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, 1891-04-18

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There Is considerable criticism over the
appointment ty the governor of John
McCormick Of Sheridan and Frank O.
Williams of Carbon county, both state
senators, as members of the board Of
world iaIr commissioners. Mr.. McCor-
mick was rejected by a Republican senate
at the close OF ITS session.
The objection 10 neither man is OF a
personal nature as both are respected aud
qualified, but il arises from the following
clause in the constitution which will be
found in section S, article Ill
No senator or representative shall. dur
ing the term t1r which he was elected, be
appointed 90 aus civil office under the
state, and no member Of congress or
other person holding an office excepting
that q notary public OF an office in the
mlhtla) under the JnItcd States or this
state. shall be a member of either house
during his continuance in otIc.
The first clause 0fthe provision applies
10 the case Of Messrs. Mccormick and
Williams Besides they were both mem
bers Of the legislature which appropriated
10000 for the Wyoming exhibit at the
worlds fair. They receive as compen.a-
ton e. a day and expenses for time actu-
ally employed Under the circumstances
the selections made are very strange ones.
, 1891-04-18

New York produces and eats more
pies than any city in the world. There
are eight or ten large factories that
make nothing but pies, and there are
five or six hundred bakeries besides
that deal exclusively in them.
, 1891-04-18

The origin Of washing the hands be-
fore eating arose from the fact that
meals in olden times often consisted
wholly Of pie, which was eaten with the
hands. 1t was this custom which gave
rise to the fork
, 1891-04-18

KANSAS CITY, April I7-Jay Gould
aud party arrived this Afternoon. In
conversation with a reporter, when asked
about the alarming reports regarding the
collapse Of the We-tern Traffic Associa.
o be said there was no truth in them.
Neither be nor Clark attended the meet
ing OF the advisory board in Chicago, be-
cause 1t was not necessary. He will "
he said, attend al meetings OF the West
era TrIh, Association. that it is naces-
sary for US to attend in New York CITY.
, 1891-04-18

Is its enumeration Of the advantages
OF Ogden the Standard leads of with
natural gas. This Is iudccG a very
valuable commodity, but a super1ui'y of
It in the columns OF a newspaper is not
altogether desirable
, 1891-04-18

Hoffman Howes-Howell Gibbon /
heah is in hard luck lately, and yet he
still dwesses vewy well. He must have
"A good fwiend somewhere.
Tom knoN-Yes, it's his trousers
stretcher. Puck.
, 1891-04-18

BkwIINs has a rev daily called the
journal i; is independent in politics
and edited and managed by Chas f
Napp. Il is a very neatly printed sheet
and We hope TO see it thrive and prosper.
The Gold hll camp may vet make gift a
valuable property
, 1891-04-18

Ed Knapp as receiriHp
fresh oysters and CLAIMS I'm
the sheH direct from " eIr
York ecery other day. at
hts rest aur0Ht on STR
Letnth street. supplying
Families of a specially,
, 1891-04-18

W II Vanderbilt and Chauucey NJ.
DepeW will pass through Cheyenne this
morning on their way to Salt Lake. Two
special cars attached to the fast mail train
which reaches mere at gsO5 a IN. will
carry the distinguished passenger
, 1891-04-18

The bin authorizing the use Of the
metric system was reported to the house
of Representatives by Mr.. Kasson for
the committee on coinage. weights and
measures on May Il, 1896. 1t was
passed at once and sent to the senate.
where Charles Sumner stood by IT, 1t
became a law July y. 1866.
, 1891-04-18

II you prefer the best Rock Springs
coal, leave orders at Union M~ercaptiie
company and @. G.. company's store
Telephone 81. VIM. Murphy, agent.
, 1891-04-18

Prometheus was chained TO the rock
while vultures knawed his ~entrails. So
are many people chained to the rock OF
prejudice while all manner of violent
medicines infict injuries upon the lining
Of the stomach and intestines. They are
apparently immovable In the belief that
to experience benefit they must keep
dosing with drastic medicines. Unless
the action Of these is powerful aud ex-
c~essive, they are not atssfed. They
would distrust a remedy Of gentle action,
however effective. It. Is not by such
purblind extremists as these that the
Acknowledged merits of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters are recognized. That
benign regulator of the stomach, the
bowels and the kidneys appeals to the
rational-not only appeals, but is awarded
a lust valuation Constipation. liver
complaint, dyspepsia and kidney troubles
yield to its action. So also do malaria
and rheumatism.
, 1891-04-18

The promptness and certainty OF its
cures nave made Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy famous. 1t is intended espe.
cialiy for coughs, colds, Group and whOop-
ing cough, and is the most efectual rem
edy known for these diseases. so cent
bottles for sale by A. i. RoedeL.
, 1891-04-18

Ellis, Sloan & Shaver will rell ice for
one-hnlf Of former rates, and will meet
any cut in price.
, 1891-04-18

Dated April 10. 1891.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07
State News.

Several sugar mills were still 10
blast the first week Of February.
A Calcasieu Wf~inter-raised cab
bage weighs thirteen solid pounds.
The estimated cost of the Chan.
tauqua Tabernacle at Ruston is
$4,000.
A sash door and blind factory is a
new industry in contemplation at
Alexandria.
The Lafayette Council has passed
an ordinance prohibiting gambling
on the streets.
The Natchitoches Ice Company's
building is completed and ready for
the machinery.
A prisoner 10 the Sabine jail
named Jno Mills, burnt a hole in the
floor and escaped.
The town of Robeline will ship
10000 bales OF cotton during the sea-
son.
The receipts Of the Shreveport toll
bridge for January amounted to
$78l.75.
The boys Of Ruston fish for rats
with pole, hook and line, and think
il is rare sport.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07

We present this week q prospectus
of The Home Magazine, conducted
by Mrs. John A. Logan. We will
take subscriptions for this magazine
and the Meridional for 50 90, or the
magazine alone for SO cents. The
March number contains twenty.niue
pages. 1t is a popular paper, and
its extremely low price should place
it in every home 10 the country. The
popularity and ability Of Mrs. John
A. Logan insures a large circulation
for this magazine, aside from its own
intriHsic merit.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07

The pauperism in Louisiana is not
q drop 10 the bucket compared with
that in New York, the State OF
Mr.. Morris claims to be a citizen;
why don't he go there and run a
lottery? It would require more
"effrontery" than even he is posses.
sed of, to make the proposition there
that he has made here; but then he
considers Louisiana the 'little end
OF nowhere" he thinks he can buy
this State as he has done before, aud
that New York, the State he elects
to be a citizen Of, is beyond price
1t would seem that even he is
ashamed to be a citizen of Louis
iana.-St. Landry Clarion.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07

Our democrat friends have always
been about foar years behind the
light house-believing in free-trade.
Why do they not fall in and advo.
cate reciprocity Jennings Report
err.
Indeedl Probably you think re.
procity is not a mere fad, protection
run mad. But Louisiana. sugar
planters, remembering the great
benefits ~ conferred upon them by
the famous Hawaiian Islands Repro
city Treaty will no doubt rush fran.
tically to embrace this political
heresy which now basks in the allur.
ing sunshine Of Jim Blaine's smiles.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07
EquaTfze

~ -
The bendholder and s~toekholder
may as well get ready. The people
are preparing to hunt their hidden
wealth and expose it for the purpose
Of taxation. The sixty thousand
millions of dollars worth Of property
that, it is claimed by statisticians,
have been accumulated in this coun-
try, largely, escape taxation. It is
doubtful if the third of it is taxed.
Under one plea or another, two
thirds of it escapes, and this makes
the burden of the oRe.third that is
taxed Just three times what it ought
to be. This is all wrong. 1t is q
gross, a fragrant and an outrageous
wrong. The Constitutions of all
the States say it is wrong. They
say that taxes shall be equal, and
that no n species of property shall
be taxed more than another, mean.
ing also that no M species shall
escape taxation, or for any cause
shall be taxed less than another
Even the Legislature of a State
cannot legally or lawfully release
a certain amount of property from
taxes, because the relieved cannot
be exempted without the un-elieved
being additionally and unconstition.
ally taxed. The Alliance men IN
the Kansas Legislature realize this,
and they have framed a law which
it will be impossible for stock or
bondholders. or mortgage companies,
or corporations Of any kind to evade
or avoid. By such evasions hitherto
the farmers have been robbed and
plundered by a money oHgarchy
which reigued supreme under the
name of the Republican party. They
blinded the masses to their own
interests by appealing constantly TO
their sectional passion and prejudice
and thus were enabled to go on
with their schemes unquestioned by
those whom they were deliberately
robbing. This they are not to be
permitted to do any longer. The
day of reckoning has come. Taxa.
ton il TO be made equitable aud
inst. So say the farmers in the
Kansas Legislature, and so also say
the Democrats in the Legislature of
Of Indiana. They also are moving
in the diection of the stakeholder and
bondholder, and are determined to
uncover the vast wealth that has
hitherto escaped, and by which the
people, the burden. bearers, have
been robbed.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07

Amos L. Ponder publishes a bitter
and severe arraignment Of James Fl.
-Cosgrove in the Sabine Banner
Lake Charles Echo.
These things must be getting sort
of monotonons for the General. But
as the hide of his conscience ia about
as tough as that of his friend the
tattooed man from Maine, Jim
Blaine, we suppose it don't worry
him much.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07

Bro. Cosgrove Of the Natchitoches
democratic Review speaking Of col.
lege valedictorians cites The end OF
the first OF his class-dead 10 an un.
known and unhonored grave, while
the most stupid had reached the
Governorship Of the Lone Star State.
We remember, he says, it as if it
were yesterday, that class OF %,
with the bright little Nick--at its
head, and how we all fought with
midnight oil to stand near him, and
how the struggle went on at the
other end between Hogg and era.
yens, with Hogg an easy winner.
just imagine, friend Puckette, Hogg
bearded like the bard, "a years OF
age, away down at the foot of a class
of %, ranging from Is to II years
of age, except Cravens, and he was
%. If he is well informed, then i,
Is not our Hogg, but they all say he
10 the same.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07

The Morris lottery mandamus suit
was argued before the Supreme
Court on last Tuesday and Wednes.
day. The Court gave counsel three
weeks in which to fle briefs. At.
torney General Rogers, o. S. Sena.
tor White and Mr.. Gallery, repre-.
sented Secretary Of State Mason,
and their arguments. SO we learn,
we're mastery efforts. Judge Poche
and Thos. J. Semmes appeared for
Morris.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07

EUutl HGSb bUuioidt0 10 luG TSdSG
understood and the most grossly mis.
represented of any section Of country
in the Uaion. At it is situated on
the Gulf of Mexico, and 10 close
proximity 10 the greatest river on
the continent, most people conclude
that it is a low, wet, swampy region
"a succession OF deep jungles
tangled swarnps, marshes. lakes
sloughs, cane and cypress breakes
throughout its entire extent; where.
as, healthier by far than the NORTH.
wEsT-fanned BY the sea breeze, it is
the land of enchanting scenery, of
beautiful bayeds and CLASSY lakes
and bays, splendid prairies. noble
forests and pleasant skies, the land
Of flowers, of beauty and of health.
In point of climate and soil. South.
west Louisiana yields precedence to
no country in America; Go to the
character of her people. their hospi-
tally is proveroial. Religious, edu,
cational ana social Institutions found
an early and permanent footing here.
Everywhere are evidences of success.
Yet despite this inviting state of
things there are many splendid acres
unoccupied-many rich, e~xhaustless
fields uncultivated. 1t is seen with
regret that thousands of emigrants
whose best interests lie 10 this direc.
ton are turning their faces toward
the arid and reproductive regions of
Western Kansas. Texas and Nebras.
ka. It is one of the principal objects
of this work to exhibit the attratiye.
ness Of Southwest Louisiana as a
place of permanent residence. That
the widest advantage in the way of
immigration may be secured, copies
Of this work will be sent to the lead.
ing libraries and other public resorts
of The South, East and North.
It is another principal object Of
this work to preserve local history,
and to place in enduring form upon
the pages of history d record of the
lives Of those citizens who have re.
aected the greatest rcnown upon
their descendants and have shaped
with such skill aud grandeur the des.
tiny of the State. Believing that this
plan will meet the hearty co-opera.
ton and assistance of the people Of
Southwest Louisiana, the Publishers
here outline their system of work.
A chapter or the resources and D
brief history will be given of each Of
the following parishes st. Landry,
st. Martin. iberia, Lafayette, ST.
Mary, Calcasieu, Acadia and Yer
million. The general topics covered
on each parish will be about as FOL.
lows: Geology, Topography, Re.
sources : Streams, Soil, Timber, Til.
liable Land and Products, Pioneer
settlement. Organization of Parishes,
Subsequent History, Military His
tory; Towns : Their origin and
growth; Conriss The Bench and
Bar; Medical Societies, Schools,
Churches, and Social Organizations.
In order 10 preserve family history
and give a practical conception Of
social and business conditions, there
will be added to the above q select
number of biographical and business
sketches and family g~enealogies Of
citizens of such parishes.
The hook will he printed Ia at
tractive style, on good book paper
with gilt edges, will be hound 10 fn1l
binding, and will contain over eight
hundred pages OF the sige shown on
the prospectus.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07

Some of the anti silver eranks are
kicking about the relative value Of
the two metals, silver and gold, con.
tending That the silver dollar is
worth only so cents in gold. Such
moonshine! as this is too painfully
silly to waste time in disputing. Go
to any merchant or banker with
5 silver dollars and see if you can't
get q 5 dollar gold piece 10 ex.
change.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07

Representative Cnlberson, of Tex.
grave q friend the following remedy
for o wart: Open the wars until
it bleeds, lay q grain Of corn upon
IT. and then feed the cor to q goose.
After the goose has eaten the corn
the wart will disappear. | have tried
this remedy myself, and it has never
failed"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07
ConstabIe's Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Vermilion-lst Justices Court.
Civil Docket-No. -.
j. Alcee Leblanc
VS..
j. Alcee Leblanc
VS..

RY virtue of a writ of feri faeias issued
Court, in and for the parish of Vermilion.
in the above entitled and numbered snit,
and to me directed, I will proceed t. sell
at public sale, to the last and highest
bidder, with benefit of appraisement, at
the Office of the First Justices Court on
Saturday, March Ia, 1891,
between the hours of III o'clock a. m, and
4 O'Clock p. m. and continuing from day
interests and demands of the defendant,
IN and to the following described property.
seized to satisfy said writ. to wit:
Eight head of sheep-0ne COW and calf.
TERMs--CASH.
Constable'sO Office, February 2s. 1891.
ELIAS BRoUssARD, Constable.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07
The transportation Mass
Meeting.

On Wednesday a number of the
leading merchants and planters OF
this parish assembled at the Court.
house to take some action in regard
to the present unsatisfactory freight
service iu Bayou Vermilion.
Mr.. Ophehas Bourque was called
to preside and L. o.. Broussard was
made secretary.
The meeting then proceeded to
consider propositions before them.
The first was from Pharr& Williams,
owners Of the Str. Barmore, stated
that they pledge themselves to make
regular trips to and from Morgan
City once a week. and in the busy
part OF the season if one boat could
not carry the freight they would put
in two or more so as to enable them
to carry all freights. Several of the
merchants and farmers stated that
the Barmore had not done them jatiee
aud that they were tired of irregu-
laNty in transportation and they felt
that in order to get relief would be
would be to put in another boat. The
proposition was then rejected.
The proposition was then made
by Messrs Lyons, Simon & Bagley
stating that they would put in q
boat to run to and from Morgan
City once or twice a week such as
the business demanded, and if the
bayou would be cleaned out FROM
here to Lafayette that they would
make daily trips To that point. After
some debate the proposition of
Messrs Lyons, Simon q Bagley was
accepted. It was the sense of the
meeting for the merchants and plan
tiers to better themselves and to get
better transportation facilities.
A committee OF four was appoint
ed to draft resolutions commencing
these parties to the traffic manager
Of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company that they may enter into
a contract for these parties to carry
said freight.
The resolutions declare that q
proposition OF Messrs Lyons, Simon
and Bagley has been made to put
in q steamboat of sufficient capacity
in Vermilioa bayou to run regularly
to points on the bayoa from Morgan
City once or twice q week. accord
ing to the amount Of freight, and
at all events not less than one trip
per week, and furthermore, when
bayou Vermilion shall be cleared
out to the railroad bridge at
Creighton switch, three or more trips
per week according to TIE amount
of freight to be handled.
The people having the assurance
of Mr. Schriever through Mr.. Davis
that Mr.. Sclriever would be govern.
ed by the action of this meeting, the
citizens urgently request Mr.. J. G..
Schriever, traffic manager of the
Southern Pacific Company, to con-
tract with Messrs. Lyons. Simon &
Bagley for the transportation of
Bayou Vermilion freight in accord.
ance with their foregoing PROPOSE.
ton, the rates not to exceed the
present schedule, and to so word the
contract as to make Lyons, Simon &
Bagiey responsible for all damages
that may be occasioned BY their neg.
lect or failure TO strictly comply
with their proposition and also sub
ject the contract to cancellation.
The meeting then adjourned.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07

We have received a number of
Senator Gibson's able argument in
the Senate on the Force Bill. Those
of our readers desiring a copy may
have one by applying at this office.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07

We have received the second mum.
Der Of the Messenger, a new and
neat little paper just established at
Lecompte, Rapides parish.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07

We have received from D. NJ.
Ferry & Co., of Detroit, Michigan, a
copy of their seed annual for 1891.
1t is an interesting and useful PAM
phlet and well be sent to any one on
application.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07

The receipts of the Natchitoches
tap railroad for the quarter ending
Feb. l were s6273 80 and it carried
5l3la passengers during that time.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07

Congress has adjourned and thank
God the Infamous Force Bill is a
thing of the past.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07

A Clothing merchant advertised
a ten dollar sCit for FIVE dollars. 10
isn'ta lawsuit. A ten.dollar law.
sust costs twenty dollars.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-03-07

The log maui at Flaquehiihe uyKe
is transferring timber from the bayou
to the river at the rate of seventy
trees per DAY, and the capacity will
soon be increased to 100 or more.
The three insane inmates of 1ber.
vile Jail will soon be tranferred to
the jackson Asylum.
Rev. Thomas Franklin, a venera-
bic Methodist preacher, died recent
y in Vernon parish.
The Baton Rouge Hook and Lad
der Company has received a new
truck, which cost $4,000.
The Louisiana Nursery Company
has been organized at Shreveport
with a capital stock Of $4,000.
The bad weather has delayed work
on the Opelousas public building, but
the walls are now going up.
A bear weighing 500 pounds was
recently killed by Mr.. Charles Hoots
sell in the Concordia swamps.
The new Catholic Church at Don.
aldsonville will probably be compile
ted in time for Easter services.
There was rainfall of seven inches
in FIVE hours at Natchitoches one
day during the late wet weather.
The farmers Of Morehouse parish
will petition the police jury to pro.
hibit hogs from running at large.
The footpads still iufest Lake
Charles. An old negro was robbed
Of S16 BY three men one night last
week.
The steam gin of Mr.. P. K. Smith,
near Fagmerville, buraed last week.
Partially covered by Insurance.
The sportsmen at New Roads
amuse themselves by. shooting at
1ocks of cormorants that fy over the
town.
The City Council Of Baton Rouge
has banished the town COW and fes.
tive goat from the streets of the
capital.
A vegetable curiosity in St. Hele-
ma parish is a large turnip, with
about fifty small ones growing on
the end Of it.
An estimahle lady Of st. Helena
parish, Mrs. Mrs. Thorn. E. Bridges,
vas thrown from a buggy last week
and killed.
The Abita Ice Company. of St.
Tammany, will make Ice from mine
raj and curative waters. Frozen
health.
The receipts of cotton at Shreve
port to date are 81 1926 bales, against
74.472 bales last season, a gain OF
1854 bales.
The Cane river lands in Natcti.
toches are filing up with a very de,
sirable class of citizens. It is a Ene
country.
The DeSoto police jury has au.
thoriEed the sheriff to hire out on
public works the prisoners who are
serving sentences in Jail.
The Atchafalaya continues to cave
in front Of Simmsport, and near
Judge Merrick's place it is within
twenty feet of the levee.
The infant daughter of Sheriff
HusoD, of DeSoto parish, who took
the prize at the Shreveport fair, died
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-26
THIS Is DEAD WRONG.
RICHMOND TWO HOURS BEHIND BAL
TIMoRE AND PHILADELPHIA
In the Delivery of Mails ut Chariottesviiies
Can't This he Rsmcdied. General MAN.
arer Of the C. q o. Raiiwsy7

fcorrcspondcncc OF the Richmond Dispstch.1
CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA, July 25.-Wbile
the schedule now in use on the Chesn-
peake anI Ohio railway is of great con-
yenience to passengers to and from this
point. Charlottesville has one serious ana
lust cause of complaint in regard to II, IN
which your city is also directly interested
that is, that the earliest day mail from
Richmond arrives here at $40 p. NJ, and
the consequence ia the morning dailies OF
our State capital reach us nearly Two
hours later than those of Washington
baltimore. Philadelphia, and elsewhere,
each city being q greater distance 'nan
Richmond.
SOMETHING RADICALLY WRONG.
Cnn the matter be remedIed2 1t does
seem that something IL wrong wheh tne
DIspATcH reaches here nearly twelve houfs
after its publication. ,.:.,r
A telegram was received here TINS Horur
ing announcing the death IN koiia, no, or
Iitile Willie. child of Mr.. W. II. and Mrs.
Mary b. Fchols. Mrs. Echols is the
daughter Of A. r. Blakey, ESD, OF this
place.
Mrs. Sterling and sister, Miss Mary Jones,
are visiting in Lynchburg.
Miss Gertrude l.. Becker, Of Washing
ton. d. c., is visiting Miss L. G. Zimmer-
man, of this place. :
Mrs. Robertson. Of Fauquier county. is
in the city. $780,,
Mr.. George Coyington. of Washington,
d. c., is visiting his mother and brother
here. al,
Mr.. George A. Burgess, formerly with
the Chronicle Printing Company, has ac-
cepted q position IN HarrisonDurg.