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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-08
A New Way to Make an Election
Canvass.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-E. B. Wig
and, an Examiner in the Department Of
Justice, in his testimony to-day before
the House Committee on Expenditures of
the Department Of Justice, described
novel method of securing funds to con
duct Congressional campaign. The
asprant was Paul Sirobach, whom the
Senate failed to confirm for Marshal of
Alabama. While Turner was United
States Marshal of that State, ,witnes ssaid
that Strobach asked to b. appointed Dep
uty Marshal, explaining that he was anx-
ious to make the canvass for Congress. lie
secured the appointment, named num-
Der of assistants and went through the
District making arrests that fees might
be obtained to pay the expenses of the
campaign. Strobach was defeated and
came to Washington and contested the
seat. The Examiner said that many poor
men were arrested in Alabama by Dep.
uties on the charge OF chopping wood on
public lands These inen were often
compelled to sell their small posse sions
to pay the costs of trial. Men were
taken in several instances more than q
hundred miles, forced to go on foot,
then discharged and allowed to
return home as best they could.
Some Of the arrested men died from want
of food and exposure while walking to
their homes. Their families also sui.
fered, having to dispose of their means
for acquiring sustenance and to pay the
costs of trial of the arrested parties. In.
stances were cited where the Examiner
investigating offices OF government Off
cials was threatened. N. A. Wilson,
now Receiver of Public Money, had at
tempted to shoot him in Covington coun-
ty, Alabama. The witness said there
was scarcely man who had not been ar
rested, and he could not recall n single
case where prisoner was convicted.
Converse sticks to His Wool Bill
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Converse, of
Ohio, denies having abandoned his bill
to restore the tariff of 1858 on WOOL
He says he will introduce it as soon
after Monday next as possible, and adds
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-08

SAs FRAscIsco, Feb. Wheat,
steady but quiet; seller, season, l.64a;
buyer, season, Sl.70l@l.7l. Barley,
firm and active; seller, season, 9l@92c;
buyer. season. 9Sf1l .O01
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-08
FURNISHED ROOMS TO lEr.
FOR RENT.

Two nicely furnished rooms pleasantly located,
In private family Address p o. Box 1886
jl6tf
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-08
The Rain Over and the weather

SAS.FnANoIseo, Feb. 7.-keports from
Petaluma, Santa Rosa, visalia, Saliuas,
Santa Cruz and many other points state
that the rain has ceased and that It is
now cold, with prospect for spell of
clenr wenther
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-03-01

Is any one to BE- found bold enough
TO say he has mastered even the rudi-
ments of the phenomena Of scent? 1t
has long been found that not even
southerly wind and q cloudy sky isx
certain prelude to days sport. The
late Lord Fitzhardings once remarked
he had hunted hounds for over fifty
wears, but knew no more about the
chances of scent or the reverse than he
did when he first began to carry the
horn. The poet Somerville declared
that ION the air depend the hunters
hopes;' and the great Beckford, while
approaching the subject with much dill
fidence, thought scent mainly depended
on the state of the ground and the tenn
perature. Other writer's have fancied
scent varies much In different foxes,
and the celebrated Nimrod was much
of this opinion. We all know certain
conditions under which hounds as .
rule are unable to get along, but we
know nothing more. On most SEEM
ingly unfavorable days they can often
run to distraction; on others, with APP
parently everything in their favor, they
can only walk after fox. A cold,
raw. windy day is, so far as can be
Judged, the most unfavorable to hounds,
as are also those sunny, gaudy days we
get some time in spring and autumn.
One thing is well ascertained, and
that is, pastures carry better scent
than arabic lands. The reason is not
SO easy to explain, but the fact remains.
It is commonly said that the earth stick
ing to the fox's pads prevents the
ground being tainted with the effiuvia,
and that when the ground is wet and
carries, y as the term is, hounds cannot
even puzzle out the line by slow hunt
| ing. This never seems a very salts
factory explanation, though it is the
one generally given to inquirers. In
all countries there are coverts, and
certain fields, which are notorious for
an utter absence of scent, and usually
without any assignable cause.
We are almost tempted to think that
no general rule can be laid down, but
| that the phenomena of scent vary in
different countries, according to the
diversity OF soil and prevailing winds.
There can be no doubt that the modern
crowded fields are all against hounds
and in favor of the fox. 1t has been
said that honnds, if left entirely to their
own devices, would rarely miss catch
ing their fox, but now they are bar
raised BY the field, and often by-a toe
officious huntsman. As matter Of
fact, those best able to judge. OF the
matter would pronounce the contrary
to be the case, and would say there are
but few DAYS on which hounds would
be successful by their own unaided ef
forts. Never to let the fox get fal
ahead is the great maxim Of the day,
and very sensible one; for we al
know how quickly on bad days he car
run himself out Of scent and danger
Land and Water.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-03-01

-Sixty-four of III New Jersey school
teachers say in reports that whipping is
indispensable.
Columbus, although one of the oldest
towns in Mississippi. has jastcempfeted
its first church. Detroit Post.
Harvard University has 1922
students and 167 teachers. and the
libraries contain 277,700 volumes
Boston Post.
The college Presidents, in their
recent meeting in Boston, were unani-
NOUS in the opinion that football. as q
college sport. ought to be prohibited
Boston Herald.
The California Fruit Growers
Association has adopted resolutions
recommending the teaching ofeconomlc
entomology in the public schools.
-Dr. Bartholow, dean Of the Jeifer-
SON Medical College at Philadelphia,
told the rebellious students recently
that he would have discipline main
tanned, even if he had to call the police
in to maintain i'll Philadelphia Press.
1t is announced that the Rationailst
Protestants Of Germany and Switzer-
land arc shortly to hold a convention
at Frankfort-on-Main to discuss their
duty to send Nationalist missionaries to
the heather.
Football has been dropped from
| the curriculum of studies at Harvard,
and the students have been forbidden
| to play it, The new order causes q
| great deal of excitement and indigna-
| ton, but will save any number OF legs.
+ IN. Y Times.
"A recent number of the journal of
| Education was supplemented with a
| map of the United States, showing the
divisions of standard time, and clear.
concise explanation of the new method
of reckoning time, called standard
time" The map is colored to mark
the five divisions Of time for North
| America.
The following notice appears in an
advertising column of the Washington
Star: 1.-The prayers of Gods people
are most earnestly requested for the
thorough publication of a young church
whose pastor and officers are inveterate
tobacco users, much against the
wishes of its members
That the schools do not exist for
the benefit of the book-makers is q
statement which will hardly be consid-
cred reasonable by those gentlemen.
A correspondent of the Cleveland Her
aid complains that school-book cost
more to the consumer and less to the
maker than they did in 1860. This
cost is at present matter Of wide
spread dissatisfaction. and the multi
plication of them is equally condemned.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-03-01
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Ycsh R;11;rru save of eoc;efv that
he .coms;ntances wnnld fiji ratbe-
d d.s ~ NJ ths tha r,,,,,;t would hold his
sr; a' S''' ''''' ''~ f''r'
'- re 80 Als.k. vopnr man. oo IN
Al.sIs Tha last c;,;1eS who went IN
.hos s a. han ~ No. S sos;J man Hewas
s sn~.o -, :, dssth " co,,,,,erc;ol Al.
800. .,s,s;as. - ~ - $500 49,
~ Up ssp.. >, s.;a a Marathon how edo
o.t.' rive Mill D, eyes Tommy y
49, AsJ ,.t = hrtter lent ;te,
..Yas I'd sor ..Wa,I than ;sn,t
...,, LII h,,.tar,o;ll p,, Warorbo,,
yss.s $500 -
w"Wbat do Won CHARGE for ]odoincP''
;nouired man with 4 watch eve. brac.
inc himself in front of the hotel register
a. = nrom;nent caravansarv. zone
dollar.E renlied the diamond-hilted
cIsrt ..1ne dollar ehp Saw couldn't
Won , take seventv-fiye cents and wake
nc m twentv,f;ve cents earlier than
neral, ,,s s., Hail NM
q, ho.r vo,,r urc,e ;s de.d - s.;d .
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liz ;,,,ad ~ ra;vhhor ond a~;rrlv
e s.Waa .Se C ola T,Sssrn. Nv" TO-.
70 w az Nv ps.s;ss,i Ed:.;a,, M":s
, LIZ, sI LII. zig nes'Sou A'@''''oi'' -"
'''''' ~. . "D's Ia NJ u.ou =,
NO sa,a MIS-; nomespun, I
ass. soeH :. ''o T =, a d.. NJ.
So oa .d an 80 - deasi, a,,o,. s;,o sIs harsn
leer;n~ house forty wears aco Nth
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-03-01

had made an express pilgrimage to
Bukeia, this remote and isolated VII
lage. in order to see an interesting COM
munity of Jews who maintain that
they are the descendants of families
who were not dispersed, and that they
are the only Jews in the whole of Pal
estine whose direct ancestors inhabited
the same spot and cultivated the same
land prior to the destruction of Jerusa-
lem. Hence they have never inter-
married with any other Jews, all of
whom, no matter how long their an
cestors may have been in the country,
they regard as foreigners. Neverthe-
less they are ministered to by Sephar-
dim Rabbi sent to them for the purpose
from Safed. / went into their syna-
gogue, q modest and simple little
building, but large enough to contain
the small congregation, which does not
number above 100. Besides the twenty
Jewish families there were forty ortho-
dox Greek Christians and eighty Druse
families composing the population of
the village. and there was quite q rival
nv of hospitality between the three
sheikhs representing these different
communities to entertain US. We de-
cided in favor of the Hebrew sheikh, and
he soon had nearly all the co-religionists
men, women and children summoned
for my inspection. In fact, l held sort
of leUce, the whole community fling
past and making efforts to put my hand
10 their lips as they did SO. Theytiif-
fered in no respect, either in clothing,
cast of countenance, or manner, from
the ordinary fellabin of the country.
many of whom were present, SO that
had . good opportunity Of comparing
them. They all rejoiced in the name
| of Cohen, and were, of course, all more
or less nearly related, SO that it was q
matter of establishment, after so many
centuries of intermarriage, that they
|should3 have presented SO healthy 90
appearance. Indeed observed one re.
markedly pretty girl Meantime the
orthodox Greek priest, the Jewish Rab'
bi and the religious head Of the Druses
/ Joined the party. and was much
struck with the good fellowship and
cotdiality which seemed to exist be
tween the representative heads of such
widely opposite forms of faith. Each
spoke in the highest terms Of the two
Others as individuals whom they liked
and respected; and they AL warmly as
serted that the whole population lived
on terms of the greatest harmony AND
good-fellowship, and were cultivatin{
side by side the same lands which theJ
had cultivated from time immemorial
After the Greek priest and Druse sheikl
had gone asked my Hebrew host :,
tell me conidentislly which he reall,
preferred ~ neighbors, the Druses o
The Christians. His answer was tina
he had no complaint to make agains
the Christians, but that be much pre-
| ferred the Druses. Btackscoors Mega
zine. esA
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-03-01
DREAMS AND DREAMS.

A maiden sits in a window seat,
And to and fro swings her idle feet
As she gazes OF at the sunset glow
Over the tops Of the hills OF snow; $500.
In her lap rests a book. unopened, IorRot'
Her eyes are gazing where ours may NOT
As she dreams and dreams
Far up in those mountains Of red and gold,
Behind the snow hills so white and cold,
She sees, doubt not, lover true
On his fiery steed go cantcring through;,
For the bright eyes flash and the red lips
And she sits there gazing q long, long while,
And dreams and dreams.
oi the steed is fiery. the Il yer is true
From the spurs on his boots to his cap of blue;
And the hot eyes fash, and the cheeks burn
fire
As he spurs his horse through the mud and
At his side CLEANS sword. now useless and
with rare jewels set in its hilt Of gold;
Thus she dreams and dreams.
He has traversed the world on his steed 80
For maid like this in the window seat.
Scanned maidens of high and Of low degree,
And OF each one said, softly: mot thee, not
theep
WIN never hand point him out the way,
wonderf q. yesl ne will come today!
So she dreams and dreams.
But bark to that sound; was it out of the
street?
And was IL the sound Of hurrying feet?
O, my heart. stand still and listen with me
While press my face to the pane and see
is 1t horses hoofs on the pavement below
Have you come, my knight, is 1t yes or no!
She dreams and dreams.
From that sword the jewels methinks see
Adjoining the hand of a maid like mel
And now can feel his breath on my cheek
His hand over mine. viii he never speak?
A voice through the darkness comes loud and
clear:
''what, dishes not washed yet? How's this, my
dearY''
Farewell. o ye dreamsy'
Evening Cdu.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-03-01

I'm taking out the old filing recent
~ on the 15Gth level of the Ophir mine
at Virginia City the workmen un-
earthed an old sledge which was roc
ognized by veteran miner present as
one that John w. Mackay used in the
mine over twenty years ago. Chicago
Tribune.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23

ceive nothing in the parish OF
Iberia which is worthy Of orr imi,
tatioa. We are progressing gen.
tlemen and it is time for you to
follow our example. The day
when the 1berians might have re-
garded the Vermilionite as a spe,
cies of cowboy-buccaneer hybrid
arrayed in yellow cottonade with
a brace Of huge six shooters and
spurs, riding a sorry mustang, and
whose chief occupation consisted
in feasting on tasso, couche-chouche
ct caiW and branding his neighbor's
calves, has happily passed never to
return. We have good officials,
they are elected by large MAORI
ties, we enforce the laws and en-
Joy the benefits Of good roads, and
schools ; we punish criminals
promptly and we are prosperou:
and progressive.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23
The citizens of Vicksburg have

The citizens of Vicksburg have
memorialized congress to make an
appropriation to restore the har'
Dor Of V~icksburg, by diverting
the course of the waters Of the
Yazoo river so as to have them
flow in the old channel of the Mis-
sissippi river in front of that city
it being the only practical plan
for the restoration of the harbor,
ali other plans having proved
failures ; the dredging operations
in front Of the city is a recognized
failure, the report Of the captain
of engineers in charge of the works
showing a 6I!,in of FIVE feet during
last season, and they ask that the
public moneys appropriated tor
the Vicksburg harbor be no longer
used for that purpose.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23
MARRIED..

MoUToN - BEssAN - At the
Catholic Church in Abbeville, on
Thursday, February 2lst 1884 at
2:l5 P NJ, by the Rev. Father
Mehault, Miss Henriette Mouton
to Emile Bessan, Esq.
Decidedly this was the event Of
the season in society. The bride
is the handsome and talented
daughter Of Col. WIN Mouton and
her popularity was attested by the
large and elegant audience in at
tendance. The groom is one OF
New Iberia's most promising
young men. We wish the happy
couple the ample malgation Of
their proudest hopes and trust
that the shadows may fall but
lightly across their pathway in
life.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23
N 0 T / C E
OFFICE at New Orleans, La

February 7, 1884.
Notice is hereby given that the
following.named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make
final proof in support Of his claim.
and that said proof will be made
before the Judge or Clerk of the
District Court, at Abbeville, La,
on March %, 1884, viz : Theodule
Williams, Homestead Entry No.
5087, for the s quarter. of Sc
quarter, Sec S, T II, SIR 3 East,
Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following wit
nesses to prove his continuous resi-.
dence upon. and cultivation Of said
land, viz Ursin Landry, Jules
B~oudreaux, Luther Foreman and
Benajah Foreman all Of Vermilion
Parish, Louisiana.
C. B. DARRALL, Register.
Feb. 1874.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23
TO w Gil,

TO W Gil.
Feb. llth 1884.
The Council met this day ;
there were present R G Smcdes,
mayor, and Lastie Broussard, d
Bourque and J Abadie absent
S Wise.
The Mayor stated that lie would
be away from town frequently for
a while, and it was necessary that
a mayor pro TEN be appointed 70
act during his absence.
Whereupon on motion Of Nj
Broussard, Joseph ] Abadie vas
appointed mayor pro TEN.
On motion council adjourned
sine die. R G SMEDEs, Mayor,
w. B. WHITE, Secretary.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23


The destruction of property and
suffering of people entailed by the
foods in the Ohio valley are terri
BILE to contemplate. In the cities
of Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cincin-
natl, Covington, Louisville and
Evansville, thousands Of poor PEG.
pie living on the river front have
been driven from their homes by
the merciless waters and are now
dependent upon public charity for
food and shelter.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23
A CARD.

l desire to inform my friends
and the public generally that
will continue the business of the
late A. A. Mouton, cotton and sn.
gar factor, and general commission
merchant ; for my own account,
and hope they will continue to
favor me with the same patronage
extended to the firm of A. A,
Mouton for SO many years.
Chs. HERNANDEZ,
formerly of A. A. Mouton & Co.
38 Union St. New Orleans, La.
Feb.23 saw.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23
NOTICE..

Hunters are strictly forbidden
to hunt within our enclosures An
passing through the saue.
wishing to visit our plan.
tations, must first call at our
houses. Any one caught violating
this notice will be prosecuted d
the full extent of the law.
ALEX. BR9UssARD,
ALCIDE BRoussARD.
CLERyILLE BRoUssARD.
January 18th "a.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23

Grille I.etla nc, "a son of Sever
in Leblanc, ESQ., the young man
who was kicked by a vicious horse
some three weeks ago, receiving
a severe fracture of the skull, died
on Tuesday morning Of compress
sion of the brain, as result of the
injury. His funeral took place
Wednesday evening and was one
of the largest ever seen in Alb
beyille.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23

Mr.. Villier Blanchet having re-
paired and fitted up the building
formerly occupied as a grocery by
John Lafeur, has opened therein
a restaurant and oyster saloon.
The location is a very desirable
one and a good restaurant among
the many things needful in Able
vile. The CUISINE will be under
the charge Of Mr.. Edmond Gallot
a veritable artistic in the art gas
tromic and cannot fail to tickle
the palate Of the most fastidious'
Success to you'll
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23

Mr.. ]. B. Lawton for several
years past foreman of the New
Iberia Sugar BoDl, has been
elevated to the position Of local
editor. In welcoming him to the
ranks of the press gang We take
pleasure in saying that the young
gentleman's ability will always be
exarted in behalf Of the country's
good.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23

Planters are pushing their field
work vigorously and the glitter
ing plowshares" which Old Virgil
speaks of, begin to shine in the
sunlight, even more brightly than
they did in the fields of the ancient
Romans.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23

"And still the good work goes
on" Mr.. Dupre Blanchet is build
ing a substantial house on his
the lot adjoining Mr.. Louis Our
bins residence. The building is
constructing under the eye Of that
master mechanic Don Louis Lon.
glinais which is a sufficient guar
rantee. When completed Mr..
Blanchet will open in it a we'll
assorted stock of family groceries.
Being in a central locality, oppo.
site the Courthouse Square we
see no reason why he should not
succeed and wish him we'll in bis
enterprise.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23

Judge Fred A. Gates of New
Iberia, has been solicited by the
bar Of that town and St. Martins
vile, to become a candidate for
District Judge in that district,
and has accepted. lie is an able
man and will give Fontelieu a
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23
inlpv. amt Notice.

Ali persons wishing to make publica-
lions OF tableany, etc, are hereby mott
fed thu from and after date said no.
tees must be accompanied by the
printers fee, or same deposited with
thc Clerk Of Court, otherwise, they will
not be published. We cannot afford to
work for glory. mach less promises.
Anrrl 1st 1882.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23

On Monday the bell belonging
to the Catholic Church was re.
moved from the old tower and
preparations made for putting il
in position in the bellry Of the
new church. This task was under
the eye of Mr.. Jos. Barthe, who
has become a Vermilionite.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23

The Miller and Croker line of
steamers is daily growing very
irregular and unreliable. This is
not right. If the Pharr line could
make regular trips we see no rea-
son why the present line can not
do so.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-02-23

Callahan & Lewis, Steam Cis-
tern Factory, and Moulding Mill,
New Iberia, Louisiana. Send for
Price List. feb23 emo.