The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-04-15

Monday by two detectives VIII
were afraid to try to arrest. Jane
was justly punished for during hi
lifetime he had committed numel
Gus cold-blooded murders, but Il.
officers who were guilty of mul
dering him for money should no
only lose the rewards bat be pun
ished severely.
Galveston News Now tina
Jesse James is actually dead ant
buried. and Little and the For,
brothers and Governor Critter
den have pocketed Or expect t
pocket the rewards Of 5000 900
enough to do them for a year O
two--it is reasonable to suppos
the travelling public can pas
through Missouri with safety, ant
that the officials and detective:
of that commonwealth will ais,
have a rest from fear and vigilance
St. Landry Democrat Owing
to the difficulty in getting stock
shipped by the different boat;
running in the Atchafalaya trade
and from the fact that so many are
lost by being drowned, they can be
bought for a song. Horses have
been offered near Churehville for
$1.75, and COWS at SO cents. In
the neighborhood Of Mansil Rich.
ards over two hundred were lost
from the fact that so many cattle
were shipped by the last trip Of
boat thai it was impossible to take
them. At Washington, after they
have been brought out, some Of
them are in such a bad condition
that they are offered at $3.50 a
head.
Lake Charles Echo: Let about
one-fourth of all the people now
from hand to mouth in
towns and cities throughout the
nation close up their shops and of,
fees and 90 10 farming and stock
raising in the country. Ofcoursc
they would, perhaps, then make
nothing more than a rough living
for few years, but they are only
now doing that in town. A few
years would soon roll around, and
then all those who had been indus.
would find themselves in
possession Of we'll improved farms
worth several thousand dollars.
In FIVE years hence a farm of 200
acres well imployedswiIl he worth
at least $40 an acre. Now lands
can be purchased at from about
l2b cents to S. an acre in this and
other parishes in this State. ANY
industrious man with a family
could improve 40 acres each year.
The whole country would be the
gamer Of one-fourth if the consum.
ers could be induced to 60 to the
country and become producers.
So long as business continues to
De woefully overdone in towns,
iust so long will there be loud
complaints about hard times.
Time5-D Democrat The rise of
water on the Atchafalaya, Cour-
;ableau and Teche is now slow.
It amounted to but 4 inches at
Morgan City yesterday, and at
was only 81 inches.
The worst condition of affairs ex
SITS in the neighorhood of Morgan
where the flood is now 80
nches above the highest water OF
.S74. The town stands in the
middle of a lake, being cut off
rom the rest of the world, without
abroad communication and with
'ut mails. Pattersonville is also
Inder water, but Franklin is as
ct free from the food. The over
on the Teche is fast pouring
nto places it had not previously
listed. The water is running
ON the bayou into Bayou Sale,
While it threatens to inundate
very plantation OF the Houma
ranch of the Morgan road.
From 2 p. M, to 6 p. M, the
'eche was on a stand at Franklin
which encourages us to the belief
hat the worst has been seen, al
an additional rise of s
nches is expected at Morgan City.
It Washington the Courtableau
I'll an inch.
Above on the river the situa
ion is hourly improving and plan
ers are wonderfully hopeful
hey have begun planting ano
redict as big a cotton crop as