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TilE ME.IlDIONAL. PUBLISHED EVERY SATUBDAY, BY E. I. ADDISON. $2 50.... PER YEAR ....$2 50 The MlnwatoNk., is published weekl-, in English and Preach, at two dollari and fifty cent per annum payable in advance. Advertlsements willbe inserted at Sl.uo per square of ten lines, or less, for each inasertion. Advertisements published in English and French will be charged for both Jan. No advortewmesut will be inserted for less thau two dollars and fifty cents. Paymenlt of nit advertisements is eon eldered due immediately alter their first publication. Advertisementse not marked with the numiber of insertions required, will be publiiHd until otherwise ordered, and otbrged for accordingly. 'l', dollare in advance is required for announcing candidates for office; and election tickets or other job-work must ho paid for on delivery. Important Notice. All persons wlshing to make publica tions of tableaux, etc., are hereby noti lied that from and after date said no tices must be accompanied by the printer's fee, or seame deposited with the Clerk of Court, otherwise, they will not be published. We cannot afford to work for glory. much lees promises. Aprrl let 1882. IMPORTANT NOTICE. All advertleemente and communicatione Intended for the MawIorIOAL, must be handed iu by 12 o'clock x. on Thursday to ensure publication. Tbis i aen ilopor tenat buefoeas rule, which should not be overlooked or neglected. .jtmlmmtumuw Imnmumr5l1~g Garderners and farmers are jubilant over the future ptlopect. The doctors are said to have been pretty busy all of last week. A Grand Ball will be given at Perry's Bridge to-night. There was a good deal of peo. ple in town last Sunday. Our market is overcrowded with onions. There is a good deal of fever in the country. .ggs at 10 cents a dozen in Abbeville. ? Mr. Alcide Leblanc has a splen did garden. Some fine cabbages were sold in town last week, raised in our perishb. Prairie mushrooms are plenti ful and they are splendid escu lents. Our merchants last week were largely supplied of groceries by the bayou boat. Two more pumps were placed in oar town by the hook and Lad der Company of Abbeville. During last week several show era passed over our section, doing much good to vegetation. Chickens are brought in now and then, spring are 10 cents a piece, and grown hcne 25 to 40 cents a head. Kissing is somewhat like seven op. If he begs, and she thinks she can make a point in the game, she will give him one. Robberies of birds nest are go ing on as usual, at this season of the year. The naughty boys will be mischievous anyhow. The month of June is ushered with the loveliest weather imagin able, pleasant breeze, refreshing showers and no dust. The dullest day in our town is the Sunday, after the doors of the commercial establishments are closed. Alot of spring chickens were brought into town last Saturday, by Mr. Landry of Grosse Ile. It was fnnny to see how fast they sold. A rumor has reached us from Iaceassine, to the effect that a young man of that section whose name we do know, in a fit of anuger against his father shot him with his (father's) own gun ; he was his only soo. THE RAIL ROAD. We will until we see a better opening drop the question of rail roading from this place to any other section, we have been blow ing this born long enough to make a man deaf, and, may be crazy, and we see no good arising there from. We must for the last time until we see a fairer showing give an advice to any and to all parties interested in this stupendious scheme; it is this, that being not able to feel the pulses nor the pur ses of our parishioners personally, we invite those who want to reap benefit from them to do it them selves. A railroad to Broussard ville or to Vermiliouville would suit us better than that to New Iberia. In the first place if we are directly connected to Vermil ionville we are put in a more di rect communication with the Mis sisippi River, that is when the Vermilionville and Port Allen railroad is built and we hope that the citizens of Lafayette may take the question into their hands and with the assistance of parties who are willing to risk the chances and with what little contributions we can throw in, build this road which we have no doubt will be worth thousands of dollars to that com munity, as for a bonus we can not speak for our people, the beet way to decide on a quest;on of money, is for such as stir it up to see tor themselves. It is not the prov ince of a country editor to go around and decide such questions. CoNvERsATION ON THE STREET. -Uncle Shelvey did you heah do great news from do town of Iba rea ? no my son unless de quea tion bout de railroad that am to cut de fields and de town in two ; ya uncle Shelvey dat is do ques tion, that am agitated in the circle ob de intelligence ; dis great im provement ob de boat travelling on de dry lan, am not very good my son, de prairie fox am not go ing to" raise any me cows, becase de railroad am a going to make de strangers huddle on de prairie like chickens and don do poor farmer will get poorer, tha ant a going to be any more butter and milk and de railroad am going to kill do cows and de people, and anyhow, do big speculators waut a Bonus from do farmers ob de parish. Bonus means dollars, and de farmers am too poor to give de Bonus, and so dey will not hab de railroad. It seems as though our town was not healthy for the thrift of geese. We remember a period not very far back when flocks of gecse would parade the main thorough fares of our place. Such sights have disappeared perhlws forever, still we have been pleased to no tice of late two gozlings following their adopted mother a grey hen, and these are the only eese about our town, they ought tbie respect ed by everybody. The crops in Mouton's dave are splendid, especially that of corn. It will soon have roasting ears. The farmers are complain ing of the excess of rain in that locality. Fortunately that, but little cotton is cultivated there; it is more particularly a cane sec tion, and it requires considerable rain to do it any dimage at this early season, the corn might suffer. About the earliest riser of our town is the coachman of the mail to New Iberia, at4 o'oclock every morning. The back is ready and the mail bags and whatever pas sengers there may be are whirl.e at a fast trot towards the last place, arriving at 8 A. a., a per son has ample time to transact any business in town and return to our town for 7 P. M. The finest cut of oats that we have seen this season, was sown by Mr. Maxwell and was mowed this week. It is said that the State of Tex as will net $13,500,000 from the increase to her sheep farms this sprinr. WAS.INGlNTON LETTER. (Frobm our Regular Correspondent). WASHINGTON, D. C., June 9, 1883. Tne Summer solstice is now up on us in earnest and panting hu n'anity bedews the asphalt pave meat with protuse prespiration, while the shady side of the street seems the only object in life worthy of attainment, and all who can by any means get away, are fleeing to the mountains, the .sea side or to their "country cousins." EXTRA SESSION. Last Monday a petition was presented to the President asking for an extra sesan of Congress to consider the labor question; but at the cabinet meetings since held the question does not seem to have been even mentioned. It is there fore safe to conclude that no extra session will be forthcoming. A SHE CANIBAL. Last Monday a lady on South Carolina avenue left her little three year old boy in charge of a fourteen year old colored girl. Returning a short time after, she found her child writhing and screaming in agony from the tor ture of more than twenty savage bites inflicted on various parts of its body by the black monster who seems to have became infuriated cause the child cried after its mother. Although- the ;hil4 will be very much disfiguered, it will probably recover; but what is most singular, is that the mother retains the canibalistic servant girl and refuses to have her ar rested and punished as she should hbe. THE READY RAZOR. One of the worst characteristics of our colored population is their extensive habit of carrying and using razors as an offensive and defensive weapon, and it is an evil that calls loudly for suppression. There are plenty of honest and honorable colored men who would scon to carry, much less use the razor as a concealed weapon ; but at the same time we have gangs of "niggers," in the worst scnse of the term, who upou the slightest pretense whip out a razor and hack away with fearful results. One day this week a young negro made a slash at a colored girl, sit ting on the steps of her own home, and nearly severed her left breast from her body. Her offence war a disparaging remark about the music her assailant was making on a mouth organ. He escaped, as a matter of course, but his victim's recovery is very doubtful. The Morgan City and Franklin papers have been giving Eads and Co., a lesson on water course; lately and their improvements. That is right, stand on the side of common .sense, and work for your section. There is a great numier of young mocking birds~this year, a nest may be found in nearly every cluster of trees. The air is re dolent with the sweet voice of the old birds. The swallows have al so brought up their little families for the present year. Mn. EDIrOR :-At t meeting of the Abbeville Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1, it was resolved : That a vote of thanks be ten dered to the ladies and gentlemen, who are not members of, the Com pany ,for their kindness and effi cient aid at the performance giv en on the 31st May 1883. ELI Wlss, Secretary. Since the completion of the Iberia and Salt Mine Railroad it appears that our Abboville road has been forgotten, or that the promoters, thereof have grown luke warm at least some silly per sons have assured as that there is no foundation in the report which the breeze has been wafting to our ears since a year or soin regard to it, but we are incredulous as to those rumors. We have an abid ing faith and we believe that the road will be built and that, at no lery remote period. Send 50 cents to E. J. Gray, Box 599, Washington, D. C., for samples of Fancy Good and Nov elties, on which you can make from $5.00 to $10.00 a day. Hon. Henry J. Hyams, editor of the West Baton Rouge Sugar Plantar, died of apoplexy at his home, in West Baton Rouge, at 5 o'clock, last Sunday evening, June 10th, aged 55 years. The MERIDIONAL is in receipt of a courteous invitation from La fayette Lodge No. 37 to attend a Grand Plc-Nic and Ball to be giv en at Vermilionvillo on Tucsday1 June 19th 1883. It is reported that one of the up town gentlemen, who had his shingle out as "The Masher" has had the same taken in, and in its place inserted "The unfortunate Fool." What a noise the boat made at Abbeville, last week, before day light the people were fairly a wakened by the protrated noise of the steamer's whistlc. We pre, sume it is fan for the jolly engineer to let steam out that early. NOTICE. -(0) STATE OF LOUISIANA, Parish of Vermilion. In accordance with the provi eions of Section 22 of Act 96, ap. proved July 5th 1882, notice is hereby given to the tax-payers of said parish of Vermilion and of the corporation of Abbeville, that the listing of the property real and personal of said tax-payers is completed, together with the valu ation placed upon said property by the Assessor, and that said lists will be exposed in my office for inspection and correction for 20 days after publication of this notice, to wit : from the 18th day of June 1882. D. M. LYONs, Assessor. June 9th 1882. Sheriff's Sale. STATE OF LOUISIANfJV TWENTYFIFTIH DISTRICT COURT. PARISH OF VERMILION. Adolphe Dupuy, adr., VO Jules Hebert, et als By virtue of a writ of f fa is. sued in the above entitled and numbered suit, by the honorable 25th Dist. Court, in and for the State and Parish aforesaid, and to me directed, I will proceed to offer at public auction, to the last anid higivct bidder, for rash, at the court house door in this parish, on " rrday., Jrdy 21s 1i.83, betwcon the hoiury of 11 o'chock A. M., and 4 o'clock P. w., and con tinuiing from day to day if nieces sary. all the righ~L, title~i, interest:s anid dcmanrid of the dfelndaut in and to the folilowing descrioed property, seized to sati'ty said writ, to wit : 1st--ulon certain tract of luind situated in this parish being the north half of south west quarter of section 6, township 13 south of range 3 east, containing eighty 161100 acres. 2nd---one certain tract of wood land, situated in this parish on the west side of the bayou Vermilion at a place commonly known as Baudoin's Cove, containing eigh teen arpent, superficial area, more or less, bounded above by lands formerly claimed by Julie Mouton below by lands of John A Fletch er and Olebert Broussard jr E -, and W -- being the same tract acquired by Jules Hebert from Al cide Hebert by act of sale passed August 10th 1881 Given under my official signa ture, in the town of Abbeville this 16th day of June 1883. H. B. LyoNs, Dy sheriff. State of Louisiana-25th District Court--Parish of Vermilion--No. 167. Succession of Edward Abahire. Application of Hebrard Perry, to be appointed administator, de bonis non of said succession and to administer on the community proper of said deceased with Eu lalie Boyer, also dec'd remaining unadministered. Notice is hereby given to all parties interested in the said suc cession, or having any opposition to make to the application of said applidant tof lIle.heinuip writing, in the office of the Clerk of Court within ten days from the date hereof. Given under my hapd and seal Hof court this 16th day of Jane 1883. * LInwr BoUBiLAID, clerk. State of Louisiana--25th District Court-Parish of Vermilion-No. 668. Succession of Lufroy Toups. Application of Belizaire Toups to be appointed administrator* Notice is hereby given to all parties interested in the said succession, or having any opposi tion to make to the application of said applicant to file the same in writing, in the office of the Clerk of Court within ten days from the date hereof. Given under my hand and seal of court this 16th day of June 1883. LASTIE BROUSSARD, clerk. WANTED.-100 acres, "more or less," of unimproved prairie land, with .somo wood on it and situated on the bayou Vermilion. Address stating price, &c., to C. J. Gio.GJA. 150 Royal Street, New Orleans, La. MONDAY, JUNE 4TH 1883. The Police Jury met this day pursui ant to adjournment. Present : Howard Hoffpanir, Esq, President and the following named members, vis : Messrs. Broussard, Nun es, Thibeaux, Trahan, Primeaux and Vauslyke. Minutes of last meeting read and adopted. On motiop of Mr Trahan : Art 1o Resolted; that Robert S Jolin son, Robert 8 Henry, James N Wil liams. Alcide Trahan, Cleopha Brous eard, Urain Landry, Jules Thibodeaux and Ubal Dore, be and they are hereby appointed a jury of freeholders to trace and lay off a public road from Abbe ville to Bayou Portage, and that they make due report to the next meeting of this body. The Finance Committee made the following report : REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE To the Heon. the President and smen bees of the Police Jary of the Parish of Vermilios. ABBEVILLE, LA., April 6th 1883. The finance met for the purpose of exmaning the books and vouchers of the Parish Treasurer and found that he is to be credited as follows : 1The Tress urer had paid the following claims which he produced as vouchers. Parish warrants. Criminal funde 1882 $ 1297 59 Surplus " 1881 2725 63 Police Jury" 1882 469 70 Road & Bridge fund 1882 394 30 Magistrates etc " " 513 rd; Dist A.ty " " 125 00 Printer & Stationary " 292 .5 Sheriff holding court " 225 00 Special jail fund " 2736 00 Padipers & indigent " 10 00 Grand & petit Jury snd jury commissionors fund 1882 1224 10 Total- ---$ 10013 73 For which we have given him a re ceipt and taken vouchers from him :as above. The committee his ascertain ed by examination that the Parish tress nrer is to be debited as follows: Received Iloonses from G B Shaw for 1882 . 384 75 Received from G B Shaw for - taxes collected 3250 63 Received from G B Shaw fines 1880, 1881 and 1882 800 0O Received from Laetie Btous. snar flues 1882 60 t0 Received from Unbranded stock 118 bO Balanco cash on hand as per sot tlement April Ist 1882 with committee............... ......... 873 44 Totdal .. ....... ....... ¢.........$11487 62 Showing a lalaueo on hand in lthe Trcainry this sday 1473 89 SOLOMON WaIS. A. VAs-,LYge, G GODHA Ux, Secr.i .ry. Jmui 40h 1883. the ftc'goig orepert after bhaving beln read was adopited and orde'wl to be published. AMBROISI LACouR. clerk p1llce jury. Art 20 Resolved, that. the following report of the Jury of Frl holdors ap pointed by virtue of Art 2d of the pro crodings of this body adoptted April 2d 1883, submitted this day, be and the samno is herohby adop.ted tlt the road thercein traced and laid tM, io and is hereby declared to he a lini,si; road f'r tiravelhiog 1.o a hll tena.rl, aielirtolles aicorriing to the a-ws of thie Stte : STaTIr o' LOUISIANA, WEa the lln Parish of Vermilion, 5d e r s i g ned Jury of Frecholders, all of said parish and State. appointed by the Police Jury of said parish, to trace out and es tablish a public road from Perry's Bridge in sair parish to cypress roitar in said parish, do solemnly swear that we will lay out, trace and establsh said public road between said point, to the greatest advantage of the inhabitants, with as little prejudico to molesness as may be, without favor or affection, hatred or malice, and to the best of our skill and knowledge ; 5o help us God. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of June 1883. W. B. WHITE, Justice Peace. G. Decuir, P. Deenir, Joseph Le maire, Uriah W. Stansbury, Sarrazin Hebert, S. Stansbury. To the Hon the President and members of the Police Jury of the parish of Vermilion and State of Louisiana. The undersigned, composing a jury of freeholders of said parish and in structed by your Hon body to lay off and trace out a public road leading from Perry's Bridge on Bayou Vermilion to Cypress Point, in said parish beg leave to submit this their report of such ac tion as they have-taken in the premises. Your commissioners having each first taken and subscribed the oath required by law proceeded to lay off and trace out said road as follows, vi : . Beginning at the present ferry land ing at Perry's Bridge we ran said road in a south westerly direction until said read intersects Main street as per plan of the town of Perry's Bridge on file in the ofice of the Recorder of mortgages of said parish, thence along said Main street to the intersection of Elm street thence along said Elm street running in a southerly direction to the inter section of Hare street, thence along said Hare street hi a westerly direction until the lower line of the lands at prese ent belonging to Mrs Buret widpw F O Darby orland of lEdgar Darbv as the casasay be, thees aloemg pon said l tnd art the line ef Mtbs Eloi Leblanc. r, shall have been reached, thence along the dividing line and upon the land. each, between sard Mrs DY and as Lebhano to the rear line of said Mrs Leblanc thence upon the rear lines of Mrs lblane, Arvilihen Guidry belong ed forir~y to c L Rice, J A Jettouc. Stasbury and LafBner until the north ern line of John Fletcher shall have been reached, thence east viding line between said t Ge;ard Decnir shall have beie thence along said divdmi in south to the corner of ssid er line, thence in a wee along the dividing line bet lands of Henry Parish and longing to owners unknown commissioners, but eu=posa. to W W Edwards, antil corner of the lands of said have been reached thence in a ly direction along the lad of above described as below known owners until the corner of Henri Montant sa;l been reached, thence west to east corner of the land of Bonrque thence south to the corner of the lands of said thence to the southwest coeW lands thence in a straight has northeast corner of lands Lofty T Brigg,, thence south line of said Briggs and contie varieous directions and 4t the said lines of said Brigga southeast corner of Ben CM have been reached which is at Point. Your commissioners that wherever in this repor, lines have been mentioned it it that the read shall be on said dividing linet, unless hean wise expressed. Believing that we have tr the beet practicable toad, der the circnmstances and l as we have not cut the landseo individual we have no damag seas.' The road is also to be equal proportions by the p- oprietors to the rear of the Mrs Leblanc, Guidry, Darby, Stansbury and Lafleur. submirted. '. Stansal lemaire, Sarrasin Hebert, P W Stansbury, Gerard Deenir. Filed and adopted June 4Itl lAcoun, clerk of the policef Mr Vanslyke was appoint purpose of ascertaining the ferry fiat to serve as aferry a Bridge, and also to aertain if of said ferry can be p what yearly coppensation; t port at the next meeting of ART 30. resolved, that A. be and he is hereby an chase for account of the ble out the road and 1882, sufficient lumber .a bridge at Grosse Ile coales; road overseer of that ditriot t ed to have said bridgj realiu road hands without delay, ART 4o. resolved ttth 210 dollars be and the saise appropriated out of the d ey funds of 1332 for the pN ing all election claims alread ART 5°. resolved that tha committee be instructed to to the propriety of appointing Auditor; and if they think appoint one, to draft an fining his dutics and &c., and that they report at nmeeting of this body. Ar.T 60. rerolved that nail Auditor is appointed the torney or his substitute he a to examine all clasits sgaiuts ish that may be prcsa:tedfto to approve or reject the saatse. -----On motion of Mr Vansly ART 71. resolved that all closures, when made ex wirce, shall consist of fear wi top meo to be no less than from the gronnd ; a ditch shall outside of said feIn~ or. inchelo in depth and 18lifse and be 18 inches from the vid.ld pienux and planks may h tntea in the following manaig piioux or plank and three wie, or plank and 2 wires, 3 p and one wire to the patsnel, further, that if thu owner 'f closunres erects 3 pieax or one wire, then the one wis placed on top, and a afeues structed be and the atese i clared to be a lawful fence limits of the perish of Verwait ART 81.. resolved fdrther, foregoing recnlution shall taie from and after its promulg offcial journal. The following claimt wrr oand orded to be paid ontor9 pectivg uds, vizs: - c--rimintOl fundis of 8 D MIBull dy-aberif of St. - Road and Bridge fa of, k-olomoi Wise The Jnry th"n, adjourned to the let Mordav ofJu.lly net. H, WFtkT'FPAUJR, Assesoss Ltcova, clerk' CHARA1ITY iOBPW1 At a meeting of the pointed for the pubishti e solicit contribatioua for the Charity Hospital of Iq >t was resolved that the persons bo designated as au to aid and assie in said and collections. The following person have poiuted sub-com e to tributions for the Cha.ity Fonds, viz : 1st ward, Severin Leb Brousseard, J Bte Leblanc. Mw Broussard, Mrs C H B.eniok Locieu Lasalle. 2nd ward, W K Lee, Simmonette LeblaneS Mrs Hy Belsire, Mrs H.enry Mrs J N Williams. 3rd ward, RevA M Meha; Broussard, Demosthene Abadie, J H Putnam, .lw t and Mrs Joe T Labit. 4th ward, Remi .. B roussard, F D Leges, B lien, Mrs Treville Brousard r'rank Wall. 5th ward, John Abehite, ver, Howard H"ffpauir, sw. Henry, Mrs Ivy Hoffpwsat. 6th ward, Julea Laurea, champs, Ambroise Mouton, ton, Arvene Hebert, Calvin Joseph Lemaire, Aurellsie Mrs Henry C Harringtoo. Faulk, Mrs EC Kibbe. 7th ward, John Nngler, A A H H Bartels, .A Theill, Isi Isaac White, Mrs L J. F Nourse, Mrs Serrazin Bbebis roe Leblanc, Mrs L H KtA 4 Oampbell. It was further resolved committees he requested obtain without delay I4 the charitably disposed ei neighborhood may see ate, for the benefit of and useful institution; lections made they a.r turn over the ammntn tee membera of the Parish will receapt for the s1eRs. transmit the collections officers of said Charity AbevrTle, L,. Aprils R. P. O'BaT.3isA i " A NArPti, W. D Warrm