The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05
Personal Mention.

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elry store in Rayne.
Lastie Broussard. Esq, has returned
from his trip to Natchitoches.
Miss Georgia Labit, Abbeville, is the
guest of the Misses Clements.-Town
Talk.
D. L. Mcpherson went to New Or
leans Saturday Oh business, returning
Monday.
Mr.. Barrio of Rayne, in the employ
of Mervine Kahn, was over here last
Sunday.
Mrs. E. P. Putnam returned home
Thursday evening from a visit to New
Orleans.
Mrs. Bagley, of Ramsey, is in the
city visiting relatiyes.-Alexandria
Town Talk.
Foster Curry left for O~pelousas this
week where he has accepted a position
as clerk in a store.
Dr.. J. Fl. Il. Wise, of Morgan City, a
high dignitary in Masonic circles came
in Thursday evening.
Master Lolo Addison retuned home
Thursday in company with bis aunt
Miss Martha Addison.
CASTOR Dutel, of Cheniere au Tigre,
was in town this week and left by
schooner last Tuesday,
Edmund Vaughn and several, other
persons from Pecan Island, were trans
acting business in town this week.
Mrs. VIM. L. Vanslyke left on a visit
to relatives and friends in Bloomfield,
Indiana, and will be absent some time.
We had the pleasure this week of a
call from our old friend J.. p. BONN, of
Lafayette, who is visiting his son Gil
bert.
Rev. Father Mauret, the new vicar
of the Catholic church here, arrived
last week and has entered upon his.
work.
j. C. Caillouet, of Rayne, was over
here last Sunday looking over the sit
uation with a view of opening a drug
store.
L. Whitmore, the travelling repre-
sentative of the New York Mutual Re-
serve Life Insurance Association is in
town this week.
Mrs. O. C. Joneshas gone to Cheniere
au Tigre, for her health and will spend
the summer at the h%ospitable home of
Hypolite Broussard.
Miss Martha Addison, after a very
pleasant stay of several weeks with
relatives here left Thursday morning
for her home in Rayne.
E. W. Gaspard has turned out to be
a monopolist. He has bought out The
odule Theriot's business and now bosses
the Abbeyille ice trust.
Isaac Wise, one of our most energetic
and enterprising townsmen. left Thurs
day morning for his summers vacation
at Atlantic City and Cape May.
Miss Leah Leblanc, the popular
young saleslady at Eli Wise & Co.'S es-
tablishment has taken a vacation for
the summer. May it be a pleasant
one.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zachary B. Broussard
have broken up housekeeping and are
boarding at the Veranda Hotel. 1t is
such a cozy home like place, they have
made a wise choice.
Ben Leblanc has just received a
handsome lot ofneW barber chairs and
fixtures for his new shop next to Du
hons Courthouse Exchange, and is fit
tod mn in nyfra Gne6 STYLE
John Brookshier is hack from a visit
to the modern politicians Mecca, Wash
ington. He is loaded up with a stock
Of fresh yarns ard believes he has a
good grip on the marshallship for this
district.
D. B. Smith and children came up
from Gueydan on Tuesday. He re-
ports some rice as large enough for If
rigation. Some rice had to be planted
over, but the outlook is encouraging
for good crops.-Signal
Z. Forsyth, the genial manager of
the Gallery refinery, was a business
visitor to Abbeville on Wednesday.
Mr.. Forsyth vent out on a cane buy
ing expedition and we learn that he
made several large contracts in Yer
million parish.-Vindicator.
Agenor Leblanc, who has for some
months past been with N. O. Bourque
in the jewellery business at this place
has gone to Rayne to take charge of
the store recently opened there by Mr..
Bourque. He is a most excellent young
man and we commend him to the good
people of Rayne.
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