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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-12-22
PUBLIC SALE.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Twenty-tifth Judicial District Court,

T~wenty-tifth Judicial District Court,
Parish of Vermilion.
No. 104.
Succession of Beloni Thibodeaux.
)I virtue of an order of sale granted by
- the Honorable 18th Judicial District
Court. in and for the parish of Vermilion
and State of Louisiana. in the matters of
the above entitled and numbered estate,
the undersigned will on
Friday. Decemller FL, 1855,
sell at public auction, to the last and
highest bidder. at the late residence of the
deceased. all of the property real and per
snnal belonging to the succession Of Beloni
I~hihodeauX, consisting of
One certain tract of land situated in the
Parish of Nermilion on the west side of
Bayou Nermilion, containing Two Hun
dred and Eighty acres more or less, being
the North West quarter, and South half
of North East quarter. and North West
quarter of NE quarter of Section Thirty
Three Township Twelve, South of Range
Two East.
dwelling house and out house, 1 lot
of pieuX and wire fencing 12 head Of cattle
and II yoke of oxcn2 horses, l mule 10
head of sheep a branding iron y lot of
household furniture and many other az
tirles too numerous to mention,
TERMS E1SH-The lane will be sold
in tracts of forty acres.
ZELDA TH1BODFArX,
EMILE LEMAiRE. JR..
Co Administrators Of the Succession.
Ahbeville, La. November :. 1883.
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Friday, January a, 1850,

Sell at public auction to the last and
highest bidder, at the late residence of
the deceased, all the property real and
personal belonging to the succession of
Zeolide Prejean, consisting of n certain
tract of land situated on the west side of
the bayou Vermilion, i'll this Parish. con
tanning seventy superficial arpents and
measuring five arpents front by fourteen
arpents deep, the long lines runnlugtas
and west, bounded north by Sec. 10, TIL S.
Il. =. f. South by Belizaire BrOussara,
East by John Duhon and West by Don.
Louis Prejean, it being the land upon
which the deceased resided; one dwelling
house, corn crib. ont houses. fencing.
horses. hogs, and many other articles too
numerous to mention.
TERMS AMI CONDITIONS.
The whole of the property of said sue
cessiou will he sold on the following terms
and conditions, to-wit: For all ad judlca-
tons of ten dollars and under to be paid
cash on the day of sale. and for all adjtl-
dications over ten dollars to be paid in
one and two years from the day of sale:
purchasers to furnish their notes for the
credit portion of their purchases, with
good and solvent sureties. in solido to the
satisfaction of the administrator with s
per cent. per annum interest from times
due until paid with IL specification that in
ease it should become necessary to insti-
tnte legal proceedings for the recover of
any portion of said notes. 10 per cent.
shall be added to the amount involved in
the suit for attorneys fees; and the land
to he and remain specially m~Ortgagcd and
h~ypothecated with vendors lien and priv
ilege retained thereon. and the land not to
be aiienated nor IN any way encountered
until full and final payment OF the puT-
chase price thereof. As well as my interest.
costs and ATTORNEYS fees WllIcn accrue
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TOthe Deaf

A person who was cured of deafness and
noises in the head of % years standing by
u simple remedy will send a description of
it free to any person who applies to Mich
olson, III McDougal St, New York,
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Horses for Sale.

The undersigned has for sale TWENTY
THREE Texas raised horses which he is
offering at low figures. A liberal deduc-
ton will be made on CASH sales.
THEODORE LAPORTE.
November 8, 1883.
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NOTICE.
Land Office at New Orleans. La

Land Office at New Orleans. Ia.
November J, lSsS.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
tioh to make final proof in support OF us
claim. and that said proof will be made
before tht Judge, or in his absence. the
clerk of the district court, at Abhrvi!le.
La. o Thursday. December 20. 1888, VIZ !:
Fpperson Foreman. who made Home
Entry No. 1921. for the w half NV quarier
Sec /. I II. SIX ? East.
He names the following witnesses TO
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of said land. viz: Thomas IVY
Hoifpani-. ThomasSpell. Walter Foreman
and Ellie Sarver, all of Ncrmilion parish,
Louisiana.
THOMAS J. BUTLFR. Register.
November 10, 1888.
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w LIONS HOTEL.
LASSERRE Proprietor
New Iberia, Louisiana.

This hotel is first class in all respects,
and is opened at all hours, day and night,
for the reception of travellers. Fresh oys-
tiers always on hand. Liquors and cigars
Of choice kinds to be had at the saloon.
Prices moderate.
September %, 1888.
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To the Public.

The undersigned gives notice that he
is now we'll prepared to do hauling of
any kind, to all parts of town or coun-
try, at the very lowest rates. Furni-
ture and other household goods viii he
handled with the utmost care.
=. i. Lyons.
Abbeville, Sept. ], IS.
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PUBLIC SALE.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Twenty-fifth judicial District Court.
Parish of Vermilion.
No. 101.
No. 1O1.

Succession of Zcolide Prcjcan.
Dy virtue of an order of sale granted by
ID the honorable Twenty-tiifth district
court in and for the Parish Of Vermilion,
State of Louisiana. i'll the matters OF the
above entitled and numbered estate the
undersigned will On
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-12-22

On orders, through the MERIpIoNAL The
Daily City Item and the MERlploNAL will
be furnished postpaid at s. a year for
both, each paper to be mailed from the
Office of publication.
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Abbcrille Meridiunal.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER p, 1898.

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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-06-22

THE Republican Convention met on
Tuesday at Chicago, but up to this
writing Thursday morning, no nomina-
tion has been made. The Republicans
are at sea without compass or rudder
and unless n stampede be made for
Blaine, there seems to be no guessing
who will be nominated Mr.. ThuIston.
OF Nebraska, the chief counsel of the
Pacific Railroad in its efforts TO swindle
the government out of the debt it owes.
was made temporary chaiaman and in
his speech to the convention he attempt
ed to treat the Blaine letters as a sin
cere and conclusive proof that the
Maine statesman was out OF the race,
that his nomination would be ''poiiti-
ca. crime" but this part of his speech
was received with vigorous protest by
the followers OF the Plumed knight.
The Blaine men seem to be keeping
their enthusiasm well bottled, to be
uncorked after several ballots have been
taken and an Intellectual effort made to
unite on candidate. They may then
try the effect of the name of Blaine on
the convention aud unless all signs fail,
Blaine will be the nominee who will
lead his party to an overwhelming de-
feat in November.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-06-22
A Broken Pledge.

Four wears ago the Republican party
coupled pledge with an accusation in
the following plank OF the Republican
platform
The Democratic party has failed compile
iely 70 relieve the people Of the burden of
unnecessary taxation by wise reduction OF
the surplus The Republican party pledges
itself 10 correct the Inequalities OF the tariff
and 20 reduce the surplus.
The charge was false and the promise
insinceIe. The Democratic psrty had
not the power TO diminish taxation and
effect reduction OF the surplus because
Republican House, p Republican Sem
; ate or Republican Executive ALWAYS
stood in the way. When the RepuhIi-
eau party was in full power it failed
completely" to give popular relief. aud
lts failures grew greater and more inex-
cusable as IL became more absolutely the
slave Of The monopOlies, fostered bv ton
notch tariff, and those monopolies in
creased liz arrogance while their riches
rolled up under the influence Of the in
eGuaiI'ies OF Republican protection to
favored capital
But since 1884, and especially durinp
the current year. the Democratic party
has been engaged in an earnest ana
manly effort 10 correct the INEQUALITIES
nt the tariff and 20 reduce the surpIus. -
what has the Republican parry done
about it Has it co-operated in the
good work in accordance with the
pledge OF 1854 Has il proposed any
plan OF its own 10 the country as better
than the Democratic way, and az obyia-
ting any difficulties or imperfections il
progresses 10 discern in the scheme of
tariff revision and surplus reduction the
Democrats have been seeking TO enact !?
Not at all. The Republican party has
not merely neglected its pledge of 1884
lt has denounced it. spurned it and
stamped upon il. II has not offered auv
project whatever TO equalizs taxation or
70 prevent surplus accumulation. By
It's own record IL stands convicted of
Migrant infidellty IN it's solemn promise
To the people of the United States.
But the offending of the Republican
party has not consisted merely in its
omission to make good its word, or to
assist those who have stood ready TO
make IL good. Its crime is a greater
one. IL now gives positive support to
new aud monstrous reactinnary theory
that tariff must not be revised. and
that surplus accumulation must not be
prevented. Let us hold on to high pro.
tective tarSf as tbs very arr OF cur COW
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-06-22
Not n Party Ensign.

The stars and stripes belong 10 the
whole people OF the United States, and
Tot 10 any one particular party. The
attempt being made by the Republicans
TO use the conntry's flag as political
emblem to further party success is an
insult to the intelligence and patriotism
OF the American people. There are
many good and patriotic men in the
ranks of the Republican party, and they
have an undoubted right TO march uu-
der the flag whenever they feel disposed
to do so, but they should do IL as
American citiZsns and not as partisans.
For the eiihcation of those hair Drained
Republicans who are trying to drag the
flag OF their country in th5 mire OF par
ty politics, we will mention a few facts
20 show that the credit of sustaining the
red, white and blue emblem of our
country's integrity does Lot belong Ell
tirely to the g. o. p.
1t was under the wise ard patriotic
administration OF Thomas Jefferson. a
Democrat, and later on under another
Democratic administration that we se-
cured that vast domain reaching from
the Mississippi 10 the Pacific. IL is
from this same territory tha. the ues-
ent Republican party gets most OF its
strength, although It's political ances-
tors fought hard against its acquire
ment. lJ was Democratic adm:ntstra-
ton that carried the flag successfully
through the war of 1SI2-14, in spite o..
the protests of this same z. o. D. who
from press and pulpit denounced IL as
unjust and unholy war, even going so
far as to invoke divine vengeance upon
/ the heads of Mr. Madison and the
heroes Of that war. Who were they 2
Andrew Jackson, a Democrat, won a
great victory at New Orleans at which
upwards of 3, 600 British red coats bit
the dust and he was fined 81 coo by a
federalist judge for irving to uphold the
honor of the flag. General John E.
/ Wool and General William J. Worth,
| both or whom were consistent Demo-
| Gratis. carried the old flag to victory.
| Oliver Hazard Perry who won lasting
fame by his great victory on Lake Erie,
Was Democrat, as was also Thomas
McDonOugh, of whom it is said, that
/ being at one time impressed into tho
service by a British man of war. h,
/ looked aloft and saiG, Float on, prou
; flag of England, God willing VIII ys
/ humble your PRIDE" Every school Sg
/ can tel of his glorious victory on Lac
/ Champ,ain. The list might be greatly
4 extended and yet not embrace the mares
: OF all the Democratic heroes who yon
! distinction BY their unse.fish devoion
to the stars and stripes during thatse-
cond war of Independence.
1t might be mentioned incidepally
that it was Democrat, Francis BTton
| Key, that wrote that stirring ong,
/ The Star Spanqled Banner, and hat il
{ was not Democrat that wrote Tear
! down the Haunting lie" So yo. will
perceive, Messieurs Republicans how
unwaranted is your assumption sole
/ ownership of the flag of our cmmon
country. Let US kindly suggeG that
You suppress your partisan patriotism
sufficiently 10 prevent the foo killer
| from getting in his work.-IIoTisbl,r
Patriot
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-06-22

THE Pittsburg D,spdtcb (Republicanl
in commenting on the speech of the
temporary chairman OF the Republican
Convention at Chicago on Tuesday
says:
1T must sound very pleasant to the
people who are opposed TO corporate en-
croachments TO hear Mr.. Thurs.on, OF
Nebraska declare that Repubiicanism
stands for the protection of the people
from the unjust and oppressive exaction
and combination of aggregated capital
and corporate power That is what
Republicanism ought TO stand for but
when people ponder over the fact that
these brave words are uttered by a COZ
poration attorney, put up to defeat an
avowed anii-corpOration man of Califor-
MIA, ,ahd when they further notice that
the one prominent candidate whom Mr..
ThurstOn took Gaze not to mention in
his speech, is the'One whom the CORPORA
tions fear, then they may be permitted
few doubts about this anti. corporation
attitude"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-06-22

euant. Let US cherish the surplus as
the sheet anchor of our saftey. We can
spend the surplus, scatter 1t among
States, give il away, or consume 1t In
building vast works. We can fed ways
of distributing it as far as needs be. but
we must not stop collecting more money
than we require, fox to do that might
perchance Interfere with the profits OF
some great monopoly manufacturer-
some man of the sort which pay our
campaign expenses and furnish the jobs
that make Republican statesman rich.
Instead of correcting the inequalities of
the tax laws in favor of the laborer and
consumer, let US increase to yet higher
rates the duties out of which our monopoly
friends make their millions every year"
Such is the present attitude o. the Re-
publican party with respect to its pledge.
Its cry now is, Protection for the
sake of protection" Its system is to
encourage universal extravagance and
profligacy in public administration. and
To run the Government constantly in
time of peace for the sole advantage OF
the already dangerous aristocracy OF
plutocrats which grew up out OF the un-
equaled opportunities offered to hand
tul of capitalists by the necessity of
meeting the demands of a gigantic and
most costly war.
Happily the day of the monopolies is
over. During four years OF control of
executive power the Democracy has
given back TO the people hundred mil
lion acres o. the peoples lands misappro-
priated by the monster corporations.
The importation of cheap European
contract labor has been stopped, and
that still more fearful scourge, the in
yasion of Asiasic labor, has been
brought to an end. The Custom laws,
no longer administered for the benefit
of a few guilty partners of delinquent
officials, are executed with an even
hand, so that the honest merchant may
continue in trade without fear of the
poorhouse. That public Office is pub
lie trust has ceased to be an aspiration
and has become a realization, and Off
cials are no longer the masters, buC have
become the servants OF the people.
The voters of the United States, hav-
ing tried many things, will hold fast to
that which is good. They will COM
mand the next Congress and the To-
elected President to go forward in the
path of progress and reform. They will
have nothing to do with The Republican
reactiOnists or their policy of reaction
except to bury then under an adverse
! majority so great that no set of men
will ever again dare to make TO the
American people propositions so uncon-
stitutiOaai. so reasonable 20 the spirit
of free and equal government as the
Republicans now PROFOUND. The peo-
pie will remember the Republican
pledge of 1884, and how monstrously il
has been violated.-N Y. Star.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-06-22

THE New York Weekly Post, in Ie-
ply TO letter from subscriber charg-
ing it with inconsistency ia supporting
Mr. Cleveland on a tariff issue, in spite
Of his failure to fulfill all his civil.ser.
vice reform promises-the principal
basis on which the Post supported his
first candidacy-thusd defines its posi-
tion: ''If we saw the smallest chance
of Cleyeland's being opposed by anyone
who woulC carry out or come anywhere
near carrying out the pledges Cleveland
made in 1884, we should not be preven-
ted by any concern for the tariff from
supporting him, because we kaow well
that tariff reform is not within the
Presidents reach, while civil service
reform is. But we sec no prospect of
ANYTHING of the kind. In the present
condition OF the Republican party we
see 40 possibility of il. If the Rspub-
hcan Convention dominates ft man 1t
Will be with the intention OF .knifiug'
him IL 1t nominates a bad one, il will
20 "ith the view OF using his clothes TO
disguise ihe we'll known features Of
james q. Blaine"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-06-22

THE fTmuess, sagacity and fidelity TO
Democratic principles of Allen G.. Thur
man are well illustrated by an anecdote
told by the Cleveland PLAIN Dealer.
After the disastrous campaign of 1872
the party was badly demora!izad and
mary OF its leaders believed its dissOlu-
tioD imminent. 4 number of them,
filed with this idea, called upon Mr..
Thurman at Columbus 70 urge him to
cooperate in movement for the organ
ization Of new party upon the wreck
OF the old. The senator heard the
delegation patiently and in silence to
the end Of their argument. He sat for
moment after they had finished, lost
apparently in reflection. Then looking
around the little room, he said Gen
tlemen, this room is too id small to
break up the Democratic party in -
The delegation withdrew and that was
the end of the plot.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-06-22
The independents for Cleytand .

By Mr. Cieveland's public v,tues and
pubic defects the people mustake him
and Judge him as a candidae for the
Presidency. His course in tb assailing
OF abuses Is known. His message on the
protective tariff aroused this people as
they were aroused by Lincol IS first call
Tor troops. His great abilitys now can
didly recognized. His pertct honesty
and sincerity are no Ionge, questioned
save by reckless and malipant parti-
sans. His successes and lis failures,
his TITLES to applause, homo and respect,
and his acts that have caIIa for censure
or justified want of conience are re-
corded In an open bool The most
cursory examination recalls the vast
predominance of the atries which
stand upon the credit side,f tie account.
But above and overshaowing every
thlng else on the page stnds the Pres
dents message, constituting him the
leader in an aggressive 'arfare TO make
an end or extortionats customs taxes.
aDd furnishing the issus OF the canvass
Upon the President 'secord and upon
that issue We cannot hieve the judg-
ment of the people attbe polls will be
other than favorable. DT can we doubt
that the Independent of 1884, with
substantial unanimu and with very
large accessions, will-ast their ballots
for the Democratic Candidate. The
platform i5 notable al creditable in al
most everything thatit contains. II is
still more notable an utterly discred:-
table for IT'S deliDeTse omission of any
Endorsement Of civ service reform.
The platform, as II stands. after the
additions made To iby the resolutions
offered in the convntioD. is dignified,
temperate and cantd. The assertions
1t contains as to vat the Democratic
party in possessio of the executive
Branch Of the gOvrDmeDt ana of the
popular Honse of congress has accom-.
plished are fairly Estaiued by the facts,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-06-22

EMPEROR FREDERICK OF Germany,
died at II o'clock on last Friday
morning at Potsdam. He was a gallant
soldier, tried in TWO famous campaigns,
against Austria in 1866 and against
France in 1870 and upon his record as a
soldier his fame rests. His reign as
Emperor has been a short one, about
three months, during which time hs
was the victim OF pitiless and uncon-
queTable disease, but with Deaths hand
upon him he bore his sufTerings brave
ly and managed the affairs of state with
cool judgement and self control until
his death. Prince William who sue
ceeds Frederick as King of Prussia and
Emperor OF Germany as William II. is
popular with the army. but his acces-
sion to the throne is generally viewed
with alarm among those who desire TO
preserve TIE peace OF Europe. He is
intensely German, hates the French and
longs to make a record as a soldier.
He has been credited with open mani
festations o. surly hostility toward the
liberal tendencies of his father. The
supporters of constitutional progress
view his accession to the throne with
great misgivings.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-06-22

IHE money now lying Idle in the
Federal Treasury resulting from super
nuous taxation amounts to more than
SID 600, 600, and the surplus collected
reaches the SUM of more than SEQ. .OOO.- =
goo annually. Debauched by this i'm
mense temptation, the remedy of the
Republican party is TO meet and exhaust
by extraYagsut appro )riations and ex-
penses, whether constitutional or not.
the accumulations of extravagans taxa,
ton. The Democratic policy is to en-
force frugslity in public expense and to
abolish unnecessary taxation.-NdtionaI
Democratic PLATFORM.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-06-22

THE New York Herald says of the
Democratic platform at ST. Louis
1T Is as good platform as was ever
adopted by convention; clean. straight
forward. without quibble or double
dealing. What it declares concerning
promises redeemed is true. what il
promises the ticket guarantees. Now
let us see what the Republicans can
agree to at Chicago. II they speak OF
The past, they must confess to pledges
broken by them. If they speak OF the
future, this Democratic platform warns
them 20 greater honesty than they have
practiced in recent years
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-06-22

THE doctor of the late Vice President
Wheeler has presented the estate for
payment. neat li;tle bill amounting to
$4,000, out Of which will grow a Law
suit. y large estate is n very comfor-
table thing to have when living, but af-
ter nursing it during life time, it is
an uncomfortable suggestion for ito pos
SCISSOR To think that it may be swallow
ed uP with the expenses of dying. A
poor man may die and leave something
for his heirs but a rich mans estate will
scarcely pay the Doctors bill.