The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-10-30

daily trips, the landing place OF thu
road is crowded every evening by TIN
people of the town. No one now eve
thinks of taking walk in any othe
f direction than that leading to the rail
1 road track. Men, women and children
arc attractcd there rs if by natura
rrayitation, and all manifest the live
Iiiest pleasure at the sights which meet
the eye up and down, on either side
and in every direction. On Sundays
the track for hundreds of yards i:
literally lined with pedestrians OF al
ages. sexcs, aud color--from the de
crcpid old wcnch, well mp into the
ninctics, down 10 the little two-ycar
old brat.
A very great change is taking place
with orr people. They are rapidly
casting aside their old rustic country
ways. and are becoming metropolitan
like in appearance and department.
old Opelousas is fast fading away.
New Opelousas is now "the boom"
Business has revived-pcople move
about with more buoyant, elastic
step-faces look smiling, and brighter
than ever. Everybody talks railroad,
acts railroad, and thinks railroad. If
things keep on at the present rate
both The town and the people will lose
their identity completely in less than
six months. So much for the hcne-
fetal influence cxerted by the great
cipilizer.-TSt. Landry Democrat.
Having finished his map of Caddo
parish, DR.. G. w. Kendall, together
with Capt. Vim. Moore, is now COM
plotting solar compass, which is one
of the most ingenious pieces OF me-
chanis,n ever yctproduced The gentle
men referred to expect o llaveit ready
in a few days, when it will he patented,
and furnish the world another proof
of Shreveport genius. shreveport
Standard
Mr.. Ernest lalgout, an employee of
the Morgan railroad inthc capacity of
switch-lman, was crushed to death, in
the companys yard in this city, on
Tuesday night last by moving train,
Mr.. Falgout was an industrious and
upright gentleman, and leaves II young
wife and one child to mourn his loss.
This is the second fatal accident that
has occurred in the same place within
a few wecks.-IMorgan City Free
Press.
PAYING TIE CENSUS ENrMEGAToRs.
The Washington officials having
come to the conclusion that it was
about time to ascertain the amounts
due TO the cnumcrators, are now send
ing certificates to these gentlemen
stating the. sums owed them by the
Government. If the are found To be
correct the cnumerators attach their
signatures 10 testify to That fact and
return them to Washington, aud it is
presumed that the pay will soon fol
low.--[N. @. Picayune.
One of the sights in the town of
Brenliam, the other day, was II white
woman SO beastly drunk that she fell
in the middle of the street and had to
have the assistance of the police
Houston Post.
On Monday morning last, at eleven
o'clock, near the post office in Wash
ington, G. w. Millspaugh shot col
ored manly the name of Henry Sar-
gent-through the left breast, intlict-
ing probably fatal wound. We M
derstand that the parties became in
volved in personal difficulty, when,
upon Sargent calling Aiillspangh the
abusive epithet of id son Of q bib,
the latter sent for his pistol and used
the weapon with the above results.
Millspangh was arrested by the town
constable and deputy sheriff Winklrr,
and is now lodged in Jail to await OK
animation, and the result of Sargcn.'s
onnd.-Opelousas Courier, 2ad inf.
The Capitol begin to look like a
thing of life, Already the frame
work for the roof over the Senate and
House of Representatives has been
completed, and ere long there will be
work for the slater. The Architect,
Mr.. Freret was here on a tour of in
spection last week and he expressed
himself as fully satisfied with the pro-
gress of work.-[.rhc tCapitolian.
While in Cincinnati the other day,
Mr.. Roscoe Conkling went out to
Chester Park and took a little drive
behind the celebrated traveller Maud
>. lie remarked that he preferred
the name of Kate for fast animal,
and told the driver that he had made
a pretty good record himself as al
single-footed rackcr in the Rhode
Island sweepstakes. Exchange.
The Governor having been notified
that the grand jury of the parish of
Concordia iniitsla streport charges GER
tain justices of the peace in that parish
with incompetency, has given instrnc-
tions to have the matter investigated !
by the proper officer, and suit instituted
for ejectment against those who will
be found incompetent.---N. @. Demo
crat.