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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-08-15

Work TO be eeliyertd 10 the respective depart
ments ordering tie same free OF eha,ge.
FOURTH CLASS.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07
TOWN COUNCIL.

The Board of Town Council of
the town Of AbbevilIe, La, met in
special session at the Courthouse
in said town on this 30th day of
August, 1878.
Were present Lastie Brous-
serd, Esqr., Mayor pro tem., and
Messrs. J. Boyance and Jean
Abadie.
Absent: Mayor Perret and
Solomon Wise.
On motion of Mr.. Boyance, 1t
was resolved, That the resolution
Of this body Of July 3lst, 1878,
empowering the Mayor to appoint
committee Of four, the Mayor
included, styled the SANITARY
Committee" be and the same is
hereby amended so as to read as
follows That the Mayor be and
he is authorized to appoint a com
mittee of five, to be composed of
four physicians and the Mayor. to
be known and STYLED the Sanitary
Committee" Of the town of Able.
vile.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07

THE STEPPING STONE TO HEALTH.
The acquisition of vital energy Is the
stepping stone to health. When the sys-
TEN lacks vitality. the various organs flag
in their duty, becomes chrouically irregu-
lar, and disease is eventually instituted.
To prevent this unhappy state of things,
the debilitated system should be bull up
by the use of that inimitable tonic, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters which inyigorates
the digestive organs and insures the thor
ough conversion of food into blood of a
nourlshing quality, from whence every
muscle, nerve aud fiber acquire nnwonted
supplies of vigor, and the whole system
exI eriences the beneficial effect. Appe-
tite returns, the system is refreshed by
hnalthfn slumber, The nerves grow strong
and calm, the dependency begotten OF
chronic Indigestion and an uncertain state
Of health disappears, and that salIow ap-
pearance OF The skin peculiar to habiiual
lnval1ds, and persons deficient in vital
energy, is replaced by more becoming
tiuge.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07
PROCL.AM.ATION.

To all whom it may concern =
Be it known that I, N. Perry pres
ident of the Police Jury of Yer
million Parish, by virtue Of the
authority vested in me, by an
ordinance passed on the 3Ist day
of August 1878 by the Police Jury
Of said Parish, entitled IAN or
dinance to provide for the quar-
antining of the Parish of Vermil-
ion against the introduction OF
yellow fever and other infectious
diseases ]; setting forth certain
offences and providing penalties
therefor /; providing for the ap-
pointment and defining the duties
of certain officers" do hereby de-
clare the provisions of said ordln-
ance 10 full force and effect from
and after the date of this proclaim
alton.
NATHAN PERRY, President.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07
For the want of time and space, we are
compelled to lay over the proceedings of
the Sanitary Committee until next week.
ORRITUARY.

DIED-At Morgan City, ou Thursday
the twenty-ninth ult., Of yellow fever,
James G. Brookshier, aged twenty-six
years.
The deceased was born in Hardinsburg,
Washington county, Indiana, on the 18th
of September eighteen hundred AMI fifty
two. He moved to Louisiana in 1870.
and since that time was connected with
the press, at first as journeyman and sub
sequently an active worker in the Offices
OF the A5beville Flag and Iberia Progress;
he was for time local editor If the Cotton
Boil in Vermilionville, and at the time of
his death he was editor OF the Attakapas
Register, at Morgan City.
The deceased was an intelligent self
made man, and at the early age of twenty
five had not only secured a fair position
amongst bis confreres of the press, but
also secured the esteem and respect of all
who knew him. He was kind and genial
in all circles, and nobly liberal in his
views on all subjects. We regret Jimmie
he is loss to the press and loss to
society. We regret him and extend our
heartfelt sympa thies to his be-eaved mo-
ther and relatives. NJ.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07

Resolved further, that the SAM.
tary Committee to be appointed
under the above resolution shall
be invested with all the powers
and privileges as are now con.cr
ed by ordinances Of this body on
said committee now in force;
Provided, hat no compensation
will be allowed said committee.
The following named physicians
were appointed by the Mayor to
act with him on said Committee
Drs. F. D. Young, II. T. Chevis
W. D. White and VIM. G. Kiobe.
On motion, the Council then
adjourned.
LAsTIE BROUssARD,
Mayor pro tenn.
F. 3. PATTEN, Secretary.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07

shall remain at said place for the space Of
twenty days from the time said disease
ceases to exist in said locality.
Sec IL Be it further ordained, etc, That
the following persons, to wit W. ID.
White, /. d. Young. H. I. Chevis, VIM G..
kibbe. r. Sagrera, Alonzo Yanslyke and
G. B. Shaw, he and are hereby constituted
Board OF health of the parish of Vermil-
ion, and they are hereby delegated full
power and authority to make all needful
rules and regulations for the proper dis
charge OF their trust !; and any person or
persons violating any Of the provisions of
this ordinance or any of The rules or regu-
la'ions OF the Board OF health made in
pursuance shall forfeit and pay, except as
herein before provided, thh sum of not
less than twenty-five nor more than fifty
dollars, recoverable by suit In the name
OF the parish before any Justice of tho
peace in the ward in which tie violation
shall occur. one-hali of the amount recov-
cred TO be paid to the intormer. and the
other halt to the parish treasury.
Sec II That the Board OF health here
by constituted shall be informed by the
President OF the Police Jury OF their ap-
pOintHleHt atft thtlr HrSL iHeeIlg SIlall De
held at the time and place by hiIr ap-
pointed and the president Of this body
is empowered 10 fill vacancies in the
Board of health.
Sec l3 Be it further enacted that the
president of the police jury of the parish,
shall be empowered to appoint and sta
ton guards. at such p aces in this parish,
as he may deem necessary, to carry out
and enforce the provisions OF this ordi-
nance, provided that the guards so 10 be
appointed shall serve without remuuera-
ton from the parish.
See IA That the quarantine guards to be
appointed as aforesaid shall be empower
ed to summon posse commitatus to, az
s'st them in the discharge OF their duties
when necessary.
Sec Is That the president of the police
jury shall he empowered to declare the
provisions of this ordinance in force ; or to
suspend the same at any time by procla-
nation.
Sec 16 This ordinance shall take effect
from and after its passage.
N. PERRY, President.
G. B SHAW, Sect. pro tenn.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07
School E9ard Proceedings.
AbbeuiNe, August 24th, 1878.

Abhci7e, August 24th, 1878.
30 ,rd met 90 ,his dav. at the co rthorse
We're present t-Balv Is. W'llians, Ab-
shire, jr. .Fnlk Young. Ssgre4a aud Paul
Ab>ent-king and T.eno.e.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and adopted.
On motion be it resolved that each
teacher of a public school. be reqn ired to
keep school register in conformity to
law, the blank whereof shall ne copied by
him from form to be supplied ~ The
State superintendent; and tiat tha Secre-
tarv be instructed 10 inform Sid State
officer of his action.
Mr.. Gilbert Labauve was employed to
teach the lst ward school.
NJ. Geo. w. Summers was employed to
each first school in second ward, at the
Methodist Church Mr.. c. A. Mouisset
was also employed to teach the French
school in The second ward.
On motion, the appointment Of TEACHERS
fnt 3, 4 S, 6 AID Z watds, was deferred
until next meeting such possoonemelt
being due 70 failure on the part of the
ca ldida'es to apply by petition, according
to rule of Scrool Board adopted at a
previous meeting.
On motion. r. solved that three hundred
dollars Or as much thereof as is necessary
be appropriated out Of the parish tax, ior
con ingent lund.
On motion. resolved that each school
Trustee in this pa. ish be supplied by the
Secretary with a copy of the duties de-
volving upon him in said capaclty.
On motion, the Board adjourned sine
die.
j. N. WILLIAMS, President.
R. SAGkERA, Secretary.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07
Notice..
VOTERS OF TERMILION =!

VOTERS OF TERNILION !!
I shall open the Office of Regis
tration at the Courthouse, i'll
a bbeyille, on the 5th of Septem-
ber next, and remain there until
the llth, thence
12,h-Camille E. Broussard, I'd
ward.
l3th-Minos G. Broussard, 1st
ward.
l4th-Lazare Broussard, 4th
ward.
l6th-Lessin Abshire. 5th
ward.
lsth-Agricolc Benoit, 7th
ward.
2Oth-Robcrt Green, 9th ward.
2lst-Ambroise Lacour, jr., Sth
ward.
Oct. 1Oth--On Cheniere an
Tigre, 9th ward-and until Satur-
day preceding the election, at the
Courthouse, III Abbeville.
Remember that no one shall! be
entitled to vote who will not be
register ed by me.
VILMoND BRAUD,
Aug. 1918. Assessor.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07

HW Riley Ellis has removed
his coffee house and billiard saloon
to the building in Labit's Row on
Port Street, formerly occupied as
a coffee house by Joseph 7.
Labit. The premises have been
thoroughly overhauled and put
in good order, and now present
a handsome appearance. AS the
stand is a good one, we trust he
may do well.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07
PROCLA NATION.
Abbeville, Sept. 4, Is

Abbtvllle, Sept. 4, 1873.
The yellow fever having been declared
to exist in the towns Of Morgan City and
Opelousas, quarantine is therefore estab-
hsned against said towns.
Persons and goods, etc, from said towns,
as well as residents Of this town, ara sub
ject to the same regulations as is pres
cribed in former proclamations, and lia-
bic tc all penalties imposed by the qua
rantine ordinances under which said pro-
clamations were issued, as we'll IA any
such as may have been subsequently
adopted.
LAsrIE BRoUssARD, Mayor protein.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07
Avis, Avis, Avis.

LIE soussign6 desire vendre sa
propri6te. situ6 sur lie Bayou Yer
million dams Ia corporation dab.
beville, ainsi que les ameliorations
qui consistent en- une maison de
residence, cuisine, un shop ponr
forge. etc. Pour termcs ct coudi-
tionS s'adresser au soussigne.
LOUIS LUENT, Bike.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07

4. e The State Convention of
70. 70 National :! 19 party in this State,
Is. I. In New s Orleans last Monday.
aller etecting a permanent or
kEan'za''on Ea.aa I, by electing Frank Fl.
dsn. aa!ea LOT Of Jefferson Parish presi.
tsa., ,e and appointing a committee
,Sa 70 confer Ge5 with other organizations
,hs tle ,e,s eon!ent'on adjourned until
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07
JAMES G. BROOKSHIER.

We announce with deep regret,
the death at Morgan City, on
Thursday, August Goth at 500 P.
NJ, a: the age of 26, of JAMES G.
BRooKsHlER. Editor and Proprie-
tor of the .4ttakapas Register. He
had returned to Morgan City
his home-but a few days previ-
Gus, when he fell sick with the yel-
low fever, and although surround
ed by every comfort and attention
the disease took fatal form, and
after few brief hours Of pain and
suffering his immortal spirit for
sock its earthly tenement and
winged its fight homeward to his
maker. ...
Mr.. Brookshier was a native of
IndiaLa, and at an early age COM
menoed learning the printers
trade, to which he was devotedIy
attached. Coming South in 1870,
he took charge of the mechanical
department of the yMeridional. then
edited by the now celebrated John
E. Leet. Afterwards he held a
similar position on the New Iberia
Progress, and in November 1872
he became associated with Mr..
John Y. Gilmore aud started the
Cotton Boil at Vermilionville and
for two years was foreman and
local Editor of that newsy Journal.
lie then became foreman of the
New Iberia Sugar BoaM and later
Of the Atahapas Register. In
March 1877, he and Mr.. E. Woods
purchased the Register Of Mr.. j.
R. JoIIey, and a few months later,
(the latter gentleman wilhdra wing)
he assumed !ull control and edited
the paper with much vigor up TO
his death.
During our long acquaintance
with Mr.. Brookshier extending
over a period Of eight years our.re-
lations have always been the most
pleasant. He was a man of strict
and sterling honesty in his deal-
ings and as a courteous gentleman.
secured and retained the cordial
friendship Of all with whom he
came in contact. AS Il journalist
he assiduously strove to reform
the profession from the many
abuses into which it had fallen
and elevate it to the standard
of the lofty position it should ever
occupy. AS printer he had but
few equals and was exempt from
the petty vices to which many of
the craft are SO sadly addicted.
AS companion he was ever the
same social, Jolly fellow f; as a
friend, true and steadfast as a
son and brother, dulifnl and affec-
tionate, and as a citizen, virtuous
and patriotic.
Peace be with his kindly gentle
spirit peace to his ashes, in the
green glade, where they repose
in beautiful Greenwood.
To his widowed mother, his
many friends here and abroad
and to the broken-hearted maiden,
whom he was, in a few weeks to
have led to the altar--we tender
heartfelt sympathy and condo.
lence.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07

We have received a letter from
Mr.. VIM. Hanchett, in relation
to the reported existence of yellow
ever on his plantation. He denies
the rumor ami says there has not
been a case Of fever of any species
on his place for one year. Mr.
Hanchtt is in error we think
when he supposes the rumor to be
a malicious intent to inJure him.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07
I'll. Leguennec,

WHEELwRIGHT & BLACKSMITH.
I respectfully announce to the
public that | keep on hand all the
different materials appertaining
to sewing machines, Of all kinds,
and more especially to the Singer
and also the genuine machine oil.
I also have buggies and hacks
for sale, and make and repair the
same at prices to suit the times.
Sept-7'78.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07

We the People is the title of a
uew paper recently established at
nn'e1andria n 4 in the interests Of old
!. aao' ~. Wells. 1t is a greenback
~ MI politics, ,! neatly printed, and
s.l, s.li edited, Frank Connelley,
!. s's'y e Of the Washington Enterprise
Tue editor and publisher.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07

:, % Our street brigade have
cieaned q the ditch out on the w est
sue OF the Square but for some
unknown reason they have not
!! @ached the bitches on the remain
ng three sides which certainly
sand in need Of it. Let US have
we good work completed.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07

~ Conrad DebaiIlon, Esq Of
the hrm of Mouton and Debaillon
was nominated for the House Of
representatives, by the Democra-
tic Parish Convention of Lafa-
yette, on the second ballot Monday
the 10Th ult.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07

The editor Of the New Iberia
Courier has got his dander up be-
cause the school board have with
out authority of law or precedent,
ssppolnted Michel Heymann Parish
superintendent, at a salary Of $50
per month";"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07

Our sugar planters are making
active preparations for taking off
their big crops this fall, A ma
jority Of them have finished cut
ting wood and are busy hauling.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07

M A. J. Meagher, an old
typo was in town last Saturday.
He reported every thing lovely
on Cow Island and good times
a coming.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07

The Marksville V1laeer reports
cotton picking in active progress
in that parish (AvoyelIes) and
notes the shipment of two bales Of
new cotton.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07

IA Messrs O. Y. Shearer, of
the Times and Clement r. Nor
veil Of the Democrat have fallen
victims to the yellow fever in New
Orleans. Both were young men
and promising journalists.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07

Quarantine having cut off our
supply of paper we have cur down
the size Of our sheet for a few
weeks.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07

@ The little infant daughter
Of Mr.. VOORHEES, Trahan, died
last Saturday morning and was
buried the next evening.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07

Minnie Warren. the wife of
Commodore MacNewelI, a member
Of Tom f'ambs Troupe died last
month ia marlborough Mas
sachuSetts.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07
FOR STATE CAPITAL,
RATION ROUGE.
nrMoCRATIC STATE TICKET.

FOB STATE TREASURER,
E. A. BU RkE,
Of Orleans
FOR coNGREss-3D DISTRICT,
J. II. ACkLEN,
of St. Mary.
vop STATE sENAToR-lOTH SENA'
TORIAL DISTRICT,
GEORGE II. WELLS,
of Ca casieu.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07

Ia Cotton picking has com
menced in earnest and the fleecy
staple promises we'll for a good
Weld.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07
vol. XXI.
rHE MERIDIONAL,
.-p1 rsHEp EVERY SATURDAY, BY
r I. ADD [ 5 0 n.
- 70. PER YEAR. ...$2 SO
ne Voters of vermilion Parish.

The undersigned respectfully announces
, ,.as,f ~ as a candidate for Representative
anI eau Vsrmllion parish, subject to the noml-
lot If a Democratic Convention for
nauon ,;.h in case one he eheld.-Eleotiun
to be- held in November next.
" R.P. o'BRYAN.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-09-07

wo are authorized to announce +. 4.
ZINC Esor.. a. an Independent candidate
% n. Safe Senator from the Tenth Senate
III, ris, district composed Of the parishes OF
3. e., Msry Vermiiion, Calcasieu and Came
ron.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-31
WASHINGTON, PA.

NJ Tbos AfcKean and wife, OF This
bornnoh retnrned Yesterday, from a
months visit among friends in the West.
,1 r.".",ora n,o.hor ~ nav;d crow.
Mfs. S Wanno1h, n ,,;od Il that town on
Iotu, oi eS.s ~. IL hor SOIL roor
Mohuay, .Ie i9s.. '.,ss, ~ 4; .ha ta,.n ~" ~
S q, was tne o''ea' wo"''''' III ''i' Wv" VI
"ayhespurs'
The series oil evening mectings now "
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-31

To most clearly demonstrate the condi-
ton OF the industry all over the country,
We have obtained statistics from the Nc
Kay and Bigelow Heeling Machine Asso-
citation, whose machines arc in use in all
manufacturing establishments where heels
arc attached to the manufactured product.
The day Of hand work upon boots and
shoes to any great extent has long gone by
and manufacturers have now to pay a
royalty, according to the number Of pairs
OF shoes made to which heels are attached
by the machines Of the association referred
TO. From January l to October l, 1877,
there were manufactured, accordingt to the
heeling royalties, %, 285, 800 pairs, and for
the same time this year there were
manufactured 2S,l9z,000 pairs, de-
crease Of 2,0SS,S96 pairs for the pres
cnt year. But, while q decrease in the
number OF shoes manufactured since Jan.
nary LIST Is thus already shown, for the
month Of September the largest figures
ever reached were attained, showing that
more boots and shoes were then made
than ever before in one single month. The
number made was 4, 10i, 776 pairs, or at the
rate OF over fifty million pairs per annum,
which. Il sustained, would be an increase
Of 40 per centum, and show that two.
pairs were being made where one was
year ago.
The boot and shoe industry was the last
to feel the hard times; failures have been
numerous within the last nine months;
factories were shut down on all sides, and
yet already the revival, which is surely
now being enjoyed, reaches that industry,
and in September more shoes were made
in the country than ever before.-Boston
LoIlrnnl - nm
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-31

London Times. 181f.
German Socialists are spoken Of as Il
they were compact, united body, with Q
common creed. Their principles are, 1t is
assumed, atheism, disbelief inthe justice
Of private property, or the sacredness Of
marriage, and antagonism to all that is in
good repute oris held in reverence among
men. We find speakers who ought to know
better, sliding into strain OF language
which would lead careless hearer to sup.
pose that Socialism In Germany Is an Or
ganization as definite as Joint stock COM
pany, and with objects as precise asi they
were set forth In articles Of association.
This supposed unanimity Is imaginary.
The one universal secular and irreiigions
church proves on examination to DO
chaos OF warning sects. Its history Is
tale OF internal strife and secesslons
and chickering's. The names Of kod-
bertus, Lasalle, Marx, Becker, sehweitzer,
the Countess Hatzfeldt, and other per-
sons prominent in Socialism, recall In.
trigues, division, accommodations and
bitter noisy controversies, which showed
the world how one reformer might hate
another. We are not losing sight OF the
attempts made, with some success at sever
al Congresses to give unity of purpose tothe
Left Wing OF Socialism; the programmes
drawn up at Eisenach, Gotha and the
Hague, have, indeed, drawn together per-
sons who once kept apart But the TACT
remains, and the discussion has not only
made 1t clearer, that modern Socialism
comprehends oil sorts OF beliefs, and that
II shades OFF from the angry, feyerish dis
content OF q few men who dream OF barri-
cades to mild.eyed, incoming philanthropy.
Herr Schulz. Delitzsch, who has done as
much as any living man TO teach the Ger
man artisans that they must help them
selves and be frugal and industrious
Il thew are to better their lot,
was afraid that his cooperative
societies might fall under the ban
Of the law. The Chancellor himself has
been hailed as Socialist on account OF
the favor which he showed in other days
to grants by the State to workngmen's as
sociations; and dozens OF professors who
are good citizens, but who talk little
widely or loosely In the lecture-rooms
about the rights and duties OF properly,
will be in danger We are afraid, OF COM
ing under the same designation. The
Reischstag has displayed much acuteness
TO be expected on the part OF tho coun-
trymen OF Kant and schopenhauer-in
suggesting means Of distinguishing the
conspirator from the sardnt or publicist.
But it remains to be seen whether every
rural policeman will show that he knows
the true limits Of scientific DISCUSSION. We
may be sure that, II there Is serious fail
ure in this respect, the good sense OF the
German people will come to the rescue.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-31
The Cat as n Substitute for the Carrier

PiEeou.
1t seems that the Belgians have formed
a society for the mental and moral i'm
proyement OF cats. Their first effort has
been to train the cat to- do the work OF the
carrier pigeons. The most astute and ac-
complished scientific person would have
his ideas OF locality totally confused by be.
ing tied up in meal bag and carried
twenty miles from home, and let out In u
strange neighborhood in the middle OF the
night. This experiment has, however,
been repeatedly tried upon cats OF only
average abilities, aud the invariable result
has been that the departed animal has re-
appeared at his native kitchen-door the
next morning, aud calmly ignored the
whole affair. This wonderful skill in
through unfamiliar regions with
out, guide-book or compass has sug-
Cested tho possibility OF cats being used US
special messengers. Recently thirty-seven
cats, residing In the city OF Liege, were
taken in bags a long distance into the
country. The animals were liberated ut 9
o'clock In the afternoon: At Gas the same
afternoon one OF them reached his home.
His feline companions arrived at Liege
somewhat later; but it is understood that
within twenty.four hours every one had
reached his home. 1t is proposed to es:
tablish at an early day regular system OF
cat communication between l.iege and the
villages.