The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-26
State Items.
The st. Charles Herald wants tn
road law enforced.

/ The st. Charles Herald wants the
road law enforced.
Sugar Planter 1--WE are compell.
ed to beg the indulgence Of our rea-
ders week longer, when our COL
umns will be cleared Of the rush of
advertisements" We accept your
apology.
Bossier Banner Comparisons are
not always odious. For instance a
comparison between the total cotton
receipts at Shreveport from Septem-
ber l to last Saturday of 25,278
bales, against ! 8 D55 bales same date
last season, shows an increase of
6,343 bales.
Lake Charles Commercial A new
wire through Louisiana and Texas
has just been completed by the
Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. The operator at this place
will now be able to handle kilograms
with great promptness, as the new
line is to be used for commercial bu.
siness only.
New iberia Enterprise : We learn
from special telegram to the N. 0.
States that it is the design of Mr..
Joe Jefferson to abandon the stage
and spend the residue of his days
here in Louisiana on his magnificent
Orange Island estate. surrounded by
his family, his friends and all the
comforts an ample fortune can fur.
nish.
Lake Charles Echo: We have for,
warded an excellent piece of handy
work to the "Woman's Department" !"
Of the Exposition contributed by
Miss Leila Farehe, of Lake Charles.
This was "a lady's collar, beautiful in
design and admirably executed, and
will no doubt attract and secure ad-
mirers among those who appreciate
such work.
Free Press advises Small farms
of twenty-five or fifty acres, OWNED
and worked by the owners. One half
of each of these farms planted in
cane, the other half devoted to pota.
toes, corn, garden truck, and pasture
for cattle. Central sugar mill ref.
neries every few miles, that would
take the cane raised. You would
not have to hunt market for these
crops. Il is sure sale every time and
/ our people understand it.
New Iberia Enterprise We were
invited on Monday by Mr.. Fred.
Veazey, to inspect a hog he was hav.
ing hutchered. The animal was
purchased last spring for IS and has
been nourished on slops and car.
bage since, with the exception Of
s475 worth of corn fed to him the
past fall. He weighed when cleaned
$50 pounds. As fine hogs can be
raised in Louisiana as anywhere else
and at a less cost where the proper
crops are rotated for them.
Thibodaux Sentinel i: The sugar
cane has all been frozen to the
ground. The planters have winrow
ed great deal, so that with the
present cool weather, all standing
cane will have been ground before
any material loss will be sustained
Many plantations have finished
grinding. Upon the whole, the re
suit In Lafourche will be satisfac
tory, both as to quantity and quail
ty. The yield is generally better
than growers anticipated.
New Orleans States Printed me.
MORALS, it is said, are in circulation
in Washington for signature by
Union soldiers only, asking for the
enactment by Congress Of law foi
the establishment and support ol
Soldiers Homes for Confedetates'
However thoughtful such a move.
ment as this one may be on the part
of its promoters, it is to the last de-
gree improbable that Congress
would ever grant, or ex-Confede
rate soldiers ever accept, such aid.
Thibodaux Sentinel The Missis
sippi and tributaries remain low
with no apparent prospect OF a rise
in sight. The I.alourche is about le
inches above low water mark, which
renders fatboat navigation practica
BILE. Planters faces are full of pleas
ing smiles when they get returns OF
sales of sugar and molaeses. every
account Of sale being an improve
ment on past ones. Democratic pos
session of the Government does not
seem to do any harm down this way
Lake Charles Echo Judge G. A
Fournet returned from New Orlean
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