The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-01-09
State Items.

State Items.
The Colfax Chronicle has received
new type.
Morehouse Clarion An effort is
being made to raise money by sub
scription to purchase a town clock,
which would be the source of great
convenience to the public generally.
New iberia Enterprise The new
year was not a bright one at its
opening, and We had quite thunder
STORM and heavy fall of rain this
morning, which latter was not amiss
as many clsterns are not over Well
supplied with water.
Onachita Telegraph The neee
papers charge the same price for -
serting death notice as they dc TO
a marriage notice. A great man.
people express Surprise at this, not
knowing that d marriage and a
death are both grave affairs.
N. o. States Ladies are begin
ming to use scented wax for sealing
precious little letters. There is now
imported from Paris costly kind of
wax for this purpose, the perfume of
which when burning will fiji room
and linger for hours about the en-.
velope.
.Gretna Sun !: Last Monday night
thieves effected an entrance into the
premises Of Mr.. D. DcGruy and
stole several small articles. They
thep entered the adjoining, and car
ricd. of a ,punlber Of turkeys and
chickens. Who they were is not
known.
Iako Charles Commercial !: We
are reqpeated to state that a meeting
will be held at .Fricke's Opera House;
Oh Sunday. January 10th, at $3.50
b. m.; for the purpose Of forming d
branch association Of the Knights of
Labor. Those interested are invi:
ted to attend.
Farmerville Gazette /: Mr.. A. J.
Cole. living four miles east Of Ma:
rjon, Union parish, La, raised on
"hill land" at the rate Of sixty-6ve
bushels Of corn to the acre. The
field was fertilized with cotton seed.
Let our swamp parishes do better
than the hills" Of Union, if they
can.
Sugar Planter The majority Of
Dur sugar planters have now finish
ed grinding. and, with few excep-
tions, are all satisfied with their
crops. True. on some places the
yield at the beginning Of the season
fell aomewhat below expectations;
bat as whole the results have been
excellent. 1t has certainly been an
exceptionally favorably season for
saving the cane crop.
Houma Courier 4 aerions diff
cnlty arose between two brothers;
Scott and Yank Hatch. last Monday
evening, at Bayou Black, III which
a knife and clnb were used; and both
parties were badly used tp. The
fight eliminated in the serious cut.
ting Of Scott in the neck, abdomen,
side and back. Yank's nose was
broken from the blow Of d stick;
dealt by Scott. The fight grew ont
Of dispute about the shipment Of q
certain quantity df rice to New Or.
leans.
Opelousas Courier That first
class planter, Mr.. A. FL. Generes,
manager bf the Camp Hamilton
plantation, two miles east of town,
finished grinding his crop on the
18th Instant, which yielded 3l5
hogslieads Of choice sugar, and pro-
portionate amount of molasscs. This
Is considered a very fair result. con-
sidering the acreage in cane; but
would have been much better, If sea-
sonable rains had occntfed ID Au:
gust ana september.
Times Democrat The Morgan
Railroad Company have been at
work since Monday 2lst, with steam
pile driver and gang Of men driving
in pile bulkhead at Davis crevasse
to prevent sloughing of the levee.
Three rows Of City foot piles will he
driven for a distance 900 to 400
feet. These ties are to be strongly
braced and tied together. This, it
is thought, will prevent any fear Of
further accident at that place, and
no doubt will be Interesting news to
the planters and every body inter-