The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-07-14

game the other day and the girls won.
Misses Lucy and Regina Bcrnos,
two young ladies of New Orleans,
were drowned in the Mississippi on
the 4th inst, while bathing at Point
a-la-IIache
Gov. McEEcry advertiscs for sealed
proposals, up to July 81, to construct
the Joseph Henry dyke, on the east
bank of Red river in the parish of
Natchitoches.
The Lower Tcrrebonne Sugar Re
fnery ASSOCIATION, organized this year
at Houma, with a capital of $4,000,
expects to make 100000 pounds of
sugar annually.
Two bloods thirstlng for much gore
fought q duel in St. Johns parish on
the 9TH inst. Result; No one hurt
and consequently no crimson stains OH
the nice spring grass.
The CoIfax Chronicle says Judge
BIackman. of that district, has gone
to the bedside of dying sister at San
Antonio. His many friends tender
their warmcst sympathies.
The WIN. Vincent medal, given to
the best drilled man at the recent clos
ing exercises of the State University
at Baton Rouge, was won by Lieut..
r. L. Hanson, of Ascension.
The Iberia Star says the Echo failed
to come to time last week, and it was
either the fault of this office or some
one kidnapped it on the way. The
latter Was certainly the reason.
From accounts in our Louisiana eX-
changes this week we observe that the
4th Of July was appropriately cele-
brated in a number of places. 1t is
well to not entirely forget the day.
The FarmcrviIIe Gazette is now
printed on an Improved Campbell
Cylinder Press, the subscription list
OF the paper having Increase" so m"ch
that such " press Oec"'l'o d necessity
The Courier says from every section
of jefferson parish the news comes
that crops of every description are
growing finely, particularly the cane
cron, which, it is said, will be the
largest since the war.
A raner mill and prinling inks
,rnrLs is 70 ho shortly o.tabIiSbcd in
t,c nari,b Of Tanoipahoa on the line
nf the Jackson railroad, This is i'm
n,,rt.nt to tbn nrintipg fraternity and
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.TS".,,:ms < ~ fa.t,,r., ,,o.I;no,
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1c Is '"o"e"' " oo '"S"no al" was
thought SO before he left this state
CoI' Hardy Richardson died OF apo
pleSy at his home III washington
parish, on the 9th inst. lie las been
prominent IN politics IN tins state Tor
40 years, and had served Tor - years
in the state senate. He was staunch
Democrat.
Gen. Edward sparrow one OF the
most prominent men OF the St"te' died
at Lake Providence, on the 9th inst'J
at the advanced age OF ~ years lie
had held many positions OF trust and
honor, up to the time he retired to
private life.
The IbcryiIlc South saws Mr.. Jules
Durand, a cooper of PIaqucmine, in
chOpplng out some barrel slaves with
an adze struck his instep, cutting the |
leaders aud an artery in two, bleeding
almost to death before the How of
blood eo"ld Dc stopped
The governor, in accordance with
the wishes of the late Ievee conven-
tion has advertised for bids nm to
July %, for the work of closing the |
great breaks of Morganza and Ash
ton. The work is very important and
bidders VIII don0uess De Plehtll"''
On the 4th of July the five beauti-
ful statues in St. Johns tCathollc)
church at Plaquemine were aPproPri- |
.toIy bIossad Tho c,romony uas