The Meridional., March 02, 1878, English, Image 1

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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE PARISH OF VERMILION AND TOWN OF ABBEVILLE.
VOL. gX. ABBEVILLE, LOUIIIANAA, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1875.
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Police Jnrsry.
State of Louisiana,
Parish df'Vermiliob.
The Police Jury of said State
and parish met this day, the 4th
of February, A. D.,'1S78, purnu
ant to adjournment.
Present; Hon, Nathan Perry,
President':and Messrs. Broussard,
Leleu. Hoffpauir and W'ise.
The minutes of thetlast meeting
were read and adopte.d.
Mr. Wise on behalf of the Fi
nance reported verbally, that they
were unable to effect a settlement
with the tax. collector and treas
arer in consequence of the, former
being in the city of New Orleans
at the time the settlement should
have beet made with him...
Mr. E. I. Addison, publisher of
the Meridional, being present, pro
pnosed to the Jury to do all the
parish printing in the same man
ner as he did last. year, such-as
'publishing the proceedings of the
police jury,- all the necessary
blanks for the use of said iury,
the jury list of the District Court,
and such other matters as pnay be,
ordered to be printed or published:
during on. year from the 1st of:
January, 1878, for the price and'
sum of oiie hundred and twenty
five dollar---payable quarterly.
It was thereupon .
ART. 1. Resolved, That the pro
position of E. I: Addison' publisih
er of the Meridional. as above sta
t'ed, be and the same is hereby ac
cepted by this body..
.A Ordinance Relative to Fences.
SEC. 1. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury in and for the Parish
of Vermilion, &c.
That hereafter all fences enclos
ing land, for. purposes of cultiva
tion shall be made at least four
feet high, with plot less than four
pieux to the panel. The lowest
pie.r testtartSt a distance of not
more than one foot firom. the level
of the ground, and there shall be
a ditch twelve,ibiehes deep, twelve
inches wide, and eighteen inches
firom the outside of the fence; the
space between the bottom pieux
and the level ground to be filled
with dirt.
SEC. 2. Be it further ordained,
&c. That the respective owners of
any animals of whatever species
which may break into a field or
fields protected by such a fence
shall be held pecuniarily liable to
the parties damaged, for the
amount of damages caused by
said breaking, and. to ., fine of
ten dollars for each offence, the
same to be collected before any
court of competent jurisdiction;
the damages to be, sued for by
the party entitled thereto, and
the fine to be sued for.in the :name
of the parish by the District At
torney pro tern. ,
SEC. 3. Be it further ordained,
&c. That no oh e whose fence does
not come up to the standard above
established shall. be entitled to
damages on account of stock or
other animals. breaking into their
enclosures. And all such per
Sons who shall be guilty of shoot
ing, hurting, or in anyways injur
ing any animals breaking into
their fields, not provided with such
a fence, shall pay a fine of twenty
dollars, to be collected by the
)istrict Attorney pro tem., as
above, and shall be liable to the
owners of the 'animals so shot,
hurt .t ijured, for any damages
by theem sustainied thereby.
Szc. 4. Be it further ordained,
&c.. That all goes collected under
and by virtue of this ordinance
shall, after the fees of the District
Attorney pro temrn. are deducted
be paid one half to the parish
treasurer for road purposes and
one half to the parish board of
school directors for the snooort
of the public schools of this parish.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained,
c".. That all ordinances or part
of ordinances passed heretofore
and in conflfct j.ith the provis
ions of this ordinance, be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Walter A White. esq., was du
lyv elected as patish and district
attorney pro temrn. to serve one
year from the 1st of January, 1878.
to the 31st of December,, 1878,
and his salary. was and is hereby
fixed at three:hundred and twen
ty-five dollars'per annum, payable
quarterly.. ,
ART. 2. Resolved, That the
- parish tax collector be and he is
hereby ordered to make a full
and final settlement for all parish
taxes and licences by him collec
ted to the lst of January, 1878,
with the finance committee on or
before the 20th inst.
ART. 3. B]e it further resolved,
r that in case of the failure o:said
t collector ,to make said settlement
by said date, that the president
r- of the police jury be authorized
to institute suit immediately to
enforce said settlement.
ART. 4. Resolved, That the par
ish treasurer be ordered to make
a similar statement with the fi
nance committee to the 1st day of
January. 1878, for all moneys re
ceived by -him as such treasurer
on or befre the 24th inst., and
in case of his failure to do so
then the ,provisions.of the above
Art. 3. shall be also applicable
to him.
ART. 5., Resolved, That the fi
nance committee be and they are
hereby required to make an esti
mate or .budget of the prbobable
expenses for the year 1878, and
make their report to this body at
its next, meeting.
ART: 6. Resolved, That war
rant No. 1796, dated April 4,
1877, in favor of Nicholas Bnou
dreaux, and drawn on the crimi-.
nal prosecution funds of 1877, be
exchanged for one of the same
amount.. to be drawn on the con
tingent fund of 1877; when there
shall be sufficient money in the
treasury to the credit of such
fund; the said warrant to be drawn
in favor of Solomon Wise as trans
feree..
Mr. Martin Bagljy was.appoint
ed road overseer f'o the 1st road
district, vice E. W. Iluff, excused.
The. following claims were al
lowed and ordered to:be paid out
of their respective funds :
Colleetor and assessor's fund for
187 :
Vilmnont Brcaux. $92 25
Printer's and stationer's fund for
1877:
E.I. Addison, $25 00
Isaac Wise, 8 65
Solomon Wise, : 52 00
Out of same funds of 1878 :
Isaac Wise, . $6 10
Out of the contingent fund of
1877:
Joseps S. Nunez, $47 00 1
Leo Perret, 13 00
'On motion of Mr. Wise the
jury adjourned sine die.
(Signed) N. PERnY,
President Police Jury.
AMnBorse LACOUR,
Clerk Police Jury.
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School Board Proceedings.
Abbeville, Feb. 16th, 1878.
The School Board miet this day
pursuant to adjournment. Pres
ent, Jas. N. Williams, Ben. Faulk,
Daniel Paul, Archie Young, Isaac
Wise, J. Abshire and C. H. Rem
ick; absent F. R. King and John
Lenoire.
4~he minutes ?f last meetini were read;
same were amended by adding the name
of Mr. C. H. Remick as being present,
on motion same were adopted as amen
ded.
On motion Mr. Win. R. Richardson
,was employed to teach the fourth ward
school near the residence of Mr. David
Meaux. provided.however, that he should
receive no coy pensation from the board
unless he can obtain an average atten
dance of ten pupils acogrding to, law.
On motion Mr. C. A. Mouleset was el
lowed eight dollars for teaching during
the first week in January last.
The resignation of Mr. Theolene He
bert, trustee in second ward, wac'presen
ted. On-motion the same was accepted,
and Mr. Desire Hebert elected to fill the
vacancy.
On potion Mr. Ernest Montagne was
employed ,to teach the school at Spring
Hill, formerly kept Mr. J. A. McGill.
On motion it was resolved th t the
schools in third andoseventh wards be
closed at the expiration of the scholastic.
month In March on account of lack of
funds.
On motion resolved, That the warrants
now in possession of Me. G. J. Young for
.teaching for the months of November and
December last. be destroyed, and the
President and Secretary of ibis body be
authorized to issue a warrant in favor of
Mr. G. J. Young for fifty-eight dollars.
being in full payment of his salary as
teacher in second ward for the months
of November and D. cember last; said
warraots to be issued as sooan as Mr
Young shall deposit his school register
in the otlice of the St rertary of this board.
The president appointed Mr. Benj,
saulk on the cemmnitte to examine the
books and aco:inuot of the treasurer of
school funds for this parish, in the place
of Mr. F. R. King, resigned..
Mr. Baptiste .aker was eleoted trustee
of the school'in seventh w:hi, kept by
Mr. A. Laeour.
'On motion the sum of ten d. liars out
of the contingent fund was alflowed to W.
A. White, esq., fr professional service
in suit of G. J. Young vs I. Wise, secre
tay of school board.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
JAs. N. WILLIAMS,
President.
ISAAC ISE,cretary.
Secrctarv.
SPECI1AL jMEETIJGV' OF THE
CO UNCIL.
Abbeville, January 9, 1b78.
The Board of Town Council of
Abbeville, met on this day in spe
cial meeting.
Members present : Leonce Per
ret, mayor ; Lastic Yroussard, S.
Wise, J. Boyance and J. Abadie.
The minutes of last meeting
were read, and on motion of Las-.
tie Broussard, the same alopted.
On motion of J. Boyanc6,
That, whereas mosb of the residents of
the town of Abbeville have heretofore
neglected the cleaning out of their chim
neys and flues, and that with a view toe
avert the danger of fre to the owners of
property in said town and others, by the
butrning out of the same when strong
winds may be blowing.
: Therefore, Be it Resolved that it shall
be made the duty of each occupant of a
house in said town to have their chimneys
and flues thoroughfy cleaned twice during
the year, to wit: the Ist day gf the
months of January and October.,
And further it shall be made the duty
of the Constable to see that said resoln
tion be carried into effect, and to give all
occupants notice.to have the same done
within the first thirty days of said months
above mention.d, at the expiration of
which time after having been notified as
above mentioned the party or parties fail
ing to comply with the provisions of this
resolution rhall be subject to pay a fine of
five dollars, recoverable before mayor or
any court of! competent jurisdiction, one
half of said fine to be paid into the trea
sury and the other halt to belong to the
Constable.
On motion of Mr. Wise. Resolved that
the Constable-Collector be, and he is
hereby autborized to receive for that per
tion of the licenses of the year 1878. pay.
able in warrant,: being one-half thereof.
the judgment of Dr. W. D. White, togeth
er with costs incurred therein.
On motion the Council then adjourned
nnt!l next regular meeting.
LEONCE FERRET, mayor.
L. C. LYoss, secretary.
DR. W. W, VAN PELT,
ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN.
4ABBEVILLE, LA.
Treats all forms of Diseases,
either acute or chronic, according
to the' principles of SPECIFIC
M EDTCATION.
All female diseases snccessfnlly
treated. Leucorrhmea. Fluor-albus
or Whites a Specialty.
June 2. '77
Notice.
;THE undersigned has Two (2)
Plantations on hand for sale :
One situated about six miles
-outhwest from Abbeville, West
side of hayou Vermilion, contain
ing abQaut two hundred and forty
(240) s..'perficipl arpents, with a
Fine DWELLING HOUSE
AND KITCHEN, and about
three (300) hundred, pannels of
new fence thereon,--one-third of
the land is timbered.'
ANOTHER Plantation situa
ted at Grosse Isle, about thr'ee (3)
miles East from the town of Abbe
ville, having three-and-a-half (31)
arpents front by forty (40) in
depth, with about fifty (50) ar
pents of WOOD LAND
thereon, and a right to cut
wood on the Alexander De
layhousaye tract; which tract is
4 community property of eight ar
pents by forty.
. . For prices and conditions
of the above piantations (which
'vill be in accordance with the
hard times), apply to F. FERAY,.
in the town of. Abbeville. Im
mediate possessioh can be given
in both cases.
F. FEIRAY.
N. B. One of the above plan
tations nelongs to a lawyer of the
parish of Lafayette. The party
purchasing from .me will have to
pay expenses of sale, record, &c.',
&c., in,:this parish from the La
fayette Records.
Title perfect in both ckses.
febl4 '7i F. F.
The Confederate Soldier' s Return,
or the Lost Cause.
The Confederate, soldier's re
turn, or the LOST CAUSE-A mag
nificent picture, beautiful in design
and artistic in execution. It rep
resents a Confederate soldier after
the. War returning to his home,
which he finds ruined by shot and
shell; looking lonely and desolate.
In front of the ruined `cottage,
telling a sad tale of the miseries
of war, are two graves with rude
crosses, on one' of which some
friendly hand has hung a garland.
The graves are overhung by a
weeping willow, in the shadow of
which stands the returned soldier
with bowed head, as if thinking of
the past. To the righjt the calm
river and rising moon indicate
peace and rest. The stars seen
through trees represent the South
ern Cross, draped, over the graves,
an emblem of the Confederate flag,
as well as a harbinger of brighter'
days to come.
The f:ood of glorious moonlight
streaming through the trees and
reflecting on the peaceful river
adds to the sentiment and beauty
of the scene and its surroundings.
No description of this gem of art
will do it justice-it must be seen.
It is a picture that will touch every,
southern heart and should find a
place in every southern home. It
is 14x18 inches in size, on heavy
plate paper. One copy will be
sent by mail, in a pasteboard roller
to any address, post-paid, on re
ceipt of 25 cent three copies for
60 cent or six for $1,in 'currency
or postage stamps. Agents want
ed everywhere, to sell this and a
variety of other popular cheap
pictures. No money required until
they are sold. No trouble to sell
them. Send stamp for our catalogue
and terms.
Address, A. GREGAR & Co. Pub
lishers.
168 Market St., Chattanooga,
Ton.
Notice.
Succession qf Elijah Ewing.
All persons indebted to the
above succession will please come
forward and settle the same, those
having claims against said succes
sion will present them duly au
thenticated.
EME~isB EwiNa.
Natural Tutrix.
Oct. 20th 1877..
CLOCKS.
DOWN WITH HIGH PRICES.
OLD F.ITHER TIME CAUGHT AT
LAST.
./1 Number One Reliable Clock for $3
OWING to dull times and great
shrinking in valuei, have determined
to reduce the price of our eight dol
lar Thirty Hour Stem Winding Clock
to Three Dollars--sent to any address in
the United States by express free of ex
pense to the purchaser--"each and every
Clock warranted for two years." This
offer only remains good for 60 days from
date of this paper. These Clocks are our
own manufacture. Now is the time to
secure a good Clock for almost nothing,
NoTs Thasi INITRncrroNS.-Clocks can
be returned and money will be refunded
if purchasers are not satisfied. Give full
name, post-office, coulr and ftate, and
nearest express office, 9 we send goods
exclusively by express. The safest mah.
ner to send money is by postoffice money
order or regiutered letter. The postoffice
department deliver no registered letters
or money on money orders to only rc
eponsible parties, consequently this would
be the safest way of ordering out Clooks.
Address all orders to
L. FRYER & CO.,
Clock Manufacturers,
feb23-'78 o Cincinnati, Ohio
To the Public.
I would respectfully inform my
friends and customers and the peo
ple in general, that I have just se
lected with the igreaest care, a
general assortment of Fall and
Winter Goods, Awhich I am now
offering at the lowest cash price
My stock comprises a large va
riety of
Domestic Dry 'Goqds,
Fancy Goods,
Fine
English,
French
and American
Casimeres,
SLadies Dress Goods,
Cloaks. Shawls,
Notions of all descriptions,
Calicos, Best An erican Brand.
Cotton, Bleached and Brown,
Alpagcs of all shadeq, Flannels,
Opera, Plain & Colored Checked.
Ladies. are respectfully solicited
to call and examine my stock and
no trouble will be saved to show
all articles which they desire to
examine, to price or purchase.
Clothings of all descriptions
Gentlemen's. Shirt,
Underwear,
and all kinds
of Furnishing
Ladies, Goods,
Misses, Men
and Boys
Boots & Shoes.
Hardware, t!ie latest improve
ments in utensils.
Saddlery, Crockery Tinware,
A fine stock of fresh family gro
eeries.
Tobacco, chewing & smoking,
segars, pipes, &c.
Sole agent for the celebrated
WEED SEING MACHINE.
the simplest. cheapest and most
durable of the kind.
My stock is now entirely JVNew
and complete, and every one rich
and poor, white and colored are
welcome to enter and see for them
selves.
Believjng that it would be great
ly to the interest of this parish to
establish a Real Estate Agency in
the town of Abbeville. 1 have'
assumed the position, and inform
all those who have lands, planta
tions or town lots for sale, or
those who desire to purchase the
same, to call at'my store where I
shall always be ready to give full
particulars and make agreements.
Having now communications with
different parties in the United
States who are desirous to locate
jn this country there are chances
to effect sales or purchases at early
date and on satisfactory terms.
P.espectfully,
A. I. MARTIN.
TA.X NOTJ.ICE
THE tax-payers of Vermilion
Parish are hereby notifiel that I
am now ready to collect all taxes
and licenses due the State, and
to come forward and settle the
same without further delay.
SJos. S. NV:u.z,
Tax Collector Vcrwiliou l'arish.
feb23-'78
To the Editors of the Rtate of
Louisiana.
The Louisiana Bureau of Immi
gration is receiving many lette.rs
of inquiry from various sources
calling for information for farsm
ers, mechanics laborers, business
men, and capitalists, who desire
to settle in this State, or invest
capital here. Our bureau has
issued two discriptive circulars,
with maps for the benefit of such
inquired. We have sent off rnany
circulars, and copies of Louisiana
./s It Is, and written answers
in response to letters of inquiry.
Our bureau has opened books to
receive descriptions otf lands, for
sale, propositions to. lease lands,
or to have lands,' worked on
shares-any proposition that may
enlighten the immigrant wlho.
wants to come to .'otisiana.'
We will record all such descrip
tions of lands and propositionb inl
our book.,:which, will be open to
strangers and persons wishiug tq
purchase; and these descriptions
will furnish the bureau with an
additional fund of Valua ble infor
mation' for futures eirerlars, and
to be qied;in our letters in reply
to inquiries.
As our board has no funds and
no'income expect the small amount
furnished-by merchants and others
in New Orleans whd subscribe to
assist us in our labors, we respect
fully beg the editors of the State
to published this notiee, for a few
weeks or months, without charge
to the board, fori the beneft of
immigration and the State. '
Wx. BOGEL, President.
Office Louisiana Bureau of Immim
gration, No. 8 Commercial Place
New Orleans, La., Oct. 6, 1877.
Official Directory.
District Judge.
ERAST MOUTON.
District Attorney.
J. A. CHARoos.. ;
Clerk of District Court,
LASTIE BBrOSSA1D.
Representative.
ADRIEN NYNE3Z.
Parish Judge.
WILLIAM KIBB E
Parish Attorney.
W. A. WirMT.
Sheriff.
G. B. S.A.. .
Recorder.
LEO PERRET.
Tax-Collector.
J. S, NuIs .
Police Jury. .
LTpWARD HOFFPAUIR President,
3. WisE, D. O. BROUSAInD.
F. D. LELEU, N. PE&RY.
'Pown Council.
LEONCE PERRETr, Mayor.
arSTIE BROUSSARD, J. ABADIE,
;. WIsE, J.'BoYA~NE,
rEo. E. LYoNs, Corstable.
Justices of the Peace, 3d. Ward:
F. B. PATTEN, W. A. WHITE.
Dep'ty. U. S. aurveyors
F€. F'LRAY.
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