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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-08-02

I t,tkduSltI SdIu SHARE 10 OIDefS or 20 con-
tinue the same by the payment ot
| weekly installment, provided that the
| said share be redeemed or transferred
or notice given of continuing it, within
the six months following such death
and in default Of action within that
time, said share and all accumulations
thereon shall become forfeited and
revert to and become the property OF
the association without further notice.
ART. X.
Sec. /. No share shall be transferred
except on the books Of the association
in the presence of the secretary upon
the surrender Of the certificate therefor,
provided no shares in errears can be
transferred and the person to whom the
shares are transferred shall sign the
bylaws in like member as any original
member. For each share so transferred
there shall be paid twenty-five cents
to the secretary, to be credited to the
association.
ART xr.
Sec. l. Special meetings of the
shareholders shall be convened at the
request in writing OF ten shareholders,
stating the time and object Of said
meeting.
ART. xIr.
Sec. l. No shareholder shall ever
be he'd liable or responsible for the
contracts or faults of this association in
any further sum than the amount of
his Indebtedness to the association, nor
shall any more informality in organiza-
ton have tho effect of rendering this
act ntfll or exposing a shareholder to
any liability beyond the amount Of his
Or her shares.
ART vii. /
Sec. 1. Any shareholder NAV bel
at a meeting Of the asso-
5iation by q written proxy, provided I
said proxy shall be given only to a
shareholder.
ART. XIV.
Sec. /. This act of incorporation
IAN be altered, amended ana medified
~ vote of three fourths Of the shares
present or represented at d general
Meeting convened for that purpose, or
he association dissolved by q vote of
wo-t -thirdsAof the capital subscribed at
general meeting, convened for that Y
purpose after ten days written notice
trough the mails, provided the CAPT
al OF tho association shall nat be m
reased unless majority Of all the
hares III force shall vote in favor of
uch increase nor until such notice be
iven and such publication be made /
nd such formalities complied with q
8 are or may be required by law.
This done and passed at my office in3 4
1e town of Abbe9ille in the parish of /
ermilion. La, on the day month and
ear first above written and in pres
nee of Henry Leguenec and Samuel
reene, competent Witnesses of law.
Il age and residents Eof the aforesaid
arish who have signed with the par
es. and me, Notary, after due read j
g of the who're. Three words inter-
aed in Art III, Sec. | and two words Il =
'ased in Art. III, Sec. and approvei1 b
ofopos 81 irr1,it.r. Al
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

TnE centenary - the birth Of Father
Matthew was celebrated. on the 10th.
throughout Ireland BY special service in
the Catholic churches. and BY public
celebrations in local halls In Tip
perary. where he was born. the cele-
bration was especiallyenthusiastic. thou
sands Of people resorting 70 Thomas
tow to see the birthplace Of the great
apostle OF temperance.
THE discovery Of tuberculosis in two
herds Of cattle in Manchester. y. H..
and the likelihood Of spread OF the
disease. has caused almost panic there.
Nilkmcn are losing their customers BY
the score. and the local sales OF beef
have perceptibly decreased.
An explosion occurred. on the 10th.
in the pyrotechaic school at Bourges.
France. which j. leading center Of
military and industrial manufactures,
and capital OF the department Of Cher.
Ten persons were killed and many i'm
jured By the explosion
The Supreme Court OF Michigan has
sustained the Local Option law in a
test case taken 10 IL by John W. Teck.
who wanted 70 open a saloon in Van
Buren, County. which had voted dry.
(. The court decided that the law Is per-
fcctly constitutional.
EMPEROR WiIirAN received tele-
gram from King IInmbert OF Italy. on
the 10th. addressed 70 My true fricnc
and ally" and announcing that the
Italian King had forwarded 70 the
Emperor lifc-sized portrait Of him
self.
! OSE thousand citizens OF Boston have
petItoned the Board Of Alderman not
to appropriate funds for the erection Of
a monument in any public park 70 John
Boyle d Reilly. on account Of his hos
tility TO the public school system.
Ar the trial. at Croydon. England. on
the 10Th, OF Lord Cahir. for making
threats against ncighbor, his lordshir
rounily cursed the police magistrate,
and was in turn sentenced TO the work.
house.
PonrrorrsE gun-boats have formed a
naval Gordon across the mouth of the
Zambesi river 70 offer passive resistance
to tho passage Of British stern-whcel
boats should they attempt to accnd the
river.
Tnr Vienna municipal authoritic.
have voted 70 contribute 1900 forms "a
the fund for the relief Of such work
men as may be deprived 81 employment
BY reason Of the United States tariff.
TnE best authorities say Californi;
will this year pack 1900. 600 boxes o
raisins This Is about twenty times thu
raisin output OF ten years ago ship
mcnts East have already began.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

WAsnrscrox. Oct 11.-Advcrtisc-
ments for proposals have been issued
from the War Department under the
provisions Of the Notifications bill. for
furnishing the ordnance department %
the army with twenty-five eight-inch,
and twenty-five twclvc-inch steel
runs and ammunition for them. TO be all
Of American manufacture. Bids 70 ~
opencd December I. The advertise
mcnt proposes that onc-fourth q the
guns may be anufacturcd on the Paciiic
coast Specifications will be ready ana
can be had upon applying % the Deuare
mont In few DAYS
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17
THE COMMERCIAL WORLD.
Thr Weeks business and the Outlook -
Reported BY X. q. Dun : Co-Thr Move
mcns 81 Merchandise Heavy with
Tendency 20 Advancing Prices -sreSd-
stufs Advancing.
NEW York. Oct li.-R g. Dun Z
Co. : weekly review Of trade says:

y
Business In an branches shows improve
incE- Prices 81 commodities are shade
stronger than u week ago.grnin and OH hav-
ing advanced. but the general advance since
October ~ not quarter ~ one per cent. ~
yet. The movement OF commodities = very
heavy. the money market - no lon-cr
source OF embarrassment and the feeling %
confidence everywhere increases 80 Hos
ton business II good. with advanced prices
ii many articles Tho wool. cotton. Lumber
ard hide markets are strolx rniia-
drirhla reports an advance IN wool.
fair demand Tor chemicals. aud
leaf tobacco. and good trade IN groceries
The iron trade there and ~ Pittsburgh IS
unchanged. The gia-s business u well sns-
tanned. and lead = 80 scarce that some
works requiring that material for speiter
have suspended operations AZ Chicago
the grain trade l. slightly below last years.
with moderate increase IN Il ,ug, nearly nity
rcr cent in cured meats and u vuiuincof
business IN an lines 81 merchandise fully
M "a Last years. All lines are al" strong
az - Lnui-. and very fair AZ Dstrpii ne
sradc IL good IN Milwaukee. 81 Paul.
Omaha ana Denver and satisfactory az
kansas City. clearly Improving ~ y tckson-
vile and better az Snvann ala. Southern re-
ports are generally bright. the movements
81 cotton remarkably early and large Inc
great Industries are gaining. II spite o.
the enormous uutrut tt PIX tfoH t'tf 1910 =
stronger and az Philadelphia mill iron =
twenty ave cents higher. Wool u moving
largely Al better prices ~ Philadelphia and
BOSTON, sales at Boston being ESQ y for the
week. and 2t.o.OlJ pounds greater thAn
last wears for the year tins far. oricrsfo
goods are larger, and Manufacturers inors
hopeful Leather Is quite fair and hides are
strong. The demand for cotton goods =
FAIR: print cloths remain stcady.ani colored
fairls~. with heavy shcctings and drill~.
have an upward look. Ercai-tun- have
been advancing wheat has risen cents
ana corn ncafy cents OIL has risen
cents ana coffee Il quarter lower. Tin has
fnctuated ana sells az 2sA cents. Lead II
scarce at $751; Large contracts fpr lake
copper have Teen made.
The business failures during the last seven
days number: For the United States. 1875
fot Canada. ~. total. III. a. compared Win
tstai OF Is. last wees. For the correspond
ing week ol last year the nsnrcs were -i'
representing isl failures Ia the Unitcd states
and ~ In Canada
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

RECENT Developments indicate that
the stealing OF cattle In tho Cherokee
Strip has been carried on In whole
sale manner for the past six or eight
months II is believed that the cattle
thieves arc regularly organized, and
that they have been supplying the
markets OF Guthrie, Arkansas City.
Caldwell. Kiowa and the small towns
Of Oklahoma, with stolen cattle 70 .
large extent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

A scULLroS named Ladeers.employed
in the kitchen OF the Archdnke Sigh
mond. at Grunden. Austria has been
arrested for putting arsenic in the food
and causing the illness Of the Aachduke
and his suite. to procure the dismissal
OF a chef whom he hated.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

STRIKING union workmen OF sydney,
n. 5. W.. attacked the tiremen heaving
coal al Bull. on the 9th. and. after dis
persing them. occupied the mines The
police were unable 70 prese rive order.
and endorsements had 70 be sent to
the scene
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

JosErH Jo~ASsoS. son Of Mr.. Meyer
Jonasson. OF New York, was acquitted,
on the sth, in Berlin, Of a charge
made against him BY students with
whom he had quarreled for an insult to
him because he was an American. They
accused young Jonasson Of saying: n
sneezc at your Emperor" political
crime for which the extreme penalty II
ten years imprisonment in German
fortress
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

LorIs REMEII>. the member Of the
Cincinnati Board of Improvements Of
whom Governor Campbell said in pub
lie letter II believe you to be dishon-
est" has demanded that the Governor
make charges against him.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

OK the 9th the new cruiser Newark
left Cramps ship Yard at Philadelphia
on Der initial trip but returned TO her
dock in the afternoon with section OF
her machinery broken. Those who were
on the vessel when she started down
the river say that her speed was very
great and that she promises TO be one
OF the fastest boats ever launched
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

Those having the matter Of purchas-
ing supplies for the destitute Of okla
homa in charge say that the $4,000 ap-
propriatcd BY the Government for that
purpose will not go far toward relieving
the distress Of the sufferers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

Two young men have been arrested
At Bloomington. Ind. for peddling four.
FIVE and ten-cent stamps on the street.
They are believed to belong 10 band
who have been robbing SO many post
Offices in that section.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

THE newspa pers OF Mexico call on the
Mexican Government to appeal to the
Postal Union against the action Of the
United States Government in forbid
ding the transmission OF Mexican news
papers. bearing Mexican postage. with
lottery advertisements
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

SPAIN can not make special treaty
with the United States in regard to the
West Indies trade without extending
the same privileges TO European ma
tions with whom Spain has treaties
containing the most favored nation"
clause as TO imports Of Spanish colonies.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

PUBLIC opinion in Spain favors re-
prisals TO Offset the effects Of the Nc
Kinley bill on the Spanish and West
Indian trade and the Spanish Minister
at Washington will enter the protest OF
Spain against the measure.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

KANSAS CRY. Mo-, Oct. 10-The
Presidents train after leaving Topeka
ran at very rapid rate. The track
had been cleared and as the President
had expressed desire 70 ret to Kansas
City as near the schedule time as posi-
BILE, all steam was crowded on and tho
wheels spun over the track at q rate
that made the car ly about on its
springs
Iccompton was tho first station
reached alter leaving Topeka. and the
train slowed up there for . minute
while the President bowed TO . chez,
Ing crowed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

Tnr eighty first meeting OF the
American Board Of Foreign Missions
opened at Minneapolis. MINI. on the
sth. All missions were reported in a
fiourishing condition The whole num-
her OF church members received since
the board began work eighty-one years
ago. Is li4.a5a The years receipts
were s76s 43407, and the disbursements
rs2 o4c. as
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

THE English Government has de-
manded OF Portugal the immediate set
Element Of the claim OF the British
African Lake Company for indemnity
for the illegal seizure Of the steamer
James Stevenson.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

1T is said that the French Cabinet is
considering plan BY which II Is hoped
to come TO terms with America on the
tariff question The proposition sub
stantially Is one Of mutual concession
or reciprocity. Unless some terms are
arrived at an attempt will be made TO
virtually exclude American products
from French markets.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

on the 9th partial returns from the
special election in New Mexico. held on
the eth. for the adoption or rejection Of
the State Constitution. Indicated the de-
feat Of the Constitution by at least 5000
m, q ;orifv
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

A FAINT comet was discovered by
Prof T. T. BARNARD at the Lick obser-
vatory al san Francisco. At $40 p M.
on the 9th. Its position is 10 hours, ~
m. 20 deg. south; motion eastcrly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

Mn JAMES NJ GAMBLE has assumed
the indie btedness Of the Wesleyan Fee
male College near Cincinnati. amounting
to SIS 900. and thus prevented the sale
by foreclosure Of that old institution. II
is the leading Methodist college for
women in Ohio.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

In Is said that the matrimonial en-
gagement between Miss Winnie Davis,
daughter o. tho late Jefferson Davis.
and Mr.. Wilkinson has been broken of.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

Ara recent meeting OF the Flint and
Lime Glass Manufacturers Association
in Pittsburgh. Pa. an advance Of not
quite five per cent was made in prices.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

FIFTEEN THOUSAND persons were In
the German Day" torch-ltg ht parade in
Baltimore. Md. on the 9Th The line
was made brilliant By the use Of every
known illuminating device. The
seventy enormous and very elaborate
floats presented beautiful appearance.
The progress., 1890-03-22
Ancient Hebrew Cures.

Eye affections are very prevalent
among tho Jews or southeastern Europe
and SYRIA and those afflicted with
ophthalnFl or partial blindness inyaria-
bly, try Hi Oh recipe dating from Tai
mudie times and strongly recommended
BY the orthodox The sufferer goes into.
the street. and 4 friend ties one end Of q
cord to lis left leg. The other end. i
attached to dog, preferably black
Seven pieces Of meat, obtained from
seven different houses, are then eaten
BY the patient, the dog Is set loose, and
the pef.on performing the ceremony
callsout. blindness Of So-and-So, SON
Of So-ana So, depart from him into the
ewes oI the dog" For toothache there
are several infallibe cures. An elderly
person taxes a nail and hammers it into
the wa!l or the room, repeating the
words. Adar Gar Vedar Gar" and then
adds: Even as this nail is firm in. the
wall and Is not felt, so let the teeth Of
So-and-So, son Of So-and So, be firm in
his mouth. and give him neither pain
nor nneasiness. American Analyst.
The progress., 1890-03-22
4rguIng on Immigration.

WASHINGTON, March ol.-A hearing
was gycn by the committee Of the house
and senate on immi grafton and naturali-
zation, sitting jointly, TO persons opposed
TO changes in the laws on these subjects,
Edward Roscwatcr. editor OF the Omaha
Zee, was The first speaker. He said he
represented a number OF German ana
other societies in the west. He reviewed
the history of immigration since the de-
c.aration of independence and stated
that the question naturally follows: To
what extent shall the right OF immigraf
tion be extended or abridged by the
United States? The speaker said he be-
lieyed the present laws on the statute
books were suf1ic ent FOR all practical
purposes toli1ccp out undesirable classes.
All that Was needed was 4 more rigid
administration Of the laws and closer
inspection a. ports of entry. Every
cla-s which was Soueht 10 be exc.nded
by.tno bills before the committee was
already excluded by existing Jaws.
After the argumentby Mr.. Rosewaters
Senator. Eyarts Of New YORK. VITO is
member of tho committee. stated that
the position Assumed by Mr. Eosewater
wqs the most reasonable Of that adj
yanceti til any one who had sToken upon
The sutherland fully iiiet his own views
He said Nhat he agreed with Mr.. Rose
water that there was no necessity for
alarm over the immigration u this eoan-
trr and, the only thing needed was q
! strict enforccmcne Of tire present Jaws.
Senator EtartS NerF Clearly expressed
. liz views when iie .ajd: There is no
~usc . allpuf;re. eg because there i 4
corn on thc socs wisch meant that ne
Gid NOT think that there was any excuse
oE or necessity for shutting Of immg gra-
ton to this country slmpf because there
were anarchists. meuiiGants. paupcrs
aid other objcciienaple characters who
4. creep ntothiS eeuntrs on rare occasions
Richard Bartholdt and Simon Nolti,s
Of the conference of delegates Of the
Gcrman-American societies. which lnct
in Washington this week, aiso argued
against the Bills.
The progress., 1890-03-22
RflcN 4Ior tfc sale Of the Recently
Ceded anoax, Lands.

WAsMINGToN, March 21.Tnc secre-
;ary 81 the interior has prrpareda q letter
,5f instruction toJhc comni isS oner Of the.
general land Office. which Is to govern
the sale of the lands recently cedcd 70
the United States by the Sioux nation Of
Indians The lettcr is in effect 4 con
struction Of section Il OF the Sioux act
Of March 2. 1888. which provides that
these lands shaEl be disposed Of % ac-4
tua settlers onlg by the homestead Jaw
and that the price TO be paid for the
land disposed Of during the iirat three
years shall bp SD per acre. n cents
per acre for hlI disposed of during the
next two years and 80 cents per acre for
the residue Of the land then undiSposcd
Of The secretary holds first, that the
purchase money must be paid at the
date when the final proof is submitted,
at the expiration Of the five years resi-
dcnce required by the act, eN-soldiers
having the benefit Of the time they
served i'll the army to four years, and
second, tile price which the settlers are
required 10 pay for land becomes fixed
i'll the date Of original entry, and any
subsequent setter on land 50 entered
and abandoned shall be required TO pay
the same amount per acre asithc settler
who made the first entry.
The progress., 1890-03-22
4 Nebraska woman,s Pranks.

DENVER, Colo. March 21.-YeSterday
S. C. Prall OF Elizabeth, Neb., arrived
in this city in search of his runaway
wife He had blood in his eye and soon
had her located and also her paramour,
man named James McMillen, whom
the police early in the day captured, and
the charge OF adultery was placed against
him. Search was then taken up for the
woman and last night the police
caught her. Prall says he intends
TO prosecute the guilty pair to
the fullest extent. of the law and says
he doesn't knew any such thing as
let-up on this case. He intends to make
it hot for couple of other people, one
in this city and another in Pueblo. The
party here is named Woods, and Prall
says he owns livery stable, and the
Pueblo mans name is J. b. Frank. He
recently caught his wife writing a letter
to Frank telling him that the old man
was going away for few weeks and ask
ing him to come to Elizabeth and visit
during his absence. Prall found letter
from Frank saying he would be on hand,
and this caused row, and Mrs. Prall
Quietly stole away. She now languishes
in iail with her paramonr.
The progress., 1890-03-22

Fannie p. Hardy, superintendent OF
the schools. Of the new Maine city OF
Brewer, is bright woman, who, strange
10 say, is interested in the matter OF pre-
serving the wild game OF Maine fIglt
fire with fire. she says the deyli ..s :
mottoD IF the guides and hunters = u
game illegally, they do it because y =
profitable: make it more prohtaole ~
rroteet the game and those who take
such service will perform it faithfully.
Ten good hunters, placed in positions
which command the waterways OF Maine,
and set 10 patrol the border and the re-
gion between Baker Lake and Seven
Islands TO keep of Canadian encroach-
lhents, could completely crush the Illegal
killing OF game throughout the state;
What is more. they would have the good
will Of the other guides and hunters. =
Lewiston Journal.
The progress., 1890-03-22

Every one knows S. NJ. Bixby, the
manufacturer of shoe blacking. | met
him standing in front of his factory, at
the corner of Hester and Baxter streets,
New. York. was amazed to see him
busily engaged in eating blacking. He
had a large shining box in his hand. He
was vigorously digging out the blacking
with a large bladed knife and eating 1t
with apparent relish. Some. portions
that had escaped his digestive organs
had made black patches on his face and
nose. I asked him what on earth he
was doing that for. ''Oh," said he. ''it's
made Of nothing but lampblack and mo-
lasses any way. It can't hurt any one.
/ like it. 1t is good for digestion. -
Long Island Life.
The progress., 1890-03-22
Prince Bismarck,s Retirement.

BERLIN, March 21. The National Ga
zette says the appointment Of General
Won Caprivi to succeed Prince Bismarck
as chancellor has nothing of a threaten
ing character. :
The Vossische Zeitung says the ten
sion has been brought TO a climax by the
fact that the destinies Of Europe have
been suddenly deprived Of their axis.
Prince Bismarck was the guarantee OF
peace. History will preserve the mem
ory OF his services in the cause Of peace.
His successor will be compelled to i'm
mediately deal with the question Of the
reduction of the military burden in the
interests Of peace. The nation witnesses
the retirement of Bismarck with regret,
but without anxiety.
Prince Bismarck has made arrange
ments to vacate the palace Of the chan
cellot at ain early date.
The progress., 1890-03-22

In the Congressional report upon the admission
- w,,apgfnr MANY. facts we're gwen going show
her as fichet in resources than any Of her sisters.
and no territory ever applied for statehood 50 thor
onoshlv oualiied This report shows the capital.
CHEYENNE. 10 be one Of tho wealthiest cities
Of her sze ii the wcld as She IS tho most favored
and prospectus. The urion Pacific Railway IS now
constructing shops there. 10 cost s6,ooo,ooo and
employ 1oooo men This fact coupled with the
earav admission Of the State. IS causing a rush 10
CHEEENNE, but her realty IS still low. We
have the best residence properly in the CITY. and
otter liberal inducements 10 those who will build
dwellings to supply the immediate demand. and
which will net twenty-five, per cent, TO induce a
quick response, we wilt on limited number OF
blocks take two-f1fths in clear lands chattes.
small cash payment. balance in one. two and three
years Call at Cheyenne Office. or address lnte-
ror Lard and Immigration Company, Department
B. Denver. Colorado.