The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-03-20
NO. 80.
State Items.

are very busy from one end the
year to the other constructing
houses to be used for dwellings,
and business places.
Farmerville Gazette: The wealth.
er for past month has been any
thing but favorable to our farmers,
having rained SO much that but very
little, if any, plowing could be done
not even in the gardens; and
consequently but few have planted
any garden seed.
Lake Charles Commercial. James
L. Holland, of the State of Texas.
who went all the way from his
home in Texas to the City of New
York, to kill Tom Davis, the
swindIer and vendor of counterit
money, was tried. last week for
the murder Of Davis and acquitted.
Lake Charles Echo: Mr.. Michael
Benolt informs US that quite a mum.
Der of cattle are dying down in his
ne1ghborhood. The recent cold
rains, he thinks, are probably the
cause. Warm weather and sunshine
are needed now, to bring up tho
grass, then the death rate CT cattle
will soon decrease.
St Martinsville Messenger: Faith.
er Jan is preparing for hard times,
he is going into the vegetable bus
iness. He has transformed that
beautiful yard of the Presbytary
into vegetable garden. We won.
der if he will not fence 10 the lot
III front of the Catholic Church, and
plant it in corn an IRISH potatoes.
Morgan City Review: Congress-
man Gay says Of the Charenton
Canal connect bayou Tcche with
Grand Lake, that the canal aud the
opening of navigation by way Of
Piaquemine to the Mississippi river
would save a distance of 400 miles
in every round trip from the Techs
to New Orleans.
Louisiana Standard: But few
days remain before the closing of the
Exposition. Those who have not
visited the Grounds yet, should
hurry to do so, as they. may never
have again the opportunity of see-
ing such grand display of arts
and sciences, and of the wealth,
resources and industries of the
three Americas.
Marksvi'le Bulletin: The cotton
seed oil.mills of the tcountry have
united together and formed
known as the Cotton
Oil Trust Company. This pool is to
regulate the price of the commodity.
Can't the producers, the plans
ters, unite and form pool and
reap the benefit of ther labor?
The planting interest SHOULD con
troll large oil mill, a cotton fact.
tory, etc, and retain the profits.
St Landry Democrat: The re-
officer has fixed the date Of
the election for a Senator to Gil the
caused by the resignation
Of Hon. L. s. Fontenot, for Satur-
day, April Oath, as will be seen by
the notice Of election in another
In the meantime the regis.
Lration Office will be opened for the
registration of those who have at.
Iained their majority since the last
election.
Morgan City Free Press: A
white man named Mayors, loaded
himself with whisky on, Sunday OF
last week and getting into boat
proceeded up the bay to Mr.. Drews'
mill. That was the last seen Of him
until on SATURDAY., when his bodv
was found floating along the bank
aud badly defaced by fish and other
water animals. Coroner Wise view.
cd the body and pronounced it u
case Of accidental drowning.
Dpclonsas Courier: We regretted
10 hearof the Ieath oil Mrs Theodulc
Dalg'e, whir.l occurred at Church
Point fews days ago. She vas a
nos. estilmable lady, and the mother
of thirteen childrea. Six Of her
sons were tho paIlhearers and six
io'ushters held pieces OF ribbons at.
',ached to the coffin. A large con-
course of people attended the funer-