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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30
FOR SALE,

An improved plantation oil 45O'
arper is of land with a frontage of
l23 arpents on the west side Of
Vefmilian bayou 81 miles below
Ahbeyilie. The whole of said plan
tat!on nearly all is fenced ia With
a new hog proof fence and substan.
tial bridge ard gates where ever
needed. The additional improves
ments consist of a good Dwelling
House, cabin, corn crib, bath house
Pecan Grove and Orchards on the
above named plantation. There ID
$50 acres of cleared land the bal
ance being of virgin timber and
heavy. Will sell on easy terms; apply
at this Office. Sept. 1924.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30
The Election Contest.

The Investigation committee look
ing into the alleged election frauds
in the contest between Judge Taylor
Beattie and Hon. Andrew Price
we're at work in the court house
yesterday at Franklin. The testi-
mony SO far shows badly for Judge
Beattie, as the evidence tends to
condemn him aud his cohorts, pre-
wing that if there was any intimida
ton whatever it was done by the
friends of the mar who is now trying
to take a seat in congress where he
does not belong. The committee
will be in Patterson next week, and
the same thing will be proven here,
except that there was no iEtimida'
ton on either hand ID the fifth ward.
In Morgan City it viii be the same,
as the gentlemen who represented
Judge Beattie at the polls are not
made of the stuff that submits to be-
ing bulldozed. Judge Beatie in his
consent is represented by G. Med.
Puckette, of New Orleans, while Mr..
Price is taken care of by Hon. I. D.
Moore, of Thibodeaux.- Patterson
Optic.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30
Notice of Election.

tn pursuance to a resolution of the
Town Council of March Is, 1895,
au election is hereby ordered to be
held by the qualified electors resi-"
ding in and upon the lots or land
herein below described, adjacent to
the town of AoboviIle, submitting
the proposition to said electors to be
voted on at said election whether
they desire that the said land or
territory shall be annexed to and
included in the territorial corporate
limits of the town of Ahbeville on
MONDAY, APRIL |, 1895.
between the hours 6 a. M, aud 7 p.
m. at the courthouse at AbbcvilIe,
Louisiana. Said election shall he
held and conducted by W. 81. Wag
gomez B. F. Lyons and Oscar He
bert. commissioners, and Numa
Frederick, clerk.
Boundaries and description of the
land proposed to be anaered and anclu-
ded IN the tom abbeviLe. All the
land included ia and between the
following lines, to wit A line be.
ginning at a point on a line between
lots 8 and Is Of the Carmelite Blan
Chef tract 800 feet west, measured on
said line from the middle line of st.
Charles street, running thence at a
bearing o fac degrees east. TO the line
dividing the estate Of Sicily from
the land Of Valcourt Veazey, {now
Julie Broussard,) thence eastwardly
along said line to the front Of its
intersection with the continuation of
the line between the land of AL
phonse L. Leblanc and Lyman Ly,
ons Ell ais, thence south 10 degrees
west to the Iberia and Abbeyille
road or the land Of j. NJ. Beanxis,
thence along the south line Of said
road to Hawthorne lane, thence north
10 degrees east to Edwards street
ana thence along said street to the
front OF beginning.
At said election no person shall
be allowed to vote except those
qualified to vote under the general
election avs of the State and who
reside in and upon the lots or land
proposed to be annexed and inclu~
ded in the corporate limits of the
town of Abbeville.
Those voting for the annexation
will have written or printed upon
their ballots for annexation" and
those voting against said annexa-
ton shall have written or printed
on their ballots against annexa-
The above named persons conduct
ing said election shall after the clio.
sing of the polls proceed to count
The ballots and make a compilation
all the votes cast, showing how
many votes have been cast for and
md how many against annexation
Ind the value of said votes in props
'rty, which written compilation Of
he votes cast shall be signed by said
commissioners and clerk and return.
ID to the Town Council through the
mayor.
By the Town Council of Abbeville,
J. 0. LEGE. Mayor.
March Is. 1895.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30

The man who gets the fewest let
tiers complains the most Of the man.
agement of the postfice, the mar
who complains the most Of the
preacher pays the preacher the least,
the man who complains the most OF
bis neighbor is the meanest neighbor,
and the man who has the least sense
is the most conceited. Aud it may
also be added that the man who
borrows his neighbours newspaper
has the most fault to find with the
way it is run.-Exchange.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30
Cotton Advances.


A recent New York letter to Us
gives the following opinion in regard
to the cotton market
The change in the sentiment re-
garding the probabilities of a further
decline in the market uncovered a
large short interest, which, in seek
ing to cover, rapidly advanced prices
to a point where the long interest
was willing to take advantage Of the
demand and supply it with the cot.
ton needed to cover previous sales.
1t is the experience of commission
houses that the recent advance has
l~iquidated a large portion of the
cotton which they have held for
Southen account, and the reason for
this action on the part Of the South
can be found in the usual disposition
of the people to accept small profits
when for years the market has been
declining. At the advance, the
movement of the crop has naturally
increased, and a large amount of
cotton has been brought into sight,
which was not expected to appear
at lower prices, and the natural eff
feet upon the minds of the commits
sion houses throughout the South
has been to create a belief that the
advance has checked the proposed
reduction in acreage. To some e.
tent this is undoubtedly true. as the
average man is actuated by similar
feelings to those which prompt
merchants to invest in a large
stock Of goods on the prospect Of an
Improvement in values. Ii however,
the South was entirely independent,
the acreage undoubtedly would not
be decreased, bat, with the prospects
of very low prices should another
large crop be produced, the Southern
merchant is not disposed to extend
any credit to cotton planters, even
at the advance of &c. a pound from
the lowest point, as he knows il. has
not yet reached a point where the
risk would justify his advancing
largely for the production of another
crop. Therefore we are inclined to
believe that the reduction in acreage
will be as large as it was in 1892, il
not larger, from the sheer inability
of the Southern planter to extend
his credit for the purpose Of raising
another crop. The local situation
has developed the fact that the hold,
ers of May deliveries accumulated o
large line of cotton on the decline,
at about an average of present
prices. and they are satisfied to re-
ceive the cotton when rendered.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Termilio8-1M Judicial
District COWrt-NO. 2S7.

L OTtSU VI TWWtOW-lfW JWUkCtUt
District COWrt-NO. 2S7.
Succession of UIysse Abadie.
Application of Sophie Frank to be APP
pointed administrators of the sue
cession of Ulysse Abadie.
Notice is hereby given to all par
ties interested in said succession or
having any opposition to maxi to
the application of said applicant, to
be appointed administrators of said
succession, to file the same 10 writing
in the Office of the clerk of the dis.
triet court within ten days from the
date hereof.
Given under my hand and seal of
court this 30th day of March, 1895.
ALCIDE LEBLANC,
Clerk of Court.
W. W. Edwards, attorney.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30

Many towns of the State will be
interested in the Supreme Courts
decision in the case Of the town of
Mansfield vs.. the parish of DeSoto.
The said town brought suit in the
District Court to recover from the
parish the amount of licenses paid
into the treasury of the latter by the
business men of the former, as pro-
vided in act l65 of the last legisla'
ture. The judge Of the Lower
Court has decided against the town
holding that the law vas unconsti.
tutional. The appellate Courts
final disposition Of the case will be
watched for with interest.-Ibegville
South.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30

DR.. John Broadus died in Louis
vile, Kentucky, on March 18th.
He founded the Baptist Theological
Seminary at Greenville, which was
in 1877, moved to Louisville, Ken
lucky. Or. Broadus was a mission
airy in Lees army during the war.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30

Marlarial produces Weakness, Geuer.
al Debility Biliousness. Loss Of Al.
petite, Indigestion and Constina.
ton. Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic
removes the aus which produces
these troubles. Tryit and Won will ha
delighted. 60 cents. 10 get the GENT
me ask for Groves. Sold on its merits
no Cure no pay.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30

A lady tells the Christian Advocate
that she heard a colored preacher
says; I'D TO- part of de house will
please sit down, TO- de hind part can.
not see the TO- part if de TO- part
persist in staudin' befo' de hind part,
to de utter obsclusion oh de hind
part by do TO- part.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30

A big Republican daily is to be
started in New Orleans, $4,000
having been subscribed to inaugu-
rate and maintain it. Mr.. Chas.
Med. Puckette will be its editor,
and some of the wealthiest men in
the city will be behind it.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30

A young woman Of Butte, Monta-
ma, applied to a court there the other
day for permission to kill her lover,
who jtIted her. She thought she
had the right 30 to do. but wanted
to go about it legally and decorous-
",
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30

Miss Tompkins, Of Kentucky, an
intelligent young woman who has
been acting as purchasing clerk for
the United States Supreme Court,
has been appointed assistant marshal
OF the Court, a position never before
held by a woman.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30

N~OpRCE..~.All parties having el.;,-
agasnst the succession of Aymar Bons S.ras
deceased, willplease present them - q ~,
undersl gned at once for adiustmssasa o
Likewise those indebted to said sneoas'
SION. EDWARDS & GREENE, Attvs
Abbbetille. Dec. Loft. sfss
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30

Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic ii 4
perfect Malarial Liver Tonic and Blood
purifier. Removes Biliousness without
purging. As pleasant as Lemon Sgfun.
1t is as | rye as any Dollar tonic and
retails for soc. To get the GENUINE
ask for Groves. Sold on its merits ID
Cure no pay.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30

Sleeves puff at the elbow now in
stead of at the shoulder. They ore
being made now so a woman can
ilave her pockets in them. The men
will have a hard time then finding
them.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30

After receiving the Gazette two
years without paying for it, a sub
scriber send as word through the
postmaster to discontinue same"
and yet Bob Ingersoll says there is
uo hell.-Lafayette Gazette.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30
Trespass Notice.

ALL persons are hereby warned not IA
hunt upon, trespass upon or pass over
ride or drive through my fields Anil
Enclosures, in the 3rd ward of this parish
under penalty of being prosecuted I'd th@
fullest extent of the law.
1-20-'94. ALEXANDRA BR0UssARD.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30

Bismarck the great German
Chancellor celebrated the approach
of his 80th birthday last Tuesday
1t was an occasion of great polup,
the Emperor aud military being
present.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30

Paul Jones, the man who started
from Boston to make a trip around
the world without a cent on a wager
that he would make $4,000 during
the trip, has returned with the stipu.
lated sum-.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30

A Philadelphia occulist who has
been studying the human eye for 80
years, declares that all great men of
the past and present had or have
blue Or gray eyes.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30

The slight rise in the price of cot
ton is a "deIusion and a snare" q
sharp trick of the spectators to pre-.
vent a reduction of the acreage
Concordia Sentinel.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30

Sam Jones says, mo young man
is safe who is not employed, and the
boy who can give his consent to be
idle and yet consume what others
have made is a beggar by instinct
and a worthless dog by nature"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30

The Lake Charles Press of last
week devotes considerable space to
giving sheriff Reid "a roast" be.
cause his paper the Echo is opposed
to the city council granting a pecu-
liar, blanket" franchise to an cleo.
trio railway. 1t says among other
things that the genial Kinney is the
head despot of a dying dynasty.
That's a mere matter of opinion. But
Kinney is about the liveliest corpse
ia the State we opine, and when he
dies politically it will be time
enough for his maligners to think Of
taking his measure for a coffin.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30


The latest Insult offered to the
American flag, is the firing upon the
Allancia by a Spanish man of war
and it remains to be seen what the
puddingheads at Washington will do
if an apology is not speedily forth.
coming. The foreign policy of the
United States has for the past forty
years been a source of shame and
modification to every spirited citi-
zen of the Republic. Our people and
flag are insulted without stint abroad
and the government pusillanemously
pockets the affront. The little mig.
ger Republic of Hayti commands
more respect abroad than the United
States, for she will fight while our
rulers play the sniveling booley,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30
FOR SALE.

One hunpred and fifty barrels II
choice open kettle molasses Al a n 4
a barrel. Apply to H. q. BartsIs
Henry. P. o La. MAJ ss
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30
Saturday, March 80, 1895.

Easter this year tails on the 18th
of April.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30

The Spanish warship Regina Re.
gente was sunk in the Mediterranean
last week with 400 on board.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-03-30
For Sale.

Open kettle molasses, made o. 1.
Winston plantation, $40 ner ha.s W
Apply at O. BoUaoUs.
Feb. 2, 1895. Abbeville Il.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-05-03

near the train, and tie engineer pu!-
led out leaving his rear fiagman be-
hind. The robbers fired a few shots
in the air, and disappeared. Later
two Of them had planned to blow up
the express car, and at that point a
posse was in hiding and arrested them.
They are Hank Harrington, alias
Harry Laveal Of Steilaccm, ali ex-con-
vict, and Booch Harrison. rancher
living near Easton. He planned the
robbery. Officers found eight sticks of
dynamite, a quantity Of powder steel
drills and also gunny sacks IN which
the $4,000 was to be carried away.
The captured robbers were taken to
Ellensburgh. A posse of twelve, in
Guiding all tile best gun fighters in the
city, participated in the capture Ex-
Chief Of Police Davis, ex-Captain
Dufield and Cass Want were among
the number.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-05-03
Three Lives Taken.

BAKER CITY, April 27.-News Of
All awful double murder AID suicide
reached this city this evening. The
tragedy was enacted near the town Of
Sumpter, twenty-five miles from this
city, the principals being woman and
her two children. AT an early hour
this morning the dead bodies of Mrs.
Earnest Maywaldt and her two chill
dren, aged 2 aid is months respec-
lively, were found in the Powder
river. They were las; seen yesterday
afternoon, and were missed 1T seven
O'Clock in the evening, A search party
was organized, aud was out all night,
before making the horrible discovery
this morning. II is said the woman
was driven to desperation by the i'll
treatment of herhusband,who drank to
excess, and while in his cups was
cruel aud abusive. She chose death TO
such a life, and took her two babes
with her to a walefy grave. The coro-
ner left today to hold an inquest en-
the bodies.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-05-03
Northern Pacific Hold-up.

TACOMA, April 27.-Six highway
men tagged the overland Northern
Pacific express train just east of the
Cascade mountain tunnel last night.
The railroad company had been given
the tip and captured Two of them.
They expected that the express car
would carry $40, 900 in gold to pay off
the Roslyn coal miners, and for over
a month had planned for the
hold-up. One Of their pals weakened
early in the plot, and notified Superin-
tendent Joseph McCabe, Of the Pacific
division of the road. He In turn put
the case in charge Of a detective.
The officials were notified yesterday
that the highwaymen would hold up
the overland this morning. They had
planned To flag the train at Nelson,
And then pnconple the express car
from the body Of the train, and With
out molesting the passengers, take the
englue and express car away for a
while, and then loot the express safe.
Instead Of stopping at the station,
the engineer allowed 1t to run past
two lengths, thus frustrating the rob
bers, who AeSpaIred Of surrounding
the lrgiu before al alarm could pe
e!stu4 TAAg tbetAsHt dia tos ealtIs
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-05-03
Old Gold Diggings Reopoened.

California Is being literally squeezed
for golc just now. Not OILY are tie
old diggings In Calaveras and scere
Of other counties worked over for the
precious metal, but the very shore
along the ocean In sight Of San Fran
cisco Is being searched for it. Tie
black sand undoubtedly contains ppYt-
icles Of gold, but the problem hitherto
has been to hit on device that would
seperate or extract the minute .rain
from the mass Of sand. A new mach
Inc which is called the "amalgamatGF'
1t is the invention of d Boise nial :
does this. Two camps are already
using the amalgamator within afew
miles of Sutro Heights, and ii is work.
Ing SO satisfactorily that all San Fran.
cisco has caught the new gold fever,
and 1t is said that the whole ocean
front for miles up and down will soon
be dotted with mining "ouifits.n An
export reports that the sand pays So 30
q ton.
One party of eight men with an aul-
algamator extracted about $40O worth
of gold in as many days labor, aud
another camp had done still better,
having realized nearly $1,000 in t@o
weeks. The amalgamator in which
results are obtained is an odd-looking
contrivance built of wood, or s feet
long and scarcely more than feet
high. The sand is fed into hopper,
in revolving cylinder, with a number
of catch-pockets attached toit. Under
the cylinder quicksilver attracts the
gold, and leading away from it aie
plates of silver, over which the water
and pulp sand is carried. The pulp
sand is the detritus or that from whicn
the gold has been extracted. Only a
small force of men is required t0syt
up all analgamator camp; two 10
shovel and wheel the sand, two to look
after the machine and ole t3 CON-.
Water for washing the sand is pumped
up from the sea by an electrical ei-
gine. The whole outfit costs about
$500.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-05-03
Stanford University.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 29.-The
Bulletin says the teachers at Stanford
university are looking for positions in
other universities on the impression
that the university founded by Leland
Stanford will soon close Its doors.
They fear that the college will close
because thera is no money 10 the Stan
ford estate to pay for lis maintenance,
the estate being tangled up in the suit
with the United States. Meanwhile
oil expenses Of the university are be-
ing betrayed from the private income
Of Mrs. Stanford. Just as the Stan
ford properties were being put on a
first-class business basis, United States
Attorney General 0lney, started his
big suit for tl5,0000O0 against the
Stanford estate. When asked as to
this matter, Mr.. Lathrop said:
ut Is all this government suit If
II succeeds il seems inevitable that the
university must be closed. AS it i, it
has tied the estate up in probate and
prevented the distribution Of the
estate 50 that it may seriously embar-
rass US. We are pressing the suit and
wish to have is determined as early as
possible. The university cannot pay
its own expenses, for tuition is abso-
lutely free. The boarding department
manages to pay its own expenses, but
that has nothing to do with paying
the professors. There is now some
where near 100 students connected
with the university and about seventy
five men In the faculty.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-05-03
counterfeiters are Indicted.

The Sunday Oregonian of April 2S,
says: "The United States grand jury
yesterday returned an indictment
against William j. ('Docn) Daven-
port. 1t charges that Davenport, OIL
January 4, 1895, unlawfully, know
ingly and feloniously had in his posses,
son, without authority of the secre-
tary of the treasury of the United
States, or other proper officer four
molds of plaster In likness and
similitude they were of the same de.
sign and Inscription upon dies, hubs
and molds designated for the culuiu
and making Of genuine silver dolIa.s.
He feloniously used the sanle in m0ld-
ng and connterfelting dollar pieces ID
large number.
Frank jennings and Luke Jennings
ire indicted for the same ofiense.eati
nitted February Y, 1891.
Davenport has previously been III
he penitentiary for counterteiting,
He has lived al Albany and various
parts of Linn county. BY professiolt
le is a druggist, and, at the Time ,
his last arrest, was engaged in keel-
ng pharmacy at Tangent HA
'toutly processes his innocence Of tbs
harge. The Jennings boys were bort
md raised in Oregon, and are we'll
known Throughout the valley towns,
especially in Linn and Lane couu.
lies. They were arrested at lebanon
The Jennings brothers are claimed to
have circulated counterfeit S. and $40
gold pieces, as well as silver dqllars,
nut no molds for making the coins
were found by the officers
Frank Jennings was recently taken
to Reno, New, in company with
Frank Ross and D. S, Richardson, to
answer an indictment for counterfeit
ing returned against the trio in thai
state.