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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
Town Council.

ABREyILLE, La, Eco. y, 1883.
The Council met at the courthouse
in the town of Ahbeville, La, this day
pursuant to the cal Of the Mayor.
Presenter. +. Bourne, Mayor: and
Messrs. Wise, Mills, Leblanc and Gas
tai. .....
The Mayor stated the meeting was
called to make additional appropria-
tons for the Street Il Bridge fund.
The minutes OF the Council Of the
dates of October q. 1887, and OF Janu-
airy % and q, 1888, were read and
adopted.
Gu motion of Mr.. Wise, resolved that
the sun Of two hundred dollars he ap-
propriated out Of the general fund to
the Street and Bridge fund, and the
Treasurer is ordered to transfer said
amount from the General fund to the
credit Of tioe Street and Bridge fund.
On motion Of Mr.. Leblanc, resolved
that the sum of forty dollars paid By
MI. Nils for a retail liquor license foT
the year 1888, enormously issued be re-
funded Il him, and that a warrant he
drawn upon the General fund in bis
favor for that amount.
On motion the Council adjourned to
meet on March %, 1885.
F.. BoVRyE, Mayor.
". B. WHITE, Secretary.
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Police Jury Proceedings.

The Police Jury of the parish of Yer
million met at tie courthouse in the
town OF Abbeville this 9th day of
February, 1888, pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Members present-Messrs. 81. Hotf-
pauir, president, w. l.. Vanslyke, j.
A. Leblanc, j. r. Broussard, Robert
Greene and L. j. Morgan. Absent
II. ii. Bartels.
On motion, the reading of the min
utes of last meeting vas dispensed
with.
The jury then examined several
plans for a new courthouse, and took
a recess, and met again at 2 o'clock at
the Office OF Mr.. Edwards.
On motion OF Mr.. Broussard It was
Resolved, That MessTs. ". ". Ed
wards, W. l.. Nanslyke aud Lastie
Broussard be appointed a building com
mittee CD the new courthouse, and to
discharge such other duties as the Po-
lice Jury may direct in reference to the
construction of the e courthouse
Seconded a4d adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Leblanc, the fol-
loving resolution was duly seconded
and adopted.
Be it Resolved, That plans and spe-
cifcations for the building of a new
courthouse for Nermilion parish be in
vited until Saturday. March 10, 1888;
and notice Of such invitation be pub
lished III the Abbeville MERIDIoNAL
until such date. That architects and
builders be requested TO furnish sGeh
plans and specifications for a brick
courthouse to be worth not exceeding
twenty-five thousand dollars. TO The
building committee Of tue parish on o.
before the 10th day OF March, 1858,
with the understanding that two hun
dred dollars VIII he paid Tor whatever
plan and specifications shall be adopt
ed Dv the Police jury.
On motion, the jury then adjourned
to the second Monday in March. :
ARCHIE YoUNG,
Clerk Police jury
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n ' ass s5vs IL;

least among the wonders of Inventive pro-
gress is . method and system Of work that
can be performed all over the country
homes S1S,o"' P fsvs iH, 3 :''s sn nDt me c .to1 DO oH III
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Of great value and Importance to you,
that will start you in business, which will
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free. Address True & Co, Augusta, Maine.
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". B. WHITE, Secretary.

st. Mary Herald: The white peo-
pie do not want Warmoth, and will
not have .h!m. He has disgraced
this State and butchered her enter.
prises and blasted her promises. He
has caused prejudices to arise where
political peace and harmony should
prevail. He and Kellogg have
caused tie blacks more sorrow and
woe than the whole nation besides,
and caused the blood to .6ow through
the Cutters in certain portions OF
this State like torrents Of rain, and
caused enough bitter feelings to
make the earth groan and tremtle
or its pivot.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03

VIM. Pitt Kellogg, in speaking Of
the political situation in Louisiana,
said: Il don't think Warmoth will
receive any Democratic votes. In
a hotly contested FIGHT like that be-
tween Nichols and McEnery. there
is always a good deal of bitterness
epgendered, bu. as a rule it dies out
after the nomination is made, and
the two factions unite in support OF
the nominee"
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AFamily Blessing.

s.nmons Liver Kegulagor, the favorite
o. ,ren,edy. is entirely vegetable. and is
~ ss,a purest and best family medicine led lne st that at
e s :ssssgss9;as4!: No No injury sjus, to from sr f exposure re-
ssl ,ttsa1 nipssi; f. Medicine slss e; and safe ) I to i take axe
kst Pr ..sr what the sickness may prove to
% n and in any ordinary disease, will ef-
". anu, saJv cure. Demand the Genuine,
ta : the Z.sfalnp on wrapper.
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1887
1887. 1887.
AN ORGAN OF
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NOTICE.
Land Office at New Orleans. La.

Land Office at New Orleans. La
January q, 1888.
Notice is hereby given. that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
ton to make final proof in support of his
claim. and that said proof win be made
before the Judge, or in his absence the
Clerk of the district Court. at Abbevil!e,
La. on Tuesday, March 20, 1883, viz
.Lutroy Mayard, who made Homestead
Entry No. 6721. for the lots 4 and S Section
SO, tip u. SIR 3 East, La. Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
cultivation Of said land. yiz:-Cne-
Z,lne l.. Mouton. Henry Le,naire, Beaure-
gard Leblanc andC. T. Guidry, all of Yer
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
THos. j. BUTLER, Register.
Feb. IL. 1888. e.,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
EIotice.

All parties subject to a license for the
year 1855. under the laws Of the State of
Louisiana, or the ordinances of the Police
Jury OF Vermtllon parish, are hereby no.
titled to pay tue same promptly, or other
wise they will be proceeded against as
provided by law. A. H. NCNEz.
.Dy-Shf.-Ta Collector.
Feb. II, 1885.
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NOTICE.
Land OAice ar Nav Orleans. Ia

Land Office at New Orleans. La.
January 81, 1898.
ton to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof viii be maae
before the Judge, or7in his absence the
Clerk of, the. District Court, at Abbevilie,
La, on Wednesday, March 81, 1855, viz :
Jean Onen Traiian. who made Homestead
Entry No. 6S74. for the W half of Sc or
La. NJ.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence npon, and
cultivation of, said land, vi.:--J0seph
!. Broussard. Rubert BWldreaux, Theo-
ZINE Vincent and Emile Vincent, all of
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
'THos. }. BUTLER, Register.
Feb. u, 1888.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
NOTICE.

The officers and members of the
Vermilion Parish Medical Society
ere notified that there will be a
meeting of that body on Saturday,
March 5, 1888. at 3 p. N.
G. j. EDWARDS, Secretary.
Feb. Is, 1883.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
3iph winds during the week.

High winds during the week.
Peach and plum trees are in full
bloom.
Fine weather prevailed here for
The last few days.
Farmers in this parish are sadly
behind time with their work.
The Republicans of this parish
will have a political meeting at the
uurthoaae today.
Work on our public roads will
commence next Monday.
Mr. A. G. Maxwell is building a
handsome addition to his town resi-
dence, and otherwise identifying the
premises.
Mr.. John A. Brookshier expects
soon to commence the building Of a
new, large and improved cotton gin
and compress.
The Republican meeting held in
the third ward last Saturday is re.
ported to have been quite a lively
affair.", i it was not very harmonious.
DR.. G. }. Edwards left this morn.
ing Tor New Orleans to attend the
State Immigration Convention. hav.
ing been appointed by Governor
NeEaery as a delegate to represent
this parish.
We would inquire Of the Parish
Democratic Executive Committee if
it is not advisable, under the existing
circumstances, to call 9 convention
to nominate a candidate for the
legislature from this parish? In our
opinion We think such steps should be
taken to secure the proper man.
Miss Lelaney Wallace, a young
lady residing at John Trahan's, in
Prairie Greig, was brought into
tovp last Sunday morning by Sheriff
Joseph s. Nunez and confined 10
Jail to Await a medical examination
as to her sanity. Having been an
innate OF tue State Asylum at Jack.
son some years ago, and acting very
qaeer'y Of late, her people are .natu-
rally apprehensive.
We learn that quite a number OF
candidates are in the field for the
different ~parochial Offices, but as yet
only three have announced them.
N''es puupljcly in their parish paper.
Il an Office is worth having it Ger,
a'nly is worth asking for, and no
better mode could be adopted than
70 make that fact publicly known
through the medium of your parish
paper. Come. gentlemen, the time
"r slecting candidates is drawing
near therefore you sbauld announce
yourselves It you wish the people to
know You are really a candidate.
0'se some assurance as. to your earn.
s''aess Tor the position to which you
s'p're, and not let the word spread
0e'ore your friends that you have
'i'hdrawn from the canvass. Keep
Jour name, then, before the public,
y you wish to secure votes. And
year III mind one thing, that the
negligent, and not the ignorant class
y our citizens, are the ones to appeal
WI you wish to meet with success.
+ .>~t a. - " "
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
ANNOUNCEMENTS
District Attorney.

We are authorized to announce that
ROT. c; sNtpE Is. rl,e, present - ,n ths a;,ics
= ssha;.tr;ct Attorney, for this district at
Y next general election.
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For Sheriff.

M are authorized to announce JULES
cI.nRENTs as a candidate for the Office
y = !her;if Of the parish Of Vermilion at the
.I.efion in April next.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03

The production Of raisins-in, Cali.
fornia last year was 100000 boxes.
In 1878 it was only 5000 boxes.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03
Dist~tct Clerk.

us are authorized to announce LAsTIE
,,aI,ssARD as a candidate for REFLECTOR
7, OAl the office of District CLERK TOR ILLS
Dsrish at ournext generalstate aud parish
.ecflQn.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-03-03

sasn. Doors. Blinds, Aaaldings, Cts
TENS, ,Balusters, Ornamental Pickets. .,
III connection with the above We will
soon have established o carpenters shop
to do all kinds Of wood work.
Give us a cali and be convinced that
you will get the best bargain.
ABBEVILLE, LA.
April so. 1ss7.-!y. /.
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Washington.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has approved and
promulgated the new Civil Service rules
which are to go into effect on the 1st of
March next. The Civil Service regulations
have also been revised to conform to the
new rules. The general rules are nine in
number, and are applicable, except in one or
two particulars to all parts Of the classified
service, and to some parts OF the service not
yet classified under the law or rules.
OWING to the alarming frequency of at
tacks by robbers on mail trains the Post
master General has decided to arm all postal
employees, at the expense OF the Governments
SENATOR BLACKBURN, Of Kentucky, was
taken suddenly i'll and was carried home in
an unconscious and precarious condition.
SPEAKER CARLISLE has recovered suffi-
GENTLY to resume his duties in the House.
The House passed q resolution Of thanks to
s. s. Cox for the able manner in which he
had presided during the Speakers absence.
SPEAKER CARLISLE has issued an order to
Mr.. Clark, architect of the Capitol, directing
him to remove at once all the private tele-
graph lines from the corridors Of the House.
THE Diplomatic and Consular Appropria-
tion bill as reported to the House makes a
total appropriation Of 81 .403, ,S65, as against
appropriation OF sl,419,942 for the past year.
Mr.. DAVID T. BUNKER, United States Con-
sui at Demerara British Guiana, died few
days ago of yellow fever.
THE President sent the following nomina-
tions to the Senate: James K. Wrig'.t, Of
st. Louis, tn be Register Of Land Office at
Grayling, Mich, and F. r. Falkenstein, OF
Maryland to be Second Assistant Engineer
in the Revenue Service.
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A SERIOUS OUTBREAK.
A Battle With Policemen in Which
Six Men Were Wounded,

A Battle With Policemen in Which
Six Men Were Wounded,
The bad feeling engendered by the miners
strike has eliminated in a serious riot at
Shenandoah, Penn. According to dispatch
from that pace the miners returning from
work were attacked at three different places
on the outskirts of the town by bands of
Poles The Coal and Iron policemen, act
ing as an escort, in their efforts to
protect the men were set upon with clubs and
stones and all Of their prisoners except one
we're resuced. The officers fired into the
crowd and six men were shot, two Of them
in the act of assisting the officers.
Two officers who used their revolvers were
arrested by the town police and taken to
Squire Monaghan's office. The rioters fol-
lowed them, gathering in force in every
street and alleyway until they exceeded
1000 in number After the men were
assailed. the windows and doors bro!.en
in and the Squire himself was assaulted and
painfully bruised, while the arrested men
saved their lives only by, jumping
out of back window. The rioters
who were arrested were taken be-
fore Squire Shoemaker, whose Office in
another part Of the same street was SIM
Idrly dSSuieu ny aiioIuei CO"u VI doOus
three hundred, and the fact that the Office
was on the second floor alone saved the mag
istrate from personal injury.
For over two hours the principal streets of
the town were in the hands Of crowd, with
which the local police force were power
less to deal. Had it chosen to do so,
every store in town could have been
sacked and the lives Of hundreds of inno-
cent persons sacrificed. Fortunately, how
ever, its efforts were directed entirely to
rescling the prisoners taken by the Coal
and Iron police, and wreaking ven
geance on the latter. The names of the
wounded men are as follows: Michael Heffron,
aged twenty-four, wellknown baseball
player, under engagement to play shortly
with the New Orleans Baseball team, shot in
the jaw and seriously injured; part of
the roof of the mouth shot away.
He was ut first bystander, but went to the
assistance Of Coal and Iron policeman, who
was hotly beset. John Gather, aged twenty
two, member of the firm of Gather e.
Brothers, iron founders, flesh wound in
the upper part of the left arm. He was
helping Coal and Iron policeman to hold
his prisoner. Joseph Schwincefski, q Pole,
age unknown, shot in the cheek not
seriously: one of the rioters, Pole, name
unknown, upper half of left ear shot
off; rioter, Pole, about twenty-fiv name
unknown, shot through right arm and flesh
of right side; a rioter, a Pole, about
thirty, name unknown, shot through
the scalp. Squire Monaghon received
painful bruises on the chest and
leg from stones and clubs. Lieutenant Will
lam H. Meyer, in charge Of the Shenandoah
Division of the Coal and Iron police force,
had the scalp on the top Of his head cut open
by blow from billy.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

SENATOR DAWES, Of Massachusetts,, was
school teacher ard country editor.
SENATOR LELAND STANFORD, of Califor-
MIA, was O country lawyer in Wisconsin.
OUEEN-REGENT of Spain has asked Presl-
dent Cleveland's wife for her photograph.
THE wealth of Austin Corbin, president Of
the Reading Railroad Company, Is estlmateo
at Sl2,000,UJO.
GEORGE P. LATHRoP Is to read poem at
the Gettysburg reunion OF the Army OF tne
Potomac next July.
QUEEN VICTORIA will probably stay in
Paris a n ght OH her way to Italy, IN oroer W
receive President Carnot.
f. C. ALLEN the millionaire publisher OF
Augusta, Me-, used to sell raspberries from
tin pail in the streets of that city.
EMPEROR WILLIAM is said to have lost the
faculty of counting, so that figures, dates or
the cost of anything no longer convey any
meaning to him.
Ex.CoNGREssMAN JOHN CESSNA or Penn
syIyania never made memorandum, never
carried a watch, never broke an engagement,
and never missed train.
ARcHpEAcoN FARRAR, OF England, op-
noses the verbatim reports Of sermons, and has
recently declin ID to allow his to be printed
under such circumstances.
THE Shah Of Persia has abandoned the trip
mapped out for his tour through Europe this
venr He will make the visit next year,
though, for he wants to See the Paris EXPOSE
tion.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
r.st.,, and Middle States.

A COMMITTEE Of experts has declared the
ceiling Of the Albany IN. Y Assembly room
unsafe, and the Legislature has vacated and
sought another place of meeting.
CAPTAIN R1TcH1E, of Boston, who saved
the shipwrecked crew Of the steamer Ir1um-
plant, has been presented with gold watch
by President Cleveland in recognition OF his
heroism.
THE bodies of murdered twin babies were
found on the railroad track near Fernwood,
Penn.
The elevator rope broke in Holis's Wool
dressing Factory, New York city, and three
men plunged from the fifth-story to the eel
lar, all sustaining serious injuries.
The steamship Blanche Henderson, loaded
with bananas and cocoanuts, sank when only
ten feet from the Philadelphia wharf, and
fourteen Of her crew were rescued with dill
fculty.
TWENTY striking miners of the William
Penn Colliery, at Rockbank, Penn, attacked
a gang of Hungarians and Poles who had
taken their places and injured number OF
them. The Coal and Iron police charged the
rioters, when they opened fire on the officers,
and compelled them to retreat
WILLIAM LAvELY and Thomas Larney, in
mates Of the Soldiers Home at Bath, N. Y,
had fight, and Larney killed his adversary.
"OONSOChEl, Is l., HAS ltlu ofOl q
dred deaths from scarlet fever, and public
funerals are prohibited until the epidemic
subsidies.
THE police authorities in New York City
seized and burned the carcasses of fifteen
cows affected with pleuro- pneumonia just as
the owners were placing them on sale.
THE trouble between the coal miners and
the police at Shenandoah, Penn, was renewed
and three Poles and two Coal and Iron
policemen were shot.
The wife of Oliver Wendell Holmes died in
Boston, of pneumonia, in the sixty ninth
year of her age
AT Port Murray, N. H., Paul Turner, aged
Is, killed his brother, aged %, with pitch
fork.
FIRE destroyed the residence of George D.
Hill. near Bolivar, N. Y. Mrs Hill and two
small children perished in the flames The
father was so badly burned that he was not
expected to recover.
JENNIE BARKER, of Brookline, Mass, a
girl not quite sixteen. being driven to de-
speration by the brutality Of her father and
stepmother, committed suicide with pistol.
ANunknown old man committed suicide
by jumping in front of a. train on the Elevated
road in New York City.
J. c. CROWLEY, a prominent lawyer OF
Boston, Mass, has absconded with SIS, ,0C0
which he held as trustee.
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LATER NEWS.

THE Bank Of Harlem has been designated
as the depository of the funds of the State Of
New York.
STEPHEN j. MEANY, prominent Irish pa
triot, died few days ago at Waterbury,
Conn.
CARELEssNEss of employees on the Erie
Railway at Newburg, n. Y, caused an acci
dent which resulted in the death Of two mon
and serious injuries to three more.
JOHN WE1ssNER, rich farmer Of OHara,
Penn, hanged himself while temporarily In
sane.
Two men were killed by the breaking Of
burr stone in corn mill at Broadland, Ill
JOHN L. NALLY, from Lafayette, Ind.
while in delirium from typhoid fever, rushed
into thicket near San Diego, Cal, tearing
his clothing to shreds and nearly scratching
all the skin from his body. He died soon after
being found.
Miss LOUISE M. Ro1cE, the school teacher
at Plainville, Neb., who, during the late
blizzard, lay on the prairie while three
pupils died in her arms, has had both feet
SECRETARY BAYARD has submitted to the
Chinese Minister draft of a proposed treaty
between the United States and China which
absolutely prohibits Chinese immigration to
this country.
SENATOR VEST states that the reports Of
the PostofFice Department show that larger
amount of mail matter is distributed in Kan
sas City, No., than in any Office in the coun-
try, not even excepting New York City.
JOHN CURRY, farmer, shot and killed
Henry Main, banker and broker, Of Gait,
Canada, and then committed suicide.
LORD LANsDowNE, at present Governor
General of Canada, has been appointed Vice
roy of India to succeed Earl Dufferin, who
will return to England and enter the Cabi-
net. Lord Stanley. of Preston, will become
Governor General Of Canada
THE German Military bill was passed by
the Reichstag as whole without discussion.
Mr.. GLADSTONE returned to London from
France vastly improved in health and was
greeted by an immense crowd of friends
on his arrival.