OFFIIALJOUNL 0' THE PA1ISH AND TOWN OF LAAYET'E. LA.

OFFICIA .

LAAYET: .LOUISIANA, SATURDAY M'IORNING NOVEMBEI18 189k

A R-AFAYETTE, LU add t ulre dy

E the farmer system of work- d ood work is now about two

We ill d ht slrcdy well kwcme

......... . . . .COM. ATION " i ;,, ,,,,r n•arish roads, and the rules miles abov

Darmas roussard' secur- [fc frming thfat he cured the io

ANDDIDATES.

e authorized to announce last

. DEBAILLON tor

didate for Judge of the 18th

IDistrict subject to the Nof the white Democratic thees of Dcc. 9th. 1899.

S-e- terere authorized to announce atts

m CAMPBELL W,ndidate for District Attorney 8si18th. Judicial District sub- I th

the action of the white l)cm- ~

primaries of Dec. 9th 1899. Al.. . - -

- ItlI

-are authorized to .,nnounce J.1

Dr. J F. fIOUTON f,:andidate for Coroner for the "~

h of Lafayette. subject to the aIn

a of the white Democratic pri- I n,s of Dec. 9th. 1899. 't

e are authorized to announce of

Ed. O. VOORHIES ricandidate for Clerk of Court e

fayette Parish, subject to the tn of the white Democraticaries of Dec. 9th. 1899. _

e are authorized to announce

'AAC A. BROUS5ARDa candidate for Sheriff of the

Gish of Lafayette, subject to the

tion of the white Democratic pri-aries of Dec, 9th. 1899.

We are authbrized to announce IHOMER DURIO

;candidate for Representative of

fayette Parish, subject to the

ction of the white Democratic pri-aries of Dec. 9th. 1899.

We are authorized to announceOVERTON CADE

s a candidate for Representativeof Lafayette Parish, subject to the

action of the white Democraticprimaries of Dec. 9th. 1899.

FOR SHERIFF nan abiI am a candidate for Sheriff of Fu

the parish of Lafayette, subject to being

the white Democratic primaries of the g

December 9th. 1899. requiI solicit your support . incu_

PAUL MARTIN. fountquali

FOR CORONER. not sI am a candidate for Coroner of

the parish of Lafayette, subject to -Ti

the white Democratic primaries of Judi

December 9th. 1899. shipI solicit your support. L

DR. A. GLADU. agal- Can

FOR REPRESENTATIVE. isaaI am a candidate for representa- v

tive of the parish of Lafayette, sub- not

ject to the white Democratic pri- thamaries of December 9th. 1899. He

I solicit your support. ex.DR. J. P. FRANCEZ. hig

S to

FOR CLERK OF COURT. cutI am a candidate for Clerk of

Court of Lafayette Parish, subject selto the white Democratic primaries str

of December 9th., 1899 and ask the dosupport of my friends through-out the Parish. fic

J. GILBERT ST.JULIEN. at

POK REPRESENTATIVE. UiI s:i a candidate for Represen-

tative of Lafayette Parish, subject alto the white Democratic prima-ries of December 9th. 1899 and Vask for the support of my friends fthoughout the Parish.

J. OMER BROUSSARD. "***-- *- *

FOR CORONER.At the request of my many

friends throughout the parish, I

am a candidate for CORONER of

this parish subject to the primary.F. R. TOLSON

We are authorised to announceFRA1I K G. MOUTON

as a candidate for Police juror forJrd., ward, sobet to the actionof the Primaries t Dec. 9th1899.

i.'v- PAS hidekto F. Oneto,

WELL DESERVED.The following is a part of the GE

last prcsentment ot the Grand Juryfor the parish of Vermilion con-

In

cerning Judge Debaillon. syste,,duceWe have been greatly pesistedl in 1;;t wil

the performance of out lahors by the place

Sabe and int anctive charbe nalt.ini.- ish

rered to :s by your honor, and have numtattempted as far as lay in our power with(

to comply with the sam' in boIh its territ

spirit and letter. In view of tihe fact teatr

I that your honor n ill not t e amuong-t ithre,

-us as our presidlig julge atier the eacl

I April eleitiou awl ii view of

hIi i.t the

ti tt in all protahilb ity t other ('t: rtd met

Ie Jury will form a part ,1 the ea.rt e- that

fore th -chatige in our J.-licial di-trict, theo

we feel that we sh!l,,d, be untintiilitlU roadc tod ungrateful if We failed to comt- thre

ri- mend .your hor for the unifo'mt fair- stan

tnews 1itul ju.itice with which your aC- ulat

;ti,.ns have been guided as the pre- who-e";litng judge of Ihi4 court of the parish

We:e of Vermilion. We will lose an up- bea

right and impartial jtdtle who has ber

art ever been tmiudtfl of the welfare of por

:he the pol.le, dov

ttic be

-It is with p'easure that we print bthe

- the above.c' The Advertiser willingly ap- oLa

D proves the Grand Jury of Vermiion Bri

he parish in justly decerning praises run

the to Judge Debaillon.the Judge Debaillon's

term of office the

pri- was a fruithful one and any intelli- /c

gent man who has given it a wil

thought must recognize and admit a Iince that during the past for years,

the

Judge Debaillon has administered

'e of justice with intgrty i mpartiality

the and that he has fulfilled his exact- ay

pri- ing duties without fear and to t

utmost. N

-- The Advertiser is glad to see Nunce that Judge Debaillon is a candidate

ativefor re-election, and takes this oc-

ative casion to emphasize the fact that Y

o the his nomination at the polls on Dec. a

:ratic 9thb next, will be but the unanimous

expression of a constituency an-

xious to maintain upon the bench

one who in the past has given them

an able judicial administration.iiff o Furthermore, the judicial officerict to being the most important one in

ie of the gift of the people and one that

requires a jurist, and the present

incumbent having been tried and

N. found not wanting in this latterqualification, The Advertiser doesnot see any reason for a change.

>ner of ------The next important

office to the a

Judgeship is the District-Attorney- a P'

ship. abl

Lafayette comes to the front twel

again in the person of Hon. Wm. sixt

Campbell, our present mayor, whoi law!

is a candidate for District Attorney. ing,

We believe that the office could ish,

not fall on more worthily shoulders wot

* than those of Hon. Wm. Campbell. pay

He is a lawyer of merit and wide cou

experience, and possess to the roa

highest degree ail that is necessary mai

a to make an efficient public prose- do,

cutor. ass

Lafayette parish will honor her- amr

Sself in giving him her full voting sta

s strength and our sister parish can't on

,e do no better than to add her's. thr

" We don't knoi of any other of- lars

ficial candidates so far for the two roa

above important offices. ass

m .dolUsed by Britah Soldlers in Africa.

for

S Capt. C. G. Dennison is well known ass

Ct ail over A frics ascommander of the for- dre

a- ces that cnptwred the famous rebel tal- sh,

a- bhe Under date of Nov. 4 1897, from sh

id Vryburg, BechuanalaDd, he writes: "Be- a i

ds fore starning on the lat campaign. I do

bought a quantity of Chamberlain's Co- a

lie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. a

which I used mnrelf when troubled ve

Swith bowel nomplaint, oad bad gi"en to 0o

my mes, an1i in -every case it proved

most benefldal." For ale by J. C. Cot- se

ny villos and ail Dealers io medicine. et

I niof Election

id

Sis drawing near and the candidate

s o

are beginning to l the survey o

,of the probable vote that will be d

cast. Not so with Levy Bros., t

Sthey have been elected quite awhile t

as the givers of bargains in Lafa- t

Syette parish, and a visit to their'

store will convince you of the above '

fact.

-Texta Red ust Probf Seed Oats

goiog at bott>• pr.ic. at Tamuer'sa.

COMMUNIGATION . o"U

To OUR HON. POLICE JURY. and ,

GENTLEMEN.- Ph

In order to introduce the new catio

system that I propose to intro-

,duce 'tor working our parish roads -TI

}it wIll be necessary in the first swell

place for ycu, to divide the par- F1alk

ish into three road divisions

number, one, two, and three,

Swithout any particolar regard to Aaterri.tory, baa t poFulatio a andt g.ea! as convenient, then

appoint A

L thrce road supervisots, one for

each division to be chosen from I

.the very best Ipractica business -- U

I men, [so far as road making goes.l iapfi

that can be found in the division, vein

then it will be necessary for you T

to lay out each division into short cor

i road beats from one to two or

" three miles .long owing to circufl-

" stances, or the number oi the pop-

s_ ulation living in the road beat,

e who are liable to road work. L

h We will say for example that road

P- beat number one, of division num bes ber one will commence

at the cor-

+f poration of Lafayette, and run

dow.. past the sugar refinery to vil

the bridge at Beauselour Springs we

lnt division one, j

Sbeat number to, c oration one oIcommence at the corporation

of -

P Lafayette, and run to the ain-lHoo

running from the corporation to la

the coulee out on the Jameson ih

'liI road. The road running hro the

a corporation of Lafayette

to Scott fa:

ia local overseer for each hall of er!red the road. la

Beat number-leading from Laf-

act- ayette to Carencro, will start from

te he corporation, and run out past s

W'illiam Tcrian's to the cross roadsseNorth West of Walter Torian'

date place.On the road leading

faom Lafa-

hat yette to Breaux Bridge, beat num-

1berr will start at the corporatioi,and run East as far as Colonel

anou Breaux's plantation, and so on,

an- the whole three divisions will have

them to be laid out into road beats, and

She a local road master appointed for

a each beat, who, when so appointed,

fice shall be compelled to serve for one

ne in ear at least, or be subject to a fineh et of not less than ten dollars, nor

esent more than twenty, but no man

l and shall be compelled to serve against

latter his will, who is on the assessmentroll for less than five days road

work.... ,,T"hen it will be necessary to pass Laa

a parish by-law compelling every-o?able bodied man over the age

of

twenty-one, and under the age of to tt'

sixty, who not exempt by statuary

laws, and are owners of lands, liv-a

ing, working, or staying in the par- hopeish, to do a certain amount of road

work, each, and every year, or

pay its equivalent in cash to the -T1

county treasurer The amouht of oft

road u ork that each, and every rd

: man in the parish will be liable to beer

do, shall be strictly governed by the ceip

assessors, assessment roll. For ex-

tample aman living, working. or o e

staying in the parish, who is not the

Slon the assessment roll shall do -o

three days work, or pay two dol- Bro

iars E$2l into the treasurer of the bale

,o road fund, a man who is on the 1

assessment roll for one hundred oft

dollars, or less, shall be assessed ty

a. for four days work, a man on the cyl

,n I assessment roll, for over one hun- pe

on dred dollars, and not over three,

Sshall be assessed for five days work,se- a man assessed over three

hundred m;

I dollars and not over five shall be gr

3y assessed for six days work, a man o- de

Ate ver five hundred dollars, and not us

ivo over seven shall be assessed for al

Sseven days work, a marl overse

:o.i en hundred dollars, and not over oP

nine shall be assessed -for eight

t,

days work, a man assessessed for W'

ateS over nine hundred dollars and not 's

vey over twelve shall be assessed nine -

I be days work, a man assessed ove e

os., twelve, and not over fifteen shall,rhile be assessed for ten days work,

i

afa- thenr an extra day's work for every'

their' three i,1ndred dollars additional as-

bove' sessment. FARMER.

P. S. In my next commumaca-

Oat, tion I expect t', be able to give

& you a more extended explanation

of "the farmer system" of work- do ,

ing our parish roads, and the rules mile

and duties of its appointed officers. brid

Please file the above comtnnni- ed fi

cation away for future reference, for

(To be roittfued.) daylow

-The swellest cake-walk by theswellest people will take place at rai gl

Falk's Opera House Dec. 7th.

FOR SALE. this

About S or io tons of rice straw\ b

Sand dog's grtass (mixed.) be

t Apply to IInri ar 'ot , ward. by

S 1 nile -.h ,'4 1 M by, :ulvti thI l *u] awar at Falk's Opiera l.ld, 1 on No-

, v oher 24i h. will be I here oni the 2)3 t. tu -IThe Cumherland Tel'phone Co. hits thIt completedI its line to Breaux Bridge. M

S HERE and THERE. int, -Great bargains to be had at n

k. I.. Levy's. th

n-d Noti:e L Levy's add. It will

br- be of benefit to you. a

un -Dr. Roy O. Young of Roy-

to ville. was seen in Lafayette last

gs week. re,. 1-.rand parade on Nov. 23rd., at one r

of o'clock p. m.ok -Mr. J. A. LaNeuville, of Roy-

to ville, gave us an agrceable call

last Thursday.

O -M. T Gordy, Esq., was in La-

ott fayette during the week.

ith -Mr. Louis E. Bernard, of Car- I

of encro, was a visitor to our office

last Thurday.af- -Mrs. C. C. Brown and daugh-

*om ter Miss Sarah, were seen at last

past Saturday's theater.tads -Carloads of STOVES

and

an's FURNITURE have been arrivmg

at 1. Levy's for the past week.afa- -'Contractor L. S. Broussard

is

Snow engag-ed in building ar attrac-

tio, tive addition to the house ot Mr.

-_ Geo. Doucet.-Fire Screens all sizes xoidu ̀ y •uAlfred A. Bonnet. A good pro-I duy.tection for preventing children -- ov

from being injured by fire.

-Our popular barber Mr Grabri- ig to

el was indeed full of smiles when ill pi

a new born babe was presented *ovI

to him by his wife last Monday.

!--Mr. Lastie Broussard, one of Tih

Mr. Mellebec's reliable clerk from 11miAbbeville is enjoying a two months i

furlough with his many friends in aomnLafayette. Dent-to3 went to Crowley last night

plact

to attend the circus. The majority Aof our people have expressed theirdisappointment that the circus was

not booked for Lafayette. We rard

d hope that our municipality will see of

that the license is reduced. T>C --.The concert given for the benefit I wh

of of the Catholic cemetery, last Sat- Hai

ry urday at Falk's Opera House has thei

to been a financial success, the re- (

he ceipts amounting to $ 14,00oo. tha

x- Every participant rendered his cot

or or her part in a way satisfactory to ear

lot the audience.do -Upon the invitation of Gerac dk

ol- Bros., we went and saw the roundthe bale press at their gin house. kit

the I The press is a complicated piece hir

red of machinery and its daily capaci- hesed ty is very great. The bales are

the cylindric in form and of good ap-.un- pearance.

ree, Messrs. Gerac told us that the *tirk, cotton put up in round bales

com-

Ired manded a higher price and that a -

be' great number of our planters have

in o- decided to have their cotton put w

not up in round bales. ei

for! Being quite difficult to explain m

sev- all the details of the round bale 8

over press, it will be well for the plan- n

eight ters to go to the gin house of

i for Messrs. Gerac and see it for them-I not selves.

nine -Mr. Ambroise Mouton is highly +

over elated over hti visit to the work

shall which is now done of cleaning the

work, Bayou Vermilion. The govern-

every nment inspector Mr. Ed. Normanal as- had gone to Abbeville on business,

tbut Mr. Mouton was cordially re-[ER. Iceived by Mr. Victor Hubert wholunica- has charge of the work.

, give The boat and its outfit whichrlation i seems to be all that is necessary to

do good work, is now about two \~Ve wi

miles above Darmas Broussard's person

bridge. The appropriation secur- office

cd from the government is sufficient Drifor 8o days work, and as only ten tim. 1

days have been filled, the time al-1 al dli

lowed will be quite ample to mak'tiuit ,,

a good and complete job up to the gener

railroad bridge. I toletr.

The benefits to be derived by I.

this parish when the Bayou will Ya,be cleaned of stumps and logs

will

be incalculable. CG

-G and nl hear the Uncle -1.Taih 1prue- 7thll.hb Orchehitr5 Nov. 23i1l., at Flk's

the 4

Opera lhuc. ion

-I.ast Thursday night about\

Sto :30, constable Edwin Campbell' --Y

making his beat heard a noise in n11,

the neighborhood of Mr. Jules nolw

Mouton s store.After inquiry he found out thatI

in a negro house, two negroes had

it some dispute over a game of cards I

and being told by one of them that I

the other had in the altercation yet

ll flourished a pistol, the constable .ver

decided to arrest the offender; and fun

I advancing upon the negro, the lat- the

ter one drew his pistol exclaiming m.

' "There is not a sheriff that can ar- an

rest me." And shooting at the the

constable he ran out of the door

firing back as he fled. in

"y- The constable returned the fire de

all and a dozen of shots were exchang- H

ed, producing quite an excitement a

.a- t that hour of the night. cc

A general'search was organized

ar- for the flecing negro, by constable c"

ier Cam pbell and sheriff I. A. Brous- ci

sard who was among the first onesl ri

on the spot, and every negro S

ghst house was visited but no infor- d

as mation could be elicited from thel

occupants. Finally the negro was t

tnd located near Dr. Girard's residence f

hing having taken refuge with a friend. t

rs He was found with a wound in his <

d is back. lie was arrested and lodged I

trac-

in jail.

tr. iConstable Campbell certainly de- I

serves the co nMiendation o the

e by. public forhis feies fulfillnnt oLaro-1 dutv .

-Nov. 23rd, Two brass banda,-belong- r weak,

ing to the "Uncle .Josh: Spruceby' Re

will parade the streets of Lafayette lingov. 2of thed atSHankins Bailed. admiThe preliminary examination

of Ti

Ilamie Hankins took place last Thurs- are

n day. He wa4 accused of the robberies ones

comitted in the houses of A. 1. wor

Denbo and A. M. Martih: He waSI

placed under a bail of $1.000:A negro aecused of robbery csm- yetl

mSitted in the house of Dr. F. E. Gi- at c

rard was likewise placed under a bail pla'

of $600. Cal

Two other ones Jim and the Indian atte

it who at the beginning had implicated pei

SHiankins in the robberies, now denied

as their former oonfessiin.e- Only the "indian" acknowledged

he

that he had implicated Hankins in a Ye

Iis conversation held before I. A. Brous

to ard, A M. Martin and Alphonse e

• Peck, but said he; "'I said so but Iac did'nt mean it." c:

ad As to Jim he denied 'that he never

knew Hankins, that he had never seen qce him, notwithstanding witnesses who h

c testified that he had strn ugly implicatedl

are Rankine in the robberies. c

---Go and se the great saw mill.aceethe at Falk's Opera House, Nov.

23rd.

IDr. Butler came this week to Lafa-

ae ette where he intends to stay a few

iays. This gentlemen is gifted withput what is known magnetie power, a sei-

ence known for quite a while butplain which on:ly begins in the United-

bale States. In the Northern States, aplan- number of diseases are cured hy ths

i of science in the hands of specialists.

hem- Colleges and institutions of learaitg

impart magnetic knowledge to stu-

dents and in all largo cities, the latter

.ighly ones succeed in making wonderful

work cures. Dr. Butler is not a beginner as

he has strong testimonials from New

ig the Ibria and Abbeville where he was.

we will add that already well knon.personts of Lafayette came tI

our

office offirming that he cured them ln-

stanllv of pains of long stndil•g.

Dr. Butler's specialties are Ihuma-

tism. patalysis, acu:e and chronic: spi-JII, ldispa-e,, contraction and relaxa-

tion ,f .i,'Pei. deafne4s, |a mPneas and'

genecrAl lehiiity, givihg special atten-

tion to er iot" and ni muscular troubles,

nleer", hmrns fulv calarrh.His o lee is to bei found near

Yandle'. Candy Store.

Go to Falk's Opera House, the

7th. of December 1 99 and see if

the 45() Fisher's Iliano given by

lome Firc Co., will be yours.

S-'Your hides, your bones, your Wnot

1 and Ieewa rI purehased at Mrsa. LeDa-

nois who pays the highest cash prices

NECROLOGY.t REV. THOMAS F. WEBB.

SDied at his residence in Lafa-,

j yctte Parish on last Saturday No-le ,ember i th.. at 1:45 . m. His

d funeral took place last Sunday at

t- the Methodist Church at 2:30 p.

ig im., before a large congregation

r- and his body was laid to rest in

,e the Protestant Cemetery.or Rev. Webb was born in England

in 1823 being at the time of his

ire death 76 years and 7 months old.

ig- His father, Thomas A. Webb, was

ant a prosperous merchant on the east

cost of England.red His family emigrated to this

ble coruntry and Rev. Webb was edu-

cs- cated in Massachusetts. He mar-

nes' ried in St Louis, in 1848, Miss

gro Sophia Stephens, of New Yorlk,

for- daughter of Gideon Stephens. Rev.

the Webb was ordained a minister inwas the Methodist Church in 1872 and

nce for many years was engaged in.

nd. the performance of his ministerial

his duties He removed from St.liyd Louis to Louisiania in 1869 and lo-

catei in, afayette Pari sh where he

-de- has ev er since resided.'.

Sthe His wife preceeded him to the

it o t spirit world a f-w months ago,and since that time his health al-

ready feeble grew weaker ans"long- weaker.

Rev. Webb was a man of sterling qualities, a consistent

memberSof the church to which he belon•ted and- commanded the

universal

admiration of his fellow-citizens.

Two sons and three daughtersare surving him, two of- the latter

3ones being engaged in missionary

work in foreign fieds.

LoUIs NOLLifVE.

Died at his residence in Lafa

yette iast Saturday Nov mbi I

Iith,.ty e .25 . in. His funeral took

it place last Sundaj at St. Johnm

Catholic Church at 2:30 po3 'in attended by a large concouse

od people.

ed Mr. Nollive was born in Partn

(France) on Au;. 28th. 1833

ed being at the time of his death 66

-years 2 months and 14 days old.

a Mr. Nollivc came to Lafayette

about fifteen years ago and engag-

ine ed in the jewelry business until a

few months ago when feebleness

caused him to discontinue it.

ver Since that time he has lived

een quietly at his home until called to

his higher reward.ate'l Mr. Nollive was one of our good

citizens and was universally res-

pected.We tender our sympathy to the

wife and daughter surviving him.

few ,-Mr. A. D. Boudreaux, colonel

with of the IHome Guard, during the

Scivil war died last Tuesday night

November 14 th, and was buriedS8on last Wednesday at St. John's,thin Catholic Church.

bists. Colonel Boudreaux was one of

raing the most substantial citizens of this

atu- parish and his influence was wide

ltter spread.Another landmark in the history

New of Lafayette is gone. ColonelrPs. Boudreaux was 83 years old.

GENUINE TEXAS RUST PROOF 5ELD O ATS

AT DE BLANC'S GRAIN & FEED STORE.

PHONE 28 Near the DEPOT.