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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-18
NO. ~.
Ordinances.

VI sttSt&t1tJCSs
An ordinance to prohibit the sale
gilt, barter, or exchange Of
splrltnous and Intoxicating H.
quors and merchandise on Sun
days within the parish of Ver-
million.
Be it resolved and ordained bv
the Police jury Of the parish of
Vermi!ion.
lst. That the sale, barter, Civ
ing or exchange of any and all
Intoxicating liquors and merchan-
disc on Sunday, within the limits
OF the parish of Vermilion is here
by totally prohibited, and all
keepers of coffee houses. eroe.
shops, groceries, stores. and all
other places where intoxicating
liquors, or merchandise of any
kind is sold, shall be closed and
kept closed on Sundays, under the
penalties hereinafter provided.
2. Be it further resolved and
ordained, That this ordinance
shall apply to all persons and pla-
ces within the corporation of the
town of Abbeville as well as to
other parts of the parish,
3. Be it further resolved and
ordained, That any person vio-
lating the provisions of this ordi.
nance shall be deemed guilty of a
mlsdemeanor, and shall, on con.
vlction, before any court of COM
petent jurisdiction, forfeit their
license, and in addition be subject
to a fine of not less than ten dol
lars nor more than fifty dollars
tor each offence, and the proprie-
tor of any such place where intox-
eating liquors or merchandise are
sold, given away, bartered, or ex-
or such place kept open
IN Sunday, shall be liable to the
orielture of his said license and
he payment of said fine, whether
'e personally violates this ordi-
lance or not, if he allow it to be
lone.
4. BE it further ordained and
esolved, That none the forego-
1g provisions shall apply to any
censed drug store where drugs
nd medicines only are sold.
5. Be it further resolved and
rdaincd, That it shall be the du.
Z Of the District Attorney pro
IN. to prosecute all violations Of
lis ordinance. and that all fines
3 paid into the parish treasury,
1d that this ordinance take effect
ter It's PRONUNCIATION in the Off
al journal of this parish.
n ordinance to prohibit hogs
from running at large within
the parish of Vermilion.
SEC. |. Be it ordained by the
olice Jury of the parish of Yer
lllon, That hereafter it shall not
lawful for any person to allow
hogs to run at large in the Sd
ard OF this parish, and all per-
ms owning or having hogs in
) charge, are hereby required
keep said hogs enclosed within
c limits Of their own land. All
rsons violating the provisions
this ordinance, shall be liable
: all damages done by such
gs to any other person, and the
gs doing the damage shall be
bic to be sold to pay such dam
., so far as the proceeds of their
e shall extend.
SEC. 2. Be it further ordained.
That the provisions of AN
dinance relative to fences"
'sed by the Police Jury of Yer
ion parish on the 4th day Of
oruary, 1878, shall not apply to
8, and all ordinances in con-
t with the provisions of this
finance are hereby repealed,
this ordinance take effect
n and after date of it's first
'lication in the official journal
Verml|ion parish.
Signed) N. PERRY
President of Police Jury.
.ttestc
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-18

Packard, rancien commandant
de la forteresse St-Louis. arre5
NANTES courses, a 1ini par attirer
lattention de son ma1tre lie presi.
dent Hayes qui Went d'avoir piti6
de lul ct de lui distributor IN bean
gatean LIE consulat de Liverpool,
rIen que celia, poste qui rapporte
plus de $4,000 bon on NAL an
lie Boss doit etre content. car il
vaut mienx etre consul que gou-
velnelr frauduleux. Demande2
pluto a Hayes oui Sc volt tiraill6
de tontes parts. Pauvre fauteuii
presidential. On cherche a le de.
molir. Toujours des coups de
sur Ia pauvre tete du de-,
bonnalre Hayes viennent mainte-
nant au grand Jour les fraudes
3lectorales de Ia FIoride. A ouoi
seryent tant d enquetes ct de rail
cries. Ne sayonsnous pas tous
lue Hayes est IN president a'aveu-
.ure ct n'ayant pas plus de titres
lue son confrare Diaz president du
Mezique. +
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-18
r. BEER,

COMMISSION MERCHANT,
For the sale of
Cotton s Sugar, Hides, Wooi and
Noss, and all kinds of Country
Produce.
NO. 80 Old LEYEE STREET.
New Orleans, La.
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La presse est rempli cette Sc


La presse est rempli cette Sc
maine de nouvelles a sensation =
oretendue prise d'armes des com
munistes st-Louis, Chicago ct
antres yilles de FOuest- Invasion
du Canada par les enfants de la
verte Erin, rGsidant en- Am6rique.
Achat d'armes ct de munitions.
Depart ct arrivee de 63 officers
ct Cos soldats russses Sc rendant
sur le steamer Cimbria aux cotes
du Pacifque. II y IN peu trop
de conards pour la saison.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-18

Nos clameurs ont etc entendues
Dien e2auce nos prieres ct lundi
nous avons eu une pluie en- regle
Les grenouilIes sont satisfaites
elles le seraient a moins, les ami
maux peuyent en- paiX s'abreurer
d'eau claire, le laboureur petit on
grand s'occuper de son labcur ct
constater lie progress du cotton, du
maIs, du riz ct de Ia came. Nous
avons vue la joie dams tous les
c@urs Un certain paysan nous a
dit: La pluie de lundi dernier a etc
bien plus bienfaisante que lie Sun
lay law. Courage, labonreurs ct
ardlniers, la secheresse est partie
It les plantes dGsormais wont prem
Ire un nouvel essort.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-01-31
The Stamp Mills in the Black Hills.

The stamp mills at Central City give
it the hustle and noise of a new Pitts
burg. There are, within Il thousand
yards, from fifteen TO twenty mills, car
rying nearly one thousand stamps,
pounding away on the hard quartz day
and night. Between the humping OF
the ponderous stamps each weighing
three hundred pounds, and heascream-
ing OF the steam whistles, there is no let
up, day, night, or Sunday. At in the
morning the whistle at the Pierson mill,
which is the timekeeper Of that part CT
the gulch, sounds thee sharp blasts,
signaling the "oftshitt' of milmen to
wake up aud be ready at & to take their
day run Of twelve hours, The other mills
down the gulch, follow some time apart
in arousing their workmen, The mills
| at DeadwOOd screech out their waken-
inc blasts about an hour later, this being
the difference in time between the two
places, by some odd arrangement, prob
ably growing out OF rivalry between
them, which will not permit them, out
of sheer spite to 90 blythe same time
o. day" At noon, supper time, and
midnight thisscreaming OF whistles starts
up and re-eChOes again for an hour up
and down the gulch.
These stamp mills contain from twenty
to one hundred stamps each the average
is about twenty-five stamps, costing
$4,000 to $40, ,0O0, which the surrounding
buildings, machinery, etc, will increase
-, 600 or So, 700. The permanent works
for crushing ores thus far erected at
Central City, Deadwood, and the adjoln-
ing camps exceed S250,O0D. This is
almost entirely the work of the past six
months. The drills, picks and mining
supplies used in getting out and milling
quartz also represent great deal OF
money. The cost of operating mlre is
considerable. Miners get from three to
four dollars per day. As sample OF
how the quartz turns out, it may be SAID
that one of the clean ups, attera short
run on the RecachO ore at Williams y
Edwards mill, was one hundred and
thirtv-onc ounces The average, per
ton. of ore was about twenty-five dollars.
Regarding the outlook generally for the
quartz mines in this vicinity, it may be
safely said that the ore from one.halt OF
all the lodcs located will pay fifteen dol..
lars per ton and upward.--Cor. Ne~ YAK
Times
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-01-31
Home Hints.

There is no heart 80 utterly hardened
that it cannot be touched by woman's
love and tenderness.
The freside is a seminary of infinite
importance because it is universal, and
because the education it bestows, being
woven in with the w)of of childhood,
gives form and color to the whole texture
of life.
We should never forget that home is
the residemce not merely of the body but
also of the mind; and that the object Of
all ambition should be to be happy at
home, and to render home happy.
knowledge does not comprise all that
is contained in the large term of educa-
ton. The feelings are to be disciplined
the passions are to be restrained; true
and worthy motives are to be inspired a
profound religious teelingto be instilled
and pure morality inculcated under all
circumstances. All this is comprised in
edueation.- Ddniel Webster.
Partisan economy does not allow any
thing to be wasted consequently all
pieces of dry and damaged bread are
utilized. Some of them are dried in
ovens, and used in soup at lowclass res
tdurants; Others are pounded into Il
white paste used by butchers to adorn
outlets; while the poorest crusts are re-
duced to charcoal, ground into powder,
and converted into tooth paste.
would wish your daughters to re-
sembIe me in nothing but the love of
reading; knowing by experience how far
it is capable Of soitening the cruelest ac'
cidents of life; even the happiest can not
be passed over without many uneasy
hours, and there is no remedy so easy as
books, which, it they do not give cheer.
lulness, at least restore quiet to the most
troubled mind. Those that fly to card
or company for relief, generally find tha
they only exchange one misfortune TO
another,-- Laiy liootdgucs Letters.
Vanity, ill nature, want of sympathy
want OF sense--these are the chief sour
cas from which bad manners spring
Nor can we imagine an incident il
which man could be at loss as t
| WudI w HhN VI wv III IL h' WI
always considerate for the feelings q
others, did not forget himself, and di,
not lose his head or leave his common
sense at home. Such one may no
have studied etiquette yet ne will speal
and act like gentleman. On the othe
hand, a very pedant in form and bigo
in ceremonies may be nothing less thai
"the mildest hammered man that eve
cut n throat" As we can be wise with
out learning, so it is quite possible to b'
well hammered with little or no knowl
edge of those rules and forms which are
at best, only a substitute for common
sense, and which cannot be considere'
essential to good manners, inasmuch a
they vary in every country, and even il
the same country change about with tn
weathercock of fashion.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-01-31
FOREIGN INTELL1GENCE.

A Prussisn military journal says that
France can put on war footing lf3S,ooo
men and 2O9i horses.
A steamship from Boston is taking out
consignment of American robins for accll'
matization in Yorkshire, England.
The highest wages paid to the train
men on the railways of Austria are given TO
engineers, and the amount is S627 year,
The American workmen who went to
New South Wales, Australia, wish they
hadn't. Hardly dozen OF one party oil 362
are earning as much as they did at home.
The excitement in England on the
subject of hydrophobia had not SnbSided at
the date of the last mails. Thirteen fatal
cases thus far this year had been registered
in London; last year there were six; m ten
wears preceding, an average of two per year
The panic there has not resolved itself, as
here, into war against the Spin.
The Turkish fleet has started off on
another cruise, and is engaged IN shelling
some small towns on the northeastern coast
of the Black sea. Asa naval power Turkey
is failure. Equipped with the finest IRON
clads ahOat, nothing Of any moment mas
been accomplished by them during the en-
tire war. The Danubian tlotilla was early
mnzzed by Russia and although much was
predicted of Hobart Pasha's career on the
Elack sea, he hns been cipher through the
contest, and his squadron might as well have
been in the South Pacific for all the good 1t
has done for the Turkish cause.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-01-31

States had been long absolutely obsolete as
any substantial part OF the money Of the
country, and that which had been so coined
was almost entirely converted into other
forms OF metal, und did not exist ut the time
of making OF any of the existing loans Of the
United States or those from which existing
loans have been refunded and
Whereas, By the provisions OF the coinage
act of 1873, passed on the 18th OF February
of that year, and OF the several statutes en-
acted Oh the first day of that year, all pro.
visions Of the law authorizing the coinage OF
such silver dollar were repealed and
Whereas Since the passage OF said last
mentioned acts, gold coin, which, by reason
of the premises, has been the only existing
lawful coin tender and standard of value for
all payments above the sum Of five dollars,
AS il had been the only one in fact for many
wears before the United States had borrowed
IN gold coin, from the people of this and
other countries, n sum of not less than So92,'
900, 700, at rate Of interest lower THAI that
of any loan ever before made by the govern"
ment and payable in coin and
Whereas, The holders Of all government
securities have right to expect that how
ever much the United States mny change lts
laws, so as in fact to affect their interests
favorably, it will never cvade nor repeal It's
favorng legislation, either fOr the purpose
or with the effect to make money at the eX'
pense of its creditors; and
Whereas, The substantial present value OF
silver OF dlgN grams being only " per cent,
of the value of dollar in gold, it would
also be unjust for the lawmalling power ny
new legislation, to compel all private credit
ors to receive from their debtors such silver
dollar at par in the payment of pre'eSistng
debts, and equally unjust aud even more
cruel to compel the great number OF citizens
of the United States who subsist upon the
wages of their daily labor to receive pay
ment for their work in money either depre'
cated or debascd.
The bill introduced in the house by
Mr.. Blair to facilitate open correspondence
through the mails, and reduce the postage
thereon, provides that all such matteras now
NAV be transmitted through the mails on
postal cards may hereafter be transmitted in
unsealed envelopes, postage rate one cent
for each Quarter.ounce postal cards, how
ever, TO be supplied as may be required at
prpSpnt
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DISTILLED waters burn deep,

DISTILLED waters burn deep,
In u-n.i-o.n there is preponderance
of vowels,
Aren't you sorry that you bought
helmet hat?
SoMERvILLE traducers say that for
The period of a month before marriage,
aud month after death, men regard
their wives as angels.
PADDY, reading a paper, notices an
article headed "Quecn Nictora's Traits"
and remarks "And | didn't know the
ould lady was given TO liquor at ALL"
WHEN a gentleman rises to give his
seat in a horse car to lady accompanied
by another gentleman, it is courtesy for
the latter to offer the first vacant seat to
the first gentleman, instead of occupying
it himself Boston Society," say il over
again. and say it slowly,-Bos'tn GloLe.
AMERICAN ladies' in the best society,
spend from five to ten times AS much AS
the English ladies OF corresponding
social grade. On the other hand an
English gentleman spends twice as much
IA an American on his own apparel
Rec. lRHer.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-01-31
The STARRY HEAVENS.
What Can Kc Seen Overhead at This SEN
son Of the Sear-t Short Chapter
on AstrOnOmy.

If any one takes pleasure in contem-
plating the starry heavens, this month is
the time that the greatest number of
first. class stars and consultations are
visible before bedtime. Looking south
of east, at seven O'Clock, you see rising
that magnificent ue.ilashing dog star,
Sirius, supposed to be much larger than
our sun, being millions of mi iliOns OF
miles away. The large star some dis
tance to the left i Procyon in the Little
Dog. Straight up from Sirius you come
to that beautiful constellation Orion,
easily found by the "yard an ell > which
constitutes the belt and sword OF Orion;
two bright stars to the left are the epau-
lettes on his shoulders. their names are
Betelgpuse and Bellatrix; to the right
two Others, Reigel and Saiph, are the
feet. Now follow the point OF the three
stars in the belt upward and you come to
the bright star AldebaraD. which is the
bulls eye. Above this the Pleiade., or
seven stars. are to be seen in the shoulder
of the bull. Not SO high As the seven
stars. but northeast you can see Cast, |
and Polux-the twins. Nearl y over head
is that brilliant star, Capella, with it,
mate below; the first is on the shoulder
of Auriga, the charioteer. Low down
to the east of the North star the seven
bright stars in the Great Bear, and in
the shape of a dipper, come circling W
toward the zenith. Now look overhead
and little south there sails the red eyed
planet Mars, while blazing Venus is seen
following another planet westward. Io
the northwest of Venus is the Southern
Cross, with the bright star Deneb at the
head this is in the constellation OF the
; Swan. Northwest, low down, that beau
+ tiful star Vega, in the Harp, is sinking
!, to the horizon. Hall dozen bright
, stars in the frs and sec cInd coils of the
Draco, the Great Serpent, are to be seer
between the horizon and Polaria. As tn,
earth is whirling eastward nearly ont
; thousand miles an hour on its axis, AM
sixty.eight thousand miles an hou
through space around the sun, one-hal
hour more will bring Us in sight OF DE
nebola and Regulus, in Leo Major. Blu
we see the back Of your neck is tired loo
! ing up-we will let the stars roll On
/ silent grandeur.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-01-31
"He Went on HIS Way Rejoicing"

And why should he not? lie was a
man of great authority under Candacc,
Queen of the Philippians, and had charge
of all her treasures He rode in royal
state, and doubtless was the envy Of mul
titudes. And yet it was not in consid-
Grafton of these things that he was joy
full. For all these things he might have
been miserable man, as has been the
case with many, even more exalted than
he.
As he was returning from Jerusalem,
whittier he had been to worship, sitting
in his chariot he read Esaias the Prophet.
He was a devout man, religiously in
clincd. BY divine direction Philip put
himself in the way and was made serv-
iceable in explaining the passage which
he was engaged in reading. 1t was tie
place where it is thus written. lie
was led as sheep to the slaughter, and
like lamb dumb before his shearer, 50
he opened not his mouth. In his humil-
iation his judgment was taken away,
and who shall declare his generation tor
his life is taken away from the earth"
This was all Greek to the cunuch. He
could not comprehend its meaning. lie
said to Philip; 81 pray thee. OF whom
speaketh the prophet this? of himself
or of some other man" Fortunate i.
was for him that the question was ad!
dressed to one competent toinstruct him,
to one indeed sent to him by the source
of all light by for this special purpose
"Then Philip opened his mouth and be,
gan at the same scripture. and preached
unto him Jesus" lie preached to him
the great atonement through his obedi
ence unto death. lie told him He was
the Lamb OF God, that taketh away
the sin Of the world"
The seed fell on good ground on a sol
prepared to receive it, and it Immediately
sprangupand broughtforth precioustruit
By the grace of God, the eunuch at once
became cordial believer in the LORD
Jesus Christ, and was ready to profess
himself his friend and follower, whicl
he did by then and there receiving the
ordinance of baptism at a fountain by TIT
wayside. 1t was happy, joyful expert
ence in the history of this eminent man
"And he went on his way rejoicing"
And why should it not be so with al
Christians? Like this recently-converte'
eunuch, they are believers in the Lore
Jesus Christ For His sake their sin
are all pardoned and blotted out, ntve
to be remembered against them any NOR
forever. They are justified in the sigh
of God, and He is their rec0nciled Fathe
and Friend And now, as they so oI
their way in the pilgrimage of lite, ever
step brings them nearer to their eyerlast
ing home in Heaven. They are nearer t
that home at night than theywere in tn
morning, and nearer to it in the mornln
than when they laid themselves down t
rest at night. "Soon shall they wax
and find them there" Come health o
sickness, come prosperity OF adversely
come life or death, come what may, a
is working together for their good. Th
rough storms that beat upon them her
are waiting them more rapidly across tn
ocean. Soon shall an entrance be minis
tered unto them abundantly into tn
everlasting Kingdom of their Lord an
Saviour Jesus Christ.-N y. Observer.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-01-31
Zachary TayIOr's Grave.

In his message to the legislature of
Kentucky, Governor McCreary says:
"The grave that contains the mouldering
remains of Zachary Taylor, who was at
one time president of the United States,
is situated in Jefferson county, in sight
of the tall spires of the metropolis OF
Kentucky, and is unmarked by monu'
ment. 1t is true that this man, who
spent his whole life in the service OF his
country, who proved his patriotism on
nearly one hundred battlefields, and who
had the office of president bestowed upon
him for his valor, integ ity and fidelity,
needs no monument to perpetuate the
blazonry of his deeds or the purity and
simplicity of his character. He has a
monument already in the hearts of his
countrymen that will endure forever.
Yet believe that NATION is elevated
and given dignity and importance at
home and abroad by its great and good
men who reveal its existence and give 1t
prominence, and a monument should be
erected to his memory that will ever
stand with its mute eloquence to attest
to the world the honor, the reverence
and the esteem accorded 10 bis valor and
his virtues by his countrymen. He was
brought to Kentucky by his parents
when only nine months old, and ever
afterward claimed his home in our com
monwealth; yet bis distinguished civic
and military service make hin. belong Il
the whole country. | therefore recon-
mend that his remains be removed by
Kentucky to the state military lot in TIM
cemetery at Franl ,rt, and that a reso
luton be adopted J the general assem-
bly, calling upon the congress of tn
United States to erect a monument owe
his grave"
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silver dollar. lie claimed itasa thing which
did not admit of doubt that at the time when
the silver dollar was demonetized the SILVER
dollar Of 4l2H graius was more valuable
than the gold dollar. lie argued that II wah
TO the interest of the United States to make
both gold and silver II legal tender Tor all
debts-both public and private--particularl
now when this country Is such large pro-
Queer of silver He attributed the great de-
probation in real estate in Germany to the
demonetzation OF silver by that country,
lie cuntradicted the theory that yAat IN
crease in the production OF silver IN this
country had been the cause OF the fall III lhe
value OF that metal and alleged In denial OF
II that India, Japan and China alone had
taken in the course of trade during last year
Al05 100000 of silver which was about $25,'
100000 more than the entire silver product
of the world. lie criticised the sermons OF
Beecher and rockingham, and in conclus'
ion said we are laboring 10 get back to the
dollar which has been tried in every con-
ditlon, and under every variety OF clrcunl
scance in this country, aud has not been
found wanting; we are directing our foot.
steps in the pathway lighted by the lamps oi
experience; we are not pioneers, we are
only seeking for old paths made luminous
by the footprints of the fathers of the re-
public; they betoken us onward they say
to us this isthe way, walk ye in it, lie who
has been II watchful student Of history can
not mistake his way. II we be attentive
listeners, we may hear from every passing
breeze that is waited to us from the mastS OF
commerce, from the field of husbandman,
from the hum OF the loom and from the ring
of the anvil, words of encouragement to pur.
sue steadily the silvcry pathway that shall
conduct our nation to the goal Of financial
prosperity. The committee rose, and the
house adjourned.