The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-02-20
State Items.

Louisiana Standard: The goot
people of St. Mary parish believe il
their toddies. Their police jury
have refused to hold an election fol
prohibition.
st. Mary Review: Mr. Percy
O'Briep, oversee oc Riverside, in
| forms SO .ist the Gesye planted last
| fall is % ga9d condition on this and
| Poin ".easah: i,'anta,ions
! n . Picavnae: Baton Rouge
hes surplus of tramps. Seven con.
, victs were pardoned out of the pen.
'iten,ia1y one day last week. Gov.
! McEnery will address the Baton
Ro,ge firemcn on the 22d inst.
Houma. Courier: Planters are
actively at work preparing the
Ground for the crop of 1886 We
are c.ad to lean that seed and stub
bic caue have not been injured to
anv great extent hy the freeze.
Far'ne"yiI:e Gazette: The follow
ing is 1hr annortionment of school
funds to this and adjacent parishes:
Claiborne, $2O2s OF: Jackson, $3.50
so; Lincoln, $134l7S; Onachita,
$l653.6O: Morehouse, $l577.7l;
Union, $l59954.
St. Landry Democrat /: I1 the
neighborhood of Washington, on
last Sunday, a Mrs. Latseallc,
white woman, was outraged hv a
negro man named Alfred Taylor.
There is some talk of lynching him
if he can he caught.
Lafayette Advertiser: The sound
of saw and hammer is still heard in
the railroad division Of town. New
honses and improvements are the
order of The day. Cheap lumber
and cheap lots, in desirable Ioca.
tion, soon builds good town.
THO Mr.chacihd: We have been
eriov;ng fine weather for soma DAYS; |
with he inter unsion of a copIous
rain Wednesday night But as the
weather turned fine Immediately
after it will not long intrude with
field work. What the planters need
now is continuous dry weather.
Capitolian-Advoca We have
now had about one week of fair
weather with a frost nearly every
day. O!d observers say this is the
harbinger of good crop year, for,
they say. steady cold is most ALWAYS
followed bv good crop seasons, 1t
is to be hoped their past observations
will be verified this year.
Lake Charles Commercial : I'm
are still going on in
Lake Charles. Io every direction
new houses are going up Cramer
and Morgan. the two highwaymen
who esraped last week from the par
ish jail were recaptnred in Newton
county. Texas. Sheriff Reid re.
turned with the prisoners Wedncs-
lay evening.
Opelonsas Courier: After
month of unusually cold weather
he temperature moderated the latter
part of last week and has continued
mild since that time, with a prospect
# an earlier opening of spring than
vas foreshadowed few days ago. {
Very little rain fell during the pc. s
'iod, and it is fair to presume that {
many of our farmers have began {
'reaking their lands so as to hegin I
,lanting corn and oats as soon as it I
an be done. II
Carroll Banner Spring work has q
'ecome general, such as trimming s
ruit trees and shrubbery, and the /
lanting of early garden seeds. a c
mall sized cyclone passed over the '
AXE Tuesday morning. The aspect n
f things looked threatening for Il
'hile, but did. little damage. more o
han soaring the school children. I
he colored people have abont set- il
led down for another year, several
undred more Of them than are now
ere could be be accommodated g
18th an abundance Of work. | III