The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-01-29
Personal Mention.

Clement Young, of New iberia, was
over here on Tuesday.
Miss Eugenie Young left Sunday on a
short visit to relatives in Rayne.
Sam Butler, of O~pelonsas, is here on a
visit to his cousin S P Womack.
Chas Fontelieu. of New Iberia, was over
here this week on legal business.
IT Gillentine, a merchant at Wright
postoffce. was in town this week.
w J Stokes, of Bellevue. is here this
week with his famous t~rotting horse Cur
re1cy.
Mrs Nicholas Yigueaux of New Orleans.
is here on q visit to her sister Mrs Nj L
Young,
f NJ Stebbins, of Abbevllle. was in
town at the clos of last week.-Crowley
Signal.
Mrs Capt Bernard Terserra, of Lake
Charles, is visiting her brother Louis
Leotaud.
Miss Fife Labit left Thursday morning
for Crowley. on a short visit to her sister
in-law Mrs f G Labit.
Jas Petty came over from Crowley
last week but returned after spending a
few days with his family.
Mrs John French and daughter Miss
Lille, of New Iberia, are visiting rela-
| tives and friends in town,
/ Miss Birdie White left Tuesday morn
! ing for Gueydan to see her sister Mrs w @
Pipes whose baby is quite i'll.
Judge r S Perry, of New Iberia, was
over this week, attending the transfer of
his plantation to o M Nilsson.
NJ Nilsson came in last Saturday night
and is making preparations to push things
to a finish in the matter of a refinery ON
the Perry plantation.
Dan Hayes has sold out his grocery to
SEVERN Leblanc aud has returned to New
Iberia. Dan was an excellent young man
and made mauy friends while here.
oIODuIiIS anu Il B1CI utfSOn. OF
Abbeville. proprietors of the lumber yard
at this place, were looking after their in
terests here last Saturday.-Gueydan
News.
Rev White of Ruston, who had
been visiting his brother at Abbeville,
left for Opelousas EN- route home. Rev
White was the resident Methodist preach
er here forty years ago..-Iberian.
Miss A1phonsene Moore, the youngest
daughter of Evariste Moore for many
years a resident of Abbeville, was mar
ried at Jeanerette, last Tuesday to Mr. w
Milldrumm of Baldwin, st Mary parish.
Frank L Richardson, a leading attorney
of New Orleans, was here last week to at
END the sale of the vacuum pan etc, seiz
ed in the suit of Henry G Morris VS. Rose
Hill Refining Co. He bid them III for the
plaintiff for 5000.
Elci Erath arrived this week from New
Orleans, and has taken charge of the
the Beauxis' saloon. He will also act us
agent for rhe st Louis Anheuser-Busch
Brewing Association and furnish the
trade with beer and ice.
Robert A Mcclure, a banker of Gibson
City, Ills, is visiting his daughter Mrs j
p Lowry, and will remain here for some
time. He owns segeral hundred acres of
rice land in VeTmilion and has great n
fidence in the future of our town and
country. He find our winters delightful
ly mild and pleasant.-Signal.
Mr. and Mrs w o Pipes. of Gueydan, had
the misfortune to lose their little infant
girl aged s months, who died after a brief
illness. The body was brought here for
burial, the funeral taking place yester-
day evening from the residence of DR. w
D White. The grief stricken parents
have orr heartiest sympathies iii their
sad bereavement.
DR. F F Young returned Sunday evening
from a trip to Louisville and I~ndianapo-
lis. whore he went for a special course of
instruction IN electricity. He brings
back with him another diplma, conferred
by the Eiectro-Therapeutlc College of
Indianapolis rs evidence of his skill in
medical electricity. He reports that the
rains have been exceedingly heavy in the
Ohio valley and that much of the coun-
try through which he passed had been
flooded by rain.