The Lake Charles echo., 1883-03-17
LOUISIANA aLEANHnGs.

i
There are ffty money order Offices
in Louisiana.
Frank O. Ulrich has been appointed
postmaster at Washington, La.
The steam gin and grist min Of Mr.
+. s. Cooper, near Meridian, burned
last week.
The New iberia Star says butchers
are paying $50 and $40 per head for
bceyes il that section.
Dr. w. Nv. Bile, Of New Orleans,
has been sentenced 10 ten years inn
prsonmenl for forgery.
The March term If The district court
commenced n Opelousas last Monday,
Jadge hudspeih presiding
The smallpox on Bayou Beuf, St.
Landry parish, las almost disappear.
ed but FIVE cases remaining.
Tho citizens Of Madison parish, by
vote, have changed the site Of the
court house from Delta 10 TaIIalah.
A lodge Of the Knights Of Pyihias
was recently organized IN Vermilion-
vile, and is saiito be IN a lourishing
condition.
Hazekiali Hays, well known sur
yeyor, and one Of the oldest citizens
Of opelousas, died OH The etIi inst,
aged " years.
The skipwith lovee is said to be in
fine condition. Mr. w. B. Strong, the
contractor announces that i will be
completed BY lhc 10Th.
Louis staneimorc, q colored man,
was ae' den'ally killed, in JeaneroLie,
last week, BY bis wife, who was care
lessly handling pistol.
The limited States fish copmissioner co
is 10 place 100000 ssad in the Az ;ll-
afaIaya and Bayon Leohea1 and seYe-
raj other streams in this state.
iberia Jonrnal; Our planters are
juhilap, over lie beautiful weather
now pFosalpn thrsughopt Ills SCI ou
If the country, and pee'. work i be-
ing done 10 the fields.
FarmergilIe Gazette: Our farmers
will plaza largely Of corn; our planters
bny their corn in the northwest. Tie
farmer y growing independent, whilp
flle delsls Of fle planter are growing
larger each year.
Encouraging crop prospects are re-
ported By the Pioneer Of Assumption
in that, one IF tbe Lafourehe parishes
Both plant and slubble cane are very
forward, aud promise a good yield.
The acreage is also larger than last
yeas.
Callins, section boss on tie rail-
road in Natchitoehes parish, got into
dispute With one Of his negro hands,
We beat tae negro with i stiek, and
the negro fed, Collins pursuing. Col
lins Cell and The negro killed him witt
. spade.
Gretna Courier: Oar caItiyalers of
sac. harine sticks seem 10 be ali sails
fed with ihe lariff and are not 50 badly
hurt Is they expected to he; are cpn-
graduating themselves on lheir lucky
escape, and rolling up their sleeves.
for aBoIaer big crop.
The steamer Tazoo, bound from
New Orleans to Macon, Tensas parish,
compile of weeks ago, run over hoai
ipg log, near Bonnet Care, ininriug
her a severely thai she sunk in q very
short me thereafter. Aboa twenty
persons were drowned,
Weekly Truth; When the tele-
grams announce that blizzaras are
sweeping over the country north Of
Is, bow different is ihe weather q
Louislansfor on the table npon
which this is indiied, there are Rio-
lets, roses and ialpqailIs.
A number Of persons in 81. Tam,
many ana aljaeent parishes are en-
gagged j lpe pfoJFs pn " tnrpenline,
and ths Times DeR~a reminds tlem
ihal ile i,stillery Apparatus hey use
- extracting she spir ~ lqgpf qtipe
from li,s fesinons pine has % be reg-
istered
The town aelhoritic$ os Vienna, La,
acting on lbe result oi ihc elseiion ial
tqaf town W liql il license, have rro
ll,hiled the sac of WHISKY u ahq to9n.
Tie whisky men are determined q
tsst tie censtitniionalliy Of the law
and are makiRg up considerable sum
es mcpey for Che purpose,
CIaiborps Guardian; Plant more
corn make crops more diversified !
aud give lsss atlepiion ~ eqtlcn WI
are ihorougbly sYlis6ed that bis I'd
viee Win have ~ influence wpsseyer |
with our farmers, hlA no Az eqpallF |
as veFl satisfied li,s. if they @egld fol-
low Il they would bs better ofE.
PKrsiasnt Rakerson, Of tie Isonis
lana GentFal, states that there il d
greater necessity f0r tlle construction
ii the FsrmiIi0n extension since The
purchase of Tie Morgan goaa III Tan