The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-08-09


s9thi inst.
h The bridge over the Red river al
Shregeport IS said 70 be the finest
strueture Of the kind Ia the South.
Its coat j. reekonesi at something near
e500,o0o.
4 THE Alexandria DHuaocrak SAYS that
numerous dead fishes are to be seen
fioatiug III the river at THAT place, and
surniises that the waters Of old Red
have become poisoned.
l Governor MsEuery has appointed
I'm. LasaiEe Broassara Sheriff Of the
parish Of St. Martin, vice q a. Chill
boau, who failed to qualify within the
legal time allowed BY law.
The Shreveport daily Demoerat has
4 been enlarged to a i7-coiunn sheet, and
Is now "a morning paper. We CON
lgratalate the proprietoEs on its i'm
proved appearance and wish them
snccess IN the enterprise.
i NO. City Item During the past
two weeks great deal of work has
been dome at the Exposition buildings.
The greater part Of the Horticultural
| Hall has been rooted with glass and
in the main exhibition building floor
ing and roofing have made rapid
progress
FarmerYille GaEefte Mr.. S. B.
/ MeMoy brought 30 our Office an apple
measuring Is inches in circumference
and weighing II ounces. 1t was de-
oayed on one side or the specimen
would haFe been placed among the
Exposition fruit exhibits Of our parish.
Iberia Sugar Bo1ci Corn will
make a short crop, as wellas the stub
BILE cane, bat plant cane and rice
promise a full return, while cotton
and corn will turn ont better than was
expected. We may expect an average
crop from all plants except that of
cane, which will be eeut rs per cent.
short by overflow and defective stub
bic.
Natehitoebea ReFsela Col. j. Il.
PattisoD, "a native of .LoniBiana, has
recently secured patent for an in
vention for removing the sediment
from the bottom of both overground
and underground eisterns. No doubt,
the invention of this little machine, If
it should prove a success, will secure
10 him fortune, and be a great bless
ing to the people where seisterRs are
used.
Washington 44rgas We were
shown by Hon. w "A. Robertson, who
passed through town from his plsnta-
ton in Moundville, on Wednesday
last, two ears of corn, the finest we
have seen this season, and as enc as
we ever saw. The Doctor says be has
two hundred acres of Just such corn
as shown, ard calculates 10 gather
from five TO SIX Thousand barrels this
fall. /
Farrpergiile Gasette: Coal of ex-
eellent quality % the Arcadia id
rance says, has been discovered near
that town. Send us7a specimen by
mail, Bro Patterson, and we will
compare itwith the Ignite found in
Union and Caldwell parishes. The
coal the world needs is the bitani
nous ca nnel or anthracite. The former
we have reason TO believe is 10 be
found in our parish, but not by sink
ing well. /
Alexandria Torn gTatk OF all
creditors pay the printer first. He it
il, that talks up your country and
tries TO bring new settlers to buy yeur
goods, if YOU are merchant; To pa
! tFonize the doctor, if you are one
and to befrieud the lawyer, if yon fol- |
low that profession. The newspaper /
man does a good thing, all the time,
for everybody, and If yon want 10 |
"baat" anybody, for Gods sake don't |
be. a, second Judas Isearot, as it were
and swindIe your true friend, the /,
printer. i
N. %. Stqiss The president of
! the Louisiana Edueat4ona Society, |
Hon. Louis Bush, has appointed as |
delegates 10 the Leaisiaaa Educational |
Association, which meets at MiRden, !
La, Oh the 18th, 18th aud l4Lh of /
August, the following named genle-
men, bis own name being added at the /
Request of the board DIR. B. III, |
Palmer, DR.. Isaac L, Leaeht, MessFs. |
w o. Rogers, w. III Goadale, ]. w. |
Nicholson, Col. WIN. Preston John
ston, Hen Chas. f. Back, Hon. War
rem Easten, MessFs John g. Psrham
aud r. Ii. Browne.
The n. 20. STANDARD, the organ of
the eolored people Of this State, says
l1he name Of Judge J. S. Goode, Of
iIerebanne, is much and faYprably
mentioned of late as a candidate for
Congress from the Third District.
Judge Goode is an eminent lawyer, 4
profound jpfist, a successful sugar
planter, "a pToteetiohist BY principle,
lefelly alive to the needs and Interests
of our State and a trae gentleman ID
the fullest ssnse of the term. standing
pre-emiuently well with TIE people.
both white aud black No man is
better fitted 10 represent that rich dis
tfict in Congress and In the not proba7
bic event Of kellogg being noninated
By Repnbiieans, Judge Goede wonld
sweep the district keaa,whirlwipd.
IN. @. States The abstraet Of the
law transferring tile property and con-