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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-10-27

lie bon pere Lacostes nous a
quittes' pour aller tenir une' ecole
de familh. a. la. campagne.;; nous
sommes chagfins de ne. plus volr
cette' figure 81 bonne ct q intelli-
eente, mais. c'est pour lui une
bonne aubaine don't nous remer-
cions pour lui dame Fortune
sante ct prosperite papa Lacoste
ct vous jeunesse qui ayez la chance
de posseder un 81 aptet digne
professeur, sachez METRE tout vo
tire temps 4 profit.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-10-27

La cabinet de Madrid a etc
change ct avtc ce enlargement. ont
dispsrli t0utes. GRANTEES de difficult
tes op de mauvais sentiments en-
tire Ia France ct i'Espagne.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-10-27

Nous.svons eu de la pluie cette
semaine ct tout lie monde a Pair
plus gai ct rejoui quill y a quel.
cues jQurs passes.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-10-27

On pous await dit an'ane pou-
yelle halle .devait Sc nonter au
village; mals il parait que mon-
sieur on pa pas dit Srai ct que
c'est tont de la gnognotte. :
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-10-27

A,kin johnson depuis quelque
temps en- prison a etc relache sous
IN cau,ionnement de cinquante
piastres, pour sa compari!ion a Ia
prochaine cour de district.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-10-27
C'est ayec plaisir que nous yoy

C'est avec plaisir que nous voy.
ons la presse de TEtat, perdre
cette amertume ct Get esprit de de.
INCREMENT, qui marquaient presque
tous ses articles. Maintenant ]e
.peuple laisse a lui senl, pourra
penser pour lui-msme ct par lui'
meme ct s'occuper de chooses qui
lui sont de plus grand interet que
la politique a l'heure Quill est, et
-le parti reprenqra son unite ct sa
force, don't il a cer1es besoins dams
la lutte prochainc.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-10-27

Lc President prepare son mes.
sage au Congress. Les intlmes di'
sent que &C sera un chef d'euvre de
patriotisme diplomatique.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-10-27

II est chose etrange pour notre
paroisss;; qua cette saison.- nous
oayions pas encore de gibier ct
surtout .du canard.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-10-27
poUR GouvERNEUR
F. 7. NICHOLS.
DE. L'AssoMpTIoN.

Nous avops eu des' vents bien
.fra;ches fon1e cette semaiue ct nous
croyoas tcnirs l'hiver tout de bon.
II en est bien temps au 2f. .octobre.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-10-27

To bal de samedi pass6, donu6
par le d'gne ami Mohtagne, ne fut
pas IN succes aussi complGt que
ses amis l'auraient voulu, mais
na'gre = ses depenses pr6paratoires
! cut bonnie recette, payas tous
ses lrais avec beneficc. Nous es.
pefons ct nous sommes persuadts
qae ceu&q'h wont suivre tous les
qa'nzc .jours, le paieront grasse.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-10-27

la carp. alIemande German
carp a'ete introduit dams notre
bayou, par notre gouvernemeat
tout paFernel ct meme 1delques
psrsonpss de la paroisse Lafayette
sen sont procurtes pour leurs vi
'lers ct marais qui ne tarissent
pas. .Cette earpe rcaple rapide.
nent g, est un poisson tres recher.
che.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-10-27

N: Geo. E. Lyons achete les
chevaux, vo!tures ct fourrage de
recurie 0. Bourque ct continue le
louage de chevaux ct voitures .au
meme emplaccment. Ceci en- Oh:
tire de- ses facilities de transporta.
t'on par la poste, offrlra aux ci-
toyens de Ia paroisse ct du dchors,
des moyens de etransportations, 4ui
ne'laisseront rien 4 desirer.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-10-27

Les recettes du pont de Brook
lyn depuis nenf senaines, ont etc
de $7993o,' don't s34,64l prove:
.naut des pietons, &l563 .des vol
lures ct slS,906 des tramways.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-10-27
CHOOSES EFT AUTRES,

a Lyon on a verse du petrole en-
famine sur un homme de police
qui a etc horriblement brGle. La
populace a ensuite tente d'incen-
dier les edifices de la municlpa-
lite.
Les parts politiques en- Angle
terre sont en- pleine campagne
electoral. En- Irlande la lutte SEM
BILE Sc falre moins entire les lib6.
raux ct les conseryateurs qu'entre
lie parti anglais ct le parti Irlan-
dais.
II Sc prepare en- Anglcterre une
greve presque generate des mi
neurs. Cent soixaute ct dix mile
de ces d,rniers, 81 lon cn croft une
depeche, ont signifie a leurs pa
irons qu'ils exigeaient une aug
mentatlon de salairc de Is pour
cent.
!, Cetewayo Went de recevoir du
roi Usibepu !'ordrc de auittes lc
Zululand. Sa Majestic dechu va
etre probab|ement adoptee par
PAngleterre ct releguee dams la
vile du Cap, en- attendant que ses
services puissent valoir queIque
chose.
Aux Etats Unis, le surplus des
importations sur les expectations
pour rannee fnissant lie 81 aout
1888, est de $ll8,906,355.
Pendant lie mois de septembre,
les expectations l'emportent sur
les importa tons pour un montant
de s3,9S4,s43.
Les .derniares depecAes annon.
cent que lie gouvernement espa-
gnol Sc declare satisfait Ges exnli-
cations donnees au nom du gou-
vernemcnt francais a rambassa-
Jeur d'Espagne par NJ. Ferry, e
a adress4 une circulaire a ses re,
presentants a letranger. pour les
informer de ce fait.
Les mormons n'entendent pas
Sc soumettre aux lois adoptees par
lie congress AMERICAN contre la po-
lygamie. \ lear convention Sc
me7trieIe tenue le 5 octohre cou-
rant, a Salt Lake, Utah, lis ont
declare par la voix de leurs re.
presentants qu'ils nc cederont a au.
cune puissance humane.
Les troupes FRANCHISES au Ton
quin viennent de s'emparer de
Bacninh, Pun des points strategi.
ques les plus importants du delta.
Elles ont ell a combattre, en- cette
occasion, non settlement les Pavil-
lons-Noirs mais les troupes chi.
noises elles memes. Une guerre
ouverte entire la France ct la
Chine est consideree CONNIE immi.
nente.
Un individu d'Helena, Arkan.
sas, assure avoir retrouve les res
tss de DeSoto a quelques miles de
cette vile. II appuie son affirma
ton SUI lie fait que lie cercueil con
tenaii une croix venant, d'r,spagne
ct un collier dc perles, On genre de
celui que ia princesse de Cola
chiqui await elle-meme attache au
cou du grand decouvreur, apres Ia
bataille de NovilIe.
LES ORANGEs.-Notre recolte
d'oranges etc tres pauvre, Pan
nee derniere. la gelee ct lie glaces
ayaEt fort maltraite les orange
ries. La FIoride don't lie terri
tore est plus rapproche des Tro
piques que le notre, a echappe at
desastre. La recolte de cette Eta
en- 1882 a etc de 50,000.000 do
rapges, soft 10000 caisses conte
nant $50 oranges chacune. Or
estime que Ia .Floride produirs
cette aimee lO2;OO0,0O0 d'oranges
soft 100000 caisses /; settlement lie.
fruits sont plus petits que ceux d.
1882. Pour transporter les 600,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-10-27

ers. Quill ne s'obstine done pas a
continuer une lutte on il ma qua
perdre, sans esperer de jamais re-
gagner lie terrain perdu.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-04
THE DIAMOND RATTLE SNAKE.

OF all the snake varieties of which we
have vet any knowledge, the diamond
rattlesnake, as it if called seems to be
the most deadly. 1t grows to length of
six or seven feet, and is somewhat thicker
than a mans wrist. 1t is armed with the
sharpest of fangs nearly an inch in length
with cisterns of liquid poison at their
base. terror to man and beast, he
turns aside from no one, although he
will not go out of his way to attack any
unless pressed by hunger, A description
of his movements by traveller who has
encountered him states that he moves
quietly along, his cleaning eyes seeming
to emit greenish light, and to shine with
as much brilliancy as the jewels of a
finished coquete. Nothing seems to
escape his observation. and on the slight
est movement near him he swings into
his fighting attitude, raising his. upper
jaw and erecting his fangs, which in a
state of repose lie closely packed in the
soft muscles of his mouth. This snake is
not so active as the famous copperhead
of North America. nor so quick to strike,
but one blow is almost always fatal.
His fangs are so long that they penetrate
deep into the muscles and veins of his
victim, who has little time for more than
a single good by before closing his eyes
forever In one instance the fangs were
found to be seven -eighths of an inch in
length, and though not thicker than a
common sewing needle, they were per-
fOrated with hole through which the.
greenish yellow liquid could be forced in
considerable quantities, and each of these
sacks contained about half teaspoonful
of the most terrible and deadly poison
Scientific american
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-04
Beat the carpet gently, papa:
Do not slug it quite so hard;
For you never Can replace it

Short of eighty cents yard.
In lecture the other evening, Bob Bur
dette SAID Speaking of the telephone,
one hundred years ago it would have
been thought an invention of the devil
and | sometimes think it is now
The stock inspector of New South
Wales is authority for the statement that
the pest of rabbits has already cost the
colony of Victoria between $4,000, 600
and $25, 100000, and that it is still
spreading
Francis Murphy secured 5000 singers
of the Blue Ribbon pledge in Kendall,
Eng, and the butchers of the town report
that the sale of meat has increased one
sixth in consequence of the decline in
the sale of rum.
The number of umbrella-makers in
Paris has increased from 115 in 1880 to
4o6 in 1882, and the value of their pro.
duct from 5000. 900 to So, 100000 in the
same period. The Turks are altogether
their best foreign customers.
The house in Lancaster, Pa, in which
Governor Simon Snyder resided from
1o0o to 1912, is being demolished. Lam
caster was then the capital of the State.
The Old residence of Governor John
Andrew Shulze. in Lebanon, Pa, is also
being demolished in everything but its
substantial stone walls.
| Terra Gotta" said country woman
in boston store, repeating the name
after the clerk. rs that French for
cinnamon Not that know of. ma
dam, answered the smirking salesman,
La, you needn't laugh; I've known the
color before you were born, bat never
heard il called nuthin' but cinnamon
| brown"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-04
The News in Brief.

Pay envelopes containing 81 900, wer,
/ Or. y Gas Company.
BY transfer from Illinois, General
Grant has become a member of the Loya
| Legion of New York City.
The regatta of the Northwestern
| Amateur Rowing Association will be held al
| Muskegon, Mich, July 81 and -
Seven structures, including the Union
| hotel, have been consumed at New Milford,
Pa, causing loss of $40, 00e
The bill prohibiting dramas based on
Holy Writ in which Divinity is represented
has been passed by the Pennsylvania senate.
Secretary Folger has directed the
New York collector to pay the striking weigh
ers in the custom house the wages they de
mand
The st. Adams (Vt.) Iron and Steel
works is bankrupt The change in the tariff is
alleged to have affected the business of the
concern.
Many of the Pittsburg (Pa.) mills are
short of coal through the miners strike, and
must close for day or two until supplies ar
rive by river.
Mrs. Beachamp, who has been on
trial at Denton, Mo-, for some days, charged
with numbering her husband by poison, has
been acquitted
At the State Sunday School conven-
ton at Augusta, Ga, it was announced that
Mont Eagle, Tenn, had been chosen for the
southern Chautauqua.
League base ball games Wednesday
resulted: Chicago, 5; Detroit, g. New York,
8; Boston, Z Buffalo, 8; Cleveland, O. Prov
idence, 4; Philadelphia, /.
President Arthur has appointed VIM.
e,x Al, IL
trict Indiana), vice Walter Q. Gresham, APP
pointed postmaster general
The Illinois house of representatives
has passed the bill to submit to the people the
question of appropriating 1851, 900 for the
purpose of completing the state house.
The introduction of machinery at
Milwaukee has thrown o number of shoemakers
out of employment, and those remaining at
work can earn but pittanee. The men are
seeking other means to obtain livelihood
The Danyille Gll) saloon Keepers
shut mp thair places rather than pay the 5000
license; but later accepted the situation, when
call for public meeting in favor of $1,000
license was being largely signed.
Canadian Pacific railroad bonds
amounting to 81, 197, 500, received in payment
of lands sold by the company have been de-
stroyed at Montreal The cancellation of Sio-
ooo0OO more is anticipated the present year
Last August, Charles Mcmahon. q
farmer, and his two hired men were found
ehockingly butchered near Mt Pulaski, Ill
Within a few days man named Ferris, a rela-
tive of Mcmahon, has been arrested for the
crime, and is in prison at Lincoln, LII.
The coroner's jury investigating the
recent accident on the Grand Trunk road il.
Michigan has rendered verdict finding the
ilagnan and conductor of the passenger train
delinquent IN their duties, and that the freight
was prudent
German hosiery manufacturers are
alarmed lest the next United States congress.
as reprisal for the pork prohibition Law, in.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-04

1t is estimated that 1000 Chicago lam
lilies changed their place OF residence on
Tuesday. Putting the average expense
for carriage at $15, over $1,000 900 went
into the hands of expressmen and others
connected with the transfer business. In
half the cases, probably, removal made
necessary the purchase of new carpets, or
of materials corresponding thereto This
pnt about $165, 900 extra into the hands
of the dealers. Moving is expensive
business, not counting the wear and tear
on body and mind.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-04

Another African explorer is in the field
Lieutenant Wissmann, German army
officer, has made successful journey
across the continent of Africa, from San
Paola de Londa, on the west coast, to
Saadani, on the east coast. He succeed
cd in exploring DR.. Livingstone's Lake
Lincoln, and definitely determlnedits geo
graphical position.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-04

John Bowen died at Wauwatosa on the
1st instant. In early times he trapped
with Davy Crockett and other pioneers,
and penetrated the Black Hills region in
1S2o. Mr.. Bowen had acquired comfort
passed amid unostentatious ease
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-04
Contrasting a win.

MINIATURES, May 3.-Henry T. West
Jr., this morning filed petition in the pro
hate court to get aside n. B. CaswelIs will OF
the ground that it not legally drawn oi
signed, ana that Caswell was OF unsonne
mind West ia a grandson OF Casweii. Th5
latter's viii disposed OF property amounting Il
half a million dollars
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-04

A boy says in his composition that
Onions are the vegetables that make
YOU sick when you don't eat Them Your
self"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-04

Frogs for lace pins have suddenly
inmDed into fashion in New Orleans.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-04
Illinois Legislature.


AUSTIN, Tex, May 3.-There is con,
siderable apprehension the lower Rio Grant!e
regarding yellow fever. Governor Ireland has
received q telegram from tho chamber of com
merce of Matamoras, Mex, advising thai
should quarantine be necessary this season
the station be established at Bagdad instead OF
Brownsville The governor directed thu
health officer at Brownsville to consult with
the Mexican authorities on the STA bject
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-04

1t is estimated that the druggists IF the
country have an average of five regular
opium customers each.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-04

There arc tifty-six shops for the sale OF
horse Hash as food in Paris
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-04

Berlin ate up 1,63s horses during the
first three months of this year.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-04

There are over 300 visiting newspaper
men in Cincinnati this week.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-04

Stone in Bladder, Inflammation of Kidney
and Liver, Loss of Memory, Loss of Appetite.
and all Kidney and Liver Complaints. is
cured by Stilwe1Is Specific. Price $1.oo.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-04

apl 27-dw1y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-04

Nv. POTTER. EDITOR AND Furnishes.
The Evening critic., 1883-04-07

THERE is one wrong daily perpetrated by
our gas monopoly to which attention has
not been called, at leas. as far as we have
noticed. We refer to the stealage made by
means of their imperfect meters. We
doubt whether one meter in hundred
registers correctly. We have heard of many
cases wherein householders have taken the
trouble to time the hours during which
the gas in their houses should be legiti-
mately flowing, and they have, almost in
variably, found that they had to pay for as
much gas when flowing for few hours as
for many. We have heard those who have
had much experience in this matter esti-
mate the clear, clean stealage of the monop-
oily by this fraud at from % to 33I per cent
of the whole. Is it any wonder that the
monopoly is able to boast that it can and
has bought up District Committees, and
been able to crush out all rivals ?
Is it any wonder that it is
able to accumulate corruption fund of
hundreds of thousands of dollars with
which to corrupt the representatives of the
people? But the day of retribution is com.
ing. The mutterings of wrathful people
can be heard now on every hand, and this
gigantic fraud is already doomed to de-
stIuction. The monopolists have beer
laying up wrath against the day o.
wrath" and as they have sown, SO will they
reap. And the harvest is already ripe fol
the sickle.
The Evening critic., 1883-04-07

Melancholy tidings for Jumbo come from
London. His former mate, Alice, has never
betrayed the slightest sign OF grier since the
day OF his departure, and now even the chill
dren are forgetting him in their admiration
for lingo, n charming young elephant not yet
flve years old and not quite four and a-half
feet high. lingo is precocious beast, and
already PAGES the garden walks with load
Of children on his back in bland expectancy OF
huna
The Evening critic., 1883-04-07

young mah who married his landlady'a
c2sghter - Fort Worth, Texas, had his honey
f1f1n rudely disturbed. Having neglected
eaitGbIe nnaneiai arrangements with the head
81 ne e4fsollshment, he received at tho end OF
sutek blIl for twice the amount which he
kad Dfsyicusly PAID. His view OF the matter
Mas entirely different. He expected to be
b1ar1e1 free, and % refused 70 settle. on
regurrl1g from theatKe with his bride he
f111d The doofs Dcked and their wardrobe
as1 etiseP sfeets piled On the sidewalk.
Wastsd-T1e man WHO can address a Sun
ley-phSol Nltbosf pfefac5ng bis speech with
ffs remain, ANhsn Nas liftls boz"
Dsslnsss ssits, Klssnan Bfos- TN and z.
The Evening critic., 1883-04-07

IF anybody imagnes that John Sherman
is not fixing up his fences for 1884 they are
wofully mistaken. He was at Columbus
during most of this week aiding in getting
the whisky issue out Of the way till after
1884, and this has been done by the passage
of joint resolutions submitting to vote of
the people the question of so amending the
State Constitution as to authorize the
Legislature to either entirely prohibit or to
license the business of dealing in intoxi-
cants. This removes this issue till after
1884, and it looks now as if Long John was
stripping for the Gubernatorial race of 's3,
as stepping stone to the Presidency.
The Evening critic., 1883-04-07

WE are pleased to note the healthy intel
lectual progress among the newspapers oil
the country during the present season.
Among all of our exchanges we have not
met with an ode to spring.
The Evening critic., 1883-04-07

THE best safety plan for the British and
Continental monarchists to adopt at the
present unpleasant time is to take brief
series of lessons from the Chicago Stock
Exchange and get up corner on dynamite.
The Evening critic., 1883-04-07

PLEASANT weather makes the contrast be-
tween bobtail cars and the two-horse kind
all the more noticeable. The Metropolitan
line would greatly increase its travel if it
would put on two-horse cars with con-
ductors.
The Evening critic., 1883-04-07
Now let slOsson challenge schaelTor.

ENGLAND is pursuing course which can
only be dictated by senile cowardice and
that brutal selfishness which is her most
prominent trait.
The Evening critic., 1883-04-07

FROM the dispatches of the special cor
respondents accompanying the Presiden-
tial party it looks as if the trip was made
for bantipg purposes rather than after the
ordinary administrative style Of a first
class iupket
The Evening critic., 1883-04-07

A MINORITY of Mormons which rallies
around Joseph Smith, jr., held reunion
at Kirkland, Ohio, and denounced the
majority of their belief as Latter Day
Devils at Utah." the minority containing
all the saints. Every religion, no matter
how few followers it might have, but has
had its schism.
The Evening critic., 1883-04-07

sir, any other pl-(hic) place. Home,
swe--(hic) sweet home has (lic) no charms
for (hic) me. / had rather (hic) 20 to (hic)
Jail than go ho-(hic) home now. My
mother-in- (hic) law Is Joe (hic) Darter,
and (hic) don't yer (hic) forgetit."
-:o'-
The statement has been published that
Secretary Folger had given up his proposed
sea trip to the Bermudas There now ap-
pears to be moro truth than poetry" in
the report. as the Secretary has decided ad-
versely to the trip on account of q
startling dream, which aroused him from
his slumbers few nights ago. Speaking
Of the matter to THE CRITIC yesterday,
one of Mr.. Folgcr's intimate friends said
that while he is not superstitious or be-
lever in dreams. yet he regarded the night
mare referred TO as a prosentimeat of evil,
and, he added, II think that the awful
scene presented to him changed his mind
on the Bermuda trip" The dream, as re-
lated by the Secretarys friend is as fol-
lows:
"The steamship on which the party had
taken passage was sailing along screnely.
The sea was as smooth as glass and every
body was happy when suddenly great dark
cloud was observed on the forward horizon,
moving rapidly toward the vessel, accom-
panied by an incesjant and terrific rum
bling. The heavy cloud soon reached the
ill-fated craft, overspreading the sea with
the darkness of Egypt. Great sheets of
lurid flame shot forth in all directions
the vessel tossed and quivered, and the sea
was lashed into mountainous pillows. The
Secretary saw the forms of his party and
the crew enveloped in fire flying through
the angry elements Suddenly he stood
alone on the deck, with the vessel sink
ing beneath him into a sea Of fire, aud
he awoke, trembling like an aspen and
covered with cold beads or perspiration to
find that the terrible scene was only a
dream"
"No wonder heslon't want to take q sea
voyage" chirped the Critic, as he fitted