The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-03-10
NO. 80.
STATE ITEMS.


ana faithful trial.
All the old snide politicians are clam
oring for Senator Whites place. Give
us new deal, Governor, especially d
rest on the Wilkinson family.
The Bayou has reached the danger
stage in Lafourche, and it will be well
for the authorities to keep yigilant
watch on the levees in order to avert
the possibility of crevasses.
There are now in operation, in DeSotJ
parish fifty-eight public schools, thirty
seven white and twenty -one Colored.
Others will be started in the spring
and summer, at the request of the
patrons.
The advocates Of a levee system are
claiming that the levees are in better
condition than ever was known before;
that they may be, and still they are
not strong enough to stand an April
shower.
If we had plenty Of good schools id
the country, crime would be much less.
65 per cent Of the crime committed ili
the state of Louisiana Is committed by
the uneducated. Let us have good
schools.
The legislature of Pennsylvania must
be a brainy one says the Ibervilld
South. 1t has enacted d law provid-
ing that bound volumes Of the county
papers of the state be put among the
archives for reference.
A great many cattle have died from
a mysterious disease in Natchitoches
parish. A proposition Is under consid-
Grafton to having a veterinarian of the
experiment station; New Orleans, go to
that parish to investigate the epidemic:
IT is d mistaken idea that somg have
that Louisiana will turn Republican oil
account of the bounty being taken of
of sugar. A duty of cent or cent
and half ON sugar would be very ac-
ceptablb; but whetherthfs is secured
or not; Jour state will remain Democratic.
The First National Bank of Ope-
lousas, finding itself restricted in its
operations by certain laws Of the ma
tional system, has wound up its busi-
ness under that system and immedi-
ately resumed business as State bank;
increasing its capital from $4,000 to
$4,000.
The people are beginning to realize
that immigration is the one thing need
full to the development OF Louisiana.
Monroe has led off ty the organization
of an immigration association. Let
other parishes show an interest and
give the movement something moro
substantial than endorsement.
A fact that the Business Young
Mems League of New Orleans should
take into consideration: Stauntons Va;
makes for Louisiana $25Oy000 worth of
sugar wagons every year: Why could
not these be- made iii that Eity9 Have
ne not in Louisiana as good wagon
timber as Virginia, and are not our
mechanics as skillful as theirsf
The slidell Brick and Tile Company's
fne plant was sold last Saturday by
Sheriff j. j. Str6ble in front of the
court house at Covington; to Mr.. j. ID:
peet, one of the stockholders, for
1000. mfr. Kennedy of New Orleans
was made superintendent, and he stated
that work would commence as soon as
the legal cntanglement In the case
could be Strengthened out:
Last Saturday was great day Tor
our German friends at Rayhe. as well
it might be, for only about twenty Ger
man families have erected one OF the
neatest churches in this section. The
f,nds for the building Of this church,
were raised by each gentleman mem
her pledging himself to give 10 cents
m every sack Of rice raised for tws
Years. This is a novel plan, and iias
broven IN high degree successful, ara
Loh Sradit nm the part Of BOTH