The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-07-18
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

p 3. S. Pinchback has resigned the
Office of Surveyor of Customs Of the
Port Of New Orleans.
The Terrebonnc Times entered its
fifth volume Oh the nth inst. with
every prospect of continued prosperity
The Condenser says the total assess
ment of Vernon parish is abont $409,-
500, exclusive of poll tax The num-
Der of polls arc 90.
The Houma Courier reports that
the rice planters ofTerrebonne parish,
in certain localities, have suffered con
siderably from excessive rains.
Mr.. John Maddox, probably the
largest man in Vernon parish, weigh
ing 400 pounds, chuked to death from
being so feshy, at his residence in the
fifth ward of that parish, recently.
St. Mary Re0iew; The cane crop is
"laid by" and nothing but severe
storm or drought can prevent an ex-
cellent yield of sugar this year. All
OF our planters are in good humor over
the crop prospects,
The Colfax OlsroaicLe says the vain
alton of the taxable property in Grant
parish as listed by Assessor Garrett
for 1885 is something over $685.
This includes railroad lands valued at
fifty cents per acre-S5l $50.
Morgan City Free Press: Tuesday
morning, early, the lightning struck
the house of Aleibidi Judici, at Jean
erette, and set fire to the mosquito bar
on a bed in which two children were
sleeping. The children were slightly
shocked bnt unhurt.
By some oversight the bill author
izing the erection of a Federal court
building at 0pelonsas, although it
passed both houses of Congress, was
never enrolled. s0pelonsas Is now
afraid that New Iberia will seeme this
bnildiDg at the next session of Con
gress.
Ibearia Enterprise The railroads
are showing fight in Rapides parish
over the assessments made on then
property. The average value at which
they are lated is about$600O per mile
which does not seem excessive. The
roads are not disposed 10 pay and the
Police Jury will not consent TO a re
duetion.
Coy. McEDery has issued a pFOcla
nation offering a reward Of $500 fol
the arrest of oae Sol. Price, aeeuser
of numbering Mrs. Harriet Cole, in tn
townqf Plaqnemine, lberEille parish
on the night Of January "a, 1895
Price Isl black, with smooth face, fiv,
feet six or seven inches high, thirt,
years Of age, weighs aboutl40, ponds
/. Capt Emile a. Carmonche, a wei
known planter residing near Shreye
port, died at Little Rock, Ark, on tn
lIi7th. He Was one of the prisoners 81
/ the steamer Maple Leaf and on hi
way TO a Northern prison, when b
and bis companions rose on the creE
| and captured the vessel. They the
Y ran her ashore and made their fescap
Eiatothe Confectionery
TheGily Item Of the 18th inst
saws: HAta quarter past seven o'cloc
last evening an immense flock Of viii
geese passed over the CITY, in a diFeC
4 ton east-by-sonth They were flynn
Thigh and very fast, ID an a shape
:. formation, the leader alitlle in from
Of the apex. There must have bee
several hundred birds in the f0cf
asWhat docs this incident betoken
Don't Al speak ii once.p
|, Yemen lcsH9sasef The Sehog
Board have decided not 70 open III
pnblic schools ID this parish for !
months. While this isfipI be depIorer
ii was inevitable N there were u
funds 10 pay teachers The Boar
passed resolution calling on the n
lice 5ngy of the parish to levy
special lax Tor sahaal purposes for D
slsbalaaee Of ithe year 1885, Qnr elli
zsas lanst NOW ran private schools
for, ID theena, II oAr Judgment, the
lafe the best Schools.