The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-09-23
LOUISIANA GLEANTvGs.
The Bossier Banner complains oi
much sickness in the parish.

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much sickness in the parish.
Three prisoners escaped from the
St. Martinsyille Jail, last week.
Corn is plentiful in Grant parish
at from 40 to so cents bushel.
The rice crop Of st. Bernard parish
will fall short Of the usual yield.
Hand-cleaned rice is selling at
Abbeville at fifty cents gallon.
From all indications Judge Beattie
will distance Kellogg badly in St.
Mary parish.
A Democratic paper is to be start
ed at Donaldsonville. 1t will have a
good field to work in.
Abbeyille Meridional: Ont Of three
or four hundred Republican votes in
this parish Kellogg will get about
fifty and Beattie the balance.
The question of whether or not
whisky shall be sold in the parish
will be voted upon by the people of
Vermilion parish on the 7th Of No
vember.
A monstrous black bear is proul-
ing around in the neighborhood Of
Hahnville. Jine in the hunt after
his bearship, brother Hinton. It's
fine sport.
Kellogg is in New York, or was a
few days ago. He will shortly begin
his canvass in this district, however,
but his prospects for election are
anything but fattering.
There are no public schools in st.
Martin parish, owing to the fact that
it is an undecided question as to who
is parish treasurer, which prevents
| any disposition to be made Of the
school funds.
Mr.. P. Gueyden, formerly of this
state, but now of Texas, has pur-
chased 10000 acres of marsh and
prairie lands in Yermilion parish,
where he proposes establishing a
large cattle ranch.
Thus far there have been but four
gentlemen prominently mentioned in
connection with the next governor
ship, namely: Ex-Governor Nichols,
Governor McEnery, Hon. 4. w. Rob
ertson and Hon. Alcibiade DeBlanc
Sabine SouthrOn Times are hard
ly as dull in our town as recently.
More people are visiting us from the
country and the merchants are sell
ing more goods, The immense cot
ton produced in this parish must be
sold somewhere and we believe Many
will get its share. @
The Sabine SouthFoa is trying to
impress the town administration with
the fact that they should pay more
attention to public improvements,
and tells them truthfully: "Public
improvement is the one great object
of town council" If they don't do
their duty call for new deal.
Ibervilie South: All our rice plant
ers have been very busy during the
past week in gathering their crops,
and report that they have not sus-
taihed as much damage as was ex-
pected from the long continued wet
weather. The yield will be the larg-
est ever grown in this parish.
Wolves are SO numerous in Sabine
that farmers have notified the public
they viii put out poison from the lst
to the 10th of October. This reminds
us of an instance in western Texas
when a stockraiser killed eighty odd
wolves in one night, from strychnine
placed in the carcass Of horse
+ Mrs. Hodenot, Of Ponchatoula, COM
mitted suicide at her home, last week.
She is said to have been an estima-
Bile lady, and was driEen to the rash
act by her husband accusing her Of
too close an intimacy With young
man of the neighborhood. She left
an interesting young family Of chill
drcn. Aud we would imagine very
miserable husband.
The Iberyille South says: " With
view Of arresting crime IN our par
ish we viii give, next week and
thereafter, The names Of all parties
arrested in the parish and town and
show charges perferred against
them.s That is the way to talk.
Make no distinction, but publish the
names of all Offenders, no matter
what their social standing. Il will
have a good effect.
The grand jury IF St. Martin parish
are severe on the authorities in the
following; aWe have inspected the
jail Of the parish and find il to be in
i filthy condition. Humanity as we'll
as the law Of the state requires that
prisoners should be provided with
not only an ample allowance of sound
and wholesome provisions, but their
health should not be- exposed to be
imnaired bv the filtbiness of the