The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-05-10
NVhat our Exchanges Say.

The public schools of Morgan
City are already closed.
The late rains has done wonders
/ for the Acadia rice crop.
The Sentinel, of Rayne, says that
de coon an de roses am de fashion
down dar."
Mr.. John Vending Is digging an
artesian well on Misplace in Prairie
Hays, Acadia parish.
Archbishop Jannsens, viii admin,
lister the sacremeut Of confirmation
to the people Of Church Point to.
day.
Morgan City Review: Steamer
Barmore Tuesday landed about
400 head of stock at Patterson
from the Grand river low lands.
ST. Mary Banner: The crops
throughout the parish are looking
splendid, and If the water does not
interfere, this will be Banner crop
year.
The Acadia Sentinel states that
the corn crop is doing well, If the
season continues favorable continues
favorable, there will be an abundant
crop made.
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Vernon News: These continued
rains are becoming a serious thing
with the farmers, whose prospects
for another crop is assuming a
gloomp nature.
&. N. Cormay. has been appointed
postmaster at Franklin. vice G.. b.
Shepherd. removed. The Banner
SAYS that there seems TO be a hitch
in the matter. and it is probable
that he will not be confirmed. 1
Bnnkie Blade: Last week, while i
Mr.. Prens, of Black river, was NOV
ing to bayou Clair. he stopped here,
and while here. his wife was taken
sick and died, leaving four little
girls. The father, after burying his
wife, gave Them away. and eonfin.
ued his journey. Plens vas for.
merly from Arkansas. end his wife
from Catahoula parish.
Crowley Signal Our large
prairie ranges in Acadia parish
win soon be'a thing Of the past, and |
our cattle men will do veil to
either dispose Of their stock or pur.
chase land while it is yet cheap. |
To illustrate how fast the country
is being fenced up, we win cite the I
strip of lend north of ilfe railroad
between Crowley and Rayne, which
he's been fenced within q year.
WIN. Brobst. $50 acres; @. N. Ab-l
bott, 400; D. T. Canan, 160; Joe
Hanks, 40; &. N. Lyons, f85;
Duson, $50; Geo. Anding, so; Lem
14U; Quebedaux, f60;
or 5000 acres in this small belt Of
country, and the same may be said
1f any section tributary to Crowley.
When we'consider The further fact
that thcse lands are all pit in cul.
Bivation, we can form something
# an idea of the development chat
j going on in Acadia parish.
Lafayette Advertiser. Mr. Au. /
yuste A. Micaud relates an extra
ordinary incident, which happenedi
10 him last Monday. The back
water from the crevagse at Nor
ganza levse hos come ont through
he Alchafalaya sWainps and covered
i'll the low lands between Breaux
Bridge and the Carenero hills. AS
Auguste was standing on the hill
gazing upon the broad expanse off
water stretching away for mils, he
noticed at the foot Of the hills some
fifty or sixty large gaF6sh diport.
ng themselves in the food. AM
dea occurred to him to have some
inn, aud he got into a skiff and
succeeded in gigiUg d large gar
about eleven feet long. The gar,
-eeling ITSELF wounded, naturally
broke for its home back in the At.
ehafalaya swamps, dragging Ans
guste and the skiff along 1T such II
rate Of speed that all ne could do
was to steer clear of timber. For.
the gar took a straight
course for Breaux Bridge, and just
when they reached that point, An