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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-23

H# Sh11e1OiutIS VI tAo AoOc
ID Toan Association are hereby noJlhed
That at the nextregular monthly meetlng
~ "Wednesday Feb. 5, 1896, the money. on
hand VIII be offered to the highest bidder.
L. o. B~RoUssARD.
Saturday, January 70, 1897.
Town and Parish.
Everybody come and help get a high
school building.
Tuesday was a cloudy, windy day
and after dark the rain came down
steadily nearly all night.
The Crowley rice mill made its BAN
ner run on Friday of last week, clean
ing 700 sacks within twelve hours
Signal.
January LIST did not see any business
changes in our town. Everything will
90 along as usual, with a dull Season
in prospect.
The district attorney of Abbeville
has filed fifty informations against vio-
lators of the Sunday law, Good for
that district attorney.-Iberian.
In the Times Democrat of last Sun
day appears a beautiful poetic tribute
to the late Payue Kibbe, written by
that gifted lady Mrs. S. B. Elder.
The town council met Tuesday to
award the printing for the current year.
w. o. Pipes made the lowest bid and
he was given the contract at $50 per
annum.
Remember that a high school benefit
will be given at the French Hall Sat
urday night, also remember that the
entire proceeds taken In will so towards
q high school building.
The district cotrt for three days
this week and last was occupied in
trying a cause celebre. From all ac-
cunts the evidence was decidedly re-
.,listic and not fit for Sunday school
ierature.
One of our doctors prescribed whis-
ley for a patient and instructed him
0 keep it up until he ordered him to
luit. This order was given five years
ago and the patient has been lodging
The doctor ever since.
Dot, the miners daughter, the beau
iful comedy drama in four acts win be
resented to the people Of Abbeville at
be opera house Saturday night by
ONE ofthe best talent Abbeville af-
fords under the management of Prof.
II. W. Pate.
Edward Scharrer, of Oxford; Warren
county, New Jersey, is said to be the
tallest boy in America. He is sixteen
years old and his height is already six
feet two and one half inches, without
his shoes on, and is still growing. He
weighs 160 pounds and is gaining in
weight at the rate. of a pound a day.
Plenty Of fun and amusement is guar
anteed at the French Hall Saturday
night. Everybody should turn out and
encourage these young people in this
most worthy cause, as a high school is
something that is badly needed in Alb
beville. Everybody should go and
make this a grand success.
We are under obligations to J. K.
Willet for a fine watermelon presented
us Saturday. It is melon genuine, as
fresh looking as if it had just been
pulled from the vine and would easily
tempt a coon if left in anything like
easy reach, after the sun went down.
The melon is on exhibition here and if
YOU want to dream of summer, come
around and make yourself warm and
CONGRATULATIONS Clipper.
The increase in the rice acreage at
Gueydan says the Signal, will be about
doubled this year. The experience
with the drouth last season and the
Very afficinnt IRRIGATION system at GuaN-
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-23

Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic is a
perfect Malarial Liver Tonic and Blood
purifier. Removes Biliousness without
purging. As pleasant as Lemon Syrup.
1t is as large as any Dollar tonic and
retails for SOC. To get the GENUINE
ask for Groves. Sold on It's merits no
Cure no pay.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-23

Capt. E. A. Pharr after five years
experience in the New South Building
association of New Orleans went into
Iberia building association and borrow
ed money with which to pay off the
New South and get rid of them. His
reasons for SO doing were because at
ter five years he could not get them to
tell him when his stock would mature.
They would not do SO although they
lured him into the association by print
ed falsehoods of his stock maturing in
six years and a half. The Iberia, from
its inception promised to mature in
eight and a quarter years and has al
ready paid five series, A, B, c, D, E,
and series F is ready for settlement af-
ter the Goth.
We would like to know from any of
u readers, if any have stock in the
concern, if the New South has ever set
a period-or a date-for liqidation of
stock, or if they are still doing biz by
indefinite aid beautiful but unfulflled
promises?-iberian.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-23

VEY8NTED-SEVERAL FAITHFUL
wv men or women to travel for response
bic established house in Louisiana. Sal
airy $3.50, payable Sl5 weekly and expenses
self-addressed stamped envelope. The
National, Star Building, Chicago.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-23

Edward Scharrer, of Oxford; Warren
county, New Jersey, is said to be the
tallest boy in America. He is sixteen
years old and his height is already six
feet two and one half inches, without
his shoes on, and is still growing. He
weighs 160 pounds and is gaining in
weight at the rate. of a pound a day.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-23

Dear Sirs:-Ship us as DOR as posi-
Bile 2 gross Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic. My customers want Grover
Tasteless Chill Tonic and will not have
any other. In our experience of owes
20 years in the drug business, we have
never sold any medicine which gave
such universal satisfaction.
Yours Respectfully,
J.. S. BROWNE & Co.,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-23

Dot, the miners daughter, the beau
iful comedy drama in four acts will be
resented TO the people Of Abbeville at
be opera house Saturday night by
ONE o the best talent Abbeville af-
.ords under the management of Prof.
II. w. Pate.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-23

The increase in the rice acreage at
Gueydan says the Signal, will be about
doubled this year. The experience
with the drouth last season and the
Very efficient irrigation system at GueS-
dan have made these lands much
sought after. The company is now en-
gagged upon the work of dredging the
bayou and will be prepared to furnish
ever a greater supply of water than
will be needed this season:
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-23

One of our doctors prescribed whis-
l,ey for a patient and instructed him
0 keep it up until he ordered him to
luit. This order was given five years
ago and the patient has been lodging
the doctor ever since.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-23

The town council met Tuesday to
award the printing for the current year.
w. o. Pipes made the lowest bid and
lie was given the contract at $40 per
annum,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-23

Plenty of funand amusement is guar
anteed at the French Hall Saturday
night. Everybody should turn out and
encourage these young people in this
most worthy cause, as a high school is
something that is badly needed in Alb
beville. Everybody should go and
make this a grand success.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-01-23

The district court for three days
this week and last was occupied in
trying a cause celebre. From all &C
cunts the evidence was decidedly re-
,listic and not fit for Sunday school
iarat1rn.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-05-21

de SURE you get what you want
= when you ask for Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. Unequalled in Merit, Sales, Cures.
There's no substitute for HOODS.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-05-21

Everybody sells La
dies Shirt Waists.
The choicest patterns
shown are to be found
at Chase's.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
----S-$e-S-
MADE THE EARTH TREMBLE,
Fall of Meteor That Left Three
Giant Cloud Rings in the Sky.
From the Helena Herald.

IO4lL the Ilt4eIid Herald.
Some interesting information concern
ing the recent fan of big meteor is fur
nished by r. L. Fisk, who returned on
Saturday from a two months trip into
the game districts on the Blackfoot and
Fiathead. Speaking of the occurrence. Mr..
Fisk had this to say:
1--WE were bound into the Flathead coun-
try in search of big game. The party con-
sisted of George Miller, postmaster at
Lincoln, my brother and myself. We broke
camp above Ovando on Friday morning
Sept H. and took what is known as the
Falls trail up the south fork of Montour
creek. The trail is an awful one for pack
horses even, and progress was very slow.
Just before o'clock in the afternoon we
halted at some old elk Wallows directly
on the water shed. Her. we unDacked
built fire and started to cook supper.
About twenty minutes past 6 the
ground under foot shook and vibrated. and
we heard distinctly three reports. the first
sounding more like the crash of some
falling monster cliff weighing thousands
of tons from one Of the numerous peaks
surrounding us than anything else, and
the other to the ringing echoes sent back
from the steep mountain sides. The horses
even noticed the trembling of the earth,
and stood with pointed ears and di.ated
nostrils, utterng startled snorts Nv
brother remarked somewhat facetiously:
Get down on your marrow bones. YOU
fellows, the mountains are turning over
I'VE stood awaiting the next act, dis
cussinS the probable origin of the strange
noise. Happening to glance skyward
straight north of our camp we beheld a
peculiarly shaped cloud, whltish gray in
color and resembling three interlocked
ffFa RaI1 1rI,
make this out ever so clearly.
1--WE suddenly tumbed to the fact that
we had witnessed, or rather felt. the re-
suits attending meteors fall. Mr. Miller
looked at his watch and announced the
time as 6:2S. From our camp It appeared
to us that the meteor had fallen on the
range we were then on. We didn't know
any one else had witnessed it's fall until
we got back into civilization about a week
ago, and all of us counted on giving the
interesting occurrence to the press. The
smoke cloud was discernible as long as
daylight lasted.
THE next day, just after we struck
Salmon Trout creek, a tributary of the
North Fork of the Big Blackfoot. we en-
countered a bunch of Flathead Indians.
They were Louie Ashley a half-breed /;
kootenai, stepson of the old Flathead
chlet, Arlee, and another brave whose In
dlan name meant coyote, or some other of
the wild beasts of the region, 1 have for
gotten what. They had their squaws and
chlldren with them All were excited, and
Ashley remarked:
Indian much scared. Think world
coming 20 end. Get away from here
They were unanimous in the oniniop
that the meteor, for we told them that
was what it was, had fallen on the range
or water shed between the North Fork
Milow creek. a tributary OF The South
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
WIRE AND wIRE NAIL COMBINE.
Manufacturers Meet to Discuss Adj
visibility OF Consolidation.

Manufacturers Meet to Discuss Adj
visibility of Consolidation.
New York, Dec "a meeting of man
ufacturers of wire and wire nails held to-
day at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel may
have important results. 1t was held in
furtherance Of a plan to consolidate the
interests in the lines named throughout
the country.
j. ?. Morgan & Co.. are said to be be-
hind the movement, and, according to cur
rent reports, the interests involved aggre-
gate 100000. At to-day's meeting those
present included Henry w. Oliver and
George T. Oliver of PitLsburg; Philip W.
Moen and William e. Rice of Worcester;
II. H. Chisholm and William Chisholm of
Cleveland; Frank BacSer of Ohio; Mr..
Carver and Mr. Burlington of Indiana; J.
L. Ellwood of DeKalb, Ill, and John w.
Gates of Chicago.
Henry w. Oliver, who has been men
toned as likely to become the president
of the combination, said tonight that it
was quite out of the question to make
public what had taken place in the meet
ing, but he did not deny that such a
meeting took place. He admitted that the
meeting had got through it's work and
that there would be no more sessions for
a time at least. He declined to say when
the negotiations would be completed and
the new corporation formally launched.
The general supposition in the trade APP
pears to be that the usual arrangements
for forming a combine will be agreed
upon
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
CITY BREVITIES.

Emma Clay (colored), who lives at No
552 Orange street, was lodged in jail yes
terday on bail in trover warrant obtain
ed before Justice Nathans by j. c. Lewis
A small amount was loaned the woman on
household furniture When unable to pay
a bail in trover warrant was issued for the
goods, for which she could give no ac-
count. On this state of facts the woman
was committed to Jail.
The difficulty at the colored public
school, at East Broad and Anderson
streets, was between Eva Proctor. living
nearby, and a child belonging to Eugenia
Blige. There was some trouble between
the children al recess and the woman in
terfered, it is claimed, by taking the child
from the school premises and striking it,
The Proctor woman is not a teacher and
has no connection with the schools.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
LOUIsIANA's CONSTITUTION.
Plan of Selecting Delegates to the
Convention Settled.

Plan OF Selecting Delegates to the
Convention settled.
Baton Rouge, La. Dec. 9.-The work of
the democratic state committee to-day
was devoted to settling upon a plan of
nominating the thirty-six delega tes-at-
large to the constitutional convention 1t
was finally decided that the delegates
from each of the six congressional dis
tricts select six names to be presented to
the convention and a recess was taken to
permit the districts to hold separate meet
ings.
The following was included in the report
on the resolutions which were adopted:
The policy of the democratic party in
the constitutional convention shall be di-
rected TO the adoption of a constitution
which shall comprise an enlightened ben
eficial and economical scheme of govern.
ment which shall insure the fullest meas
ure Of peace, prosperity and happiness
that an ali wise providence may voucn-
safe to Louisiana.
ITO this end we pledge the democratic
party and the nominees of this conven-
ton:
First, to the faithful observance of all
the limitations imposed upon the authority
of the convention by the act of the legisla-
ture ordering its convocation.
Second, TO the adoption of a constitu-
ton which shall have for it's sole object
the well being of the people of Louisiana
of all classes and conditions.
Third, TO such a qualification of the
suffrage as shah forever hereafter guar
antee that the government Of Louisiana
shall be Entrusted to her intelligent white
Citizens.
? Conscious of the perfect justice of our
cause, we submit this declaration of prin-
ciples and purposes to the considerate
judgment of our fellow citizens, fully con-
fldent of complete success at the polls.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10

Fork of Flathead and Montour creek, and
1 believe such was the case.
at is easy TO account for the story that
II struck near Haystack Butte, in this
county. y circle drawn with a circumfer-
ence of fifty miles with its central point
on Willow creek, will cover the headwa-
tiers Of a dozen different streams flowing
in as many different directions. It is but
eight miles from Willow creek over onto
the headwaters Of sun river.
If the formation of the country counts
for anything in deciding just where it fell
it was somewhere in the range have re-
ferred to. Iron predominates, with con-
siderable slate and lime and other baser
rock. I honestly believe If any one wants
10 discover that meteor that the place to
look for it is in the big range situated as
stated. 1 do not believe that the meteor
as a whole landed anywhere. The first
report was very clear, as if the meteor had
exploded in midair and then rained its
broken fragments on all sides. We est-
mated the smoke cloud to be about fifty
miles above the range, and compasse5
placed it directly north. From the vibra-
ton of the ground We concluded that
some of the fragments struck within few
milk s of on camp.
''Sev eral ,,IaN s later we met Two white
men named Mcknight and Belts, both
well known at Ovando, who were cutting
hay in a big meadow on Willow creek,
expecting to winter stock on shares,
though they had not solved the problem
a. to how they We're to get the STOCK In
there, and both said they had witnessed
the strange scene Of th' Friday before,
and that it appeared southwest of their
cabin
Mr.. Miller and r. c. Fisk both confirm
ed the above The Indians named. when
at home can be found at the station OF
Arlee, on the Northern Pacific, west OF
MissOula.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
THE PACE THAT KILLS,

A distinguished German physician de-
clares this to be the age Of Nervousness,
and thinks the civilized race is deteriorat.
ing under it Our lunatic asylums are
filling up at frightful rate; women who
should be plump and rosy are pale and
emaclated; school children, instead OF be-
ing Joyous, active, vigorous, are debili-
tated. overworked and unhappy; business
men are engines OF perpetual WORRY and
victims of Insomnia; social life is a nerve
destroying whirl Of excitement; cities are
clamorous with distraction of railroads,
traffic, manufacture and all hustling ar
fairs that destroy repose and murder
quiet. Everything is at high pressure.
Headlong. mad activity is the law of cir
cumstances.
Dr. Charcot's Kola Nervine Tablets are
famous for curing Nervous Diseases where
other remedies had failed. They will
make you strong and well, try them
Fifty cents and s. per box at druggists
or sent direct. Write us for testimonials
OF cures. Eureka Chemical & Mfg. Co..
Ia Crosse, va
LIPPAAN BROS. Wholesale Druggists
General Agents.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
PAN-AMERICAN ZoLLyEREIN.
Germany Aroused on the Commercial
Tendencies of America.

Tendencies of America.
Berlin, Dec. 9.-The Reichstag to-day re-
sumed the debate on the fourth real.ng
Of the governments naval bill
Herr Hammacher. national liberal, said
his party unanimously approved the prin-
cFples Of the measure, and attached the
greatest Importance to the navy.
In connection with the export trade the
speaker thought the commercial policy of
the United States and Great Brita. n
should be particularly considered. He
said: The most important thing is the
policy OF England and the United States.
England's policy Is evidently directed to-
ward the formation of a zollverein with
her colonies. The United States also I'M
doubtedly wish to protect themselves
against our exports; but matters are
coming to such a pass that other Ameri-
can republics are joining the United States
in order to form a zollvereiu.
''Pan-Americanism is for Germany still
more mOmentous than Monroeism The
United States are not to be considered on
the same footing as a single European
state, but rather as an entire continent,
with regard to production; and in my opin-
ion, which is shared by eminent states
men and has also been expressed recently
by Count Goluchowski, is that European
states Will, in the coming century, be
obliged to cooperate in order TO support
each other In this struggle for existence
with America. Germany alone would be
powerless in the conflict; but we must take
care that when the hour comes she is in d
position to take her part"
Herr Caller, peoples party. said his par
ty would oppose the bill Guns" Herr
Caller continued, cannot open new mar
kets. South Germany is absolutely oppos-
ed to the measure"
ut -, AL
the naval bill was referred TO the budget
committee.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
GOTHAM IN a FOG.
Elevated Trains ana Ferry Boats In
Collision.


Collision.
New York, Dec. 9.--During the fog early
this morning two trains on the Second
avenue elevated road collided at one Hun
bred and Second street. The engine of
rear train ran into the rear car of the
train ahead. A fireman and two passen-
gers were injured All the passengers Of
both trains were thrown from their seats.
The engine of the rear train was wrecked
The fog was also responsible for an
other IL railway collision, in which two
persons were injured 1t occurred on the
Sixth avenue line and One Hundred and
Thirty-second street, where one up-bound
train ran into another. The engineer of
the rear train and passenger were pain
fully bruised.
On East river the ferryboat Flushing
mistook the bell of the steamer Miami for
that at the Long Island ferry slip and
bumped the steamer hard. There was
some confusion on board the Flushing,
but no material damage was done to either
craft
The Pennsylvania railroad ferryboats
Cincinnati and New Jersey of the Cort-
landt street line We're in collision in the
slip at Cortlandt street BoTh boats were
crowded with passengers, and a wild
scramble for safety ensued when it became
evident that collision was inevitable.
The boats collided with considerable force
and the overlapping guard of the New Jer-
sey boat crushed the guard rail on the
port side of the Cincinnati. The New Jer-
sey was uninjured. No one was hurt.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10

Buried deep in the sands at the edga
of Spring Lake near Grand Haven, Mich.s
says the Chicago Evening Post, lies the
hull of the old sloop Porcupine, which was
battle of Lake Erie. The old boat is near
ly gone. She has lain there since 1873.
when she went out of service, and was
beached by a gang of men who tried to rig
her up as a lumber lugger. d. NJ. Ferry
later a United States senator from Michi+
gam owned the land where the discourA
aged sailors flung the hull, and he left her
sand. She is just at the end of one of his
docks now; but he knew the honorable
part she had played, and while ne lived
he refused to move her.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
OF ATTEMPTING ASSAULT.
Husband of a Woman From Whom
He Is Separated Causes an Arrest.

He Is Separated Causes an Arrest.
Atlanta, Ga, Dec. &C. Y. Henderson,
a highly connected young man, was bound
over by Justice Landrum this afternoon.
charged with attempting to commit an
assault upon the person of Mrs. IL. c. TIL
den
The warrant upon which Henderson was
tried was sworn out by II. c. Tilden, the
woman's husband. The attempt is said to
have been made in Russelrs photograph
gallery on Whitehall street last Tuesday.
This morning Mr.. Tilden went before
Judge Landrum and swore out the war
rant, and a bailiff later on arrested Hen
derson. Henderson was given a prelim,
mary hearing, and Judge Landrum bound
him over to appear before the superior
court under a bond of $780, which he readi-
~ gave.
Although Tilden is not living with his
wife, when he heard of the occurrence, he
very promptly took legal steps TO bring
the defendant TO justice.
Henderson has for a long time been book
keeper for the Southern Home Building
and Loan Association, and Tilden is en-
ployed at the American Printing and En-
craving Company. Henderson is of splen-
did family and declares his innocence.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
New Depot at Wnycross.

Waycross, Ga, Dec. 9.-The new freight
depot, including the old and new transfer
sheds, will be ready for use before Jan. l.
and when completed win aggregate SCI feet
in length. The warehouse proper is pix
81 feet, exclusive of the platform. There
are platforms on either side extending the
full length of the warehouse under shell
ter The offices will occupy the east end
as follows: Agents, 1O5I12; lobby, Slkxl2
cashiers, 10Xl2; yard masters, 10Xl2; oper-
ators and freight 1Sx33 feet. J. d. Weed
is the contractor and builder. and his SON
in-law II. II. Olmsted, is superintendent
in charge,