The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-09-05

arc 60 engt0n In hafchitochos parrish.
Sol Price, one Of the murderers Of
AIRS. Judge G6le, Of PlaquemiHe, has
at last bean captured.
The Gazette reports the crops Of
Union parish 'sinst As good rs they
could be. Some rust but no worms
Owing TO continued heavy rain and
lack Of labor, rice cutting u progress
ing rather slowly IN Plaqnemine
parish.
Recent estimates made Of the rice
crop Of Louisiana this year show that
it win aggregate nearly million
sacks.
The 4dvertissf says there are more
improvements going on in the town Of
Lafayette than in any. town of its size
iii the State.
DR. S. d. Potts, who represented
the parish of DeSoto in the last State
Constitutional Convention, died in
that parish a few days ago.
The Meridioaal says if the rains
continue many days longer the cotton
and rice crops Of Vermillion parish
win be emit short fully one-half.
The prohibition election in Nachi-
toches parish takes place next Mon
day, Sept. Z. The advocates of ''no
whisky feel confident Of success.
Thcsonring and consequentdestrnc-
ton of the sweet potato crop in ST.
Tammany parish is threatened by the
heavy rainfall of the past five weeks.
Internal Revenue Collector Shields
has appointed Capt. John MeGratb,
proprietor of the Baton Rouge Truth,
his deputy for the Fourth Division of
the State.
St. Mary Herald Planters from
the Cypremort country report the
crops to be superior to anything seen
for years The same is true of the
entire parish.
MarksYille ReViei0: The caterpillars
have found their way to the highlands.
The probability is that they will do
bnt little If any damage as, the cotton
plant is too well matured TO suffer
muchsfrom their ravage.
The scandal case of ]. II. Acklen,
of Louisiana, in connection with Mrs.
Bell, at Washington, d. G., has
cropped ont again in divorce suit
against that lady, in that city, which
is being tried with closed doors.
Before Prohibition in the parish of
Rapides, Is persons were killed in the
space Of IL months, and since Prohi-
bition only one has been killed. This
is strong evidence that Prohibition
not only prohibits drunkenness, but
prevents murder.
The St. Bernard Eagle, in speaking
of Hon. ]. Floyd King, says: "Gar-
den-seed do not overflow the land as
when Gen. King controlled Commits
sioner LeDuc and North Louisiana
blossomed gigantic garden, roses be-
ing fed to pigs and mules fattened on
fuchsia ensilage."
Clinton Patriot Democrat: Daring
the past week Mr.. L. d. Chance, of
the vicinity of Woodland, La, sent US
by the hand of Capt. T. 81 Diamond,
two ears Of corn raised by his son
Henry, which excells anything OF the
kind we have ever seen. Mr.. Henry
Chance, SO Mr. Diamond informs us,
has twelve acres of this corn, and
which will shell seventy-fiye bushels
to the acre. Last year the corn aver
aged eighty.four bushels to the acre,
Mr.. L. D. Chance has also twenty
five acres Of cotton which will reach
mans chin as be rides through it on
horse sixteen hands high.
Tiimes-Democrat, Aug. 80: A. b.
Jewett, of 1896 State street, Chicago,
writes TO Mr.. S. B. McConnleo that he
(the writer has in his possession a sill
yer cup taken from the body of a dead
soldier during the war. That the cup
is engraved civilian Roger MeCon-
nico, Jnly 8, 1851" Thinking pos
sibly the dead soldier might be a rela-
tive of Mr.. McConnico, Mr. Jewett
writes offering to return the cup. Mr..
MeConnico does not know anything
of the name civilian Roger Neon
nico," and gives the item for publica-
ton in the hope that some one may
see it who does know the name and so
recover an interesting souvenir of a
dead relative.
Marksyille Bulletin: Many reports
reach us of the damage done by the
rains TO the cotton crop. We cannot
offer any consolation. Let us hope
the God of all mercies will pity our
position and turn the tide in our ia
yor. But planters, have you ever lent
the subject any thought, that it is to
Him on high that your appeals must
be made, without whose aid it is i'm
possible to prosper We hope we may
be pardoned for this Sudden depar'
tnre,p but we have tried almost every
argument and every other agency and
1t is time we should bend the knee
oftener to our Supreme Lord and Mas
ter. This country needs more prayers
less swearing and whining, more reli
gion and less politics.
A Lake Providence telegram o
Aug. %, says 'sThe community wa
thrown into considerable excitemen
to-day upon the announcement of tn
death of Mrs. Annie Wilson, wife Q
Thomas S. Wilson, who died snddenl,
from accidental poisoning, administer
ed by her husband through mistake
The medicine was known as Jelse
nina and was prescribed by her at
tending physician, and the dose, ad
ministered BY mistake, being a lea
spoonful in Lien OF ten drops ever
four hours as marked on the bottls
Other medicine WAS given in conDec