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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-08
SMALL PICK-UPS,

West End took good care of
quite a number OF the Baptist
visitors.
The news items in the Sunday
Light are quite literally copied in
the Monday issue Of the Express.
Thanks.
Editor McHugo seems to have
fired all his ammunition at one time
at the cO.hty commissioners. His
last issue was quite mild.
Alderman Surkey appears to be
in real earnest in his effort to
make the railroad company pay
for squatting on city property.
Street Commissioner Mickeljohn
will make q better showing as
soon as he gets a little more
money. The Light suggests how
ever that the Street Improvement
committee take a look at the
county roads, and change the
gravel.
Judge Peter Jones does not be.
long to the Fisherman's club. He
says it takes up his time pretty
well in attending to the duties OF
his offices
District Attorney Levy has his
eye on few perjurers who have
been "doing" his court recently.
Collector Cssiano has ten men al
work preparing to stir up the de-
linquent tax payers.
1t costs Sheriff Campbell about
$50 for d, puties to summons jury
in a murder case, for which he is
allowed $3.50. The receipts from
his hotel, is what saves him from
going into bankruptcy
Every tax payer should take a
look at the water and electric ligh
plants in operation at the county
court house, and the commission.
ers can readily convince the most
skeptical, it would be a good thing
| for the city to immitate.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-08
. TO ASSIST THE WHALERS.
Hsx g-T
California NEWSPAPERS Come Nobly
Forward with Substantial
Offers.

San Francisco, Nov. S.-A determin-
ed effort is being made to aid the three
hundred whalers now imprisoned by ice
in the Arctic ocean. All California
congressman have appealed to the Sec
rotary of the navy asking that the
government at once send relief ship
to their rescue. The Call has offered
to provision the vessel and $4,000 in
cash has been promised by the Exam
liner and managers baseball tourna-
ment. If, no government vessel is
available a private steamer may be
chartered.a
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-08
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

S. G. Reed, OF Victoria county, to
Soldiers Methodist Episcopal
church, of San Antonio, lot 6, block
q, o. C. |. 2; $50 and two lots in
Karnes City.
Manuel Hernandez, by sheriff, to
Ida Henderson, north half of sur
vey Isl, section 5, containing l60
acres; $50.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-08
U. S. MINISTER APPOINTED.

Washington, D. c., Nov. S.-The pres
ident today made among others, the
appointment of W. Godfrey Hunter, of
Kentucy, to be envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary to Guat-
emala and Honduras.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-08
WEST TEXAS WEATHER.

Washington, Nov. S.-Western Tex
as: Fair except showers in the north
ern portion tonight, cooler in the south
ern portion tonight; frost in northern
portion Tuesday morning, northerly
winds.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-08
UCg| UgI| F|la|eS

No dldTIl lOE luS l. l6ill6l udil
farm fire was sent in to police
station and the mounted police did
not go to it.
CAMEL COAL is the best. Tele-
phone 1923. $3.50 PER TON. 1O-26-1m
Rev. Father Guillard delivered
a mastery sermon at st. Mary's
church last night to large con-
gregation on the subject "Joan OF
Arc,n for the benefit of st. Vincent
de Paul Society. Father Guillard
is provincial of the Order OF Mary
Immaculate.
w. C. SILLIMAN, SOLE DEAL
Err in CANNED COAL, try it. SAM
PIE FREE. $3.50 PER TON. Tel
ephone 1923. 1O-26-lm
Joe Newton broughs in buck
and doe deer from Rogers ranch
yesterday.
NO DIRT, NO CLINKERs. NO
SLACK, Camel Coal. w. 9; Sill
man. lO-26-lm
"A pecan party was out near
the first mission yesterday gather
ing pecans. Among them were
the Misses Lacoste, Herff, Cervan-
ties and Messrs. Lacoste, Green,
Enrique Onrelas and Prof. An
donugne.
The Social Society of the Evang.
Lutheran Emmanuel Church, corner
Centre and Newton streets, will give
fair for the benefit of the church to-
day and tomorrow at the Arbeiter Yer
To .tr
is open from 4 to II p. m. Monday and
Tuesday. Everybody respectfully in
vited. Admission 20 cents, children
free. 11-7-1t
ID. j. Shelly, arrested by Off
Ger Cardena Saturday, waived ex-
animation before Jusctice Shook
this morning on charge OF theft
under $50 by taking $1.50 from the
till Of A. Ruhncke's butcher shop,
and went TO jail in default OF 500
bail.
Lost Gun. Navarro
and Avenue G. Return to this
Office and receive reward. l1-7-1t*
To-day was the 32d anniversary
OF Night Police Clerk John Gala
gher's birthday aud he received
the hearty congratulations OF his
many friends.
Grand reopening Bella Union
Theatre tonight under manage
ment of Burke & Souter.
The new altar at st. Mary's
church received its blessing last
night.
Bella Union and Washington
Theatres, big show tonight. Burke
& Souuer.
The trial OF the Knox damage
suit was resumed In the Federal
court this morning.
Capt. Phil. Shardein has re-
ceived an irish terrier dog as a
present from a friend.
-Messrs. Burke & Souter will
reopen Bella Union Theater to-
night.
"A marriage license was issued
to W. J. Spalding and Sarah Nc
Elwee.
There were seventeen cases be-
fore the recorder today, and $35 in
fines were assessed.
Mcneil Sisters, Horace STAN
ley, Sherwood and Walsh and
several others at the Bella Union
Theatre tonight.
w. E. Austin, accused OF car
rying deadly weapons, was given
just twelve hours in which to leave
the city by the recorder today.
New management, new people
and everything new at Burke &
Souter's Bella Union Theatre to-
night. ....aa...
The case against Mr.. Henry
Psuly, charged with beating and
striking, was dismissed by the re-
corder today.
Judge r. B. Green did not rem
der decision this morning in the
Deats-Elkhorn road case.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-08

ECONOMY in taking Hoods Sar-
!. saparilla, because " 100 doses one
dollar" is peculiar to and true only Of
the One True BLOOD Purifier.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-08

Job Printing in all its branches at
Gthe Daily Light Job Office; prices
How as any in the city. Give US
la call.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-08

West End took good care o
quite number OF the Baptist
visitors.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-08

Editor McHugo seems to have
fired all his ammunition at one time
at the cO.hty commissioners. His
last issue was quite mild.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05
Rayne Racket.
EDITOR MERIDIONAI:

Yesterday a good rain fell all over
this section and it will help very much
in giving the new rice a start.
| regretted to see in yesterdays
Sunday T. D., a dispatch telling of
the death Of Mrs. E. NJ. Feray.
n. O. Bourque, of Abbeville, has
opened up a jewelry repair shop here
and he will be able to make it pay.
Abbeville must be spreading out in
ali directions, and | think that the fu-
ture looks bright for that section Of
country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will NJ. Hearne are
happy over the coming Of a little
daughter into their home last Friday
morning.
oh, by the way, Rayne has a new
cotton gin plant and in this weeks
Tribune will contain a full write-up
about it. Maybe you have read some
thing about the new Smith Sons sys-
TEN. The old way of ginning cotton
is nothing in comparison to it. 1t al
take cotton from the wagon and have
it baled in 10 minutes. The cotton is
taken from the wagon by means of a
suction pipe; no dust, everything fire.
proof.
Rayne, May 81. RAIN DROPS.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05
Father 7aas.ret'~ First ssass.

The new vicar of st. Mary Magde-
lene church, Abbeville, has arrived and
began bis spiritual labors. He is a ma
tive Louisianan, and we take pleasure
in reproducing from the New Orleans
Times-Democra of last Tuesday the
following account Of the celebration OF
his first mass:
yesterday was one of the memoir
able days in the history of tie st.
Mary's Orphan BOYS Asylum. Rev.
Father Albert Maureg, ordained IN the
Cathedral Tuesday, sail his first mass
in the chapel yesterday morning at 10
o'clock. Father Mauret spent the days
of his boyhood in this asylum, and It
was with joy that the Sisters welcomed
him again as a priest.
Father Mauret went to tho asylum
as d baby Of a year old, after the death
of his mother and sister in an accident
on the Mississippi river. His father was
a resident Of Bonnet Care. Father
Mauret was educated i'll the asylum
until he was old enough / o take an
academical course, when he attended
the Jesuits' College until he graduated
five years ago. His conduct as d bog
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05

and a student was exemplary, and tie
soon showed his inclinations for the
life of the priesthood.
After the graduating at the JesuitS
he attended the University of Quebec,
where he was ordained s%ubdeacon. He
arrived in this city May l4,was ordain-
ed deacon OF the 2lst and priest on the
18th. His first charge will be assistant
priest at Abbeville.
The chapel was beautifully decorat-
ed for the occasion yesterday morning.
All the Sisters were present, six Of
Father Mauret's classmates at the
Jesuits, a number of the priests Of the
city, all the orphans in the asylum and
a large number Of the outside friends
Of The young man and of the asylum.
The announcement that Father
Mauret intended to offer his first mass
in the chapel where he had so often
served as an acolyte when a boy caus.
ed his old friends to become deeply in
terested, and SO they determined to
make the day an event which would
mark an epoch in the history of the in
stitution. 1t must have been very
gratifying, then, to Father Mauret to
see so many of bis old comrades assem-
bled to do him honor, for the chapel
Was crowded to its utmost, every avail
able place being taken. The affairs
were decorated with plants and ferns,
and flowers in beautiful vases, while
tall wake candles in silver candelabra
shed their soft, refulgent rays owe all.
The scene vas very pretty, as the
priests and altar boys, clad in their
bright robes, entered the sanctuary in
procession.
Father Nauret was assisted at his
first mass by Father Kennedy, S. J.;by
Father Davis, as deacon; Father Du-
vergue, ~subdeacon, and by Father Me-
Guire as a master of ceremonies. Faith
er Kennedy, who was Father Mauret's
teacher in philosophy preached the
sermon. The choir was composed OF
the 300 boys cftlle asylum.
Other members Of the clergy present
were Fathers Denoyelle, Aveiliie.
Reiter, Drosart and the other young
priest ordained Tuesday, Father 1.-Two.
riel. The subject of the sermon Of
Father Kennedy was "The Dignity OF
the Priesthood"
Father Mauret is the third priest
brought up in this asylum. The others
are Father Borlend,S S. J.,New Orleans;
and Father Trainer, assistant at New
Iberia.
In the evening at 5 o'clock Father
Mauret, assisted by Fathe. Mcclure as
deacon and Father Reiter as subdea-
con, gave solemn benediction in the
chapel, and blessed two new statues:
one of St. Rose Of Lima and tho other
Of St. Anthony Of Padua.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05
Assessors Notice.

State of Louisiana-Parish of Vermilion
In accordance with the provisions of
Sec. q of Act l06 approved July 8,
1890, notice Is hereby given to tax
payers of said parish Of Vermilion and
corporation of Abbeville, that listing of
property both real and personal Of
said tax payers is completed together
with the valuation placed upon said
property by the assessor and that said
list will be exposed in my office for in
spection and correction for the term of
twenty (20) days beginning June I'd,
1897.
Given under my official signature
this Goth day of May 1897.
SIMONET LEBLANC,
Assessor.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05
Advertised Letters.

List of unclaimed letters, remaining in
the Abbeville po~stoffice June l, 1897.
Broussard, Mrs t Leveni, Hiss Mary
Boudreaux, Seven McBryde, WR
Davids, Antoine Nickerson, Mrs "
Davis, HRS Lettie Otello, Vito
Guidry, Luke Osborn. Clifford
Hebert, Nercise Roy, Henry
Lemare, Miss Sara Simon, Joseph
Lunoyes, Mary Trushoun, Miss A
Walase, Miss EYeline
Parties calling for any of the above
letters will please say: Letter Advertis-
ed.
JOS. T. LABIT,
Postmaster
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05
- AN "a weakness easily cured Dy
90 s% - DR.. Miles Nerve Plasters-
Amended Road Law ofIsoG.

Section l. Be it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State OF | oulsl-
ana; That Section 1878 of the Revised
Statutes of 1870 be and the same is
hereby amended and ~re-enacted so as
to read as follows:
1t shall be the duty Of the police jul
ries to divide their parishes into as
many districts as they may think proper
for the appointment of overseers of
roads.
They shall, annually, appoint over
seers Of highways and roads,, whose
duty it shall be to summon all male
persons from the age Of eighteen to fif-
ty except ministers of the gospel and
such other persons as may be exempted
to meet at such times and places, as to
them, the said overseers, shall seem
convenient to work on the public roads;
and whosoever shall, upon such sum-
mons. refuse or neglect to perform their
duty, shall, upon trial and conviction
before the District Court, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not less than $500 nor
more than $25 90. and in default of the
payment of said fine and costs, shall be
imprisoned in the parish Jail not less
than ten MOI more than thirty days.
Section 2. Be it further enacted,
ETC., that act 112 OF 1880, be, and same
is hereby repealed.
The spirit of the above law is SO APP
parent that no one can mistake Its
meaning, and it becomes the duty OF
road overseers to report all persons
who are derelict under the law and
have the penalties promptly enforced
against them
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05
a Splendid institution.

Wednesday evening the Abbeville
Building q Loan Association held its
regular monthly meeting. Reports
were read from the treasurer and the
secretary, showing the association has
q solid foundation and has done an ex-
celleGt business this season. This is a
local institution Offered by home peo-
pie and all the funds are invested right
here. Shares are payable in very easy
installments, only % cents a week and
afford a safe and highly remuneratiye
form of saving money. Every person
in the community who is earning q lit
tie money should take one or more
shares. Here is the seeretary's report:
ABBEvILLE, La, June 2, 1897.
To the President and Members of the
Board OF. directors of the Abbeville
Building and Loan Association Ltd.
GENTLEMEN: [ beg to submit the fol-
lowing to you as my report:
Bal on hand last report s 3S4 IS
Amt by ne given Tres since S94 20 Sl27S 81
On which amt warrant
231 was drawn 50 AZ
Bal which should be in
the treasury 1916 - 1878 81
Which amt is distributed thus:
General fund 3lS 4
Sinking has to it's credit 1864 46 1916 IL
| further respectfully sub
nit the following resume
of the affairs of the Asso-
cation:
The loans made from the
sinking fund on stock OF
the association as collat-
era now amount to 1881 so
Amt to the credit of that
fund 1864 IS
Total sinking fund available 5546 20
The profits of the Asso-
citation tor the present
fiscal year are as follows:
Premiums 55A 90
Less return premiums OF
! cancelled loans 642 25 2701 rs
Interest regular 2225 rs
On sinking fund loans 2l2 Us 1865 So
Withdrawals 442 50
Fines IS 50
Eentrance fees 750
1851 10
Total expense 275 .
Net 1855 IS
We have issued since January LIST 100
shares and since last July 1872, the stock
holders owning "A of said shares have be-
come borrowers and 80 shares of the bal
ance are held by prospective borrowers.
Respectively submitted,
L. o. BRouSsARD,
Secretary.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05
A Card.
New Orleans, La, May 81, 1881

New Orleans, La, May 81, 1897.
Having been informed that reports
are being circulated in Vermilion par
ish that Rose Hill Planting & Refining
Co.'S Ltd mill and factory would not
run or purchase cane this season 1878
and that such reports are being used to
injure said factory, we take this meth
cd of informing the public that said
Rose Hill factory will operate this sea-
son. Mr.. Putnam, secretary of Rose
Hill Planting & Refining Co., It'd,
has completed arrangements with US,
which assures the factory working to
its full capacity during grinding season
of 1878.
VIM. HENDERSON,
G GnMpEI & 90
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05
VIM. HENDERSON,,
S. GUMBEL & Go.

Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic is q
perfect Malarial Liver Tonic and Blood
purifier. Removes Eiliousness without
purging. As pleasant as Lemon Syrup
It is as large as any Dollar tonic and
retails for soc. To get the GENUINE
SIX fer Groves. Sold on its merits no
Cure no pay.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05
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10 Gagvestoa, Texae' and RED rn


July 10, 1897, Crescent Excursion Club
Leave New Orleans (Southem Pacific
depot) Monday, July 10. 1897, S:25 d.
m. Returning leave Galveston, Texas
Saturday, July q, 1897, 7:30 d. Il.
Train will stop at Gretna, Schriever.
Morgan City, Franklin, New Iberia,
Lafayette and Houston only, going and
returning. Fare Ground trip from
New Orleans, Schriever, Morgan City,
Franklin $1,000. From New Iberia
$500. From Lafayette $500. For
further particulars address Victor Cru
Der, President, Dauphlne and Cont
Sts., or Martin Ernst, Secretary, 207
Baronne ST., New Orleans, La.
All drnrnasts cell DR.. Miles Pain Pills.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05

Don't forget the excursion OF the
confederate Veterans to Red fish point
next Sunday week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05

We have noticed that a henpecked
husband is seldom a Smart Aleck, and
nearly always a good citizen.-Ex.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05

Died, at her residence Saturday, May
26, 1897, at $3.50 p. M, Victoria L.,wife
Of Z. NJ. Feray, aged A years,5 months
20 days. The above sentence tells the
tale of much suffering patiently endur-
ed,of a life closed in its prime;of a good
wife, and devoted mother gone to her
reward. The bereaved husband and
orphaned little ones have u deepest
sympathy.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05

eTNz COUGH does not always indicate
"a consumption. Dir. w. Il. Palmer, OF
A ~ Waterloo, Iowa, writes: Il was taken
with a nervous structure CT the bronchial
cubes, which developed into nervous pros
t~ration, / was so weak ! could not sit up. /
got no sleep for days except when under the
influence of opiates. For four months SUI
ferea agonies and prayed that | might die
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05
Town and Parish.

This section was visited by a fine lie
tie shower: Thurday night.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05

The month Of May in this section
WIS very dry. Only one and three
quarters inches of rain fell the entire
month.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05

Nervine and thank God that it has bright
ened my days. heightened my life and
me from the horrors OF nervous prostration.
DR.. Miles Remedies are sold b3 all drug
gssts under a positive guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
and Nerves sent free to all applicants.
DIR. MILES MEDICAL 90. ElkhaPt; Ind
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05
Total expense

Headache e5ODpeG In 20 minutes by DR..
Miles PAIN PILLS. "One cent q dose"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05

and be at rest. One
physician said 1 had
consumption. for had
a cough that gave me
no rest. But a good
old physician whose
medicine had failed,
advised me to use DR..
Mtlss'
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05
Miss ASHLEY & WILSON.

We have received an invitation to
the commencement exercises OF the
State University to be held at Baton
Rouge, June 10th. We note that our
young friend Frank Godchaux is down
on the programme as one of the de-
Chalmers and the Baton Rouge Reveille
gives the young gentleman this flatter-
ing mention.
"Messrs. Frank GodchauX and Roger
SWire after holly c~ontesting the prlyi-
lege of representing their society Def
ferson- Lee) at the "Finaln in the dec
iamation contests, showed themselves
IN the preliminary contests, to be men
who will reflect credit not only on their
Society, but on the school. Messrs.
Simon Baum and Baily CLANCY will
represent the Clay Gibson; and with
them to uphold it, the lay-Gibsonites
have nothing to fear"
An druggists guarantee DR.. Miles PAIN
KILLS to stop Headache, Zone e o dose"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05

The segura refinery intends extend
ing the narrow gauge as far as Olivier
Blanchet's store, four miles from its
present terminus, and seven and a aalf
miles from that place. Such a line
would tap as productive a section as is
in the state.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05

The High Art Millinery store carries
fine line of Confirmation Yelling and
Wreaths at rockbottom prices. Give
them a call.
A good cure for an ordinary burn is
to cover it with common baking soda,
moistening the place just enough to
make it adhere.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05

Dear S~irs:-Ship US as soon as posi-
BILE 2 gross Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic. My customers want Grover
Tasteless Chill Tonic and will not have
any other. In our experience of owes
20 years in the drug business, we have
never sold any medicine which gave
such universal satisfaction.
Yours Respectfully,
j. S. BROWNE & Co.,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05

The Ladies will find a nice selection
of the latest styles in Easter head-gear
at the High Art Millinery store Oh Port
street. Call and be convinced of same.
Also dressmaking combined. Kindly
soliciting your patronage we are yours
to command,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05

An druggists guarantee DR.. Miles PAIN
FILLS to stop Headache, 'One cent o dose"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05

Mr.. Jones, who has purchased the
Walter A. White tract near Camille
Sellers place, has put in a big crop this
year, planting both his own and Mr..
Sellers field. He has put in a fume
across the public road and will food
the crop with water furnished by Wise
Il Lyons pump on Coulee Kinney.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05

The dust is everywhere and the
street sprinkler has all it can do just at
this time. A good shower would be
very welcome, and besides laying the
dust it would be of vast benefit to the
growing crops.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05

Don't fail to register if you expect tc
vote at the next election. The present
election law requires every voter to
register regardless Of whether he has
ever registered or not.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05

Thursday the good Sisters of Monn'
Carmel Convent gave their little schol.
ars an outing and picnic in the woods
On Coulee Cochon. Needless to say
the little chaps had a fine time.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-06-05

All druggists sell DR.. Miles Pain Pills.