The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-12-06

sesn 70 begln 1a the 5illiEe aer8ss th
bzFau Nerrniiisn AZ tlie point we
E know as 9rrrTi8 Bridge
The citizens 81 Anite City. at Oh
late election, voted on the liqz0
license Question, which resulted IN
victory for the ssRo license ticket
Messrs. ]. IL i. Wis and ]. S
Gardner have ceased to De eonneste,
with the ST. Mary Rerif,C, their less
having expired. The paper will con
THINE ander other management
Gov. McEnery has appointed lh'
following gentiemeB administrators q
the Charity Hospital 10 be baiit a
Aisxandria: Jacob Geiger, Thos. j
French. X. ". BringhuFsi. Julius
LsFin and N. O. Moseley.
z P8inte Co1pee Dsmorrat. On Wed
nea1sy last quite 4 number ofnOver'
with cattle, mich cows, etc, passed
this place bound for ST. Landry par.
iEb, where they expect to locate. The
inducements offered by that parish
for non-resi3ents to locate there are
very tistteriBg.
! Feiiciaua SeHfiasi. We honestly
believe that If those darkies IN town,
who fear that Democratic victory
means slavery again for them, were
to 90 around and Interview our eiti-
zens. they would not find one willing
to accept tire oBerous position Of
owner All the white. are only too
glad to be rid of The expense and re-
sPonsibility.
An old eoiofed man living igl the
vicinity Of Robeiine, Jeff home on
Tuesday last 10 return a saw that lac
had borrowed from a neighi}gr He
did not return home a. soon as was
expected, and upon a search being in
stitnted the body WAS found with the
head severed tlIeIefIom. The deceased
was well thought ofin the neighbor-
hood, and the outrage has created
great indignation in the eommunity.
Among the pretty things received
by the WOmen'5 Auxiliary Exposition
Association Of Ascension, for exhibit
tion at the approaching Worlds Fair
in New Orleans arc an elegant infants
robe OF muslin, a satin FIRE screen and
felt table cover from the Sisters and
pupils Of ST. Yineent1s Institute, Don
jacksonville, and a rich satin-quiHesroln
Mrs. z. T. Shaaas, of Point Houmas
place,
a peddler was ret upon by high
waynen, q white man and two ne
groes, Just below DR.. Knox plsnla-
ten, Nidaiia parish, two weeks ago,
and robbed $4,000 in money, awatcb,
and other articles. A white fisher
man was suspected Of being the priu-
'cjpai in the affair, and when arrested
it WAS found be had disposed Of the
watch, lie managed 10 give the con
stable the slip and left for parts IN
known. His two negro acesmpiiees
I have not been arrested.
The fointe Cenpee Baaaer says
'Tbe new levee and bikes at Water,
loo arc ROW not only a fact. but a
/ completed fact. The work has been
I finished, measured and received, and
the working forge all removed. IT Il
a magnificent work, and the only re.
gFet we have about this work is that
there IS 50 much sand IN the eonslruc-
ton. This could not be avoided
however, as the surface soil of thai
'oaaiity is composed almost exclu
siFely Of river sand deposits"
St Charles Rerald: We have beer
promised for parish display at ID,
Worlds deposition, several rari
family heir looms, viz: two silver eups
one Of them being 27O, tIie ether, l6i
years old. We expect to bavc sey
eral pieces Of wax, flower and qoil
wqrk made by fair hands Of our par
isb: also, cabinet worl; a stuffed rat
tlesnake, five feet six inches long; ami
two scoop nets made By a blind man
besides several samples Of sugar
sugar cane. syrup, rice, etc.
City Item: Capt. Eads, in has re
cent reconnaissance Of the Atehafa
laya, has demonstrated By .sonndin.
and measurements the fact that tia
river is eDlarging with dangeron
rapidity, and unless checked BIZ Prope
engineering devices the larger PORTO
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