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BILE; forty-cents is through an
error in the assessment the same
property being assessed in the
name of two different parties and
the remainder will be collected
with the delinquents Of 1882.
I have received within the last
few days licenses of 1882 and
have had no time to take action
on them they amount to eighty
two 50l100 dollars some are COL
lected and others worthless.
Respectfully submitted,
r. G. SMEDEs.
Jan 5th 1883.
On motion of Mr. Broussard, re-
solved, that the sum of One Hun
dred dollars of the amount now
on hand to the credit of the Gene
raj fund, be transferred to the
street and bridge fund.
On motion OF Mr.. Abadie, the
claim Of Smedes & Leg6 for haul
ing the carcass Of q dead horse
out of town, amounting to the sum
of $3.50 was allowed.
On motion the council adjourn.
ed, sine die.
R. G. SNEDEs, W. B. WHITE,
Mayor. Secty,
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N o T I G E +.
LAND OFFICE at New Orleans, La.
nno On 1000

LAND OFFICE at New Orleans, La.
Dec. 20, 1882.
Notice is hereby given that the
following.named settler has fled
notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim.
and tina, said proof will be made
before the Judge or Clerk of
Court, at Abbeville, La, on the
9th of Jan. 1883, viz Frank
Plowden, jr Homestead No. 1880,
for the NE. quarter of NV. quar-
ter, lot 3 Of NV. quarter of NE.
Sec %, Tl2, S 4 E Louisiana
Meridian.
He names the following witnes-
ses to prove his continuous resi-.
dence upon, and cultivation of
said land, viz: Miles Joiner, jr
James Joiner, Francois Jones and
Henry Hunley of Vcrmilion
Parish, Louisiana.
GEO. BALDEY, Register.
Dec. 30!'82.
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N o T I G E
LAND OFFICE at New Orleans, La.
Dec. %. 1882.

LAND OFFICE at New Orleans, La.
Dec. %, 1882.
Notice is hereby given that the
following-named settler has fled
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, Ls., on
Jan. 30th 1883, viz: Syphroyen
Trahan, Homestead No. 47OO for
fraction Section %, T. 13, S. 4 E.
Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnes-
ses to prove his continuous resi-.
dence upon, and cultivation of
said land, viz j: VIM. w. Kueh-
lin, Cleophas Broussard, Charles
Frederick and Oleus Thibodeaux
Of Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
GEO. BALDEY, Register.
Dec. 3O.-'82
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N O &c E..
LAND OFFICE, at New Orleans. La,
noo CQd 1890

LAND OFFICE, at New Orleans. La,
Dec .23d 1882.
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 said proof to be
made before the Judge or Clerk of
Court, at Abbeville, La, on the 3Oth Of
January 1883, viz :-Despaliere Breaux
Homestead No. 49O2, for the SW quar-
ter, Sec. 3, Town. II, s. 3 E. Lou
isiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon,
and cultivation of said land, viz
Jules J. Boudreaux, Valery Mouton,
John Abshire jr and Desire O. Broussard
of Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
GEO. BALDEY, Register.
Dec. 30 1926 t.
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And that the clerk Of this BODY
issue notices to said parties of their
appointments.
Resolved that we give to the sher-
if the following credits on fines
charged against him by the Finance
committee, to wit
Fines against Victor Guidry for
1880 S 118 90
Fine against Walter Hen
derson for 1880 10 90
Fees due Chargois dist atty
at Sept term Of dist court '52 80 90
One jury no ice of Perry
Trahan 10 90
Cons due Chargois on for
feited bond Of Stephen Fore
man of 1925 at 20 OlO 25 90
also the sum of "a 05
error in CONS allowed
sheriff on licenses for year 's2 4 O5
Fine of F NJ Levy 25 90
Receipt for fines by him
col for '5O-'81-'82 625 90
Receipts for taxes collected
on rolls of '77-'78--'SO.-'8l
--'82 1881 So
Receipts for licenses of 's2 384 IS
t" i" forfeited bond
Of Stephec Ashworth for SO 90
CONS for col of all fines tc
date at rate of 10 OlO on
amount Of 1921 90 max
ing the cum of 80 10
Total amount s 1906 AZ
As per report of finance
committee of Oct End
1882 charges coll 3,24s "a
BY credit as above stated 1906 AZ
Leaving bal against ---
sheriff g. tax collector, 5 2S3 So
Resolved that the finance commit
tee. be instructed to investigate and
ascertain how this discrepancy arises
ana make report Ut Tie next nees'ne
Of this body.
Be it resolved that the surplus
funds in hands Of the Treasurer foI
years previous to 1882 to the amount
Of Two thousand dollars be appro-
priated and paid pro rata on judg-
ments and claims which have been
presented to the finance committee,
said pro rata to be made by the f.
nance committee making their re-
port to the Police Jury at the next
meeting.
The following claims wer allowed.
To D. M. Lyons. Assessor, out
Of Mag. Phys. Coll. & Assessor
funds of 1882 S 427 so
To G. B. Shaw, out Of Criminal
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parish Of Lafayette. should that body
see proper to do 50. and that said
joint committee make due report to
their respective bodies at an earlier
date as possible.
The President appointed with him.
self, Messrs. A Vanslyke and J T
RrOussard.
The following claims were allowed
and ordered paid out Of their res
,oo&;vo frn1a ,,;n
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On motl0n Tue jury then adjourn.
I'd until Monday the 9th inst.
HOWARD HOFFPAUIR.
President Police jury.
ABROISE LACOUR,
Clerk Police Jury.

Monday Oct. 9th 1882
The Police Jury met this day
according to adjournment at the
Court House in Abbeville.
Were present Howard Hofpauir,
president and the following members
viz :-Messrs, Broussard, Trahan
and Vanslyke.-Absent ;-Messrs.
Thibeaux, Nunez and Primeaux.
On motion L G Lyons was ap-
pointed to act Is Clerk Pro Tenn.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
The following appoinsments as
Clerks at the differing precincts were
voodo ~ EO1lou. p;,.
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School Board.

ABBEvILLE, La, July Goth 1882.
A special meeting Of the School Board
met this day according to call Members
present "A. d. Martin, president, N.
Perry, j. Nugier and J N Williams. Alb
sent :-J Morgan, J H Putnam and NC
Boussard.
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read and on motion the same'were adopted.
The following report of the Treasurer
was submitted and on motion the same
was adopted,
Abbeville, July 10Th 1882.
To the Hon President. and members OF
the School Board in and for the Parish Of
Vermilion
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----~--
5 $40 65
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. E. LYONS,
Con- Collector.
approved Jan. 5th 1883.
r. G. SMEDEs,
Jos. J. ABAp1E.
TRE.ASURER'S REPORT.
Report of W. B. White, Treasur-
er, for quarter ending
January 5th 1882.
1882, Oct. 5th, balance as
per last report s 81 16
1883, Jan S, to amt reed
on said fund to date 484 65
-575 81
GRE DIT.
Jan 5, by amt paid out as
per receipts $40 90
balance this date 235 81
Street and bridge fund.
1882, Oct S, to bal as per settle.
ment OS
1883 Jan s, ANTS received
on said fund to date 1913 SO
1913 81
by amt paid out 19l SO
balance this date 2 II
ST king Fund
1883 Jan S, to amt on hand this
dato 5 1l2 So
Respectfully submitted,
w. B. WHITE.
Treasurer.
approved Jan 5th 1883,
r. G. SMEDEs,
Jos. j. ABAD1E,
ATTORNEYS REPORT.
To the Hon. Mayor and Alder
men of the Town of Abbeville.
When l received the rolls Of
1881 there was still due the sup
Of eighty.two 36ll00 dollars wb: ::.ch
l have turned over to the = reas
urer, leaving q balance still due
therein Of seven lolle0 Of thai
amount twenty y-ceQts ia uncollectA
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Respectfully submitted,
ISAAC WISE, Treasurer
per f. WISE.
Mr. Lastie Broussard submitted his bill
for costs in suit of School Board (vs) G B
Shaw, ax-collectOr. amounting to $44, 30
and on motion the same was accepted.
On motion school was located in the
4th ward on land to be donated by Mr
Maurice Villlen.
On motion the school in east portion Of
Cd ward relocated on land belonging to
Mr. Emile Thibodeaux about 4 acres from
the present location.
o. motion the appointment Of teachers
for the different schools was postponed un-
til next meeting.
Oh motion the LIST school in I'd ward
was closed aud school was located at or
near j Bite Bertrand in said ward,
On motion fhe Treasurer is authorized
to pay the aum of one dollar and half to
j N Williams to reimburse him for money
expended by him for the Board.
On motion the sum Of one hundred dol
lars vas allowed W w Edwards for pro
fesslonal services.
On motion the sum Of one hundred dol
lars was set aside out Of any local taxes
AZ contingent fund.
On motion.the Board adjourned to meet
August 22nd 1882, and all members are
requested to be in attendance
A. d. MARTIN, President.
J.N. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
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fros. fand 1882 81 go
On motion the Jury adjourned to
the first Monday in December 1882,
HOWARD HOFFPAUIR.
President Police Jury.
L. G. LYONS. Clerk Pro. Tenn.
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Criminal funds of 1882.
Lastie Broussard s q 95
G B Shaw, sheriff "a 90
L Broussard assignee (see list SO 81
Laurent Rageur l874
O Bourqne assignee (see list 9 81
E Dechamps, jr 3 S14
S Wise assignee see list 10 IS
G. B Shaw sheriff 500
S Wise assignee G f Lyons 100 90
Magistrates &c, funds 1882.
H B Lyons constable 81 95
Gilbert Labauve p 3 583
w B Whitejp IL IS
Printers & Stationer's, 1882:
G B Shaw 9 sol
Z. l. Addison, 8 quarters, 21O 90
Police Jury funds 1882
Solomon Wise IL OO|
Isaac Wise 25 OO|
Fl B Lyons 12 OO]
Ambrose Lacour 81 so
Road T. Bridge funds 1892:
S Wiss 3 claims SS &
Remy BrOussard 2 50
Grand & Petit Jury &c funds 1882:
J G White. jury com'r 2 SO
N G Young 4" 200
A Lacour /" 8 SOL
On motion the Jury then adjourn
ed until Monday the 9th inst.
HOWARD unEED TYTp
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Town Council.

Abbeville, January 5th 1888.
The Council met this day in
called session ; there were pres.
ent, R. c. Smedss, Mayor, and
Messrs. Solomon Wise, Lastie
Broussard, J. J. Abadie and o.
Boorque, aldermen.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and adopted.
The reports of the Constable.
collector, Treasurer and Attorney
for tho quarter ending January S,
1883, as approved by the Finance
Committee, were presented and
read ; and on motion duly second
the same adopted and ordered to
be spread on the minutes, as fol.
lows
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Official Directory.

District Judge. 49,, c,noo
J. A. CHARGOIs.
clerk Of District Court,
Wv LAsTIE BRoUssABD.
Representative, cnnn
Sheriff & Tax Collector,
'' G.. B. SHAW.
W. D. WHITE.
Police Jury.
y HorrpAu1R, President:
. e. poJwrAux. Jos. TRAHAN,
q = y.NsLYkE, j. T. BRoUssARD.
n n Nnnrz L. THIBEAUx.
Cierk Of Police Jury.
A. LACOUR.
Parish Treasurer,
ISAAC WISE.
Town Council. ....
R. G. SMEDEs, Mayor.
~. ABAD1E, O. BouRouE.
s. WISE, LAsrlE BRoussARD.
Gro. E. LYONS, Constable:
.Jn,tices Of the Peace, Sd. Ward:
" r WHITE. G.. LABAUvE.
Surveyors
The weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1883, 1883-05-09
Fred Douglass Nowadays.

Ihear that Fred Douglass is soon to
marry very accomplished and very
handsome woman, almost white, and
many, many years his junior. Mr.. Doug
lass wife died year or two ago, and,
although he is sixty-six years old, he has
a perfect right to marry, providing the
girl is willing. Think of Fred Douglass!
He learned to read and write by stealth,
well knowing that he would be whipped
ifdiscovered. That is one picture. The
other is the fact that he headed the Re-
publican presidential electoral ticket a
few years ago in the state of New York.
Mr.. Douglass came to Washington many
years ago, and has not lost anything. He
was the secretary of the Santo Domingo
commissioners in 1871 (?) and was with
him on shipboard for ornearly four months.
he is a good deal of the demagogue and
hypocrite, but he is eloquent, persuasive
and convincing-but he is not any better
than other people, though he will try to
make you believe he is. Mr.. Hayes made
him United States marshal for the Dis
trict Of Columbia, and never recognized
him at the White House. The judges of
of the courts did not like him, and he
was unpopular among the lawyers. Gar
field removed him in order to appoint
his dear fried, Capt. Henry, but he gave
Douglass better Office by appointing him
recorder Of deeds. Douglass now gets
big fees and does no work. He has nearly
all his relatives in Office. He plays the
color dodge for all it is worth. He owns
an eighteen-room house near Washing
ton and is worth not far from 100000
Ex
The weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1883, 1883-05-09

The owner of Jumbo recently hit on a
novel way of transporting the huge ele-
phant ouer the East River, and it the
trustees of the Brooklyn bridge had al
lowed him to carry it out, he would GER
tainly have made the attempt. Yester-
day Barnum visited the Office of the
Brooklyn Bridge Company and rendered
to President Kingsley check for 5000,
drawn on the Bridgeport, Connecticut
National Bank, as toll for the passage of
Jumbo over the bridge. He said that he
once came.vey near losing his big ele-
phant while transportion him on ferry
boat, and if the trustees would allow him,
he would like to try the experiment of
sending him over the bridge. Mr.. Kings
ley said that he admired Jumbo and ap-
preciated the novelty of testing the great
bridge in this manner, but as the date
for opening the bridge to travel had been
definitely fixed, he could not change it,
even to oblige Mr.. Barnum. The latter
said it seemed to him to be silly senti-
ment that would prefer to have the
bridge formally opened by the mayors Of
New York and Brooklyn, rather than by
his majesty Jumbo, the Asiatic monarch.
Jumbo will, therefore, cross the river by
the safer way of . ferry boat.
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Saved by a Blast.

A Tombstone letter tells curious story
of a miners luck in blasting. John
Lyons was at work in the shaft of his
name, near Tres Alamos, and had just
put in blast and lighted the fuse, when,
on reaching the top of the shaft, he be-
held four mounted Apaches rapidly ap-
preaching. Being entirely unarmed,
resistance was not to be thought of, while
escape by fight was equally impossible.
His first impulse was to hurl himselfinto
the shaft and be blown to atoms by the
explosion Of the blast rather than perish
miserably at the hands of the remorse-
less fiends who had him at their mercy.
These reflections occupied only mo-
ment's time; but the Apaches were
almost upon him. Suddenly, with the
instinct Of despair, Mr.. Lyons threw him
self behind pile of rocks close at hand,
and at the same instant the blast at the
bottom Of the shaft exploded with ter
rife effect, throwing a shower of rock
and debris high in the air, which was
followed by a dense volume of smoke
rolling up from the shaft. The Indians
halted a moment at the unexpected and,
to them, mysterious eruption; then with
a yell, not of triumph, but ofrage, ming
led with terror, wheeled their horses and
galloped off in the direction whence they
came-Ex.
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A Printing Office Devil.
From the WnsI.i,,6,fon Critic.

From the Wasliagton Critic.
Years and years ago, there walked into
Judge sherwood's printing Office, in the
little town of Somerset, Ohio, a ragged,
but bright and MISUNDERSTANDING boy.
He walked boldly up to the judge and
said to him:
II want to learn to be printer in your
Office"
"You want to be a devil, do you? ?" in
quired the judge.
"Well, they say I'm devil at home,
but I don't care what you call it, SO l
can get chance to learn to be a prin-
ter"
what is your name, my SOM"
my name is Mickey Sheridan"
"All right" said the judge, ~ will try
you."
The Judge took mickey" out into the
composing room, and turned him over to
the foreman. Time rolled on, and "Mic-
key" learned rapidly, but he was terror
to everybody in the Office. There was no
mischief that could be thought of that
mickey" was not up to. He was etern-
ally playing tricks on everybody in the
office, even the Judge.
After he had heen in the Office for two
years, the judge concluded to send him to
school. He had not been in school more
than two months, when the teacher sent
him home, with note to his father and
the Judge, that he was too bad for any
use; that he was the terror of the whole
school that he kept every other scholar
from learning.
The judge and "Mickey's" father call
ed on the teacher and begged him to
take Mickey" back. The teacher told
them, if he came back he wouldn't treat
him well, but he would be pleased if he
| would stay away-he was too bad for any
purpose.
mickey" went back, however, and
| from there to West Point. Now, who do
you suppose. gentle reader, Mickey
Sheridan was? Who do you suppose he
is? He is Lieutenant-General Phil
Sheridan, the general Of the United
States army, upon the retirement of Cen
eral Sherman.
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q chance to rinse off that liniment, and
we retired. Say, how does my father
strike you as good single-handed liarT
and the boy went up to the counter while
the grocery man went after scuttle OF
coal.
In the meantime, one of the grocery
mans best customers, q deacon in the
church, had come in and sat down on
the counter, over the darning needle,
and as the grocery man came in with the
coal the boy pulled the string, and went
out doors and tipped over basket Of
rutabagas, while the deacon got down of
the counter with his hand clasped, and
anger in every feature, and told the gro
Gerry man he could whip him in two
minutes. The grocery man asked what
was the matter, and the deacon hunted
up the source from whence the darning
needle came through the counter, and as
the boy went across the street the deacon
and the grocery man were rolling on the
floor, the grocery man trying to hold the
deacon's fists while he explained about
the darning needle, and that it was in
tended for the boy. How it came out the
boy did not wait to see.
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Washington Gossip.
H. j. X. in PHILADELPHIA Press

HJ. r. in Philadelphia Press.
1 had little talk with Mr.. Blaine after
the Langtry matinee of Wednesday. He
remembered poor Nelson, too, and said
that in Rosalind and Juliet she was simply
perfection, and he thought Mrs. Langtry,
in point of beauty, was not to be men
toned in the same epoch with Nelson.
He thought Langtry was beautiful wo-
man, but not to be compared with Neil
son. So say we all of us.
By the way speaking of Blaine reminds
me that I asked him who would be the
next Speaker Of the House.
"sam Randall" said he, without Sec
ond's hesitation.
I asked him for his reasons for think
ing so.
"Well, there are tariff reasons, which
will explain" said he. Then he went
on to talk about the tariff, but as he re-
garded the talk as private, think l
ought not to repeat it. 1t is something,
however, to know that Blaine thinks on
the subject of the speakership. He has
very good eyes for long distance in the
political field.
/ asked Mr.. Blaine about his book.
81 do not want to talk about that, said
he. He told me however, that he would
leave Washington about the lst of June,
and would 60 directly to Augusta, Maine,
where he has superb old dhouse of wood
and stone, directly opposite the State
House. Mr.. Blaine's grounds cover a
whole square, and the old trees in the
premises are immense. The view of the
river and the general scenery are delight
full. Mr.. Blaine will continue the work
on his book during the Summer. He has
much material in the way Of notes which
he will write out during the summer. He
will not miss the Congressional and the
State Department Libraries, for he has
made copious notes lately for the sum-
mer's work. Besides, he has very large
library of his own in his home at Angus
ta, and the State Library is also complete
and valuable.
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Impertinence Punished.

A young woman riding in Boston
horse-car had endured for ten minutes
the fixed gaze of an impertinent dandy,
when simple way Of getting the better
of him occurred to her. Assuming an
expression of horror, which gradually re-
laxed into amusement, she looked stead
lily for moment at a point on his coat
collar just below his ear, and then with a
quiet smile turned her eyes away. Never
was the complacency Of a young fool
more completely disturbed. He fidgeted
in his seat, went through dreadful con-
tortions and almost rolled his eyes out of
their sockets in the effort to extend his
range of vision to the point below his ear;
brushed, softly, then eagerly, then fran
tically, the suspected spot, and at last, in
an agony of apprehension, rushed out Of
the car and into an adjacent bar-room in
search of a mirror.