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house, his bill amounting to Sc 90
was ordered paid.
On motion the sun, Of 90 90 or SO

house, his bill amounting to Sc 90
was ordered paid.
On motion the sum Of 90 90 or so
much thereof as may be necessary
was was appropriated out of the
funds Of the Tth ward for the pur-
pose of making necessary improve
Inents at the school honse at Perry's
Bridge, and J B Mills and John
Nugier arc appointed to receive and
djsburse the same, and the President
and Secretary are authorized to
draw warrant on the Treasurer
for said amount.
Resolved that the sum Of 5000
be appropriated ont of the funds Of
the 9Th ward for the purposes of
fencing and making other necessary
improvements at the "Cole's Islands"
school house the same to be received
and disburscd by Desire Mcaux and
| j Vaughan and the President and
Secretary are authorized to draw a
warrant on the Treasurer for said
amount.
Messrs IT II Bartels, S'arazin He
bert and A Lacour, ,ir were appoint.
ed a committee to locate and secure
by donation one acre Of land In
Mouton's Cove for the purpose OF
erecting a school house thereon, said
land TO be accessible to all parties
concerned.
Resolved, that the sum OF $4,000
he appropriated out Of the funds OF
the End ward for the purpose of en-
laroiug: and making other necessary
improvements at the school house at
Morgan's. Mill, and that I J Nor
Gan and J N Williams are appointed
to receive and disburse the same
and the President ard Secretary is
authorized TO draw a warrant on the
| Treasurer for said amount.
Messrs Jarasin Guidry, Pcmber
ton RufIln and Marcel Fusclier. were
appointed as visiting trustees for tic
colorcd school in the 4th ward.
On motion W W Edwards, is
hereby authorized to take the ne
cessary steps to collect the rents due
on school lands.
On motion tie Board adjourned
to meet on the 1St Saturday of July
w. W. EDWARDS, president,
J. n WILLIAMS, secretary.
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SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

The regular quarterly meeting of
the Board of Directors of Public
Schools of Vermilion parish for July
1885, having failed for want Of a
quorum, and there being important
business to transact special meeting
Of said Board is hereby called for
Saturday the 18th day Of July 1885,
at II o'clock A. NJ, at the New
Schoo!house in Abbeville for the
purpose of making arrangements to
open the schools in Autumn next, to
settle with the School Treasurer, to
take action on sundry accounts, and
for building school house in the
4th ward and other business.
By order of /:
W. w. EDWARDS,
Prest. of Board.
July 18th 1885.
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issue in accordance with the said
sworn statement, Notwithstanding
the prospect or pendancy of the rule,
and the final ,'ectification shall be
made 10y the Court.
Section 10,
That If any business shall he con-
ducted without a license. in cases
herein provided, the officer whose
duty it is to issue licenses shall,
through The Corporation Attorney
on motion in the proper court, as
provided in articles 100 and 1875
Of the Constitution, take rule on
the party or parties doing such busl-
ness, to show cause On the tenth
dav, exclusive of holidays, after the
service thereof, which may be tried
out of term time and in chambers,
and shall always be tried by prefer
ence, why said party or parties
should not pay the amount of the
license claimed, or be ordered to
cease from further pursuit ol said
business until after having obtained
license ; and in case said rule is
made absolute, the order thereon
rendered shall be considered a tudg'
ment in favor of the Corporation
tor the amount decrecd to be due by
the defendant for license, penalty
and costs, and shall be execute in
the same manner as other judgments,
and ever; violation of the order OF
the court shall! be considered as a
contempt thereof, and punished &C.
cording to law.
On motion the council adjourned.
Jos. J. ABADIE, W. B. WHITE,
Mayor. Secretary.
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Sheriff s Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF VERMILION.
25tn Judicial District Court.
No. Is.
Laurent Lacassagne,
John H. Remick /.

By virtue of an order of seizure
and sale issued in the matters of the
above entitled and numbered suit,
out of the Hon. 25th Judicial Dist
Court, in and for the parish Of Yer
million, and to me directed, / will
proceed to sell at public sale, to the
last and highest bidder, at the Hall
of Abbevile Hook and Ladder Co.,
the place designated as a Court
House, in the town of Abbeville, for
CASH, with benefit Of fappraisement,
on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18TH,
1885, between the hours of II
o'clock A. NJ, and 4 o'clock P. NJ,
ard continuing from day to day il
necessary, all the rights, titles, in
tcrests and demands of the defend
ant, John II. Remick in and to
the following described property,
seized to satisfy said writ, to wit :
One certain tract of land lying
ana Delng situated III Inc parish OF
Vermilion, on Lake Peigneur, con.
tanning three hundred and forty
seven 60ll00 acres, being remainder
of area after deducting the portion
heretofore seized and sold in the
suit entitled G. Godchaux vs.. j. Ell.
Remick. of section 81, T. IL, s r 4
East, and of Sec. 62, T. IL, S r 5
East, and having a front of two
thirds OF the width Of said Section
t2, starting from the lower line
thereof, with the full depth, from the
Lake of said Sec. 62 and 81 afore-
said, it being the lower two.thirds
portion Of Gilbert Andre grant.
Given under my official signature
this llth day Of July A. D., 1885.
Ii. b. LYONS,
Dep'sheriff.
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SCHOOL BOARD.
Anhcyille, La, April 4th IsS!

Anhcyille, La, April 4th 1885
The Board of School Directors
met this day, in regular session.
with the following members
present. to wit
W. w. Edwards. president, and
AIcssrs J Nugier, N G itroassara, J.
Morgan, j N Williams and E G
kih'e. Assent: N V Lampman.
The minntcs Of last meeting were
read and adopted.
On motion resolved flat The
amount due $ " Stafford hy this
Board be paid to His administrator
when duly qualified.
On motion the claim Of jno FIcm-
Ing for lime lost while teaching pub
lie school was rejected.
On motion. resolved that the
3 ard does hereby accept / acre
of land III the 4'h ward, from Mr..
Felix sssonSSard. for the purpose Of
huilding a school house thereon, and
that AIcssrs. Felix Broassard, Aris-
tile Picard, Jno I Broussard and G
Monte, are appointed a committee
to select sail land and secure pc
tition from the patrons o. the school
to he located on said land with the
uumber Of children which they will
send to said scI6oi, the same to be
presented 10 this Board at the next
meeting.
On motion it was ordered that the
list Of delinquent tax payers received
this day from l.. G. Loyns, deputy
tax collector was referred to the
Finance Committee.
On motion the following report
from he treasurer was received and
ordered spread on the minutes to-wit:
r E 2 0 r L.
Ahhevil1e, La, April 3r1 1885.
Tn the Honorable President and
Mcmhers of School Board of Yer
million Parish, Loui >iane.
| The following represents the amount
to tie credit of tic various funds
for school purposes in this parish.
! rn,,,;ronrt Euna !. o5a 2G
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s 63G4 10
Very Respectfully,
ELI W ISE,

Treas. School Fund.
On notion he Treasurer is re,
aucStca to distribute to the different
wards ION the same hasis as the last
dislrim ton was made) the sum ol
1000 90 provided the same may be
needed 10 keep schools open until
vacation.
The Finance Committee having
| submitted the following report the
same was received and ordered
spread on the minutes, towit
r RED o RT.
To Tie Honorable the President
am: Members OF the Boad OF
Directors Of Public School for
! Vermilion Parish.
! our undersigned Finance Com
lni'tce beg leave to report as fol-
lows:
That they have examined the bill
Of +. |. Addison for printing $50
copies Of Rules and Regulations for
The nsc Of the schools and find the
sane correct and recommend the
payment of the bill to.wit $l2 SO.
They have also settled with ) ;
Snncz tax collector for the school
taxes Of the year 1854 on the l9th
&c March 1885 and as follows viz :
amount of poll tax Of 1884 as per
!, 1909 M
/ 9 NIL tax 3.Is0.l9
| The collector exhibited the re
~cipts Of The School Treasurer as fol
lows up to said date
Rcpt for poll tax, including com
missions amounting to l,o64.0t
; Rent mill tax '' 2.0h4.ot
| Thus leaying the following bal
ances unaccountcd for as follows
On poll tax S 9.0l
On I mill tax 1,175.3!
All Of which, is respectfully sub
mitted w. w EDWARDS,
J. n. WILLIAMS;
Committee
The claim Of b. |. Addison io
printing rules &c for this Boar'
amounting to $3.50 was ordered
paid.
" W Edwards having submitted
: a detailed report Of collections mad
for this Board in suit of Schoo
i Board VS. G B Shaw ct als-th
, same was referred to the Financ
| Committee.
n On motion fhe bill Of r Il Ml'l
J. for blank book was ordered paid.
Mr. Jules Thibodeaux having bee
ordered to make certain improve
ments at the Bayou Tigre schoe
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-07-18
Police Jury.

The Police Jury of NermlliOn
parish, met at Hall Of AbbevilIe
Hook Ladder Co., Town of Able
vile, pursuant to adjournment on
this 9Th day Of June 1885, IN
regular session.
Members present III Hoffpanir,
President. T j Morgan, H Fl Bar
tells. J 7 Braussard. Robt Green
and J Fl Putnam.
ABSENT a Leblanc.
On motion minutes Of last meeting
were read and adopted.
The question in regard to holding
an election, relative to the granting
or withholding licenses for the sale
Of Intoxicating liquors in the parish
was taken up and discussed By the
Jury. and it was decided that it was
impossible to order an election for
that purpose during this year, the
new registration, ballot hoxes to he
made, new poll books to be procured,
and other expenses attending elec-
lions, would incur liabilities against
the parisE. without having the funds
to meet the same. 1t was therefore
resolved that the matter be post
poned.
On motion Of Y J Morgan,
Resolved that hereafter tie sale
of unbranded stock shall commence
in this parish on the first Monday
of June IN each year. and continue
to 3lst December ard that not less
than the following rates shall be
fixed for the sale Of the same
Yearlings, horses or cattle from
one year up to 2 at $500.
Ycarlings, horses or cattle from
two years up at $500.
That the gather of said stock shall
be entitled to claim SloO per head
the seller 10 sl.00 per head and the
balance to be paid to the parisl
treasurer, and the comr of unbrand
ed cattle shall give the legal notice
of ter days before proceeding to sci
the same, and at the end Of eacl
quarter shall make a written repor
to the Jury.
On motion of J II Putnam, dal,
seconded
Be it resolved that, amcndmen
offered by Thos J Morgan, RELATIVE
to law on hogs, geese sleep end goat
, passed at meeting of May 18th lsS:
be and is hereby repealed.
On motion Of J L Broussard dul,
. seconded
Resolved . that all fences within
The parish shall he constructed il
the following manner towlt to b
not less than 4 feet high, and to b
: of not less than four wires, thre
: plauks, or pieux, and one wire, tw'
: plank or pieux and two wires, on
> plank Or pleux and three wires, am
wire to be above plank, all to b
, stapled, nailed or mortised in goo'
substantial posts, not more than te
: feet apart, and ditch on the outside
!, the lower pieux, plank or wire to b
J. twelve inches from the ground an
the other wire, pieux or plank to b
: one foot apart from center to center
e which is hereby declared to be
), lawful fence and the owner, O
;, owners, OF stock, such as horses
mares, mules, cattle, and other an
= mails of kind, suffering them
0 depredate on crops. or premises
a others, shall be liable to damage
d and all laws in conflict with abov
:; be, and the same is hereby repeale'
Il The proposition Of 3 ! Addise
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

Persons hasing claims for colIec-
tion anywhere in this parish are res
pectful'y solicited to avail them.
selves Of nay services. I hope by
prompt and careful attention to all
business entrusted to me to receive
a share Of the public patronage.
Jos. K. ADDISON.
Accounts may be left at this Office
or addressed to me p. O. Box 90.
Abbeville, La, May 18th 1885.
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N 0 T I G E .

All persons are hereby notified
and prohibited from hunting and
passing through our pasture. Any
violating this notice will be prose-
cuted to the full extent of the law.
SOsTHENE HERPIN,
GEBUIN ITALIAN.
HAZlLE BRoUssARD.
Abbevllie, April 18th 1855.
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w a n r Z ID /.

Crane (or .AigretteJ Eeothers-SAins-
We Will pay the highest cash
prices for White Crane fAigrette)
Feathers and Aigrotte Skins.
For prices and information apply
to II. Beer, Abbesille, La, or the
the undersigned on Cadc's planta-
ton. +. NJ. LEVY & Go.
Nav 10th 1855.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC,

All persons are hereby notified
and prohibited from hunting and
passing through my field. Any per.
son violating this notice will be
prosecuted to the full extent OF the
law.
E. I. ADDISON.
April 25th 1855.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-07-18

TO DO the printing lof lhe jury was
read, adopted and ordered spread
on the minutes
P ROP 0 S l 7 I 0 N
AbbevilIc, La, March End 1885.
TO the Honl President and Mem
bers of Police Jury of the parish
Of Vermilion.
Gentlemen Il do hereby offer
to do your printing from January
lst 1885 to December 3lst 1885, as
follows, towit:
TO publish the official minutes,
ordinances, proclamations, aud no.
tees of the Police Jury. orders Of
court, jury venires. and also print
your blank licenses for and in con-
sideration of the sum Of Three Hun
dred and Fifty (35o.00l Dollars.
And | hereby agree to publish all
proceedings of Police Jury on Satur-
day after they are passed, provided
the same are given to me for publ
cation on Wednesday before said
Saturday.
fsignedl T. I. ADDISON,
Pub. & Proprietor Meridional.
On motion J Il Broussard duly
seconded, Resolved tha' said propo-
sition be and same is hereby accept
ed.
The Jury then took a recess until
hall past o'clock.
Re,assembIed at appointed time
same members present.
At request Of District Attorney
the following resolution was passed !:
Whereas in the late fire the re-
cords of criminal cases were des-
troyed, and whereas the Attorney
General has directed the District
Attorney Of this District to file new
! informations and new indictments,
and whereas there are a great many
eases in which the District Attorn-
ey has no memoranda Or information
upon which to act, we hereby call
Upon the good oeople OF. this parish
to come forward and give him such
information as they may possess,
| which will enable the District At
torney to proceed with the prosccu.
ton of such cases.
The following claims were allowed
hy Police Jury June Sth 1885.
j S Nance sheriff salary for quarter
ending March 3ist 1885 s 125 90
G. Godchanx bill suudries for TEN
porarv clerk Office 2 So
F F Hansel stat'y for elk Is 25
A r Robinson 70 0O
l. Broussard elk, furniture Is 40
* " work com burnt reds 6l 25
Wise & Beer fur to elk Office AZ 95
4 l. Leblanc cost in case State vs.
| John Smith - 5o
Joseph S Nnnez for one stub
I book &c 2l 0O
3" covy J Minan to Peny 73 IS
+" " a. G Broussard to In
sane Asylum at jackson 80 70
J A Brookshier rpr pump jail A oC
Barney Storm lumber for Crosse
llse coulee bridge l63 IL
Police Jury.
) r Hoffpauir l day G. mil 3 81
J, { J Morgan ! 9 . 3 OF
IT Pntnam 2 81
JT groussard Q OF
Robert Green /" 2 7(
II II Bartels /" 3 Ot
On motion the Jury adjournet
| until next regular meeting.
+. G. Lyons, Clerk.
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n o 2.
Succession of Mary B Faull1.

Succession of Mary B Faulk.
Application of Preston Hoffpauir
to be appointed administrator.
Notice is hereby given to all par
ties interested in the said succession
or having any opposition to make to
the application Of said applicant TO
file the same in writing, in the Office
of the clerk of court within ten days
from the date hereof.
Given under my official signature
this 18th day Of July 1885.
GEO. w. SUMMERS.
Dy.Clcrk.
W. w. Edwards, Attys.
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..sns or srasos'p''oS
oInsial Dir ctory'

n.triet judge: ',,1.,n pnBAu.nos.
pi4ts. A''o1,ss: pes.,r G. snnprs.
j.. i District Court,
slf' = L.srfa BHoUssA'D'
rrresso'atisses. sso v r.ongDcr.
s,,,if i Tax co''ec'or; : xrrrz
t0fohs, na. W. D. Y HT1.
Police Jury. .....
1 TjorrpAvGa, PRECEDENT. .
. :, n,,rv,4 J. r. bRorssAEn
J. a.s,s w. T. J. MORGAN
|, .B,' \ p', p,prr,s J. \, LEBLANC
'''e : LYMAN c. lYoEs-
Gafls' ELIJAH WISE.
Town Council.
III ABApIs, Mayor.
!, : srrna. !. n 0. BotfprE
: = w,,. I,AsT1E BEoUssARD
'V'''N GEORGE r. LYONS.
I,,,iees If the Peace, Sd. " ara
s' . rvovs G. IABlETE
Surveyors,
IL ". EDwArDs. L, MoNT NcSn
ogavar2 & VI EZI1 {
s.f0ENETs AT LA",
Abhcvil|c, La.
aGq near tic Courthouse.
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n 0 TICE.

de linz sAose o. y who have anything in
hansiu,ss lus Of \, House painting, Paper
q elssa;a as o'a furniture relitting, such
Iss saa'agi T. vanishing, uphoslter-
lsill s,' o. s'gn ; painting a speciality
ss,I y - :. IN the country to do sucl,
atiJ,es,;a'na = may be needed in that line
lesn' ANTON .,e guaranteed, or no paw.
Of Ahsas;a,ys be fouad in the town
Boz les,',e II s,l or address P. @
Sat.e7 j, Z. A. MAZERoLLE,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-07-18
STATE OF LOUISIANA.

TWENTY FIFTH DISTRICT COURT.
Parish of Vermillon.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-07-18

On motion the Jury adjournet
antiI next regular meeting.
l.. G. LYONS, Clerk.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-21
Building Association.

s In response to the call made in the
STANDARD last week, a number of
gentlemen, principally young men,
met at the Office Of Corkins, Yeaman
& Co., last Saturday night and infor-
mally discussed the matter of forming
building association. The plan of a
similar institution in Northern town
was laid before the meeting, and after
a little discussion it was decided to
form an association patterned after that
one. This plan, simpli6ed, is about as
follows
The association is to be chartered un,
der the laws of the State, and the ecapital
stock fixed at some given amount, di.
vided into equal shares of $4,000
each. No member is allowed to hold
over five shares. A membership fec
of 80 cents is to be paid on each share
at the beginning, and thereafter 6
weekly assessment of 25 cents on eact
share. These payments constitute the
entire fund of the association, and is t.
be used in building houses either fol
rent or sale, as the association may de
eide, the proceeds 60 into the genera
fund of the association, or form {
dividend.
About 20 shares were subscribed OF
the night of the meeting, and Messrs
G. w. Lewis, Jr., and P. s. Corkin
appointed committee to solicit share
during the following week. Welearl
that up to date over one hundre,
shares have been taken, and a meetin
of the shareholders will be held in th
courthouse tonight Saturday at
o'clock to formally organize the associs
ton. The move is a good one, and
judiciously managed cannot fail t
succeed.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-21
Death Of A. j. Mofitt.

About noon last Wednesday the
dead body of A. ]. Mofitt was found
lying by a fence in about a quarter of
mile of his home, between the
Shellsford and Beersheba roads, some
two miles from town. The cause of
his death was a shot gun wound, Oc-
casioned by an accidental fall while
climbing the fence. The entire load,
which was small shot, took effect I'M
der the right jaw, ranging up into
the head, and death must have en-
sued instantly. His whiskers and
mustache were powder-burned, show
ing that the muzzle of the gun was
very close to his face at the time OF
the discharge. When the news first
reached town there was considerable
apprehension that he had suicided,
but the position in which he was
foundand the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
clearly indicate that his death was
entirely accidental. He left town
afoot early in the morning, and the
accident likely occurred between
eight and nine O'clock. He was colo
and stiff when found. He leaves {
wife and one grown daughter.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-21

Last Monday was beautiful day
here not cloud obscured the sky,
and our people had a fine opportunity
to observe the annular eclipse Of the
sun, which was taken advantage of by
numbers of them. Smoked glasses
were in demand between II and 2
o'clock, p. m.
"A steady snow storm set in here
early last Tuesday morning and con
tinued until sometime after nightfall
without abatement. 1t reached a depth
of over six inches, but the bright sun
shine of the following day carried most
of it away. The snow came down
right prettily again on Thursday morn
ing, but melted as rapidly as it fell.
Sam ONeal went rabbit hunting
Wednesday, and the boys say that
Sam threw down his gun and went in
a dead run after the first rabbit that
was started. They say Sam was gain
ing on the rabbit FIST when George
Conner brought it down with Il shot.
Sam finally got up courage enough to
shoot, and actually fired at sparrow,
but never raised a feather.
We send number of sample
copies of this issue to parties in the
North who have made inquiries rela-
tive to Tennessee through various
sources. All who receive one of these
sample copies are solicited to send in
their subscriptions for q period oI
three, six or twelve months. The
price is very low, and prospectOrs car
get much better ideas of our section
this way than by private correspon'
dence. ,e ..,. sd. VISA; "a
Lebanon Register: On last Satur
day morning, Miss Ogarlta Finley
who lives near town, met withia seri
Gus accident, getting the bone badly
fractured just above the left ankle
joint, necessitating the removing o
about two inches Of the bone. Ou
young friend, DIR. Ferg. R. Fleming
was sent for, and performed a splendic
surgical operation. The patient, w
understand, is doing well. Those VIII,
have seen the Doctor operate, say tina
he uses the knife with steady hand
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-21
NO. IS

about three hundred. Our townpride
would crawl away down under the
snow if we thought McMinnville
could not entertain three hundred
visitors for a week. The Warren
House alone can accommodate seven
ty-fve to one hundred, and the re-
mainder would not make an average
of one visitor to each family in town.
OF course there are many families
who could not accommodate any, but
when we consider that others would
willingly entertain from two to four,
we see no room for uneasiness on
the score of entertainment.
We hope the church here will take
the matter under consideration and
give this their highest court a cordial
invitation to visit us, and we have
not the slightest fear that McMinn-
vile cannot entertain them right
royalty. No better scheme could be
devised for advertising our town, as
this body would bring people here
from three-fourths of the States ofthe
Union.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-03-21
Died.

Mrs. Mary Myers, wife of c. g. T.
Myers, of this place, was born in
Bledsoe county July 4th, 1S47, died
March 18th, 1885.
She was an affectionate and devoted
wife, kind neighbor, and loved by
all who knew her. She was a con-
sistent christian. She became a men,
ber of the Baptist Christian church
early in life, and was full of faith in
God and His Son up the day of her
death. "Blessed are the dead that
die in the Lord. Yea, sayeth the
Spirit, they rest from their labors and
their works do follow them" aai vi
The funeral service was conducted
by Elder H. L. Walling at the grave,
and her body was left in the new
cemetery by the side of her only
child, little boy, who had preceded
her, to await the resurrection.