The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-10-16

Especial to the Houston tTcx.) POST

Brenham, Oct. 9.-James Ii. VIII
son, graduate of medicine at Edin'
lburgh, Scotland, wearied withmyr
lads of efforts to free himself from
the tolls of that -acoursed monster,
rum, only to find himself more de
4 graded, took two ounces ofaconlte,
and thus ends the life of a man
who, but for whisky, would have
been a grand man and a good
citizen.
Denver, Col, Oct. 5.--Last night
James lockwood, formerly Mar
shall of Streator, ILL.,, was shot and
instantly killed in saloon four
miles east OF the city, by James
Kennedy. Cause, a drunken quar-
trel.
DETROIT, MICH, October lit
is now known that three of the six
victims lost on the sailing yacht
Starlight on Lake Superior were
Elmo Lemond, Moot Boyer and
Frank Monkhom. No bodies have
vet been found. They left Munsing
| for Marquette very drunk and in a
binding storm.-Oincinnati Times
Star.
Massilion, Ohio, Oct. 3.-John
Mayre, a desperate who keeps a
saloon, attempted to eject a gang
of roughs, and was killed by hay
ing his throat cut.
Cincinnati, Oct. "A special to
the Commercial from Leetonia,
Ohio, says: Isaac Rittenhouse, of
Teegardin, while intoxicated, last
night, drove his family out of his
house. He then, with a lighted
torch which he carried, set the
house on fire and was consumed
with the building.
DEATH IF POOR '.FRITZn
Information was received in this
city last night that Joseph X.
Emmett died i'll st. Louis yester-
day afternoon.
No single star in the country of
i''o years il''T Deo'i 0o Sui = vi StI''"
ing crow"t" iiotiseS III an liaces.
ne ;. reac''el I'',ile ''l'u WeaiIl,' ,p.iI
unfortunately Nc col on "a! liaoieS
el illsen' 'eLalio',, a'i VIM, ms GARTER 81
sion of sprees and broken engage
ments.
1'lhe illteliy o1ile, men VINO nave
so',e Gown as nc ui.si ne was a kiiio
ana hooie hature'-N' W. FlcaSuhe'
One of the lower coast packets
brought to this city last night a
man named VIM. MCCARTHY, who
Ilad the appearance of having been
very roughly handled. On the ar.
fNli OF 5'ie ooag he was removed
W eiie t hoSplI'tl ana paced
III one ol .tiie WARDS, 'out ne was so
in''c'i uii''et the influence ol hquof
th'lt ne was unable 10 state what
MAJ. iiappcneu 10 nun.
At hi'ohigiiI ne was Nlsl'ed oy a
reporter, any having goUteh over
tlie eli ,t Oh ms ,ollnkinS' MADE
III was worls;n~ IN +ha Polio
plantafion. on fine lower coast and
Yesterday n man by .tbe name Of
BilIy Dojaney who WINS en~aoed
at tbe same nIoce cot on j snroa
with me and we wonnd mn Inv 'bav.
inc n general figbf Dnrinc HE
ARRAY DELANEY struck me on the
left side Of nv face and closed nv
left eye. 1 then started for him,
and as i did SO he seized a club
that was ut hand ana struck icon
my right leg and broke it between
the ankle ana knee."-New Orleans
Democrat.
Holm Conners aoed twantyl
ly;n@ as M ~, ,,ila u ~ Inn, i,u
n as t Nm NM Pai po ~ tn nuoo,
,theIla,ea heaI of'Ga;ann; .,as st,,oo o'
and ~ 1891 49, u ~ a' ann s1l1et,
foot crnshad I'M tba cars i Ff t',' ,r ms
tol,an 10 tbn Mos oa g. E, ~ ,, MaS
attention IN a r;tv tom o''o"i
~ Ivy A'e''
WORK OF THE tCoRo- yER.--In
the inquest held Oh the body of j.
. Iorllne, found dead in bed at
no. i0O East Fifth street last Sun
day, Coroner Carrick rendered q
ir.t ~ 4, -