The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-10-14
Personal Mention.

j. S. Ewell spent several days in Chen,
eyville this week.
T. o. Leblanc, a knight of the grip was
in town Wednesday.
Theo. Laporte was a business visitor to
Crowley Wednesday.
Attorney l.. L. Bourges was in Gueydan
this week on business.
David Todd of New Iberi, has been at
tending court here.
Leo Saporita is now attending Dryers
schoolin New Orleans.
Eraste Mouton returned Tuesday from
a business trip to New Orleans.
Joe Lyons is now clerking in George
Grifin's grocery on State street.
Miss Nellie Nunez Will teach a private
school this year at Baldwin, La.
w. W. Minor is on the sick listthis week
but was improving at last accounts.
DR.. w. G. Kibbe has been laid up for
several days with an attack of grippe.
L. Sokoloski and L. 0. Broussard were
business visitors to Gueydan Tuesday.
B. L. OBryan has taken the agency of
the White sewing machine at this place.
DR.. White of Gueydan. spent several
daysin Abbeyille during the first of the
week.
Miss Emma Eldredge is spending a
while in town as the guest of Mrs. w. d.
White.
Mrs. W. D. White has returned from a
visit to her daughter Mrs. w. o. Pipes, at
Gueydan.
Rodolph Beer. of New Orleans, was cir
culating among his Abbeville customers
Wednesday.
E. IL. Gueydan, a prominent citizen of
Gueydan, spent several days in Abbeyille
this week.
P. A. Vilerman. of New Orleans, is
making a tour of the parish, soliciting
rice consignments.
DR.. E. w. Gill, has decided to locate
and practice his profession at Henry in
the second ward.
w. S. Nilsson, of the Perry plantation,
has arrived from a visit to his old home
at Carl Junction, Mo.
Dy-clerk of court Jos. G. Leblanc has
been nursing a lame hand this week. 1t,
rose and had to be lanced.
News was received here this week of
the death Of Rev. Thomas White. a broth.
er of the late DR.. w. d. White.
DR.. F. F. Young has sufficiently recov-
cred from his recent illness to be up and
about attending to bis office practice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry c.. Ewing had the
misfortune last week to lose their little
son two years old. after . few days illness
with d1phtheria.
Florian Keller made a flying trip to
Crowley Sunday, returning with his son,
Felicien, who had been working there in
a baker shop for several months.
Misses Eliza and Ella Clements, two
aecomp ished young ladies of Alexandria
are here on a visit to their aunt, Mrs. Mar
tin Bagley at Ramsey plantation.
Mrs. Edward Guidry, aged rs years, late
of st. Martinville. died on Monday at her
residence in Abbeyille, and her remains
were buried in the Catholic cemetery
Tuesday evening.
Athanas Mouton, familiarly known as
Guy proprietor of the Erath livery sta
BILE died of acute dysentery in hat town
on Wednesday of last week. He was
about IS years old.
Mr. and Mrs. Wathen, of Lebanon, KY,
are here on a visit to their son John A.
Wathen at the home of the latter, the old
Frank E. Winston ranch about IL miles
west of Abbeville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett P. Putnam are re-
joicing over the addition of a fine boy to
their family. He was born last Friday
and Emmett declares he Will take the
prize at any baby show.
Jules NJ. Burguieres, one Of tho largest
sugar planters in the State, died last Sun
day in New Orleans. His remains were
taken by a special train to Cypremort for
burial IN the family tomb.
Mrs. C. Chatie, a native of France,
and for many years a resident of Able
vile, died this week at. the residence of
her daughter Mrs Maurice Villien at
Mauriceville. The bereaved ones have
our sympathies.
Rev. Teurlings, the beloved priest of
the Catholic church here, administered
first communion at Grand Prairie. yester-
day, to f~ifty-one children. This is an ex-
~ceptionally large class for this size vii
lage.-Washington Enterprise.
Make sokoloski and a frisky horse had
a little matinee performance the other
day OF has rice farm. The buggy came
home on a wagon and has gone into the
STOP for extensive repairs. Make, how
ever, still years a bland smile.