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bbev rille )e idioul. PUBLI;IfD EVERY SATiUiDAY. :.. 1 ADDIsNO.......Proprir-,,r. "'. W . PE LP R ..................... dtor. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 18S8. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For President : GROVER CLEVELANI), of New York. For Vice Presidtnt: ALLEN (;. TItI;RMAN, of Ohio. The reported case of yellow fever in New Iberia in flatly contradicted. Nothing of the kind exist there. The yellow fever epi,. Amic at Jack 'sonville, Fla., 'is repc ted ahating and nearly all the r:ilroads have resumed traffic. In Mississippi a few sporadic cases only are reported. The needy are being well cared and provided for. W. B. White, Esq., and family, have just returned home from a pro longed and pleasant trip to Big Cane and other portions of St. Landry parish. He informed us that the cane crop in that section is good, but cotton will only be about half of what was expected. The wild girl of Catahoula is still creating considerable excitement in some portions of the State. The last heard of her she was joined by Charlie Ross, and they both were making their way for Pecan Island in search of the treasures Lafitte is said to have buried there. The .laton Rouge ./ldvocete pub lishes a proclamation from Gover nor Nicholls recommending the State i'air to the attentive consideration of Louisianians. We indorse his words and urge our parishoners to do iall in' their power to have a worthy representation on that important occasion. And now we have to chronicle the surge to the front on the part of the Shreveport Times, in the way of its splendid annual trade and immigra tion edition, which was issued on the 24th instant. Verily, our sister parishes are waking up. Is it not 'most time for the Chinese gong to -be calling us to breakfast ? Union parish is trying to work its way to the front with commendable zeal. We welcome to our office a neat pamphlet setting forth its ad vantages and inducements to immi grants. When proper steps are taken to secure success, it will surely and certainly follow, and we can most heartily commend the example to our own parish. The largest bell in the world is in the temple of Clara, in Kitoto, in Jr:ran. Unlike the great bells in f :ai and Moscow, it is whole, and its tone is as perfect as when first suspended. Where and by whom it "was cast is not known. Chinese and Sanskrit characters completely cover it; but they are not translatable by Japanese scholars. It is twenty-four et high atd sixteen inches thick at the rim. It has no clapper, but is strnck by a sort of wooden batter. intram on the outside. ),r friend Colonel Geo. Moorman, Senat o? the Louisiana State "tion Associaticn, is promi r.· : ':ientioned for appointment as 1. Mtste: marshal, rice Colonel I'lea^i dc'ased. Of the many : . Iaemen mentioned in u'is c. :tection we know of no one who is ;getter qualified, or will bring to the discharge of the duties of the oflý~e !:,ore energy, courage, and unselfiAh levotioti .hao Colonel Geo. Moorman. The chief obstacle to hie appointment, we fear, will be the prodigal zeal of his num as friends. and to them, one and all, we would advisedly .ay, don't be over solicit oLs. '3'hih "l'knis to P4W* J .eri5a. Vermilion parish wants a rail road, and wants it had; but our peo ple do not seern to realize the fact. We are informed that much of the cotton which was heretofore brought to our gins and shipped from Abbe ville, i seecking another and more direct route to market-and this fact is not one to be wondered at. For, of course, excessive freights must deduct from the price our rmer chants can pay for cotton, and again, it is well known that on the railroad, family supplies, such as the farmer must have, can be bought a great deal cheaper than in our town. What then ? Our people, mer chants and farmers, mechanics and laborers, ought to go to work to secure the much desired connection with the railway system of our coun try. We have already said, time and again, and the fact is well known that our parish i, sufficiently fertile to make a road a paying enterprise. Just look, for one moment, at our sister parishes through whose boun daries the life-giving arteries of com merce and travel have been estab lished, and look at Vermilion, equal, if not superior, in soil and climate, and see the difference. Go to New lhberia, Lafayette, iRayne, Crowley, Jennings or Lake Charles, see the marts crowded, and the air resonant with the hum of busy industry, and then turn your eyes to poor, sleepy Vermilion, and is it not enough to make one *sick. We have talked railroad so long that we almost give up in hopelessness; but there is one more slight glimmer of hope, and if our people can only be aroused we may yet see our dearest hopes realized. New Iberia is beginning to realize the importance of an iron bound connection with our rich country, and it is said that her people make this proposition, viz : If Abbeville, or Vermilion parish, really want the road, let them appoint a committee of solid mon-men who mean busi ness, and they will do the same, and let them meet and confer, then if Vermilion can show that she is in earnest and determined to do all she can in the matter of so much impor tance to them, they will take the matter in hand and the road will be built. Now, fellow-citizens, what Eay you? Are we to have an outlet, or are we to be left entirely behind in the tide of prosperity which is sweeping like a vast good over al most the entire South. Oh I for a few men of energy to take hold of this work and carry it to a success ful determination. A Noremburg chemist, Dr. Kayser, has succeeded in coating metals with an alloy resembling German silver, thus giving them a handsome finish, and making the surface more dura' ble and permanent than that of tin or silver. The account given of this valnable porcess states that Dr. Kayser first melts together one part copper and five parts pure tin preferably the Australian, which has recently come into commerce, almost absolutely oure, yet cheaper than Banca tin. This alloy is granu lated as usual, but not too fine, and then mixed with water and tarter, as free from lime as possible, into a paste. To each two hundred parts of the granulated alloy' is added one part ignited oxide of nickel, and the articles are laid on it. After boil ing a short time, they become beau tifully silvered. Some fresh oxide of nickel must of course be added from time to time. It is stated that brass and copper articles can easily be silvered in this manner without preparation; those of iron 'have first to be copper-plated, in order to secure the best result. Self-admires and self-flatterers ale really eelf-deceivers. I.eavRE''aklngl. Not all have learned the fine art of leave-taking in an appropriate manner. When you are about to depart, do ro at once, gracefully and politely, and with no d(allying, Don't say, "It's. about time I was going," antd settle back and talk on aimlessly for another ten minutes. Some peo ple have just such a tiresome habit. iThoy will even rise and stand about the room in various attitudes, keep ing their hosts also standing, and then by an effort succeed in getting as far as the hall, when a new'thought strikes them. They brighten up visibly and stand for some minutes longer, saying nothing of import ance, but keeping every one in a restless, nervous state. After the door is opened the prolonged leave taking begins, and everybody in general and particular is invited to call. Very likely a last thought strikes the departing yisitor, which his friends must risk a cold to hear to the end. What a relief when the door is finally closed ! There is no need of being offensively abrupt, when you are ready to go-go. b' here the Ravei is Adored. In the Soudan the respect for the "Bird of the Shade" is unbounded; he is endearingly known to the Arabs as their "Uncle," and they are more exorbitant in exacting blood money for his chance slaughter by the hand of the strauger than if it were really the relative in question. Shoot their dove, their ostrich, their varied scavengers of the vul ture kind, their once-sacred ibis even, and they grin and bear it; but once aim a bolt at the "Noah Bird" and a hundred lean but muscular brown arms will be raised, and the bereav ed white-teethed relatives will gesticulate and shout round you, while they explain how black hued was your accidental crime. Apart from this. the raven, with his jetty plumage, will always be a point of interest in the Soudan from the strong contrast he presents to the ordinary "desert~colored" birds which preserve a neutral tint of gray or fawn, which, to the inexperienced eye, renders them alhnost invisible. QUARANTL E: 4flfcial Proclamation. AnIEVILLE, LA, Sept. 25, 1888. By virtue of, and in accordance with the power cotiferred by law, the Vermilion Parish Board of Health hereby declare a Quarantine from and after September 25, 1888, against all places infected with yel low fever. All persons coming to or passing through the parish of Vermilion will be 'required to pro duce proper health certificates or other satistactory evidence attesting their not having visited any infested locality. All persons failing to pro duce such evidence will be required to undergo a quarantine for the space of ten days. J. T. BROUssnRD, President. AIrcar YOUNG, Clerk. All citizens are hereby earnestly requested to report any violations of the quarantine. C. J. EpWaRns. M. D., Parish Health Officer. The Buffalo Courier tells a story of a remarkable man. He was well dressed, large, self-possessed-evi dently a man of the world. He strolled into a commission house at the Elk Street Market, where stood a bushel basketful. of eggs. The stranger looked at them awhile, and then deliberately stepped into the basket.' The crash that followed brought out the proprietor. "See here ! what in the name of the seven devils are you doing?" Oh, I bnly wanted to see how it would seem to stand on this basket of eggs," said the man calmly. "'You'll settle for this before you leave here," was the reply of the irate merchant. "I haven't any objection," he said, pro ducing a well-filled wallet, and pay ing in full for the damage. Then he strolled out as calmly as he strolled in. Twenty pretty Swedish maidens, ranging from nineteen to twenty-five, arrived at Castle Garden, New York. last week, on the 'steamer Heckler. It was learned that all had come to this country under con tracts to marry, the contracts being drawn up in New York. The entire. party left immediately after arrival, four going to prospective husbands in Brooklyn and the remainder out West. The engagements were made by the aid of photographs and con aiderable correspondence. A TVoman's Despair. "'I)eath would be preferable to this awful, dragging-down sensation and aching back," dispairingly complained a :Lufltri:i im:tl,.!;r. "And the worst of it is," she addedi, "there seems no cure ior it." "You are mistaken," replied the sympathising 'neighbor to whom the sutilrer complained. "I suffered 'f-r years just as you do, and found no relief till my physician finally pre scribed Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip tion, which cured me, and I have ever since been well, and the wealth, of In dia would not induce me to be without the remedy, if a like affliction should return." "Favortte Prescription" is the only medicine for women, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee from the manufacturers, that it will give satisfaction in everycase, or money will be refunded. This guarantee has been printed on the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully carried out for many years. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pel lets--gently laxative or actively ca thartic according to dose. A Formal Reply. (Advertisement.) C. D. Otis, the author of the letter sign ied "Shell Beach"in your issue of the 25th August, is a slanderer and a liar. He left his previous residence to immigrate to Louisiana without paying his debts. As public school teacher, in the Hoffpanir settlement, he was hung in effigy at the school-house, and would have heen lynch ed by the outraged parents of 'his school, had it not been fora few patient citizens, because he is a disgrace to the schools of Louisiana. Mr. Jos. W. Broussard had a standing reward of $5.W) to any one who would marry C. D.<)tis, and take him out ofthat school neighborhood, for "peace sake." His tax amounts to $1.88. I alm, AMn. MfOUTro. Abbeville, September, 14, 1868. Constable's Sale. STATE OF LOI TIANA. Pa'rish of Vermilion. Third Iustice's Court. No. 186. Leon Feray Pine Hlendersnn. By virtue of a writ of fieri facias issued biy the lHon. Third Justice's Court. in and for the parish of Vermilion. in the above .ultitled :tand numbered suit. and to Inc dirQected, I will proceed to sell at public aunc tion, to the last and highest bidder, for cash, with Ii netit of appraisenient. at the court-house in the town of Abbuville, on Saturday, October 13, IlýISB, bet ween: the hours of 11 o'clock a,. m, and 4 o'clock p. il., and continuing from tlay to day if nce.sscary, all thu rights, titles, interests and demands of the defendant, in and to the following described ptoperty beiz(dh to satisfy said writ, to wit : Given nlder my oflieial signature this 29th day of iSuptemler, 1M88. ALExis TaAmI.N, Constable. NOTICE. Land Office at New Orleans, La. Septeineer21, 1Th8. Notice is horeby given that the follewine i:iamed setl hr lhas tiled notice, of hii: intei- tion to makor tinal proof in support of his claim, and that said proof wilI he made before the Judge, or in his absence. thi Clerk of the l)istriet Court, at Abbeville, La., on Friday, November 9, 1888, viz: Cesaire M.ersi, who made home Entry No. 7517, for the SE qr., sec. 34, tp. 13, SR 4 E:ast. IHe names the following witnesses to prove his contimtous residence upon, and cultivation of. said land, iz: Alfred P Moss, George Pullen, Louis Hebert, Emer Hebert, :ll of Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. THnMAS J. BUTLER, Register. September 29, 1888. TWO LIONS HOTEL, JEAN LASSERRE .Proprietor. New Iberia, Louisiana. This hotel is first class in all respects, and is opened at all'hours, day and night, for the reception of travelers. Fresh oys ters always on hand. Liquors and cigars of choice kinds to be had at the saloon. Prices moderate. September 22, 1888& NOT1Cl. Land Office at New Orleans, La. September 25, 1888. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his inten tion to make final proof in suppert of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Judge, or in his absence, the Clerk of District Court, Abbeville, La., on Monday, November 5 1888, viz: Gustave Lacomb, who made lome Entry No. V530, for the S= of SE; and E" of SW1 section 35, township 11,SR 3 West. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of sai4 land, viz : Joseph Laurents, Alfred Moultrie, Alcide Thil. Adam Matt, all of Vermilion parish, La. THOMAS J. BUTLER, Register. NOTICE. United States Land Office. New Orleaus, La., September 13, 1888. Complaint having hben entered at this office, by Emry E. Dillon agaiust T. W. McNear for abandoning his Home Entry 85M9, dated March 95, 1885, upon. the SW; section 34, townsnip 11, south rarge 2 W. in Vermilion parish, Louisiana, with a view to ihe cancellation of erid entry, the parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 35th day of October, 188, at 12 o'clock m., to respond and furnish tcbt imony couicerming said allegod aban donnment. THOAii.J. B rIC.ER. , Septemlber 22, 1888. Register. NOTICE. Land Office at New Orleans, La. SeptemberS, 1888. Notice is hereby given that the following. named settler has filed notice of his inten tion to make final proof in support of his clainm, and that said proof will be made before the Judge, or in his absence, thu Clerk of the District Court, at Abbeville, La., on Tuesdilay October 92. 1S,. vie: (Cvprien Roach, who m:tla llome Eirt.y I Nc. 7448 for the North We.t qur. Se 1 Town Ship 12 South tRange 1 East. He nanies the following witnesses to piove lhs continuioiis residence upon, and cnltivaion of, said land, viz :-MeIlzin Trahan. Joseph Breaux, Eustacrlce Simon neaux..lean Mhire. all of Vermilion Par ish Louisian. Tais. .s. BUTLmR, Register. SSeptember. 15 15t8. NOTICE. Land Office at New Orleans, L. August 17. 1838. Noticeeis hereby given that thle folliuw , >.. naie.d settler has filed notice of his interi ' tion to-make final proof in support of bhi. claim, and th'at said liroof will be l-made. before the .luJdge. or in his absence, the °'1 Clerk of the. Distric:t Court, at Ahblviiei , La., on Wednesday, October 3 1888, vi Dup!essin Trahau, who made Hotue : n No. .914. for the NE qr of Sec 14, tp 12 .f 1 East. • He inames the following witnesses to prove his continuous residetceu-pon, and1 cultivation of said land, viz :--Neville Viwcnit, Era-ste IIi.bert, Edinond lebert, Cleophas Duhon, all of Vermilion Pariah, Louisiana.' . 'THIOMAS J. BUTLER, Reisteg. August 25. 188. TAX 1OTICE. Notice is hereby given that the tax rolls' for the year 1888. has been deposited inimy office, and that the taxes assessed in uaid year are set forth in the tax rolls on file in my office, and in the mortgage office of said Varish; that they are now due, and will become delinquent on the 31st dayvf December, 188, and will draw 2 per cent per month interest from that date, accord. ing to provisions of section 40 of Act No. 98 of 1886, until sold in accordance with article 210 of the constitution. Sheriff's office, Abbeville, La., Augadt A. L. LEBLANC, Sheriff & Tax'Collector. . STATE OF LOUISIANA, Twenty-fifth Judicial District Coutl, Parish of Vermilion. Succession of Edmond T. "Broueard. No.: 87. Notice is hereby given to all partie in. terested in said succession, or having any opposition to make to the tablean of lebts and charges and of settlement tiled by Colins T. Broussard, administrator of sai succession, and pending for homologation, . to ile the same in writing in the o dee of the clerk of court within ten days froml the date hereof. Given under my official signatare an.L , seal of court, this 18th day of August Ths88. ALCIDE IiOBLANC, Clerk of Court. Political. ABBEVILLE, Aug. 16, 1888. The members of the Democratic Par ish Executive Committee are hereby, notified to meet at the office of the un- .,i: dersigned, at Abbepile; on Satnrday, the 25th instant, at 11 o'clock a. m.,'for the purpose of providing for the selee tion of delegates to represent this par-= ish in the congresonal econventiom c'aed to meet at New lberia on th6 . 11th September next, to nominate a candidate-for congress from this, tha third congressional district of Louis' iana. LASTIE BROrrsSARD, Chairman. . To the Deaf. A persod who was cured of deafnesantl w . noises in the head of 23 years standlng &y a simpleo remedy will send a description of it free to any person who applies to Nich olson, 177 McDougal St., New York. Sheriff's Sale. STATE OF LOUISIANA. Twenty-fifth Judicial listriet'Court. Parish of Vermilion. No. 213. Ernest Ruty , Marie E. Bondreaux, BY virtue of an order of seizure rad aalt issjled by the lion: 25h Jud. Distric# Court in and for the parish of Verilion,.: in the above entitled and numbered siit: i and to me directed, I will proceed t sell at public sale, to the last and highest bid- .", der, forcash, with benefit of appraisemlat; at the court-house -ioor in thip parislr oa Saturdnay, Meptember "1, I $, a , between the hours of 11 o'clock i. m., and. : 4 oclock p. m., and continuing from day to day if necessary, all the rights, titles, interests and demands of the dcfemdat in and to thefollowing described property - seized to satisfy sa.id writ, to wit: A certain tract or parcel 'of land lying as and being Mituated it Vermnilion parish'n. the west side of bayon Vermilion, con taining two hundred acres; bounded north by Jules Guidry, south by Aladin Vince it. east by Duplessis Trahas and r west by Mme IDazare Broussard, Sr., to gether witf the buildings and improve- , ments thereunto belonging or thereon site uated. Another tract of land containing tw*os': hundred acres in same parish; bounde_ ,:e north.by Mrs. Lazare Broussard, Sr. sonut ' by Joseph Clark, west by Joseph Dluhon, east by JukesTuidry and Jules Fuselier. Given under my official signature this ,11th day of August 1888. A. L. LEBLANC, Sheriff. To thie Palibc. 'The undersigned gives notice that he is now well prepared to do hauling' of any kind, to all parts of town or counf try, at the very lowest rates. Fnrni ture tind other household goods will b - handled with the utmost care. B. F. LYONS. Abbeville, Sept. 1, '88. School BUard 1Ntice. ABBEVILE, Aug. 25, 1888. All applicants for positions as teach ers will present themselves at Abbe ville, on Saturday, the 15th of Septem ber, at 10 o'clock a. m., to be examined, or to have their certificates renewed. J. N. WILLIAMS, Superintendent. -. NOTICE. Land Oflice at New Orleans, tIA September 5th, 1888. N~tice is hereby given the followint' named settler has tiled notice of his inte- ' tion'to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be m:dle hieforo the Judge, or in his absence the Clerk of the District Oonrt, at Abbeville, La., on Mondt.y. October 22, 1888, viz: Naanman I off. anir, who made HomeEntry No. G9.2 for the Lot No 6or E 2 of Sonta East qur See 6 Town ship 11 South Range 2 East He name.r the following witness to prove his cont!inuoiu reside'nce upo and. cultivation of, said land., viz: L~evy Sarver. George T. Sarver. Marten SarvTr, ,Jr, Aleide Boulet, all of Vermilion Par ish, Louisiana. THos. E. BVTLER Register. Septemberl15, 18s8.