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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17
JUDGMENT
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STATE or LOUI.SIAN..4,
Parish Of VermiIion.
TWENTY FIFTH Jup'L DISTRICT COURT
Ne. Al.
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Al,bea A. Faux
TWENTY FIFTH JUDI DISTRICT COURT.
Joseph ". Harl in2tou.
Al,hea A. Faux

In this case, the wife having been
duly authorized 10y the Court to
stand in judgment ; and a defaul,
having been regularly entered and
no motion being made to set the
same aside nor answer filed, and the
delays having elapsed and the law
and the evidence being in favor OF
plaintiff Althea Ann Faulk end
against the defendant. Joseph w.
Harrington it is ordered, adjudged
and decreed that said plaintiff do
have judgment decreeiug her the res
toration and the administration OF
her separate paraphernal property,
free from the control Of Der said
husband 1t is further ordered, ad.
judged and decreed that said plain.
tiff do have judgment and do recover
from said defendant the SUN of
Three Hundred and fifty dollars,
with five per cent per annum interest
from Sept. 7th 1885 until payment {.
1t is further ordered that defendant
pay costs of suit.
Thus done, read and sigped in
open court at Court House. town Of
Abbevilie, this 2od day of October
A. D., 1885.
(signed) c. DrsAE-Loy, Judge,
25th judi, Dist. Ia
Filed October 2, 1885,
(Slgoed) GE0. Vt. SCMMERs,
Dy.Clerk.
A true copy
AAsTIE BRoussARD,
Clerk Of Court.
Oct. 10,-'s5,5t.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17

We are informed that the dwell.
ling Of Mr.. Numa Bertrand, in
Prairie Grieg. nine miles from this
place, was consumed by fire last
Tuesday night, totally destroying
everything therein contained. The
sad catastropby was caused by a de-.
fective s%tovepipe, and we regret to
state that the property was not
covered by insurance.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17

Announcing the names of candidates........S 10
Professional or business cards az ten Lines or
ess, one AE
Transient advertise ments nus. be paid FOR in ad.
vance.
Communications Of q personal nature vii! be
charged double the regular rates, and must De paid
Tor PoeIrIvELY in advance.
Advertisements not marked will be published until
forbid. IL responsible and WILDE charged accord
ingly.
Obituary and marriage notices will be charged as az
vertisements when exceeding if.een lines.
11-All communications and advertisements Mrsr
be handed In on Or before Wednesday morning tom
sure insertion in the following Saturday e issue.
F~Anonymous Communication will so1 oe pub
Itshed under any circumstances.
EF"An letters and communication must be ad'
dressed to the Editor of the MeridiOnat, Able
vile. vermilion parish. Louisiana.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17
Personal Mention.

Mr.. Joseph Kibbe left here last
Tuesday morning for New Orleans.
where he will attend lectures.
Ex.State Senator Adrien Nunez,
who formerly represented this sena-
tofial district, has been spending a
few DAYS with Hs.
Sher & joseph 6. Nance returned:
last Moai3as evening from Baton
Rouge, where hc had taken the
negro criminal. Joseph Bon1te. to
serve Il lifetime sea.e .ce in the pen
ltentiary.
Mr., j. Henry Putnam has re.
turued from a short visit . New
Orleans.
Mr.. 4. n. Neal. formerly Of La.
fayette. has taken charge Of the
.nhI.c 81 ~ol at this place.
- .Mm.on, dis,ri>4 81
naeyW the parishes o: Iberia and
hartin, was here during the week
on a visit to his sick brother, Mr..
John Mouton.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17
LOUISIANA CENTRAL RAILROAD.

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The Capitoliian-A Allocate in slats
Issue says ""the news Of active pre-.
paratioo to begin the work Of con,
structing the Louisiana Central
Railroad, between Baton Rouge and
Lafayette. has revived the project
c: extending the line to Abbcville,
the prosperous parish sea: Of Yer.
million. situated on the bayou o. that
name, on a beautiful site twenty
miles above its mouth at the Yer
million Bay"
This road will RIM through some
Of TIE richest parishes 10 the State,
and the planters Of which will End
cheap transportation for their cot
ton. corn, sugar, rice, and other pro.
ducts to a home OR foreign market,
where they would realize immediate
returns and large profits, which
would stimulate them to adop. al.
the modern improvements and labor
saving implements to cultivate their
rich lands to make them yield to the
utmost. Railroads create aad de-
velop the resources Of a country By
opening al the avenues to the wealth
of its Productions. Thus it will be
seen tina: when ve become encircied
by a network Of railroads, which
will be bu! a few years hence, this
portion Of the State. will be 9 garden
spot, Inhabited BY a prosperous ard
wealthy people.
In speaking Of this eec,ion of
country. the same paper SAYS ".he
Bayou Veruil.on, from Lafayette TO
the bay. runs through fertile prairies
thickly settled with a thriving popp-
lation. Its banks are sk!r.ed with
ibe woodlands, afording every vari-
ETY. Of timber. The country pro
duces cane. cotton, coru and rice ia
large quantities, while the prsjries
are alive with stock and abound With
all species of game.
"The gnlf breezes make j: G &c.
Iightful and healthful region for
dwellers IN both summer and winter.
The Veru.l!o. and Cote Blanche
bays, adjauea. snereto, aoound with
the finest oysters ard fish # every
variety. a number of i~sia.4s, now
uninhabited, would afo.3 sea side
resorts equal to any of the Gtg. ne
quented On the gulf coast
"All this can be made accessible
by en- extension Of about trentY
miles, through a country requiring
scarcely any grading for the road
bed. Add this to the line between
aud Baton Rouge. and the
and attractions of that love-
" region would be distant but abou,
seventy-fve miles from Baton Rouge,
from whence Vicksburg. Memphis
and other points, could be supplied
with salt water FISH, oysters. etc,
within a few hours.
The Louisiana Central road is
to throw open to the world
and to commerce a region unequal.
ed for its attractiveness and mani
fold resources. We trust that its
owners and the people Of TermiIion
will hasten to make arrangements
for the prompt extension Of the line
to Abbeville."
j, In o,1:@N ds->'op the~
sources ana bring into cu!"sN@n
the large number Of acres Oh rich
lands in our State now lying idle.
we must exert ourselves and spend
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17

Our worthy School Board, after
long and patient exertions, have
finally succeeded in securing the SER
vices Of a competent teacher for the
public school at this place. Mr.. 4.
N. Neal, who takes charge Of the
school, comes well and highly recon-.
mended as q gentleman and teacher,
and we hope all those who have
children to educate, and not the
means of sending them to a pay
school, will not fail IN taking advan'
tsge of this opportunity in sending
them to him. There is no excuse al
present for keeping your children
away from school, and not allowing
them the opportunity of receiving
that much of an education that will
at least elevate them a degree or two
above the savage. Persons may b
deprived Of wealth and the Injuries
Of a once happy life in after years
bnt an education will remain with
them az a source OF assistance to the
very last. Again We implcre you
with all sincerity of heart, fail not
ia this good and laudable act for
the future welfare and prosperity Of
yccr children.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17
=! 1!@s.s1!!:,@<~

Mr.. Lucius Dutcl advertises in
this issue Of the MERIpIoNAL, and
wishes the public to know that he
is willing and prepared to entertain
in a genteel and hospitable manner
those who favor him with a call.
He is a young gentleman well and
favorably known in on: midst, and
what he says he will do, rest assured
that he will do it. His saloon is the
first chance to get a smile coming
into towE from the opposite side OF
the bayon, and the last on your re
treat.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17

The trial of Mrs. Minnie Wallace
Walkup, for the supposed poisoning
Of her husband, is fixed for next
Monday. the 10Th instant, at Empo.
ria, kans. From the tone ofsshe
press generally we ere led to the
belief of her acquittal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17

Cholera in Italy still prevails,
ninety one new cases and (orty-two
deaths being reported in Palermo
up to the 14th. In Spain there were
$50 new cases aud 100 deaths to
same date.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17

See new advertisement headed
Public Warning" by James and
Jacob Cole, relating to the succe
sion of Jacob Cole. Sr.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17

Smallpox still prevails to On
alarming ezten: in some portions of
Canada. The United States has
quarantined against all infected
ports-
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17

Latest adyices from the Ohio cleo.
tion give Us the assurance that the
Republicans have carried the State
for governor.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17
Special Notice

1t having cane !. ny s-,aas havs "
certain ssj-d:sposst e ~ pt,tts Z,
nigh: 7 taze The prs = : rs.ss falssle,aasy
rebeesItaatI VII aas III ] ~ {
Or day rain Or sine, a.sg sggs
whsch case nj RaIsn ~.
vii promptly rsa Z YoEg
AbDeyi,le, l.. oetv sdls
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17

Millions for de fence" as the OAR
key said when a bull was chasing
him through a feld.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17

There is a man in Cincinnati, in
possession of a powerful memory.
Re IS employed by the humane socie-
ty to remember the poor"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17

Public notice is hereby given that I
forbid all persons FROM CT ting timber on
my land. Any ono caught violating this
notice will be prosecuted according 10 law.
JAS. &. WHY.
Abbeville, Oct. 18th 1895,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17
Geological Survey Of Southwestern
Louisiana.
Abbeville, Oct. 18th 1885.

We are in receipt of a letter from
Mr.. John NJ. Avery,of Avery's Is.
land. requesting rs to again call
attention to the efforts now being
made for a thorough geological sur,
vev of orr section. together with the
grand result almost certain to accure
TO u people from q scientific loves
tigation CT our soil and the mystic.
rious treasures hidden beneath the va.
rions stratas that have for countless
ages been aceumulating in vast
mineral deposits. In no spirit Of
fattery We may Justly claim for our
respected fellow citizen. genial gen.
tlemen and young scientist an ener-
gv . -. devotion to 49, hest interests
Of Mtp
am A sre1 atc
the natural Az 'iges VIA which
they are sarr.s led. He IS bending
all his energie supplemented with
a vigorous, cuItn Led mind, to direct
the attention of the government, the
States and his fellow citizens to the
vast wealth of minerals that ages
agohe we're deposited beneath the
most generous Of scily, and have
awaited the awakening Of the slum.
berlng inhabitants to a sense Of their
value and the necessity for pushing
the work of their development.
Enough is already known to convince
the most confirmed sceptic that in
the bowels Of the land we inhabit
arc treasures Of mineral deposits
scarcely second to the rich silver
veins Of Nevada, the gold paved
streams of California or diamond
fields Of Africa: and all that is need
ed to find the key, the ito this as
yet unexplored incognito, is to convice
our people ofiheir presence in their
very midst. draw the attention of
capitalists to the fact, and by a
united effort push re~solutely forward
to a realization Of the inheritance
justly our due, but which our ignor.
ance and want of energy has for gen.
erations kept US from enjoying. The
general government is fayorably dis.
posed, the State is anxious for the
most elaborate Developments of its
resources Of every kind, and if our
people will awaken from the Rip
Van Wrinkle slumber of the past, to
a realization of the brilliantly lighted
future before them, then will they
have fulfilled their destiny and be
aole to appreciate the full value of
the %proverbial horoscope-east for
them before tho great Genoese navi.
gator cot .oose from his moorings iu
the port OF Palos TO seek for a young.
er world-"our lot has been cast in
pleasant places aud all our paths are
re&ce. '--New Iberia Enterprise,
Oct T.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17

New syrup re.asls at the sugar,
house for fifty cents per gallon.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17

A special to the New Orleans
Times Democrat says that the Grand
Chapter Of the Order OF the Eastern
Star OF the State of Texas, with
headquarters at Fort Worth, is in
annual session there. This order is
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17

We were reliably informed that
some of the officers in charge Of the
convict force have been ordered to
the line Of the Louisiana Central
railroad, to locate cams for their
force, which has been contracted for
TO work towards the rand connie.
ton Of the line. It's Blli be cheer
ing news to the peo6le n Faster
and Western Loulsiaas, VINO viii
be placed within one OR two hours
ride of each other. The Louisiana
Central will shorten TIE sot.e 10
Houston nc, .ass :asu t2C niies. and
as the road neG is 70 be elevated
above the highest aater MARI rail
communication with Texas viii
never suffer interruption as.er this
all important road is in operat.on.-
Capitolian Adrocqts.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17

eou'cSs diN OifDS INTO CuI'SvtTTH
the large number of acres o. rich
lands in our State now lying idle.
we must exert ourselves and spend
some money in railroads to encour.
age a good class of immigrants to
come and dwell among US. Immi.
grants do not care to 60 to a wilder
ness. They seek the haunts Of men,
not Of beasts , ard they are natur.
ally attracted to those sections of
our country where are found leading
lines Of travel and communication
with the world. 1t is to be hoped
Louisiana will complete what she
has lately begun, that of construct.
ing railroads throughout her limits
as the most feasible plan Of inviting
immigrants from other lands to set.
tie among US, she knows that her
lands, as these are all she has, will
do that which the North and West
have done to make their lands pro.
f%table--hnild railroads in every
direction. These will invite immi.
grants, and these will add to our
population and wealth and give Us
political power.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-20
Note and Comment.

In Boston 20 per cent. of the inhahi-
tants are foreigners; in New York city
there are 80 per cent. in Chicago 81
per cent. The latter city has only 49,
900 Americans.
Had Gen. Grant been buried in
Washington it is quite probable that
our citizens would be more willing to
contribute to the monument fund. New
York is having a hard time begging for
funds and has recently appealed to the
good people of London for help.
Elk Governor Julius Converse, Of
Woodstock, died at DiXville Notch, n.
H., last Sunday evening, aged 81 years.
He was "a resident of Woodstock, and
was Governor Of Vermont from 1872 to
but of late years, because of failing
health, had withdrawn from public life.
He leaves widow and one child.
Gen. Henry X. Oliver, widely known
as the composer of Federal Street
and other we'll known hymn tunes,
died at his home in Salem, Mass, last
week Wednesday of heart disease at
the age of nearly s. years. He was a
born musician, and was also widely
known for his philanthropy and his
active interest in the public welfare.
He held several state and city offices.
John Mccullough, the demented ira
gedian, earned S40,O00 Il year, clear of
all except personal expenses, and yet
out OF the certainly not less than Sl5O,-
900 which he got in his final five years
of active life only $27 900 can now he
found. A PinkertOn detective has been
at work for month trying to solve
the problem of McCullongh's finances.
In his trunks were the notes of nine
actors to whom he had lent sums Of
500 to 500, and there is Il debt TO
him of $Il 900.
The summer resorts in the Berkshire
hills, Massachusetts, are bOasting dis
tinguished visitors this season. EX
president Arthur is booked at LenOX
this week. Secretary Whitney and
wife and the family of the late Secre-
tary Frelinghuysen are at the same
place President Cleveland is expect
ed to make Secretary Whitney visit
there when he returns from the Adiron
dacks. w. ID. Sloan, sOn-in-l law of w.
II. Vanderbilt has just bought 100
acres at Lenox for S50,O00, and is to
build fine summer residence. f. B.
Washburne, late minister to France,
has been stopping at Stockbridge,
"the model village of New England"
six miles below LenOX.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-20
Justice to Mr.. HAYES.

1t has been favOrite amusement of
the tlippant as well as the satanic press
to ridicuIe and traduce ex-President
Hayes-a man of marked purity of
character and life, and the one who did
more during his administration to
unite the people of this country and
harmonic sectional differences and re-
form the civil service, than any presi-
dent who preceded him. 1t is pleas
ant to think that the historian is to do
him Justice, and even before his death
there are those who acknowledge his
worth. The following from the Boston
Herald is worthy and well put:
An unObtrusive figure in the pro-
cessiOn that followed the remains of
President Grant to the grave on SatuT-
day was that of the only living man
who had, like himself, held a full term
of Office in the American presidency.
That man was his own successor in of
flee like himself he had been gener-
al in the armies of the republic during
the war of the rebellion like himself
he had been borne by the republican
party into the presidency; like himself
he had returned to private life when
his term of service was ended. Presi-
dent Hayes had not been conspicuous
in the public eye since that period.
His tastes are quiet; his manner has
always been modest one. But he is
none the less remembered by the ma
ton. aud he may well rest his fame
with it en- the acts of his administra
ton. He gathered about him
one of the best cabinets, both in abili-
ty and in purity. None of its acts
failed to be approved by the better
sentiment of the country-none. in
deed, has been seriously questioned at
any time. The veXed Southern ques-
ton was settled under it; troops were
withdrawn and peace was restored to
the Southern section. There was no
charge of corruption in his cabinet. or
among his important officers in any
section of the country. The general
feeling was of fair dealing in all its
acts, and the virulence of party spirit
was essentially assuaged while it was
in power. The president had modest
~ announced his determination not to
Ice candidate for detection. He held
to il firmly when his term of office was
about To expire. He left behind him
the record of an administration pure in
its atmosphere and clean in its record.
Since he retired from the presidency
Mr.. Hayes has done nothing to invite
attack. 1t may lac the fashion of the
hour to depreciate him. Ii will not be
the verdict of history.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-20
Last Weeks Storms.

Last weeks storms which did little
damage in Caledonia county, were very
severe in other parts Of the state and
in New York. The Connecticut river
rose over FIVE feet in a short time. Con-
siderable damage was done in the vi
cinity of White River Junction and on
the other side of the state at Rutland.
The highways were badly washed,
many bridges swept away and the
crops were seriously damaged. The
damage to the farmers in Schenectady
county, n. Y, will amount to 1900, 600,
and the losses to the New York Cen
trail and Hudson River company by
washOuts will exceed 100000.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-08-20
III. H"

The death of Helen Hunt Jackson at
San Francisco, last week of cancer, re-
moves IA prominent figure in American
literature. Born in Amherst in 1881,
she married ut "a Capt. Hunt, an army
officer, who was killed at Fortress
Munroe in 1863. The two children by
this marriage died, one in babyhOOd,
the other in its tenth year. 1t is said
that her bereavements first led Mrs.
Hunt to writing verse at all events
she began her literary work after the
death of her husband and children and
as "H. H. was soon known by the
lovers of books the country over. AS
much of her writing was Published
anonymously, perhaps it will never be
known just how much she contributed
To the pleasure and comfort of others
while her own heart was so heavily
burdened. But whatever the circum
stances under which she wrote, fame
was the result. 1t was Emerson who
said early in her literary career: "The
poems of a lady who contents herself
with the initials IL. II. have rare merit
of thought aud expression. She has
been called our finest woman poet. The
woman might well lie omitted"
In 1876 Mrs. Hunt married a Mr..
Jackson and moved to his home in Col
orado. where she became deeply inter
ested IN the Indians and from that
time on has seemed to devote her best
energies to the Indian cause, writing.
four years ago, "A Century of Dishon-
or, and afterward the story SO familiar
to all, "RamOna.' 1t was of these last
before hey death. "My Century of Dis
honor and Ramona are the only
things | have done of which | am glad
now. The rest is of no moment. They
will live and they will bear fruit"
This modest disclaimer Of the worth of
the volumes nf verse and story that
have come from her pen was character
istic of the woman, who never sought
notoTiety, and who, forseeing that she
was not long fnr this life, wrote
DO not ad0ru with costly shrub, OF tree.
Or flower, the httlr grave that shelters NE.
Let the Wild wind sOwn seed grow up unbsrIned
and back and forth all summer uuAlsrmed
Ls.t all the tiny. busy creatures creep;
Let the sweet grass lie last years tsngle keep
md when remembering Uns. you come some day
And stand there, sPesk no praise. but only say.
How she loved ~ II was for that she dssrF
These are the only words that shall smile 70 hear"