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District Court.

VERMrL1oNv1LLE, March 81, 1879.
To Lastie Broussard. Esq, Clerk
of the District Court, Parish o,
Vermilion.
DEAR SRA special term Of
the District Court will be holden
in Abbeville, for the parish OF
Vermilion, to begin on the 26th
day of May 1879, being the fourth
Monday Of said month. OF this
You will give the notices required
BY law, Revised Statutes If 1870.
Sections 1893! 4 1882, and in
proper and due time you will
draw and have summoned q jury
for said term, and for such a nun.
Der Of sueeks as your Jury commits
sion may see fit and proper in &C.
cordance with the provisions OF
our law and contained in Section
Is ct ais of Act No. a. of the
regular session Of the Genera.
Assembly Of Louisiana for tie
year 1887.
Respectfully.
ED. EUG., MoU7oN,
Judge 10th Judicial Dist. Ia.
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SAL
STATE OF LOuEl0
Parish Of vepif
Parish Court-No
Marie Elise Laad
VS.
Pierre Dub0iAs

E 80
By virtue OF . .wris 81
isane6 in The above eeHI
Parish Court Of the Sisss 49,
in and. for the parish # ~
to me. dlrsct.d, there ".
pubic sale, 10 the last sad
dor, AT the caur,houss, doea,
Of Aboeville, with beoess
m-ni- on IS.
betva-p the hoa,s II II
au , n'clock p. IN, snd
day 10 day. if Dcce.sary,
titles, interests and dsasnss
in and to the foilawiae
perry, seized to satisfy ~
Ono certain trset oflssd
in this parish ard parity
The cam. acquired y
jean Bts.M esaceAax, eea
drad and . KY sofes, 49,
dad north BY Cslsstin
sime rrahan. and J. B~
and wesf by upEnors.
house and six,y pasns's 9
Terms. CASH.
Given under my
ture this lst day o.
G. B. SHiy'
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Sherif's Sale:
Parish of Vermilion,
Sixteenth Judicial District Court.
No. 1926.
Police Jury Of Vermilion Parish

John A. Brookshier, ct al.
BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT 81
ieri fac1as issued in the above en-.
titled suit. by the Honorable the
District Court of the State o,
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, without
benefit of appraisement, on
Saturday, April 10th 1879,
between the hours of II o'clock
!. 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 10 and to the following des-
cribed property. seized to satisfy
said writ. to wit:
1.-THE following property, be.
longing to Eugene Deschampe, Jr.,
one Of the defendants.]
One tract Of land situated on
the Mermentau river, in said par
ish. containing about six hundred
and forty superficial arpents,
bounded above by land of Gesaire
Mouton, and below by Joseph
Broussard and east BY LUXURY
Pellerin, said tract of land con.
sisting Of cypress swamp and
woodland.
s id land to be sold on a credit
Of twelve months ; purchasers to
furnish their. notes with good seen
rity, bearing eight per cent inter.
est per annum from date until
paid.
Given under my official sigma.
tore this Cd day Of April 4. D.
1878.
6. 3. szAw, Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

Id- Monday will be a lively
day in Abbeville, as the election
for town officials, Parish Court
and the Police Jury meeting all
occur on that day. The election
we suppose will be the most in
teresting feature Of the day, as
there are two full tickets in the
icld.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

STATE of Louisisns1
v~ermilion-Parish
584. A..M
Notice j. heres,
parties interested
succession, or having
ton to make TO ,l .ss
settlement and pal1
aforesaid successlos;
same in writing nf1
Of the Clerk o.
ten days from he
Given under ~! Im
this day 9Th Of hssc
LlsrlE Brors
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

sa April is here and with it
her showers, Tuesday was the
FIRST day Of the month and that
evening fell one of the heaviest
rains of the season, everything
was flooded, and the coulees and
ponds assumed mammoth proper
tons. Much good was done by
the rain but if a wet spell sets II
great damage will be done to the
crops.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

NC When viii the bridge he
fixed? Can you enliehten rs any
on the subject Messrs. Bridge
Committee? Time is rolling by
on rapid wheels and unless the
bridge is repaired soon many 10
habitan,s OF the region beyond
will forget that such a place as
Abtsvilis ever hxd existence.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

"If you don't stop your cough
ing," said the Judge, "I1l fine
you a hundred dollars" "Ill give
your honor two hundred if you
can stop it." was the lawyers
reply. a
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

Nine times in ten. if you rsn
against a man in the dark, you
will say, "Hellop The other
fellow will begin to say the same;
often he omits the last syllable.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

NJ The following was found
in !. deary for 1879, picked up on
the street:-Jan. lst-.swore off
feel like a new man. Jan. End
still sober, but awful sorry. Jan.
3rd-Dry as a fish. and six times
as unhappy. Jan. 4th-The man
who swears off is a ID fool.
Hoop lal OF on the same old
drunk.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

~ Prof: Jos. Mouillaud de.
livered a fine lecture ct the Hall
last Saturday night on DE la
Femme" He handled his subject
.killiully, and the frequent bursts
Of applause testified to the salts.
faction with which It was receiv.
ed. He will lecture tonight at
the same place.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

~ From the Morgan City
Reuiew we learn Of the suspension
Of the Franklin Coxrant. No
cause was given and we hope to
see it revived shortly:
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Notice to ~
Of Vernilis, -.

will be at the follo,,
as herein indicated:
LIST ward-School hop.
|2ist 1879.
"a ward anill, III
sard, April 22d. N
April 23d.
Oath.
4th ward-Laz,rs
April 18th.
9Th ward = I.essi.
April 28,h.
9th ward - Aerink
NJ. c. ~BRouss,,|
Tar ca
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05
Notice.
TAX PAYERS OF VIM


You are hereby pst
the Tax Collectors or
open in the own d N
near the Court HOUSE.
Parties wishing d ~
find myself or l.. ]. 4
deputy, from 8 to 8 o'eo3]
Office. ),
NJ. c. Badur
Tax
March 29,h 1879.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

~ a proposition to disfran'
ichise voters not paying o poll
tax is now occupying the attention
Of the Texas Legislature. The
measure certainly is a good one
and should be adopted in this
State,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

"a One Of the greatest needs
Of Abbeville is Z decent sidewalk
on Port street. In bad weather
the walking on this street is
horrible.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

~ The huge pool of stagnant
water in the rear Of Trahan's
livery stable should be drained
before The summer season is here
If not 1t Will certainly produce a
great deal Of sickness.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

q. All advertisements and communications
;D,andea for the M4E1o1oNA1. must be
handed in BY u o'clockM y. On Thursday
to eusure publication. This 10 An imDcr.
tsnt business rule, which should not be
overlooked Or neglected.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05
|WAN1D,A.,.. ~

&. tic canvassers to eugaas
nd profit. bl. btsins 50.
fnd this y rare ch.ncs
TO MAKE NOM
Suoh will please ansser
meet ~ letter, enclosing gnup
stating what usineas they
gated H. None hat t6sses
business need apply.
Address.
FINLEY, HAEvsr
Adu
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

fs5- The stage line here now
SPORTS a new driver and the mails
make their appearance much
sooner as the consequence.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

~ District Attorney j. A.
Cbargois and Hr. VIM. Campbell
Of Vermilionville were In town
last Tuesday.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05
DOGS

DOGS
It has been my purpose, for
sometime, to offer a few remarks
in relation, 10 this much admired
much beloved, sometimes abused
and most CONSPICUOUS friend of
man. He has and ooubthless ever
will have his sphere Of usefulness.
Comparatively harmless when
kept close and well fed, he be-
comes nothing less than a wolf, in
unrestrained liberty, beset with
starvation. The noble New
Foundland, is at home on land
or in water, and when trained, in
his great strength may answer
many useful purposes. The Gray
hound, proves an excellent com.
panion for his master, the English
sportsman, unriyialled in his feet
ness. The Blood hound, has had
his day and yet may serve his
part to track the fugitive criminal.
The mast7f stands the trne type
Of a faithful guardian. The hon
est Shepherd has his pastoral his
tory, and is worthy Of our admi-
ration. The we'll bred Pointer, or
Setter, may be a luxury to the
gentleman Of leisure-but the
Cur;-The common Cur; Alas
for his plentifulness, on these, his
native plains, seems more, to have
been made Cor any higher purpose
than for the qualification of mans
ennoblinf passion to drown and
shoot And yet does he hold the
ascendancy; and true to bis cow
ardly instinct, reaps glory and
scales the pinac1e Of his greatness
when landed. to kill some limo.
cent sheep +: and these period.
cal orgies and nightly raw hide
raids bespeaks this king Of
nuisances. And oh who eddyfying,
are his moonlight sittiugs, char.
acterized by his soporiterous bowls,
that strength the courage Of the
nervous, and tells how pleasant
it is to be q dog
Living in the Parish Of Vermil.
ion, one could scarce refrain from
wishing that he was a Cur, were it
not for the thought that he is the
meaDest of dogs.
Now to do honos to his majesty
I propose that we no longer
slight his dignite, but that we
- . "t. F lE -
place him on an equality with
other domestic animals, to be
assessed and taxed. he no doubt
would be highly dattered, and the
rest o. us ludicrously surprised,
to know his numerical majority /:
How much he would help to
replenish our Parish treasury
would be hard to tell. but we are
inclined to believe, that before the
taxes were fully paid. that Mr..
Cur. would substitute for his
midnight bowls. such daylight
requicms, as would bury eight
tenths of his race and With pro-
per and stringent ordinances, a
new era would dawn upon sheep
raising in our midst, and the moon
and stars would rise and 60 down
liz that holy quiet, that rings 'the
music Of the spheres" unshamed
in their softness' from that ever.
lasting appeal from, Dogdon. b.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

IsT Read the letter Of "Ivan
hoe" on the Yermilion Beaux and
Iberia Bellies in another column.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

Notice is hereby I'm
there will be offered fN1
public auction, TO tn y
highest. bidder, fol. e.
undersigned, ct the r1
Edmond Boudrcans r.
on Tuesday, the lst u
April 1879, all ts.a lxslth
longing, to said saee'1H
consisting Of III 4
One lot Of horned sllks
branding iron with Ptsll9s
one lot Of household Ivy
and one horse. =.
BELosr 1'HrioDk
Adri
ADbcyille, March ~
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

~ Tomorrow is Palm Sun.
day.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05
VERnILloN BEAUX AND NEW
IBERIA BELLIES.

into print, it only upon the nr.
gen: requests Of many friends and
the righteousness of the cause that
l have been prevailed upon to lay
aside personal considerations and
crave a little space in your lively
journal for the discussion Of q
topic, which though interesting
to many, is fraught with annoy.
ance to not a few.
Several months ago, in an edito.
rial you took exceptions to "the
vermilion boys going to New
Iberia and proceeded to admonish
them 10 language which could
not be mistaken, while at the same
time you designated the fair
damsels Of that towL as lawful
Airts" who were the prime cause Of
the aforesaid boys journeyings.
This was q cruel blow. Sunday
before last q gay crowd OF the
Eermilion boys, bent on pleasure.
left their native heath for the
more romantic precincts Of New
Iberia. OF their many adventures
and the character Of their dcvo.
tons it is not my province to
speak. Yet for the information
Of an agonized public. I am au.
thorized to state that their bright.
est anticipations were more than
realized, while pleasure seemed
Fbut to wait their bidding. When
the shades Of night were falling
thick and fast they bid q fond
adieu to the happy scenes Of their
Ivisitend returned homeward, with
the proud satisfaction Of having
accomplished their highest aims.
Unfortanately for them, Abbeville
numbers among its other curios.
little. a set Of the most hcartless
Jokers on the faceof the globe, and
to say that they improved this
, gfitteriDg opportunity would in
deed convey but q faint idea Of
the tortures to which the boys
were subjected. Many and cruel
we're the taunts which saluted
their ears. The imputations
cast upon that 6sh dinner at
serrett's Hotel and the o~ft'repeat-
ed question "what'd she tel. ye"
wereonl equaled by the gorgeous
description given Of the crowd
as they strolled down Main street
for an evening siesta, each putting
away at a twelve.inch "Cuba Six"
and Juggling . gingercake and a
red herring under either arm.
Fierce with ire burned the Yer.
million boys swarthy cheeks and
they swore vengeance, until at
one time it was feared the price
ofcofins would rise as much above
par as it is reported. cakes, her.
rings and cigars Will in New
Iberia, in event Of another visit
from the Vermilion Boys. But,
sir, when you in your last issue
Illuminated another article against
them it became the final straw
which fractured the camel's bac k
and they realized that their cup
of sorrow was full to OVERLOOKING,
and it is, cir, at this critical mo.
ment Of their dire distress that
| brlckle on my armor and enter
the lists to champion the cause of
these much abused youths.
Of your ability to give advice
and the spirit which prompts your
remarks l do not propose to treat
since it is apparent that they are
unquestionable. But when you
pronounce the charming maidens
Of New Iberia to be awful dirts'
whose sole intent it is to capot the
Vermilion boys. my chivalry
swells within my bosom and bids
me stem the tide Of persecution.
That these young ladies are hand
some, entertaining and fascinating
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

~ Monday was a lively day
for DRINKS.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

~ Ewing's lane is being re.
paired at last. Guess we can
claim a little Of the credit.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05
State Of Louisiana, J
Parish of Vermilion. T

State OF Louisiana.
Parish of Vermilion.
Pursuant to the above order OF
his, Honor the Judge Of the 10th
Judicial District Court in and for
the State and Parish aforesaid -
Notice is hereby given that a spe-
!cial jury term of said Court will
be held at the Courthouse Of said
parish in the town Of A,bbeville,
commencing on Monday the 2eth
Of May 1879
Abbeville. La. April LIST 1879.
LAsTIE BRoUssARD,
Clerk Dist. Court.
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.MERIDICNAL,
PCBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY
Z. I. AUDISO y.
~ PER az SO
+ Z r. n .,

Tho 5lER,proNAL, Is published weakly
IN k.nglisa ard French, At " dollars
ssod alty cents vsr annin payable In
advance.
Advertisements will be inserted 1t @l.O0
per sauars Of ten lines, or less, for sach
insertion.
Advertisements published 10 English
and French will be charged for both Ian.
yoagss. -. ~
No advertisement will be inserted for
less IRAN swo dollars and dfty cents.
Psyraeat Of all advertisamS1t Ii con
side-sa 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.advsnpe 10 required soI
Announcing candidates for ONCE ; snd
election tickets or other job.work must
&c pajd for Oh delivery.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

hands Of the law.
The tramp bill which is pending
in the Wisconsin legislature
makes the profession Of vagrancy
a crime, punishable by imprison'
ment for a period not longer than
six months. The on,v covert act
required for conviction is that the
tramp shall be found in any city
town, or village" in the State. i
he, by threats or otherwise, puts
in fear any inhabitant of the
State, if be kindIes q fire on the
highway, Or without permission
Oh the land Of any person F.; if he
"wanton}y and ma1liiciously" enter
any house, barn or out.building
without the consent of the own
er or occupant ; or if he carry
firearms or other dangerous weap.
ons, he may further be punished
by Imprisonment at hard labor-iu
the State prison for not more than
two years. Five tramps assembled
together for the purpose of en-.
coaraging vagabondage or for any
other unlawful purpose may also
be punished by State prison hard
labor for 1t more than two years,
Officers may arrest and imprison
persons whom they know or be,
lieve to be tramps without pro
cess, but must bring the offenders
before a magistrate within twenty
four hours.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

0 At last we are to have a
special term Of District Court.
Judge Mouton has ordered the
jury to be drawn for the new term
which we'll commence Monday
May. 26. By this step matters
in litigation will be not be tied
up 70 long and a few of the
Williams in this community may
receive their just deserts at the
hands Of the law.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-04-05

Chew Jackson's Best Sweet
Navy Tobacco.
National Republican., 1879-12-29

GENERAL GRANT is reported as saying to
HUGH HASTINGS, OF the New York COmmercidl-
Advertiser, that if nominated by acclamation
he would accept. 1t is also understood that
he made similar remark to A. NJ CLAPP, of
the Washington NATIONAL REPUBLICAN The
writer of this item, being aware of Mr.. CLAPP's
intimacy with General GRANT asked him at
Philadelphia ifGRANT would accept the nomi-
nation should there be forty or fifty delegates
opposed to him. Mr.. CLAPP said that, in his
opinion, the General would not accept unless
the convention was unanimously for him and
that without a contest.-!Sandusty (Ohio) Reg.
lister.
What General GRANT may have said to
others on the subject Of the next Presidency
wo know nOt-but if he has said no more to
others on the subject than he has TO the
Editor of THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, lie
has said just nothing at all. Whatever
opinions we may hold regarding that mat
ter have had no inspiration from any
conversation held with tho General on
the subject. They have been drawn from
a general survey Of the probabilities of the
case when it shall besubmitted TO the arbt-
rament of the National convention, and we
still hold to the view that General GRANT
will be declared the unanimous choice OF
the convention, and that he will accept the
nomination under such circumstances. II
was 50 in 1868 and in 1872, and history is
likely to repeat itself in 1880.
National Republican., 1879-12-29
IHELASD,s INDUSTRIES.

1t is evident that Ireland is greatly
crippled, if not absolutely crushed in its
manufacturing industries, and that it has
but triiling productive resources except
those which come from the culture of the
soil. The London PdH-lfaH Gazette affords
some interesting statistical information re-
garding the condition Of the textile indus
tries of Great Britain, from which it APP
pears that there were in 1873, under the
Factories and Workshops acts 6,1S9 fac
tories, employing 711,703 persons, in Eng
land and Wales; in Scotland, 675 factories,
giving employment to 1885, ,213 persons; and
in Ireland, PAL factories, employing 6l,630
persons. OF these PAL Irish factories, no
fewer than 14i were engaged in the manu-
facturc of linen. In this industry Ireland
is still enormously ahead of England and
Wales, if not of Scotland. In the race with
the sister kingdoms in other manufactures
she may appear to her own sons hopelessly
weighted; in this she has had an excellent
start which should have encouraged her to
distance still further her English and Scotch
competitors. 1t has not done So however,
and the apathy that has been displayed of
late years, both in the growth and manu-
facture of fax, is the most deplorable fea-
ture of the present unprosperous state of
the Irish textile industries The returns OF
| 1868 showed considerable improvement
over the returns of previous years For
example, in 1862 there were 100 flax fac
tories in Ireland, employing ,525 persons.
These had increased in 1868 to 143 factories,
employing 57O5O persons. In 1871 the
number had risen to 15i; but the returns
for 1878, giving IA factories with 56,3i2
persons employed in the linen industry
show that it has virtually gone back to the
position it occupied ten years ago.
The fax culture in Ireland has largely
fallen off of late years, though it has never
been equal to supply the demand of the
manufacturing interest of that country
In 1869 the fax product was from 229, lis
acres, which scarcely supplied half the
demand of 100000 spindles then in oper-
alton in that section. Since then there
has been a constant decline in the cultiva-
tion of the plant, until in 1873 only 125,OOi
acres were sown--but trifle more than hal
under cultivation nine years before. The
manufacture Of cotton and WOODEN good,
seems to be sharing kindred fate, it bein!
almost impossible, under the inspiration
of free trade with England and Il generous
bounty, to induce the people of Ireland to
devote themselves to manufactures. In re
ferriug to this condition Of things the Ga
zette says that after ninety-nino years o
free trade, still the people live upon po
tatoes and milk. This Of course refers tC
the lower orders of the Irish people, who dc
not appear to be capable of elevation unde
the inspirations of energy and enterprise
Ireland seems to he iated and hence thu
large emigration to this country,
National Republican., 1879-12-29
PERSONAL.

COLONEL George l.. ANDREWS U, s. A., and wife
are quRTtered at the Ebbitt House.
MRs NErTIE SANFORD of the Iowa Press, Is stop.
ming at the Chase mansion for few weeks,
DIR. yoN MoscnzIsltER returned last night from
Philadelphia, where he went to pass Christmas.
II. W. DoNNELL and T., NJ, Lauren, OF New York
and NJ. Prince, Wisconsin, are at the Arlington,
EDGAR HARDISG aud wife, Of Boston; Ward Hunt
ir. John 5. Hunt, and A, Freedman, New York
are among the guests at The Riggs House.
GENERAL GEORGE T.. WARINd, JR., and wife,
Rhode Island; W. ". Swan, Boston, and Edwin II.
Wright, New Jersey, are registered at Wormley's.
MT. LASY and wlfo, New York; Edwin Stoli.
pher, Long Island g. A. Mitchell Virginia, and j.
De Silva. kentucky are booked at the Ebbitt
House
ARTHCR DoyELEIGH Francis De Geriot and Ii.
c. Thornton King Englandi w. NJ, Sampson, Now
National Republican., 1879-12-29
pAN NIoE As AN EyANGELIsT.

The announcement of the conversion of
DAN RICE, tho talented and celebrated
equestrian and clown, to the Christian faith
under the preaching of MOODY at St. Louis 4,
and his announcement that he intends to
devote the remainder OF his life to the work
of reforming his fellow-men, has afforded the
occasion for general remark, and not little
ribaldry from those who are not believers
in the Christian religion There is nothing
miraculous or phenomenal in this conversion
in the light Of Biblical record. From the day
of SAUL of Tarsus down TO the present
era wicked men have been led to change
their lives aud habits under certain efforts
and influences that have wrought in them a
dsposition to win and TO do differently
than had been their wontei custom during
the former years of their existence. Scarcely
a family in Christendom has existed with
out instances of this kind, and hence the
conversion of DAN RICE is not so much u
matter of surprise as Of fcongratulaton, toT
the change is n.accord with what has been
and no doubt what will be so long rs man
shall exist in this sinful world.
In referring TO this case the Burlington
Hatokeye INDUCES in a line Of very appro-
pirate and sensible remark, from which we
are pleased TO extract as follows;
If DAN RICEs profession Of conversion Is
q sincere one, as the first reports indicate, aud