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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-03-27
MONTREAL HEARD FROM.

MONTREAL A FROM.
r. L. Mosely, of Montreal,
Canada, certified Sept. q, 1879,
that he had fufered terribly from
dyspepsia, and was completely
cured by taking Warmers Safe
Bitters. He says my appetite
is good. and | now suffer no
Inconvenience from eating hearty
meals These Bitters are also a
speci6c for all skin diseases.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-03-27

Young swell Il should like
to have my mustache dyed
Polite barber Certainly ; did
YOU bring it it with you ?"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-03-27

Eggs were hard to find this
week and ruled firm at 10et per
dozen.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-03-27
n o r ! On


/ hereby notify tlls
inv friends not g llass
ture. 1t frightens'
fatigues my cattle.
acting in contt !.1g.
present notice will s
according to law;
January 81, 1880
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-03-27

Exchange and Matte passed
up Wednesday morning.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-03-27

The Tlhibodaux fremen will
make an excursion to New Iberia
on Sunday April II.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-03-27
Don't forget the entertainment

Equinoctial weather is what
Muggins calls it.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-03-27

APennsylvania man has a hog
fifty years old. This must be
ancient grease.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-03-27

The pathetic story, worse be.
cause true, is going the rounds
that a little girl addicted to
chewin gum lost control Of her
jaws, and they automatically
chewed for two days ii spite of
all efforts to control them.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-03-27

A. G.. Maxwell, ESQ.,, and lady
have returned from a trip to the
city.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-03-27
A Tennessee Wonder.

Not hundred miles below Nash
vile is a curious spectacle known
as the Sun and Moon It con.
sists Of a painting upon an i'm.
mense rock which rises to an al
titude of several hundred feet.
As to who painted it is a mystery
which | believe was never un.
ravelcd. Many think it was the
work of the red brother centuries
ago, perhaps. Bat there the sun
and the moon shine out in all the
freshness Of new paint. They are
located midway the cliff and
stand out in bold relief. AS to
how any human being ever reach
ed the spot Is a question which |
believe has never been solved.
1t is supposed that they had no
giant ladder in those days and
could not easily have reached the
point from below. The only nat
ural rope of that time was a wild
grape vine of which Tennessee is
so prolific, and some Indian might
have been, by this means, let
down over the dizzy bluff, and
when he had finished his work.
had again been let let down or
pulled up. At any rate these
pictures are there on the ever
lasting rock, and are likely to
remain for future age-Cin. Com
mercial.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-03-27
JUST
HOOPS eRHI
OF The
Advance Ann

Advance and
Personal Experts
Unite J stales N
ate States
By Gen. j
Late LieatenantG
crate States Army
THE HOOD 0Rpa
DRILL H
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-03-27

ny tEC OEN ERAL COHN DELL IlOUD
entitled ADVANCE AND RETREAT.
Personal Experiences in the
United States and the Confeder-
ate States Armies"
The Lake Charles Echo of
March 26-speaking of the rail.
road, says that-the flood of rain
during the last ten days have Sc,
riously impeded work. Track is
laid across the Calcasieu river
bridge; and a locomotive will
probably cross the bridge this
evening. The gap between
Orange and Lake Charles will be
closed by the middle of next week.
and then the first train will
leave Lake Charles for Orange.
Texas. Work is progressing on
the Grand Marias bridge. Col.
Adams, general manager, will
commence on the Oath inst, lay.
ing track from VermilionvilIe
eastward towards Lake Cahrles.
GOLDEN DAYs-This is the title
of a new weekly for boys and
just established in Phila.
delphia to which we desire to
call the especial attention of
parents. It is an admitted fact
that one of the most potent foun.
tains of crime is the vicious liter
ature for the young, which is seen
on every newsstand and floods
the country. These paper direct
ly instigate crime and their ex-
tlnction would be a blessing to
humanity, but as there exists NO
means Of suppressing them and
as our children will read it fol-
lows that the best antidote is to
furnish the youth with good
wholesome reading, presented in
its most attractive form, with a
view Of winning them away from
the corrupting papers, to that
which entertains and interests.
This is the acknowledge object of
this paper and Judging from the
numbers before us it will be a
success. Send for sample to
JAMES ELvERsoN, Publisher, Pbila.
delphia.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-03-27

0EH a week 10 your own town. Terms
WV aud So outfit free. Address II.
Hallett and Co, Portland, Maine.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-09
TWENTY-FIRST ILLINOIS.

Reunion of Gen. Grants First Command
A Non-Psrtsan Speech from the Ex-Gen-
eral.
DECATUR, H., Oot 6.-The reunion of Gen.
Grants old regiment, the Twenty-frst Illinois.
held here to day, was q great success. The
meeting was held under the auspices OF the
Macon Veteran association, and attracted about
5000 old soldiers, representing nearly all the
Northern States and thousands of visitors from
the surrounding country. Gen. Grant, ac
companied by Gen. Jno. A. Logan and wife,
arrived in a special car on the Wabash rail
road late in the afternoon. At Bremen he was
met by a committee of reception, headed by
ex-Gov. oglesby. In the evening Gen. Grant
presided at business meeting
of the Twenty.frst Illinois. num-
berirg all told ISL. Speeches
followed the meeting. Gen. Grant was re-
ceived with deafening cheers and said: Sol
diers and gentlemen: l am not precisely
aware of what the order of proceedings are here
this evening, but know was invited here to
a reunion of the old Twenty-hrst Illinois vol
unteers which was the first command had
the honor of having during the late rebellion.
believe most of the survivors of that regiment
are here present on the platform this evening.
and, as the evening passes away, suppose it
will be unfolded to my mind what is expected
TO be done here and am very glad to meet as
many Of my old regiment "a are here on this
occasion. suppose there are more Of them prob
ably still living but scattered over our distant
territories and developing country which up
to our late troubles was not occupied by the
white man. have had occasion before to re-
mark in travelling all over the world to say
that wars, while so much to be deplored, are
not altogether unmixed evils. Nowhere that
have been have failed to find our volun-
teers. No country in Europe, none in Asia,
none in Africa, where I have been that / have
not met volunteers in the late war. Men, who
but for the change in life from their quiet
homes to the field, would probably have
never thought of going beyond the places
where they were brought up. But four years
of separation from their homes has enlarged
ideas and some have gone forth to introduce
American commerce to all distant countries,
others to our new territories
in their residences, in their fields, on their
farms, in their stores, and are developing our
great Territories and preparing them to be-
come States in this Union. How much the
TwentY-frst Illinois has contributed to this ]
am not aware, but will warrant some OF them
are living in the new States and Territories
who are unable to be present on this occasion.
Gentlemen, am glad to seq so many of you
and l hope in the course of the evening we will
be able to hear the experience of some Of YOU"
Speeches followed from Gen. Logan, Ex-Gov.
Oglesby, and Others.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-09

by school warrants, Nos to 1908 inclusive.
ls 1873, to July lst 1880 charged the following
viz: ,s--t-ss1 "a 1a1---
Bills payable, Statement No. Il IN detail s1s21s 2s
Ceraneates OF ndebednes Is p" 10000
Salaries, Is 60Rse Is
Fuel, IA HfS0 40
Printing and stationery, le g oGs72ol
Insurance, Is s2o 0s
Interest on bills payable and certificates, 1s62ol
Expenses Statement No. II in detail $6t67
paid by Treasurer vouchers allowed by committee Of
Ways and Means &C., SC, and for which no 3-
school warrant was Issued esals
Total credit Eoaass7s
DEBIT.
BYE REM Treasurer Of Board school waizants redeemed %
July LIST. $780, tsssn n
Balance outstanding JulY 1,t 1850 pse
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-09

.2:T.-*--- ,,--f~ Debit
FEB. F Wright Superintendent Of Schools II - -
months to July let, 1890 @~:v- 1899 %
ToJjt Merardy. Secretary OF Board Of Education,
u months to June lst 1885, ----. 1895
to Edmund Rice Jr, Secretary Of Board Educa.
ton month to July lst 1850,
TeA n Nelson, Office Jantor, months to Octo-
BET t, 1879 p s9afaE- -@s- 90
ToJ. 8 Mann, Office 5anot, Jaly
lst 1850, =. 80 $50 ss,sa
ADAMS SCHOOL.
To Miss Laura Hand, Principal 10 mouths to July
1s, 1880, $500 %
To Miss ". A. Cummings Primary Principal 10
months to July 1st 1880, 5000
To Miss n Dawson, Sd grade So July i:azs
lN 1850, 1920
To Alp 4, Pten, 4th grade, July s.sr
la,1ssp, 5000
ToaSs Dorsey I'd grade 10 months July
LIT, -4.1t s'-- "~-~--
To Miss y. Nsuning, I'd grade months jan
uely let 1880. $50 ~. -. ~ -. 1900
To ltisA Gunnis grade, 10 months July
lss1ssQ go 400 90
To atfs Deacon, I'd ana Sd grade ~ mouths to s3
! Jnly lat, 1880 $3.50
; To sherten, 5anior, months October lst
! 1s7a, - y--4--1- $500
: To ats'a'''; aor months ssa 4ss, 90
q: Is FRANKLIN SCHOOL 80. + /
F. Mrs y Travis, Principal 10 months .-a-.-
81 July ls. 1880 oao 90
To Miss y Cummings, sh grade 10 month,t0
July 1stVso. sQQ
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-09

To Miss E. Walker 7th grade, o July
To Miss J. Holden, grade 18Th months to
To Miss N. y Hight grade 10 months to July
To Mrs c. a. Fish grade 10 months to July
To Miss ". BacknAan. grade, 10 months to
July 1s, $780, 5000
To Mrs @ E. Fagg grade 10 months to July
To Mrs J. ". wst, 9Th grade 18th month to Feb.
Mobsg Jan0r months to July s, $780, 80 soaoo
To caaius 8 Campbell Principal, 10 to
To George wetbrechs assistant 10 months to July
Mrs q. W. Haynes. assistant 10 months to
To Miss sanborn. assistant 10 months toJuiy
To N E Bsals assistant, months to July
reM 3, a ysndrwortsr assistant 10 month.
To Miss slyota Davis assistant
To Mrs E NJ spaudiug, assistant, n month
February $780, $3.50
To G.. Hegmann, German 10 months to July 1st
To Joseph Ferte, French 10 months to July 1st
To J. h. Mann, Janltor months February lst
To a Mann Janitos % July lst $780, as7s ssaa
HUMBOLDT SCHOOL. 10Th Ward.
To Hiram ". Slack Principal 7.loa
July lst 1880, alsSQ
To Mrs NJ E Kent Primary Principal 10 months
To Miss NJ, A. Tce 9th grade 10 months
to July t, 1880,
To Miss Flora Furnen 9TH grade 3 months to
November 1st 1872
To Miss L Mcguire, ID grade, months to Novsu
Der 1872 5000
To Miss L. Mcguire I'd grade, months to July
1st,
To Miss NJ. A Cummings, grade, months
July 1st $780,
To Miss Jennie CHM, grade. 81 months to July
1st 1880,
To Miss Eva Cameron, grade, to July
lst, 1880.
To Mrs E M spaulding. grade months
February
George Has, Janfto 10 months to May 1st
To George HISS, Jaaito months to July ln
1000 30
JEFFERSON SCHOOL
To Taylor, Principal 10 months to July
To Miss Dorah J. Gibson Primary Principal
o July 1s $780, 10000
To Miss NJ Q. Mckinney eth grade
To Miss F. L. Minoe, grade, 10 months to July
5000
To Miss Witt grade 10 months to July
To Miss Sophia Witt grade July
To Miss P R Dance grade 10 months o July
To Miss Belle Menzius 4h grade
To Mis- Mary o'Bien, Sd grade 10 months to July
lst 1880, 5000
To Miss Lula Iul, Sd grade, o $40 months to April
To Mrs a. Boutwell,, I'd grade o July
1880,
To Miss G E. Gale ID grade o
To Miss A. Turnbu. grade. Cd
To Miss J. b. Peckham. LIST grade. AS months to
July 1s 1880,
TO Miss Edna Smith. Sd grade a.lo months
November, 1879, 800
To Miss Long, Sd grade II month o November.
To Miss EyaC Cd 2.lOn
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-09
Continued from Fourth Page.
DEBIT.

DEBIT
To salary fund proportion OF net collections t5s.@4s SO
To interest and sinking fund, proportion Of net tax
collections 1aAsa 80
TO general fund proportion of net tax Collections 1s 70
To printing and Stationery fund, PROPORTION 81
tax collections 1888 81
To fuel fund.- proportion of net collections, 1854 IS
Total debit, 49S
SCHOOL TAX LEVY.
year 49,
Salary fund, 12aA0Q mi
Iltefsst and sinking fund. mwo
General fund.- @.1po
Pfhthg and stationery fund, e41Qo
Fuel fund.- I8tO0
-
Amount levied by common council 25D.fD0
Add COUNTY levy as Aged. by law, 1spportioasd to
salary fund.-
Total school tax levy, sK
STATEMENT NO. g.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-09

To Miss Lula Iul Sd grade, April
ls, 1880, 2aG0
To Mrs Boutwell,, I'd grade o July
To Miss c. e. Gale ID grade ? months to Novem
To Miss A. Turnbu. grade, Cd months
April LIST, $780,
To Miss J. Il. Peckham. grade. 4 months to
To Miss Edna Smith. grade, ao months to
November 1873,
To Miss l. Long, 80 grade II month to November
To Miss Eva Cameron grade, months to
To j. McKenty, LIST grade sf months to July
lst 1880, 1920
To Miss Minnie Gibson LIST grade amonths July
1st 1880, 1880
To Miss Florence Davis grade, 8 months to
July Isl, $780, 5000
To Miss Maggie eooden grade, Il to
Tow: eauane Jautor ~ months to July LIST,
1880, -t*' *'+~'. 40 90 1907 10
LINCOLN SCHOOL.
To Miss 3 G. STANLEY, Principal 10 months
Miss {. 3. Birmingham Primary Principal 10
months to July lsh 1880, 10000
To Mis-. C. Williams, sa aud 9Th grsds' months
to July lei, 1880,
To M.saIsv King 7ta grade, 10 month. to July
To Ai.. Fanny Pitts, Sd and 9Th grade 10 months
toJuy lst, 1880.
To Miss Mary Smith, % grade 10 months to July
To Miss E a. Tinker, ID grade, Ok months to July
TO Miss : sehefer, LIST grade mon July
To Miss Mary McsIanus I'd grade, N month
February, 1880
To-. Ferguson, Janitor IL months to July l.t
$780, 1885
ias1 MADISON SCHOOL.
10 George Smith Principal 10 months to July
1st 1880, 1850 90
To Mia. Rseh. Brown, Primary Principal, 10
months to July lst 1880, 10000
To Miss May Newsen, sth grade, to July
1s, 1885,
To Miss n Dennison, 9TH grade, 0 July
ls 1880, 10000
To Miss ]. Norwood, 9Th grade 10 months July
ls 1850, 5000
TO Miss I. Wright 5th grade, 10 months to July
3T, 1850, 900
The Portland daily press., 1880-07-14
An Earlier Bradlaugh.

Thomos Carlyle is quoted by the Pail Mall
Gazette as authority for the statement that
Mr. Bradlaugh is not the first Englishman
have afforded preoccupation to an English Par
lament at a time when there was urgent need
that it should turn its attention to more seri-
GUS business. In the second Parliament of
Oliver Cromwell, James Nayler affords oppor
tunity for what Mr.. Carlyle describes as Sin
terminable debates, excelling in stupor all the
human speech even in English parlaments
this editor has ever been exposed to-" -Four
hundred gentlemen of England he contin-
ues. "and, think, sprinkling of lords among
them, assembled from all the counties and
boroughs Of the three nations, to sit in solemn
debate on this terrific .phenomenon-a mad
Quaker, seeming to fancy himself new incar-
nation of Christ. Shall we hang bin, shall
we whip him, chall we bore the tongue of him
with hot iron? Shall we imprison him, set
him to pick oakum? Shall we roast or boil or
stew him? Shall We put the question whether
this question shall be put, debate whether this
shall be debated? In Heavens name what
shall we do with him, the terrific phenomenon
of Nayler? This is the history of divers
second Parliament for three long months and
odd. Nowhere does the unfathomable Deep OF
Dullness which our English character has in II
more stupendously disclose itself.
Who is there that has the strength of ten oxen
that is able to support these things? Couldst
thou debate ON Nayler, day after day, for a
whole winter? Thou, if the sky were threat
ening to fall on account of it, wouldst sink un-
der such labor, appointed only for the oxen Of
the gods" 'The h, norable gentlemen" Mr.
Carlyle continues, did at last decide what to
do with Nayler who, after being whipped and
tongue-bored, and put to pick oakum on bread
and water, finally repented and confessed him
self mad; after which this world-great phe
nomenon, visible to posterity, and the west o.
England was got winded up"
The Portland daily press., 1880-07-14
Garfeld's Letter.

The letter of acceptance of Gen. Garfield
is, as was to be anticipated from the charac-
ter of the man. direct, clear, manly and elo-
quent. 1t treats the political topics which
now divide the parties with distinctness and
with evident and impressive sincerity. In
it one may find clearly formulated the issues
on which the great parties appeal to the
country. He gives precedence and promi-
nence 10 the great question which the war
should have definitely put to rest, but which
is brought up to plague us 10y the men who
seek to accomplish by votes what they failed
to establish by arms. Unless it be as effect
ually beaten at the polls as it was on the
battefeds, this CORY phantom of estate
rights will grow more and more menacing
until it has invoked another conflict of arms.
The Democrats are forcing renewed consid-
Grafton of the question whether we are a
nation or only loosely connected fedora
ton of independent and sovereign states. 1t
is grave question touching the very exist
ence of the Republic and should never have
been brought out of the burial place which
was made for it amid the blood and smoke
of the falling Southern Confederacy. The
attitude of the Republican party is so sue
cinctly put by Gen. Garfield that we invite
new and continued attention to the follow
ing paragraph:
1t should be said that while the Republicans
fully recognize and will strenuously defend all
the rights retained by the people and all the
rights reserved to the States, they reject the
pernicious doctrine of State supremacy which
so long crippled the functions of national gov
ernment and at one time brought the Union
very near to destruction. They insist that the
United States is nation with ample power OF
| self preservation; that its constitution and
| laws, made in pursuance thereof, are the SUI
preme law Of the land; that the right of the
| nation to determine the method by which its
own legislature shall be created cannot be sur
The Portland daily press., 1880-07-14
"Techin the Taggar.r

One time there was man which had tag
gar and the taggar it was sho and the man
he tuke the money FOR to get in. The man he
had big paper nailed on the taggar's den and
the paper, it said, the paper did; "The Roll
Bengol Taggar, sometimes called the monnerk
of the jungle. Hands off. No techin the tag
gar!' The monnerk of the jungle it was al
ways layin down between its poz and the
foxes which had paid for to get in they was
mad c "a it wudent wack and rore like distant
thunder. But the sho man he said: That's
oil rite wien get the new cage done, but this
is the same cage which the offe fellow broke
out of in Oregon, time he ct up them seventeen
men and their families" Then the foxes they
wude ol stand back and took in whispers while
the taggar slep But one day a feller which
was drunk, he take to punchin the taggar with
the mast head of his umbreller, which stam-
peded the oddience Wild and the wimmen
folkes they stood onto cheers and hollered like
it was a mouse, but the drunken chap he KEEP
IL jobbin the monnerk of the jungle crule
Pretty soon the monnerk it beloved offie and
riggled, but the feler he KEEP pokin like he
was a fireman to q steam engin. Bimeby the
monnerk it jumped onto its hne feet and
shuked its self out of its skin, and rolled up
its sleevS and spit onto its hands and spoke up
and said ~ be dam if l can't Just whollip
the pea-green stuffin out o. the gum-dasted
galloot which has been a proddin this here
taggar." And the oddience they was aston
ish!-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Portland daily press., 1880-07-14
A Rough Translation.

A young lady moving in the most exalted
social circles of Galveston, after much toll
and practice at the piano learned to play with
consideral dexterity piece entitled "Picnc
Polka" 1t is something after the style of the
celebrated Battle of Prague" in which the
listener can readily distinguish the roar of ar
tillery, the rattle of musketry, the shouts of
the soldiers and the groans of the dying In
the "Picnic Polka the noise of the wind
among the trees and the joyous carols of the
birds are reproduced. the finale being thun-
deT shower which disturbs the sylvan jewellers.
1t happens that country cousin is in town
just now, and the young lady thought she
would play the piece to him and hear his COM
ment. He is plain, simple minded youth,
and although he is not very bright, is very
appreciative. She told him what the piece
was and then proceeded to give him the "Pic-
mic Polka" The first notes are rather slow
and hesitating, the idea sought to be conveyed
being the solemn solitude OF the forest,
through which the gentle zephyr (not heifer)
sighs. After she got through with this pre-
face, she asked him if be did not almost imag-
inc himself in a lodge in some vast wilderness.
He replied that he thought all that slowness
meant the delay -getting off. Said he.
ana te efsnsS e1esbSGy sSE ass sss
waiting"
She did not care to discuss the point with
the ignorant fellow, SO, to conceal her emo
tions, she once more let herself out on the
piano. The bird whistled as if his throat
would split, the cuckoo filled the sylvan bow
ers with his repeated cry, while ever and anon
the mournful cooling of the dove interrupted
the matin song of the lark.
There, now, guess you know what thss
sounds like" she said as she paused
''You mean that 'tootle, tootle, tootle, chug,
chug, chug?' You just bet understand that
Many is the time at picnic I've heard it
from the month of a demijehn or the bung-
hole of a beer keg."
Her first impulse was to hurl the piano
stool at him, but it passed off, and once more
she went at the piano as if it was the young
mans head and was insured for double its
value. The thunder growled, the lightning
flashed, (from her eyes), and the first heavy
drops are heard upon the leaves. She banged
aud mauled the keys at fearful rate; peal
after peal of deafening thunder perturbed the
atmosphere and re-echoed in still louder rever-
berations until it wound up in one appalling
clap as grand finale. Then turning to the
awe struck youth, she said:
81 suppose you have heard something like
that before?"
"Yes, that's what the fellow with the linen
pants said when he sat down on the custard
pie.'
The audience found himself alone, but he
picked up his hat and sauntered out into the
street, dsnsely unconscious that he had said
ANYTHING out of the way-CHalyestOn News