THE WEEKLY MESSENGER. OFFIC'IALI Jfl0lNI, JUSTICE TO ALL. - sl.oo Per Year, Invariably in Advance.

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VOL. Xl. ST. MARTINVIILE, LA., SATUlRI)AY APRIl. 25, |s9m;. No. !!.

Queen Victoria's Real Estate. OUR BUSINESS PLATFORM The announcement that Queen FORWARD! FORWARD!! NEVER TARE Victoria is to leave, by will, Os- BACKWARD? borne House to one daughter, the Planters' Store, A STEP leaseother, of andi Abergeldie Balmoral, House the royal to an-re- KCASH PRICES FOR CASH ONLY sidence in the Highlands, to the Duke of ('annaught, recalls the L. C. DUCHIAMP, fact that the man who would de- The storms of competition go and come, still our stock is vour this particular widow's hou- I las always on hand the largest stock of hardware, agri- ses must make an uncommonly increasing in all our lines. We sell cheap and have ONE cultural implements, wheelwright material, .frniluri,house PRICE for all costomers. full meal. It was discovered a few years since that the Queen owned furnishing; goods, croker!y, paints, oils. l/urp.rlutie, saddlery, We do not sell below cost, first we are not so foolish as to six hundred houses in various .tIores, barbed-wire, sh tinitry/, tinware, agate warc, etc, etc. do that with new stock, and we do not thinks you are foolish parts of England, not royal resi- I ime, cement, sand, coal, salt, charcoal, cant hooks at it when a merchant tell you so. enough to believe dences, but rent-yielding proper- si..l,,, ringdogs, at l 24, Disc cultivators (iest in the worldl) ty, and that about six thousand We expect a new stock of Wheelwright Material on terms; agent for the famous I)AVIS (;Ao)I.IE IN•N;INE:, a houses had been built by crown and Furniture soon, and now carry a full line of Hard- 12 year old1 boy can run it, no pump, no electricity, starts in lessees an building leaseholds ware, Crockery, Paints, Oils, Furniture etc., etc. 4 minutes, barbed wire at $2.40 a hundred pounds in lots ol held by the Queen. She then had CoV me and vimsit the stoolis. also rents from markets and tolls 6 reels. T. J. LABBE. from ferries, besides the proceeds of mines and other works upon John Deere's Disc Cultiuators her property or the crown proper- ty. She had large estates in York- at $35,00oo. HOTEL DENECHAUD. shire, Oxfordshire, and Berks, va- luable lands in the Isle of Man CORNER ('ARONDFEIT AND I 'ENI)I), ) ST'REETS, and in Alderney. Scotland, Ire- NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. land and Wales. Of the New For- U~ MNARTIN, F. BOUBSEAU, ALBERT BIBNVEND, This Hotel Has Just Been Enlarged and Renovated. estof absolute there are and two sixty-three thousand acres S President, Vioe-President, Oashier. of contingent crown property. Az ELECTRIC ELEVATOR AND AL.I. MI'L:IN IMiR;OVEMENTS HAVE BEEN PLiEDI) IN T I•iEB LDING. Her Majesty enjoys income from BANKd AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN rLAPNS. the Forest of Dean, from several other forests, and from rich pro- sT. arftd -- rvrr - - perties in and about London. Os- Does a general banking business, loans money and pay the borne. on the Isle of Wight, and highest interest on deposits left one year. Balmoral, in the Highlands, are TONSORIAL PARLOR. the plrivate property of the Queen, Robert Martin, P. Rouse•.., AIbt. Bienvenu, and are maintaintained out of her own W. H. Couine, T. J. Labbe, S. Dabedle, Etc. A. Germaud, J. B. Levert. SHAVING, HAIR-CUTTING, SHAMPOOING, income. But she has the use of a B. Audibert, Done in Artistic Style few royal palaces besides, and these are maintaintained by the na- MIost modern revolving chairs and beet tion at all annual expenditure tools known to the tonsorial art. ranging from $2.500 to $5O0,000. The Queen is in the occupancy of FRANCOIS & BOUCVALT, Proprietors. Buckingham Palace. Windsor F. J. Duplain, Castle, the White LHdge at Rich- mond Park, and part of St. Jome's Palace. Jeweller and Watchmaker. IN ALL ITS BRANCHES The remainder of the last P ti named palace is occupied by other PirIi g AT THIS OFFICE. nembers of the royal family. Other royal palaces maintained as Jellery of all kinds, such, although not in the occu- pancy of the queen, are Kensing- Solid Cold, B. AUDIBERT, ton Palace, Hampton Court- which, according to a recent esti- Diamonds, Chains, - DEALER IN- mate based on the statistics of eight or ten years, costs the na- tion on the average over $70,00) a Earrings, Necklace. year - Kew Palace, Pembroke Lodge, the Thatched Cottage and &Watches, Etc. Sheen Cottage, Richmond Park, Bushy House in Bushy Park, and Clocks from $3 up. Sewing Machine from $15 to $30. lAhLS, T00LS, Holywood Palace. When shevis- its the Continent, she has one AN ELECANT STOCK TO SEILECT FROM. CUTLERY, BOLTS, great house or another, with what- TINWARE. SCREWS. ever repairs and refurnishing are necessary to fit it for a temporary royal occupant, althought for all this she pays out of her own in- Groceries, Liquors, Tobacco and Clgars. come. Bagshot House, Glouces- ter House and Clarence House are palatial dwellings, occupied by various members of the royal fam- t. oxDRrT firn . MyinAvJIADEll GEORGE EASTIN, ily. The Queen has four rather old-fashioned yachts, on which DEALS IN- I she makes her sea journeys, al- though the oldest of them proba- zrfodels,lents, cijt zzPounds. CROCERIES bly is used seldom or never. The 8" AnD 100D -AND---- four cost originally about $1,375,- ' I FINE LIQUORS, 000.-Boston Transcript. Lid Bilious Colic. Keeps BEER, WINE and other Persons who are subject to attacks of bilious colic will be pleased to know quors always on ice. that prompt relief may be had by taking Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and niar- His Liquors are the best ! rhwea Remedy. It acts quickly and can always be depended upon. In many GADIATOR CYQE WORKS, C -- iz/~ CAIYAL TR A•T.E I' A'G~ --. C HIS GROCERIES, THE FRESHEST. cases the attack may be prevented by CHICAGO. taking this remedy as soon a' the first SC TO AGTJnr- AGENI5. -'" BRIDGE STREET, EAST OF THE BAYOU, indication of the disease appears. 2%i Cl..I/:::"• IO• and 54 cents b,,ttlesfor sale hby . J ST. MARTINVILLE. LA. Labbe, druggist.