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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-04-20
lie M6ridiOnal.
SAMEDI, 20 Y 1895

Devenu soudainement fou, a
Vicksburg, pautre Jour, Thomas NJ.
O'Kelley s'est arme dun casse-tete ct
a tue sa femme en- la frappant a la
tete avec l'arme. LIE crime accom-
phi, il a pris uue dose de morphine ct
q~uelqnes heures apres avoir etc jete
EN- prison il a etc trouve mort. II
aurait aussi reussi a tue so file 81
ellie n'avait reussi a s'6chapper,
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Dear Sirs:-Ship us as soon as posi-
bic 2 gross Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic. My customers want Grover
Tasteless Chill Tonic and will not have
any other. In our experience of ives
20 years in the drug business, we have
never sold any medicine which gave
such universal satisfaction.
Yours Respectfully,
j. S. BROWNE Il Co.,
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The most remarkable
Newspaper Success
,Sn Neav York.

The Press is a National Newspaper
Cheap news, vulgar sensation and
trash find no place in the columns of
The Press.
The Press has the brightest Editorial
page IN New York. 1t SparkIes with
points.
The Pass Sunday Edition is a
splendid twenty page~paper, covering
every current topic of interest.
Tue Press Weekly Edition conta' MS
all the good things Of the Daily and
Sunday editions. :.
For those who cannot afford the
Daily or prevented by distance from
early receiving it The Weekly is a
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Strayed or Stolen.

From my yard, one large white
setter. with light brown spots on
body, brown face and ears, light
brown eyes, and answers to the
name "Ponto." A liberal reward
will be paid for his return.
c. }. EDWARDS.
March Is, '95. Abbeville, La.
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Twenty COMPLETE HOVELEITEg

BY Popular Authors is a large and hayasom4
book of 1872 large double column octave nagee nissSs
printed in clear, bold, readable tyue on good mrs.
and handsomely bound in col0red paper covers IL
contains, as its title indicates, ttUenty colaplae R0nasass
by twenty wellknown and popular authors, each M
of which is intensely interesting. Tt comprises 4 WhSs
seasons delightful reading, and is by far the larasa
and finest collection of complete popular nogeldSss
ever published in a single volume. The titles Of IL
twenty complete novelties contained In this book m
IS follows:
Under the Holly Berries. BY CAaigHs i
Braame.
The Phantom Wedding. BY Mra Emma D
Eouthworth-
The Gypsy's Warming. BY Mrs.. Henry Wosd
Moonshfne and NargueFites. By GThs D.
chess"
The Headsman OF Antwerp. ny Nd aaaa
Eteuhens.
The story CT n Life. BY Mrs.. May Agnes rsuias
Old RIdderfOrd Hall. By Miss d. 3. Brsddoa.
of Reaulieu. By Alexander Dunaa
A Tale of Three Li0ns. BY H. Rider Haggad
A Drama I'm the AIR. By Jules Verne.
The Story of Helen. BY Amanda N. Duuglm.
The Captain OF the POle-StaF. By Gala
Doyle.
The Sailors Secret. By Mrs. Janet. Anshn.
} The Duel in Herne Wood. By WilkA oaliaA
The KEeiress OF xEhIEs0n Grange By
CaIdor.
MOSS Farm. Rv Wary KYLE Dstlas.
The Riacksunjtfi's Fsnugilters BTsE1sM Fsss1
The Sculptor Of EHodena. BY sytssaY caeh II
The False BiaEsoEidS. RS SHaasg + psnksh
Ashcroft EEali. By Emma Garrison ines
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S 1880 As
Very respectfully,
f. LEBLANC,
COns-CollecUor
Approved C. j. Edwards and LeoAJ.
Feray Finance Committee.
Abbeyille, La, March 80, 1895.
To the Hon. Mayor and Aldermen Of the
town of Abbeville, Louisiana.
G~entlemen-I beg leave submit the fol
lowing. as my quarterly report ending to
date:
General Fund
To amt on hand per last re-
port S1l27 62
T CUNT reed from Collector 3l3 IS
By amt paid as per vouchers 491 Is
To balance $40 62
Street &.Bridge Fund.
BY amt overdrawn SIS rs
Be- amt paid as per YOU cheers So ~
To amt reed from Collector 3l6 50
Shaking Fund.
To amt on hand per last rep 1919 Sc
LIZ v. Rail Road Subsidy taxJ
To amt Oh hand per last re-
port IA 81
To amt reed from Collector $50 IA
To balance $50 Is
Amt to date, in treasury 1871 10
Respectfully Submitted,
GEO. w. SUMMERS,
Sect'y " Treasurer.
Approved-C. J. Edwards and Leon j.,
FeFay Finance Committee.
On motion of Mr. Feray and sec
onded by Mr.. Mouton.
Resolved, That Messrs Young &
Edwards are hereby given permis-
sion to sink IA well on the corner Of
Port and Washington steets. said
we'll to be constructed in such man
ner as not TO obstruct the side walk
and to be closed over with two zach
plank.
Said work shall be approved by
the Street and Bridge committee.
AN ORDINANCE.
Enforcing the payment OF licenses.
Be it ordained by the Town
Council of the Town of Abbeville
Louisiana.
That any person, whether as
agent Or principal, who shall carry
on any business or trade in the
Town Of AbbevilIe, without a Ii
cense, when said business or trade is
subject to license, after having said
license demanded of him and refuses
to pay same STALL be ined in the
sum of five $500 dollars, and in
default of payment, shall be impri'
soned not more than, five days.
Be il farther ordained etc,
That this ordinance shall take ef-
feet from and after its passage.
Bill OF Alcide Leblanc for record.
ing deeds from Chevis lines and
J. NJ. Beauxis amounting to $500
was ordered paid.
On motion the Council adjourned.
J. o. Lege, Mayor.
Geo. W. Summers, Secretary.
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Nous yivons dams une ere fertile
en- discoveries de tous genres, mais
la plus curieuse de "toutes serait celle
de VI. Groussier, savant franeais.
On await jusqu'ici compare la pater-
mite a la pierre philosophale, parce
que l'une ct l'autre etaient eonside-
rees introuvables; mails la methode
Groussier permet de faire connaftre
aux enfauts natnreis leurs parents.
On comprend les alarmes ct les joies
Que suscite une pareille decouyerte.
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LIE Japon ess plus modere qu'on
le pensait dams les conditions gull
impose a la Chine: il demande Pin
dependence de la Coree, I'm NOR
oceau de la Manchourie, avec Port
Arthur. ainsi que Tile de Formose,
'l'ouvsrture DIES ports ct provinces de
Chine au commerce stranger ct une
indemnite de 400, 100000 de yens.
Les Chinois n'aiment pas lid6e de
ceder une partie de leur territoire.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1895-04-20

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~ AANNN - - 49, A'tAoLI -. - - 49,
pard, John Abshire, Jr., A. Theall
Octave Hebert, 0. Bourque, A. Toups.
Town OF ABBEyILLE
J. O. Mayor
Geo. ". Summers,..-.. Sec. & Treas.
ALDERMEN IL
G. Edwards, Eli Wise, Eraste Mouton,
L. j. >Feray.
City Attorney-W. P. Edwards.
neutrality-suspicious. Leblanc.
Justices OF The Peace.
First ward: Pierre PelIoat.
Constable: Camille Leblanc.
Second ward: Joseph Trahan.
Constable: Andrew Moss,
Third ward: j. Nelson Greene, Numa
Frederick.
Constablos: Geo. E. Lyons, j. Hy. Mon
tagnc.
Fourth ward: Remy Broussard.
Constable: SeVenie Landry.
Fifth ward: Levy Sarvery.
Constable: Columbus Spell.
Sixth ward: C. C. Blanchard, Eraste
Guidry.
Constables: Richard Greene, Alcide
Faux.
Seventh ward: Felix ONeil.
Constable: j. 4. Broussard.
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Town Council Proceedings


ABBEVILLE, LA, Aprli 8, 1880.
The Town Council met this day
at the Court House in regular
quarterly session. Present.. O..
Lege mayor aud aldermen,-C. j.
Edwards, L. J. Feray, E. Mouton
aud Eli Wise.
The minutes of last meeting were
read and adopted.
The Trearurer and Constable Col
lector submitted their quarterly
reports and on examination, were
approved by the Finance Committee
and ordered spread upon the min,
Htes.
Abbeyille, April 1895.
To the Hen. Mayor and members OF the
Town Council of Abbeyille.
Gentlemen-I beg leave to submit this
my quarterly report ending March 80,
1895.
| am charged since my last report with
the following ums viz:
On General tax of 1894 S5l3 81
On Special tax of 53S 10
On Licenses II 81
On Sidewalk 10 81
On Licenses 1895 1912 SO
On Fines Z 70
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PARISH
POLICE JURY

!. A1cee Leblanc. Ward l
Jules ThibodeauX, .......... " Z
Gus OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3
j. T. Broussard, P~resident... 4
Martin Sarger. 5
Ernest BroussaId, ,........ 6
A. Lacour. T
j. n. Williams. Clerk.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-20
Hobbies of Legislators.

There are few men in the legislative
bodies who do not cultivate a hobby Of
some kind. generally in a quiet way
Two instances are in mind of a totally
different nature. Representative SEQ
field is q druggist by profession but
naturalist by birth, If such an ex-
preston can be used. He has at his,
home in Cannon Falls a collection of.
grasses, herbs, weeds, flowers and
ferns that is extensive enough to do
credit to a museum. A great part of
Minnesota has been covered in the
making of this collection and Mr.. SEQ
field can talk Interestingly on the SUBJ
ject of botany for hours at time.
His knowledge and explanations sur
prise many people, especially when
some one learns for the first time that
the poison ivy Of Minnesota is not
vine but a shrub, about Is to "a inches
high. They are still further surprised
when they are told that certain per-
sons are susceptible to its poisonous
effects even though they do not touch
it, while others may handle it freely
if they do not touch or break the
leaves. In Mr.. Scofield's collection
there are seventy varieties of grasses
indigenous to Goodhue county. Men
forget in later life even what little
they knew of botany in early life, and
practical farmers are often enlightened
on the most commonplace weeds and
grasses by Scofeld's explanations. He
has written a great deal on botany,
too, for the newspapers and periodicals.
OF a totally different nature is the
hobby of Representative Meilicke, who
can plant one foot against a wall and
keep it there while he steps over 1t
with the other This is a. turner's
trick, and he did it one day recently
with a long overcoat on. Heavy
weights he can jugg1e as easily as the
ordinary man can broom. Forward
and back handsprings are play for the
statesman from Jackson, although he
is a heavy and stout man. Cleverness
in these exercises comes from long
practice, for in his day Meilicke vas as
noted in his specialties as Hon. Anthem
Schaefer, of Adrian, as good turner
as ever represented America In q fera
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-20
WHO PAYS THE FREIGHT.

A Boston merchant, engaged
largely in South African trade, tells
the Herald Of the benefits to his
trade of the exemption of wool from
customs taxation. Heretofore mer-
chandise sent from Boston to the
Cape had to pay in outward freight
the cost of the entire trip, because
return freights of the products of the
colony could not be had, owing to
the heavy customs charges they met
with in our ports. With the re-
moval of the impost on wool, the
chief export product, the vessels can
get a return cargo which defrays
part of the expenses of the trip
and reduces the charge on outward
freight.
The consumer always paying the
cost of getting the article to him,
the effect of wool duty was to in
crease the cost Of the merchandise
sent out. This either handicapped
the manufacturer here or, by in
creasing the cost there, diminished
consumption. If the tendency was
to prevent exports the result was
larger supply for the home market.
creating a congestion that told in
ruinous competition, especially on
the younger and weaker factories
in the West. If the increased cost
OF fre1ghtage was borne by the do
nestle maker, it so far diminished
his capacity to give employment to
the domestic laborer, reacting on
wages, and in turn decreasing the
consumption of native produce. One
OF the most interesting of studies is
the incidence of taxation, ascertain
ing its infinite ramifications.
Just as the wool duties made the
Boston shipper pay the increased
freight charge out Of his profits, so,
as we have often shown, the duties
on imports make the exported prod
uce of our country pay the imposts
Iald on the imports Of foreign mer-
chandise taken, in the large wav
of the worlds trade, in exchange
Tor our exports. AS the means of
the Boston merchant for invest
mentS in return cargoes were dimin-
lshed by the payment Of the cost
OF the return trip of his vessel, so
the purchasing capacity Of our sur
plus products exported is decreased
to the extent of the charges on
the merchandise taken in return.
Some day these elemental facts of
trade will be understood by our far
mers, who furnish three-fourths Of
our exports, and then they will QUIT
supporting policy which compeIs
them to bear three-fourths Of the
tax laid on the return merchandise.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-20
Ocean Dangers.

Edward j. de Arnault, of Nova SEQ
tia, was in the Merchants lobby yester-
day. He is a MISUNDERSTANDING in
dividual, of mature age, whose business
has required frequent trips across the
ocean. Conversing with a group of
gentlemen on recent ocean disasters,
he had this to say: 81 was forcibly
struck with the truth of an article I
saw in an Eastern paper recently on
the dangers that have arisen in ocean
travel through the increase of speed.
have witnessed the entire develop
ment OF the ocean passenger steamer
as we know it today, and never do /
board one to go to Europe without
serious misgivings. The crowding and
the rushing to make fast time is -tre-
mendouS, and often reckless. In storm
and fog the ambition to travel rapidly
is given almost as full play as in sun
shine and fair weather. The Slowing
down you sometimes read about is
more fancied than real; even at the re-
duced rate of speed the ship will be
travelling as fast as she ought to at
any time. Rivalry of the lines and
the pride of the companies too often
result in disaster to boat and passen-
gers. Yet the travelling public f1ocks
to the fast lines, and thus directly en-
courages an increase of danger Few
people realize what it means to plow
: through a stormy, or even a calm, sea
at the rate of twenty-five nautical
miles an hour Not more than a third
of this great speed is cut off in a fog
or heavy storm. A moments consider
alton will show that the momentum
thus acquired is not to be stopped by
reversing the engines in any reason
able distance.
The collision in which the Elbe was
sent to the bottom is case in point.
made all the more emphatic when we
know that the two ships were not trav-
cling at anything like the rate of speed
ocean liners generally attain In the
case Of a. person falling overheard, or
smaller boat unfortunate enough to
get in the way, there is little or no
chance to save life, and I have wit
messed instances of this kind myself,
In which life preservers were thrown
over and life boats lowered, but to no
avail. Even when these measures were
taken at the moment the cry of danger
was heard, by the time the boats struck
the water the unfortunate one was
probably a mile astern and swallowed
by the waves. One who witnesses a
scene like that will never forget it,
and as long as he lives will deplore the
system of competition that makes it
pOSsible"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-20
CAPITOL AND CORRIDOR.
An OId-Time Hunter.

f'Old Zeb' Church, who lives near
Seattle now, but who was one of the
earliest settlers of Mobiles county, was
making the rounds of the capitol yes
terday under the chaperonage of Hon!
Dan Shell. Zeb is one of the old-tirne
hunters of the West, though in re-
cent years he has discarded his one3
time famous buckskin suit. Years
agone he was a crack shot with the.
rifle, and only one man could beat.
him with the gun in the impromptu.
matches that used to be arranged at
the frontier towns. Strange to say.
this man is now a member of the leg
1slature, Hon. H. E. Craig, of Sher-
burne. In talking of the old days ION
the frontier, Mr.. Church becomes ex-
ceedingly interesting. He looked with.
wonder on Mr.. Shells massive pro-
portions, because, as he says, when
first knew Dan'l he was as thin as a
hotel pancake an as frisky as a fire
cracker. He didn't use to have any
te ste fer politics, but I reckon serce
he got so ALFRED fat he likes a soft.
snap
Zeb is a relic of other days, but his
heart is right, and he looks good for
a long spell on earth yet.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-20
THE THoMAsvILLE MEETING.

Thomasville is located among the
uplands Of Georgia, amid balsamic
pines, through whose needles the
winds from Manitoba, softened in
temper in their southern sweep. sing
In low, sweet tones of hopefulness
to the afflicted who find there a re.
sort from the rigors Of our Northern
winters. Thither the weak Of lung
flock to fill their tubercled lungs
with the healing doors of the pine
trees; and the milk of Georgia
COWS, thinned Of it's fat by the diet
OF pine cones on which the cows
feed, is healthful for kidneys i'm
pregnated with the lime in the hard
Northern waters.
But recent event gives this resort
another prestige and a new useful
ness. Those fragile things known to
the vulgar as presidential boon1s
nave discovered in the balsam of
the pines and the thinness of the
milk an excellent restorative. In the
harmony of the soughing winds the
discords that fracture these delicate
creations are blended into concord
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-20
of the customs, to whom they are

of the customs, to whom they are
indispensable.
This unaccountable parsimony of
congress that padded the Record
with worthless speeches, often never
delivered, but finding audience Of
an Indifferent public under leave
to print, deprives every student of
economics, every investigator of the
movements of trade, every business
interest engaged in imports or ex-
ports, Of information that is indis-
pensable and accessible in no ether
way. The meager conversations
given. in the press dispatches are
worthless. Mr.. Ford says that ap-
plication has been made to congress
to have the publication restored. and
it is to be hoped that the Fifty-fourth
congress will correct this blunder of
the F'ifty-third.
If the motive was economy it
might have been far better and
more profitably employed in refus-
ing the sugar bounty payments or
the squandering of more millions in
building needless battleshipS. 1t
was a very discreditable piece Of
cheese pairing, and lays congress
open. to the cynical reflection, made
by a New York paper, that it did
not want the country to know any
hing about our foreign trade.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-20
,ign competition. schaefer won hon

eign competition. Schaefer won hon.
ors abroa'; and, by the way. Meilicke
possesses gold medal given to him
by the knights of Pythias of Window
1or signal bravery in plunging into
an 1ce-cold stream with his clothes on
and rescuing a child This was done
IN 1893, despite the expostulations of
MS wife, who stood by on the hank
with two children clinging to her skirts
ana saw her husband push the child
ashore while he went under himself.
But one last great effort gave him a
grasp on some weeds and the wife
reached far enough to pull him half
way out of the water, where he Law
exhausted until assistance came. A
man of less strength would have been
drowned that day; but the child was
saved, and Meilicke recovered. He is
undoubtedly the strongest man in the
legislature physically, and if he had
a Huent command of the English Ian
guage he would rank high as q sneak
-er.
. PHYSICAL training is Meilicke's hobby.
and he has talked it into his sons. the
Oldest OF whom is very clever young
athlete who has already won prizes
Strange to relate, this man has never
had fight in his life, for, as he naive
ly remarks, 81 never picked a quarrel
and where I have always lived no man
moleStS me-"