The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-04-28
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Father Golden, Catholic priest a
Amite City, died last week.
The CoIfax Chronicle il stirring 4,
the police jury of Grant parish.
A new telegraph line has been lail
between New Orleans and Batol
Rouge.
Texas stock buyers are still round
ing up Louisiana cattle and shipping
them hence.
Washington viii have an election
for town officers on on the first Mon
day in May.
Thirly-two pupils are ID attendance
At tile present session of the deaf and
dumb institute.
Smallpox has made its appearance
in West Baton Rouge. The only.case,
50 far, is isolated.
FarneryiIle saloonists sell "Artil-
iery whiskcy,' warranted 70 Kill at
long or short range.
The grand lodge Of colored knights
of Pythias have been in session this
week at Shreveport.
At Glencoe, Fred. Alexander, 4
Wild youth Of 10, recently married a
a sly young miss Of 90.
New Orleans had two hundred
Thousand dollar FIRE last week, mostly
covered BY insurance.
The Eagle says there i any amount
of sickness among the children in St.
Bernard parish, but no deaths.
Buffalo gnats have a deadly effect
on the mules in Morehouse parish.
They are more terrible than lightning
Or dynamite.
AT Franklin, William Moore was
convicted Of the murder Of Lee Ar
man, Chinaman, and the verdict is
for him to swing.
Mr Elijah Roane has the finest
wheat field in Union parish. lie ex-
poets TO make thirty bushels 10 the
acre, if not more.
Rev. John Wilson, Of the Mount
Zion Baptist church, bapiised thirty
five converts at Morgan city, on the
i5thof this month
The Morgan City Review says the
danger Of an overflow for this year is
past aud the planters feel happy and
have gone to work.
A motion for new trial in the
Bigpey Van Benthnysen case, At New
Orleans, WAS oyerrnled by the Judge:
The case was appealed.
We have not time TO call the names
of our Louisiana exchanges sold by
that big meteor lie telegraphed from
Texas. Some would deny it.
The business men Of New Orleans
are getting warm on the cotton cen
tennial exposition question. Talk is
cheap, money is what is needed.
The governor has signed the death
warrant Of Leonard Coleman, who
John Cray. The hanging
viii take place May 25, Bossier parish.
A storm ut Farmerville last Satur-
day demolished a saloon, killed II. g.
Glassom and badly injured W. A,
Darby, Marion Schultz and Thomas
Dawson.
The police jury Of 1berville parish
donated two hundred dollars to the
New Orleans charity hospital and
Capt. Brusle raised eigllty-fve more
BY subscription.
Joe Carter and spother colored man
bad knife and pistol contest on the
cfaigbead plantation, pear Plaqnc-
mine, for the championship. Carter
s dead and the other man badly cnt,
The 81. MariinsyiIIe Observer thinks
lbe Teclie country the prettiest and
ieaItbiest- in the world, and publishes
, list Of old people living there. the
Youngest Of whom is So aud the old
,st l04.
Town TalK says Judge Bowman
,Wns / hen that has laid sixty-foar
'ggs in seventy days, Until this re-
parkabIe chicken commenced laying
be judge could not decide whether il
sas ben of rooster. i.
M L. Dismukes and r. A. Slmr
mons and his brother bad street fight
i Nstcbitoches on the Goth inst,
9isniulSes was shot fatally and the
wo brothers dangerously Only one
# The Simmons brothers was armed,
Joe Jefferson (kaowp the World
'ser as HRipy) has been for the lasE
40 months enjoying bimself at bis
in New iberia. While
here be bought 800 acres more Land
dioining Dis plantation.
Samuel Fleming WIS recently con
icsed ID The .. S. court ct Shreve-
Ioft of stealing valuable letters. He
5 only twelve yeas old and his pa