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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-06-01
Land Fraud Case.


The United States circuit court
has handed down d decision, from
which Judge Pardee aissented, affirm-
ing the decision OF the United States
district court in the case of the gov
ernment against William Iii. Wright,
q notary public Of New Orleans,
Robert II. Cox of Livingston and
Arthur s. Cornet of Ascension par
ishes, charged with defrauding the
government by making false entries
of public lands. The case attracted
much attention when it was tried last
fall. The accused were convicted
and fined 500 each, besides being
sentenced, to imprisonment as follows:
Cornet for three months, Cox for
six months and Wright for twelve
months. Donaldsonville Chief.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-06-01
Excursion Rates.

On account of the Epwofth League
Convention at San Francisco, July
1921, the Southern Pacific will sell
tickets going via El Paso and return
ing the same way,or via Albuquerque
and direct lines, or via Ogden and
direct lines for $47.50. Going via
Ell Paso and returning via Ogden,
Missouri and Chicago, $5O.00
Going via El Paso and returning via
Portland and direct lines, $6l.50.
Tickets viii be on safe July 9th to
18th, final limit for return August
3lst. Parties holding EpWorth
League excursion tickets can take the
side trip from Eagle Pass to Mexico
City and return to Eagle Pass or Ell
Paso for $500. Stop over permit
led on these tickets at any point
within fnal limit. tf.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-06-01
Prod. Easasaaaan AcquEsaetE.

The host of friends Of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. V. Eastman will be pleased
to learn that their son, Charles r.
Eastman, who was charged with the
murder of his brother-in-law, i Gro
gan, has been honorably acquitted.
1t was conclasively shown to the
satisfaction of the jury that the shoot
ing was accidental. Mr.. Eastman is a
professor in Harvard university, a
highly educated man and his per-
feet and complete acqulttar will be
gratifying news to large circle Of
friends there as well as here. Mr..
and Mrs. A. v. Eastman will leave
for their home in Lake Charles this
week.-Lake Charles Press.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-06-01
Cares Blood and Skin Troubles.


rs your blood pnre7 Are You sure Of
it7 Do cuts or scratches heal slowlya
Does your skin itch or burng Have You
Pianples9 Eruptionsf Aching bone or
backg EczefnaE Rheumatisms Foul
breath? Catarrhf Are you pallet Then
B. B. b. (Botanfc Blood Balm1 will
purify yoar blood, heal eyery sore and
give q clear, smooth, healthy skin.
Deep-seated cases like ulcers. cancer,
eating sores, Painful SWeliings, Blood
Poison are quickly cured by botanic
Blood Balm. Cures when all else fails.
Thoroughly tested for 80 years. Drug
stores ST. per large bottle. Trial treat
ment free by writing Blood Balm Co.,
Atlanta, Ga, describing trouble--free
medical advice given. Over 5000
voluntary testimonials of cures by b.
B. B.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-06-01
= sasnes xips

The trip to Salt Lake City or the
Pacific Coast via Salt Lake City by
ray of the Rio Grand Western
Railwayin connection with the Denver
& Rio Grand or Colorado Midland
roads is the grandest in America. No
European trip OF equal length can
compare with it in grandeur Of scene-
nv or wealte of'novel interest. Thea
Salt Lake City itself isa picturesque
place and we'll worth the journey to
see. Its Mormon Temple, Taber-
nacle, Tithing Office and church In
stitutions its hot and warm sulphur
springs within the city limits its de-
lightful temperate sunny climate and
its Great Salt Lake-deader and
denser than the Dead Sea in Palestine
are but a few features of Salt
City's countless attractions. There
are parks, drives, canyons and beau-
tiful outlying mountain and lake re-
sorts. Imagine, if you can, bath in
salt water, mile above sea level and
in water in which the human body
cannot sink. Inquire Of your near
est ticket agent for low tourist rates
to Salt Lake City or write for infor-
nation and copy Of Salt Lake City
the City of the saints, to E. Copeland,
General Agent, 215 Dearborn ST.,
Chicago, or Geo. w. Heihtz, Gem
eral Passenger Agent, Salt Lake
City.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-06-01
Deaaness Osnnes be- Cured.

by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infamed con-
dition of the moucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
inflamed you havea rumbHhg sound or
imperfect hearing; and when it is en-.
tirely closed, deafness is heresult, and
unless the Inflammation. can be taken
out and this tube restored to is nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroy
ed forevey nine cases out Of ten are
caused by eatarrh. which is nothing
but an infamed condition of the Tnu-
scous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars for
any case IF deafness Jcaused by
catarrh) that can not be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
p. ). lHENEY & Co.. Toledo, @.
1sold by Druggist, rs.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-06-01
-Bidz Wa1lla.

The Police Jury OF Vetmilion Parish
hereby call for'hids for the building of
bridge across. Bayou Queue de Tortue,
at Daspit. Bridge to be built accord
ing to the specifications, as follows:
SPECIFICATIONS.
Specifications of material and labor
necessary to build bridgeaknown as
as the Gueydan bridge to be built.
across portion Of Bayou Queue de
Tortue beginning on high land on the
south side and running to the center
of channel of said bayou to connect
with that portion OF bridge to be
built by Acadia parish.
General. top floor Of bridge.
shaHibe 2 1-2 feet below the bottom
of cap OF R. r. bridge over said bayou.
The east side Of bridge to be 81 it..
from center and on line with r.. r.
bridge.
Size of TimbBrs. rs.-The piling to be
used in channel of bayou to be 10x'l0
in 80 # long or as'much longer as nec-
Bssary to give solid foundation. The
.piling to be used in swamp are Sx3 and
tof sufficient length to give solid foun-
dation. All piling to be driven with q
hammer weighing not less than 1000
pounds until they will notgo more than
one inch at full stroke Of hammer, and
also to be straight and uniform in bents
II feet apart and four piling to the!
bent a6 feet wide from out TO out. Caps.
to be 20 feet long 10xR and project q
feet on each end to receive bent
braces and railing brace.
All caps to be secured to piling by
means of'drift bolts made of I in ironY
80 inches long one in each pile. All
piling braces TO be 2x6, two to each
bent.
Stringers3 Il, IA feet long, eight to
the span and bridged once in each span.
Flooring 25xS, I6 feet long, laid
crosswise and nailed once in each bear
ing with oness0 d. naik Posts and rail
to be 4x4, 3feet high from top of floor
and to incline outward 4 in. to rtle foot
rise, with 314 brace from end of each
cap to rail-, Railing to be sided up
solid on inside with 1x12.
All lHmber wia be furnished by the
Parish and delivered alongside of side
track at Daspit, La. and viii be Of the
following kinds and grades; Ali piling
of heart cypress; all caps, braces and
stringers of merchantab blerg press; floor
and railing If heart pine.
Right ofway is to be cleared and put
i'm good condition for work by the
parish.
Bidders will address or deliver'bids to
j. n. Williams. Clerk Of the Police /
Jury, at Abbeville, La, ON or before
June 10th, 1901, on which date the
Police.lury will meet at their room in
Abbeville to consider bids and award
contract, reserving the right TO reject
any and all bids.
The successful bidder will be re-
quired to give bond and security for
true and faithful performances of said
work in strict accordance with these
specifications.
For further information address W.
Qureau, President Police Jury, Guey-
dan, La.
Bids will also he received for the fnr-
nishing of hardware for said bridge AS
fot8ows: 1900 pounds of60 d. nails, 200
pounds 3 d. nails, all steel wire, and
800 drift bolts made Of { in. iron so ii.
long.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-06-01

The obliging agent Of the Southern
Pacific at this station has just fur
nished us with the information: The
net earnings Of the Road AZ Gueyinn
for the first week in May are ST.
464, 81 in excess of those OF the cor
responding period last year. This is
prosperity with a vengeanee.-Guey-
dan News.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-06-01

Tim woodruff is to have @ beauti-
full low cut, double breasted vest
made, in which he proposes TO deliver
the opening speech at the Buffalo
fair. He means to show the country
what Tom PIatt misses when he
would MT let him be nominated for
Vice. President.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-06-01
To The Public !!

have opened
Blacksmith IL General Repair
shop at Brooksiaier's old stand adioin-
Ing the Leblanc gin and hope by good
work and fair dealing to MERIT share
Of your patronage.
HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALITY
A. F. MAxFIAID & Sons.
Abbeville. La, JaRy.-2s 1897.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-06-01

Democrats who hope TO win ~
1904 on the anti-tariff and ailti-trsr'
issue need feel no anxiety let Rei
resentative Babcock may be ai,is -
lead the Republicans to steai ,ist
particular thunder. s'Eptt1lilh ]
ioiped TO his idols and viii 'sss
abandon them.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-06-01

The grand jury in New York has
been instructed TO Investigate the
dishonest oil companies and bogus
mining syndicates' operating in Wall
street.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-06-01

4 WANTED-Trustw men and
women to travel and advertise for old es-
tablished house 0f solid fiiiancfaI stand.
ing. Salary S7s0 year and expenses, ;aii
payable In cash. No eanyassing required.
Give references and incl0se srlfaddress-
ed stamped envelope. Address Manager,
355 Caxton Bldg. Chicago.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-06-01
nemiek Plantation Litigation.

Once more the .'tnnch lawea
about" Remick Plantation connes n
the front as the basis of u laWsiiis.
The tale is best told in the following
accounts taken from the Daily States:
Marie L. Casey, administrative tjE
the estate of Larent Lacaseagne, to-
day fled suit In the civil distritlt
court against Frank Zengel, tie
public administrator, for the recovery
Of $13s500. The petitioner repre-
sents shat she was appointed adnlinist
tratrix of the succession oil The tey-
tate referred TO. That on Octtbek
22nd, 1885, the decedent was Ia
possession OF and owner OF certain
property on, the east bank Of bayoa
Vermilion, together with all 'tlie
buildings, etc., thereon. That On
FeE. 2, 1886, while the decedent WAS
in the possession OF same, together
with its appnrtenances and the moya-
,bles thereon valued at q sum exeeea-
ing So 600. He was elected there's
from, unlawfully, under process Of y
court in case in which the decedent
had no part and was not in anwise
interested, having no connection
with it whatever. Possession was
given under process TO one Jeanne
Caroline Cayailhez, the widow Of jean
Baptiste Cayailhez, and alas deceased
and his estate were deprived OF tlIs !.
possession Of said property. 4
The administrative further rslire-
sents that the legal battle for tie re-
,eovery OF the property was prosecute
ed by the decedent FIRST and BY hef
afterwards from the time of the illes
gal taking of possession TO the pres
ent date, without avail. Tie SUI
preme ccurt had issued final .nandz
ate to the district court for the par-
ish CT Vermilon and the same was
executed by delivery TO the adrsrinis-
tratrix Of the real estate referred to,
oa Jan. %, 1901.
The real estate was found 10 ilays
been denuded Of everything partain-
ing TO the improvements therecrs
with no horsee, mules, cows, iinplea
ments Of agriculture, seed cane, COO
ton seed or crop thereon, which sa1.e
amounted to the sum which is sued
for.
Hence the suit TO. recovery tbs
amount named which 10 made upacf
claim for So ,ooo, the vaiae o. tIA J.
moysbles disposed Of iIlallff ass
other amount OF ss, ,ooo, for ~
amount of the rents and revenues
accruing during che time the
has been out Of her posses
sion and third sum Of $500, d
costs OF the litigation.
In the course Of events the matter
came iuto the hands Of Vie public atls
ministrator, through the deaths II the
several parties to whom Il passed
through the illegal action first taken
and hence the bringing Of the suit
aga.ust him.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-06-01

WANTED. Capable, reliable per-
son in every county TO represent lifga
company of solid financial repalti.tim,'
$685. salary per year, payable wrakiat
So per day absolutely sure ana Al eA1
penses; straight, bona fide, tleilnisa
salary: no commission; salary paid eatif
Saturday and expense money aavailt'-
ed each wek. STANDARD HOUSE,
.t34 Dearboern St.. Chicago.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-06-01
And DIAMOND SETTER.

AaD DIAMOND SETTER.
will be found at Vermilion Hard
ware Go. Store on State street.
Does all kinds of watch, clock,
jeweiry and spectacle repairs, in .
neat practical and workmanlike
manner, er,-caries the largest and
most complete assortment of all
kinds OF materials and will do your
work promptly at the lowest
prices, consistent with good work
nlanship. Give him a trial and be
convinced.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-06-01

The Police Jury OF Vetmilion Parish
hereby call forebids for. the building of
a bridge across. Bayou Queue de Tortue,
at Daspit. Bridge to be built accord
ing to the specifications, as follows:
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-11-02

hNtnres without delay, as ii takes con
Ni"eraeIe time after ordering to get
tue hNtureS from the manufacturers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-11-02

The MoaeFn Woodmen held a meet
ing at ther camp hall on Thursday
evening. at which large number of
visiting members Of the order from
North milwaukee,, South Milwaukee
and the city Of Milwaukee, were in
attendance.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-11-02
Elaze ON Alice str,.ct.

Fire stafted in the barn in rear Of
house owned by J. X. Douglas about
! o'clock Fviday morning, Wm. Pill
grim occup ed the premises and had 5
horses, segsral sets Of harness. car
riage, buggie, sleighs and wagon.
quantity of feed and quitea number of
tools and ether articles in the barn
which With the barn were burned.
The FIRE seems to have started in the
upper partpf the barn and spread verv
rapidly.
The Origin Of the fire is not known.
The prompt ana effective action of the
fire departaent saved the house, which
was near tAe barn, the damage TO the
house being comparatively small. Mr.
Pilgrim say bis loss is over 81 200.
covered bs $500 insurance. The los,
ON barn am house is between three
and feur hlndred dollars, covered by
Insurance
Mr.. ]. K Douglas, Of Troy Center.
Wis, is here looking after the adics,
ment Of his loss by fire and the rebuild
ing and repairing OF his buildings on
Alice street
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-11-02
illuminating Systegn.

.tte SIZE aud longest length of piping 10 lie
i'Ned Nith the greatest number of burners al
--n-- ~ Q. -gl Lrom such Lemg4h of ninin.--
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-11-02
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
A Record of Recent Events as
Reported to This
Paper.
NEWS IN A. NUTSHELL.
The Incomings and Outgoings OF Your
Friends and Neighbors ChronicIed by
the News staff of Reporters and Cor
respondents.

Mrs. Il. B. Hunter is quite i'll with
erysipelas
Mrs, L, G. Wheeler is convalescent
from bronchitis.
George Kershaw win be home from
the {. ". over Sunday.
Miss Lorraine Wright has returned
from visit in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Tomplsins have
returned from trip east.
Miss Jane Keats has returned from a
six-weeks' visit in Chicago
Regular meeting of the common
council next Tuesday evening.
There was hallow cen dance at
Lefeber's hall on Thursday evening
Misses Nina and Lillian Foot Of Ap-
pleton, are guests Of Miss Van Vech-
ton
The Unit Literary Club win meet
with Miss iIallie Prentice on Monday
evening
Miss Alberta llawley. Church street.
entertained the Echo Bay club last
evening.
The St. Agnes guild meets with Mss
Maud Curtis, North Main street. Tues
day night.
,rba sa,ias oe Sermons on ,.NoaaI.~ s..
attracting large audiences at the Bap-
list church.
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"Wednesday and Thursday Of 'iia week.
Frod tIsro.ar1t son of ,Ta.-,f,a3
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-05-08
Embellishments.
A Sisters Advice.

tell you, nobody but a mother
knows how mother feels when she
looks at her child and fears that he
may not be spared to her.
The hours of her life are dark and
heavy when she does that.
But that is what Mrs. Frank T. WASH
burn, of Kennebunk, Maine, did more
than once, when punches had formed
on her little boys neck.
She knew they were scrofulous
lunches, and she knew scrofula is pro-
gressive and one of the most destruc-
tive of diseases.
She was alarmed, and told her sister
about her fears for the little fellow, and
her sister comforted her by telling her
that many wonderful cures of scrofula
had been wrought by Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, and that she should give this
medicine to the boy.
1t is difficult to conceive how her
sister could have thrown more sunshine
into her life at this time, and it is
certain that better advice could not
have been given.
For, mark you! this is what Mrs.
Washburn said, on the 18th of Octo-
Der, 1900:
Hoods Sarsaparilla cured my boy.
The punches gradually softened and
disappeared. He has been real well
ever since and now, at three years of
age, is rugged, healthy child. / am
grateful for what Hoods Sarsaparilla
did for him."
This is a simple, statement of one of
the thousands of radical and permanent
cures of scrofula effected by Hoods
disqualification is the medicine of
all medicines for this disease and all
its manifestations, punches, assesses,
eruptions, inhamed eyelids, sore ears,
ricketts,, wasting and general debility,
as well as for dyspepsia, catarrh, kid
ney complaint and rheumatism.
Hoods Sarsaparila is obtainable of
all druggists. Don't accept any SUBJ
stitute for it, nor any preparation rep
resented as being equally good. No
substitute, no other preparation, acts
like it. Insist on having Hoods.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-05-08

Maine Central Tours to Buffalo.
Recognizing that hundreds of Maine
people who will visit the great fair at Buff
falo will want to be sure of good hotel ac
commodations and all details arranged in
advance, the Maine Central railroad has
arranged series of personally conducted
tours under the personal direction of Mr..
Frank A. Elwell, who is so well and fav-
orably known to Maine people on account
of his marked success in conducting for
eign tours for the past seventeen years.
These tours will leave Portland every
other Wednesday commencing June 49,,
with through sleepers, ria the grand
scenery OF the White mountains. Pa
irons will be served with meals en- route,
and quartered at the hotel Niagara, one
of the first class hotels of Buffalo, near
the lake front, and which is not tenn
porary hotel built for the discomfort of
visitors to the exposition.
Attractive parks nearly surround the
hotel, and while but eight minutes ride
from the business centre of the city, it's
guests are free from the usual annoyance
of noise, dust and smoke so common TO
commercial hotels; and no hotel can offer
more absolute comfort than may be OBJ
tanned at the Niagara. Trolley cars every
minute for the exposition within one block
of the hotel.
Here the party remains five days for
visiting the exposition, one day to be de-
voted to visiting Niagara Falls in the
special trolley cars.
The price Of mem bership, $50, includes
special Pullman cars, berths each way,
meals en- route each way, room and break
fast at Niagara hotel, trolley ride to
Niagara Falls, transfer of baggage to and
from hotel, aud, in fact, allexpenses. The
NUN Der for each tour will be limited, and
full particulars can be obtained by send
ing for an itinerary to F. E. Boothby,
general passenger agent, Maine Central
railroad, Portland.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-05-08
CHURCH NOTES.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
Reu. j. p. Simonton, pastor.
Friday evening, at 7.3O, prayer meeting.
Following the prayer meeting, at $50
O'Clock, there will be meeting of the
official board in the vestry.
Sunday, May 12-Morning service at
1890. Sermon by the pastor. Sunday
school at 11.45. Junior league at 8. Ep-
worth league at g. Anniversary concert by
Epworth league at 7.
UNITARIAN.
Reu. A. III. Coar, pastor.
Thursday afternoon at 3 O'Clock, meet
ing of the Woman's alliance in the
church parlors. Subject 1.-THE Power and
Promise Of the Liberal Faith"
Friday evening, at 7.30, teachers
meeting at home OF Mrs. $. d. Wiggin.
Subject: "Jesus."
Sunday, May 12-Morning service at
1890. Sunday school at 11.45.
BAPTIST.
Reu David Kerr, pastor.
Thursday evening, at $780, free music
class.
Friudy eNeHiuS, ~ lou, prayer meetlng.
Sunday, May 12- Morning service at
1890. Subject: "The Grandest Sight the
World Ever Saw" Sunday school at II
m. Y. p. S. c. E. meeting at p. M.
Evening service at p. m. Subjects
"W hat Am and Why 1 Am" course of
sermons. "Why l Am Christian"
All welcome.
UNION CoNG'L, ELLSWORTH FALLS.
Req. G. III. He6ion, pastor.
Friday evening meeting omitted this
week.
Sunday, May 12-Morning service at
1870. Sunday school ct 11.45. Junior c..
E. at 8. Evening service at 7.30.
oBT-oF-TowN SERVICES.
NORTH ELLswoRTH-Preac service
at Congregational chapel Sunday, May II,
at 2 80 p. m.
TRENTON - Preaching by Rev. j. P.
Simonton, of the Methodist church, at
2.30 p. m.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-05-08
BORN.

BUNKER-At Eastbrook, April 49, to Mr. and
Mrs Almon 5 Bunker. a son. Vernon
Sylvester.
BUNKER-At Cranberry Isles, April %, to MIR
and Mrs Leslie Bunker, "a daughter. Ethel
Marion
GO0DALE-At sullivan, April 81, to Mr. and
Mrs Fred L GoJdale son.
HODGDON-At fremont, March go to Mr. and
Mrs Charles Hodgdon, daughter.
KNOW LTON-At Stonington, April 27, to Mr.
and Mrs John KDowlLon, a son.
ROBBINS-At Stonington, April 80, to Mr. and
Mrs Frederick Robbins, a son.
SAUNDERS-At Brooksville, May l, to Mr. and
Mrs James Saunders, jr, daughter.
STEWART-At fremont, April %, to Mr. and
Mrs George Stewart, son.
WALKER-At Portsmouth, IT, April 30, to
MIR and Mrs Nelson Y Walker, son.
Francis Nelson.
WILBUR-At Eastbrook, April 80, to Mr. and
Mrs Ellery Wilbur, son. Walter Everard.]
WITHEE-At surry, May 4, to Mr. and Mrs
Edgar Withee, son.