The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-08-23

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half crop this year, SO SAYS the
Hafekman
The FarmerTilie Gazette man wants
somebody 10 beat IS pound head OF
eabbage raised Ii Union parish
a disease resembling CHAMBERS has
brsken out IN ASCENSION parish and
has killed quite a number Of mules.
a negro fisnd By the narnc Of sol
Eaul6eld, Near FarmcTrille, on We'd
inesdsy, The ISth inst, beat bis little
eiEbt.Fsar-old daughter 10 death.
Nj. Coney Blanchard, one Of Re-,
pides' energetic planters, proposes 70
divide mp his plantation after this
yeRr aud convert il into a stock farm,
on which he proposes TO breed fine
sock.
Il Alexandria Democrat Col Q. A.
ThgrBton of this place, has iEsaIs pos
session fhe last viii and testament Of
Mrs. Martha Washington. wife Of Gen.
Geo. Washington. The document Is
nicely framed and in perfect repair,
L is 10 be placed on exhibition al thc
| Exposition.
An old negro woman, about sixty
years of age, sued her second husband
for diRorcesat the last term Of court
IN jackson parish. She has 20 child
Idneu, As grandchildren, and two great
| grandchildren. When asked Eby she
wanted divorce, as old las sine WIS,
she replied that she muGt want 30 get
married agin. +
DeSoto iDcaecEoi Mr.. G#ihOun
Berry, who lives on the Dean place
in ahis parish. Brought 10 town this
morning a stalk Of corn that had nine
well developed ears Of eCrn on it.
Whether If is special variety or was
simply freak Of mature, we are mn
able TO say. 1t will be sent 10 the
Exposition It also has two shoots
that would base INSIDE corn If the re-
/ cent dry weather had not cut Is short
1 West Carroll TGtcAmaH Our
topn and vicinity has been sOreiy
afflicted during the past three or fenF
weeks Almost every family mas been
visited by disease, and in some in
stances Ghe eutiFc household have
been prOstTaied al the same time
/ Bilious feFsTE, Wish7an inEaEiEbie tea
daney 20 congestion Is the main
mAlady, while some cases Of saRmp
fever have occurred. We are glad 10
state that She mortality has been very
! light mp 10 the present time
/ n. %. City EfeD The BeneFo-
lent Associations o. the Armies Of
I Virginia and Tennessee haEe concluded
30 make an exhibit at the Worlds
Fair OF such war relics as are likely 70
attract general EzteHtiGn. To this end
! they desire contributions Of articles
having military history aud mhilh
may b. exhibited without EsFiVibg
unpleasant sectional memories The
idea Is gsad ens, and will nc d0Hbt
be carried ouE IL heroic and baeSn-
ing spirit.
Z FREmeTpille 1Gazetfe: An anasal
freak OF cold wsather struck cur
parish last week. The theFmoaBeier
for seEeral mornings Was as los as. 40
degrees, which is a lower temperature
than we have ever remembered to
haze experienced IN this parish during
the month Of August. This anses-
seaabie weather must produce sick
ness. Its effect on Gotten vii be 10
develop rust and TO some extent
diminish the crops. Already gust has
been reported 10 as irem thrse places
in the parish.
! AlexaadriA Democrat The most
encouraging news concerning the
crops throughout the parish Is being
daily resolved. Everybody seems
highly pleased tberest, IS is clearly
diseernible 90 Elsir coanteRRaee. 1t
is now said and calculated on that, the
average yield this rear will be larger
than last season, and . hen it is taken
. into consideration that but q short
while back our crops we're despaired
af and really given up as failure. uge
thank the planters and farmers Of the
parish have done Remarkably well.
Clearly does this prove that energy
and discrimination HI5ll wan In the end
and are really necessary and essential
Dpelousas Cogrier For several
: days north Winds prevailed with very
eeol nights bat shltry al midday
Daring this time the soil dried rapid
! b, and in some sectieRA Of The parish
where the late showers did net fail
the rice crops and y0lAg corn are re
! ported 10 be soldering. The eetter
|, erep, however, has net suffered, ,aHC
If esterpillars DO not appear, the pres
I ent erep will exceed that Of last year
lG0pd showers Of rain fell in mari
I parts of the parish on Tuesday night
! Cotton picking has begun, aud som'
plaaters are reported TO have one AM
7 Two bales ready. for ginning. "A loa,
I Of new rice came in from Piaquetnin,
7 BFuleesa few days ago. and many per
I sons are cutting the early crop
III "A Baton Rouge special Of the lG6
Z inst, to the pieay9Rs, says: Malo
!, Bird, Of the Agricultural Department
/ has within the last several days re
h IeeiYed numerous letters asking fo
/ information. Que of them come
1 from the Milwaukee office of the Chi
Z I.eago lIaferf0esaa. Il asks for III
4 price Of lands IN Louisiana, and iu
4 proved and nnimPxoYed, and if NJ
Il where located also, for leading agr
# cnltural products, railroad and wate
1 facilities are of desideratnm TO ia
iaspirer Other parties write frog
y Stockton, Cal. They EaRt iuforms
8 tien esneeFniag. the sugar Industry 4
\ LpGislana within tue last AZ year
y He answered that they 3nQulsi fnd II i
thel lei Of September editions Of u
i New Orleans Pic9gsne Of 1888 an
4 1885, Eagsae Smith. Of Clam Fall
|. WISCONSIN, wanas to know. the adsai
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