davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23
fl OF LOUISIANA.
TWENTY FIFTH DISTRICT COURT.
Parish OF Vermillon.
n Q. 43.


Succession of Emerente Broussard
Application of Olivier Leblanc
to be appointed administrator.
Notice is hereby given to all par,
ties interested iu the said successiou
or having any opposition to make to
the application of said applicant TO
file the same in writing, III the Office
Of the clerk of court within ten days
from the date hereof.
Given under my Official signature
this I'd day of January 1886.
ALCInE leblanc,
Dy-Cicrk of Court
O'Bryan & White, Atrys.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23

One might suppose from the
sound and fury of some of the
Pennsylvania papers that the Demo.
cratic party is threatened with ruin
through the loss of the electoral vote
Of Pennsylvania.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23

Easter Of this year falls on Saint
Marks day, April %, its latest pos
siblc date. The last time this oc-
Cured was in 1886, and it will not
so fall again until 1913.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23

Pc ice Jury met ut copct tian>r.
town of AberviIIe, ou this l8,h dav
IF January 1886. pursuant 10 al
journual,t.
Members present A: Fl Hofpanir.
NJ l. Eidredge, II Mo gan, and J
A Leblanc. Absent J Il Hrous.
sard. III II BarteIs aud r Green.
Minutes Of last meeting read and
adopted.
On motion of Il J Morgan, Re
solved that Edwin Lee be appointed
road ovrrseer vice Charley Smeues.
who has left the parish.
On motion Of N l. Eldredgc, re
solved that all funds now in the
Parish Treasury be. and is hereby
declared "a surplus fund, and the
President authorized to draw war
rnni- for all Claims allowed. aud
further thai the treasurer be author.
ized to pay jury certificates in exis.
tence at this date.
On motion Of L J Morgan. re.
solved that the assessment of John
Ncgier for 1855 be reduced l,v the
sum of two thousand niue hundres!
dollars. 1t being clear that a cleri
cal mistake has been made in his as
sessment to that amount. and !,e
Tux collector is authorized to collect
the taxes Of said Nugier on said re
ducod assessment.
On motion of NJ L Eldredoe, re.
solved that the committee on Public
Bridge across bayou Vcrmilion al
Perrys Bridge be and they are
hereby authorized to use the small
hog chains from the old bridge al
Abbeville. in the construction of the
said bridge. as well as such otl,e.
irons rs they may find suitable fo,
that purpose among the iron:
coming from the old bridge.
The following claims were allow
ed AID ordered paid.
George w Caldwell. brick and Aue,
at court house S37 IS, G GodchauS
stoves and coal 80 10, II B Lyon:
salary 6 Godcl,anx assg Is 70, 10,
L Mills con 5 IS, Jury comr B I
iyodS4 Al, Nicholas Bronssard 3 10
j G White / 80. l. Sokoloskv serv
ing on bridge committee & 90. Mar
tin Sarver pa 81, & f Lyons jail
or ) Wise assign 81 50, Louis N
Broussard witness 90. Edgar
|Comeanx witness ! 25. Esrm Tou
chet 3 claims : Wise assgn2 90, Or
thance Nnnez. :. !" SIS. a |
Leblanc and Fl B Lyons CONS 30 10
Is Wise 2 Gains rs nS. n Cham
payne damages asst 30 90.
On motion the iSry a%djourncI un
til neX. regular meeting.
l.. G.. LYONS, clerk.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23

We are favored this week with a
communication from "One Of the
Lassies." 1t is excellent, and we
shall always be pleased to hear from
the same party at any time. Would
like to have our fair correspondent
become a weekly contributor.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23

Volume Is, No. l, Of the Lacies'
Floral Cabinet, published at %
Vesey street, New York, is at hand,
and contains, as it usually does, a
number of interesting articles. Sub
scription price, SIPS per year. 1t
is an excellent magazine for ladies.
Subscribe 10 it.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23
!: !: : : =: !; 4; :, $; $: $: $;

you will yet free a package Of
goods Of large Value. that will start
you ia work that viii! at once hing you
in money faster than any'bi"g else in
lmerica- All abou. $500 600 in pres
chts with each box. Agents wanted
everywhere, of eith,r sex. tf all ages,
for all the time, or spare time only. to
work for us at their own homes. For
tunes for all workers absolutely assure ed
Don't delay II. HALLErr 4 Co.,
Portland, Maine.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23
FOR SAL

BY the undersigned. ahoat 1900
panne|- Of fencing pieux, nearly rev,
head II CATH. tour hl,.
dred garden pjQkcrs and also g steall
house. For fg,ilier inflrma.joa ar
Fly to J. b-Yasch
Abbeviile, La, Dec. 9, 1885
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23

Communications Of a personal nature will be
charged double the regular rates, and must DE pald
for POSITIVELY in advance.
40 vertiselnents not marke' will be published until
forbid. Gf responsible and vii, be charged accord
inclY.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23

The Times Democrat almanac next
W eek.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23
SO46 81
Respectfully submitted.
GEO. E. Lyons,
GonStnhIn

Constable.
Report of Treasurer.
To the Honorable, the Mayor and
Aldermen of the Town of Able.
vile, La. The following is the
report of the Treasurer to date.
General Fund.
To balance at last report $425 OS
To amt reed on taxes 1885, 1875 81
10 amt reed on licenses" AZ As
1894 o.
Credit.
By amt tranferred to to
street & bridge find 500. 90
by amt paid l82 5O--282 so
Jan Is, 'S6, to balance $3ll 81
Street and Bridge Fund.
to bal at last report 5 6S
amt from Genl fund 100 90
amt coll on taxes. 1885 25l O4
$3.50 Y
Credit.
By amt paid out 40 50
Jan Is. to balance 1920 %
Sinking Fund.
Jan l8, to amt on hand 1903 36
Respectfully submitted,
w. B. WHITE,
Town-Treas.
Report of Attorney. =
10 the Honorable, the Mayor and
Aldermen of the town Of Able.
vile, La.
Gentlemen Il have On hand the
following licenses due the Town of
Abbeville for the 1885, to,wit:
Henry Crawford. coffeehouse, 5000
same ballroom, 10 90
W ID White, physician, 500
$500
Respectfully submitted.
w. B. WHITE,
TownrAttorney.
0n motion, the Mayor appointed
Il IL Mills, Solomon Wise and Cor.
poration Atty. W B White to draft
a License Law for the Town Of Alb.
beville said committee to report at
the next meeting Of the Council.
On motion the council adjourned
to next Monday, Jany Is, 1886.
". B. WHITE, ]. j. ABAp1E.
oecty. Mayor.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23

The holiday number Of Vick's
Floral Guide reached US last week.
We venture TO say it is the finest
thing Of the kind gotten up in the
country. In addition to the informa-
ton it imparts in agriculture and
horticulture, it also contains a large
amount of other interesting reading
matter, and from beginning to end
it is beautifully illustrated. James
Wick, seedman, Rochester, New
York, is the address if you should
need seed or plants Of any kind.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23

Colonel Edward Richardson, re.
ported to be the largest cotton plan,
ter in the world, who was also a
prominent commission merchant OF
New Orleans, owner Of the cotton
mandatory at Wesson, Miss, and
of an extensive oil mill at Vicks-
burg, and president Of the late
Worlds Exposition and Cotton
Centennial at New Orleans, died sud
denly from an attack Of apoplezy at
Jackson, Miss, on the llth inst.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23
TOWN COUNCIL.
Abbevillc, Jany 10, 1886.

The Council not having met on
tile regular day of meeting was cali,
ed together this day to transact all
business that might come before it.
There were present j. J. Ahadio,
Mayor, and Solomon Wise and r.
Fl. Mills, aldermen 4; absent, n. G..
Young and 0, Bourque.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and adopted.
The reports of the Collector, OF
the Treasurer and of the Town AT.
torney were read and adopted.
Report of Collector.
To the Honorable Mayor and Mem
bers of the Town Council of Alb
beville, | the undersigned respect
fully submit this my report as
Constable aad Collector mp to
date, January 10. 1856.
to amt on hands at last report on Ii
censes 1885 and fines Sill 70
| have received from w B
White tax rolls for the
year 1885 amounting to 474 IS
$646 81
Credits
By receipt of Treasurer on
taxes of 1855 1916 SIS
By receipt Of same on Ii,
censes of 1885 43 IS
By amt of licenses of 1885
and fines on hand and col
Iected 1913 II
By amt Of taxes on roll Of
1885, uncollected 9S 80
S646 81
Respectfully submitted.
GEO. E. Lyons,
"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23

A special from Dallas Of the 10Th
to the Times Democrat, says five
cases Of varioloid: aud perhaps some
Of them are smallpox, have develop
ed among the nurses and visitors of
the negro man Dean, who went there
from Ell Paso a few weeks ago and
broke out with a genuine case. 1t is
extremely doubtful if it a be pre-
vented from spreading generally in
the northern portion Of the city
where coIored people mostly live.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23
ADVERTISING RATES.:

Advertisements will be inserted at o1e dnIlar AID
City cent. p square ('-e inch OF space CT ioss}' lof 1h'
first, and seventy-five cents for each subsequent IN
serton, for anv time under one month. Eor lo"Ge-
periods as follows:
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23
JURY LIST,

State Of Louisiana,
,,,...p Parish Of Verniliea.
List Of Jury drawn tO s,,,. !,
next term Of the District ~.
to begin on the 4;h Mana, s''' !
1856. =
and Petit Jury for All.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23

Reports received at Millersburg,
Ohio, from nea: Shreve, give an ac-
count of the horrible death of a man
named Morrison. lie tied his feet
to a tree or post, then put a chain
about his neck, to which he hitched
his team, which was in reach, and
then hit them with his whip, causing
them to start on a run, literally pull
ing his head from his body.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23
Proceedings Of the Police Jury.

The Police Jury of Vermilion mar.
lSh met at court house, Town Of Alb
f'evi'le on Monday. January l!tf
1856, heihg a day of teyu.a nsoa.
ing. Menu ers present: TT No
gan, NJ l. Eidredge uu3 II II Bar
'rls. There heIng no oa4st.r. ~
ent. they adjourned t. IN Ct @,
Mon1ay he 'e1a in~t.
L.. g. LYON &c k.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04

at your bar expectant. hopeful, almost supple
ant She asks blessed oblivion Of the past
and in that Oblivion our interest is deeper thai
hers
Then wheeling like lion around to where.
behind him. giowered and sneered Mr. Gosch8ns
the voice of the orator assembled 70 the greate9l
pitch it attained; his emotion swelled within hia
own breast until tears shook their dew upon hid
trembling tones, and while his words moistened
many eyes and swept the entire house with a
great wave of feeling, mems faces lighting up
with the passion of hate, or pity, or hope unded
the lurid fire Of the orators words he crieds
I'VE are asked tonight to abide by the
traditions to which we are heirs What
traditonsl Go into the length and breadth q
the world, ransack the literature Of all coun-
tries find if you a single voice, single book,
as much as single newspaper article. unless
the product of&he day, in which the conduct ID
England toward Ireland is treated except with
profound and bitter condemnation" Marveloust
if late. confession from the highest place withia
the sovereignty Of England below the crowd
What centuries Ireland has waited fer thai
avowall How little 1t availed, even when spokaa
from that place of sovereignty!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04

management and superior judgment, Il is en-
couraging to discover that the woman is the peer
of any Of her neighbors This Is shown by
her admirable fields OF oats, clean. vigorous
corn. good breeds of thrifty stock and the vast
acres Of grass falling under the clicking mowers.
this latter averaging eight inches in the head
(timothy) Mrs. Mcclure took up this responsi-
bility bat few years ago--at the death Of her
misunderstanding upon her duties with no expe-
rience and little knowledge Of farming. but with
a large stock or courage. perseverance, and
determination to succeed. She employs fore
man. who is steady and industrious. and directs
the farm herself. Mr.. Howard Mcclure. her
third son, is spending his vacation at the farm,
and is gathering vigor and strength tossing
the sweet-scenteG hay. Her farm is iii almost
perfect order; she is managing it with much
smaller force of employees than has been the pre-
vious custom, and the place is in much better
condition than ever before. OF the 40 acres OF
grass on this farm, nearly 100 of it Is said to be
finer than any other in this part of the country.
The working animals on the farm well kept.
the machinery in good order, and the employees
greet their mistress good-naturedly, because.
while exact in her estimation of her men, their
ability and endurance, she is also humane and
reasonable in her demands
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
Queen Yictorla,s Horses.
(. James Gazette.

St James GaZette.
1t is not generally known that the famow
cream -colored horses which draw her MajestyT
state-carriage, as they have drawn tbs carriag9
of her predecessors before her for the last cent
tury and half, belong to her not as Queen d
England, but as princess of the royal house d
Hanover. The home of the breed for very
long period has been at Herrenhausen, a country
residence lying couple of miles outside of the
Hanoverian capital There may be seen to thia
day stud of some twenty or thirty of these fms
animals kept by the Prussian government on be-.
half of the exiled Duke of Cumberland. out Of
the revenues of his confscated estate The breed
has been so long carefully kept pure that it ii
rare $50 say the attendants) for anything but d
croam-eolored foal to be produced. In Hanovers
on state occasions, the Kings carriage was aos
customed to be drawn by the creams. while the
Queen sat behind team Of bays. Ii the account
OF the stable authorities may be believed, the
footmen who walk at the head of each animal
are not merely ornamental Except on stat@~
occasions these horses never leave the stables
and they are kept in such a gross condition THAI
they need to be watched lest they should sud-
denly give way to desire orinstant repose, and
thereby disturb the stately progress Of thu
Queens copteoe
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
A Simple Tale.
Texas Siftings.

Once upon time a real editor. by some
strange chance, found himself along with one of
those editorial excursions that you frequently
read about. There were couple of hundred in
the party, but he was the only real editor
among them, and he felt very lonesome. Not
only that but he was looked upon with suspi-
con and mistrust by the other fellows, wnoswon-
dered what business he had there any how One
veteran traveller on deadhead pass that he wasn't
entitled 10 said that he had been scores of cd
itorial excursions, and that the first that an
editor. that is to say, real bona fide editor,
had ever shown up. If this thing was encour-
aged, he felt that the editorial excursion was
doomed. It's epitaph might as we'll be written.
So with one accord they all sat down on the soi
tary editor and made it so uncomfortable for
him that he got off the train at the first stopping
place and returned home
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
Survival of the Fittest.
Burdette In Brooklyn Eagle.


mo, Parson," said Farmer Thistlepod. reso-
lutely shaking his head, ''good and evil amt
equally distributed in this world, not by long
chalk. See. here / drop into the ground one
grain of good wheat Now, straight away
after that one wee, little atom of
good comes The chinch bugs, cut worms,
weevil bugs, army worms, wire worms, blight,
rust drought mildew freshets late frosts, hard
winters, short summers, grub worms. rain, heat
cold, and dry. and wet prairie fires, the neigh
bors' cattle. people from town, weeds-why, it's
Twin miracle that any good survives
in the world at all. when we see what
it has to struggle agin But them" added
the old man, STOPPING to pluck up CHEEKY red
poppy and hurl 1t over into the highway. ''reck-
On if 'twasn't SO good it is we wouldn't take
the interest in helpin' it along an ghtin for its
life as we do" And with shout that scared
the very guinea hens into silence, he started the
dog across the field to warn away a party of
young people who swarming over the fence
to gather few armfuls of wheat to make win
ter baskets
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04


1t is reported that Mr.. John R. Mclean, Of
the Cincinnati Enquirer who enjoyed last suns
mer in Col Prentiss Ingraham's Circular-streeg
cottage, and who has leased another one for the
present season, has purchased large lot twd
hundred feet square, in the Indian encampment
on Circular street. opposite Union avenue. It ID
a magnificent lot, overlooking the Congrese
Spring Park. and two of the most prominent aud
fashionable of the Saratoga drives. 1t is furthea
rumored that Mr.. Mclean will erect villa ol
such magnifcence that the eyes of the natjvea
and this visitors will alike be opened wide with
wonder. As the site is worthy of such a structs
ure, and the ambitious young Cincinnati jours
ualist is credited with. the financial ability to
carry out any desire ne may have in the matter,
it is to be hoped that this prospective Saratoga
castle will prove not to be located in Spain"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04

CINCINNATI, July 3-The Covington and Gin
cinnati Elevated Railway and Transfer Bridge
Company has let the contract for the masonry
of their bridge across the Ohio river at this
point TO Mason, Hoge 8 Co.. of Frankfort,
KY. and d. Shannahan, of Louisville, to
be completed Feb. /, 1887 The whole
bridge, which will be one of the best in the
country, is to be finished within year. 1t will
have elevated approaches in Covington and in
Cincinnati. 1t is not yet determined into what
depot it will lead in Cincinnati but it is thought
as Eugene Zimmerman is president of the com
pany, it will be under the control of the Chesa-
peake 81 Ohio management.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04

A Threatened Passenger-Rate War.

ST.. LOUIS, July "A morning paper says
''There is a war brewing between the Alton, the
Burlington and the Wabash roads over passen-
ger business, which promises TO break forth in
St Louisiana spread all along the line. Claims
and counter claims Of unfair practices
in securing business are made, and
an occasional threat of cutting loose
from the established tariff is heard. As yet, the
threatened war Is only smolderng and may not
break out, but there are even chances that it
will, unless explanation of a satisfactory charac
ter can be made. The relations between com
peting lines are becoming more strained every
day, and an open rupture may be looked for at
any timen
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
The College He Prefers.

Pittsburg Chronicle.
What college do you intend sending your
son tor asked an Allegheny gentleman of another
this morning.
II thought of sending him to Harvard, but
now l am thinking more favorably of Column
bia"
Indeed; why have you chsnged your opin-
ionP
'sWell, Columbia outrowed Harvard &C the re-
cent trial. You see want my son to have the
best education the country Affords
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04

success and so would it be- should say. to treat
in the same way one or more Of our wellknown
and popular comic operas II is quite likely the
idea viii take, and If So we are assured Of many
delightful evenings with "Olivette,n s'Girofe.
Girofa." the "Beggar Student and without
doubt that delightful old fellow. SIR Joseph. 4
very pretty variation would be the presentation
of one scene from q number of different operas.
and, better yet, the same thing after the man
ner of the ancient stage pantomime, With hidden
musicians
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
that Mr. Gleveland became
I'm to the Il

Up to the ii that Mr.. Cleveland became
President only ...e pension bill had been vetoed,
and that was during the administration Of Grant.
The total number of vetoes since the establish
ment of rhe government had amounted to only
six Monroe one. jackson twelve. Tyler pine,
Polk three. Pierce nine. Buchanan four. Lincoln
one. johnson seventeen. Grant twenty-nine (in-
GLIDING the Initiation billl. Hayes twelve and
Arthur four.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
A Polite Child.

San FRANCISCO ChronlCIe.
The polite child is the latest In the juvenile
world She was strolling around the neighbor-
hood on tour Of observation when she came
across a colored man sitting On doorstep. She
stood with her finger in her mouth looking at
him. Finally she said:
you're a celored man, amt you?"
you're very polite. miss, !" he said. Eyes,
am colored man"
'Oh, yes I'm very polite. I call every niger
see colored man."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
A Summer Amusement.

New York Graphic.
A very pretty amusement for summer gather
ings has been suggested by Californian society
leader in her recent series of 'Tableaux Vivants.
Instead of number of deliciously inexact copies
OF famous pictures, her talents were bent upon
giving scene after scene Of the most striking
situations Of famous opera. II was . great
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
The Effect of the vetoes.

dNVWd.
Daniel, are you paying strict attention.
eyes, that am. Mr. President
swell, thea, take halfsheet of note paper,
tear it in two, and write at the top of one piece
this line: Names of Democratic Congressman
wao voted to set aside my veto"
beg your pardon. sir; but do you think a
quarter-sheet of note paper will be big enough
to contain all the names9"
Daniel, in the name Of $4,000 postofices,
don
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
Seeming Danger.
Boston Herald.


There is danger that this Pinkerton business
at Chicago and elsewhere will be seriously over
done. Somebody will be proposing to let out the
job of governing the country at so much year
to the Pinkerton concern before long.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
differing nom the Evangellsts.

Denver Tribune.
Emotional religion alone never yet built up
stability of character, and we do not believe it
ever wilL The religion which teaches MS to hate
wrong because it is wrong; which teaches as to
distinguish through our own consciousness
wrong from right and to do the right because it
is the only thing fer an honest. honorable man
or woman to d0-that u the religion which
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04

Albany Times
An exchange says that ga race Of hairless
Americans is probable Where the intended
race is to take place is not stated, but it will
probably take place out in the Arizona region
after Geronimo has caught our army.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
The Presidents Idea.
Philadelphia Record.

The President vetoed bill granting pension
of $50 month to the widow of Majorgeneral
Hunter. aud put in application for some $780,
600 for White House expenses-all in one day.
The Presidents idea seems to be that If there is
any wasting at the buDg of the national bar'l it
will have to be made up by saving at the spigot