The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-29
state News.

The BuRkfe Blade says that in 1853
rhe tx P..raffroad paid $50 coo, for
sstseK kledllF1sraiIts
Measles i~a RTevaiiinr in Natchitoches,
and has attacked tao pupils OF The
State Normal School.
The TKIalia Sentinel statesHlat fIlre
farmers are dEigiDg their stock in the
sWamps, instead of taking them ont.
Lafourcbe PARISH he'd fgrty-foHrpGb-
5lic schools opeT last year. With 100
pupiIsjn attendance Coed showing.
1T Il reported tnat ex-sen. Jonas,
will he a caEdidale for Congresses inthe
2na La. District.
"A cotton @eteE3 Is abont IL he ses-
t4ablished al Washington, La. Ne
congratulated the people of Washington
and sSish them success
The dry kiln of the Brad2ey Ram
aSey SAW mill at Lake Charles, was
destroyed lF fire en- Friday Of last
week, loss, estimated+at about $4,000.
Insured.
Fred HFeas aad Geo ScAeH, two
energetic planters from Ohio, have
rented attract of Land near Crowley,
and they propose to cultivate ricetex-
tensiyely.
We arc ,uleasetl Il tRate That tine
Rayne Academy has scared the sum
of $50 fromsthe Peabody Euhd,. through
Col. dos. a. BreaaX. The energies of
the people u .Rayne are displayed TO
its full extent in the way of education
Baton Rouge Capital Item we are.
spleased to learn that Airs. Joseph
Brooks has received tWe thaRsand=
dollars from the Catholic Knights of
America, the amount of her date hus-
h5and's insurance in said society. This
as a very worthy organization and one
=among the st~aunchesti in t~hesceuntrE.
st. James Courier: Several .acci
sdents have been reported to us this
week Young omer Porta, the son of
~Of Mr.. Cesar Parta, ofthe fourth ward,
shot himself IN the hand; Camille Saa-
mier, .aboy Of the second ward, had his.
face powder burnt whilst out hunting,
and 4 celored man by. the bame of.Jos
Laurent, had his leg broken by the
falling ola horse which he was riding.
A shooting affair teek place near
Alexandria recently, in which a young
.geTGleaaaa and q ysuRg lady were shot
with number 2 shot. 1t seems that d
party of young folks were in the act
sof taking a boat ride in a skif which
belonged to another party. The son of
the owner a boy Of about l. Years old,
forbade them using The skiff, and as
they didNnQt heed him, he discharged
"a shotgun at the cFewde wpunGing
tive of them .esGh0He stated.
Another water melon has sprang up,
this tinein Homer, says the Guardian:
Master Walter FARRELL, presented the
editor of this paper q nice frM-groEn
,,water melon yesterday 1t was pulled
the 24th day af February. He never
uniformed usMhether 1t grew last year
or this year, but at any rate it was
sound, ripe and delicious, and it is Ger,
tainly away ahead of the season, erI
,elseit is along way behind. Gonstrue
1t as yen please. it is something ne
markable.
AIHNfG4 OLE ndIs N e mic RHEdSCu I'd I
see that the farmers are getting inter-
ested in the laying cut OF public roads
in this vicinity, and are mcEfng in the
matter by bringing numerous petitioHs1
before the parish board With eResur-i
agemeht fren that aUgast body to-
wards the laying out ef roads ,aRd al
little stiaening Of their eficia hack
bone in the matter of enforcing their
orders in opening up those already |
established, We Msuld seon have public
roads for the parish that would havel
no cause DO be ashamed Of
There are four important amend
ments to be voted Bpon at the special
fown election to be held at Eidalia,
GoneaFdia parish, April 18th, which are
lis follows That tLe mayor shall re-
eeiye a monthly salary, but no perquis-l
ties: that the town esgneil shall be
composed of five members; thai town
elections shall hereafter be held iii the
the court house square, kinder officers
10 be appointed in the eouaeil, the
president OF the police jury and the
returning officer of the parish; and
that no fines imposed hereafter by the
mayer shall be less than fifty cents o.
Enore than fifty dollars, and imprison-
ment in no ease shall exceed thirty
days.
The following is a description of
Caldwell parish, given by our worthy
contemporary, the Caldwell Waterman:
Caldwell parish is unique in many res
poets, 1t is yeritable paradise. Sun
strokes and mad-dogs are unknown.
Grapes and all ether kind Of fruits
10, nrooIrc hofn,,o thnu dn Ii nnr n4hon