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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Latest Items amd Curious Notes
from OW Exchange.

Norwegian woman near Yankton,
Neb., is the mother of eight living
sets of triplets.
Over 4.OOO,0 600 people in this
country live upon the wages paid by
railroad company.
Geo. P. Wetmole, Republican. has
been elected United States Senator
by Rhode Islands Legislature.
Chancey M. Depew delivered the
address yesterday TO the literary So
%cieties of the University Of Virgin.
la.
Hoke Smith, Secretary of the Int.
rior, is now an LII D.. by the grace
of the Univerity at Chapel Hill, N.
G.
Floods in the Columbia river, Or.
epon, are doing terrible damage.
The town of Grant has been al
most swept away.
Rev. n. Murdoch, a Methodist
preacher of Rome, Ga, has been sns-
pended by the North Georgia Con-
ference for editing a secular paper.
John T. Crittenden. a, grandson
on the noted John j. Crittendon.
has been on trial at Frankfort. KY,
accused of stealing $2.25 from a
convict.
At Tamna, Fla, a young man
named s. G. Griffith was struck in
the head by a baseball and killed.
Griffith was at the bat and the
pitcher threw the ball.
The Kansas Populist convention
renominated Governor Lewe1ling
and nominated . 7. Furbeck for
Lieutenant Governor. The plat
form contains a woman suffrage
plank.
George A. Terrell, a prominent
man of Enfaula. Ala, accidently
killed himself while cleaning a Win
chester rifle. The hammer struck
the arm of a chair and caused q dis
charge Of the weapon.
It is stated bv the Wilmington N.
g., Star, that the government will
soon establish q torpedo station at
Fort Caswell. at the mouth Of the
Cape Fear River. the beginning of
the line of defenses on the South
Atlantic coast.
Mark Jacobs, an industrious cplnred
farmer, was taken from his field in
the parish of Bienyille, La. in broad
daylight by a crowd of white men
and carried into the woods. blind
folded and beaten sc terribly that
he died from the effects.
The London Daily News says thBt
of the guests present at the reception
given by Admiral Erben and his off.
GERS yesterday on board the cruiser
Chicago. none was more honored
than Miss Lee. daughter of the late
Confederate Gen. Lee.
IL - . #I
Tariff was originally the name of
Moorish chief, who, from a port in
nea Gibralta, was accussom-
ed to levy toll on passing vessels.
His toll became a regularly under
stood thing, and the amount was ad
ded to the price OF the goods.
The Southern Railway and Steam.
Association last week adopted
the recommendation OF the commit
lee that the present low rates on
be not extended to July 31
and the commissioners was requested
to withdraw authority given mem
Ders to make such rates.
Information received at the State
department. from our minister at
Athens shows that in Sc towns Isl
were killed and 146 wounded
Ind 1902 houses destroyed or in
ured BY the recent earthquake in
freeze. The value of the proper
y destroyed is about 81 900 900.
The coalition Of the American
Railway Union and the Knights of
nhnn ~nn nGAnAnl LIZ 1879 ~.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-30
BALLOT REFORM.

io6O auo CiCCtiOuO ID OlC Vi tutCC
alternatives, each Of which have
very serious objections. So far as
we have heard no plan has yet been
suggested which does not offer very
great objections. Still people who
have no unobjectionable plan to offer
call Justify for reform as if there
were a hundred ways to reform cleo
ton law with no valid objections to
such reformed law. The present
plan is one of three evils which was
adopted as a substitute for another
evil, and was thought at the time Of
the change to be an Improvement.
Let Us examine these three alter
natives carefully, and see which one
the people desire to adopt.
In order to prevent an ignorant,
penniless and dishonest majority
from outvoting the intelligent por-
ton of the community who own all
the properly, and pay all the taxes,
and thus getting control Of the gov
eminent and runring it to destruc-
ton as was the case in carpet.bagger
times, the present system Of cleo
tons was adopted in which the
minority can outvote the majority,
and in which great frauds are per.
pretrated. Now here are two all
ternatlves. First, the present sys-
tenn, and second, a return to the
former plan with a free ballot and a
fair count. Now seriously, does any
oae of any intelligence, and having
the public welfare at heart, wish a
return to a free ballot and a fair
count under existing circumstances?
We do not believe they do. Here
then is your choice between two
evils.
There only remains the third al.
tentative, which is to practically
by the Australian ballot, or by a
direct suffrage qualification, elimin,
ate from the electors all this vast
mass of ignorance, poverty and dis.
honesty, which if allowed to vote
and be counted, would destroy al!
prosperity, enterprise and good gov
eminent in a short time, by disfran-
chising them all.
Do the people really want this?
Are they ready for it now?
Does anybody say yes?
Hardly, and yet there is no other
alternative.
This plan like the others, presents
great objections. There are many
men OF property and good business
qualifications who cannot read orI
write. but they possess considerable
property. They must be disfran-
chised.
There are others who can read
and write q little, but who possess
nothing, and whose habits and
thriftleness and idleness will never
them to possess property
they must be disfranchised, or else
elections will be only for the bad.
Both of these classes must be dis
tranchised or honest elections and
fair counts will mean a return to
the evils Of carpet baggerism. be-
cause the thriftless, the ignorant
and the unworthy largely outnum-
Der the intelligent, and those whose
property gives them a stake in the
country. 1t will not be sufficient to
distranchise only one of these elias.
ses, both must be DISTINGUISHED to
effect any useful purpose.
Who is ready to demand this
wholesale disfranchisement at this
lay and time? Does any one think
such q move would be met by the
approval of the voters of the State?l
In this parish under such
rule more than halt Of the voters
you'll be disqualified, and so in
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-29
Stationery Proposals.

In accordance with Chapter IS of tho Session
Laws Of 1903, entitled County Government
herSby S' invited for fnrnIsRlns thIs COUNTY with
books and stationery required by the several
county Offices thereof, for tho period OF one
year commencing on tho nrst u day or January
Books-S and quire medium records, plain,
printed heads and printed forms, ench. Extra
For patent fiat opening pcr book Canvns Gov
Legal Dlnnks-Printed Lilo, Is, 10, II, l-2
and full sheet cap, and l-9 and full sheet folio,
per 100. Autographed blanks, including gro
Gates, certificates OF election, declaration OF in
tcntion, flnal certificates OF naturalization per
100.
Miscollaneous- Printed noteand letter heads,
veiopes, d, 81, 10 md II inch, printed, pcI 1000.
Dlottcrs, pcr dozen sheets; same, ~ xi2, per
gross. Complete election blanks, pcr precinct.
Assessment roll. each. Assessment schedules,
each. Trcasurer's cash book, each. Tax ro-
ceipts, bound, printed, one and two colors, per
100. Paper fasteners, fint hend, Nos. l, 2, 9, Z,
Rubber bands, all sizes. k.lb boxes, pcr pound:
Gold and. colorcd seals, per box. Pyramid
pins, per dozen. h-lb legal cap; l1ib abstract
iIia R isgai gap II tablets. per ream; ATnoId's
Stephens, Carriers or Sanford's tiuid and GRIM
sou ink, quarts and pints, per doz. Mucilage
quarts. each. and 2oz, per doz. Dixon and Fa-
Amafgam No. 10, Estorbrook's, Pcrry's, spcn.
corian, Gillotts and Isanc's pens. pcr gIpss.
Spear blade and knife blade ernsing knives,
papers and Worf 70 caua that now In
usc, and furniFhed to the satisfaction OF the
Bids to be IN BY january !, 1895. at noon.
the right to retect any and all bida.
L. B. wALnRIp1E, County Clerk.
AarKsR, Colo, nso. 10, is0l ,tS,
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-29
Notice OF Trustees Sale.

Whereas, Jnmes II. Beard. by his certain deed
1852 and recorded on mi tho i2th day Of November,
A;D 1889 IN book ID, Mt page l02 Of tho real cs-
thte records in the Office ufthe clerk and reeor,
ncr OF ltiD Blanco county, state of Colorado, did
o. his death, inability, or refusal 10 act. or re-
ns successor in trust, tho following described
ae,rts aen, esaf =, sit,nte, lying and being In the
,nlnety.fmIr West oi tho' Sixth Principal Mcrid-
moro moro or less. together with all ditches and
Whter rights thereunto belonging or In any.
v wiso ano,p ,appertaining, 70 secure the payment Of
nccrtnln promiBsory note, bearing even date
with said trust decd for tho sum OF ninety
,hoiiiars ,nsia. payable IN ten equal scmi-annual
order order Of Crippep, Lawrence 4 Co.. ut their
oaii eniGe IN salina, Kansas, with interest OF
ed ai h r SAG instailnonts from date nnt! paid
said note and trust deed that il case q default
principal or interest In said note mentioned,
Of 81 TEN el,her or any q them os any part there
secured by said trust deed, and and iii tue interest
1efeon " to the time OF sale, might at the option
NJ NJ ame legal holder Of sad note without notice
Sna place speeiiied IN said decd Of trust, thirty
asa anpsss paes d soh sse Sy
mads sg is county, Is and whcrsas defamlt has Sesn
men nent 81 said mote, which was i due and pay.
a,sn ane on the 9Th day Of November. 1884, and
on, on and accrued since tho last named date,
and and whore VI ane note , e. therein pro'Gyiaed p'G e
SSa opton aaer snd oa sTa Sas S
tbe iberannsa rlansaIlmen. thereof and the Interest due
soy ~ DC made together with an attorneys foe Of
sion n.c,, collars, and tho trlistce commits,
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-29
Not Living up to Professions

Last Saturday Judge Rucker dis
solved the New Castle bridge injunc-
tion case. The Herald is sorry for this
as it is case wherein capital and
monopoly has won victory over the
people and forced an expensive road
and bridge upon the overwhelmed tax
payers Of the county, which they are
not able to bear. = Glenwood Springs
Herald (Populist).
We are not at all familiar with the
case referred to above, but our Glen
wood contemporaries criticisms re-
minds us OF the fact that Senator
Stewart Of Nevada, the leading Popu-
list Of the West, is the recognized de-
fender Of the Southern Pacific Railroad
company in the United States senate.
This grasping corporation is known
from one end of the land to the other
as the worst form of monopoly in ex-
istence, but this knowledge does not
prevent the Populist senator from
Nevada from appearing in congress as
its attorney. Seems to US that the Popu-
lists are not very successful as monop-
oily crushers. Evidently they don't get
the right kind of hold on the mon
ster; or, perhaps they depend too much
on their mouths as offensive weapons.
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-29
CITY DRUG STORE.

may elect; and whereas the said John II. Crox-
ton, Successor in trust, has elected to sell the
said premises ut the front door of the court
house in Dcnver, Coloradu;
Now, therefore, at the request Of the legal
holder OF said note and under and by virtue of
the authority conferred on me by the terms Of
said trust deed, notice Is hereby given that on
Wednesday, the End day of january, A. d. 1895,
at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon of
that day. Mt the front door of the court house
In the city of Denver, Colorado, /, the under
signed, John II. CroxtOn, as successor in trust,
will sell the above described real estate, and
also all the bitches and water rights thereunto
belonging or in anywisc appertaining, Mt pub
lie auction to the highest and best bidder
therefor, for cash in hand, for the purpose of
paying the said tenth installment OF said
said note and the interest thereon, and the
balance OF said note and the interest thereon,
an attorneys fee of seventy-fve dollars, the
trustees commission, and nll other costs and
expenses OF executing said trust, subject, how
ever, to the lien and terms of certain prior
deed of trust In favor of said C. N. Greig,
rs trustee for Crippen, Lawrence Co., exc
cuted by the said James II. Beard on the said
9th day Of November, A. d. 1889, and recorded
In the records Of the Office Of the clerk and re-
cordcr of said Rio Blnnco county, to secure
the payment of six hundred dollars, In five
years from the date thereof.
JOHN II. CnoxroN,
Successor in Trust.
Rittenhouse g. Croxton, attorneys, Equitable
Building. Denver. di-d29
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-29
PIThY PARAGRAPHs.

Financial Ignorance is marked
feature of the present House.
t4t
1t seems only necessary the show thai
a bill is unpopular to get it passed by
the house.
TIT
No ono has yet objected to Mr.. Hol-
man writing a book after he retires
from congress.
There is little danger that the new
fad, kissing by telephone, will ever sue.
ceed the old way.
TIT
After all ex-President Harrison may
conclude that being secretary Of state is
more to his taste.
TIT
1t appears that there are senator's who
think there is still money to be made by
a vigorous agitation Of the sugar ques.
ton.
The Goulds never succeeded in get
ting into the 400 Of Gotham until they
made the trip via the Prince Of Wales
route.
It's dollars to toothpicks that Senator
Hills Christmas stocking contained
nothing from President Cleveland's
game bag.
TIT
Great Scott A Richmond editor
thinks he sees presidential possibilities
in Secretary Morton. What eyes he
must have.
t+t
Senator Sherman's war on sleeping
car companies appears to be like the
anti trust law which bears his name
imperative.
f4f
There is a growing disposition on the
part of those who seek free advertising
To make q pilgrimage on a pass-to
indianapolis.
Why is 1t that some men tell the un-
vanished truth without accompanying
1t with statement that 1t is not in
tended for publication.
TIT
The Tillmanites In the South Carolina
Legislature set precedent that is not
likely to be extensively followed, when
they reduced their own salaries.
tat
superstitious people are wondering
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-29

whether the owls at Washington, which
have become numerous since congress
met, carried any wisdom to that body.
TIT
Perhaps il the administration were
less anxious to force the currency bill
through congress the Withdrawals of
gold from the treasury would be lighter.
tat
Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay may be feeble
in body, but his intellect is all right.
Few men could have said as much in so
small a space as he did in that letter to
the public.
TIT
The cares of the presidency did not
prevent General Harrison trying to get
elected the second time, nor will they
prevent his accepting the nomination
again, if it be offered to him.
TIT
1t is a bad law that will not apply to
all. Now that Judge Woods has SEN
fenced Eugene Debs to six months i'm
prisonment under the Sherman anti
trust law, that law might be tried on
the trusts, for which it was supposed to
have been made.
f4f
Congressman Warner, president
Of the Bimetallic League, struck the
bulls eye, when he told the house COM
mittee on banking and currency, that if
it were profitable to the banks to issue
the proposed currency, they would do
it; if it were not made profitable, they
would not do 1T.
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-29
Below find our
Cut Price List for
Laundry Work.

To any person sending us Laundry to
the amount of two dollars, We will pay
express charges one way. Remit to us
In posto1ice or express order.
Mark name and address on bundle
plainly.
We are dninn hiHh class work.
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-29

There are several ways to run news
paper, but the best way Is told in the
following: A Wyoming editor once in
vited correspondence as to the best way
to conduct his paper, and the man who
hit the nail squarely on the head replied
anonymously, on postal card: run
it as YOU id please"
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-29

An exchange tells Of boy who grew
up to manhood without seeing woman.
But in the course Of events he saw one
of the angelic creatures. "What is
that, father ?" asked the young man.
THAT, my son, is woman" replied
the father, and the next words the
young man uttered were "Father,
want one Of them things"
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-29
Current Topics in the Schools.

The suggestion that every teacher,
whether in city, village or district
school, should strive to interest his pu-
pills in the study Of current topics, is an
excellent one. The primary object of
school instruction is not merely to carry
the pupils through so many text books
on so many different subjects, but so to
guide their growing minds as to develop
the best manhood and womanhood. To
accomplish these results, the teacher
must 60 outside the textbooks, must
put life into his teaching, and must con-
meet the school work with the life and
thought of the day, especially the
broader thought of the great outside
world as yet but little known to the pu-
pills in the schools. The first requisite
for the successful study Of current top
les in the schools is teacher who is
himself in sympathy and in contact with
the best thought of the day. The next
requisite is a journal that can be used
as textbook 4; one that will furnish the
necessary record of events and comment
thereon, with good range and variety
OF reading. With such journal, the
teacher can make the study of current
topics of great benefit, not only to the
scholars but to himself. A weekly
journal that fairly presents all sides Of
every important public question, and
that admirably meets the requirements
for the study of current topics in the
schools, is Public Opinion, published at
Washington, ID. c., at $3.50 per year. A
contribution of ten cents apiece from
twenty-five pupils will pay for Public
Opinion for one year, or five cents
apiece will pay it for six months. The
weekly issues can be used as text books
in the reading classes, and if preserved
and bound they make a valuable addi-
ton to or nucleus for q school library.
Send for specimen copy.
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-29

The report of the state board of
pardons. just published, shows that of
l75 applicants for pardon 70 were rec
commended for pardon, II for commuta-
ton, s for transfer to the reformatory
referred to the penitentiary commits
sioners, l to the board of control and
"a were refused. From these figures it
will be seen that the pardoninR power
was used With lavish liberality by the
Waite administration. but = turning
criminals loose by the wholesale was
probably one way the Populists had of
reforming" Colorado.
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-29

From present Indications LeadviIle
will soon be re-enacting the scenes of
70 and go over again. Some recent big
gold strikes are causing the STIR
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-29


Tie Inter Mountain stands first, last
and always for our town. We believe
in Steamboat Springs for what she is
and what she is bound to be. We had
rather see the county seat located here
than at any other point in the county.
But we frankly confess what everyone
else is bound to acknowledge, that the
county seat is better located at Hayden
than at Hahn's Peak. We 60 farther
and say that since Hayden has put up
the money and got decision from the
courts removing the county seat from
the inaccessible and out of the way
place where it is. she is better entitled
to it than any other town in the county.
Yes, and we will go one step farther
and say that there is not point on the
river that is more accessible and con-
venient to all citizens of the county
than Hayden. - Steamboat Springs
Inter Mountain.
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BRIEF MENTION.

Leaves From the Notebook of Chronicle
Reporters.
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Little. But Oh MY.

Deputy District Attorney Geo. Hayes
tells good one on himself. A few days
ago he was returning from a trip on
horseback to the. Island, and having
given his horse hard ride, pulled the
jaded animal down to a walk as he came
into the lane at Sayer's sawmill It was
getting dark, and he had dropped the
bride reins on the horse's neck and was
letting it take its own gait, when sud-
denly the animal shied to one side, stiff
ened his legs and stood as motionless as
the o. P. railroad extension. George
started to raise his quirt, but at the
same instant the horse went into the
air, and in one time and two motions
landed some 25 feet forward. AS the
horse arose from terra firma George dis
covered the cause.
A large skunk, which IN the dark ap-
peared as big as dog, was in the middle
of the road and bearing down upon them
with its narrative aloft and decorating
the atmosphere with dark brown odor.
The abrupt performance of the horse un-
seated the rider, but the thought of be-
ing mingled with that perfumed cat in a
night seance made him freeze onto the
loggerhead and hang at all hazards to
the horse, which rounded the corners and
went down the lane at Flying Jih
gait. 1t was a case of stay aboard OF
get skunked. Scientists state that it is
all tommyrot about ones chair stand
ing on end" when he gets scared, but
George says as he gazed into the san
guine eyes of that musk bearing rodent
with the prospect of it Haunting it's real
appendage among his unguillotine6
Whiskers, every individual hair on his
head rose to point of order and his
tongue went on strike. There are
moments when we'd rather be alone
Burns Herald.
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ing the portage road to connect with it,
at the Cascade Locks, expects to have
the work completed by the 10th. He
estimates the cost OF making the changes
at about $1,000.
Mr.. Frank Jones and Clarance Morgan
of Hood River, have just finished setting
out 10000 strawberry plants for DR..
Sanders. The plants were set on the
doctors place on Smile, and if they
meet with no misfortunes should produce
two tons and half of berries next
spring.
Sheriff Driver arrived home from
Portland this morning. He took young
Klein down yesterday and left him
there in charge of the United States
officers. He will be brought back here
to appear before the grand jury when
court meets, which will be one week
from Monday.
Mrs. Gourlay and Mrs. Hampton came
over from Goldendale yesterday. They
had quite serious time coming up the
grade. The ladies were walking, and
Mrs. Gourlay in some way got her cloth
ing caught in the wheels, and was kicked
by the horse but fortunately was not
seriously injured.
Col. Loyell' has been found guilty o.
the larceny of state funds to the amount
of 81, ,759.4S and Governor Pennoyer ha:
Aapproved the findings of the court mar
tial. The sentence of the court is thai
he be dismissed from the service, anc
that he pay a fine to the state military
fund of 81, ,759, IS.
The Union Whist Club, which for tn,
past two winters has afforded its mem
bers so many pleasant evenings, was re
organized last evening, with Judge
Bradshaw as Grand Highinkadink
which insures the good order and sue
cess of the club. The membership i
the same, with few exception, and n,
doubt the club will be as much of
pleasure to its members as ever.
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Good Law.

Two young men were brought before
Justice Soesbe Thursday, charged with
an assault upon Eugene Bush. G. P.
Heald appeared for the prosecution and
L. Henry for the defense. Defendants
demanded jury trial, which resulted
in a verdict of guilty as charged, and the
boys were each fined $40, one-half tn e
costs, amounting to $50. It is hoped
that this will be salutary lesson which
will tend to prevent further violations of
law and order. It is a notorious fact
that number of boys in the community
have been in the habit of carrying their
sports too far, both on the streets and
at our churches, and when boys will
assault poor weak-minded, homeless,
but honest and industrious individual,
and stone him under cover of darkness
and call it sport, it is high time the
attention of the law was attracted, and
we are glad to know that the officers of
the law and the good citizens of this
community are determined to see that
law and order shall prevail in the future.
Hood River Glacier.