The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-09-02
LONE STAR BRIEFS.

A negro rapist was hanged at San
Antonio last week.
The Mexican-NationaI railway was
to have been completed to Monterey,
Mexico, to day.
Congressional and gubernatorial
candidates are making it lively in
Texas just now.
The sheriff of Comanche county has
skipped, and left his bondsmen to set
tie with the county.
Mechanics are in demand at Abi.
lene, new town on the line. of the
Texas and Pacific railroad.
A telegram of last Saturday, from
Matamoras, reports the yellow fever
rapidly decreasing in that city.
The pro rata apportionment of the
Texas school fund was $2.s5 per scholar
last year; this year it is increased to
$3.55.
A colorcd woman in Washington
county was killed by the explosion of
a coal-oil lamp, recently. Such occur
rences seem to grow more and more
frequent of late years,
Judge A. B. Norton, Of Dallas, one
of the leading Republicans of the
state, threatens to take the stump
against Wash Jones, the independent
candidate for governor.
The defeat of ex-Gov. Hubbard for
the congressional nomination in the
third district is greatly deplored. 1t
is said TO have been the result of ae-
cident and bad management.
Sam S. Smith, who had held the po-
sition of county clerk of Bexar coun-
ty. since 1850, with The exception OF
short time during reconstruction,
died at San Antonio last week.
The Sabine Land and Improvement
company have filed their charter. 1t
is the object Of the company to buy
and sell lands and erect wbaryes at sa-
bine Pass. Capital stock 1000, 900.
The schooner Tex-Mex arrived at
Corpus Christi the other day with a
cargo of 2o2, 600 feet of lumber for
the Mexican-Natioual road. She was
loaded at Capt. Coos mill at this
place.
Several New York spectators re-
Gently purchased track Of $4,000
acres of land III Mitchell county, pay
ing therefor 81 05 per acre. II Is pro
posed TO establish a large sheep ranch
on the land.
At Cisco, on Saturday last, q Ger
man lady while sitting by an open
window, was struck by lightning and
instantly killed. Siugularly enough
there were no marks Of violence left |
upon her person.
IL would be a. great surprise to the |
country if after all, it should turn
out that the disease which is prevail
ing at BrownsFille and Matamoras is
not yellow fever at all. Yet this may
be the next thing we lear.
William Baird, conductor on the
Fexas and Pacific railroad, charged
With outraging the person Of Q young |
.ady who was q passenger on bis
train, has been remanded to Jail at
El Paso without the benefit Of bail.
Heavy rain storms prevailed du-
ing all of last week in northern
Texas. The rivers and creeks were
,ut Of their banks id many places,
and several lives we're lost. Consid-
srable loss Of stock bas also been sus-
aimed.
The BRENNAN, Washington county
Banner, one 81 the oldest and ablest
# Texas newspapers, in reviewing
he speech Of Jones at that place re-
emily, independent candidate for
governor, says: He proved himself
: be q thorough-going, iuIi-Hledged,
lble-bodied demagogue@
a terrible freshet swept away thou
iands Of dollars of property at San
Angela, on the Goncho river in west
~ Texas, last week Eight Of the
est buildings in the town were de-
troyed and about City or sixty dwell
ngs along the bank Of the river were
wept away. The loss in live stock
As been very great.
The aoods in western Texas this
eason have been the most disastrous
yer known. During The recent rise
I the Concho river San Angela,
oanty seat Of Tom Green county,
pd Ben FickIin, both sitpated Op ihe
iYer, and bpt 2 short distance apart
5ere oyeraowea, and great loss Of
fe and property epsued. Fifty edd I
eople are known to have drowned. !
Tie town Of Ben FickliD, with fhe ex-
option of eight hoases, the Jail and
ourt house, has been totally de- ]
troyed-
Judge John Hancock has been