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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-04-04
Police Jury Proceedings.

The Police of ver"on Parish met at Court House this End
Members present Hoapaur, president Bartels Robert
Grye" A'ee Leblanc T Morgan and broossard Absent
Report Parish read and ordered spread the minutes
Hon President Jury of vemlon Parish
February End, by balance hand last report sae3l "a
9 ' By Se"s' fs s".: rolls fro" SO 81 2ss s.
18Th, by r c smedes 40 co.
From fs amount s5,474 80
81 5lso9 must be deducted as warrants presented
properly signed 154s 80
making balance on hand of $685. 81
,, Very rssge ssss g'e Esaasd E WIS., F. a Toss ss1 s
ou motion Of H E IBart,ls,
Resolved from upper line Wise and Bartels land the
o @ d % sc from oa M aar ,oad n, d @ tf % e5 s
18Th road district be transferred and required to work in 10th road dis
ove 10Th and that said credit be given by
First call on said road.
year 1884 for SIS 90 Retail Merchant and liquor dealer be
du by 81 50 he not having sold liquor in his during said year
The petition asking that Joseph Hebe be relieved from
Il Baes Resolved petition granted and said Heber
parish license provided he does not sell liquor which event he
= On motion Of Robert Green
Resolved that the public road as between the lands OF Mrs
Gudy land and that said road be forty feet
width provided all for tracing out the line and passing
the deed be done without costs to the parish
resolved that Felix Gudy be excused from serving
that Alexander Faux be appointed his stead
On Of ALICE Leblanc,
Resolved that the of eenne Prmeaux change the
the public road New 1bora the east side of the Crosse se
be and the is hereby granted !
that said road shall turn at the south Of
the land Angun shall north the lands of
the width Of said tract thence south easer
line of the original concession until reaches the said pub
provided said Peaux shall and have recorded dona
ton Of the
On motion Of Resolved that Francois Hehert be ee
paying parish license peder for 1884 the having been
eroneons!y issned against him.
Report of Finance fd and ordered spread the
minutes r r P o r L
President and Members Of the Police Jury of the Parish Of
The Finance Committee submit the
following Hang examined the ubb book of the parish col
6nd that the following collection have been made towit
From January |, IS to February 2e '85 Inclusive
Roll of 1880 NTH Of January tax 81 80 Int 90 70
+" " 1881 l3 q 27O Is so
1882 "a % "a IL SO "a
1853 AZ 81 IA rs 95
1854 1873 So
Licenses 1854 1877 so
OF
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-04-04
4. D. LE MAlTRE, M. D.

From Paris Dasimetrique Institute,
HOPES to locate himself in Yer
milion-claims as an opening all
chronic diseases--22 years expe.
rience-Ro conditions whatever
neither bargains--but satisfactions.
Located at Simonet Leblanc.
Nov. 22'94 lon.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-04-04

lnf H1Q WANTED for Or, scoTT's
Ncorsets. Sample free to those be-
0o6s " coming agents. No risk, quick sales
Territory given, satisfaction guaranteed. Address
0R.ScoTT,942 Broadway St.,N.Y.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-04-04
'oNiCiPAL ELECTION.

,,,lsss IS;les is hereby given to al, the
5e,;1iss 5Isa !, voters of the Town Of Al b.
It ,as' a's IN mat aa election will be held
na', ! Court House in said town on
/, hy1aas' =. April 9Th 1885,
I'D a. r. sa|. Purpose ,', Of e1ec';ug a Mayor
for The ssr sn,.': Aldermen for said town
slon i.e !, Is further given to all
sro,os,'',, !, may ma concern that sealed
,r,ass \. 'ds y keeping the Bridge
y. ri, vii Vii 'ss ss ,yss;.., year beginning % in
laSs, s,1is 1,,. set6ce, Abbcviile, La.
JOSEPH J. ABADIE.
Mayor.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-04-04
.ss oF SUBSCRIPTION
omeial Directory.

--u--
pi..,iot Judge. Dns,u1.or.
Ii..rlc: Att"!neE. q c,,,. !, "a
c's'' y I,..srla BRoUssAno.
Es's'' GEO. N. ELDnEDGE.
Sheriff { Tax Collector; !; x,u.-
o0'0'S' Or. W. D. WHITE.
Police Jury.
4 HorFpAuIN, President.
II puTyAN, j. I. BRoUssARD
= N, =, capsy Il. }. MORGAN
& W q DAaTELs J. 4. LEBLANC
l,lsyk Of Police Jury.
- LYMAN c. LYONS
: = ELIJAE WISE.
Town Council.
J.J. ABADIs, Mayor.
+. G. sAEDEs, u; n bouheu.'
5. WIsE. bAs1's 'RoossAND'
rolslable.
,ya,tiee, Of the Peace, 3D.. Ward /:
I.c. Lyoss, u' i4AbAo'A' "
Surveyors,
n. ". EpwARDs. L. MoNTAGNh,
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On notion Resolved that tue packages Of warrants received from
Parish II by the finance committee aud delivered the Police
Jury open of said packages burned tho
police and the other package delivered Solomon Wise for safe
keeping On motion the adjourned st Monday April 1885
l.. C. LYONS, Clerk e. HOFFPAUlR, PRESIDENT
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-04-04
Y E N | R E.

List Of special jury drawn for
the April term of the District Court
for said parish, beginning on the End
Monday 1s25
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-04-04

5 1887 05
By rcpt Of Treas of this date 793 Is
Respectfully,
" GEO. F.. LYoNs.
Con.Collector.
Approved, Abheville Jaa. 26, '84.
Jos. j. ABADIE,
SOLOMON WISE,
Fin Committee.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
y To January 5th 1884.
- TO the Honorable Mayor
u and Council of
Abbeville.
General Fund.
1884, .
Dec 5, to bal on hand. 5 247 81
Credit.
Jan S, By amt paid since y
last report 59 10
balance this day : 5lss %
Stree, and Bridge Fund.
Dec S, "a to bal on hand IA IS
Jan 5. 's5, by amt paid
since last report 3 -
to balance this day S 10 so
Sinking Fund.
To amt on hand s 264 So
Respectfully.
w. B. WHITE
Treasurer.
After examining this report We
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-04-04

The following claims were aIIowe
Solomon Wise, lumber S 81 Oh
S Bowie, r P O'Bryan agne IL TO
r G Smedes, dist atty 50 90
DR. W G Kibbe, medical bill ll3 90
G E Lyons, jailer s Wise asg l45 SO
A l. Leblanc, constable Al 80
J T Broussard, jp 2 90
Aristide Picard, constable 8 90
J I Broussard, self and assignee in
case of State VS. J Codgers, ct ais +:
Witnesses
Mrs hessin Codgers ! IL
Aristide Ruf6n l.l2a
Mrs NJ Viliien l 10
J T Broussard ] l0l
Jean Louis Duhon | sc
Joseph Villien 5 Isl
Sevenne Meaux l2a
Albert Bonnehome l2a
Maurice Villien | 10
Lessin Codgers l IS
Eyse Sarver | IS
Slate vs. Henry Shuster
Jean Louis Duhon | 30l
Is 90a
Witness in case OF State vs.
Zeolin Touchet
Jos Laodice Touche: I 50
Theozi,ne Touchet 3 10 |
Mrs Mitchell Hardy 2 80
Witness in case of State vs.
E W Huff, |
J Picket. L Broussard asgn l Is
P Shears =: I2d !
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-04-04
TOW N COUNCIL,
a yBEvILLE, JAN. 18th 1885.
u

AyBEyILLE, JAN. 18th 1885.
The COUNCIL met pursuant to I'D
jorrnnlent, present Joseph J Alb
adie, Mayor and councilmen Wise
Bourqne and Broussard.
Absent Young.
The reading of the minutes OF
the previous meeting VAS 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 MAJOR and Mem
lers Of the Town Council, I the
undersigned, respectfully
submit this my report
up to date Jaiy
2G.h 1861
AS Constable and Collector
of the
Town OF AbhaTille.
amt Of taxes received on
rolls '84 S S74 05
amt coll on same up 10 date 657 76
aunt remainipg uncoIl 2l6 %
aunt of licenses uncoll at last
report Of 'S4,. 28a SO
amt coll on same 1l2 so
amt remaining uncol' III 90
amt of fines coli up TO date % so
E &c api tn a on.
amt Of taxes OF "a uncoll S75 05
amt of licenses for 's4 uncol 2s9 so
amount Of fines Up to date % SO
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-04-04

S 1887 65
amt col on taxes of 'S4 657 76
amt col on licenses of 81 1l2 so
amt coll on flies up to dale % so
amt rcmainin uncol on taxes 2l6 20
amt remaining uncol On
licenses 1T 90
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-04-04
Say Total

Say Total $685. 08 $347 SIS $66O4 So
Respectfully submitted,
Filed March End 1885, SOLOMON WISE
l. G. LYONS, G.. GoDCHAUx
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-04-04

Total amount collected in January
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-01-21
No Wonder.

A MAN WHO SUFFERED MENTAL AND
PHYSICAL AGONY EIGHT YEARS
PRocLAIMs HIS HAPPINESS.
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He says: "Pieces of bone the size of a
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Sons on my leg. The discharge from
the sores was almost continual, and 1
was unable to walk, For eight years l
have been doctoring. / had been under
the treatment Of . physician at New
port, KY, for year; another at Bur.
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and doctor here at Huntington worked
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did me any good, and they all finally
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months ago l commenced trying PERU
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Mr.. ALI Lusk, Wooster, Ohio, writes:
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stomach. Ihave thoroughly tried your
MANALIN, and it has done me more
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Mr.. Edgar Harte, Shelter P. O.,
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bought several bottles Of your PERuNA,
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Mr.. L. r. Wollen, As and AZ Ross
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-01-21
The Child the Father Of the Man.

The gentleman was returning
from Richmond to his home in
Southampton county, and as we
came to Petersburg l asked: "Do
you know Malone y "Oh, yes;
he lives here, l served In his bri-
gade in the war. He is a smart
fellow. They say here, Malone is
dead.' tell them, wait and see.'
They dc not bnow Billy Malone
as we'll as / do. He is an indefat-
igable worker, and be never knows
what it is to get licked. He can
put up more jobs in a day than any
other Virginian l ever met. He is
perfectly INSCRIPTIONS, and all he
cares about is Bill Malone. His
father kept a saloon down in South
ampton county when Billy was
boy, and the planters for miles
around would gather at his place
to drink and play poker. The old
man could play a good hand until
he got drunk. Then he would say
Billy, take my hand.' Billy, a
little sandy haired cuss, would take
the old mans hand and clean out
the crowd. That was Billy Ma
hone when he was a boy, and I
think be is just as good a pokart
now. This is his last time in the
United States Senate; but the
devil only can where he will turn
up exit Hartford Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-01-21

monotomy Of life, have most always
succeeded in fading what they
sought.
/ amt much of a pensman, :.
You will have to excuse this letter.
We are all quite we'll, except old
Fan, who has galded shoulder,
and hope this will find You enjoy
ing the same great blessing.
Your Father,
BILL NyE.
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THE DEMOCRAT.
TERMS:

Mc Democrat is published 7r- Week
" Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat.
fridays at TITO Dollars and fy-
IL Cents per ann,.n; One Dollar
and Fifty Cents for SIC months.
Payable in adrance.
advertisements inserted at the rate o.
One Dollar per square for the first
insertion aud Fifty Cents for each
.ubsequent one. Ten lines or less
,fMevier type constitute a square.
Personal Cards, achem admissible,
wiu be charged double the usual ad-
ertising mtes.
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Newspaper Facts.

A .half-column Of scandal viii:
sell more paper than threc-co'-
umn sermon.
1t is the journal that was not
started to fill a lang-fielt want that
usually fills it the quickest.
The paper that becomes ''phe-
nomenal success" before it is >
month old is the shortest lived.
The paper that is most frequent
ly alluded to as "our esteemed con-
temporary" is the most hated by it's
rivals.
Ehe editor who bemoans the de-
cadence of American humor makes !.
a most dismal failure when he, at
tempts anything in the humorous
line himself.
When a journal reduces its size
and price "without decreasing It's
quantity and quality" the chances
are that its reduced price is about
three times more than it is worth. I
The paper that devotes the most
space to denouncing sensational
journalism" generally puts the big
gest and most startling head lines
over the details of murder. Al
A daily paper that hasn't ga !
larger CIRCULATION than any other
paper in the city" is owned and ed
tied by a man whose expect for We
racity should have induced him to
enter some other profession.
A man will work fourteen hours
a day for six dollars week in rum
ming q country paper of his own
without grnmbling; but if he war
paid a dollar and a half a day for
eight hours work at any other en-
ployment, he would strike for more
wages Puck.
-PR1cKLY Ash Bitters is an I'M
failing specific for all complaints
arising from arrangement Of the
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are sure indications that a correc-
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tiers is especially adapted for these
complaints. 1t arouses torpid
liver to action and restores it to
healthy condition.
"A DECEIVED woman is the la
| dy who uses cosmetics face To-
tons, white lead, bismuth, powders.
arsenic, etc, in the belief Of enrich
! ing and identifying the complex
ion. It ie but temporary and ulti-
mately destroys the skin beyond!
the power, of nature to restore. ~
Stop it! Stop it now and nse on
lily Dr.. Harter's Iron Tonic, which
imparts the vigor and loveliness Of,
youth.
"a HUsBAND's greatest bless
ing is a strong, healthful, vigorous
wife witha clear, handsome com
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A Few Suggestions to a Son at
School.
My Dear Son

Your letter of last week reached
US yesterday, and I enclose thirteen
dollars, which is all l have by me
at the present time. ! may sell
the other shote next week and
make up the balance Of what you
wanted. I will probably have to
wear the old buffalo overcoat to
meeting again this winter, but that
don't matter SO long as you are GET
ting an education.
l hope you will get your educa-
ton as cheap as you can, for it
cramps your mother and ME like
Sam Hill to put up the money.
Mind you, l don't complain. l
knew education come high, but l
didn't know the clothes cost SO like
sixty.
l want you to be SO that you can
60 anywhere and spell the hardest
word. l want you to be able to go
among the Romans or the Modes
and Persians and talk to any of
them in their own native tongue.
l never had any advantages
when l was boy, but your mother
and l decided that we would sock
you full of knowledge, if your liver
held out, regardless of expense.
We calculate to do it, only we
want you to go as slow on swallow
tail coats as possible till We can
sell our hay.
Now regarding that boat-pad-
ding suit and that baseball suit
and that bathing suit and that roll
ler-rinktum suit and that lawn-ten-
mis- suit, mind, l don't care about
the expense, because you say a
young man can't really educate him
self thoroughly without them, but
l wish you would send home what
you get through with this fall, and
I'll wear them through the winter
under my other clothes. We have
a good deal severer winters here
than we used to, or else Pm failing
in bodily health. Last winter i
tried to go through without under
clothes, the way l did when | was
a boy, but q Manitoba wave came
down our way and picked me out
of a crowd with its eyes shet.
In your last letter you alluded to
getting injured iii little "hazing
scuffie with a pelican from the ru-.
raj districts" l don't want any
harm to come to you my son, but if
went from the rural districts, and
another young gosling from the
rural districts undertook to haze me
l would meet him when the sun goes
down, and l would swat him across
the back of the neck with a fence
board, and then / would meander
across the pit Of his stomach and
put a blue forget-me-not under his
eye.
Your father amt much on Gre
clan mythology and hew to get the
square root Of a barrel of pork, but
he wouldn't allow any educational
institutions to haze him with impu-
nifty. Perhaps you remember once
when you tried to haze Your father
q little, just to kill time, and how
long it took you to revover. Any
body that goes at it right can have
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-01-21

--A HUSBANDS greatest bless
ing is q strong, healthfal, vigorous
wife withia clear, handsome com
plexion. These can all be acquir-
ed by using DR.. Harters Iron
Tonic.
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Height of Prominent Men.


Jones is another physical giant added
to the tall men of the senate. Young men
who are intending to aspire to the highest
honors in politics should first 60 and
measure themselves physically. If they
find that they are below five feet ten they
had better go into something else Men
under five feet ten who go into politics
are handicapped Among the seventy six
senators Jonas, Malone, Henderson, Pike,
Vest are the only men that are below
medium height The average in the sen.
ate is fully five feet nine, and there are
few men in the senate who would weigh
less than 10 pounds. There are besides
this a large number over six feet in
height.
1t is the same way in the house. There
are not over a dozen men below medium
height there. The average member of the
house is in the neighborhood of six feet
There is more evidence of physical than
intellectual power in both branches.
There is only one small man, physically
on the supreme court bench That is
Bradley. Chief Justice Waite is of me-
dunn height, but he makes up for that in
rotundity. Sitting in a row with the
other justices he presents the appearance
of a large man Grey, Harlan. Stanley
Matthews, are over six. while the other
judges, with the exception already men
toned, are five feet ten. with figures cor
responding to their height.
Nearly all of the principal officers of the
army are tall and stout. Upon New
Years Day at the White House Gen.
Sheridan looked like dwarf by the side
of the uniformed officers who lowered
around him. Every member of the
Swain court martial is a man of large and
powerful frame People who are fond of
undertaking diversified men should con-
slider that the facts are rather against
than
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-11
why Bismarck Admired F1eury.


Bismarck has nothing but contempt for
democracy. The stories that he likes are
those of men who have outwitted mobs.
During the seige of Paris while he was
at Versailles, a pass was applied for by q
relative of NJ Cuvillier Fluery, the emf
nent critic and member of the French
academy. The chancellor at once gave
the pass, saying: m. Fleury is an adj
mirable man. I know a capital story
Fleury, who had been tutor to the Due
d Aumale, was in 1848 private sec.
rotary to the duchess of Orleans.
When the revolution of February
broke out, a rabble invaded the palais
royal, where the princess resided, and be-
gan smashing works of art. pictures, stat
nettes, and knickknacks. ALI the house.
hold was seized with panic e. ept NJ.
Fleury, who, throwing off his coat,
smeared his face and hands with coal,
caught up poker, and rushed among the
mob, shouting: Here. I'll show you
where the best pictures are. So saying,
he piled his poker upon furniture of no
value, and, thus winning the confidence
of the roughs, was able to lead them out
of the royal apartments into the kitchen
regions, where they spent their patriotic
fury upon the contents of larder and
cellar.
The sequel of this story is very droll
and Bismarck relates it with great relish
A few days after he had saved the palais
royal, NJ. Fleury was recognized in the
street as the duchess of Orleans secre-
tary and mobbed. He was being some'
what roughly hustled when a hulking
w ater- carrier elbowed his way through
the throng, ard roared: "Let that man
bel He is one of the right sort He led
US to the pillage of the palais regal the
other dayl"
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The Story of a New Rose.
New York Post.l


The new rose, Beauty of America, 3"
now the sensation in Washington, has a
history. 1t is well known that Mr.. Ban
croft, the historian, has in his grounds at
Washington one of the rarest and finest
collection of roses inAmerica. His gardener
was privileged to take the seeds produced
to experiment on, and thousands of plants
were raised from these, but only one plant
showed Indications of excellence This
was poor, tiny, neglected one, growing
among others. 1t probably would have
been lost to cultivation had it not been
seen by a florist. who purchased the plant
two years ago from the original grower
for the sum of 10 cents! Two years in
the hands of this florist has produced
plants enough to sell this spring for
So, O00 all of which are already sold to
New York and Philadelphia in lots rang
ing from 500 to 1000 These plants are
but an inch high and cost $50 a 100.