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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31

The Theriot murder case of Came.
ron parish which came before the
district court of Leesburg last week
goes over for ONE year on the ruling
Of Jukge Read sustaining ATTORNEYS
for defense who moved to quash the
jury venire for the reason that the
jury box which contained the names
of the jurors for the week was not
kept locked as required by law. :
Lake Charles Tribune.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31

G. G. Duson, who has been at
Washington City for several weeks,
representing the rice, sugar and Inn.
Der interests Of Southwestern Louis.
lana before Congress, has published
a letter Withdrawing his support
from Capt. A. 7. Wimberly, for
collector Of the port at New Or.
leans. His reasons for go doing are
that so much anlagonisln and dis
satisfaction have been shown, thai
the appointment Of Capt. Wimberly
to that position would endanger IL
not dismenber the Republican In
terests in Lnuisiana.-Signal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31
Go To
..lEg!Il.. T.. YnunI,
BARBER GmDP,
For an easy Shave or a Trim
Hair Cut. Next to the Rack
ct Store on Port street.
a Gard.
New Orleans, La, May 81, 1897.

New Orleans, La, May 81, 1887.
Having been informed that reports
are being circulated in Vermilion par
ish that Rose Hill Planting & Refining
Co.'S Ltd mill and factory would MOI
run or purchase cane this season 1870
and that such reports are being used %
iniure said factory, We take this meth,
cd of informing the public that sald
Rose Hill factory will operate this sea-
son. Mr.. Putnam, secretary OF Rose
Hill Planting &c Refining Co.. Lpo,
has completed arrangements with Us,
which assures the factory working Y
its full capacity during grinding season
of 1878.
WIN. HENDERSON,
S. GUMBEL & GO.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31

We are pleased to find on our
table the Evening telegram, a spright,
ly daily of New Orleans. 1t had
the misfortune Of being burnt out al
the Gaucbe fire, losing e fine plant
without a cent of insurance. Judge
Herman, its plucky editor soon Sc.
cured another outfit and is running
regularly again.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31

Charles Martin, a merchant Of
~Plaqnemine has been indicted for
nm der. he having shot and killed
Vinecazo Sirchia in a passenger
coach Of the Il. & P. road at Plaque.
nine, on May 90, for despoiling the
happiness OF his home, while The
grand jury has seen ft to fnd a true
bill against Mr.. Martin it is not be-
lleved that a jury can be found that
will convict him. This il as 1t
should be, Sirchia undoubtedly de-
ssrved to be killed and no jury viii
conTict his slayer. We are pleased
to see that the grand jury did not
evade their duty, as the coroner's
jury did and attempt to whitewash
the affair with a finding Of killed
by some unknown person."
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31

The committee appointed for ii.
purpose Of raising funds for the nev
Catholic church at Rayne, has dec;-
ded to secure a part Of this monev ],
least by means of races to be held
on Sunday, September 5. Thew v;ll
be held on Aladdin Leblanc's trail,
one mile east Of Rayne. The adnjs.
sion will be buta small : Sic.
nal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31

Mr.. Ferguson the contractor +.
the water works aud electric M.
plant was in Lafayette Wednesa,.
and Thursday and signed the sloaoe
bond required. Mr.. Ferguson j.,
the material is already purchased ana
work will begin at the earliest no..
sible date.-Advertiser.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31

Texas is now in the throes Of !
terrible heat wave. In Austin Last
Tuesday the thermometer stood al
l08 degrees, while in Dallas, on tha
same day the Thermometer reached
lo7, and a despatch says : aMany
work horses have been prostrated,
and several men have become 81.
hausted, but nobody killed. There
were thunder clouds last night and
to-day, but little rain. The whole
country is suffering for moisture
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31

The New Iberia State Bank has
opened its doors, with J. P. Suber-
belle as cashier. New Iberia boasts
of three banks two national and
one State. and this is an evidence oil
the steady growth aud prosperity Of
the metropolis Of Southwest Louis,
lana.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31

The latest foreign news is to the
effect that Spain and Japan have
Just formed on alliance offensive and
defensive against the United States,
on account of the prospects of the
prospects Of trouble over Cuba and
Hawaii.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31
New Rice.

The first two sacks of new rice
were received over the Southern
Pacific Railroad Thursday, consign-
ed to T. Lanaux & Sons, and as no
mill was in operation the rice was
sent to No 239 Decatur street to
be milled on the new Barnard"
plantation mill, the inventor of
which is Philip Rahm, of this city.
The rice weighed 4l8 pounds in the
rongh and was milled in the presence
of all the rice millers and buyers at
10 o'clock yesterday. The results
were as follows 96 yield. 10 lbs.
Of bran and polish combined, mixing
an even yield of the bran and polish
and rice combined of 1862 pounds to
a barrel OF rough rice, rough weigh.
ing 1862 pounds. or, in other words,
there was no loss whatever in the
milling.
This rice was milled on a machine
recently invented by Mr.. Rahm,
known % the Plantation rice mill,
using electric motor as power. The
rice was offered on the open ex-
change at IL o'clock Yesterday by
Frank Delery, the broker, for I.
Lanaux & Sons, aud brought 8 cents
per pound, having been purchased by
|. Bloom & Sons.
The rice was milled by the process
known az straight milling, without
anything being taken out of it by
screens, such as is usually done by
modern mills, and known as No. 2
and X.
The machine is cow In the store
at No. 239 Decatur street, aud can
oe started at a moments notice hy
any one desiring to see the machine
run. Philip Rahm has been closely
identified with the rice milling inter.
est for o number of years, being the
patentee and inventor Of all moiera
machinery that is now in use in rice
milling.
The process by which this rice
was milled is as follows The rice
FIRST caters the machiue ia The rough
state, as coming from the plantation.
it then passes through a cylinder re
volving 500 revolutions per minute.
which removes the huil, or chat,
which is ground into bran. Frem
there it enters a fan that remo9es
all the chaf, or partially huiie3
grains. thence into a brush, Or poi,ah
er, where the polish is put on HE
rice, and all of the remaining for
eign matter discarded, thence into O
suction fan, that removes all of the
polish ard Impurities remaining up
to the 6nal finish, discharging the
rice in a merchantable shape, which
is done by no other machine known.
This machine is solely the invention
Of a New Orleans man. and has been
adopted by all of the rice mills with
the exception Of one in the State Of
MISUNDERSTANDING, July 10.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31
The LabOres. Is Worthy of His
Hire.

Hire
Public bodies in carrying ont their
ideas Of retrenchment and reform are
accustomed to select the poor printer
or some underling as the objects of
their economy. He is go %habituated
to half pay that he ear stand it. The
city council of Donaldsonville we
arc pleased to notice are more in &C
cord with the intelligence and JUS
tice Of the present age and when it
becomes necessary to give out the
public printing they did not seek
some one who would do the work
for nothing and give a cheap chrome
for the privilege, but exercising that
ample discretion SO wisely conferred
upon them by law they selected a
man to do the work at a fair price
and elected Bro. Bentley, Of the
Chief at a salaty Of $500 per year.
In mentioning the circumstance the
White Castilian expresses the fol-
lowing sound sentiments "The
Donaldsonville Times is jumping on
to the city council and the Chief for
the former body awarding and the
latter accepting the contract for the
city printing at 500 a year, when
as the Times claims, the work could
have been done for $25. While it
is no affair of ours, we believe the
council did the right thing in award.
ing the printing to the Chief even If
they do pay SIS more than the
Times was willing to do it for Mr..
Bentley has beeh the official printer
of the town and parish for a number
Of years, during most of which time
his was the only paper in the town
or parish, and be might have de-
manded and received higher pay for
such work than he contracted to do
it for, bat he would not take adsan-
tagc of the situation, being satisfied
with reasonable pay and did the
work honestly and faithfully. Why
the Times or any other paper, or, in
fact any individual should take a
contract for a piece of work, worth
500, for $25, is more than we can
see. The official printing of the
smallest incorporated in the State is
worth 800 a year and when Mr..
Bentley does the work for the town
of Donaldsonville, at that figure, for
q whole year, he certainly earns the
money"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31

Some of the journals ara lsudly
crying, anent the constitutional con-
ventiou Keep the politicians
out!" Why, bless you, that is; just
what we don't want to do. Wooster
defines a politician as one yersel in
the sciences Of government, and
these are the very kind of men we
want to build up a good, practical
constitution. Keep The ringsteF and
trickster out, political or whstnot.
but when you find an honest, e5mpe.
tent man for the place, politician or
not, send him along; he is the hind
0 fman needed BienviIle Bell,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31
Saturday, July 81, 1897.

Charles A. Dana, perhaps the
ablest jourEalis, in America, is seri-
oualy i'll at his summer home, West
Island Dosoris. Mr., Dana is Is
years old.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31

To Palestine, Texas, there are. two
electric light companies doing kusi-
ness, and recently have been fighting
each other and cutting rates. We
have received a schedule of prices
charged by one company l%odlted
there, but with all the competition
they do not come down to Alekan-
dria figures. For instance /: 5 lights,
commercial rate, in Palestine, sp to
midnight, cost 1925: in Alexandria
the same number of lights, came
time, cost 1925. This is about the
proportion all the way through, SO
Palestine people, with competing
companies, pay nearly double ghat
Alexandrians do.-Town Talks
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31
Gratiffed at Last.

| ~
In what a world Of change We
live! This time last year our any
ious eyes we're turned Northeast,
Our solicitude, our reverence, oar
hope, converged upon that smsl1
point known as Buzzard's Bay, whese
the prophet of ecstasy stood upon
the wild sea bank and communed
with the only quantity he has eVsr
been known to meet on equal terLis,
We refer, of course, to nature. Only
a year ago. the daily newspapers
were filled with bulletins of Gray
Gables doings. A fervent nation
yearned for information as to Mr.
C'eveland's hourly proceedings
when be called on Joseph Jefferson,
when he embarked in his broa6-
buttoned boat to go fishing. whenahe
locked the front gate on Hon. Isl
dore Stratus, when he distilled ct
mosphere for Thurber's recuperati>5u,
and all the rest of it. We had to
know how many times Mrs. Cleye-
land drove into the village, what kbe
wore on each occasion, whether the
moss-bnnkers churned up into good
bait, and whether the prophet was
suitably protected against snake
bites. If, each morning, VIC didn't
hear about the Clevelands, down to
the very smallest item Of their do
ings, we felt that a day had hsen
wasted and that life would not be
tolerable for at least twenty-fou
hours to come.
Now one never hears of Buzzard's
Bay. W. doubt whether ten human
beings in the whole country-of
course, excepting the handful Of
lackeys and idolaters who a not
change-so much az think of En-
Yards Bay. Eight Of ten persons
yon meet have forgotten what State
it belongs TO, and the other two
don't care. Nobody asks how the
fish are biting on the Massachusetts
coast, Nobody longs for news oil
Thurber's luck in gathering angle
worms. There is an utter and an Fab
solute transformation in everything
that went to make up the situation
of twelve months ago. If Mr.. Clsve.
land reallv meant what be said w!en
he used to sigh for peace and rT'st,
for escape from the turmoil of public
life, and Tor a refuge where pursuit
and solicitation could never reach
him more. be must be a happy u,an
to-day. He no longer needs a sSnti.
mel at his outer gate or watGhful
guardians within the premises. I'VE
venture to assert that there is no in-
diyidual within the boundaries OF the
Union less sought, less prosecuted by
attentions, less consulted, for ceun-
sci and advice than Grover Clgve-
land, of Buzzard's Bay, New Eng
and.-Washington Star. I
- NV
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31

A recent despatch from Kentucky
says :: "Miss Fannie WiIkey, aged
% years, and Fred Triechel, 80
years, were united 10 marriage at
the home of the bride, near Cadiz.
Trigg county, last evening. The
bride aud groom bave each been
married ard divorced twice; the
bride has two divorced husbands
living, and the groom two divorced
wives. and each of these divorced
husbands and wives have two di
vorced husbands and wives living.
Neither Triechel 10 Miss Wilkey
has ever had any children"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31

Nine months ago thousands OF
w%orkingmen were gathered up by
railroads aud transported free OF
charge to McKinley's portico in
Canton to receive bis pledges Of i'm
mediate relief If he should be elected.
Four months after his Inauguration
and eight months after his election
between 100000 and 100000 OF
these workingmen stand idle about
the factories and the mines which
have beer closed down, or from
which they have been driven by re-
duced wages.-L Louisville Dispatch.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31

HE is lynched because his victim
should not be allowed the further
humiliation of detailing a crime
which she can hardly whisper to her
husband or breathe to her parents.
He is lynched brcause of the conyic-
ton in the public mind that this is
the most effectual way of preventing
o repetition of the %offense. He is
lynched not because lynchers have
less regard for law and order, but
because they have more concern for
the sanctity of home and the protec.
tion of its inmates. To attempt a
correction of such a sentiment by
statute would prove as futile as an
effort to overcome the fury Of the
cyclone or to prevent the lightning
flashes from the stormcload.n
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-31

Editor j. NJ. Weeks, of the
Weekly Iberian has determined 10
change from a weekly to a morning
daily. While we admire Bro.
Weeks pluck and energy in giving
New Iberia a morning daily we fear
the move is injudiclous. To begin
with the bulk of the population OF
New iberia do not belong to the
reading class and the merchants
have a decided modesty which pre-
vents them from using printers ink.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23
DIED.


COOK.-On the goth instant, Madeleine
NJ, infant daughter Of Arthur and
Margaret Cook, aged 10 months.
CoLTON.-On April 10, 1897, John s.,
son of Catherine and the late +. b.
Cotton, aged 26 years.
COUDON.-In this city, on the 18th
instant, Christopher J. Coudon, aged
67 years.
DAYETT. EARLY on Easter Sunday,
April IS, 1897, Eliza Hendrickson,
only daughter of Nathan H. and
Sarah Il. Dayett-
DUGAN-In Brandywine, Del, on the
goth instant, John ", son of the late
John and Mary Dugan, aged % years.
Relatives and friends are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral on Friday
morning, April %, at 8 o'clock, from
his late residence, Walkers Banks,
near Henry Clay, Del. High mass at
St. Joseph's Church. Interment St,
Josephs Cemetery.
FILE.-In this city, on April 10, 1897
Joseph File, aged q years.
GARDNER.-In G this city, on April IS
Miss Mary Gardner
HARRINGTON.--ln this city, April II
1897, John T., son Of Dennis j. Har'
rington, aged 20 years.
KELLEY.-Thomas A. Kelley, aged S!
years, son of John and Mary Kelley
of 519 Pine street, died on Tuesday
morning.
MINTIRE.-On April II, 1897, Ed
ward, only son Of Charles and Carri,
S. Mcntire, aged 2 years and
months
RAYLMAN.-In this city, on April Is
1897, Benjah Raylman, aged 81 years
! RALSTON. Entered into rest, Apri
II, 1897, Mary n. Ralston.
! STIBER.-In this city, on April 20
1897 Mary Ann, widow Of Otto Sti
ber, aged 63 years.
WORK.-Near Newport, Del, on Apri
10, 1897, Harriet l., wife of Stidhan
Work, aged q years.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23
MARRIED.

-BECK.-At the resi-
dence of the brides parents, No. 5l7
West Third street, Wilmington, OH
Wednesday, April 21, 1897. by Rev.
A. n. Keigwin, ID. d., Thomas Dom
aldson and Frances Beck, both Of
Wilmington.
H-WARRICK.-At the I'm
ion NJ +. parsonage, No. sos Wash
ington street, on Wednesday evening,
April 21, 1897, William +. Griffith, Of
Baltimore, Md, and Miss Clara War
rick, Of New Castle, Del.
KIMBLE-WILLIAMS.-At No. 7O3
West Seventh street, Wilmington, on
Wednesday evening, April 21, 1897,
by Rev. Louis e. Barrett, Robert l.
Kimble, of Elizabeth, N. j., and Fan
ME T. Williams, of Wilmington.
D-WELCH.-At their resi-
dence No. 1852 West Fourth street
on Wednesday, April q, 1897, by Rev
a. ~ Keigwin, ID. D., Benjamin F.
Millard and Dorothy Welch, both OF
Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
A CnNFERENCE Hold.

The officials of the Wilmington City
Railway Company, the Board of Trade
committee, which was appointed to CO.
operate in devising some plan for bet
tering the street railway facilities, and
Peter j. Ford held a conference last
night, and the matter Of securing the
much-needed improvements will be
amicably settled. The railway officials
admitted that thecondition Of the Front
street line was not of the best, but
hoped to extend the line and put it in
good condition. This was satisfactory
to the committee and Mr.. Ford.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23
TO MAKE ITALIAN DELICACIES.
MEASURE TO INCORPORATE A
NEW INDUSTRY FOR WHINING
TON-OTHER SENATE AFFAIRS.

STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal
Dover. April Ex-senator Pyle intro
ducel the bill to incorporate the
Delaware Food Company of Whining
ton James Frank Mccoy, George G..
Morton. John Pyle, Joseph p. Pyle,
John ~ Carswoll, David Mccoy and
Winneld S. Quigley are the incorpora-
tors. The capital stock is 100000 with
power to increase to 500, 900. The OBJ
ject of the company is to manufacture
and sell macarOni, vcrmicelii,
spaghetti and other food products, and
to bay and sell and deal in -four, feed
grain, hay and other merchandise; and
tho said company may erect. construct,
operate and maintain such machinery,
devices and appliances as are necessary
TO the proper conduct of its business.
The Senate passed the House bill to
divorce Edward S. and Carrie Il.
Compton, of Sussex county.
THEY SAVE A FEE.
The Senate passed the Senate bill to
vacate a portion Of Old Ferry road, in
Wilmington, and the House bin 20 in
corporate the Delaware Park and
Amusement Company, with an amend.
ment making IL a public act thereby
saving TO the incorporators the eX-
ponse of q certified copy of the act.
FAVORs THE LOAN.
senator Pyle has received from on,
Of the largest property owners in th'
csy Of Wilmington the following lcttel
advocating the passage of the bill au
thorizing The Mayor and Council I,
borrow Sl25,000:
Dear Sir: In regard to the bill per
hitting the Street and Sewer Depart
ment to borrow S125,G00, while it is al
important question how far the cit
should extend its credit. yet so mucl
depends upon the improvements 10 b
made with this money, that IL seems q
me to be good business TO grant IN
power to the city 10 make the loan. w
all feel the importance of Silverbroo
sewer. and the collateral sewers con
Meeting with it on Union, Lincoln an
other streets in the southwestern pan
of the city are equally important a
all that section Is clay sub-Eoil an
when cellars are dug they held Wate
like a cup. The cellars OF houses no
Evening journal., 1897-04-23
J. WARREN BULLEN,
Boston One-Price
CLOTHING HOUSE.

The old reliable, where You get
one hundred cents worth for your
dollar.
Mems Business Suits So, Sc, 81
and s..
Youths Suits from 81 to the
best in the market. We invite our
friends and old customers to call
and see us.
John S. Jones, cutter; II. w.
Chairs, salesman; J. Warren Bull
len, prop.
Al have been employed a number
Of years with the old firm.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23

built there are wet, so that their value
for dwellings is very much deprecated
THE section over Washington street
bridge is similarly situated and will
need sewers before improvements can
be made there. And the approaches to
the overhead bridges of the b. & o. rail-
road IL will be absolutely necessary 10
make. including retaining walls, etc.
For these reasons ! think it is wise to
pass the BIN referred to, and trust that
Won will ia vOr il"
Evening journal., 1897-04-23
EPwoRTH CHOIR TO REPEAT.

The choir of Epworth M. e. Church
will repeat its Easter music on Sunday
night. The singing of this choir on
Easter was unusually fine, and special
requests have been made that the Sc
lections be repeated The following
numbers will be sung:
"The Lord is Risen Indeed" Billings
king Of Kings" ".............S .Simper
Anthem, Christ Has Won the Vic
tory y............. .............H Herbert
Anthem, Awake Thou That Sleep
est ..... ...... ... &c. go. Gabriel
Anthem, Victory Over Death"
Fillmore
Last Sunday there was an immense
crowd at Epworth, and next Sunday
night there promises to be another
large audience. In addition to the mu-
sic by the choir there will be a con-
gregational song service and sermon
by the pastor, Rev. f. Burgette Short.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23
vi u N Y ON s

Improved Homeopathic Home Rem
edy Company put up a separate cure
for each disease. At all druggists,
mostly 25 cents. Guide to Health free.
Munyon's Dental Department. Com
plete In every respect. Teeth extracted
free No extortionate charge for any
service.
Personal letters to Prof. Munyon,
1905 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa, an
swered with free medical advice for
any disease.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23
CHEAP EXCURSION RATES TO
NEW YORK VIA BALTIMORE AND
OJTO n II

For the dedication Of the Grant
monument, April q. the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad Will sell tickets from
Wilmington to New York on April 26
and y at S317 for the round trip, good
to return until May 4. The Royal Blue
Line trains are the handsomest in the
world.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23

Munyon's Cold Cure cures colds in the
head, colds on the lungs, old colds, new
colds and obstinate colds, and all forms
of grip. Stops sneezing, discharges from
the nose and eyes, prevents catarrh,
diphtheria, pneumonia and all throat
and lung troubles. These pleasant lit
tie pellets are absolutely harmless, have
saved thousands of lives and prevented
much sickness. Price 25c.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23

A right new line of fire
quality all-wool mixed Cloths,
SO inches wide, very suitable
for Spring Coats and Capes
and Boys Suits-$I.25 and
$I.5o per yard.
A rub or two every day
with our celebrated Flashskin
Cloth will keep every thing in
the house bright as a new dol
lar. Flashskin Is a specially
prepared polishing cloth, half
a yard square, which will
handsomely polish everything
made Of wood, metal or glass
PGce, two for IS cents
VIM Is. SHARP & CO.