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The Lafayette gazette., 1899-03-25
WEEKLY BUDGET
OF NEWS FROM BROUSSARD
AND VICINITY WRITTEN FOR
OUR READERS.


Our failure to ''show up" last
week must be attributed to the grear
amount Of work we have had of late
Messrs. r. U. Bernard and l.. F
St. Julien and the writer visited St
Martinsville last Sunday.
Prof. Z. r. Liable, of the Whit.
tington Eighth ward school, visited
relatives here last Saturday and Sun
day.
DR.. A. l.. Dyer, P. B. Roy and
Estanville Landry, of Youngsville,
were late visitors here
F. F. Leblanc, of the firm of F.
O. Leblanc & Co., commission
merchants of New Orleans, was
here on a business trip yesterday
Mrs. Alexander Billeaud, Mrs.
Hebert Billeaud and Miss Amelie
Comeaux visited relatives in La
fayette last Tuesday.
Messrs. d. M. Landry, Alex Bill
leaud, H. Billeaud, c. Leblanc and
r. u. Bernard were among those
who went to Lafayette during the
week.
Mr.. Clet Leblanc, we are sorry
to say, is suffering great deal from
rheumatism and other neuralgic
pains.
Mr.. A. Olivier was in Lafayette
last Tuesday.
Mr.. Gilbert ST. Julien, who ex-
poets to pass successfully his exam
nation in May in the law depart
ment Of the Tulane University,
made flying trip here last Satur-
day. He returned to pursue his
studies last Monday. He enjoys
perfect health and looks like the
genuine stuff " for lawyer.
Miss Anna Cormier, of Cade, re-
turned to her home last Sunday.
She had spent few days with her
cousin, Miss Edvidge Olivier, who
her on her return to
Iade.
Miss Callie Alpha, of Lafayette,
listed here last Wednesday,
&. Brou>sard and r. U. Bernard
made business trip. to Rayne last
tuesday,. They returned the same
vening.
Ed J. ComeauX visited Lafayette |
ast Sunday. 'Tseems to us, Ed, |
hat you're rather frequent visitor
o Lafayette. What's up, any how? |
1t is an asceEtained fact that the
outhern Pacific makes more money
] Broussard than it does in anv
ther town of its size; yet the peo-
lie here have reason to grumble and
rowl at the way they are treated by
lie company. Is it fair? Yes, and
ley will grumble and growl as long
5 the company will not put steps to
S passenger trains. It's simply
orrible for lady to make a stride
ld get on step two and half $
ct from the ground. Let the road !
see to the remedying of a
is and We'll grumble no more. I
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Mouton and c
iss Nj oseley drove as far as La =
yette last Sunday. HORArIUs.
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= Sure Thine for Won

transaction in which you cannot lose is
a sure thing. Biliousness, sick headache.
furred tongue, fever, piles and a thousand
other ills are caused by constipation and
sluggish liver. Cascarets Candy Cathartic
the wonderful new liver stimuant and intes-
unai tonic are by all druggists guaranteed
to cure or money refunded. c. c. c. are n
sure thing Try box to-day: 10, 25 so
cents. Sample and booklet free.
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Beauty Is Blood Deep.

Clean blood means clean skin. Nc
beauty without it. Cascarets Candy Cath
artlc clean your blood and keep it clean, bv
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all inn
purlties from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimPles, botls, blotches, bIackheatls,
and that sickly bilious complexion by ia king
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gusts, satisfaction guaranteed, 10, 25, so
cents
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knights of Honor.

l hereby certify that l have received from
LAFAYETTE Lodge 3I94, Knights of Honor
of Lafayette, La, the sum of S2ooo.oo in
full payment for the policy held by my late
husband, Isaac A. Smith, who died on Oct
II, 1898, at New Orleans, La.
(Signed) Mrs. NJ. p. SMITH,
22O2 Columbus Street.
New Orleans, La.
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unlawful means of handling public
funds, we here demand most en-
phatically, and in the name of the
/ people and of the law, whose repre-
sentatives and servants we are, that
this abuse be stopped, and that nc
more Will be heard of it; otherwise
we shall be called upon, in the fulfill
ment of our duty, to adopt such
other measures as may be lawful to
accomplish that result Further
than this, the Parish Treasurer has
no right to honor warrants drawn by
an individual member of the Police
Jury, nor can he do so at a Jurors
suggestion. Public moneys have to
be disbursed through regular chan
nels, knowledge of which is within
easy reach of the. Police Jury. There
is no desire that this should be con-
strued as reflection upon the
parish treasurer, who has faithfully
discharged his duties.
We would suggest the following
manner of proceeding in working
the public roads, instead of that
adopted by the Police Jury, and we
trust that that honorable body will
give our suggestion due considera-
ton In our opinion the methods
adopted by the Police Jury to fix
the public roads under the new law
will fail to obtain the desired results.
The funds disbursed promiscuously
amongst the eight wards of the
parish, as 1t IS now done, are INSULT
clent, when thus divided, to put in
good condition any considerable
part of the public roads and drains
of the different wards; and, whilst
the money will have been spent in
futile attempts, the parish will not
possess one complete and we'll
finished road Instead of this we
would respectfully suggest that by
letting out contracts for the building
of roads, to responsible contractors,
furnishing good security under care
fui specifications from the Police
Jury, better results would be OBJ
tanned. We do not pretend that all
the roads of the parish could be
built in this manner at the same
time; but by using the greater part
of the funds in this way each wear,
beginning with the main roads from |
the courthouse to the principal
towns, before long all the roads of |
the parish will have been put in
perfect order, and their keeping in
good condition would be easily ac-
For the keeping up
md rendering passable of the others
n the meantime, and until it be-
anne their turn TO be built, a suffi-
:ient portion of the funds could be
appropriated for that purpose, and
Iso the delinquent ''per capita tax
layers and the prisoners in charge
f the parish be made to work on
hem. This is a general outline of
he method which we suggest, and
,hich we think would be made a =.
lccess if executed in business
Ike and intelligent manner
Respectfully submitted,
CHAs. O. MOUToN,
Foreman.
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Everybody Saws So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habituaI constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try box
of C. {. &. to-day; 10, IS, SO cents. Sold
and guaranteed to cure by all druggists
The Lafayette gazette., 1899-03-25
L IakS ANY Case

Of morphine, opium, cocaine,
chloral, whisky or tobacco habil
cure 1t in from - hours t. five davs.
Guarantee cure. No i'll after
effects. Booklet free.
a. N. PIERCE, M. D.,
Lake Charles, La
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Who Wants Il Home?

A neat house with : APARTMENTS.
out-h ouses; orchard, flower garden; !;
everything in good condition. For
cash or on reasonable terms. Apply
TO Mrs. H. Garnier, Lafayette, La
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Opelonsas, January IT. 1898.
Ths is to certify that l have used Halls
Great Discovery, of Waco, Texas, for kid
ney and bladder troubles. and can truth
fully say that it gave good satisfaction
w. Il. COCHRAN, CITY Clerk
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TO restore the Clear Skin, the
Bright Eye, the Alert Gait and
Sound Health, use DIR. M A. Sim
mons Liver Medicine.
The Lafayette gazette., 1899-03-25

Mr. Theo. Gilven of Opelousas,
and Miss Birdie Palmer of Carencro.
were ma a'ried last Sunday by Father
Laforest in ST Peters church.
The Lafayette gazette., 1899-03-25

Best quality of licorice in sticks
and in lozenges, may be had at the
Moss Pharmacy.
The Lafayette gazette., 1899-03-25
Educate your Bowels with Gas.
S.lEH1s

Candy Cathartic, constipation for
ever. 10, So cents. If c. G. G.. fail drrp-
gists refund money.
The Lafayette gazette., 1899-03-25

1t is not to be wondered at that
many women to-day can trace pres
ent i'll health to the wearing of cor
sets that are not in any way adapted
to their forms or constitutions.
The RoynL WorccSfcr Co1-Seks are
built in strict accord with the natu-
raj lines of the body They are
perfectly modelled and are genteel
and serviceable. They are quite
moderate in price-75 cents, SIoo,
sr25, 90, according to style
and workmanship. Sold by MOSS
& CO.
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Notice.

The registration office will be opened
Monday, March 20, for the purpose of reg
lsterng the voters of the town of Lafayette.
L he new law requires that every voter shall
be registered in order to exercise the right of
suffrage at the next municipal election.
~. M MARTIN, Registrar.
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10 Cure Constipation Forever
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. Ioc.
or IS. If G. {. c. fail to cure, druggist
1 efund money.
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SheriffS Sale.
Corine Guidry, wife ct ais, VS.. Ar
mand Guidry, natural tutor ct
als-I7th Judicial District
Court No. AHA, La
fayette Parish.
Saturday, March 25, 1899,

|. the undersigned sheriff. will sell n,
public auction on
The Lafayette gazette., 1899-03-25

Fresh and reliable Taccinr can be
obtained at the NJ oss Pharmacy.
The Lafayette gazette., 1899-03-25
For Sale !!

A fine buggy mare. Apply to B. n,
Coronna, Lafayette, La.
Mch. IS-2t.
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K FAD THIS.

For sale by VIM. Clegg.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-03
THE oTTUNwA SCoUR1ER:8 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5. 1899

- r.
who is at present editor and publisher
of the Rockford Register. For several
years past he has been prominent in
all public movements where the inter-
ests of farmers have been under consid-
Grafton, and his talks at the Meetings
were home-like, earnest and so thor
oughly practical, that there was real
demand for his utterances in some
more permanent form, resulting in his
receiving requests from newspaper pub
fishers in different parts OF the state
for copies of his speeches, and result
inr too, in the farm department OF the
REGISTER being reprinted most extern
sively.
The farmers throughout the state
look upon him as a worthy and credi-
Fable successor to the present secretary
of agriculture, Wilson, so far as farm
matte-s for the state of Iowa are con-
cerned, and. Mr.. Wilson himself, has,
on more than one occasion, commended
his writings for the good sense and
practibility which mark his works.
Mr.. Tri~e is man between fifty and
Sky years of age. He is man of ster-
ling qualities, in whose presence one
feels the earnestness and honesty of
purpose which unquestionably are his
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LOTTERY DECISION.

The y0ttumwa postmaster is in re-
ceipt of an opinion, rendered by the
assistant attorney general for the post
office department, in regard to the cir
Eculation Of newspapers through the
mails, containing advertisements of
gift enterprises, conducted by mer-
chants or others. These enterprises
come under the provisions of the lot
terry law, and the rulings Of the depart
ment are very strict upon the same.
The advertisement referred to in this
instance, was to the effect that cou-
pom would be given by a certain mer-
chant with every fve-cent purchase,
which would entitle the holder to u
chance on an article that was to be
given away on specified date. The
attorney general says, inasmuch as
this article sis to be arbitrarily
awarded to some one of the holders
of said coupons, the award, SO far as
such persons are concerned, is depend
emit upon chance, no contest of skill
being required to determine the award
of the prize; therefore, all matter re-
lating thereto is UNAVAILABLE"
The distinction is clearly drawn be-
tween awards which are dependent up
on chance, and those contests in which
skill is required to determine the award
of the prize. The decision will be of
special interest to newspaper men
throughout the state.
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mr.. wa,sh,s nIIs.ion F,,I,.

Secretary Chas. A. Walsh, of the ma
tional committee, has come and gone
and still there is no harmony in the
democratic party of Dubuque county.
Mr.. Walsh was brought here to assure
the gold democrats that the county
convention spoke in a Pickwickian
sense recently when it adopted the
Chicago platform sin whole and in de-
tail'' as the test of democracy. Those
who responded to his invitation for
conference were informed that the is
sues everywhere except in Dubuque
county were imperialism and the
trusts and that their contributions to
the campaign fund would be thankful
ly received. We are all democrats,
said Mr.. Walsh, and this madness OF
the Dubuque convention in arousing a
latent issue should not be permitted to
keep us apart.
The answer to the secretary of the
national committee was prompt. He
was informed that the gold bugs free
ly conceded the silver men the right
to dissemble their love but why did
they kick the Cleveland democrats
down stairs by adopting the nomina-
tons in the convention? Mr.. Walsh
thought this a mere ebuIlition of frac-
tional enthusiasm, but he could not
convince the assembled democrats that
there was no method in the madness of
the convention. They believed they un-
derstood the situation in Dubuque
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We recognize. perhaps more fully than
do others, the value of the statistics OF
education collected in the census of
1890, and we earnestly urge upon the
director of the forthcoming census the
desirability of carrying on anew the
lines of inquiry then pursued, together
with such additions and improvements
us experience has shown to be needed.
This association has long insisted
and continues to insist upon the full
recognition of all educational agencies
as essentially undertakings in the pub
lie interest, whether they are support
ed by public taxation or by other
means. All alike are and should be in,
heartiest cooperation and any attempt
to array one institution or one form of
educational effort against another, is
little short of treason to the nations
highest interests.
The past year has brought new ard
grave responsibilities to our common
country and has opened before it new
and difficult opportunities. With a
courage born of high hope and of con-
fdence in democracy, the nations
school and schoolmasters will assume
their full share of the burden so sud
denly imposed upon our citizenship,
and will contribute by every means in
their power to wise, patriotic and dem
ocratic solution of the problems which
confront us as a people,"
This report is signed by committee
of seven, representing different states.
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Postmaster Boylan bound over.

Fort Dodge. Sept. 29.Aaron +. Boy
Ian, the defaulting postmaster at Hub
bard, was brought here Tuesday from
Hubbard by Deputy United States Mar
shall Vanderver and was given hear
ing Wednesday before United States
Commissioner w. II. johnson and
pleaded guilty to the charges made
against him. Boylan it seems has been
running jewelry business in connec.
ton with the postmastership and APP
propriated the funds of the office for
use in his business. The laxness of his
accounts was discovered by his failure
to send foreign money order, and an
investigation made by Postoffice In
spector w. M. Kitchen brought to light
the fact that the misappropriations
had not been confined to this one in.
stance, but had been going on for some
time. Upon entering a plea Of guilty
he was bound over to the United
States court, which meets at Cedar
Rapids in April. His bonds were fixed
at 81 900, which were furnished by par
ties in Hubbard.
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Attempted to Escape.

Avoca, Sept. 29.-Prisoners in the
county Jail attempted to break Jail
Tuesday evening by saving through
the bars of the cell, but deputy Sheriff
Long heard the noise and the plan was
nipped in the bud. A blanket had been
thrown over the window where the
work was going on,making the window
entirely dark, while the prisoners not
engaged in saving through the bars
were tramping up and down in the
rooms making as much noise as posi-
BILE. When the deputy sheriff arrived all
was quiet, and all denied knowing any
thing about the saving. Two Of the
prisoners were placed in solitary con
finement and they at last admitted
that the tools might be found in GER
tain bed. Upon examination saw
made from steel taken from pair OF
ear muffs and nicked with a pair Of
scissors was found. -Four prisoners
were confined in the Jail at the time.
Two Larrimore boys were doing the
work. and, as an indictment had lust
been returned against them, it is sup
posed that they were afraid Of a long
term in the penitentiary.
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THE STREET FAIR.

The street fair is over, and it must
be granted that as fairs go it was a
success. Everybody had good time
and the city was filed with visitors
from the opening to the closing day.
were all patronized and found the fair
an excellent thing to help trade. The
.opinion of dealers in other lines as to
the value of street fair as stimu-
liant to trade, is expressed elsewhere
in the columns of 1oday's Courier.
A street fair, with crowds, noise, and
abundance OF good spirits is an in
finitely hard thing to handle success
fully, and it is now in order to con
graduate the gentlemen who managed
Ottumwa's carnival on their efficiency.
Itcan be fairly said that there was moth
inn Objectionable about the side shows
which visited the town, and the one
gambling device which opened for bus
mess on the streets was promptly sup
pressed by the management of the
fair. Even the fierce excitement of
carnival night led to but few more
cases OF drunkenness than on an ordi-
nary Saturday evening, and disorder
was conspicuous by its absence. The
gentlemen in whose charge the fair was
have worked hard and have been sue
cessful.
There was very little crime during
the week and positively no crimes of a
serious nature. Since the fair opened
there have been no burglaries, no hold
ups, and almost no cases even of pocA-
et-piclling. For this we may thank our
capable police, force. Chief Henry Will
liams and Capt. Gray handled the fair
well.
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DBYEY,s REAL YIEMs.

1t must have been gall and worm
wood to the New York Evening Post
to print its Interview with Admiral
Dewey. A number of alleged inter
views with him have been published in
the yellow journals, ascribing to him
utterances which it is quite evident
were garbled reports of what he actual
ly said. He has been represented as
describing the Fiiipinos as a highly III
saliigent and quite superior people,
who could be safely entrusted with the
responsibilities of self-government, and
The Evening Post has taken great,
deal of stock in these supposed views
of admiral Dewey. What he actually
thinks of the Fi1ipinos, as indicated in.
his Evening Post interview, is that
"those fellows all are queer lot. They.
are simply servants and stablemen,
and Aguinaldo was junior clerk in
the navy yard. He is a pretty smart
fellow, but he has not the brains.
There are people behind him, some of
them lawyers and able fellows, who
make tool Of Aguinaldo."
He thinks the fight in the Philippines
should be easily ended, and confirms a
quite general opinion in this country
that one reason why it has not been
ended sooner is because Gen. Otis tries
to do too much; to be governor, gener-
al, judge and everything else. He fully
confirms the view of the peace commits
Esioners, that when the Filipinos under
stand how well we mean to treat them
that there will be no further trouble.
He does not think the Filipinos are
fit for self-government just yet. They
are more fitted for it than the Cubans,
are a better people in every way than
the Cubans," but it will take little
time before they are fitted for self-gov-
eminent. So the admiral sweeps away
a whole raft of stuff that has been at
tributed to him. 1t is very evident that
he is an expansionist of the most pro-
nounced type, and those friends and
champions of Aguinaldo who looked to
him to join them in giving aid and
comfort to the enemy are doomed to
painful disappointment. Nor did those
who wished to exploit the fame he has
achieved for political purposes get any
more comfort from his remarks on the
suggestion that he. had been slated
by the democrats for president, with
Gen. Wheeler for his mate. He is not
in that kind of business.
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ROUND HOUSE PARTLY BURNED.
Omaha Road Loses About $4,000
Four locomotives Damaged.

I AOsAA AAVSOAhAVAAScD ASAu1dS cue
Sioux City, Sept. 2s.-Nine stalls of
the twenty-three-stall round house Of
the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha Railway company at Twelfth
and Howard streets, burned Tuesday,
leaving only the brick walls of that
part of the building standing and
burning all the woodwork off four To-
comotiyes. The loss is estimated at
about $4,000, fully covered by insur-
ance.
The fire was discovered by John Nor
ris, foreman of the round house. and
in half minute he had aroused all
the men around the building and had
turned in an alarm to the FIRE stations.
Soon a dozen engines were running up
and down the track, whistling like mad
and waking every one in the east part
of the city. Hose companies No. 2 and
8 and chemical No. and house COM
pany quickly had streams playing up
on the fire, but the flames had caught
well and were burning stubbornly. The
cabs Of the four locomotives were
burned off, and all the woodwork OF
the engines, as we'll as the coal in the
tenders, was burning. The floors and
doors and every bit OF woodwork in the
stalls were on fire and the water was
kept turned on for almost two hours.
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county better than he did and that
the purpose of the resolution was to
furnish basis for the claim after the
election that the party owed its yicto-
ry to be expressed loyalty to the Chi
cago platform. They were not ready
to subscribe the funds with which to
prepare the way for carrying next
years primaries for silver, and they
furthermore told Mr.. White that they
We're sick and tired of the abuse and
prescription to which they have been
subjected in this county. The gentle
man returned to Ottumwa without
that 5000. but knowing more about the
State OF harmony in Dubuque county.
Dubuque Times.
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OUR SUPPLEMENT.

The Courier again desires to call at
tention to that popular feature, its
weekly supplement. This week our
readers will be given a concise, Illus
trated account of the growth of the
British empire, which, in view of the
imminency OF another war of conquest,
on the part OF Great Britain, will be of
particular interest at this time. The
supplement win be full as usual, Of
other excellent reading matter.
Farm and Garden" will be publish
ed as usual. Since the Courier has be-
gun this department., many inquiries
have reached us as to the identity Of
the editor. For the information of the
public we are glad to say that these
columns are conducted by j. S. Trigg,
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
strange Justice.

Council bluffs Nonpareil: 1t is said
that France. is seeking to quiet it's con-
science with the thought that the last
trial OF Dreyfus did not result in show
ing clearly that he was innocent. This
line of reasoning seems strange to
Americans who have got in the habit
of believing that man should be
considered innocent until proven guilty,
and that the burden of the proof falls
on the prosecution and that the prose
cution must establish the guilt beyond
a reasonable doubt. The French mind
seems to be content with Furnishing
man even if he is not proven guilty
and justifies itself by the fact that some
body suspects him OF having committed
a crime.