The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-11
STATE ITEMS.

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Duukie Blade: The cotton ship.
meats from Bunkie to date are 1850
bales.
Teche Pilot: Delightful weather
again this week. Fiue shower on
Wednesday last.
Breaux Bridge Union: Straw
berries are selling freely and at a
fai' price, on our streets.
Progress +: The rice planters will
suffer very materially from the low
condition of the Mississippi.
Amite City Independent: Last
Mondays shipment Of berries from
this place and Gullctt Station ag-
gregated about hoo cases.
Gretna Courier This is the sea-
son of blackberries, and parties can
be seen almost every day visiting
the woods in quest Of the delicious
fruit.
Town Talk: On Tuesday after
noon, the 30th ult., quite wind and
rain storm occurred. Some hail fell
at this place. The temperature fell
a number Of degrees. No damage
was done.
Arcadia Advance The farmers
are pushing. Spring chickens are
getting ripe. Fishing is fine, where
there is any to catch. The prospect
for bounteous supply of water
melons, is very good
Concordia Sentinel Planters are
now we'll advanced with crops in all
parts Of the parish, but a good rain
is needed to soften the ground and
aid the young cotton and corn. The
prospects of good crop are now
excellent.
Lafayette Advertiser :: Good re-
ports of the crops come in from all
sections of the parish. Lafayette has
splendid prospect for fine crops
this year, and VIC trust that no .ad-
| verse weather may occur to blast
our expectations.
New iberia Enterprise: Crop re.
ports from all parts of the parish ara
very satisfactory, though the weather
is not all that could be desired, the
nights being yet too cool. In GER
tain localities worms have been,
troublesome, cutting the young corn.
Opelonsas Courier We have
been shown a specimen of buck
wheat OF en'y 80 days growth. but
80 inches high and in full bloom,
from the plantation of Col. Gillespie
near town. This is proof that it can
be successfully raised in this parish,
p. G. Banner Glover is killing
good deal of cattle in this neighbor-
hood. We are informed that the
best preventive for the swelling is
plentiful and frequent sailing and
the best remedy two inches OF cold
steel below the eighth rib, and q
good run.
Crowley Signal Mr.. Glaze dug
his first crop of Irish potatoes May
lst. The quality and yield were
excellent. Farmers in the neigh
borhood Of Schamber are still busy
planting rice. With a good sea son
be rice crop Of 1889 will dou BILE
that Of last year.
L. G. Echo: Any soil that will
erow fair crop OF corn may be
selected for peaches. The same cul-
iyation is given peaches the first
year that is necessary for corn.
which means that the cultiyator
should be passed over the ground
frequently aud the grass kept down.
Thibodaux Sentinel The cut
worm has given considerable trouble
this season in various sections OF this
parish. In some places farmers have
had to plant their corn de nouo. This
not cnly entails greater expense OF
money, time and IA oor, bnt often
times seriously 5adangers the pros
poets of the crops.
Ouachita Telegraph The rain
last Tuesday evening below this city
on the river is said to be the hardest
that has fallen in this section for
many years. 1t fell in torrents from
one until half past five in the even
mo- Considerable damare was done