The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-11-29

Il
held a rousing ratification meeting al
Ieesvillc on Saturday last, IN honor oi
the election of Cleveland and Hen,
bricks.
CoIfax Ghroaicle The dengus
fever has prevailed to considerable
extent in and around Montgomery
during the fall, but has abated since
the cool weather set in.
Foret Bros. sugarhouse was destroy
cd by heavy wind storm which
passed over Lafourche parish on the
22nd inst, and a man was killed by
lightning on the same day at La
fourehe Crossing.
The Assumption Pioneer estimates
the loss by the late FIRE in the town
of NapoleonYilie to be Sl65, ESQ, on
which there was insurance amounting
to S46, ESQ. There were So sufferers
and only 10 had any insurance.
/ Vernon Condenser Miss Katie
Yates, of Lake Charles, commenced
teaching school in I4eesFille few days
ago. She will have a very good at
tendance in week or so. We hope
that she will be pleased with orr town.
Shreveport Times: The old ship
1.-THE Constitution" Grover Cleveland
in command, and Thomas A. Hen
bricks at the helm, has breasted the
storm of corruption and Capitalization
and rides safely under full sails, be-
meath clear and serene sky, on the
placid ocean of reform.
n. o. States Gov. McEnery has
issued to the presidential electors their
certificates of election, and notified
them to meet at Baton Rouge on
Wednesday, December 3, 1884, for
the purpose of casting the vote of
Louisiana for President and Vice
President of the United States.
Washington ArgHs Cotton still
pours into our warehouses and, not
withstanding the large amount con-
tinually carried away by onr steam
boat, accumnlates SO fast that our
warehouses are filed with the fieecy
staple and large portion of which
had to be piled up ontside Capt. Gar
rier's warehouses on Saturday last for
want Of room to store it away.
Washington Argus: Mr.. Henry
Welsh and lady, of Welsh Station,
Cslcasieu parish, arrived in town on
Saturday evening last, and were the
guests of the family of Geo. o. Films,
ESQ. Mr.. Welsh left for home the
following day, leaving Mrs. Welsh,
who is at present in delicate health, to
remain in order TO receive medical Mt
tention.
Alexandria Express The death of
the Rev. Father Ledreux, the third
priest who has died in Alexandria
during the past IS months, was q sad
blow to the community, among whom
he has labored for the past three
months. His death, though not I'M
expected, was truly melancholy, as he
was a young man whose religious fer
vor and whose ability was justly es-
teemed.
Thibodaux Sealinel. From every
direction the most cheering news reach
us of the fine result that sugar cane is
giving. Many persons are making
over 1000 pounds per acre from stub
bic and confidently expect yield Of
5000 to 1000 pounds from their best
cane when they reach it. There have
been some slight frosts that have
been beneficial to the yield by check
ing of the growth of the cane.
Ouachita Telegraph With eight
butcher shops in town one might
pretty safely predict that beef, espe-
cially the blue article, will soon be
sold at less than 10 cents per pound.
And so it might be thought that with
flour at the price it has been selling at
for some time, the size of bakers
loaVes of bread should be enlarged.
But possibly the whole business is
regulated by the price of drinks which
maintains the steady figure of 10 cents
for beer and Is cents for toddy,
compound or straight.
Opelousas Courier With the e1-
ception Of a light shower of rain on
Monday morning, the weather has
continued dry and cool during the
past week. Water is becoming very
scarce again, both in cisterns and in
the ponds and gnllies. The earth had
become so dry from the prolonged
drouth of the summer that the heavy
rain which fell few weeks ago has
been pretty well absorbed By the soil
in the prairies, and water for stock is
again very scarce. We want rain,
and a good quantity Of it, 10 thor
onghly saturate the ground and fillthe
ponds and bayons with water.
Thibodanx Sentinel. Whether the
Prohibition party will ever make much
of an exhibition as a National organi-
cation, is a matter for the future to
determine. But as local issue it IS
undoubtedly becoming a prominent
one 10 many sections Of the Union,
and especially in the hill portion of |
Louisiana. Several parishes have al
ready voted upon and carried the pro-
hibition ordinance. At the election
on November 4th, that question was
more prominent in Sabine parish than
the presidential one. The vote was
$50 for, 10 100 against, being almost
two to one in favor Of prohibition.
Vernon Condenser As one of the
wards Of our parish will soon hold an
election on the prohibition question,
we think it no more than right that
they should know how their parish
paper stands on the question. While we
donot think that prohibition will be
total remedy for the evil of excessive
yetsitiis move ii the right
direction. We do not favor organ
izing = new party to decide this ones
ton, for il can be dome within the