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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-01-20

Hs sido eiecto presidenta del Senado Fran
c65 Mr.. L0ubet, pre5idente del Consejo de
Ministries en- Francia.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-01-20

Glen comprada.
Mira ese gach6 dice IN golfo & otro-
la pipa fnma y el es ell que Sc cnlota.
Entire amigos:
i Y til ito como sigue9
NAL, muy mai.
-Siempre dices 10 misno
ST, hace veinte afIos que esta exhalando
ell Gltimo suspiro nunca acaba de rematar
la suerte.
Entre anna criada
-sNo te avergiienzss9-dice la primera
-lDejarte abrazar Por I'm guardia civil!
-SPhora contesta la famula-la ley pro-
hbe resistirse la Jt4erza ptlblica.
CANTARES DE UN SOLDADO
Cuando tarda mi teniente
en- darnos Ia voz de jfuegoi
quisiera Wolverine Jefe
para QaitarLe eZ empLeo!
iMorena del alma mia!
eran cinco contra mi.
de SECURE que me matan
sino me Gcuer00 de tU
ST hijos de la Patria somos
usfa un serVidor,
con Ell permiso de usfa...
somos heTmo7aOS los dosi
ALFONSO ToBAR.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-01-20
DON CARLOS

Dice desde Venecia que Espafa debe usar
de toda su energia para resistir la PROPOSE
ci6n de los.yaI KEGS.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-01-20
INDULTO

Sc espera IL an mplisimo indulto con mot
: sdel pr6ximo az to de S NJ. ell r J.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-01-20

De Oomerfo nos esoriben que los sprscia
bles esposos don Amadeo y dcna Rita de-
T0ro rasan por le peDa de haber perdido
una de sus hijas, de poco8 meses de edad
Les acompa flames en- su justo duelo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-01-20
S CN ET O

ALBERTO CAsANAL.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-01-20
DE MANILA

Dicen que e. general Poavisja prepara IN
gran plan naval J terrestre, cuyas combina
clones daran poI reEultado la pronta feli2
pacifcaci6n del archipelago filipino.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-01-20

El AyuptamieIt0 de Cisles ha reb&tsdo G
aueldo del alcslde 4 tres mil pesos.
7echa la economic en- beDefcio de les Cbra
municipalss
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-01-20

BUEN NEGOCIO-S Sc vepden seis mulas
domadas, sanas de tres aflos dos caballos
de buen paso, f7ertes y que pueden servir
tambi6n para eoche, seis yupta8 de bue-
yes .-Digir5e en- Ponce al que sUscribe.- 10
Sc j. USe9a Diciembye 21 de 1895.-1. 70. G.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-01-20
IN E X @ Ell SIS

LUPERC1o LEONARDO DE ARGENsolA.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-01-20

Sc COMPRAN cuarenta vacas paridas
que sean abundantes en- leche echo yuntas
de bueyes. es.-ANTONIO CABAN4s As
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02
Death of an Old Citizen,

After an illness of several days,
PIERRE DUvAL DUPUY, one of The
pioneer merchants of the town died
at his home at $50 O'Clock Tuesday
evening. Mr.. Dupuy was a native
of Iberville parish. and resided for
awhile in Plaquemine, from whence
he removed to Abbeville sometime
in 1853. He was a druggist by
profession, and was in business here
for several years with the late DR..
E. d. Young. He afterwards en-
barked in The general mercantile
business and for the last twenty
years had occupied the same stand
on Port street near the Catholic
church. He was also at one time
clerk of the district court. He
leaves a sister Miss Eugene Dupny,
Of New Orleans. two sons, Fred and
Louis. and two married daughters.
one of whom lives in Franklin. the
other In Illinois. His funeral which
took place from the Catholic church
90 WEDNESDAY evening was largely
attended.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02
Talking Rank Nonsense.

This is a free country. One OF
the living evidences of that freedom
is the privilege enjoyed by every
in the community to shoot
off his mouth" at any aud all times
and upon all subjects regardless of
what he knows about the matter.
The value of an opinion is always
measured by the acquaintance of its
author with The question under dis
cussion. John L. Sullivan's opinion
ion a knock out blow" would be of
some Importance but We don't imag-
inc much value would attach to his
views on the cuneiform characters on
a BabyloniaH brick.
1t is a fact greatly to be deplored
that yellow fever exists in ar epi-
demic form 10 New Orleans. It has
been so pronounced by every reputa.
BILE physician in that city and many
Of them, like Drs. Holt, Chaille and
Tonatre and Others have q national
reputation for their knowledge of
the disease. This being the case it
is sheer idiocy for a lot Of scribblers
and curbstone orators to worry the
people with their opinion" The
City Item is just nov engaged in the
task of proving that there is no yell
low fever in New Orleans, aud the
more it talks the fact develops the
stronger thatit knows as much about
yellow fever as it does about purity
In politics.
Our neighbor the Iberian also
publishes the following from some
fellow who knows it all :
"In regard to the yellow fever in
the city, | havn't heard much about
it and if il wasn't for the paper I
wouldn't know that there was fever.
Two-thirds Of the people don't know
anything about it, and as for myself
Il don't think there is any fever IN
the city. The people don't believe
the papers so you can see how the
city is on the subject"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02
Who Is He?
attended

A member of the Louisiana Office
seeking contingent now located 10
Washington recently wrote 10 a
friend in this section Il must re-
main here until the president returns
and am growing short Of funds. If
you have any free silver certificates
the Z or XXX denomination let 'em
come this way; they will keep me at
the pie counter. I am now rooming
on one of the government benches in
Agricultural park. The doors are
always open. Call and e me-
Donaldsonville Chief.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02
OF LOUISIANA Parish
of VormiIinn-JFth Ina;;.I nj.

STATE OF LOUISIANA Parish
of VermiIion-l7ih judicial Dis
trict Coart-No. 335.
Succession Of Marie NJ. CIotio.
Notice is hereby given TO all par
ties Interested 10 said Succession, or
having any opposition to make To-
he tableau Of debts and charges.
fled by Jules j. Simon, tntor, al.
m.rtisiefing the aforesaid succession
10 file the same in writing ii he
Office Of the clerk Of the district
court within ten days from the date
hereof.
Given under nv official signature
this 18th day IF September. 1891.
ALCIDE LEBLANC,
Clerk oil Court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02

The Opelousas Courier has begun
the 45th volume of its issue. 1t was
founded December IL, 1852. We
have always felt a sort Of kinship
for the Courier as one of its found.
ers the late Joel 81. Sandoz and the
father Of our publisher, George W.
Addison we're associated in tho pub
LEGATION of the Opelousas Gazette to
which the Courier became the snc-
csssor upon Ills death which occurred
December /, 1852. We are glad TO
see that the Courier has weathered
the storm of over a third of a GEN.
tury and hope it will become q
ce~ntenarian.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02

10 answer to- correspondent The
New Orleans Picayune gives the
following information about The yell
low fever epidemic 10 that city 10
1878: The first case occurred on
the 25ih of May. In the month Of
May there were 2 deaths; in June,
none; July, SO; August, e74; Sep
TENDER, 1898; October, 1914; Mo-
vember, 80; December, 8. Total
deaths, 4056.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02

Cot off from the world by quaran.
tine, with only three mails q week
we are lost for news Of what is going
on. However we are more fortunate
than our neighbors to the westward,
from Lafayette to the Texas line, for
they have no communication what
ever with the rest of the world.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.
E. /. ADDISON, Publisher
Saturday, October 2, 1897.

The bridge at Perry is a sort OF
white elephant on the hands of the
parish. It was run into by a barge
sometime ago and badly damaged.
Then the schooner Emma ran into it
and was damaged $500 worth 80 the
owners claim, and now the question
is how to pay this demand.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Parish of Vermilion,
17th Judicial District Court.
Succession Of Meance Bonlek,
No. 333.

Hf&3
Notice is hereby given to all whom
It may concern, including the heirs
OF said succession. to make opposi-
ton, if the. think fit, within ten
days from the day 10 which this
notice is published, showing the rea-
son # any they have. why the tahleau
of classification Of debts and charges
against said succession and of distri.
button among the creditors, fled NJ
Etlna Gironard, administrative Of
said succession should not be aDs
proved and homolegated.
Given under my hand and seal 81
court this I'd day Of October, 1897.
ALcTDE LEBLANC,
Clerk of Court.
Bronssard & Ktchell. attys.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02

a result the OLD population nave leIl
the country, and q new people came
in to possess The land. These new
people will possess the land until .
new class who can work still closer,
and live on much less like the Hnns
or Chinese) come in when they will
displace the present population as
the present population displaced the
former. How soon this will take
place, 30 one can tell, but that it
will happen is quite evident.
Charlton Village. is not as good a
| place as it was fifty years ago in the
matter OF business. There is less
business there now, and fewer stores
aud shops, hat the houses are neater
and more tasty. There are no more
houses or residences in the village
than City years ago. There are no
horses. cows or hogs to be seen IN
the streets running at large. There
are no fences TO the yards in front OF
the houses. The flower beds and
grass plots come out to the sidewalks
and you seem to be walking along
The borders Of a flower garden rather
than a street 10 a town. The Elm
shade trees along the streets which
were small when I was last there.
and rave bat little shade, are now
great trees stretching their limbs
across streets and shading the whole
street as we'll as the houses. ut all
this village there remain but two
persons, I ever knew, and one OF
them is old and insane, go | did not
see him. The other was a hale old
man who was a boy when ! first
knew him, his name is Heaton. and
he runs o wagon makers and black
smith business. | went into his shop
AID began talking to him az though
we were well acquainted. He seem.
ed puzzled and did not know just
what to say, when / said .you don't
seem to recognize me-" He replied
~ don't, unless you are Edwards !
told him that was my name, when ne
grasped my hand with q hearty
shake, and long was the conference
we held together. He gave me the
history of Charlton since my de-
partnre. / also visited the ceme-
terry where lie my mothers ances-
tors, the Rogers family, for two gen.
erations. The oldest monuments are
oil red stone, the later ones Of mar
BILE, and the latest of granite. On
an old red stone slab / read I'm
memory Of David end Jane, son and
daughter Of John and Nancy Rogers
David departed this life May 8,
1779, aged 5 years, 4 months and %
days. and Jane August 2, 1881, aged
2 years, 5 months aud 8 days.
Anon. W. W. 3.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02

The Lafayette Gazette affects to
poke fun at the quarantine regula-
tons Of Abbeville, because, they al
low liquors and a few Lin fact a
great many other articles to ENTER
Now in truth our regulations are
the most liberal Of any Of the sur
rounding towns. We have not got
the quarantine scare 10 bad that We
lock up drummers in a a without
food or water. we do not run coun-
try doctors out Of town followed BY
a bowling mob. nor do we throttle
commerce by stopping all railroad
trains. You see!
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02

The CASE of the three young mig
gers Paul Davis, Adam Bernard and
Casimir Edwards, for shooting With
intent TO murder, was tried Wednes.
day and resulted in the conviction OF
the three accused. District Attor-
ney Gordy prosecuted in this case
with his accustomed vim and charac-
teristic skill.-Lafayette Gazette.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02
Notice of Pardon.

Notice is hereby given 10 the pub
lie that | am now applying for
pardon from a sentence 10 The State
Penitentisry. Jules VILLEJoIN.
Sept. Is, 1897
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02
TAKEN UP.

a spotted white and black boar
about one year old, 10 to ID inches
high. Has been running about the
place some two weeks. Owner can
obtain same on paying costs.
W. z. EDWARDS.
Sept. 4, 81.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02
House foH. Rent.

The cottage recently occupied by
W. O. Pipes may be rented upon
application to DR.. w. D. White.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02
DOTS BY THE WAY.
CHARLTON, Saratoga Co. N. Y. I
Sept. I, 1897. !


Gregor. After an absence of forty.
three years | once more stand be.
fore the door Of the dear old home !
The house still stands, but is vacant.
No friendly greeting is heard. "Oh .
for the touch of a vanished hand,
for the sound of a voice that is STILL"
but no hand is o~utstretched, or voice
heard. The sun shines bright, the
air is cool and pleasant, but all is
silent. The door yard fence is gone,
the tall grass and burr-docks -four
ish in the yard, and decay and de-
lapidation are everywhere present.
Many Of the outbuildings are en-
tirely gone. Even the old saw mill
and grist mill which stood just across
the creek by the end of the red
bridge are gone, scarcely a vestige
remains. The old stone dam across
the creek, and the mill pond, in
which as a boy | used to battle are
gone. Here my maternal great
grand father in the year TIT broke
the silence OF the forest with the
sound of the white mans axe, aud
built the mills that for a century and
more, sawed the lumber and ground
the wheat and corn Of the surround
ing country. Here In my boyhood
days was always to DO heard the
steady hum OF the milestone and the
crunching OF the saw. The farm
house and barns alone remain, with
of stone fences, from which
the CHEEKY "chirr" of the chipmuck is
heard no more. The orchards are
gone and desolation alone seems to
survive. This property after re-
naming ID our family for one hun
bred years or more now belongs to a
stranger from the Emerald Isle,
and is classed among the abandoned
farms of New England and New
York Of which there are many. The
doors are fastened and the bIlnds
closed, but / looked through the lat
tice into the dear old rooms 80
faniliar-they look just as they did
forty- three years ago when | last
saw them. The fire places and man
tells, just the some, even the paperiDg
on the walls of some of the rooms is
the same as | left it. | could go all
over the old house from cellar to
garnet the darkest night without
light or assistance, so familiar isit all
within, bnt without all is changed.
[ sat on the old horse block where
the gate used to be, aud looked at.
the passers by, for at least one ia
miliar face, but not one appeared,
all were strangers and all regarded
me as a stranger from no one knew
where. | was a stranger in the land
of my birth, no one knew me, Dor did
| know any one. Of all the old
neighbors on the neighboring farms
not one remained, all dead or re-
moved to distant places. Ia the vii
lage cemetery / read the names Of
many Of them on the marble slabs,
Dust to dust, ashes to ashesp' But
this my boyhood's home was not the
house in which / was born, that was
on the farm adjoinging both Of which.
belonged to the family. This place
was occupied and the house had been
remodeled and rebuilt 10 part so that
Il did not look much like the old
I drank from the old well
once more and the water was as
cold and as good as it used to be IN
childhood, although a pump replaced
the "Old Oaken Bucket, the moss
nnunrnd hnnLot 4hn4 h.nn l. L.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02

Two days of mirth, merriment, re-
creation and pastime at the Great Scott
Church Fair and World Exposition,
Scott, La, Oct. 9-l0th.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02


The 18th Judicial Court convened
Monday, Judge 9. Debaillon presi-
ding. The Grand Jury was inn
panelled and Henry Fournet chosen
foreman. The docket for this term
will be tedious and lengthy but the
cases will be of a light character.
The Judges charge to the grand
jury was brief and called special at
tention to concealed weapons and
duties of road overseers and all able
bodied citizens concerning parish
road work.--Lafayette Advertiser.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02
ROMAN FRANCE,
RI. s. DEPUTY SURVEYOR.

Parties desiring lands surveyed
will be promptly accommodated upon
applying to Simouet Leblanc or Y
NJ. Beauxis. at AbbeyiIle, or By W.T.
ting me at Careucro. Louisiana.
Ang. 2l-'97.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02

The Republican Idea very gravely
asserts that only Republican sena-
tors will oppose the confirmation oil
Demas as naval officer. Yo Gods,
Moody, what ails ye? This Amt
Cleveland, if you please, but the
great glo rious and immaculate Nc
Kinley. OF course your pet theory
OF allowing the negro to vote but
denying him the right to hold office
would necessarily demand this course
but the plan has not yet been en-
braced in the Republican articles of
faith, and on the dead quiet We tell
you ii never will be.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-02
NOTICE.

The public is notified not to sell'
anything 10 ny wife. MelassIe Camp
bell Briggs. GU my account, nos e
buy any Of The community properly,
from her; any such contracts VIII ~
repudiated.
ALEXANDER BRIGGs
AbheYille, La, August Il, iSss.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-04
Terms Upon Which New
Preferred Stock Is to
Be Issued.
About $2o, 100000 Will Be Re.
quired to Purchase the Gov
ernment's Interest.
Plan for Syndicate Subscriptions and
Reorg ltion Outlined By
Boston Interests.

BOSTON, Mass, Feb. 3-The Boston
News Bureau says: Another interest be-
sides the Union Pacihc reorganiza tion
committee will bid for the Union Pacific
property at the foreclosure sale, though
who this party may be is not yet dis
closed. There are no indications that the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Company contemplates any such pur-
chase, nor does the Chicago and North
western expect 10 be bidder, as it is we'll
satisfied with present traffic arrangements
which it is expected will be continued
after the sale.
The terms of the syndicate subscrip-
tions formed for the reorganization of the
Union Pacific are about as follows: The
subscribers TO the first $40 900, 900 syndi-
cate, and who put up money some time
ago for reorganization expenses, payment
of coupons, ETC., are TO get back their
money with per cent interest and
bonus of so per cent in new preferred
stock. The terms of the second subscrip-
ton, made up tor $4,000 600, were that
subscribers were to receive new Union
Pacific 4 per cent bonds at par and
bonus of so per cent in stock. The recent
modification of the Union Pacific plan,
by which the issue of first mortgage per
cent bonds for the new company is to be
SO cut down as to place $50, 000. 600 bonds
in the treasury of the new company and
leave only $75,000,000 outstanding, was
designed to strengthen the situation of
the new company and give better posi-
tion to both the bonds and preferred
stock.
Although the reorganizers of the Union
Pacific have 80 per cent of the first mort
gage bonds purchased or on deposit, they
had not secured majority of the sinking
fund per cent bonds at the last meeting
of the comm ittee. But there is reason to
believe that there will be no contest over
the reorganization of the sinking-fund
eights and the Kansas Pacific consols
or the latter bonds, the committee held
majority.
Boston people are the owners of the
largest blocks of these bonds, and they
recognize that, since October, 1895, the
position of junior securities and Nebraska
lands has not improved
The sinking-fund bonds are secured by
land notes which have diminished in
value the past fifteen months, and the
Kansas Pacific line is still in default on its
first mortgage.
1t has not yet been arranged as to how
the United States treasury sinking bond
will be put up at vendue in the fore
closure sale, but about s29 600, 600 of net
money from the reorganizers will, it is be-
lieved, purchase the entire Government
interest. The first-mortgage bonds will
be taken care of under the plan, so that
not so much money as appears upon the
face of the syndicate subscriptions will be
needed for the reorganization
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-04
SNAKES BREATHE DEATH.
They Crawl Up Through a Hole at Night
and KIN -Four Members of a
Foo1uv

WICHITA, KANs.. Feb. 3.-A strange
story comes from Buxton in Seward
County. A farmer named John Hastler,
who has a large family, has been four
times bereaved within the last six weeks
from some hitherto inexplicable cause.
First his 3-months-old daughter was
taken suddenly i'll in the night and died
in convulsions the next day. The next
victim of the strange malady was a son.
The following week daughter died, and
within three days another daughter was
taken.
The family was crazed with grief and
fear lest other members should be taken
Mr.. Hastler and some neighbors set
about making Investigations to ascertain,
if possible. the reason for the numerous
deaths in the family. One peculiar
feature noted of each case was that the
sickness came upon the victims at night.
The men took up part OF the floor and,
while investie ating underneath, came
upon nest of snakes of a variety known
as blow snakes, whose breath is said to be
deadly poison. They killed seven large
snakes which averaged seven and half
feet i'll length, and there is little doubt
but that the snakes were the cause of the
deaths in Mr.. HaStlers family. 1t is sup
posed that the snakes crawled up through
hole in the floor at night, attracted by
the warmth, and breathed upon the sleep
ers their noXious breath.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-04
WRECK A TRAIN
WITH DYNAMITE
Continued from First Page.

issued a NANTES TO announcing strong dis
satisfaction with the reforms recently
granted by Spain. The manifesto states
that because of the party's attitude, its
mem bers will refuse to vote at the coming
municipal elections. These elections are
the first practical application of the new
law.
The Porto Rico reforms as enacted by
the Spanish law provide that the island of
Porto Rico, while yet remaining one
province, shall be divided into two re-
gions. Each region supplies six Depu-
ties, and in each is delegate OF the Gov
ernor of the island to facilitate his Ex-
cellency's opera itons.
There is also an administrative council,
consisting of the leading officials of the
island, together with six deputies and six
councillors nominated by royal decree.
The function of this court is to advise
only in all questions relating to economy
and internal administration.
The provincial deputation controls pub
lie works, postal and telegraphic commu-
nications by land and water, agriculture
industry and commerce, immigration and
colonization, public instruction and sani-
tation.
In the Governors Office is instituted a
special local administration sub-depart-
ment to draw up, render and audit the
annual accounts OF the above-described
estimates. All agricultural matters are
subject to the sanction of the Governor,
who retains his existing secretarial office.