Félix P. Baker's Death Notice
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THE WEEKLY MESSENGER. Oiicial Journal. JUSTICE TO ALL. . Si.oo Per Year, Invariably in Advance. V o. IV. Sr. MARTINVILLE, LA. S.v'URDAV, NOVEMIER 16th. 89. 889No. 39. .In- ,= = I n The Weekly Messenger. P'ubhliced Lvery .aturday. ALBERT BIENVENU, Editor and l'Prpri.,tor. 73aubs1blptioun $1 .U a 'ear in advanCe. t AE E. It wIII IN- :t I: .1i.s y One in,'h...1 I.0 25, ;I• 5(0 800 Two inclhe,. 2 :o :I o so 50 , 45o 14 M) Three inch.l3s 0 3 1:41 54'4 54o' 14l40: 181U four iuah,..: 100 .3)4' (50 1241, 22.5) Five inre. . :354; 05: " 7 :r 14 I!) 24;(1) ~l inch': 4'.. 1tl 50, 7 s; `i 0 N lt InIII, :io On e,l'aullln 130i, 2•1Ji 210o4 IC00 7 310 n ient adveirtis."n1n. 7t enL, pe'r .ach for fir.st inl4ertii.; 5.s) cents for each subsequent insertion. Official ofr l'gal advertisenents. $I per It inch for tirot insertioll; and 50 cents for each subo•equent insertioll. 'lhrief eommaunieations ulpon subjects of public inter.est solicited. No attention will be given to anoanynmos letters. Diseases of Women and Ohilnren. E. L. TILLY, Physician Surgeon and Accoucheur. Offlee: at A. Labbe &. Son's drugstore. mar 31"F1 St. Martinville, La. LOUIS J. VOORHIES, Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public. Sr. M.ARTINv•I.L• , : LA. Will practieo and prolmpatly attend to celltetio:n of claims in St Martin and adjoining piarishes. July Ii, ! y L. A. I):LAUI.EAL M. D. 1 •I Ot(EPA:IIlST. Oflte, at his resilence Calls promptly attended to. outlnltation at his office. ap 71 y Columbus Harrison, - DEALER IN - Fine Family Groceries, Cigars, Tobacco, Tinware, hardware, Canned Goods Fine liquors and everything kept in a first class Family Grocery. ( E.ST SIDE OF BAYOU TEC.. ) St, Martinville, La. J. W. ECKART, Watchmaker and Jeweller, .Main Street, New Iberia,La. The leading repair shop in the Attaka- pa. All kinds of Monograms and Badges Diamontl settings muade to order and at reasoalable rates. A full line of watches, elocks and jew elry always on hand. A select assortaent of genuine Meers- chaumn pipes, cigars and cigarette tubes Russia leather cigar cases, fine tobacco pouches etc. kept in stock. My prices are moderate, give me a call. HOT&I DHENIHAUD, 56 to 64 Oaaondelet Street, 1:NEW ORLEANS, LA. Centrally located near Cotton Exchage.' Large and Airy Rooms. Take the street ears at the depot and the driver will put you iut near the Rotel. jan 14 1y CONVENT of MERCY. St. Martinsville, La. This lnstitute offers superior advanta- Pe to Parents desirous of giving thier clildlren a soliId and refined Education. Terms of tuition. Music etc., moderate. For particulars apply to SITERS OF Mv'RCT i)i.aasesi f o•ml•n and Children. lDl•. F.I.. JEWELL, ACCOUCIIEU'R. Nighlt calls attended to. (dlie,: at A. i.abe & Stnm's drugstore may 12 St. Martinville La., ONE DOLl.All will cea the Now orleaar Weekly l'icayuue wr a ycar. It is a 16page spaper, with reliable market reports and intererting reading every Thursday mortaing to reach all post oflices Saturday. thuse auffordil IZvll ,.,nt R.la ,lae r,.:.,lin uinsetter. ITHE M1.lSACRE OF BA- YOU BOEU1:. 'Felix P. Baker of St. Martianville the Insaune Main. Became Violeutly anll Suddenly insane Sphile otn his way Home, fromt Nashville. The unfortunate affair which resulted in the killing of one utan and the wound- Mig of three or four others at B you Boeuf. hy a man suppsled to be an in- i saue tramp, unknown In that neighllbor heed, l rerate I intense excitement and rente'lintt. The crazy man after Ihaving nieto.imlishlte his hloanly weork, took a sk iff to ittake his escape, was killed while in the skiff, fell over board and reunained in the water two days, pre,,ed to be' Felix P. Baker, son of Mon- roe Baker. a highly esteemeed and respect- eeI coloredl uan, a life long residenit of St. Martinville. Th• very atitle day that this iunfortu- I ante affair oceared, the trutk of Baker, who wa t returning from Nashville, Teuun, where he has beeIn visiting friends aind relatives since al•ot a month or so, ar- rived at the railroad depot at this place, but nothiug had been heard of Baker, ex- cept lie had ctiled on a friend at New Orleans and had left. His famnily beaiume suspicious and tele- graphed tee secveral friends in -New Or- leans acid other places to make iniquulltei as to his whereabouts, but none of thewn answered, and their su-picion was there- by increased. The particulars of the affair at Bayou Bonef was read here antui comumeuted up- on on our streets, but as every one be- lieved the deedl to have been committed by a demented, ito one had the least idea that it could be Baker, who wis a man of ediecatieon, a printer by trade, a man quiet in hi. manners, very polite and peaceful, never havilng been in any trou- bles before, and he always dresseel e ii, never showed any sign of insani:y. Bit when the lady was recoveredl and ltis discriptions ualndished in the city papers were seen by his paren.s, they at ont'e recognized tile man to be Felix P. Baker who was nmissing. The family immeutia- ly proceetled to Morgan City to take au- thorily toexhumi e th.- botty, and founid on their . rital there, the brain and lungs of the dead ma.,, which had Iee-ll taken by the Coronor at the inquest ande preserved. They were also shown the articles found onl the L.o• y, consisting of a velvet plecket book, a commutation, ticket upon which was the tame of Ba- ker andt ot,,er articles which were reco- gnizeel by his tather and blt.theti. It appeiars that Baker had taken pas- sage oan thi' Morgan train routn New Or- leans ot We nesdlay the 6th inst., and while on the train the ('eliductor per- cieved that he showed sigis of insanity as he said he was pursued by a pjace of roen who wanted to kill himu. He was assured ly that official that he would not be hurt, but he bet-'am- more and mn e troubled with that idea, and gcet off the train at S•chrever, uti-teen by the (Condue-C ter. At this time beiilt a ravitg maniac he walked his way to Bayou Bouef and there, we pra -•tna, while in a violent sipell of intsanity, enunmitted the horrible butchery which hay cost him his lite. His fanmily never perceived in his rmauniers and doings any s gu of insani- ty, l-ut sonie five years ago he was ap- pointed mail m, see- nger o rnn between New Orleans and Hiuston, and on his first t ip h. acted exactly in the same way as lie did in this instance, saying he was shbet while at work in the car, tbck his clothes off and jt.lped h.mt the car which was runnintg at a speed of 20 miles an hour, passed one while night in the woothls and walked scme 20 miles to take another train to return home, his story although denied by the train oiekilst was given ci edence Ihere, as when lie re- turned he showed not the least sign of a deranged mintd.lantl gave his stocry ef the affair in a clear and concise manner. The belief now is that he had at that time. an attack of insanity. Mr. Monroe Baker and hi, son, Gus- tave, retured from Bayou Bonef Wednes- day evening, bringing home the artlets which were found on the body of his son. After visiting the place where he was buried, it was decided not to exhume the body, which was too advanced in dlecom- peFecit iI.c His remains will be brought here and interred in the family ground when the time will permit. The grieved parents are much afflicted over the idea that their son had killed an innocent persun and won ded several others. 5M. Baker and his ~Mlicted family have the deepest sympathy of the entire coam- imunity. The Chamber of Torture. is the al artmrnt to which the unhap- pti sufferer from iaflaamaatory rhauma- tism is uonfined. If, ere the crisis of pain in reached, that tine preventive, IIostetter's Stomach Bitters. is ussed by persons of a rheumatic tendency, murch lunnlecessary suffering is avoided. Ncr- vines. anildyies and sedatives, while bar- ing none but a specific effect, are vet eery d1 sirabl,. at times. Yet can they prodihce no lasting effect upon rhesoma- i ti-tsm, wrbecause they have no power to elinmilate f own the ilood the rhb umatic virusl. la•stetter's Stomach Bitters duies this. andl c eks at the outset a disease which, if allowed to gain headway, it is next to impossible to diasldge or to do more thanll relieve. Rheumatism, it I should be renlenlbered, is i disease with a fatal tendency from its proneness to i attack the heart. A resort to the Hitters should, therefore, be prompt. Dyspelmia, kidnlley complaint, malaria and nervous- anels a r relived by it. Local News. ITh,.... ;: * hi avy white frost Wed- lag. Mr. Alfred Voorhies has moved with hlis family to Lafayette to reside perma- nently. -A good and nnuchl needed rain fell Tuesday. which wa-l followed by a cool Ilorthlwe'. a wi, .. ---Mr. W. R. ,R :,fon, was in town lat a•,k nat: -. pplie-d our merchants with (in.. 't; ,'r,,- t' of shoes. ' . (" i. '.:mal of Broussard- I !: t "' " , ',w days here with her ,mals . I . tibert returned home Mlonday. -Mr. G. W. Ranker, who has forced to s spenod grinding for lock of water, started his mill Wednesday to grind the balance of his crop. - IIn. Thomas F. Bayerd. E•-Secreta- ry of state, and Miss Mary Willing Cly flier were married in Washington, D. C. Thursday of last week. Mr. Thomas Flerty who has had his hand cut in a gin at the oil mill has started a dray this week and solicits the patrolage of his friends. -Th City Item says: Thepropouition is being ceriously discussed to place the remains of President Lincoln and Grant ini the White House grounds. -- The weather thus for has been fav- orable to the sugar planters, and they hay taken advantage of it to to mattra- s, and windrow their cane. -Mr. Chas K Schwartz has lost a Smith and Wesson revolver, 38 ealiber,in town, a few days sinace He will pay a liberal reward on the return of same to him. -On Sunday the first of December, the persons in charge of the public school building will give a theatrical perform- ance. The proceeds will go to the builM- ing fund. - Mr. Edmond L. Broussard, oldest eon of the Late I). U. Broussard, a prominent and esteemed young man of New Iberia, died in that town Saturday, after a lin- gering illness. -- Nearly every paper in the State now denounce in antlpoken terus the regu- lators who have committed no mouen law- leuaane in oulr section and eallied the fair name of the state. The regulators must go. -We were pleased to meet ma our street Sunday last, our estimable and genial friend Aleaandre Delahoussaye, of Lafr~. )ttee. It li always wl Uplea- sure hlis numerous friends here mt hbis ever smiling fa*e. * -Some of our citiaenas who at first ap- proved the regulatore movement are now loud and unreserved in th ir denuncia- tions. Too much of a gold thing, is gotd for ni thing; and too much of g thing that nevw, was good, is simply in- tirlerable. -- The party of genttemen from thh place who spent ten days at (lti Blianche. on the gulf returned Monday, higmhly pleased of the Ilihuge ianl glo ione time they had. They did not have a very great al eraes iIn hunting, but Aish were plenty, andt fshing was the most agreeable and p:easant sport they en. joyedl. -This year, if we look on it in a gen- eral way. ~was very nunfav rable to the planter, the cotton cane andt other croaps will hardly go over 50 per cent, of the average crps,l, and ill many instances the launfortunate planter will not be in a position to met. his obligations, and un- less he has -onae help, will suffer many hardships. -Onee by one our good citizens who were inducedl to join the regulators un- der the belief that it was to re. elate the negro and keep him out of polities, re- tire front that political organization which had no other object in view than to put in office certain individuals, who conceived this grand idea, regardless of the rights and privileges of other citi- zens. But that unlawful organization hae died a natural death. -Last year. aceordling to the report of the school board, the educable ehildren of St. Martin parish numbered 6.e;'l(' :id this year, the school hoard report s own the number of educable chihlren of this parish to Ie 5.243, a decrease of .315'. The school fund will be apportioned to each school district according to the numnber of educable children in siatl dis- tricts which are as follows: First dis- trict 15i9; sorlend dsitrict, It3; third dis- trict, ,'fi, fourth di.trict, 1f523; fifth ds- trict, 1150. Sheriff Gardemal's Statement. We take pleasure in publishing the rollowing statement of the taxes collect in 188 by that efcleent and energetic kleial, and also the amount of licenses rollected up to Nov. Ist. Wae Inote tlhat sheritff G(ardmal has col- lected $1,892,29 more than the total foot- ing of the assessment rolls, which is for 188, parish and criminal, $llo,233.2r and the amount collected, as shown cby the Fel wing statementa is $12.12l,59 a very flattering showing. STATEMENT. rax proper ant int. $#.717.43 [rimlual tax......... 4I.t.92 interest ............. 43.55 Poll tax .............. 1.682) I1.8i2.10 OMITkI) TAXES 18b8. Parish .............. - ,0.23 L'riminal ............. . Ipeciai .............. 21.70 Interest .............. 4.54 Poll............... .. 00 373.3k REIEMIlPTION. Parish................ .40 Penalty ............. 277 laeeial....,......... .41 $ Poll................. 1.00 1721 Sale of property by virtue of Act 80 of 1888, amount paid pa- rish Treasurer-....... 1l00.73 LICENSEkS 188+, Licenses collected to Nov. let. Ii; 2.OQ Total .............. ...$l.th183.63 Besides the foregoiung taxes were col- lected in 1888 for 1886 and a 188, as fol- lows: Parish ........................ "$213.70 'pecial.......................... 106.28• Total.......................... 319.68 We have noted the per cent, of collec- ors of other parishes, and very few nade collections that amounted to the 'ooting of the aesement rolls of their re- upective parishes, a•id ninety to ninety ve per cent is considered a very fair ollection, therefore, Sheritff iardemal imo has collected l1..br2,l nicta' thma the ameesme-t, goes to any ti:;t IL. lhan llsplayed great energy andl ability lie looking for the omitted ;and in correct- ing unaaoidable errors, thereby lucreaus- mis collections. It is na our purpoee here to praise sheriffl GMlemal f,,r what he has deie, o, he ea done nothing but his duty, but we mnut recognize tlhat ke has per- formed the duty ineumbeant upon him in a faithful and eonselentions mamner, and in the interest of his counrAtituents. ZJesr.dgc Perseem And thbe trauled with prvuo•ems reulti-(n from (rar or ovarwoark will he epl-erl dly iLako. Irors*n's eo" , Mlft.era. ." ':,'e . S-- ---- -_.- _, n __m m r m mm Contagious Blood Diseases. I'leers, sorw , Idmaples, iel. salt rheum., Iet., are evidences of contagious h!nod diseases. It is manifestly a duty to ,ra- dlcate blood poison from the system by a use of B. B B. Botanie Blood Balm), thus •nablilng the sore places to heal iand thereby reloving all iossibility oi other members of the family beconning likewise aimicte I. Semi to Blond Balm ('o., Atlanta, Ga., for book that will con- vince. J. H. Outlaw, Mt. Olive, N. C.. writes: "i had running sores on my shoulders and arias. One bottle of B. . B. cured me enttirely." L. Johnson, Belmont Station, Miss., writes: "B. B. B. has workedl on me like a charm. My head and body waretovered with ores,. and my hair came out, but B. H. B. healed me quicklyy" W. J. Kianin, Huteheaas Texas, writs': ''R B. B. has eured my wife of a large ulcer on t er leg that doctors and all other medicino couid not cure." M. J. Roseman, a prominent merchant of (Greeushoro, Ga., writes: "I know of several cases of hloed disease speedily cured by B. B.B. Two bottles cured a lady of ugly serofulous skin •ires." W. ('. Birchnrre & Co., Maxey. la., write: ".B. H. In euring Mr. t~obt. .ad lof Iond podison effected one of most wonderful cures that came to our know' Sedge." -- The entertainment which was an nounced to take place to-day, for the benefit of Volunteer Fire Co No. 1 has been postponed to tomorrow (pday). The money realized at this eafertain- ment will go to pay the steanm engine bought by the Comlpany and which is be. lag build by the Silsby Co.. of Seneca Falls, N. Y, and which will be delivered to the company here about the let. of January. The engine will be a nice. piece of machinery and the boys will have reason to be proaud of their steamer. Wrow THE U oon, Weskr , Malarta, lndigestion and Billomnes. tlake BOWN'S IRON ITTn ERS. It e••m quickly. For sale by ll deales aIn s.•rias. Gt the ge•ine. Catholic Congress. The one lhndreth anniversary of the appointmeut of the first Anaerk•an Cat' holle Bisi . :'.. ina:nguration of the Congres, ; . !.aymen held in the United Stateus :tad the dedication of the new natioual univerrlty for C'atholle were grandly celebrated in the city dr Baltimore, $unday and follow lug days. Destlnguislwad prelates and laymun to the number of ten tbousand attended this grand and brilliant ceremonies. The following brief history of the lat bolle church in America wait given ag Archblishop Ray:n of Phil:adelpbhia in his oration: On the 6th of November, 1879. .Joha Carroll was appointed first bishop of Baltimore and the bead of the Catl.lio chulrcih in the United Stated. Bishop Carroll by instinct was broad anid liber- ml in his views, thoroughly Americana in his seutiments. lie understood how the missilon Eof the new government woal4 be like the church's own misson to com- bline Catholicity with lunity. lie had personal experience of this combluation in his own priests. His first dliiceEsI synodl was held in 1891. the year after his consecration. It consisted of only twenty-one priests, but they reprecsanted seven different nationalities. not merely countries of birth, which may ahe of coll-i pratively little imnpor:nce with apeople of the sautle rare, buht seven different and somaewhat antagounithc p e ople--Aameri- can, Irish, English, G(erman. French. Belgian and Holland-yet all acted in their true character of Amlerican priests Inder this leadership. Bishop ('arroll was an American patriot as well at a Christian bishop. 'l'T new bishop thor- oughly. appreciated how inamport:tance for the church's Imorgres as well a. foLr the slate wa. the difltsion of eJucation. Oane of his tirst projects wai to fo'ter the teorge.towan Ceollege. Of all the false charges alleged against the Catholic chureh, the mnost senlsclces aind unlfoulnded is "bthat lshe fear icaelncae and is the eaeniay of educatiou.'" lie oppoalent.• alilost in the alaiss breath, chmrge hler with beilng tile Ioe at once n-lt the mounopolizer of edicatlelio . And the last man ) the world to fear intel- lectual progress, whe'lier ipoplllar or il- dividaal, is the atlholic. lie well knows that trutlh is one. tha;rt (Odl can- net contradict in the rtevelation -f scria- ture what bhe cxlibits in the: elchltion of sieace. Ilenace a allan'a iearlrssncs i racll a 'ch eCie'iie ill 1et iln proprlionu to l1t"e eerta:iaat' oif hi- ,.aiati'i i '.1 the
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St. Martin Weekly MessengerSaturday, 16 November 1889Félix P. BAKER was son of Monroe BAKER and Marie-Louise-Clothilde BARRIÈRE-PRATT.
Transcript of Félix P. Baker's Death Notice
THE WEEKLY MESSENGER.Oiicial Journal. JUSTICE TO ALL.
.Si.oo
Per Year, Invariably in Advance.
V o. IV. Sr. MARTINVILLE, LA. S.v'URDAV, NOVEMIER 16th. 89. 889No. 39..In- ,= = I n
The Weekly Messenger.P'ubhliced Lvery .aturday.
ALBERT BIENVENU,Editor and l'Prpri.,tor.
73aubs1blptioun $1 .U a 'ear in advanCe.
t AE E. It wIII IN- :t I: .1i.s y
One in,'h... 1 I.0 25, ;I• 5(0 800Two inclhe,. 2 :o :I o so 50 , 45o 14 M)Three inch.l3s 0 3 1:41 54'4 54o' 14l40: 181Ufour iuah,..: 100 .3)4' (50 1241, 22.5)Five inre. . :354; 05: " 7 :r 14 I!) 24;(1)~l inch': 4'.. 1tl 50, 7 s; `i 0 N lt InIII, :ioOn e,l'aullln 130i, 2•1Ji 210o4 IC00 7 310
n ient adveirtis."n1n. 7t enL, pe'r.ach for fir.st inl4ertii.; 5.s) cents for eachsubsequent insertion.
Official ofr l'gal advertisenents. $I perIt inch for tirot insertioll; and 50 cents foreach subo•equent insertioll.
'lhrief eommaunieations ulpon subjectsof public inter.est solicited. No attentionwill be given to anoanynmos letters.
Diseases of Women and Ohilnren.E. L. TILLY,
Physician Surgeon andAccoucheur.
Offlee: at A. Labbe &. Son's drugstore.mar 31"F1 St. Martinville, La.
LOUIS J. VOORHIES,Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public.
Sr. M.ARTINv•I.L• , : LA.Will practieo and prolmpatly attend to
celltetio:n of claims in St Martin andadjoining piarishes. July Ii, ! y
L. A. I):LAUI.EAL M. D.1 •I Ot(EPA:IIlST.
Oflte, at his resilenceCalls promptly attended to.
outlnltation at his office. ap 71 y
Columbus Harrison,- DEALER IN -
Fine Family Groceries, Cigars, Tobacco,Tinware, hardware, Canned Goods
Fine liquors and everythingkept in a first class Family Grocery.
( E.ST SIDE OF BAYOU TEC.. )St, Martinville, La.
J. W. ECKART,Watchmaker and Jeweller,
.Main Street, New Iberia,La.
The leading repair shop in the Attaka-
pa.All kinds of Monograms and Badges
Diamontl settings muade to order and atreasoalable rates.
A full line of watches, elocks and jewelry always on hand.
A select assortaent of genuine Meers-chaumn pipes, cigars and cigarette tubesRussia leather cigar cases, fine tobaccopouches etc. kept in stock.
My prices are moderate, give me a call.
HOT&I DHENIHAUD,56 to 64 Oaaondelet Street,
1:NEW ORLEANS, LA.Centrally located near Cotton Exchage.'
Large and Airy Rooms.Take the street ears at the depot and
the driver will put you iut near theRotel. jan 14 1y
CONVENT of MERCY.St. Martinsville, La.
This lnstitute offers superior advanta-Pe to Parents desirous of giving thierclildlren a soliId and refined Education.
Terms of tuition. Music etc., moderate.For particulars apply to
SITERS OF Mv'RCT
i)i.aasesi f o•ml•n and Children.lDl•. F. I.. JEWELL,
ACCOUCIIEU'R.
Nighlt calls attended to.(dlie,: at A. i.abe & Stnm's drugstore
may 12 St. Martinville La.,
ONE DOLl.All will cea the Noworleaar Weekly l'icayuue wr a ycar.It is a 16page spaper, with reliablemarket reports and intererting reading
every Thursday mortaing to reach all
post oflices Saturday. thuse auffordilIZvll ,.,nt R.la ,lae r,.:.,lin uinsetter.
ITHE M1.lSACRE OF BA-
YOU BOEU1:.
'Felix P. Baker of St. Martianvillethe Insaune Main.
Became Violeutly anll Suddenly insaneSphile otn his way Home, fromt Nashville.
The unfortunate affair which resultedin the killing of one utan and the wound-Mig of three or four others at B youBoeuf. hy a man suppsled to be an in-i saue tramp, unknown In that neighllborheed, l rerate I intense excitement andrente'lintt. The crazy man afterIhaving nieto.imlishlte his hloanly weork,took a sk iff to ittake his escape, waskilled while in the skiff, fell over boardand reunained in the water two days,pre,,ed to be' Felix P. Baker, son of Mon-roe Baker. a highly esteemeed and respect-eeI coloredl uan, a life long residenit ofSt. Martinville.
Th• very atitle day that this iunfortu-I ante affair oceared, the trutk of Baker,who wa t returning from Nashville, Teuun,where he has beeIn visiting friends aindrelatives since al•ot a month or so, ar-rived at the railroad depot at this place,but nothiug had been heard of Baker, ex-cept lie had ctiled on a friend at NewOrleans and had left.His famnily beaiume suspicious and tele-
graphed tee secveral friends in -New Or-leans acid other places to make iniquullteias to his whereabouts, but none of thewnanswered, and their su-picion was there-by increased.The particulars of the affair at Bayou
Bonef was read here antui comumeuted up-on on our streets, but as every one be-lieved the deedl to have been committedby a demented, ito one had the least ideathat it could be Baker, who wis a man ofediecatieon, a printer by trade, a manquiet in hi. manners, very polite andpeaceful, never havilng been in any trou-bles before, and he always dresseel e ii,never showed any sign of insani:y. Bitwhen the lady was recoveredl and ltisdiscriptions ualndished in the city paperswere seen by his paren.s, they at ont'erecognized tile man to be Felix P. Bakerwho was nmissing. The family immeutia-ly proceetled to Morgan City to take au-thorily to exhumi e th.- botty, and founidon their . rital there, the brain andlungs of the dead ma.,, which had Iee-lltaken by the Coronor at the inquest andepreserved. They were also shown thearticles found onl the L.o• y, consisting ofa velvet plecket book, a commutation,ticket upon which was the tame of Ba-ker andt ot,,er articles which were reco-gnizeel by his tather and blt.theti.
It appeiars that Baker had taken pas-sage oan thi' Morgan train routn New Or-leans ot We nesdlay the 6th inst., andwhile on the train the ('eliductor per-cieved that he showed sigis of insanityas he said he was pursued by a pjace ofroen who wanted to kill himu. He wasassured ly that official that he would notbe hurt, but he bet-'am- more and mn etroubled with that idea, and gcet off thetrain at S•chrever, uti-teen by the (Condue-Cter. At this time beiilt a ravitg maniache walked his way to Bayou Bouef andthere, we pra -•tna, while in a violentsipell of intsanity, enunmitted the horriblebutchery which hay cost him his lite.
His fanmily never perceived in hisrmauniers and doings any s gu of insani-ty, l-ut sonie five years ago he was ap-pointed mail m, see- nger o rnn betweenNew Orleans and Hiuston, and on his firstt ip h. acted exactly in the same wayas lie did in this instance, saying he wasshbet while at work in the car, tbck hisclothes off and jt.lped h.mt the carwhich was runnintg at a speed of 20 milesan hour, passed one while night in thewoothls and walked scme 20 miles to takeanother train to return home, his storyalthough denied by the train oiekilst
was given ci edence Ihere, as when lie re-turned he showed not the least sign ofa deranged mintd.lantl gave his stocry efthe affair in a clear and concise manner.
The belief now is that he had at that
time. an attack of insanity.
Mr. Monroe Baker and hi, son, Gus-tave, retured from Bayou Bonef Wednes-
day evening, bringing home the artletswhich were found on the body of his son.After visiting the place where he was
buried, it was decided not to exhume the
body, which was too advanced in dlecom-peFecit iI.c
His remains will be brought here andinterred in the family ground when thetime will permit.
The grieved parents are much afflictedover the idea that their son had killed aninnocent persun and won ded severalothers.5M. Baker and his ~Mlicted family have
the deepest sympathy of the entire coam-imunity.
The Chamber of Torture.is the al artmrnt to which the unhap-
pti sufferer from iaflaamaatory rhauma-tism is uonfined. If, ere the crisis ofpain in reached, that tine preventive,IIostetter's Stomach Bitters. is ussed bypersons of a rheumatic tendency, murch
lunnlecessary suffering is avoided. Ncr-vines. anildyies and sedatives, while bar-ing none but a specific effect, are vet
eery d1 sirabl,. at times. Yet can theyprodihce no lasting effect upon rhesoma-i ti-tsm, wrbecause they have no power toelinmilate f own the ilood the rhb umaticvirusl. la•stetter's Stomach Bitters duiesthis. andl c eks at the outset a diseasewhich, if allowed to gain headway, it isnext to impossible to diasldge or to domore thanll relieve. Rheumatism, itI should be renlenlbered, is i disease witha fatal tendency from its proneness toi attack the heart. A resort to the Hittersshould, therefore, be prompt. Dyspelmia,kidnlley complaint, malaria and nervous-anels a r relived by it.
Local News.
ITh,.... ;: * hi avy white frost Wed-lag.
Mr. Alfred Voorhies has moved withhlis family to Lafayette to reside perma-nently.
-A good and nnuchl needed rain fellTuesday. which wa-l followed by a coolIlorthlwe'. a wi, ..
---Mr. W. R. ,R :,fon, was in townlat a•,k nat: -. pplie-d our merchantswith (in.. 't; ,'r,,- t' of shoes.
' . (" i. '.:mal of Broussard-I !: t "' " , ',w days here with her
,mals . I . tibert returned homeMlonday.
-Mr. G. W. Ranker, who has forced tos spenod grinding for lock of water,started his mill Wednesday to grind thebalance of his crop.
- IIn. Thomas F. Bayerd. E•-Secreta-ry of state, and Miss Mary Willing Clyflier were married in Washington, D. C.Thursday of last week.
Mr. Thomas Flerty who has had hishand cut in a gin at the oil mill hasstarted a dray this week and solicits thepatrolage of his friends.
-Th City Item says: Thepropouitionis being ceriously discussed to place theremains of President Lincoln and Grantini the White House grounds.
-- The weather thus for has been fav-orable to the sugar planters, and theyhay taken advantage of it to to mattra-s, and windrow their cane.
-Mr. Chas K Schwartz has lost aSmith and Wesson revolver, 38 ealiber,intown, a few days sinace He will pay aliberal reward on the return of same tohim.
-On Sunday the first of December, thepersons in charge of the public schoolbuilding will give a theatrical perform-ance. The proceeds will go to the builM-ing fund.
- Mr. Edmond L. Broussard, oldest eonof the Late I). U. Broussard, a prominentand esteemed young man of New Iberia,died in that town Saturday, after a lin-gering illness.
-- Nearly every paper in the State nowdenounce in antlpoken terus the regu-lators who have committed no mouen law-leuaane in oulr section and eallied thefair name of the state. The regulatorsmust go.
-We were pleased to meet ma ourstreet Sunday last, our estimable andgenial friend Aleaandre Delahoussaye,of Lafr~. )ttee. It li always wl Uplea-sure hlis numerous friends here mt hbisever smiling fa*e. *
-Some of our citiaenas who at first ap-proved the regulatore movement are nowloud and unreserved in th ir denuncia-tions. Too much of a gold thing, isgotd for ni thing; and too much of gthing that nevw, was good, is simply in-tirlerable.
-- The party of genttemen from thhplace who spent ten days at (ltiBlianche. on the gulf returned Monday,higmhly pleased of the Ilihuge ianl glo ionetime they had. They did not have avery great al eraes iIn hunting, but Aishwere plenty, andt fshing was the mostagreeable and p:easant sport they en.joyedl.
-This year, if we look on it in a gen-eral way. ~was very nunfav rable to theplanter, the cotton cane andt other croapswill hardly go over 50 per cent, of theaverage crps,l, and ill many instancesthe launfortunate planter will not be in aposition to met. his obligations, and un-less he has -onae help, will suffer manyhardships.
-Onee by one our good citizens whowere inducedl to join the regulators un-der the belief that it was to re. elate thenegro and keep him out of polities, re-tire front that political organizationwhich had no other object in view thanto put in office certain individuals, whoconceived this grand idea, regardless ofthe rights and privileges of other citi-zens. But that unlawful organizationhae died a natural death.
-Last year. aceordling to the report ofthe school board, the educable ehildren
of St. Martin parish numbered 6.e;'l(' :idthis year, the school hoard report s ownthe number of educable chihlren of thisparish to Ie 5.243, a decrease of .315'.The school fund will be apportioned toeach school district according to thenumnber of educable children in siatl dis-
tricts which are as follows: First dis-trict 15i9; sorlend dsitrict, It3; third dis-trict, ,'fi, fourth di.trict, 1f523; fifth ds-trict, 1150.
Sheriff Gardemal's Statement.
We take pleasure in publishing therollowing statement of the taxes collectin 188 by that efcleent and energetickleial, and also the amount of licenses
rollected up to Nov. Ist.
Wae Inote tlhat sheritff G(ardmal has col-lected $1,892,29 more than the total foot-ing of the assessment rolls, which is for
188, parish and criminal, $llo,233.2rand the amount collected, as shown cbythe Fel wing statementa is $12.12l,59 avery flattering showing.
STATEMENT.rax proper ant int. $#.717.43[rimlual tax......... 4I.t.92interest ............. 43.55Poll tax .............. 1.682) I1.8i2.10
OMITkI) TAXES 18b8.Parish .............. - ,0.23L'riminal ............. .
Ipeciai .............. 21.70Interest .............. 4.54Poll............... .. 00 373.3k
REIEMIlPTION.Parish................ .40Penalty ............. 277laeeial....,......... .41 $Poll................. 1.00 1721
Sale of property byvirtue of Act 80 of1888, amount paid pa-
rish Treasurer-....... 1l00.73
LICENSEkS 188+,Licenses collected to Nov. let. Ii; 2.OQ
Total .............. ...$l.th183.63
Besides the foregoiung taxes were col-lected in 1888 for 1886 and a 188, as fol-
lows:Parish ........................ "$213.70
'pecial.......................... 106.28•
Total.......................... 319.68We have noted the per cent, of collec-
ors of other parishes, and very fewnade collections that amounted to the'ooting of the aesement rolls of their re-upective parishes, a•id ninety to ninetyve per cent is considered a very fair
ollection, therefore, Sheritff iardemalimo has collected l1..br2,l nicta' thmathe ameesme-t, goes to any ti:;t IL. lhan
llsplayed great energy andl ability lielooking for the omitted ;and in correct-
ing unaaoidable errors, thereby lucreaus-mis collections.
It is na our purpoee here to praisesheriffl GMlemal f,,r what he has deie,o, he ea done nothing but his duty,but we mnut recognize tlhat ke has per-formed the duty ineumbeant upon him in
a faithful and eonselentions mamner,and in the interest of his counrAtituents.
ZJesr.dgc PerseemAnd thbe trauled with prvuo•ems reulti-(nfrom (rar or ovarwoark will he epl-erl dly iLako.
Irors*n's eo" , Mlft.era. ." ':,'e .
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Contagious Blood Diseases.I'leers, sorw , Idmaples, iel. salt rheum.,
Iet., are evidences of contagious h!noddiseases. It is manifestly a duty to ,ra-dlcate blood poison from the system bya use of B. B B. Botanie Blood Balm),thus •nablilng the sore places to heal
iand thereby reloving all iossibility oiother members of the family beconninglikewise aimicte I. Semi to Blond Balm('o., Atlanta, Ga., for book that will con-vince.
J. H. Outlaw, Mt. Olive, N. C.. writes:"i had running sores on my shouldersand arias. One bottle of B. . B. curedme enttirely."
L. Johnson, Belmont Station, Miss.,writes: "B. B. B. has workedl on me likea charm. My head and body waretoveredwith ores,. and my hair came out, butB. H. B. healed me quicklyy"
W. J. Kianin, Huteheaas Texas, writs':''R B. B. has eured my wife of a largeulcer on t er leg that doctors and allother medicino couid not cure."
M. J. Roseman, a prominent merchantof (Greeushoro, Ga., writes: "I knowof several cases of hloed disease speedilycured by B. B.B. Two bottles cured alady of ugly serofulous skin •ires."
W. ('. Birchnrre & Co., Maxey. la.,write: ".B. H. In euring Mr. t~obt..ad lof Iond podison effected one of most
wonderful cures that came to our know'Sedge."
-- The entertainment which was announced to take place to-day, for thebenefit of Volunteer Fire Co No. 1 hasbeen postponed to tomorrow (pday).The money realized at this eafertain-ment will go to pay the steanm enginebought by the Comlpany and which is be.lag build by the Silsby Co.. of SenecaFalls, N. Y, and which will be deliveredto the company here about the let. ofJanuary. The engine will be a nice.piece of machinery and the boys willhave reason to be proaud of their steamer.
Wrow THE U oon,Weskr , Malarta, lndigestion and
Billomnes. tlakeBOWN'S IRON ITTn ERS.
It e••m quickly. For sale by ll deales aIns.•rias. Gt the ge•ine.
Catholic Congress.
The one lhndreth anniversary of theappointmeut of the first Anaerk•an Cat'holle Bisi . :'.. ina:nguration of theCongres, ; . !.aymen held in theUnited Stateus :tad the dedication of thenew natioual univerrlty for C'athollewere grandly celebrated in the city drBaltimore, $unday and follow lug days.Destlnguislwad prelates and laymun tothe number of ten tbousand attendedthis grand and brilliant ceremonies.
The following brief history of the latbolle church in America wait given agArchblishop Ray:n of Phil:adelpbhia inhis oration:
On the 6th of November, 1879. .JohaCarroll was appointed first bishop ofBaltimore and the bead of the Catl.liochulrcih in the United Stated. Bishop
Carroll by instinct was broad anid liber-ml in his views, thoroughly Americana inhis seutiments. lie understood how themissilon Eof the new government woal4be like the church's own misson to com-bline Catholicity with lunity. lie hadpersonal experience of this combluation
in his own priests. His first dliiceEsIsynodl was held in 1891. the year afterhis consecration. It consisted of onlytwenty-one priests, but they reprecsantedseven different nationalities. not merelycountries of birth, which may ahe of coll-i
pratively little imnpor:nce with apeopleof the sautle rare, buht seven different and
somaewhat antagounithc people--Aameri-
can, Irish, English, G(erman. French.
Belgian and Holland-yet all acted intheir true character of Amlerican priests
Inder this leadership. Bishop ('arrollwas an American patriot as well at aChristian bishop. 'l'T new bishop thor-
oughly. appreciated how inamport:tance forthe church's Imorgres as well a. foLr theslate wa. the difltsion of eJucation.Oane of his tirst projects wai to fo'ter theteorge.towan Ceollege.
Of all the false charges alleged against the Catholic chureh, the mnost senlsclcesaind unlfoulnded is "bthat lshe fear icaelncae
and is the eaeniay of educatiou.'" lieoppoalent.• alilost in the alaiss breath,chmrge hler with beilng tile Ioe at once
n-lt the mounopolizer of edicatlelio . Andthe last man ) the world to fear intel-lectual progress, whe'lier ipoplllar or il-dividaal, is the atlholic. lie wellknows that trutlh is one. tha;rt (Odl can-net contradict in the rtevelation -f scria-ture what bhe cxlibits in the: elchltionof sieace. Ilenace a allan'a iearlrssncsi racll a 'ch eCie'iie ill 1et iln proprlionu to
l1t"e eerta:iaat' oif hi- ,.aiati'i i '.1 the
