Various newspaper articles from area newspapers in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Ken Dupy ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The following articles are unrelated. They simply caught my attention at this time. Also, those involved in them are ancestors of some of the people with whom I correspond. The first article appeared in the Meridional. 1-21-1893 Parish surveyor E. Montagne, Jr. has been occupied this week in laying off a new addition to the town on the Area tract below the railroad. The land is that part of the estate belonging to Mrs. E. M. Stebbins and lies east of the lane or prolongation of State Street. E. Montagne, Jr. surveyed and mapped the town of Maurice that same year, 1893. Mrs. E. M. Stebbins was a daughter of W. F. Area and Louise Area, nee McMurtray. Mrs. Stebbins's sister, Kate Area, married Gus Godchaux. Kate's portion of the Area estate included the sites upon which the train depots, and the rice mills would be built, and considerable land southward along the bayou. The other article involving an accident caused by a runaway horse was reported in the Republican Idea-- another Abbeville newspaper--probably in March 1899. Quite a serious accident happened by a runaway horse last Monday. Mrs. N. O. Bourque and her sister Ida Young were out driving, and it seems that they had a fractious livery horse to the carriage, and at or near the French Hall the horse became unmanageable and ran away throwing its occupants out, and in the fall broke the ankle of Mrs. Bourque. The carriage was smashed up but it seems Miss Young escaped from any serious injury. Ada and Ida Young were the twin daughters of Dr. F. D. Young, and sisters of Drs. F. F. Young, R. J. Young, Marion Young, Eugenie Young, etc. N. O. Bourque, son of Ophelias Bourque, started out in Abbeville as a jeweler and watch repairman. Later, he became a physician and practiced in Chicago. Among other things, Ophelias had served the community as councilman, mayor, postmaster, and as president of both the school board and of the police jury. Ken Dupuy