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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-03-21
Police Jury Proceedings.

The Police Js of vem'on Parish met at Court House on this 2nd
Green, ALICE Leblanc, 7 Morgan and 7 boossard Absent
Minutes Of last meeting aud adopted - 49,.
Report Parish read and ordered spread on The minutes
To the Hon President and Members Of Police Jury
Gents following represents the financial condition OF the Parish
February End by BALANCE hand last %, - s5ss 81
lid 1ith. y q" licenses 282 IS
From this amount s5,474 50
nronepv uu,d pu,' - N>''''' 80 154s SO
m.t;no , balance on hand Of $a,g25 81
Very respectfully Signed E11 WISE Parish Treasurer
Filed March 2 1885 lS'gned1 L. u LYONS oe'k'
Resolved that from the upper line Bas land to the
Bayou be transferred from 18th road district to the l6h
district all subject road duty that portion Of said
transferred and required to work in 10th road dis
credited for this for four days work. by road
and that said credit be given by ever
at first call on said road
for year ssz for SIS 90 and liquor dealer be
he having sold liquor in his store during SAID year
paying any license peerr and motion
Bare Resolved that said petition be grantea and sa'd Heer
any parish license provided does not sell liquor in which event he
will be required to pay said licenses
Resolved the public road between the lands Mrs
and GaTs be % 5 o as ad 10 et
lin width provided that all for tracing out the lne and passing
It fur her resolved that eudy be excused from serving as
road ovee and Fau be appointed his stead
On motion Of j Alec Leblanc
the Of Sevene Pmeaux to change the course OF
public going New lbca the east side the drosse se
be and the same is hereby granted
Resolved further that shall at the southeast corner OF
the land Augustn Broussad and shall north the lands OF
said Seyenne the width Of said tract thence south
line the original until reaches the SAID pup
lie road provided Pneauz shall and have recorded dona
ton OF the 49,,
On motion II Barte Resolved that Francois beert he ee
from paying parish license pedie for 1884 the same having oee
eoncousy issped against him. 49,
Report Committee read filed and ordered spread on the
minutes Il il T y Ii ,
To the onI President and Members Of the Police Jury OF the Parish Of
yemion Gentlemen The Finance Committee snbn to you t
following report Having examined the ubb book the PARISH col
eco that the following collection have been made toWit
. !, ~ Ieso nh of January tav 81 so Int % u
1881 :" t IA o. Q 10 IS sc
1oeo 81 a "a II So "a
lese 40 el IA 76 Sc 81
1874 {" 1913 sc
| i.ense 1894 1877 81
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-03-21
omc;al Directory.

n.,rjct Judge.
ps'i'e' CONRAD DEBAILLoN.
District Attorney. n c,,nnps
r,,,k Of District Court,
llc'N : L.srlE BRoUssApD.
representative: cso n E,.Dnrras.
Sheriff s Tax Collector: ;p'. !: xn,.z
Coron''' Dp. W. D. WHITE.
Police Jury.
n HorrpAulH, President.
= o. orTS,v. J. L. BRoUssARD
J, =. u : carry. r. j. MORGAN
I h0I1' q BARrsLs J. \. LEBLANC
clark ~ Of Police Jury
o's'A = LYMAN c. Irons.
faf'su ELIJAH WISE.
Town Council.
J.J, ABADIE, Mayor.
R.C SAEDEs, " nvoneon = : :
s. WISE. hAei'' "0
: 'o'''A' GEORGE E. LYONS,
1,s,;ces Of the Peace, Sd. Ward :
' ~ Ivovc G. LABAUvE.
Surveyors,
u v. ErwAeps. E. MoNTaGNh'
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-03-21
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Roll of 1882 NTH of February tax 20 Int 6s 7 SO
1883 l9 81 26 81
1884 II 63 1905 Ga
Licenses 5 90
Total amount collected in February 1916 I3
Credited the following receipts produced by the collector
Receipts dated .
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-03-21

lnFuTn WANTED for DR.. SCOTS
HnT corsets. Sample free to those be.
~ buV y coming agents. No risk. quick sales.
Territory given, satisfaction guaranteed. Address
nR.SCofT,842 Broadway St,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-03-21
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List of a special jury drawn for
the April term Of the District Court
for said parish, beginning on the End
Ma,dor 1QQR
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-03-21

CLERK.
The following claims were allowe
Solomon Wise, lumber S 81 OIL
$ Bowie, r P O'Bryan agne u 10
R G Smedes, dist atty 60 90
DR. W G Kibbe, medical bill 1lS 90
G E Lyons, jailer S Wise asg l45 SO
4 l. Leblanc, constable Al 80
j I Broussard, jp 2 90
Aristide Picard, constable 9 90
j T Bropssard, self and assignee in
case of State vs. J Codgers, ct ais
Witnesses
Mrs Lessin Codgers ! 12
Aristide Rufin 1,l2a
Mrs NJ Viliien l 10
J 7 Broussard ! 10
Jean Louis Dahon l Sc
Joseph Villien 5 Is
Sevenne Meaux 12a
Albert Bonnehome l I2a
Maurice Villien l 10
Lessin Codgers | Is
Elyse Sarver l %
Slate VS. Henry Shuster
Jean Louis Duhon l 80
Is eol
Witness in case OF State vs.
Zeolin Touchet
Jos Laodice Touche. / so
Theozime Touchet 3 10
Mrs Mitchell Hardy 2 80
Witness in case of State vs.
EW Huff,
j Picket, L Broussard asgn l Is
p Spears l21
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-03-21

Attest GEORGE w. SUMMERS,
Dy.Clerk.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-03-21
TOWN COUNCIL,
-o7S-o.- ,oo-

ABBEV1LLE, JAN. l0tn 1853.
The Council met pursuant to ad-
journmcnt, present Joseph j. Alb
adie, Mayor and counrilmen Wise,
Bourque and Broussard.
Absent Young.
The reading Of the minutes 'ot
the previous meeting was dispensed
with.
The reports of the Collector and
of the Treasurer were read and
adopted and ordered to be spread
on the minutes.
COLLECTORS REPORT.
To the Honorable Mayor and Mem
bcrs Of the Town Council, l the
undersigned, respectfully
submit this my report
Up to date Jany
26lh 1885
As Constable and Collector
OF the
Town Of Abhcvillc.
amt Of taxes received on
rolls '84 5 874 05
amt coll on same up to date 657 rs
amt remaining uhcoll ZIG 20
amt of licenses uncoll at last
report Of '84,., 2S9 50
amt coll on same l12 so
amt remaining uncoll III OQ
amt of fines coli up to date % 50
L api u a on.
amt of taxes of 's4 upcoll S75 05
amt of licenses for '84 uncol 289 SO
amount of fines up to date % so
S 1887 O5
amt col on taxes of '84 657 76
amt col 90 licenses of '84 ll2 so
amt coll on fines up to dale % SO.
amt remainin uncol on taxes PIG %
amt remaining uncol on
licenses Ut W
5 1ls7 O5
By rcpt Of Treas Of this date 1893 16
Respectfully,
GEO. E. LYONS.
Cop.Collector
Aprroved, Abbeyille Jan. 26, '84.
Jos. J. ABADIE,
SOLOMON WISE,
Fin Committee.
7RE.ASURER'S REPORT.
To January 5th 1884.
To the Honorable Mayor
and Council of
Abbcville.
General Fund.
1884,
Dec 5, to bal on hand S 247 81
Credit.
1885.
Jan 5, by amt paid since
last report % 70
balance this day 1sS %
Street and Bridge Fund.
Dec 5, 'S4 TO bal on hand IA 80
Jan 5, 'S5, by amt paid
since last report %
n balance this day S 10 60
Sinking Fund.
n omt IN hand S 264 60
Respectfully.
W. B. WHITE
Treasurer.
After examining this report We
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-03-21

notion Resolved that the packages Of received from
irish by the delivered the Police
jury in open session. one of packages burned the
other package delivered to Solomon Wise for safe
keeping On the adjourned Ist Monday April 1885
L. c. LYONS, Clerk H. HOFFPAUlR. President
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-03-21
Oh, yi1esiiaio''al,
sz,,11sVEp EVERY SATURDAY.
,us OF SUBSCRIPTION

,.r.RrABty IN ADv'seE;
. 20
,v one year, ....''''''''......... q
One copy siA ~ ,,. five new cash subscriber
M ss.1pSo :sa viii b. ssT ss''d to cop OF the
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-03-21

Total amount collected in January
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-03-21
Say Total

Saw Total $685. O8 $347 IS $6604 So
Respectfully submitted,
Filed March End 1885, SOLOMON WISE
L c. LYONS G. GoDcHAUX
Clerk. T. j. MORGAN.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-03-21

$5,474 33
1,54S SO
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-10-03

IRE National Republican Washing. ton) editorially calls the attention of Secretaries Manning and Lamar to the large number of cases in their depart ments where competent and experienced republicans, occupying positions not in- oluded in the civil service rules. have been reduced to low rauk, but who con- tinue to perform the duties and supuly the knowledge aud experience for the more prominent positions, owing 10 the incompeteEcy O. irexperience of tbe new appointees- In some cases. 1t all leges, new chiefs of division. notoriously incompetent and unfit for their places are having their duties performed by thelr predecessors, who have been re- duced to clerksbIps. It also alleges that there are eases in which reassicp- ments of duties have been made to permit the republican officers re- tanned m lover grades to perform the duties for which the new appointees in higher places are unfit. A Chief Clerk ot Department, for instaaee, under the old regime performed an immense amount Of important routine and tech nicai work for winch an incompetent officer now receives pay, while exper- fenced chiefs of division are intrusted with ell the work. Another point is made Rgginst the appointment of confidential clerks. It is sad that Tn almost every instance the posi- tions have been made for young men cf political influence, who have neither ability nor disposition 10 perform the duties and wh SC work is performed by their clerks. VIGor, us protests are said to be occasiOued in several os the de- psrtments by these appointments to po- sltions requiring technical knowledge of persons who cannot be expected and do not expect to perform the dutiee.-I Exchange.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-10-03
Press Comment.

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: Re ports from all parts of the State are fa- vJrsble, and the prospects for cleaning out the coal-oll gang are most encOurHg- ing.
 Buffalo Express: l.; the British lion should even find ous that NIT. Hen dricks k twisting his ;sil, Mir. Hendricks might immediately discover what It means to ill a loDgfelt want.
 Denver News: With boiled Chinamen in San Francisco and baked Cinnamon m Wyoming. II Is clear that the MoDgo- lian problem Is rapidly becoming a burning question in :hls country.
 Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: IL is fortunate for Mir. Hendricks that Jumbo was killed in Canada. Otherwise the huge beast might have Obscured NIT. Hendricks as an international issue.
 Toronto Mail: Augustus Mongredien, the cha. iun fIeetrsder, finds that 'ra'e 3r;.-'~ i-u= a-c caused by large harvest. -L.a ..., 8 the early frosts, the weevil, and the rust Tn better light.
 Kansas City Journal: A religious wave Is rolling, so 1t Is said, over Clay and Ray Counties It IS well-Clay County IS celebrated for having reared the James brothers, aud Ray for har- boring them.
 Indianapolis Journal: Turn the rss- cals out" is coming home to rOOst." The pubic service has not only been wea kened ,but has been scandslized since the return of the Democratic party to power.
 Philadelphia Press. IL will take two pounds of q 1iniDs and several injections of cocaine to bring Governor Hoadly to the scratch after the second knOck-down Jno Sherman gave hIm last Wednesday.
 Boston Record: Bsrnum and the children have lost their Jumbo, but the Democratic party has two big elephants on its hands-President Cleveland and Sam Randall. And it doesn't in the least know what to do with them.
 Boston Post Dem.): Frank Hurd IS confident that Ohio will go Democratic and that the s.ate will not have R dlvid ed vote in the senate after this year. This IS devoutly to be hoped provided the new Senator is not John K. McLearD.
 Cleveland Leader: A party, which, under the pretenses of turning rascals out" dismisses wounded Union soldiers from office and fills their places with iail-birds and horse-thieves, has DO busI- ness to expect officei from the honest people of Ohio.
 Minneapolis Tribune: If Democratic economy means convict labor contracts and it looks that wRy-the people will be calling for little republican extravs- sance along about the close of roasting ear time m lSSS.
 Chattanooga Times: The. United States has tried a long time to secure inter national action on this question ot the worlds metallic money; Ii We are wise We can force other powers to take the Isad anJ nsk Ills to i0in them.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-10-03
Snirif nr ihe PrasS.

Philadelphia Times: Kicking is fun for everyone but the kicked.
 Philadelphia Times: The mugwumps and the bosses are sadly singing n dole ful chorus.
 New York Graphic Und.): The policy of cowardIce has been followed by the Democratic party long enough.
 Boston Globe: By the way, it's good thinC President Cleveland's friends re- taiued their winter fiannels.
 New York Herald: It it a sGd and solemn fact that the genuine spring chicken is never seen except with the eve of a very vivid imagination.
 Atlants Constitution: The fact that peanuts can be raised in the little patch known as Rhode Island shows that we are indeed one country.
 Clesveland Leader: Boston yachts men do very well to defend the Amer ics's cup, but when 1t comes co defend iug the American bottle the Job had bet ter be left to Ohio Democrats.
 Philadelphia Press: The Democratic marty has been whis.ling to Cleveland to get off the track for some time; but the Jumbo of the Democratic show gives all bis attention to the baby re- form elephant.
 New York Tribune: Such a summer is a most potent argument ID support Of the affirmative that life Is worth living. Its memory will be green as its foliage and bright ss its sunshine. Hail and farewell.
 Philadelphia Inquirer: The centen- uisl of temperance reform ID America affords good standing for 6 retrospect. If the cause makes as good progress ID the pext hundred years as it has in the last, the third century will have little to do.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-10-03

-i '- announced on good authority e-l ll tais instance from military sourc- -,aa. cue of the Indians engaged in ,-s Fescuc of the two squaws from Fort ai-'ae vas no less parsonage than the ''-tl Geronimo himself. He came VII ID the enclosure of tine fort --le7 the, very shadow of the con- ,-1'aihc ctlicer's quarters, and rescued .~7 laws, and he was fully recognized U. o,aer Indians at the fort. It WAS ''.l feat, but perhaps less dangerous ''lal~e of ifs boldness, and i. displays 's- tAe superior cunning and craftiness ms mUrderous chiftain. When the --TF Of the hostile Indians, presumed
 'e eatrenched Tn the strongholds of -s H'1ntaIns of Mexico, can evade the -H'i-ace Of the military and return to -7 p'in' from whence he started upon bIs
 'Iy rad, and enter a guarded mill
 camp and successfully rescue his -i.'-' ned 5quaws, there are presented -e phases of absurd military tactics .-a' are beyond the power ot language
 adequately criticise. A pack of blood '1ods would have solved this Indian ~ol'ie long time ago. and there -'1iI have been bloodhounds to sur We the contest.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-10-03
The Oldest Human HabitatiOn Unearth
 cd m New MeXIeO.

Maj. Powell, chief of the geological survey. who has been about a month in the field, has discovered in New Mexico, near California mou1taiD, what he pro- nOunces to be the oldest human habita- ton upon the American continent. The mountains m this vicinity are covered with huge beds of lava. in which the prehistoric man and his comrades has ex- cavated square rooms, which were lined with a species of plaster made from the lava, and m these rooms were found various evidences of quite an advanced civilization, among them a species of cloth made of woven hair, and q large number of pieces ofpottery. In the sldes ofthe rooms, cupbOards and shelves were excavAted. In one room, sticking out of the bare face of the wall, was a small branch of a tree. When this wss pulled out It was found that there was hol- low space behind the wall. CoI.J. H. Stephenson, Major Powelfs assistant, tie concealed niche, in which was a small curved figure resembling a msu, done up m clOsely-voven fabric, which with the touch of the hand turn ed to dust. It was blackened and cr1sp like the mummy clothes of Egypt. In all. some sixty groups of these lava viI- lsges were found, there being about twenty houses iL each group. he evil dences Of civilization were similar, but removed by their crudity sRd evident want of skill a good deal from the artl- cles found in the cliff houses which have been SO fully written up in the re ports of the Geological Survey. Scien- lists awaIt with a great deal of interest Major Powells report of these recent very important discoveries.-Ssnta Fe New Mexican.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-10-03

lHE san Francisco Chronicle notes snE alarm the gradual increase of zy L1ac disease iE that city and Inciden ia..y on tue Pacific coast, and condemns h. lack ol sanitary measures responsi- De Tor th.s unfortunate condition of a1ars. The words of the Chronicle are equally applicable to the city of Tucson There l7 a large increase in zymotic di- seas-s here, accustomed directly by the aae.tan condition of the city. The 'ol! ttllvIa from hundreds of cess pools spreading broadcast the poisonous s-'-s of malaria, diphtheria, typhoid 's'.- la3 nal;EHan! bowel troubles, and Were ?; ngt that We are specially favored 711 wholesome atmospheric conditions, ,-- general health of oGr people would o5 a-alml1g. r. is time that cur City 1oaucll should take firm stand in this --''sr and enforce proper obsery- "-ee oi sanitary rules. They are ming with human life by passive iD- @-tlence 10 this matter, and should 'l'- lo tune in placing the city in a '.ealiy condition.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-10-03
WONDERFUL TUNNEL.
Eight Thousand PersPiring Miners DrIi- ling Huge Hole Through twenty
 eight Miles of Solid Rock.

Deep down under the rustling corn fields green meadows and peaceful woods by the faint yellow light of innu- merable smoky lamps, and the intermit- tent cold gleaming from whi electric lights, I6,OOO grimy men are toiling night and day sO that the water supply of New York may flow through twenty eight miles of solid rock. It never ceas- es, this grinding and crankinz and whir- ring and dull booming of powder ex- ploslons, save for two hours out of the twenty-four, when 5000 men drOwsily crawl out of the dim shafts CD the sur face of the earth to eat their meat and 20 to sleep, while 3,0OO other men take their places. Since the first of the year these cold, trickling caverns and shafts haze been drilled and blasted contin- uously. Hundreds of powerful steam drills, drIveD by streams of compressed air from wonderful shining engines, eat into the hard rock like So many steel parasites. and mountains of torn Rneiss and shining mica have been piled up around the shafts as the work went on, In two years from next September tunnel of thirty-one niles will stretch from Gro ton Lake to the reservoir m Central Park. through the brick and stone lin- ing of which will gush body of cTys- tai water more than enough to supply the metropolis plsnteoUsly. For all these blessings and the proud distinc- ton of owning tine longest ruck tunnel in the world, the city will have to pay at least S33, 100000 or perhaps S60,OOO,- GOO. The Mount Cenis tunnel IS seven and one-hslf miles long and cost about SlJ,O0O, 900, while the St. GOthard tun- nel IS nine and One-iourth miles long and cost very little mAre. Few people i'll the city have any idea of the marvellous rspidity with which the squeduct tun- nei is being made. Over 5000 men en- ployed in the wOrk-6.OOO underground and 2,0O0 on the surface. At the bot tom of the shaft the miners work ln two directions, So while one set of men are drilling southward, there is n set of men in another shaft working north- ward tO meet tbem. These shafts are about ole mile apart, vet sO delicate and accurate are the plans Of the en- glneers that III no casa, they declare, will the line of the tunnel be more than one Inch out of the wey when the min CTS in the different tunnel, meet each other underground N. '. Herald.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-10-03

THE outlook for revival of good times in this section is most cheering. There has never been a time when the mines have looked better or yielded more rich ore. The mills recently erected and being erected have ample bodies of good ore to keep them in mo ton, 6Ud in a short time there wili not be an idle mil or snolte- III Arizona. About cur own city there is much eucour- agement. From the Mammoth ihe bull lion come steadily forth; The OSl Heads keep up small bnt constant output; tue Southern B-lie will shortly start up; the new Putnam mill gt Riverside will begin operations soon; inc Omega smelter IS to began work in a few weeks: the mill at the QuiiotcEs IS turn- ing Out bullion at the rate of over Sl000O0 per month, and be- sides all these plants, the chlo- riders are shipping away ere for reduc- tiUn that results in bringing large sums of money into the country. New mines are also showing up splendIdly on de veIopment, and, with the influx of cap iral some astonishing dIscoverius will probably develop. All m aii, we have no eau SC for anything but encouragement, for the good times are surely at hand.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-10-03
Subduing s 5Afe-Burglsr.


 IL is well known that the Americans are 6 very practical people. even in their religion One of them has just invented burglar-proof safe. which. when tam. pered with. suddenly extends e powerful pair of toogs. or grippers. which seize the malefactor and hold him in a firm em- brace There Is nothing extraordinarily new in all this. but there is something further. Nearly always. safes that are likely to be visited by burglars are in buildings unoccupied during the night. and it is only the next morning that the captured robber is carefully released from the trap 10 be duly imprisoned This is, of course, time lost, which the religious inventor desires 10 utilize
 He has, therefore, had prepared by an eloquent preacher a very long and re marksbly forcible sermon. in which the rights of property. the disgrace of steal ing. and the dangers attendant on it. both in this world and the next are set forth in the most touching language. This ser mon, stored In photograph. is set OH at the same moment that the pincers operate. and the homily is rolled out in the ears of the patient The monOtO- nous nasal tone peculiar to the phonO- graph renders the illusion perfect the un- fortunate robber believes be hears the voice of the preacher himself. and in the morning when the police arrive they find him thoroughly subdued and repentsnt
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-10-03

IT. city Of Tucson Is just Bow in need .' -e exhibition of little public spiril 4n enterprise. We need lights upou the streets during ;ie nights when the moon does not furnish sufficient illu- minat.on for tAe =ai-ty Of pedestrians. and We need larger roIice force. The city IS infested with gangs of roughs Tho are now b3idiy plying their voca. tou upon fife pla!.c streets, anu there las been Ep time for years when life and property have been so unsafe from t-!s source than at the present. Nothing short of electric light TlA satisfy 'he majority of the I-Hp.,, as IS penetrating rays render s7iira attacks by iootPads an extreme ly dangerous undertaking, and the pos "5.Iiy ot their detection more certain. 1T rlgli economy Is to be prscticed in municipal expenditures let 1t be done n less essential matters.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-10-03
Tine Secret of LKeTsis.nE.

The secret of muscular recuperstion Is in stopping when fatigue begins. He or she who Is not the fresher in body and mind for the exercise taken has had an overdose of what in proper measure would have been a benefit The gain iu strength is shown and felt in tho iacreas- ing ability 10 do more and more without exhaustion The measure of success is not in the greatr ess of the feat accom- plished. but in the ease with which the exercise is indulged in, and in the absence of exhaustion after l. There are oc- casions frequent enough in which people in the struggle of life are forced beyond their powers of endurance. and there is no need to carry Into the pursuit of recrea- ton the fatigue which eXacting work i'm poses.