The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-19
State Items.

Ouachi,a Telegraph Mr.. W. r
i. | Adams has pnt the price of beef an6
pork down TO 6 and 8 cents pei
pound, which is cheap enough tt
suit any one.
Gretna Sun A rich widow worth
/ fifty thousand wants a correspondent
with aview to matrimos ey. Ad
drcss, ZURA, ca Of this office.
I Worth fifty thousand what
/ Pioneer of A sumption Man,
planters have t,tauyht lhei;' rolling
to q close, generally with satisfac
tory 'esnlts, if their statements are
TO be relied on, and we presume
thcy state the fac's correctly.
Caldwell Watehman Nobody in
the parish wants an appointment ex.
cept Sam johnson, who is an appli.
cant for reappointment to the Loaf
master Gcneralship and slayer OF
the Kings English.
Morgan t'sY 2nview The sugar
crop Is 20 g his year that a
number II !, nav" y purchase
addilionai tuei. Dr. Darra!'. Capt.
Pharr aud others are looking around
for riore coal to finish the grinding.
Honma Courier The experiment
which was to have been made this
year at the Woodlawn plantation,
with a new sngar cane evaporatoi
, sent ont from Chicago, has heen
abandoned, until the next grinding
season..
Iberville South The wharf build
ing ghes bravely on, now that steam
has taken the place of mule power.
and it is only question of few
weeks before we will have first.
class wharf. Mr.. Lozano is man Of
few words, but a great deal of action.
Free Press: The luggers from the
lower coast have been bringing in
large quantities of oranges during
the past week. They are unusually
fine this sea on. The steamboats,
running in the Teche and Vermilion
rivers bring in large loads each
trip.
Morehouse Sentinel Croake,s
say that prohibition has killed the
town Of Bastrop. The town has
been thronged with people, and
trade as lively as ever for the last
two weeks. The crops are pretty
we'll gathered. Cotton moderately
fair: Corn, potatoes and turnips in
abundance.
Marksville Bulletin /: The prairie
of Avoyelles is becoming dotted
here and there with small sugar
houses. These consist If cane
grinder and a kettle or two, which
prove amply sufficient to convert in
to mo)asses, and sometimes sngar,
the owners and heighbors small
patches Of cane.
Farmerville Gazette The cotton
yards Of our merchants are we'll
filled with cotton awaiting ship
mens. Mr.. W. X. Pryor, Of Spears.
vile, has brought us The boss tnrnip
of the season. 1t measured 3Oa in.
ches in circumference and was Of the
purple fat top variety. and raise d
from Northern seed. Mr. Pryor had
several other large turnips, but we
report this one The boss.
Lafayette Advertiser The wind
blew strong enough last Tuesday for
a good size hurricane. hut there was
no damage of any consequence that
we heard Of beyond the blowing
down of fences IA various parts Of
The town. Dlzllioi Court will open
next Monday. l4tl, inst, for recn.
lar civil term, the first week how
ever, will he devoted to criminal
-s'aSes 'riah'c undc ihe five jury law.
he term will probably run into
January.
New Iho'ia Enterprise The ship
rlaul u. it.mttoi' from our sav mills
is cnite h.i~k, several car loads go
,aq Ang Zach q tham dali. As
iac~ y. iisla 1amahrt t5r il turing
T. ulnuior 4or.hs. sud tile mills
were running most Of iii" time, the
yards became crowded to repletion,
bit since thai tine much has been
sent of. leaving, however, a good
showing stiIlon hand. Split lumber
does not sell so we'll, but there is a
fair demand for covering boards for
the country.
OpeIousas Courier The prices of
cotton and all farm products con
tinue low, but as everything else is