The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-08-30

people here are down on 1T as much
as the good people Of your State, as
they realize that the infamous yam
pireis slipping the life blood from
every State as well as from Louis
lana. = ~ Our people are, how,
ever, confident that Louisiana will
harbor the thieves no longer than
heir present charter permits them.
Early Monday morning, our at
tention was attracted towards the
scourthouse by several excited cries
LOT clover down." aud upon looking,
were surprised to see that it vas
John L. S%ullivan and Peter Jackson
who had met in that yard. The
rules were, we think, "Hapgour-
self the best way yon can" and In
compliance with these rules, Sullivan
picked up a brick bat and landed
on Jackson's right eye. This, OF
course, secured first knock down aud
} also first blood. But thinking
it might yet 60 wrong il jackson
got his grip on him, John seized a
club with the intention Of knocking
out his opponent; but Pete, with an
!, eye for No. |. immediately fixed his
big black paw on tie stick we
don't know why the referees did hot
seem to be in a hurry about calling
time) until Sullivan lead with his
+, right and fell short. There il
:, where Peter says he saw blood II
the moon, let go the stick and fed
0 Sullivan pursued, determined upor
# ending the mill. In his fight Jack
son knocked himaelf back Of the heat
d with his heels and fell, ~Whereupol
Sullivan helped him up with q heay.
"Whack" on the arm. Jacksos
then jumped into his training Quar-
tiers, and there was safe. With oil
this fandango, Femon got the bigges
half Of the pie. He arrested both
and Mayor Leg6 fined them fy
le dollars each. Charly Caldwell mad
off with the stakes and gate receipts
Sullivan is under a $40 bond to al
Y pear before Judge Labauye to-day
q. -4m~
J; An Indianapolis woman who ha
been eight times divorced is 2
years old, and comes of q famil
ct noted for its divorces. Her mothe
has had six divorces, and is Twin
with her seventh husband. A
ct uncle and two aunts. have each bee
; married Eve times. They r sti
= young.
~ There is no safeguard like a loct
- newspaper. Nothing can do mog
to keep uptown and help business
and merchants, above oil, shout
give then the preference. Yet fr'
BE euently the only return the papeI
he get for their enterprise is depreci
= ton from those whom they haV
= benefited both directly and indirec
ne Iy.
II advice would make a man ric
lst the farmers would be millionaire
They are given advice on all side
from lawyers, politicians, preacher
ar and the press. Farmers these day
If. Is a good deal like running a new
ne paper.eyery one thinks he couI
make a blooming success Of !
except those who have tried it.
A carpenter at Augusta, Main
ap' who had a warehouse to build an
to a good deal Of measuring to do wi,
all a ten.foot pole, cufed a boys ca
a and the boy retaliated by cnttir
half an inch off the pole. The r
as suit was a shortage Of r%aftera, bean
and ioists, and a loss Of eight hu
dred dollars to the cuffer,
.ne Let your rest be perfect ia !
tic season like the rest of the waite
ast that are still If you will have
Cd model for living, take neither I
~stars, for they fly with creasing; n
u' the ocean, that obbs and flows; .
tot the river, that can not stay; b
an. rather let your life be like that