The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-11-11
Personal Mention.

Mrs. J. E. White has returned from
] Gueydan.
Francois NJ. Leguenec is TO- engaged
as cane weigher at the Godchaux switch
simonet Leblanc and w. r. Ellis spent
Sunday with Jno. Nugier ut Perry's
Bridge.
Jack Kibbe has gone to New Orleans to
attend medical lectures at Tulane Uni&
yersity.
L. l.. Bourges went out to Gueydan last
Wednesday to attend court in that Hour
ishlng village.
G. B. Shaw has gone to Ramsey planta-
tion to take a position at keeping books
and weighing cane.
Mrs. Ophelias Bonrque left Sunday
morning for New Orleans where she will
! spend several weeks.
Joseph Rageur, the Royville capltal-
ist, has arrived from a visit to Italy aud
was in town this week.
w: P. Miller has returned from New
| Orleans, where he has been in the interest
of the new irrigating canal.
John B. Shaw is purchasing cotton in
the seed now for the Velasco Oil Mills.
and pays the top notch price.
John w. Robinson left last week forSt.
Louis where he will take q course OF in
struction in a BARRIERS college.
DR.. and Mrs. w. @. Young of Crowley,
who had been on a visit to DR.. +. +.
Young, returned home Monday.
Mrs. A. j. GODDARD spent the day in the
country last Monday at the hospital
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. Leblanc.
Hon. Minos t. Gordy has announced
his candidacy for the district ~iudgeship
and will make u live V
Mrs. w. R. McHenry has been quite ill
for several days past with an acute at
tack of inhammatory rheumatism.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lastie Broussard left last
week on a little visit to friends in Rayne
and Crowley. returning home Wednesday.
Uncle Benz Lewis. the popular travel
ing representative Of /. L. Lyons & Co,
Wholesale druggists, was here this week
calling on his friends.
=. N. Fontz, a stauneh rice farmer of
the Garland neighborhood. was in town
last week. He thinks the deep WELLS the
coming thing In irrigation.
Il. Smiley has returned from New Or
leans after an absence of several weeks.
While there he encountered the prevail
ing fever aud came out safely.
HMMM&A
Last Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. E.
White. Mrs. Foster, Misses Lizzie and
Rosa White drove over to Gueydan to
spend a day with Mrs. W. O. Pipes.
NC. Sintes and wife'of New Orleans,
accompanied by their little daughter are
spending a while in Abbevilie aud are
stopping with Mrs. Elias Broussard.
Will O. Erwin. who was taken from
Crowley to New Orleans about two weeks
ago was successfully operated upon there
for intestinal obstruction and is now
rapidly recovering,
We find pleasure in chronicling the ar
rival Of a little daughter at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Fill. Melebeck. The girls
are the spice of life and their parents
should be proud of them.
isaac Wise shack from his continental
tour. He looks as spry as cricket and is
full o %lioyiality as eyer. He spent the
winter at Nice, France and 5sumznered
among the Alps in Switzerland.
B. G. Caldwell was O VISITOR to Alexan-
dria and Baton Rouge last week and from
there met the committee appointed by the
Governor IN then proceeded TO Verinil-
ion and Cameron parishes to select the
site for the biological station.-Natchi
toches Enterprise.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. O. Broussard are highly
delighted in entertaining a fyonng lady
/ visitor, who is so we'll pleased with her
surroundings and the attention bestowed
upon her that she has concluded to re-
main. As 1T issOdllion's first girl why He
is receiving the customary congratulate
tions.
e. F. Willard, district manager of the
Cumberland Telephone system wasj in
town last neutrality-suspicious. mp an inter
est in the local telephone exchange which
the company intends putting in here. We
learn that o large number of subscribers
were secured and the success of the ex-
change is practically assured.
Last Tuesday night . delightful party
!. was given at the residence of Mrs. r. D.
Smith. There was music and dancing
and candies aud refreshments were sery-
ed. The genial hostess was assisted in
receiving by Misses Ada Smith and Sallie
Alexander. Those present were Misses
Paula end Pauline Bernard, Adelaide Nor
ton, Martha and Augustine Addison,
| Louise Leguenec, Laura and Gussie Sum-