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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-28
Church Directory

6rst door north Church. Hours for Service:
e:45 a. M. Sunday School.
$50 p. M. Epworth League.
1880 D. M. preaching,
3:45 D. m, Monday,
o7:s0 p: M. Wednesday. Prayer meeting.
Seats free, All are invited
Especial 10 vitation is extended to strangers
FIRST PREsBYTERIAN-CHUR MYR-
tie street Henry W. Moore. Pastor: Res
11:Oo a. NJ. II orning worship.
7:3O D. M. eveBiDR worship.
9:45 a. M, Sunday school.
sdS No. Senior
400 p. M. (Mondayl Interm'd'te Epdeavor.
xG meets az the
church the first Tuesday of each month at
fhe Session meets in the pastors study the
first Tuesday evening of each month.
BAPTIST CHURCH. CORNER SAN AN
aillican o P p Residence. SIS yrtle strest
9;45 a. M. Sunday school.
HOO a. M. morning worship.
800 p. p.. Junior Union
400 p. M, Sen, or Union:
1880 p M. evening worship
1880 p. M, "wednesday prayer meeting.
CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE IMMACUL;
ass fa MEse
Residence. North Oregon street. Hours for
$50 a. M. Catechism.
1000 a.. M. High mass. sermon.
u Huebotter. Pastor. Hours for services:
Services held every Sunday at 3 p. M. at
First M. E. church.
TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL
church. South coI FrsncS Texas and
dences Tie North Campbell Street. Hours Tor
IL 100 a, m morning worship.
1880 p. M. evening WORSHIP.
$3.50 a.. M, Sunday school.
ssS pna % p4ay Hsasss
CHRISTIAN CHURCH. MYRTLE AvEN-
Ie: Rev: 4; d; SHUTS; Pastor ID KeMsiid ds
streets. Hours for service:
1890 p, M, evening worship.
$3.50 a. m, Sunday school.
400 B. m. Junior Christian Endeavor.
z: 30 p. M, "wednesday prayer meeting.
ST:dCLEMENT.s CHURCH, MESA AvEN-
House joining church. Hours for service:
1900 a. M, holy communion.
HOO a. M, morning prayer.
s s:sS p g. m M: s suesains !Pe ansssr
Holy days 1000 a. NJ, holy communion
Wednesday-l0:00 a. M, ntany and reading
1.-THE The Parish Els Societies meet in the Parish
The Vestry every third Monday in each
The Brotherhood OF St. Andrew tChapter
44D every THURSDAY In each month at 500 p.
and visitors especially to make use of their
free reading rooms.
The Daughters Of the King (Chapter 400
The Rector's Aid Society every Tuesday at
400 p m. except the Tuesday after the first
The Womans Auxiliary Margaret B. Mar
tin branch) at 400 p. m. on the Tuesday at
ter the first SUNDAY in each month.
The Ministering Childrens League every
Saturday afternoon at 4:30
The Altar Guild the Saturday preceding
the first Sunday in each month.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL n r b (MEXI-
~ CAM. Kansas St. bet. 4th s. 9Th. Rev. A. G.
Wright, Pastor; also director of congrega-
street. Hours for services:
1000 q. m Sunday school.
11:00 h. NJ, Senior Christian EndeavOr
300 p NJ, S''nior Christian Endeavor.
1880 D. M, EVEN - worship.
1880 p. M, "wednesday prayer meeting.
v NJ. o. A. SAINT LOUIS STREET.
- Thomas johnson. general secretary
Hours for service:
300 p, M, bible study
400 p. m mems meeting.
Rooms open through the week from 500 a.
m. to 10: p. m.
MEXICAN MISSION OF THE METHOD
Ivl list church. South. South Campbell
street near Fourth street. Rev. J. F. Corbin,
Pastor. Hours for service:
1850 q. M, morning wc-snip.
1880 M, evening worship.
1000 q. m. s:.nday school.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-28

Il, Edwin Walker, assistant priest of
st. Peters, London Docks, do allege
and declare an impeachment why these
persons may not be coupled together
in matrimony by Gods law. THIS man
has canonical wife living"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-28

MEXICAN MISSION OF THE METHOD
IV 1st church, South. South Campbell
street near Fourth street, Rev. J. F. Corbin,
Pastor. Hours for service:
1880 q. M, morning wc-snip.
7:30 p M, evening worship.
1000 q. m. S..nday school.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
500 Reward sI0e.

a'he readers of this paper will be pleasep
to learn hat there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrn Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional tire ttment. Hills Catari h
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
npon the bloo1 and mueus surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
OF the disease, ard giving the patient
strength by building mp the constitution
and assisting nature 10 doing its work
The prnprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers, that they offer OaeHun-
dred Dollars for any case that it tails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address f.. J. CHENEY Il CO, Toledo, o
Sold by druggists Toe.
Halls family Pills are the best.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
Southern Pacific Company Holiday
Excursion Rates.

Ticket Agents M. Z. & I. r.. r.
and Louisiana Western r. r. will
sell excursion tickets to and from all
points on these lines, and to points
in Texas on @. I'll. & S. A. Ry., I.
& N. o. r.. r., H. Y. t. & NJ, and
G.. w. T. & P. Rys, at rate Of ONE
AND oNE-THIRD fare for the round
trip, December 23rd, Oath, 25th,
30th, 31st and January 1st, good re-
turing until January 8, 1900.
And to points east of the Missis-
sippi river in Louisiana excepting
New Orleans) Alabama, Georgia,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida, n.
& S. Carolina and portions of Ken
lucky, at rate Of ONE FARE for the
round trip December Goth, 21st and
22d, good to return within 80 days.
S. T. B. MORSE, L. j. PARKS,
p. t. M. G.. p. & T. A.
Houston, Texas
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
The DeIineator.

The January number, called the
Century Number, begins the 18th
volume, andit exhibits a marked adj
v%ancement in many details. There
is, as usual, a complete presentation
Of the seasons fashionable modes, a
varied selection of brilliant literary
features, and a generous amount of
general household matter. In this
number also is presented the first of
a series Of practice papers on Chill
dren and Their Ills. by DR.. Grace
Peckham Murray. Cornelia Atwood
Pratt contributes the first of three
papers on The Young Girl, dealing
with the last of her school days and
the first year at home. Particularly
appropriate just now is the article.
Seen in the shops, suggesting desir-
able articles for gifts. The Delinea-
tor is the Woman's Favorite Maya
zine, and is issued by the famous
fashion publishers, The Butterick
Publishing 20. (Limited), at 7 to II
West Thirteenth Street, New York,
at the reasonable low rate Of ST for a
years subscription or Is cents per
copy.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
You Need A Piano or An OrganP

If you do not, your home does.
Life without pleasure is a living
death. Music will make your home
bright, keep the young folks about
the hearth stone and will give pleas
IRE that will be means of happiness.
With the good prices prevailing for
your crop, why not spend a hundred
dollars and get a piano; you can
pay balance next year. An organ
will only cost from $40 up, and you
need not pay but half now. Any in
strurnent shipped on trial and salts
faction guaranteed. The oldest and
largest house south, Philip Werlein,
Limited, New Orleans, La. All
other kinds of musical instruments,
music, etc. Mandolins, Violins and
Guitars $3.50 up. Catalogues free.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
Prepare to Register.


The law requires every voter te
register after the first of January tc
be qualified to vote at the coming
April election. It requires the regis
trar Of voters to open his office on
and after the first of January and to
keep it open to within thirty days Of
the election, to register the VOTERS
He will open at the courthouse, and
after a short stay there, will open at
least one day at every polling place in
the parish.
Prepare to register. It is neces-
sary to exercise ones right of suffrage
at the coming election. Watch the
appointment of the registrar for your
poll, and make it your duty to inter-
view him on the day he visits it, and
get qualified to cast your vote when
April comes round. It is an impor-
tant duty which every citizen owes
his country to participate in the
selection of those intrusted with the
of government.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
To New Orleans January 18th.

Posters are out announcing grand
excursion from Arnaudville to New
Orleans and return, given by the
Broussard excursion club of Breaux
Bridge, to take place or January Z,
1900. The celebrated Breaux Bridge
band has already been engaged for
the occasion, therefore no dull times
aboard. The train will pass New
Iberia at lis p. m. Fare for the
round trip $780,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
white Enameled Iron Beds

of all sizes, and prices, anything and
everything you can need in furniture,
and at bottom prices. My prices must
be right, and | must buy and sell right
or | couldn't cary the stock / do.
Come over and see it.
Ny show rooms comprise two floors
48X107, and I use five other floors for
storage. only keep house furnishings
and vehicles, and don't attempt TO
carry green salt shoulders, and straw
hats. Only two lines we'll carried out,
and not twenty lines with no assert
ment in any.
Only trying to do a few things well,
and devoting my entire time, floor space
and capital to only two lines enables
me to offer you a better selection and
lower prices than you viii find in any
country store.
| have the best vehicles in a long
way around, and offer better values in
Vehicles and Harness than you car OBJ
tain in the South.
You can come over and see tie stock
and / will pay freight on any quantity
of goods yon buy over $1,000.
Sole Agent for Columbia, and Hartford
Bicycles for New Iberia Abbeyille, and
st Martinsville.
R S. MCMAHON.
New iberia. La. Foot of French st.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
Notice TO Tlae Public.

The public is hereby notified that a GER
tain promissory note, dated Bancker. An
gust 90, 1898, for the sim Of sixty dollars,
payable to the order of Samuel Henry on
December ], 1898, and by him endorsed in
blank. bearing 8 per cent interest from
maturity until paid, and 10 per cent at
torney's fees if placed in the hands of an
attorney for collection, or sued upon, is
my property, has never been negotiated
or transferred by me, and the same was
lost by me after its maturity, On or about
the 25th of December. 1893.
GEO. A.. PETRIE.
Abbeyilie, La, December 90. 1899. sod
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
A CALL.

Confederate Veterans Of Vermilion
Camp 607, will meet in the court
house at Abbeville, Saturday, Janu-
airy 6, 1900, at II o'clock. Business
of Importance. Members will please
take notice and invite those who have
not affiliated with us yet.
BY order of
w. ID. GoocH,
Dec.-23-'99. Commander.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
Notice To T-respassers.

/ hereby forbid any one to trespass OF
my lands in Vermllion parish, La, in any
and especially on the tract known aA
Dog Island" in the 9Th ward, | forbid
hunting. putting cattle on same or tresx
passing in any manner as / have Cattle
and hogs on said land. Any person Dr
persons caught tresrassing on said preAAs
ises will be prosecuted to the full extent
of the law. O. RICHARD.
Abbeyilie, La, November Ia 1899. ~
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

Personal Mention.

Hon. A. Nunez, of lower Vermil
ion was in town Monday.
Henri Senac, Of Gueydan, was 3
visitor to our town Monday.
E. w. Gaspard is now on the
special police force for the holidays.
Hon. r. P. Leblanc is in Baton
Rouge attending the State nominat-
ing convention.
We return thanks to The Chatta-
nooga Medicine Co., for their Ladies
Birthday almanac of 1900.
F. @. Leblanc, of New Orleans,
was circulating among his numerous
Abbeville customers this week.
Minos 7. Gordy, Jr., left for
Baton Rouge Monday morning, as a
delegate to the State convention.
Admiral and Mrs. George Dewey
are to attend the Carnival in New
Orleans the latter part Of Feb
ruary.
The editor has been off this week,
SO the ssbig devil'' has full charge
Of things generally, so excuse the
shortness of news.
Mr.. Curry, father-in-laW of Jos.
S. Ewell, left for a visit to st. Lam
dry and Ayoyelles parishes last
Wednesday morning.
Joseph Maury and family have
moved back to their Jennings home
from Delcambre where they have
farned for three seasons.-Times.
T.. Lacoste, of Lafayette, La, has
the contract for erecting a marble
monument upon the tomb of Ludovic
Leque at Abbeville which will cost
in the neighborhood of $500.
S. S. Hunter of Shreveport, princi-
pal owner of the Hunter Canal now
building from bayou Vermilion,
purchased recently 4178 acres rice
land at Sulphur, La, adjoining the
the Robertson Canal for $50, $50. 90;
that the deal means much to the rice
interests and to Lake Charles, can
not be doubted. The total addition
al acreage owned by the Robertson
Canal Co., amounts to 1898 acres
Washington Enterprise.
A most interesting and pretty home
wedding took place Sunday evening
at the home of the brides father, w.
Gooch, a prominent citizen of this
parish, when Leon Vernon was united
in marriage to Miss Lee Gooch, the
Rev. j. B. Cassidy officiating. I'M
mediately after the ceremony the
newly-married couple, with their nu-
merous friends and relatives, repair
ed to a sumptuous supper, where all
enjoyed themselves till a late hour.
Monday morning the bridal party left
the I. and V. train for their home
in Bienville parish, where they will
reside in the future. The best wishes
of the MERIDIoNAL and their friends
follow them for their future happi-
ness and prosperity.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

Have you any stock in the home
stead association? II not you should
investigate its merits, and subscribe
for stock. The payments are on easy
monthly installment plan and it is a
safe way to invest money. It gives
the ordinary daily wage-earner an
opportunity to lay money aside and
to acquire a home, which he may not
hope to do otherwise. Look into the
matter at once, and subscribe for
stock.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
Augmsf Flower.

1T is a surprising fact" says Prof.
Houton, that in my travels in all parts
of the world, for the last ten years. Ihave
met more people having used Green's
August Flower than any other remedy,
for dyspepsia. deranged liver and stom-
ach, and for constipation. / fpd for tour
office position. where headaches and gen
eral bad feelings from irregular habits
exist, that Green's August Flower Is a
grand remedy. It does not injure the
system by frequent use, and is excellent
for sour stoInaehs and Indigestion
Sample bottle free at N. G. Yonng, Able
vile, La. and Kibbe & Williams, Erath,
La. Sold by dealers in all civilized coun-
tries.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
Notice TO

my lands in Vermilion parish. Louisiana.
in any way. shape, form or manner what
soever. Any person or persons caught
~trespassing on said premises will be PROS
ecuted to the full extent of the law.
ALCIDE LEBLANC.
Abbevilie, La. October IA, 1899. 1y.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
SHADES
Three tons of

Three tons of
Shades
This is no dream.
My second
latest shipment OF
shades weighed
5000 lbs. | have
them, any price
from 10c TO $500,
and can make
up any size in
0 colors to
10 feet wide and
II feet long.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

Don't try to discourage a single
enterprise Of any kind. Encourage
ing words aid in bringing success to
laudable undertaking.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
THE BEST PIANOS.

The Mathushek is so much superior
to similar makes, in durability design
and artistic excellence, that it stands
in a class alone, representing the
highest excellence.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
The Candidate.

The willy candidate now greets the
men and women whom he meets upon
the busy streets with smiles of RAJ
dance most bright.
He shakes them warmly by the
hand, and talks honestly to beat the
band, and says he hopes they'll nobly
stand beside him in the ballot fight.
He vows the friendship which he
bears for them will never need re-
pairs; if he a serve them he'll be
theirs from Alpha clear to Omaha.
But after the election day, If they
should for a favor pray, he'll tell
them very bluntly they a 60 to
Helena, Arkansaw.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
For District Attorney.
Town and Parish.

Town and Parish.
A Merry Xmas.
Duck hunters are scarce this year.
The railroads have advanced rates
ION lumber.
We had a sudden cold change
Wednesday morning.
Cotton has taken a tumble-some-
thing like 50 a bale.
See that The Christmas stocking
has no hole in the heel.
Some of the sidewalk bridges are
sadly in need of repairs.
Everybody is getting readyto have
a good time for Christmas.
Bear in mind that you can get your
job work done at this Office.
The price of everything has adj
yanced except postage stamps.
Several new buildings are going up
in the Young's addition of town.
Take care of the pennies, and the
dollars will be blown in by your heirs.
Delinquent subscribers will oblige
us very much by paying the amount
they owe.
The first Sunset Limited train Of
the Southern Pacific left New Orleans
last Monday.
This country will be happier when
more yam sweet potatoes are raised
for market.
#@ &#@ -@-&-@-
Dying in poverty is easy enough.
It's living in poverty that comes hard
on fellow.
Erath's saloon has had a new OPEN
ing put in on State street and a card
room fitted up.
By taking stock in the building and
loan association one is enabled to ac-
quire a home upon the installment
plan.
Before the next issue of the MERI-
DIoNAL Christmas will have come and
gone, so we wish n and all, A
Merry Christmas.
The saw and hammer can be heard
on all sides-let the good work keep
on, and our town will become some
thing in the near future.
Get yourself a home. If you have
not the money ready, take stock in
the building and loan association
and learn to economic.
Among the contributions to the
doll and toy fund being raised by the
Tines Democrat we notice the names
OF Ovid A. Broussard and Leonard
Marks Wise Of this place.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

A qualified voter is a male citizen
natiye-born, or naturalized, not less
than twenty-one years of age. A
resident of two years in the State,
n year in the parish and six months
in the precinct where he votes. He
shall be registered, able to read and
write, or be the bona fde owner OF
prowerty assessed to him in this State
at not less than three hundred dol
lars. If personal property, taxes for
current year must be paid. After
1900, poll tax must be paid by JAN
uary l of each year.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

A new ruling went into effect on
December 18th, requiring that those
who use revenue stamps shall cancel
them not only with initials and date
in ink, but that each stamp shall be
cut through with a knife or sharp
instrument. At least three cuts shall
cover the fall of the stamps.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

Within the next GO days 100. 900
cattle from southwest Texas points
will be shipped to New Orleans for
export to Cuba. The first shipment,
a solid train load, reached that pert
last Friday.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
MATTINGS

@ s
$50 rolls from 10c
to 75e. Any color
you wish.
Any price you
want to afford.
Any number of
yards you need.
New styles,
New colors.
New Weaves,
New prices.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

We had very ~disagreeable weather
with a slow d~rizzling rain all day and
night Wednesday and a good part
of Thursday, and the roads are now
very heavy for travelling.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23
v. v. Heard, OF union
PARISH
Was Nominated for Governor.
W. W. Heard, of Union parish
was nominated for Governor of this
State at Baton Rouge last Wednes-
day on the first ballot.

Col. Duncan Hood t~elegraphs to
New Orleans that he is attending Col
umbia University and is not with the
Beers in South Africa. He adds, we
are sorry.to observe, that he sympa-
thizes with Great Britain. His illus
trious father who led Confederate ar
mics in resistance to Federal usurpa-
ton, would, if he was living today.
sympathize with the Beers as a PEG.
pie struggling for home rule and To-
cal self-government.- Telegram.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

Cotton has taken a tumble-some-
thing like 50 a bale.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

We had a sudden cold change
Wednesday morning.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

The price Of everything has adj
yanced except postage stamps.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-12-23

stock.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-10
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