The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-08-31
SOUTHERN NEWS.

Ar least two.thirds Of Georgia's melons
are never marketed.
srx deaths from snake-bites in the last
r,ear in Calhoun county, Ala.
Mrs. HoYN1GAN, Of GAINESVILLE, Ga, was
giiied by lightning on the 2lst.
THE gold excitement in northern Georgia
is at fever heat
IrvsEyTERY prevails almost as an epidemic
in middle Georgia.
one hundred thousand young shad have
1,oon n1auted in the Alabama river at Mont
gomery. ..
.oored a big victOry.last week by cinderating
4ls remains of a man named Berry.
prCE culture in Louisiana employs 10000
,oonIe. on l 200 plantations, produces a crop
10Th s3,OOO,0O0, and develops business to
the extent of $tO,OO0,OOO
RrR1xG a storm few days ago in Greene
county. Ga, lightning struck in cotton
latch on Mr.. r. Fl. Baugh's farm and killed
about half acre of cotton.
on Friday the erection of three hundred
and sixty head-stOnes at the graves Of con-
tolerate soldiers in the Montgomery ceme-
tery was completed.
THE democratic state convention Of Ten
,
nominate a candidate for governor. The
present incumbent, Jas. D, Porter, appears
IN he the choice of the party.
MARIETTA (Ga.) Journal: The innumer-
obIp grasshoppers in this country are clear
inc the corn and cotton, leaving the stalks
barren of leaves. Our farmers have the
"blues" considerably.
John KELLETT, a planter of Laurens
county, s. c., while on his way, Wednesday
morning, to his plantation, and when at
noint ten miles from Laurens courthouse,
was killed. The unknown assassins escaped.
IT is reported that Gen. Jas. E. Slaughter,
late of the confederate army, and now
citizen of Florida, is to supersede Col. NJ.
n Wickersham, late of the federal army,
and now a citizen of Alabama, as postmas-
ter atMobile.
4 SOUTH CAROLINA man, who has watched
the matter says that three fOurths OF the
duels that have been fought or arranged for
in the south since the war were about
females, and that most of the cOmbatants
had the title of "maiOr."
PETERSBURG (Va.) Post: The belief is
Gaining ground that the tobacco crop for the
present year, at least in this state, will be
failure, consequently the price is well main
tanned, and those who did not hurriedly force
eft of the enhanced valuation.
GEN. Jos. E. JOHNSTON, W. W. COrcoran,
Henry NJ. Mathews, Alexander H. H. Stuart,
and Judge A. B. Cochran are at the Green
briar White Sulphur Springs, West Ilr-
cinia. Walking is Gen. JOhnstOn's hobby,
and he scores many miles every day. His
hair is now white, but his step Is as elastic
and firm as in wartime.
MACON (Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel:
We are very much afraid the people of GeOr-
gia will have to pass by the fruit season with
out the usual delightful peaches-the most
delicious of all the fruits. Old Jack Frost
PLAYED sad havoc with the buds and bios
SONS last winter, and did his work most
thoroughly.
JACKSONVILLE (Fla.) Union: Many PER
sons at the north have heard and read tx
aggerated accounts of the ease and cheap
ness of living in this climate, and are COM
ing here without any means of support be-
yond their daily earnings. Such ought to
be advised that they had better remain
where they are unless certain of situations
beforehand.
IN an article on the big cotton factory
soon to be opened in that city, the Atlanta
GGaD Constituencies says: The buildings
are all prepared of sufficient capacity for
2l,5OO spindles and five hundred looms.
The machinery already contracted for is
10000 spindleS and two hundred looms,
which will employ 225 persons to work them.
By the present system of machinery it does
not REQUIRE near as many hands to work
10000 spindIes as formerly. The arrange
mert of the machinery is such that the work
can be done very economically.