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GRAIN.
OF Interest
To Farmers
SHORT POULTRY CHATS.


Of all the various gritty substances
necessary to the health of flock
of hens, there is none that is any
better or that the chickens prefer more
than coal cinders. They will scratch
over heap of ashes, and their ma
neuvers will tell you how much they
like to pick among them. There are a
number of manufactured grits offered
to poultry keepers that everything is
claimed for but when coal ashes are so
cheap and conveniently obtained, why
pay for something that has no more to
recommend it than the makers word.
Ground oyster and sea shells are also
good to throw in with their grain food !;
or, better, put some in box in the
coop, letting them help themselves.
Some writers recommend broken glass
for grit If such substance is liable to
cut and injure persons throat, why
would it not cut some organs of a fowl
or sticksome where and produce an ir-
ritation? [ could never conscientiously
feed my foals broken glass, hence will
not recomme I'd it TO any one.
"Things are very much mixed in
these days" said the old hen, sadly.
'There were seventy-fve chickens
hatched last night, and I can't tell
which are mine and which are the in
cubator'S." If hens could tell US what
they think of these wooden hatching
machines that run three weeks and
bring out six hundred downy little
chickens more easily than they can
come off the nest with dozen, a very
interesting discourse would be pro-
claimed. With all the advancement
made in artificial Matching and brood
ing of chickens and ducks, who
wouldn't rather set hen and watch
her and nature do The rest? There is
something so very fascinating about it
with all it slow progress. we run and
race too fast in this rapid time for the
good of our lives. Some times haste
made slowly brings ultimately the
same result, with half the exertion.
As long as there is a hen to lay the
eggs tt ere will be people who will prefer
her to hatch out the little duWny baby
chicks.
JusS as soon as you can get it give
your fowls more milk than water to
drink. | venture to say if more good
milk was supplied to the laying flock
constantly, summer and winter, fewer
birds would be sick and sluggish-and
eggs! Ny! what blsksiful of them
they would lay when your neighbor
gets bpt one or two. May has brought
out the u.W green grass, which means
plenty of rich milk at the dairy. Grow
ing chicks all thrive on it wonderfully,
and will always run for their milk
when they refuse to touch water. The
hen will drink either sweet or sour
milk; in the coun ry they are very COM
panionable to flock of pigs, as they
know the time when he farmer comes
with his bucket of swIll, one half or
mnie bring sour cuid; they watch their
chance slyly and take drink when
even they can. | you liud your flock
not lay ing as mauy eggs as you think
they should, start the milk diet and
note the result.
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The Bridge to Para disc.

AL Sirat is the name of an imaginary bridge
between the earth and the Mohammedan
Paradise. 1t is not so wide as a spiders
thread, and those laden with sin fall over
into the abyss below. Just so narrow is the
bridge between health and illness, and many
there are who fall into the abyss of chronic
invalidism, solely from the fact that they do
not know what to do to get well. For SO
many women suffering from diseases peculiar
to their sex, DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
has proved an invaluable boon. For pro-
lapsus, inflammation of the uterus, suppress
sions and all diseases arising therefrom, it is
truly unequaled in its powers Of cure.
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Mrs. Yeast--I wish could think of
something 10 keep my husband homo
nights. Mrs rimsoibeak---ssGet him
a bic, Gle. y Mr. Yeast--> That would
thke him out more tian ever" Mrs.
Crinsonbeak --"Oh, nc, it wouldn't.
My husband got one day before yester-
day. aud Tn. d ret ms say hs womb be
atlt fora nlonf H.
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Are Yau One

Of those unhappy people who are suffering
with weak nerves, starting at every slight
sound, unable to endure any unusual dis
turbance. finding it impossible to sleep?
Avoid opiate and nerve compounds. Feed
the nerves upon blood made pure and
nourishing by the great blood purifier
and true nerve tonic. Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Hoods Pills are the best after-dinner
pills, assist digestion, prevent constipation.
25c.
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THE NEW WOMAN SERIOUS.

This new woman craz4 is getting
to be a serious hing for us married
men," said man in a Chestnu, holtel
lobby last right. at is becoming a
regular exposure of ignorance. Since
my wife wears knickerbockers, rides a
wheel and belongs to some half -dszen
clubs and societies,she stumps me with
all sorts Of questions.
She expresses surprise that don't
know the technicalities of the cathode
rays and can't answer all of her ques-
tions about Venezula, the Monroe doc
trine, Soudan, the Transyaal and
every other blasted. thing she sees in
the papers. tell you it is becoming
seriuus.p
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Schedule in effect Mar. Is, 1896.

| Schedule in effect Mar. Is, 1896.
TRAINS LEAVE DELAWARE AVENUE,
WILMINGTON DEPOT EAST BOUND.
Express trains
All trains illuminated with Pintsch Light.
40 ssw ss t,oS5 rsrk weelkSdays lS d IS tas i7S ssl
I'll Is a. m 1898, 1882 t7.s9, iiI.6o, D. NJ ''''''
Philadelphia, Twenty-Fourth andf fChestnu,
STREETS y Meeks,dags 81 g ,s tSGs 555 GAO, 7l5, 80
tl22 + y l24o t229 1885, 455, 1852, $50, t7s9s25
s%ndnys % M e. 1sSS s g. .5 So 5s tsss s tss iss
Chester, weekdays, tsos. 555, $40, t7.l5,
se tSl5 1 sSs s ti925 so IA a2e y d n IL 24C s
tlS2S Z o. 80 2s 3ii i Is t. i so, 80.
25 1000, tlI:oo, p. m;
229, p. M, Sundays, u SO a. m.
Cape May, weekdays, M, *7.l5 a m, 1923,
m, Sundays 7S0 a m.
WEST BOUND.
Baltimore and Washington, weekdays, IA. 20
1918, IS 90 ol915 p. M. Sundays, tab, ZOE, tS4s
Baltimore and way stations. daily. 7.O2. a. m
:, Newark, Dei;s weekdays, t4.2o, zos is4s
HIS HIS 2 p ri 4s srnSsys @ yiso5 54 isi51 7o lss M.
Pittsburg, weekdays, tS.4S, a. M, 20 l3 p M
Sundays *S IS a M, Il 5S m.
Chicago, daily, t8.4S, a. M, t4.5S p. M.
Cincinnati and st. Louis, daily ti2.55, and
1915, p. m.
New Orleans and Memphis via Bristol and
Chattanooga, $500 p. m. daily. Through
sleepers Washington to Memphis and New
Orleans.
Singerly accommodation, week days 7.O2,
q. M, 254, los, and 1I.12, D. m:
Sundays, T.02 a m; 254, 7.05 pm.
Landenburg accommodation, weekdays, )
7.02: 1917 q. M, 2.54 ass, p. IN. Sundays,
10 co. a. M, Ass, p. m.
Leave Market Street Station
New York, weekdays, *6 80 IN.
Philadelphia, weekdays, VI so, a m, 2 IS pm
Baltimore, weekdays, $50, a. M, $50 D. m,
Landenburg and way stations, week days
$50, 10 20. a. m 2 50, $40, p. m. Sundays, 055,
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut streets
Station for Wilmington, weekdays, 1910, 8,
625 17.!0, SIS, . 80, 40 33, ll.3O, q. ui fI2f0,
Il ;36 tI50 245 1880 40 *43O, Is is, i5ll, 90,
$50, f7.25, tS.40, 1910, I1.35, p. IN.
m uiGeSs tisS @ &5o osS sS. &C., l. u. sas0 soe g.
f1,2o 1o40, 1910, 1l.S5, p. m.
Telephone, 1873.
Rates to Western points lower than via any
other line.
.. 0. SCULL. General Passenger Agent.
W. M. GREENE, General Manager.
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Our WOn1an's
Column

ing serious difficulty with the jacket
she wore, and at which she tugged,
with the result that it would neither
go on nor come off.
.'Permit me,' said the woman who
sat near to her, as she pulled up one
shoulder and jerked u, the top of the
collar.
Still the woman with the JACKET
struggled with it.. and the side the
other woman had 81 oblig .ngly assisted
up slipped down again, to be- grabbed
once more and pulled into place by the
considerate passenger.
"Now if you'll turn this way I'll
help you or the other side." she said to
the astonished wearer.
"Thank you, ma'dm," snapped the
other womaE;if its all the same to you,
Pm trying to get this jacket off," and
with final jerk she succeeded in free
ing herself from the encumbering wrap.
And the woman who had tried to
help her gazed into blank futurity and
recalled the example of the man who
got rich minding his own business.
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Mother-'.Did you try to make your
self agreeable at Mrs. Highstone'spo
Little Daughter-ssY es'm; 1 told her
all the funny things our callers said
about her. and she seemed to be real
interested
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He (admiring vase of f,wers)---
"Are they not beautiful? Do you
know they remind me nf your" She
softly)---"But they are artificial" He
--"Ah, yes; but you'd never know it.n
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SECRET SOCIETIES.

Middletown Council, No. 2, Jr. Q. q. A. M.
Meets every Monday night in McWhorter's
Hall at O'Clock.
Union Lodge, No. s, A. F. & A. M. Meets
first Tuesday of each month in Town Hall.
Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 8, I. o. o. f..
Meets every Thursday night in McWhorter's
Hall at O'Clock.
Damon Lodge, No. IL, X. of P. Meets every
Wednesday night in McWhorler's Hall at
So'clock.
Meets every Friday night In Reynolds Build
ing att o'clock
Welcome Conclave Heptasophs. Meets
every second and fourth Friday night in K.
of p. Hall.
Union Lodge, No. 6, A. o. u. W., meets every
I'd and 4th Tuesday night in McWhorter's
Han.
Lord Delaware Circle, 10. 16, Brotherhood
of the Union. Meets 1st and Sd Friday, Nc
Whorter's Hall at s p. m.
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"Pecple don't think I amount to
much in this concern,'' said the office
boy as he filed away the paid bills, ,"but
they'd think different if they knew l
handled all the receipts"
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Distressed, Young Mother (traveling
with crying infant Dear mt! I
don't know " hat TO do with this baby
Kind aud Thoughtful Bachelor lin
the next seat )-''Shall open the wiz
dow for you, madam"
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-cH1LDREN's QUESTIONS.

When child is old enough to ash
questions he is old enough to be an
swered truthfully and intelligently
There are many thing which it is diff.
icult to explain 81 as to render then
comprehensive 10 young child, bu,
haiever is said should be abso.
lutely true. Do not forfeit child's
confidence by an attemp TO evade the
issue, putting him off with half truths.
A WRONG TWIST.
Early in the spring little vine be-
gan to grow in garden. Befor, it
was very high child set small stick
down by it, and the plant wound itself
around it. But as the stick was not
strong enough to bear it, nor high
enough for it to lean Oh, it just curled
around it and grew above it, and by
and by some one brought something
straight and tall for it to cling to and
1t grow as it should.
But down atthe bottom this vine had
still queer little twist that it never
outgrew or had Strengthened out. tai
ways showed where it had curled
around the stick that was not good
support for it.
When child takes up bad habit and
clings to it, something like this is sure
to follow it. ltmay seem to ouigrow it
and grow above it. but there is lii tie
twist where hings were done crook
edly or not quite light in the begin
ming. Selfishness, or the habit of in
terrupting, or of disobeying, or being
careless in tie way of behaving. and
thousand other things, may give "a
wrong twist very early. DO begin at
once to think of this and be careful,
for alasl it is much easier to get
twist than to untwist it.
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/ 'OnSD|IlDtiO|l

AND IT'S CURE
To THE EDIToR:-I have an absolute
remedy for Consumption. By its timely use
thousands of hopeless cases have been already
permanently cured. So proof-positive am
of its power that consider it my duty to
send tsro bottles free to those of your readers
who have Consumption, Throat, Bronchial or
Lung Trouble, if they will write me their
express and postoffice address. Sincerely,
7. A. SLoCUM, M. c., Is3 Pearl ST., New York.
p9- The Editorial and Business Management Of
this Paper Guarantee this generous Proposition.
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BANKS.

Peoples National Bank.-President, G.. w,
w Naudain; Cashier, Geo ID. Kelley Teller.
w. q. Lockwood. Bank Building on East
Main Street.
Citizens National Bank.-President,J Joseph
Biggs; Cashier, John s. Crouch; Teller, J..
Darlington. Bank Building on South Broad
Street.
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External evidence.

Miss Bargain Hunter-My dear, ]
bought this jacket for mere moth
ing.
Sincere Friend-It looks it.-Ex-
change.
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q m. a M. a m. d

y
Daily. Daily except Sunday
IA Stops to leave passengers from Whining
ton and points north, or take passengers for
points south of Demar
r. Stops only on notice to conductor or agent,
''i' Stops to leave passengers from Middle
town and points south.
''t' Stops to let off passengers from points
south of Harrington.
New CASTLE ACCOMMODATION TRAINs-Leave
wilmington l210 a, m: and 9.5l p M. daily:
S.l3, Ills, m 2 50, 4306l5, SO, p. n,., week
days: Leave New Castle 6 30 a. M. and 10 10 p
M. daily, S3l 9.45, Il.02 a. m, LIS 5 So, 8 Al,
7.2 p. M, weekdays.
Express trains leaving Harrington sos a. n,..
and arriving at "a p M, weekdays run
through solid to and from Baltimore. via Porter
and Newark.
BRANCH ROADS.
DELAWARE, MARYLAND VIRGINIA r. R.
Leave Harrington for Franklin City and way
stations 1887 u m. week days, 6.2S M Tuesdays,
train leaves Franklin City 81 NJ week -days,
Las m Tuesdays, Thursdays and saturdays
only.
Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague (via
steamer 43 p. M week days Returning,
leave Chincoteague Az a M, weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Iewes
at H. a. m ,6.2S p. m weekdays Returning,
leave Lewes6 45 a. M. 20 p. M. weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Berlin 1887 a. M week.
days and 6.2s P m; Tuesdays, Thursdays and
m and "a pm Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturday only.
QUEEN ANNE KENT R. R-Leave Townsend
for Centrevilie and way stations 9 20 a. M. and
~ M. week days. Returning leave Centre
vile 73I a. M. and 30 p. H., weekdays
DELAWARE & CHESAPEAKE R. R.-Leave Clay
ton for Oxford and way stations 3.38 a. M. and
545 p. M, week days Returning, leave Oxford
500 a. m, and 40 p. M, weekdays.
CAMBRIDGE & SEAFoRD R. R.-Leaye Seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations Ii. Is a.
M, week days. and ON Tuesdays. Thursdays and
Saturdays 7O5 p. m. Returning leave Cambridge
6. ~ a. m. weekdays and 2.4 p. m. Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays
CoNNECTIoN.-At Porter with Newark and
Delaware City Railroad At Townsend, with
Queen Anne's Kent Railroad. At Clayton,
with Delaware & Chesapeake Railroad and
Baltimore & Delaware Bay kairoad At Har-
rington, with Delaware Maryland & Virginia
Railroad. At Seaford, with Cambridge Il Seaford
Railroad. At Delmar, with New York, Phila-
delphia Il Norfolk, Wicomico Il Pocomoke and
Peninsula Railroads.
S. M. PROVOST, General Manager.
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THE wELL-BRED WOMEN.

THE wELL-BRED WOMEN.
Does not chew gum.
Does not snub people.
Does not wear buttonless garments.
Does not issue commands except as
requests.
Does not hum or .at time-to music
with her foot.
Does not address any but intim.tes
by their first names.
Does not allow her hat to obstrucp
the view ofthe stage.
Does no fail to distinguish between
impertinence and wit.
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rliddletown Directory.
MTINIcIpAI oFFTcERs

President-G. w. w. Naudain; Secretary,
w. s. Letherbury; s. s. Holten, Charles II.
Howell, Geo. ". Peverley.
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BELl1ONT, price SIS

The Belmont is standard wheel and just as
good as any $4,000 wheel on the market.
Equipped with all modern improvements,
wooden handle bars, barrel hubs, pneumatic
saddle, any tire You wish and any color of
enamel you wish, All wheels made to order
and delivery guaranteed within six days of
order. 1 am agents also for the Rambler,
Cleveland, Robin Hood. Maid-Marian, etc. If
you want a good wheel at the right price,
come and see the Belmont. 1 also keep ON
hand supply of good secondhand wheels
ranging in price from $1,000 to $500, Lessons
in riding cheerfully given to purchasers. All
wheels purchased of me will be kept in repair
for one year. Call and examine price lists of
great bargains in secondhand wheels. office
next door to F. B.::Watkins' store ON Main
Street.
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Distrust extreme earnestnessin ex
treme youth. Frivolty is as inevitable
as measles, and she who escapes it in
her girlhood will undoubtedly be
stricken with it in womanhood. Like
theEmeasles, it is more serious the later
it comes. and only one thing is worse
than to fall victim TO it in middle
age. That is to be the almost impos-
sible person who passes through life
without even knowing the joys of friv-
olity.
Once there was foolish woman who
continually mistook brass and other
inferior articles for gold. he d rived
much innocent satisfaction from her
credulity. And once there was wise
woman who knew that of all things
that gllttered very few were gold. And
because of her skepticism she let much
precious metal escape her.
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MIDDLETowN. DEL, MAY 80. 1896
MlDDLETowN MARKETS.
PRODUCE.

Creamery Batter, Ib 22c
Country Butter, Id. .15@Isc
Eggs, doz. ... .... lOc
Lard, Id 7@9c
White Potatoes, basket. -. -. l0@15c
Spring chikehs .......... Zoe
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Dyspepsia

The explanation is simple. 1t is found in
that impure blood which is contin-
ually feeding the nerves upon refuse
instead of the elements of strength and
vigor. In such condition opiate and
nerve compounds simply deaden and
do not cure. Hoods Sarsaparilla feeds
natural sleep, perfect digestion, is the
true remedy for all nervous troubles.
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Is marking goods down one
half price. For example,
$4,000 Suit will be marked
$500.
We will guarantee to sell a
better Suit at $1,000 than the
$4,000 Suit marked down to
$500 elsewhere.
We are large Cash Buyers,
manufacture our own goods,
thus enabling us to undersell
the so-called one half price
clothing. We cordially invite
the public to call and exam
inc our enormous stock of
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LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Volunteer Hose Company, meets first Fri
day night of each month in Hose House.
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G. L. TOWNSEND, Jr.
Bicycle Agency :.
-. ODESSA, DEL
~ "

Come and examine my stock of Bicycles
before purchasing. Don't pay $4,000 for
wheel until you have seen our famous
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CAPITAL. $500 10000.
Surplus and Profits sI21.I79.OO
SecurityTrust and Safe Deposit
Company,
sls MARKET ST, WILMINGTON. DEL

L.,
MONEY UNEMPLOYED or waiting invest
ment can be made to earn you Interest if de-
posted with this company.
INTEREST PAID on deposits of money as
follows: per cent. on deposits payable on de-
mand, by check, same as banks; ~ per cent.
on deposits payable after 10 days notice; per
cent on deposits payable after 80 days notice.
Special rates for large sums to remain for
year or longer.
SPECIAL ATTENTION given to the accounts
of Ladies, also to those of Executors, Admin
iStratOrs, Trustees, Guardians, and Receivers.
The Company acts by authority of law as
Executor, Administrator, Guardian, Receiver
and Agent, and executes trusts of every des-
cription.
Correspondence solicited and full informa-
ton furnished concerning any branch of the
Companys business. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Send for pamphlet.
BENZ. NIELDS, JAS B. CLARKSON
President. Treas. & Sec,
WIN. r. BRINCKLE, JOHN S. RoSsELL,
Vice-Pres. Trust Officer.
Benjamin Nields, Jos. H. Chandler, MD.
Philip Plunkett, J. Davis Sister,
James A. Hart William M. Field,
Henry f. Dure, Charles e. Fritz,
VIM. 2. Bancroft, Archibald A. Capelle,
VIM. J. McClary, VIM. r. Brinckle,,
John r. Tatunf; Samuel G. Simmons,
John FILLING. may.1-ly
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Nervous

People often wonder why their nerves are
SO weak; why they get tired SO easily;
why they start at every slight but
sudden sound; why they do not sleep
naturally; why they have frequent
headaches, indigestion and nervous
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B. & O. Railroad.

J.R. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-05-16
PACIFIC co

The shortest and most direct
route to all points in Texas, New
Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Califors
MIA aud on the Pacific Coast. The
Standard Gauge Short Line to Mon
terey, and Mexico City, via Eagle
Pass.
Unexcelled track and train equip
ment, including superb Pullman
Sleeping Car Service to Galveston
.IDOYston and San Antonio Texas
Monterey and the City of Mexico
and to California.
For full information, apply to-
L. Bassich, Agt., |. & V. r, r.
AbbeviIle La, or to
J. Kruttschuitt. Genl. Mgr.
8. F. B. Morse, G. PET. l..
New Orleans, Ls.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-05-16
Beware of Oim1Haemas tor Ca
tarrh that contain Mercary

U&bA - q AO@2AA1 4SACES
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense OF smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enters
ing it through the mncns surfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reput=
able physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.,
contains no. mercury and is taken in.
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucus surfaces Of the sys-
TEN. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine
1t is taken internally aud made in
Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney &
Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists, price 75c. per
bottle.
Halls family pills are the best.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-05-16
North and Noraheasts

If you have any intention Of going
to the North or East this fall or
winter, yon should advise yourself
of the best route from the South and
West. This is the Louisville g.
Nashville Railroad, which Is runs
ming double daily trains from New
Orleans and Memphis through to
Louisville, Cincinnati. Nashville,
Birmingham, Atlanta, Montgomery,
Thomasville, P%ensacoly, jackson.
vile and all Florida points; Wash.
ington, Philadelphia, New York.
Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo and all
points North and East. Pullman
Sleeping Gar Service through. For
particulars as to rates and through
car service, write.
T. Fl. KINGSLEY,
Trav. Pass. Agent, Dallas, Tex
JNo. KILKENY,
Div. Pass. Agt., New Orleans, Lac
G. P. ATMoHE,
Gent Pass. Agent, Louisville, KY.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-05-16

Deputy sheriff Taylor informs ns
OF a homicide which occurred
Thursday evening on Mr.. J. W.
Parks plantation, on the Ouachita
river. Two negro boys, aged about
ten years, had a quarrel and one of
them deliberately walked into .
house, got a shot gun and emptied
a load of shot into his antagonist,
killing him instantly. This murder
Gus lad ought to be given a good
term in the penitentiary, to let bis
sentence be a warning against the
two frequent and hasty use OF the
deadly weapon.-Lafayette Gazette
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-05-16
Arrest of Gusts Ballafu.

Only one arrest has been made in
connection with the murder of Mr.,
Begnaud at Scott last week. The
party arrested is Gustave Ballain,
alias Davidson, who is very well
known in Rayne, having worked
here as a painter. He was arrested
here several months ago for practic-
ing medicine without a license and
is generally known as an all round
crook. Sheriff Broussard is on the
track of other suspects.-Rayne
Tribune.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-05-16

A copy of the Times Democrat
Almanac for 1896 has just been re-
ceived at this office. 1t is valuable
as a book of reference, and will be
issued quarterly to subscribers at IS
cents a year.