The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-12
oTn GALVESTON EEraaiHs.
AN INTERESTING RRsuME OF LOCAL
EVENTS IN THE ISLAND CITY.


Our city in many places was almos
Inundated last Sunday. Heavy showers
had fallen during short intervals botf
Friday and Saturday. The rain which
fell Sunday, was said by the 'soldest
inlaahitagft to be the heaviest for many
years. The sight was not urare one that
day, to see gentlemen start tDuE with
shining shoes, and before a street cal
could be reached or crossing gained,
lpull off their shoes and boldly wade in,
much to the amnsementof safely housed
lockers on. One old darlkey man made
quite neat little sum, in employing
his old raw-boned elay-bank horse to
transport passengers from one side to
the other of one of the principal streets.
"A couple came gaily down the street,
and on reaching the submerged cross
ing, looked obviously at one another
'tDo you think you could go over on
the horsep' he was heard to ask her
|'sO, Simon I never did such thing
in my life. Perhaps i could If You
would get on first, SO I would have
something to hold on to-" she faintly
whispered. "Uncle, will your horse
carry iouble?'' Don't know, young
nlassa, hain't never tried hin, but jedg
ing from his looks, I 'spose he will. y
With suniry little screams the fair dam
sci was mounted behind her attentive
Simon, and the horse moved off with
many bitches of his long body and nm
kind switches of his tail. Now a horse
does switch his tail unkindly sometimes,
as any one will know who has observed
one of these interesting animals. ooh!
he is going to pitch, she cried, but the
words came too late. With a sling of
his hind feet, off she came right in the
middle of the stream. She was rescued,
but this little affair nearly broke up the
old mans business. Some people make
such fuss over nothing.
The lightning killed Mr.. Scherde-
mantel, a valuable mule, and two dogs,
besides doing some minor damage,
during our rain storms Of the past few
days.
The schooner Henrietta, for Lake
Charles, has been the cause of much talk,
and some excitement in our midst. She
was detained at quarantine station until
five o'clock yesterday evening, when she
was toweil to Ship Island by steam tug
Maddox. AT the time of her departure
she had three cases on board, which the
doctors will net pronounce yellow fever,
though they don't say it is not. During
her few days stay, one Of the feTer pa
tients died, a lady, who was bnried at
sea. DIR. III. NJ. Campbell was sent with
stores to the unfortunate vessel. A
post-mortem examination WAS held, the
autopsy showed the liver to have been
shrunken and the stomach to have con-
tanned black substance. During the
night she had vomited, but the report
could not state that it WAS black yOnlit
A feeling of relief is experienced, now
that the vessel is gone. Our board Of
health acted in a most praiseWorthy
manner, but not until DR. Kelley, pres
ident of she same, and MIR. n N. John, !
one of It's most efficient members, had
come to blows. Neither were seriously |
hurt, and cooled down after being ar
rested by the police.
The Hope crew from New Orleans |
came over Sunday. The bay presented |
q lively picture yesterday when the diff
ferent rowing climbs were well repre-
irst, single shells and second, six-oared
oarges. Pools were sold on the races
asst night at the Two Brothers saloon
The Galveston, Houston and Hen
lerson Railroad paid ont 81 in pennies
10 passengers on that road yesterday
evening / am glad pennies are coming
into circulation, 1t is need we have
long felt,
A sad accident occurred yesterday
between five and six o'clock in the af- +
bernoon. Some men were engaged in
putting up q sign on Market, between
and Eighteenth streets
An old gentleman aged rs years, Mr..
Il. Schreier, came along and offered to |
assist them. His kindness WAS accepted, /
and he was given the part steadying
the post upon which the ladder reach
ing to the roof rested. One of the men |
mounted the ladder, and Just as he
reached the roof, the post gave way,
letting the ladder fall and striking Mr.. |
Schreier. His neck was broken. When
medical aid reached him he was dead.
He WAS an old landmark in Galveston,
and one of the organizers Of the Island
City Fire company No. 2, in 1856. 4
Mrs. Phillips, wife Of U IS. Marshal
Phillips. died Sunday evening at 4
O'Clock. Most heartily is the sympathy
of our community with her bereayed
husband and friends,
"A boarding house runner in attempt
ing 10 board the incoming train missed
his footing and sustained serious in
iuries about the bead and legs.
GIr. w N. Scott, pastor Of the Pres
hyterian church, leaves Monday next,
for a five weeks absence to be spent
with his wife and children in Virginia.
August %, is the day upon which the
for scholarships, at the State
Normal Institute will be examined.
News comes from .Brazoria county of
q brave little boy. Several little boys
were playing on the river bank during
the Iise, they got On asslippery. log that
was tied 10 the bank, and lLleuis Wilson
fell off into the swift current. a. col
ored boy about the age Of twelve years,
sprang into the river after him, and by
d heroic effort saved his life. The name
of The eolored boy is GFeenyiile Mon Zeal.
IL has raiRed nearly every day this
month, and those upon which it hasn't,
have been very warn, keeping the mer-
curry in the neighborhood Of zoe during
the middle Of the day. to4EANDER.