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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05
What Ais the City Hteua ?

We have long wondered why the
City Item vas always lampooning
district attorney Mari, whom it
helped to elect last April. Every
day or so the Item puts up a squeal
about the miscarriage of justice and
Marr's Encouragement, but the
Headlight, a spicy little weekly Of
New Orleans, says Mari is all right
and O'MalieY all wrong. Hold
your breath a minute and read this
"~roaster
If the law was used and justice
appeared the Matchmaking ex-con-
vict Dominic G. O'Malley would
have been in his future home HE'LL
long ago. The idea of this ex-tramp.
jailbird, blackmailer and coward
running a newspaper is beyond a de
cent mans comprehension. He is O
coward Of the first water. His sen.
sational sheet the City Item, pub
lished a very so much so sensational
article in the Lecourt-C arlin fasco
and when he was called down abour
said article by the proprietor of THU
paper he showed the white feather
Cit is natural with him, he is like tn,
Irish soldier that one time said Il
is better for me to be a coward ful
FIVE minutes than a corpse forever.
His idea is good for this being woE'
stand the game, as he will crouch a
the foot of man like half starved AM
NANCY cur dog. His motto is, mon
ey before death. For years, O'Mal
ley owned and controlled the Crimi
nal Courts, he made money, AM
many is the unfortunate man tina
was sent up the river. But thanh
God we now have a district attorre,
r. Fl. MARI whom O'Mallcy can no
use.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05

In order to facilitate applicants
for admission to the bar, the Supreme
Court has appointed examining
committees of lawyers at Shreveport,
Monroe and Opelousas, in addition
to the New Orleans committee. The
Opelousas committee appointed by
the Supreme Court consists of Mess.
e. P. Veazie, It. H. Lewis, Jno. N.
Ogden, Chas. ". DuRoy and w. S.
Frazee. Young men from.adjoining
parishes will therefore come to Ope
lousas. These gentlemen SO appoint
ed are a standing committee, and
will oficiate until the next term o
the Supreme Court, which convene!
in November, 1897.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05

SAM Jones says that marriage is
becoming o merchandise. Clubs are
substituted for homes, wives are be-
coming society ladies, children are
unavoidable nuisances, and destrnc-
ton Of life a habit. The few chill
dren who enter the homes are given
milk bottles and nurses in babyhood,
fashionable colleges in youth, and
given over 10 society, dress and
amusement in womanhood. Instead
Of reading their bible and saying
their prayers at night. the girls plat
their hair in shucks for bangs, and
the boys plat their toes for tooth
pick shoes and both go to sleep with
a dime novel under their pillow and
a fifteen cents head on.-Laiayette
Advertiser.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05

Hon. Don. Gallery, the Picayune
and other members of the Gold Bug
Democracy declare their Intention OF
keeping up their organization. Well,
it won't cost them much in the way
of rent of a ball to meet in, as a good
sized dry goods box would be amply
commodious to contain the entire
outfit. The ante room of a Repub'
licau club would perhaps serve the
purpose OF these partizans better, as
there is 80 much in common between
Mckinley and the followers of Pal
mer and Buckner.-B. r. Truth.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05

A fearless judge, backed by fear-
less officials who will enforce the
laws in any community, no matter
whom the keen sword of justice
reaches, will not only be sustained
by public sentiment, but eventually
stamp out defiance of existing stat
utes. LawlessEess is but the reflex
of public sentiment where it exists.
Justice" said Daniel Webster, lis
the great interest Of man on EARTH"
Let it he denied or de6ed, and il
will lead to appalling deeds Of blood
that are the stepping stone to assas-
sination, disorder and anarchism'
Prosperity and peace are strangers
to the community where crime is
condoned and justice denied
Shreveport Times.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05

A late ruling Of Judge Oliver in
the district court at Rock Rapids.
Iowa, ia to the effect that q man and
his wife are both responsible for the
payment Of a newspaper taken and
read by the family. Judgment III
the sum of 20 dollars was rendered
in favor of the Germania Publishing
Company, on the ground that 9
newspaper is a household necessity
Judge Oliver appears to have reao
newspapers to some purpose.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05
Succession Sale.

STATE OF LOUISIANA-Par.
ish of Vermllion-l7th Judicial
District Court-No. 305.
Succession Of Jacques Lemaire and
Harriet O'Bricn.
BY virtue Of an order OF sale iss
sued out Of the HOME Court above men.
toned in the matters Of the above
numbered and entitled suncessIQns
and to me directed, fully authorizing
and empowering me in the premises
I, Henry J. Lemaire. being duly au-
thorized and empowered to sell,
will proceed 10 sell for cash at pub
lie auclion 10 the last and high
est bidder, at the late residence
of the deceased, for the purpose
of paying The debts. all the NOV
able and immoyable property be-
longing to said successions on
Tue sday, December 8, 1896,
the following described property 70
wit:
One certain tract Of land situated
in the parish Of Ver,nilion and wsst
of the bayon Vermiiion, containing
Forty Az 100 acres. and being l1O
sW quarter Of NV quarter Of Seq
S, in Up l3 s or Ranges east.
Another tract Of la~ndssituated 70
said parish OF VermilioD at q place
chilled Cow Island. containing Fofly
acres being the NV quarter Of ~
quarter Sec II Up IA > r east.
One dwelling house, one LOT o.
old pieux, one armoir, one branding
iron.
HENRY LEMAIRE,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05

THE machete about which we read
SO much il the Cuban dispatches is
the tool with which the Cuban works
when he is not fighting. It is used
in the sugar fields to cut the cane
and is a combination Of a knife and a
Ratchet. It inhicts a severe and mt
tilating wound. Every one in Cuba
owns a machete, which is as neces-
sary to the Cuban as an Ak to the
New Highlander.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05
TO HUNTERS.

The Vermilion Developing CO.,
lint. hereby notifies hunters not TO
hunt within their closures. Anyone
caught in the act Of violating this
notice will be dealt with 10 the fun
extent Of the law.
J. P. GUEYDAN.
1O-1 Soft President.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05
NOTICE.

All persons are hereby warned
not to hunt upon, tresspas upon or
ride or drive through my fields and
enclosures in the 3rd ward of this
parish, nnder penalty Of being pros
ecuted to tile fullest extent OF tho
law.
1913 90. MRs. ULYssE ABADrE.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05
Succession Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Vermilion.

18th judicial District Court.
Succession of Euphenie Thibodeanx,
No. 1913.
By virtue of an order OF sale
granted by the Hon. Coaft afore-
said in the matters Of the above
entitled and numbered eS,aie.ai will
proceed TO sell at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, at the
late residence of dccei sed in this
parish, on
Wednesday, December %, 'oG
between the legal hours presclssed by
law, the following described prop
erty belonging to said succession, to
wit:
One certain tract of land situated
in the parish of Vermilion. contain
ing forty.fonr acres and a fraction of
an acre over, and designated TO be
in the northeastern portion of the
east half OF the northeast quarter Of
section ten, in township thirteen.
south Of range four east; bounded
north and west 10y Henry j. Moss,
east and sonth by Emile Thihodeanx.
One dwelling house, one kitchen
one corn crib, n cotton house. 224
pannels Of 4 wires ami posts fence
81 pannels of 2 wires and posts
fence, IS panncls 5 pieux fence anC
one wire, 1870 pannels 3 pieux fence
and one wire, one OK cart, two ploWs
and gearings. mi gentle COW ant
calf, two gentle mares and colts, on,
gentle mare and colt, one two yea
old flly, and many other articles tn,
enumeration of which would be to-
tedious.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS -
All gums the aggregate amount o
which shall not exceed five dollar
e to be paid cash on the day Of sele
: and all SIMS the aggregate amonn
of which will exceed FIVE dollar'
one-fourth thereof shall be paid cas-
0 on the day of sale and the remainde
to be paid in one, two and tire
years from the day of sale; purcha
. sers being required to furnish the
notes with solvent snreties, an solid,
, to the satisfaction Of the administra
tor and conditioned to- bear eigf
per cent per annnm interest frol
n times due until paid; and ten pc
cent additional on the amount col
lectible, for attorneys fee, 10 case
non payment al maturity.
The land to be and remain SPIT
II cially m%or,gaged and hypothcated
\ favor Of said succession, and sha
not be %alienated, or in any way er
= numbered. TO. the prejudice of Il
notes representing the credit porto
of the price thereof, until full an
y complete payment Of said notes
principal, interest, attorneys f.,
and all costs which may accrl
m thereon. F. NUMA PRIMEAUx,
d. Nov. 2l-96. Admlnistra.o
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05
pIrBLIsuED EVERY SATURDAY.
Saturday. December 3, 1896
Topeka. Kan, is fast making a

Topeka, Kan, is fast making a
reputation for nondeecripts and the
coinage Of fairy tales. The latest
from that center of culture is the re-
port of q shower Of toads, which
came down SO thick that q freight
train was unable to make a grade
lust west of the city.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05
NOTICE.

Entering my pasture and stock
ranch on Clteniere an Tigre, without
my consent is forbidden. Any per-
son ~trespassing on said premises will
be prosecuted to the full extent Of
the law. AUR0RE DEFRAHCE,
Widow Louis Laporte.
Abbeville. January A. 1895.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05

GOVERNOR Foster and Auditor
Heard have returned from their trip
to North Louisiana, where they have
been for some time investigating the
state Of affairs in the district rem
dered destitute by the drouth. The
Governor informed the reporter that
people were in a deplorable condi-
ton, as they have been represented
heretofore, but that the relief com.
mittee expects to do much good as
soon as the proper arrangements can
be made. Rates will be made with
the railroads of that section, and all
the grain o~btainable placed at their
disposal. Nothing will be left uu.
done to alleviate the sufferings Of the
poverty stricken and half famished
districts. The executive Office i;
doing all it can for the sufferers, and
will continue to do so, even if like
its feathered emblem, it shall teal
its breast to feed its young B. r
Truth.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05

The New York Journal, in a ring.
ing editorial, pays its respects to
Grover Cleveland in the following
strong language
"Out of Office Cleveland will 60
without the favor Of Democrats, for
he has betrayed and assassinated
Democracy. As a Mugwump he
will have little standing, for he has
violated the cardinal precept OF
mugwumpery-clvil service reform.
The Republicans will scarcely ad-
mire him, for even the British
spurned Benedict Arnold. Con-
temned, despited and hated, he will
carry with him into obscurity but
one consolation ar all-suficient
one, maybe, to n of his gross ma
ture-he retires rich"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05
NofHce.

ALL persons are hereby warned not to
hunt upon, trespass upon or pass over,
ride or drive through my fields and
Enclosures in the 3rd ward of this parish.
under penalty of beng prosecuted to the
fullest extent of the law.
1-20-,94. ALEXANDRA BROUssvRD.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05
Fl ENRY LEMAIRE,
Administrator

"ANTED-SEVERAL FAITHFtg,
Wv men or women to travel for reSposss
Bile established house lii Louisiana. OF
airy $50, payable SIS weekly and expenses
| Position permanent. Reference. Enclggs
self-addressed stamped envelope. xlho
National. Star Building, ChiepGp,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05
Sherifs Sale.

STATE OF LOUISIANA Parish
of Vermiiion-l7th Judicial Dis
trict Court-No. 729.
81. j. Stansbury, Gus Godchaux.
subroga,ed TO all his rights and in
terests in the sAit
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-08-26
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Weekly Bulletin Issued BY the weather
Bureau for Oklahoma and Indian = er-
ritories Week Ending Aug. -.

For the week ending Monday.
August -. The dry weather
and excessive heat continued
until Saturday evening, the 22G.
when copiouS showers in por-
tions OF every section partly
broke the drouth, cooled the
atmosphere aud brought relief.
Rains while not general. were
fairly distributed. especially
over the cotton region, where
the drouth had continued the
greatest length. OF time, and ha-
stopped further damage 10 co =
ton from hot winds. filled mp
tanks and small creeks, thus
supplying stock water and will
start grass to growing.
The rains and cool weather
since Saturday afternoon have
revived Kallir, sorghum and
mil'et. and in some localities
wet the ground sufficiently to
admit Of fall blowing.
Heaviest rains reported from
the Chickasaw naion, southern
section. portion Of northern and
eastern sections, and ih Potta-
watomie county, central sec
ton.
No rain or only very ligh;
showers in central and western
sections, and western portion OF
northern section.
The average Temperature FOR
the week, S2.4. Is ~ above nor
NAL: maximum, 103 on 18th
and 20th; minimum, 53 on 9th.
The excessive heat during
greater part OF week almos,
caused "a suspension Of farm
work. Gathering corn, picking
cotton. and plowing, where
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-08-26
Jax GouId,n Orchids.

"Shrewd rs Jay Gould was in every
branch of finance, " flower merchant
said TO me the other day, ''he had no
idea whatever Of the value of orchids
his great hobby The old orchid collec.
tion up 1T I,vington has run down
now, bat during Gould's lifetime it
was one of the finest IN the world The
amount of money that had been spent
on it, however, was enormous. Careful,
conservative buying by an orchid expert
would have gathered Il together at IL
most a fraction of the sum actually paid
out Many exquisite and rare varieties
were numbered Ia it, it is true. but an
excessive price was paid for the most Of
them.
The old financier's ways in this
were well known, and people with fine
orchids to sell seldom failed 70 get tine
snm they asked. Actually, he used to
pay as much as $50 at times for orchids
that were hardly worth a quarter Of
that In London he had agents constant
ly on the lookout for rare plants Of this
species, and lee paid them prices that
they could have obtained nowhere else. Z"
New York Herald.
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EXIT BILL DOOLIN.
RumOr Thst the Notorious Desperate
Was killed In a Battle with the Of
Heers Near saltwater. Oklahoma.

4 report reached the city this
afternoon that the notorious
desperate, Bill Doolin, who
escaped from the Jail at Guth-
rie, with thirteen other prisoners
about six weeks ago, was killed
nearIngalls, the old rendezvous
of the Doolin gang. some time
yesterday. The report is con-
sidered authentic, although the
story as yet has not been con-
firmed.
What would seem to give
credence to the report is that
kilograms was sent to all the
deputy marshals in the territory
yesterday commanding them to
come to Guthrie Immediately.
A Gazette representative had a
conversation with one of the
deputies who was on ms way TO
Guthrie yesterday, and he ex-
pressed the belief that some i'm
Iportant work was on hand, and
surmised that Doolin had been
cornered and was prepared TO
give desperate battle before
lsmTendering to the officers.
No definite particulars OF the
killing have come in yet, but
the telephone operator at Still
water telephoned to Guthrie
that Bill Doolin had been killed
and that the body was beiue
brought TO Guthrie. So it is
dead certain that some one has
been killed. 1t seems highly
, improbable that the elusive vii
liam would permit himself to
be SO easily entrapped.
Ingalls,, the village where the
tbattIe Is said to have occurred,
, is about. fifteen miles from Still
water, the county seat of Payne
+ county. a terrific battle took
I place there about two or three
, year ago between outlaws and
ri izens of the place, in which
, several were killed on both
! sides, and the town has borne
? the reputation of being a place
A., OF refuge for desperate charac-
; ters ever since that event. Dool-
in was one of the participants
f.. 1t is to be hoped that the re-
, port Is true and that the terror
-iinspiling Bill has been shot in
the left leg for the last time
fOklahoma Gazette.
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ground is in condition. has been
done as much as possible.

ground is in condition. has been
done as much as possible.
SOUTHERN SECTION.
Bery yn-The long hot dry
spell has ended at last, with a
heavy all night rain, and a cool
north wind Saturday night; the
ram will probably help late
cotton some, fill tanks and start
grass.
Kemp-Fine rain Saturday
night, 1.50 inches.
Anadarko-Hot winds until
Saturday night, we had .25 of
an inch of rain; cool since rain (;
too late for crops.
Ardmore-2.O0 inches of rain
Saturday night.
Purcell-A good rain Satm-
day night; will revive pastures
and improve cotton and kaffiT
in this section.
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TIMETABLE.

Golf. Colorado and Santa Fe Railway.
SOUTH BOUND.
Galveston and Chicago Express 4:10 a. m.
Cleburne and Kansas City Express $50 .. m.
NORTH BOUND
Galveston and Chicago Express 1885 a. m.
Cleburne and Kansas City Express 40 am
IR. MASON, Ticket Agt.
W. 9. KEENAN,. Gen. Pass. Agt.
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the various other productions of
the United States.
"Sixth-That these lament
able conditions have been pro-
duced by the anti-silver legisla-
ton.
"Seventh-That they can be
undone and prosperity restored
by pro-silver legislation.
Nov here are seven PROPOSE
tions, either of which, if true,
certainly proves the silver situ-
alton is q matter Of intense and
universal Importance. If SO,
why is not the matter forced up
on public attention day after
day by all the newspaper in the
land, which are not owned body
and bree :hes by the money
kings of the gold conspiracy!
If they, or either Of them, are
not true, why do they not prove
it, and put the question at rest
once for all! If any newspaper
in New York, or Boston, or Chi
cago, or Philadelphia, or St.
Louis, CT Cincinnati, or New
Orleans can successfully con
| troverse either OF these PROPOSE
tiOns, it Will render the publ,
valuable service 3- ing so =
once. If they cannotcontrovelf
either Of these pro positions, they
are. obviously conniv;ng at i
gigantic fraud and wrong whicl
cannot possibly co-exist Will
any degree OF prosperity. ]
any or all OF these proposition.
are true, the honest journalist
with the capacity 10 ulders II,
the principles involved, ccuno
consistently abstain from givin.
them the greatest publicity pos
sible.
I'VE challenge the editors o
any of the papers named, an'
of any others, to point ont
single flaw or error in any proDo
, sition of the seven, and If thi
: can not he done, we ask IN ID
! name Of the people what inter
ests they are serving and VIA
consideration, in kind an,
! amount, they are receiving j
cOnniVing AT the injuu.ty.
will be worth . greet deal I
the country il these papers W;
3 prove ali the propoS .ionS $, te
> are either the or fslse. II
, public should not be couteu
r until the pub ic press * AVA;
> ened 20 the sense o. lis pu ii
: duties, TO lis dependence o
E public ,uppor,, and 10 i,S hc
;. trayal or ignoring Of its ostenS
= BILE Office - pubic adviser-;4
. chief"
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ARDMoRE, WEDNESDAY, AUG. %
THEN AND NOW.

ANU NV
To show the Inconsistency of
the Louisville Courier-Journal
in its present editorial policy it
is only necessary to cite the
position it assumed ten years
ago, which is given by the As
sociated Press as follows:
The present attitude of the
Louisville Courier-Jomrnal is
strangely in contrast on the
financial question with the at
titude it assrmed in 1886. Then
it denounced the gold standard
and boldly demanded in the
name of the people the remOne-
tization of silver. 1t denounced
the press of the country that
stood for a gold standard and
pointed out the evils Of the
single gold standard of value.
The following in the editorial
published in the Coulier-JOur-
nal of Aug. 10, 1896:
1.-The Courier-JOurnal has been
devoting a large amount of
j space, week after week, to the
discussion of the silver situation
In its relation to the interest Of
the United States. Most Of the
I newspapers of the United States
I have taken but little notice o.
i the matter; many do not refer
to it at all, and no other daily
4 paper except the Courier-JoUr-
nal in any part of the Union is
! treating it with any degree OF
] that earnestness and persistence
which would imply that it is
recognized by leading minds as
question of immediate and in
] tense practical significance to
] the welfare of all classes OF
I citizens. Such is the magni-
4 tude. Of the question, and such
its practical bearing upon
the interests of all men, and we
I find the whole American press
ignoring it.
''The COuripr-,JOurnal laws
down the following PROPOSE
tions:
"FTst-That the demOnitiza-
ton of silver, which has pre-
vailed for some years up to this
writing, both in the United
States and in Europe, has had
the effect of advancing the value
of gold about 40 per cent.
"Second-That this has been
accomplished by depressing the
value of all other property to
that extent.
''Third-That about 45 pei
cent of the property and pro-
ducing resources of the people
have thus been transferred to a
comparatively small class OF
men, whose stock III trade is
gold investments.
''Fourth-That in the exact
proportion as gold has risen,
the burden of debt and taxation
has increased; and that in pro-
portion as property and labor
have declined, the capacity of
the people to pay their debts
and taxes have diminished.
''Fifth-That the silver dis
count is creating a bonus of
more than 30 per cent in favor
of the farm productions of India
and Asia, which to that extent
cheapens the wheat, cotton and
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-08-26
IArdmere LIrerr stahIe.

My stable has just been refitted
with new buggies, surreys, Garages
and phRtons. The incest rigs in the
city. Gentle teams for ladies'. Good
roadsters and safe drivers for
drummers. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
1O-im j. f. BowLEs, Proprietor.
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BRYAN and sewau Club.

A meeting Of the Bryan and
Sewall democratic club Of Ard
more is hereby called for Satur-
day night, Aug. %, 1896, at 5
p. IN. at United States court
room. Areport NJ be expect
ed from each member of the
committee on membership.
There IS business OF importance
that needs immediate attention
at the hands Of the club. \
full attendance is desired fol
this occasion.
). T. BLEDSOE, Pres.
JNO. \. MCCLURE. Sec.
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Arrrvsl and Departure U. s. Malls.

South bound mail closes 4:45 p. m.
South bound mail, arrives $3.50 pm.
North bound mail closes 11:15 a. n .
North bound mail arrives 1900 m.
Night mails are closed at $3.50 p. m.
@Money order department is open
ct 8 q. m, and closed at 5 p. m.
Office hours from a. m, to 6 pm
Sundays from a. m, to a. m.
MORAN SCOTT, p. M.
EDGAR SANDLIN. Deputy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-08-26

A PREDICTION ~ The Dallas
News viii before thirty days be
supporting the democratic nl-
tiOnal ticket.