TIts LnEADMGx MRCHANT OP LAPATYTTL.
i as just returned- from New Orleans having
S jught while there a lafge stock of GEiNTS
and LADIES FURNISMHING GOODS6,
which he now has in his store. These Goods
were bought for spot cash, and at very .low
figures, and, therefore; will sell cheaper than
those who went north or west to buy. In
prices, and quality, he defies all competition.
The public is invited to call and examine the
stock.
.' E B. (FINEST BEYOND QUESTION.)
-AT
L. LEYY.& SO N.
The "F. B. Q." is concededly the best and finest cloth
ing made- At the recent "Great Bankrupt Sale of the
Dixie Clothing House" on Canal street in New Orleans,
we have bought an immense stock of these goods at 75
per cent lower than manufacturer's prices, which we offer
to the trade atprices of cheap clothing. Call and see for
yourself.
FELIX DEMANADE,
The Up to Date Merchant
SELLS CHEAP
Groceries ÷ +
Liquors
Crockery " m =
Willowa e t
and
Fancy
goods
LAFAYETTE, - - - - LOUISIANA.
I Big Store
2 " warerooms
Has just bought, for cash, at low prices, an immense stock of
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING,
BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS,
HARDWARE, FURNITURE,
TINWARE, GROCKERY, ETC.,
To which he invites the attention
of intending'buyers, promising to
give as cheap, if not cheaper
prices, than found elsewhere
MRS. H. L. MONNIER,
Dressmaker,
Desires to inform her friends and the gen
eral public, that she is prepared to take in
sewing, apd solicits the making a fine dresses.
SI-2---4m.
For Sale or Rent.
I5o arpents. Land the most fertile.
Good roads. In close proximity to the city of
Lafayette, the parish scat. For further in
formation apply to
L. NOLLIVE, Jeweller,
Lafayette, La.
Cheap Store ..
SLOUIs NOLL1VE"
itiiaker, Jeweler;
AND OPTICIAN.
S old Medil- awarded at Exposio. of
e's$. 'Reirilasg of fine watches a specislty
*'dtk cheap aia guaranteed.
;Ys5 .o-a-ý, 4p .ufs .e- S.T.r' Slre -
Public Auction.
As per resolution of the School Board, the
school lands embrltced in Sec. i6, T 9, S R
3 E, containing 624.o4 acres, in the first
ward ; Sec. i6, T ix , S R 5 E, containing
556. 2 acres, in the fourth ward ; Sec. 16,
T o, S R 3 E, containing 645.36 acres, in
the second ward, will be rented, in 4o-acre
lots, at public auction, at the court house,
in Lafayette, on
Saturday, Dec. 16, 1893,
at Ii o'clock, a. m. No bid cntertained for
less than Soc. an acre. H. E. TOLL,
Secretary.
CRYSTAL LENSES
nases mane. "
S5tt51y 3raSt na Al was.
t' .A T~ , M lggtsgist, has
feclmsijve. ,ale of..thesp Celebrated
Glasses in L~tayette, La, from the
faeodry sf Kellam t & Moore tbhe
my complete optical plant in rhe
ioii.ti , A. tlanta, Ga -
...
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
Not the profusion but the selection
at Clegg's.
Mr. Fred Mouton went to St.
Martinsville Monday.
Mr. P. L. DeClonet was in Lafa
yette this week.
Mr. Edward Doucet made a flying
trip to New Iberia Sunday.
Judge C. H. Mouton, of St. Mar
tinsville, was in town this week.
Mrs. T. Hebert has a few more
camelia plants for sale,
Judge O. C. Mouton went to Ab
beville Tuesday on legal business.
Jules Cervatte, a merchant at
Duson, was in Lafayette Tuesday.
Solid gold spectacles and eye
glasses at Biossat, jeweler.
The Gazette acknowledges a
pleasant call Wednesday from Willie
Clark, of Duson.
Mr. Chas. Billaud and Mrs. M.
Billeaud, Jr. spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. H. Billaud.
Miss Edna Gardiner, of St. Lan
dry parish, was the guest this week
of the Misses Bagnels.
Well, what about that street lamp
at the corner of Pellerin's hardware
store ?
The many friends here of Mr.
Warren Gardiner were pleased to
meet him last Monday.
Mr. Geo. A. Bailey and wife of
Jennings, are spending some time in
Lafayette with Mrs. H. M. Bailey.
.There are some lovely articles to
be seen at Clegg's.
You can always tell of the pros
perity of a town by glancing at the
local papers. It is an infallible
straw.
Miss Mary McVea, of Baton
Rouge, who was the guest of
Mrs. Wm. Clegg, left Wednesday
for her home.
We noticed last Monday a wagon
load of oranges from Lake Arthur.
They were sold at $1.50 a hundred
or 25 cents a dozen.
Ned Mouton's mare won the race
at Arnaudville last Sunday. She
ran against Mr. Jno. Clay's mare
for a purse of $200oo.
The well-known drummer, J. D.
B. Grieg, representing rederick In
gram & Co. of Detroit, was in town
the fore part of the week.
An important meeting of the
School Board will be held on Satur
day the 6th day of January. This
will be a regular meeting.
Mr. Charles Jenkins, of Scott,
and Miss Mary Domingue were mar
ried last Wednesday at the Catholic
church in this town.
Dr. F. J. Mouton attended the
meeting of the Attakapas Medical
Association in Opelousas last week.
Drs. Leslie and Francez, of Caren
cro, were also in attendance.
Solid gold spectacles and eye
glasses at Biossat, jeweler.
By raising his hog and hominy
at home, and plant cane for a money
crop, a farmer would never feel the
stringency of the money market.
Mr. WVm. Clegg left Monday for
Baton Rouge to attend a meeting of
the State Board of Education, which
convened in that city last Tuesday.
That popular young Royvillian,
Mr. R. J. Domingeaux, attended the
meeting of the Knights of Honor
last Tuesday, and, of course found
time to pay his respects to The
Gazette.
Dr. A. R. Trahan left this week
for New Orleans where he goes to
attend the lectures at the Tulane
University. We understand that
Dr. Trahan will be away about
two months,
Our efficient and zealous School
superintendent, Mr. H. E. Toll, who
has been making his usual visits to
the different schools in the parish,
informs The Gazette that the schools
he has already visited are progress
ing very satisfactorily. A good at
tendance is reported in most of
them, and'a warm interest is notice
able among parents in the education
of their children.
If you want something handsome
go to Clegg's.
Our Chief of Police, Mr. Alex
Chargois, was taken suddenly and
violently ill, yesterday at noon
several physicians being called in,
soon decided that it was poison that
caused the trouble, which was no
doubt given ti by some unknown party
o- patties. By the skillful and
prompt tretznent of the Doctors,
he iq out of danger, we pare glad to
say, and will, no.doubt,. be able to
be on duty again real soon.-Daily
?b, ,rit.
will c6nviace you that you can get
any style spectacle or eye-glass you
wish.
If you want to catch the cream of
business plant- an advertisement in
The Gazette, It will prove a fertile
field.
At least double this year's accre
age in corn will be planted next
year in this parish. Our farmers have
realized that it is just as easy to
make $70 to $8o on an acre as it is
to get $z8 or $so which latter sum
is about all that cotton cultivation
will bring.
Mr. Alfred Hebert received Sun
day by express from Morgansville,
Kansas, two fine shoats. With the
express rates at $30, the pair has
cost about $70o, but Mr. Hebert
considers this money well invested
and The Gazette agrees with him.
He intends to demonstrate the fact
that it is possible to raise pork in
this country, with the same success
that attends the efforts of the people
of the Western States. And there
is no reason why he should not.
Did you see the new style gold
filled spectacles and eye-glasses at
Biossat's, the jeweler.
The many friends in this parish of
Mr. J. H. Humble, the genial man
ager of the Ferris Sugar Refinery at
Barbreck, will be pained to. learn
that this gentleman met with a quite
serious accident last week. While
standing on a platform, leaning
against a railing, which giving away,
he fell a distance of ten feet his
head striking an old cog wheel sus
taining a severe fracture of the skull.
A Gazette man took a ride over
to Creighton's switch the fore part of
the week, and viewed with some
surprise the big stacks of sugar cane
waiting transportation to the mills,
but when informed that for the past
month or more just such quantity
was in the yard all the time, the con
clusion irresistibly forced itself upon
the mind that if at this point such
quantities of cane are shipped,
without considering other shipping
points, the urgent need of a refinery
is manifest. With a refinery near
this town the acreage in cane would
be doubled in a year. We must
have it.
By inadvertance we failed to
mention in our compte-rendu of the
Carenero Amateur's entertainment
last week, the rendition, for the first
time in public, of a fine piece of
music, composed by Mr. H. Van
der Cruysen, which received very
favorable mention by those qualified
to judge. At the request of many
friends the composer will have it
printed and place on sale, and will
call it the "Creole March." It is
to be hoped that it will meet with
re :dy sale.
Did you see the new style gold
filled spectacleg and eye-glasses .at
Biossat's, the jeweler.
Thinking that a change of air
would improve her failing health,
Mrs Marguerite Tiernay, left some
ten days ago for Galveston, Texas,
only to find a surcease of her bodily
sufferings in death. The mortal re
mains were brought to Lafayette
and consigned to their last resting
place in the Catholic cemetery last
Tuesday. Mrs. Tiernay had reached
the ripe age of 73 years, and was
the mother of Messrs. P. J. and J.
T. Tiernay of this town. The
Gazette joins with the friends of the
family, in extending its sympathy in
their bereavement.
In another part of this paper will
be found the advertisement of,
Messrs. Trahan & Doucet, drug
gists and dealers in fancy and toilet
articles, tobacco, cigars, etc. Mr. J
E. Trahan, the senior member of the
firm, has sold a half interest of his
business to Mr. George Doucet, who
is well and favorably known by our
people. His affable manners at the
Trahan drugstore have made him a
host of friends who will be happy to
learn of his promotion. It goes
without saying .that under its new
name this sterling firm will sustain
its reputation for fair dealing, fresh
goods and low prices.
At Falk's Opera House there will
appear to-night Prof. Hugo Kipling
the only recognized rival of Herman
Lthe Great. Prof. Kipling will be
assisted by the World's Greatest
jugglers, Victor and Madame Lee;
also Mlle. Sligo the originator of the
beautiful and bewildering "Serpen
tine Dance," with Calcium Light
effects. Mlle. Sligo. by the beauty of
her dancing won the hearts of many
thousands who witnessed her dancing
in Berlin, Paris, ahd London and
the principal cities of the United
SStates. This attraction comes to us
highly recommended. Popular
Prices: *5, 35 and o50 cents.. One
of thefeatures of the show is the
Swonderful performance of "Magic,
Mirth, and Mischief."
W- A IT ."rDi";i ,ER'
A young white woman, named
Marie Celina Guidroz, aged about
23 years, was brought to town Wed
nesday by Deputy Sheriff Thomas
Mouton and placed in the parish
prison, charged with the murder of
Willie Melancon, a boy about
a years old. It appears that the I
accused wa, living with the foster
parents of Willie, Mr. and Mrs. 1
Vilmond- Melancon, near Carencro E
bayou. On Friday, Dec. 8, Marie
Guidroz went to the bayou.to wash
some potatoes, and took along with
her the little boy, who was subse
quently found drowned. We give
below the testimony given before
the coroner's jury and the verdict
of the jury:
Marie Celina Guidroz, after being duly
sworn, said: "'Friday last, Dec. 8, 1893, I
was washing potatoes on a raft in the ba
you. I had the child Willie Melancon on
my left arm; when the raft started drifting
I let the child drop in the bayou. Water at
that place was about waist deep I think.
When the child fell I started away. At the
moment I could not hallow, I was too much
afraid. " It was half an hour after that I could
call for assistance. When I reached home I
did not tell anyone that the child was
drowned"
Edouard Stelly said: "Last Frriday, Dec.
8, 5893, 1 was working at a sugar mill abot t
four arpents distant from home. When I
heard Marie Guidroa hallowing after Willie
who was drowned. Marie Guidroz said to
Mrs. Euclide Stelly: "It is no use to call
for Willie; where he is, he will not answer."
The child had a natural dread of water and
was not in the habit of going to the bayou.
The water where I found the child was about
two feet and a half deep. The child was
about five steps going up stream from the
raft.'"
Mrs.*Vilmond Melancon, the foster-mother
of the child, said: "Friday last, Dec. 8,
Marie Guidroz was coming in the house with
a dish of potatoes that she had washed in the
the hbayou. I asked her, 'Where is Willie ?'
She answered : 'He is there.' I asked Mrs.
Euclide Stelly to call him when Mary Gui
droz answed: 'It is no use to call him; he
will not answer where he is.' "
Vilmond Melancon, the foster-father of
the child, said: "'Friday last, Dec. 8, was
working at the sugar mill when I heard Ma
rie Guidroz hallowing. I started running,
following'Edwouard Stelly straight to the
bayou and found the child, Willie Melancon,
drowned. Marie Guidroz, when called for
assistance was running in a direction oppo
where the child who was drowned."
The jury of inquest, composed of Messrs.
Edgard Martin, J. Y. Villere, Lucien Cay
ret, Ernest Crouchet, C. L. Villere, and
Coroner Gladu, rendered the following ver
dict:
* * * said Willie Melancon came to
his death by drowning while being in charge
of Marie Celina Guidroz, and, we, the ju
rors, find Marie Celina Guidroz guilty of
gross negligence, if not more, and we sug
gest an investigation by the grand jury."
Fond of Watches.
A suspicious looking negro was
arrested by Marshal Vigneaux near
the depot last Tuesday. He gave
his name as George Washington
White and a search in his valise
developed the fact that he had in
his possession three watches and a
clock. One of the watches is said
to be very -valuable. As White
could not give a satisfactory account
of himself and his watches he was
incarcerated in the municipal bastile,
awaiting new developments.
City Council.
The City Council held an important meet
ing Wednesday evening. There were present:
Wm. Campbell, Mayor; J. 0. Mouton, Albert
Cayard, F, I)emaunade, Albert Delahoussaye,
A. M. Martin.
Mr. Albert Delahoussaye the newly ap
pointed member took his seat and was ap
pointed a member of the finance committee.
The Mayor was appointed a committee of
one to contract wiih the Sun Vapor Light
Company of Memphis Tenn., to light and il
lumiate the city.
The following ordinance was passed.
Be it resolved, By the City Council that
hereafter it shall be prohibited for any stove
pipe to run through any building, without
either a brick flue,terra costa or a galvanized
ventdilated flue such as are accepted by the
different insurance campanies, and any person
violating this ordinance shall be dealt with
according to law, and this resolution to take
effect 15 days after its promulgation.
The committee appointed at the last meet
ing to confer with the School Board about
the running of the High School reported
that it was agreed that a board of trustees
would be appointed: two by the Police Jury,
one by the School Board, and two by the
City Council, which will be known as the
Board of Trustees of the Lafayette Hligh
School. *
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
Look out for the pay car Tuesday.
Rev. Father Forge made a short visit to
Now Orleans this week.
Mrs. Sigmund Kakn, of Patterson, is on a
visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. Falk.
Wmin. B. Bailey, Esq., and Jedge C. De.
baillon went to Abbeville Thursday evening
and returned home Friday.
Mrs. D. Lallanne, of Washington, spent
several days with Mrs. James Hannen, re
turning home Thursday.
A Brakeman on the Cypremort Branch
was run over by some cars while making a
coupling and dangerously hurt, probably
fatally.
A train consisting of about 5oo heads of
cattle passed through last week and two hun
dred died before reachinh t'le;r t s nation.
Reed the advertisement on this page of L.
Levy & Son. During his last visit to New
Orleans, Mr. L. Levy the senior member of
the firm, was so fortunate as to be present
at the bankrupt sale of the "Dixie Clothing
House" on Canal street and took advantage
of the rare opportunity to buy, below manu
facturcr's prices, a lirge stock of the "'F. B.
Q." (Finest Beyond Question) clothing which
he is now selling at very low figures. Mr.
L. Levy and his son, Armand Levy of Lake
Charles,were the only country merchants who
\crc present at the "Dixie" s~les.
5 ,..
WE ME..AN T
very Word, In Pact, PRICES T
We offer this week all sizes of Steel Wire Nalls, 3cts a''
Tomatoes, per dozen ...... 90c. CATON FLANEL, PE" 'AM
Assorted Jellies; 5 lb. cans, former
price 5oc., now........... 40c. WHITEBLA IB ANETS10 P
Keller's Extra Olive Soap per
case ............ ... 1.40. FLANNELS FOR SKIRTS, PER
Columbian Cash StL
MOUTON & SALLES.
A Tremendous Hit !
A Grand Surprise!
A Big Bargain _:
IN GOLD FILLED AND SILVER
SILVERWARE, WEDDING AND
•X MA -S
PRESEN
GOLD PENS AND PENCILS AT
T. M. BIOSS T'S,,
Mail Orders Promptly Filled
LOCK BOX 137. LAFAYETTE. LA.
TRAHAN & DOUCET,
Successors to J- E. TRAHAN,
-AND DEALERS LN-
Paints, Varnishes, Window Gla
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES,. -
School Books and Stationery, Base Ball Goods, Tobacco and Cigi
Meillier's Perfumes
Prescriptions Compounded Day & Nig
i-16--93 Iv
Miss Louise Revillon
Solicits a
visit to m
A FULL ASSORTME~
OF FINE GOODS IN
THE LATEST STYLES
A. J. MIOSS. * A. EMILE MOUTO
MOSS & MOUTON
r WHOLESAIE and RETal
OFFICE AND YAR N EAR RA \ILROAD D EPO
LAFAYETTE. LOUISIANA.
Cypress and Pine Lumber,-c Rough and Dressed, Shingles, Doors,
Blinds, Mouldings, Etc.
Pittsburg Coal, Firewood, _
McCormick Harvester, Binders and Mower. Eagle plows, W
and Riding Cultivators, C.otton and Corri planters, Hay dct
Stalk Cutters, I tc.
Wagons, .Cisterns. :
Mrs. John O. Mou
NE W AND SECASONABLE
MILLINERY G
SUCIH AS
Hats, Feathers, Silks, Embroiddir
also Ladles' and .-.