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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24

STATE OF LOUISIANA-Parish q
Vermilion-17th judicial Distrles
CoHrt-No. 387.
Succession of Octayine Corner.
Application of Ophelias Bourque % @
appointed administrator OF tho
above succession.
Notice is hereby given to all paF1lss
interested, or having any opposition Y
make to the application Of <0pnsIlas
Bouraue to be appointed admins.
traitor of said succession to ME w
same in writing in the Office q "
clerk Of the district court within "
days from the date hereof.
Given under my hand and seal wv
9Th day of May, 1899.
ALCIDE LEBLANC,
Clerk OF Court
Broussard, Kitchell & Bailey, att3s'
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24


The Laundry basket leaves the
Republican Idea office every Tuesday
merning.-Abbeville Meridional.
Are we to infer from the above that
editor Moody has more than one
shirt? Perish the thought.-Morgan
City Review.
Now, Bro. Jolley, you should not
indulge such %fancies, Moody has
one old bloody shirt, however, he
should send to the LANDRY; when it
came back he would let old Jeff
Davis and secession requiescat in
pacem.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24
Constable Sale.
STATE OF LOUlsIANA-ParisI
of Vermilion-4th Justices
Court-No. 46.
Remy Broussard
Nicholas Landry.

Nicholas Landry.
BY virtue of a writ of sfieri facias to
nae issued in the matters of the above
entitled and numbered suit, and to me
directed, fully authorizing and empow-
ering me in the premises, ! will pro-
coed to sell at public auction, to the
last md highest bidder, at the office .ot
the 4th Justices court in this parish, on
Saturday, July s, 1899,
between the hours prescribed by law.
the following described property, seized
to satisfy said writ, to wit !:
Two horses-ons COW.
Terms-Cash.
Constable's Office, Parish of Vermil-
ion, June "a, 1889.
ALIFAcE BAuDoIN,
Constable.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24

1t is the opinion Of many medical
experts that Franklin will have no
yellow fever, unless it is imported here
from another quarter. In the first
place, there are none left for this sue
cessful scarer and unsuccessful killer
to work on. And further than this,
there is not.a single house in or near
town that has not passed through the
most careful system Of cleaning, and
the germs, why they were simply
showed Observation-Disclosures.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24
The Picayune has adyices from til,

The Picayune has advices from the
j plantations showing that the sugar
cane crop has kept up wonderfully
well, Notwithstanding the continued
dry weather, and the stubble, which
at first showed the most signs of
damage from last winters freeze, is
constantly developing fresh signs of
latent life.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24
BraveIy Spoken.

What is the matter with Ir7nlbte OF
the F%armerville Gazette? Is he go
inc into the Gunby coup? The Con-
gressional Committee is composed OF
Democrats, who have the best inter-
ests of the party at heart, and the
Gazette should not have made the at
tack it did on the committee. The
committee will do what it thinks is
best, and every Democratic paper in
the fifth district should support its
actions.-Lake Providence Banner.
That time has passed when q news.
paper can not criticize or condemn
the action of a committee without be-
ing guilty of having committed an
objectionable sin. II Trimble don't
think that the committee is doing. the
right thing he should kick. II ne
were to supinely submit to any act
which he considers unfair he would
be wrong. Too much is expected OF
a newspaper. A few fellows gener-
ally come together and, often for the
sake OF expediency, adopt qu%estiona-
| BILE measures, but the press must shut
its eyes to it all, support everything
and anything, lest it should lay itself
liable to the charge of %apostasy.-
Away with this slavish submission to
the party lash. The Lafayette Ca
zette is a partisan journal. It be-
lieves in the supremacy of the Demo
cratic party. 1t looks upon the. ene-
mics of that party SIS the enemies o.
the State, butts not ready to bend
the knee to the self-anointed priests
of Democracy who can't tell a gen.
uine Democratic principle from one
of the tenets Of Brigham Young's
church.-Lafayette Gazette.
Quite right Bro. Mouton. The
politicians generally fix up things re,
gardless of the wishes of the people
and then expect everybody and espe,
eially the newspapers to applaud and
endorse their action. Nor is this all
whenever there is a chance to dc
something ~legitimately for the benefit
of the newspaper fraternity these
gentry are the first ones to squeal. Il
is time the newspaper men of thi;
State began to assert their independ'
ence-and we hail the manly stand o:
J Trimble and Mouton:as the sign OF !
new era in our public affairs.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24
Albert Lemaire Ell ais.

~ k9
by virtue OF Writ of fieri facias
10 me issued in the matters of the
above entitled and numbered suit
and to me directed, fully authorizing
and empowering me in the premises |
will proceed to sell at public auction
to the last and highest bidder, at the
principal front door Of the court
house in this parish on
Saturday July 90, 1899,
between hours prescribed by law,
the following described property,
seized to satisfy eaid writ. TO wit :
One certain tract Of land lying and
being situated in Vermilion parish on
the cast side of Vermilion river contain
ing forty 1907 acres and being designa-
ted as the SW4 of SCI of Section 2l,
Township II, South of Range 4 East,
together with all the buildings andim
provements thereon situated and there
to belonging-one black mare, one
pair of oxen, two cows, one year old
calf, one pair of mules.
Terms-Cash.
Sherifs Office, Abbeville. La, June
"A, 1889. j.. @. HILBERT,
Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24

Washington Post: There is to be
no more philandering with Aguinaldo,
no more faint-hearted Irritation on the
brink Of a smoldering volcano. We
have done with humanitarian armies
and benevolent campaigns. The
United States is in possession, and
henceforth it shall be our duty to as
sert and to maintain that possession.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24
A OF LOUISIANA,

18th Judicial District Cour5-No. 5N
Parish of Fermilion.
Succession of Modesto +. Decuir.
Application of Adelbert Broussard and
Simeon Broussard, coradministrators
to be discharged.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
concerned or interested in said success
sion or having any opposition to make
to the application of Adelbert Brous'
sard and Simeon Broussard co-adrnin-
istrators to be dischrged of the admin
istration of said succession and thai
their bond be cancelled to file the same
in writing in the Office of the CLERK q
court within ten days, from date Of tnis
notice.
Given under my hand and seal q
Office this Goth day Of May, 1899.
ALcIDE LEBLANC,
Clerk Of Court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24

An Atehison woman sews from 5
in the morning until 9 at night to
support her family and yet the
women who patronize her roar when
she charges them 5 cents too much.
They would weep over her case il
they ran across in "a story book
Atchison Globe.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24

Honors are crowding thick and
fast upon our handsome young TREND
John D. Marks, editor of the As
sumption Pioneer. The latest feather
in his. cap is his election as president
of the State superintendent OF public
schools, at their meeting held at
Natchitoehes.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24

G. II. Banks, Sheriff ct ais.
DY virtue of a writ Of fieri facias issued
- by the Hon. nth Judicial District
Court in and for the parish of Vermilion,
in the matters of the above entitled and
numbered suit, fully authorizing me to
seize and sell, I will proceed to sell at
public auction, to the last and highest
bidder, at the principal front.door Of the
courthouse in this parish, on
Saturday, July 2e, 1899,
between the hours prescribed by law. the
following described property seized to
satisfy said writ, to wit
One certain tract of land lying and
being situated in Vermilion parish, on
the East side of Vermilion river con-
tanning twenty l20) acres and being
bounded on the north by Dupuy and on
the south by Godchaux, together with
the buildings and improvements there
or situated and thereto belonging
One bay mare, two work oxen.
Terms-Cash.
Sherif7s office, Abbeville, La, June q.
1899. 10. HEBERT, Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24
: judicial advertisements.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
l7th judicial District Court.-No.
ll50-Parish of sVermilion.
Nelson Leblanc OF ais
Albert Lemaire ct ais.

Albert Lemaire ct ais.
By virtue of a writ OF iieri faclas
issued in the matters of the above en-
titled and numbered suit and to me
directed from the Honorable 18th
Judicial District Court aforesaid, in
and for the State and parish above
mentioned, l have seized and will ex-
pose to public sale to the last and
highest bidder, at the principal front
door of the courthouse in this parish,
on
Saturday. July 30, 1899.
between the hours prescribed law, the
following described property seized to
satisfy said writ, to wit
One certain tract of land situated in
Vermilion parish containing seven ~
acres. bounded north by Leblanc,
south by Wiley.
Another tract of land containing (25)
twenty-five acres, bounded north by
Jones, south by Davenport.
Another tract of land containing two
acres, bounded north by Broussard.
Another tract of land containing (20)
twenty acres, bounded north by White,
south by Wiley, together with all the
buildings and improvements situated
thereon and thereto belonging-one
roan horse, two COWS and calves and
four mules.
Terms-Cash.
sheriffs office, Abbeville, La, June
"a, 1899.
J. O. HILBERT, Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24

"A Knoxville, Tenn, jeweler has
engraved all the letters of the alpha
bet and the figures 1899 on a COM
mon brass pin. This is on a surface
3-l6th of an inch in diameter, and all
the letters stand out boldly uEder the
glass.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24

The Louisiana State University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College
cordially invites you and all others
interested in higher education to at
tend the exercises of Commencement
week at the University, Saturday,
June "a, Wednesday, June 90, 1899.
So says a neat card we have just re-
ceived.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24

President Loubet is having a diff
chit task to form q new cabinet to
take the place OF the Dupuy ministry
which has just resigned. .@-
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24

Yellow fever has broken out at
Santiago de Cuba and Puerto Prin-
cipe and three American soldiers
have died of the disease.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24

The Crowley Signal is preparing q
i handsome souvenir issue as "a pro-
gramme for the fremen's Fourth OF
July celebration. 1t will be q beauty.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24
Saturday, June "a, 1899

The French cruiser Sfax is ex-
pected to arrive at Brest about the
26th or 9th instant, with Captain
Dreyfus.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24
Saturday, July 80, 1899.

between the hours prescribed by law, the
following described property seized to
satisfy said writ, to wit:
One certain tract of land lying and
being situated in the parish of Vermil-
ion on the east side of Vefmilion river
containing sixteen (16) acres, being
bounded on the north by public road,
on the south by Martin Richard, on the
west by Augustin Broussard, and on
the east by public road, together with
all the buildings and Improvements
thereon situated ana thereto belong
ing.
One sorrel horse, mi sorrel mare,
one blue horse, about five head of cat
tie, more or less.
.Terms-Cash.
sherif's Office, .Abbeville, La, June q,
1899. j. @. HILBERT. Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24

Expansionists will rejoice to hear
that the New Orleans banana men as
sert that the people Of Nicaragua
desire to be annexed to the United
States,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24

The ACrowley Mirror states that
parties from rear Gneydan who were
in town last Sunday anxiously asked
about the small pox. They had heard
at home that sever people had died
in one day from this dread disease in
Crowley. When they got here they
found that the disease was almost
stamped out, that there had not been
a single fatal case, and that the whole
story was a scheme of enemies of the
town to keep farmers from coming
here.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24
S1lerin'a sale.

State of tlLouisiana-l7th Judicial
District Court-Parish Of Vermilion-
No. 1106.
sH. w Jones ct ais.
VS..
C. FL. Banks, Sheriff ct ais.
State of Lonisiana-17th judicial
District Court-Parish of Vermilion-
No. 1150.
Nelson Leblanc ct ais
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24
Albert llemaire ct ais.


By virtue of a witt of fieri facias
issued by the Hon. l7th Judicial
District Coart, in the matters Of the
above numbered and entitled suit,
authorizing and commanding me to
seize and sell the property of said
defendant, to satisfy said writ, | will
proceed to sell at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, at the
principal front door Of the court
house in this parish, on
Saturday, July 20, 1899,
between the legal hours prescribed
by law, the following described
property seized to satisfy said writ
to wit
One certain tract of land lying and
being situated in Vermilion parish on
the EAST side of Vermllion river and
containing twenty-five (25l acres and
being bounded on the north by Bour-
que on the south by Broussard together
with the buildings and improvements
thereon situated and thereto belong
ing-one brown mule, one sorrel mare,
Terms-Cash.
sheriff's office, AbbeVille, La, June
h24, 1899. j. o. HEBERT,
Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24
EhErifEfEE Eala.
STATE of Louisiana-17th judicial
District Court-Parish of Vermilion
1850.
Nelson Leblanc ct ais

Albert Lemaire ct ais.
DY virtue of a writ of fl eri faeias issued
I'D by the Hon. nth judicial District
Court in and for the State and parish
above mentioned in the matters Of the
above entitled and numbered suit, and to
me directed. fully authorizing me to seize
and sell, / will proceed to sell at public
auction. to the last and highest bidder, at
the principal front door of the courthouse
sin this. parish,O n
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24
sherifs Sale.

State Of Lonlsiana-Parish of Yer
mi1ion-17th Judicial District Court
No. HOG.
FL. w. Jones ct ais
VS.
C, Fl. Banks, Sheriff etals.
STATE of Louisiana-17th judicial
District Court-Parish of Vermilioa
No. 1850.
Nelson Leblanc ct ais
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24
Sherif's Sale.

STATE of Louisiana-17th Judicial
District Court-Parish of Vermilion
No. I1O6.
FL. nv. Jones ct ais
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-06-24
Judicial Advertisement.
Sherifs Sale.

STATE OF LoUIsIANA-pa
of Acadia-llth Judicial DAM,
Court-No. 9aS
N. Donnelly
vs.
II j. Landers.
STATE OF LoCIsIANA-parish !.
Acadia-llth judicial Distries IN, Y
No. 927. Yass
NJ. Donnelly
vs.
81. ]. Landers ct al.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-13
BECOMING AMERICANlZED.
Leather and Shoe Industry in Ger
many Undergoing Transformation.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12-Consul General
Mason, from Frankfort has submitted an
important report to the State Department
on the increase and development of German
leather manufactures during the past four
years. He says that as early as 1888 over
596, 700 persons were engaged in the tanning
of leather manufactures. The value of
leather consumed annually by Germany eX-
ceeded 100000 600, while the annual aggre-
gate export amounts to fifty million more
The Germans have only recently advanced
from the slow. crude stage of hand manu-
facture TO improved machinery. This ne
cessity was forced on them by America s
rapid advance in this line, by means OF
which she was able to undersell Germany
IN German markets with a much cheaper
and far superior class of leather manufac-
lures in spite of low German rate of wages
and Germany's natural advantages in hides
and tanning material. German firms have
secured America with experts in search Of
information which has been s6illfully
turned to account in supplying her leather
plants and tanneries with modern machln-
cry. One of the largest New England com
panieS, which turns out exclusively hlSh-
priced tanning machinery, has been com
PEELED to enlarge it's plant to meet the De
inands upon it from its European agent,
who three years ago established ap once
in Frankfort, and who has now extended
his trade throughout Germany ana INTO
Italy, Austria and Russia.
The shoe manufacturing business in Ger
many has been also Americanized and inn
proved to a remarkable degree IN the laSt
three years. The American factory made
shoe is what has led to this change it being
cheaper, better and much more attractive
than the German product. In spite OF the
German preparation to meet this new-made
demand BY home demand the Importation
of American-made shoes is slowly increas-
ing. The prices charged for the American
shoes are extravagant; shoes that sell ev-
erywhere in. the United States from $50 to
"a are sold here from $5.15 to 1913. These
conditions have convinced enterprising
American shoe manufactures that the best
method of meeting the German trade de-
mands is to open up in the principal German
cities handsome well-located retail stores,
fitted up In American style, with the grades
of shoes most in demand This would en-
able large assortment OF good stock TO pc
effectively with the best quality of shoes
that can be manufactured in Europe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-13

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal
I heartily thank Judge Chase, of Logans-
port for practically indorsing my sugges-
ton that judges should hold office during
good behavior; or in short that the judicial
machinery which makes the federal courts
so efficient should be adopted by state
courts I mentioned only one of the group.
while Judge Chase mentions approvingly all
the Others taking exceptions to only the
one / mentioned. If he can get his reforms
by emitting the life tenure for judges it
will be a step in the right direction. but, as
1 see it, not all we need. But he never will.
Study the items he wishes to correct and
longs to the family of unbalanced or run
mad democracy, Of which an elective judi
ciary is only chief and nothing more. But
We the people. are not ready for the re-
form yet. 1t is fifty years off. but will
come. We need another half century of
catering to cheap judges, cheap witnesses
and cheap court machinery throughout, and
what is most marked is that those who
most clamOr for these cheap things are
those who pay little or no taxes Judge
Chase is travelling in the right direction.
and his criticism of the courts is a valuable
contribution to the reform The federal ma
chinery Is q unit It's parts constitute the
machine as a whole and the life tenure of
the prOpeling power. the judge. is essential
TO its workings Once in a while the rul-
ings of federal judge seems arbitrary to
the one against whom he rules but the
other fellow thanks an Independent judi
turned on. L. L. SEE
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 10.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-13
MINERS LEDGER MUTILATED
Eighteen Pages Torn Out-RepOrt of
the Investigating Committee.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Jan. 12-When the
fourth days session of the United Mine
Workers convention was called to order
the chairman of the investigating commit
tee reported that the committee had worked
on the books all night and would not be
ready to report to the convention for sew
eral hours A recess was then taken until
l o'clock this afternoon. Prior to the re-
sumption of the session a sensation was
sprung by the discovery that during the
absence of the investigating committee at
breakfast unknown persons had entered the
committee room in the st. Charles Hotel
and mutilated the records. Eighteen pages
were torn from the ledger and carried away
while many other pages were blotted and
blurred. The thief or thieves, left no clew
and the announcement of the outrage
caused intense indignation. The miners
officials believe that the object of the person
who mutilated the books was to destroy the
records from Illinois. This State had been
gone over by the investigating committee,
and no objections were found to seating any
of the delegates reported by the committee
on credentials. Another object the thief
may have had. it is claimed, was to make
it necessary to send for the cash books, it
having been decided by the convention yes
teTday afternoon not to send for them.
At the afternoon session Secretary John
Fahey read the report of the investigating
committee He said he believed the Gre
dentials committee made fair report, ac-
cording to the entries on the kdger.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-13
RAIN WILL FALL TO-DAY.
Nearly Stationary Temperature and
SOutherIy Winds.

WASHINGTON, Jan. II. s p. m.-Forecast
for twenty-f0ur hours:
For Indiana and Illinois-Rain southerly
winds.
For Ohio-Rain; brisk southeasterly winds.
A ridge of high pressure covers the At
lapsjr States and trough of low pressure
&Ekends from the west gulf to Manitoba.
Snow or rain has fallen in the lake regions
and Middle Atlantic States, rain in the Ohio
and Mississippi valleys and gulf and South
Atlantic States, and rain on the extreme
southern and extreme northern Pacific
coast. 1t has grown warmer from the Mis-
sissippi valley to the Atlantic coast, except
in Florida, where the temperature has re-
manned stationary. Rain may be expected
from the Mississippi valley to the Atlantic
coast, except in New England. where the
weather will be fair. followed by snow. 1t
will grow warmer in the Atlantic States,
and the temperature win remain nearly sta
tionary elsewhere.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-13
Money Brought Him Trouble.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Jan. 12.-Charles G.
Williamson, who was shot in Louisville this
morning by Isaac Smith in a quarrel over
money matters and received wounds which
will probably result fatally, resides in this
city and was an heir of the Williamson es-
tate in Philadelphia. About ten years ago
Abner Williamson died in Philadelphia,
leaving property valued at over $15000, 900.
Among his heirs were John and Joseph NJ.
Williamson, nephews, and Mrs John r.
Ebelsisor, niece. and their children, of this
city. The first payment to them by the eX
ecutorS of the estate amounted to nearly
half million dollars. The testator devised
in his will that the heirs should be given
certain sums every three months and since
the will was probated the money has been
received regularly every quarter. At the end
of twenty years the principal is to be divided
among the heirs. Charles Williamson, who
is a son Of the late John Williamson. re-
ceived $4,000 his first payment and has
been receiving about $3.50 every quarter
for the past ten years. At the time he re-
ceived his first installment he a freight
brakeman on the MOnOn road His first busi-
ness venture was to purchase Il string of
running horses. After losing a large for
tune in backing his entries he retired from
the business and is now running a saloon
in Louisville.