The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-17
General Summary.

WO cases VI Sulull pOA WCtO ~
Gently discovered at Newport, 4. l.,
and stringent measures are being
taken to prevent the disease from
spreading.
The expulsion Of the Russian Poles
from Prussia is severely commented
on by portions of the German press,
and the wisdom Of Bismark's policy
IN the matter is questioned.
The executive committee of the
Washington branch of the United
Labor League of America has issued
call for a convention Of represen-
tatives of all the leagues in the
country to meet in New York city,
October 20.
The printers of Dallas, Texas,
have eormed typographical union
with seventy five members, and ap'
piled for charter. Composition
il fixed at forty cents for night and
thirty.fve cents for day work. There
are two hundred members of the
craft in Dallas.
Cholera failed to attack single
one of the four hundred women EN-
ployed in the national tobacco fac.
tory at Valencia, though the disease
ragged violently iu that city, and it
is recalled that tobacco workers
we're also noticed to enjoy exemption
from attack during an epidemic at
Amsterdam.
At a recent session of the congress
of the Socialistic Labor party in
Cincinnati motion to establish a
co operative printing and publishing
} association OF the party, connected
with a Wholesale and retail labor
. news agency at New York, was "a
!, vorably considered. 1t was als']
J, resolved to establish an English
: party paper.
The Nationalists have decided to
: contest every Irish Parliamentary
. seat except twelve. The Roman
Catholic Bishops of Ireland have
passed resolutions condemning acts
!. m violence and intimidation. aud
! warning their ilocks against indulg
} ing ia illegal excesses. Such acts
they say, are certain to bring ths
anger of God upon them and theil
> families, besides disgracing the lrist
: ;c,pIc ia the eyes Of the civilized
; world.
Late adviccs state that the dengu'
? fever 10 Dallas has reached a verlt
:.blc epidemic, for the city is infected
in every direction. Scarcely famil,
have escaped. The doctors are work
y ing night and day. Only one dealt
has occurred, the patient haying an
n other nalady at the same time. l
h must run its course or he checked
l. by frost, for which every one fe'
n ventIy hopes a. an early day. Amon'
e those down with it are three or fon
y editors and twenty printers engage
I, on the daily press.
= The Denison Journal states tha
. the Texas politicians are workin
industriously to produce the impre
y sion that the organization Of tn
n Knights Of Labor is purel y a po'it
IS cal movement, and as such is in o.
'e position to Democracy. But as ii
e politicians do not get chance
n peep behind the scenes, their stat
"a ments should be taken with a gre:
m deal of allowance. The aims Of Il
ID order are as high above the conce
ti"ns Of the ordinary politician an
ns his party as heaven is above shoel.
rt The Sabine Pass Times says I'll
Sc Dallas Morning News did So
IL enough make its appearance on Il
ne first Of October. A. II. Belo 4 c
AL are no fools. They know the d'f5e
III ence between a dying town and
m live one. With a pair on each che
IN nut surely the monkey can tell viii
M is the bad one." Capt. Bill" VI
is considered to be good authori1
at recently stated that one-half OF q
in weston was to let, and the other b
IT, for sale. The Galveston News
ye. identity discovered this fact at t
er, proper time.
m The New Orleans States says th
On. whatever the GROWERS may cay
'Io President Cleveland's attitude
'as ward the Democratic ticket in N
nd York, it has come to light in a ve
convincing way that he is giving
lly his hearty support, and will go
"a. Buffalo on election day and vote
use Governor Hill aud the entire tick
on Unlike his Republican predecesso
I'll. he abstained from any interferel
yes with the nominations Of his par