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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-25

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Guided ny ne nurEu. O. voices. tbs 4.
secti9e opene1 a door te tne iett. AZ,
Throwing u rack, disclosed 70 Yiea see:.
which Asrils never 1orco,
There ware i've people yvitiain rae apa-
Gleat- standing 10 a2if-cirele before
tanie covered Eltn while "a aoleclota. &,
winch = sasa ef flowers had been placec
II was { i0Ig or-ptcAad ro9tn i!iaLni
E4atec og aiseG. dczen haring candles II
Agot u ~Ac4 gevsab-l s,arZI.agiy e-0ag.
Tae grolp aear rhe tabie
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&feale jsa-4or Heightened or tie 9lacA vel
Fe' dress Enat she wore and b. tae buoci
q orange blossoms w-aica had been Aur
r4ediy fastened a; Aer throat By ner 80.
stCpl re dark, handsome, eri1-iooz.i 4,
n4aa vao was lG-ing ne- .o dessruc.ioL.
anc ,o wheta she Aras evilsntis apout 4
isl5zsst i-=E tt,=41;al SONS. "a third HG=tizt-
wearing : surgiice. stood 5eloze Il.
coupe ~aiae man and woman, appar.
entE acting az witnesses VI TINS strange
2h2ts-iage completed he group.
"a it-A Eoau6 q tae opening Geor-at tae
sigh u tae two figures entering So haer.
sly, - tlsexpe asdly-fCaroliua, whose eyes
haG peen A&ea ou me Goer, raised them,
and. IL sAs do 80, Neville .oee Of Liz dss-
guise Then she uttered q ,,iercI5., f,.y
sld saak ap9u cnalr near her. covering
her laee Niga her hands
TIE clerical gentleman, apparently az
much asi-ated as she was. glars-d al ,ae
EntfuGezs Tie witnesses sbrani, {.ac,.
but Horace Lane stood az, i,o,di, sa4i,,y
IN an authoritative tone:
Vie are ysuf gett.e a. onre. ar wa
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We aaxe saved you the. trouble an.
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-25

"My back de- almost broken with this
weary weary Load" sings a poetess.
She AHGht to make her husband casry
up she coal.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-25

Our idea OF n 1naa In troubk, ,is one
who has a letter Of eondolencefo write.
aEd no women folks to Shift 1t on to.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-25
Suicides Among Minors.

There are said to be fcwen suicides
among miners than among any other
class Of werkmen,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-25
Late Bee:s,

Late beeas are fuNuries on the tdG$2.
and they may be obtained lay sowing
seed now, but the ground should be
we'll prepared. rotted manure used and
fertilizer applied, SO as 10 force the
young plants in growth. Only enc
plant every three inches in each row
should be permitted, as they will noE
thrive where the plants are too thick.
A few rows only will provide all shat
may be wanted.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-25
Plantin. Youn. Trees.

II young trees are planted this fall
the proper method is to dig out space
Tor the roots that will allow suttice1E
s1om for spreading. Do not anply naaL'
ure to the roots, but use rich top SOL.
Ii fertilizer is used let it be bone meal
IN the spring give a liberal ap3licatiop
of wood ashes,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-25
Charcoal on the E,

10 make charcoal, says the Philadel-
pala ledger. cut wood into four-foot
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-12-30
Cuhcnnihn FOR THE
OuUDGIlU6 MESSENGER.

The first Norman woman to en-
ter polygamy died in Salt Lake,
Utah, on Saturday. Her name
was Mrs. E. D. P. Young, and she
was the widow of two prophets.
She was born at gainesville, O.,
in 1924. She married Joseph
Smith, the first Mormon prophet,
at Nauvoo, ILL.,, with the consent
of Smiths first wife. This was
shortly after the revelation COM
handing polygamv was handed
down. After the death of Joseph
Smith she married Brigham
Young. She was one of George
Q. Caunon's several mothers.in-
law, and died q firm believer in
the divine origin of latter day po-
lygamy.-Jeanerette Coast Herald
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-12-30
Catarrh Cannot be Cured

Catarrh Cannot be Cured
with LOCALS APPLICATIONS as they
cannot reach the seat Of the disease, Ca
tarrh il a blood or constitutional dis
ease. and in order to cure it you must
take internal remedies. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally and acts direct
iy on the blood and mucous surfaces.
Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack me.
dicine. 1t was prescribed by one Of the
best physicians in this country for years
and is a regular prescription. 1t is
composed Of the best tonics known. cOul-
bined with the best blood purifiers, ac-
ting directly OIL the mucous surfaces,
The perfect combination Of the two in
gredienls ia what produces such wonder.
full results in curing Catarrh.
FL. Cheney & Co., Props. Toledo. @
Sold by druggists. price 75c.
"a Halls FAMILY Pills are the best.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-12-30
F. THE GEM I"
RESTAURANT
Oysters, Fish, Came,
Served In Every Style.
EUGENE BERTRAND.
NOTICE.

The Contracts for the keeping during
the year 1860 of Bridges across Bayou
Teche at st. Martinvllle, Breaux Bridge,
and Cecilia. this parish. will be offered
for sale and will be sold at public sale to
lowest bidders, OH
SATURDAY, 3Oth inst ut IL O clock NJ.
Sale to take place on the respective
bridges. Terms and conditions to be
made known at time Of sale. or prior to
sale. by the respective Police Tutor of
the Wards.
On same day, at II O'Clock A. NJ. I
will offer and will sell 10 front of IL.
Court House to lowest bidder. the Con-
tract for the Official Journalship of the
Parish for the year 1900.
Terms and conditions to be made
known by me.
Aug. Maraist, Clerk P. J.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-12-30

AnDditor prints his paper to give his
patrons the news Of the day and for the
money there is in it. He is presumed to
know of what he writes, and he general.
ly dose. When he writes as he does In
the Leader Courier. Osceols Mills. Pa,
without tee or hope of reward. that
"Chamberlain's Cough Remedy acts ma
gically, and We have found none better
in our household. II you have cough,
try It," 1t may be accepted as an honest
expression. worthy Of credence. For
sale by I. j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-12-30
Une Victoire Complete.
Lafayette Advertiser.


Dams la Paroisse st. Martin le
ring subj une d6confture COM
plete aux primaries de Samedi
passe. LIE peuple remporte Ia
victoire ct une des victories les
plus ecrssante. Depuis trop long
temps cette paroisse etait entire
les mains dun dictateur qui y fai-
salt les lois CONNIE bon lui SEM
blait, qui y faisait, tout q So guise
sans consulter le peuple; mais
tant va la cruche q Iesu qua Ia
I'm ellie Sc brise. Cest CO qui est
arrive Samedi. LIE peuple a brise
Ia cruche ct il SO servira DIES NOR
ceaux pour en- faire un monument
de victoire. LIE peuple ma pas
besoin de dictateur, il peut SO gou-
werner lui-meme, ct mile fois
mieux. L'epoque des manipula-
| tours est passe ct le plus vite le
peuple sen debarrassera, lie plus
vite il retrouvera la liberte quill q
perdu par sa propre ignorance ct
son laisser-aller.
La victoire est doublement glo-
rieuse parce qu'elle etc rempor-
tee par un simple homme du peu-
pie, qui nest nj politician, nj un
ambitieux pour un Office ct que de
l'autre cote Ia compague etait me-
nee par un officer d'Etat, le treso-
rier de pEtat de la Louisiana, un
membre du cabinet du Gouver-
neur Foster. &c qui prouve que
quand le peuple veut it peut Sc
couer lie joug qui poppresse, il
peut casser la chaine qui lui pese
au cOu ct peut ren8ltre llDre ct
oublier Pesclavage passe.
Les officers suivants ont etc
elus: o. Badon, sheriff, A. v.
Fleming, greffier, DR.. A. Guilbeau,
coroneur, A. F. Domengeaux ct
David Duchamp, representants.
Quand le resultat final q etc
counu lie peuple etait ivre de joie,
des demonstrations enthousiastes
Sc sont soulevees dams toute la pa
roisse, les "reminiscences etaient a
leur comble ct tout chacun SEM
blait s'alleger dun fardeau quill
await 81 peniblement porte durant
de nombreuses annees.
Heureux peuple!
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-12-30
DISEASES OF THE SKIN.

The intense itching and smarting Incl.
dent to eczema, letter, salt-rheum, and other
diseases ofthe skin is instantly allayed BY
applying Chamberlain's Eye and Skin
Ointment. Many very bad cases have been
permanently cured by it. II is equally
efficient for itching piles and favorite rem.
edy for sore nipples; chapped hands, chill
For sale by druggists at 25 cents per box.
TryDr. Cady's Condition Powders they
are Just what horse needs when in bad oondi-
zion. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge.
For sale by T. j. Liable, druggist.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-12-30
Tsassr. Sslt.Rhsam and Eczema.

The intense itching and smarting in
cidsnt to these diseases, lie instantly al
lsyed by APPLYING Chamberlain's Eye
aad Skin Ointment. Many very bad
cases have been permanently cured by
II. 1t is equally efficient for itching
piles and a favorite remedy for sore nip
pies. chapped hands. chilblatns, frost
bites and chronic sore eyes. 25cts per
box. For saleby T. j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-12-30
Louisiana WATERWAYS.
Picaynne.

fiCdyuue.
Yesterday there was a large ga
thering, at the st. Charles Hotel,
of delegates from all the State for
the purpose of completing the Or
ganization of q Louisiana water
ways association. Practically
every section of the State and
every interest identified with the
States waterways was represen-
ted, and the sentiment in favor of
The movement was unanimous, the
meeting being unusually hsrmoni-
GUS.
AS a result of the deliberations,
q permanent association for the
improvement of Louisians's water
ways was effected. It was deci-
ded that Council, consisting of
one representatives from each pa
ish, ten from the State at large,
and the associations officers
should look after the work of the
association. A president was cho-
sen, in the person of Mr.. M. j.
Sanders, than whom no one is bet
ter fitted to head such an organi-
cation. Six vice presidents. one
from each congressional district,
and a secretary were also provided
for.
The routine work of the associs-
ton will be looked after by the
executive committee of ten chosen
from among the members of the
Council. While no provision is
apparently made for periodical
meetings of the association, con-
ventions will no doubt be held
from time to time, as occasion de-
mands.
The Picayune believes that the
very best results will flow from
this Louisiana Waterways Asso-
citation. The State has probably
q greater mileage of navigsble wa
ferwava than INV Stata in tbo
Union, and it is impossible for all
these streams to be properly look
ed after by such an association as
the Western Waterways, which
devotes its energies to the great
problem of river improvement for
the Mississippi valley as a whole.
A State organization in every
State in the valley would prove a
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-12-30
Bank Notice.

The stock holders Of the Bank Of st.
Martinville, are hereby notified that the
annual meeting Of the stock holders will
be held at the Bank, on Tuesday Janua-
~ 9th 1900, at 6 O'Clock p. m, for the
purpose of electing board Of directors
for the ensueing year.
ALBERT BIENvENU, Cashier.
Dec-21-I899.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-12-30
A New Era For St. Martin
Parish.
N. I. Independent Observer.


The heroic struggle of our sis
ter parish to shake off the veno-
nous ring octopus and the COM
plete triumph of the elements of
Progress and Industry has made a
deep impression on the people of
Iberia. 1t is an undubitable evil
dence that new life, new vigor,
must be infused into the indus
trial and economic system of that
parish, if it is to escape CONNER
cial extinction and atrophy impos-
ed by the erstwhile political pa
riahs. We are delighted at the
overthrow of one of the most sea-
thing, aggravating, bleeding, boss
associations that ever cursed and
blighted a fair land. and we hear
tily congratulate the good people
for the determination and unani-
nifty with which they tackled a
most ticklish job. st. Martin pa
IRISH was, for a long time, the place
for bossism par excellence. 1t
contained a gang of political con-
spirators ready to stif1e and des-
troy the liberties and sovereignty
of the voter. It was the hot bed
of political corruption and degra-
dalton, and its decadence was par
TALLY due to the existence and
operation of that many tentacled
ring paying servile homage to the
chief authorities at Baton Rouge.
That special ring in all ramiGcs-
tions was the incarnation of the
spirit of the present official Demo-
cracy. Its authority, power, and
sinister influence was perpetuated,
maintained and reflected in those
goading CALLING, shady, political
methods which breed surely but
slowly those silent constitutional
revolutions, born and matured by
popular risipgs and indignations.
No state, no country, can prosper
when all avenues are blocked by
official satraps, who with tiger
like ferocity. are ready to squelch
the ambition out of the individual.
We believe the ring died a hard
death. The spasmodic twitchings,
in its death-throes; its groans of
desperation and exhausted vitali-
ty, are not only signs of utter COL
lapse, but of utter humiliation.
The spectre of its former vitality
and stealth lies buried beneath an
avalanche of honest votes cast by
an outraged community. Its tomb
will be marked by the execration
of the people; its epitaph will be
written in fiery flames by the de-
secrated conscience of the suffra-
gan; its tombstone will be a mon
ument to defeated and extirpated
political treachery and defeat.
Now, We wish the conquerors, the
people, prosperity and bappiness.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-12-30
FOR SALE.
IN ST. MARTINNILLE.

A town lot measuring about 355 feet
front Oh Main street by about $50 feel
in depth, 70 Rousseau street, with dwell
ling house, cistern. corn crib, stable,
small house for servant. garden, fences
six pecan bearing trees, all in good con
ditiOn. Apply to C. II. MOUTON,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-12-30
SUCCESSION SALE.
In the matter of the succession Of .
AlphOnse Jean Louis.
Probate Docket No 1908.
10Th Judicial District Court.
State of Louisiana Parish of St Martin
Probate Docket No 1908.
10Th Judicial District Court.
State of Louisiana. Parish of st, Martin.

BY virtue Of an order and commission
from the Honorable the Nineteenth Ju-
dicial District Court of the State of Lou
isiana. in and for the Parish of St. Mar
tin. to HE directed, l will offer for sale
and will sell or cause to be sold by any
duly authorized and qualified officer, at
public auction for Cash, to the last and
highest bidder, at the residence Of the
deceased, in the Parish of st. Martin be-
ginning on
Thursday, January II, 1900,
the following described property belong
ing to the succession of AIphOnse Jean
Louis. viz:
I. A tract of land situated In the LIST
ward Of st. Martin Parish, La. contain
ing Thirty seven 4 arpents (371l) in SIT
perficial area. Bounded North by land
formerly belonging to Mrs. C. DelahOus-
sage. South by land of Ernest Miller,
East by lands Of Louis & ais and West
by that Of A. Landry.
2. Another tract Of land situated in
the same ward and Parish and contain
ing 71a) seven and a half superficial ar
penis being the north half of part Of
South East quarter of North West quar-
ter of Section twenty six, Township ten
8. r. Seven East. S. W. Land District of
Louisiana. Bounded north by lands of
j. B. Levert. East by land of Mrs. A.
Hamilton, South by that of 4. Miller,
and West by land of A. Landry.
Also three mules, one cart, one buggy
and many other articles too numerous
to enumerate.
HENRY JEAN LOUIS,
Administrator.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-12-30
Notice To Tax Payers.

PARISH OF ST, MARTIN.
The roll Of 1899 is on file in my office
and all Taxes are now due. Taxes on
movable property and polls become de-
linquent October LIST and upon immOva-
BILE property and per Capita Tax Deem
Der 81 1899. to avoid interest and costs,
parties should pay previous to saul dates.
d REFS. Shreiff, and Tax Collector.
Sept. 18th 1899.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-12-30
kdU0pticn IN THE ;.
huYGluN MESSENGER.

Dr.. cady's Condition Powders. are just
what horse needs when in bad condi
ton. Tonic, blood purifier and verml-
fuge. They are not food but medicine
and the best in use to put horse in
prime condition. Price % cents per
package. For sale by T. J. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-12-30

valuable sdjunct to the general
association; hence it is to DO hop
cd that other States will follow
Louisiana's lead.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
Polishing Petrified Wood.

The polishing works of this city is now
engaged on the stupendous job of getting
out 81 100000 worth of polished chal-
cedony, or petrifed wood, to be taken to
the Paris exposition. This petrifed
wood is hauled from it's native heath in
Arizona, distance of siXty-five miles,
to a railroad, and then shipped to this
city to be cut and polished, this being the
only place in the world having facili-
ties for treating the petrifaction, which
is seven-tenths as hard as diamond. 1t
is shipped here in great logs and stumps,
weighing many tons each, just as they
ess required by nature to turn the wood
into beautiful and variegated colors of
stone. The process of saving the stone
up in shape for polishing is most tedious,
the huge machinery used for the purpose
being able to saw only from an inch to
three inches day into it. After being
cut and polished the stone is worked up in
to every conceivable shape, from cuff but
tens to tops from center tables and great
columns, which cost a small fortune. ALI
kinds of jewelry is made from it. as
well as trinkets and handsome articles
suitable for souvenirs.
One of the chief attractions at the
Worlds fair was the exhibit OF chal-
cedony, which had been polished and pre-
pared in this city. 1t is stated that dur
ing the fair sales of this stuff were more
than 100000 a month
The great exhibit which is to be made
in Paris will be wonderful advertise
ment for Sioux Falls, for the reason thar
nowhere else on earth is there machinery
mammoth yet delicate enough to saw,
polish and put into shape the variety Of
articles that will be ON eXhibitiOn.-SiOux
Falls Is. d. Journal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-22
THE DOOMED CITY.
Hurricane of Shells from Burgher
Guns Are Dropped Into
Ladysmith.

Pretoria, Wednesday, Nov. 15.-In an
engagement yesterday morning south of
Ladysmith the British advanced with
thirteen guns, attacking $50 burghers of
the Transvaal. A big gun was fired on
the troops, who retired at 3 o'clock to
kloof near Ladysmith The British loss
is unknown. The Beers had one man
killed and three wounded. In addition
they had thirteen horses killed and seven
horses wounded.
London, Nov. 1.-THE following CEN
sored dispatch from Pretoria gives de-
tails of the engagement referred to in the
Associated press from Pretoria of
Wednesday, November 10:
The Free Skaters had taken up a po-
sition on a small hill when an English
battery advanced and attacked them,
sending fierce hail Of shells ON the hills
for an hour, when the Transvaal cannon
put she'll right in the midst OF the bat
terry, sending the English to cover be-
hlnd the hills. Two burghers were killed
and SIX were wounded. When the Brit
lsh fell back on Ladysmith several shells
exploded among them, but the execution
done could not be seen.
At midnight all the Afrikander cannon
on the hills surrounding the town opened
fire simultaneously on Ladysmith, turn
ing the quiet and darkness of night into
lurid inferno Of whistling, shrieking
shells, speeding from all points of the
compass to the doomed city. Several
buildings on fire were seen from BulwGn
hill. During the day the troops left the
city deserted and sought shelter on the
edge of the hills, to escape our death
dealing Shells"
The dispatch from Pretoria also says
that the prisoners at that place include
the Eighteenth Hussars-4 officers and
81 noncommissioned officers and men; the
Dublin Fusileers-4 officers and II non
commissioned officers and men; the Irish
Fusileers-1O officers and $50 nQncom-
missioned officers and men; the Glouces-
ters-1& officers and 800 noncom-
missioned officers and men; the artil-
lery-5 officers and so noncommissioned
officers and men; the rifles, 2 officers and
SO nOn-cOmmiSSiOned officers and men;
the I4eicesters-no officers, non-com-
missioned officers and men; the Dragons
i man; the Natal police man; polit-
ical-62 men; sick-3S men.
The dispatch adds: Grains are work
ing excellently from Pretoria to Lady
smith. The Beers have ample food but
are short of clothes, boots and mackin-
tOsheS."
Ladysmith Surrounded.
Pretoria, Thursday, Nov. 9-The fol-
lowing dispatch has been received from
the Boer camp at Elandslaagte, under to-
days date:
"Ladysmith has been completely en-
circled by the Boer forces Our second
big gun was successfully placed in po-
sition on Bulwan hill In front Of Lady
smith. The firing of heavy guns com
menced early this morning, with no casu-
alties to the burghers up to the present
of Ladysmith that the British batteries
opened heavy fire with big guns and
continuously dropped shells into the
works around Ladysmith. The Pretoria
force was in tight place, having taken
up position commanded by the British
| fire, which was so hot that the position
became untenable. The big gun, how
ever, saved the situation.