Le. 1>K. MENG vient «e fixer délinitive
nient daus la Paroisse Sf. Jacques.
Il offre ses services comme médecin, chi
rurgien et'in'iiicipaleHr.eijt accoucheur, aux
habitants de la paroisse^
Il espère qne trente cijiq ans de pratique
en Louisiane lui inéritvrout la confiance
qu'il Sollicite de tous jc.s paroissiens. Il
fera tout ses efforts pouf tâcher de l'acqué
rir et de s'en rendre digiie.
Sa résidence est chez -Mr. Alexandre Ve
gas, rive girtu-he, 4e. district. [ljn.'77 .
Coli
Le soussij;n<5 a
vices au public eu
S t-Jeau-Baptiste«
lies. ö'«dresser '•!
S'adresser
reflux du "Mest
iO ius.'77]
Sß Liinsi.\\.\is.
OFFICIAL, JOURNAL
—UF IHK —
Parish of St. James,
l'ublixl «"! Ee<ry Attunlay, in the
sôiî' ssâû;» 4/ ■*.>' ^(v-aaà
CONVENT P. 0., Louisiana,
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i :in toi; and riwrniETon.
liâtes of Subscription :
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First insertioi
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2â, is;;,
Oilioial I )ii'octoi*y.
Fourth Judicial District.
[Comprising thr Parishes of Ascension,
St . J miih' S , St. Julia t !i<r Haptist and St.
Clial'l«*
District Judge Morris Marks,
District Attorney F. 15. Earhurt.
Seventh Senatorial District.
[Comprising the Parishes of Ascension
anil St. James. ]
State Senator.. Pi Tre Landry.
Parish of St. James.
i Richard Similis,
Représentât ives Vincent Dickenson.
( Lucien Como.
Parish Judge S. F. Siskron,
Parish Attorney J. R. Winchester,
Clerk of Court E. T. Fisher,
Recorder Louis Dugas,
Treasurer ....... 1 hairy Foi tel ,
Tax Collector E. C. Mire,
Alitai li' Victor Miles,
Coron«?r Jul'*» Leblanc,
Parish Physician P.M. Laniliremont.
Assessor Jules Dornier.
■Supervisor of Regis
tration
Ol'iieial Journal Lk Locisiaxais,
POLICE JURY.
President, A. L. Bourgeois:
Secretary, Emile J. Laiche;
Members, J. A. Dre.ilhef, J. )>. Fcrchaud,
Felicieti Wagticspack, Désiré Leblanc. Ja
ïrt«;s Davis. Alfred Mire, Henry Johnson,
Thomas Mooney, Richard A. Harrison.
SCHOOL HOARD.
President, J. Gentil:
Secretary, J. Louis Gandet;
Members, Dr. O. Gandet, J. N. Thibo
deaux, D. T. Bourgeois, P. Numa Martin,
'fhelesphore Dugas, A. AY Thompson, John
Dickerson.
LITTLE FOLKS AND LITTLE CHICKENS.
[ From Our Home Journal.]
Dear little chickens,
All searching for food;
Then off to t he mother,
\Yiio calls for her brood.
Dear tiny heads,
b Fl'om iier wing Jieéping oUt,
Wandering what all
The commotion's about.
Ah. ha! Mr. Fox,
There's no dinner to day;
Not one little ehiekfen
lias wandered away.
Safe under her feat Ilea's
So soft and so warm,
lien-mother will nurse them.
And keep them from harm.
In these tender chickens
A pattern you'll see
Of what little child rci!
Like yon, dears, should be.
Obeying your mother,
Iluiiiiingîquick at herCitH,
Is the safe and sure way,
Little folks for you all.
■
THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEES.
Memorial to be Presented to Congress.
Subjoined is a copy of a memorial
addressed to Congress. It will be
sent for signatures to every town
and landing on the Mississippi river
and tributaries between Cape Girar
deau, Mo., and the Gulf of Mexico,
and no doubt will be very extensi
vely signed:
C hamber of C ommerce, )
7- )
To
Memphis, Tenu., Sept. 12,187'
Dear Sir —The undersigned com
0Pfffittcc, appointed by the Memphis
Chamber of Commerce to memorial
ize the Congress of the United Sta
tes upon the subject of speedy ac
tion au the part of the general gov
ernmÄt looking to the reclamation
from annual overflow of tliMftmen
se bodies of valuable agricultural
laud bordering the Mississippi river
and tributaries, by the adoption of
such system of levees, cut-oflfs and
outlets as may be deemed advisa
ble by the government, beg respect
fully to hand you the inclosed me
morial, and ask for it your earnest
consideration. It is proposed -to
bring the matter before Congress at
an early day of the approach
ing session, and, with the view of
strengthening the hands of our im
mediate representatives, it is desira
ble that they shall carry with them
to Washington an unmistakable ex
pression of popular sentiment on
this most important subject, from
the people of every town and city
interested. To this cud, the accom
panying memorial will be exten
sively circulated, and we would sug
gest tiiat you cause a public meeting
of your citizens to be held, and the
official action thereof indorsed the
reon,or cause a separate memorial to
be prepared, coveringsimilargroüiul.
Where public meetings are im
practicable, we recommend that the
inclosed memorial be signed as ex
_ K „ o
tensively as possible. Believing that
I
iavorable action on the part oi Con
uicss may be reasonably expected
it our liepresen ta t i vos arc prepared
to press the subject vigorously at
tiie opening oi the session, we ear
nestly urge upon you the importai!
ce ot early action, and the return of
the memoria] to the undersigned
chairman, at a date not later than
October 11?, 1ST 7.
Very respectfully,
Titos. II. A llen , Chairman ;
J acob T hompson,
.1euome üi1.l,
.1. C. N kely,
ii. <1. smith ,
W. ti. (» AlJîlîEATH.
JAN. S. I Î ICH AKDSON,
Committee .Memphis Chamber
Commerce.
( ihr 11* wo ruble s s of lh( CniU'd Ulules:
I Tiie under, igned desire to respect
; fully represent to your honorable
i body the importance of reclaiming
! from overflow tiie alluvial lands of
! I he Mississippi river and tributary
j streams, and to urge such speedy
congressional action as will be ne
I cessa ry to accomplish that object
; within the shortest pciiod possibh
1 W« are »'ally persuaded that if our
Sena tors a ml Kepi esen ta iives in ( on
gress were correctly advised of the
vast importance of protecting the.»i:
fertile lands from annual inunda
tion, and the great benefit that
would follow, not only to that im
mediate region, but to the entire
country, thc\ would promptly enact
such legislation as would insure an
early completion of the work.
Tliereis no public-enterprise which
the Government could aid with so
much justice and propriety as this
one: nor is there one that could be
undertaken at so small an expense,
from which such immense profit to
the agricultural and commercial in
terests ef the whole country would
result. It is in no sense a local outer
prise, for the benefit of either a cor
por^poil or small community of pri
vate individuals, but its scope and
extent embraces interest and covers
un extent of territory of sufficient
magnitude to make it eminently na
tional in its character. This will be
more apparent when the following
facts are even briefly examined and
considered: The region of country
subject to overflow lies in the States
of Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Ten- i
nessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and j
Louisiana, and embraces within its J
area about 24,800,000 acres of the j
richest and most productive corn,
ofj
, i i : !
corton, rice and sugar lands m the h
world. If these lands were protect
ed from the flood of water which
annually flows over t«0ia, they
would lie quickly put In cmiivation,
and by a very moderate computa
tion it may be safely estimated then
in less than five years the produc
tion of our three great agricultural
staples, cotton, rice and sugar,
would be increased more than titty
percent. Cotton is the commodity
which more than all others contri
butes to our commercial prosperity
and gives us a substantial basis ot
wealth not possessed by any other
country or people. The high lands
I
a large portion of the cotton crop
has heretofore been grown, is be
coming so much exhausted that in
a few years their cultivation in cot
ton will have to be abaudonned,
and tiie decrease in this valua
, v • V .X ,,.;n I
blcan.1 important i.roluct «UI 1»
«atwrnllr Mt 111»» tte 111»i.ce»o ,
,l,c 2ÂSÎÎÎ !
00 in 7 lne; by r^lnhning fl.e j
cotton, sugar and rice alone could j
easily be made to exceed this entire
sum.
The action by Congress, here
sought to be had, reclaims from a
wilderness and makes fit for
cultivation an empire of agri
cultural wealth. which, when
developed, will increase the
material resources of the country
millions of dollars. The work is of
such a character that it is impossi
ble for it to be accomplished by the
efforts and resources of individuals,
but must be done under authority
id with the means of the general
w
government. We therefore respect
fully ask that your honorable body
adopt such legislation at your next
session as will give safety and pro
tection to those districts of country
that are subject to annual overflow.
OFFICIAI
j*
Proceedings
of tiik
B0AKD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS.
P a id.si t of S t . J ames, L a., \
St'pteiubev lûtli., 1877. $
The Members of the School Board
met this day at the Court House of
this Parish pursuant to a call of
the President.
Members present:—J. Gentil, Pre
sident; Dr. O. Gandet, A. W.
Thompson, John Dickerson, The
lesphore Dugas and J. L. Gandet.
Absent:—J. N. Thibodeaux, P.
Nutna Martin and D. T. Bourgeois.
Oil motion of A. W. Thompson
the reading of the minutes of the
previous meeting was dispensed
with.
Winchester Esq.,
Whereas, J. 11.
Parish Attorney, and by law, the
^egal Counsellor ot this Boaid, has
been frecpient !y applied to for Iiis
opinion aslo whether tin- Treasurer
of the lato School lîoard had, under
then existing laws, the right to re
eeive «Jury Warrants to an amount
of *3(M,(>S irom the Tax--( -ollector
in payment for money due the School
°
»oard in the collection of Parish
Taxes.
And wlwreas, said Parish Attor
ney has failed to give his opinion
upon the above subject matter, and
the Board deem it no longer wise
to await said opinion :
lîe it therefore resolved, that II.
Feitvî, our present Treasurer, is
hereby empowered and authorized
to claim and recieve said Jury \Yar
rants from tin: late Treasurer, ami
that the Police Jury of the Parish
ot St. James, lie earnestly request
ed to pas* a resolution for the pa\
ment by preference of said Jury
Warrants out of any money in the
hands oi the Parish 'i reasurer, to
the credit of the sinking fund est uti
lised for the payment of past indeb
tedness.
On motion of Dr. (landet, it was
resolved that the Parish of St.
James be divided into two wards or
School Districts, one on each bank
of the river, and that the funds in
the hands of the Treasurer be ap
portioned in said Districts as now
established according to the num
ber of ciiildi en between tliJ ages of
(5 and L'i years, in each; that, the
Secretary I-• • requested to notify the ;
Treasurer of the present resolution
and that all other resolutions eon-;
dieting therewith are hereby re- j
pealed.
lie i! resolved.that if. P. Choppiu
Esq., President of the Committee;
appointed by the Citizens of the :
otii. Ward, to obtain subseiiptious i
for the benefit of the Public Schools j
or this Parish, through the means!
of a fair, be requested to us •. as •
early as possible the funds (ieir.. u
from the fair held at J. Billon's on
June .'Hltli. and July 1st», for the be
liebt of said Schools, as the same!
will be of great assistance to the !
School Board of this Parish»
On motion of A. W. Thompson, j
it was resolved, that the payment 1
of all warrants outstanding against ■
the old Board of School Directors
of this Parish be deferred until the
report of the Committe appointed
examine the Books of the cx
Trea surer.
On motion of Dr. Gandet it was
resolved that all Schools having an !
average dailv attendance of over
sixtv scholars be furnished with an
. m(1 th;|t {]r> s; _ ; .
ary of said Teachers be and ihc
same is here! y fixed at Twenty Do!- :
l:ij s per month oicli.
J)r. O. Gandet in the chair. i
On motion of Mr. J. Gentil it was |
resolved, that the salary of princi
pal Teachers throughout the Parish !
of St. James be fixed as follows, to- i
wit:
For all Schools having 20 jmpils ;
enrolled the Teacher shall receive
the sum of 830 per month; For all j
Schools having 30 pupils enrolled,!
the Teacher shall recieve 835 per j
month: and for all Schools having
äwää
resolution sh;! p take VÜWt from Ul0 j
1st. dav of October next and all j
other resolutions in conflict there- ;
with are hereby repealed.
Whereas, by Section 31 of Act
it is made the duty
No. 23 ot 1S77, it is made the dut.v
sdH-rt lW
cl . livt .i v t# e »tal.Ii»li.....
rr? triÄÄ
one School
t 111 "
rd to which light
they are justly entitled under the
above section of the iaw,
Be it therefore resolved that a
committee of three be appointed by
the President to take immediate
steps towards establishing an addi
tional School in the 3rd ward of the
Parish of St. James.
The report of the auxiliary Com
mitte of tiie 7tli. Ward was read
and on motion ordered to be spread
upon the minutes.
St. James, Aug. 25th., 1877.
To the President and Members ot
the Board of School Directors:
Gentlemen—We the undersigned
Ward Committee appointed by your
Honorable body beg leave to sub
mit the following our quarterly re
port :
1st.—We have personally and
carefully visited both Schools and
find that they are properly and or
der] v kept.
2nd. To the great disadvantage
of scholars and teachers there is no
uniformity in the text ot books.
3rd. Enclosed two lists signed
bv teachers claiming the necessary
books which are of the utmost im
portance for the progress and suc
cess of said Schools.
4th.—There are rtselni reparations
needed in both Schools which may
be made with little expenses.
5th.—We also submit to your con
sideration the following number ot
pupils attending school and the
daily average.
S chool N o. 13.
Whole number of boys -1;
" " " girls ^
Total boys and girls lï
Average daily attendance, boys, 10
« a" <« girls.. 4
Total average boys and girls. .15
S chool N o. 11.
Whole number of boys 3S
" " u girls lö
Total boys and girls 53
Average dailv attendance, bovs. .25
'• " ^ " girls' ft
Total average boys and girls..34
ltospeetfullv .submitted,
A. F. KK'OLL,
F. WAGCFSPACK.
JACK KLLIH.
On motion of J. L. Gandet, it was
resolved that the sum of Fifty Dol
| lars, be and the same is hereby ap
propriated out of any money in the
Treasurer's hands, for the payment
of the expenses incurred for pub
lishing the proceedings of this Board
during the year 1877, said sum to
be paid in two instalments. One on
the 15th. of September and the
other on the 15th. of December of
the present year.
Tiie following accounts were pre
sented and approved, and the Pres
ident and Secretary ordered to issue,
warrants tor their paynu nt:
Account of C. A. liâmes (or
furniture to Iiuena Vista
School and repairing the ben
ches of said School 81,75,
Account of II. L. Tuieaud
for i bucket, 1 broom and one
tincup for S.Cook's School.. 70
Account of Henry Feitel for
1 ledger for the School Trea
surer's oflicc and freight upon
the same 1,75.
The President being now in the
chair announced the following as
members of the Committee appoint
ed to establish a school iu the 3rd.
ward.
Dr. O. (landet, TelesphoreDugas
and J. L. Gandet.
On motion of Dr. Gandet it was
resolved j^tyiat the salary of the
Secretary of this : Board be fixed;
at the sum of One Hundred Do!-!
lars per annum to da te from
the 12th. day of May 1877
and to be paid in two instalments,
one on the 15th. day of September
and the other on the 15th. of De
cember of each and every year.
On moi ion of Dr. Gandet it, was
resolved that the sum of Five Hun
dred and Thirty-Six (J5jl00 Dollars
be and the same is hereby appropri
ated out of any money in the hands
of the Treasurer to pay the expen
ses of the Board lor the month of
August 1877. Said sum to be paid
only upon warrants properly drawn
by the President and countersigned
by the Secretary of this Board, iu
the manner following to wit:
FIRST \YAK1>:
For salaries ot Teachers of
Schools >'o. 1 and 2 59.30
Bent ot Lovinski Kcine's
School House (J.00
SECOXI> WAI'D.
For salaries of Teachers of
Schools Nos. 3 and 4 59.50
lient of Pleasant Green
School House 3.00
For one half salary of
Teacher of School No. 5 22.25
TlIIKlî WARD:
For one half salary of
Teacher ot School No. 5 22.25
For salary of Teacher ot
School No. 0 20.05
FOURTH WARD:
For salaries of Teachers of
Schools Nos. 7 and S 59.30
For expenses as per-jie
count approved above... 70
FIFTH WARD: '
For salaries of Teachers of
Schools Nos. 9 and 10 50.30
For expenses as per ac
count approved above 1.75
For rent ef Chiquet School
House 3.00
SIXTH WARD:
For salaries oi' Teachers of
Schools Nos. 11 and 12 50.30
For rent of Landry School
House 3.00
SEVENTH WARD:
For salaries of Teachers of
Schools Nos. 13 and 14 54.15
For 2 month's rent of
School House.... 8.00
FIGHTil WARD:
For salary of Teacher of
School No. 10 y 20,65
For rentopf Pierre Growe's
School Bi/tse 1*0^
For payment of ledger for
Treasurer's office and freight
upon the same 4.75
For payment of expenses
of printing as per resolution
as above.. 25.00
For payment of salary of
Secretary as per resolution
as above. 50.00
Equal to appropriation: $530.05
On motion of Dr. Gandet the
Board now adjourned to meet on
SatnrdîiVj Sept. 29th., 1877, at 10
o'clock À. M., at the Court House
of this Parish.
J. L. GAUDET.
Secretary, J. GENTIL,
President.
Assessment Boll.
The Assessment Roll for the year
1877 having been completed, the
Tax-Payers ot the Parish are here
by duly notified that the said liol!
7. ill be exposed at the Recorder's
office, at the Court House, from Mon
day August 13th. to September 13th.
1877, one month, according to law.
JULES DOENIEB,
Assessor.
St. James Parish, Atfg. 11th., 1870.
SIIEIMFF'S SALE.
widow w. st >iu :v,
vs. no. :.|h,
II. II. A y Mil:.
STATE OF Loi tsi \N.\.
FOURTH .U DM'IAI. DlsTRKT COURT.
I'ARISII OF SAINT .1AM HS.
By virtue of a writ of fieri fiwins
issued by the above Honorable, the
4th. Judicial District Court, for the
Parish of St. James, bearing date
of the 21st. day of .Wigust,'77,aml to
me directed, in the above entitled
and numbered suit, I have seized
and will offer for sale at public auc
tion, on the premises, on
SATURDAY IIIi: «TH. DAY OF OCTOI!
ER. j -77. AT il O'CI.OCK A. .M.,
the following described property,
to wit :
1st.—A certain tract <»f land or plan,
tation called Iiuena Vista Planta
tion, situated in the Parish of Si
Jameson thisState.anil measuring
twelve arpents front on the M is
sissispi river, opening about 12 de
grees width ali its double conces
sion bounded, oa one side by the
property now or lately belonging
to Kvariste ."Mire,ami on I he other
side by the propt rty of Valéry
Gandet, togetlier \\i:ii all the
buildings and appurtenances the
reof, consisting of a dwelling hou
se, Sugar House whitii steam engi
ne, and also all the agricultural
implements belonging to said
Plantation.
2nd.—Another tract of land situa
ted in the same Parish and des
cri bed iu Patent No.; 811 issued
for the same in favor of Mrs. Win-1
ehester, by the State of Louisiana
as section 59 in township 12. ran
ge 15 east., containing Six Hun-j
died itnd forty-one -ifjlOO acres,
3rd.—Another tract of land situa
ted in the same parish and des
cribed in Patent No. 815 issued
for the same in favor of Mrs. Win
chester by the State ot Louisiana
as the west halt section,the South
Fast Quarterand the South half of
the North Fast Quarter of section
52 in township 12, rage 15 east,
containing Five Hundred and six
ty four 34[100 acres.
Together with 10 mules, 4 carts and
a lot of farming utensils.
Seized in the above suit.
To be sold in block.
Terms:—Cash in t . S. Currency.
V ictob M ilks.
Sheriff.
Sheriffs office, Parish of St. James,
September 1st., 1877.
J, 3t. rEKGUSOK. A. S. GRAHAM.
Ferguson *V GraZiam,
S T A R
Gr. lï. FORTII^K; AGENT.
Nos. 1QH and 1*25
South Peters Street.
COKNER or GIEOD,
AE\V ORLEANS, LA.
SACKS FOBKISKED F3EE OF CHAEGE.
P. O. Box, 75. (ju. 16'77.
Mcss%. FEKGUSON &; GRAHAM liave
secured tiie services of a first c!:iss Jlilli-r
from Cliailestoa, who lias just put up in
the STAR KlOE MILL «llthe littest im
provctl RICE MILLING MACHINERY.
Thus enabling them to gunrautee n lirst
class article of lice and entirely free fi'oin
Tad Poles, grass seed, Trash, A.c.
G. K. FORTIER, Asrcnt.
JY o t i c e •
L ost .— A NOTE, dated Dec. 31st.
187G, to my order 1 , by Mr. J. Druil
h et, for the stiiii of Twenty-Five
Dollars, ($25,00,) payable at the end
of the year, with 10 OjOceut interest
until paid. Payment of said note
lias been stopped.
SPFNCFU WOOD.
St. James, Sept. 1st., 1877.
,11. CONTE JliAN,
lIOKLOti Ell
'ms
Reparation de Montres, Pendutes et
liijoitjii
No. 12!) Riic Hoiirhon,
Entre St. Pierre et Toulouse.
21jt.fiin. NouveliC,-Gr1i5aiis.
SOULIEKS, r BOTTINES,
BOTTES,
Et Chaussures île tout genre,
garanties,
Bon M à r c hé,
chez
j. LAPÖETE,
COLI. E CF. POINT.
Spécial Notice*
All delinquent Tax-Payers owing the
Special Rathlione Tax, will call at. my ofli
cc and pay the same within Ten «lays l'roiu
the date'of this notice or else proceeded
a "aLust as the law dinjets.
j 0 K. C. MIRE,
; Tax Collector.
I Parish of St. James, Jijuie '.Uh., 1*77.
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PAID UP CAPITAL.— ^ 1
PIRE
Jno. G. Gaines,
E. J. Hait,
Henry Renshuw,
Hugh Wilsou,
lî. Biscoe,
A. JtoUlwin,
Chas. Macready,
W. E. Seymour,
Richard Flower,
J. Weiss,
B. W. Taylor,
J. C. Morris,
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poücy-liolders over
eifflit years.
If you want saf
ing, insure your Ii* m
Institution.
DIR! CT
A. Thomson, ^
E. A. Tyler,
W. B. Schmidt, »
J. W. Stone,
lî. T. Walslie,
John I. Adams,
Alex. Mark»,
Hobt. W. Ogdert,
Sam'I. M. Todd,
John Henderson,
H. M. Puyne, .
T. C. Herndou,
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