The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-03-06
State Items.

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good fruit and crop year follows
cold winter. If this be true tn
crop OF 1886 ought to be a sumner
Morgan City Review A chic
was hatched by a hen of Mr.. Ser
0 vllle's last Monday, that had coul
; legs, four wings, two bodies and on,
head. The hen picked it to death.
Poipte Coupce Banner Nearl,
all persons are through planting DO
tatoes, the quantity planted being
not near as much as last year, on &C.
count OF the low prices, which in
many Instances did not pay the ex.
penses.
Opelousas Courier A negro man
ny the name of Austin, residing in
Prairie Laurent, while telling tree
on last Tuesday night to catch a
coon, was struck in the stomach by
a broken limb, falling limb of tile
tree and instantly killed.
Jeanerette Item On last Sunday
night, some ruHians on our streets.
had nothing better TO do than break
the large pane of glass in the build.
ing now in construction and to he
used as the post Office. Such parties
are OF no use to this community, and
the sooner the people do away with
them, the better we will feel.
lberyille South: For the first
Irish potatoes of this season we are
indebted to Miss Mary, the bright.
eyed and three year old child Of Mr..
Ernest Altemu.. who said they were
grown in her grandpa's garden, Mr..
q: N. Roth. They were as large as
a hens egg, and were delicious eat.
ing.
st. Martiusville Messenger The
public roads throughout the parish
we are informed by one who knows
whereof he speaks, are barring a
few, a very few holes, and wl,icl,
could be easily repaired and with
very little trouble, are in an excel
'eEt travelling, the report of the
grand jury to the contrary notwith.
Lake Charles Commercial Ar,
have been made for
tarting cotton factory in the city
# Baton Rouge. Mr.. NJ, Gambrili.
If Wilmington, Delaware, a success.
nj and practical mill man, the super.
ntendent and a large stockholder in
he Arlington mills, at Wilmington
5 at the head of the enterprise and
he mill will go in operation in a
hort while.
Thibodaux Sentinel We have
cen permitted to. see one Of the
roof sheets of the Civil Code now
process Of printing. One page is
cvoted to the law, recording births,
nd after giving full information az
, the details, it concludes with
ect!on that there is no law which
equires any ono to obey the previ.
us sections. If that is fair sam
le of the Code the best thing to do
ith it would he to throw it into tho
[ississippi river.
New Iberia Enterprise In tho
ftl ward, road overseer Harry
nedes last Monday called ont the
tizens Of his district for road duty
I'd they out to the number of forty
re and worked tie new road Just
id out from the Hervien Nores
ne to Burke Station. In this lane
good drain was made leading to
)anish lake, and substantial
idge was constructed over the
md in front of the Crawford place.
ell done, citizens, now turn your
tention to the twenty arpent lane
d then YOU will appreciate thead-
ntagc of good public highways.
Lake Charles Echo: Sheriff D.
Reid returned last Thursday
,rning from Baton Rouge, where
had gone to deliver to the State
ison authorities the robbers John
I. Morgan and John j. Cramcr,
70 plead guilty and we're sentenced
lsnrteen years hard labor A
,at deal Of work has been done in
4 around our town during the
t week by way of gardening, field
TX and permanent Improvement.
e thing we notice very commend
e, is the large number Of shade
es being planted in all parts Of