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1910. NEW YORK, 1878.

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CONSUMPTION CURED,

An old physician retired from active
pract1ce, having had placed in his hands
% an East Indian missionary the formula
OF a simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure of Consump.
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School Board PROCEEDINGS.
AbbevilIe. Feb. 10Th, 1878,

Abbeville, Feb. 10Th, 1878.
The School Board met this day
pursuant to adjournment. Pres
ent, Jas. N. Williams. Ben. Faulk
Daniel Paul, Archie Young, Isaac
Wise, .. Abshire and C. II. Rem,
lex; absent F. R.. King and John
Lenoire.
The minutes of last meeting were read
same were amended by adding the name
Of Mr.. C. II. Remick as being present,
on motion same were adopted as amen
ded.
On motion Mr.. Vim. R. Richardson
school near the residence of Mr.. David
Meaux, provided, however, that he should
receive no cor pensation from the board
unless he can obtain an average atteG-
dance of ten pupils according to law.
On motion Mr.. C. A. Mouisset was sl.
lowed eight dollars for teaching during
the first week in January last.
The resignation of Mr. Theogene He
bert, trustee in second ward. was presen
ted. On motion the same was accepted,
and MI. Desire Hebert elected to fill the
vacancy.
On motion Mr.. Ernest Montague was
employed to teach the school at Spring
Hill, formerly kept Mr.. j. A. McGilL.
On motion it was resolved that the
schools ia third and seventh wards be
closed at the expiration Of the scholastic
month In March on account of lack of
funds.
On motion resolved, That the warrants
now in possession of Mr.. G. J. Young for
teaching for the months of November and
December last, be destroyed. and the
President and Secretary of this body te
authorized to issue a warrant in favor of
Mr.. G. J. Young for ffty-eight dollars,
being in full payment of bis salary as
teacher in second ward for the months
of November and December last said
warrants to be Issued as soon as MI
Young shall deposit his school register
in the office of the Secretary OF this board.
The president appointed Mr.. Beuj,
tanlk on the commits 9 to examine the
books and accounts of the treasurer of
school funds for this parish, III the place
Of Mr.. F. R. King, resigned.
MI. Baptiste Baker was elected trustee
OF the school in seventh ward, kept by
Mr.. A. Lacour.
On motion the sum of ten dnliars ont
of the contingent fund was allowed to W.
A. White, esq, for professional service
10 suit Of G. }. Young vs. I. Wise, secre-
taly of school board.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
JAS. N. WILLIAMS
e. President.
ISAAC WISE,
Secretary.
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OWNERS
Attention.

Messrs. F. Armant & Co., Gen.
eral Immigration and Land Agents No.
70 Camp street New Orleans, are prepar-
ed to take in hand for sale, and to adver-
tise free of charge to owners in their pam
phlet on the Garden Parishes of Loui-
siaDa' plantations and lands of which
description will be filed with E. Monta-
gne, at Abbeville; cole agent Of Messrs.
F. Armant and Co. for Vetmilion parish.
In case no sale is effected the parties
will not be indebted under any manner
nor form to Messrs. F. Armant and Co. /:
and in case of sale q moderate consmis-
sion will be charged, as agreed to in spe-
cial contracts.
Mr.. Armant of the above firm, will pro-
coed North in September to organize the
distribution Of the above pamphlets to be
at 100000 copies and will there deliver a
series OF oral explanations. or lectures on
our Garden Parishes: Vermilion, La
fayette, Calcasieu, St. Landry, St. Martin,
Iberia, St. Mary.
For further particulars apply at earli-
est convenience to F Mnntagne, Able
vile, sole agent for Vermilion Parish of
Messrs. F. Armant and Co.. General I'm
migration and Land Agent N. o La.
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$500 a month clear profit made

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The best guns for the price ever pro-
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BRIDGE STORE
EKIIL I q

~ABBEEILLE, Ia.
KEPT BY W. R. ELLIS.
The Bridge Store has every
article in the dry goods and gro.
Gerry line and are offered at very
moderate prices
There you can find everything
from a
NEEDLE to a GRINDSTONE
A full and new supply of
Dry Goods Fancy Goods
Notions Clothing
Hats Caps
Boots Shoes
&
Stationery
G R O G u R | E S:
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+ Sugar, Syrup,
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l. Bacon, Mess,
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Yeast Powder, Potatoes,
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: Butter, Cheese,
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"A L S o.
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1inware,
Earthernware,
Axes, !
Helves.
Brcoms,
Nails,
Shot,
Powder,
Caps.
Call at the
Bridge Store
and you will be convinced that
cheaper goods cannot. he bought
elsewhere.-decI5-'77.
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nom de KoRso STEAM SAW MILL
etant actuellement en- fonction,
annonce a ses clients ct les habi-
tants qu'ils trouveront toujours u,I
beau choix de BOTS DE CON.
sTRUCTlON, quill ofre au plus
bas prix du marcht.
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Armory + Principal Office,
ILION, N. Y.
BRANCH OFFICES.

28l & 2S3 Broadway N. Y. Arms
Madison Square, 6 E. 23d St., N.
Y. S. Machines.
Bosto, LAG fremont st. Sewing
Machines and Arms.
Chica 20, 237 State St., Sewing
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St. Louis, 600 North Fourth St.,
Sewing Machines aud Arms.
Philadelphia, $40 Chestnut St.,
Sewing Machines and Arms.
Baltimore, A North Charles St.,
(Masonic Temple), Sewing Ma.
and Arms.
Washington, D. c., 52l Seventh.
St., Sewing Machines and Arms.
May l9, '77-1y.
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DR.. w. ". Van PELT.
Medenin TIac,;ov.

Ohre ses services aux habitauts de- Ia
paroisse vermillon. i traite CONNIE spe-
cia'1te toutes les maladies des femmes,
telles que, Ia l%euchorree. feurs-blanches,
etc. Son bureau est q Abbeville.
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REMINGTON
Sewing Machines

No Machine has sprung so ra.
pidly into favor as possessing just
the qualities needed in a family
Machine--nameIy LIGHT RUN
MING, SMOOTH, No1sELEss, RAPID,
DURABLE, with perfect Lock.
STITCH.
Within the past year important
Improvements have been added
and no trouble will be spared in
keeping the REMINGTON a head of
all competitors.
Agents Wanted in all Unoccupied
Territory.
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Official Directory.

District Judge. Z
ERAsTE MoUroN.
District ATTORNEY. 81
j. 4. CHARGols. !
Clerk Of District Court, =,
LAsflE BRoUssApD:
Representative. 't
ADRIEN NUNEz.
Parish Judge. .l# 81
y WILLIAM KlBBE:,
Parish Attorney. =
W. A. WHITE.
Sheriff. ,& @ -siHeas
e.. B. SHAW.
Recorder. ~ i
LEO PERRET.
Tax Collector. y.
J. S. NUSEz.
Police Jury.
HOWARD HoFFPAUIR President,
>. WISE, D. 0. BRoussABD.
F: D. L d, n. PERRY. t i.
PERRET, Mayor. "a
LAsTiE BRoUssARD, J. ABADE,
s. WISE, J. BoYANc1
GEO. E. Lyons, Constable,
Justices of the Peace, Sd. Ward:
F. B. PArTEN, W. A. WHITE
Dep'ty. .. S. Surveyors .ns
T. FhRAY,
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OF 1Iorloa Ve1lerul agent.
Formerly Of Savannah Lightning
Rod Factory Is years ago. Has
had 20 years experience in. this
Branch Of Business,
Manufacturers, MDentors, importers
and Dealers IN all Kinds of
LIGHTNING RODS AND
LIGHTNING ROD NATE
RAILS.
The Oldest Established COMPANY
South and the only house of the
kind in South western Country.
"Robinson's Silver Cables" a
speciality. These Gables are con-
tinuous, having no joints. They
are the safest protector against
lightning ever invented. This
Company has been, is now, and
will be, for the remainder Of this
year, through the western and
northern parishes of Louisiana,
represented by its gentlemanly
statesmen Messrs. E. E. Anding, Of
La ; S. W. Greene. Of Miss ;E. G..
Pritchard, Of S. c., G.. C. Pritch-
ard, offs. G.; and J. NJ. Robinson,
of Fla. This Company puts up
the Silver Cables and ali other
Rods cheaper than they were ever
offered to the Public before.
Skilltul workmen employed.
Orders promptly attended to and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Ofice,2 93 St. Charles St., cor.
Calliope. june 23-6m.
New Orleans.
New-York tribune., 1878-11-14
WASHINGTON NOTES.

wAsuNCToS. Wednesday, Nov. IS. 1878.
The subscriptions ~ the per cent loan today were
SsS.jO0.
brass propeller for the United States Steamer Ten
nessee. wcshing $4,000 pounds cast At the Wash
ington Navy Yard to-day
Upon request OF the Chinese Embassy, All exequatur
has been prepared a the state Department recognizing
Colonel Frederick 4. Bee as Consul for China NJ san
Francisco.
The President has appointed George T. Rice inter
prefer 10 the Consulate General Of the United States
aud Edward H. Mudgett Marshal Of the Consular Court
az Karaga~a, Japan.
The Urah polygamy eases involving or less di-
recty the question OF Mormons In that Territory
set the present term of tho Supreme Court OF the
United STATES, and The rst srgo REYNOLDS plain
TN 10 against thesUnIted Staics) viii probably be
reached this week.
The plans for tho Barge Once Mt Sew-york have
been altered to conform 10 the curved building lines OF
the se but the change has effect upon the general
appearance OF the building heretofore described It
serves enlarge the Dimensions OF the Examining Of
nce No rsporf has been received from DistrictAttOr
noy WOodfoid re garding the title OF tue property.
New-York tribune., 1878-11-14

Paris" say the bulletins, after an interview with
the Colonial Secretary, to whom'he was bound 10
report himself, and met Lord LOrne. on whom'
let us hope he bestowed handful OF good advice.
Not word has been said about his acceptance OF
that GOvernOrship of Asia Minor which is believed
to have been waiting for him. His friends hope he
Will keep clear of it. Hitherto he has been sue
cessful man. If he goes to Asia Minor he enters
upon task in which failure is certain. No man can
perform the impossible, and even Lord Dur
fern ought not to be asked To make
the Turk keep his promises Only last week we
heard that Sir Austen Layard bad finally extorted
from the Sultan some sort of convention ior the
better administra alton of Asia Minor. 1t was tri-
umphantly said to be the very convention which
Lord Salisbury had proposed, with one trifing ex-
ception. BY Lord Sasbury's scheme, the officers
who were to carry out reforms were to be English
men. The canny Turk struck out "Englishmen"
and put in Europeans" and to this Lord Salisbury
seems to have assented. The change enables the
Sultan TO appoint Greek or any nondescript who
halls from any part of the Continent, or even
q Russian. The effect will probably be that
tho scum of the Levant will appear on the
scene as reformers" But to-day a Constant-
nople telegram brings word that the Porte has in
formed Sir Austen Layard that it viii begin its
work in one province only Of Asia Minor; post
pOning the complete realization OF projected re-
forms until such time as the state of the finances
shall permit of its being attempted" This means
that one more effort IS to be made to secure loan
with an English guarantee; which even this Ministry
are not reckless enough to give. man might be
forgiven for wondering whether even Sir Austen
Layard might not some day begin to tire of his in
teresting client. If Lord DufferiD has the
sagacity with which he is credited he will
hold utterly aloof from any Anglo-TurkIsh pest
that may be pressed upon him, matter how
brilliant the offer be made TO look. G.Ws.
New-York tribune., 1878-11-14
MERCHANTS VISITING THE NAVY YARD.

Commander J. w. A. Nicholson. Command
ant OF the Brooklyn Navy Yard having extended an in
yitaton TO the members OF the NewYOrk Roard OF Com
mcrce To visit Navy Yard It was accepted yester
day. revenue steamer was waiting at the loot OF
waLst at O'Clock to the guests TO the Navy
Yard and party OF about 100 embarked, made up OF
members OF the Board aud their friends, including
party Of ladies.
They were met at the Navy Yark by the Commandant
and bis staff and the party In long he we're shown
through buildings and about the grounds The great
store,iousea the machine shops and foundrles, the
preparation and storing OF clothing the armores and
The sail lofts were all visited in succession, and
thr gueats expressed themselves much pleased
with the well-kept air OF the rooms, ana
OF tine grounds about The buildings. Their attention was
called 10 the great improvements which had been made
by filing up and grading OF watsc places converting
them into pleasant stretches OF green swnrd Inc sail
ors' Home and the ReceIyngship Colorado were also
visited The officers assduous In their attentions
and planned all things curious TO the eyes OF thelr
visitors. , -
lunch was spread at the COmmandants house, and as
finish 10 the ettertainmen and 10 show the discipline
OF the men about the yard the fire alarm was sounded
In surprisingly short time six streams OF water were
PLAYING on the building from two steam fire enQines
and ucboat and lire OF scntines had been placed
about the building to keep away an Imaginary crowd
The party came away somewhat tired from their long
iaunt In praise OF what they had seen or
the Navy Yard and thorough discipline IN Oil depart
mo
New-York tribune., 1878-11-14

and one coming back passed at frequent intervals
squads of armed white men who had picketed the
road. The Democrats held Campo Belo as an
armed organization, and their own newspapers
admit that two white men and five or six negroes
were killed in the precinct. A report was set
aftOat that one white Democrat had been killed
by negroes at another precinct and a company i'm
mediately started from Shreveport and another
from the parish and the Democratic papers admit
that as result of this movement sixteen more
negroes were killed i'll that locality. Republican
who escaped from assnnlt says that fifty to sixty
more negroes were killed TO his knowledge. The
probability is tnat scventyive negroes were killed
in that locality alone, and the unbured bodies of
many of them are being eaten by animals. Large
numbers of negroes havo fled to the swamps.
I'm this Parish of Caddot here carpet-baggers
running for office, and no negroes were nominated
except for unmportant places The Republican
nominees were native Southern men, but the
DeMOcIats had openly announced that the Repub-
licans should not he permitted to carry the elec-
tiOn. The power of the Government will he neccs-
sary 10 bring the offenders to justice from 23O
to 800 men in CaddO Parish alone should be ar
rested. These men know that they can escape un-
der the State law, and III no manner recognize the
United States. 1t remains to be seen whether ;ne
Government has power TO enforce It's processes
there"
Mr. Leonard expects soon TO proceed 10 his own
district under specific instructions from the Gov
ermment.