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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27
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EDITOR MERIDIoNaL:

EDITOR M-ERIDIoNaL:
D. Parker's family of this village are all
sick, also a sister of Mrs. Parkers from
Lafayette.
Mrs. Parkerh has a bad attack of pneu-
monia aud several other cases are report
ed at the village and vicinity.
Valerie BarFo and Archie Young took a
trip TO the salt mines Saturdag returning
Euntiay. They are very enthusiastic III
their praise OF the hospitality OF the peo-
pie Of that island.
T. L. Ransom, of Rice Cove, was strick-
en- Tuesday of last week with partial PAL
ralysis aud was just recovering from an
attack OF La grippe. He is row IN a pre-
carious condition,
Farm work is progressing slowly on ac-
count of SO 1nucn wet weather, though
tifore is d good acreage plowed already
for spriu5 crops. People are planting
irish potatoes and gardens are coming up
nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lebrun and Miss Mary
Ransom of New Iberia, were called ever
by the illness of their father. Ihey cams
OH THURSDAYS train and remained with
him until Sunday, when Mr.. and Mrs.
Lebrun returned home Miss Mary Will
remain for awhile in Vernliiion parish.
Ben Root, of Calcasleu was a5 Bayou
Tlgre during the storm and cold weather,
having come with a schooner load OF inn
Der. He returned to his home last week
loaded with corn. While llefe. he vlsl53d
Perry where be OWNS considerable proper
III. He reports things lively ut Ca4casieu
bnt says the gold standard has nearly
ruined his business between the United
states aad Mexico. He owns several
schoaners and trades between the two
countries.
THIS valley Is assuming its normal con-
0ition again after being treated to wealth
or fresh from tho FIigid zone the Tenn
peTate and the Tarrid zones in tho past
two months. I tell you it canle pretty
rough on us people who live IN houses
whose windows are provided With glass
OF natures own making. Coal oil was IN
demand as we had to burn lamps day u
night part of the time AMI tile results OF
SO much weather is apparent III All mus
ual supply Of la grippe and pfieunlonfaT
The roads leading west from our burg
are In u very bad condition. almost I'M
uassibie. These roads are on low lying
levels aud need good ditchliig aud eieyat.
ing oil road beds. Another thing we need
here and need badly is a pubic school at
The village or in the near vicinity. There.
are nlentq OF children Of scilooi age at this
village and in a radius of one mile on
each side to form a good school Who are
not attending school ut all because the
roads are bal and It's too Tar to schools
for small children TO attend and for TeaS-
ons for which they are not accountable
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

They are being cheated out of their share
of the public FUNDS and allowed to grow
up in ignorance becase Of someone's care
~lesness. Is this the way to make good
intelligent citizens or will it fill our jails
aad swell our crime listsY What will
the harvest be-
Feb. Is, 1897. SUNFLowER.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27
Cotton, GIsaaery,

Last week a list Of proposed sub
scriptions to the capital stock ola new
cotton ginnery and ice factory was cir
eulated in town and q good amount of
stock was taken. The new enterprise
vii. have a capital of ten thousand dol
lars and will be equipped with the
best and latest machinery. The gen.
teiGen most prominently connected
with the concern are Messrs. E. P. Put
nam, Gus Godchaux, Z. O. Broussard,
l.. J. Feray and others are all good
business man and may be depended
upon to make the thing a success. Who
sbys Abbeville amt enjoying a quiet
a0omg
Dear sirs:-ship US as soon as posi-
BE 2 gross Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic. My customers want Grover
Tastaless Chill Tonic and will not have
any other. IN our experience of owes
- years in the drug business, we have
never sold any medicine which gave
such universal satisfaction.
Yours Respectfully,
is. BROWNE Il Co.,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27
VenGsk'e.

List Of grand and petit jurors drawn
to serve at the April term OF the 18th
Judicial District Court in and for Yer
million parish, La, commencing on
Monday the 9th day of April A. D.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

Monday was Wasllington's birthday,
and the public schools and the bank
were closed as a mark Of observance.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

The Why Not has been moved down
to the railroad wharf where her wheel
will be placed in position.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

4 concert at the Veranda Hotel
Thursday night by the travelling men
realized $l2 for the benefit of the
drouth sufferers.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27
Notice 10 sl,e Y b

| have a rice mill at Erath, and will
clean rice at reasonable rates and guar
antee satisfaction. Milling day, every
Tuesday.
y 12-3m j. THEcLET THERIoT.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

IF Abbeyille gets all the new enter
rrises being projected she will surely
boom.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

The trial of the Blanc brothers open
ed at Lafayette Thursday.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

Owing 70 transformation we were led
into error last week in making mention
Of the illness of Miss Ada Schwing, she.
was not seriously i'll.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

SHORTHAND SCHOOL. Learn short
hand by mail. Hundreds Of positions
commanding good wages open to ste
nographers. Cheap and quick method
Only 81 in advance per month. Wat
son Shorthand School, 235 Morgan St,
New Orleans, Id. 35tf
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

For the Mardi-G ras Celebration at
New Orleans, La, Tuesday, March 2,
1897, the Southern Paciic-Sunset
Route, will sell round trip tickets Feb
ruary Is, 81 and %, and March l; also.
for train No. 10 arriving at New Or
leans March 2, good for return up to
and including March II, at rate OF one
fare for the trip.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

The weather has again been dis
tinguishing itself this week. Tuesday
was a lovely day, but Monday and
Wednesday were detestable.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

The Jury commissioners met last
Wednesday and dew the jury for the
April term of court. The venife is
publisher III another column.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

Ii is rumored that Elias Broussard
will soon take charge of the Veranda
hotel. Mr.. Nugier We understand will
go into business in New Iberia.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

Plant some amber sorghum about
the middle Of March, and it will give
you two cuttings during the year for
your stock, Plant soms chufas as an
experiment. and you will find them ex-
ceilent food for both hogs and fowls.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

Evidently the New iberia Carnival
managers believe in advertising, for
Louis Remy hos been hare this week
putting out lots of advertising for the
doings Of next Tuesday.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

Parties having personals or other
items Of interest who wish mention of
them in these columns, should call or
drop us a note through the postofice,
always giving their real names as a
guaranty of good faith
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

A stick of hewn timber which is a
record breaker, says the Tribune, pass
ed Orange last week. 1t cane from the
Anaeoco river, and measured 3Gx3s
inches, 50 feet long. and as straight as
a die, iue grain and perfectly solid.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

Wednesday morning Mrs. Ernest
Hebert, daughter of Hemogene Lang
linais, died very suddenly at her home,
about s miles from town, near SEVERN
Lehlane's. She was only 20 years old
and bad been married about one year,
and leaves a little babe only a few
weeks old.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

Olga Eethersole, the actress, has
turned her attention to writing, aud
will give her advice Of a practical ma
ture to "The Girl Who Aspires to Flo
cAtion." Her contribution will appear
in an early Issue Of The Ladies' Home
JQarNdL.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic is a
perfect Malarial Liver Tonic and Blood
purifier. Removes lillousness without
purging. AS pleasant as Lemon Syrup.
1t is rs | rye as any Dollar tonic and
retails for soc. To get the GENUINE
ask for Groves. Sold OF it's merits no
Cure nc pay.
Live stock, and particularly mich
COWS. do as we'll in Louisiana as any
where in the world. From a Jennings
paper we learn that several of the
farmers in that section succeed well
with mich cows. One instance is CIV
en- Of Mr.. Simmons who has as fine a
herd of jersey cows as can be found in
the country, both for looks, milk and
butter. Many people complain that
this is a poor country for milk, but a
visit to Mr.. Simmons DAIRY will con-
vince the most skeptic that less milk
and a poorer quality has often been
prod iced. However, it is not done by
sheltering the cows behind q wire fence
and feeding them at a straw pile, but
by keeping them in a comfortable barn
nights and during cold storms, and
feeding a reasonable quantity OF sweet
potatoes and ground feed.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

The public roads throughout the par
ih are sadly in need of drainage. Only
those portions Of the roads which have
been graded and drained are in first.
clasa condition. The parish owns a fine
rpad machine and it should be used
more.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

Jos. G.. LEBLANC,
by elk of Dist. Court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

EF
A novel method of presenting the
newest and freshest Eastertide erea-
lions of Paris milliners has been adopt
ed by The Ladies Home Jo4ryqat for
March. In that magazine the new
french hats and bonnets will be pie
tafed as they are worn. This unique
dlspiay is useful, therefore, in pointing
out clearly not only Fashions decree,
out the styles in headdress best suited
70 several contrasted types and faces.
Sunday night a shooting serape took
place IN the east end Of town between
Charley Joshua and Willy Prince, two
eoons who were rivals for the favors of
. lemon coIored dulcinea. Charley
seraped Princes hide with all the bull
iets IN his gun, mashed him up gener-
aliy and pulled his freight before our
Mldeawake officers could capture him.
Joshua went to the Pen about a year
ago for cracking a negroes skull with a
heavy coffee cup.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-02-27

MarlaIial produces Weakness, Gener-
al Debility Biliousness. Loss of APP
petite, Indigestion and Constipa-
ton. Groves Y'astaless Chill Tonic,
removes the cause which produces
these troubles. Tryit and you will be
delighted. 60 cents. 10 get the GESU-
INE ask for Groves. Sold on its merits
no Cure 10 pay.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-03-18
Bills That Failed,

Our Populist friends may be proud
of the record made by the legislature
but we doubt it. Here are some of
the things that shone with rare bril-
liancy in their platform last summer
that were killed by the Legislature and
governor:
All railroad legislation.
Anti-pass law.
Pullman car rate reduction,
Alien land law.
Reducing telephone and telegraph
charges.
ELECTROMAGNETIC law.
Encouraging sugar manufacture,
Constitutional convention,
Regulating liquor selling.
Abolishing useless Offices.
These are u iew-there are others
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-03-18

such lnatured interest or matured principal
Indebtedness. Provided, however, that in all
such cases the assignee who may hold such
unrecorded assignment shall have recWurse
over against his assignOr upon account of
such payment of interest or principal as
upon an account for money had and received
for theuse OF such assignee.
Section 8. All assignments of mortgages at
present existing, and bearing Date prior to
the taking eject Of this act, Shall Within six
months next succeeding the taa!ng effect OF
this act, whether acknowledged or not, be
recorded In the proper county of this state
1, of this act, and the provisions of section
four of this act shall be applicable to all as
slgnments not SO recorded.
Section I. The duly execuasd release by
the assignee of any real estate mGrtgsge,
whose assignment is last recorded under the
provisions of this act, shall be eifectual to
fully release and discharge such mortgage
of record and to cancel the debt secured
thereby as to the mOrtgagor his heirs, per-
sonal representatives and assigns: Provided,
however, that II there be later assignment
of such mortgage, which assignment Is not
recorded, the person entitled to the mort
gage debt, by virtue of sich later assign
ment, shall have recourse over against his
assgnar so releasing such mortgage, to the
full extent Of the claim OF such subsequent
assignee under such unrec0rded assignment,
as for money had and received to- the use of
such last named assignee, The assignment
of any mortgage, as herein provided, shall
carry with 1t the debt thsreby secured.
1t is claimed that section 4 was cut
out by the house before the bin pass
ed, but the senate inserted it and in
that form it was signed and officially
published. Hence it is the law and
will probably stand.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-03-18
Please Testify, Pops.

Oh, dearly beloved Pops, do you re-
member those scorching days in the
wigwam last summer What a de-
light to the soul was the high wave
of enthusiasm and reform. Don't
you recall the glorious thrill that
passed over the sweltering audience
as a big whiskered man mounted the
rostrum and read the declaration Of
principlesp How noble he looked as
he began;
We condemn the Republican house
Of representatives for failing and re-
fusing to pass the bills sent to them
from the Populst senate, which pro-
vided for the taxation of foreign judy
ments, the reduction of the legal rate
Of interest and providing penalty for
usury, placing credits upon an equal
ity with other property for the pur-
pose of taxation, and the anti-Pinker.
ton law, the exemption of the personal
earnings Of wage workers and the
maximum freight laws.
Then he went on to tell Of the other
glorious things to which the party
was pledged" and all the 400 dele
gates yelled "Amen!" ana cheered
the words to the echo-rcally believ'
ing they were sincere. Leedy, Dos
ter, Botkin, King and the other bosses
sat back in the shadow and winked at
at each other quietly
Well, dearly beloved, you have the
governor, the Legislature and supreme
court You have ended 60 day SEES
sion Of law-making and will somebody
in the audience please rise and name
one of the pledges that has been full
flledp just one! Please don't BIZ
backward, brethren. This is your
time to testify. Do not let so glor
ious an opportunity pass.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-03-18
The Wooden Herae Trick.

Long centuries ago, according to
the veracious chronicles Of P. Yer
gilius Marc, the Greeks fought for
seven years to capture the city OF
Troy. At last, failing, they pretend
ed to leave but left wooden horse
outside the gates. The Trojans, I'M
suspicious, pulled it inside the city
when company Of Greeks concealed
in interior came out in the night and
captured the town.
The Populist junta is trying the
wooden horse trick on Abilene. The
members want control Of the city
government primarily for the reward
ing some strikers who feel bad at the
failure Of the governor to give them
jobs; secondarily they want to use it
to help them in the campaign next
fall. They realize that this city has
no use for Populism in ITSELF The
only chance they have is by fooling
some Republicans into supporting
Populism by a trick. They have
selected the old wooden horse game
as the system Of bunco that they will
use. The animal is called "Non-par-
tisanship." 1t is an innocent looking
creature enough and the News and
Monitor are busily engaged decorating
Its exterior with rainbow tints that
promise to make the affair truly gor-
geous when completed. Its snort
will be perfectly bewildering music
and it will neigh in sweet and
charming manner that will endear it
to the ladies.
But concealed in its interior will be
Walter Nichols, Dave Matteson, John
Russell, Emory Rowland, Isaac Hal
lam, and various other patriots (D,
with an ak to grind
at the expense Of the municipality.
They hope to deceive enough Repub-
Leans and to rope in enough unthink-
Ing voters to enable them to gain con-
troll.
Can they do itp
Will they fool you with their
wooden horse trickP
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-03-18
Change in Enterprise Firm.

ENTERPRISE, March IA change
in ownership has been effected where
by Chas. Scrafford and Bert A. Flaek
became proprietors Of the city drug
store formerly owned by A. G. Eyth.
J. A. Flack and Chas. Scrafford will
take care Of the work back Of the
counter. Mr.. Eyth's large creamery
and cheese business requires all his
time. He has been our druggist for
so long that it will be strange to miss
him from the store. The new pro-
proprietors are popular and success
full young businessmen and will make
the store more valuable than ever.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-03-18
Dickinson Thinks So Too.

1t is understood that Rev. Palmer,
Bill Nixon, B. G. Cranston, G. j.
Lamb, F. M. Dahlstrom and Jack
Andrews heartily endorse this kick
FROM the TT. Scott Lantern, the lead
ing Populist paper Of Bourbon county
"There are a whole lot Of things
about this administration which no.
body except Little Egypt and Bill
Brown ever expected there would be.
Members of congress who made gal
liant fights and won glorious victories
are permitted to cool their heels in
the outer room while Bill Brown gets
in to interview John as to proper
methods to be used on the warden Of
the pen to secure a $50 place for some
short grass statesman, or what
schemes are the most opaque to de.
ceive the people who have spent time
and money to come sometimes hun
dreds of miles to state facts and ask
fair treatment" Let the dance 60 on
and blamed be he who first stops thu
music for the two-step.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-03-18
Mexico Converted Him.

j. V. Admire for many years one OF
he leading Republican editors OF
Kansas and now Of Oklahoma went to
Mexico last month, He left home q
radical free silver man; he came home
converted. He announces in his
paper his changed conviction.
Il have always been" says he, "a
bimetallist-really trimetallist, or,
for that matter, an altogether metall-
ist, but must admit with humility
and sorrow that am now at sea. To
have the traditions and teachings OF a
lifetime overthrow and scattered
into innumerable fragments by
merely crossing river a few hum
bred feet wide is ruthless. But to
what other conclusion can one come
than that, after all the sophistry Of
money science, all the stuff about
ratios, international agreement, etc.,
there is no money except that which
is either made out Of gold or that
which the government agrees to re-
deem in gold as long as gold con-
tinue to be the only measure OF
value.
Talk about it all we may-theor-
lie about it all we can-bamboozle
ourselves until we are blind--the
condition remains. Gold is the
standard money Of the world" A
trip to Mexico was not necessary to
have brought about this change.
Study and the history Of the world
should have taught Mr.. Admire the
fallacy OF free silver long ago.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-03-18

Annie Diggs stood before the mem
bers OF the Legislature Friday night,
and with tears raining down her
cheeks said; ''My friends, it's true,
only too true, you have betrayed the
people. If the governor in his wisdom
should call a special session ! hope
YOU will do better. My remarks are
not directed at those members who
proved loyal to their principles and to
their constituents. We have their
names, my friends, and we also have
the names Of the traitors. have not
said what you wanted me to, nor
what ! expected to say, but | have
told the truth"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-03-18

Mr. Dahlstrom, the only Dickinson
ian who received an appointment
from Leedy, lives 20 miles from the
railroad and seldom comes to town.
While Nixon, Cranston and the others
trottcd down to Topeka every few days
to see about Jobs and put in long
petitions Dahlstrom stayed at home
and attended to his farm. He was
chosen and the Others left. There is
a big lesson in this for applicants
don't worry the appointing power to
death.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-03-18

While at Topeka the legislature ex-
pended $6O5.S5 for carpets in COM
mittee rooms for fifty days usei
S542.50 for furniture for these rooms;
$50 each for desks that will disap.
pear; $40 for spittoons that will be
carried home and used as milk crooks;
$50 for stands on which to place
typewriters (the machines, not the
girls)i $572.lS for gas, although each
member could furnish enough to run
the session, etc, etc. Reforms dc
come high.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-03-18

One Of the nice things about the
Populist administration is that the
supreme court looks over the bills
before they become laws and passes
on their constitutionality. Such
accommodation is very handy in kill
ing off lawsthat Doster don't want.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-03-18
Normal and University Bills.

One Of the most interesting of the
subjects before the legislature has
been that Of the additional. normal
schools to help out the state in its
educational plans. These bills were
for the most part the efforts Of some
town to get a public institutions or to
get rid Of some boom building.
Wichita was in the latter position.
During the boom it built splendid
university which it expected the
Csmpbellites to make the leading
school in the West. The school was a
failure and the building is in the
hands Of the eastern bondholders.
They are very anxious to get rid OF it
and although there is over hundred
thousand dollars in it the state could
have it for probably fourth Of it.
1t would be a lift to Wichita and ex-
Governor Lewelling whose home is
there has seen working very hard for
the bill locating school in that
place. A half dozen other towns have
made efforts to get branch schools on
the plea that it was necessary,.to have
more room for the students. On the
other hand the managers Of the pres
ent normal school have had men at
the session to fight the bills On the
ground that the present quarters are
plenty large enough. The present
laws are that the student who gradu-
ates at the school is TO receive a life
certificate to teach in the state. As
the members Of the faculty help make
out the examination questions for the
eertifcating Of teachers these are
made very hard and the result is that
there is pressure to make the
teachers 60 to the normal school
and many of them do So This sys-
TEN has caused a, great deal Of antag-
onism and there was a bill before the
legislature take away from the school
the privilege that it enjoys. The
school being free of tuition, it is d
constant expense to the state and
makes costly education.
The legislature has not only re-
fused to add any morenormal schools
but it has taken vengeance on the
State University by cutting salaries
and on Chancellor Snow by removing
him from the state board Of regents
piece Of personal spitework. Th'
University is run now at a smaller
cost than any school of the kind il
the west and to reduce it to the de
gree proposed would be to greatly in
jure it. Many Of the legislators ar
angry at Professor Dyche for taking
an Arctic trip but they forget tina
the specimens that he brought homt
are worth more than bis salary TO
several years. As a matter Of fac
they do not understand the situation
and don't want to. Somebody witt
an axe to grind has yelled "thumb
up and like puppets they hay
obeyed.