The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-05-17
one Dollar "a Year.
SATURDAY, MAY II, 1902.
Town and Parish.

Electric JlgnUo 0dtuiu"y AS
Ahbeyille is coming to the front.
The Police Jury met in regular ses-
sion last Monday
THE Abbeville rice mill has closed
down for the season.
ahbeville is one of the best towns IN
Louisiana and is improving rapidly.
A. ]. GODDARD has had a nice sign
tainted at his Magdelene Square
Stable.
Read ad of Mr.. Wathen's auction
sale ofeattle which appears in another
column.
The restaurant of Mrs. Leotaud next
10 Adams Cafe is to be 24x60>teet one
and one half stories high.
We add the name of R. s. Pickett to
our list OF subscribers this week and
still they come. Who nextf
- Q g. +a
II is believed that the Introduction
of fuel oil through this section will rem
der fire wood cheaper and more plen-
tiful.
The bank of shells at the oyster
.lupper landing would make good filling
for our streets. Why don't the town
use themY
We have had good soaking rains
this week which we're worth thousands
of dollars to the farmers as rain was
badly needed.
It is announced that the electric
light company will operate its electric
light plant Saturday from dusk to
midnight in order to test the system.
The Abbeville telephone exchange
now has $50 drops and new boxes are
being put ineach week, thirteen new
numbers having been added recently.
The electric light force have been
busy oil this week getting the line in
order to turn on the current. Owing
to SO much wet weather it has been a
.disagreeable job. !
DR.. F. F. Young has moved his
Fenwick. Sanitarium to the old Geo.
Lyons residence, south of Geo. Cald-
wells and has patients from a distance
under his treatment.
II you want some fine stock don't
forget to attend the auction sale of
Siinlns q Wathen at Rushmere Ranch,
May 18th. They will offer a fine lot of
'stoek--pure and graded Hereford's.
Dick Pickett had the misfortune to
lose bis horse at Abbeville last Satur-
day; he disappeared about noon of
that day, and all trace of him seems to :
nave gone with him.-Franklin Vindi-
cator-News.
Squash, string beans and peas are on
inc market here in fairly abundant
quantities and the gardeners are get
.g good prices for all they can raise.
Inc recent dry spell has injured the
gardens some and now the rains
threaten more damage.
monday night a thief entered the
STORE OF Z. Craigo, an Italian, picked
W his small trunk, which contained
nis clothing and $25, and carried it to
Tue public school building and there
uiohe ~ open and took all of it's con-
tents. The trunk was found this
burglar. n0
committee from the. High School
Msas before the Police Jury Monday
"a saI ooo asked Tor an appropriation of
wv 10 addition to the SIS, goo already /,
Ths Dy them; which was refused.
- ane COMMITTEES is, however, determined
4 oullding a $4,000 schoolhouse, and
Luz sls Work on the construction of the
building goes ahead. |,
!; ~ : letter from John A. Wathen who
saw a0s Tsslalng at Lebanon, KY, he
mo-, ,sernhion seems as much. or
,pot IKE homo to me now than Ken
a asay, NY wife and | sit and talk
mn mr. !. u me the farm down there and
1nen hienas, We had lots of attach (
Mr. wa saere that we hated to give up" !,
insf "asnen Will be here on the 2Sth !,
y iook after some business affairs. :,
day mor ,S: court convened here Mon- |
Sanlng and tie. case of William
rave 'I b;a was taken up. Judge Gordy
Ipan,ha nlIl q Jail sentence of nine ]
5Aaf 7 judge gave as his opinion +,
ae Lolande had avocado ~ ,nhn /,