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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28
Quarantine.
Abbeville, La, August Sd 1878.
10 all aIOm 1t man concern .

Abbev!lle, La, August Sd 1878.
10 all achom it may concern
Know ye, by these presents that
that by virtue Of the duties impos-
ed on, and the powers vested in
the Mayor, under the Quarantine
Ordinances of the Town Council
of said town and with view to
the protection of the inhabitants
of said town. and to prevent, if
possible, from among them the in-
PRODUCTION Of the dreadful malady
of yellow fever.
Therefore, this proclamation is
issued declaring the city of New
Orleans infected with yellow fever.
A quarantine is hereby establish
ed in this town against said city
of New Orleans.
Quarantine posts will be estab-
lished, in this town by the sanitary
committee appointed by the Coun-
Gil. The sanitary committee will
decide and determine upon what
kinds Of goods and articles of
merchandise shall be allowed to
be introduced in the town and
until otherwise provided the in
PRODUCTION Of any effects and arti-
Gle of merchandises of any nature,
kind or description whatsoever,
the U. S. mails, medicines, ice, lem
ons, sugar, -four, meats, salt, coal oil
and liquors in bulk excepted,
coming from the city Of New Or
leans, is hereby prohibited, until
after the expiration of a quaran-
tine Of FIFTEEN DAYS.
Persons coming from New Or.
leans, as we'll as from other points
which may, hereafter, be declared
infected by the sanitary commit
tee are prohibited from entering
the town of Abbeville, until the
expiration of the quarantine delay,
as aforesaid.
The residents of Abheville are,
warned and notified not to allow,
from and after this date, and until
otherwise ordered, any person, ef-
fects and articles of merchandise
Of any kind and description what
soever, the above specified articles
excepted, coming from said infect
ed city of New Orleans, or any
other points which may be de-
clared hereafter to be infected, to
enter Or to be brought in their
private residences or their places
of business, until the expiration Of
the quarantine delay, as aforesaid.
The fine imposed by ordinances
Of the Council for any violation of
the quarantine ordinances, in such
case made and provided, will be
rigidly enforced.
LAsTIE BROUssARD,
Mayor, Pro. tenn.
in absence of the Mayor.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28
Consumption
Positively Cured.

All sufferers from this disease that are
anxious to be cured should try DR.. RIss-
NERs CELEBRATED CoNsuMPTIvE owDERs
These Powders are the only preparation
known that will cure Consumption and all
diseases of the Throat and Lungs-indeed
so strong is our faith in them, and also to
convince you that they are no hnmbng
we will forward to evero sufferer, by mail,
aost paid, a free trial box.
We don't want yonr money until you
aue perfect satisfied OF their curative pow
ers. II your life is worth saving. don't
delay in giving these Powders trial, as
they will surely cure yon.
Price, for large box, $500, sent to any
part of the united States or Canada, by
mail, on receipt OF price. Address,
ASH & ROBBINS,
$50 Fulton IT., Blo:L1yu, T. Y.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28

Etant s6paree de mon mari Sc
vigne Leblanc, je desire faire pu-
blier dams votre journal que je ne
me rends responsible d'aucune
dette contractee par lui pour mon
compte, soft pour l'usage de mon
habitation on autrement de plus
ie lui defends de vcndre aucune
proprietes mouvantes qui m'appar-
tiennent en- fait d animaux ou au.
tire chose.
CELIMA BLANCHET.
Sept. "A 1878.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28
EXTARCTs.
Abbeville, August 3lst 1878.
The Sanitary Committee Of said town
met this day.

X X X X X X x Y X
On motion Of DR.. w. G. Kibbe
Resolved that it be recommended that
no mail matter. coming from any infected
points, be received at this place.
Resolved further, that the Mayor be
and he is hereby requested to notify the
posmasters of all infected places not to
forward any mail matters to this place
until further notice.
On motion of DR.. W. D. White
Resolved that persons coming to this
town from uninecte districts shall be re-
quired to present to the quarantine guards
certificate from the proper authority Of
the place such person may hail from, tc
: ..he effect tn 1t such person has net beer
exposed to any infectious diseases and
further. that the date of such certificate
must show that such person has had nm.
pie time to reach this place, from the
place he obtainea the certificate, without
delay provided that persons coming from
any points, now, or which may hereafter
be infec'ed with any contagious diseases
or having travelled on the Morgan Texas
and New Orleans Railroad. or any of the
lower Mississippi! or Teche boats, since
the date of the certificate aforesaid, shall
be permitted to enter the town.
X X X X X X X X X
The following goods. and no others, are
allowed to be introduced in town, viz I:
Medicines, ice, lemons, sugar. -four,
meats, salt, coal oil, liquors in bulk, lard
plugged tobacco and tobacco in buckets
lime, soap matches, gun powder. bic-soda,
sal-soda, hardware, woodenware and
canned goods.
X X X X X x X X X
Resolved, that all goods allowed to be
introduced in the town, when brought al
the quarantine station, must be disinfect.
ed with carbolic acid at costs of the own.
er who must procure the same, and the
boxes. barrels, buckets or any other yes
sci in which goods may be carried (suct
as may require tbs same to be done) shall
be opened at the quarantine station by 6
person who has had the yellow fever. te
be appointed by the mayor, and the goods
disinfected as aforesaid, and the wrapping
packing ETC., destroyed by the person sc
appointed as aforesaid. whose duty it shall
be to give certificate describing the
goods, and stating that all the formalities
required had been complied with.
X X X X X X X X
No goods are allowed to be introduced
when packed with straw, saw dust or such
materials or wrapped with paper, but in
such cases such goods. if embraced in the
above list must undergo the disiufectant
process aforesaid.
x X X X X X X
The above extracts are published for
the information of the public.
LAsTIEBRoUssARD,
Secretary SAM .ary Committee.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28
JUDICIAL NOTICES.
Sherif's Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Parish Of Vermalion.
7th Justices Court.
No. l44.
r. w. Mitchell
Nat Matthews.

ANdU CVIS
BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF
feri facias issued in the above en-.
titled suit by the Honorable 7th
Justices Court of the State oi
Louisiana, in and for the Parish
of Vermilion, and to me directed,
there will be exposed at public
sale, to the last and highest bid
der, at the Courthouse in
the town of Abbeville, with
beneft of appraisement, on
Saturday, SEPT. 2SM 1878,
between the hours of II o'clock
A. NJ, and 4 o'clock P. NJ. and
continuing from day to day, if
necessary, all the rights, titles,
interests and demands Of defend
ant in and to the following des-
cribed property, seized to satisfy
said writ, to wit :
One creole horse.
Terms :-CASH.
Given under my official sigma
ture this 18th day Of September
1878.
G. B. SHAW, Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28

Nous avons assiste le 10 cou-
rant aux funerailles du Capitaine
Francois Feray, decede lie Is, en-
tours de 50 famille ct de ses amis.
N,tif de Normandie, France il
yint habiter la Louisiana, il y a
trentecinq ans !; il passa, par con-
sequeut, par toutes les vicissitudes
| de So patrie adaptive ct, il contri-
! bua largement, par son influence
| ct son patriotisme, apres nos revers
/ a rebatir l'edi6ce endommage; sol
dat dAs le debut de la derniere
guerre, il sacrifa quatre annees de
son e1istance a Ia defense de Ia
cause quill await adoptee. Au
| premier cri de gucrre, on le Wit
dams les rangs de cette armee de
patriotes qui Sc porta sur la from
there, pour en disputer rentree a
lennemi, ct ne quitta le drapeau
cOnfedere qua la deruiere heure !;
aussi le public ordinairement in
different au respect du a Ia me-
moire de ses mobiles defenseurs,
sest empresse au toRI de Ia biere
qui contenait les restes mortels du
Capilaine. Homme charitables,
annals il ne manqua aux devoirs
qul impose cette vertu juste ct
impartial il ttait toujours pret par
d yoie des journaux a porter son
c0Dcours 4 la correction des abus
qui souyent Sc font jour dams lie
cercle social. Editeur en- chef du
MERIDIoSAL pendant pres dun an,
il s'acqultta de cette lourde tache
avec une impartialite proverbiale.
Depuis pres dun an un NAL obscur
nina cette sante naguere 81 ro-
buste ct, Ia mort inexorable virt
rse'auer de lui Ia dette que doit
toute l'humanite.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28

5000 a month clear profit made
easily by agents. Agents wanted every
where Men and Women, Boys and
Girls. Lutire timo or spare moments
day time or evenings. Everybody wants
it, and everv family will buy it, Rig
cash pay. Pleasant employment. EY-
elusive territory. In fact the best
agency ever offered Circnlar and terms
FREE on application. COMPLETE OUTFITS
u allied. postpaid, on receipt of One Dol
lar and Fifty CeDta. Send for it and
make money. Address
The BEVERLY COMPANY,
978, Wabash Avenue, Chicago.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28

AV Ma femme Celima
Blanchct, ayant laisse le toit con-
,jngal, sans aucune raison, je pre-
viens le public que .je ne suis res
ponsable d'aucune dette contractee
par ellie, etant pagent legal du
bien de communaute.
SEvIGNE LEBLANC.
2l septembre 1878.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28
n MER1D1oNAL,
% 5o......PAR AN''..''s " 'o

line foule de pieux 6deles, Sc
.o;+ donpe rendez vous mercredi
ao,D;er. Une service funebre a
eo lieu a rEglise Catholique a la
mtmoire de feu le Vicaire, Gene
,.l Millet, noble soldat du devoir
succombant a son poste. Hon.
nepr au clerge Catholique!. !....
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28

la Tongue distance qul nous sepaFe
du marais Carlin, jusqu'aux con-
fms du Lac Arthur, un magnifique
panorama s'ofre a lami du calme,
du beau, du pitto"esque. Nos
meurs academies presentent une
etude diverse ct variee qui tient
au roman ct nos prairies, nos
champs fertiles attireront sous peu
un aot d'immigration. Sans tou-
tefois comparer nos terres avec
celles de la fertile vallee du Mis-.
siss;ppi nous pourrons, CONNIE lie
professeur Tice avec son systeme
meteorologique, predire pour no.
tre paroisse un avenir prospere,
car sans nous vanter nous jouissons
lei dun bon climat ct possedons
un bon terrain d'alluvion. II s'a-
git de TRAVELLER phomme vrai-
ment laborieux peut Sc Greer une
douce aisance, tout en- cultivant les
fruits de Ia libert6 poussee jusqu'a
ses dernieres limites. Cette an
nee sera une aimee exceptionnelle
dams notre paroisse ct depuis Ia
guerre pareille recolte ma pousse
sur lie sol de la paroisse Vermil.
lon. Que voyons-nous partout,
l'habitant heureux ct pleinement
recompense de la sueur verse; sur
cette mere nourriciere que nous
qualifons du nom de terre ellie
s'est montree prodigue la bonne
mere ct implement a suppl6e a
ceux de ses enfants qui mont pas
craint de labourer ses entrailles.
Du mais, il y en- partout, dams
chaque maison, dams chaque ca
bane, du riz, nous en- avons pour
en- vendre aux chinois: du cotton,
nous en- avons aussi, car les che
miles Sc sont montrees complai-
santes. Les cannes favoris6es par
un temps superbe poussent a vue
d'eil. Nous comptons sur un bon
rcndement ainsi que sur une nota-
BILE augmentation de statistique.--
Nous pouvons, dams I'm avenir
proclaim rivaliscr avec bon NOM
bre de paroisses. Enfn esperons
ct ccn6ons nous en- la divine Pro
violence, elevons nos voix vers le
Tres Haut, remercions l'Etre Su-
preme d'abord ct supplions sa
Toutc-P Puissance de jeter un regard
misericordieux sur son peuple ct
de preserver notre paroisse du ter
rible feau qui sevit aujourd hui en-
maints endroits de la Louisiana.
Monsieur pEditeur - Venant
de parcourir la paroisse en- tous
sens, que rencontrons-nous? Lii
ignorance elisant domiclle ct pro-
nant en- ma1tresse chez de notables
creoles. L'education est MULE,
'instruction bien plus arrieree en-.
core. Qu'altendre Oh plutot que
pretendre des gems qui confondent
autour avec alentour, instruction
avec education, republique avec
democratic ct vicie versa /? Nous
attendre a des coups de revolvers
a de terrible represailles, nous at.
tendre enfn voir lie soleil, pastre
scientifique eclipse par la sombre
ignorance ct a bientot, oui dams
un avenir pas trop eloigne, nos
anciens esclaves devenir nos mai :
tres intellectuels; car. tandis que
la MAORI te de nos creoles haissent
ct meprisent les foyers lumineux,
les mobiles etheopiens hantent les
ecoles ct par tous les moyens pos.
sibles cherchent a Sc debarrasser
du manteau, non de leur peau noire,
sous lequel lie fouet de leur ancien
maItre les jadis maintenus. Que
voyons-nous, citoyers, lie petit ne
gre savant ou du moins faisant ses
efforts pour le devenir, ct le petit
caucasien, vagabondant ct essey-
ant son revolver ct domptant son
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28

Des informations recues du bu-
rsau de l'enreg;stremeut, nous ap-
9fennent que la besogne marche
tenement ct que lie tiers des vo.
aats de Ia paroisse est a peu pres
nfeglstre. A qnoi attribuer cette
'0sousclance ? Les blancs seraient
's no'ns que les negres qui ac-
"arent en- foule Sc faire ciuiliiser,
@nme nous disait un viel acadien.
V'oyeas blancs ct de couleur,
's'es votre devoir, allez a la mai.
500 de cour, donnez vos noms. pre-.
''a' ct qualities, reAechissez en-.
'''s ct choisissez.vos candidats,
'u"as attention, prenez garde a
,vNset Velllez a &c que d'bometes
9 Gus agent vos suffrages. Nous lie
'.Ftons. II faut avant tout, hon
se'e' Justice ct capacitf. Nous
sper0ns citoyeus que tous ferez
,esr .v'fe q devoir ct que vous voterez
dss as' aaoord pour la suppression
NJ H. aueodements constitutionnels.
Hue s;Sr! salut a nous est a ce prix.
ss; eS.sa, chers lecteurs, a vos postes,
Gso,etz Gsoez a stimuler les pauvres
~ stspF't, ct a instruire les fables
,ep;ss lgnorants, car, euoiqu'on
ehs.ss h';,s bIen lie dire, pelec,iou pro.
tals sls'as e est :, dune Importance capi.
ps,,;e. iaostention de tout vrai
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28

SOM - o'a Sle qui ouvre toutes les prii-
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-28

ct une uase n.a dams gorge, sept jambes
celia , aueue' devlnez quest tout
mite. Sn ou'ant dams la mar
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-13
BUSIN ESS.

A survey of the operations IN the sew
eral avenues OF trade which indicate
with some certainty the condition OF
business, continue TO afford substantial
proof OF improved business prospects.
The exports, OF the new cotton crop
have amounted since September lst to
4g3. SS7 bales, whereas only 81 ,I5I bales
had. at the corresponding date, gone
abroad from the crop OF 1877.
All the reports from Europe, says the
New York TribuHs, appear to favor an
increase in the demand for American
grain. Scarcely any wheat has
been shipped for Great Britain
from South Russia. France is i'm
porting largely, having taken in Septem-
Der 292. 4+O quarters, against S9,953 in
September, 1877. The old crop OF Aus
tralia is reported to have been nearly
exhausted 1t would seem, therefore,
from these and other dataS, that Great
Britain will he obliged to depend on this
country for supply OF grain far exceed
inc the exports OF last year.
The crop movements from the West
is also reported larger on the whole than
last year. They have amounted from
August lst TO November I'd, to
S9.397.2l9 bushels this year,
against 75,3l7,l49 bushels dur
ing the corresponding weeks Of last
wear. The TACT also appears that the in
creased movement is going on while
wheat at Chicago is selling at 81 cents
per bushel, which is indicative OF al eX-
traordinarily large crop.
These indications taken i'll connection
with the relief and renewed activity
which is following a cessation OF the
fever in the South, an end OF the polit!-
cal campaigns for the year, and an in
creasing confidence in our finances, as
we'll as mutual confidence OF business
men in each other since the abolition OF
the bankrupt law, giycunmistabable as
surances that business throughout the
country is recovering strength.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-13
Ca nEnERRATEp CASE"

SnSA'
A case involving quite as much local
celebrity and a Tar greater amount OF
property than that which now occupies
the lovers of the drama at the city Opera
House has been occupying the atten-
ton of the Federal Court at Clarksburg
We refer to the somewhat celebrated
action of eiectment involving about 3d.
600 acres of hand in Braxton and uii-
mer counties, this State.
At a recent term OF the Court, 1t be-
ing found impracticable to try the whole
interest in one action, the one hundred
and twenty-five defendants were diVideo
into five groups, constituting dis-
,;,ot actions. which will
each be tried separately. The
first OF the group, involving about 2,ooo
acres. was tried and verdict rendered
by the jury for the plaintiffs. This YER
dict, however, we learn from the Yves
ton Democrat, is not considered
rs conclusive. OF the case
Only two OF the questions involved In
the trial were decided. One was the
identity OF the land i'll controversy and
the other defense under the statute OF
limitations. These points were, as We
stated, decided in favor OF the piaintifis'
only 80 lar as adverse possession by the
defendants was fortified by an enclosure,
The remaining question to be deter
mined. is whether the land has been
forfeited ior non-payment OF taxes,
Ii the determination ot this
point should be against the
plaintiffs, their partial verdict will prove
of no value TO them.
This large body OF land has been taken
possession OF principally by squatters,
II was understood to be forfeited land,
and RELYING upon this the settlers OBJ
tanned patents for and occupied 1t, and
some of them, after years OF toll, have
made the wilderness blossom, and are
entirely dependent upon the products
of these lands where they have built
themselves homes and prepared to live
and expected to die, for their means OF
support. It will be terrible stroke to
them if deprived OF these homes as the
result OF the present litigation.
The plaintiffs prosecuting the action
are citizens OF New York, who purchas-
ed whatever OF title there may have
been in a patent issued to RICHARD
SMYrH in 1876. The purchase was
made during the oil excitement few
wears ago for speculative purposes.
This SMYTH survey has generally been
regarded in that locality rs forfeited,
and it was 50 decided, it is asserted, by
the Circuit Court of Lewis county some
wears ago. And upon this point, doubt
less, all the cases will hinge, as 1t is now
the dernier reliance in the case already
tried.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-13

THE Republican politicians are con
tinually yelling themselves black IN the
face over the Solid South, The hOrrl-
BILE rape of the negro VOTE and other
nonsensical stuff. The business men
are tired OF such trash, and know 1t to
be the stock in trade of the everlasting
seeker after place The hummer and
idler who believes the public should
and must support him fills the ears OF
his neighbors with The frightfuI
doings of the rebels and ku-
kluX.' The merchants should SIT
down on the droncs. the pro-
fessional politicians and beats. What
the Solid North wants is the trade and
good feeling of the Solid South. Cincin-
natl has invested many millions OF her
capital in the Southern States, and her
aim should be TO at least get common
interest on it. More business and less
politics is the great need at present. ~
There is more good sense in the above
paragraph from the Cincinnati Enq"rer
than is often expressed in the same
amount OF space. 1t is a home thrust,
we'll directed, and pertinent i'll its every
line and word to the conduct OF the
times. We know it is the latent senti-
ment OF every man who looks below the
surface OF things.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-13

Rev. De La MATYR. who has sprung
into more than ordinary celebrity for a
new Congressman, by reason OF the
probable probability OF his being an i'm
pOrtant factor in the election for PrcSi-
dent in 1880, has been subjected to the
probing process OF modern interview,
and locates himself, not with the Rcpub-
lcans, rs has been claimed, nor even
yet wholly with the Democrats, but
means to he true to the platform of the
Greenbackers, by whom he was elected.
In the event OF Indiana being called
upon TO name the next President, he
should feel it his solemn duty to vote
for that candidate that favorS the tinan-
cial views OF the so-called Grecnbackers. >
There seems to he no contingency in
which he would ally himself with the
hard money plank.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-13
SHUTTING DOWN OF PAPER
MILLS.

81 By an arrangement among the New
England paper manufacturers o few
days ago, the mills manufacturing fine
writing paper win be closed onthe 10th
inst, until the lst OF December, and
from the 2Ist of December until the LIST
ofJanuary, 1879.
The object OF this actiou is to diminish
the production and thereby to advance
the price of their stocks. The adoption
of this course will reduce the amount OF
paper in the market to the extent OF
about 1000 tons, which, it is calculated,
will increase the price sutficientlyto pay
them for lying idle.
This kind OF tactics is becoming ire
quent resort among manufacturers. 1t
may be necessity in some instances,
but seldom fails tie produce a demorali-
zation in the markets thatin time comes
home to the proprietors themselves,
bringing greater damage than is offset
by the temporary profit. As soon as
work is resumed an eager COMPETE
ton ensues to get the most advantage
of the increase in price, and in short
time the market is again glutted and the
same necessity recurs OF reducing the
production.
A short time ago combination was
made among the petroleum companies
to bring about the same result. The
smaller interests. when dissenting, were
bought by up the larger ,andi was suppos-
q that all the machinery Tor profitable
monopoly had been successfully ar
ranged. But the combination failed to
maintain harmony among themselves.
The anxiety to get their stores INTO
the market made it hard for some men,
bers of the organization to resist the
temptation to break with their cocoon
spirators. And they did break. Noadvan-
tage accrued to any one by the arrange
ment, unless it was to the public in hav-
ing an increased bitterness OF competi-
ton aroused among the producers. 1t
was but another illustration OF the TACT
often enforced, that where there is
bountiiul supply of any article in ex-
istence it will find its way into the mar
bet by hook or crook, despite the devices
OF dealers.
The history OF all lines OF business
have demonstrated that monopolics do
not and cannot flourish in this country.
All kinds of combinations to defeat the
influx and eflux OF commodities OF
every description are short lived. And
! so it is with all kinds OF enterprises de-
signed to posses and control any line OF
labor To the exclusion of smaller and
cheaper competitors. They all come to
grief. Even our railroad corporations,
which OF all others are favorably situa-
ted for this purpose, furnish IN annual
illustration OF the inability to agree
among themselves upon any system OF
rates that is not based upon the mini
mum OF possibilities in such enterprises.
The problem OF preventing this over
production is knOtty one, and We offer
no solution, but we do feel satisfied that
the one in question does not and will
not bring any permanent relief.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-13

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1857. ". bridgeport at 500 aT' arrive, at ,...
bruyillr at h.lb T.. "
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points i'm the Fast and West can l,Ir...rri s.
the Union Ticket ONCE, Mcclure li0g~. N.r
INK. and at ticket Office iu bridgeport
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