The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-08-16

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The cane crop Of 81. MEry parish
/ N good condition, Hith pr0speets Of
good yield
Rice cutting IN the psFish Of 5
DANES viii begin shortly. The yiel
viii be very large.
The Third District Republican Coz
yentiur meets IN the town OF Piaqni
mine on the 2Srd day of Septefabl
Hert, to nominate candidate.
DeSoso Democrat: In order I
makesRnything like crop Of cotto
ID this parish, the fall viii have 60 b
backward indeed. The plant is thrc
weeks later than last season.
Vernon C0HaeAser Ram was neve
needed worse than at present,
seems Tint cotton is beginning TO sho'
signs Of serious injury for want o
rain. Potatoes and other produce AZ
| likewise effected.
Sabine .So1ikr0n Crops are bein,
materially injured with dry weather
Some partial showers have yisitet
some few localities in the parish. UpOI
the whole we are not likely 10 Tealist
merc than half crops.
Mrs. Sarah Pinnus, "a native o.
Prussia, residing al Natebitoohes. Gel
ebrated the l02d anniversary of hel
birth a fortnight ago. She is blind
bat all her other mental and plrysich
faculties are not an the least affected
by age.
Vernon Condenser The Hon. Pc,
lice Jury convened on last Tuesday
five members being present. They arc
q set Of energetic, intelligent and
business like gentlemen, and nothing
will be left undoRe that will prove
beneficial TO our parish.
The completed assessment of Caddo
parish is Is follows: Real estate,
S2,444, 1855; merchandise, $7ll,050 :
railroads, $500, 900 horses and eSttle,
S2I7 COS stock companies, $92, 445 (;
money loaned, ISL 800; steamboat
stock, $4,000 total, s3,Tsl, JOS; in
crease from 1888, SCI, 345.
Alexandria Express The late Col,
Francis Fl. Hatch, who recently died
at has home IN GEetna, La, appointed
the Hon. Il. 2. Hunter one of the ex-
eeutOrs Of his will. Mr.. Hunter is
also one OF the benefeiaries, and is
by a handsome donstion
in the begnests made by Col. Hatch.
DeSoto De,B0crat Mr.. O. M. La
lite, who has a herd of pet deer in
his parish, assures US that be has one
I'D doe, the mother Of the herd, that
las brought him % fswns. She is Is
Fears Of age Mr.. LATTE kills about 4
. half dozen deer each season out of 4
lis bunch. He says it costs him !
lotbing to raise them. /
Iberia Star: 1t is expected that /
VI early resumption Of work will be
made on the projected railroad from |
Lafayette to Baton Rouge, owing to |
he country between the two points
being now entirely free from food |
Raier. The Cypremort branch to the |
main road Of The Morgan Company is |
nov completed and trains arc running
over it regularly. 4
Opelousas Courier Good showers
have fallen at regular intervals and
tho crop prospects have improved won
aerfully. Cotton is growing rapidly
and fruiting well rice promises a fine
yield, the youRg corn is lBxurIapt,
sweet potatoes are abuRdaBtly planted
and growing spieudidly, and the cane
is reported as being in fine condi-
tion and growing right ahead. Since
the shower on Monday the tempera-
iure has been cool and pleasant. 4
Shreveport Deaeerat InseonYer-
sation with Col Ward yesterday VIC
learned that the cotton caterpillar had
made its appearance 5on the Adkins
place and several other places ON The
river below here, and that the fly was
in larger numbers than ever seen here
IN any previous year. It would be
Too distressing. 10 have the crops cut
short by the raEages from the cotton
worms, aftYr the disasters in the
spfiRg from floods. r.
IThibedanx SsnftEtl George Drury
opened his campaign for the eopYer-
son Of sugar plaEtsrs IN Assumption.
He resigned the cares of a fat offiee,
but drew the salary and went 10 Ma
and opened his famous
lthst is 10 bel campaign. The As
sumption Pioneer was the frstagic-
i'm. Read the article on the 6rsf
page, headed n George Drury,'' and
lFenble, for George will be here BY
and by.
Iberia Star, in Sneutioniug Judge
& 5. Goode as a probable candidate
for Congress from this District, says
He is Republican, but net the Job
Der and ofiice-seeksr Ne is incom-
parably superior 10 Kellogg, and can
beat the latter two to one, considering
the reluctance Of the eolored voter 10
again recognize him. Judge Goode,
IS q candidate for Congress, wonld
doubtless be strongly sustained by a
large proportion Of the alleged Dem
ocfatic minority, If not uniyersally
andersed by the party throughout HE
District
Louisiana STANDARD The Chicago
Tribune reports Mr.. Kellogg as say
ing that he did net know whether
he would run for Congress OF not.
The noulinalien was practically as
suEed TO him If he wanted ii, but II
was a. question whether be could snare
the time Air. kellogg may get 4
nosniaation, but the question with
him is, whether he Gan be elected. If
ever Mr. Kellogg had the CengFes-
lisnal fever be has il now-Ee speak
adfisedly when We say this but be
kuoHs that i pomiaation this time
does net. IL bis case, EDaan an cleo
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