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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

STATE OF LOGlsIiNA,
I'uri.h e verni''nh.
2nd lass.e'. Court -l'afist g w
mi:;un-- NJ
J. u Bs..h-an.
Desire tItbcrt Sr.

IS virtue Of q writ Of int, lsea
issued out Of tie Hon, IND ya', "
Court, in and for The parish y 'a
milion, in the otovs emitted ~
numbered suit, aud . nc a,.ss y
I will proceed to rcil At rahlsa ~ Y
to the las, and highest hidJeF' :Ia
Office Of the 2al Justice q r lis ~ i.
Of this parish, for CAsb, ~ Y
ct of appraiscment. on ~
SATURDAY. nECEAREk NJ
1854 IS between the hasrs 9
o;clock 4. NJ. and 1 o'sloei'i
aid continuing from day y 80, ~ !.
necessary. all the ,'rbs, l. w. ~. !
terests and demands q 'le .ssn
ant. Desire Hsbert. ST. 70 ,., ~
The following described P, Y "
seized TO satisfy ssij writ. o., !,
One dwelling house, y s' ". !, n
resides the defendant. 'ass'a.. !, Y
one aero Of ground % sp'', "A A
builhius i, erected, BOUNDED Y. ~ ~
south, cas-. and wc'f ~ ." .astLe
ant and his wife: ~ y, ,r. ,st
quarter qua Of section ~, 'ss & "!
township thirteen, @'a' n,.a IL
four east, in the second "'f'
p'f Given =, oDd,r ny eaisia' .s,'''
,lis 7th day of So,e"'. r, ~
JOSEPH Gcurlssstz' CO.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

The bridge at Abbeville is being
torn down rapidly. TO give way to a
new and more substantial one f; the
absence Of the bridge will be sup.
piled by a good and safe ferry boat.
near the residence Of Dr.. ". D.
White. The ferry is kept By Mr..
81. B. Lyons, and the travelling pub
lie will meet with safe and prompt
crossing accommodation.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29
STATE or EuUisiAvA,
I'."lsn OF VRRxHMy.
25rn n,sTRICT cOuIr.
N9 7N9
me-. 1Q3.

Succcssio" q Frank R. Ki,e
Application Of Fred. y. KiY
to he appointed adriai-tralr.
Notice il herest given " oil ~
tics interested in ,la-aid succession
ar having :.,,: al4alAiihai. III make %
'hc application y said alailrsn' 10
;iI- tlr same in asiEiA., il I've das
pr tlr clr.k ,f u,oyi within Ten QMt
frum the date hcre,d.
GivSG Gd-:'ss1i;af ms hand and ss'd
crrrt this 2eii day Of Sssssls
l>Si.
I.Asr;E nrSrss.gn. r'cft.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29
N 0 7 c {
LAID oHue. New Orlean. /.
Nov. -. 1854.

Nov. %. lss4.
Notice is hereby given lin, 4,
fnil"win. named >ft,ler bss A.
nn,ir. ri his in,pnlina 10 usla A..
pr""f in support Of his slain. M
that said wouf will l" made lvI0,
ii" Judge or Cleis Of t'oar,. 1, AZ
b'vil!e. la, III January 3rd lM
VIZ ~ lcxandre Grof o. !. Han,
no SPAS. for the sKI.olS Sc !, Il
) 4 East.
Hc nan e. the following vi,aess
to prove his continuous rtsFs,r
upon ahi cultivation # saia Md
y;z Jan Boyn,rt, Ersr,n II,
dry. rhi'tmcn Brmrsnra .ud f,,p
co.'s n. l.elue all ii ie,ailsh N.
ish La. G.. B. llAsa,lL.
Nov .29, 81 Reyiasr,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

IL is not a. generally understood
as i. should he that oysters have
medicinal qualities at high order.
They are not only nutritious, Int
wholesome, especially in cases Of in
digestion. 1t is said there is no
other alimentary substance, not cr'
en- excepting bread, that does not in
ducc Indigestion under certain cir-
cumstauccs; but oysters, never"
Oyster juice promotes digestion.
By taking oysters daily, indigestion
supposed to be almost incurah]e, has
been cured in fact, they are to he
regarded as ono Of the most healt'fo]
articles Of food known to man. In
valids who have found all other kinds
Of food to Disagree with them fire
qnentIy discover in the oyster the re
nuired aliment. Raw oysters are
highly recommended for hoarseness.
Many of tho leading vocalists use
them regularly before concerts anu
operas, but their strongest recon
incubation is the remarkably whole
some influence exertcd upoa the di
gestion organs h;Gpelphia Star
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29
NJ 4 r r I z .

SMgpga--BrRyAIn- Or Saturday
tho 32,,d inst, NJ. RoBEuT CADE
SNsDEs to Miss MAIZE GEsHAISE
ELEoHoRE BEaEAaD. in :1h,~v.:",c
at the re.i!eaco Vi the b'!l'a
mother.
NJ hest wishes for future hap
piness and prosperity NY youhg
friends !; may tie first rays Of uc
hynencsi snn ncrer be- datkened Ivy
|the cloud. of al, crsity and when
comes the sunset Of !ifc may TAG .as'
be but ,he dawn Of %c.crnal bliss.
EaI.,aD.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

More attention should be given t.
the culture OF grape in our country
not only it would be a most ayr
ah)n hut III the same time a mos
,rol,ablc Investment and any or'
~vb,-wrn1A 90 into it seriously auf
knowingly would tnd II a ''ay'':
hnsiness.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Mr.. A. Pledgsr. has called .
meeting of the colored National
Couuittes to convene ct New Or
leans Decamhsr II, to consider the
situstios of Dc eoaored people %
der tho DsasooTatiu party. This il
pretty significant ; but which way !
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

The sheriff elect Of Lamar county,
Texas, was called to the door Of his
residence on the night Of the 18th
and shot dead. No clue has 30 far
been found, Or discovered, whereby
the assassin may be discovered.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Frank Foster a few days ago
treated the Abbeviliena, to the bes,
oysters they have seen for q long
while. Frank is q trump on the
shell.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

What has become Of the Litter
airy Society. The purpose Of that
organization, certainly entitled it to
a resurrection. Moth g but good
can result from IL.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Cleveland is elected--the MAORI
tv is nominal come may say--but
that is no diference--the point il
made. Republicanism is gone up
and Democracy is gone ahead and
intends to stay there.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Several eeashore excursionists out
and Judging from the leng,h Of their
sciouun on the beach. We would con-
Glide that they are all having . nice
jp'ly time Of it.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Ben Jenkins the murderer OF Rev.
j. L. Borden, was landed safe in the
State penitensiary on the evening OF
23a inst, by sheriff semple Of De
Soto.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29
the ToRcHLlGHT PROCESSION,

-(0)--
The nineteenth century. so justly
:alled the age of invention, enter
Prise and Improvement brings to u
md the shole Republic in the way
II PROCESS, a reform in our goTern'
Inent, which in a most special man
nor casts u radiant halo throughout
the whole South : aud fila the
heart of every true patriotic Cemo'
crat with that sentiment 81 JOY
which 70 we'll belts the victorious :
And Old Vcrm,iinn. ever truthful 10
her banner, could not receive. this
welcome of vows, without some pub
lie demon.t.a,.nr ofrer patriotism.
iii, IL id in a most worthy
mann.r II: sday evening the stir
rico !. Anbeville clearly
To-. -.,l ;ts. @1usa IL usual festivity
n, lated, young
au., ata k, 81, / h seen purchas
,ng Il ework-, preparing torches
etr ; and in word all clearly IN
dicatei a torch light procession.
At about seven P. NJ, tho solemn
peals Of the Court House bell re-
echoed through our little village,
reminding her patriotic citizens Of
tho Grand Denocrutic Mas, Meet
ing, which ~as to be held at the
Court House that evening. Ii vas
not long before considerable mum
Der Of our leading citizens were
assembled. and tie meeting wa'
called to order, AZ. L4stie Erous
sard presiding.
Hon. Conrsd neBl,ilon. ~'th III
usual grace aud cloonerce. then ad
dressed the assembly cxho,ting til
the good people Of verui|'on TO cor
tinue their good work. aud ,emai'
ever truthful to theusclvss. Til
meeting finally adjourned ; and Al
Influenced by the same sentiment
brought forth their torches, banners
inscriptions, e.c., which had bee
prepared for the occasion ; and tai
ing into ranks before the Cous
House, headed by the gallant Brns
Band Of Abbeville, the torch'''gt
procession slowly moved up Mai
Street, whilst the mclodioas note
sweetly aoa,ed from the braze
horns, adding greatly to the graf
deur Of the celebration. When II
procession reached Madeleine squa'
the scenery became most beaut'f'
and imposing. The whole squa'
vas brilliantly illuminated with fir
works Of almost every descriptio
whilst from her bosom acated mar
silken balloons, bearing even to Il
skies the glorious names OF our Vi
torious candidates. Cleveland. he
: dricks end Gay. Thence the pr
I~cession continued TO move {
through all the streets, mid the &C
t tinual shooting Of fireworks and Il
occasional boom Of our village ca
mon.
Yes, our Torch. light Processi'
was quite a success 10 every respec
tranquility and peace reign
throughout, add though our pub
display was magnificent in itself,
biwas but q feeble echo Of the vol
with which old Vermilion halls
victorious Heads of the Republi
e Gland we'll may we exclaim Of co
q one individually. Ofortvnatc ho
lqui tut juris patronuse i~nveneris!
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Several new buildings are ooutem'
plated in our town, and II there be
no change, its proportions will soon
be Of a most enlarged and most res
pectable appearance.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Mr. N. c. Young, Druggist, has
inst returned from the city with q
full assortment Of medicines, fancy
articles and everything ap~pertaining
to his line of business.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

There is an invitation from all
the Southern States to Gov. Glove
land president elect to visit The
south aud the New Orleans Expos.
t;on before the fourth Of March.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

q good uuo,her Of drummers in
town this week. bot that don't
amount to anything. Tho money is
aiwsys 90 hand in the little parish
and clerks vis;. without q rifle.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Work is soon 10 begin Oh the
bridge across the bayou Vcrmlllon
at the point we'll known al Perry's
Bridge.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Pat Egan charged with the muir
der of George K. Blake, was tried
and an unqualified verdict Of guilty
rendered in the said case, on the
.25th inst.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Any Quantity Of ducks in town
this week and cheap. just think Of
heavy msllards for twenty Eve cents
q pair.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Nj. Leouce Perret, our once
t"wnsmau vas in town this week.
foil Of life and No would say nobly
hailiue hin ovnwith time.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Cleveland aud Hendricks after
all tho counts ann rocecnts nre de-
|cidedly elected and Jim Blaine con
cedes tho fact with all possible
grace. 4.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

On Saturday We were visited with
very boieteroas wind bot in other
warts of the State, it was q Cyclone,
causing oestructioo Of life and
property.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

JatkEutpes and woodcocks have
arrived in fair quantities and onr
uutitipg Nimrods have gone for
them in an earnest hurry.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

The breaking up Of tho Abbsville
bridge will necessarily cause . scar
CITY Of fuel wood in town.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

E. A. Barke is spoken Of as q
probable member Of the incoming
cabinet. What next 2,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Always kept on hand L. Open
heimer and Sous-Blue Grass Clut
Whiskev.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Mr.. Louis Delcambre and Leonce
Delahouseaye, Of Iberia, were in
our town this week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Ths old bridge il being torn down
and . ferry established for public
busiueas and accommodation.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

II big heads are q sign OF astute'
ness a cabbage should be sharper
than Z pin.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

The Great Eastern will be one OF
the features of the coming EXPOSE
ton.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Internal dissentions are rapidly
breaking up the republican party.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

W. had . good shower Of rain
last Tuesday evening.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

:. Frogs legs sell for IS cents
pound in New York.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

District Court adjourned on Mon
day after having done q kood deal
of husiucss.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Base Lall is still the 60 with the
Young Of the town and vicinity.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Gray cloudy disagreable weather
. part Of this week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Fine lumber, shingles, boards and
pieux at A. D. Laborde's.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Collision of two trains 90 the
Louisville and Nashville Road.
Three persons killed aud fifteen
wounded.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Mean cloudy drizzling weather
this week,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

The average weight Of . stupid
bore-naturrlly = simple ton.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

New York republicans call Ros'
coe. Cataline Conkliug. What con-
spiracy wss there?
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29
RATES.

Announcing the names Of csndidatrs. ;"
p.e1sssionGj or business cards of ten lines or >,
Iaaa ma
S:.sss.nt alyenieemenss nuss Be paid FOR In nd
Commun,cs.ions Of . personal natsr" VIII DE
.NerRsd donbls the regular rates, sno nHs' " ~"
fer foHTrvELY II advance. ..A,
ASvert;sements no. mArhei viii BE- pu0tshsd cusi'
rorNid. N rsspopsible.) and viii b. charged accord
ilGly. -. .h.,..d 4. .d.
v.rtisaments when e1cesdiug fifteen lines.
arAN eommunicaNons and advertisements aes'
=. henaedtn on or before Wednesday morning SON
.u,. insertion in the following saturday ssssue'
~Anorymous Communication vii so1 Do sse'
ksasa under any circumstance.
EpAl letter. and . nmuniosaons mus' % "a
dressed TO the Editor q the 0sfso's"e' A'o
vlls. vsrmihon psrkh. Louistsns.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Go to J. 0. Lege's Saloon for
Blue Grass Club.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29
GREAT VICTORY

For tn. very dr't 'i1 ..,ss
AhbYyil!e, .orins % ~ .sorisAs
scarcity Of money ~, ~, .sai
hand than any zee, = eost I !
have concluded to sea cops u
great er reduced p1is..;;
examine before pufcn 1.cas Is,,c
Ahbeyi,le. La, Ocs' r..
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

NOTICE; s;adst,
hunt si,lln my enelos "m.. AZ
. sea'' caught ,isi !. Z. ' hi ' @'s''
tho law. p.rl,. r.4'r
Oct. 1884.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Dls. +. D, and T. f YOUNG,
Practising Physicians & Surgeons,
ABDEvILLE. La.
Omcc and slate at N. c. Young
Drug Store.
Night calls gIuer promo aH"rtson.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Sidewalks in an awful delapidated
FIX.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

Eggs are 10 a fair demand.
We had some rain last Saturday.
Work on the bridge has com
menced.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-11-29

EpQs are in a fair demand.
VI had some rain last Saturday.
Work on the bridge has CON-
menced.
Sidewalks in an awful dclapidated
FIX.
Go to J.. 0. Lege's Saloon for
Blue Grass Club.
Fine lumber, shingles, boards and
pieux at A. D. Laborde's.
Internal dissentions ore rapidly
breaking up the republican party.
-~--
The average weight Of . stup'c
bore-naturrlly = simple ton.
Mean cloudy drizzling weather
this week.
W. had . good shower Of rail-
laaA Tuesday evening.
Frogs legs sell for IS cents
pound in New York.
Base Lall is still the 60 with tn
young Of the town and vicinity.
Gray cloudy disagreable weathe
= part Of this week.
The Great Eastern will be one
the features Of the coming Expos
ton.
E. A. Burke is spoken Of as
probable member Of the incomin
cabinet. What next :,
Always kept on hand l.. Oppe'
heimer and Sous-Blue Grass Gu
Whiskey.
Mr.. Louis Delcambre and Leon
Delahouseaye, Of Iberia, were
our tovp this week.
II big heads are a sign OF astu'
ness a cabbage should be sharp
than . pin.
The breaking up Of tho Abbsvil
bridge will necessarily cause . sc'
city Of fuel wood in town.
New York republicans call n
coe. Cataline Conklipg. What q
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-12-04

Some eighteen. years ago the general
government made an appropriation of
several thousand dollars to huiid a
hOuse on the break water at Buffalo for
the accommodation of the keeper of
the lighthouse there, but the engross-
ing clerk in copying fhe bill changed
Buffalo to Burlington; and of course
the house had to he built. the money
must be expended. and huilt it was,
only to be inhabited from that day to
this by rats and spiders. Now it is
advertised for sale aud may bring
$780, Burlington Cor. Troy Times.
The Windsor county court begins it's
December term Mt Woodstock Tues
day. The business promises to be
light in accordance with the gradual
diminntion of recent years. Windsor
county is the second largest in the
state, but there are only II civil cases
on the docket for the coming term. OF
| these 26 are on the jury list but the
number of cases that actually come to
trial is only one in five or six. The
criminal business at the grand jury
term is also expected to be very light.
'.lf the court is lazy enough" remarks
a correspondent, sit. may manage to
spin out the term three weeks, and aid
the hotels and boarding houses some.
If it works with diligence, becoming a
$500 salary, it ought to finish the
business in less than fortnight"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-12-04
Appointments by Governor Pm.
gree.

Before the legislature adjourned
Gov. Pingree made the following ap-
pointments:
Celonels and Aids-de-camP. Ward
b. Hurlburt OF Weybridge, William F..
Fairbanks of st. Johnsbury. Edward
e. Smith of st. Adams, William s.
Dewey of Hartford, William b. Wright
of Orwell, Alfred A, Hall of St. Adams.
The newly appointed state board of
agriculture for the ensuing two years
consists of the following members: His
Excellency Gov. $. L. Pingree aud
President BHckhain of burlington, ex-
officio; Il. a. Cutting of Lnnenburgh,
secretary. II. Lane of Cornweil, A. K.
Perkins of Pomfret; NJ. W. Davis of
Westminster, f. ID. Douglass of Whit
ing and T.. K. Towle of franklin.
Railroad commissioner T. o. Seaver
of Woodstock tax commissioner,
William p. Dillingham; of Waterbury ;
inspector of finance, Carroll =. Page
-of Hyde Park superintendent of
house of correction, George. y. Eayres
of Rutland superintendent Of the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-12-04
General News.

a woman aged eighty years, OF
WestbOrough, Mass, was assaulted by
a tramp and is expected to die.
DIR. Orlando Tompkins, senior pro-
pretor of the Boston theatre, died Sat
urday of rheumatism of the heart.
Cleveland draws the line at dogs,
and returned to the donor Il New
foundland pup sent to him last week.
Diphtheria in malignant form is
prevalent at Biddeford, Me. In that
place 10 deaths have occurred during
the past week.
The public debt was increased last
month S747,I24 in consequence Of
heavy pension payments. The de-
crease since June 30 last is ;S:}2. | II, 240.
1t is reported that Eugene Schuyler,
lately American minister to Greece,
fell into pit of Stacked lime at Athens
and was badly burned. His life is de
SPARED of.
The republicans gain one United
States senator III Oregon and lose one
in Illinois. They accordingly have 40
senators in the next Comgress, as now,
to 81 democrats.
Fanny Elssler, she of the light fan
tastic, died at London last week Thurs
day. She was German born, and the
most famous dancer of this age, and
died at the age of -.
A little daughter of William Potts,
near Crescent, n. Y, fell from lum-
Der wagon. Although her neck was
broken by the fall she arose and
walked short distance. She died
two hours later.
"Thus far, says the Boston Post, 800
| good democrats have been killed aud
over 200 have been wounded in cele-
brating the great democratic victory
! At that rate it will not take long to
use up the entire plurality of II49.
Six masked men with drawn rcvoIv-
ers entered the residence OF George
! Young and Levi Weismau near Beaver,
! Pa, and bound and gagged the two
| men aud several ladies who were pres
ent. They secured 5000 and escaped
The Russell company agricultural
tool shops ut Masilion, o., employing
$50 men, have resumed work after seY-
eral weeks stoppage ut a 10 per cent.
reduction in wages. .-
DIR. Maxwell of Springfield, o., has
been arrested for poisoning four of his
children, three of them dying. He
had recently been indicted Tor libel of
another physician aud this with bust
ness embarfassments is supposed to
have melted him to the fearful act.
MaXw well feigns Insanity.
A mad dog made people scatter at
1.-THE corner Of Houston aud Mulberry
streets New York, sunday. In the
uidst of the excitemcut Il well dressed
gentleman made run for the rabid
animal, picked him up by the nape Of
the neck aud cut his throat with pen
knife saying quietly, "Tbat's the way
we do in Massachusetts," .'...-. 49,
Manufacturers at Fall River, the
great COTTON town, started up yester-
day aud express confidence of better
times. In other branches the same
feeling exists, though many mills are
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-12-04

The counties suffering from the new
and fatal disease before reported are
Lee and Dickinson and the edge of
Scott, in Virginia, and Harland, Lee
and the adjoining counties in Ken
lucky. Owing to the isolated position
of the district, particulars are hard to
obtain. Hundreds are said TO have
died. and allowing for eXaggcration, it
large Postal Clark Wells, who has
just arrived from that section after
having had the disease, gives Il sad
account of the epidemic. He attributes
it to mineral poison in the drought
dried waters, and says II strong and
disagreeable mineral taste like that of
cOpperas exists. At the time he left,
few springs were flowing freely, and
the people were compelled to drink
this impregnated water. Although the
name of the disease is unknown, the
people call it cholera. 1t is frequently
fatal in twenty-fOur hours, and some
times even in much shorter period.
In most instances it visits an entire
family and it is considered so cen
tagiOus that in some cases persons die
alone, their friends being afraid to go
to them. 1t is estimated that over 300
have persisted in the Virginia counties
named, and considering the sparse
population aud the number taken the
per cent. is large.
The local papers in the counties of
Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky
visited with the fatal scourge make
only brief mention of its ravages, but
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reports were not exaggerated. The
Gaysville (Virginia) Times says t. Iat
there have been $50 deaths in that
county. The disease spreads over a
considerable section but is at its worst
in Wise, Lee and Buchanan counties
in Virginia. Rains have fallen there
in the last two days and the water,
which was very foul and which was
supposed to have been the cause of the
trouble, has been replenished and the
disease is reported to be abating.
Physicians describe it as an acute ty-
| phoid dysentery. A traveller who
reached Louisville on Saturday from
the plague stricken districts of eastern
Kentucky and reported II terrible con
dition of things i'll Martin county,
thinks that the causes of the disease
are bad water and no food. He says
1.-The long continued drouth ruined the
crops, and what little was gathered
! has long since been consumed. For
weeks the people have been living al
most on dry husks. The poisoning OF
the water killed off all the sheep and
cattle, so that there was no animal
food to he obtained at any price. The
inhabitants are almost without COM
munication with the outside world
The people as a rule are rude and un-
cOuth, and are used to Il life of hard
ship. They would not think of calling
the attention of the outside world to
their troubles until they became fairly
unendurablen