The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-06-23

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Suly Blanchet has joined Clark's
show troupe and left with it.
The crowd drawn to town On
Thursday was larger than have been
seen for years. f..
Mrs. John Moa,ton is having a
snail building erected 90 the west
corner Of her lot.
Mr.. Louis Laporte and lady, Of
Cbeniere au Tigre, are here on a
visit to friends and relatives.
Messrs. Iastie Broussard and W.
B. White have been appointed by
he governor as notaries public.
DR.. ~. Edwards lett here yes
terday for Franklin, Houma aud
New Orleans. He will be absent
several days.
Mr.. Oats. who bRs been teaching
school at Prairie Greig. paid US a
visit last Wednesday. when on his
way home, Lake Arthur.
All hands and the cook will bear
in mind that the 6remcn's excursion
to Southwest Pass will leave Wise's
wharf next Thursday, the 18th, at 6
O'Clock =. n.
Mrs. Jules Defrance returned home
few days ago after a pleasant visit
Of several months TO Chcnicre au
Tigre. She is looking we'll and i'm
proved in health.
The German" hall last Saturday
evening at the French Hall was a
brilliant affair. and the auprer table
fairly groaned with eatafles Of the
most tempting kind.
Prof. Clark's show here was wit.
messed by large ssdiences-tbere
was not sitting room enough for the
crowd. He certainly made q coed
thing Of it while in Abbeville.
Mr.. Charles E. Petris has OUT
thanks for a complimentary ticket
to attend the grand dramatic enter
tainment to be given at Ratne on
the 30th for the benefit Of the Hblie
school at that place.
Mr.. n. B. Lyons has had himself
a neat four DON cottage bnilt in
the north part Of town. When en-
closed with q good. picket fence and
painted it will add much to the ap.
pearanee Of that portion Of town.
Our thanks are due Mr.. Jules
Dnbus for tickets to attend the
French fste which is to take place
in New Orleans on the l4th of July.
This excursion promises to be the
most enjoyable one ever given by
the French, Benevolent Society.
The venerable oak and pecan trees
that adorn the yard of Mr.. W. W.
Edwards are really a magnificent
sight to behold, and with their full
foliage. as they are at this season Of
the year, it is inviting indeed to the
passer.by to stop and tarry awhile,
and back beneath their jar-streached
limbs. They are heavily laden with
young acorns and peca,t..'>
Mr.. Kasson Freemak,: the civil
engineer who drew the line for the
projected railroad from Jennings via
Lake Arthur to Abbeville, in com
pany with Mr.. T. J. Mahaffey, his
assistant, arrived in town last Satur-
day afternoon after finishing their
labors, and returned to Jennings the
following Monday. He informed us
that the building Of this road is o
liked fact, and that We may expect
direct communication with the North
west at All early day. He was high
y delighted with this section of
country, and said it only needed more
settlers to develop the vast resources
OF this parish. He will return to
Ahbeville on the eth, and on the
2sth he will start for Southwest
Pass for the purpose Of ascertainipg
the depth Of water in Vermilioa bay,
and make such other observations as
ne may deem necessary to further
the plans of the company he repre-
sents. The object Of the company,
he informed US, is to reach some
point on Vcrmilion bay whereby
deep water anda good harbor may
be secured in order to admit ocean
steamers. The intention is also to
at once establish direct railroad
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