The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-06-09
EDITORIAL NOTES.

yN"S Ol"i q" aNtiaSti'S ahu populdl
young lady in army circles, died last
week in San Antonio.
The Fort Worth city council, after
f discussing the matter for Is months
past, have let street paving contracts
to the amount of 100000.
The nihillsts explain why the Czar
was not blown up at Moscow by say
ing that they have changed their tao
ties and will henceforth seek to organ
ize revolts, etc.
A dispatch states that the French
have bombardcd two ports on the
northwest coast of Madagascar, cans
ing great destruction to British and
other merchandise.
by the upsetting of crowded fer
ry-boat on the VillOnsi Canal, near
Milan, Italy, twenty-five workingmen
who were on their way home to sup
per were drowned,
Gen. Grant, in an interview with
Courier-Journal reporter, few days
ago, said in his opinion Blaine and
Logan will each be very strong for the
Republican nomination in 1884.
On the first of June, 1882, the first
trial of the present star-route defen-
dants began. The first trial was a
mis-trial aud some day we shall know
what the second trial amounted to.
Col. VIM. G. Mitchell, as brave and
true man rs ever wore Uncle SANS
uniform, and who was adjutant-gene-
raj on Gen. Hancock's staff, died at his
post of duty on Governors Island,
New York harbor, last week.
A fearful rain-storm prevailed at
Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the lst inst.
Several persons were drowned in the
swollen creeks and flooded gullies and
streets, aud large amount of valua-
bic property was washed away.
Paddy and Jas. Hannois, brothers,
living in the Cherokee Nation and |
married to Indian women, got drunk |
together LAST week, quarrelod, and |
Paddy killed his brother. The Indian
authorities offer $1,000 for his arrest.
That little riot in st. Petersburg, on
coronation day, didn't interfere with |
the interesting ceremonies at Moscow. |
The CossaCks, it Is true, were called |
out and had to kill about a hundred |
of the rioters. but that is nothing for
Russia.
We have discovered another induce
mcmt the Times-Democrat can offer to
subscribers. If you take that paper
You AN sit at home in a cool place
and read one of Talmage's sermons
on Sunday, and thus escape the con.
tribution box.
A terrible tornado visited Green
vile, Texas, and vicinity, on the End
inst. One hundred and fifty buildings
were blown down or injured, but no
lives were lost, although several per-
sous were hurt. The loss is estimated
at between $4,000 and 100000
Wandering squads of Apaches,
have been seen cautiously vending
their way back to the San Carlos Res
cry .tion. They are satisfied with
thIeviug aud numbering and know that
Tn lie Sam stands ready with open
anus to receive them and to sIay the
" fattcd calf"
he editor of the West Baton Rouge
Sug r Planter has recently been al
most over the entire parish and did
not find man who complained
of the rop prospects this year. All
our exchanges speak in the same
strain. Everything points to pros
porous year for Loui~lana.
A mob of 100 armed men broke
open The j.jI at Wintcrscct, Iowa, last
GInday morning, and took ont mur-
ierer nam d John Hammer and hung
him 70 tree in the courthouse
sou. n. The unfortunate man kicked,
litcc lie was hung, when one of the {
mob shot him through the heart. t
Tie st g~nd jury in session at '
A9stin, Te&~s, bad check enough to |
ndict number of the members of /
he last lc"i. l.. ure tor gambling.
But that :" nothing ompared to the q
heck Of the thief who slipped into Z
he comfy clerks Off last Sunday a
llght and stole all the indictments. a
c. W. IIoron, of onr neighboring
.ity of Or~agc, wa insuted by three
negroes the other night in Galveston !;
nd stru"k by one of them. Horton +
,1d hi, knife in his hand and cut the :
ufii u in the side aud thigh, danger
'n3Iy, The d~fkey was carried of on :,
shutter and Horton was taken in =
n~age by a Pceler. :
Two swell young mon of Denison, i
'exas, last week took two Of the h
ieest girls to Sherman, ten miles dis a
mt. Rooms were enT.0ed for the ,