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JOURNAL OP THE 9 th SENATORIAL DISTRICT
Offioial iTouxnal oi tfa* Wmxim 3 x of X-ffiicruroh.® and GKaazdiaa. of tHa Zzxtaraat of tha Town.
vol. xxxn.
THIBODAUX, LA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1896.
OfflOUL
Brin Omow.
. Morphy J Foster of 8t. MarT
..R. H-Snyder of Tensas
John T. Michel of Orl-ans
1*' •fcTrt'u . W. w. Heard of Union
Fonrnet of 8t-Mar in
JKftTij.CtlBaingham Natchitoch's
Ig fth M~ .J- V- Calhoon, of Orleans
*** (J,«. 81KATORS.
grits SiMAToas.
I ................Terrebonne
.. Lafonrehe
f, L Howetl
igppas gorswM Const.
oujj-i f. T. Nieholls of Orleans
..J.A. Bream.of Iberia
H. C. Miller of Orleans
g. D. McEnery, of Onachita
L.B. Watkins, Bed Btrer.
{ H>y g H0 or ArraaLs, Fifth Circuit.
..........of St- Bernard.
|,gfcaik ...............of 8t. Mary.
3 rd-Congressional Diet.
..................of Lafonrehe
a Jadicial District.
. ... .............L. P. Caillonet.
J..............L. C. Moiae
fiiMiOrncuu.
............M- Delaane.
......... L. A. Troslair.
„..............Dr. I. J. Ayo.
WdCasrt..............C. J-Barker.
S . ................. Jas Beary
..................A* J. Brand.
flEhurts!............... Sentinel
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.........Emile U. Morvant
.....j. Lnnis Aucoin, Pres't
........Marcellin Bergeron
...............J. 0. Toupfl
............L. J. Trosclair
.......Jean Rodrigoe
...........Jules Godcham
.............Leon Falgont
..........Loreney LeBlanc
............J. P. Bourgeois
!iu& ...............H. Clement
,, l ..........C. A. Engerran
\ .............N. T. Bourg
« .............E. P. Bernard
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1st Ward...............H. Clement
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a ^ .................E. B. Ayo
a. " ..................F. Tonps
" ..............John Darden
74 « ...............Ed. Birdaall
a " ...............B. Penonilh
a " ..............Ernest Fornt
B4 " .................A. Cretin*
CONSTABLES.
M Ward............Clias. Bergeron
*1 „ ) ..............0. L. Caro
" \ ...............A. Roger
hd *• .......J. D. Bernard
a " ...........Edgard Barrios
a " ............William Fields
a " .............Leopold Gros
% " .............L. Robichaos
a " ..........John Dominique
a *■ ...............Albert Ayo
...............Joa. Remont
Dunriei Commission Kits.
JM S*. 1-Tbs*. Bssry, O. Antbdmsat
£-Tho«. Barker, Oscar Anthft
*H6.J.QsWry.
^B nis.j.~ | ) . J, Trotclalr. J. L. LeBlaac,
a» um Lams Insfectors.
I................M. L. Beigeron.
! •...............KaiileToaps
.............A. Boudreaa
' «•................J.T. LeBlanc
XuniariL OmccRs.
a. C Ragan; Council men, R.
I* A. J. Mayer, J. Lonis Aacom,
Alberti T. P. Bergeron, and
fcmstt.
y- - -.............P. L. Brand.
*"*•»................ JNaqoin
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tiV'L"""".......... H. N. Coulon
* ** * »■»•.............Mrs. J.
Curtis
School Board.
srI* CRri ' 1 «President; W. P. Mar
terintssdent and secretary ; ....
r-—-Sana Elfer Chas. 8 Math
faww, W E. Howell, J. L.
•ae-Rniis Toaps
tm*"* 4 ** Baiaen Committke.
.■ I f y *- President; ...........
™*jk Zeroott. J. L. Aucoin.
■Wfost and L. J. Troselair.
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THE POLICE JURY.
ORDINANCES.
Ordiaaacc Ns. 1M.
Whereas acting onriei and by virtue of Act
No. 137 of the General Amrabl? of this
Stale, approved Jnlv 9th. 1896, entitled an
Act "To preserve the purity of the ballot by
regulating the manner of holding and con
ducting elrcHona etc. throughout the State,
ami te repeal all lawa or parts of Uwa con
flicting therewith.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of the
Pariah of l.atou-ehe in meeting assembled
that the various Police Jury Wards oom
prtacd in this Parish, are hereby divided
into, and the following are hereby designa
ted as election precincts and polling olaocs.
vis:
Police Jh rjf Ward No. I.
Proeenct No. 1—Shall comprise all that
portion of this Parish tying between the upper
port of the Parish, right hunk of Bayou La
fourche. and the npper line of the 8t. John's
Chapel lot including the Brulce Chene Vert,
with polling ptaoes at or near the Webre
Plantation.
Precinct No. S—Shall comprise the remain
der ot the Police Jury Word No. 1, with a
polling place at or tieor the Rayon Lafonrehe
end of the Brulce Guillot Laue or road.
Police Jury Ward No. 2
Precinct No. 1—Shall extend from the low
er limits of the Ridgefleld t'lrntation to the
Up|>er line of the Acadia Plnntation, with
polling place at nr near the Court House In
the town of Tbihndauv.
Precinct No. 2—Shall extend from the up
per line of the Acadia Plantation to Lafour
che Crossing, with a poll at or near Arsene
Bereeron's residence.
Precinct No. 3—Shall extend from the rear
o! the Acadia plantation or bayon Blue, east
bank, to the bridge over the bayou
Lacroix, with polling place at or near
Orville lliibodaux's residence.
Precinct No. 4—Shall extend from said
bayou Lacroix to the extreme limits of the
settlement, with a polling place at or near
the residence of Demetrius Hotard.
Pn'ict Jury Ward No. 3.
Precinct No. 1—Shall extend from La
fourche Ci timing to the lower line of Louis
Bourgeois' place, with a polling place at or
near the residence of the late Jules Thibo
danx.
Precinct No. 2 —Shall extend trom the low
er lio* of Lonis Bourgeois' nlace to the lower
line of Louis Martin's place, with polling
place at or near the store formerly kept by
Loviaey Folse.
Precinct No. 3—Shall extend from the low
er line of Louie Martin's to upper line of Ur
ala LeBlanc, with polling place ator near the
store formerly kept by Ben Folse.
Police Jury Ward No. 4.
Precinct No. 1—Shall extend from the up
per line of Crain LeBlane's to the lower line
of the plantation owned by Jean Claudet,
with a polling place at Lockport.
Free;net bo. 2—Shall extend tram the
lower line of Jean Claudet's plantation to
the lower line ol i. T. Usdeaux's place, with
polling place at or ucar Aristide Delauno's
place.
Preeinet No. 3—Shall extend from the
lower Hue of J. T. Badeanx's place to a point
opposite Harang's Canal, with a polling
place at or ..ear the store formerly hept by
E. H. Lacroix.
Police Jury Ward No. 5.
| Preeinet No. I—Snail extend from the up
per line of the Parish, left bank, eighty ar
_ — _ * _ ~L a.. »l,n Mnnew linn nf V T. Dltislt*a
Preeinet No. 2—Shall extend from the up
per line of Live Oak plantation with a depth
ot eighty arpents, to the npper line of the
Collins plantation, now owned by Dranxin
Caneienne, with polling place at or near the
store formerly owned uy H. N. Conlou, now
by T. C. Carver.
Precinct No, 3—Shall extend from the up
per line ef Drausin Caneienne's place to La
fourche Crossing, including the Co tea u Bon
dreanx, with polling place at or near Mrs.
L. D. Gossin's store.
Preeinet No. 4—Shall inelude the Baton
PilAn and Cheetaw settlements, with polling
place at or near the publie school house on
Section No, 16.
Police Jury Ward No. 6.
Preeinet Ko. 1—Shall extend from the up
per line of the parish in the rear of Police
Jury Ward No. 5 to the Grand Bayon bridge
with polling place at or near Oneaippe
Chiasson's place on the Cbaekbay ridge or
settlement. .. , ,
Preeinet No. 2—Shall extend from the
bridge over Grand Bayou to the lower line ot
the A. A. Latorest place formerly, with poll
at or near Victor Legendre's residence.
Preeinet No. 3—Shall comprise the Mala
pay settlements, with poll at or near Louis
Krseuier's store „
Police Jury Ward No. 7.
Preeinet No. I—Shall extend from La
fourche Crossing, left bank, to the lower line
of Ariel plantation including roar settlements
with polling place at or near the store of
Toups St G*ud£, formerly P. Ledet's store.
Preeinet No. 2—8hall extend from the
lower line ot Ariel plantation to the npper
line of the Upper Ten plantation of Mrs. 7,.
Foret Sc Co., with polling place at or near
Wellington Hebert's Store or place.
Precinct No. 3—Shall extend from the np
per line of the Upper Ten plantation to the
lower line ot C. 8. Ma1
__ athews' Georgia planta
tion, including the Coteau Folse, with poll at
or near the residence on the Mary plantation
front of Simon Abraham Sc Co.
Police Jury Ward No. 8.
Preeinet No. 1—Shall include the whole
of the Ward No. 8, with polling plaee at or
near Koaemond Dutresne.
Police Jury Ward No. 9.
Preeinet No. I —Shall extend from the low
er line of C- S. Mathews' Georgia plantation
to the lower line ot Mrs. Joseph Barrilleanx'a
place, with polling place at Longueville.
Precinct No. 2- Shall extend from the
lower line of Mrs. Joseph BarrUleanx's plaee
to ilarang's Canal, with polling plaee at or
near Trasimond Foret's place.
Police Jury Ward No. 10.
Preeinet No. 1—shall comprise both sides
of Bavou Lafonrehe from Uarang's Canal to
the npper line of Jean Galjour's plaee now or
formetly, with polling place at the Cut-Off.
Precinct No. 2—Shall
l comprise both aides
of the Bayou Lafourehs from the upper lino
of Jean Galjour's place to the lower line of
Giegeire Serigny's estate, with polling plaee
at or near the old Janvier Guedry residence.
Precinct No. 3—Shall comprise both sides
c f Bayon Lafonrehe from the lower line ol
Gregoi:e SerigBevV estate to the Gull of
Mexico, with polling place at or near the
residence of the Pierre Lee place, near the
8anders Canal on the right Dank of Bayou
Lafourche.
Be it further ordained ect. That all ordi
nances or parts of ordinances now extant,
fixing the polling plseea and election pre
cincts in this parish are hereby repealed
' * ' ' and a * ~ " ......*
Adopted and appi roved 8ept.*9th. 1896.
J. LOUIS AUCOIN, President,
H. N. COULON, Clerk.
Ordinance 8 e.~
Levying a Tax for the year 18% on all prop
erty situated in the Parish of Lafourche,
subject to taxation under the Constitution
of 1879.
Sec. I»t.~Be it enseted by the Polioe Jury
Me. let.—Be it enseted by the Police Jury
of the Parisli of Lafonrehe in regular meeting
assembled that an ad valorem tax of 8 mills
on the dollar be nod is hereby levied for tbe
current year (1886) Eighteen Hundred and
Niiiety-»i* on all pro|ierty situated in the
Parish ot Lafourehs, not exempt from tui
tion nnder the Constitution of 1879.
Sec. 2nd.—Be it enacted, etc., that the arid
tax when collected, shall be apportioned and
set apart as follows
Firet—1 mills shall be set apart to pay the
curr, lit < xpeiis,-* ot the Parish including all
the salaries of the palish officers auu shall be
known aa 'lie General Fund.
Second—-2j mills shall l>e set apart and
used for the support and maintenance of the
Pnblie Schools of the Parish, and shall be
known as tbo Publie School Fnnd.
Third.—1 of a mill shall be set apart and
used only for the purposes of building, im
f )roving and repairing tbe School Houses be
ii
ig the l
onging to the Parish, paying the salary of
the Superintendent and such incidentals
may be necessary, and shall be known as tbe
Pnldic School House Fund. The Public
School and Publie School House Funds shall
be subject to the legal order of the School
Board of tbe Parish of Lafonrehe and a state
ment of the expenditures thereof shall ha
submitted by tbe School Board of this pariah,
through its President or Superintendent to
this Jury bi-annuallv. on the first Mondsy of
July and Jsnuary of eaeb year.
Fourth—I mill shall be set apart
purposes, as stipulated by I
nance No. 192, adopted March 9th , 1895
for Drainage ]
auy subsequent amendments, sad shall be
expended ss therein provided for.
See. 3ri.—Be it enseted etc., that this Orili
nsnee shall take effect from and altar the
firet publication thereof.
Adopted and approved Sept. 10th, 1896.
J. L. AUCOIN, President,
II. N. COULON. Clerk.
Ordlnanee Me. —
Whereas sufficient evidence baa been giveu
this jury that tbe eit issue and tax payers of
Special Drainage District No. 3 of this Pariah
extending Irani the npper lineot the Acadia
plantation to the Antbement tract formerly
belonging to Sostbene Folse, on tbe right
bank of Bey on Lsri'onrcbe, are desirous to
continue tbe payment of the Special Tax for
drainage purimees levied on their properties
by Ordinance No. '103 adopted by this jury
Jannsrv 5th 1892 and adopted and rati!
by them according to law, at the General
Election held in April 1882,
lteeolved, that a Special Tax of eight [8!
mills on tbe dol'ar on all property situated la
said 3d Special Drainagb District of this par.
ish be and the same is hereby levied for tbe
period of five years beginning on Janvary 1st
1897 and to become due and collectable an
nually in the same manner aa tbe State and
Parish taxes; provided, at the ulection here
in called a majority of tbe propertv tax pay
ers in vaiue and number voting in said dia
triot shall vote in fa vor ef tbe said special
tax. whieh. if so confirmed by the tax payer*
aforesaid, shall be levied sad collected as
other taxes, and be placed to the erodit of
said Drainage District to be used as designa
ted by law.
Be it farther resolved, that a special elec
tion is hereby called and ordered to take
place in the said 3d Drainage District of La
fourche Parish, on tbe same day ol tee
Presidential Election ot November A. D.
1896, between tbe home ot 7 o'clock a. nr
anil 6 o'clock p. in. at the following polling
places to-wit:
Tbe polling plaees designated for tee
Presidential election of the present year are
hereby designated as tbe pulling plaees for
tho said special election, at each of whieh
there shall be a special box as hereinafter
provided. There snajl be one box at gaeh
ot the polling plaees hereinaoove designated
for the reception of the ballots of the proper
ty tax iiuyers voting at such election, and
two commissioners at each poll to lie ap
S ointed by the President of this body; the
nty of which Commissioners shall be to re
ceive and record tbe vote of tax payer* vot
ing ; keep a list ot the names of all persona
voting at said election and a tally of tbe
votes cast for or against tbe said special tax.
Tbe tax payers in favor of said special tax
•hall cast a written or printed ballot "For
Special TasP and those who are opposed to
such tax shall deposit in the box a similar
vote ••Against Special Tax."
On closing the polls the commissioners
•ball count tbe votes east and tally the for
or against tho special tax. as the ease may
be, and return tbem together with the tally
sheets and the list of voters to the President
of this jury, who shall proceed to eauvaas
and tabulate the same, and promulgate the
re salt of the election, declaring at sail? pro
>f I*
mnlgation the adoption or rejection of the
said special tax herein levied, aa the ease
may be
That in ascertaining the value of the prop
erty of the tiX payers in said district, the
value •• fixed oy t*>e Assessment Bolls for
the year 1896 shall be taken as tbe basis.
Adopted and approved Sept. 10th. 1896.
J. L. AUCOIN, President,
H. N. COULON. Clerk.
LIST OF PATENTS.
Granted to Southern States Inventors
this week. Reported by C. A. Snow
&. Co. Solicitors of American and For
eign Patents, 0pp. U. 3 Patent Office,
Washington, D. C.
W. B. Brown, Baltimore, Md.,
Steam engine. J. N. Clark, Lake
Worth, Fla., Cap or nipple for mnei
lage bottles. M. P. Crawford, Roanoke,
Va„ Car signaling light. J. H. Curl,
McMinnville, Tenn., Support for re
voluble axles. E. J. DeBergue, New
Oileans, La., Bicycle brake. G. A.
Doyle, Gandeeville, W. Va\ Counter
attachment for suspending barrels.
C. O. Duffy. Owensborough, Ky., Im
pression for printing presses. J. M.
Flower, Pott's Station, Ark., Wrench.
T. Gibon, Chtkaville, Teen.. Af»nnr»~
lun for packing leaf tobacco. W. L*
Gordon. Hot Springs, Ark., Fly screen.
J. P. Hendrick, Jr., FletniogsUnrg,
Ky. Tooth powder box. L. M LaRne,
Pari*, Ky., Bottlo. A. P. LeGion,
Louisville, Ky. Wheel for h.cyctea.
A. 3. Liutbicom, Wellham's Cross
Roads. Md.. Combined furrower. mar
ker, and coverer. G. Lorio, Hahnville,
La., Apparatus for anpplying »ng>r
cane to catriers. T. C. Maddux, Car
thage, Tenn., Steam cooker. J. A.
Martin, Morgan field, Ky., Band saw
guide. C. Mats, Newport, Ky., Ma
chine for perforating cigar heads. G.
W, McLarty, Palatka, Fla., Bathing
apparatus. F. Pawchen. Tampa, Fla.,
Oymer tong-. P. |„ Raymond, New
Ot leans. La., Bottle. E. £. Riea, Bal
timoie, Mil., Telephone switch. W.
L. Salvage. Tampa, Fla.. Manuscript
holder. J. Schltiiter. Baltimore, Md.,
Soring hitip-. C. Sehleii, Baltimore,
Mil. Bail way crossing signal. A* L.
Smith, lla. Ga , Drawer attachment.
F. Teupe, Louisville, Ky., Piano.
Bite
■tells
The editor of the Arena, B. O. Flow
er, criticises many gold-standard pa
pers, in the September number of hie
magasine:
"The palpable insincerity of the
great dailies dominated by the ?-dd
ring, and the brazen effrontery exhibi
ted by tbem, we»e probably never so
glaringly illustrated aa since tbe nom
ination of the brilliant tribune of t|w
people, W. J. Bryan, for the Pi asi
de ncy. These papers, before tha St.
Louis convention, characterized Me
KiDlej an tiro 'mortgaged candidate,'
the tool of the 'Hai.ua syndicate;'
they characterized him as a' straddle
bag, a representative of truata, com
bines and monopolies,wholly unworthy
of the intelligent suffrage of tho
people. They pointed out how lie bad
voted for free coinage ot silver, and
sneered at his later action, which vm
a vittual surrender to the gold ring,
as insincere. Even after his nomina
tion, many of the Eastern dailiea.
which are the mouthpieces of the gold
ring ami the gamblers of Wall StreeK,
continued their savage assaults upon
Mr. McKinley, emphasizing that be
was the tool of the most antcrupuloua
and odious lepreseutatives of ttuals
and monopolies j that the convention
which nominated him was the moft
conspicuous example or remorselem
bossism and cut and dried machine
politics on record. That was, however,
when it was hoped that tbe protege of
the Standard Oil Company and his
coterie might defeat the overwhelming
sentiment of the Democictic Party in
the interests of the gold ring and tho
wreckers of national prosperity and
the happiness of America's millions,
that a selfish few might continue their
wholesale bngaudage on the highway
of legitimate business. Now, however,
the whole asjieet is changed, and by
some straiigeaiol subtile alchemy these
same editors have been made to swal
low their vituperation nod quite in
tlie Wall Street ami Bauk »f England's
choras of praisiug Mr. McKinley and
the Republican Party, which a tow
weeks sgo they denounced even mure
brutally than they are now denoun
cing tbe splenillil representative of
statesmanship ami manhood who will
be the next President of Ammo»,
despite tlie hysterical ravings ot the
press of the gold ring and the corrup
tion fund of the party of trusts and
monopolies and special privileges to
the tew. Tho fires of certain great
metropolitan and Eastern papers du
ring the past throe months present the
most humilisiing spectacle of reckless
insincerity a ad the absolute control of
opinion-forming organs by the power
of selfish and conscience!**- greed u
the nistoiy of «»nr country. People
who think, however, have lost confi
dence in va|nrrings of the gold ring.
Their power has departed from tbem* n
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