The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-23
State Items,


They only say we have is in giving
the figures our thermometer has
registered. Friday morning the
; temperature was s degrees Satur-
day, 8 degrees Sunday IL degrees;
Monday, 7 degrees.
Opelousas Courier : The late cold
SPELL was almost unprecedented in
risor and length, in this section of
country. Garden vegetables were
all killed, and it is feared that
young fruit trees and the stubble
cane will be seriously injured, if not
killed. By the severe freezes which
lasted for SO many days.
New Orleans Chronicle Some
bold burglars effected an entrance
into the car shed of the Coliseum
street car line and rifled the fare
boxes of cars No. II and l03 of 81.
While under the influence of liquor,
Adem Weldeck, of. Chicago, lately
arrived, was robbed on Montegut;
near North Peters street, of gold
watch valued at $l7O. 1t is an FL
gin make, No. l,B4S,32O, case No.
1921.
St. Mary Review It is said the
recent spell of weather was the cold.
! est for the past fifteen years, but it
seems to us that in the winter of
1879 was experienced fully as cold
weather, and more disagreeable on
account Of rain that came with it.
Some Of the sugar planters say the
sthbble cane IS ki lied, others that it
is only injured. Plant cane that was
covered deep and rolled is not hurt.
The rain day or two before the
freeze served to protect the cane.
Lake Charles Echo: Mr.. John
Bond, practical farmer living near
the Bay post-office, in Northwest St.
Landry, was in to see US this week.
He says the condition Of stock in
his section was excellent np to the
time Of the cold wave, and although
the cold was unprecedented, still he
does not apprehend any serious
losses, unless the weather should
continue unfavorable for some time.
That section Of St. Landry, so Mr..
Bond says. is in prosperous condi-
ton. and fast filling up with indus.
trious settlers:
st. Martin E.evcille : Since thirty
years. according to some of our
Oldest inhabitants say no such cold
weather as we have experienced q
few days past. was felt here. The
thermometer went down fourteen
degrees, on Saturday last. Tho
Bayou Teche near its banks was
frozen. Coal and wood are consid-
cred IN our town as luxuries on &C.
count Of the difficulty of procuring
the sanic. People who complain Of
not being able to make living,
could assuredly hiake a good one in
this town selling wood or coal.
Lafayette Advertiser If Lafa-
yette secures that Abbeyille road
and few manufactures are erected
in the town, a city will spring up
here thai will become the metropo.
lis of Southwest Louisiana. What
this blessed town needs is d steam
fire engine and an adequate supply
of water. Of what service would
the present hook and ladder compa.
ny be in the event Of large fire.
We have had a week of the coIdest
weather we ever had in the Attaka.
pas. The Thermometer dropping as
low as - Q and some say to lOo.
The boys have been skating on the
ponds and having lots of fun.
New Orleans States The reports
from the flood confirm the impress
sions of the extensive effect of the
heavy rain Thursday night. A large
part Of the district traversed by the
Carrolton line of cars above Loui-
aiana avenue is under water, and the
bitches on Milan aud Constantine
pie streets presented the appearance
,f young canals" A better drain
age seems to prevail in the lower
portion of the city, along the line of
he Barrack cars. In the upper dis.
.rict, on tie line of the Exposition
'oad Of the Prytania and Magazine
;ars, the "greens" are entirely COW
,red with the food. In the neigh
,orhood of Jackson and st. Denis,
Third and Fourth streets wild
waste Of waters is reported. On
3road, st. Peter. Orleans and along
)umaine to the Bayou St. John,
Venetian picture was witnessed this
morning. Barge and skiff were
brought into requisition, and navi-