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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-05-19
Succession Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Vermilion-l7th Judicial
District Court-No. 900.

oSAAS SooaS Awe -o0s
Succession of Thomas S. Winston.
By virtue of an order of sale issued BY
the Hon. 18th Judicial District Court in
and for the State aud parish aforesaid, /
will proceed to sell at public auction to
the last and highest bidder, at the late
residence of the deceased, allthe movable
property belonging to said succession. for
cash, on the day of sale to pay the debts
of said succession, on
THURSDAY, MAY "a, 1894
the following described property belong
ing to said succession. to wit:
Six plows. l Bradley Disc C~ultiyat0r,
1planet junior. 3 harrows, s leather and q
moss collars, Is prs harness, II prs trace
chains,4 prs double, trees, 8 cane knives,
4 scythes, l cross cut saw, Q OK carts, 3 OK
Jokes, 4 OK chains. horse cart. | stubble
digger, 500 posts, 5 mules, 3 young NUDES
3 mares and colts, l two year old colt,
old horse, 2 yoke oxen. about 1000 pannels
fencing, 5 bbls molasses, Is hhgs sugar, Z
bbls sugar. waterbury watch, | shot gun,
2 saddles, 3 wheel-barrOws, / lot house
hold turnitures, / lot kitchen ware. about
SO heads cattle from / year old up. .
double mold bored Jno. Dcers plows.
MARIE CELESTE MOSS,
Administrators Of said Succession.
Abbeville, May IL, '94s
R. P. O'Bryan, Attorney.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-05-19

F. @. Lee, editor of the Hammond
Graphic, died week before last after
an illness of FIVE years. He moved
south a few months ago to take ad.
vantage of the mild climate, but
disease had too firm a bold upon him
and the change was made too late.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-05-19

The General Term of the New
York Court of Common Pleas has
decided that the Ives pool bill is
illegal, in SO far as it attempts to
legalize pool selling at a horse race.
It's void because it is 10 violation
of the prohibition of lotteries in
the State Constitution.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-05-19

Coxey's army still holds the fort
at Washington, D. g. We wonder
what will be the out come of his
stay there. There are several
other armies like his on their way
to the nations Capitol.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-05-19

The recent rains seems to be
somewhat general over the State,
and DO doubt have added immense
wealth to the growing crops.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-05-19

The State Legislature opened last
Monday noon, and for the next two
months that body will be kept busy
looking after, and making laws for
the good of our people.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-05-19


The widely known and Of popular
fame, Sam Jones, will lecture i,
Iberia on the 29th inst. For J.
good plain talker, and one that
strikes from the shoulder he cant
be beat, We hope a great many Of
our people will go over flou here 10
hear him. They will be we'll repaid.
The teller Of the Merchants Ma
tional Bank of Middletown, o., ono
of the richest country banks in the
west and the depository of the great
tobecco section of the Miami Valley
is Miss Louisa Smith, q remarkably
pretty girl, and accounted one Of
the shEewdest bankers in Ohio.
Senator Mills may be called q
cuckoo by those Democrats who are
opposing the financial and tariff
policy Of the President but they
will be compelled to admit that he
is a cuckoo of the fighting kind and
has o tongue which can excoriate as
well as lacerate. We violate no
confidence when we say that senators
are extremely careful not to tread
on the corns of the Texas Senator.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-05-19
The t News.

4ueFe are aUOut IutFly Cdses y
smallpox at Atchison, Kansas.
The California Winter Fail
is said to be a complete fnancia
success.
The President has nominated
Seneca Haselton, of Vermont to bt
Minister to Venczula.
The sum of $750,OO0 has beer
granted BY the E Egyptian Ministry tc
erect a suitable building to replace
the Ghizes Museum at Cairo.
A Jew-baiting riot has taken
place at Grajewo; Poland, in which
sixteen persons were killed and
about one hundred injured.
Pennsylvania courts hold thai
there is no statute in the State
which authorizes the incorporation
of elevated street passenger rail
roads.
1t is announced that the Worlds
Fair buildings have finally beer
disposed of to the Chicago House
Wreckiog Company for $4,000.
On Saturday $50 silk weavers il
two factories in West Hoboken, N
J. struck work in order to obtain
an advance of Is per cent in wages
John Patton, Jr., has been ap.
pointed United States Senator from
Michigan 10 Eli the vacancy caused
by the death of Senator Stockbridge
The Berlin Iron Co. of East Bet
lin, Conn, has started its works or
full time With q force of 700 men
but has cut wages 33 1.3 per cent
On Sunday night a mob of strik
ing miners blew up with dynamite
and otherwise injured property al
the Price and Victoria mines al
Horse Greek, Ala.
A Kansas City dispatch says thai
the -four miilers all over the country
are organizing and that the mil
owners may suddenly have o big
strike Oh their bands.
Five prisoners. on Blackwell's
Island, stole skiff in the night and
escaped, and in consequence three
keepers have been discharged for
neglect of duty.
There was a great crowd at Coney
Island on Sunday, as usual, but
annexation to Brooklyn has brought
about q great change and toned
down tue worst features of the
place.
An explosion occurred in the
large cordite works AFT Waltham
Abbey, thirteen miles from London
May 7th killing four men and iniur.
ing a dozen or more. The buildings
were wrecked.
Emperor William has sanctioned
the old plan of laying a tramway
across Inter den Linden, near the
Opera House thus joining the tram
way lines Of the Northeast and
Southwest.
1t is reported that although the
Great Northern Railroad strike is
settled, the United States authorities
still have warrants for the arrest of
the strikers who'interfered with the
United States mails.
Reports from all parts of the
West tell of the closing up of indus
tries owing to the lack OF fuel caused
by the great coal miners strike. 1t
lie said that in the vicinity of Bel
laire, O., 10000 men are idle be-.
cause of the coal famine.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-05-19
OFFICIAL NOTICE.

The following is q probable estimate
exhibiting the various items of expendi-
ture for the year 1894, adopted by the
Police Jurf at d regular session held on
the LIST day of May, 1894, and ordered 10 be
published for 80 days in the official jour-
nal according to law. before leyying the
same OF the taxable property of this
parish.
BY order of the Police jury,
mills.
/ Criminal Prosecution fund. ...........
q Mag. Cons and Phys.
g Dist Atty and Sheriff. ...............1
4 Civil EXpenes. ......
IS Road d Bridge.
g Abbeville Bridge
Z Public Schools.
Total s
And be it further Resolved, That from
the parish budget, as adopted, q tax of
Al mills on the dollar is hereby levied and
assessed on all taxable property, situated
within the corporate limits of the town of
Abbeville, as the pro rata of said town for
the year 1894, to tdefray the following
expenses, to wit:
mills.
I Criminal Prosecution fund.
2 Mag. Cons. and Phys..............e..4
8 Dist Atty & Sheriff.
4 Public School. 2
Total 4a
J. N. WILLIAMS. CLERK.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-17
OKLAHOMA CITY NOTES.

SpecElI DiSpatcE fofhe la " Eagie.
OKLAHOMA CITY. q. l.. July 16-The
good eld-fashioned Democratic times"'
promised Us by Democratic politicians in
the election OF Mr.. Cleveland, are here AZ
last, and all classes of people here, ia and
outside OF our lively city are happy: lust
imagine eggs at ) cents per dozen, potatoes
p cents per bushel. fine. large roastins
ears cents per dozen. wheat S5 cents per
bushe!, aud vegetables down. down. Verify
these be good times; these be the times the
"Old soldiers yotei Tor" e 10 save the
goverumenL-s25O 600 900 on pensions cut
Oft. Many = deserving old soldier will
find hes mite OF cutoff pension IN the above
50, OO0,OOn Oas thing. however. Is certain,
tie administration of his eXcellency,
Grover Cleveland, will go ont" with -
unanimous hurrah.
The military reservation" is the alb
sorhIng topic here, aud gives Us quite a
lively aud healthy excitement The best
medical authorities agree that agitation IS
better for the mind than staguation. even
the shade. The bill passed by the senate
with the amendment OF one year To any
one 10 contest, or put IN claim is a hum
Dug, and really invites Just such fellows as
abouad IN the territory 10 folst n contest
on the city school board who are TO be tue
custo1iaas OF this valuable donation val
ued at the minimum Of 500, 600. Steps
have been taken by the school board and
city council 10 have the obnoxious Clause
stricken out, which would make the res
ervdtlon available and thus enable the
SCHOOL board 10 erect a fir>t-clAss school
building promptly on the reservation
our foltlcians are becoming lively and
Candidates as plenty As rhe imperial sun
Hover, Tor nomination IN the year A. u
1874 By the grand old party meaus cleo
ton.
Trade is improving. money more plenty,
aud the general feeling as to fall sud Win
Ter trade Is good, and based on the tact
mat we bave general average crop
taxes outside OF the city are low aud will
be for time. So very few claims have
been decided and until decided pay no tax
on the land. While farm produce il cheap
1t must be borne in mind JBas all classes
OF merchandise are also cheap. The feet
Is We are living IN cheap times-'Demo-
cratic times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-17

United States marshal 70 Employ Deputies.
AZ lis discretion. sufficient 90 take car o.
property N the territory. and also directed
that arrests be m-da a soon - possible
He also sugcsst-d ttst the grand jury -
set 70 work - once. that Indictments car
be made and The work q the department
hsstsned. a cemSud Ess also arrived r. n
tie ct'zsEs. asking thai congress d.
somsthiug VITA the ill ia conference ihz;
relate % the trouble
4 bal PASSED be noEse making e con
pu.scry "a tie part oftbs railroad - erect
ard q aiu'atE depot AZ tie Ecveru meet
toSus ard also III passed the -eusts r.
curing tast cCuaTy sest election b. Le
Dr. ;Er two couuties where tie f1wrstts
trouble prevai.s. II coniere-cs The mat
t-r Co9.d TT b agreed uros aaG fters
the coHtrst has rsHs I'D fer taanF
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-17

WASHINGTON, July 16.-The Democratic
members of the tariff conference committee
adjourned earlier than usual today aud
the situation at the time OF adjournment,
from the best information obtaiuable, was
that the conferees were far from agreement
and that within short time disagree
ment would be reported to the senate and
house. The question which has been agi-
Eating the members seems TO be just what
kind of report to make, but the impress
sion seemed to be that it would be of q
general disagreement, with some Of the
main points specified. 1t had not been
decided to call in the Republican men,
bers of the conference when adjournment
was taken. but it is possible that the full
conference may meet tomorrow or next
dav
1t was evident from what could be learn
ed that the meeting showed tendency TO
get further apart than before aud the dis
cussion of the main questions showed that
there would have to be instructions from
the representative houses before the con-
ferees would feel warranted in yielding
from the position they had from the first.
When the conference adjourned one of the
cOnferees summed up the situation as fol-
lows: 1--WE have accomplished absolutely
inch and after being together all day we
are exactly where we were last Saturday
night"
The Texas and Louisiana members of
the house who intended to meet and take
action against the conclusion of the
Hawaiian treaty postponed the meeting
until tomorrow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-17
The Sex OF Rabbits.

Does the common hare or rabbit
change its sex with the season? I
know that this seems like asking a
very foolish question, but if you will
investigate the matter you viii find
that there is something in il after all.
Lyly. the English dranatist, in his
Midas" says: "Hares we cannot be.
because they are male one year and
female the next" TopselTs History
of Four-Footed Beasts" bears out a
similar idea. and most of the ancient
writers on natural history give us 70
understand that hares are bisexuaL I
have often heard old hunters claim
that no man ever saw a male hare In
summer or q female in winteri
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-17
WILL NOT STAND APEINe.

WASHINGTON, July l6.-Chief Hazsn,
Of the secret service, was today questioned
as to what action would be taken by the
government in case the governor of Miss
issippi refused to discontinue, AS indicated
by this mornings dispatches, the circuIa-
ton of certain warrants in close imitation
OF United States notes. Chief Hazen did
not care TO anticipate a refusal by the gov
ernor. but In case he did so. the chief said
he tcouid see no other course to pursue
than TO confiscate the plates and as many
OF the warrants as could be found
The treasury officials do not question
the right OF the state TO Issue warrants
their only contention being that the war
rants should not be printed in imitation of
| ulted States notes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-17
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many. vino live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more. with
les expenditure, by more PROMPTLY
adapting the worlds best products 10
the needs Of physical being. will attest
the value 70 health Of the pure liquid
Laxative principles embraced il the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence Is due % Its presenting
IN the form most acceptable snd pleas
ant 10 the taste, the l,freshinc and truly
beneficial properties of q perfect lax
alive; efectually cleansing tie system.
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
Ii has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because II acts On the KID
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
aning them and II i perfectly free Irom
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs j. for sale bv al drug
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but Il Is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name l. printed on every
package. also the name. Syrup OF Figs,
and being well informed. YOU viii not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-17
STUPID AND SELFISH.
A Pasha's Observations of Life in His Ma
tive Country.


tive Country.
Marianne North quotes, in her eur
Their Recollections of Happy Life
some amusing instances of Turkish
stupidity. told her by pasha in
military command at Beyrut. He said
that he had once accepted an offer
of breakfast from a rich man who
knew the ways of the world and
thought himself quite Frenchman.
The servants spread a clean table,
cloth on the ground; then they brought
a handsome inlaid table, which they
laid on the tablecloth, but upside down,
with its legs in the air. A tray of
good things followed. and this was
balanced on the tops of the legs
Another old Turk who was shown a
fine portrait said only:
Eyes, it is like, but is not the en-
broidery on the back of his coat equal
~ beautiful? Why did they not paint
that in, too?"
Another. seeing piano, asked what
that great box was for. His hostess
sat down and began to play to him.
"Msshallahr he exclaimed, and after
deep reflection announced that that
woman must be worth at least sixty
thousand piasters
One day the pssha saw an old gentle
man looking quite inconsolable, and
was told that he had just lost beauti-
full and favorite daughter. He attempt
ed to comfort the man, but the father
only replied:
Eyes, she was most precious, Of in
finite value. fool that was. l refused
fifty thousand piasters for her only
last month. Now she is gone, and it is
too lateI"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-17
FROM UP THE CHIMNEY.
Catching Momentary View Of Sxift'l
Nest.

Catching Momentary View of a Swift'a
Nest.
To see only the bottom of the nest,
yet to know that within it Law Young
swffts which were being fed in some
way 10y their parents. was tantalizing.
] recalled a former year. when I
wished to secure a swift's nest with It's
full set of eggs, and so had kept watch
of the nest; not by climbing to the
chimney top and pecring down. but bv
raising a small mirror. by whose aid
/ had seen the reflected nest from be-
low. The mirror served its purpose a
second time. 1 dashed ii to the tip of
fishing rod, and pushed the slender Joint
mp the chimney. adding first the mid
die joint and then the butt. in order
TO bring the glass well above the
nest. Something white was in the nest
just what, l could not at first tell. for
mortar dust had fallen into my ewes.
and it was difficult to keep the glass
still enough TO see with my eyes blink
ing and weeping. The mother-bird had
been driven from the nest bv the an
pearance of the strange. misshapen
thing which I had forced toward her
from below, and she was now MAKING
short flights back and forth in the IN
per part of the chimney. producing
sounds and sudden variations in LIGHT
and darkness which would surely have
frightened away any but human in
truder. Wiping my eyes and steady
ing the glass. | took careful look
at the contents of the nest. The
white object, or at all events its
whitest part, was an eggSheu from
whose opened halves a young bird was
feehly trying toeScape, Without wait
ing TO see more, l withdrew the mirror
from the chimney and removed all dis
turbing objects, myself included. from
the fireplace. Ny heart rer-roachcd ne.
Had my violence driven the birds from
their nest, thus making probable the
death Of the young at this trying crisis
in their career? More than fifteen min
uteS passed before booming wings in
the swift's grewsome nursery assured
ME that parent had returned.-Frauk
Eoiles, in Popular Science Monthly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-17
WEATHER BULLETIN.

Weather for Wichita and vicinity today
Tuesday. fair and warmer, with a probable
ity of thunder storms Tuesday night or We'd
nesday morning.
Highest temperature yesterday. ............ 81
Lowest Observation-Disclosures. -
Mean ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 40
With mild thunderstorm and u lncn OF
rain in the afternoon; east wind and nearly
stationary pressure. The rainfall Sunday
morning was IL inch.
Average for month thus far.............. rs
July average. past five years n
Average for 10th day ...7 rs
FRED L. JOHNSON, Observer.
WASHINGTON, July 16.-FollowinS IS the
forecast up to 8 p. IN. Tuesday:
For Kansas Generally fair; south winds.
For Oklahoma-Fair; south winds.
For Colorado-Partly cloudy; cooler; varia-
bic winds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-17

Enormous sums have to be paid as
salvage money TO the rescuers of ocean
steamers when they are disabled at
sea, and probably this is a more fruit
full source of expense to the large COM
panies than any other. On her first
voyage the City of New York las she
was then called ran ashore off Sandy
Hook, and it cost the company 800. 900
TO float her off. In 1890 her sister
ship, the City of Paris, broke her en-
gines off the Irish coast. and was
towed into port at an expense of $780,
coo as salvage money. The City OF
Boston broke her shaft in 1882, and it
cost the company SIC, 500 to get her in
60 port, and the Venezuela, of
the Red d line. stuck on the Brigan-
tine shoals off New Jersey in 1889, so
that the company had to spend so, 900
to get her off. The City of Richmond
was lowed into Halifax harbor, in 1882,
ct an expense of S35. 900. The list could
be largely extended, showing that the
amount of salvage money paid for rem
dering services to disable steamers at
sea Is so enormous that 1t almost EQUALS
the loss entailed by injuries 10 our
wooden vessels. The loss of life is less.
Il is quite rare that an ocean steamer
is submerged beneath the waves so that
the crew and passe ngers are lost, but
when such an accident does transpire
the destruction is appalling.
AT conference OF leading ciuzenso OF
Brooklyn nominated by Mayor Schieren
to decide on the best method or pro-
ceeding in the matter Of the erection Of
statue to the late Gen. Henry ".
Slocum, it was decided that the most
appropriate plan would be for the CITY
itself to assume all the obligations and
to dispense entirely with private sub
~a~s-~+i->-,~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-17
On Rock, Mountain Railroad.

THE experience OF crossing a high
mountain range Is a peculiar thing, =
said a traveller Il went over the
divide near Trinidad. y. NJ, on the
SAINTS e route, and IL was novel. The
change IN temperature was the peculiar
feature 70 me. It had been hot and
dusty all morning II was Just about
noon when we began the climb. and
about two o'clock when We reached Inc
other side. was sitting in my shirt
slee~es in the smoker trying 20 keep
cool q we began 10 ascend n about
twenty minutes l had 10 put on MS
coat. a. felt chill. and in twenty
minutes more 7 slipped on ny overooat
u be cc-n-orta tle. Descending i was
the reverse. The overcoat became
trifie uncomfortable. then ! took i of
Next Invested myself OF ny coat. and
as we got near the bottom ! was agair
flaming mvseifand cussinE the weather
of New Mexico. - 81 Louis Globe
Deuocrat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-17
CASH RECEIPTS,

WASHINGTON, July 16.-The receipts
from internal revenue so far this month
aggregate SIG, 664, 527, as against IS, 9l7, 9l5
during the same period last year. The
almost unprecedented increase is no doubt
due to the expectation that in the pending
tariff bill the tax on spirits will be mater
tally increased.
The receipts from customs for the first
half Of the present month amounted 10
So $50, GOO. which is a decrease of more than
90 per cent from the receipts during the
same period last year. For the first time
in many months the receipts of the govern
ment are now exceeding the expenditures.
the excess so far this month being over
50 500 Gao
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-17
Detroit Diving Club Races.

DETROIT. Mich, July I6--Tbe feature OF
the day OF the opening OF tie Blue Ribbon
nesting OF the Detroit Driving club was
the easy winning of the pacing event by
Rubensiein. The new track was ia SPLEEN
did condition and tue weather sill that
could be desired. The attendance was
only about 4. 600. the main interest ceuter-
ing IN tomOrrow's great horsemeu's rAca
for foals OF 1890
40 class. trotting for 2-year olds. purse
5000: Bucvrus wen two heats aud tho
race in 2;a6'<. 2.26i
- class. pacing for 4-year- olds aud
under; purse s. go: Rubenstein won
three heats aud the race Ia 2.lOi., I'll
and 2l6
2:21 class. trotting; purse 81 600: Elois,
won the third. fourth and fifth heats aud
the race IN pisa, 2.i9 aud 2.I7. Cismmie
L won the first heat ia 2.lS aud Sixty-six
won the second heat IN 2.fSt..