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JOURNAL OF THE 9 th SENATORIAL DISTRICT
Official J oumal of th.e Town of Th-iboda-uac and th.e Parish, of Lafo-urcHe.
VOL. XXIX.
THIBODAUX, LA., SATURDAY, JUNE 10 j.894.
NO 46
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
State Officers.
Governor : Murphy J. Foster of St. Mary
Lieut Gov..................'.........
Sec. of State, -.T. S. A<lains of E- Feliciana
And. Pub. Acct'B... W. W. Heard of Union
State Treasurer, - .John Pickett of Bossier.
Att'v Gen, M. J. Cunningham Natchitoch's
Sapt.Pub. Ed. A. . Lafargue Avoyelles.
U.'K. Senators.
E. D. White...............of Orleans
Don Caffery..:..............of St. Mary
State Senators.
John D, Shaffer.............Terrebonne.
Judges Supreme Coukt.
Chief Justice: F. T. Nicholls of Orleans
Associate " . .J. A. Breaux, of Iberi a
** " Chas Parlange of Orleans
•" ' S. D. McEnery, of Ouachita
•" " L. B. Watkins, Red River.
Ctrcuit COURTof Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
B,T. Beauregard..........of St. Bernard.
fl. D. Smith...... .........of St. Mary.
Congressman, 3rd- Congressional Dist.
Andrew Price............— of Lafourche
18th. Judicial District.
Judge..................L. P. Caillouet.
Diet. Attorney..........B, F. Winchester
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
1st Ward. H. Clement. 2nd Ward.......
......Bannon T. B'.ake. 3rd Ward, Eq a .
riste Bernard, 4th Waul, E B Avo 5 t|j
Ward, Arthur A. Boudreaux. Uih W j.,
Sylvestre Martiuez, 7th ward John
Pitlmann. 8th ward Louis Falgout. 9
-ward B. Peuouilh, loth ward Augus e
Cretini.
constables.
1st ward, Evariste Morvant, 2nd ward.
Emile Dugas, Alb^ric Bergeron, 3rd ward,
Edwin Birdsall, 4th ward Albert Savoie
5th ward, Myrtile Kerue, (ith ward, Wil
liam Prestenback, 71h ward, Wellington
Hebei t, 8th ward C. W. Elliot, 9th ward
Henry Tenny, 10th ward Taylor Adam.
Pa«i>h Officers
Representatives:............M. Delaune.
" ..........A. Delamotte.
Corouer...........Di. W. F. Harang.
Clerk of Court..............C. J. Parker.
Sheriff........................ P. E Lorio
Treasurer.................A. J. Braud.
Printer...............- A. Jolet Jr. &- Co
Assessor..... ..... G. Abribat Jr
Returning Officer ......... 1'. J • Johnson^
Police Jurors.
President,T. D. K*»ut; E-U. Morvant,
H W, Tabor, Chas- E. Gandd. Ellis Foret,
Emile Ledet, Louis Let-ill-, Frauk Chris
ten, ElieDucos, Ul.uk Police Jury. H.
R. Conlou, Sergeaut at arms, E- Dugas.
J Galliano Oyster Inspect..!
Drainage o.ivimissioners.
Dist No. I — I'lios. Beary, Jos. A. Claudet,
and .1. B. S. Mire.
Dist. No. 2.—John MoCullah, L, Keefte,
and H. W. Tabor.
Dist. No. J.—Wallace Letort, M. Bergeron,
Andrew Price, Adolphe Poise, Orville Thi
bodaux. .... , „
Dist. No. 1.—Livaudais Ledet, Jos. O.
Toups, Leo. LeHla m
Dist. No. a.—T. D Ke it, L. A. I rosclair,
S. Rlorvaut.
Dist. No. ti—Jos. Thibodaux. A. lheriot,
Wilson Lepine.
Dist. No. 7.—0. S. Mathews. K. Poret and
^Dist°No.S.—S. Beurg. L ivincy J LeBlanc,
and .J. T. Bvleaux.
Dist. No. Vl.—Jos. P. Hourgmia. Paiii Le
fort, and Estival Savoie.
Roao and Levee Inspectors
District No. 1...
No.2 ....
No- 3 ..
No. 1 ...
No. a---
No."
No.7 ..
No-8
No. 9
Munich
J. B B mrgeots.
Mareellin Bergeron
... u- A. Belanger,
.....M eliel Adam,
.....j. IV 8 Mire,
..El.es Rodrigue.
Orville Tbijodaux,
1.1 >ff:ceks.
M-vyor, W. C Kigai; Oouucilnieti, L
P Caillouet , A- J - M.-yor, Ozeme Naqu n
Thomas Alberti T !'• BeiRerun, ami
Frank Zoruott.
Tro.taurei......... L. Brand.
Town Marshal............ It .1 Naquin
Clerk............... H.N.Coulou
p r ieter ........- - A Joh-t .) r. JL (Jo.
Pus* Mistress..............Mrs. L. Uuitis
DiRKcroa' 1 ok Tilt 'School B ukd
R. H. McBride pit sideut : A. F. Kuo
bloeli, <en»eriu tendon t mil secretary ; A
J Brauil, Numa li.f-r Chas. 8 Math
ews............ AV E. Howell, •). L
LeBlanc, EmiV Tone*
I'm .'ALX Ban
W. C Ragan, pi
ker. secretary • F an
•A'aU-v. E. U. Morvaii
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Will attend to the sale «f
Hice, Sugar , Molasses, Eggs, Chide
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and all country produce generally
Liberal Advances on Consignments.
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AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
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«a"LlBEUAL ADVANCES MA id ON CON
SIGNMENT3.
ORlllYAWE I%«.—
Establish ini; stations tor the Road ma
chines, owned by tlie Parisli, and regulating
the manner ami conditions under width
citizens <>f this narisli may obtain the full
use of said machines for the making, repair
or maintenance of their respective puolic
roads.
Sec. I — Be it ordained by the Police
Jury of the parish ot Lafourche, in regulai
meeting assembled, that two stat'ons are
hereby established whereat one of the parisli
Road Machine shall lie kept, except when in
actual use. as follows, to wit :
One at or near the residence of the Road
Inspector of each of the Distr'cts Nos 1 and
3 ; and the said machines stationed as afore
said shall he in the care and custody ot the
Road Inspectors of the District, wherein in
it is stationed.
Sec. -J.— Be it ordained etc. That in no
case shall the parish road maebiue be used
elsewhere than on a public road within this
parish ; and their use may be obtained lor
said purnose free of cost on a verbal or
written request of the party desiring their
use, made to the Road Inspector in charge
thereof, the apulieant etatiug the acreage of
road he desires to make or repair anil the
number of days he requires the use of ma
chines.
Sec. 3— Be it l'uither ordained etc.
that persons obtaining the use cl'the road ma
chines shall he hound to return same
at the statiou herein above designated
therefor, or at any other point designated
by the custodian, not at a greater distance
from tLe place where he has used the ma
chine than is the station house therefrom.
Sec.— 4.— Be it further ordaiued etc.
That the custodians if said machines shall
be required to keep a Book, wherein they
shall in8c:ihe the name of the applicant, the
date whereon same is made, the number of
acres of road he requires to make or reuair,
and he shall grunt the use of said machines
in the order wherein applications have been
made, that is to say, the first to apply shall
be granted the use first, and so on uutii all
applicants shall have had the use thereof. -
Sec. 5 — Be it furt ier ordained etc.
That the road machine station at or near the
resideuoe of the Rea l Inspector ot the 1st
District, shall be liable to use ouly in that
section of the Parish extending from the
upper limits, both hanks of the bayou, in
cluding interior settlements, to the Raceiand
Feriy; and the Road Machine stationed at
or near the residence of the Road Inspector
of District No. 3. shall be used only in tkrt
section of the parish extend.ng from Race
land Ferry, to the lower limits of the pari-h,
comprising both hank of Bayou Lafourche
and the interior settlemeuts. "
Sec. 6 — Be it ordained further. That
the custodians of the said Road Machines are
hereby empowered to cause any repair to be
made to the Road Maebiues that may be re
quired to maintain them iu servieialiie con
dition, and the cost whereof shall be paid
by warrant ol the Piesideut on the parish
treasury, on pesentation of a voucher duly
receipted by the said custodian.
Sec. 7.— Be it ordaiued etc. That this
ordinance shall go into etfeet immediately
alter its first publication.
Approved an; adopted May 8th, 1894.
THOS.D. KENT, President
H. X. COULON. Clerk.
Tableau.
Of probable expenses ot this parish for the
current .year1894.
Salary of Officers. $ 1,000 00
lload and Levee In-pectors 1.300 00
Grand aud Petit Jurors I,.700 00
Sheriff's lees 1,000 00
Boarding prisoners 9,0(10 00
Assessors Commission 1,000 00
Tlx Co!. (Join. 1.000 00
Public School funds 0,000 00
Pub ic School House fund 1.000 00
Police Juror's per diem aud mileage 600 00
Witness 'ees iu Criminal cases 700 00
Coroner's tees 600 00
Transportation of Convicts 400 00
Justice and Constable iees 700 00
miction fees 300 00
Cliuiity expense* 700 00
Public load expenses 600 00
Drainage fund 2.600 u0
Incidental Expenses 1,400 00
$ 21,000 00
Approved and adopted May 8th, 1891.
THO$' D. KENT, President.
II. N. COLON. Clerk.
ORSHYAACE \o.
Or. ering a special election, submitting to
the propeity tax-payers oi the town ot
Thibodaux, who are qualified electors un
der tiie laws of the State, a proposition to
vote a special tax to build aud construct a
system of water works lor the towu of Thi
bodaux, aud tu fix the rate of saiu special
tax and the time during which it shall be
collected.
Wbereus. tbs following citizens and prop
erty lax-payos of the corporation of Thibo
daux, viz :
E. N. Roth. Ellis Brand. Thomas Stark, R.
J. .Vniu.li, J anile i ivicre, L. V. Riviere it Co..
A. Weisseuthanner, YV. Hofimaun, L.Dicx
lef. J..M. Guardia, H-C. Cliel it Co., aud
others whose names are appenued to the pe
til ion herein leiiied to and lieehy made
part ami parcel of this ordinance, aud to lie
published with it, being more in number
and iu i he amount of t heir assessment, tli in
the number required by law, have petitioned
the mayor and trustees of the town ot TV ib
odaux co levy a special lax ol five mills per
annum, over and above < lie constitutional
limit often mills for and during the peiiod
of tell years, for the purpose of raising addi
tional revenues tu build aud construct a
plant of water works lor the use and beuetic
ot the town, and have further pe'itioned the
said mayor and trustees to cal! a special e
leciou to submit to the property tax payers
ol J hibouau.v, who are qualified eleciots mi
der the laws of the btaic, the said proposi
tion to levy a special t ix of live mills [ice an
num for the period of ten years, ie>r : he spec
ial purpose aforesaid ;
Be it therefore, enacted, by the Mayor and
Trustees of the corporation ot Ib.ooh.dix
that the questiuu of levying a special tax of
live mills per annum on all properly subject
to taxation iu the corporate limits of n.e
town of Thibodaux, lor the peiiod of ten
years, to raise revenues to build and con
struct a plant m water works for ihe use and
benefit of ; he lowu of '1 hi'iodaux, be and the
same is hereby subuii cd to the propel s .•
i .ix-pa,\ ers of lie town ol Thibodaux, quul
■ red lovofo under me laws ol Lnnid.aa. an i
lor the purpose of asociiai iing the sens' oi
lin'said propel ly tux payers u special elec,
tioti is hereby called to be hekl in the ton u
| of Thibodaux, at the Court-House on Mon
I day the Dt li day of June, 1894. from 7 o'clock
! a - f° ""'dock p. in., at which special elec
I ti.in all the nroperty tax payers ol the corpo
ration of Thibodaux. qualified to vote under
the general election laws of the State, sha'l
have the> i*i"!»t to vote lor or against the pro
position as i hey deem proper.
Be it further enacted, etc.. That tli« prop
erty tax-payers of the corporation of Tliibo
i (laux, qualified to vote under the gtmeral
election laws of the State, who favor the 1c
vy ol the said special tax fur the aforesaid
purpose, shall, at said special election, de
posit in the ballot box kept lor the purpose,
a printed ballot with the words .
"Special Eleetiou for Water Works of the
town ot Thibodaux.
l*or e special tax of five mills per annum
lor the period of ten years lot erection of
*« ater VY orks; and that the property tax
payers disapproving of the levy of said spec
ial tax sh.,11 east a printed ballot with the
words:
"Special Election tor Water Works ol the
town ot Ihihodaux.
Agaiust a special tax of five mills per an
num tor the period ot ten years tor erection
ot Water Works "
Pelt further enacted, that the said elec
tion shall he held by three commissioners ap
pointed and sworn in accordance with law
who shall keep a list of the tax payers votiug
« bereou shall he inscribed the name of each
person voting, and his name shall also be
checked oil the list of qualified voters as
soon as each person shall have voted : and
itt the close ol the poll the said cummissiou
ers Shall open the ballot box aud eouut and
tabulate the votes aud make due return
thereoi in writing as .equired bv law . aud
alter being counted, the ballots cast shall he
put back in the box which shall be sealed,
and together with the returns of the election
delivered to the Mayor and Trustees ot the
town of Thibodaux, who shall without delay
tabulate and promulgate the result of the
election iu the manner prescribed by la w.
Be it further enacted, that if the required
majority-of votes shall be east at said special
election in favor ot the said special tax. the
mayor aud trustees of the town ot Thibodaux
shall within the delay required by law, a
dopt and puss a proper ordinance conforma
bly to the result of said election and the
wishes ot the tax-payers, levying a special
tax as herein contemplated, over and above
the constitutional limit ot ten mills on all
taxable property withiu the corporate limits
of Thibodaux
Apioved and adopted, May 22nd, 1894
_ „ W. C. RAGAN,
H. N. COULON. Mayor.
Clerk.
OPINIONS OF THE LOUI
SIANA PRESS.
WANTS IT PURE AND UNADULTERATED.
Baton Rouge Item : It may not be
necessary here to point out to the iu
telligent fiiends of ballot reform iu
the general assembly that there is
great dang r of a measure being put
before that body which wiU not em
brace the safeguards demanded and
which the true friends of ballot reform
could not consistently indorse. Such
would be a shrewd political move de
signed to force opposition from and
place the friends of a clean cut ballot
measure into a false position. The held
will have to*be very closely watched
to prevent a surprise an J every effort
to side-track the kind of a measure de
manded by the people exposed. A
pure and unadulterated Australian bal
lot law is what the people want and
nothing less will satisfy them.
SHUT THE DOORS ON THE PEOPLE.
Shreveport Times: So the ballot re
form question has become concealed
behind the folds of secrecy. That is
a political method, and a dangerous
and menacing one to the aim to be at
tained. It is the very principle that
popular opinion is combating. The
people, the whole people, aie interest
ed in this vital measure, and should
know, as they are entitled to learn,
every step iu the consideration of a
measure that, concerns their peace,
prosper ty, good government and lib
ci ty. The committee, may meet be
bind closed doors, but the public
should be informed of the nature and
progress of their deliberations. Secre
cy is th - weapon of wrong and tyrun
ny. Liberty, like (he eagle's flight,
loves the open air aud plenty of room.
A NEW ELECTION LAW.
Mansfield Democrat Journal : Fac
tional politics have caused a gieat deal
of trouble in Louisiana. A new elec
tion law. seeming a free ballot and a
fair count, will, in part, put, an end to
factional contests and bring to the
s ate comparative peace and quiet
when turmoil and strife can with rea
son l>e looked for. If a new law is not
pas-ed by ike present legislature an
organization will spiing up within the
ranks of the Democratic paity that
will send men to the next legislature
who will give tile lelief witch is al
most universally desired. T'-e people
are in no humor to he trifled with in
this matter. They waul hunt st elec
tions. «o that it can no longer be said
that Louis;. na is the pa'adise of bal
lot-box staffers and political bosses.
STRIKING DOWN THE LAW.
St L-indry Clarion : SuBering one
j law to be violated with impunity, es
pecially if it be (lone by common con
sent, is a set ions blow to the adminis
tration ot all law, because h biingsthe
comts unit law oft'cers iui-i contempt.
| if it. be an established and admitted
fact ihat (lie office!s of this court eau
! not eui'oiee she Sunday law, liien in
bf the law
here be leduced to the well merited
contempt of all law abiding people;
and it will be time for them to inquire
where they are to look for the protec
tion of life and property ? If the courts
in this district haven't got sufficient
authority and influence to enforce the
Sunday law,what assurance have the
law abiding element that tliev cau
withstand any combination of law
bieakers? None, none whatever.
UNEQUAL AND UNJUST.
Baton Rouge Advocate: Perfect can
dor. however, compels us to express
the opinion that Senator Cordill's
measure is neither practical uor equit
able. We do not believe it to be fair
to enact a law constituting a man a
citizen should lie happen to live iu
New Orleans or iu Calcasieu, and dis
franchising him if he should happen
to remove to Jefferson or to Rapides.
Under such a law men who could not
vote in the polishes requiring an edu
cational and property qualification
would remove to those parishes where
the qualifications of citizenship are
less exacting, the result being the
massing of the illiterate and the thrift
less in those parishes, and tlie shifting
ot the "black belt" from its present
location to New Orleans and the par
ishes heretofore exempt from such an
element.
BALLOT REFORM.
Attakapas Vindicator : Other things
ot vital importance cry aloud for leg*
islative energy and attention. The
purity of the liallot pleads in no un
certain terms for recognition ; and on
it hangs the law and the prophets.
Ballot reform 6tands at the door of the
capitol at Baton Rouge knocking for
admittance, and to deny her this is a
crime. The welfare and peace of this
great commonwealth hang dependent
ly on a total revolution of the ballot
system of the present. It is vicions,
crime provoking, daugerous and abso
lutely destructive to our form of gov
ernment. The ballot should serve the
will of the people aud the state as the
lightnings do the will of the Almighty.
No organization, however strong and
rich, can withstand the onslaughts of
a corrupt ballot. Without a revival
of the legislature to this tact, Louisi
ana must perish iu her own rotten
ness.
NO PLAUSIBLE EXCUSE.
Vermillion Star: There can never
he any plausible excuse for not enact
ing an election law before the adjourn
ment of this session. We do not say
change the law, but enact a new one
and forever erase from our statute
books that fraudulent pretext of a law
which lias so long disgraced them.
The democratic party has already
blackened its recoid by not having
purged the statutes of a iaw which de
feated honest govei ui.ient so long, aud
kept rascals and carpet baggers in of
fice. No party, however honest their
administration of affairs, can expect
to command tlm respect and confidence
of the people while the officers receive
their authority at tlie hands of an in
fernal machine. To allow the present
miserable pretense of the la w to re
main as a kind of spile work against
its formulutors and inventors, is cow
ardly. It is too much like adopting
means which we atmsed otbeis for us
ing. The people are loudly demand
ing a law which will secure to them
houest elections, and the present leg
islature must face tlie music.
LIST OF PATENTS
Granted to Southern inventors this
week. Reported by C. A. Snow & Co
Solicitors of American and Foreign
patents, Opp. U. S. Patent Office,
Washington, D. C.
G. W. Barfield, Rome, Ga., Ca.v
coiipling. J. M. Bolin, Davtou, Ky.,
Suspenders. E. M. Caflall, Baltimore,
Md., Preserving ai tides ot structures.
W. Carter, j. W. Dawson and J. Mey
rick, Louisville, Ky., Signal-light fix
j tine- T. Guidon, Eureka Springs,
i Ark., Clothes pin. N. Hamlet, Little
1 Rock, Ark . Burglar alarm. B. Hano,
i Santa Fe, Okia. Ttjr., Shingle gauge,
f J Jacobs, Biowpingsville, Md , Wag
on brake. II. R. Jernigan, Charlton,
| Ala.. Baling-press. C, Marsh, Wash
ington. Miss-, Plow. S. F. Miiliron, -
Baltimore, .Mil., Hanger for papers or
books. R., S. Mudford, Texarkana,
| Ark., G.in-saw tiling machine. G. W.
! Mm ray. Sumter, S. C., Planter. J. V.
i Pilcher, Louisville, Ky., Button. E.
| S. Reed and A J. Stoops, Chattanooga,
j Trim., Antifilli'.ig device for bottles,
I A-c. W. B. Reed, New Orleans. La.,
Electric meter. C. J. Roberts and J.
W. Owen, Buford, Ga.. Animal-trap.
i M. J. Ryan, New Orleans, La.. Leatu
■ or -.tripping machine. S. M. Schiedel,
i Hagerstown, Md., Shield for pneumat
ic tires. W. Seaton, Greenfield, Ark..
Fish trap. J. W. Thomas. Nashville,
Tenu.. Pneumatic system of and ap
paratus for handling railway switches.