The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-04-26

Try us on JOB WORK.
Very dusty this week.
advertisements in this paper pay.
The Juniors expect to have on their
now uniforms at the baseball game
Sunday.
The street sprinkler has got to work
and not a bit too o 0 as the dust was
getting horrible. 4
p.;sk southeast winds drive the tide-
~atar nm the bayou until all the low
Iands and bottoms we're flooded.
Tuesday evening the case of the
ctate Is. HWillie" Ewing charged with
hitting off a piece of the a of Hebrard
Nnnez was tried by a jury and a r
dict of not guilty returned.
Azarie Meaux was tried Monday on
acharge of shooting into a house occu-
MED BY negroes and owing to the fact
That the evidence was not absolutely
conclusive, the prisoner was acquitted.
Rev. Father F. A B. Laforest is 60
mo to baveIa fair and bazaar next
month for the purpose of buying a first
class ~pipe-organ for the Catholic
church. "a move in the right dlrec-
ton.
An elegant new steeple has recently
be4n erected to the Methodist church
II Henry and the building is receiving
/afresh coat of paint which speaks well
for the pr~ogressiveness of Christians
down there.
Little Davis Callahan was run over
by a buggy driven by I. Meyers near
Young's drugstore Sunday morning
and her right leg below the knee was
slightly injured and a cash was made
in The back of her head.
This week another old landmark
will disappear. 1t is the store building
formerly occupied by G. j. Feray on
Port street and belonging to the estate
Of Cesaire Derouen. 1t was the oldest
general store in town and its style OF
architecture is seen no more.
One Of the great needs of Abbeville
is several water troughs where the
farmers and others coming to town can
water their horses and mules. The
throughs need not cost much and it
will pay the town to have them erect
ed. Who will take the lead in this
matter?
Work is being pushed on the electric
light plant and we need not be sur
prised at any time to see the bright
gleam of tie arcs and incandescents
all aglnw with speculative splendor.
One ofthe officers annohncesthat lights
will surely be turned on between the LIST
and 10th ofnext month.
The town council held a meeting
Tuesday night and the members hav-
ing been re- elected were qualified and
organized. George W. Summers was
F%eappointed secretary and. treasurer;
Lucius Dutel was reappointed constable
and collector, and Remy Broussard was
appointed night Waterman.
Quite an excitement was created
Saturday night at $50 by two negroes
having a duel with pistols on State
street near the postoffice in which both
were Slightly wounded. The negroes
who did the shooting were Ed. Rifles
aud Geo. Brooks. Nine shots were ex-
changed and both were shot twice in
the legs.
The depot at Kapian was about fin
ish6d Sunday with the exception of the
doors and sash being hung. The depot
and an old rice field are all there is to
ne seen there at present; but they say
Things will hustle and boom there
within the next few months-four
prlck store buildings being contracted
20 go up at once. The location of the
" IS fine and the drainage good.
The Juniors and Silver Bells will
again cross bats at the school grounds
On sunday, April 9th. The Silver
belis have added a few new players tc
iaelf team since their defeat on the
ioIn and ought to make things quite
interesting for the Juniors. Chester
Laols and I. Caldwell do the pitching
l9f The Silver Bells and "Duce" vii,
pay as their back stop. The Juniors
viii nave as usual, Eraste Guidry as
Rrs,tchef and Escudier for catcher
mere Will be Z meeting Of the Junior;
peiafc the game, Capt. Escndier il
making arrangements for a series OF
satnes with the Iberia Stars, of New