The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-04-05
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


= parish are pushing their farming ope
rations ahead with a vim.
! Ouachita Telegraph The weathc
. has been very favorable the past weel
for farming operations, but vegetation
is advancing very slowly, more sc
!, than any spring for many years.
!, A very bad break is reported tc
). have taken place in Raleigh levee
@ East Carroll, one-fourth of mile
.. wide. ThiI will overflow East Car,
, roll parish, and make the flood com,
j. plete in Madison parish.
c That ably edited and neatly printed
D paper, the Gretna Courier, has Just
entered upon its sixth volume, and we
r wish the Courier many more anniver-
saries of its existence under such fa-
vorabIe circumstances as the present.
St. Charles HerDld: We regret to
see that our Police Jury have taken
no steps tending the appointment Of
commissioner or delegates to repre-
sent our parish and also to prepare an
exhibit for the Great Worlds Cotton
Centennial Exposition.
n. o. City Item The members of
the bar of both political parties, and
in all the parishes of the Nineteenth
Judicial District, have united in an
appeal to Judge F. S. Goode to run
again for the District Judgeship. He
has accepted and will, of course, be
elected.
East Carroll Citizen Rufianism,
Of all kinds, should be frowned down.
Let the laws be fearIesslv enforced
against all kinds of brutality, it is only
by such rigid course we can ever ex-
pect to enjoy safety for our persons
and property and anything like peace
and harmony in the community
A sad death recently occurred in
Grand Coteau-that of Miss Mary Z.
Little, sister-in-law of Dr. V. Boagni,
of Opelousas. The lady left the latter
place for Grand Coteau, and had no
sooner reached her destination than
she was striker with apoplexy and
died. The remains were conveyed to
Opelousas for interment.
Mr.. Leonard, the father of Judge
Leonard, n man of means and enter
prising spirit, and having large landed
interests in Easa Carroll, says that if
the citizens OF the parish will sub
scribe $4,000 toward building an oil
mill, he will take the subscription
North with him and will guarantee to
raise 1t to $4,000, the requisite sum
needed.
The Democratic Parish Executive
Committee of ST. Martin met in con
ventlOn at Breaux's Bridge, Oh the
3Oth ult., and nominated I. A. Gull
beau for Sheriff, Albert F. Domin-
gcauX for Clerk of Court, Alfred
VOORHEES, for Representative, and in
dorscd Charles D. McCafrey for Sen
ator for the Eleventh Senatorial Dis
trict.
A combination pillow has been pa
tented by Mr. jeff D. Pace, of Area
dia, La. In combination with pillow
shoe and standard is brace plate, |
flush with the straight side Of the
shoe, some distance below its upper
edge, aud receiving an angIed pillow
plate, so the pIow may be readily con.
verted from a scooter into a mould |
board or turning pillow.
West Carroll Citizen We arc
truly anxious to promote the good
feeling that has been so successfully
lnaugurated of late, between the white
and coIored people in our parish, and
deprecatc all loud mouthed blatber.
skiting, by irresponsible scatter-brain-
ed spOuters, which tends to undo the
good work so auspiciousIy begun.
Let all such spOuters be sat down on
at once, they are either thoughtless
or designing evil doors, and should be
tabooed.
n. o. City Item: The Independent
Democrats and the Republicans of St.
Landry have offered their support to
Hon. F. F. Perrodin, for the State
Senate, in opposition to the regular
nominees, Messrs. M. D. Kavanaugh
and I. S. Fontenot. As good party
man, Mr.. Perrodin declined to accent
a nomination other than a straight
Democratic one but the political fac
tions named talk about voting for him
notwithstanding.
Gretna Courier Every factory,
mill or ginnery built or opened in
Louisiana promotes her prosperity
and tends to secure the future welfare
of her citizens. The esteemed free
traders would make her market for ,
the profit Of the manufacturers of Eu-
rope, but they will never do so with
the consent of the people of this
State. Her future is too bright to be
darkcned by any concessions to theo-
rists who ignore the evidence of ex-
perlence and the teachings of common
sense.
West Feliciana Sentinel, We lust
wish we could show our Northern
trends how vegetation looks "down
south in Dixie" in the month of
March Our avenues are lovely in
heir new spring dresses of tender
green, the pale, light tints of the ten
Ter oak and beech shine vividly
against the darker background of the
magnolia and cedar, and the dOgwood
md haw blossoms hang out coronals =
it for princess bride to wear. Our
gardens are forward also; for those
Who prefer creature comforts to the
beauty of rose triIIises
md fragrant magnolias, they can ad.
1ire rows of English peas in full
'Ioom, young radishes, spinach, beets, o
abbage and other esculent dainties, J,
'hich will in few weeks delight the in in
aIates of our fellow-citizens. err