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Sturday. Decmmber 2m . 1889 The old -Burke, Houston. 4-c .lrferv combine are pulling': hard ,to .sptore :-the rerula4or movemen-t.' :It's about time the slow P'ic. caught *c. David Bidwell, one of the oldest tlhea trical managers in the Setimtry.;'died -ii New {Jrleans en the 18th iws. "He had been siarek Sthree weeks. fmomecute A lezanderhaifinomned . the civil ervice -department that -the word sbeodele is spelled 153 different ways by -United Stales postmasters. Jf.he will only -secure a position as editorof the correspon dence of a datili.newspaper,. he will noon learn that for - bad - spells the LP. 41. isuot a marker--Post. "The-story goes that ,Prusident lHsrrison, when referring to - bis noa rmination and election, -always ays --with a meck and lowly swing of the t-head: "The lard did it." "The SLord may. never take oecasion to -danythe priafan libel, but -we .will gt.anauteetheLord will never repeat sib. ,apeicreot.-=Iloldet, 9.Mo., En twterpriae. Organiftionsof law and order ,hoiuld exist in every pariah nwhere .wlaneau has prevailed, not 4o - make their ewrn-jatiee, ba to help and amist liboofcers of justiee. The Slast tenms of court in tbis pariib "were -conspieseus for peijury of witneses and jurors, -atd the result -wa no conviction of the criminals wus possible. Crimes are thereby -encouraged.--St. Martin Messenger. -Editor -Mangham, of Gibsland, 'will please let-apon pekiog- Can at our railroad that is building from S'Arcidla-thir-way. {Yon knew the roi1d'lll be built to Fairmount, 4n `Ried River, Ly spring, so what are ,you kicking about T 'oo aao,.rgo over to Drew'a town ad run- down ".tb the Parn and-tak -& alt --water Biath. -Comens, own :up, you are _jealous. 'We have just received from the publishers a very full and eompre henaire book under the title, Life and 'eath e(Jderson'Davig, i-full bi.oryf of lis veetful life -nddetb, twgfthe. with 'Fuerail Services, also 0commeits of. the pressm fronul pertl .of the.cmuntr.; .i&tvil1-beemntpost ,paid to any address on receipt of $5 -cent by J. S. Ogivie, the publisher, 57 Rae St.,; New '"York, who lso -desires agents to sell it. 'Charles C. xir, one of the iarnors Sin'the Cronin--tee, a few "days be. -Tore the lose bf the triai, patting-on 3his orercosto.it'bis hotel found -a parcel in one of the pocket. Onn -0xaminhtioii he liscovred- a nec-tiee -.id a note stating Ihat if'Ube voted' Yor aequittaL'there-routd be plenty of "stdff' in It "for him; and ifhe1 eoceptid be-was to wear thenecktie --encloasd. `The juror pla.d' 'te ,matter Ia 4.he hands of -ftafe'u .Attarney Longenecker...[ .ie ange. 'Por roae reason ',hich :-it is SpssiMbe is buet known to itself, the New D(Means Critic lt pleased -to ,-most wIekidly si miieiously sin ' deVermiliom -p'i*,bly-alluding to vitas 'hbe obscure, unsettled, mo3quito `breeding region, in which Abbeville -struggles for existence." Tht'e .11t right, O'Neill, but when it comes -to' moequito-breeding and filth, youa ,cr-q just-gamble year Gld tuds tIfat *-yuwr own sweetscented old fossil of a -town candouble discount anythng theun a ver shone on, and as fora finer country than.Vernmulion parish,1i .yoe nor any other manerer saw its .s.nprior sieoe oueMwaioqd oz Meua t Pis ah. A HEG E JOKE. The iahyete egaulater., I Aeemby, , Demounre The..k .ejve. mnd Their Outlawry In Ujmmemsured Term. We publish below a set of resolu. tions adopted by the regulators of 4 laIayette parihb. at a meeting held in the town ef Lafayette, or. Satur day, the 21st inst: 'They seized opse the opportunity presented -by a.- eciic call for a masf meetilng of thio law-abiding people ofzthe parish, for tic purpose of expressing their unqua I: ed condemnation of regula-. torisni :n-its erry form, and to dis cuss an. devisemeasures by --*hlch law, order and -conIdence might be restored. The .wrrewd (?) leaders bf 'the regulator organization -sought to take advantage of this cireumstance, and. planned the capturing of the call meeting by roree of their great_ number mustered out for the occa sion, oand in that -way ~-deleat i-he proposed aos(ne of the true and sincere law abiding citizens; and, at the same ltime that they woutd be making- a record for -thems lves. From-sbsequ.ent..ceounts we "learn that tuey did capture--nothing; for the law abidieg element of the as semblage, seeing clear through the "cut and dried" scheme 6Of Aheir mnisgutded fxd unmindful brethren, quietly and unobservedly wRthdrew, and repairing to the city hall,' held a most impressive and praise-worthy meeting, a-full account of -whish is givenelsewhere in-this itsse. c Following are the resolutions. oi f rerulators, the subject of this article: "Reeolved. -That "in- answer-to a ciii t published uin the Lafayette Advertiser of December14 and 21, I8*. we." the white , people oft the parish of. Lafayette, are unalterably opJ sed-to lawlessness, rio Sence and oeguIatorrule.,snd that we are in favor of maintaining and preserving quiet mad iod onlrder in this parish. Resolved, That .we deprecate all at temlrs atsthwarting the ends bf justice. a tmdhat perjnry, snlmrnation .f Pgrji t arid the eompounding.of felonies shohld bt pt down, as .titey *trike..at-the rvery D abric of our government. •eolved. That we reice AbatrpJ.,ert has enhanced in vralne, and that good slbitartial immsigransa lsetiag with us, and that -good faith and fall cenfi Sdeuce eist mong- aei#gbors, and -that the white.ýeaplef this parish are law a abiding citizens, and in ~woaf of this we bodly .sssert-:that 90 per, cant. .of the i crimes committed in this pariah -are per lptrahed b negroes r Reolved, That we, the white people of thre parish of Lafayette, first of al 'as Swhite men and secondly as Democrats. upholding in our midst the .mesmae f the white man and recognizing the bieas ins of a good ger.ernmnet, mad being I fully aware that. under the great princi plesa o equity and justice niderlying our fnndamenlsI las4. mo Sovernment ean exist *here lawlessness prevails, do bind Sand pledge ourselves to -maintain the parity andsupremacy of the law in our mids$-oo'that ery m *ne hall be secure in his person and propel.. Signedby E,- G.~Vothse,- O. lade, `C. Douoet.JH. D. (Uidrv and-A. Olirier. On motion, duly seconded, the meeefng I adjourned. F.- Ce. LIotioifldS, ,'esident; 3. J,-Moaton and'P. L.' De,'lonet, secre 'Very lofty sentiments mnost beau tifully expressed; but s1sat how meoijagleuul Aggrandizing to regulators, perhaps, put to all others the umost palpable impesition. and insineerity possible. A -grandoand mighty tbeory, without the slightest foundation. 'Cusistenoy, thou art a jew.l" Gentlemen of the regolators neiglbo a, friendsl ,You -have beeas arvellously blinded and mis guitded by the leaders of yoaur dis graceful organization, who. -bind and cement you together, only ghad you may serve as -a tool in 4heit hands whenever -time or ci stance may require it. You been -warped together under pretext or another -(white cy, ete) into One monstrous cal machine, to be-used at vi accomplish theedds and designs your masters. Wow that the, mab I has been ornc-away, Uad the true 1 character and hideousness of -the mosster-exposed, your "e:Bt friends, appeal to you to ?eturmn 4o0-your reisonesand -bedeceived .nelonsger. I Assert ,year true matbhood and c esonace --an organization that, I through -ba middirected iih ence is greatly retardiu and' sapping the c progress and development of all oar d. material and moral interests. BE a MEN! The usa1 that lod intended end let regulatori-m, with all its at ktendant horrors, be buried now and .forever I The Whmgi Usem It" mean omi Bod. r The last irsae of the New Iberia I Enterprise Contains an able atnd elo .quent appeal to the people of Iberia Land Vermilion to assiet in building this road from New Iberia to Abbe rjville, or some point on Vermilion }bayou. It is a little singular thocgbh tat no one is named as being the orving vpint- in the affair. This! 4ilies us with disfavor. If the .iople figuring in'thiumueve are sin ¶cere,-they thould not 'wrap them senes p.in such profound mistery Let them open itheir heads and.gia-ee the world the benefit-of }heir-ideas instead of indulging - in so- mu h -secreey ad - circumlocution. Ifi they,-bode- ny good to Abbeville and the people of Vermailiou parish why in the name of the great horn i spoon don't they come to Abbeville? Why-s- much caneansing-"at little1 erossroads storesy? Abbeville' has i always come -o -the- notch -when called upon. She has twice voted i a railroad tax, and will do so again. Her business men have time and! again -saubcribed .4o the stock of1 paper railroads, and--will meet the people (f New Iberia, or any--other place 6ffering a railroad -connec tion morethan half way. But we mean business and don't want any joke or rat hble schemes. We have the protmises of one road, the -an sag City, Louisiana and - Gulf rail road, which is rapidly-building this way,aend,"if we get thestax voted, iti wll surely come All this -wild talk about railroads from the ,moon . sad elsoewere only diseonerts 4he people, and will -finally result int having no road at all. -We hlave started in with the ansras City road, and should slick to them at leasttuntil we are-dead eertain--ofi something better. Puah 'sact up, ,ro . =up. 4Ieyr W +irady. Henry W.Grady is dead! The i brightest Estar in the-brilliant galaxy of Ameriean' journalism has -"disap- I peered ! The- rarest diadem in- the jeweled coronet of Southern oratory is loat I The sturdy chamnpion -of the'New South, of the progress and prosperty df our lorvd land of)izie has fallen! with honors crowding hiei and fist upod him; jamt wh. n the battle -was won, and as -the tide df capital is setting into- our hores. 'No martial 'fame -.bis, carved out of humaunleah with 'the i merciless -sword, pedestaled -onI ruin adrd-eansge, crinmson-hetid -with I 'the 'life's food of a multitude of Tfallen braves, and-garlanded-with the woe and anguish wrung'tears of L widows and orphans! Ho was the Apostle dof Peace antd Prosperity: and soeh were 'his spfeddid genius, msthcles courage anud-zealoustevo. tion thathe was accorded -a -ready' Sthe North, and from i 'Boston, -won ad unstinted t mion has usa. lineei.LincoIn 'thE aa.assin } S 'is mervellous *ceivedaºn idea1 at neve. cherished l a his eleoqent tonue thatl never uttered a --sentiment "that not loyl --to"his country, and . lealculated to advance- his people, lie!jl stilled by the chilng touch of-death, ( 'theSeuth,ovorwhelmmcd $with-grief,L -can scarce realize the calamity -hat has btfallen her. 1 "Noone ma-has done as mueh?-to obliterate sectional prejudice and .develope the resourceea.of the Seuth asL Mr.: Grady. I i .To..his. native.Slate. of --Georgia,1I the-precious heritage of his spotless record and honored name, will preve, of untold value in inciting her sons 'to emulate his example. :To.his stricken family,-we tedtder our heartfelt -ympathies, and mingle onr tears with those of his friends, as we share our 'eommon -grie Paix a es cendres. A IomatIckt.wy. AllenoMe'Donald, aged 82 years, a wealthy retired blaeksmith, asad 'Mi-s Addiei). Bowen, a sged.f5, a. New Yoie book agent, were mrr-4 aied at Danbury Coon., last -weak by the' Rev. Mr. .Hubbard. The story of the marriage ism a ctrieuu one. Mr. McDonald is - childtess and his-wife died on Nov.7', 18&8. Except-a wealthy sister in liamis. sippi hebhas no one to inherit hispro pertv,which is estimated to'be worth 250;oo000. year from the day his wife died he announced that he ewould give half his fortune to -any woiga'n who.would. marry him. He insisted that the - woman should he young, pretty and a splinster. A few days later .li.ssBowen salled at his house to-sell -him abook. He refused to talk about the book. hut asked her-if she would mary-him. Mis Bowen-thoought-hewas crazy, but finding that he wasn in earnest, asked time to consider. '"Ie obtain ed the addres of her parents in N ew-Pork. and visited -them. Be explained that he wasrvery -wealthy and wanted-some one to inherit his property, adding that -heihad only a few yearamnare tolive. Miss Bowen'a parents'ihought the proposal a-good one for-their dangi ter, aned iee their consent. The couple are now living in'ifcDonald' fine" Is on"West street. SThe Adlal.aratiod.m t a.ult "Say, boss is yo got air letter Shysfre me," quaeried aid gc daIr' >kev as he entered the pest oice the other day. '"Whatnamn?" inquired Amsinnti "Kenredy, without locing sp-from the-batch ofletterslhe -was engakged in -Mistributing. "My name, 'bo 5-my -eae ZlIen derson Jones. T'o knowrs my namr. I boss,' case'I yooster-wek up hyarT roan de irisum - ili.uilelomg lo yo "Nothing for Jon~7 -interrupte the-assistant as.he.Ainibed i}lo.kiq& tbrough -the "J" box. S"Neihia .efo ,i* -.eclI-ised -%fe ýkey in .-aa doubtfilf toe. "!bok hyar;-boss~ yo'ain't, treutiu me right: o~oeIk in de same ,boa, V'y time' r come roan. hyar-dat aint right. .Yo_ gives whitefolks a letter; aintI-got much right to git one too? I aint never doneyo nuthin, toss, isl. Ii pays my texas too, dontlI? Den yo Lknowayoaint treatinmane rlght;bow. Bnf," he -finished, ihrugging his shoulders and walking out et the door; "dis am a eu'as' nminitrauhti. an de nigger don't stan no ehow nowbar anymo" - Wr. ibe Miller, who "'Go road supervisor of S ndhira olvsi of the ';Ifliaoie --taGust -railrogU, is credited with stsaing that a. eri-o - ctadeut occurred taonIedb lhtIue e.ibiBtsto the {bon Oity.coru slpaO that 'Louisiane could blurnM. Aco cotding tomr.Millerfbo wa .rtt. iate 4o secure at Ponehatoula, an impneae 'pumikin. While t to pnt the pumpkinj ii `'.s ` car prodred -for the eabt.i ibik 4".s fonun that The pmnutri ;was .too lrs e to parss troe-ithe 'ioor;i- 'A fiat tar was then obtalned,.and while- trying to rol the' hbgef-vgeta ble open the-r, it aeapk frsan+ the gruspef €h'etes or twelve e.om hbo wreredihn4tng it; and, rolling down ii a bhi4, -ran over and killed two moedied r.ith Maing thatrthe.imp credited with saying that the .,mp )kin acswrecked-an.ti jroad will lhaveto --N. 0.. veopa La b arts 'A touch Of na W hat is the most tuation ? Putting a man's tongue. TWhy do bens lay ti Because at night they taer. It is-5oit"natural t who stepson a tack wlL ping mad. , A..xiors'father .f a daughters (attired a clothe. and exnameiug ipost) : .tiarra, *are_ all in? Lean fid mly of gum." How shall we move asked the tnempeance then somebody is lb the crowd remnarked :' a drink, "fellows," and moved. AbsWe-e*arded ing home at night. Is some one there ?"' the ' bed)---N. I" Tat's, very slang'. - some one was under my Bvy uiek ihot be CuPd her from the elutclhe Whlat -were your brain eommenced ta -'Oh Charlie. 1 thorbt. She knew.thegrip. "Mr.?oolly, give me a Amy's little sister, came down 'o the pa . do you mant with iits. -).lly,:macb -amused, -a her the coin. "0, I d , I- only wanied to sws centBec ne sister A afteruoas that you meaatthe other kind. . Thos octiiest private the werM is Lord -BuW say,1Etland. It a and,.i bsiltofgrawiti tioieedbigh. T . -tr.ted of msarbje -a'ii while theoous ari' hog.ny,- rosewood and m-a-nsi cost -8,t& Bee. 7hmrouir inadvert pre iny-Oustomer, Geor0` µ b o tche r o f 'S y d eyw0 e , eirn objectedt to the a had Wiceb taken uap istrwteVho- ined him. ncwspapera improved by pe'emthis~ several on ifti)m depravity it the muiNboedmct of partieular. 4!. vi**-&, aund hf..dW 4iris '-_ salr then discovered, - . publicity given to bit was a miameinr heir.. 4Theroa , in Tswnabipj of Range one' East, in oa elhectionw ha're the- majority of the legal on said qeestion hav the saleaf'tfle 16th laatt4n said-ternsbig giveanthat acting in the Board of School parish, and udderaiAhef -& of. us. Bovem?4 'f ..t iof a i fir lands for a -ter sn tewrs. toe tehighest cot less than fpr y'e s; . =at the ctwrtl TsansI orb La. R e"t on sukP'In'dand ar nnattly' ea y . irs ?late of lease, .eeeptca of cahh in Mvancu fi nt eopn"" of '-- of tieatng .conttr s, :etcr -Securi 'p qmnirel of ie s for the ment·i-rentead °for the 'the lad froaPalrai - and waste and izujury. 14- feat wsheref, I name iiffc;ifflIy this 4th dayl :ber,·a. Dftt889. Ol3das ei e re·r, P "Thebest rice laiims in the be rza-on' the share foeuth of the crop (all J. P. * Shell °St.