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Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-08
CLEyELAND,s LETTER.
A Chuckle-Headed Menial Canses the
Presjdent to Write a Second EpistIe.

A Chuckle-Headed Meniai Causes the
President to Write p Second Epistle.
Copyright 1855. BY ps California -;soei1,ed Press.
WASHINGTON, September 7th.-It has just
leaked out that the Presidents letter has
been delayed through the carelessness of
the man employed to clean out the small
private Office in which the President and
Colonel Lamont do all their work Several
days were spent in a vain effort to find the
valuable document upon which such q vast
amount Of time and labor has been spent.
Finally the matter was given up for lost,
and the President and Colonel Lamont
started in to tell the Democrats why the
present occupant of the White House was
willing to sacrifice himself for his country
and 90 back on his similar document OF
four years ago.
The letter has been completed and re-
yised, and was to day sent to the Public
Printer. ] have it on good authority that
| it will be given TO the press on next Sunday
night. The object in giving it out on Sun
! day night Is to insure its being given ,
wide circulation in all the paper of tai
country, The letter, am told, will ne4t b
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barber-shops, two Livery stables, four sa-
Icons, two butcher-shops and a restaurant !;
Il lumber yard with stexm planning
and sash and door factory. a harnrss-shop
besides furniture and upholstering. There
are four doctors, one lawyer, one carpenter
and wagon-maker, two barley mills, ten
insurance agents, six grain buyers, two
real estate firms, one colony agency, three
white and four Chinese laundries, one con-
tractor and builder, one paper-hanger, and
:: stage line 10 OrovTIIc. There are two
churches, Baptist and Methodist The
former has Just been refitted, and isas
good as new, and the latter. lust eompleted.
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The Retaliation R,lI

WAsHINeToN, September THIN the
House to-day, the regular bill was passed
donating to the State-of Louisiana for quar-
antine purposes certain lands on the Mis-
sissippi river.
the retaliation bill, and the debate was con
tiEued for a long time.
At its evening session the House passed
thirty-two private pension bills, and at
1890 adjourned till tomorrow.
Yellow Fever Outbreak In Georgia.
WASHINGTON, September 7th.-The fol-
lowing telegram was received this after
noon:
MONTGOMERY. iAla-), September 7th.
Surgeon General HGniiltOR:. Our special agent
reports ten cases of yellow fever At McClenny
in Baker county, and one death from black
yemit W. S. REESE, Mayor.
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THE CHINESE RIOTS.
The State Department Unable to- Get
Particulars From Canton.

PartIctIars FROM canton.
iCopygsi, 1855. by the caf fornia As,ociatsd Pres.
WAsHINGToN, September 7th.-Assistant
Secretary Rives was seen at the State De-
partment to-day and asked about the trou-
BILE in China. He said there was no reason
to discredit the reports of these riots, but it
had so far been impossible to obtain any
response to kilograms sent there to the
American Consul. From this it was fair
to assume that there was trouble of seri-
Gus nature, as otherwise the kilograms of
tine Department would have been promptly
answered. Nothing can be said as to the
details of the affair. he added but such
things have happened before and are likely
to happen again. Canton is a good place
to have row in, said the department Off
cial. The people are very irritable, and
when excited by the least cause at times
will gather in mobs and frequently create a
riot. There are very few English residents
there. most of them being at Shanghai.
The United States Consul at Canton is Hon.
Charles Seymour, who was appointed in
1882 "Canton is very large city no one
knows how large said naval officer. 1t
is probably little over the size of New
York -
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HITE OAf. RIO KONlTO. 3 FEET II tikCI
and 10th earnest, enthusiastic and ener-
getic in working for the best Interests Of
the ,own and couairy surrounding.
IAEf;t IASD HOLDINGS.
Within i radius of three and half
illils- u Birg there are ia The hands Of
Only ises,ty eight owners oyer e, coo acres
of laud, the tracts ranging from 400 to
l 500 acres. averaging each ranch at ten
persons, which certainly IS liberal enough,
AMI We have a population Of 2s6 people.
Every 20 acres IS asnpiy Sufficient for a
f,niiy of seven. Instead Ikea. .sfsHiierc
there isnow s;Ii 2s i,sn,> wiii, 2Su ea?'e,
there s.so',h ie a.ls l,lps- am 5000
peorie. With the sslasfh geHerssls ~ aal
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gress, and whose attachments to the natural
beauties of the locality are such, that of all
the places in the world he considers this
the most admirably suited for life's enjoy
ment.
The population numbers about 1000, all
engaged in the active business affairs of
towns common to its size. The commercial
and other interests may be enumerated as
follows:
Three general merchandise stores, two
groceries, two drug and two hardware
stores, and general variety and news
depot at the Postoffiee. A boot and shoe
store, millinery and drt ss-making house.
factory for the manufacture of cylinieT
teeth, and four blacksInith-shops, tT3
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Twenty-seven Children.

Judge Anderson will have remarkable
character to deal with to-day. Her name
is Mary Goodwin; she is negro woman.
aud was arrested for fighting. She is the
youngest of thirty children and the
mother of twenty-seven. She Is still ,
young woman, that is to say she is decid-
edly younger than You would expect to
find her. She gives her age as SO, and
doesn't seem to be great deal, II any,
older. She says she has her children
names all down in book, bnt can't re.
member all of them. Two of them are
named George Washingtdp.-Ailanta C6a
stitatiop.
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provided for, and the new building will
soon be under way Biggs has but one
hotel, but it is a three-story one, in which
regular and transient guests receive all the
little attentions that 90 to make them
happy and comfortable. The Odd Fellows
are having built new brick hall, the con-
tract price of which is $4,000. 1t will
be pushed rapidly to completion. \ sys-
TEN of water works, with steam pump, sup
plies the town with its present needs, with
an abundance of pure, clear, soft water.
Last, but not least, are the two local pa
pers, the Biggs drgas and the Hdmiuon
Ne'rs, both weeklies. The former is Demo-
cratic in politics, and the latter Republi-
can. Both are well and cleanly edited,
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Bit;GS.

Its Mercantile and other Businesses-Its
schools, Churches, Etc
The town Of Biggs is on the Oregon
division of the Southern Pacific Railroad
miles north of Sacramento.
Two passenger trains each way daily, be-
sides numerous accommodation and freight
trains, afford most excellent travelling, mail
and express facilities, and transportation
of freight to markets in every direction.
1t was named after Hon. Marion Biggs,
who now represents this district in Con-
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Irs GEOGRAPHICAL. LEGATION.
Ti.. colony is le-> than three miles from
fhe depot at Biegs. Pant of the land is
the rich aliuyial soil Of the Feather river
bottoms. Tie rest is The rich sandy loan
described under the head of soils in this
article All is covered with tae oak
growth mentioned, equailng in magnif-
cenee any ever seen in any country. Hum
dreds Of these oak trees will measure each
from twenty to thirty-five feet in eircum-
ference, and one, a cut OF which is here
presented, measures in circumference fully
Sc feet. Ttis land has heretofore been de-
voted mainly 10 whea grswing and pastur-
age. On SONS of The bottom lands, how
eeers alfalfa, cnru ana haIs have been
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4 LOUD PROTEST.
Bashirgtcn Women Play Mean Trick
on "a Congresslns1.

On CongresslNfn.
Copyright 1sss.Jy The California ieaoeiassa I'r>,i
WAsHiNezoy, September 9Th. - Two
bulky packages wrapped in tissue paper,
and having the appearance Of bouquets.
were placed or Congressman SCOTS desk
before the meeting of the House this morn
ing. They sooG attracted the attention of
the House attendants by their peculiarly
offensive odor, and by order of the officer
OF the House were examined, and found to
be q couple of brooms, filled with crab
shells, nloldy chestnuts, stale eggs and other
offensive articles, and bearing an inscrlp-
ton stating that they were sent by the Wo-
mems industrial heague to indicate their
disapprobation of Mr.. Scott's record as
champion of labor interests. The offens-
i've articles were removed before Mr.. SCOTS
arrival
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the town, or more particularly the 100000
acres lying under reach of the FIemmirg
ditch, properly utilized. there sould be
afforded opportunity fer S,o00 homes
capable Of yielding comfortable Ewing for
40, 900 sonls, aside from those occupied by
the trades and professions necessarily a
part of such community.
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for other purposes, parties offer such prices
for land that the returns for whcat-raisirg
will not yield good interest on the price
offered. That will be as soon as some en-
terprising man demonstrates the superior
ity Of these lands for horticultural pro-
ducts, and this viii occur with the advent
of the first ditch with water for irrigation.
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spirit he placed himself in the van of progress
that is us yet slowly but surely pervading
Northern California. He disposed of his
entire possessions, with an explicit under
standing that the entire tract should be
subdivided and offered for sale in small
lots to seekers for small homes. Les than
eight months have elapsed since the trans
fer and the perfection of the colony or
ganization, yet already more than one
fourth has been disposed of to no president
BUYERS, who will make their homes there
and this has been done without the hustle
and rustic frequently attendant with,
aud part of the general plan of coloniza-
ton schemes
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OF about a mile and
a half. The river
then flows directly to
the south while the
canal takes a south
erly and westerly di-
rection through Rio
Bonito Colony, and
the remainder of the
natural park lands.
Continuing, it bounds
the townsite of Biggs
on the south, a half a
mile, and from thence
westerly and south
erly. Surveys have
been and are being
made for the construc-
tion of lateral bitches,
which, when finished,
will make one of the
most complete, thor
ough and reliable ir-
rigating systems in the
world. The supply of
water is far in excess
of any demand that
can possibly be made
upon it. The river
where the dam is to
turn the water into
the head of the ditch,
is several rods in
width, and the cur
rent so deep and
strong, at the present
time, the lowest sea-
son, as to carry any
one off his feet who
would undertake to
wade through it. The
average depth of the
water there, as nearly
as could he estimated,
is between three and
four feet, and the We
locity of the current
fully five miles per
hour. The water to
be turned into the
canal Will amount to
$50, 900 miners inches.
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We talk of human life as josrney, but
how yariously is that journey performed.
There are those who come fcrth girt and
shod and nantled, to walk or velvet lawns
and smooth terraces, where every gale is
arrested and every beara is tempered.
There are Others who walk ON the Alpine
paths of life, against driving misery aud
through stormy sorrows, over sharp aiiiic-
, tions walk with bare feet and naked
breast laded, mangled and ehiIled.-Rer.
SYDNEY Smith.
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is a cosy brick structure of handsome
architectural design, in fact one of
the prettiest in Northern California,
and speaks for the enterprise of the
congreg alton. This organization have
also in contemplation the erection in the
near future of fine Methodist college on
grounds reserved for the purpose adjoining
the town site There is a fine two-story
brick school building, accommodating four
departments, hut the increasing population
demands additional room. that mas been
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named in honor of the
veteran editor of the
New York Tribune.
But colony as under
stood in California,
means something alto
gether different. 1t
means nothing of the
trials, troubles and
hardships that are a
part and parcel of
colonization as above
described, but simply
the dividing up of
large land holdings,
many of which are
already undergoing
cultivation, into
smaller tracts for
otner methods of cul-
tivation, and placing
the same in the mar
ket to supply the de-
mand for small homes.
Nearly if not all CAL
ifornia colonies are
located in the imma-
diate vicinity of rail-
ads and of towns
with all the alvant-
ages of s c hoolS,
churches and society
already established. A
colony here is a COM
munity Of farmers
with small homes.
RIO BoSITo COLONY.
Hon. Marion Biggs,
Jr. owned 200 acres
of land between Biggs
and the Feather river,
in the heart of that
beautiful section COW
cred with oak, pre-
viously mentioned.
Percelying the adj
yantages Of a thickly-
peopled and prosper
Gus section Of country
10 a county and State
over one sparsely set
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IRRIGATION.

A Scheme on Foot to Furnish Water for
100000 Acres Of Land.
There is now under course of construc-
tion an irrigating canal known as the
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NOT REJECTED.
The ChInece Government Not Yet Acted
on the Treaty.

WASHINGTON, September 7th.-A message
from the President in answer to the reso-
luton of Senator Sherman, requesting in
formation regarding the rejection or ac-
ceptance of the treaty By China, was read
in the Senate to-day. The President SUBJ
mitted two dispatches frcEa the American
Minister at Peking-his only information
thetirst of which stated that the Minister
believed the treaty had oeen rejected, and
the second, dated September 9Th, stated
that the treaty was postponed for further
deliharatior
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rolumirlors eiiair. but will on tie con.
irary be surprisingly brief which would
APPEAR TO justly the presumption that there
are number Of things that the gentleman
n the While House felt had better ac a.
touched upon. * =
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ABOUT COLONIES.

Different Meanings cf The Word Colony
kast and E"sf--Rio Bonito.
When Horace Greeley was advising
young men to "go Vest he was also an
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ming ditch, which it is intended will
be ready by next spring to furnish water
for an area of this land ten miles wide
and twenty-five miles long The water
will be taken from the Feather river at a
point two miles below Oroville, and the
main canal, of which about ten miles is
in condition to receive the water, will run
for the first three miles parallel with the
river, but at an average distance from it
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enthusiastic advocate of colonization. and
that meant in those DAYS concerted emil
grafton Of people of all trades and pro-
fessions and tillers of the soil, to an unoc-
cupied and fertile section, generally on the
frontier, and the building up of full
fedged town, with schools, churches, etc.
and having at once all the advantages of
commercial and social intercourse. OF this
class was the Greeley COLONY in Colorado
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THE CAPITAL.
CHINA HAS NOr ..Fji ffPD THE
LATE TREATY.
The Restriction BlSI Passes the SEN
Standardization Discussed in the
House-s3ill SCOTS Bouquet.
THE URKNEsE rfLL.

lszscsA. DtsrArGnrs TO Tpx sEoospssros.l
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grown, yielding immense retur.e. On the
nplands, besides wheat, vines and trees
grow thrifty, and produce excellent fruit
without IRRIGATION, but with ii the yield
would lie greater and absolutely certain.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-09-08
Formal

ABBEvILLE, La, September :, 1858,
Editor Abbeville Merilional.l
In your issue Of the 25th August,
1883. in a communication signed by
shell Beach," some remarks are
therein made which seem to be d.
rected against me, with the evident
purpose of attempting to ipjure me.
I have already requested you to in.
form me who is the author of said
communication, and ] now make
this formal and final demand upon
yet. for the name Of the author of
said communication, appearing III
your issue OF the 25th August, 1885,
over the signature of "SheIl Beach"
l an, with respect,
AMB. MoUToN.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-09-08
An Explanation.

Editor Abbevillo Meridional.l
An investigation OF the Lake Ar.
thur public road troubles, which
were 20 deliberately delineated in
Shell Bcach's" communication a few
weeks ago, discloses the fact that
your correspondents feelings and i'm.
agination ran away with his evil
dence in the case. The law Of the
land provides certain iormalities and
rules for establishing public roads,
and unless these arc. complied with,
the police Jury eau not give the peo-
pie of any locality a public road any
more than they can the moon. 1t is
very true, that a good public road
from Lake Arthur to Abbeville is
greatly needed, and it is equally true
that the absence of one is due not to
any neglect OF Indifference or par
TALLY on the part of the police jury,
but to a failure Of the people Of that
section to display the proper spirit
in the matter, and of the jury offree.
holders to do their plaiuly written
duty. 1t is all bosh, Of the veriest
kind, to accuse any man, much less "a
man who owns no property outside
of a graveyard" of having frustra.
ted the will and wishes of q jury Of
freeholders. They arc sworn to do
their duty without fear or favor, to
lay out o road in the most conve-
nient and practicable location, and
whenever they can not acquire the
necessary land by purchase or dona'
ton, they must condemn Or expro.
pirate it. The police jury, like the
weather, is too often blamed for
things they are not responsible for,
as is plainly the case in this instance.
Whenever Shell Beach," and bis
fellow sufferers, get a jury Of free
holders to comply with the require.
ments of the law, the police jury will
gladly ratify their action and
secure them a road; but until then
they are powerless.
INVESTIGATOR.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-09-08
Fair Meeting.

AsBEv1LLE, LA, September I, 1855.
The adjourned meeting of citizens
interested in the formation Of a Fair
Ground and Park Association, met
at the courthouse this day, Joseph
L. Labit, president pro TEN, in the
chair.
On motion of c. W. Fclter. Or.
G. J. Edwards was chosen tempo.
rary secretary.
On motion of Dir. ". d. White
the chair appointed a committee OF
five to invite and solicit the attend
ance Of the public at the next meet.
ing, to be held on the second Tuesday
of September, 1888: J. 4. Brous'
sard, VIM. D. Gooch, Wh. Cade,
Gus Hebert, Eli Wise.
Moved, that the editor OF the
MER1D1oNAL' be requested to pub
lish the proceedings of this meeting.
The meeting then adjourned uatil
Tuesday, September II, 1888.
JOSEPH I. LABIr,
Temporary President.
G. J. EDWARDS, Sec. pro TEN
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-09-08
Political.
ABBEvILLE, Aug.

ABBEvILLE, Aug. 16, 1883.
The members of the Democratic Par
ish Executive Committee are hereby
notified to meet at the Office of the un-
dersigned, at Abbeville, on Saturday,
the 25th instant, at IL O'clock a. H., for
the purpose Of providing for the sclec-
ton OF delegates to represent this par
ish in the congressional convention
called to meet at New Iberia on the
11th September next, to nominate d
candidate for congress from this, the
third congressional district of Louis
lana. LAsTIE B~HOUssARD,
Chairman.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-09-08
Headed"

When a wooden pavement was de-
sired outside st. Paul's cathedral, Sid
ney Smith said: "If the canons viii
simply put their heads together the
thing is donew They were not halt SO
wooden-headed, however, as it would
be to deny the merit of DR.. r. V.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
which has cured many thousands OF
liver disease, impure blood, king's-evil,
salt-rheum, dropsy, chronic affections
of the throat, bronchial tubes, and
lungs, asthma, catarrh, influenza, neu-
ralgia, dyspepsia, constipation, and all
skin diseases. druggists.
When everything else fails, DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy cures.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-09-08

Last Tuesday the celebrated road
suit entitled Parish of Vermilion vs..
Alexander Touchet was tried for
the second time by a Jury. The case
occupied oil day-W. W. Edwards
representing the parish. and J. A.
Chargois the defendant; at dark it
was given to the jury after a very
clear aud able charge from the Judge.
The Jury were out nntil t o'clock
Wednesday morning, when they
handed their sealed verdict TO the
clerk. At IL o'clock court opened,
and the foreman. Mr.. Jno. G. White,
breaking The seal announced tie
verdict for the plaintiff with Fifty
dollars damages against Touchet.
So ends a memorable ard holly con,
tested salt which will probably es
tablish a precedent in future road
litigation.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-09-08

A note from Hon. c. T. Cadc, Of
New Iberia, informs Us that the
Governor has neglected to appoint q
police Juror for the seventh ward Of
that parish. The police. jury have
recommended an activeman for the
appointment, and we hope his Excel
lency will soon supply this important
vacancy in the government Of our
sister parish.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-09-08
Political Meeting.

ABBEvILLE, LA, September 3, 1883.
The Democratic mass-meeting tor
the purpose of electing delegates to
the congressional convention to be.
held at New Iberia on, the 18th
instant, was called to order by Mr..
Last;e Broussard, chairman Demo
cratic Executive Committee. The
chairman stated the object of the
meeting, and that the election OF
a chairman was in order.
On motion, duly seconded, Mr..
Howard IIoffpauir was unanimously
| elected chairman, and Minos Gordy
was chosen secretary.
On motion, a committee OF five
vas appointed to draft resolutions.
whereupon the chair appointed
Messrs. Lastie Broussard, w. A.
White, VIM. Cade, J. Il. Putnam,
and Il. HoHpauir.
The chair then ordered q recess
to allow the committee time TO
report.
Committee on resolutions mate
the following report:
.Resoued, That the Democracy OF
Eermilion parish cheerfuhy endorse
the pure. honest and genuine Demo,
cratic administration of the national
government by our genuine .Democ,e
tic president, Grover Cleveland. lie
has shown himself equal to every
emergency in checking and arresting
the encroachments Of greedy hordeS
of monopolists, capitalistsand jobheri
from home as we'll as from abroad
upon the rights Of American citizen:
to our public domain.
). We also heartily endorse the plat
form of the late National Democrat
ic Nominating Convention held a
St. Louis, and pledge our support tt
, the nominees and to the principle
therein enumerated.
:. We further endorse tie course, 0
the Hon. E. J. Gay as a member 0
congress.
! The nomination Of delegates being
: in order, the following named gen
tlemen were nominated and dul..
elected Messrs. Eli Wise, w. b
White, j. FL. Putnam, G. Godchaus
J Nicholas Broussard. J. N. Williams
+ John Abshire and Felix Broussard.
a RESOLVED further, That nc proxy b
given non.delegates, and that tn
attending delegates cast the vote c
the delegation. -
Resoved further, That an appeal
8 hel eby made to tic people Of Verml
ion to organize in their rcspectlv
wards and impress upon every vote
the necessity of going to the polls o
November 6lh and cast their vote
for Grover Cleveland, Democrat
h nominee for president of the Unite
States, aud for the c%opgressions
nominee.
It Resolved, That these proceeding
!. be furnished the MER1DloNAL wit
the request that they be published
Ell HOWARD HoFFpAu1R, President.
d N. L. GoRDY, Secretary.