The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-06-10
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The town authorities of Opelousas
have bnilt a neat fence around the
| public square.
James Casey was stabbed to death
in house Of ill-fame at New Orleans
on the I'd instant.
Crop prospects in Jefferson parish
are 'panning out magniticently," says
the Gretna Courier.
The new steam brick factory at New
Iberia is about completed, and work
will begin very shortly.
The Natchitoches Vindicator reports
scarcity of laborers in that section.
Crops are looking well.
Several carloads of lumber were
shipped from Shreveport, the other
day, to chihuahua, Mexico.
During the week ending May 27th,
the total number of deaths in New
Orleans was l46; rs white and 68
colored.
The citizens of Shreveport propose
an amendment to the city charter re-
ducing the mayors salary from $4,000
to 5000.
New Orleans is experiencing a build
ing boom, over S2,5oo,oO0 having so
far been invested in new buildings the
present season.
The New Iberia Star says crops in
that section are looking well, and if
no evil occur the yield will be larger
than at first expected.
The citizens of FarnerviIle amuse
themselves pitching dollars in the
courthouse square shade. Very anus
ing and interesting sport.
The city council of New Orleans
have crt of the gas along the levee as
superhuous since its use has been su-
percedGd by electric lights.
The Alexander Express reports cot
ton in that section as promising; cane
unusually fine, while the corn crop is
destined to be light one.
Dr.. Linus Parker, for twelve years
editor of the New Orleans Christian
Advocate, has retired, and is succeeded
by Rev. Charles B. Galloway.
Teachers of the public schools of
New Orleans have petitioned the legis
1ature for relief and pay for the months
Of August and September, 1881.
The Abbeville Meridional, speaking
of the crop outlook in VermDion par
ish, says: Never was there such
prospects for fine crops in this parish" "
The statue to be erected to the
memory Of Margaret i4aughery, at
New Orleans, will be the first tribute
of the kind ever paid to woman in
America.
The New Orleans City Item CON
plains Of the filthy condition Of the
cutters in that city, aud demands the
immediate attention Of the authorities
to the matter.
The St. Bernard Eagle complains
that for the past eight months the
doors of the public schools have been
closed, and no prospect for different
state of affairs.
The Terrebonne Times, an eight
page paper, six columns to the page,
has six pages patent. A very interest
ing paper that. 1t might as well go
the whole business.
The Terrebonne Times records the
fact that several planters in that parish
have sold their teams and will not at
tempt to cultivate their lands until
there is certainty Of the leyees being
rebuilt.
In St. Landry parish, the Argus tells
US, the crop outlook is better than
could have been expected on the over
flowed lands, while the prospects in
the more favored regions are very
Aattering.
The Democrat reports many i'm
proyements going on in Opelousas, and
crops throughout the parish in fine
condition. 1t thinks corn will be
abundant next fall at twenty-five cents
per bushel.
The Item gets after the police au-
thorities Of New Orleans for gross
negligence, incompeteney and general
usolessness, aud says of three murders
committed in that city during the past
month the offenders are all at large.
The New Orleans Morning Star is
waging war on the Louisiana Lottery,
and says it is a vile monster, which
not only debauehes the people with
an evil spirit Of greed, but insolently
controls elections. The Star is emf
nently correct.
The Lee Monumental Association Of
New Orleans. have closed the contract
for a bronze statue, and it is thought |
that il about six months the work viii |
be completed and placed in position |
on the completed shaft 10 Lee Square,
formerly Tivoli Circle.
a coupleof young bloods at Houma
had a falling out and adjourned to
convenient spot to settle their differ
ences according to the rules Of the
prize ring. They fought for an hour
and twenty minutes and succeeded ID
disfguring one another SO badly that
their own mothers wouldn't have re-
cognized them.
The EeHe doesn't vouch for this |