The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-10-15

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settlement was married to Miss All.
zina Walker, Of the Campbell settle.
ment.
Ned Huff is making war on the
game. Dor.
Died, near Shell Beach, Monday.
September 26. Mrs. sy%phroyen Mar.
ceaux. The deceased had been af.,
ficted for some years with asthma
Lake Side Review.
No. Ones boys had the steamer
out Monday evening and laid the
dust on all the. main streets. By
the aid of the spray nozzle they
gave the town an excellent counter.
felt rain and whether the weather
got ashamed OF itself or not we
don't know Int it clouded up that
night all the same.
Messrs Petty and Wall have the
job of repairing and rebuilding the
old Coulec Kinney bridge extension
across the fiat. on the west end Of
the bridge. They have made an
excellent job of it and the travelling
public and the farmers who are haul.
ing rice are greatly rejoiced Tor il
was 10 a horrible plight.
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Granville B. Shaw, returned
home Tuesday evening from New
Orleans. He was the successful
bidder for furnishing a snag boat
for cleaning ont Mermentau river
and its tributaries as well as doing
the same work and putting down
guide piles in Vermilion Bay and
Bayou. We are glad oar home
folksgot the job.
Fsom the New iberia Sugar
Bowl we learn that the work Of
laying ties and rail on the Abbeyille
Railroad is not progressing as fast
asthe contractor would like owing
Ito the scarcity Of hands, and they
are working eyen.on Sunday to get
the road in running order for the
comining sugar campaign which il
is probable will be dole.
So dense was the shade on St.
Charles street from St. Victor To-
VermilIon, owing to the large trees
along the sidewalk, that 10 wet
weather the street was always mod
dy and sloppy. In order to- remedy
this Capt. VIM. Laaear who is the
largest property owner On that
square has cut down the trees On
one side and trimed up those oa the
other.
There will be a partial eclipse Of
the sun on the 2eth instant, which
will be observable here. A little
over onethird of the suns disk will
be covered by the intervening body
of the moon. The eclipse will begin
about Ii o'clock In the morning
and end about lao o'clock. The
moon will be in conjunction with
Jupiter on the evening of the 10Th
instant. at the time that the moo
reaches its full stage; and If the
night be clear the sight will be .
beautiful one as the conjunction will
almost amount to an occultation OF
! the great planet by our satellite.
Judge Allen and District Attor.
ney Gordy are evidently doing good
work up in Lafayette. Saturday
evening the grand jury made its
final report to the court and return
: cd true bills against the following
. parties: Willie Foreman, murder,
of G. Bertrand at Duson Station in
, May last: Columbus Shell, impli-
Gated in the same offense with Fore
J man, was discharged, mot a true
bill" being returned in his case.
!, Wilson Clay, robbery; Albert 20
. meaux, burglary; Benjamin Young,
. larceny; Alcibiades Gaudet, larce'
ny; Eupheneon Robertson ct al,
: arson; Jean Balisc, concealed wea-
pons. The jury also returned true
! bills against seyenty.eight merchants
and saloon men for violating the
: Sunday law. Town Marshal Micaud
t who recently defaulted in the sun
q of 1910 was also Indicted. and was