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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03
Taxes Rz..ye gBeer Paid.

The following named parties cd.
vertised IS delinquent haze settled
their taxes:
lst wari-Mrs Don Louis Brous
safa.
2aa ward-J Adoris hemaire.
3rd ward--pat Cofrigan, Alcide
6sndrv. j e & Pauline Putnam. eli
Wise & Co. sam Green, G Proven
zana, Johp B Shaw.
4ih ward-Mrs Enefile Bond
reaux. Mrs Mary Bronssafd. Fran
co.'s Heheft, Nicholas Landry, Theo,
gene Meanx.
5,t watd-Theoville Ahshire, }
M Doucet
9th ward-Z Adam FergFs Cas-
title, Il RI Gueydan, EJ Menns, v
Sellers, Ja|e simon 20 : Ahshlre.
7th wa,d-Boudreaux & Theail, }
NJ Ransom.
Nom esidents--V Lemaire, N
Romaiu & W & Ellis, Orange Land
Co Ltd.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03
ArcabIshop .gansscns.

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The distinguished preIate OF the
Catholic church arrived here last
Saturday evenidg aud Was the guest
Of Rev. Father Mehault. Sunday
morning at u o'clock be blessed the
new church at Baneker. At night
lie preached . powerful and logical
sermon in the Catholic church in
this toYn which was listened 10 by
a large congregation Of all cree7s,
Jsst before the sern,en his grace
blessed The two statues Of 81 An
tlony and st. iioyisius. On Mons
day the Archbishop left Tor Royvllie
Nbefe fc COZ Gfrned a large class.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03
WAR Sevenefr.

The other day Efnest 81. Feray
received a letter from an uncle re.
siding at LIE Mana, France, ~enclos.
lug q clipping from the Opelo uSas
Courier Of Aug. Is, 1862, contain
ing the following funeral Grafton de.
livered by his deceased father Capt.
T. Feray at New Iberia, La, on the
burial Of Martia Matte, Of this pare
ish:
CAMP PRATT. Aug. 13. 1862.
10 tie Editor of the OpeEoasaS Courivr.
SIR: | beg Of yon TO publish in
your paper The following obituary:
Words uttered by Capt. E. Feray,
in The graveyard OF New Iberia
at the tomb Of Martin Matte,
Wao died ut Camp, Aug. II.
SOLDIERS: It is with a heart fill
ed with emotion; a soul hardened
with sorrow, that | come here at
- o'uo VI 'HtS loHiU ~ recall to
your memory The qualities Of a
friend and OF a soldier, dnring his
brief career. Hitherto full of life.
health and courage he knew how to
hold the post to which he was as,
signed daring the bomhardment by
the enemy; he was the hope Of moor
pafeats; but TO-DAY being only a
corpse, he will fill their hearts with
greet Tor a moment. Soldiers, | say
Tor a moment, unintentiaIly because
every c%ItIzen. every patriot owes
his life and his fortune to The free
dom Of his country, and bis parents
will rejoice if his death has contrib.
uied to free his country from on.
preston. Born amongst you his
youth was passed in the prairies
which had seen his birth: brave
young man, he was justly The pride
OF lis parents, aud their hope az
veil as that Of his country. Now,
Soldiers, | see that you regret him
aud so do we all regret him, because
he had known how TO obtain the
esteem Of the soldier and thai of his
oiileFrs, by his passive obedience and
hla iu'iiilment Of his duties. / wish
that each one thoutG-remember him.
1t IS now IN presence of his body
aud Of almighty God, who hears as.
that | address these words 10 Won
Yes, Soldiers. let us wish him d sin.
eere farewell, and like him let us
prepare ourselves for that death
Which might strike us whilst await.
that Curious freedom which smiles
on us.
Respectfully Submitted.
II. HIRsH,
3fd. Lieut.. Co L,
ST. Landry Regt. r. AZ
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03
THE Family Money Maker.

American Gardening (P. q. Box
1897, New York is q successful
fairly weekly journal devoted 10
9 ardening and fruit culture in the
open aud under glass; and kindred
subjects. That all interested in
making their lifework a success may
have an opportunity to test the as
s%is,ance 10 that end 10 be derived
from the study OF its weekly con-
tents. the publishers are Offering
American Gardening at a bargain
rate for q short time, and We invite
The citention Of our readers TO their
adyt. in another colnmu.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03
Where's Franks Alley.

In rambling Owe town o1e day
this week we discovered that the
place where Franks alley was snp-
posed TO be had been fenced up.
Just to think that only a few years
ago This great question was q live,
burning issue in the municipal cam
paign. What are the boys going to
do now?
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03
Personal Mention.

N. o. Bourque went over to New
Iberia Tuesday.
District Attorney Gordy, left for La
fayette Wednesday.
D. L. Mcpherson took in the sights
at New Orleans this week.
Paul Terrier, Of Perry, went to New
Iberia Tuesday On business.
". 0. Pipes and wife visited in New
Iberia Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. L. o. Broussard is visiting in
Lafayette the guest Of Mrs. G. K. Oar
ling,
Mrs. j. r. Leguenec has been sick
this week but is improving at this
writing.
P. A. V~illarman, has been towing
the parish this week in the interest Of
his commission firm.
Mrs. j. Al. White, Of Opelousas, is
visiting the family OF her %brother-in-
laws DR.. W. D. White.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Wise, also Master
Leonard arrived home last week after
a visit to New Orleans.
Miss Eugene Poirson, who has been
visiting her sister Mrs. Morgan Hebert,
returned home Tuesday
j.. R. Leguenec, who has been work
ing the insurance business in Lafourche
returned home Wednesday.
DR.. Roy Young, Of Royyille, was in
town last Sunday and attended services
at the Catholic church at night.
David Dugas returned from Able
vile Thursday, havieg been there on
a prospecting tour.-Patterson Optic.
Miss Paolita Nunez, from lower
Egypt, is spending a few days in Alb
beville the guest of Mrs. Alphonse Lee
blanc.
Judge DebaiIlon went to st. James
parish this week to visit his sons, Louis
and George, at jefferson ~college.-La-
fayette Gazette.
Ovid A. Broussard, assistant cashier
Of the bank went out papa bottle
hunting one day last week and brought
home 81 birds. Pretty good shooting
that
Jean NJ. Beauxis aud family hare
moved to their new home corner of
East and Vernlilion streets lately oc-
cupied by Mrs. Bergerie, and are com
fortably located.
Coroner Leblanc was called down
the bayou early Tuesday morning to
hold an inquest upon the body of John
Lemaire who had accidentally killed
himself in handling a rife.
J.. r. Kitchell, su perintendent of
public education, DR.. T. T. Young and
Simonet Leblanc left Monday morning
for Baton Rouge in the interest of the
last named g%entleman's candidacy for
the a~ssessorship.
NJ. J. Mosher, from Gueydan, accom-
panied by his two charming daughters
Nettie and Libbie, Miss Eva Hoag and
Mr.. Harry West, were the pleasant
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j, Z. Wright
Tuesday.-Crowley American.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03
sEnesay,s storm.

The heavy wind, lowering clouds
aud squaliy weather Sunday caused
much unea .iaess here. and when the
storm broke upon az abort nine
o'clock that night everyone was sat-
isied that we were receiving but The
Gg end. Mondays papers brought
The news tlat it had been a great
hafricane in Texas. Houston, Ans
tin. Fort Worth, Dallas and Denton
were all hit hard. an idea of the
extent and damage is conveyed in
the following telegram from Dallas:
Tesas was visited by q general rain
and wind storm today. The rain
was general orer nearly the whole
State, while the wind seems to have
done It's worst in the south central
! portion. Austin aud Calvert suffer
ed most. Rain poured al day, the
average fall being more than l.5
inch. All trains south Of Dallas
were abandoned on account of
washotts. The railroads were the
worst sufferers, there heing nearly a
dozen breakso on the lines between
Dallas and Temple. The Katy
ohaudoned all trains south. the
track being washed ont near Waxa-
haeaie and Itasca. On the line be-
tween Hillsboro and Waco A wash
ont is reported at Alvarado. The
Hnuston and Texas Central reports
q bridge gone on the Fort Worth
division and several small wasIionts.
The track is obstruc,ed by f.lIen
telegraph poles aud debris around
Calvert. The Texas Ceatra! is
washed out in several places he,
tween Waco and Cisco. The Texas
Midland huJetined all trains be-
tween Grcensilie and Ennis "indef-
nitetg late" The Texas Pacific
train from the west was six hours
late. Every river aud stream in
North Texas is reported as being
out Of its banks. The overflow from
a creek to Denton oyelfowed part
Of the Iowa TO the depth Of eighteen
feet. At Fort Worth the Trinity
is rising several feet an -Four, and al
Dallas the rise is thirty feet. Tele-
graph communication with the south
ern part of the State is completely
cut of. Galveston and Houston
could not be reached al all. Hearne
was the faltherest point reached
south.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03
Constable Sale.
Of Louisiana Parish of
Vermilion-3r Bird Justices Court
No. ST.
r. EFT. Mills
A braham Mary.

BIZ virtue Of a writ Of feri facias
issued by the Honorable Third
Justices Court. in the matters of tho
above numbered and entitled SUR,
authorizing and commanding me to
SEIZE and sell the property Of said
defendant, to satisfy said writ, I will
proceed 10 sell at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, at The
principal front door of the court
honse in This parish. on
Saturday, April 10, 1897,
between the legal hours prescribed
by law. the following described
property, seized to satisfy said writ
to wit
One creole horse.
Tcrms-Catll
Gro. E. LYoNs.
March q, 81.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03

la grippe still fingers in the com
mnnity and has lost none Of lis disa-
greeabIe features.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03
Nosfce TO tg,e pubI5c.

/ have a rice mill at Erath, and will
clean rice at reasonable rates and guar
antee satisfaction. Milling day. every
Tuesday.
L I2-3m j. THEcLEr TEEEIoT.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03

Do You love flowers? Fresh
a,wer seeds Of all kinds at Mills
Drug Store.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03

Last sunday the boys all had 9
lively time on the squsre playing.
football. It's great sport.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03
JURY LIST.

List OF grand and petit Jurors drawn
TO serve at the April term of the 18th
judicial District Court in and for Yer
million parish, La, commencing on
monday the 9th day of April A. d.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03

J G Lemaire 6 RI Ellie Montarna
Anthony Ragenr z Paul Iegutnae :
Agenor Leblanc / Leodlas TehIanc 5
CieonleF ffebeFt J James III. Smith f.
SEVERN Trahan 9 Felix o,NeiIi :
Henry Labit 5 Ovirpae Leblanc D
en- Dupuy 8 ArtInr Nina &
Dallas Hayes 5 BENJAMIN Hndson 2
ETasce Morgan S Desire Meauv !
holland Bnford 3 S~eraniiin Adams &
Verne Caldwell 9 Alcide Iineeconb a5.
eestihene Herpin 3 Galloway Campbell
Perry Trahan 3 John i Dnhose <
Erwin H~ofipauir . Elias Broussard 8
FelX ifeIpIn 5 Aristide Lee D
Phlics1e Faux 6 Desire Meyers Q
Aiphonse Lemaire 6 Oliver Hebert 4
Joseph Trahan 2 Albert Stauffer 8
Salvador Mouton 6 Eraste Leblanc +
Felix H~otfpau1r 5 Honora Leblanc /
Desire Harrington 5 John Erwin 3
Florlan kellar 3 John ID Labit $
justin T~hihodeaux2 Reiny Sellers 6
A true copy.
Sttest: Jos. G. LEBLANC,
by elk of Dist. Court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03

District Court. with q jury term
orens here next Monday and a large
namber Of people will be on hand.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03
Town and Parish.

/
Town and Parish.
Do YOU love flowers? Fresh
a,wer seeds Of all kinds at Mills
Drug Store.
La grippe s,ill fingers in the com
munity and hos lost non Of lis disa-
greeable features.
Last sunday the boys all bad 9
lively time IN the square piaylag.
football. It's great sport.
District Court. with a jury term
orens here next Monday and a large
number Of people will be on hand.
Business aflies Rave been very
quiet ia our town this week. There
baye been few visitors and little
trade.
April las opened up most aus
~piciously. clear, bright and just cool
enough TO give every q ualimitsc
energy.
So
The late rains did considerable
damage TO tie faems in this parish
and checked farming operations to
no small extent.
The Cameron Pilot says the
Caldwell orange grove il beginning
to bloom, the first since the freeze
Of F bruary 1895.
The Bope Hook and Ladder Co.
of Franklin, have perfected arrange
uents for a railroad excursion 10,
be given from Thibodaux to Ope.
lousas on April %.
Notice is hereby given that the
pEi. e or the assessor Of Vermilion
PARISH is now open al the court
huu.e.
w. w KUEHLENG,
Assessor & Ex-nEieio Registrar.
Hoggspft's telophnne lire is bci,g
exfendedsto Frankie aud Morgan
City. We ere glad 10 9 The peo-
pie are disposed 70 patronizs it be-
canse II will hell hold down the ez-
iorlionate Bell monopoly.
We especially desire, for puhlica-
ton, accounts Of all parties or other
gatherings Of a social nature particle
pated in by cry Of our citizens.
Persons knowing Of aps snch affairs
viii confer a~,farar By notifying Us.
Il il impossible fa-ns to get ell
the local news that is floating around
town, therefore We request u
friends If they hear Of any items to
give them 10 rs aud we will be only
too glad to fix them up 10 readable
shape.
May lst. or Labor Day vii! be
celebrated in grand style at Ope
lonsas. The celebration will be in
the shape Of d tournament such az
was given in olden times and no
douht . large crowd will be present
70 enjoy the sport.
Carpenters aod painters have
beeu busy all this week fitting Up
Fernand Beapxi>' new billiard room
and saloon at the corner lately &C
cnpied by his father as a grocery,
y promises to be a very attractive
place of amusement.
Miss Pearl BGrris and Amos.W.
Conrad were married at the Methn-
dist church last "Wednesday evening
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03

Business afltts have been very
oniet in our town this week. There
haye been few visitors and little
trade.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03

April las opened up most ans
niciously. clear, bright and just cool
enough 10 give every N ualimitec
energy.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03

The late rains did considerable
damage TO tie faems in this parish
and checked farming operations 10
no small extent.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03

Hoggsatt's teloPbnne lire is bcing
extended 10 FranklSa aud Morgan
City. We are glad 10 see The peo-
pie are DISPOSED 10 patronize it be-
canse II will heIl hold down the ez-
io~riionate Bell monopoly.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03

The Cameron Pilot says the
Caldwell orange grove il beginning
to bloom, the first since the freeze
Of Fl bruary 1896.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03

The Bope Hook and Ladder Co.
of Franklin, have perfected arrange,
n.ents for a railroad excursion 10
be given from Thibodaux to Ope.
lousas on a pril %.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03

Notice is hereby given that the
eli Ne Of the assessor of VermilimI
parish is now open al the court
hou:e.
w. W KUEHLrsG.
Assessor & Ex-nlieio Registrar.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03


Miss Pearl BGrtis and Amos.W.
Conrad were married al the MethD-
dist church last Wednesday evening
10 the presence of an audience Of ap
preciating friends who filled the lii.
tic ediice. Miss Pearl is an intelli.
gent charming young lady, q neice
q Edward W. Huff Of Prairie Greig,
while the groom is an industrious
and deserving yonng farmer who
moved here from Mississippi several
Years ago. We wish them we'll and
extend our congratulations. .
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-04-03

May lst. or Labor Day vii! be
celebrated in grand style at 0pe
lousas. The celebration will be in
the shape Of d tournament such al
was given 10 oldep times and ne
donbt q large crowd will be present
70 enjoy the sport.
The record-union., 1897-11-30

possible route to be selected. Naturally
the flow Of the stream would indicate
the easiest grade and possibly the short
est route But whether Congress COM
plies with the desire of the people OF
California and orders the new road built
or not. it assuredly should not commit
the folly of buying the old roads that
are showed into the market. and have
been for years, with the Government as
a prospective buyer.
The record-union., 1897-11-30

An English company proposes to lay
British shores on this continent. France
enters a protest against any grant to
land the, cable on Hawaiian SOIL If
France, why not Germany, or Italy,
or Austria, or the President of the Con-
go State, or Dom Paul? What right
has France in the matter more than
any other nation? She says that in
case of war England would have con-
troll and monopolize the cable; but then,
there is nothing under the sun to pre-
vent French capital laying telegraph
ic cable also from any of her posses
sions clear around the world If she
pleases? But about this question OF
landing the cable in Hawaii. the United
States has much 10 say, and has reason
behind It, BY treaty Hawaii is so
bound that she cannot grant the con-
eession asked for except with the ap-
proval of the United States. That
viii be given to a company running
from American soil to Honolulu. but
probably not to the English Company,
unless annexation is effected, when the
rule Of The Atlantic Coast will obtain
there, namely. to permit any who
choose to lay telegraphic cables and
land the same on our soil.
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No wonder that Spain clings tena-
ciously to Cuba; which she regards,
says ex-Minister Taylor, as Rome re-
garded Britain. thing to be plundered
For here we have ii in black
and white that at the begin
ming of the present war the
island had accumulated the enormous
sum Of $3.50, 100000 or about S531 per
capita, the largest sum per person
known in any land in the world, so rich
are the resources of the island Cuba
had at the same time a commercial
movement representing $40, 45S, ,553, Of
which over S101 900, 900 was export to-
tai. Four ffths of this export sup
porting the people comes out of the
sugar crop, the remainder coming from
tobacco and miscellaneous products.
So as Mr. Taylor we'll puts it, Cuba
under Spain is simply a great sugar
cane estate whose tenants depend upon
that industry for their existence. This
is the land that Spain robs. forcing
ary and civil and military allowances
draws from the island Treasury a
greater sum annually than is paid to
the President of the United States. No
wonder the Spanish desperately resist
the attempt of the Cubans TO free
themselves from the cause Of depletion
Of their land.
The record-union., 1897-11-30
OF PURE FOODS.

The Oroville Mercury says that the
growing sentiment against the adul-
teration Of human food, will likely de-
crease the evil of using spurious olive
oil instead of the pure, when the lat
ter can be so easily had in California
that is of home production.
Possibly. But as long as a foreign
label is more attractive than the well
fare of ones family or ones stomach,
We fear that the cotton seed oil will go
down our throats and homemade olive
oil wifi have to seek distant markets.
Outside of San Francisco and Alameda,
where has there been made manifest
any growth of sentiment against food
adulteration? Has it been in Butte
County? Has it been in Sacramento
County?
The truth is, that the warfare against
adulterated food in San Francisco has
resulted in the sending of the spurious
articles from that city into the interior
where they are consumed without
question. Right here in Sacramento,
when it was proposed a few months
ago to have inquiry made into the foods
sold to the people over counters, in
order to ascertain if the same fearfully
that investigation developed in San
Francisco, there went up a howl that
drowned out the demand for inquiry
and since then nothing has been done.
Nor have we heard of anything in the
direction of reform of this character
being carried out in any other interior
place.
Commerce is the life of the nation"
it has been said, but assuredly when it
steps in as it has in interior California
to prevent inquiry into its morality, in
supplying the people with honest goods
for honest money. it is not conserving
the life and health of the people.
The Mercury calls upon the olive
oil producers to organize and make
united effort to protect their industry.
Protect against what? Assuredly
against no one but those who import
spurious oils and sell them as pure.
These same trade influences that have
been successful thus far in forcing
adulterated goods upon the interior viii
continue to be successful in selling i'm
pure and adulterated olive oil for the
genuine.
The consumers have this matter,
however, in their own hands. Let them
refuse to buy except on representation
Of purity, sugar, sauces, olive oil, syrup,
jams jellies, potted goods. or what
not. Then let them follow up the man
who deceives them; for the law is am
pie as it stands. The honest supplier
wishes to sell goods for what they are.
He who refuses to furnish what the
people want, will assuredly lose their
trade.
If the people, therefore, wish pure
food they can secure it easily enough.
But as yet they are careless about it
| and accept brands on their face as
honest, that the slightest inquiry will
reveal as fraudulent. We will get
pure food, in short, instead of spurious
in the interior towns, when we demand
it as was done with success in San
Francisco. We do not deserve il any
earlier
The record-union., 1897-11-30
HENRY A. HICKS.
The Newly Elected General Master
Workman Of the X. Of L.

The newly elected General Master
Workman of the Knights Of Labor Is
Henry A. Hicks of New York. This
leaves Mr.. Sovereign the only Past
General Workman in the order Of the
knights Of Labor All others who nave
The record-union., 1897-11-30

a whale recently captured in the Arc
tic waters was found to have embedded
in its side a harpoon belonging to a
whaling vessel that had been out of
service nearly half century.
The record-union., 1897-11-30

held this position have been either ex-
PEELED from the order or died.
Mr. Hicks has been at the head OF
the buildings unions, connected with
the Knights Of Labor, for nearly ten
years He is President of the State
Congress of district and local assem-
blies of New York and was a national
committeeman for his State in the
Peoples party. The report of the Sec
retary of the order of Knights OF La
Dor shows the society to be in -four
ishing condition. The report of riction
between the members and officers OF
the order are strenuously denied. but
there seems to have been pretty I've
ly scramble for supremacy in the chcos-
ing of the new officers.
The record-union., 1897-11-30
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