The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-11-15

East baton Rouge, tie Iaplloi par
ish, gave a Republican majority.
What's the matterl Something wrong.
The people of Lincoln parish, by a
vote of 7lS to 489, have decided to
remove the Court House from Vernon
to Rushton.
Caddo parish cast only 2443 votes
at the late election, of this number
l2071 were Democratic. Six thousand
voters are registered.
Monroe, 0uachita parish, voted in
fzyor of tax for the North and South
Railroad on the 4th. The vote stood
l27 to IS, yalue represented s43l,-
sos to s61 ATS.
Perry and William Melton, father
and son, who brutally murdered John
w. Cherry some months ago in Union
parish, were sentenced to be hung, on
the 9Th inst, at FarmerVille.
Terrebonne Times. The disease
called dengue is prevailing to a dis
trossing degree in this parish at this
time. Although the suffering is con-
siderable, there is no danger of any
body dying from the disease.
The Grand Jury of Rapides parish
failed to find 4 bill against the edi-
tors of the Torn Talk for the libel
and SANDER of Judge W. F. Black
man, as alleged in an affidavit of the
Judges against them several months
since.
The preliminary examination of
the Fausse Pointe bulldozers, at New
Iberia on the Sth inst, resulted in the
release of Judge Fontelieu and T.
Yiator on bonds OF $1,000 each, and
Abe Pailliet, eolored. $500. All the
other prisoners were discharged.
The arrirsI Of two Mormon mis-
sionaries in the first ward OF Cisi-
horne parish csused the people Of that
wand t. hold sn indignation meeting.
The reception OF the missionaries
weEe ANYTHING bat pleasant, snd ii is
expected they vii look to other fields
Cnuoouiia planters sre still having
eEcaIisEI weather fer gathering their
cotton crops Ire bulk Of The crop
or the fr71; IS already piake5 odt and
Is gong IL aarke; igrssT- L IL said
that tAe entire CroV Of the parish will
T. gathered during aeFrssszt month.
u1aebtts TsIezrgD6 MT. W. &.
Etheridge has handed Is 3 piece OF ore
which appears to lie remarkably pure
lead ore. found on his farm near Downs
vile, IN Union parish. He has made
no investigation as TO the extent OF
the deposit. If there should prove to
be much of ii, we predict that it will
tuTn out valuable discovery.
The Vernon Condenser, one of our
sprightliest and most Bewsy little ex-
changes has changed hands, Mr.. Don
E. SOrelle having purchased the con-
Germ. We arc sorry to lose Bro.
Smart from the press gang" but
since We mast, we wish Mr. SorelIe
success in his new venture, and to
judge from the ring of his saIutatory
We ere satisfied he will succeed.
Tibodaux Sentinel: The election
of Z. J. Gay to Congress will, for the
first time in fifteen years, insure Just,
peaceful and efficient representation
for the Third Congressional District
The notorious Acklen was eterDally
getting himself into shameful and dis,
graceful scraPes, and spent about one
half of his time before examining
committees in vainly striving to prove
himself an innocent lamb. The last
session of Congress was spent by Rel
logg in law courts in an effort to save
himself from the penitentiary, which
he only did in acknowledging his
guilt by pleading prescription. DR.
Darrall, when representative, did
nothing but vote the Republican
ticket, except when sugar tariff was
up. then be lodged. Otherwise Oar.
rail- acted and behaved himself as 6
gentleman.
Shreveport Democrat The finan.
cial tide has now well turned, and the
prospects are favorable for steady
gain of currency and resources by our
banks. The fall strain for money to
move the crops came upon depleted
resources. The deposits of the New
Orleans banks had run down during
and just after the May panic in New
York over S5,o0O,o00. But mer-
chants and planters have pulled
through, and now n sufficient portion
of the cotton crop has been received
and sold TO tRrn the balance and be-
gin TO run up the deposit accounts of
the factors, and giving general relief.
Should this continue for awhile the
banks viii again become more liberal
lenders and enable factors to extend
their operations and control large
amounts of the staple in disputed ter
ritory where cash advances are neces-
sary to control eonsignments While
the staple has been rather low it has
sold readily, and offerings have found
buyers from day TO dav 40 that there