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. bbeuillc jerhi~lrlol PITBLWSII I) EVERY SATURDAY. E. l. ADDISON.......Publisher. Saturday, July 22, 1899. The recent outbreak of the plague o is the first recorded in. Egypt in fifty- li years. . Reports from all sections of thce cotton belt show the plant is in fairly t gqod condition with a material de- s crease in acreage. _ Last year fifty-four German beet sugar refineries handled 12,144,791 tons of sugar beets, producing 1,710, 000 tons of refined sugar. Hamburg is still the wealthiest city in Germany. There are as many as many as 136,872 payers of incomeh taxes, although all those whose in come is under 600 marks are exempt. I Chicago's population, according to Chief of Police Kipley, has finally passed the 2,000,000 mark and is 2,088,043. The figures are the re suit of a census taken by the police force. Sealed proposals for hire of boat for improving bayou Vermilion, La,~ will be received at New Orleans until 12 o'clock noon, August 17, 1899, and then publicly opened. Informa tion furnished on application. JAMnEs B. QUINN, Major, Engineers. With the death 6f T. J. Semmes, Geo. C. V.est, of Missouii, is left as the only surviving representative of the Confederate Senate, and John H. Reagad, of Texas, who was post master-general under President Davis, is the only survivor of tle Confeder ate cabinet. Caffery's Rayville speech, it is said, does not soued like Caffery Lhere is none of the dish and sledge hammer in it. Don is to be pitied. Every .time he looked around and caught sight of Boatner's face it took the starch out of him. Such bed fellows will give anybody the night mare. A. Kaplan returned Monday night from Chicago, where he went to pur chase machinery for the new rice mill now being built at Gueydan. The new plant is already under construc tion and a small army of carpenters are at wtrk pushing the erection as rapidly as possible. [he machinery purchased by Mr. Kaplan is of the most modern make and improvement Rnd will make the mill equal to any ,in this section of the country when it is completed. Under the influence of the new industry Gueydan isdevelop ing an activity that will do much for hbe-town.-.trowley Signal. The administration has decided not 'to print the report of the Wade and Davis beef court for (he reason that while the verdict of the packed court was favorable to the packed beef, too uiuch of the testimony was not, and foreign customers not being under the bpell of the administration, might be tieve the testimony of the army offi 'r ititead of the decision. The i'he Chieego Journal puts the whole matter in a nut shell when it says: -* The white house itself doesn't set great store by the decision, and can hardly be blamed for fearing that it might fail to convinee foreigners. If there could be such a thing as print ing the verdict without the evidence' it might make a pretty fait beef ad rertisement. "--States. t.ABBEVILLE FORTY YEARS AGO. While cleaning out our desk a few days ago we-came across an old copy o of THE MTRIDIONAL of May 7, 1859. h The paper was of its present size, was t( owned and edited by E. I. Gudgnon, t and published every Saturday at $3 n a year cash in advance or $4 at the cd end of six months. Forty years is tU quite a stretch of time and we think 1 it may interest our readers to know just what changes it has wrought o here. Alex. Lego, Sr., 'was sheriff and Andrew J. Kearney clerk of court; John C. White was president of the Police Jury. In their pub lished proceedings we read that Chas. t Primeaux, father of, Robert Primeaux of this ward, was appointed keeper of 1 the public ferry at Abbeville, at a - salary of $250 t year; Louis Ourhli'n was allowed further time to finish his work on the jail. Leonee Perrct was appointed captain of the patrol in the 4th ward; Geo. Root was appointed road overseer for. the road fron. the school house on Grand Cheniere to y Hall's ferry. The town counci: was Ls composed of 1)r. 11. 0. Read. mayor ýe and Henry Blanc, Alphe Cestia, 12 º- Ourblin and Nicholas Vi naud, alder men. Of these only Mr. Vignaud is living and he has only recently re 0o turned here after an absence of more ly than 30 years. Pierre Brun was is secretary, and treasurer of the cor e- poration and Thertule Broussard con e stable. Evidently the town's finan cial condition was poor, we note that the public market house on Madeleine at square had been seized by the sheriff. * and was to be sold to satisfy a claim til of James Shannon against thetown. Dalid Frank a leading merchant a- advertised liberally-nearly a column Es in both French and English. Simeon Belden and Daniel O'Bryan are the ,s only Abbeville lawyers whose cards appear, William Mouton of Lafayette, of Edward.Simon and Martin Voorhies, of St. Martin, also have law cards. H. John Jastremaki, now superintendent of the State Deaf and Dumb Institute 1 at Baton Rouge, announces that he ar- has jest opened a new drug store, I which by the way was in a building 1 located where now stands one of Isaac Wise's brick stores. I James A. Lee, the veteran New Iberia. druggist also "has a card, offer ing a splendid assortment of drugs, oils, glass, fancy articles. perfumery and books at New Orleans prices, shows that he was then as now a hustler for trade. Dr. Abadie, (Hypolite) has a card offering his services. J. Bte. E. Bernard, notary public, advertises his services. Vermilion p~arisb was then in :the 14th judicial district. Edward Simon and Fergus Fuselier of St. Martin were announced as cadidates for dis trict judge, while L. J. Crary and D. O'Bryan were out for district.attor ney. John H. Overton of Opelousas announced himself for Congress.. Legal business in those days we judge was very good, as we find 3 columns of legal sales and about a cohlmn and a half of succession mat ters, applications for administrator ship, homnologation of tableaux, etc., and by the way the printer was paid a decent price for his work in those days-one dollar a square of ten lines of solid. small pica. There.is considerable domestic tind foreign ,news, among which is the ac count of the explosion of the steam boat St. .Nicholas, which occurred April 25, 1859 on the )Mississipp opposite Island 60, in which disaster 48 persons were killed and 28 others terribly scalded and wounded. ]Even at that early period of the history of the parish it seems that (,political rings and even a dictator existed, for there is a long discussion over some special legislation in regard to justices of the peace, which one of the writers charges is not the work of the senator or representative but of some local schemers and wiseacres who treat the dear people "more .like Russian serfs than freemen!" How .!'natural that sounds! Just think, dear reader, they were saying that very thing of Vermnilion politicians 'forty years ago! Let's Try The Mississippi Plan. There are seven candidates for the office of governor of Mississippi. All have announced themselves aspirants to that high position. How different t is in Louisiana. Here no one has made any announcement of his can didacy. I)oubtiess many citizens of the State would like to be governor, but under the prevailing methods in Louisiana politics is is foolish for any one to aspire to an olliec cf trast and honor unless he is the choice of a combination. A few men in the State have a lead pipe cinch on all the best offices and when the time comes they divide them among themselves. Since the i)emocrats have run the Iepubli can thieves out of the Stae House the Democracy has been a mdot pro lific source of combinations. It has been a sort of swapping game all 9 around. At the present time there s are two 'combines'" or 'dickers" in e the process of incubation and unless I enough offices are found to placate e the leaders and an understanding is 0 had, there will be two candidates for s the governorship. Outside of these ir two no one need apply. Any other man may possess all the quitlitleations to make a good governor, but it is is absolute folly for hint to make an ef fort to secure the nomination. e It would 1e immeasurably better for the party if more liberal methods r- were employed. The campaign ought to be fought on lines. and every man ' who aspires to the office of governor it should be given a hearing. Half a ºe dozen men have not the right to select a nominee for the whole De)mocracy of the State. Let the contest be free and open and let the voters have at something to say about it. Hereto C fore they have only been called upon to ratify what the self appointed lead le ers did. It's time that they shouhi he consulted a little bit if just for the 'looks of things.-Lafayette ( zette. In thease days when so man men are ready in their rand race for ealth to sacrifice ahnost everything for money is a public benefactor, whose good influence upon the youth of the country is inealculable. Such a man is General Leonard Wood, military governor of Santiago and formerly commander of the Rough hiders. General Wood. who is at present in Washington to see his wife and to confer with the war department, must have been sorely tempted when the Washington Street Railway and Elec tric Light Syndicate offered him $30, 000 a year .to resign from the army and become its president; his salary ;as a brigadier general of volunteers, the rank he now holds, is only $5500. Blit if so he has put the temptation behind him and announced his inten tion to return to his duties at San tiago, and to remain in the army as long as his services- were required. That announcement is all the more praiseworthy, for having been made after the yellow fever was reported to have broken out at Santiago. It is men of tih stamp who prove that money woihilip has not succeeded in driving out true patriotism from the first position in the esteem of the peo ple.-Welsh Beacon. Haunts in the Wild Woods AND AND GAY PLACES FOR 5ErMMER OIUTIN(GS. Either or both, can be found along the lines of ;he Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y in Wiscondin, Minnesota, Northern Michigan, Iowa and the Dakotas. Amon; the many delightful summer resorts are Delvan, Waukesha, Oconomewoe, Elkhart. Lake Marquete, Madison, Kilbourn, Minocqua, Star Lake, Lakes Okoboji, Spirit Lake, Clear Lake, Big Smone, Frontenac, White Bear, and Lake Minnetonka. In the orth woods of Wiecousin, in the forests of North Michigan, and in the far stretches of the I)adotastrue sports men can fish and hunt to their heart's content. For pamphlet of "Summer Tours," and "Fishing and Hunting," apply to nearest ticket agent, or ad' dross with two cent stamp, George I. Heafford, General Passenger Agent, 535 Old Colony Building. Chicago, Ill. TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA. COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. Classical, Literary. Latin-Scientific agd Scientific Courses. COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY. Mechanical. Electrical. Chemical, Sugar. Civil 'and Architectural Engineering. H. SOPHIE NEWCOMB MEMORIAL COL LEGE, for Young Women, with Art and Boarding Departments. Fall Term of above begins October 2. LAW DEPARTMENT. Opens November 13th. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Opens October 19th. For special or general catalogues ad dress %Vat. O. ROGERS, Secretary. July 15-'99-3nu. Judicial AdvertIsernents' STATE OF LOUISIANA, 17th Judicial District Couit-No. 311 -Parish of Vermilion. Succession of James 0. Eaton. Application of John Mulbern, to be appointed administrator of said succession. Notice is hereby given to parties interested, or having any opposition to ruake to the application of said appli cant, to tile the same in the office of the clerk of the district court within ten days from the date hereof. Given unler my band and seal of court this 22d day of July, 1899. ALCII)E LEBLANC, Clerk of Court. STATE of Louis iana,-17th Judicial District Court,-Parish of Vermilion, No. 390. Succession of Elodie Abshire. Application of Euphalide Lubri and he husband Alexandre Landry to be appointed co-administrators of the above successio1. Notice is lierely given to all parties interested, or having any opposition to make to the application of Eu halide Labri and her husband Alexandre Landry to be appointed co-adminis trators of said succession to fila the same in writing in the office of the clerk of the iist riet court within ten days from the date hereof. Given under my hand and seal this 13th day of July, 1899. ALCIDE LI-3T.ANC, Clerk of Court. Sheriff's Sale. STATE OF .LOTISIANA-Parish uif 1ermilion-17th Judicita4 Listrict Court-No. 1217 Monongabela Coal Co. vs. Elizabeth Clanev and her husband, Martin llEnglev. Notl a e is hreby givon tla t there R ill be off Egd for sale at public anu tion to the l st and highest bidder, at the princip i door of the courthouse of said parish on Wa~isudiy. A4uerust 12, Q ) N. on a credit if 12 in inths, the t follo wi described property, to wit 134 cars of suner standing in cnrs to crystalize; said sugar being in the sugar house (n1 the Ramsey planta tion in Vermilion parish, Said property having been offered for sale for cash on the 15th day of July, 1899, and the price offered not reach ing two-thirds of its appraised value, the sale thereof was postponed for ten days. The purchaser will be required to pay in cash the sheriff, clerk and print er's fees, out of the purchased price thereof, and to furnish his bond paya ble 12 months after bearing eight per cent per annum interest with solvent sureties in solido. Sheriffs offire. Abbeville, La., July 22, 1899. J. O. lHEnERI, Sheriff. SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF LOUI5IANNA. 17th Judicial District Court--No. 150-'-Pi 'ish of Vermniliou. Nelson Leblane et als vs. Albert Lemaire et als. !;v virtue of writ of fieri facia' to me issued in the mat err of the above entitled and nRumbered suit and to me directed, fully authlrizing and empowering me in the premiises I will proceed to t-ell at public anoetior to the last and highest bidder, at the orincipal front door of the court house in this parish on Saturday, July 29, 1899; between hours prescribed by law. the tojlowinz desc ibed property. seized to sativfv said writ. to wit One certain tract of land situated in Vermilion parish containing seven (7) acres. bounded north by Leblane, south by Wiley. Another tract of land containing (25) twenty-fiva aur. a. bounded north by Jones, south by Davenport. Another tract of land containing two acres, bounded north by Broussard: Another tract of land containing (24) twenty acres, bounded north by White, south by Wiley, together with all the buildings and improvements situated thereon and therete -belonging-one roan horse, two cows and calves and four mules. Terms-Cash. Sheriff's office, Abbeville. La., Jute 24, 1899. J. O. HEI3ERT, Sheriff. Public Sale.: STATE OF LOUISIANA-p Vermilion-17th Judicial Court-No. 2.98. Succession of Don LouteiPrejei Notice is hereby given that by Vi of an order of sale granted by the. 17th Judicial Distriet Court af in the matters of the succession es and numbered as above andf ,a mission issued to me thereunder, t will begoffered for sale at publit tion, to the last and highest bid4 the late residence of the dee this parish, the whole or such of the property of said sue will bring a sufficient amount to a all debts and charges of and said succession, on Friday, August 111, I ` between the legal hodrs prescribed law, the following described -bolonging to said-succession, to One certain tract of land situta the parish of Vermilion, Eon forty-five (45) 46-100 acres, mor less, and to be taken from the n portion of the west half of the. east quatter of section twenty township 11,,south of range-tbre with all the buildings and im ments belonging thereto--and a movable property too namprong mention. All purihases not exceding fat lars to be paid cash on the day f and those exceeding ten doll~rs, half thereof to be paid cash on t' of sale, and the balance in-one and years from said date; pnrcha s furnish their notes-with solven in solido, to be approved by the and niade.payable to the admit trix in one and two years-friom a of sale, and to bear interest at ih of eight per cent per annum. from turity until paid. with ten per e additional in case of non pa maturity for attorney's fees in iug the same. Sheriff's Office, Abbeville, La.:; S. 1899. J. O. HEBERT, $heriff'a 84s STATE of Louisiana-17th *, District Court-Parish of V -No.. 1108. H. .W. Jones et ale ' vs. C R. lBanks, Sheaif et By virtue of a writ of de id in the matters of the adl 4 titled and numbered suit to the payment of costs and°: dir"etetN from the Hnorable Julad l 1iihtrlet Court tort and for tlh Sate and rpatih tnotio.nedl, 3 :have seizecand 4nsos to public sale to ;the It& highest bidder, at the nrltncip. door of the courthouse in tittle ýýanwrtlany,. July AS,.I between the hours prescribed w. foiloein' described propeety satisfy said writ, to wit That certasn claim or demad H. Pani.s against the PleastRtI taptistuChureil or association jfl is of salt No. 14)9S, eaiiled Iank vs.i Pleasant Green Chtleot of the Civil Docket oft Judicial District Court and 'amen as claimed therein to the sur 4> lemur property seized of detest H. ,,,inks and also Or rtain tract of lud ? mein ated in Vermilion parr the ide of Vermilion river ing f t (40) acres and being d ted as the SW4 of SER of Secti. Township 12, South of Range 4 to~ ether with all the buildings provements thereon situated anW to belonging -one- black ma J pair o! bxen, two cows, one yes calf, one pair of mules, being stized from defendant Nelsen U i certgin tract of land ly` heing situated in Vermition p the east side of Vermilion Iive iontaining tweeny-five (25` acres hei'ag bounded on the north by cin on the soutbhby Broussar&do with the huildings and improv tl rein situated and thereto in(-one bromn mule, one sorte. lit' prep 'rty seieid frm de Miles Joiner. Rad also One-certnin tract of land ys heiný: itnatetl in the parish of ion on the cast side of Ve-milion contunijng (160) aeres, but; - . on the north by pub1I on tee south by Martinaitchard,. west by Aqgustin Bronssard, the east by public road, to ethe? all the bhinldings and impror thereounsituated and thereto ing. Ono sorrel horse, one sorrel l one blue horse, abontlive head of tie, more or less, being property from defendapt Gabriel Samw e also JOne certain tract of land lyii beoi, situated in Vermilion parlsh 1 the Letst bide of Vermilion *-eTr taining 'twenty ;(2b.) acres aqd I hounded on the north by Dupe the south by Godchaux, toge the buildings and improvements on, situated and thereto belon One bay mare, two work olen, pI roperty seized from defendant_ Douglas. Terms-Cash. Sherlifs office, Abbeville. La., 24, 1890. J. 0. HE1t ,Z