The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-07-22
LoUEs1ANA GLEANrNGs.
The corn crop of St. Charles parisl
is unusually large.

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is unusually large.
The Times sreports fine crops through
out the parish of Tcrrebonne.
| Several deaths have occurred recent
4 ly at New Iberia, from diptheria.
St MartinsyiIle's branch road viii
be in running order in about week
The erection of the new Presbyte
rian church at 0pelousas has been be
gun.
Planters in St. Bernard parish are
preparing to begin cutting their rice
crops.
A press is soon to be erected in
Hahnville for the purpose of baling
rice straw.
According to the Washington Argus
the planters of St. Landry parish viii
make splendid crops.
In Assumption parish, on the glo.
rious Fourth, colored man was killed
and several others cut with knives.
The St. Martinsville Observer SAYS
cotton in the .overfowed districts Of
that parish promises remuneratiye re-
turns.
Natchitoches planters are jubiIent
over the fact that they will make this
year the best general crop since the
war
The congressional convention for the
fifth district meets on the 3Otb of Au-
gust. Gen. King will doubtless be re-
nominated.
A mau by the name of Clark, charged
with completely in the murder of a Mr..
White, some time ago in ST. Landry
parish, was acquitted last week.
Sheriff Cage, of Terrebonne, has
asked of the authorities a thorough
investigation of the escape of bis pris-
oner, near Lake Charles, recently.
A little negro boy, carelessly hand
ling a shotgun, accidentally shot his
mother through the head, killing her
instantly, near Baton Rouge, last week
The plasterers of New Orleans, fol
lowing the example set by the coopers,
have refused to work longer at present
wages. The eoopers have gained their
point.
Plaquemines parish is out of debt
and has cash balance in her treasury
of $500, which it is intended to util-
ize toward the erection of a new court
house.
The New Orleans board of health
say the health Of the city is unprece-
dentedly good, and almost absolutely
free from infectious diseases of all
kinds.
J. L. Lowell, a son of w. S. Lowell,
a planter on the Teebe, is in luck.
From all reports he will receive the
appointment of assistant paymaster Of
the navy.
The Natchitoches Vindicator says:
Our tap road has been completed TO
the extent at first contemplated. We
hope to chronicle in a few days the
welcome intelligence that the iron horse
is here.
State Senator Parlange, of Point
Coupee parish, will be candidate for
the position now occupied in congress
by Hon. Z. W. Robertson. The CON
vention assemblies at Baton Rouge,
Aug. Is.
Alcide Thibodaux, Sosthene Brous-
sard, Demosthenes Menard, Venance
Quibodeau, Duprelon Doucet, and
Nike GaWin, have been arrested and
jailed at Opelousas, charged by Mrs.
Emile Landry with committing rape
upon her person.
The Abbeyille Meridional says work
upon Mr.. J. H. Putnam's extensive su-
gar refinery is progressing rapidly and
when completed will be the finest su-
gar house on Bayou Yermilion, and
will cost between twenty and twenty |
two Thousand dollars.
This is going to be another fruitful
year. Every crop meets the expeeta- |
tions of the planter, and unless we have |
some unforeseen accident, the corn crop
viii be abundant, the rice crop larger |
than ever before, the sugar crop better
than was expected and the cotton crop
q full one.
a correspondent of the Picayune, |
writing of the Bayou Lafourche coun- |
try, says: From one end to the other
Lafourche is through a broad stretch |
of waving cane fields. Some Of the |
finest plantations 10 the state front on
this bayou, and all of them viii yield |
crops Of at least a hogshead to the acre
allowance for all mishaps
Mr.. Peter Scully, of St. Louis, con
tractor for the construction of the
Yieksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Rail
way bridge, has arrived at Shreveport. |
Work on the bridge viii begin about |
the first Of August. Mr.. Scully will |
employ about l50 hands, working ali |
day and all night, with relief forces,
and week days alike. The |
pight force will work BY huge torch
lights.
The Star reports New Iberia pushing
ahead, and aplopg the different indus
iries Of the place, enumerates the fol
owing: An oil factory, worked all
most exclusively by steam an ice fac
:ory capable Of turning out from four
q six tons of ice daily steam shingle
'actory; steam sash, blind and door
iactory; saw mills; steam cistern fac
,ory; and it viii soon baye a steam
,r;cIr x,ara a moss COLLAR factory and \