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&b,,iU .n dltiloInia. Two Dollars a Year SarIday, Feb. 22, 1896. ANNOU1NCEVIn ENI'S. FOR DISTBICT ATTORNEY. We are suthrised to announce to the voters of the parishe~ of Lafayette and Vermilion the name of " MNOR T. GORDY, as a oscaidate for re-election to thc effce tof Distriot Attorney, of this, the 17th Judicial Distriot. 70 THE VOfGE88 OF VERMILOJJQ FOR SHERIFF. ,' ,:r anthorizod to announce 'R L K '.' 'ON as candidr.te 'for the office r f . , of the parishof Vermilionat.the ,n April 1896. T;,, .irn st selic.iattion of numerous fviendb, and the :h.kuost unanimity of those 'hl ftiret placed me in public oftee and have since maintajied ,me there have 'influenced me to consent to become a can 'didate for the ofioe . Clerk of Court of Vermilion Parish enoe more. In asking .yonr support I promise the same lcre and a. tention to the duties of the ofice as the asecord of dy spasstnemnbenoy-bows. AtCIDE LEBLANC. Tews rd Par.b.. Eliss Broussard went down to the City for 4hec arrwial. Solomon Iessee Was a visitor to s 2Mardi Gmst this week. e Misses Mine land Jessie Lyons t were Mardi Gras visitors this week. t Mies Marie Addison went to New Orleas Sunda y 'to see Mardi Gras. Arlbor LeA.ioc went e Lafay ette this week by a prairie schoon-o wr. Casrier Breewasrd, er he bask I of Abbeville wae a visitur to the 4arniveil. NO. Bourque wade a deyig trip c to Patterson this week and returned I Tuesday owesl g. Mr. and Mrs. O. Bourque left for q Nesw Orleans last Saturday to at toed abe Madi Grus. Ibr. O. J.: 5 wavrds mRae a busi. mees trip4 to Iber i this week re. turning borne Wednesday. Lewis L. Saorges, E.4., of AbLe wille was in Lafayette Mseaday, and gave us aca l.--Advertiser. F. E. Winuton, candidate far alberif in Vermtinra pariA, was a visitor to Crewley Tuesday. - @-- Mre. Alexis Trehan went to New Orleans Teesday to see the carnival and will remain a cople weeks vis iting friends. Celestim Dithen a sabstantial asnerhant of the (ele', Island settle seot made a j.ouiey to the City this week on p;eaesre and business. For Police Jury proeeedings see page 4. Peacb sad plum trees are in fall bloom. Wee to tbem it we have a late frost. We are a little late this week on accounrt of our paper being delayed en the road. -...- Buildiog iLi o a bo'm in Abbe ville ja~t now. Ow' a dosea new boiases are going gp. Qoite a eumber of people attend ed the Mardi Inras festivities at New Iberia Tuesday. The crowd going from Abbeville to the New trlesas carnival this ear was not as large as uasal. ---"U.. James Clioa, lately of Chieago Ills., a earpenter by trade. who has. been here several days, died sodden. ty about 2 o'elock Thr raday morn iog at Mrs. Severin LeBtane Jr.. bnarding boas. The enroner held an inquet and his romatis were brried by the mnrpclt.ls. Be was emsnployed by. Mr. Wal slytMr n the ooeustestion d Adonar Le Elasn's rsi6SUP. J. S. Lann bha leased the old De rouen store lately occupied by E. G. Lemare and opened up therein a good stock of dry goods and gro ceries. Edward Noel is having his old reudence thoroughly overhauled and when it comes out from the halids of that master mechanic Joe Barthe, it wil. look like new. Baing a strong lover of his native, France, 1 Joe raised the tri-color the ether day when he reached the roof. A li.Je Freon'h cbiokee, dimino tive in size but generous in capaoi ty, aid as egg that measures esi and 1 quarter inohes one way and seven and a balf the other. The hen is the properly of P. J. Math iew, of take Charles and, like oteers of the small French breed. tie boon maskes a business of producing big fruit. F~erm.rs generally are betinlrg work for the year's coon. Fields are being clearu of grass and cot. ton and corn stalks preparatriv to plowing and many have already scarted their qlows. Everybody is rsarting in with a viam amd the de termination to try a little of every thing. Diversited farming is the thing nowadays. Constable Jdd. Theall, returned home Wednesday from a trip to Opelousas where be e ad gone to open up the succession of Leon Moity, of this place, who had skipp ed out leavi- some creditors in the olurch and reported bimself dead. Mr. Theall found Moity in jail and very much alive, and succeeded iu collecting the claim he had against him. SSo generally has the plan of "A .Winter Sdhool in a Semmer hand," caught the poposr fancy, that lt - and tourist parties a~e forming to take is the lectures, from all parts of the country. Fr,m Canada, New York and St. Louis, engage ments ,of aart es bave been madei for especially large numbers. The railroads, by extending the limit of the Mardi Gras excursion L.kets to New Orleans so as to cover the ses sion '+f the Catholie Wiuter School have done very mach to aid its sne cess--a sueocss which is now aseeur ed beyond expectation. The expoeare to all sorts and coa - ditions of weather that a lumberman is called upon to endGre is the camps often prred.ces severe celd, which, if not promptly checked, re salt .1 congestion or pneumonia. Mr. J. O. Davenport, ex-manager of the Fort Bragg Redwood Coe., an immense iaetitution at Fort Bragg, Cal., says they sell large qosuantities of Chamherlain's Cough Remedy at the companye store and that be has himse'f naed this remredy for a severe cold and obtaiued immediate relief. This medicin,. prey ate avn tendency ef a qld toward pnse mo.,ia aid teseres a pr9op recov ery. For sale by R. E. Mills Drug Co., Limited. One of oar townsnTn whb recent ly made a trip out in the Gueydan's pastore country reports the rice pltaters oat there in a very distress ing condition Mani of tlem n aver the larger part or iheir 'Ico yet .tanding in shoek3 ,+ the Geld, :isd. it will be lost, while the greater por tion of what has been sold was at esuch low prices as to prove a fright - fal los. Tho wtio were in debt to any extent, sed they are numer ons, are bankrupt. In some fastea e.l their creditors. who arecr C owley. merchants and ma4rine a. ',) h.i re .imed their animsm' a ti awcoi'r. St hee will he eupelted to work Io a pagP 'hiu yier i! "?y cance:. abaseo the oecesýSry advrncep. We think the Police Nery hboald pay a visit to the public road west of Coolee Keeney known as "Sellers Lane." If vtby don't come to the eoncloRion that it deserves the gold medal for being t'.e Noret piece o road in the State, we will set 'em up. On Sunday February {'6th, as preparatory to the opening ,of the first session of the Catholic Winter School ofAmerica in New Orleans, there was a graeed' pondtilical Mass, in which Cardinals Gibbous and Sa tolli participated. This was the Bret public appearance together of, the two distinpeishe4 prelates. The celebration of the Maes, and all its accessories, were on a scale of solemn magnifice. Military aad other organisations, escorted the Cardinals from Arebbisop Jansseas Palace to the Cathedral.. Alto gether it was a rare and unique event in the history of the Catholic Church in Ameri a. A Iteoaimneme4ase Fars a. . . ýAneles. 892 Cautelar St., Los Angeles, Cal.--After hauvig suoered for a long time from acute rheumatism without obtainining relief, I used Chamberlain's Pain Balm and was almost immediately relieved. I highly recommend this as the beat medicine known. . D. M.HALTON. For sale by R. I. Millse Drug Co, Limited. S. J. Joanson, of the Riverseide Land and Irrigation Ce., informs the Jeneings Times that the work of getting out lamber for the rice mill which the company will erect is being pushed with all possible haste. The dimension lumber, .0, 000 feet, is sawed at the Riverside mtill, and the dressed lumber, 20;000 feet, has been purshased. The sea. tret for tbe mitt will be let in a few days. The:mill will be three fall stories high. Three haillers with polisher. grader, eto., will be placed in the mill this wrnter, and next fall three more hullers. will be added, giving a daily capaoity of '00 barreis of rice. In a recmnt editorial the Salem, Oregon, Independant says "Time and again have we seen Chamber lain's Cough Remedy tried and never without the most satisfactory results. Whenever we see a person afflicted with hoarseness, with a cough or cold, tie invariably advise them to get Chamberlains Cough Remety; and when they do, they never regret it. It ariw vs does the work, and does it welt ' For sale by R. H. Mills Drag Co., Limited. Rice. New York, Feb. 20th, 1896. EBros MastIozNL: - As we a.ggest, we are hopin g for radical changes for the better in the crlture In the Southwest toe coming season. It can hardly be possible talt the plaeters will again spend time, strength and money for such a sorry outcome as that of present year. Never were the words of the old bat reliable Book better exem plified: "Whatsoever a man soweth also shall he reap." Last year fonl lasde; poor seed, no need to say anytbifg further starting with there, the highest .cultivation could not bring nrth a One crop. Added to this, inefiolient preparation of rough for market; light rice, that is husk with no grain therein, left in the balk. One lot received by us had 16 per cent light rice. Figure out reselt of this eerelessnees, thrash Ing, empty teks, hauling to bept, lretght. st.tore. millikg. the cost of every one of there ancreased by .16 p-r rent ard the rict rendtred no more valuable thereby. Y.,re T.fly, the manmk uhflalmE. Contractor Robinson it r.ehing the work on the ltank hailding and has the front wall up as high as te' first story. It is of New lberi" pressed brick and looks very pretty. With favorable weather it will be completed within six weeks. The New` Eberi laWivasd. For a frst attempt the people of New Iberia have certamnly done themselves proud in the grand ear. val display they made last Tuesday. Over ten theosand people from t'be neighboring towns were in attend arrce and all unite in pronou:na. the earnival a grand e icess. The Southern Pacifico run a special traiI from Abbeville leaving here at 5:.30 p. !5. and retursi g at midnight. Over 200 persons went from here and the coaches were crowded to their utmost capacity. May the New Iberia carnival become a permanent institution. A Nwsegv mericted. Tuesday night there was i big nego Mar4i Gras ball at the home of "Feum Newman" on Oleoner Broussard p:autation about three miles shbove town. The darkies en gaged in a game of "craps" in the progress of which a difliculty over a five cent bet occurred between PrFer gas Godey alias Bibi and Clement Hasdley which resulted in luandley - stabbing Bibi in the neck with at large pocket knife severing the1 oaroted artery, producing death almost instantly. i.aodley fed but was captured by a crowd of negroes , ;sad by John B.ther and turned over to the bherif who lodged him io jail. Why seulr with c0oghs, CoMl and lagrippe when Laxative Broms :quieine willcare you in one day. Does not produce ringing to the head like Seuphate of Quinine. Put up in tablets convenient for taking. Gearanteed to care or money re fuoded. Price'25 cents. For sale by A. J. Godard & Co. R. H. Mills Co,, Lmt'd. ooev 95. The price of cotton has been on the decline during the past .week. Prepraration for a big crop, it is supposed is the principal cause of the weakening prices. 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We ofer this unequalled news. paper and the Ma8OiloztAL together one year for $2.50. The regloar subsrription pries of the two papers is x.00. C. DIBAILLON, A"Orney as Law, Lafayette, La. WIll practice his profeesion in the Dtlssist Owte of Lafa.yette and Var. NIL IRA PI~tStZ (Office witb Dr. Leb' nc.) 'Graduate o0 the ,American C.lle of 1)eotaJ burgery of CicBso tik SOUTHIIRN PACIFIC CO. The ahortest and most direet rote to all pobits in Texas, Neo Mrxico, A risons, Colorado, ai'ifar. nia and on the Pacic Coast. Tho Standard Gauge Short Liueto Mon terey, and Mexico City, via. Jagle Pass. Unexcelled track and train 'equiph meat, including sape b Pullman Sleeping Car Service to Galveston floneton and San Antonio Texas; Monterey and the City of Mexice and to California. For full information, apply to L. Baseich, Ag., I. & V. R. It. Abbaville La., or t J. Krottscbrnitt. Geoi. Mgr. S. F. B. Morse, G. P.& T. A. New Orleans, La. Valuable Plantation for Sale, In one of 'tWemost fertile regtofs of the Parish. 280 arpenta of' improved land, beautifully situated, with a f-oant of 7 arpents on Bayou Tigre by a depth •of 40 arpents, loc.ted partly in Ver milion and lberiapariehes., Withia two miles from a railroad depot and bordering on -a navigable strea* which affords water treaspertation to gulf ports. This land Is amlted for cotton, sugar eane, oarn and sweet petatee; a portion of it is adapted to cattle grazing and rice calturs, without the prooess of irri gation, and the whole cas be made so by irrigation from Bayou Tigre. Frait trees grow well and . ield abundantly. The land is all nu elesed and has I or 10 small bhild* ings. For further particulars, regardi'ag same and terms of sale apply to Messrs. Broussard & Kitchbell, Attys. Abbeville, La., or to Widow Louis Laporte. Nov. S3,-95. It you have any itentios of going to the North or ass this fall or wiater, you ahold advis yourself of the beet route from the oath and West. This is the Louieville & Nashville Railroad, which Is rno iotg doable daily trains from New Orleans and Memphis through to loauisville, Cincinnatti, Nasbvhile, Birmingham, Atlanta, Montgotery, Thomaeviule, I'enuscoly, Jacksone ville and all Florida points; Wasuh ington, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo and alt pointb North and East. Pullman Sleeping Car Service through. For particular as to rates and through car seryvie, write T.. g. Kmeots.T, Tray. Pass. Agent, Dallas, Trex Jan. rr.sltxtr, Div. Pas. Agt., New Orleans, La, OC.P. A'txo!s, Geol Pase. Ageot, Loauiville, Ky. FOR SALE. An Improved plantatioo of 450 arperct of land with a froetage of 121 arpeots on the woest side of Vermilion bayou 8i miles below Abbeville. The whole of said plan. tatton nearly all is fedced in with a new hog proof fence and uabtsan, tial bridge and gates where ever neefld,". The additional trproves me i.t consist of a r)wod Dwelling oosne, eabin, C ,rt h ,rib, hbth houv, Pecan Grove in,d (telkrds d on ibve named planut*tio-n. Ther" Is 150 acres of cleared laud the bal.. anes being of virgin timber and heavy. Will sell on easy teres; apply at this olic. Sept. a.