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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-06-01
TOWN COUN Gil.
hbeville, La May 9th 1878.

'Abbeville. La May 9th 1878.
! The board of Town Council OF
the town of Abbeville met this
day at the Court house in special
session.
Members present: Leonce Perret,
Esqr., Mayor, and Messrs. l..
Broussrrd, J. Boyance and Jean
A badie. Absent, Solomon Wise.
The minutes of last meeting
were read and adopted.
| On motion of Mr.. Broussard,
R. G. Smedes, Esar., was employ
ed as Corporation Attorney for
1.-THE present year, at the salary as
previously fixed, $4,000 per an.
mum, the same to begin running
eqnally with that Of the other
officers Of this body.
On motion, 1t was resolved that
that the judgment in favor Of the
corporation against Emile Duhon
in the 3rd. Justice Court on a
license Of $500 as giyer of public
balls, be and the same is hereby
ordered cancelled and the said
Dnhon relieved from said license,
provided he pays one fourth of the
same. $6.25, and all costs Of court;
and provided further that said
Duhon entirely suspends the said
business Of giving public balls
within the corporation during the
remainder of the present year.
On motion Of Mr.. Broussard, It
was resolved that the Treasurer
be and he is hereby ordered and
instructed to Immediately apply,
so far as it will 60, any money
now in his hands derived from
licenses of the present year, to.
wards the payment of the claim
allowed the succession Of N. L.
Bernard, said claim being due as
a balance on the salary of said
NJ. l.. Bernard as Constable in the
year 1877.
On motion, It was resolved that
the bond Of L. C. Lyons, ex-Trea.
surer, for the past year, and also
the bonds given by him for all
previous years as treasurer, be and
The same are hereby ordered to be
cancelled,
On motion Of Mr.. Boyance, tt
was resolved that the Street &
Bridge Committee Of this body be
and they are hereby authorized
and empowered to have all neces.
sary repairs done to the bridge
across the bayou at this place
which it may need in the future,
and further that hereafter said
Committee shall have entire con
troll and supervision over the
repairing and keeping in order of
said bridge, all costs ana expense
for such repairing and keeniag in
order to be paid by the Parish,
to the joint resolution
Of this body and The Police Jury of
Vermi|ion of date Jan. 18th 1875.
On motion, the claim Of L. G..
Lyons for $500 for assisting in
holding the town election, April
lst. 1878.
On motion. the Council then
to next regular meeting
F. B. FATTEN. LEoNCE PERRET,
Secretary. Mayor.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-06-01
II Otice.

THE undersigned has Two e,
Plantations on hand for sale:
Ono situated about six miles
southwest from Abbeville. West
side of bayou Vermilion, contain
ing about two hundred and forty
GAO superficial arpents, with a
fs.=h Fine DIV ELLING HOUSE
Ael=a AND KITCHEN, and about
three 600 hundred pannels Of
new fence thereon,-one-t third of
the land is timbered.
ANOTHER Plantation situa-
ted at Crosse Isle, about three (3)
miles East from the town of Able
vile, having three-and:a-half 81
arpents front by forty (4O) in
depth, with about fifty (50) ar
ez pents Of OOD LAND
# thereon, and a right to cut
-., wood on the Alexander De
layhousaye tract; which tract is
a community property of eight ar
pents by forty.
HM For prices and conditions
of the above plantations (Which
will be in accordance with the
hard times), apply to F. FERAY,
in the town OF Abbeville. In
mediate possession can be given
in both cases.
F. FERAY.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-06-01
II. BEER.

COMMISSION MERCHANT,
For the sale of
Cotton & Sugar, Hides, Wool ana
Moss, and all kinds of Country
Produce.
NO. so OLD LEVEE STREET,
New Orleans, La.
All con.ignments Of Poultry. Egg,
Beeswax, Tsllow, Etc, disposed Of to bes,
advantage. All orders promptly attend.
ed to.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-06-01

EST par lie present donne que
vos taxes d'Etat ct de Parolsse
pour Pannee 1877, sont mainte
nant dies ct 81 les dites taxes ne
sont pas payees dams les delais
prescrits par Ia loi, je serai force
d en- fai~e la col ectinn avec frais.
J. S. NUNEZ, Collector.
I9 .aai 1878.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-06-01
BOIS DE CONSTRUCTION

lie moulin a scie connu sous le
nom de KoRso STEAM SAW MILL
etant actuellement en- fonction,
annonce a ses clients ct les habi-
tants qu'ils tronveront toujours VI,
beau choix de BOIS DE CON
STRU CTION, quill offre au plus
bas prix du marche.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-06-01
Official Directory.

District Judge.
ERAsTE MoUToN.
District Attorney.
J. 4. CHARGo1s.
Clerk Of District Court,
LAsT1E BRoUssApD.
Representative.
ADR1EN NUNEz.
Parish Judge. s..
WILLIAM kIBBE.
Parish Attorney.
W. A. WHITE.
G. B. SHAW.
Recorder.
LEO PERRET.
Tax x-Collector.
J. s. NUNEz.
Police Jury.
Howard HOFFPAUIR President.
s. WISE, D. 0. ,BRoUssARD
F. D. LELEU, n. PERRY.
Town Council.
I.EoNcE PERREr, Mayor.
LAsTlE BRoUssARD, J.'ABADlE,
s. WISE, }. BoYANcE
GEO. E. LYONS. Constable.
Justices Of the Peace, Sd. Ward
F. B. PATTEN, W. A. WHITE.
Dep'ty. U. s. Surveyors
r. FbRAY,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-06-01
70 Public Schools,

Sec. 3rd. Be it further ordained
&c, That the Assessor of taxes be
and he is hereby authorized tc
extend Immediately the parish tax
es as per above budget on the
State tax rolls Of 1877.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained
&C., That the parish taxes assessed
and levied by this ordinance shall
be paid and collected in currency.
Adopted May Is 1877,
(signed) N. Perry, Presd't.
Attest, A. Lacour, Cl'k P. j.
Art. 4. Resolved that resolution
No. 8 adopted October Ist 1877
be and the same is hereby repealed.
Art. 5. Resolved, that for all
delinquent parish taxes due on the
rolls previous to 1876 payable in
warrants, shall be collected in par.
ish warrants issued prior to the
year 1877; provided, said warrants
are not prescribed by the laws Of
this State; that all delinquent taxes
due on the rolls of 1876 shall be
paid in legal cnrrenc, only.
Art 6. Resolved that the pro-
visions of the ordinance entitled :
An ordinance to prohibit hogs
from running at large within the
parish of Vermilion," adopted
April 1st 1878, shall apply to and
have full force and effect in the 7th
ward Of this parish; and also full
force and effect in the 4th ward
from the 18th day Of July to the
1st of January.
Art. Z. Resolved that the par
ish treasurer be and he is hereby
authorized to pay the claims Of the
Sheriff for holding court during
the year 1877 out Of the Magis.
trate's and Coustable's surplus
funds now in the treasury.
Art. 8. Resolved that the presi.
dent OF this body and the parish
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-06-01

The MERIDloNAL, is published weekly
in English and French, at two dollars
and fifty cents per annum payable In
advance.
Advertisemt nts will be inserted ut 81 90
per square Of ten lines, or less, for each
insertion.
Advertisements published In English
and French will be charged for both Lam
guages.
No advertisement will be inserted for
less than two dollars and fifty cents.
Payment of all advertisements is con-
'idered due immediately after their first
publication.
Advertisements not marked with the
number of insertions required, will be
published until otherwise ordered, and
charged for accordingly.
Ten dollars in advance Is required for
announcing candidates for Office and
election tickets or other job-work must
be paid for on delivery.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-06-01

Bishop Haven told a class of
young men who were learning
the occupation of preaching that
warmed.up old sermons we're
worse than warmed.np buckwheat
cakes.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-06-01

Fish is said to be the best
brain food, and men who need
that sort Of nourishment will spend
Ave dollars ana stand all day in
the hot sun trying to catch ten
cents worth OF fish.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-06-01

A sailing car is used for pleas.
nre on the Kansas Pacific railroad.
1t is slooprigged, has four wheels,
and will run forty miles an hour
when the winds is favorable.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-06-01
To the Public.

/ would respectfully inform my
friends and customers and the peo
pie in general, that | have just Sc
lected with the greaest care, q
general assortment Of Fall anG
Winter Goods. which | am now
offering at the lowest cash price
My stock comprises a large va
riety Of
Domestic Dry Goods,
Fancy Goods,
Fine.
English
French
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-06-01

Sixty years ago the fastest
horsts only mile in three min.
utes.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-06-01

N. B. One of the above plan
tations nelongs to a lawyer Of the
parish of Lafayette. The party
purchasing from me will have to
pay expenses of sale, record, &c.
&C., in this parish from the La
fayette Records.
Title perfect in both cases.
febl4 TT +. F.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-06-01

Criminal prosecution fund
including per diem, of grand
and petit juries, witnesses.
clerk of conrt, sheriff and
cOrDOner
Printers and stationer's fund
District Attorney fund and
District Attorney pro TEN
Sheriff's fees for holding
court, &C.,
Magistrates, Constable, Ply
sician', Collectors and As
sessor'r fund.
Special fund for F. R. King
Police Jury. Finance Com
mittee. clerk of Police Jury,
Parish Treasurer. and Po-
lice Jury Constable,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-06-01

Believing that it would be great
ly to the interest of this parish to
establish a Real Estate Agency in
the town of Abbeville. ! have
assumed the position, and inform
all those who have lands, planta-
tons or town lots for sale, or
those who desire to purchase the
same, to call at my store where |
shall always be ready to give full
particulars and make agreements.
Having now communications with
different parties in the United
States who are desirous to locate
in this country there are chances
to effect sales or purchases at early
date and on satisfactory terms.
Respectfully,
A. D. MARTIN.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-06-01

l. OllG1
and American
Casimeres,
Ladies Dress Goods,
CIoaks. Shawls,
Notions of all descriptions.
Calicos, Best American Brand
Cotton, Bleached and Brown
Alpacas Of all shades, Flannels
Opera, Plain 4 Colored Checked
Ladies are respectfully solicited
to call and examine my stock. and
no trouble will be saved to show
all articles which they desire to
examine, to price or purchase.
/. Clothihgs Of all descriptions
Gentlemen's Shirt,
Underwear,
and all kinds
i Of Furnishing
ladies. Goods,
Misses, Men
and Boys
Boots & Shoes.
Hardware. the latest improve
n1ents in utensils:
Saddlery, Crockery Tinware,
\ fine stock of fresh family gro
ceries.
tobacco, chewing & smoking,
segars, pipes, &c.
Sole agent for the celebrated
WEED Sc WING MACHINE.
tie simplest. cheapest and most
durable Of the kind.
Ny stock is now entirely Wer
and complete. and every one rich
and poor, white and colored are
welcome to enter and see for them,
selves.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-06-01

submitted by Gabriel Romero.
be and the shme is hereby az
cepted and recognised as the true
public road.
Art 3 Be it further resolved
that the clerk of this body be
required to notify the road
overseer of SAID 4th road district
to remove all distractions in said
road and have the same worked !;
provided, however, no fencing en-
closing a growing crop shall be
removed until said crop shall have
been gathered, except at the will
Of the proprietor Of such field.
| An ordinance to asses the
parish Taxes for the year 1878
and for other purposes.
Section lst Be it ordained by
the police jury in and for the
parish of ermilion.
That there shall be and is here
by levied on all taxable property
situated within the parish not spe-
cially exempted under state laws
a tax Of 3 mills for that por ton of
the budget classed as criminal ex.
penses and two mills for school
purposes; said taxes to be collected
on all property included within
the corporate limits of the town
of Abbeville, as we'll as upon all
other taxable property Of the
parish and for the balance of said
budget of'expenses an additional
tax of seven mills and also 2 mills
for school purposes to be collected
from the taxable property of the
parish not included within the
cooperate limits Of Abbeville.
Sec. I'd Be it further ordained
&c. That said taxes he collected
by the tax, collector for the parish
and appropriated to meet the
different items of the budget, as
follows, viz
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-02-21
Silver.

The Bland silver bill is now law,
or will be when the President signs it.
1t is published in full in another col
umn. There is nothing very bad in it.
AS said heretofore it is substantially
what the Republican platform of Wis
consin, last Fall, called for. The bill
is so amended that it may do good.
Still there is danger that it may be as
it is nova constant tax upon indus.
try. Many parts Of the country are
flooded with silver now. 1t has for
some time been worth about s cent?
to the dollar less than the greenback
dollar and 10 ceuts under the gold
dollar. In many instances men who
have money with which to buy money
have with their 800 or $1,000 in
greeubacks bought silver coins and
with these paid off their laborers, saw
ing to themselves SIS for every hun
dred or $50 for every thousand. 1t is
true that every laborer when he pock-
eted HE Mexican or trade dollar felt
that he was paid. but whether be knew
it or not it is true that his silver dollar
would not buy as many pounds of
sugar or coffee as the greenback dol
lar. And the farmer who has received
pay for eggs. butter, chickens, wheat
and pork, in silver, has not been able
To buy as much with the silver as he
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-02-21

RULING down our coat sleeves so ee'Goy-
ernor could not see the notes we had been
making ON our paper cuffs, we go. in behind
Betsy Jane, and were driven to town and then
we pulled Oft the cuffs and wrote out the re-
suit OF the interview Of which the Governor
vas unconscious, and If we have violated all
rules OF courtesy in making public the result
we do not care continental dam, because
we do 1t to set right on certain subjects man
who is being abused like pickpocket by his
party friends and we do it because no repub-
iican paper has seen fit to do so. We know
that G. G. Washburn is an honorable, noble
hearted man, that he has given these hundreds
OF thousands of dollars to the State IN order
to get even for the political fayors conferred
upon him in his busy life, and that he has on
designs on the state, POLITICAL religious or
otherwise, that he will leave the state in few
months forever as far as residence is concern
ed, and that he don't care whether school
keeps or not. He has warm regard for per
sonal friends, who have stood by him for
years, and would do almost anything honor
able for them, but personally he does not
want anything from the State, and could not
be induced to take anything. All he wants
IS to be let alone, to do his
business as he pleases. to live and die
out OF politics. Knowing as we do, his
position. and feelings it makes us mad to see
MN abased by Republican papers, and to see
every act OF his misconstrued, and to see him
lied about worse than a convict in State Pri-
son, and The Sun hopes it viii cease 1t is a
cruelty that he is not deserving of ard fit is
kept up the people of the State of Wisconsin
will some day put stop to it. His gifts to the
State will be monuments that in after years
will tell story that will make detractors
blush with shame, The time will come, and
that not far off when the people of this State
and especially the younger portion will revere
the name of G. G. Washburn, and there will be
no man in the state who viii have the fool
hardness to stand up before the generation
that will step upon the stage in the next de-
cade and say aught against the man who is
about to leave Wisconsin. And in that day
his name spoken anywhere will bring pleasant
remembrances, while names of some of his de-
tractors will be spoken in whispers in out of
the way places.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-02-21

80 PER CENT. sAVEp
byusing HIGGINS GERMAN LAUNDRY So
Oregon and How to Go There.
Milton, Oregon, Feb. 4, 1878

Milton, Oregon, Feb 4, 1878
Editor HERALD
As | have received several lie tiers
from old Grant wishing me to de-
scribe the route to this part of the
great West, I will endeavor to do so
in my feeble way. The first and
most important thing is to get good
horses, not too large, that can live on
grass. -Four horses to one wagon.
four travel much better than two.
You want to throw away all trumpe-
ry. You do not want to carry much
provisions as you can get them on the
road. You want to start as soon as
the grass begins to grow. The first
point you strike for is Omaha; then
you follow the Union Pacific r. r. to
Cheyenne City then to Laramie city;
thence to Green river; from there
you want to go to Fort Hull or the
Soda Spring route; from there to
BOISE cityE thence to Grande Ronde
Valley then cross the Blue Noun
tains to Milton, Walla Walla, or any
other place you want to 90 to. Hors-
es run out here summer and winter.
We don't feed any stock here except
those that we work. Good common
work horses are worth from ssodto
1925 COWS from $40 to SIS.
There is plenty of vacant land here
yet. We have no cold weather com.
pared to Wisconsin. Flowers are out
in Bloom here now. Formers are
blowing and sowing grain and plant
ing garden. Any man can make a
living if he will work They raise
from 20 to 60 bushels of wheat to the
acre oats from 40 to 100 bushels :;
other things III proportion. Fruit in
abundance, Plenty of good water !:
good timber in some Localities and in
some none all soft wood. It is a
very pleasant trip coming to this
country for those that like to travel
] hope this will satisfy those tina. wish
TO come 20 this part OF the country as
| cannot answer all by letter. Wish
ing You a merry trip, / am, &c,
NJ. BARTHOLOMEW.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-02-21
COURT CALENDAR.
Cases Disposed Of at the February Term, 1878
After last weeks Report.
ARGUMENTS.

ARGUMENTS.
John Gray vs. George Gray, money demand.
Cause argued and submitted to
the Court.
Francis White, Exr. VS. Orlando Thomas, ct
al, land contract.
Ordered the plaintiff file security
for costs.
Bots, Fay & Conkley Va Jesse Comstocl,
certiorari
Judgment of justice affirmed.
VIM Kelley vs. Elias Medley, appeal.
Cause argued and submitted TO the
Court.
William Fiddick vs. Richard Thomas, ct al.
foreclosure
Judgment for plaintiff.
Fred Lang VS. VIM Groom, certiorari.
Canae argued and submitted to the
court.
Smith VS. 0 WPhelps, appeal
Judgment of justice reversed.
n W Life ms Co vs. Nelson Dewey & wife.
foreclosure.
Judgment for plaintiff.
Ann Leadbetter, ct al VS. Elizabeth Laird,
ct al, land contract.
Demurrer of infant defendants
overruied and order overruling de-
murres of adult defendants amended.
John Brockert vs Katharine Brockert di-
yorce.
Divorce granted.
John Dunn VS. Ole Thompson, ct al, land
contract.
Judgment signed.
Robert John VS. Matouschek &c wife, land
contract.
Settled and dismissed.
D w Corey vs J P Phillips, ct al, demand
on bond.
Judgment for plaintiff.
ISSUES.
Weston, Miner & Co. VS. James Monteth
omissory note.
Judgment for plaintiff.
PRIV ellington Bros. d. Co. VS. Meyer Bros
money demand.
Judgment for plaintiff.
L S Felt VS. Freeman Williams, eiectment
Judgment for plaintiff subject to
defendants homestead.
Mason A Cornwall VS. W David, ct al
money demand
Judgment for plaintiff
CAUSES IN COURT.
James Brayley VS. Geo and Henry Parish
money demand
Judgment for plaintiff.
l3 Barth & Abliter VS. l. and Z Adkins, APP
peal
Judgment fer defendant.
II Henry II Clark VS. Martin VanBuren, re,
lief.
Judgment for plaintiff.
81 Josephine Geiger, ct al, vs. Franz Scherr
ct al, foreclosure.
Continued.
40 L Muffly VS. James Jones, appeal.
Judgment signed.
60 Della Petit VS. James Petit, divorce.
Divorce granted
7s Parker, Hildebrand & Co. ct al, VS. Ole
Oleson Svensend, ct al, foreclosure.
Judgment signed.
76 Joseph Robinson, ct al, executors vs.
Derricks, attachment.
Judgment signed.
80 Alex Sweeney vs. I Carrier, guardian,
etc, money demand
Dismissed for want of prosecu-
ton.
sc Harriet Turner vs. Joe Byerly, appeal
Dismissed
81 Mary ] Wilkinson vs. John Daniels,
appeal.
TO be dismissed il costs arc not
paid in 20 days.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-02-21
Who Will be Pope ?
From the Chicago Post.l

The election of a new Pope is not
likely to be made without greet deal
of difficulty, although no serious
trouble has been anticipated. The
Italians outnumber all other Card
mails. but nevertheless are far from
being united, The real struggle will
take place over tho policy of the
next Pontiff rather than the person
atty. One section Of the College
Of Cardinals is anxious to preserve
friendly relations with the next king
Of Italy and with the other great
sovereigns that have trampled under
the toes OF The fapacy during the
last ten or fifteen yoarr, The Jesuits
ard Uitramontanes, 90 the other
hand, seem DESTROYS of assuming an
aggressive attitude, and Of doing all
10 their. power 10 unsettlc political
unity Of Italy by string up the
Catholic world on the subject of the
temporal power, Cardinala BiIio
and Manning are shs most prominent
of those who thus seek to embitter
the bigoted AID ignorant sgainet the
progressive government lhat now
prevails in most Of Tie countries
that are nomiDally Catholic. One
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-02-21
choice FLOWER ANU GARDEN SEEDS
Strawberries, Peaches, sc.
New Sorts by Mail.

New Sorts by Mail.
Plants of the newest and finest i'm
proved sorts, carefully packed and
prepared by mail. My collection of
Straw berries took the first premium
for the best Collection, at the great
show of the Mass. Horticultural So
ciety, in Boston. l grew over 100
varieties, the most complete collec-
ton in the country, including all the
new, large American ard important
kinds. Priced descriptive Catalogues,
gratis, by mail, Also Bulbs, Fruit
Trees, Roses, Evergreens. Choice
Flower, Garden, Tree. Evergreen,
Herb, or Fruit Seeds, 20 packets of
either for 81 90, by mail
c. c. The True Cape Cod Cranber-
G.. ry, best sort for Upland, Low
land, or Garden, by mail, prepaid.
s1,0O per hundred, $500 per 1000.
Wholesale Catalogue to the Trade.
Agents wanted.
B. NJ WATSON, Old Colony
Nurseries and Seed Warehouse, Ply
mouth, Mass Established 1912. 48.4