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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11

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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11
I.nfavette Advertiser Items.

Judge Parkerson says that the
Louisiana Central boom Is not dead
by a Jug fall. 1
What are yon going to do about
that Abbeville railroad?
It nav not be amiss to call atten-
ton to that Abbeville railroad.
That's right, Bro. Bailey, keep the
Abbeyille railroad question before
the public, and if our own citizens
do not manifest any more interest in
the matter soon, than what they have
lattcrly. there are plenty Of others
who are prepared and willing to
grasp the golden opportunity and
build the road themselyes-on to
the seashore; but we prefer to see
such lucrative enterprises fall into
the hands of our own citizens, and
hope they will be able to appreciate
the present advantages offered them
to add thousands more to their al
ready accumulated wealth, by invest
ing capital in a manner that viii
always pay a handsome dividend
This section of country is too rlcf
and too fertile to remain longer II
its present Improbable and dorman
state. Mossbacks will have to tax
a back seat and remain in the real
while wide.awake and live men vii
take the lead, in this day Of enter
prise aud enlightenment.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11
Town Council.

ABBEYILLE, La, Jan. q, 1888.
The Council met this day to elect
a Mayor pro TEN as the Mayor, DIR.
e. Bourne, was away from town.
All the aldermen were present.
Mr. Wise called the Council to
order. and on motion, duly seconded
and carried, Mr.. r. II. Mills was
elected Mayor pro ten; Eli Wise
was elected Secretary pro TEN.
On motion. the Street Il Bridge
committee were authorized to pur'
chase two road scrapers for the use
of the corporation.
r. II. Mills. Mayor Pro Ten.
ELI WISE, Secretary Pro TEN.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11

The special envoy of the Chinese
government TO Conclude the negotla'
lions for the concessions given to
the Philadelphia syndicate is a man
nr ahont Is. of rotuud form, with a
good natured smile on his face. He
speaks only a little English. but is
master of the French language. He
is considered one Of the rising men
in China, and is now the chief legal
adviser of the viceroy. He is al
ways dressed in a bahy-bluc silk
gown. and when the day is chilly
dons a gorgeous black velvet mantel
lined and trimmed with expensive
furs. Like most Chinese diplomates
he ia a pattern of politeness. The
other day, wien going from Wash
ington to Philadelphia, he refused
to take a nap Cor fear of offending
some Of his feliow-passengers-Per
feet strangers to him.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11

1881.
AN ORGAN OF
Lining Ideas find Live Issues
AN ENEMY OF
Monopolies, Oligarchism, and thu
Spirit of Sectional Strife.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11

Eight suicides occurred in Vienna
recently, among them Captain
Deschauer, of the Austrian navy, and
Paymaster Fuchs, Of the army.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11
EROS, STEEL PENS

THE BEST IN USE.
When not for sale by loca. dealers. we will mail
', leading STYLES in II boxes of 1 dozen each, on
receipt of&1.2j.
4s'sies en {" " .4S
" business s. Stubs. 4 boxes, doz. each, .45
Address TIE MILLER BROS. CUTLERY CO, Hailen. Com.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11
Change Of Schedule.

Commencing on Sunday, February
IL. the following change OF schedule
will 90 into effect on the Southern
Pacific Railway The California
express will leave New Orleans at
1915 o'clock in the forenoon, and
arrive at 5:25 o'clock in the eve
ming: the San Antonio aud calves
ton express will leave New Orleans
at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, and ar
rive at 9:l5 o'clock in the morning
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11

Last Saturday night. during the
progress Of a hall given at Ea!ery
Mouton's, in the upper part Of the
fourth ward, a difficulty occurred
between Albert Leblanc and Emile
Vincent, which resulted in Leblanc
shooting at Vincent, the ball grazing
his skin and striking his brother-ln'
law, a young con Of Daplecit Trahan
inaicting a painful wound. On Mon
day Leblanc gave bail in tho sum o
one hundred dollars for appearance
before the district court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-02-11

Tie weather has a spring-like ap'
pearance.
Call at the postofice and get a
nice valentine.
Rear in mind that next Tuesday
is st. Valentines day.
Blackberry bushes are putting out
their spring foliage.
The mocking.bird sings sweetiy all
the day, sweet Ally.
Some Of our farmers are preparing
soon to start tie pillow.
Quite o number Of our citizens
left duringthe week for the Crescent
CITY. others will leave to-day and
to morrow.
From reliable information we lcarn
that a daily boat from here to the
Railroad Crossing is a near posi-
biIity. We wish it god speed.
Our old'friend, Ambrose Lacour
ESQ. died very suddenly last satur
day evening while at a neighoors
whittier he had gone to spend thf
evening.
Orr tonsorial artist, Mr.. Ayma
Baursue, .rc,uraedeslast Wednesda.
from a very pleasant and agreeao'
trip among his pareuts. lie can no'
he found at his post Of duty prepare
to mt or share. aa the case requires.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-29
THE BLUNsTON HOUSE.

house, the homestead of Samuel Blunston one of the earliest settlers on the site of Columbia, to whom the early growth and progress of the place is largely due. He was a minister of the Society of Friends, q warm personal friend of William Penn and mem- Der of his council. He was also member of the assembly. He died in 1723, and his wife Oct. 4, 1892. Their children were John, Sam uel, Joseph and Hannah. The second Samuel was an equally useful and prominent citizen in his day, the place then being known as Wrightsville.
 Columbia is most fortunate ill it's situa- tion. The Susquehanna river at that point is simply grand. From the dam northward a mile extends a clear body of water, un- broken either by rock or island, forming one of the finest race courses imaginable. The average depth of the river at this point is about twelve feet. Below the dam and above the bridge the Susquehanpa is thickly dotted witK rocks and islands Many of these islands arc occupied in spring as batteries, from which the famous Columbia shad are seined
 The railroad bridge spanning the river at Columbia is said to be the longest covered bridge in the United States. It is 5,37O feet long, is composed of twenty nine spans, and is known as Through Howe Truss arch ; It was built in 1868 by the Keystone Bridge company, of Pittsburg, at a cost of about $4OO, 900, not including piers and stone work which probably originally cost S10000 each pier
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-29
Seven Shipwrecked seamen,

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29.-The Italian bark Virgine Della Guardia, Capt Albano, arrived here last evening from Cette, having on board seven shipwreck,d seamen, Capt. W. H. Porter and crew, of the Dutch brig Marie, which foundered at sea last Monday in lat 35, long, fl. The Marie, with a cargo of salt, left St. Marines on Sept. 14 for New York, and on last Sunday the sea became very rough, causing the vessel to spring a leak The water gained steadily, until on Monday morning, when the cargo shifted which caused the vessel to sink immediately after the captain and crew had taken to the small boats They were soon picked up by the Guardia.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-29
The Storage of Life.

When the hereditary faculty for the stor ago of life is implanted in an individual body for few generations, it becomes. so to speak. an established principle, and the representatives of it, having once arrived past the period of life in which accidental deaths of vaEious kinds are causes of nor tality continue to live, often Ill opposition to the most adverse influences to the continu- ance of life, beyond the average term of life. The person gifted with this faculty of stor- age may be of fragile and delicate build of body, may even be deforned of body, may be of dull or of bright intellect, may bs ot cleanly or uncleanly habit, may be placed In what would seem the most unfavorable posi- tion in life, or may be literally in want, and will yet continue to live on so as to sec the whole of his or her more fortunate neighbors fall; nay, may even Do so tired of the con- tinuance of the monotony of the everlasting by recurring phenomena of life, as to be envious of the fate of the dead who have found their rest. The storage of life in those who possess it in the most marked degree is, and belongs to, continuance of the process of life, not Co the power of resisting interruptions to it in and during periods of strength and youthful ness-Dr. Benjamin Ward Richardson.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-29
The Tipping Evil in Paris.

Tipping in Paris is occasionally carried to such lengths that even the natives object, and when Frenchman objects to anything he Is as persistent, if not noisy, as an Eng lishman. 1 think tipping reached Its highest point at the production of 'La File de Mme. Angot" at the Eden theatre. It was a great performance, and the crush to get in was proportionately strong. Judic and Graniar, the rival queens of opera bouffe, had at last been brought together in one cast, and the production included mounted horses on the stage and fiveor six hundred dsupernumeraries. Enormous sums were paid in salaries, and very considerable prices were charged for the seats. It was on this account, perhaps, that the ushers and serving women thought they were justified in raising their own ban ners. At all events, they made an onslaught upon the people which raised the ire of the most polished Frenchmen in the house.
 My own experience is a fair example. I arrived late, paid the cabman, and tipped the porter, so as to get by him into tho thea tre. do not believe that could have en- tered the house otherwise Then I bought my ticket, and was taken in hand by 0 woman who lugged me off to the coat room, gave me check, and then sent me into the auditorium, after collecting a few sous for her own pocket. Another woman came for ward, placed me in my seat, and held out her hand. Then programme man sold me e highly colored satin card which discovered later on was minus the cast. Hence had to buy another programme from him. Another woman who said she was 6 door woman came along and crowded past twelve or fifteen Frenchmen and said she wished to collect . few sous for some mysterious purpose or other. I have not yet found out what it was 1 paid. and so did the others-more or less grumblingly-when we were all dis turbed by the appearance of still another old woman with similar plea, This was too much, and there was . general and shrin chorus of protestations. Still the woman held her ground with the most impudent and brazen manner, until the Frenchmen actually caught hold of her and hustled her out of the place.
 It was the most irsolent and impudent strike that had ever seen. It is common euough over there, but the evil is so deep rooted in general that there is TO chance of eradicating it. People gruuble neverths- less.-Blakely Halls Letter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-29
DOES IT SHORTEN LIFE,
Is Excitement Necessarily Injurious to
 Health?-Curious Evidence.

Is Excitement Necessarily Injurious to Health?-Curious Evidence.
 Whoever may have studied man's earthly
 tenure and the causes which tend to lengthen
 or curtail it, will have scarcely failed to mo- tice how contradictory is the evidence of
 those we naturally look to to explain them,
 and that their evidence even when they
 agree, does not always accord with what
 would seem to be the facts, as they appear
 around us. One authority says general phy-
 s1cal development is necessary to protong
 life, while another insists this is not re-
 quired if the days employment does not call
 for physical exertion.
 Dr. Richardson, an eminent English au-
 thority, whose remarks before the Sanitary institute of Great Britain on the storage of
 life have been largely quoted, declares,
 among many obvious though scarcely novel
 propositions. that everything that quickens the action of the heart, any kind of excite ment, taxes and reduces the storage of life. If this were said of those naturally feeble, or inheriting disease, or even of those lead
 ing sedentary lives, and living from day to day without the invigorating benefits of fresh air and exercise, it would seem reason able, for one does not have to be skillful physlologlst to know that excitement affects the nerves as we'll as the heart. But is the statement strictly true when referring, as
 here, to the entire human faInilyl Surely sol d1ers engaged in actual warfare and sailors in peace as well as war live among settlements, besides being notoriously addicted to indul- gences as to drinking and smolzing yet arc they long lived. Statistics show it, and ob- Servatlon cOrrObOrates them. The pension | list of the British army, giving the ages of the beneticiarieS, men who have served ill all climates for from twenty to forty years, and excluding those pensio2ed sooner because of wounds received while in the performance of duty" shows that soldiers do not die as other men do; so 1t is with tho naval pen sioners of the Greenwich hospital, now scattered over Great Britain, because of its aboliShInent
 In the merchant service today it is no un- common thing to find a man 70 years old in charge of a vessel-a post requiring activity l of body as we'll as of mind Here in New York we have the proof near us, for at | Sailors Snug Harbor, on Staten Island, arc l 500 aged but for the most part hearty sailors ! Most of these are between 70 and 50; active 1 old fellows they are, with clear minds and 1 good appe1iteS. They will tell you they ara not 1 by any means the sole survlvors of our one 1 time merchant fleet; that many, if not most, 1 of their mates are yet living but distributed l over the country living with their grand I children, perhaps wherrylng for a living or l engaged in other employmentS along a water 1 front. From this it would appear that a 1 sound human body can withstand hunger ] and exposure, and even frequent excitement, 1 if only there is plenty of fresh air and exer- else of a vigorous kind thrown in-Scientidc l American.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-29
SUMMARY OF ALL THE SPORTS.
Autumn Horse Racing, Baseball Games and Other Events

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-The results of the races at the Brooklyn Jockey club track are as follows: First race, sweepstakes one mile :; Defense first, Climax second, Rupert third :; time, 1:43 Second race, sweepstakes, mile and an eighth; Question first, Speciality second, Satisfaction third; time, :561 Third race, Brookwood handicap, mile and a quarter; Larchlnont first, Little Jim second
 Ballston third; time, 2:09A. Fourth race, Boulevard handicap, mile and a half; Conne- mara first, Flrenzi second, Dunboyne third :; time, 2:37. Fifth race, purse, selling, three quarters of mile; Patrocles first, Clay Stockton second, Alarac third; time, 1:17 Sixth race, purse, selling, three-quarters of a mile; Fordham first, Capulin second, Buzzard
 Wing third time, 1:16A. Seventh race, heavy weight handicap sweepstakes, three quarters of a mile; Speedwell first, Oarsman second, Lafitte third; time, 1:17. II KEMP DEFEATS HANLAN AGAIN. SYDNEY, N. s. W, Sept 29.-The race for the scullng championship between Peter Kemp and Edward Hanlan was rowed on the Paramatta, and was won by Kemp. FRIDAYS BASEBALL GAMES
 At Boston-Bosten, z; Chicago, 1S Hits: Boston, 10; Chicago, r. Errors: Boston, 16; Chicago, '. Batteries: Clarkson and Kelly, Gumbert aud Daly.
 At New York-New York, 2; Detroit, I
 Hits: New York, 5; Detroit, g. Errors
 New York, 4; Detroit, 9 Batteries: Tit comb and Murpny, Gruber and GanzelL Game called on account of darkness.
 At Washington-W Washington, }; Indian 1 apolis, 3, Hits: Washington, g.; Indianapolis, $. Errors: Washington ,; Indianapolis,
 Batteries: O'Day aud Mack, Burdlck and Buckley.
 At Philadelphia - Philadelphia, 9; Pitts | burg, f, Hlts Philadelphia, 6; Pittsburg, l Ii. Errors: Phiiadelphia, 1; Pittsburg, 6 l Batteries: Gleason ami Clements, Morris and Carroll.
 At Cincinnati-Cincinnati, o; Baltimore, l2, Hits: Cincinnati, 8; Baltimore IS. Er- TOTS: Cincinnati, :; Baltimore, 8 Batteries: Viau and Baldwin, kilroy anu Cantz. At Louisville-LoutsvilIe, I; Cleveland, 1. l Hits: Louisville, 6; Cleveland, B. Errors: ! Louisville, 8; Cleveland, 5. Batteries: Hecker
 and Cook, O,Brien and Mcclure. At St. Louis-St. Louis, '; Brooklyn, e. l Hits: St. Louis, II; Brooklyn, ,. Errors: l St Louis, ?; Brooklyn, ,. Batteries: King | and Boyle, Hughes and Clark. l At Kansas Clty-Kansas City, 8; Athletic, G. Hits; Kansas City, 9; Athletic, g. Err
 TOTS: Kansas City, ,; Athletic, 5. Batteries: l Hoffman and Brennan, Mattimore and | Townsend
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-29
CONDENSED NEWS.

A man named Carter was arrested at Den yer on suspicion of being Tascott, the badly wanted Chicago murderer, but close exa&- ination proved that he was not the man.
 The Italian chamber of commerce is in favor of resuming negotiations with France
 for a commercial treaty.
 The swindled Italian laborers still hold the
 fort at Sawyerville and other places, and re-
 fuse to return to work or allow others to
 work until they are paid for past services.
 They broke up one gang of worknen and chased the sub-cOntractorS several miles.
 Nothing is known of the whereabouts of the
 absconding contractor
 Announcement was posted on the New
 York Stock Exchange bulletin that Williams,
 Black & Co., could not meet their liabilities
 The announcement caused amaZement, as
 this is one of the wealthiest firms in the
 metropolis. They were caught in the Chicago
 wheat deal. Members of the firm express confidence that they will fully recover in a day or two.
 The house passed the senate bill giving the assent of congress to the agreement entered into by the states of Rhode Island and Con- necticut relative to the boundary line be- tween those states. The man Garnier, who, on Aug 29, shot one of the porters at the German embassy at Paris, has been declared by expert physicians to be insane. The negotiations with the Sioux Indians l have fallen through, and the commission has started east.
 Nearly 1S0Oo women have registered in Boston to vote at the coming municipal cleo ! tion.
 The strike of 200 boys at Baltimore has closed two of the largest glass factories in l Maryland, and throws 7o0 persons out of em- ployment
 Richard Coleman, prominent farmer of | Edgefield county, s. C., shot himself through l the heart, because his crops were poor. l The wheat furry which excited the Chicago market Thursday continued Friday, but sub 1 sided at the close. Sixteen persons were burned to death and many fatally injured by jumping from the windows of a tenem snt in Constadt, which was destroyed. l Advices from Suakim state that there has
 been heavy firing between English aud native l troops Seventeen of the latter are reported | killed.
 The czar, czarina and czarivitch have gone 1 to the Caucasus.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-29
An Effective Temperance Crusade.

WICHITA, Kan, Sept. 29.-When the hus- band of Mrs. Mary Elmer failed to go home Wednesday night she surmised that he had been in leading illegal liquor saloon. Arm ing herself with an ax, she went to the place. She had told the dealer that if he sold her husband any more liquor she would break up his place Finding the door locked, she broke it down with the ax, broke open an inner door, and drove the barkeeper from the house. In one of the rooms Mrs. Elmer found her husband drunk This infuriated her still more, and she broke the glass in the bar room, all the windows and the furniture When she had completely wrecked the place she gave the drunken husband few sound cuffs, marched him home and administered first class hogging with buggy whip.