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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-06-17
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NOTICE is hereby given that Assessment
~ Lists are deposited in the Clerks Office
and all persons are hereby notified to come
forward within thirty days from date Of
this publication and make corrections
they deem proper. D. N. LYONS,
Nay6, 1882. Assessor.
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The Abbeville Hotel is under
going a thorough repair, and we
sincerely hope that continued and
deserved patronage Of the past
will soon make up for it.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-06-17

The health Of Rev. Archbishop
Perche is growing weaker every
day, though some hopes are still
entertained of his recovery.
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NOTICE. The public are hereby
~ notified not to receive labor or
hire my minor child DAMsY STANsBURY,
who hasleft my home or pay and mon
ey for work done to any one but the
undersigned.
PRUDENCE BOURGEOIS.
June 18th 1882.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-06-17

Charlie Howard and the lottery
monopoly triumphant, victorious
all along the line. The commit
tee r~eports-moral progress.
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SATURDAY, JUNE II, 1882.

Several showers this week, that
will help greatly the growing
crops that are already very prom
ising.
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JESSE JAMES is DEAD.
Agents For the Illustrated
yxYS- Lives and Adventures
w 6nCGQ of Frank and Jesse


Lives and Adventures
w GnCeQ of Frank and Jesse
James and the Younger Brothers, the
noted Western Outlaws.-By Hon. j.
A. Dacus, Phi. D A rue and thrilling
account of their bold operations for 20
years, in as many States and Terrific
ries, with graphic statement of tbs final
rragedy in st. Joseph. Profusely nlus-
trated, including engravings of the Out
law Jesse James, before and after death,
his young wife and little children, the
detectives, Fords, the house of the last
struggle, and so others, engraved from
actual photographs.
Agents Wanted ! Send for full
p a ~rticulars
and be convinced that this is the most
salable and profitable book published !;
or, to save time, send so cts, at once
for Canvassing Book and state your
choice Of townships, Address
N. D. THOMPSON & CO., Pubs.
st. Louis, Mo.
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r. Se si Improve ws sass ssa.ss e. !
poverty. We want Ia9 ~ Is re p
boys and girls to work oOe esa
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binary wages: E1pe .so ssgsgss
nj n's make e' mo4ey rapidly: ne 49,
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nation and all thss = Portl11
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On decoration day in New
York who was the chosen orator
Of the day? Bob Iugersoll u!
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is to join the fence surrounding
the Court House square, ban.
quet of six feet width to be left
around the whole square. The
fence around the Jail to be built
Is feet from the walls on the nortt.
and south sides and l8 feet from
the walls on the east and west
sides, the whole work or job to
be done in a workman like man.
ner and to be received and accept.
ed by a committee to be appointed
by the Police Jury for that 'pur-
pose. The Police Jury will make
an appropriation of a sufficient sum
out of the common surplus funds
of 1881 to pay for said fencing
when completed and accepted.
| hereby agree to superintend
the building of the fence around
the Court House square and the
picket fence around the Jail, and
to see that said fence is built as
specified in the resolution passed
by the Police Jury in regard to
same free Of charge {; and to have
all the work done as cheap as
possible, buying all lumber and
material and furnishing the same
at cost to the parish.
(Signed,) G B. SHAW.
The Police Jury being now in
session, do hereby accept the fore
going proposals.
The following claims were al
lowed and ordered to he paid out
of their respective funds.
Criminal funds of 1882:
Simon Blanc S l l2aa
G B Shaw, for locks, &c 4 90
Isabella Gage ! IS
Raymond Gage l IS
Aurelien Broussard 2 25
Erastus Perry l 93aa
SEVERN Broussard 4 12a
Chat alias Augnste Picard 4 l2a
Norbert Mire l 12l
Preston Morgan | 944x
D II Lyons, Sheriff Of Cal
casieu so
w o White, Coroner 5 on
L.astie Bronssard assignee of
Adam Foreman l 81
Pierre Boulet Il Abb
Echo Foreman O.
District Attorney funds 1882
J \ Charoois IS 90
Magistrates &c funds 1882:
Jacob Isaac assignee OF
w B White II 81
Bridge and Road funds 1882 +:
Wise 80 II
The Jury adjourned to meet on
Thursday the 22d Of June instant
Howard HoFFPAUIR.
President Police Jury.
Attest =
A. LAcoUR,
Clerk of Polio Jury.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1882-02-25
Whose Boy is That2

lie may be seen any day, in almost
any part of the town-he never makes
room for you on the sidewalk, looks at
you saucily, is very impudent, and Oft
en- vulgar to women who pass-he de-
lights in frightening, and sometimes
does serious injuries to little boys and
girls-he lounges at the street corners,
and is the first arrival at dog fight or
any other sort of a scrape-he crowds
into the postoffice in the evening, and
multiplies himself and his antics at
such rate that people having legiti-
mate business there are crowded out; (;
he thinks himself very sharp, he is
certainly very noisy-he can smoke
and chew tobacco now and then, and
rip out an oath almost any time-we
ask whose boy is he? Mother, is he
yours? We think he is, for there are
many good qualities in the lad, and we
do not think that you know what he
does in the street. Look after him
mother, keep him more at home, train
him, and you will have son to be
proud of some day.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1882-02-25
WINTER.

Sad soul--dear heart, oh, why repine?
'The melancholy tale Is plain;
The leaves OF Spring, the Summer flowers
Have bl0omed and died again.
" The sweet and silver-sandaled dew,
Which like maiden, fed the flowers,
: Hath wsned into the beldam frost,
And walked amid our bowers.
Some buds there were--sad hearts be still J!
Which looked awhile unto the sky,
Then breathed but once, or lived to tell
How sweett st things may die.
And some must blight where many bloom !;
But blight or bloom, the fruit must fall !!
{ Why sigh for Spring or Summer flowers,
Since Winter gathers all
He gathers all-but chide him not;
He wraps them in his mantle cold,
And folds them close, as best he can,
For he Is blind and old.
Sad soul-dear heart, no more repne,
The tale Is beautiful and plain;
Surely as Winter taketh all,
The Spring shall bring again.
r.. II. Read.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1882-02-25
MISS HARCOURT'S LOVER.


"It looks as if il were going to snow
for weeks, Miss Elizabeth" said old
Gregory, as he touched his hat and
hobbled down the icy pathway as fast
as rheumatism and old age would per-
NIT him.
Miss Elizabeth looked down into the
sweet old English garden, with its
tangled mass of shrubbery covered with
snow, and a mist came over her eyes.
A week! The slim white fingers
closed tightly over the yellow envelope
clasped in her hand, and as she turned
away from the door a tear FLASHED
down upon it.
In just one week the mortgage would
be foreclosed, the letter said, and un-
less the amount could be raised in the
meanwhile, the dear old house where
she was born must pass into the hands
of strangers.
The investments that her nephew
made for her all proved failures, and
when, five years ago, he had come bust
ing up from London and told her that
his mortgage would save her fortune,
she signed her name to the paper. and
for while all seemed well.
How foolish she had been! Why
had she not asked more about it?
Ralph Morgan had paid the interest for
her as it came due. until two years ago,
when she received short letter from
him, and be had decided to 60 to Aus
tralia.
That was all. Miss Elizabeth had
seen very little of him. He was the only
child of her sister, who was many years
older. When the father died, the prop.
erty was divided between the sisters.
Margaret took her share in money, and
went, with her husband and child, to
live in London, where she died soon
after.
Elizabeth had never left the old
homestead, and with proper manage
amont, there would never have been
any need to do SO; but now-she had
made another mistake.
The old clock was ticking loudly in
the great wide hall as she slowly went
UP the stairs to the pleasant room
where she had spent her lifetime.
II am always making mistakes" she
mOaned, drearily, as she threw herself
on the little white bed. sixteen years
ago to-day made one, and now l have
made another"
There were no tears now in the dark
gray eyes, only tired look that stran-
gers would wonder at; for if ever a
woman was envied in that little vii
lage, Elizabeth HarcOurt was.
"She has everything one could wish
fOr,"' the poor folks said; "but she is
so good with it ALL"
How could they know of the busi-
ness worries and the pinching econO-
my, and the aching heart, that the
sweet, calm face never showedp
Elizabeth Harcourt was proud wO-
man, and in the years gone by, had
been hasty one; and now, in the
quiet of her room, her thoughts went
back to long ago when. in her bot tenn
, per, she told Jack RainsfOrd she never
wished to see his face again. How
could he know that in the morning
she would have given worlds to unsay
the words?
1t had started, like most quarrels,
with such little thingl But he had
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lover, and sat down on the chair oppo-
site to him.
A chilled, disappointed look came
over the worn, tired face of the man,
and he arose and walked over to the
window as he said bitterly
"YOu have hardly changed at all,
but sixteen years in India are not likely
to keep a man fresh and young-es-
pecially when they are not particularly
happy ones"
Something in the tones made Eliza
beth Harcourt's heart thrill as in the
old days; but she remembered that
wife in India. The feverish cheeks
grew deeper crimson, but she said,
quietly
"Are you going to stay for any length
of time in England, Mr.. Rainsfordp Is
your wife with you?"
With startled look he turned and
faced her.
"You know L never married, Beth
Harcourt," he said bitterly. 81 never
loved anybody but you, and-you have
forgotten me.
With low cry she sprang toward
him, and the next moment was Sob
bing in his arms.
"Jack, my darling" she said, al have
loved you always. and have not for
gotten you for one moment all these
weary yearsp
"If had only known it before! he
answered sadly. "Some one told me
you married the year after left, aud
l thought it was true until one day. on
board vessel, met lad that came
from here. asked him about the old
place, and he told me Miss Elizabeth
Harcourt had nursed him through a
fever when every one else was afraid
to come near him."
Rainsford stopped and slipped an
odd hoop of shining stones on Miss
Harcourt's finger.
'Do you know" he said, ga wild
hope filled me, and said to myself. 1T
is for Beth, if she will wear it. If not
l will drop it in the middle of the
ocean, and never look at England
again."
Elizabeth looked down at the spark
ling diamonds. and said with long
drawn sigh,-
ooh, Jack, and it was only this
morning that l was in despairr'
Suppose you let me see that letter
from London?" he said. 81 wanted to
make some English investments"
That night Miss Harcourt knelt by
the little white bed with happy sob,
like tired child that had found rest
at last.
Jack did make an invest, but it was
not in London. The mortgage was
relieved, and Jack and Bcth now en-
Joy the old stone mansion.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1882-02-25

The superintendent of the Indian
school at Carlisle, Pa, proposes to give
an exhibition in Philadelphia next
month, wheIeat the workmanship of
the Indian boys and girls can be seen
and their proficiency in elOcution tested.
The lads will show their manner of
making harness, and on the stage will
be wagon, specimens of tinware,
boots and shoes, all of which were
made Wy :hs boys ut Carlisle. .a
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ed with quail from California.
A .Hrge hotel is to be built at Wash
ington Heights, New York city.
The population of the Philadelphia
house of correction numbers l,131.
Seventeen thousand dollars worth of
sponge in one pile was recently sold at
Key West, Fla.
A negro in Upson county, Georgia,
got rid of bone felon by cutting off
his finger with a hatchet.
The will of Mary Pratt, of Water
town, gives to the Massachusetts, gen.
eral hospital the sum of $4,000.
1t is said that Rueben Il. Springer,
of Cincinnati, talks of endowing the
College of Music with $1,000,00O.
Gold has been washed from alluvial
lands within the limits of Gainesville.
Ga, which pays so cents to the pan.
Secretary Hunt has just become the
owner of neat but simple brick house
in Washington. It's price was $10,-
500.
A railroad company has been organ
lied in Arizona to build road from
Tucson to the Gulf of California. $50
miles.
Gov. William ID. Bloxham, of Flori-
da, is the first native-born citizen of his
state that has won his way to its high
est Office.
Hard pine and other woods abound
ing in rosin are now brought from the
southern states and sold in eastern
cities for fuel.
Brooklyn had 437 fires last year, with
a loss of 1927 ,145, and an insurance Of
81, $50, 200. Sixty-two fires were caused
by kerosene explosions.
At Adams, Jefferson county, n. Y,
during the fall and winter, and within
a mile and half of each other, there
have been forty-fve deaths from diph-
liberia.
A good old lady of Plymouth, Mass,
collected money for the benefit of a
poor family and bought groceries for
them. The family are now sning her
for the cash.
The cost of feeding the prisoners in
San Francisco is low. Last year, in
that city, meals were furnished priso-
ners to the number of 41,8S9 at an
average cost of II cents per meal.
Sixty-five corporations for wild min
ing shemes have suddenly transferred
their offices from Philadelphia to Cam
den, N. j., to escape the taxation i'm
posed by the laws of Pennsylvania.
The financial returns of two Catholic
church fairs lately held in Philadelphia
show that one realized $4,000 and the
other over $4,000. The contests by
votes proved most remunerative, the
ballots to award chalice producing
the sum of $1,000.
A case exciting much local interest
in Auburn, Me-, was decided last week.
Miss Fannie Dickey, in mailing letter
on Sunday, was struck by ice falling
from the roof of the city building. She
sued for $4,000. The jury rendered
verdict of $3,250.
The first jury composed exclusively
of cOlored men ever assembled in
Tazewell county, Virginia, tried
shooting case last week in which the
principals were also colored. The
guilty party was sentenced to six
months Imprisonment and a fine of
$500.
A hen at Pawtucket, r. L., was ar
rested the other day charged with steal
ing young mans 800 diamond pin.
There was no evidence discriminating
the hen beyond the naturally reckless
passion of her sex for trumperty, yet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-29
AMERICAN WOMEY AND FAMILY DUTIES

From II Letter 10 The PdH NM GG-ehc.
The foot note you quoted the other day from MT.
Goodwin smiths paper IN me MW, na,o Tf% - are
calculated 10 give your readers most unfair IN
preston of American women ana lheIf views III
falnily duty Mr. Goodwin Smith might very wen
have qualified his remarks by adding Ihat IHo
woman suffrage movement, about Wnlch onoi Ilo
opinion is in small minority IN the Ihtch HtdtCo'
classes than it has here that II has niue hod at
all on the vast industrial and agrcultura. poPuId-
ton outside the great cities; ana tlat Jhe lI'I9
which, rightly or wrongly, he attributes 10 us
leaders as 10 matrimOny and maternity are WhoIy
rcpugnant to the vast majority of American women
In tact, his argument pointed 10 dangeIS-Teai OF
eXagreratcd-n the future. not TO the present state
OF affairs Though my experience OF America mas not
been 50 long ami continuous as Mt. O0IG"ih
Smiths have been in America enough ana nave
seen eDOuCh Of various aspects OF American society,
10 have some right % an opinion. And have some
hope that shall find Mr.. Goodwin smith agreeing
with me when | say without hesitation una NO
where can family life. IN its simple, honest aIec-
tiOn the cohesion of its members, the sense ol "uy
OF husband and wife, parent ana emil po SccI
better developed than In New Engiahu. anu
society i'm other parts OF the states ulHcTS rom lHd
in New ENGLAND more in degrees of education ana
refinement than in essential habits ana priHclP.rS
ANY one acquainted with American society knONs
Tor instance. that yOung married women HNca
much simpler. more wholesome Ire than tl'y no o III
London drlwng-rooms, and give more "i lHc'i lilno
to home life, TO thCr husbands auu ChIuItn; ""t
70 social engagements. than they DO III Eheiauu
The statistics OF the writer in lie Century may snow
that the relaxation Of the divorce law IN some oI
tLp STATES has been unsatisfactory as leading 10
capricous breaking Of the marriage tie for un-
substantial reasons in certain classes OF american
society. Tho fact however, remains tIilt llc
gro.scr scandals of married life which the Diyorce
Court TOO frequently reveals in the higher circles OF
English society are strliIugy rare III families Oh
similar position i'm America.
| shall be glad to be permitted thus to state
what / think is the true state of the case, because
many readers who do not know America themselves
MIGHT he led by the extract and your article TO
hasty and unjust congratulations, which would
have about as much solid foundation as similar .jl
contradictions suggested some years ago by the
brilliant IrcubratlOns of that industrious book
maker. the late Mr.. HepwOrth DXon.-l am, Sir
vonr obrdicnt servant l.. \. CEANNING.
3 Brup8Wick-Squdre, brighton, Jan. t.
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METZ ~ 1852.


On the city side of the gate a German sentry
PAGES m and down, pcrsonnying that force which
Prince Bismarck declared made rghi. Inc names
nf the streets have been changed; the German APP
ppllation Is painted mp under the French enc on a
q hi G. board at each corner The ShOpkccprrS have
declined TO ticket up their goods in German money,
while The couqucrcr is left to do his own lltte sUm
OF exchange converting his iron currency into that
of the vauqushed. Metz Is truly town IN the
occupation of the enemy. One would think that
the horror, OF long siege had been endured,
and that the inhabitants had stlu shut them
selves up in their own houses. The fact IL that two
thirds of the people OF Metz quilted tue town when
The Germans established themselves there. and at
one moment the population TELL from 10000 10
| = 600; while the Germans, Ike lOcuSt-, came down
to replace Them, opening the closed shop, and rc
cclying subsidies from their own Government. 50
that the garrison might not be totally demou!izcd
by the frlridIty which met them from people who
had lost their nationality and would not be com
fortcd The garrison his not suliced TO populatc
the town; The heavy measured tread OF the
German soldiers, the noise OF the bHtt-end
of the rifles rs they are grounded, the
Gathering Of the long sdbrcS over the stones,
the dun beat of the drum, the ohrLl SOUNDS oi
the fife and the occasional roll OF musAr'il leaTd
IN the meats OF the fortucdtlouS, sem 10 pc Iu'
only noises which break the dreadful silence. Inc
line or dcmarca,ion has been sharply drawn between
the two people They do not associate, ana many
,yn1nau a n stcD on the pavement 10 avoid any con-
t.ct with the uniformed official or soldier While
more tlau one officer sauutcrs along ms II he were
tG@t me IN S Met raynn6t be- very c4vabo
position for any of the fifteen thousand HeutcnanS
Germany l. said to delight H. I"I inc pcope nave
turned their back on them, and no family WII admit
them into It's midst .
those who knew Metz in happier days, with its
artillery school, its colleges, and ITS select society,
who tocked TO the public promenadcS, and on the
long terrace which stretched from the mis- OF
Noycant To the foot of Saint Quentin when the band
PLAYED would hardly recognize the town now. Ibo
military music Is allowed 10 play on unhcedcd save
by the German portion OF the population No MeZLlh
can be seen on the terrace. carly III the morn
ing when some of the townspeope lean against the
flg valley.
he hills of Pagny Everything that is German has
been sent to Coventry and more than one oillcer
has declared that he would rather go ON frontier
duty into Poland and live among peasants
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count in life. But the best thing, OF 2
good French dinner especially h OF the the c0 0IG
yersation. A few dishes, with ample pauses be
tween. by which equal justice was done to inc
viands and the talk-this was the ideal, not GniTe
in view. and in which health equally with recIel-
ton found its account. In Edinburgh again, from rom
the days of Hume to those of Sir Naltor Scot, men
bad time both for work and play; and even III re-
mote Konisborg under Kant, the ardent pursuit on
metaphy sizes was not found Incompatible WIN me
intercourse For il is to be noted that the
meeting of friends TO be at once
a source of relreshmcnt and Tepo5e must b. neither
too frequent nor too Ii we only meet our lrthu
at long intervals, we have either too much to say TO
him and cannot say 1t for ovcr-fulncss or we nave
lost touch and those finer contacts of sympathy
We have inscnsiblv diyeTgcd, each in his separate
groove. and easy flow and spontanety are replaced
by reserve and hali-shynesS; 1t Is here thar we
place our finger on the painful spot III our modern
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MI

Cod Outlets with Tomato Sauce. Ricch Pola0es
Boiled Turkey. Celery sauce. opiuach.
IMcts OK Partridge. Saratoga Potatoes.
Lettuce Mdyonndlsc.
Cheese. Waters.
Bread Pudding. ORuS. Ice Cream. Cake.
Apples Nuts. R@lstns.