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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-26
Democratic Central Committee Pro-
ceedings.

Iron County Democratic Contra
Committee met at IrOntOn, Mo, Satur
day, May eth. 1898, pursuant to call o
Chairman.
Present: J. NJ. Morris, VIM. Lewis
Wiley NJ. O'Neal, F. P. Hilburn, joe
S. BOllinger. w. II. Patterson, VIM
II. Edgar, VIM. A. Fletcher, j. w
Harral, Harrison Sweeney and Jas. P
Barger: when the following proceed
ing were had:
On motion. it was ordered that {
Primary Election be held on Saturday
June 18th, 1898, to nominate Candi
dates for the various County Offices.
On motion. it was ordered that the
precincts of Des Arc, Annapolis, Iron.
ton and Belleview that there be APP
pointed four Judges. and that said
precincts have four Clerks, and that
the precincts as follows - Dunn's,
Folks. Pilot Knob, Graniteville, Kao-
lin, Bells, Henderson's, Loves and
Imboden have two Judges and Clerks,
each.
The following persons were then
chosen to serve as Judges of Election
ut the various precincts, the Judges
being empowered to select their Clerks
set forth above:
DcS Arc-S. J. Jordan, c. H. Col
Inns, G. w. Wallis, w. 3. Kemper.
111nupOliS-Fred Reynolds. f. P.
Reese. John Brewer, Thos. Jackson.
DuRn'S-Gus Bollinger and Andrew
Lewis.
PoH's-H n. Campbell, w. H. Seal.
Honton-J. b. Evans, F. P. AXE,
II. l.. Carly, W. II. Whitworth.
Pilot Knob-A. c. Hancock, A. L.
Pease.
GranaeciUc-Thos. Hill and Chas.
Shular
BcGeUae1C-Jas. Harral, T. NJ. Bell,
Chas. II. Cox, Samuel Bond.
EdOliR-E. NJ. button, George l.
Downward.
Bcrs-E. W. Westermau, R. c.
Love.
Hcndcrsom-Yancy Shipp and Henry
Volner.
LoUe's-G. W. Love, Jno. q. Yount.
ImbOde11-Thomas Fitzgerald, j. W.
Raglan.
RULES.
The Judges and Clerks of the cleo
ton will be sworn not to violate the
secrecy of the ballot; and the former
to take charge of the ballots and poll
books and cause them to be safely and
speedily delivered at the county seat
to the chairman of the Executive Com
mittee.
Judges will not permit illegal vot-
ing, and in cases of doubt as to age.
residence, or other legal qualifications,
they will cause the voter to be sworn.
No voter will be permitted to cast
his ballot at any other than the town
ship in which he resides. Judges will
see this rule strictly enforced.
Only known Democrats and those
who will pledge themselves to support
the Democratic County Ticket will be
permitted to vote at this election. And
Judges will see that this rule is rigid
~ enforced.
All Democrats who are not yet of
age, but who will be legal voters at
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-26
Select DIZZY SCHOOL

Old papers tor sale at this Office
Twenty-Five cents per hundred.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-26
Call for Senatorial Convention.

4 convention to nominate Demo
cratic candidate for State Senator in
the Twenty-Fourth Senatorial District
of Missouri is hereby called to meet in
Ironton, on Tuesday, July 20, 1898.
The basis of representation in said
convention is fixed at one delegate for
every 250 votes, or fraction of 125 and
over, cast for w. j. Bryan for President
in 1896, the various counties in the
district being entitled to delegates as
fOlTows.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-26

For SALE-Five room residence,
with water in kitchen; good cellar;
and a number of fruit bearing trees in
yard. Property just been placed in
first class condition. Splendid loca-
ton. Apply to w. r. Edgar, Ironton,
Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-26
WANTED.

The Post-Dispatch wants Agent in every hamlet e.
era uage every to every city, This is the opportunity
of lifetime to establish profitable business 1t costs
nothing to try You get the support of your leading
citizens who VIII be only too glad to see you start
The Post-Dispatch is in great demand. It's a great
paper It's member of the Associated Press. No other
St. Louis evening paper enjoys this distinction The Post
Dispatch has war correspondents at all points of interest
and with the fleets the Pacific and Cuban waters
By mail only 60 cents month
Write at once for particulars. Address
Czp this ouS and paste THE POST-DISPATCH,
ito yo'r letter. MO.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-26
Call for Judicial Convention.

The Democratic Judicial Convention
of the Twenty-frst judicial circuit of
Missouri is hereby called to convene
at Ironton, Iron county, Mo, on
TneSddy, J3tae 14th, 1898,
at . O'Clock p. NJ, for the purpose Of
nominating a candidate for the office
of Judge of the circuit court of this,
the Twenty-first judicial circuit.
The basis of representation at said
convention shall be one delegate for
every 200 votes or a fraction OF 100
votes cast for William J. Bryan for
president in 1896, the various counties
in the district being entitled to dele
gates as follows, to wit:
Iron ......5 jefferson $500. IA
Reynolds 1900. 3 Washington 80. Z
Wayne. .... s -
By order of the committee.
ANDREW F. CASEY. Chairman.
E. NJ. DEARING, Sec'y pro TEN.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-26

GEO. G.. LOOMS, Chairman.
JOHN W. CALLAHAN, Secretary.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08
Rice Cleaning in England.

#G@E +. - Z
A Liverpool correspondent Of the
Louisiana Planter, in a letter just re-
ceiyed, states that the rice trade OF
Liverpool which "a formerly a very
large business, has so fallen off and
because so Improbable, as to no lon
ger offer any inducement to those
who have been engaged in it. He
says, in fact, that the rice cleaning
trade in Liverpool is dead, and only
those remain in it who hayn't the
courage to lieut. off a thumb to save
their hand"
Our correspondent anticipates that
the United States will now have 9
very large rice market in Cuba and
Porto Rico and that if our domestic
production is inadequate to supply
the largely increased amount that viii
probably be demanded. u miils,her
may engage in the cleaning Of rough
rice imported directly from the Ras'
Indies. He believes it as easy for US
to clean Rangoon rice in New Orleans
as to have it done in England and
then reshipped to the West Indies
He believes it highly improbable thai
Cuba will take in shiploads Of clean.
ed, directly from India, as large car
goes Of cleaned rice ruin the market
The Gull Coast, from Florida te
Texas is wonderfully well adapted te
rice culture and the rice farmers O
| Southwestern Louisiana, who have
exploited that country and are nov
leading in the way OF rice irrigation
which will set the pace for all the res
who may be interested, and we be
lieve that we can very soon raise
enough rice to supply. the consump
ton of the United States and alst
whatever may be wanted for Cub;
and Porto Rico.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08
Unique Kentucky Preacher.

t4
The Rev. Charles Kesterson is an
odd Kentuckian who has been on
both sides Of the law, according to
the Cincinnati Enquirer. His father
was one Of the early pioneers Of Lam
cock county, Tennessee, end bis
mother was an Indian, being a nIeIn-
Der of the tribe of the famous Malun-
geons. The Rev. Mr. Kesterson is I
feet s inches tail, though he claims
when ii the prime Of manhood he was
over 5 feet tall. His weight is 500
pounds and he is 70 years old,
When l~awlessness was at ifs height
the Rev. Mr.. kesterson was the ter
Tor of that county. He never heard
the whistle of a locomotive or saw the
iron monsters till a year or so ago,
when he went to Knoxville, Tenn. It
is claimed by many his neighbors that
he has killed at least seven men. The
old preacher denies this he aeknoWE
edges the errors of his youth, but says
be never killed many. As to the num-
Der of men that have bit the dust at
his hands he is silent.
The Rev. Mr.. Kesterson was moi
only a bad maj in his youth, butcon-
tinued to defy the law until about s.
years ago, whea he joined the Bap-
list church and began preaching. In
til he reformed ne ran a moonshine
still on Walkers Ridge, and woe be-
tide the revenue officer that dared
modest him. Now, however, since
his conversion, quite a change has
come over him. He does everything
he can to break up lawlessness, and
is death 10 the moonshiners. When
not preaching in the different school,
houses he farms. He works hard,
though.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08
a Strong Accusation.

One of our merchants who was in
New Orleans just before the city was
quarantined says, that while he was
there he saw an arrangement that was
being signed by all of the leading
newspapers not to give out any news
about the prevalence Of yellow fever
there. The merchants plainly told
the newspaper managers if you report
the cases and deaths a you did last
year we viii withdraw all support
from your papers. This said to be
the reason we get so little fever news
from the city, and it claimed that
there are many more ase than are
reported. Can this be a faet?-Crow-
ley Signal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08
Probate Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA

STATE OF LOUISIANA
18th Judicial District Conrt-Na
358-Parish of Vermilion.
Succession Of 1heozime Touchet
Notice is hereby given that i,
virtue Of an order of sale granted IL
the Hon. District Court aforesaid &
the matter Of the ~snccessiop entitl.a
and numbered as above. and q
commission issued to me therepnaer
there will be fered for sale al NH.
lie auction, t. the last and hiohest
bidder, by the undersigned, or an
duly authorized auctioneer, to pev
debts Of said succession, on
Thursday, November 10, 1898
between the hours Of Ii d. M. Ana 1
p. m at the late residence Of The AZ,
ceased, in this parish the hereinafter
de-cribed property belonging 10 saia
setate, to wit :
One certain tract of land lying n
Nermilion parish, La, on the west
side of Bayou Vermilion, containing
80 7S-10o acres Cor 100 arpentsa
designated as the south half 81 the
northwest quarter Of section two, ii
township twelve, south or range three
east, with all the improvements there
on situated except the corn crib and
all the pieux fencing which is spe-
ciahy reserved.
Five head of horned cattle.
Rice binder, and many other arti-
cles too numerous to mention.
Terms--Caah.
Abbeyille, La, October s, 1888.
VIcToIRE E. CONNER,
Administrators.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08

Crowley has just contracted a
heavy Indebtedness for an electric
light and waterworks plant, to the
sad neglect of proper drainage. Il
the town was surrounded by a canal
into which all the streets drained, a
pumping outfit Of the Menge pattern
could in a few hours get rid Of all the
water after a hard rain and the streets
could dry up rapidly. The land
within the eircumseribed area could
be kept free from all surface water,
and in dry seasons the cutters could
be flushed BY the waterworks and all
offending matter washed off into the
big canal and gotten rid of.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08
TO THE PUBLIC

/ hereby forbid any n to trespass
on the following tract Of land IN any
way, shape, form or manner, To wit
The southwest quarter of Section one
township thirteen, south of range four
east, Louisiana Meridian, containing
one hundred and flfty-seyen s6-lo0
acres. ALEX. GEoFFEoT.
Oct. 8, 1898.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08

Sunday the South Carolina, Florida
and Georgia sea coast was visited by
a terrible storm which put tide water
eight feet higher than ever before
known and did great damage to the
rice crop. Loss is estimated to fully
so per cent as the storm was more
violent than in 1898.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08
TO THE PUBLIC.

From aud after this date the pull
lie is hereby warned not toentcr ior
any purpose on The property klowtl
as the Old Peter Lee tract, situated
in he 2nd ward oil Vermilim paEiil
aithout consent 81 the overs there
of. Any one fonnd t~respassiagg On
said premises will lie prosecuted ~
The fall extent oil Tho law.
JustiIIien Thibodeaus,
Ursin Primeaux,
.Iascth Depny,
Frank Mea.
October /, 1898.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08

The Daily Castilian is the title Of a
new dailv ,,aper lust started at Whits
Castle by Henry A. Winfree. 1t IS
neat and full of matter of local I'M
portance.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08

Mr.. Breaux declines the nomina-
ion of the white Republicans for
Congress. He says he is ready to
stump the district for Hon. Charles
Fontelieu.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08
LOUIsIANA-Parish 9

STATE LOUIsIANA-Parisil q
Vermilion-s7lh Judicial Dlstr'cs
Court.-No. 299.
Succession Of Mary Jane Lang.
Application Of Elijah Wise to v
discharged as administrator:
Notice is hereby given to al Rnoln
it may concern, including the helss
of said succession. to make opposr
ton, if the, think fit, within e 3.
days from the day in when w
notice is published, showing tbe rss
son If any theytave. why said app',.
cation for discharge filed ~ hi'lsa
Wise, administrators of sa'd w.
cession and his bond caDceieo e
such to file the same in writing =
the Office OF the clerk of court VIM
ten days from the date hereoI,
Given under my hand and sea- =
court this l7lh day Of sep'esass''
1898.
ALcIDE LEBLANC,
CLERK Of Caatt'
J w. B. White, atty.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08

st. Louis is making war on the
alsurers who are skinning the employ
ees of the telegraph companies and
other large concerns, by charging them
40 per cent per month on advances.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08

The steamboat why Not load
ed with men from the detention
scamp at Franklin and bound for New
Iberia and Other points above was
stopped at this place last Monday by
the proper authorities and sent back
to its starting point, Franklin.-lbe-
ria Parish Times.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08
:ENA
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The owner is hereby notified to come
and prove his property, pay costs y
fifteen days from this date otherWlse
the same will be disposed Of accord;
ing to law. HENRY ABsHiRE.
September II. 1898. 9th WaIua
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08

The st. Mary Banner says that up
10 going to press there has been OIL
eiaHy reported to the State Board OF
Health Of Franklin 172 eases Of yel-
low fever and five deaths.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08
Saturday. October 8, 1898

The p~ostolIice department has IS
sued instructions authorizing post
masters to issue money orders paya-
BILE at their own offices.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08

The following gentlemen were nomi-
mated for Railroad Commissioners at
the convention at Baton Rouge last
week: Chas. L. DeFuentes, First
district; r. N. Sims, Jr., Second dis
trict: w. L. Foster, Third district.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08
Something About the Pensions.

--- "#@%
AS there is not q general knowledge
of the muniicent provision the Con-
stitutiona1 Convention has made for
the destitute veterans Of the Confed-
crate war, and that all may know
what the provision is, we herewith
print in full those clauses Of the new
Constitution in which that provision
is embodied. We should have been
clad if the monthly pension had been
much larger, but with her resources
Louisiana has done all in her power,
and that is extremely generous and
will remove every INDECENT veteran
from want or the apprehension OF
want.
cart. 303. A pension not to ex-
eeed eight dollars per month shall be
allowed to each Confederate soldier
or sailor veteran, who possesses all OF
the following qualifications:
J.. He shall have served h~onorabiy
from the date of his enlistment until
the close Of the late Civil war, or I'M
til he was discharged or paroled, IN
some military organization regularly
mustered into the army or navy Of
the Confederate States, and shall have
remained true to the Confederate
States until the surrender.
2, He shall be in INDECENT circum-
stances, and unable to earn a iyeli-
hood by his own labor and skill.
He shall not be salaried Or other
wise provided for by the State Or gov
eminent.
In case he enlisted into any organi-
cation mustered into said service as 9
louisiana organization, or in case a
the date of his enlistment, he resided
in the State of Louisiana, ne shall
have resided In this State for at least
FIVE years prior to his application fol
a pension. In case he resided else
where than In this State, and enlisteo
in an organization not mustered II
from Louisiana, or in the navy OF thu
hConfederate States, he shall have re
sided ii this State for at least fifteef
years prior to his application for suct
pension. A like pension shall be
granted to the widow, who shall not
have married again, in INDECENT cir
cumstances, of any soldier or sailor
who, having entered the service OF tbs
Confederate States during the late
Civil war, lost his life prior to June |
1865, from wounds received, or dis
ease contracted in such service; pro
yided If her deceased husband service
in an organization mustered in from
Louisiana, or if he resided for on
wear prior thereto, then, in order sucl
widow shall be entitled to the pension
as herein provided, she shall have re
sided in this State for at least HVt
years prior to her application there
for and if her deceased husband en-
listed elsewhere than in Louisiana
such widow shall, in order to entitlt
her to the pension as herein provided
have resided in the State for not les
than fifteen years prior to her appli
cation for such pension; provided
further, that pensions, whether t
to veterans or widows, shall be al
lowed only from the date Of applica
ton under this article, and the tota
appropriation for all pensions shal
not exceed fifty thousand dollars il
any one year.
d Strong Accusation.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08

The yellow fever is spreading in
the country, it has appeared at Hou-
ma, Franklin, New Orleans, Harvey's
Canal, Baton Rouge, Wilson and
Plaauemine. The fever is. of a mild
sype. Franklin is the most infected
town of all those having the fever.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08
Octnher /, 1898.

STATE OF LOUISIANA,-17th
Judicial District Court, 80 81
Ner1nilion,-No. 358.
Succession Of Theazime Touchet.
Notice is hereby given to all parties
interested or having any opposition 70
to make to the tableau of debts and
charges of said succession filed by
Vie. E. Conner administering said
estate to file same in writing in the
office Of the clerk Of the district court
within ten days from the date hereof
Given under my hand and seal g
office this 24th day OF Septembe,
1898.
ALcTpE LEBLANC,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08

yellow fever is rapidly spreading
throughout the State of Mississippi,
1t is now scattered over the State
from the gulf coast as far north as
Oxford and Water Valley. It is the
current belief among the Mississippi
health officers that the disease was
imported from New Orleans, and
they intimate that next year they will
declare quarantine against that city
on the first of May. If they have
the backbone of the Texas health
authorities there will be some lively
times next spring.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08
Edwards & Greene, attys.

TAKEN UP-By the undersigned, 4
creole sorrel horse, aged about eIghe
years. has been ranging in my nelgn.
borhood about three months, and
L..uoJ g. xslN&
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-08

While Col. Moody Of the Republic
tcan Idea has but little faith in Char
lie FonteIieu's candidacy for Con-
gress, and tries to pour a big bucket
eof cold water on the gentleman's
..ghost canvas a he facetiously
terms it, the indications are that
Charlie is in dead earnest himself
The Donaldsonville Chief is informed
that Fontelieu is very popular among
the Creoles of st. Mary, Vermilion
and St. Martin which he is expected
TO carry. Not on your ar%istotype'
Bro. Bentley, when the votes are al
counted you will ask yourself the
question, awho was the man who ran
% ainst Bob Broussards
New-York tribune., 1898-01-30

coaches of the various countries will be seen
in actual movement on the rails and carrying
nassengers II Is believed that important ex-
hibits Of this description will be maze py the
New-York Central the Pennsylvania ana py the
Pullman Palace Car Company. Ii should pe
horne in mind however. that the technical rali-
way committee Of the Exhibition must De COLI
shifted as early as possible in regard to the
length of carriages. width OF gauge curves
etc. so that the rolling stock may be adap'eo
to the tracks in the Exhibition grounds This
principle Of grouping together special subjects
IS warmly commended, not only by the centrai
committees but by the foreign commissioners as
well
The news Of the death Of the United States
Commissioner, Major Handy, has been re-
ceiyed with deep regret by NJ. Alfred Picard
and the authorities here. Meanwhile, his duties
are being performed by Colonel Chaille Long,
who is zealously looking after the interests OF
American exhibitors Colonel Long has already
succeeded in acquiring additional space for the
United States and hopes to obtain even more.
The United States has far obtained l3o,ooO
square feet exclusive OF what Is to be accorded
in the special subject sections. such as the Fine
Arts. Mining. Hygiene, Forestry. Horticulture,
etc
Tho nrincipal building Of the exhibition will
he the "Grand Palais" designed by NJ Louvet,
which will occupy $4,000 square metres OF
ground surface. and is being erected on the
New-York tribune., 1898-01-30

than a mile westward to the Place de In Con
corde and million souls will be added to the
present population Of 100000, giving the
habitants.
TIE work on the Exhibition is now becoming
apparent. In shape and situation the Worids S
Fair # 1900 will resemble huge letter III, with
the tops Of the perpendculars slightly op-
preaching each other. The horizontal stroke
represents the Seine from the Pont de la Con-
corde to the Pont dJena. This portion of the
Seine will become the RE ,le Nenise" with
gondolas caiQues ard pleasure craft OF every
description. The quais OF the northern bank
OF the Seine will be transformed into the "Isue
de Paris with scores cf theatres. panoramas
ard aesthetic novelties and attractions. The
southern bank Of the Seine Viii be set apart for
the lalacos and pavili1ns OF foreign countries
and for the building Of military and naval arts,
and for maritime commerce. navigation and
fsher.s The eastern perpendicular Of the II
represents the Avenue Nicholas H. at right
Champs Elys(es Facing each other on the
Avenue Nicholas III the two vast struct-
ures called the Grand Palais' and the Petit
Palais" which are to be permanent edifces
solidly built for all time. The Avenue Nicholas
III will extend from the gardens Of the present
Elys6e Palace where President Felix Faure re-
sides across the spacious Pont Alexandra III
along the middle Of the Esplanade des Inyalides,
and Will terminate at the Palace Of the In