The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-10-25
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Mr.. Louis II. Whitworth. an oil
f and highly esteemed citizen of Jeai
erctte, Iberia parish, died, at his HON
in that town, on the 18th inst.
On Wednesday, the 18th inst, j
seph E. Baudely, deputy postmaste
of the town of Opelousas, committe
suicide by shooting himself in tn
head with a revolver
City Item Senator Jumel, of Iber
vile, bought from Senator Robson, 0
Caddo, three-year-oId colt for $500
After the careful handling it has re
ceived from its owner, the price ha
been set at $1,000.
The Deaf and Dumb Institute, 10
Gated at Baton Rouge, opened on the
18th, with 20 scholars, with prospects
of 60 more, and the Capitoitan-Adv
cate says ga larger attendance will be
had this yoar than during several pre-,
vious years"
Mansfield Herald: Shreveport is
troubled with dengue fever. which has
almost assumed epidemic form, so we
have been reliably informed by sew
eral gentlemen who have visited that
city this week. The newspapers of
the town, naturally enough, have
nothing to say on the subject. Bust
ness season, you know, and it wouldn't
do until Jack Frost arrives.
City Item Ex-Gov. Warmoth, who
has just returned from Europe, at
tributes the present depression in the
price of sugar to the enormous subsi-
dies, directly or indirectly paid by the
governments of France and Germany.
The rebate ON sugars exported from
these countries is actually greater than
the cost of production; hence German
beet sugar in England sells at lower
prices than it does in Germany.
Iberia Cotton Boil: The City Item
conjectures as a political forecast for
1888, the candidacy of Lieutenant
Governor Clay Knobloch as Governor
and of Hon. Edward ]. Gay as United
States Senator, the natural result of
the election Of the latter to Congress,
which is now pretty generally admit
ted, even by the Item, which is con-
sidered decidedly partial to Kellogg.
3Opelousas Courier: The past week
has been clear and dry, with cool
mornings and hot middays. With
continued north winds, vegetation has
rapidly parched up, and water for
people and stock has become still
more scarce, The crops are done for
in the way of growing, and grass is
almost burnt up. Another week of
snch weather will prove disastrous to
the poor famlshing cattle, which are
already perishing, in some places, for
water. If frost comes before thor
ough soaking rain, then we may ex-
pect nearly all of the stock to die this
winter.
The $500 attendance at the Kel.
logg meeting in Donaldsonyille, saws
the Cotton Boil, on the 4th inst, was
all hoax. The Chief itself, published
IN that town, and very Jealous sup
porter Of Kellogg's, speaks of ma
Jority of the colored laborers being
unable to attend the meeting BECAUSE
It was the first Saturday of the month
and pay day. The truth IS that the
attendance was $50. In this instance,
1t may have been an unintentional
error, but we know il to be a fact that
Kellogg has attempted to induce conn-
try correspondents of the New Or
leans papers to send in exaggerated
reports of bis meetings.
,Sagar-Bo,ol and Farm Journal I.
Forlorn Hope plantation. owned by
Anger d Nieol, was the first to send
new sugar TO market this year. IT was
received here last Saturday, 18th inst,
comprised 43 bbls., with 80 bbls. Of
molasses. Since then, a lot of lO5
barrels sugar has been received from
Mr. Leon Godchaux's Elm Hall plan
tation, Assumption parish. We nm
derstana il embraced So bbls. gray,
which sold at cents, and 10 bbls.
yellow clarified, which brought S is
and $ IA. Forlorn Hope has since
sent Q second lot, some Of the white
clarified selling at cents, and a part
a. high as 6 cents. A small shipment
Of sugar from Mr.. KocIl's Belle Ali
ancc plantation, ia Assumption, was
received on last Thursday, bnt We
have not learned the details Of sales