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$100oo JUSTICE TO ALL. sI oo.
VOLUME I. ST. MARTINSVII. LE, LA. NOVEEEM R 27th. x886. NUMBER 40.
Which Pays The Best.
N,twithstanding the adaptability of
this section to the raising of fine stock
those engaged in this branch of
industry can be counted. Its costs but
little more to feed and take proper care
4,i blooded stock than it domes for scrub,
so sys a gentleman wht has experience
in the matter.
But, due to free grazing grounds, where
stock is permitted to roam and multiply
without any care whatever, has tended,
in a large measure, to draw attention
away from the profits that would accrue
I,y raLiung fime stork.
These ope.U prairie lands will be taken
up, sooner or later, thus compelling those
who depend on them for their stock, to
s'ek other modes, and when this day
comes, there cnn be hut doubt that the
business will receive that notice necessa
ry to make it renumerative.
A gentleman who has been raising
llooded stock for the past few years, told
us. that he is perfectly satisfied with his
veuture, and was only sorry that he had
not commenced earlier. Lot onr farmers
reflect on this.
A Worthy Man.
There is a colored man living on a
farm owned and paid for by him, situated
a few miles west of this town, whose in
dustry has been well recompensed. Af
ter the war this man had not a thing to
his name. He went to work with ,cm
mendable energy and to-day he has a
good home. To reach his present posi
tion in life, required strenuous efforts
and many obstacles had to be overcome.
bu:t a strong will and persistency he has
mucceeded. When last seen, (by a friend
who communicates these facts to us) he
had on a suit of clothes, spun and made
by his wife from wool and cotton that he
raised. His underclothing was made at
home, from cotton grown in his field.
Everything that he eats, with but few
exceptions, is raised on his farm. He
has cattle, horses, hogs, chickens, etc.,
and his cotton crop is the money crop,
not depending on it for the necessaries of
life. This year he has realized a nice
sum from his cotton cultivated and
raised by himself and a boy. Hle has all
the corn and potatoes that he needs. Is
it necessary to add that himself and fam
ily live contented and happy? This man's
name is Joseph Grange.
A Moss Factory.
The report is current and generally ac
cepted as true that we are to have a
mos factory in town. It appears that
arrangements are being made for the ma
chinery and appurtenances and that it
will soon be in operation. An enterprise
of this kind ought topay. Green moss
can be gathered, near here, at a small
outlay and we don't believe the cost
would be heavy to convert it into fine
marketable moms. There is a mom fac
tory in Morgan City and if we hear is so,
those who put it up have had no cause to
regret the investment.
We would like to see this factory eree
tel. for, as the Picayune says. "the day is 1
past if ever there was such a time when t
Jhe mere business of buying and selling 1
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can maintain a city or gather any coai
derab:e aggregation of populiation. Pes
pie must have employment and in mn.n
ufacturing industries alone is there an3
hope for them. Where ten men are re
i quired to handle a oale of cotton in all
k the processes of selling andu shipping
f more than a hundred pair of hands
are concerned, in spinning and weaving
e it,
Oak Staves.
The demand for oak staves in New Or
leans is fair. We copy from the Time.
Democrat:
Staves in flats and by rail $10001c5 for
pipes as they run and for hhds. 45 ins.
from $04,o per M. according to quality
For export delivered to vec els the fol
lowing are the p.'ices ruling: Extra pipe
staves el0 ins. 51x1 t $210@215 extra pipe
0 ins. 4 to 5 inches by 1!4wit% $#185s
l:N; oil $125Eil40; extra pipe culls $:t't
it~; extrahhds. 48 lin. $130e135; light
hhdt+. L ins. $3i; extra claret 40 ina.
$1*4' 110, light claret 40 ins. $55; extra
bbl. 33 ins. $75; light bhl, 32 ins. $-
Staves are sold per commercial M of 141ts
pieces.
There are no reasons why the getting
out of oak staves should not be made a
profitable industry here. In the vicinity
of Lake Catahoula are any. number of
gray oaks which would split well and
could be worked into staves at very little
cost and labor. The prices as will be
seen are fair and there is always a de
mand to supply.
Consumption Cured.
An old phsician retired from active
practice having had placed in his hands
by an East India Missionary the formula
of a simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure of Consump
tion Bronehitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all
Throat and Lung affections after having
thoroughly tested its wonderful cunrative
powers in thousands of cases, feels it
his duty to make it known to his suffer
ing fellows. The recipe sent free to all
who may desire it with full directions
,for preparing and successfully using.
Address naming this paper. Dr. Y. E
Cass, 210 Grand Street, Jersey City, New
Jersey.
The scene between Edmunds and Blaine
at the fnneral of ex-President Arthur l
lustrates the manly dignity of Senator
Edlmnnds of Vermont to great advant-.ae
Mr. Blaine exhibited that petty p 'rso. ii
feeling which he has manifested in I is
treatment of all political opponents. I1 to
two met in the presence of attendants on
the honored dead, with conventiol:n
courtesy. Mr. Edmunds extended his
hand and Mr. Blaine refused it turund
his back and left the house without
lookhling upon the body of the ex-Preti
dent. No wonder Mr. Wm. E. Chandler
told Mr. Blaine he had made a great mis.
take. It was an instance of insans rage
wholly unbecoming a competitor for rthe
Presidency, a poor sample of American
manhood.-N. 0. Chronicle.
The Scientific American published by
Munrn & Co., New York, presetts weekly
to its readers the best and most relialie
record of various improvements in mi.i
chinery while the scientific progress of
the country can in no way be gleaned
so well as by the regular perusal of its
pages.
Local Iights.
;" Beer on ice at 3 cents a glass :tt
B. Audibert's.
Thanksgivtng day was enjoyed by I he
public ofttiers,
Last Thursday tihe cold wave strulk uz:
nRoIl it goes without saying that inlilooN
by a good lire was generally observed.
A list was in cirulation seeking si, -
.:atures niemnoralizing Congre ss to have
ia:lyoll Plaquemine opened.
ruun Baptists a negro living on the
E .tnllne pla:ihatlon cut a negro woiii:l:l
on the head with a pocket knife.
We now have n!ne prisoners in the
Parish jail, seve'n unllder charge of inur
der one for rape and one for as.ault and
battery. all negroes. *
P. J. M.-wants to know why the gov
ernment will not sell two stamped en
velopes and a postal card for live cents.
Now Uncle Sasm. explain or tremble.
The Messenger and the Mayflower of
Yarmouthport. Mass., one year for $1.35.
It was reported about town that the
little steamer Mary V Alice had sunk
nomnewbems near Portage Guidry. It
was said at the same time that the owner
had gone to work to raise her. We pre- 1
lnme sheis now afloat and ready for
w'ork.
Circuit Court opened last Tuesday
with Judge Moore on the bench, but due I
to the illness of the wife of Judge Clegg,
preventing Judge Clegg from being in
attendance, court was adjourned to the
29th instant.
AI' Beer on ice at 5 cents a glass at
B. Audibert's.
Mr. C. E.Schrenka, artist Photograph
er, from New Orleans. is now located in
this town.. in the building lately occu
pied by Mr. J. B. Ferran, oppeote the
Catholic Church. Mr. Schrenks is now
ready to execute all iinds of work in nis
line, and guarantees full satisfaction.
His pieces are moderate.
T. J. Boasso ex-chief of aids of New
Orleans, who was convicted and scnten
oed last year to 14 years in the peniten
tiary, for marying Miss Mary Catherine t
Kuhn. with a forged marriage certincate. a
And John Sonniat, convicted in the pa
rish of St Landry, and sentenced to the
penitentiary forlife, made their escape
last Saturday night by breaking a hole
through a brick wall two and a halfl feet
thick. t
The Str. Queen City was in port last
Wednesday having come up from New
Iberia where she had been tied to the
bank for some time past, because of the t
low water in Old River which had stop
ped navigation. There being enough
water In the mud-bole. with a strong
current making a safe and it is believed
a permanent channel she has resumed
her trips between this place and New I
Orleans.
Mr. Arcade Patin is having a saw mill
put-up near his place ad wUill be ready
to begin work at an early day. A gen- a
tleman of the nelghborhood told as that
by the fact of the admirable location of t
the mill and the facility for getting trees a
that Mr. Patin will he able to place
Itmirhr throughout that seetion at ait
lower rate that it is now selling for.
Deputy Sheriff Anmle Champagne,
last Monday, brought te town to be
jailed. four negroes. charged with mur
der. From what we could learn, it
seems. th't during a ball, a few miles
miles above Ba ,aux Bridge, the lIghts
were put out and a general fight took
place. One n ,mro was shot in the head
and killed for wihich the prisoners were
arrested and two or three others were
badly hacked with knives.
Chinameu In some places on the Pa
cile coast are supplying themselves
with arms. it is noticed. One gunsmith
sold seventeen Winchester rifles to Chi
nanen in one week.
A GREAT REMEDY FOR 0ATAIRH.
In another column of this paper will
be found an advertisement of a Catarrh
remedy, of which a sample is sent free to
any sufferer of this terrible acourge. We
know B 8. Lauderbeeah a Co., the propri
etors. to be a responsible firm and thoe
who write them will receive prompt at
tention and squje dealing.
A Rare Chance.
We offer to our readers, and the
pubie tlldest offer ever made in
this parish. We will furnish the Mes
senger and The Mayflower, of Yar
mouthport, Mass.,an eight page family
paper, for one year, for $1.35.
SHERIFFS SALE.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.- PARISH O STr,
MAarx. 21st Judicial District Court
No. 8722.
Victorine Pitt wife of Emile
Ambroise & als.
Versus.
Clemence Pitt and her Hus
band Zenon Pierre.
By virtue of a writ of Facrl Paelas in
the above entitled and numbered suit
and to me directed by the lion. list. Ju
dilcal District Court of the State of
Louisiana. in and for the Parish of St.
Martin dated the 18th. day of October
A. D. 1886. I have seized and will pro
ceed to sell at public auction to the last
and highest bidder at the Court Hoome
door in the town of St. Martinsville be
tween the legal hours on
SATtRDAT the 18th. DAY of Dacax
ara A. D. 1888.
It being thethird aturday of maid month
the follow described property to
wit;
The undivided one seventh of a eertaia
tract of land situated in the Parish of St.
Martin measuring about forty s upercal
arpents, and together with said ud the
undivided seventh of all the buildings
and improvements thereon erected. The
said tract of land is bounded north !y
Magenta plantation South by land of Mi -
ebel Gabriel. East by property of Pierre
Pitt Jr. and West by Vendor. Said laud
having a front of two arpeuta by a depth
of twenty arpent starllng from the
boundary of Pierre PittJr., and coming
to the bounda y of Vendor.
Sold to satisfy said aove mentloned
writ.
Sherifl's office this 13th day of NoWm
b,r A. D, 18l6.
T. L. BROUSSARD, imad.
