The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-04-27
STATE ITEMS.

Breaux Bridge Union: The nights
during the week have been entirely
too cool for the season.
Assumption Pioneer: Good wealth
er and field work we'll up. Nights
too cold for growing crops.
Experimental Farmer: certainly
the heaviest rain OF the season fell
Saturday and Saturday night.
Teche Pilot: Jeanerette Buildinc
Association will sell 1920 on Fri.
day evening next at S o'clock.
Donaldsonville Chief: A glorious
rain visited this section last Satnr-
day and was highly appreciated for
the benefit it conferred upon grow.
ing crops.
Town Talk: Beautiful weather
this week, and with a good rain on
last Saturday the farmers are push.
ing farm work. The raia was lust
in the right time.
Shreveport Times: Planters in
thus and surrounding parishes are
clated over the last rainfall. The
showers fell when aud where they
were most needed.
Farmerville Gazette: The rain
fall of Saturday and Sunday was
very heavy. Everybody and every
thing was glad to see it cease raiu-
ing except the croaking frogs.
Gretna Courier: The building
boom which struck our town aome
months since is still at it's height,
and tue noise Of the carpenters ham
mer is now quite familiar sound.
Amite City Independent: Straw
berries are going of in big loads,
Some of our growers have 20 to 80
cases a day, and the total shipments
by express have been $50 to 165
day.
Southern Watchmsn: A much
needed rain fell here on Saturday
evening last, and though it washed
freshly plowed land worry badly, it
was a great refresher to growing
corn.
Marksville Review: The weather
is beautiful; crops growing well;
planters working hard. is heard on
every side. The grass in the prairie
is growing fast, and as = result we
may soon expect fat beef.
Opelousas Courier: The Convent
Of the immaculate Conception. in
our town, is in a nouri.hing condi.
tion, with prospects of still greater
prosperity. There are. at present,
over fifty pupils in that excellent
institution. twenty of whom are
boarderA The, Sisters Marianites
of the Holy Gross are able and
earnest teachers and command un.
limited confidence as thorough and
capable educators Of girls and young
ladies.
N. I. Enterprise: The bidding at
the eale for money made by the
Iberia Building Association, on
Wednesday evening last, was the
least spirited on the record of the
Association, vita the exception of
the first loan. The successful bidder
was Miss Louisa Dumartrait, Of
Jeanerette, who borrowed on ten
shares at a premium Of 26 per cent
The lady intends having erected q
nice residence on tract Of land
owned by her and situated in the
rear OF the town of Jeaneret.o.
ST.. Landry Democrat: A "ba'd
eagle measuring six feet three
inches from tip to tip, was killed
near Dossmap's place on the Coco.
drie, in this parish. on Sunday last,
by Mr.. Merche while out squirrel
bunting. Several Of these monsters
of the air" have lately been marau
des!ng i'll that vicinity, making havoc
among the stock of the farmers. Mr.
Dossman has himself suffered loss
Of fifteen lambs, and ont Of a drove
Of dfty shoa,s he has only two Lett,
He offers a standing reward OF $3.50
to any one killing one Of these
marauders. A foot Of the one killed.
the claws measurirg seven inches
from tip to tip, can be seen at orr
Office,