The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-06-15
SOUTHERN NEWS.


e,y SARA iTexas) boasts two flourishine
.ao5lsbiies end that the county supports four.
~ schools beside Every Reighb0rhOod
bas 4 coed school
Trxks no longer looks to st. Louis for
aonr She supplies herself from Kansas,
uo5 5 /, wear or two will have thousands At
aaso,.sIo ~ EXPORT from her own borders The
ls..s oonld be said Of other southern states.
Z fbe all cotton" dream was broken.
rpprvvTrI,E (A[iss.) Times The beauti.
~ ,Tsotner. suaht to roll Tills and rivers Of
" "vsy HE bosoms of our farmers. II is the
ESybinger Of g triumphant escape from the
Witches Of a calamity that seemed to be
ooascLing for the river planters bottom dollar,
a. ygster can not long overWhelm the fairness
" " X ! burrows under the general beams of
Onob DAYS as we are now having.
'' THE San Antonio (Texas) Herald says a
,rrober Of Mexican carts from Paras, Mex
ioo attracted attention on commerce street
10 their outlandish appearance. They are
Generally draw by seven mules, four of
tbem abreast in the lead, and are provided
ritb two wheels, which are very large, how
o1sr The cover is made of cloth, drawn
aver canes, and very high, giving the vehicle
a three.story appearance. The wagons are
iosded with beans from the interior of Mex
leo.
RICE growers and others interested in the
PRODUCTION of that grain recently held
meeting in Savannah, Ga. The object of the
meeting was for the purpose of taking steps
ggainst the Hawaii treaty." now before
o6ngress. under the provisions of which rice
would be imported into the United States,
free Of duty, from those islands, and being
raised with the cheap labor of Chinese
coolies and emigrants, would operate serious
" against the like production of our coun-
try.
CHARLESTON Is. c. News: Mr.. EFT. Welt,
who has the contract for furnishing the gran.
tie work connected with the Moultrie monu
ment is pressing the work vigorously on and
has already finished and turned out four of
the huge base blocks, together with the cap
and the block in which the cornerstone is TO
be placed. The face which is to contain the
names of the heroes of the battle in has relief
is almost completed, and will probably be
urned out to-day.
CHARLESTON IS. ~ News: The prepara-
tons for the celebration of the centennial of
the battle of Fort Moultrie are progressing
very rapidly. Through the personal exer-
tons Of Major w. J. Gayer, the intendant
MOultrieVille, and through the kindness of
the officers in charge of the fort, the parade
ground at the fort has been neatly levelled
of and fenced in, and exertions are making
to secure from the great P. T. Barnum tent
large enough to cover four or five thousand
persons. Should these efforts succeed, the
ceremonies at the fort can be conducted
under cover, and the participants will be
protected from the rays of the sun. The ex-
ecutlve committee is confident of raising
money enough to pay for the monument
which it is proposed to erect at White Point
Garden in honor of the brave defenders of
the Palmetto fort, and the cornerstone will
probably be laid with appropriate ceremO-
MES during the first week in June. A COM
mittee, of which George w. Williams is the
chairman, has been appointed to make ar
angements for the reception and entertain
ment OF the military from New York, Mas
@chusetts, Georgia and South Carolina, who
are expected to he present, and the indica-
IONS are that the 2Sth of June will witness
the grandest military display that has ever
Deen seen in Charleston since the close Of the |
late unpleasantness. ao.r..-s
SHERMAN Il exas) Patriot: From reports
from various sections of the wheat growing
part of Texas, and from conversation with |
several of our leading farmers, we learn that |
Inc recent spring rains have been very iniu- |
nous to the growing wheat crop, and that |
VIII be much lighter than estimated a |
menth or Blk weeks ago. There has been too |
much rain in North Texas for this crop, and |
Tue weather has been too cold, cloudy and |
uShlp Tor some time past to make the yield |
WI WhaE was anticipated early in the spring. |
me wheat in many localities is badly affected |
WIN the rust, and it is two weeks later than |
twas this time last year, The acreage sown |
ID nuch larger than ever before, and, even |
"lh smaller yield per acre, will swell the /
S'!p larger than it has ever been before; but |
II y taought now the average yiel1 will not |
" W. more than from fourteen to sixteen bush |
eIS per acre, though there will be q large sur
Plus crop to sell and ship. aaa- an.a x.
:. LIE Houston (fexas) Telegraph indulges /
IN M tne following sensible remarks: A nut for |
lalltosds TO crack. An average acre of /
Suuha produces, say, half bale of cotton. |
A 1o@ Dales makes carload. To produce |
1870 Oales requires SO00 acres, and to
o @alSp or 1t employment is given to 10000
"a 1als 1000 acres OF land il cultivated |
u IL wheat would produce sixteen million
s~ TotIeis, ana to transport that would give
IanS y ln 1S to 10000 cars. Every acre of
s14u Il Y fexas the railroad companies can
s sosvuahged from cotton to wheat is an i'm
I asase Of employment to them of three dol
~. Eear, and of net profit at least one dol
w ~! ms Is also good nut for ship owners
srS SG ~ on, and for merchants to consider, |
SaUr lof the exchange to discuss, and for
IN I. parlors to talk about There is more |
sra I nan nan appears upon the surface, and III
o ~ talS leads TO largely increased acre.
So ~ wheat the coming fall, it will be worth
t fn0,s man half million OF immigrants and
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