The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-05-12

ARISH, LOUISIANA, MAY
One drug firm IN New York few
days since sold SS,443 ounces of
quinIne.
DR.. Mock, of the parish of West
FeIiciana, suicided last week. He
was a native of Louisville, Ky, 80
years of age, and leaves a wife and
three children.
The New York Herald thinks Pres
ident Arthur is the strongest man to-
day in the Republican party, and will
be, very probably, the nominee of that
party for the presidency.
The Washington (La.) Argus says
it is rumored that an ancient dame of
eye oIden time" is soon to be led to
the altar. They are never too old to
be offered up as willing sacrifice at
the altar.
THERE is very fine and ancient
friend of this paper who has an idea
of asking Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines to
change her name. Since that lady has
scooped" New Orleans he thinks
he will try his luck.
NJ. T. Polk, the defaulting treasurer
Of Tennessee, was re arrested recently,
because of information received that
he-was preparing TO leave the country.
His bond was increased from $4,000
to $35, 900, which he has SO far been
unable to give.
On Thursday of last week Mr.. Pat.
Curtis, of Pass Christian, shot and
wounded Mr.. Mulroy, of the same
place. A fancied grievance is said to
have been the cause of the trouble
Hondsboro ( Miss AdUertiser.
There must have been grievance
of some kind existing, whether fancicd
or not.
GEN CRooK is in Mexico, with his
command, after the red-deviIs. and has
given orders that no bearers of dis,
patches for him, from the general OF
the army or any one else, is to be al,
lowed to follow. Mexican troops arc
in active corporation with General
Crook.
LIFE is too short to take time to
run over our file papers to sec if, III
the hustle and confusion of newspaper
life. we have unintentonally credited
clipping from the Baton Rouge
Press TO the Truth. There was nc
damage done if we did-both arc
good papers.
The steamer GraPpler, was recently
burned of Seymour Narrows, neal
San Francisco. There was a very large
passenger list, including a number OF
Chinamen. The steamer was beached
but IS or 100 of the passengers were
lost by the swapping of the oyer-iiIIed
small boats.
ARKANSAS has law prohibiting
the sale of Fox's Police Gazette in
that state, and II. Goodman, of HeI
ena, has been arrested for violation OF
the law. We shall sec if the great
| judicial mind of the Arkansas judge
runs in the same groove with that OF
Judge Cook, of Texas.
That dramatic festival in Cincin,
matt was a grand affair, without a
doubt. Just think of seeing such
stars cast in one play as Lawrence
Barrett, John Mccullough and the
lovely Mary Anderson. The festival
was a grand success and an occasion
never to be forgotten.
cor,re,,,,,,r,,,,, ,t Csropno
wherever that may be), of the Ope.
Iousas Courier, says lady of SO years,
who had only been married one year,
recently gave birth to a child. Oul
nature is so truthful aud confding
that we are always ready to believe
anything told us, but somehow OF
other that story won't go down.
The Natchitoches Yindicator, q
paper for whose opinions the EcHo
hasn't the very highest regard, sides
with the Democrat, Of Opelousas, on
the thank question" Both of these
papers are patrons of the "auxiIiary
plan" of journalism. 1t is an apt yer,
ifcation of the truthful old axiom,
birds of feaths hoek together"
The editor of the Pointe Coupce
Banner was in Baton Rouge recently
and was much disgusted to find only
two or three of the state officers at
their posts ofduty. The next time he
visits the capital he ought to let his