The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-21
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GALVESTON, Texas, Oct Is, 1852.

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Editor Lake Charles Echo:
1 That little cloud which 1loated in The azure
above and about the city known as the s. Wa.
ter Supply has grown into proportions that
insure its being seen aud felt. Several prom
inent insurance companies have Withdrawn,
and others contemplate the same course, SO
with this stimulus the water supply commit
! tee have made advertisement for bids which
are to be submitted BY the LIST Of November.
/ This promises something definite. The daily
\ press Of the city contain articles from citizen
writers and thinkers, each with some new
theory or pet thoughts as to the precise mo-
! dus operandi Of obtaining the aqueous treas
ure out of them all can surely be CLEANED
the very best method for obtaining the pur-
est and most inexhaustible supply, no matter
how far it must be sought from, Of pure,
wholesome, living water
The public schools of the city are reported
by Professor Gwyn to be in condition which
Is highly satisfactory. Realizing that Calves
ton had been remiss Ia the matter, constant
and well directed effort on the part of the
trustees, and indeed every one has been in
strumental during the past year in making
these schools, six now in progress, second to
none in the state. Competent and expe-
rieneed educators ill the position Of teachers.
and the total number Of pupils in attendance
for fhe past week, amounted to 1888.
Galveston has been visited within the last
eight or ten days, by twelve foreign steam
chips. some of which have discharged their
cargoes consisting of coal aud railroad iron,
aud having shipped full return cargoes OF !
cotton and oil cake have sailed for their home |
ports This is the sort of commerce that en- !
riches Texas--the profitable exchange OF for |
eign productions for home products When |
loaded, the steamship Richmond drew eigh-
teen feet; the Ashbrooke, twenty feet the
Armathwaite and ProPitious, each twenty
one feet; while the Empress draws twenty
feet, and will carry about 5000 bales of cotton.
All Of these vessels took on large portion of
their cargoes right at our wharYes, and passed
out over the bar drawing nearly fourteen feet
of water where but few years since Nor
gan's coasting ships grounded. Thus is Gal
weston forging her way to the front on the
deep water question.
A personal of no small importance may be
noted in the arrival of Senior Romero. minis
ter of the Republic Of Mexico to the United
States He reached Galveston on the 10th,
and departed for the city of Mexico on the
nth. General T. S. Grant and Hon. Mr. Tres
colt, will soon follow for the purpose Of nego-
tiatiDg an important commercial reciprocity
treaty between the two countries. Mr.. Fran
els DeGress and the Misses George and Dixie
Clarke, sisters Of j. MasteIla Clarke, ESQ,
editor aud proprietor of the 7ro RepHbiics,
were also with the party at route to Mexico.
Two human beings in this city, have tired
of life, and sought to improve matters by ter
minating their existence since l last wrote
you. One George Nelson shot himself, and was
found with pistol clinched in his hand. The
second party to SO rash and unnatural pro-
cedure was Mr.. j. II. Ruebl, who was the
confidential and respected cashier and clerk
of the honse Of Kaufman & Runge. Specu-
lations in futures is supposed to be the direct
cause Of his taking his own life. He is sup
poBed to have used poison as a means. Both
these unfortunates sought the beach, DO
doubt the sad monitone of the waves cease
less splash was fitting requiem for their IN
restful souls fight into the unseen world
What depth Of misery must a poor mortal
be driven, to thus end life? Their moral
must of necessity be altogether at
fault, or reason not holding proper sway over
her subject. Such incidents are shocking,
and they are becoming alarmingly frequent.
Would tnat the philantbropists OF the age
could discover the cause-and mankind APP
ply the remedy. If man were only more kind,
and the golden rule practieed more largely
of such things might be hoped for.
In this case the maxim or seriptural quota
ton is seemingly appropriate. 1.-The way of
the traBsgressor is hard ]"
The entire community were this morning
thrown into surprise and grief at the sudden
OF the death of an Old, re-
spected and highly esteemed citizen, Mr. J.
ii. Bright. He died as lac had lived with
brave, honest heart and ready to meet the
death messenger. How full of consolation
and hope the memory of such life and death
for his loved ones
We GalYestonians are trying to get cool
with the remaining portion OF the norther
which has been expected for several days 1t
rushed down upon us with considerable fury.
but after playing o few harmless pranks with
the shipping, or small vessels, It's energy
seemed spent, and il settled down into kind
of drizzling rain, out Of which old Sol is try-
ing to emerge. He has every prospect Of sue
cess too, for as yet his beams are al powerful.
Yours, GERASEuM.