The Lake Charles echo., 1883-03-31

! Y ALMoRE RECTOR, or BAtpn hQuge
has been convicted Of murder ID til,
first degree, with the penalty Of death
QuEES YIcroRIA's knee is bette
this week, and she has taken dris,
in order 70 aIlay the excitement Of tht
popuIace.
Texas, from center 70 circumfsr
epce, was visited by q heavy storm ol
Saturday last. In some places ther'
was heavy hail
n is Il pleasure to announce thai
that Uncle Harry Hyams, Of the SugaI
Planter, has recovered, and wields Al
vigorous pen az ever
A MAKER Of internal machines i
Philadelphia expresses the belief that
the Gear will not be crowned. Making
internal machines in this country
should not be permitted.
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The first assistant postmasterg gene
ral, Frank Hatton, narrowly escaped
death. in Washington on the day bis
distinguished chief died. BY his carri-
age horses running away.
A DIspArcH from Helena, Ark,
says within twelve days five members
Of the MeCool family died Of pnep,
monia. They were food refugees
from the mouth Of the St. Francis
river.
In is a remarkable fact that within
q year four men who have occupied
the office Of postmaster general have
died. Maynard died last April, Den
nison last October Jewell last Decem-
Der, and now Howe.
THE Galveston News now issues a
daily edition every day in the week.
There is considerable extra cost in
such an undertaking as this but the
terms Of subscription to that excellent
paper remain unchanged.
TnE break in the Ieyee at Thibo-
daax, which at one time promised
such serious consequences and ever
flowed great portion Of the town, is
now under control business was
entirely suspended for time and the
whole population turned out to assist
ID stopping the break.
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FRED e. Ware Was hung at Frank
lin, Texas, on the 23d inst. for the
murder Of Add WISER, sheriff Of Rob
ertson county. The man came from
one Of the other southern states and
bis namo was really not Waite, bat he
went gaily TO the gallows with bis
secret locked in his breast.
FRoM the number Of complaints
in our state exchanges about bad
roads, and the number of accidents
reported, it is safe to infer that the
road law is dead letter. We have
officers sworn to sue the laws enforced
and they should either be made to
| perform their duties or be removed,
CAwLEr, an insane young man Of
San Antonio, escaped from the guard
At the county poor-house and hospital,
and went to his mothers house and
killed her while she was asleep. He
picked mp an ak inthe yard with1yhicb
be committed the bloody deed. Al
though insane be has thus far managed
10 elude The vigilance Of the officers,
PLAauEMIEE is shortly 70 have
siiiagIe factory, and the Iboryille
South il speaking Of the enterprise,
says @Phere i great demand grow
i've up ip Texas for sawed shingles,
and we trust that the managers 81 tbs
Texas and Pseiiic railroad will offer
inducements by lowering their rates
for freight, 81 as to encourage this
important lndustFyH
TIE the postmasser-geneFal Of the
United States, Hon. 4. o. Howe, died
at bis home in Konosha, Wisconsin,
on Monday last, of pneumonia The
deceased was born il Liyermore, Me-,
Feb, "a, 1916, was lawyer by pro-
fession, and for ls years was y s..
senator from Wisconsin. lie was ap-
pointed postmaster-geneFal BY Presls
dent Arthur. His wife died In 1881
sTscE the remains u John Howard
Payne, the author Of alloRss. Sweet
Home, have been brougbthems and
reiptercd iphis native country, atten=
tion has bccn directed te The destitute
condition Of Prof Crouch, Of Balti-
more; the man who wrote Z Kathleen
Maxonrpeen.9 Dollar Subscriptions
are suggested, and fhe philapthropist
81 Washington, AIr. corcoran, IS the
prcper person 70 send the money to.
4 DISPATCH freag tingsbpgys Texas,
sags eThe Hrst sbipment lrem here
81 Thirteen cars * walnut iors MAS