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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

Mrs. S. Leblanc Jr., has had a
neat shed gallery put up in front Of
her boarding house at the corner Of
Jefferson and Lafayette streets.
Lucius Dutel has disposed of his
saloon to Eraste Trahan, an old hand
at the business who needs no intro
duction to our people. "Bibi" will
no doabt make the place a popular
resort.
Mrs. W. Ell. Waggoner and her
sister who has been visiting here,
left this week for their old home in
New Orleans. Our friend Wagon
err will be lonely now until the hol.
idays.
Moses Fischer has purchased the
property Of Mrs John Ellis on
Lafayette street adjoining Mrs. Beer
and is having the house turned
around preparatory to building an
addition.
-ese-
Gus. Sawyer and his two com.
mediars, Scout and Ford, represent.
ing the Texas Electric Belt Co. Of
Sherman, Tex, are situated on the
public square where their entertain.
ments are largely attended.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

nTTHHDUuAth VAAt
,,unications so that they will reach the
alice Wednesday night to ensure publi-
cation the same week.
j. Nelson Greene,
Justice of the Peace.)
George f.. Lyons,
lConstable.l
For the 3rd Ward
collections promptly attended to.
1928.
District Court will convene here
Monday.
Walter Gates was in Abbeyille
this week.
Police Jury meet in regular session
next Tuesday.
Judge P. |. Mouton, Of Lake Ar
thur, was in town last week.
Aymar Bourque went to New
Orleans on business this week.
Weather is decidedly warm and
Spring.like for several days past.
Marion Young has gone to New
Orleans on a little trip Of recreation.
Civil term of the district court
will open here next Monday morn
ing.
On Thanks-G Giving Day there was
q big rush for jewelry at N. O.
Bourque's.
Miss Mary Toms fingers in Abbe-
vile to the delight of her many
admirers.
Justice Lahauve has put up a
small neat building ON his lot near
llis residence.
Ducks and other game are report
ed plentiful since the advent of the
cold weather.
There were two funerals at the
Catholic Church last Thursday,
within half an hour.
Alcide Leblanc is having a neat
harm built on lis new residence lot
in The Chevis Addition.
Theodore Laporte having rented
his "prairie home' is soon to he q
resident of Abbeville again.
Dr. Il. j. Young left yesterday
morning for New Orleans and will
be absent until Monday evening.
Oar ~neighbor, Ophelias Bourque
has had an addition built to his
residence, which looks very well.
The Chevis Addition of Able
vile is coming out, before one build.
Ing is completed another is begun.
Warren Carter's black horse beat
Felicien Primeaux's sorrel last Sun.
day. Much money changed hands.
A.. OF P. pins aud buttons at n.
0. Bourque's.
Clerk of Court, Alcide Leblanc is
moving into his new house to-day.
May happiness and success attend
him!
L. l.. Bourges is soon to move into
The residence occupied by Ell. B.
Cord, who has leased the estate of
Jos. G. Trahan deceased.
Our popular clerk Of court, Alcide
Leblanc, will soon move in his new
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

III. IL. L ouuS having moved INTO
his handsome new cottage is begin.
ming to get around him all the COM
forts of life.
Mrs. Jos. II. Wise, of New Iberia,
who has been on q visit to bel sister.
in>law Mrs. Solomon Wise, left for
her home yesterday morning.
Our neighbors, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
S. Drinkard, are this week enjoying
the companiouship o: a little daugh.
ter who was born last Sunday morn
ing.
There is a breach OF promise snit
filed in the District Court; the FIRST
we have ever known in this parish.
One thousand dollars damage are
claimed.
-
Percy Summers and Arthur Le-
blanc, who are working the triple
effects at the Rose Hill refinery,
came up to town for a few minutes
yesterday.
Elias Broussard has purchased a
couple Of lots in the Stebbins addi-
ton and is erecting thereon a neat
residence. Most of the material is
already on the ground.
j. G. Handley was in our little
city this week taking views Of Alb
b%eyille, and also the Rose Hill
refinery, We understand he intends
to make a collection Of the best
views around here.
Our Methodist friends are making
extensive preparations for the closing
services of the conference year, which
will take place at the church here on
Sunday night next, December 10th.
w. 3. White has made considera-
BILE Improvement on his home place
across the bayou, having built an
addition to his residence, and put up
a neat plank fence around the props
erty.
Martin Bagiey was taken quite
i'll this week with an attack Of in
lammation of the liter, and with the
permission of Judge Allen he will be
removed to the hotel for proper
treatment, as soon as. his condition
will permit.
Eugeneus Lemaire has been wear.
ing an air Of serious Importance all
this week and a little quiet inquiry
develops the fact that he is the
proud papa Of a fine boy since Sun
day night. Mother and child are
doing we'll.
Sheriff Leblanc who has not en-
joyed good health for some months
past left for New Orleans yesterday
morning in company with his physi-
clan, DR.. R.. ]. Young, who will
probably place him at Hotel Dieu,
under charge of Professor Miles.
If you want to make any one
A NICE PRESENT
call on
N. o. BOURQuE,
and select a beautiful piece of
JEWELRY for the gift.
Last Saturday week, the Z year
old daughter of Mrs. A. K. Berner,
while at play with other children in
Jacob Isaac's wareroom fell from a
pile Of rice sacks and in falling
pulled q sack of rice down with her
~fraeturing her left thigh bone.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

Miss Marks Of New Orleans, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Eli Wise, returned home yesterday
morning.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

Payne Kibbe was elected vices
resident of the Tulane Law Glass.
Ills opponent was the grandson OF
Of Congressman E. ]. GAY. The
class OF this year is the largest ever
known, and the elections we're very
exciting.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

Aymar Bourque went to New
Orleans on business this week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

W. L. Vanslyke is grinding his
cane this year at his own mill, and is
obtaining a satisfactory yield.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

Weather is decidedly warm and
Spring.like for several days past.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

Oar neighbor, Ophelias Bourque
has had an addition built to his
residence, which looks very well.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1893
Toxynh and Parish.

Correspondents will please send all COM
r;cations so that they will reach the
Alice Wednesday night to ensure publi-
.at;on the same week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

NJ. l.. Young having moved into
his handsome new cottage is begin.
ming to get around him all the COM
forts of life.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

The Chevis Addition of Able
vile is coming out, before one build.
ing is completed another is begun.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

Dr. r. ]. Young left yesterday
morning for New Orleans and will
be absent until Monday evening.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

Judge P. |. Mouton, Of Lake Arr
thur. was in town last week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

Marion Young has gone to New
Orleans on a little trip Of recreation.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

4. OF P. pins and buttons at N.
0. Bourqae's.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

Warren Carter's black horse beat
Felicien Primeaux's sorrel last Sun.
day. Much money changed hands.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

Theodore Laporte having rented
his "prairie home" is soon to he q
resident of Abbeville again.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

Collections promptly attended to.
1928.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

Our popular clerk Of court, Alcide
Leblanc, will soon move in his new
residence, which is almost completed
10 the Cheyis Addition.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

Mrs. Jos. FL. Wise, of New Iberia,
who has been on a visit to hel sister.
in>law Mrs. Solomon Wise, left for
her home yesterday morning. {.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

Police Jury meet in regular session
next Tuesday.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

Messrs. L. L. Bourges and M. L.
Morton, Of Abbeville. were ia town
Wednesday on business connected
with the succession of Ben. Harring.
ton, Mr.. Bourges is one Of Able
ville's leading attorneys Crowley
Signal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

There were two funerals at The
Catholic Church last Thursday,
within half an hour.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

I Civil term of the district court
will open here next Monday morn
Ing.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

L. l.. Bourges is soon to move into
'ae residence occupied by Ell. B.
Oord, who has leased the estate of
Jos. G. Trahan deceased.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

Clerk of Court, Alcide Leblanc is
moving into his new house to-day.
May happiness and success attend
him!
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

District Court will convene here
Monday.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-12-02

Alcide Leblanc is having a neat
harm built on Ills new residence lot
in The Chevis Addition.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-08-18
PENIS GROVE, n. j., FRIDAY. AUGUST Is. 1893

who are inside the kingdom, but how about
those Of us who are outsider" Then / say,
Come into the kingdom, come out of the
prison house into the glorious sunlight OF
Gods mercy and pardon, and come now.
1t was in the last day OF the reign OF terror
the year 1898. Hundreds and thousands
had persisted under the French guillotinc.
France groaned with the ~tyrannies OF Ro)cs-
pierre and the Jacobine CLUB. Tho last group
of sufferers had had their locks shorn by
Monchotte, the prison barber, so that theneek
might be bare to the keen knife OF the Cuill0-
tine.
The carts came up TO the prison, the poor
wreIcnes were placed IN the carts ami driven
off toward the scafTold, but while they were
going toward the scalfold there was an out
cry in the street, and then the shock of fire.
arms, and then the cry "~Robespierre has
failed Down with the Jaeobins Let France
be freeI' But tho armed soldiers rode in
upon these rescuers, so that the poor wretches
inthe carts were taken on to the scaIfold and
horribly died.
But that very night these monsters Of per-
s~ecution were seized, and Robespierre
persisted under the very gutllotine that he
had reared for others, all France clappinS
their hands with joy as his head rolled into
the executioners basket. Then the axes OF
the excited populace wera heard pouniinS
against the gates of the prison, and the poor
prisoners walked out free. My friends. sin
Is tho worst of all R~obespierres. 1t is the
tyrant of tyrants. 1t has built a prison
house for our sou. 1t plots our death. It
has shorn US for tho sacrifice but, blessed
he God, this morning we hear tho axes OF
Gods gracious deliverance poTa ling against
the door of our prison.
Deliverance has come. Light freaks
through all the wards of the prison. Revo-
luton! Revolution! "Where sin abounded,
grace does much more abound that where
as sin reigned unto death even so grace may
reign unto eternal life through Jesus Christ
our Lord" Glorious truth ASaviour dead !!
n Saviour risen; a Saviour exalted a
Saviour interceding!
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-08-18

A semblance Of a cabinet has been
established In Russia through Il
course of remarkable circumstances
brought about by the minister OF
Huauce, NJ. Vito. 1t has already
attained a position OF considerable
strength, VI. WV was nia,'o m'n.
lstef o. AlAic5 Ju,S ".6a. ouI svnt
ago upIo G.a' ''nuG 49, "a'
heeh anF So'.u'ti,y $500. na ny III.
VI lIe '", 'ra,, I y, pa Gnt bis a.
Set 70 annr,,iro worpin,
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-08-18
Photography and Motion.

One Of the most recent application,
Of chrono-photography-by which Is
meant photography applied, by means
Of a series of short and rapid expos
ures, TO the representations Of NOV
ing objects in successive positions
has been devised in France for the
study Of the swimming motions OF
fish. A ray-f1sh was chosen as the
subject of investigation, and the sue
cesslve photographs were taken at I'M
teryals of one .tenth OF a second
they show completely the movement
of the fms, and present a similarity
to the photographs that have been
obtained of the motions of the wings
of q flying bird.
The swimming action begins with
a lifting Of the front part OF the fin.
This lifting motion runs rapidly back
ward along the fin, the front part
being In the meantime depressed
once more, and Just before the mo.
tion ceases at the tail the movement
recommends at the front end Of thu
fin.
The Photographic record of animal
motions is rapidly becoming exten.
sive. From the galloping Of hor es
and tho leaping of athletes, it al
ready extends to the flying OF birds
the, running OF insects, the swimming
of fish, and many other forms Of vital
action. Chrome autobiography has
thus proved useful not to science only
but to art.
Every one must have noticed, fol
in tance, that there has come a
change in the manner In which artists
picture horses in motion since photo
graphs have shown just what move.
mcnts the horses make. So, too, no
artist to-day would think OF making
such zigzaR lines to represent light
ming as were formerly employed for
that purpose, because we now pos
cess photographs which show that
lightning does not act In that way.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-08-18
Measuring tho Speed Of Proicotiies,

lhCtAtlEIuE tlic oGNEN Va ~AcISStiICss
THE speed OF every sort Of projec.
tiles can be measured now to the
fraction OF an inch per second, and
by calculating the resistance of the
air it can be determined to the small.
est fraction of 4 second just how long
it will take a missile to reach a de-
sired mark" said an engineer at the
st. Louis navy yard.
"a line 200 feet long is marked
from the mouth of the gun. AT the
lO0-foot mark a fine wire screen is
set through which the ball must pass,
Another sim lar screen is set 100 feet
beyo. d this one, through which the
shot also passes. The screens arc
made Of very fine copper wire, and
electrically connected with two strong
magnets From each Of these mag
nets depends a steel rod held To the
magnets by the magnetic current,
When the shot breaks the wires Of
the first screen one Of the reds is re-
leased and falls When it travels 100
feet farther and passes through the
second screen the second bar
falls and strikes a catch that releases
a sharp knife which notches the first
bar in its descent The position Of
that notch is what we use in calcu-
lating the speed OF the shot.
THE slower the shot is travelling,
the longer it takes it to reach the
second screen, and consequently the
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-08-18
NUMBER a
THAT WICKED OFFICE BOY.
he Managed to Settle Up an Old soors
with the Typewriter.

he Managed to Settle Up an Old sOors
with the Typewriter.
The Office boy and the blonde type
writer had Quarreled. 1t was over a
trivial matter, to be sure, but W
theless they were on the outs
Both seemed s~pitetullY reyengeful,
and when one day the office boy played
off sick and went to the baseball
game the typewriter made known I'd
the employer the youths sporting
pTocliyitiea This, ds might be ex-
pected, caused trouble, and the wrath
of the Office boy against the young
lady with nimble fingers increased
more and more. Days passed, and
the lad planned and dreamed OF
schemes to 'get back" at the fair
tormentor, who stood SO well in the
graces of the employer. Now on
every typewriter there is q small gong
which rings when the end OF the line
is reached. The office boy knew this
and as no watched the prettily
tapered fingers throw back the car.
rage tap OF the bell he smiled with
indish glee.
IL was Il ~ III LhC ullCA hOOo' ~
young lady was indnstriously tapping
the keys to finish the firms cores
~pondence. She had reached the last
letter, and remarked to the Office Toy
that her best young man was going
to take her to the theater that even
ing. Hence her hurry. This only
made the office boy smile all the more,
for he knew that his time had come.
His eyes seemed to say, 'Revenge Is
sweet" The young lady slipped the
piece Of paper into the machine and
began at a lightning speed to write
from her notes.
The youth watched the carraigt
sliding to and fro He took from his
pocket a rusty nail and, as the type
writer wrote on unconsciously, he
tapped the bell lightly with his nail.
The young lady, never thinking,
pushed the paper up another line and
went on. Again the boy tapped the
bell and again the young lady turned
the machine. This was kept up until
the maiden had written all there was
to write.
A small figure had sneaked easily
out Of the door. The blonde with
drew the sheet from the machine.
She looked at 1t and looked again and
saw before her a letter written some
thing after the fashion OF the latter
day stepladder poetry. Not a single
line was properly written. The girl
grew thoughtful. She seemed to re-
member that the bell had run a
trife ottener than usual. She looked
about the room and then she remem-
bercd that the office boy had once
upon a time gone to a baseball game
and had remarked subsequently that
he would get even Baltimore Her
aid
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-08-18
SnE.h ami West.

The conductor If q motor train in
the streets of Omaha, Neb., vas robbed
of all his cash by a lone h'ghwayman.
A ~cloudbarst in the Fountain Or elk
Valley, Colorado, damaged several
bridges in Pueblo, and caused washOLts
on the r"ilroad.
Two Indians named X )simee and
Henry Manypenny, sentenced to be
banged In Wisconsin OF August 25th
for murder, have had their sentence
committed by President Cleveland to
Imprisonment for life. The men were
tried in a United States Court, but,
capital punishment having been
abolished IN Wisconsin, their liye3w
spare q
In the ruins of a Polish paper Office,
burned at Cleveland, o., YVES found the
body of a mar who, it is believed, wa
An incendiary.
George W. and Stephen Taylor, Of
Mayville. Tenn, who went to New
York TO buy ''green gcods,' are held
tor trial there for carrying concealed
weapans.
Tie rafters OF a Methodist Church,
under construction at Roundhead,
Ohio. broke loose, and five carpenters
fell TO the ground, two being fatally in
ured.
The f~our-year-olj daughter OF David
Dewitt, of Lima, Ohio, was burned to
1eath IN her fathers burning barn
Her mother, who a to her rescue
alnted and was fatally burned.
The town of Derby, Indiana, was
almost complete ly destroyed by fire. Tine
oss will reach $1G0,OOo.. 8
Dick Roche, the noted gold brick
swindler, is jailei at Omaha for his
usus ! ticks.
Granny" Mary Ross, who is visit
ing her daughter in Petersburg, w.
Va, dam, to be 113 years old.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-08-18
Roueh Course of True Love.

a young man whose offer Of lar
riage was rejected by a young lady re-
siding in Lynn County, Oregon,
burned down the barn of her father,
whom he thought responsible for the
daughters refusal. SubSe luently his
conscience smote the youth, and he
went to the father, confessed the
crime, and paid him for the barn.
The stern father, having securely de-
posted the money, realized that he,
too, had a conscience combined with
a stern sense of duty, and he went to
the police authorities, complained OF
the young man, and saw to it that he
was arrested, tried, and sent to the
penltentiary. Now he has a nice lit
tie sum in bank as a dowry for his
daughter when the right sutton
along.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-08-18
THE NEWS.
Eastern and Middle States

Stealing a 500 camera in Brooklyn
Thomas Z. Nelson, 80 years old, o
Philadelphia, had a gay time at Coney
Island, but was caught.
John n. Meister, aged 45 year', a
prosperous baker, of New York, shot
and killed his wife a1d then committed
suicide. He fret shot himself In The
head, and that failing TO produce death.
he hanged himself. His domestic re-
latlons were unhappy. 4
Hunger and inability to secure work
led Stephen Mullen, q plumber, who
was held in 5000 bail by Justice Burke
in New York, to steal a pocketbook.
The President granted a pardon 10
Peter J. Classen, the wrecker of the
sixth National Bank, Of New York,
who was sentenced to SIX years. i'm
plisonment, in March, 1891.
The missing securities Of the PeO.
pies Fire Insurance Company, of Man
chester, n. H., are turning up daily,
having boon mislald, anG the "Man-
chester Mirror" scores Insurance Com
missioner Linchan for his report. 8
Ocean.going tug-DOaCs,o OF New York,
will have a 25-mile ace at sea.
Thunder frightened to death Mr. $
W. j. Coak'ey, wife of a Rockland
Mel druggist.
Miss Helen Gould, daughter of the
multimillionalre, will erect a hospital
IN New York for unfortunate women.
The burning OF Lopez Brothers.
planning mill at Port Jefferson, Il. l.,
discloses the fact that every building
on that site has been lost by fire.
The deaths within two weeks of W.
j. Allen and wife give the $4,000 es-
tate to SIr. Aliens cousin, Mrs. Mar
garet Reilly, a Brooklyn dressmaker.
George Bradley, aged 81 years, com
mitted suicide in Pittsleld, Massachu.
sets, by disemboweliDg himself with
a rocket knife. He had suffered from
liberation of the towels for severa
years
For swindling her bookkeeper, u.
Spinosa, out of $4,000. Julia e. Bar
Ri ger, a New York money-lender, got
four years in prison.
Falling asleep while smoking on the
hay, StabIeman Frei McCloskey, OF
the Fury Hotel, of New York, was
cremated in the flames lie started.
some $500 is missing by the b. F.
Sturdevant Blower Company, OF jana
lea Plains, Mass, and suspicion is d.
rected toward a young clerk who ma
mystt rlously disappeared.
Rev. DIR. Parkhurst is again stirring
up the New York police force.
ALERT ZiegIer, 81 years Of age, shot
! aud killed himself in presence OF his
| wife at Elizabeth, New Jersey. He
gave up a position bringing him good
wages in New York a few weeks ago,
in order to work out a patent. The
patent failed to sell and this affected
| his mind. z
A Kentucky feud was ended by
Charles Morrow shooting Fleming Nc
Neal dead, from ambush, near Hop
kinsville, Ky,
Mcodyites nave subscribed SIS, 00(
towards a $50 900 auditorium at North
field, Mass.
Oaly 100000 in worthless Halter
money was gotten by a lurglar at Cap
tain Henry Bunce's house, Colo
Springs, L. l.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-08-18

The originator Of the Concord grape
is still living In Concord, Mass He
is EphIaim W. Bull, 0 81 year.
old and one Of the prominent men o;
the historic town. He was a frle d
of Emerson and Alcott and mas been
greatly honored by distinguished visi,
tors to Concord and by hOrticultur-
lists at home and abroad. In his gar
den in Concord he stIll shows the old
mother vine Of the Concord grape,
which he developed from the seeds Of
a native wild grape planted just fifty
years ago New York Tribune.