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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-11
RECORD OF CASUALTIES.

The house on the old homestead of Horace
Greeley near %Chappanaqua, N. Y, and occu-
pied by his daughter has been destroyed by
fire.
The powder works at Baychester, N. Y,
blew up and James H. Kilmeir and Alex
Schultz were blower to atoms. The explo-
sion left a hole about six feet deep and TWEEN
ty feet round where the building stood.
The Cameron mine, at Shamokin, Pa, with
its twenty-five miles Of galleries, will be food
ed, the fire having got beyond control.
Damage to the amount of 500, 900 and the
loss of a years time is the result.
Some one of q party of men in the woods
at Cummings Hill, Russell Mills, Mass.
dropped a lighted cigar, setting the under
brush on fire. Before it was stopped over q
mile of territory was burned.
A raft containing 80 negroes, who were
trying 90 escape from the food, was
capsized in the mouth of Bogue Falya, the
rapid current having carried the frail craft
against q tree. Only IL of them reached the
shore alive. All wero Alabama negroes and
not acquainted with such vicissitudes.
A terrible accident occurred at Adams
canyon, near Santa Paula, Cal, where the
Hardison & Stewart Oil company is boring a
tunnel for oil. An explosion of gas occurred
In the tunnel and a sheet of fame shot out.
Two men were terribly burned, and one of
them has since died. A force of men were
put to work to clear the tunnel, and the next
afternoon another explosion took place, col.
iapsing the whole tunnel and burrying in the
ruins five men.
At Harper's Ferry, Henry county, KY.
was almost completely destroyed by a tor
mad The village, composed Of less thar
two dozen houses, is a considerable distance
from any railroad. The houses were not far
apart and every one of them directly in the
course of the Tornado. Men, women and
children were buried beneath the ruins. Not
a house remained standing and the whole
surrounding country was covered with
wreckage. Mrs. Laura Thomas, the vile of
a farmer, was found dead by the side of a
large tree about 100 yards from her house.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-11
Convicted OF Fraud.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Special.-Dr. Walter
E. Reid, president of Michigan S~piritualists'
association has been convicted of using the
mail for fraudulent purposes in the United
States court here. Reid published a spir-
itualist paper in which he inserted an ad-
vertisement to answer letters addressed to
persons who have passed to spirit life
without breaking the seals. His fee for
answering questions in a letter sealed in the
wax OF sewed with thread SIS. He did all
extensive business and reaped rich profits
until his methods were brought to the at
tention OF Postmaster General Wanamaker.
Sentence was deferred to give counsel time
to prepare a motion for a new trial.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-11
THE rs,
The Latest Quotations from West,
ern Markets..

The Latest Quotations from West
ern Markets.
CHICAGO.
Spring 7oh@72c.: No. 2 red. 79@79ac.
CoRN-No. 9, 2SBc.
OArs-No. 2, 21A@22c.
RYE-No. 2, 42hc.
BARLEY-No. 2, 55@57c
FLAX SEED-$1.4S@1.4 9kc.
~BurTER-Elgin creamery 23k@24c.; West
ern creamery 2O@22c.
EGGs-Quiet at 141c.
ST. PAUL.
WHEAr-No. 1 hard, 79@8Oc.: No. 1 North.
ern, 78@79c.; No. 2 northern; 75@77c.
CoRS-No. 8, 25@26c.
OArs-No. 2 mixed, p @22c.; No. 2 white.
22k@23c.; No. 3, 22@22hc.
BAxLEY-No. 2. 4505Oc.; No. 5. as042c.
RYE-No. 2, 32@33c.
GROUND FEED-No. 1, 81. 25@11.75.
~BRAN-Bulk, $40.
HAY-Upland prairie, s6.75@7.25; No.
1915; timothy. So.
EGGs-Fresh. %. 75@4.O5.
BUTTER-Extra creamery, 2O022c.; dairy
15@1Sca; roll and print, S@12c.
N%INNEAPoLla
WHEAr-No. 1 hard. SOC; No. I Northern,
7S%@79c: No. 2 Northern, 75@77c.
FLoUR-Patents, sacks to local .dealers.
$4.6O@4.65 patents to ship, sacks, car lots,
$4.15@4.5O; in barrels, $4.15@4.5O {; bakers
here, $3@3.4O; superine, $1.7O@2.25; red
dog sacks, $1@1.2O; rel dog barrels, $1.25-
01.5O.
CoRN-Samples. 27@2Sc;
OArs-Feed, 21h@2214c.; good to choice,
23h025c.
BARLEY-25@35c.
HAY-Upland prairie, $3.50; common wild,
$5@6.5O.
BurrER-Fair to fancy creamery, 14@2Oc.
per ID; diaries, medium to fancy, 1O@12c.;
grease and packing stock, 4@5hc.
1LWAUKE
WHEAr-No. 2 spring, 72@73c No. !
Northern. S2c.
CoRN-No.3. 29c.
OATs-No. 2 white, 241A@24Ac.
RYE-No. /, 431zc.
BARLEy-No. 2, 44c.
~EGGs-Fresh, lac.
BuTTER-Dairy, 16@1Sc.
CHEEsE-Cheddars, 1O01011c.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-11
IN GENERAL,

It is predicted that the Ohio and Lower Mis-
sissippi river floods will cause q large immi.
grafton from inundated districts to the North.
west.
The employees of the government arsenal
at Woolwich, England numbering about
$4,000, have formally protested against
the present scale of wages, and threaten to
strike.
George K. Sistare & Sons, bankers, failed
at New York. The failure was caused by a
de!alcation of from 500, 900 to $3.50 600
by Manager Hilger, of the Philadelphia
Office, who died a few days ago.
After one of the most hotly contested am
paigns ever known at Edgerton. Kansas, the
women 8 ticket was elected as follows:
Mayor. Mrs. w. H. Kelley; police Judge,
Mrs. Thorn as Greer; counciImen, Mrs. s. F.
Ewart. Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Holden, Mrs.
Matt Ross and Mrs. Brown.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-11

let entered his right breast and passed around
the ribs to the back, where it was extracted.
The physician in attendance will not say
whether the wound will prove fatal
Della Scott, a waiter in the Dew Drop Con.
cert Hall. suicided at Butte. Mont, by taking
q heavy dose of morphine. She had been
drinking heavily for two or three days and
was Respondent. She sent q messenger boy
for the morphine and took it unnoticed by
her husband. About one o'clock she retired
to bed, and next morning when Scott woke
up he found mis- wife dead in bed beside him.
She was 27 years of age and handsome. She
had been in Butte several months n had
previously worked in Salt Lake City and San
Francisco.
George Lang of Egg Harbor, N. j., while
temporarily insane, fred the bed containing
his sleeping five-year-old daughter. The
wife forced him to desist, and then Lang pro-
ceeded to the lower rooms to pursue his de-
termination to have q blaze. The house was
Guilty rescued Lang's three children, one OF
the rescuers being seriously injured. The
maniac secured a shotgun, and threatened
all who attempted to approach him. He was
seen to jump in a burning bed, there were a
few groane, and then all was quiet.
Harris A. Smiler, who killed his wife, was
arrested in New York. He is now known to
have two other living wives from whom he
was never legally separated. When quite
young he married a girl named Maggie Hears,
whom he deserted some years ago, and who
is now living in Harlem. Afterwards he mar
ried Mrs. Gates. q widow. He deserted her
about two years ago to marry the woman he
killed. 1t is believed that Smiler intended to
kill all three of his wives and then commit
suicide. When told after his arrest that his
vile was dead Smiler answered. "Al right;
then | will hang. Bury me in the same grave
with her."
l Near Lima, Ohio, Conductor Tucker saw
six tramps get on his train aud ordered them
to get out. They refused, and when he enter
ed the car to eject them fred q pistol at him.
The shot missed. however. and Tucker Crap
pied with the gang but was finally himself
thrown out of the car. The tramps then
jumped out of the door on the north side of
the car. Tucker climbed over the train, and
as he alighted on the opposite side one of the
gang produced a revolver, which Tucker
wrenched out Of his hands. Two others then
caught him, holding each of his arms SO that
he was powerlees to defend himself, when an
other placed a revolver al the conductors
left side and fred, fatally wounding him,
-Four OF the tramps were ARE sted.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-11
NEWS BREVITIES.
The Latest Telegraphic News
@Culled from Associated
Press Dispatches.


Chief Mayes will call an extra session OF
the Cherokee council and propose the sale OF
the Cherokee strip, and urge a speedy settle
ment of the whole matter.
In Wichita, Kan, Mrs. Cynthia Moller,
aged ninety. one. appeared to die. The body
had been placed on ice before it was discov er-
ed that life was not wholly extinct. Ply
sicians were summoned and Mrs. Moller was
resuscitated. She recovered sufficiently to
converse with her friends, but in the after
noon a relapse occurred, and she died the
same night.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-11
To Cattle Dehorners.

At the session of the Sullivan county
court at Monticello, New York, there
came up, on application for a trial
a case that is entirely novel to tho,
courts of that state and of high
momen. to the owners Of horned cattle.
The Ease originated in a complaint
entered by the local agent of the socie-
ty for the Prevention of Cruelty to
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-11
Curious ~ollectio

James L. Pennypacker, OF Pennsyi-
vania, has q curious collection OF
clovers from different states. Inc
clovers are mounted upon a card so
as to represent a four-leaved clover.
One leaf is made up OF eleven four
leaved clovers. another of nine i've
leaved ~clovers, and the fourth Of SIX
seven-leaved clovers and four eight
leaved clovers The stem is repre-
sented by a series of clOvers contain
ing cup or funnel leaves, and at he
very end is one clover having nine
leaves and a cup and another clover
having thirteen leaves.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-11

Animals before Justice Peter Ious-
slant against John Austin, . farmer 7
the town Of Highland, OF cruel n un-
natural treatment Of some OF his dairy
cattle in saving OF their horns. Inc
proof of the alleged offense was CON-
plete, and the justice pronounced ne
defendant guilty and fined him $oU ana
costs.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-11
The Cherry Tree Slug.

In a recent paper Prof. Lintner
spoke of the ravages of the cherry tree
slug, Eriocampa cerasi, and said there
was no need of such destruction OF
foliage by this pest as had. been re-
ported to him, for the larvae can be
readily destroyed by spraying the
trees with hellebore in water, an
ounce of the powder to two gallons OF
water, or by busting the foliage with
fresh, air. slaked lime.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-11
res and Feed.

There is much in the breed, there is
much in the feed, and there is more
in the feeder than either. A good
feeder will do fairly we'll with a good
breed and poor feed, or with good feed
ana a poor breed. But a good feeder
putting good feed into a good breed is
the acme OF perfection in dairying.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-11

There are six breeds of domestic
turkeys in the United States, which,
are known as the bronze, tine Nara
gansett. the black. buff, white and
slate. The largest of the bronze tur-
keys, raised principally in Rhode Is
land and north Stonington, Ct, :ttains
a weight of forty-tive pounds when two
years old, and yearlings twenty pounds.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-11
Nail These to the Barn Door.

Nail 1neS0 Co the Barn Door.
''Who enters here leaves pipe be-
hind"
The horse will be all the better for
working his way through the winter.
The man that knows the right use of
q horse blanket is a frst-class horse
man.
Too many horses eat up during the
winter all they have earned during
the summer.
The horse blanket saves feed and
fesh-less substance is used to make
animal heat
Keeping matches in any other re-
ceptacle than an iron Or tin box is
tempting Providence.
Some people think a farm animal is
like a postage-stamp-no good until
licked. They are sadly mistaken.
The farm horse, having only light
labor, aud not much of that, during
the winter, should have less grain and
more roughness than during the. sum-
mer.
The men that puts iron bits in
horses mouths in very cold weather,
without first warming the bits, has al
together too much of the savage in his
composition.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-11
Fertilizers.

It is equally certain that money in
vested in fertilizers. or fertilizing
materials is frequently thrown away
through ignorance of the wants of the
soil to which the fertilizer is to be
applied. A soil in which any of the
plant-forming elements is abundant
and in an available form requires no
such element in a fertilizer. It is only
those elements which are deficient in
the soil that must be supplied, and
until farmers have learned some easy
and practical method of determining
the character of their soils the profit
from fertilizers, home-mlxed or other
wise, will prove an uncertain quantity.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-04-12
Louisiana,s Capacity.

louisiana has 3;7l5,000 acres o
arabic aIlnvial land veil adopted
to the sugar crop, and millions o
acres of other lands well adopted
to this crop. In 1878 cane was
cultivated on only 181 900 acres ii
% parishes. Sugar cane grows
very we'll in all the parishes to the
upper line of the State. Even in
the pine lands With good fertilizing
they have made a ton Of sugar and
over 100 gallons of molasses 10 the
acre. Louisiana on her arabic al
luFial lands alone may make more
than 100000 tons or 1000 900
hogsheads of sugar yearly ard mo-
@lasses in proportion. more than
enough TO supply The United States.
The German empire can make half
that quantity Of beet sugar.
These arabic lands of Louisiana
made nearly a fifth of The rice crop
of the United States ia 1879, and
can devote a million acres to rice
on large surfaces in the Southern
and sugar parishes that are too wet
for sugar cane. There was bur a.
900 acres in rice in 1879. The
State has lands for two or three mil
lion barrels of cTeaG rice, $50 pounds
net to the barrel.
On the good uplands and bluff
lands, the prairies and other lands,
the State may make 1000, 600 bales
Of cotton, and largely more than
that.
Let the $780, 900 acres Of swamp
or wet alluyial lands be drained by
steam dredging machines aud then
cleared Of timber, and it tile drain
ed and irrigated they would produce
astonishing crops, rain or sun.
shine" that would give them a solid
value to such lands of more than
$1,000 an acre and greatly reduce
mosquitoes and malaria at the same
|time.-Daniel bennett.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-04-12
saying Goodbye.

Every now and then, as we Jour.
neY through this vale from the
cradle to the grave, it becomes
necessary fer US to say good-by.
Generally it is said ia sadness and
with a sigh. We wiring the hand
Of the departing friend, the sorrow.
full tears are shed then the bell rings
and the train goes round the curve.
This is the good by that sticks in
the throat like a large three corner,
ed lump and perslstently refuses to
be swallowed. Alter this kind OF q
farewell We 60 home feeling that
something has gone out of life.
We are like the man who puts bis
foot for another step at the end OF
a dark stairway and finds suddenly
that it isn't there.
Then there is the farewell that
is said with a hilarious chuckle of
joy. We say it to the bill collector,
whom we have with US always, or
have had for a long time. We say
it to the bore, the spring poet, to
the man who reads the exchanges
and to the writer who invariably
refers to o bear as brnin.
The sweetest good-by is that of
the girl at her fathers front gate,
when only you and ! and the
twinkling stars are present. TO
some Of US it is only a memory that
will remain fresh and green long
after We have passed that caFlow
age. The saddest good by is the
one that is said by the side Of an
open CANCELLATIONS Weekly.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-04-12
A New Counterfeit.
IT IS A TEN DoLIER GERMANIA NA
TInNAL BANK NOTE.

A new counterfeit interesting I'd
the New Orleans community has
just been discovered, as is indicated
by the following despatch received
this morning by Special Agent "A.
f. Wild, of the secret service from
the department at Washington. 1t
is tho first that has been discovered
on a Southern bank
The following telegram has just
been received at this Office from st.
Louis, Mo-:
New counterfeit ten dollar notes,
Germania NotionaI Bank of New
Orleans, letter @, Bank No. 889.
series 1888. Two were passed in
this city last night. Similar work
in Cincinnati. Plate thread imita-
ted poorly by ruled lines on back.
A good locker In front, but poor
on Inspection
Capt. Wild Immediately notified
the local banks of the discovery Of
the new counterfeit.-Ex.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-04-12
Sand Wanted ].

Fifteen hundred barrels Of sand,
for the Abbeville courthouse. send
samples and prices to j.. o. Lep6.
Abbeville, Louisiana, parties on.
tracing must expect to give security
TO guarantee delivery Of the same
according to sample and before ..
specified time, for further particulars
address G. D. Stewart, contractor
and builder. 0peiousas, Louisiana.
March 20, 1890.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-04-12
school Bosrd Proceedings.
Abbeyille, April S, 1920

@RAA - A0CC- -
The board ofsschoo Idirectors Of Yer
million parish, met this day III regular
session. Present: N. C. Young, pres
ldent; and Messrs. Geo. Hays, a. La
cour and j. N. Williams.
The minutes of the last meeting were
adopted after due reading.
Whereas; The board Of sclsol d.
ectors are ofthe opinion that it w0 .z
be beneficial and cause an increased
interest to be manifested in the cus
ofeducation, to have a public o
ton OF the several public ST. eE
or near the town of Abbeyills, at -
close of the present school term, WI.
occurs June ", 1890, and
Whereas; under the present eel
law we are not authorized TO amp
pirate school funds for said +
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the following namsd
gentlemen are hereby appointed and
requested to serve as committees in the
several wards, with power to appoint
subcommittee to solicit contributions
towards having a barbecue for the
school children, and towards making
said exhibition D success, to-Wit:
LIST ward. Jos. Gooch, Theclect
Theriot and #. ID. LEU.
End ward. j. r. Kitchell, Jno.
Fleming, Jules Taibodaux and VIM.
Cornerly.
2rd ward. 4. f. Maxfeld, J. 6.
Labit, W A. White and d. a. Petty.
4th ward. A, j. Golden, j. 4. Brouq~
sard, Columbus Broussard and u.
Cushman.
18th ward. S. R. Ellis, j. Abshire,
jr., Aur. Simon, A. #. Lindsey, Martin
Saryer, Desire Meaux and M. NJ. Hart
man.
9th. Columbus Lemaire, q. c. Hat-
rington, Amb. Mouton, Fenelon Brous-
sard and Nathan Perry.
Th. j. Nugier, G. Bonvillan, Sar-
rain Hebcrt, E, A. Carbet and Lev.
Kibbe.
The following named gentlemea
were appointed asa central committee
to take charge Of and conduct the aE-
rangements for said exhibition, to-wit.
N. G. Young, Jos. Abadie, Eli Wise,
j. T. Labit and W. B. White.
The following claims were allowed
j. Nugier, to having partition placed
in Perry school house. So 80
Theop. Primeaux, lubr for sehocl
house in End ward. ...... 6 so
Mi. S. p. Watts, having presented 2
claim for printing Troll Of Honor IL
the several schools, the same was re-
ferred to the Finance Committee.
The committee appointed at our
last meeting to receive bids and award
the contract for printing the minutes
for the ensuing year, reported that
the same had been awarded TO Raymond
Breaux, editor of the MERIDIoNAL.
for the sum and price of forty-nine
dollars.
Messrs. Boston Conner and Gflhaft
Bouchee were appointed to act ii
connection with James Robinson, as
trustees for the cnl0Hed school OF Abbe-
vile.
On motion, the board adjourned
sine die. N. G. YOUNG.
j. n. WILLIAMS, President
Secretary.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-04-12

They now abuse Gov. Nicbolls
BECAUSE he failed 10 deliver i
wagon load D! tents to the tenants
Of some Of the wealthy planters Of
the sWanp. The next complaint
will be that he has failed to furnish
them with bread aud meat from his
own purse. The ways OF the
demagogue and politician IRE
strange indeed.-Homer Guardian.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-04-12
"A CARD.

The communication Of "Chic," in
the Star of. yesterday, contains an
atrocious and meretricious lie, in
ascribing certain actions to me. It
is only a trivial matter to be sure,
but / challenge any man to assert
or prove that I have ever, during
my stay in This community, failed to
treat a lady with all aud proper
courtesy and respect. If this thing
is intended as a joke, the CORES.
pondent should remember that GER
tain matters are not the subject of
jests, and this is decidedly one OF
them. RAYMOND BREAUx.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-04-12
The organ Of the state Grange,

The organ Of the state Grange
Texas Farmer, is getting in
work. Its persistent war upon
monopoly liz bearing frait, and the
fruit is rlpening and falling into its
lap iu The shape Of unprecedented
endorsement and petronage--about
a thousand new names per week
being added to its subscription list.
To encourage the boom, enlarge its
opportunities and tone up its "sinews
Of war" the publishers are offering
the paper ten months for fifty cents.
Sample free. Address Texas Far
mer, Dallas, Texas.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-04-12
HAPPY moosEess.

VIM. Timnens. Postmaster Of IdaviIla
Ind, writes: Electric Bitters has done
more for me than all other med:cinaa
combined, for that bad feeling ariaing
from Kidney and Liver troublep John
Leslie, farmerand stockman. Of same
place, says: Find Electric Bitters to be
the BEST Kidney and Liver medicine,
made me feel like q new man + w
Gardner. hardware merchant. same town
says: Electric BItters il Just the fhi,
for Q man who is all run down and don't
care whether he lives or dies: ne fonnd
new strength. good appetite and felt iust
III ne had . new Lease on life. Only Sas
q bottle, at y. q. Toung's Drug Store.
S@@-
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-04-12

All OF our Congressman are max
ing a noble fight for sugar, but it
looks like a cut is inevitable. This
will only effect the planter and
laborer. Sugar for The breakfast
table will not be any cheaper
Morgan Review.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-04-12
Challenge.

r challenge BLACK Cat,n belonging to
n. C.. to mn with my mare, on the Rous-
SO Broussard track, for $3.50 or 800 q side;
mn or shut up. and not like H. CT /
sign my name in fun. JOHN Ayrshire, Jr.
AGilI 1890.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-04-12

You little Tyler infdel, you
little narrow-eyed fool, a fly can sit
on your nose and paw you in one
eye and kick you in the other
Sam Jones at Tyler, Texas.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-04-12
Where is fhat Engfneer?


While the people of Abbeyille
have been bowling for a railroad
these many years without any APP
parent success, their wishes aud
necessities viii at last be gratifed
by Mr.. John A. Morris, of New
Orleans: As is a well known fact
Mr.. Morris is erecting q large cen.
trail factory in st Mary and running
a railroad through the northern
portion Of St. Mary and Southern
Iberia into Vermilion. Contrary
to previous plans, we are informed
that Mr.. Morris has ordered his
engineers to continue the survey
to Abbeyille, and has ordered ties
and rails for the extension.
The road will be pushed through
at once, without much noise, as
there is now a hundred men work
ing on it. Hurrah for Morris and
the Abbeville railroad -
tor.