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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-02-28

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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-02-28

Deux Marseillais s'escrimait sur le
dos des cochers parisiens ct de leurs
rossiEantes.
-Mais hier, mon bon, hier! sex
clame Pun, .I'ai pris une voiture, ELI
bien il lallu que le cocher marcbat
devant avec un picotin d'avoine pour
Que le chcval voul1t bien avancer.
-PeuL tn es heureux, toi Moi,
quand je prend une volture, non
settlement il faut que cocher marche
devant, mais encore il faut QUE j.
marche devant lie cocher, moi, en- lui
montrant lie pour boire |. -. He, au
trement, je ne ponrrais me fairs por-
ter MULE part, bagasse
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-02-28

!. nr;ucesse Beatrice, la plus
;,,ne file de la refine Victoria, est
'au s,acts au prince Henri-Maurice de
Battenburg.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-02-28

rrayau1 typographiques en- tous
40, executes a l'imprimerle du
MERIDIONAL.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-02-28

Il Ia caserne:
lie sergent-major lit le rapport au
colonel.
"Huit jours de prison aux sepeurs
Durant ct Boutrou parce qu'ils ont
hue un gendarme qui passait.
lie sergent oublie III aspiree ct
fait une liaison sur lie t.
LIE colonel
Comment ont tue? Et huit
jours de prison settlement? ?
Avec une Fl, mon colonel, avec
une Fl, rceti6e le sergent.
LIE colonel
-Vous me aanqucrez un mois de
clou a i'4omme de service qui 'ais'
Sc sortir Durant ct Boutrou avec
leur haches
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-02-28

STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH or VERM1LION.
25TH DISTRICT COURT.
No. TOT.
Succession Of Amanda Stephens.
Application of 81. G. Harrington
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 hand and seal Of
court this l4th day of February
1885.
LAsT1E BRNussARD, Clerk.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-02-28
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
TWENTY. FIFTH Judi DISTRICT COURT;
Parish of Vermilon.
No. 500

Succession Of Oneziue Trahan, jr.
Notice is hereby given to all par
ties Interested in the said succession,
or having any opposition to make to
the tableau of debts, charges and
settlement filed in said succession,
by zelmire Leblanc, tutrix, to fle
the same in writing in the office of
the clerk of court within ten days
from the date hereof.
Given under my hand and seal of
court, this Gath day Of Jan. 1885.
ALCIDE LEBLANC, Dy-clerk.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-02-28
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pere
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faire croire qu'ellc q encore des
dents.
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trOuve.
Echantillon lu au cimetiere des
Chartreux a Bordeaux:
LIE CONCIERGE EST EMPAILLEUR.
VOLTA qui eufonce la cremation
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-02-28
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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-02-21
Much for Little.

In this age when the events of yesterday in all
parts of the world found in to- days paper; when
the tidingS of battle in Egypt or China are flash
ed across seas and laid at door before its smoke
is dssipated it is necessary for weinformed people
to have access to reliable maps. Not all can afford
the heavy library aliases and even they are often
found Enthusiastically unless new copy is purchased
as often as revised.
If you want an atlas small enough for general
USE full enough for nearly every purpose, critically
accurate and up to date, we recommend the new
Handy Atlas of the World, published by Messrs.
Ivison, Blakeman Taylor u Co., 1853 and 755 Broad
way New York. which is both credit to them and
to the American press 1t is bound in flexible cloth
contains So beautifully colored maps and important
statistics. Among its many notable good things are
maps showing standard time, the railways of the
United States, recent polar expeditions Central At
RIGA as explored by Stanley the seat of the ptian
war; Bible Lands. and principal American cities
Ifyour bookseller does not have this excellent
work. send fifty cents direct to the publishers and
receive it by return mail.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-02-21
Human Fiends.

A dispatch from Wallingford, Vt, relates
a revolving story of the inhuman treatment of
Ida Terry thirteen years old, by her guar
dams, Joseph White and wife. When she
was two years of age she was left in their
charge by her father, who went West. Since
then the latter has paid 500 year for her
support. White and wife were arrested for
maltreatment, but the former was only fined
SIS and the latter $40. The next night three
masked men caught White in his barn, and
after beating him ordered him to leave town.
Both of the Whites were church members,
but have since been expelled. The atrocities
were found out by neighbor, who was arous-
ed by the girls cries, and visited the house.
The child presented pitiful appearance.
Her feet were blistered, Mrs. White having
compelled her to stand on a red hot stove un-
til it was unbearable. One mode of punish
ment was to thrust pins through her ears and
fasten her to the wall. Another, driving a
needle through her tongue and lacking it to
the Window sill. On one occasion Ida was
held under pump and stream of water
pumped upon her head until she was so far
exhausted the Whites could not revive her
and were compelled to get the help of neigh
bors. When in court the child's body was
found covered with black and blue spots
where the inhuman guardians had pinched
her, while her back was a network of cord
like ridges where the whip had been applied.
The girl has been taken charge of by the au-
thorities.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-02-21
An Unfortunate Exchange.

A German friend has translated the follow
ing for the ADVOCATE from a late German
paper: Among the patrons of we'll known
institution for the cure of various diseases
in Prussia were an old lady and a Russian
colonel, both seriously i'll, who died about the
same time. The corpses were encased and
sent to their respective homes. On the ar
rival of the remains of the old lady at her
residence two of her nieces were present to
attend the funeral One of them was greatly
grieved at the demise of her dear old aunt,
and insisted on having the coffin opened to
take last look at the one she loved. The
coffin was opened, but great was the conster-
nation of all present to find, instead of the
old aunt, the corpse of once fine-looking
military man, with beard and moustache.
After they had all recovered from their fright,
a telegram was sent at once to the director OF
the hospital to inform him of the mistake.
He soon discovered that the boxes of the
coffins had been wrongly marked at the rail-
road depot. The lady had been sent to Russia
and the officer to the residence of the lady in
Germany. kilograms were sent at once to
Russia for the return of the corpse of the lady.
The answer came, but o, another terror! 1t
stated that on the arrival of the corpse mil
itary escort stood awaiting it at the depot, and
buried her with military honors and martial
music. and a salvo was fired over the grave,
as is usually done at the funeral of u brave
soldier. Now they are negotiating in regard
to the exchange of the corpses, and it is hoped
that the old aunt will soon be at her last rest
ing place.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-02-21

Canada is the receptacle of. American
rogues, but they are enriching the Dominion
by making heavy drain upon the capital Of
this country. 1t would make an interesting
chapter if some statistician would collate and
publish the additions made to the capital OF
our northen neighbor within the last twenty
years. The sum would be enormous and not
very fattering to the honesty of ''the States. "
The laws of meum and tuum would be shown
to be not very rigidly observed in the Great
Republic. A census of the population would
show bank cashiers to be a very numerous
class. Montreal is very city of refuge for
this class of enterprising American citizens.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-02-21
Rosecrans on Grant.

An effort was made in the House on Mon
day to suspend the rules to take up the Senate
bill retiring Gen. Grant on pension amount
ing to S12, 800. The House failed to suspend
the rules, and the effort was not successful.
During the discussion Gen. Rosecrans opposed
the bill He regarded the bill as plain
proposition to reward Gen. Grant for distin-
guished military services, and it was his duty
to say that he could not vote for it. 1t was
not his intention to recount any of the his
torical reasons why he thought that General
Grants reputation had been exaggerated and
misrepresented, and when history came to be
written it would be pared down to very differ
ent dimensions. He did not propose to go
into that. 1t had been the interest of great
political party to make Gen. Grants services
appear as large as possible, for he was their
servant. Gen. Grant himself had prepared
the first two volumes of Badeau's Life of
Grant, upon which the students of history
had placed the stamp of untrustworthiness.
The public had been told that Gen. Rosecrans
would not vote for the Gen. Grant bill be-
cause of personal ill-will. He did not think
that any of his colleagues would believe that
he was capable of descending to the depth OF
being governed in a public duty by personal
dislikes. He did not oppose the passage of
this bill on account of any of these things to
which he had alluded, or of other things to
which he had not alluded, namely, statements
made officially by Gen. Grant which were
false, which Gen. Grant knew to be false,
and which he (Rosecrans) had stated in his
official reports to be false. 1t had been said
that Gen. Grant was poor; that there was
nothing between him and the poorhouse ex-
cept the income from $3.50, 1000, and it had
been circulated around by his family that all
of the $3.50, 900 was substantially lost. That
was not true. There was another critical
circumstance to which he called attention.
Congress- by solemn act, was asked to arrest
what? Why, the progress of public opin-
ion for an investigation in that confidence
mill called Grant & Ward. If gentlemen
could afford to put a ligature around that in
vestigation and to deceive the public mind, he
oonld not
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-02-21
Winter storms and Floods.

Mondays storm of wind and rain was very
severe along the Atlantic coast and did great
damage from Virginia northward In New
York City cellars and streets were flooded,
signs and shutters blown down, and glass
windows broken. Five persons were injured,
two perhaps MORALLY, by accidents resulting
from the high wind.
Reports from Cape May and Atlantic City,
on the coast, and from interior points in New
Jersey, indicate great damage by wind and
water At Trenton the Delaware river rose
six feet, and on Monday night an inundation
in South Trenton was feared. At Whining
ton, Delaware, much damage was done by
floods in the Brandywine and Christiana
Creeks, and work was suspended in some OF
the factories. Miss Mary Mccartney, aged
18, was drowned while trying to cross SPUR
rel Run, in the morning.
In the interior of New York and New Eng,
| land, as we'll as in Pennsylvania, binding
snow storm prevailed, accompanied by vio-
lent gales. A telegram from Scranton says
/ that in that section of the State trains were
stopped, and in some instances wrecked, tel
ephone wires are Frustrated and telegraph
wires would not work. The roof of the Gas
inc rink at Pittston fell from the weight oil
snow on it, and the building was completely
| demolished.
Another snow blockade is reported IN the
| West and Northwest, with very low tempera
ture. At Chicago Monday morning there was
a temperature of Is degrees below zero. The
sky was clear, but the air was filled with fro
zen particles, drifting before keen and cut.
ting west wind, which drove nearly everybody
from the exposed streets. The heavy snow
storms of the last two weeks, causing almost
continuous railroad blockades, have reduced
the supply of soft coal the kind mostly used
in Chicago, to very low ebb. Another effect
of the snow blockade was seen in the failure
of six theatres to give performances there on
Monday night, the companies which were tc
appear having been showed up in different
localities Reports from Western and North
western points Monday night showed the fol
lowing temperatures below zero Omaha, 13;
ST. Paul, 10; Des Moines, 16 {; Dubuque, Is;
Fargo, Oak, %; Jamestown, Oak, 35
Winnipeg, "a; St. Vincent, Mimi, 80. Den,
yer reported temperature of SO above zero.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-02-21
Journalistic Compliments.

The Frederick Examiner says that one of
the editors of that paper knocked at the gate
of the City of Woe in reportorial capacity,
but Satan would not let him in, as he had one
Frederick editor there, so he scaled the walls
and peeped over, when he beheld the editor
of the Citizen Sin misery and ruin, down
deep in the gulph of despair"
The editor of the New York World speaks
of the editor of the New York San as ''Chas
Ananias Dana, the able BLACKBOARD" and
says he ''has all attributes of the degenerate
Grecian-the attributes which make the term
Greek Synonymous with falsehood, treach
cry, venality and fraud. Dana don't lool
like Greek, but he acts like one."
The Denver Nelcs, in drawing pen picture
of State Senator Eddy, of Colorado, says
''Mr. Eddy has Henry Clay head, with the
Henry largely eliminated"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-02-21
Humors of the Press.

Bismarck's antipathy to pork still exists.
He does not like the British Government, be-
cause he thinks it is g-headed.-Neto Or
leans Picayune.
Benny Butler insists again that he is out OF
politics. Now let somebody show that poll
tics is out of Butler and all will be forgiven.
-PhiLadelphia Press (Rep.)
An organ says: at is to be feared that Mr..
Cleveland will finally lose his head" If this
should be the case and the Republican leaders
should find it, they would have enough brains
to stock their entire party.-Atlanta Ga
Constitution.
As the proprietor of Washington hotel
objects to young Butler Malone making tar
gets of his walters, the entire Malone tribe
has been ordered to find other quarters. This
will give the Virginia Senator chance to find
out how it feels to be repudiated. Philadel-
phia Times.
Mr.. Cox's new brook is in the hands of the
publishers, and will soon be given to the pub
lie. 1t is entitled "Three Decades of Federal
legislation" thus ''seeing" Mr.. Blaine's
''Twenty Years of Congress and going it ten
years better. Mr.. Cox has never sought lit
erature as consolation for defeated candi-
dacy for the Presidency, but, judging from
other productions OF his pen, his book is
likely to be far more interesting than that of
the man who went into literature as make
shift when kicked out of politics. &c bicago
Times.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-02-21

The composition of Mr.. CIeveland's Cabi-
net is question that is more discussed now
than any other. 1t will be subject for spec
ulation until the fourth of March, when the
President will make known his advisers in an
official way. Until that time the public will
not know for certainty who will compose
the Cabinet. There is so much good timber
out of which to construct it, that it is not
question of who will do, but who to select.
We have no solicitude ON the subject We
have the frmest confidence in Mr.. Cleveland S
judgment, and believe he will select able and
conservative advisers. With such men as
Thurman and Pendeton of Ohio; Mcdonald,
Voorhees, and Holman of Indiana, Bayard OF
Delaware, Mcclellan and Stockton of New
Jersey, Garland and Vest of Missouri, Jonas
of Louisiana, Eaton of Connecticut, Manning
and Whitney of New York, Villas of Wiscon-
sin, Barbour of Virginia, Randall of Penn
sylvania, Morrison of Illinois, and hosts OF
other eminent Democrats to select from MIR.
Cleveland can hardly make mistake.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-02-21

William W. Massey, of Baltimore, on Mon
day last was sentenced to the penitentiary for
five years for forgery. Though not a felon,
he is filling felon's cell. He defrauded in
deed, but not with intent. Being paying
teller in a bank, by an error in addition and
over-payment of check, he lost 5000. To
cover that deficiency he took $1,000 of the
bank money to speculate, hoping to realize
sufficient to make good the loss. The ven
ture proved disastrous, and the 81 900 was
lost also. To retrieve these losses he took
more money, and finally forged the cashier S
name for $1,000. All being hopeless then,
he confessed to the cashier, who had him ar
rested. Then followed an Indictment, con-
viction and sentence to the penitentiary. Had
he confessed his first loss of 5000, which &C.
CURED by an error not at all objectionable,
he would have escaped his present humilia-
ton. Though he might have lost his situa-
ton, his honor would have remained un-
furnished and his prospects would have not
been blighted. Under ordinary circumstances
he will survive his sentence many years, as he
will be only 43 years old at its expiration,
but the forgery and term in the penitentiary
will forever cloud his life. He did wrong, but
not with intent to defraud if the details of his
case are correctly reported, and his lot seems
a hard one. He had previously borne an ex-
celent reputation.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-02-21
The OssaWatomie Massacre.
Was John Bropn Martyr or Scoundre
Coz. RobinSOn's Opinion.


Coz. RObiRSOR'S Opinion.
Special to the Neuc York World.
LAWRENCE, Kan, Feb. 15.-The discussion
whether John Brown was a martyr or mere
mud martyr has broken out afresh and with
renewed virulence apd there is strong de-
mand for Senator Ingalls, to write another
magazine article on the question. Gov. Rob-
inson. the first Free State Governor of Kan
sas, who first championed Brown, now claims
that subsequent facts compel him to reverse
his batteries and change his convictions In
a long letter handed the World correspondent
to-day he says:
81 was deceived by Sanborn until after the
Ossawatomie massacre occurred. had been
absent from the Territory and a prisoner
some two weeks and knew nothing whatever
of the situation in the Ossawatomie region. |
was told that the pro-slavery men there had
inaugurated a war of determination on the
Free State settlers and that this massacre had
put stop to it. This was uncontradicted
and had every reason to believe there was
some foundation in fact for such statements
as were made. Had that view proved cor
rect my apologies for Brown would have con-
tinued, but unfortunately it has no foundation
in fact, and the conclusion is inevitable that
John Brown by that act intended to involve
the sections In war and not to protect Free
Statesmen. The men killed by Brown had
committed no crime nor had they threat ened
to do so. | believe now that Brown was
ready to kill any Pro-Slavery man he could
find simply because he was Pro-Slavery."
The Governor quotes from Mr.. Townsley,
an eyewitness, whose testimony is unim-
peached and unimpeachable. Mr.. Townsley
says:
"After my team was fed and the party had
taken supper, John Brown told me for the
first time what he proposed to do. He said
he wanted me to pilot the company up the
creek some five or six miles, into the neigh
borhood where / lived, and show them where
all the ro-Slavery men resided; that he
proposed to sweep the creek as he came down
Of all the Pro- Slavery men living on it. re-
fused to do as he wished. The old man Doyle
and two sons were called out and marched
some distance from the house in the road,
where halt was made, and Brown drew his
revolver and shot old man Doyle in the fore
head, when Browns two sons Immediately
fell upon the younger Doyle with short two
edged swords" The Governor closes in the
following terse style:
eff history furnishes parallel to the cold
blooded, unbushing, persistent and unscrup.
ulous lying of John Brown, his family and
friends, have not discovered it yet. 1t is OF
such men some people make heroes"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-02-21

The first Republican of prominence in
either house of Congress to confess that the
Presidency was stolen in 1876, when Tilden
was counted out and Hayes counted in, was
Congressman Bedford, of Colorado. On the
4th of this month, in speech in the House,
he said that in his judgment Rutherford b.
Hayes "never was elected President OF the
United States" He did honor to himself by
the confession, though made at this late day,
but he admitted his conscious guilt in the
fraud, when he added although | voted to
beat you Democrats because You had not the
courage to stand up for your rights" He
knew in 1876 that Hayes was not elected, but
he voted to overthrow the will of the people,
simply because Democrats, according to his
ideas, had not the courage to stand up for
their rights.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-02-21
SALE.

~
The undersigned, having rented his farms,
will sell at public sale, at the farm known as
the Old Home Farm, lying on Silver Run, u
miles west of Silver Run P. O., on
THURSDAY, MARCH 10Th, 1885,
at 9 o'clock, a. M, sharp, the following per-
sonal property Is fine Kentucky draft mules,
from to years old; 5 fine 2year-old colts,
3 of them extra stock; one fine Ken
lucky mare and one fine Virginia o.
horse, both of which will work c.
Go@eE<ua anywhere; mich cows, N1<As'
~ of them full Attorney, a half
@6 Attorney, and the other good
common bred COW; some have calves by their
sides and the others will have by day of sale;
l full Attorney heifer, l year old; 9 fine
shotes, wagons, from two to six horse,
broad and narrow tread, with beds complete;
3 hay carriages, cart and harness, clod roller,
sleigh and spread, carriage and spread, falling
top buggy and harness, Champion mower,
spring-tooth rake, Osborne reaper, self-rake;
Osborne reaper, self binder, complete; Buck
eye grain drill, new scoop, 6 harrows, of
which are spring tooth; 2 corn coverers, 8
corn workers, 2 corn forks, single shovel
plows, double shovel plows, 6 furrow plows,
2 windmills, log chains; Is sets of harness,
whips, lines, names, collars, saddles, hous
lnBS, UrluleS' UC', dill COlIp leIci ~ uCdu MAJ
tiers and chains, new riding saddle and bride,
grain cradle, fodder cutter, new; 2 wheelbar
rows, 100 grain sacks, 95 steer chains, pair of
scales, double harness, bells, checks, large
rope, single, double and triple trees, jockey
sticks, a lot of chains, open rings, forks, rakes,
fifth chains, spreaders, carrying chains, post
diggers, crowbars, feed buckets, picks, mat
tocks, axes, hammers, saws, hoes, breast
chains, and many other articles. Also one
new cook stove and fixtures, complete; bed
steads, &c.
Ba% All the stock is young and in good
condition, and the farming implements are
almost new. Come early, as all must be sold
on the day mentioned.
Terms Of iSale.-All sums under S., cash;
on all sums of S. and upward credit of ten
months will be given, on note with approved
security, bearing interest from day of sale.
No property to be removed until terms of sale
are complied with.
T. D. COVER.
VIM. Brown, Auct'r. J. VIM. Earhart, Clerk.
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