The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-09-11

Town and Parish.
Read Womack's new ad.
The bog holes on Port Street oppo
cite Wises' store have been filed witt
brick bats.
A perfect avalanche of amusement
at the Great Scott Church Fair ane
Worlds Exposition Oct. 9-10th.
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Gilbert BONN and Alley Sprole vii
run a bicycle race tomorrow at lie
danois' race track, for the champion
ship.
A full account OF the proceedings OF
the City Council will be found on our
4th page. Read them they may inter
est you.
The Why Not went down the bayou
as far as Adrien .Nunez's Wednesday
evening for a load of stock for Eraste
Muuton.
The Crescent Excursion Club will
give an excursion from Lafayette to
New Orleans on Sept. rs. Fare for
the round trip $3.50.
The bar of this parish was not rep
resented at the lawyers convention
held at Alexandria. What's the mat
ter with Ii attorneys?
Cattle raisers are doing a good bust
ness these days and scarcely a day
passes that two or three car loads are
not shipped from here to New Orleans.
The Last Chance saloon at the depot
has changed hands again, E. w. Gas
pard having sold out to Mr.. Fourticq
of Lafayette who will continue the bus
mess.
Wood chopplng is under full head
way just now and the woods are full of
muscular choppers who swing the gilt
tering axe and make the chips fly thick
and fast.
Big base ball game tomorrow at Le-
da1ois' Park between the AbbeviIle
and lie Pillettes for $50 a side. Our
boys are practicing a little and expect
to bring home the stakes.
E. NJ. Feray having retired from the
management of the Strangers Hotel,
Mrs. Eugenius Lemaire, an estimable
widow lady Of town has taken charge
OF the establishment and will no doubt
obtain a share OF the public patronage.
The Leblanc gin turned cut nine [
of new cotton Thursday aud made I
a very nice sample with their new ma t
in spite of the poor q1ality of
it being damp, half rotten and
full of dirt.
Tuesday was an ideal fall day, cool
and pleasant with only enough sun to /,
be agreeable. Toward evening it !
up and began raining at dusk !
continuing in q steady sizzle, sozzle y
till daylight. e
The roads throughout the parish =
With very exceptions are in a horrible L
plight. Most of them have been plow- !.
I'd up and worked recently and the y
heavy daily rains have converted them i
nto perfect ioblo,ly. u
N. Odeon Bourque is having a hand U
ome residence built in Young's addi- a
ion, on Charity street, in the same
block where Sinonet Leblanc resides.
s. F. Feray has the contract and is
Vell advanced with the work. :.
Monday evening while working at -
improvements in the store of r, ~
Greene, Oh State street, VIM. Magee e.
n old colored carpenter fell uncon- -
'ious, from a stroke of apolcxy. He -
as partially rallied at this time. ~
The yellow fever scare has not vet :,
cached AbbeVille, though some of our !.
eople wanted TO quarantine against =,
.ew Orleans and all infield points. We y
link the quarantine along the South =,
n Pacific Railroad will protect US. 2;
Cotton is coming in Slowly as the bo
Gather is very bad on the opening No
'op. Prices are low on account Of
e poor sample, it being stained and
rty. Eighteen and nineteen dollars
thousand is the ruling price here.
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The foundations are being laid this on