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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22

Favorable reports continue to ar,
rive rega riding the prospective flow
of immigration that is sure to strike
Louisiana the coming fall and win
ter. The ouly thing that will dc.
prive our atate of receiving an
immense increase in population this
fall will be the failure of crops in
the North and West. The people
in portions of Iowa, Kansas, Nebras.
ka, the Dakota and other western
states have been much discouraged
during the past few years, owing to
the failure of crops, and their only
reason for remaining there is the
fact that they have been unable to
dispose of their belongings for a
price that would pay their indebted.
ness and bear the expense of remov.
ing south with a little money to
start on here. Present Indications
are that those countries will this
year be blessed with good crops, in
which event many persona will be
able to sell ont and come south. It
is a foregone conclusion that what
ever immigration may come south,
Southwest Louisiana will get its
share thereof.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22
Felix Z. POche.

Everybody in Louisiana who
knew him, and many elsewhere in
this broad land, will grieVe to hear
of the death If Hon. Felix P. Poche
long a justice Of the Supreme Court
of Louisiana and one of the most
ilIustrious citizens of the State.
This sad event, most distressful to
his family and friends, and a griev"
Gus loss to Louisiana, occurred on.
Sunday morning, at early dawn
The people of this city were just
awaking to the manifold duties of
life when this great and beloved
citizen was sinking to his last rest.
Judge Poche was a public servant
of great usefulness and ability. He
was never a partisan, and, in the
sense of servile submission to par
tisan dictation, he was scarcely a
party man at all, But he was de-
voted to principle and to duty, and
these were the landmarks by which
his public life was guided.
Broad and liberal in his views, a
man of culture and refinement, with
a large and enlightened interest in
public education, he exerted all bis
influence TO extend and promote the
usefulness of the schools and to.
elevate and improve the people
through the benign influences Of
general instruction. In 1880 be
became a justice of the Supreme
Court of Louisiana, and for ten
years he was one of the ablest
among the eminent and distinguish
ed members of the great tribunal.
Descended from the Acadian race
whose romantic history has been the
theme Of the master of American
poesY, Judge Poche was a true and
devoted son of the South. He
fought for his country On the battle
field and IN the forum, and no one
was a more devoted patriot and
lover of Louisiana. A mar of mag
nlfcent presence and port, posses
sing an ardent temperament, q
genial nature aud much personal
magnetism, he enjoyed a wide popu-
larity, and. had he desired it, could
have occupied all the time a protni-
nent place in public life. But he
was ne politician, only a patriotic
and devoted son Of Louisiana, and
on his retirement from the Supreme
Bench he returned to private life
and devoted himself to its duties.
His life was without a stain, and
his death, which was a happy re-
lease from bodily pain and anguish,
was a gain TO him and a serious loss
to his family, his friends and his
conntry.-Picayune.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22

Marlarial produces Weakness G,ao.,
al Debility Biliousness. Loss If an'
petite, Indigestion and CONAN
ton. Groves Tasteless Chm as;s
removes the cause which nraasss
these troubles. Try it and Won I'm Il
delighted. 60 cents. To get the gPs,.
me ask for Groves. Sold On If ns,,.,
no Cure no pay,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22
April1s95

Dear sirs:-Ship us as soon as posi-,
bic 2 gross Groves Tasteless Onlll
Tonic. My customers want Grover
Tasteless Chill Tonic and will NOT faEs
any other. In our experience Of oFss
20 years in the drug business, We Day
never sold any medicine which gary
such universal satisfaction.
Yours Respectfully,
j. S. BROWNE d C0j
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22

Judge Ennis, who brought suit
against the Pullman Palace Car
Company for $4,000 salary as
general counsel Of the company, was
last Saturday given a verdict for
$40 by a jury. He applied for a
new trial.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22

NOTICE.-All persons indebted b y
having claims against the estate of 4.
L. Leblanc, will please call upon tA8
undersigned for adjustment.
EDWARDS & GREENE, Attys.
May 25, 1895.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22

Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic 4 !
perfect Malarial Liver Tonic and Bind
purifier. Removes Eiliousness Wjthops
purging. As pleasant as Lemon syrua,
1t is as large as any Dollar tome aad
retails for SOC. To get The GEsuIrs
ask for Groves. Sold on its merits NJ
Cure no pay.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22
Lost or Mislaid

A certain promisory note made para;
BILE to Aline Coastal and endorsed y
Jean Pere for 800 and signed BY ]. q
Greene on December II, 1894.
Il. S0KOLosK.
May 25, 1895.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22

The twelve-year old son of Marcus
Mckain, a rich rancher near Chin
ook, Mont, has been kidnapped and
is held for a ransom. An active
search for the kidnappers is being
made.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22
MRS. PARTINGToN,s GRAB-pao7

The Funniest Book You Ever Re.s
Postpaid by mail, 10 cents
B. p: %shillaber's last and br;sb,.A
work; 81 handsome engrayinrS. 1aass'
somely printed and bound. NM. s aaae'
by IRVING j. KRYEs& O. Y
Waterbury. Cam
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22
Trespass Notice.

ALL persons r hereby warned not Il
hunt upon, trespass upon or pass 81,
ride or drive through nav ielas s ssS
Enclosures, in the 3rd ward of this nay sIs
under penalty of being prosecuted il III
fullest extent of the law. s "
1904. ALEXANDRA BROussARn
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22

The committee Of the Lafayette
council instructed to look into the
financial condition of the books of
John Vigneaux, collector, and Al
phonse Neveu, treasurer, of the out,
going council, have made their re-
port which shows q deficit of $780,
80 reported against the collector and
$201.l7 against the treasurer.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22

NOTTINGHAM parties hay;a. 4.
agasnst the succession Of Aymsr rI ns Gains
deceased, viii please present fbem s 4
undersigned at once for aS;ss e ihe
Likewise those indebted to sa; aps ssaas
SION. EDWARDS Il GREENE. 4 a'Issss
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22

The free silver convention held at
Memphis, Tennessee, last week was
from all accounts a large and enthu-
siastic gathering.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22

Gov. Altgeld, of Illinois, has vetoed
the Crawford Corporation Consol-
idation bill, which provided for the
consolidation of any number Of
corporations organized for about the
same general purposes.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22

Germany is now after Nicaragua
some $4,000 of smart money for
alleged injury done a German mine
owner residing in that country.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.

Lafayette is to have a big baby
show on July 4th.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22

J. J. Hill, President of the Great
Northern Railroad, threatens to
engage in the milling business at
Duluth unless the Minneapolis mill
lers give the Great Northern road
a large proportion of the -four
trade.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22
WHAT - MONEY?


destined to be the great living issue
before the people Of these Uuited
States in the approaching presiden-
tial campaign. A cnrsory review of
the situation discloses an irreconcila-
bio diversity of opinion and an
alarming wealth of ignorance Of the
subject. Between the sordid, selfish,
scheming gold bug and the wild eyed,
visionary enthusiast who loudly pro.
claims the ability of governments, to
create values, and nullify at will the
stable laws of trade and nature,
there yawns a gulf the keen eye of
John the Evangelist could scarcely
span.
In the clash of excitement good
men and true are prone to disregard
the fact that finance is no untried
field of experiment, and leave the
hard, beaten path to chase phantoms
across the outlying bogs and quick
sands. Because gold monomotalism
has proven q delusion and a curse to
struggling humanity, it by no means
follows that silver m~onometalism
and semi reputation is the sovereign
panacea for all the ills we suffer.
As a fair specimen of the views
which seem to prevail among the
Is to l free silver men we append
the following from the Houma
Courier
Will the Picayune kindly tell US
by what process of reasoning it ar
rives at the conclusion that it will
d~epreciate a coin to enhance its ia-
trinsic value? How it would make
the editor of that paper poorer to
increase his resources?
That the silver in a silver dollar
with free and unlimited coinage
would almost double in value is such
an established fact that no i~nteIli-
gent mind that has given the subject
proper thought can question it.
The proposition here laid down is
only true to a limited extent. The
intrinsic value of anything if prop.
erly defined is that value which it
possess, always, everywhere, to all
men under like circumstances. Me-
talic money has a dual value; its
intrinsic or commodity value, and
its fat or legal tender valae. That
the intrinsic valne of any coin is
over, above and beyond the reach of
human law admits no discussion. IF
the editor of the Courier believes
that the stamp Of the great bird of
freedom on 4l2a grains of silver in
his silver dollar gives it an intrinsic
value greater than that attaching to
the same weight of silver 10 his tea,
spoon, he is suffering from an hallu,
cination no less in degree than if he
should imagine that ten ounces made
a pound or twenty inches made a
yard. The government Of the United
States can enlarge its territory as
easily by decreeing that 800 acres
constitute a square mile, as it can
double the intrinsic value of silver,
throughout the world BY admitting
it to free coinage at her minis at the
ratio Of Is to l..
We heartily believe 10 the use of
silver as a money metal, and not as
q subsidiary coin either, but until its
commodity value enhances it will be
an idle and dangerous experiment
for the United States alone and sin
gle handed, to attempt to give it a
value far in excess of its actual cost
ana worth.
The situation demands relief, but
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-06-22
Forsale.
Open kettle molasses. mas.
Winston plantation, sI0 s.. y "
Apply at o. BoUaons sss'sl'
FEB. z, 1895. Abbeville. 1.
FOR SALE,

One huupred and fifty ba,rel. ],
choice open kettle molaases !. & II X
a barrel. Apply 70 H. II, Raw wv
LA mai. III
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-01
PEACEFUL ADJUSTMENT
Lookod For between tho Hostile Central
American Republics.

Lookoh For between tho Hostile Central
American Republic.
WAsHrSoroS, Jan. Silt 10 learned
that the official denial OF tho Mexican
government that the United States has
interviewed in the dispute between Mex.
leo and Guatemala Is technically cor.
rect. The part played by the United
States has been, as stated in these dis.
patches. limited to strictly friendly ad
vice to both parties. In diplomacy this
Is something entirely disiinc. from in
tervention or arbitration. The fact that
Secretary Gresham, in his dispatch to
the Mexican government, urged in ba.
half OF President Cleveland that the two
countries settle their disputes between
themselves. il possible, is evidence that
the United States has not undertaken
to come between and pass on the inertia
oil their respective claims.
AZ far as can be learned to-day the
prospects are bright that the difficulty
between Mexico and Guatemala will DO
peacefully adjusted, but no notice tina,
this has been effected has We. reached
Washington. Such notice mus. come
from either Mexico or Guatemala, for
neither Minister Romero nor Minister
Arriago ia clothed with power to adjust
the matter, and so far the Offices OF each
have been confined to transmitting to
their own governments the representa-.
tons made to them by Secretary
Gresham after the secretary had heard
from tho other government.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-01
MUCH rrntnYn Anouslsp

Over tho Eutnorsd Intervention Of tho
Unltrd Statos iio,weon Mexico md Cunt.
snnia
CIrr or MExlco, Jan. 3l.-Undor the
hoad Of Important Ratification" tho
Mexican Official government daily says
to.dayi
'somo oil tho newspapers OF thi, city
on tho authority or Information from
tho United .statcs havo said that tho
Washington government desires TO In.
tcrvcne In our question with Guatemala.
Although intending to publish Ut tho
proper time the corte ,pondonce on this
nubioct, wo arc authorized TO atate that
according 10 n telegram dated tho Flat
inst, anu n telegram from tho Same gen.
tleman dated tho 2Sth, the secretary OF
state Of tho United states declares thnt
ho has expressed 10 opinion regarding
tho ACCESSIBILITY OF proposing to tho
government Of Mexico that II withdraw
somo Of Its demands. md that ho has
not advised Guatemala that the gov.
ornmont OF the United States docs not
care 10 intervene In that question nor
impose conditions, inasmuch rs Mexico
has right to act and act as II think,
best. We make haste 10 publish this
rectlilcation. In order to save our con.
temporarlcs from making comments on
incorrect news"
Tho newspaper correspondents were
assured at the palace that this would
put an end, for tho present at least. to
the rumors flying thick and fast Of the
intervention OF tho United States In the
Guatemalan question. The Spanish
papers oithis capital bitterly assail the
intended mcddling on the part OF tho
United States. aud brand the effort "a
boing entirely unjust aud uncallod for.
The authoritative statement from tho
government in lie official daily to-day
will cause much rejoicing that the
northorn republic will keep It, hands
oil. and thar Mexico and Guatemala
will be lott alono to fight the question
out between Themselves 90 far as the
United States IL concerned.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-01

Spacia! DiSpdieh 10 n. MtlIismer.
CHARLESTON, ". Va, Jan. 3l.-The
senate judiciary committee reported
iavorably on senate joint resolution 8,
proposing tho amendment to tho con.
stitusion relating to tho irreducibc
school fund aud adversely on senate
Dill II, concerning embexzlement. The
comm ttoo on roads and navigation 70.
ported iavorably on house bills 6, 70.
lating to tho time oil working roads,
and I, amending section IS, chapter 40,
OF the code. Tho committee on coun.
ties, districts and municipal corpora.
tons reported tavorably on senate bill
%, amending the charter OF Bonwood.
The COMMITTEES on education reported
tayorably on senate bill VI, revising tho
school law.
Bill introduced: liz, by Tarr, grant.
ing tho Brooke County Cemetery Com.
pany certain lots in the city OF Wells.
burg; ll3. by Lockney, increasing the
school levy to IL cents And decreasing
the general levy to % cents on tho 500
valuation; ia, by Reed. legaliziny the
contract bet yeen tho trustees OF tho
Berkeley Springs and Daniel Cornelius |;
ll5, by Mahood, relating TO the assess.
ment Of certain household property;
ll6, by Finley. placing the age OF con-
sent at fifteen years; III, by Reed. resu.
lating elections in the independent
school district OF Grant, Harrison coun-
ty.
The state grange resolution, asking
that partisan and sectarian books be ex.
Guided from schools, introduced By
Hensley. was adopted.
Senate bill 95, relating TO the state
board OF examiners, was ordered back
to second reading. for amendment, and
subsequently ordered to third read.
ing.
Bills passed: senate bill 40, establish
ing branch Of state university at Nor
glntowu; 65, amending the charter OF
Wellsburg; house bill 80. abolishiug
the Wayne couuty criminal court.
Senate bill l0l, Mr.. Locknsy's Is and
20 cent levy bill, was rejected. A mum
her OF house bills were referred to ap.
prooriate committees. o.,
House bill ). authorizing school dia.
saASs "a SPSuSoA, isluuo CouuIy, " ls5uo
bonds, was advanced to third reading.
Senate bills advanced to second read
ing: 3, providing for the payment OF
certain military claims; IS, providing
Tor the payment OF certain revenues
Into the state treasury; 80, providing
for the taxation OF sleepin, CT. com,
panie,; A, relating to licensing a.tor-
neys to practice law; 50, relating to
license OF peddlers; 81, concerning the
redemption Of real estate at auditors
office; IS. relating to the pay OF special
judges; "a. concerning the appointment
OF counsel by courts to defend Grim.
inals; 8, concerning actions at law; 80.
for relief Of su.e,ies on the official bond
OF J. A. Williams, late sheriff OF Bar
bour county.
House bill |. amending divorce laws,
wa, advanced to second reading.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-01
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends TO personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others ind enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by moro promptly
adapting tho worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in tho
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in tho form most acceptable and pleas.
ant to tho taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of perfect lax
ativc; ciTectually cleansing the system,
dispclling colds, headaches and fcvcrs
and permanently curing constipation.
1t Inns given satisfaction to millions and
met with tho approval of tho medical
profession, because il acts on tho Kid
ncys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by NIL drug
gists in Soc and 81 bottles, but 1t 10 man.
lfacturcd by tho California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being vol Informed, you will not
accopt any substitute If offered.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-01

encourage tho breeding Of trotsing and
pacing horics; 81. making llvo months
oil school tho minimum; co, establishing
a weather and crop bureau, wore 70.
ported 10 the appropriate committees.
HILLS REJECTED.
House bill 10, relating to assessment
districts; ", providing for board Of
medical examiners; lsj, regulating tho
performance Of marriage ceremonies;
lss, relating to tho collect lon OF costs In
mlsdomoanor cases; l22, Rotating to tho
dutios OF Justices; lS7, relating to tho
collection OF fines l3i, to prevent tho
sproad OF noxioui weeds and plants;
lGO, changing tho boundary limos DO.
tween Doddridgo and Taylor COUNTIES.
Mr. kiser was granted leave Of ab.
sence until Monday. r.
Resolution by Mr.. Morris calling tho
house to meot ovcry day at 0 o'clocl;
aud continue In session until IL, when
a recess shall DO taken to2, Lies over
one day. Mr.. Speaker announced
Messrs. Clark aud Sturm q, commit.
toe on tho part Of the house to visit tho
reform school at pruntytown. Ad.
jourued,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-01

CHICAGO, Jan. 3i.-The restraining or.
dor preventing the whisky trust re.
csivera from taking any action in tho
proceeding under which thoy wore an.
pointed will remain in force urtil Sat.
urday morning. Judge Grosscup onter.
ed tho order yesterday and expected to-
dny TO hear arguments on u motion TO
Gust tho receivers. On account OF tho
gravity Of tho situation tho court an.
nounced to-day that the motion would
not be taken up until Saturday. He III.
lowed the restraining order entorod yes.
to-day to remain in force until dc.
cision is reached on tho motion set for
argumGnt Saturday.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-01

DENyEs, COL, Jan. 3l.-A boiler in
tho Denver Trnmway Compnny's power
house, exploded lata lust night, killing
two mon outright and injuring num-
Dor Of o,hors, ono OF whom will die.
Tho boiler was blown ovor 500 ioct
and tho force OF tho explosion wrecked
tho building. destroying property
valued at 100000.
Foreman Bitsor and Frank Wnlmad,
fireman, nrc tho namos OF tho dead.
Edward W. Flauloy is fatally injured.
Those badly injured arc: William Nc.
CniIroy, Frank Brown and John
Uughsa 20.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-01
THE IRON TRADE,
business ia Being Retarded by FInu1C ial
Uncertainty.


business Ia Being R.tarded by FInuuc ial
Uncertainty.
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 3l.-The Iron
Trade Review says: There are evidences
that the prolonged uncertainty in 70.
gard to financial legislation. poor rail.
road earnings and the further outflow
OF gold arc holding back number OF
projects that involve large tonnage in
iron and steel. The financial problem
ia in fact the largest element OF uncer-
tainty in the outlook for every industry.
1t is evident that tho heavy buyers OF
Lake Superior iron ores are going to be
in no hurry to make their arrangements
for tho next years supply, preierring to
wait until there arc more definite indi-
cations as to tho future basis OF values.
While work on which contracts have
been let has brought &. certain amount
OF work 10 the mills, and there Is
promise OF goodly tonnagea few months
hence, there is a sharp struggle for
orders that can DO put In hand at once.
January business In nearly all lines
has been below ansicipations. Pig iron
snles to mills and foundries have been
small. As the year opened there was n
call for iron by foundries that indicated
enlarged consumption, but it appears to
havo been only a repcnishment. follow
ing the close reduction OF all stocks at
the close OF 1894. Prices for foundry
iron are quite US weak as at holiday
tinc, aud some furnaces have gonc
below that level. Besssmer pig and
billets hold the better pricss noted las.
week. but neither buyer nor seller ls
forcing the situat ion.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-01

ST. PAUL, MIHx.. Jan. 30.-When tho
a,ato sena,e mot today Governor knute
Nelson's resignation. in Wow Of his
election to DO United States senator, was
road. and Lieutenant Governor Clough
wns formally sworn in as governor by
Chici Justico Start. Both branchos Of
tho legislature thon took rocoss oil
half nm hour to pay thoir respects 10 the
outgoing and incoming governors.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-01
DAILY HINTS TO HOUSEKEEpERS.
SATURDAY. Fob. 2.
Example Is more than precept.

BREAKFAsr.-Apples and dates. Corn
much, with cream. Dried beef in
gravy. Drowned potatoes. Rolls.
Cotee.
DrSSEn.-Cold beef. Hot gravy. Steamed
potatoes. Celery. Pickles. Squash.
Fruit puff pudding.
SUpPER-Whito and graham bread.
Baked beans. Tomato ke,chup. Apple
sauce. Tea
The world would have been merely
nothing except for life. All that lives
feeds.
Salt should be eaten with nu.s 10 aid
digestion.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-01

Father tmc. who reaps the bearded grain at a
breath, aud the flowers that grow between"
spares for green and hale old nge those who
counterfeit the inarmlt!es Incident to iucreas.
Ing yeArS with IIo,,etters Stomach Bl.terx. For
rheumatism. mubayo poverty Of tho blood,
dyspepsia neuralgia and torpIdIiy OF the liver.
Use the great tonic and health prcscsver meth.
llcully
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-01

o. W. o. HARpMAN, sheriff oil Tyler
county, W. Va, appreciates good
thing and does not hesitate to say 80.
He was almost Frustrated with a cold
when no procured bottle OF Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. He says: ut
gave me prompt relief. find 1t to be
an invaluable remedy for coughs and
colds"