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Iron County register., 1882-09-28
Her Terrible Temptation.

A case of opium-eating, the circum-
stances connected with which are of a
peculiarly sad nature, has been brought
90 light through the death of Mrs. Cap
txir Bird, at East Twenty-sixth street,
in New York City. Mrs. Bird was a ma
tive of Wilkesbarre, Pa, and was
member of one of the oldest families in
that place. After the death of her first
husband she came to live in New York
with her only child, who is now young
lady, eighteen years of age. Very soon
1fferward she had a severe attack of
maIarial fever, and, among other reme-
dies was given opium. Her brain was
also affected. When she recovered the
dread of what she had suffered impelled
her many times, without any other
Cause, to keep a supply of the fatal drug
within easy reach. The consequence
was upon the slightest sensation of chill
Illness she took alarm and swallowed
dose of opium.
The habit formed rapidly, so that in
few months from the date of her illness
she had so far yielded herself to the
fenptation as to indulge the desire to
some extent once in twenty-four hours.
Her object in coming to New York was
TO fit herself for the occupation Ofskilled
nurse. With this view she labored at
Bellevue and in the hospitals on Black
wells Island, and in time succeeded in
accomplishing her purpose to the fullest
extent. The passion for opium increased
with her progress, and in two years she
was a slave to it. She knew very well
whist the result would be, but she was
powerless to resist. Having charge of
medicines that had been left by the doc
tors for their patients, she found no
difficulty in securing as much as she
wanted. She had previously been a
woman of good physique, and for the
6rst few years of indulgence in the habit
none save a very critical observer could
have noticed change in her appear
xnce which might not be accounted for
ay the accumulation of years, as she had
then started on the way toward forty.
Her eyes had always been bright and
she opium stimulation did not seem to
greatly increase their brilliancy. There
was q difference in her manner, but that
was considered to be the result of close
confinement in the atmosphere of the
sick room. She understood the laws of
medicine sufficiently well to know that
,opinm-eating required frequent dosing
in order to in some degree counteract
ats influence, and, as a consequence, she
was very deliberate in the use of cathar-
tics. -.e-
Her position of nurse she maintained
tn Sgso satisfaction of the physicians, and
was working away with the utmost reg
z1larity, when she began to suffer from
stomach discharges until it was feared
dhat her recovery was hopeless. She
was at that time employed at Bellevue
Hospital, and the doctors bottled the
matter for microscopic examination, as
It was supposed that the membrane of
the stomach had been thrown off. She
recovered slowly, and promptly set her
self the task of conquering the craving
for opium. Having made long visit
Z 10 her old home, she returned to New
Iron County register., 1882-09-28

York In fair health and took q position
as nurse at Blackwell's Island. = 1t was
necessary to be very careful in handling
medicines, so as to avoid the temptation
of being left alone with opiates. All the
help possible was given by the doctors,
and she was getting along very we'll
until she was called to attend favorite
sister during severe illness, at Wilkes
barre. The sense of duty was so strong
that she was obliged to go, but before
starting she said She dreaded being put
to such test. Her fear was that she
would be unable to resist opium if it
should be prescribed for her sister. 1t
was prescribed, and she found herself
swallowing morphine pills with more
desire than ever. The sister recovered,
and she, Mrs. B., returned to her duties
at the hospital, and secretly continued
to take opium every day. While going
acquaintance of Captain Bird, and they
were married. Having previously re-
signed the position of nurse, she went to
live in East Twenty-sixth street. At first
she intended to have confessed to her
husband that she sadly needed his help
to enable her to triumph over her weak
ness, but she was reluctant to do so.
At last time came when she could hide
it no longer. He saw her melt into
shadow and was much troubled, but did
to him the true state of the case. Some
fidence with a lady friend, who had
promised to stand by her in the final
effort at release. She was very much
emaciated, and sadly deficient in
strength for such an ordeal, but she
resolved not to live if it should be as an
opium-eater. In the course of her ter
rible longing she had been known to
frequently take as much as nine ounces
at time. Four ounces was her regular
dose. The effort to give up the drug
was attended by horrible desire. Her
stomach was frequently discharged, and
she had ever increasing and most ex-
cruciating pain, which began in the
region of the hips and moved upward in
spite of fermentation, manipulation,
blistering and cupping, finally reaching
the brain and putting stop to the
sufferings of the victim. In reporting
the death to the Health Board, the
attending physician wrote upon the
certificate: ''Her fatal illness was the
result of the opium habit of seven years.
standing.'' In conversation with a
Mercury representative, the Doctor
courteously declined to say anything in
reference to the case more than it was
one possessing so many strange phases
that in the interests of science he was
desirous of having a post-mortem exam
ination, but that the family would not
consent to it. Gas to the treatment of
such cases." said the Doctor, solemnly,
"physicians can do very little. The
cure, if effected at all, must be by mira
Gle. 1t is the Great Physician only who
can still the craving of an opium eater"
N. Y. Mercury.
Iron County register., 1882-09-28
Our Young Folks.
THE BEAUTIFUL LAND OF NOD.

Come. cuddle your head on my shoulder,
dear
Your head like the golden-rod-
And we will go sailing away from here
To the beautiful land of Nod.
Away from life's worry and hurry and furry.
Away from earth's shadows and gloom,
We will float off together to a world of fair
weather,
Where blossoms are always in bloom.
Just shut up your eyes and fold your hands
Your hands like the leaves Of rose
And we will go sailing to those fair lands
That never an atlas shows.
On the north and west they are bounded by
rest,
On the south and the east by dreams.
'Tis the country ideal where nothing Is real,
But everything only seems
Just drop down the curtain Of your dear
eyes
Your eyes like the bright bluebell-
And we will sail out under Star.lit skies
To the land where the fairies dwell.
Down the river OF sleep our bark shall sweep
Till it reaches that magical isle
w hich no man has seen, but where all have
been.
And there we will pause awhile.
will Groom you song as we float along
To tnat shore that is blessed of God.
Then, no! for that fair land, we're off for that
rare land,
The beaut iful Land of Nod!
Ella Wheeler, in Hdrper's Young People.
Iron County register., 1882-09-28

1t is announced that Mr.. ssTug"
Wilson has gone home to England. A
few weeks ago he made small fortune
by permitting the Hon. John Sullivan
to pound him severely for half an hour,
and, taking fancy tothe country where
great wealth SO surely waited upon hon.
est industry, Mr.. Wilson concluded to
stay in America. Since then, however,
Mr.. Wilson's line of business has been
interfered with by the authorities Of
New York and Philadelphia, and MIR.
Wilson is discouraged.-N. z. Sun.
Iron County register., 1882-09-28

NO gold hssbeen coined in England
zsnce the 18th Of July, 1881.
-Eghty-eight Swiss converts con-
eAln 546 male and 1000 female inmates.
he aggregate wealth is 25 .OOO,OO
The Victoria Cross is a special de-
<oCaneHfgrs personal valor under fire
= @e briash army, and. though it has
ooe1AonA4y been won by lord, has
lever yetaahen to a-prlnce of the blood.
Miss Wade. a young English tour
-. who went out sketching on Mount
Epomeo, at Ischia, in Italy, was found
&c the bottom of q deep ravine.- She
1ied IN the morning without being able
10 give an account of the accident.
1t will be fifty years next December
0Hc1 MIR. Gladstone entered Parlia-
meat, and his friends propose to cele-
6rAte the event as a jubilee. He was
hrst returned to Parliament Dec. Is,
1852, and has been member of every
House Of Commons since that time
An officer of the Sultan's body
guard cut out the tongue of q boatman
the other day because he charged him
with keeping back part of his pay and
said he would get it from him in the day
of judgment The officer boasted of his
cruelty, expecting his rank to save him,
but the Sultan ordered him to be, pun
'siied 'just like any other man."
Lord Tollemache, who has grea.
estates in Suffolk and Cheshire. seems
to have solved the agricultural laborer
difficulty. The laborers on his proper
ties have excellent cottages, with half
aere gardens (the women do a good
deal of the garden work., and three
wears ago. out of 800 cottages, 260
had cows Now nearly all have cows.
Bull fighting at Mines reached
climax on a recent Sunday. The
audience, dissatisfied at the tameness of
the animals, threw their chairs into the
arena More than a thousand chairs
we're broken and all the barriers were
knocked down. The police were help
less, and the spectators set fire to all the
cOubustible material within reach so
effectively that the fire brigade could
scarcely put it out.
On visiting session of Parliament
King Cetewayo was disappointed at not
seeing Mr. Gladstone In paint and
feathers; thought he ought to hold the
Speakers mace and rap the Home
hRulers on the head with it when they
INSTRUCTED proceedings; supposed the
ladies in the gallery were the Speakers
wives; that the Speakers chair was the
throne, and the Speakers big white
horse-hair wig was that officials own
aair-
The great earthquake record of
Msllet catalogues between 5000 and
1900 earthquakes between the years
16O6 b. c. and A. D. 1842. Probably
the most memorable of these is the ter
rible earthquake which DESTROYED Lisbon
In 1850 With scarcely a moment of
warning rumble, violent shock came
which overturned the city, and in six
minutes 10000 persons had perished
and a portion OF the town was perma-
nently aingulfed at a depth of 500 feet
below the surface of the bay. The shock
was felt with greater or less severity
over great area, extending from the
Baltic to the West Indies, and from
Canada to Algeria. Humboldt estimates
that a portion of the earth's surface
equal to four times the size of Europe
was affected.
Iron County register., 1882-09-28
For ten years an Italian has bee

For ten years an italian has been
proprietor of peanut and fruit stand at
the corner of Montgomery and Wash
ington streets, Jersey City, in front of a
shoe store. At a sheriff's sale of the
store on Wednesday the stock of goods
and fixtures were Knocked down to the
peanut merchant, who promptly handed
over the purchase money, amounting TO
over $1,000. He will continue the boot
and shoe business in connection with
the peanut and fruit business. His wife
remarked that they had money enough
left to buy another store.-N. Y. Times.
Iron County register., 1882-09-28

1t is estimated that the '.lambs'' of
this country annually risk $50, 1000. 900
through the New York Stock Exchange.
No wonder the brokers get rich. h.-Ioaoo
State Register.
Iron County register., 1882-09-28
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

NO gold hssbeen coined in England
1ance the 18th 81 July. 1881.
Eighty eight Swiss convents con-
easn 546 male and 1920 female inmates.
ne aggregate wealth is 25 900, 900
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-02-11
NOTICE..
LAND OFFICE at New Orleans. La

49, Wv 49, " vi lhSuuCy Aus
Jan. 6, 1882.
Notice is hereby given that the
following-named settler has filed
notice Of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made
before the Judge or Clerk of
Court, at Abbeville, La, on Fe-
bruary 18th 1882, viz: Jules
Boudreaux. Homestead No. 464O,
for the NV quarter, Section 8, T.
IL, S. 3 E. Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnes.
ses to prove his continuous resi-.
dence upon, and cultivation of
said land, viz: AdoIph Landry,
Valery Mouton, Numa O. Brous.
sard and Lansin Comeaux of
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
GEO. BALDEY, Register.
Jan. 1882.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-02-11
JURI DE POLICE.
Mercredi, 25 janvier 1882.

Mercredi, Is ,janvier 1882.
Conformement a la demandt
faite par lie comite de la prison, le
juri de police s'est assembIee &C
jour a la maison de cour en- Alb.
beyille. f
Etaient presents: = Howard
Hofpauir, president, ct les men,
bres suivants, savoir NM. Brous.
sard, Trahan, Thibeaux. ct Van
slyke.
Absents MN. Nunez ct Pri-
meaux.
Sur motion de NJ. Vanslyke, les
membres du juri de police pre-
sents, ct les membres du comite
de la prison, Sc reunirent en- conf
te generate a Peffet de considerer
la question s'ils doivent receyoir
ct accepter la nouvelle prison tclle
qu'elle est offerte par lie contrac-
teur. LIE greffier appela les noms
des membres du comite de la pri
son, ct les NM. suivants y repen-
dirent a l'appel. savoir John A.
Brookshier, j. II. Putnam. Henri
Leguennec. Lastie Broussard ct
Geo. W. Caldwell. NJ. Hoffpauir
Occnpe le fauteuil.
LIE comite conjoint Sc sont alors
rendus en- corps a la nouvelle pri-
son, afn de l'inspecter ct de lexa-
mioer pour s'assurer 81 ellie a etc
construite scion lie ccntrat arreter;
apres qu'ils current remplls cette
partie de leur devoir, lis Sc reu.
nlssent de nouveau en- session con.
jointe a la maison de cour.
Sur motion de NJ. Vanslyke.
Resolu par fe comite generate,
que la prison bate ct coustruite
par Henri R. Thiberge, agent ct
contracteur de NM. P. J. Pauly
~ ffefes &c St-Louls, Missouri,
soft ct ellie est par lie present re.
cue ct acccptee CONNIE etant COM
pletee et parfait, pourvu que le
dit contracteur sc conforme aux
requirements suivants
10 Louvre en- briques qri fut
gIace doit etre appoint de nou-
veau. 2o Blanchir lie dedans de
la prison en- y appliquant deux
couches de chaux. 80 Peindre Ie
fer. lie ferblanc ct les ouvrages de
bois scion lie contrat.
Sur motion de NJ. Putnam, II
tut resolu, qua cause que la pri.
son ma pas etc livree lie Ter de-
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Lundi, 8 ianvier 1882.

| Auuui, ~ JouFlCi iCCSs
LIE Juri de Police dc FEtat ct
Paroisse susdits s'est reunit ce
jour a la maison de cour con(or.
m6ment a pajournement.
Etaient presents - Howard
Hoffpauir, president ct les mem
bres don't les noms suivent, savoir:
NM Broussard, Primeaux. Nunez.
Thibeaux, Trahan ct Vanslyke.
Les minutes de la derniere as.
semblee sont lues ct adoptees.
M. Primeaux presente une petit
ton des citoyens proprietaires
fonciers demeurants dams le Ter
reimbursement du Juri de Police,
demandants qu'un enlargement
soft fait sur la route pubIique con.
ouisante a la hgne limitrophe de
la paroisse Iberie, dams le 3me
district des chemins publics. La
dite petition fut lu ct consider6e.
Art. Ter Resolu que NJ. Eli
Montague, fills, arpenteur de pa
roisse, soft ct il est par la presente
autorise ct appointe a l'effet de
tracer, arpenter ct designer la
route publique que demande la
petition ci-dessus mentionnee :;
pourvu, quill lie fasse sans frais a
la paroisse. II est pourvu aussi,
que les proprietaires foncisrs sur
les terres desqueIs ledit ohemin
passera, feront une donation de
terre dune largeur suffisante pour
ledit chemin -iaquelle donation Sc
fera par acte notarie d'apres les
formes prescrites par la ioi, en- cas-
que ce enlargement de chemin ait
lieu ct soft accepte par ce corps.
NJ. Sevenne Primeaux Sc trou-
want present, a convenu ct consen-
tt, en- cas- que lie enlargement dudit
chemin s'accomplisse, de ne point
oter lie pont qui Sc trouve cons
trult sur lie chemin actuel ct Sc
tronvant sur sa terre, sans avertir
ce corps six mois d'avance, de son
intention de le faire.
Sur motion de NJ. Broussard.
Art. 2 Resolu que le rapport
duj juri de franc-tenanciers appoin-
te par fArticle 4me adopte lie 5
avrll 1880, pour tracer ct designer
un chemin public partant du bout
du pont d'Abbeville, cote nord, al
liant jusqu'a la ligne limotrophe de
la paroisse Lafayette, .4me arron.
dlssement du Juri de police, lone
district des routes pubIiques de
cette paroisse, soft public dams lie
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Sale Of the oil JaH.

Notice is hereby given that pur.
suant to a resolution Of the Police
Jury of Vermilion, adopted on the
25th inst, there will be offered for
sale, for cash, at the court house
door of this parish. to the last and
highest bidder, on TUESDAY the
2Sth FEBRUARY, 1882, the old
Jail building of said parish.
January 26th 1882.
Fl. B. LYONS, Constable.
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NOTICE..

LAND OFFICE at New Orleans. La.
Jan. 4lh 1882.
Notice is hereby given that the
following-named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make.
fQahproof in support of his claim,
an 4lhat said proof will be made
before thA Judge or Clerk of
Court, at hbeville, La, on Fe-
bruary 1lth 1882, viz Eugene
Hebert Homestead No. 1859, tor
the n. half of the NE quarter,
Sec. Is, T. II, S. 3 E., Louisiana
Meridian.
lie names the following witness
ses to prove his continuous resi-.
dence upon, and cultivation of
said land, viz: Theogene Vincent,
Ursin Frederick. Philosie Vim
cent and Robert Boudreaux of
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
GEO. BALDEY, Register.
Jan. l2-'S2(5D
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cembre 1881, ct a cause que le
percepteur des taxes n'etant pas
sur d'avoir en- mains les fonds pour
solder les derniers placements qui
seront echus le Is decembre 1882
ct le Is decembre 1883, d'aprAs lie
contrat original ayec les interets
a partir du Is deccmbre 1881, a
ralsnn de huit pour cent par an,
lie president du juri de police soft
ct il est par lie present autorise de
changer les dates de lepoque des
deux dernier placements CONNIE
suit lie second paiement sera
lie Ter fevrier 1883, avec so din
t6ret par an a partir du Ter fe.
vrier 1882 lie troisieme ct der
nier Placement Sc fera lie Ter fe.
vrier 1884, avec 80 d'interet par
an a partir du Ter fevrier 1882.
Les travaux du comite general
etant termines, les MT mbres du
comite de la prison Sc sont retires,
ct lie jnri de police rentre de nou-
veau en- seance lie president ct
les meme membres y sont pre-
sents,
Sur motion, resolu, que la som.
me de six cents yingt-quatre
l2ll00 dollars etant lie surplus des
fords commun de 1880, ct aussi la
somme de cent soixante dix-Deut
97uO0 dollars des tonds de 1881
destines au sheriff pour tenir la
cour. soient ct ellie sont par lie
present transfer6es auu fonds spe
cial de 1881 de la prison, a6n de
pouvoir faire lie premier Placement
lui est maintenant du ct payable
au contracteur de la nouvelle pri-
son.
R6solu, que lie constable de ce'
corps soft ct il est par lie present
autorise de vendre la vieille pri-,
son a pencan public, au dernier ct
olus haut encherisseur, au comp
ant, apres trente jours davis
ians lie journal officiel ; il devra
aIe un rapport a ce corps de ses
]
LIE juri de police s'est alors
ljourne jusqu'a son trme regulier.
HOWARD HoFFPAUIR. president.
AMBRcIsE LACoUR, grefier.
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Public Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
25TH DISTRICT Court,
PARISH OF VERMILION,
N Q Gd0

| Succession of Noise Guidry.
By virtue of an order granted
by the Hon. District Court in the
matters of the above entitled and
numbered succession, notice is
hereby given that there will be
sold at public auction, to the last
and highest bidder, at the resi-
dence of William Choate, admins
TRAITOR, at Cheniere au Tigre, On
Saturday, 1871 Of February 1882,
the following described property
Of said succession to wit
One lot Of cattle, about sixty
three head.
One lot of wild horses, about
three head.
One branding iron R
And on Saturday the 25th day Of
February 1882, at the court house
door in Abbeville, the following
property to wit
One dozen silver spoons.
One dozen-a silver forks.
One silver soepspoon.
One tract of land situated near
the Cheniere au Tigre. in Vermil-
ion parish containing 180 38IlOO
acres, being the north ] of south
west ! of section II, and the frac-
tional section IA, all in township
II south of range 2 east.
TERMS Cash on the day of
sale.
WILLIAM CHoATE,
Administrator.
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Les ecoles publiques sont O

Les ecoles publiques sont ou-
vertes ct il y a des ecoles privees
a bon marche. Peres ct meres de
fasnille, ~~nvoyez vos enfants a
r6cole. Ee temps de la jeunesse
est lie temps de s'instruire, car plus
tard il ne sera plus temps ct vous
ne pouvez jarnais vous pardonner
cette incurie ct Indifference
LIE pays demande. exige ct a droit
de. demander ct exiger que ses en-
fants, quill nourrit de son sein
soient instruits, eclaires, afn quill
puissent lie servir lntelligemmeut.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-02-11

L'anniversaire de la naissance
du general Robert e. Lee fut ce-
lebr6 "a Savannah, George, avec
grande pompe ct parade militaire,
lie l9 du mois de janvier ct le 1S
du meme fut celebree le jour de
la naissance de Daniel Webster, a
Washington. All +! noble immortel
Daniel, pourquoi nes-tu pas encore
dams i'arene politique pour con
duire ct diriger les conseils de la
nation.
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Notice..
LAND OFFICE, at New Orleans.

LAND OFFICE, at New Orleans, La,
January Goth 1os2.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing-named settler has fled notice OF
his intention to make final proof in sup
port of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before the Jadge or Clerk
of Court, AT A beville, La, on the 25th
of February 1882, viz : Theo4ule Brons-
sard, Homestead No. 1853, for the w.
half of NE quarter, Section %, T Ii, S.
3 T., Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon,
and cultivation of said land, viz Ne
vile Vincent, Emile Baudoip, Poftalise
uebert and Olidon Prejean, Of Vermil-
ion Parish, Louisiana.
GEo. BALDEy, Register.
Jany. 26- 81.
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AMBROSE LACouR.

AMBROSE LAcoUR,
Greffier du Juri de Police.
Art. 3me Resolu, que lie presi-
dent ct greffier de ce corps soient,
ct lis sont par lie present autorlses
de tirer dcs ordres sur lie Tr6so,
sier de paroisse en- favour des pro,
prietaires-fonciers sur les terres
desquels lie dit chemin passe, pour
les sommes d'argent qui leur ont
etc allouees a titre de dommages
par ledit juri de franc -tenanciers.
Pour les complies alloues, yoyez
Ia partie anglaise.
Sur motion, lie Juri de Police
s'est ajourne jusqu'a son terme re-
gnlier, Ter lundi d'avril 1882.
HOWARD HoFFPAUIR. President.
AMBROSE LACouR, Greffier.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-02-11

A Ia 6n, les citoyens de notre
village Sc sont reveille ct dun
elan commun ont decide d'orga.
niser une societe de pompiers.-
C'est une de ces organisations
qu'on ne doit jamais negliger de
Sc faire ct n'aura jamais raison de
regretter. Nous leur souhaitons
success.