The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-05-12
LOUISIANA GLEANHNGS.
Louisiana has 81 parishes.

in Washington.
The Richland Beacon, Rayville, is
advertised for sale.
DR.. J. Castor Mestayer, aged At,
died in New Iberia, May l,
The moss picking business is on The
increase around Morgan City,
Work on the new court house at
Amite City has been commenced.
The Meridional complains of the
need of rain in Vermiion parish.
The Webster Tribune nominates
Hon. A. B. George, for governor.
A coIorcd man fishing in the Bayou
Crocodile, caught turtle weighing
los l-2 pounds.
The Sabine Southron says VIM.
Graves killed Geo. jenkins, in Sabine
parish, on the 28th ut.
New Orleans is the only place in
the United States where smallpox
prevails to any extent.
The railroad time between Houston
and New Orleans will shortly be re-
duced from IS hours to IA.
Nelson Fisher, at Farmervillc, tried
for m trder last week, was convicted,
without capital punishment.
Crops are well advanced around
Opelousas, and the general outlook is
encouraging, so says the Courier.
The Observer says the crops of the
parish of st. Martin are growing well,
and the outlook is favorable.
The police jury of Jefferson parish,
right bank, have donated $3.50 to the
Charity hospital, New Or1cahs.
Robt. Butler, coIored, was hung on
the 4th inst, in Caldwell parish, for
the murder of his wife's paramour.
Mr.. Claud Robinson, prominent
young sugar planter of Terrebonne
parish, died recently of smallpox.
The Review man speaks as if he
knew whereof he spoke when he says
Morgan City is the most peaceful
town in the state.
At Alexandria, Caesar Morgan,
charged with the murder of Richard
Turner, has boen admitted to bail in
the sum of $3.50.
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines has secured
Judgment against New Orleans for
81 I,025,G6782. Why don't she take
the entire city
The Washington Argus says J..
Sloan, charged with completely in the
murder of DR.. Rocker, has been sent
to jail without bail.
o, V. Wagner is the new sheriff
Of jefferson parish. lie was chief
deputy of the molasses coIored sheriff
who recently resigned.
The SOuthron says nearly all the
cattle in Sabine parish are gone. A
good COW and calf are now worth as
much as bale of cotton.
Oak Ridge, Arcadia, Montgomery,
VidaIia, Terrebonnc, Keachie, Grand
Coteau and Covington, will be money
order offices after July |,
Henry Guidry was recently assassi-
mated, Is miles from OpeIousas, while
returning at night from a neighbor's,
accompanied by his family,
An intelligent farmer in Lincoln
parish has dropped cotton planting
and is now growing corn, oats, cane,
peas, potatoes and peanuts.
The National Cotton Centennial
Exposition is to be held in 1884 at
New Orleans. That city is the great
cotton metropolis of the country.
James Robinson died at jackson
last week, aged ss. lie had been
blind 80 years, Robinson was the
youngest of six old men in his section.
Town Talk says in the year 1882
there were over forty new buildings
erected in Alexandria. This year
there will probably be as many more.
James Thompson, some time ago
arrested at Minden for the murder of
his brother, John Thompson, in Texas,
has escaped from Jail, being Assisted
by outside parties.
The Gretna Courier says the schools
of Jefferson parish are still in the tide
of successful operation, and will not
close until the early days of July, and
will commence again IN October,
Mr.. Johnson, once a fine business
man of New Orleans, 10 years old,
came to the conclusion that be would
never die, and, in order to hurry mat
ters, shot himself twice, and died.
A negro digging for dsh-bait on
Bayou Des;asaa, recently, uneartbed
the first Masonic seal Of the Western
Star lodge. The lodge and furniture
were destroyed by fire in 1871.
The officers recently elected by
Opelousas Fire Co. /, are: F. i. Per
rodin, president; VIM. Llghtley, fore