The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-11-20

Abberillc Weridiuual.
Saturday, November go, lssG.
Laporte & ThibeauX's market has
suspended operations.
Captain Barney Storm, a Well-known
~staamboatman, died recently in Morgan
City. He was i%ayorabiy remembered
here. Peace to his ashes.
Wednesday was wet and d~isagreea-
HE, at night the wind shifted north and
next morning the mercury stood at 290
with ice and frost in abundance.
We are under obligations to Mr.. II.
G. Heinrich for some fresh vegetables of
different kinds. He is not only a good
bsker but also an expert as a deliver.
This week nearly all our planters
have begun grinding sugar. If the
weather shonld turn warm we fear they
will lose much cane in consequence Of
the freeze.
Nh. Jean NJ. BeauNis presented us
this week with a ounce grown Oh his
Mace. which was something uncom-
mon for size in this section OF country.
All VIC need here to have good orchards
is a little industry and a proper cultiva-
ton of the soil.
The police jury at its last meeting
amounted committees to trace off some
very important roads. We hope they
will not stop but let the good work go
onuntil every neighborhood has Il direct
and available road to this town. Open
ing gates and going through pastures
are an abomination which is killing the
trade of this town, as it has done that
of New Iberia and Lafayette.
Tuesday night last DR.. Frank r.
Young, accompanied by his charming |
bride, arrived in Abbeville, their anti
cipatcd extended tour of the East
having been abruptly terminated at
Washington, D. c., by a telegram sum
moniag them home to the bedside Of
the Doctors mother, Mrs. F. D. Young.
who is now lying in a critical condition,
a, victim Of that fell destroyer, con-
sumption.
While Il energetic police jury is
hammcring away at the question Of
public roads, it may be we'll to invite its
attention to the following extract from
Revised Statutes Of 1870:
SECTION 2754. IN all the parishes
Of this State in which the public roads
a,c controlled and regulated by police
juries, all roads which have been open
and III common Use twelve nlonthst
previous to the passage OF this act,
shall be and are hereby declared to be
public roads, and shall not be closed,
osstructed or changed, without the
consent of the contiguous pfopertyi
owners, and to the approval of the
police jury.
". B. White, Esq, OF our. town,
made a short visit this week to some Of
the adjoining parishes and neighboying
cities, amt gives us the tlattering and
encouraging information that Abbeville,
With the exception of New Iberia, pre-
sents a more business-likc appearance
than any place he visited. In some
parts OF the country, where advances
We're made in full by the local Nor
enant on the present crop, parties have
ielt the cotton fields and taken to the
susar-houses, thus leaving their credit
ors in a very unpleasant condition.
The corn crop, in most of the Attaka-
pas country, will be short this year,
owing to a too wet spring
Senator James B. Eustis, in company
with Judge John Clegg, of Lafayette,
Afade a visit to Abheville last Saturday
and left the next day. We learn from
the honorable gentleman that his visit
10 this section Of country was to fully