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A Mad Lover With an Axe.
James EIlward', aged 50 years, a ha
chelor and ex-representative, has for
Sm ine time been paying attentions to
Elsie Williams, a maiden lady aged 40
years. They lived a halt mile apart,
were buIth well-to-do, and the families
were tridndly. Miss Williams has put
Edwards off in a friendly way, trying to
cure him of his passion. To-day he took
an ax went to where Miss Williams was
at work, and told her he wanted to know
finally if she should marry himn. She
laughed and said "No," "Then, by 6
you shall marry no oneelse." he said, and
buried the axe in her skull. He than
ran dowlr the rad to his houe and
swallowed strychuline. After that he
ran to the woods and died there. The
lady died a few minutes after she was
struck with the axe. A seven shooter
was found on Elwarnl's body. [Erie
Herald.
A Sick Nan's Death Prepa
rations.
An odI farmer named James Newell,
aged 84 years, who lives a few miles
from Eion, Pa., and who has always
madeit his boast that he owes no min a
cent nor has ever taken a drop of me
diiene in his life, nor even needed a phy
sician, was taken seriously ill a few days
ago. Expecting to die. he had his cofn
made of black walnut under, his own
, irection and has his grave dug. The
grave, according to his directions, is
walled tip with brick and a large _lag
stone cut to ecver the mouth of it with.
The grave is in plain view of his bed
room window, and the old gentleman
it 1i said, has them take him to the win
dow each day so he can take a good
look at it.--[rie Herald.
An Unatural Brute.
A. A. Steagall, of Henrietta, Tex., was
yesterday found guilty of murder
in the first lr Steagall lived in
criminal intimacy br five years with his
ulaughter and murdered her infant, the
mother dying subsequently, as is stated
from neoglect. Some two months ago
Steagall was taken from Jail by a mob
and hanged until uneoncseous. his life
being then saved by the Sheriff.
Just to Please the Boys.
"Would you like to see me commit sul
ride?' asked John B. Stewart, a well
known citizea of Battle Creek, yesterday
to a group of men on the street. Some
one jokingly replied they would. There
upon Stewart. who was intoesated, drew
a revolver and shot himself in the head
the ball ent,'ring the right eye. He will
die. The affair caused much excite
ment.
Either is Correct.
Philadelphia Prees.
Jashne i pronounced "Yahae." Jaeh
n is also pronounced a rascal.
How to Get Along.
Don't stop to tell stories in business
hours.
If you have a place of business, be
found there when wanted.
No man can get rich when sitting
around stores and saloons.
Never "fool" in business matters.
have order, system, regularity, and
also promptness.
Do not meddle with business you know
nothing of.
Do not kick every one in your path.
More miles can be made in a day by
going steadily than by stopping.
Pay as you go.
A man of honor rrspects his word as he
does his bond.
Help others when you eu, but never
give what you eannot afford to, simply
beevuse it is fashionable.
Learn to say no. No necesaty of snap.
ping it out dog-fashion, but my it firmly
and respectfully.
Use your brains, rather than thse of
others.
Learn to think and net for yourself.
Keep ahead rather than behind the
times.
Youg man, cuat this out, and it there
be any fallacy in the argument, let us
know it.-Anon.
1 he Kentucky legislature has passed a
bill taxing each revolver in the State
t..0. This Is a good deal more sensi
ble than taxing silver watches. most of
which are not worth the amount of the
tax. If Kentucky enforces rigidly the
new law, in a year she will have more
money In her treasury than she will
know what to do with. as nearly every
adult male carries at least one pistol and
a good many of them have a shooting
iron in each pocket.
When the new silver certifcates, the
designs for which are now in course of
preparation, are issued, the people of the
country will begin to apreciate the faet
that the treasury is in possession of
Democrats. The silver certifeates now
out have been generally eomdemned as
inartistic.and the management of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing in
the new issues of all denominations
hopes to make a decided improvement.
The design for the ten-dollar certificates
is graceful in lettering and scroll work,
and the vignette is a fine portrait of the
late Vice President Hendricks. The law
provides that only the portraits of de
ceased statesmen shall be need for this
purpose. Heretofore the Republkans
have had a monopoly of the pictorial
features of the government promises to
pay.
The comment on the New York Tri
bune's printing of Edmund's letters de
clining twice to speak in the Blaine cam
paign, after urgent sollicitation, excites
interest In Washington. The fact that
the exposure occured the very day afj
ter the Edmunds resolutions were passed
is construed to be the attempt of Blaine
to crush the Vermonter still further than
did the manifest discomfiture visited
upon him by the harmless adoptions of
his ridiculous proclamatien against the
President.
In Michigan a train wrecker was
eaaght on Sunday night, and within 40
hours he had been arraigned, tried con
vieted and msteneed to 8) years impri
soament.
C. HARRISON,
DEALER IN
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