The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-02

n Judge COrbin, aged "a, prominent
Texan, died at Montgomery, Ala, last
: month.
The Catholics of Waco have begun
! the erection Of $4,000 church
! edifice.
Dallas and East Dallas are fighting
for the possession Of the new govern
ment building.
The Texas cotton crop for this sea-
sonis estimated at 100000 bales--
worth nearly 500, 100000.
Major Burke, of the Times-Demo-
crat, is looking for location in Texas
to start another newspaper.
The Tribune reports Orange steadily
improving. Her greatest drawback
now is tho want of laboring men.
The venerable wife of state treasurer
Lubbock is not expected to live. She
was stricken with paralysis recently.
Dallas enjoys the distinction of be-
ing the abode of greater number of
roughs than any town or city in Texas.
| Collin county claims to be the ban
uer Democratic county of Texas. Ire
lands majority for governor was 2947.
A young Virginian named Charles
Morrison, killed himself at Fort Worth
on the goth ult. by cutting his throat.
A noted desperate named Smith has
been captured at Waco. He has killed
FIVE men and has innumerable wives
in Texas.
A large number of men are at work
building barges and cutting brush pre-
paratory to the work soon to be begun
on Sabine Pass bar.
Ground was broken on the Mexican
side Of the Rio Grande, opposite Eagle |
Pass, on the Goth inst, for the exten-
sion of the Mexican-P Pacific railway.
Mr.. Alex. Harcourt, chief clerk in
the store of V. Wiess, at Orange, died
of heart-disease last week, while out
hunting. He was highly esteemed by
the people of Orange.
A Mr.. Saunders is building q saloon
across the river from Orange, and pur-
poses running ferry boats for the ac-
commodation of those of his patrons
who stake tbern on the sly"
A dispatch to the Post from San
Antonio says eighty marriage licenses
were issued in one week. Some mis-
take about this; or the weather is cold
er out there than in Lake Charles.
Yandell, of the Seguin Times, de-
clines to be an applicant for the posi-
tion OF secretary of state under the
Ireland administration and nominates
Joseph w. Baines, of the Mckinney
Advocate, for the position.
Owing to the miserable method Of
counting the votes in Texas it is not
yet known by how large majority
Ireland has been elected governor over
Jones. 1t is safe to say, however, his
majority will be upwards of 10000 /.
possibly $4,000.
Oscar L. Holmes who died many
years ago at Nacogdoches, left large i.
part of bis estate to be sold and the
proceeds devoted to the maintenance 7
Of wounded Confederate soldiers. i
Heirs of Holmes living in New York !,
lre contesting the will. i
The new sheriff of Harris county, s.
Ar, FAINT, is a first-elass "typograpie d
Irtist" and has been chief deputy O
even years. The new county clerk, 81
dr. Alex Erickson, is the officer who k
lad the famous street duel in Houston Il
With Matt Woodlief several years ago. W
A man named Shirley went hunting el
n Dallas county with $500 in green b
'acks in his pocket. Becoming en- IN
,rossed with his sport he shot away 81
bout $50 for gun-wadding before dis Ii
overing bis mistake. He killed 81 h
ucks, however, which cost him triac CO
yer 81 25 each. W
The Orange Tribune says shipments W
f flumber over the railroad were lighter o.
uring the past two months than they ~
'ere for the same two months last et
ear, and yet the yield of the mills =
ave been 25 per cent. greater. The
,ilroad done tho work for itself and
an blame itself for the short-coming. b.
Or the 95th uit. the president d.
,cted the removal from Office Of Chas, 40
/. Henry, marshal Of the district Of il,
olumbia; D. B. Ainger, postmaster, Il
ID Myron M. Parker, assistant post Y
aster, Washington city; N, D, Helm, W W
,reman Of the Congressional Record, 81
ID Geo. u. Spencer, government d. pa
ictor of the Union Pacific railroad \
,mpany. The removals were made - ~
} charges preferred BY Attorney Cen D'
al Brewster and Geo. Bliss, counsel q
y the prosecution in the star route an
lses. liq
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