The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23

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TWO Dollars q Year
Saturday, July %, 1888.
Town and Parish.
Watermelons are plentiful now, and
same of them are of a splendid variety.
A little timely cleaning Of back yards
and drains might prevent considerable
sickness here during the hot weather.
If we r TO judge from the way our
physicians are kept on the move there
must be considerable sickness through
out the country.
Wednesday morning funeral services
we're held at the Catholic church for
the repose of the soul o the late DR., ?.
L. Leblanc who died last July.
In the Chevis addition some improve
ments are taking place. Alcide Lee
blanc has had the cottage opposite his
residence enclosed by a neat fence.
Thursday was m of the hottest
days Of the year, the thermometer in
many places standing at 9So in the
shade. The government Thermometer
marked 93o as the highest point.
The brick work on Womack's new
store on State street is about complete
and the building makes a neat appear
ance. Vernon Caldwell is putting the
finishing touches on the front and the
job will 0 be ready for the carpen-
tiers.
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Judge Debaillon refused to admit
Telesmar MarceauX to bail, on the
ground that the judgment of the Su-
preme Court granting him a new trial
had.not yet become final. Marceaux's
attorneys have applied to the Supreme
Court for a writ of habeas corpus. 1t
is needless to say the public will await
the result of this proceeding with great
interest.
N. O. Bourque, the jeweler, informs
MS that on or about the 18th of August
be will sell his entire stock at auction
and it must go at what it will bring
From now on be will sell at private sale
al very close figures and give as in
ducements to each purchaser of one
dollars worth a handsome soVenir
spoon of the Maine and Capt. Sigsby,
also. one chance on a beautiful gold
watch to be ratified on Aug. l. Call
aud examine his complete stock.
Malarion is endorsed BY best Physicians
and guaranteed to cure Chills, Fever and
Ague. All druggists or from Mofht-West
Drug Co., st. Louis, Mo.
1t is reported thar Albert Laurents,
Of Shell Beach, on his recent trip to
Texas, found all his vast business en-
terprises in that locality progressing
7ery well indeed, particularly the one
on which Miss White is actively men
toned. Miss Whites father is n of
the wealthiest cattle ranchers of Tex
arkana, and Mr.. Albert expects soon
to assist the young lady in changing
her name and furnish her father with
a business manager cameron Pilot.
There is more Catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put
together. and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For a great
many years doctors pronounced 1t a local
disease, and prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced 1t lncurahle.
Science has proven catarrh to be q con-
stitutional disease aud therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure. manufactured by f. J Cheney d.
Co, Toledo, Ohio, is the only constItu-
tional cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to atea-
spoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of thesystem They
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and tes-
timonials. Address
F. j. Cheney & Co, Toledo, Q.