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LAFOURCHE AMD OF THE TOWN
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SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1883.
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FOR U. S. PRESIDENT:
GROVER C LEVEL Alt D,
OF NEW YORK.
—The Cbpitolian Advocate after
a long time has finally come out
and stated that it agreed with the
Sentinel in respect to the honesty of
the gobbling up of Parish school
funds by the School Board of New
Orleans.
IPs better late tban uever.
—The school session this sum
mer will be only 44 mouths.
The honest gobbling of the school
fnnds, belonging to the Parishes,
by the School Board of New Or
leans, shortens the sessiou one
mouth iu the country schools.
A leather medal with a tnrkey
gobbler strutting thereon should
be presented to each member of
the School Board in New Orleans.
—On next Thursday at Firemen's
Hall will be the Fair for the fund
ebeing raised to increase the size of
the Charity Hospital buildings in
New Orleans.
Aside from assisting in the pro
motion of so noble a charity, every
tax payer in Lafourche is personal
ly interested in this noble work.
Did this Parish have to support
the indigent sick that she sends to
this Hospital every year, it would
cost this Parish thousaud^ ot dol
lars, whilst the sufferer would not
receive one tithe of the benefit
that he will obtain iu the care be
stowed upon him in the Charity Hos
pital.
There he has able physicians to
watch over bis case, and those no
ble and pious Sisters of Charity
watching, nnrsing him and attend
ing to his wants. Let Firemen's
Hall be crowded.
The Fournier Crevasse.— The|
Police Jury assembled iu special
session, in response to a petition
signed by numerous citizens.
After consultation with them
selves and some citizens ot the P ai
ish that body appropriated $1000.00
towards closing the Fournier Cre
vasse, and a further sum of fifteen
hundred dollars as an advance pay
ment that the Governor and Board
of State Engineers agree to donate
for that purpose.
Messrs. Sosthene Folse, Wallace
Lefort, and Ellis Foret were ap
pointed a committee to superintend
the work, which will commence as
mon as there is a fall of 10 or 12
inches in the Bayoo.
the mii^msG boom.
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Not only is there i«a building boom
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in Tliibodaux, but what is decidedly
better, there is a departure from the
style of architechture which has pre
vailed throughout our section from
time immemorial, and which can be
fitly described as the buru like type
of building. The extreme and mon
otuuous sameness of our private
dwellings is about give way lo a
variety of neat, eomtorJable and ele
gant designs, with some pretension
to architechturul beauty.
Of three residences soou to be
erected, each one will consist of
separate and distinct plan, and
when completed, will prove an or
unuieiit to the street where the^|
will hejbuilt, and will lend to create
a spirit of emulation among otheis
who may contemplate buiding, or
who may feel impelled to remode]
their homes in accordance with the
principles of good taste.
There is not a house in town
which is not susceptible of beiug al
tered in such a way that increased
comfort and an improved appear
ance will be the result. Dr. Danse
reau's residence shows how an ar
ehitect call take au old style house
and make otit "a thing of beauty
and joy forever. We have among
us many who have the means of fol
lowing iu the footsteps of the worthy
Doctor, and we trnst, that they
will be spurred on to add to their
own comfort, and the general ap
pearance of the Town.
—The new St. Joseph's Hall was
inaugurated last Sunday evening
by an entertainment given by lead
ing amateurs of tbe parish. The
string hand, prominent among
which were Messrs. O'Sullivan,
Dingle, Trou6 and Perrin disconrs
ed some very sweet music duriug
the intermissions.
The hall is very commodious and
can easily seat five liuudred per
sons, as it is ninety eight feet iu
length by forty feet in width. As
the stage, with the green room, oc
copies bnt a very small portion of
the building, tbe auditorium is con
sequently very spacious.
In tbe course of tbe evening, the
friends of the Very Rev. Pastor of
St. Josej)h's Church were invited
to partake t ot a grand banquet in
the old St. Jose|>h's Hall, where the
tables groaned under tho weight
of delicate viands and the choicest
wines. .The health of the venera
ble host was proposed in very felici
tons language by a promiueut mem
berof our bar, who elicited an ap
propriate response from the subject
of his remarks.
A Remarkable Steamboat.—
Had Mark Twain ever beeu pilot
on the steamboat H. J. Dickey he
would have been under the §necessi
ty of increasing the size of his late
book on the wonders of the Mississ
ippi River.
This wonderful -steamer can cut
up more capers than a one eyed
lamb, aud do more singular things
than any steamer that ever entered
iuto Bayou Lafouiclte.
She is tbe only boat that ever
showed enough skill to run head
foremost iuto a 40 foot crevasse;
she is the only boat that ever sac
cceded in hitting the piling on both
sides of Thibodaux Bridge at once;
she can break up more boxes and
plank work, built to protect' the
levees, iu five minutes, than 100
men can erect in 5 days. She is a
great boat; she can hit and smash
everything, that she has no need of
tonchiug, and can do it # so easily
that no one supposes it requires
any effort.
She ought to he named, "Texas
Bull in a china shop."
—The Terrebonne papers last
Saturday report 15; cases of small
pox on McCnllom's EUendale plants
tion, and two on W. A. Shaffer's
Crescent Farm.
Two deaths have occurred at El
lendale.
The Charity Hospital.—Oi»
next Thursday is th« time appoint
_ * * *.t • » ». • e *i «
eu for the Fair to be given for the
benefit of the Charity Hos
pital Fund. Professor Choi
has charge of the programmelov
ers of music will enjoy a rich treat.
The ladies si Iso will preside at
refreshment tables where ice cream,
cakes, lemonades, meats etc. wifi
be supplied in abundance.
This is a noble charity and every
person should aid in making the
Fair a success. Nearly every psir
ish iu the State is contributing.
Pet it not be said that Lafourche,
always liberal and grand iu good
works, hus£dled on this occasion.
The tame of tho Charity Hospital
extends all over the world. It
must be enl-uged to keep its usetni
ness up with the times. Let every
oup do sometbiug.
A GOOD ACT BADLY REWARDED.
—About two years ago, Arthur
Weber, who had been supported
by his uncle Valere Roger, the well
known oysterinan of Thibodanx,
robbed bis unde of some one buu
died dollars and left without bid
ding any one good bye. Some
mouths after he leturned, and in
stead of prosecuting his nephew,
Roger again took the erring boy
borne. Last Monday whilst all
were absent from home, Arthur
again went through tbe house and
found about $200.00 which he ap
propiiated by a unanimous vote, to
bis own pocket.
Ou Tuesday lie was arrested and
taken before Jtis'ice Caillouet and
sent before the District Court. The
air around Baton Rouge will itn
prove Arthur's morals.
—St. Joseph's Catholic Church is
receiving a coat of cement, the in
tentiou being to exclude the damp
ness troin the interior walls. At
ter the cement has had sufficient
time to dry, it would not be a had
idea to have the whole exterior
paiuted in some pleasing tint.
The attention of the trustees is
called to the fact, that the yard im
mediately in front of the church
should bo guarded against cattle
which commit such nuisaiicss there
in, as to be an eye sore to visitors,
and a positive iucouvenience to the
worshippers. It is a pity that such
a beautiful spot should be disfigu
red in any way.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
For the week ending May, 25,1883.
STRANGERS' HOTEL—Win. O- Porna
rade, V. Roux, Charles Jaufroid.Hiram|Co!m,
Simon Pie^ril. F. lianuumiaitA Krtnib fW.lun
Lammonette, Frank Ogden,
V. Dufuur, Jas. Hanrahan, J. U. Lafaye, Geo.
Serge ns, C. A. Woorhees, Houore Dessom
mes, John Rexnch, N. O.; F. Bergeron. Xa)>o
lennvillc ; J. R. Wilson, A. J. Mullain, Geo.
Mullaui, J. V. St. Martin. Donuldsouville ; E.
Pelichet, Iberville ; Geo. Dionne, Lafourche ;
A. J. Siinoneanx, Jeannerette ; J- F. Berniu
clio, Centreville ; Miss Alice Fernandez, As
sumption ; J. W. Flanders, Lowell, Mass;
Jno. K. Lirisay, Norfolk, Va.
Notice!
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It. 1883. >
Tax ColIcctors'R Office,
Parish of Lafourche
Tliibodaux, La., January 20th _ ____
To all persous engaged iu business iu this
parish :
You are hereby notified to call at. my office
and pay your State and parish licenses for
the year 1883, to avoid costs of Court and 10
per cent penalty as attornevs foes.
THEO. THIBODAUX,
Sherift and Tax Collector, parish of Lafourche.
Ordinance No. 183.
Making the wilful and wanton discharge of
fire arms in the public road, on tho public
levee or in any other public place, or into gr
towards sueb public road, levee or other
public place witbiu range-thereof, a misde
meanor and providing tbe penalty therefor,
aud for other purposes.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Police Jnry of
the Parish of Lafourche, iu regular session us
semblcd. That whoever shall] wilfully and
wantonly discharge a pistol or other fire arms
iu the public road, ou the public levee or iu
any other public place, or shall, whether from
his owu premises or those of another, willful
ly and wantonly discharge such tire arms in
to or towards the public road, levee or other
public place within rauge ot such ruad, levee
or public place shall be guilty of a misdetnea
nor aud shall be liable, upou due conviction
thereof before any court of competent juris
diction, to a fine of not more than twenty five
dollars,, or to imprisonment in the parish jail
not exceeding thirty days, or both, at the dis
cretion of tho court.
Sec. 2. Be it enacted etc., That one half of
anv tine which may be collected under this
ordinance shall go to the benefit of tho infor
mer and shall be paid over to such informer,
upon its-collection bytbe court exercising ju
risdiction, iu the case.
Seo. 3. That this ordinance take effect
from and after its first publication in the offi
cial journal of tbe Parish.
Approved and adopted this 10th day of
May 1883.
[Signed] S. T. GRISAMORE,
President of Police Jury.
Certified: T
J. F.iiun, Secretary.
Considering tbe jMt necessity of drainage
amt the immense benefit that the inhabi
tants of Lnfonrche would derive if its uato
ral drttims were cleaned and opened to car
ry off surplus waters, enhancing the value
of the lands and increasing the products
thereof.
Section, I. Be it resolved, That the Parish
of Iaifonrcbe be divided into districts, known
and designated as Drainage Districts, to wit:
District No. I. Shall extend from the upper
line of the Parish of Laionrche, on the right
descending Bank ot Ba.yon Lafourche to the
lower line of Ridgefield plantation.
District No. 2. Shall extend from lower
line of the Kidgetield plantation right descend
ing hank of Bayou to upper line of Acadia.
District No. 3. Shull extend from tho low
er boundary of district No. 2, to the lower
line of Sostheue Folse's '•Auteinaiit'' planta
tion. including bayou'-Blue. District No. 4
shall extend from the lower boundary of Dis
trict t'.o. 3 to the Gulf.
District No. 5. Shall extend from the upper
lino of the parish, left descending bank of ha
you Lafourche to the lower line of the "Laurel
Valley - ' plantation, including upper and lower
Choupie Baton Pilou. and CUackbey as far
down as Bayou Kampanpon.
District No. li. Shall extend from lower
boundary of district No. 5 to the npper line of
tbe "Kaeeland" plantation, including Coteau
Boudreaux, .Malugny, Coteau Folse and Ba
you Btcnf.
District ho. ,. Shall extend from the lower
boundary of district No. 6 to the lower lino „f
the "Matthews" plantation, including "Uto
pia' "Loveridge - ' aud Vachoric Dugais Livau
dais.
District No. 8. Shall extend from the lower
boundary of District No. 7 to the "llaraim"
Canal.
District- No !). Shall extend from the lower
boundary of District No. 8 to the Quit.
2. riiat lor <mch :i 11 ci pvery District,
tbct'ii sli:»ll bt; three coiurniHsionurs,
by the Police. Jury, who shall bo ivshlonU of
the District tor which they are appointed, mid
possessing property therein. They snail hold
their appoiutiue..t tortus long as the Police Ju
rrjshalljdeeni tit.
Sec. -i. 1 hat the dlities'of said eominisisson
era sliail eousist in opening nil the natural
drains in their respective districts ; they shall
have full power to make contracts for the
opening of said m ains, and approve and ac
cept same from the parties with whom said
contracts are made, aud in ease the cutting
or opening of new drains shall lie deemed no
cessary in any district, and the majority of
the land holders residents of said' district
shall so decide, they shall have, in the matter
of said cuts and drains the same powers as
above.
See. 4. That when parties with whom the
District rommissiouers have contracted, shall
have fulfilled the conditions thereof, the said
District Commissioners shall give a writteu
approval of the work d-ne, if the same meets
withjtheir approval and shall certify that the
amount claimed tor said work is correct aud
upon the presentation of said certificate ot ap.
pi-oval to the President ot the Police Jnrv he
shall draw a warrant for the came upon' the
funds appropriated for that purpose.
See. a. That in order to meet the expenses
of said drainage 2 mills on the dollar of all as
sessuicnt shall be paid over to the Parish
Treasurer who shall place the saute to the ere
dit of said fund. The Treasurer shall then
proceed to divide among the several Drain
age Districts allowing to each district a pro
rata of said fund to he based and calculated
upon the assessment of property in tho res
pective Districts, which pro rata shall go to
the payuieut of work dune in each respective
district.
Sec. 6. That said commissioners shall re
ceive no salary but the actual expenses incur
red iu the performance of their duties shall be
paid.
Sec. 7. Be it further resolved &c.. That
this ordinance shall take effect from aud af
ter its promulgation.
Approved and adopted this lOili May, 1883.
(Signed) S. T. GKISAMORE.
„ . President.
Certified:
J. F. At.laix, Secretary.
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
20th. Judicial District Court, Par
ish of Lafourche.
Succession of Donatien Benoit, No.
110 (i Probates.
V 1
URSUANT TO AN ORDER AND DE
cree of the above Court and in obedience
to a commission to me directed in the above
entitle.! and uurabered succession I will offer
for sale at- public auction pursuant to law to
the last and highest bidder on the premises
situated in said parish at about seven ini'.es
from tho Town of Thibodaux in the settle
ment known as the Chackbay settlement
ou Saturday the 26th day ot May 1883,
between the hours of it o' cloek A. M. and 4
o'clock P. M. tho following described proper
ty belonging to tbe above succession to-wit.
1. ' A certain tract of land situated iu said
parish of Lafourche at about seven miles from
the town of Thi'oodaux situated in the settle
ment known as the Chacbay settlement tuea
suriug two and halt arponts front by Twenty
one arpents in deptli more or less boarded
above by lands of Jnles Boudreaux and be
low- by lands of Elie Panvel, together with all
the bnildiiigs and improvements thereon.
2. Another tract of land sitnatud in the
Chacbay settlement being swamp land inens
urin — ------' - '
ring two arpeuts in front by seven arpents
i depth and lying immediately iu the rear
of the land of Jackson Barnett.
3. One lot of household furniture and cook
ing utensils &c. &c
Terms and conditions of sale cash on the
spot iu United States Treasury Notes, to pay
debts.
April 21st, 1883.
THEOPHILE THIBODAUX.
Sheriff.
NOTICE.
Sealed bids will be received by the Polica
Jury at its session on the first Monday of Jnly
at two o'clock P. M. for tho construction aud
erection of a jailer's residence on the jail pro
perty, corner Green & Maiu streets in the
Town of Thibodaux. according to plans on ex
bibition in tbe office of F. Saucun, Treasurer
of the Parish.
All bids will be made for cash payments on
completion of work.
Tim Police Jury reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
By orders of the Police Jury of the Parish
of Lafourche.
8. T. GKISAMORE,
J- P. ALT.AIX, Clerk.
NwTlCE.
Having purchased the eligibly situated boil
er shop of P. Hogan, in this tow'n, I am now
£ re pared to take contracts for making new
fillers and repairing old ones. Full satisfac
tiou guaranteed, work will be done at the low
est figures. I have secured the services of Mr.
P. Hogan, as foreman and manager who has
Iodr experience in thisbusiaess. Parties
will find it to their interest to call on mo be
fore making contracts elsewhere.
, W*. H. RAGAN.
Thibodanx, April 6 th, 1863.
LEON
Clothier and
81, 83 & 85 Canal
STEW ORL]
There is no line of
competition it more ,
judicious huyiny is
than, the trade in
Goods for Men's
Consumers are rnffcaf J
ticylar as to Quality , StSSi
and the profits oj Clothiers,
ore are so reduced that the
irlio does not exert
the best sources oj supple
undersold and his busmo
by his more watchful and,
titor.
We hare made it Our
to meet this necessity , and
in the trade possesses onual
handle
GOODS AT LOW „
Our well Inown facilities '
posing of goods in large
able us to operate directly tt
faeturers , and to purchase i
at a much loicer basis of
usual. This gives us J
the lest and most ream
saving losses that with other
business houses must bet
extra profit
Country Orders
LIP Samples and
self measuring sent on ay
of charge.
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