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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-01-21
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furnish that handsome paper. the
Louisiana Capitolian
and the MERID1oNAL one year for
the extremely low price of So SO CASH.
Baton Rouge is now the permanent Capt.
tai of this great State, and this is an ex-
cellent opportunity to get the Capital and
parish news for little more than One
PRICE. The CAPITOLIAN is a spicy,
interesting journal, filed with literary
matter for the ladies, humor for the fun
loving, historical sketches for the student,
and news from all parts of the World, for
every one. Its editorials upon the cur.
rent political topics of the day are writ
ten in a pithy and attractive style, while
other subjects of importance are present
ed to the reader in vigourous and unmia.
taxable terms. It is, in fact. first-rate
Democratic family newspaper, calculated
to elevate and strengthen the morals OF
our State, and should circulate in every
nook and corner Of its boundaries.
Send to the publishers for . specimen
copy, which is forwarded free upon ap-
plication. Address. The CAPITOLIAN.
Baton Rouge, La.
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Notice..

Merchants and peddlers are here
by notified that I will not pay any
debts contracted by my wife from
and after this date.
A. r. BRoUssARD.
Parish Of Verpilion, Jure 4th 1881.
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setlc canvassers to engage in a pleasa4t
ma profitable business. Good men viii
md this rare chance
TO MAKE MONEY.
such will please answer this advertise
meat by letter, enclosing stamp for reply,
Gaung what business they have been en-
ssged in. None but those who mean
business need apply.
Address,
FINLEY, HARVEY & Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
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G. B. SHAW,
Sheriff & Tax Collector.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
10Th DISTRICT Court,
PARISH OF VERMILION.
N Q G10


Succession e Of Noise Guidry.
Application of VIM. Choate
and Azelie Guidry, his wife, to be
appointed co-administrators.
Notice is hereby given to all
parties interested in the said
succession, or having any opposi-
ton to make to the application Of
said applicants to file the same
in writing. in the Office of the
Clerk of Court within ten days
from the date hereof.
Given under my hand and seal
Of court this 26th day of Noyem.
ber 1881. -
LAs7lE BRoUssARD, CLERK.
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State of Loulsiana,-25th District
Court-Parish of Vermilion-No.
633.
Succession of Emanuel Foreman.
Notice is hereby given to all
parties interested in the said
succession, or having any opposi.
ton to make to the tableau of
of debts and charges and Of
settlement of said succession
to file the same in writing in
the Office Of the Clerk of Court
within ten days from date hereof.
Given under nay hand seal ol
court, this I'D day Of November
1881.
LAsTIE BRoUssARD, Clerk.
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PAY YOUR TAXES.

The assessment rolls of the Cor.
poration of Abbeville are now
complete and in my possession
parties owing taxes for 1881, and
also previous years will do we'll
to come and pay the same imme-
diately.
GEO. E. LYONS,
Nov. 5th 1881 Con.Collector.
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DR.. w. A. Thompson, +,

2l1 Canal Street, New Orleans
Piles, Fistula and Fissure
Cured without the use Of the
KNIFE, LIGATURE OR CAUsTI(
Free from pain, danger or loss {
time from business.
These Diseases Receive Specia
Attention and Cures Guaranteed.
Epilepsy or Fits treated wit
wonderful success, as all cases ar
carefully examined, and non
taken but those offering goot
prospects Of curing.
Impotency, Spermatorrhea ant
Sexual Debility, treated by medi
cine alone, has heretofore proved
usiess and even injurious. They
do no good, is the universe
testimony of all honest physicians
Thousands have "doctored" tol
these complaints, and have thrown
away their money and their
constitutions together, but the Doc
tor combines medical treatment
with electricity, the electricity
being generated by a simple
electrical apparatus that any one
can use, and by these means
insures success.
Constipation, the bane of Sc
many lives and the most prolific
source Of illhealth, cured by a
simple method, with little or nc
medicine.
Diseases of women treated by
electricity, without pain or expo
sure.
Sticture of the Urethra and
Rectum cured without a surgica,
operation and without pain: Tape
Worm, Diseases of the Kidneys
Bladder, Private Diseases, Rheu
matism, Neuralgia, Nervous and
Sick Headache, Asthma, Weak
Painful and Sore Eyes, without a
surgical operation; Deafness
Noise in the Ears, all Skin
Diseases, Scrofula, Tumors, Loss
Of Voice, ETC., successfully treated
by improved remedies.
Letters of inquiry must be
accompanied with stamp for reply
N. B.-No names made public
without the written consent Of the
parties.
The following persons may be
referred to:
New Orleans Testimonials.
Capt. Max Blanchard, Piles.
Jas. Wallbillech, Supt. John
sons Foundry, Rheumatism,
l.. Fl. Patterson, Pilot stmr.
Pagan, Piles.
Max Beer, 1853 Canal street,
Neuralgia.
Mrs. Miller, conner Jacson and
Libery streets, Deaf.
E. Dill, Morgan Railroad, Tape
Worm.
Thos. Robinson, 19 Cont street,
Piles.
Jacob Blum, Baronne St., Piles,
Capt. Pharr, Morgan City, Loss
of Voice.
Leo Wolfson, Craps Bluff, La,
Plies.
Col, W. O'neal, Covington, Ky.
Fistula.
W. F. shrock, Goodman, Miss,
Piles.
J. T. Swim, Main street, Cincin-
natl, Fissure
E. Wolf, Port Hickey, La, Piles.
Byron Eastman, Mercer, KY,
Structure.
J. B. Roos, Ben Lomond, Miss.
Piles.
Jas, Aldrich, Covington, Ky.,|
Diabetes.
S. Freidheim, Bastrop, Id, Plies
a. j. Gordon, 1872 Walnut
street, Cincinnati, O.. Catarrh.
j. 7. Hawkins, Mason, Tenn,
Discharge fromsthe Ear.
J. B. Wilson, Alton, Kyul
Epilepsy
CD. Hickerson, Vicksburg,
Miss, Asthma.
J.T Warren, Carrollton, Tenn,
Bronchitis.
Fl. Shipp, Owen, KY, scrofula.
Office hours from 8 a, NJ, to 4
}. m.
Dec. II, 1SSO,-8m.
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CONSOLIDATED

Statement of G. B. Shaw, sher.
III and Tax Collector; of his entire
collection from July 1st 1880, to
October lst 1881, and including
Poll tax of 1880 to November
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Tar Collector's Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the
taxes assessed for the year 1881,
are set forth in the tax Rolls on
file in my Office and in the Mort
gage Office of the Parish of Yer.
million, that they are now due and
will become delinquent on the 3lst
day OF December 1881, and will
draw eight per cent per annum
interest from that date until sold
in accordance with article 2lO, of
the constitution.
sheriff's Office, Abbeville, Octo-.
22d 1881.
G.. B. SHAW,
Sheriff e. Tax Collector.
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AGENTS FOR

E. ]. Brooks Anchor Brand Nails
and Spikes.
U. S. Metallic Cartridge Co.
Winstead Hoe Co., Winstead, Conn.
II. Disston Sons Celebrated Files,
Philadelphia
Fox's Breech-Loading Shot Guns.
Ohio Valley Steel and Iron Works,
Cincinnati.
Midvale sci Works, Philadelphia.
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Session Of Nine Months Begins
October s, 1881.

Healthy location. Free tuition. Board,
lodging, medical expenses, ETC., SIG per
month. Cheap uniform. Full corps of
competent Professors. Workshop of
Mechanical Department in operation.
Military discipline. For further partu-
culars, apply to
PROF. L. w. SEWELL,
Aug. 27-6m Baton Rouge. La.
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THE SOUTHERN CULTIVA
TOR.

Now is the time to subscribe
lof the old and reliable Agricul-
'aral Journal. 1t is in its xxxv1I
volume and stands at the head
o agricultural papers. Is is now
published ~ by the Constitution,
Atlanta, Ca. :
r,lse. c' s $50 per annum
" o'aos Of 10. 1880
Vlaos Of 20. 1000 I" i"
1ah WEELY CONSTITUTION.
TIE GREAT SOUTHERN FAMILY
B. PAPER.
inse. m's 80. $3.50 per annum
n c,sos OF TO-. 1880 I"
.sOs OF 70. 5000 9"
- oaltivator and Weekly to
ne same address ESQ Z"
sau wauted every were. Lib
- eommissionr. Address.
CONSTITUTION.
Atlanta, Ga.
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me- Nm business now before the
public. You can make
kN money faster at work for us
Hmm han at anything else. Cap
LII ~ j ital not needed. We will
start you. $12 day and upwards
made by the industrious. Msn, women.
boys and girls wanted everywhere to
work for US. Now is the time. You can
work in spare moments only or give
your whole time 70 the business. Ton
can live at home and do the work. No
other business will pay you nearly so
well. No one can fail to make enor-
nous pay by engaging at once. Costly
outfit and terms free. Morey made fast.
easily and honorably. Address TRUE &
Co., Augusta, Maine.
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W. W. EDWARDS,
LAWYER,

.H66eUa1e, La.
Will attend to all business in the line
Of his profession in Vermilion or the
adjoining parishes.
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hUWlSlAMA STATE
UNIVERSITY
Agricultural & Mechanical
COLLEGE,
BATON ROUGE, LA.
COL. WIN. PRESTON JOHNSON,
PRESI ENT.

P R E s l D E N T
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-23


The Valley VSrginidn, edited by q
Mahone-Readiuster- Republican, and
ex-Confederate, says:
"The Wing furnishes strong argu-
ment in defence of Gen Mahone's vote
on the Confederate Bourbon resolution
in the Senate the other day. To imparl
tial minds and to those who snxious
for peace between the sections the views
offered offered by our contemporary will be &C
cepted g wise and proper"
W the majority of Southern people
will fail to view the matter from the
standpoint of the Wing and the Virgin
ian, Major Yost, like his chief, having
received his pardon, and being now the
incumbent Of fat Federal Office may
feel las snug as q bug In a rug" BUTT
makes all the difference in the world
between the man whose disabilities are
removed, and who is now feeding at the
public crib and the man who is ineligi-
BILE, by law, to such q position. Major
Yost can't put himself in the place of
Tebbs, and would not if he could; al
though he was Quartermaster in the
"rebel" army. We know that Quarter
masters were not regarded as guilty of
much harm to the enemy during the
war-indeed, it was thought that many
of them helped the other side but it is
equally certain that the boy Tebbs,
whose sole business it was to carry pa
pers in the Confederate Senate from one
member to another, did not do much
more harm than the Quartermaster of q
fighting regiment or bri. Jade. At all
events, it would seem that the ex- Con.
federate page is as much entitled to i'm
munity, and the favor of "a paternai
government" as the ex-Quartermaster.
and "the Rebel Brigadier" who speaks
for the Republican Administration in
this State. And yet, brother Yost does
not seem to think so; hence we say; 1t
makes great difference on which side of
the barricade one happens to be.-Lynch.
burg Virgission.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-23

BEAR 1T IN MIND.-Democratic Re-
adjusters should bear it in mind and
weigh the significance of the following
language of the Valley Nrgissian =
"If the statement in the Dispatch is
correct. we may take it as fact, that
the leaders of the Readjusters have fully
identified themselves with the admins
tration, and that any success which may
hereafter attend the coalition, will be
the success of the administration. In
other words it is an enlarged edition of
the Republican party, and may be so
read of all men,"
In reference to the above, the Lynch.
burg Nirginidn says
but we would invite the attention of
those Readjusters who are not prepared
to make the plunge that the Boss has
taken into the Republican party to the
above, which indicates the status of the
coalition. Our Republican Readjuster
contemporary says:-"In other words,
it, (the coalition) Ills an enlarged edi-
ton of the Republican party, and will
be 80 read of all men," That is Just
what we want Democratic Readjusters
to understand. Will they be deceived
longer?'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-23

SEND HIM A HATCHET.-Like the
Father of his country Col. Lady could
not tell a lie, and hence no postof1ce.-
Col. New berry In his recent Wytheville
speech in which he sailed into the Boss
go beautifully, said, as reported in the
papers:
1.-THE reason why Malone would not
recommend Col. Lady for the Lsxing
ton Postoffice was because Lady refused
to swear to a lie for the benefit of Ma.
hone"
If that is the condition precedent to
giving out the Postofflce. it accounts fol-
the delay in making any change in it's
management. Is General Malone wait
ing for somebody to swear to lie fol
his benefit? Send the ''little COL" a
Ratchet. Lexington Gazette
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-23


CANCER REMovED.-Last week, Mr..
George Hammer, Wiston, Lewis coun-
ty, West Virginia, arrived here with his
wife, aged 81 years, for medical treat
ment. Drs. b. p. G. & G. C. Henkel,
whom they came to consult, being i'll.
Dr.. II. II. Henkel, Staunton, Va, per.
formed the operation. assisted by DIR. A..
9: Miller, ofthis place, and DR.. A. M.
Henkel. Staunton, Va.
Mrs: Hammers entire right breast
and gland under the arm were removed
the incision being IA inches long. and
the parts removed weighing fully two
pounds.
@The operation was very skillfully per-
formed, and Mrs. III. is recovering as
rapidly as could be expected.
Her brother had q tuner removed
from his lip, some twenty years ago, by
the Drs. Henkel. and is enjoying good
health.-Shen. TfzzLev (Neu MdrEet.)
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-23

RESULTS oF:THE ECLIPSE OBSERVED
IN EGYPT.-Cable advices from Soham,
in Egypt, are to the effect that tba te ~
of English, French, and Ita ian astrono.
mers have had gQQ9.',su Success in making
tneir DESCRIPTIONS upon the solar eclipse
ias' W Wednesday. A fine comet was dis
Covered close to the sun, and its position
photographically determined. just be-
fore and during the period of total
eclipse the spectroscope gave some sur
prising and valuable results, indicating
lunar atmosphere. Hitherto the moon
has been supposed to be without an at
mosphere of any kind. If it had an at
mosphers of fraction of the density OF
that of the earth, the light from star
in passing through it would be bent to
one side. No euch phenomenon has
been observed. The earth's atmosphere
refracts ray of light under similar cir,
cumstances through an angle of 1900
seconds, while the retroactive power OF
the moons atmosphere, if it has any, is
estimated to be certainly less than halt
a second. The observation. therefore,
by the French spectroscopist of dark
ening of the lines of the spectrum of
rays of the sun passing within short
distance of the moon is of great impor-
lance in its bearing on disputed astro.
nomical question. The spectrum of the
SUMS corona was successfully photo
graphed for the first time. This also is
a fact of no small importance.
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may2-4t
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF
Valuable Grazing aud Farming Lands,
IN GREENBRIER COUNTY. w. VA.

Pursuant to decree of the Circuit Court OF
Greenbrier county, rendered at the April term.
1882, in a suit in chancery therein pending be-
tween b. r. Beard plaintiff, and Matthew Ar
buckle and others, defendants, the undersigned
commissioner, appointed for the purpose, will
resell at public auction. to the highest bidder.
in front of the Lewisburg Hotel, in the town of
Thursday, the 18th day of Jitue, 1882,
the following valuable tracts of land, as the
property of said Arbuck lie. viz
LIST. tract Of S4s11 acres, more or less.
End. Two tracts, adjacent to each other, and
the first joining the said Dotson place, said to
contain 500 acres, but which will be sold by
survey.
Bird. A tract Of 1874 acres. more or less,
known as the Price land, and joining the Sec
4th. A tract Of 22z acres, more or less.
known as that part Of the Byrd place not sold
ssts Of sever small tracts sn Of aO Is
IA, and 80 acres, respectively. all OF which. how
ever. except the said 20 acres lie together and
5th A tract Of s79% acres, more or less.
known as the Dunn land. consisting of six
small tracts Of 4S, a, Q, ~. So. and 80 acres.
for unpaid purchase money. will be sold sepa.
rately.
These lands have long been known as among
the best, If not the very best in this county,
and offer q fine opportunity either for invest
ment or speculation. A plat and survey OF
said lands will be exhibited at the sale.
sTERMss0F SALE
The said lands will be sold for enough cash
in hand to pay the unpaid costs of suit and ex-
penses o: sale, and as TO the residue upon a
credit of 6. II, and 10 mo ,ths from day Of SALE
chaser giving bonds with approved personal
security for the deferred payments. The title
will be retained as further security until all
the purchase money is H Ha6: W. HARRIS,
may16-5t-pr's fee, S21.0O Commissioner.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-23

GUITEAU WILL BE HANaED.-On
yesterday, the Judge Of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia in
the case of Guiteau overruled the bill of
exceptions and affirmed the Judgment
Of the criminal court, SO that Guiteau
will be hanged, as sentenced, on the
Both day of June.
District Attorney Corkhill has de-
termined upon an examination of the
brain of the assassin by board of the
most eminent medical experts in the
United States, to put at rest, as he be-
lieves, by such an examination, forever
the question of his sanity. After the
autopsy the body will be delivered to
the relatives of the doomed man If any
of them call for it.
We have believed that Guiteau was
an insane man, and that belief has not
been changed. We believe that it would
have been better for the credit of the
country, and In accordance with the
facts, II the jury had found him insane,
and he had been confined for life In an
insane asylum.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-23

Now SEE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE y
There were some thousands of Demo-
Gratis, says the Lynchburg Advance,
many of them confederate soldiers, with
good record, who were determined
that the public debt of Virginia should
be scaled to what they, like Parson
Massey, (really based on his original
pamphlet). called the equitable basis
They permitted their zeal in this matter
to lead them into affiliations outside OF
their national political party in the
State, never dreaming, though warned
that their leaders were corrupt and
would sell them for patronage to Radi-
calism. Now see what you have done
called to support the weakest and mean
est-most trucculent Radical admins
tration that has ever afflicted the coun-
try. See now, the Washington Repub-
licam, most subservient and plant of all
Radical papers, sitting at the seat OF
corruptions, calls you "coalitionists, ("
and says -
"They have beaten the Bourbons in
two State contests, and chosen two Uni
ted States Senators who support the Ma
tional Administration. Now they have
announced their purpose to defeat the
Bourbons in q National contest, in
which the result may determine the po-
litical complexion of the next House of
Representatives. They have made the
support of the Administration of Presi-
dent Arthur the rallying cry of the
campaign, by which they simply mean
that they fndorse what he has done and
ia doing.U
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-23
The Instinct Of Cats.

Some people seem to have the instinct
OF this species of the feline tribe. for. no
matter how many gyrations they NAV
perform, they always manage to light
on their feet. They have no idea of be.
Ing in the condition of a man flat of
his back" helpless and unprovided for,
And this seems to be especially the in.
stlnct OF our contemporary of the Tulley
Vsrgsns0n. He does not leave us to in.
fer this from his general conduct. in
political matters, but plainly tells us 80.
In the following he says:
1T Is well enough for the Lynchburp
VsTgsas0n not to worry itself about the
consistency Of the Valley Tsrgin4an.-
What It terms our 'somersaults.' have
generally resulted in our lighting square
on our feet, at the right time and in the
right place"
well, friend, we are not a bit "wor-
ried !" only concerned about your own
comfort, since we know how irving to
the flesh and muscle it must be to
wheel about, and turn about, and Jump
Jim Crow"
In the long ago, when this writer was
boy. there was certain feat that boys
used TO perform. called ''skinning the
cat" They wriggled, as they suspend
ed their bodies In the air by their arms,
and almost turned themselves inside
out: but they invariably lighted, like
our contemporary does upon their feet
Our friend would have been an adept In
that art. And go, we do not doubt that
the editor of the Natley Trginiun, =
who Is also the postmaster at Staunton.
will always light squarely on his feet,
no matter how many somersaults he
may perform. He assures us that r.
This may be relied upon In the future,
no matter what may be the suzJccs IN.
dac0tiozs." Well, outside observers can
only judge by ''surface indications :"
and these are often "a deceptive "a the
CONDUCT of some politicians who hang
out, like the pirates Of the sea, false
flag to deceive their proposed victims.-
We frankly confess that we do not un.
derstand, nor care to comprehend such
politics. And 80 we leave our contem-
porary to sail under any false colors he
may choose to adopt. We would be
willing however to lay q wager that,
acting upon the hint from Washington
that ia contained in this issue of the
VSrgsnidn. we will see no more such ar
ticles In the Valley Tirginian, as we
commented on about q fortnight since.
The Administration has put an end to
all that sort ofindependence, by an open
declaration of war upon those Republi-
cans who refuse to march under the
piratical flag of Misunderstanding
VarQina0n.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-23

DEATH. On last Sunday afternoon,
after very brief illness. DR.. Scion ?. G.
Henkel, the last survivor Of the chill.
dren of DR.. Solomon Henkel, decd, de-
parted this life. DR.. 8 P. G. Henkel
had 10 brothers and sisters; two of his
brothers were very eminent physicians
and surgeons, as well as himself
No man will be missed more, not only
as physician, but as citizen, neigh
Dor, and church member, than DIR.
Henkel, and we never saw more SYM
pathy and sorrow manifested. on &C.
count of the death of any one.-Shen.
Valley (NeaU Market.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-23

CATHOLIC CHURCH.-A Catholic
Church is to be erected at Front Royal,
Va, on lot donated by Mr.. George
Macatee, a former Marylander. It's
dimensions are to be As by IS feet, height
Of spire Sc feet from the ground, slate
roof, brick walls. When completed this
church will be one of the handsomest In
the valley.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-23

Acc1DENT.-TheA Allegheny Tribune
says that "James Richardson, over
hauler, was injured seriously at Clifton
Forge Wednesday night while under
car fixing a break, the car being set in
motion by an engine. A wheel passed
over his right leg between the ankle
and knee 30 crushing it as to necessitate
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-05-23
sTERMSs0F SALE
LEGAL NOTICES.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.-The UNDER
IN signed fOrewarns all persons against tres
passing by hunting, fishing. shooting. or in any
other way, upon the Thompson Farm" the
property of DR.. ]. M. Watson, near Arbor Hill,
as the law will be enforced against them.
may16-3t r. w. POWELL.