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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-19
For the MERIDIoNAL:

In a recent issue, you referred
those who were so penurious 90 to
vote against a railroad tax, to an
article in the Richland Beacon
which stated that they had voted
for taxes for three roads and were
going to vote for the fourth. We
should all have great charity for
each other when we consider that no
man differs from another more than.
he may differ from himself ut DIFF
ferent periods Of life.
The writer showed his penury
just about 1852 by paying in cash
into a railroad treasury one thou
sand dollars "a title of all he pos
sessed) and voted for a county tax
of 10000 dollars. This Mobile and
Ohio railroad was needed ten fold
more than a road is needed here.
We were not asked to give this
money, but had stock issued to US.
We are now coolly asked to donate
$2O0000,0 90 to a railroad. How?
The official organ of the parish
SAYS the amount at five mills will be
$S500.O0 per annnm. The same
says our assessment roll is now
$l700,000. 90, and will soon be
doubled if we vote this tax, and in
five years will be raised to $5,Co0,.
900 90. This is reasonable, for
there is a general clamor tor raising
the assessment every year. Written
from memory without referring TO
the paper.
Now, we conservative people are
willing to have a railroad, but are
bitterly opposed TO making such a
large gift for the privilege besides
the large perquisites in land they
demand. First move will be to run
the boats out Of the bayou, and then
they will tax for oil they can ii,
freight; this talk abnnt getting the
money all back in few years is a
myth. When the roads are taxed
they will make US pay it. The Sta,
Gays sweet Potatoes are worth from
5 to 7 dollars per barrel. This is
calculated to laislend. pnh.eots
.hare been and will c6ndnm' 10 by
the poorest commodity u shipnoriIt.
There viii beno market for them.
We were told. the same thirty.eigh
years ego, but it was O delusion.
.Ifcities have grown up since lhen
farms have Increased to build up
those cities.
But we are told that land will
rise; FOR whose benefit? A few who
have bought up at a nominal prices
large tracts, and desire 10 SELL Oh
bntit will develop the country. Yes
the railroad company would just a:
soon put 10000 negroes as any
other 90 the road. Money will be
their object. Let them build will
heir own money, o : give US stock
Mt FEAST for NJ money. Otherwise
lit is on outrage, The Star had 4
right to not publish our reply.
7 r r
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-19

The meanest mar in Ohie lives at
Newton Falls. Els wife tumbled into
the Mahoning and on being rescued
a four.pound bass was found entan.
gled in her dress improver. WI en-
her husband>tound this ont he wanted
to set her again. = Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-19

There is now o proposal to connect
England and France by means Of a
steel bridge over the channel. The
depth dries from about % feet at
each shore 10 100 feet in the centre
of the stfa;ts, and the ground is every
where solid enough to support
extensive works, The English people
do not view the bridge proposal
with The rome. dread as tunnel under
the chaOpal. They are perhaps. buoy
ed Bp with the assurance that they
could see an invading army Of
Frenchmen coming oger a bridge,
whereas they would be taken at 40.
awares by a hostile force emerging
from Q subaqueous tunnel.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-19

IF YOUR RACK ACHES
Or YOU are all worn out, really good for nothing
it Is general debility. Try
RRODN'S IRON BIT7ERS.
1t will cure YOU. and give a good appetite. Solo
by all dealers in medicine.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-19

A person who was cured of deafness and
noises In the head Of % years standing by
u simple remedy viii send q description Of
6 free to any person who applies 70 NiCh
lson. u McDougat 81. New York
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-19

Press Of business caused us to neg
lect mentioning tie splendid II page
trade edition Of the Trinity Herald.
it speakes volumes for the energy OF
Bro. Watson, and the enterprise Of
Nafhez business men,.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-19

An Ohio ma has been stuck by
Lightning nine times and isn't dead
vet. You have to taken an office
away from an Ohio mai to kill him.
3 .ston Post.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-19

An exchange describes a rev kind
of amusement called the "pover'y
dance" as foIlows: Invitations printed
on straw board and enclosed in
cheap yellow envelopes are circsnla-
ted. Ticketst for ball 46 cents, sup.
per 10 cents, No gentleman is rtllow
ed to participate who has less. than
two patches on his clothes end the
ladies' are dressed in Gallo }. The
poverty dance is popular in the east.
Editors can attend in their bes!
snits and be in the height ST Iashing,
and it enought old pape':. IS are sold
they may manage to ga iher the re.
qutred amount Of cash. .-Bcllville
Times.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-19
Saturday, October 10, 1883.

indianapolis, Harrison'S home. went
Democratic in the municipal election
on theSth.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-19
WeEfsGAreSl Easster as
NEW 0RLEhS HATl0HAL sBas,
SEw 0aLEaSs d.

REMEMBER That the only. geaElas
Louisiana state LOTTERY Tickets 49,
uuder the State Charter, aFe re0esass,Ts
bv the highest Courts, are isyafayess
siRned BY VI. 4. DAVPHFN. PFeslde5 -
d6Fsed by Generals BeaufPgsfd 80 800
Supervisors Of Che Drawings. aha 49,
anteed nv National BanRsOf Sew Ofs
as 20 the payment Of its Pr2sss
others are Genuine. ssol2uz
All soscalled "SupplementA9
LittleYOuisiana'' OF 0GlleP imitstiohs -
unlawful use Of4he LOuisiaBa 800 -
terry COmpany's name. BY Tsfso s.ufs
known, under assumed or bCtltioasa II
are attempts 90 deceive the Pag@ s.snb
false pretenSes, offering no sa
"PEMEMBER THAT ONE poh,s ~
is the Price of the smallest part o.
lion of a ticket issued in any -
ANYTHING in our name offered ~ W.
DTice, is either % counterfeit OF asgTysa
'rREMEMBER. also. that the fEIER
Of Prizes il GUARANTEED ~ md
NATIONAL BANKS Of New QEleadassS 81
the Tickets are signed by the Pr ess,hs ~
nm Institution whose chartered DsSsseyfs
rrcocnizrdi in the highest CduIts; sanSfaaas
beware Of all limitations ara ~ ts&
schemes JahthA'
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-19

1--WE do hereby certify that. we snne,.
wise the arrangements for all che MONTH";
and semi-Annual Drawings If the Iona
lana State Lottery CO., q nd in nsrsa.
manage and control the D rawina the,n.
selves, and that the same are copdnrtS
with honesty, fairness. and. in good fsith
toward all parties. and we authorize ina
Company to 'fse this certit icate, with fac.
advertisements"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-19
EMPOHsTAxT.

AL ordinary Letters containing 49,
Notes. Money Orders issned by aiI11ssa@
Companies or Ncw'York EKchanR
Addressed
No UTIgtasA b
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-19
NPREcEDENTED ATTRACTION,
" OVER A MILLION DlsTR,eu,.
Louisiana State Lottery N

Incorporated by the Legislature in I'M
Tor Educational and Charitable prlrnosss
and its franchise made a part of the ~
sen State Constitution, in 1879. h !,
OVERWHELMING POPULAR VOTE. =
ltsGRAND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
lNGS take place Semi-Annualh. iJ.na
and Decemberl, and its GRAND SIyGS1iT.
NUMBER DRAWINGS take I,laee :.
each of the other ten months in tie yes q
and are NIL drawn in pubic. II IN.
Academy of Music. New Orlean S. L.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-19

Ne. Leon Lemaire, had ginned
this week, at satterfeld & LeBron
gin 1850 pounds Of cotton known
as the "Poor Mans Variety" which
Eetted him 554 pounds of lint, which
at 81 per pound amounted to s46.s6.
Sold 10 seed at the market price Of
s27 pee 10000, this cotton would
have brought but 1896. or a loss
of go 80. Besides, Mr.. Lemaire has
twenty,four bushels Of ;seed from
which he expects to derive $24 more,
as this variety of cotton is the best
and most prolific for this section.
Cotton planters draw your own
conclusions from the above terse
facts.-Ex, e
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-19

Memphis, Galveston and Shreye.
port are Directing to the late action
II the Cotton Convention 10 New,
Orleans on the tare Of cotton bales.
The latter city wants a plusssge Of
eight pounds for all cotton wrapped
bales. To other words, they want eight
pounds added TO the actual weight
of every bale wrapped with cotton
bsggibg, which from a strictly bust
ness standpoint, looks about as
ridiculous as anything that could be
proposed.-Carron Democrat.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-19
AGENTS WANTED EvERIWHkkk
Commissions

NOTE.-TickPt drawing Capital Pfsas
arc not entitled to terminal Prizes
cVFOR CLUB RATES. or any fathaR
formation desired. write legtbly % ~
undersigned, clearly stating yoHT tsss
dence, with State, Comfy. street ags
Number, More rapid return mail aeaVe.
will be assured by J0mr enclosing O.
Envelope bearing your full address
The Helena independent., 1889-06-19
Richmond Hill Addition.
PERSONAL.

- Hayden, of Missoula, is in the city
J. II. Conrad, of Billings, is at the Grand
Central.
II. Hershfeld left for New York last
evening.
DIR. McGinness, of the Manitoba road,
is in the city.
Ii. d. Patterson and wife. of Fort Logan,
are in the city.
Geo. Martin and wife, of Great Falls, are
at the Merchants.
j. +. Murray, of Anaconda, paid Helena
a flying visit yesterday.
X. B. Wallace, the mining man is back
from Missoula county.
J. II. Hawley and wife, of New York,
are al tile Grand Central
l. +. Kirby. the Anaconda hardware
man. Is at the Cosmopolitan.
B +. %esmith will leave in a few days
for his ranch in the Flathead country.
Col. BrOadw and j. j. Hill, president
OF the Manitoba, went 10 Butte, yesterday.
Z. p. Chandler and bride, nee Lonise
HIlger, left for Maiden yesterday, their fu-
ture home.
y. b. George, Kansas City, No., and n.
X. Streeter, Grafton, n. Y, are registered
at the Pacific.
Guy y. Piatt, general manager of the
Southern Cross Mining company, was IN
the city yesterday.
Sheriff John T. Lloyd, of Butte, had din
ner in Helena yesterday, and after picking
his teeth returned to SmOkeville.
W. 5. Knight, publisher of the Spokane
Falls Chronicle and formerly of Miles City,
has been in the city several days
Misses Maggie and Kittie Logan, of Ellis
ton, are visiting Miss Cleorce Stout, and
will be her guests for several weeks.
Prof. A. Z. Walton returned from Liv-
ingstOn yesterday after a tour of mining in
spection in the Yellowstone country.
John A. Gum, special agent of the land
office, has rendered his resignation. He
expects to engage in business in Helena
w. j. Waters, of Oil City, Penn, arrived
on the Manitoba train yesterday, and is
taking in the sights and scenes OF the capi-
tai.
Mr.. Roberts, representative of the firm
of Wheaton Reynolds & Co, wood work
ers, OF Minneapolis, MINI, arrived in the
city yesterday.
sam K. Commander, of the firm of the
New York store, left yesterday morning on
the Montana Central for a months rest and
recreation TO his old home and father,
whom he has not seen in nineteen years.
A. Ii. Nelson, attorney at law, will settle
in Helena He came 10 Montana and was
so well pleased that he resigned an import
ant position in the land Office at Washing
ton, thinking he could do better in his pre-
fessiOn here
The Helena independent., 1889-06-19

THE CELEBRATION.

Committee of Arrangements Meet and
VIII Meet Again Tonight.
The committee of arrangements for the
Fourth of July celebration held a meeting
at the board of trade rooms yesterday. All
funds necessary for the success of the event
are available, and the committee AppOT-
toned amounts needed to the several com
mitte5s. The music committee gets the
lions share Among the bands that will be
here is the famous Boston * Montana, of
Butte, containing twenty-four pieces. This
band costs about $500 for the single day.
Arrangements are being mace for a grand
Industrial parade. The fiambesu and fire
works committee have their programme
complete, and Professor Beggs, having in
charge the car of state, is already al work.
Everything is favorable tor the complete
success OF the celebration, and ample ac-
cOmmodAtiOns will be provided for all the
visitors that may come.
The chairmen of the. respective sub
committees are requested 20 meet the gen
eral committee at O'Clock this evening
and ascertain the amount OF money that
will be allowed each committee. The gen
uemen who are expected 10 be on hand
are:
Mayor Fuller, invitation committee;
Jacob Loeb, financial committee. T.. W.
Knight, reception committee; A. c. Logan,
decoration committee; Jos. Davis, public
comfort committee, John Worth, fire.
works committee, f. X. Wallace, music
committee; Ben. Z. Harris, carriages and
floats; William b. Webb, Illumination and
hambeau; Prof. Beggs, car OF state.
The Helena independent., 1889-06-19
Richmond Hill Abolition.
REPORTORIAL NOTES.

T. c. st. Amour has been appointed
guardisn of the estate of Norman Olin.
The trial of Miles Summers and wife for
assaulting William Richell has been post
p0ned until Friday.
Six bound volumes of the Forum have
been added to the public library, cOmplet-
ing the list up 10 date.
The sale of the lot belonging to William
kOlvis, who is in the insane asylum was
confirmed yesterday by Judge HOwey.
Dr. Julius FolleniHs has been appointed
coroner by the county commissioners, and
yesterday qualified and took the oath of
Office.
The fremen in the city are requested to
call az Loeb x Bros store and leave their
measures for the Lew uniforms which are
TO be ready by July 4.
Attention is called to the advertisement
which appears in tOday's issue of the Mon
tana Rheumatic Remedy, fOI which Pope
* O'Colnor have taken the agency.
A man named Pierson who was for
time q member of the salvation army, but
who for several weeks has been at the
poor farm Will be tried 10 day for lunacy.
Chisro was released yesterday and the
case against him dismissed. He settled his
difficulty with Mr.. Horsky and the court,
but had to pawn his 500 walking stick TO
raise the money.
After thirteen days of confinement Major
X. c. Walker is again on the street and
wrestling with his Board of Trade Journal,
the June issue Of which has been delayed
in consequence of his illness.
Letters patent have been received from
the commissioner Of patents by John
knoche for two inventions, one consisting
of an improvement in windlasses and the
other of water heating apparatus.
W. +. Mcfarland was placed under ar
rest last night charged with insanity. He
was placed in the county jail. He was at
tending the variety show and suddenly be
gan throwing chars around the auditorium
and created a lively scene
Frank Shepley and Dave Lytle have
signed articles OF agreement to box
twenty rounds, Marquis OF Queensbury
rules, for IS and 25 per cent. of the gate re-
ceipts with two-ounce gloves A forfeit
has been posted at Mulkern's Side0Oard,
and the match is to take place between
June % and 80.
The Oriental exhibition at the Grand
Central is indeed the finest thing ever seen
in Helena Over 800 people have visited il
Many gorgeous rugs and portierres have
been sold, but what takes the cake are the
JOuvin gloves, of any size and shade, that
are sold At 81 a pair, when you can't buy
them in Paris for less than seven francs.
Every lady and gentleman should buy a
dozen of them. as such opportunity will
never present itself.
The Helena independent., 1889-06-19
Richmond Hill Addition.
NINE. MODJEskA.

She VIII Appear Tonight RosaIind in
As You Like It,"
Nine. Modjeska, the peerless actress, will
appear at the opera house tonight for the
first time in Helena She appears as Rosa
lind in LAS You Like It," supported by
Booth and Barrett's own company. OF the
great actress the Portland Oregon IAN says:
To those who were fortunate enough to
hear the lines as well as see the acJiOn of
this exquisite creation of the master hand.
the pleasure was great Nine. ModjeSka
Is, In all points. admirably equipped to
essay the role Of R1salind, and the praise
that has been bestowed upon her graceful,
intelligent acting of the part has not been
misplaced. There is a winning charm
about her voice, In exquisite modulations,
that hts well with the lines she has TO
speak and SHE seems to have caught the
true spirit OF the ldylllc character.
With an art that Is perfect in its elabOra-
ton, she depicts all the changing phases OF
the maiden's capricious being with a fidel-
ity To nature that is simply delightful.
Nothing could be neater than her acting in
the scene with Celia after the discovery
that Orlando Is in love with ler, and the
succeeding scene with Orlando, wherein
she makes him reheArSe his love for Rosa
lind, was most exquisite bit of light com-
edy acting. Indeed, SO even and well sus
tanned throughout was her Characterization
that II is difficult to single out any one
scene as being more artistic than another.
The true artist is seen in everything that
she does.
The supporting company is fully worthy
OF the star and ably seconds her work. IL
can readily be seen that they are well up
in the demands OF Shakspearean drama by
the way IN which they speak their lines
Mr.. Lawrence Hanley was a very capable
Orlando, and spoke his lines with dis
tinctness OF enunclation very agreeable to
the ear. lie lacked somewhat in ardOr
however.
Mr. John A. Lane as the melancholy
Jacques did full justice TO the role. lie re-
ceived a round of applause on his ''Seven
Ages" speech, which was spoken with fine
effect
Miss Eleanor TyDdale as Celia, Mrs. +.
NJ. b ates as Audrey. Miss Agnes Acres as
Phoebe, Mr.. Owen Eawcett asTouchstone
and the remainder of the cast were admir-
able in their respective roles.
The Helena independent., 1889-06-19
RALEIGH & CLARKE.
Merit Deserves to Succeed,
and 1t Generally Gets
There.
The Principle and Its Appliea-
ton to Merchandising.
silks and satIns for 25 Cents a Yard-se Par
asois for s3-s5 Embroldsred Robes
for $3.50.

We are now holding what
deserves to be the most
successful special sale which
has ever been he d in Helena.
In any pursuit in life merit
deserves to succeed and it gen
orally ''gets there" Recogni-
zing the force of he principle
and its particular application
to merchandising we have mark
ed down the goods which this
special sale will embrace to such
figures as the popular judgment
cannot fail to recognize as a
good deal lower than the same
goods have ever been sold
here. When it requires experts
to determine whether goods are
cheap or not, that doesn't meet
the expectations of retail buy
ers. We do not expect to in
crease this business so as to
keep pace with the rapid growth
of our city in that way, but we
do expect to do it by meeting
popular expectations and de-
mands in every particular.
These are some of the goods
which we will offer during this
sale and this the character of
the slaughter:
Parasols-S5 for SO; 50 for So:
$1,000 for 81.
PaIasols - $12 so for $3.50;
Sl5 for so; $1S for 5000
White and novelty embroider-
ed robes at prices that bring an
elegant summer gown within
the reach of all. There are
about seventy five in the lot and
there is only Ione pattern of
kind.
Embroidered Robes-$5 for
$3.50; SO for IS.
Embroidered Robes-$13. so
for 81; S1S. so for 80.
Think of it, Silks and satins
worth from so cents to 81 for 25c
There ale about 200 pieces of
from one to thirty yards each.
Most of them are, of course,
short lengths, but just what you
want for trimmings, tea gowns,
etc. A BETTER QUALITY
at so C. a yard (shoIt lengths)
worth in regular way 81 to
81 so yard.
A large assortment of lawns
at 3 cents yard.
All-wool serges in all of the
new and popular shades and
nearly four feet wide at 75 cts.
a yard:
Ladies' and children's hose at
10 cents; at 35 cents, reduced
from 65 cents, rs cents and 81.
Our entire stock of fiouncings
and all overs in white, black and
colors at g big reduction.
A large lot ofribbon remnants
assorted widths and colors, at
10 cts. yard for the choice.
Infants slips and dresses at
about half the price elsewhere.
Ladies' beaded wraps reduced
from IS to 80 each; that is,
SIS for $13, etc.
RALEIGH & CLARKE.
N B.-Mail orders will re-
ceive prompt and careful atten-
ton, and special sale prices.
The Helena independent., 1889-06-19
Railway Notes.

The Northern Pacific Express company
Will on July / take charge of the express
business on the Wisconsin Central road,
displaeing the American Express company.
The Manitoba passenger department has
issued auseXceedlngly neat aud attractive
folder in brown and white cOlOrs. IL con
taIns all Information needed by the travel
ing public.
The name Of Wallace. on the Rocky
Mountain division Of the Northern PaCihc.
has been changed 70 BlOssburg, TO conform
with the new name given by the postof1ce
department
The Northern Pacific will in a day or
two establish a station at the junction of
the main line with the Northern Pacific &
Montana, four miles west of Gallatin. IL
Will be known as Canon House.
The new buildings OF the Minnesota Car
company at Duluth are finished, and the
machinery for the different departments IS
now being put in The works Will soon be
engaged in the manufacture of cars, with
a capacity of fifteen a day.
The Schenectady Locomotive works are
reported 10 have been closed for an indeh-
mite period on account Of the refusal OF the
boiler makers to accept 10 per cent. re-
duction IN wages, which was accepted by
the other skilled wOrkmen. One thousand
men are thrown out of employment
The number of electric street railways in
America is now sixty-nine, operating S46
der construction or projection. One of the
existing roads operates lS5a miles, two
others fourteen miles each and several
others from tell To twelve miles each.
A meeting was held at Salt Lake City,
Utah, June IL, 10 consider the cOnsOlidA-
ton of the following lines and the direct
merging into its system of them: The
Utah Central, the Utah " Northern. the
Oregon short Line, the Salt Lake X West
ern, the Utah * Western, the Ii tab x Ne
vada, the Ogden n Syracuse the Idaho
Central and the Nevada Pacific. These
roads are the property Of the Union Pacific,
but hold their own dtrectorates.
Railway Age: On the British ALWAYS
during 1883 there were ga persons killed
and 5, 500 were injured, compared with pre-
cisely the same number killed and Z, 747 in
jured in 1887. showing an increase of l ,06Q
personal injuries during the year. This is
a sad record IN acOuntry having only about
1000 miles of railway, and yet we do not
hear Of a public demand for automatic
cOuplers and automatic freight train brakes
there.
The Helena independent., 1889-06-19
ROBBERY AND ASSAULT.
A Thief Enters "A Store. Robs the Till and
strikes Down Man

A Thief Enters a Store. Robs the Till and
strikes Down a Man.
An audacious robbery was committed at
Mike Reinig's store on Rodney street,
about IL O'Clock last evening. The thief
effected an entrance by climbing through
the transom of the front door, and then
proceeded 10 rife the money drawer. He
hurriedly did this and secured all the nick
els, dimes and half-dollars IN the Till, but
overlooked a sec ion of quarters. lie was
interrupted in his search for money by the
appearance of OTTO Trilling, an employe
WHO sleeps in the store. The thief struck
him down with a blow, infiicting several
cuts in the side of Otto's face; he was then
warned il he valued his lite not TO spread
an alarm OF call out The midnight Prov
Ter then relieved Trilling's clothes of
gold watch and quietly departed. He only
secured about So in eoin- Shortly after the
occurrence the police were notified and the
proper officials were detailed to make
search, but failed to locate their man up to
h late hour.
From the appearance of the blow on
Trilling's face the officers believe the
thief wore brass knuekles aad is danger
GUS character.