The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1904-01-23
TOWN AND PARISH ITEMS.

week.,
=. r. ". Gill of Gueydan spent sew
....days ia town this week.
Archie Young came over from Guey-
d,y Tuesday, reforming the, next day.
n aeysld Office has been moved
~ the Masonic Hall, on the lower
floor.
u,s Jeanette Booth is visitingssher
.-.,to Mr.. and Mrs. John Nugier, at
perry's Bridge.
The many friends of Francis T.
Fooss with be panied to hear that he
was q~uite..ill last week.
Dr, Robert Young's new residence
isuearly completed, and will when fin.
,shed be a thing of beauty.
N. p,cou has opened a tinsmith shop
II he Abadie building, lately occupied
BY VIM. Green, the timer.
DR.. Geo, E. Brooks OF lota caheoVer
Tuesday to see his sister, Mrs. R. P.
Nelsop. who has been sick for some
time.
James Carter, who recently bought
Oh B. J.. Stansbury's grocery, has
beenlaid up,this week with pneumonia,
but is improving at present.
The contract to dig the system of
drainage canal, near Gueydan, has
been let to Sprague & Co. of New Or
leans, at 91scents per cubic yard.
Parish Assessor L. ]. Broussard and
his clerk, L. J. Feray, have returned
from a two days visit to Gueydan.
wAerc they registered - voters.
Morgan City Rural Topics: Mrs. A.
c. Garrett left Tuesday for Abbeville,
La, where she will spend several
weeks with her sister Mrs. j. Golden.
". B. Gordy and his brother, Judge
G7dy are Aox, comfortably located in
their handsome new Offices in the large
two-sSey building next to stauffer
Brothers store.
Wednesday OF last week the town
council met in special session to adopt
anew charter, for the town. 1t is quite
lengthy and will supply a long felt
want in the shape Of authority.
The friends of Ed. Thorp, the eff
Gent court ste%nographer and deputy
clerk, Who LEFT here Christmas week to
visit his father at Mansfield, has de-
eided, % account of his health, to re-
main There.
Carmelo Guarino, an old Italian shoe
maker who kept a small grocery neal
the cotton gin, died last Saturday af.
ter an illness of several months. He
was % years of age, a native of Pale.
mo, and had lived in this country
many years.
Gov. Heard has appointed Leon j
Feray clerk of registration for Vermil,
ION parish. Every one, we believe, will
agree With US that this is a mest excel.
appointment, az Mr., Feray is widel!
known, speaks both English ant
french, and is a rapid, neat penman.
A. ]. Gibson, who formerly live'
near Perry's Bridge, is over here on
visit. He now lives in Chambers coun
", Texas, where the people are rails
ing rice on a large scale, and is wei
pleased With his new home, but think
nee county the finest section of tn
State.
We deely sympathize with Mr.. an
MIS-. John Erwin in the death of thei
son, Joseph Preston. which sad even
occurred at the home of the parents, i
Aooeville, on January 90, 1904, at til
age Of one year, one month and seven
seen days. TIE funeral took plac
Wednesday afternoon, after which th
assle body consigned to mother earth
We we're pleased to meet in tow
wednesday our old friend, Henry Sal
sef OF Indian Bayou. He slipped
uoiiar in u right hand and ordere
Jar MkR1D1oNAL sent to him. 1t
<Ee sunshine efter a storm to meet
man of n. Sarver's temperament. a