as per request of
street committee as part payment on contract
for working streets.
LAFAYETTE. La, April, s. ISo7.-To
the Honorable Mayor and Members of the
City Council, of Lafayette: Gentlcmen.-
l have collected the following amounts since
last meeting to-wit.
Rugular Tax .$216 OF
Special tax for water works and
electric lights .--......... .-...... ZIG o.
License Observation-Disclosures. ....-..... 65S 90
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-14
crosse on the green near the Council
House, and really the game was more
interesting than the dances.
Saeaclty of the Walrus.

4 1t is an evidence Of the extreme
sagacity of the walrus that it is rare
ly caught unawares. When herds are
sleeping on ice-foes there is always at
least one on the watch, ready to give
the alarm at the approach of danger;
and, when this is given, not many mo-
ments elapse ere the whole herd have
tumbled into the water.
When out of the water they are very
clumsy and cumbersome in their move
ments, but in the water their agility is
truly surprising for animals of such an
unwieldy shape. The simultaneous
ness with which they dive and reap
pear again is remarkable One moment
you may see hundred glistening
heads with long cleaning white tusks,
another moment a hundred brown
backs, and the next a hundred pair Of
hind hippers, and then all are out of
sight.
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will have had a damaging effect upon
many things. I have known chickens,
ducks, geese, pigs, and even calves kill
ed by too much heat. The system be-
comes so relaxed, causing much fatty
matter to be liberated, which passes
through the bowels, causing one of the
worst dysenteries. My feeding mixture
to about two months of age consists Of
oatmeal and -four (more of the former),
a trace Of chalk, or whiting, sulphur,
and little ground linseed. Boiled rice
is very good for change. Although q
chemist, advise all to keep off medi-
cines entirely as long as they can, and
employ simple remedies only, for with
chickens you only do more harm than
good. Avoid leaving milk in the sun
by all means, and you boil your wheat,
feed off grass, in clean vessels, and
upon no occasion feed two or three
days off the same boiling; it quickly
turns sour; but this can be avoided by
plunging it into cold water. It will
thus keep sweet much longer. I never
feed upon dusty ground, whether sweet
or tainted. The former will scour, the
latter simply courts disease in her
numerous sluggish forms.
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Diarrhoea and Its Causes,

Having seen, under the above head
ing, a letter, signed J. A. L., in your
paper of May IL, may inform him
there are several causes of diarrhoea,
writes A. Hemsley in Fanciers' Gazette.
London. The cause, whatever it may
be, only requires to be removed, and
diligent search should be made for it,
before any good can be accomplished.
In the first place, if your runs are kept
perfectly clean, and your water tins
are filled once daily, and kept located
in a shady place, I advise a complete
change Of diet, and give wheaton bread
-four and prepared chalk-a tablespoon
full of chalk to a pound of oatmeal
with two or three tablespoonsful Of
flour. The chalk neutralizes all acid
ity, which, in most cases, is the cause
of diarrhoea, especially in warm wealth
er. The fermentation of the contents
Of the crop and gizzard is too rapid !;
thus 1t is acetuous fermentation sets
in, which causes irritation Of the in
ternal mucous membrane. Dry corn is
very poor food for baby chickens. If
they eat sufficient it causes too heavy
thirst and indigestion, sure precursors
of this complaint. We have far too
many fancy meals and foods in the
market. And sharps should be nsef1
with great care for the first month
During the last week the excessive heat
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each inhabitant, and $50 bushels of salt
to the entire reservation. The United
States government gives twenty yards
OF cloth to each family annually. We
have our farms and are content. I am
the head Of the Six Nations and alone
have the right to open the Council I
am a man of peace, and have devoted
all my life to the advancement Of my
people.
There are two parties here" contin-
ued the chief. Eve call them the old
party and the new party. The white
men speak of the old party as being
pagan and the new party as Christians.
/ am of the old party, but we are not
pagans. A pagan does not believe in
God. We believe in Supreme Creator
and Ruler of the universe, who, so far
as can see, is like the God of our
| brothers who have been won over to
Christianity. Our ceremonies of recog-
milton are, of course, very different
| put the two parties get along peace
fully and tremendously. There are
eight clans among the Onondagas-the
Beaver, the Wolf (my OWN, the Deer,
the Bear, the Eel, the Mud Turtle, the
Swamp Turtle and the Snipe.
! we have four celebrations during
the year. In January comes the burn
ing of the white dog, the big day Of
the year, which is as much the recog-
milton of the advent of the new year
as anything else. In April and May we
dance because it is time to plant our
crops; in September we give thanks if
the crops are going to be good, and in
November we celebrate because they
have been good.''
Then La Fort walked slowly over to
the Council House, where crowd of
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FORMATION FOR THE DANCE.

white people were impatiently waiting.
He addressed them and used white
mans excuse for charging an admission
fee to the green-corn dance. He said
that times were bad. Then, by way
Of 'extenuation, SO far as he was con-
cerned, he added that the hard times
had not affected him, as he had as
much as he ever had, but he wanted to
help the dancers. La Fort then sold
tickets at a window, which young
brave took up at the door.
The side walls and ceiling of the
Council House are of oiled matched
pine. Two chandeliers hang from the
ceiling, each having three globes COL
ored red, white and blue respectively,
probably a conceit of the government
agent. On. the floor and around the
long room are double rows Of benches
painted yellow. The spectators at the
dance completely filled these benches.
To see the dance there were men, wo-
men and children. Just as the dance
was about to begin the bell at the In
dian church, not far away, rang, call
ing the Christians to Sunday school,
and Chief Tom Lyon, the head singer
at the dances, remarked that the Chris
tian Indians seldom came to the So
called pagan ceremonies.
Three young Indians took seats on a
low bench In the center of the room.
The dancers formed circle around
them, They were dressed in their u.s.
ual fantastic costumes. The men on
the bench began to beat their rattles
made of mud turtle shells, and one OF
them tapped kettledrum. Soon to
this was added the accompaniment OF
the stamping of one foot and the sing
ing of the war song. All this was be-
gun lightly and SLOWLY and the vol
ume gradually increased, when sud-
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Eggs Preserved in Clay.

Ii Hung Chang's commissariat car
ried with it around the world supply
Of Chinese preserved eggs for the Am
bassador's special use, writes A. V.
Mersch in Farm Poultry. "Those won
derful eggs," said my. friend, Mr. Doyle,
the steward Of the Waldorf, at which Ii
stopped during his sojourn in New
York, 'are not so bad after all. Here
is one of them," he said to me, know
showing me what looked like piece of
pummice stone, but was an egg en-
cased in clay, which was given me by
one of the cooks, and may be century
old for aught I know. This is a pre-
served hens egg. The process of keep
ing them is very primitive and simple.
yet very effective. This is the way it
is done: First the eggs are boiled hard |;
then while they are hot they are wrap
ped in soft clay and packed away. They
will keep forever. They were brought
here in bags packed in rice husk, some
of which you see still clings to the
clay. These eggs are almost black, and
the yolks are green. They chop them
very fine and decorate most of their
viands with them, and they enter large
ly into all their sauces. The, duck eggs
are from the Pekin and Muscovy
breeds. They are first boiled, then pre-
served in a paste of charcoal which
hardens about them. These duck eggs
are opened, split in halves and served
in the shell, and as old as the eggs
are, I assure you that they are de-
licious." I don't perfectly understand
the difference in preserving hens eggs
and ducks eggs; but I mean to try an
experiment on them this season, and
will report my experience.
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SLICK SCHOONER, ABLE sklPP

A Sight on the River That Won the Ad-
mlration of South Street Loungers.
From New York Sun: There are
fashions in painting ships bottoms as
in everything else. In recent years a
pink shade has been thought the prop
er thing, but in some cases green looks
slicker still. The other day the South
street loungers looked admiringly at a,
big schooner coming down the East
river, and looming up all the bigger
because she was light. She was white
above the water line. Below she was
painted clear, lightish green, and she
was high enough out of water to show
good bit of it. Her masts were
scraped bright and her mastheads we're
painted white. She carried boat on
davits across the stern, and this boat
was painted white and green, too. Take
it altogether, she looked as trim and
handsome as big schooner could look.
But admiration for the schooner
could not lessen the pleasure the loung-
ers felt in the way in which she was
handled by the big tug alongside of her.
AO NeIpIe@AA VI LAC Jug Halted With h6r
just off the slip, and slowed her round.
and then took her into the slip. She
was good big schooner, 400 tons or
so, but the captain of the tug laid her
alongside the wharf so gently and cas-
lily that you couldn't tell when she
touched it; there was nothing to do
but hand her lines over the side. The
tug lay just beyond her in the slip. her
dark, bronzed copper dripping and glis-
tening as she rolled and lifted SLIGHTLY
in the water. The schooner, before
she had all her lines made fast. sagged
off little with the tide. and then the
capital nof the tug pushed her again as
easily and as gently as before. Then
when she was all made fast the captain
of the schooner on his quarter deck and
the captain of the tug in his pilot house
saluted each other. And the captain of
the tug rang her out of the slip and
pointed her down the river and pulled
the jingle bell. -. E.e.-s-. 4: Z
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JESSE JAMES SON. .

How He Got Work from the Son Of tho
Man Who Procured His Fathers Death,
Ex-Gov. Thomas T. Crittenden of
Missouri was recently asked if the story
was true that he had, employed in his
Office Jesse James, Jr., whose father, the
outlaw, was killed through Mr.. Critten-
den's instrumentality. The ex-gover-
nor replied: If I were to build
monument of denials as high as that
erected to Washington at the capital,
don't suppose could effectually stop
the continued existence Of this story.
The facts in the case are that several
years ago my son, Thomas T. Critten-
den, Jr., then real estate dealer in
Kansas City and now county clerk Of
Jackson county, in which Kansas City
is located, advertised for a boy to work
in his office. On the morning following
the advertisement a number of boys
were on hand and my son resorted to
a kind of civil service examination to
test their merits. The boy whose pa
pers were best was called forward and
asked his name.
IVY udne is Jesse James, JI., lie
replied.
my son was more than amazed, and
said:
DO you know who I amp
Yes, sir; you are Gov. Crittenden's
son.
Well, then, you go home and tell
your mother all about this, and if she is
willing for you to work for me and at
the wages I offer, come back tomorrow
morning.
very well, sirs I have got to help
my mother and sister. and I'll be
back
- And back he was the next morning
At this time Mrs. Jesse James was liv-
ing in the suburbs of Kansas City. Now
let me tell you what became of this
boy. He remained with my son for sew
eral years, being honest and faithful to
a degree. Then my son secured him
a place in Armour's packing house in
Kansas City, where he is now employed
respected by every one eand having a
number of men under him. And he is
but 20 years of age. This is the whole
story
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denly one OF the dancers uttered war
whoop, which was echoed by the 9TH
ers, and the dance begun. They danced
in a circle around the players, and
their performance consisted chiefly of
a great stamping of feet and waving
of arms, with an occasional war cry,
which was the signal for a pause for
rest. 8.
Then came the green corn dance. The
bench in front of the Council House
was turned lengthwise with the room,
and the three Indians who sat upon it
not only shook their mud turtle rattles,
but also pounded with them upon the
bench. They sang wilder song, but
Chief La Fort said that there was no
meaning to it-just mere words, which
fitted the wild tune. The gyrations of
the dancers were about the same as in
the previous dance. Toward the end
of the dance the Indian women joined
in, but they were rather undemonstra-
tive as compared with their swarthy,
gaudy male companions. The squaws
were not in costume.
Then came what was announced as
an "all women Dance" The men sat
on two benches facing one another, and
sang and pounded with their crude mu-
steal instruments, while the women,
keeping shoulder to shoulder, danced
with a sort of hitching motion around
them. The song which the braves sang
for this dance comes the nearest tc
melody of those that were sung in the
afternoon.
The squaws soon grew weary and sc
did the spectators, and they were al
glad to get away from this stuffy room
with it's swarm of flies. After the
dance the young Indians played la