The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-31

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Rouge parish will be unusually large
this season.
The forests of Sabine parish, says
tho Sottlron, abound in acorns Of
almost every description.
MI. r. B. Howell, Of Bayou Toro,
Sabine parish, recently cnt "bee
tree, near his place, from which he
tooks10o pounds Of honey.
81 Mary parish has in her treasury
&2,z03.4G to the credit of the general
fund sl5l.57 to the road fund, and
els22l.77 to the school fund.
Senator Gus A. Breanx is Of coun-
sci for Judge Fontelieu, Mestayer and
Eegura against Judge Gates, Sheriff
Weary ct ais in the Iberia contested
election cases.
The Iberyille Democrat says about
500 children were confirmed in the
Holy Roman Catholic faith by his
Grace Archbishop Leray, at Donald
sonviIle on the 18th inst.
The bakeshop and slaughterhouse
belonging to tho State Asylum for the
Insane at jackson, caught fire on the
night Of the cath inst. and were en-
tirely destroyed. Loss, about $1,000.
Mansfield Herald: onr parish was
visited by a heavy frost on Wednes-
day night last, which we trust will
dissipate the malaria in the atmos-
phere and restore our people to good
health.
j. S. Hughes, the cattle drover who
murdered the Young lad Dugas, near
Jeanerette some two months ago, was
tried and convicted of manslaughter
on the 10th inst in the town of
Franklin.
The citizens of the town of Lafay-
cite held a rousing meeting at the
Court House in that town on the 22nd
inst, TO provide ways and means for
the building of railroad from Lafay-
cite to AbbeTille.
Chas. Fl. Dozier, the Pineville, |
Rapides parish, Constable who shot
and killed young Gaffney in that town
some three or four weeks ago, has
been indicted for murder by the
Grand Jury of that parish.
St. Martin ReVeiEle Maurice Mar
eel, the murderer of Charles Sonle,
who with several other prisoners had
escaped from our Jail several months
ago, was captured this week by that
ever yigilant Sheriff G. G. Duson, of
St. Landry.
Alexandria Tom Talk: The ex-
penses Of this term of court will foot
mp into the thousands. District Clerk
Watts, up to Thursday had issued
about four or five hundred subpenas
for witnesses, and informed us that he
had as many more to make out. Some
of these witnesses have to be paid
milage for distance of forty or fifty
miles, as well as for each day they
serve.
The Board of Management of the
North, Central and South American
Exposition, at New Orleans, have
added to their list of special days an
"American Silver Congress" assigning
it to December 18th and 18th, the
two days following the American
Bankers Congress" Steps have been
taken to secure a grand display of
products from the silver regions of the
United States.
New Iberia Sugar Bogl: The cool
weather of this and last week has ma
terially benefited the cane. The plant
aers in every direction are exerting
every effort to start their mills as soon
as possible. Several have started
this week, and MANY others will be in
full blast in few days, Though the
acreage has been short in this parish, !
the condition of the cane is very fine,
and the promised yield is very encour-
aging. d
Abbeyille MeridioaaE We were
shown a specimen of the jute plant
raised on the plantation OF Messrs
Wise & Barte!s, in this parish, which
is said by connoisseurs to be of an
excellent quality. Only small guam
tity was by them planted this year, as
an experiment, and as il seems TO do
50 well in this parish our enterprising
friends intend branching out more ex- c
tensiyely in its culture next season.
DoualdsonvilIe Chief. Under in !.
struction from Judge Taylor Beattie
the Grand Jury OF Assumption parish !
investigated the snbleet Of levee cut
ting and declared that the State laws
relative thereto are unwise, oppres-
siye and injurious to agricultural in
terests, inasmuch as the cost and labor
of receiving and shipping machinery
and other heavy freights are increased
to exllorbitant figures. The Jury de-
clined 70 indict any parties accused
of cutting levees. !
The Police Jury of the parish of {
Vermilion, at recent meeting. adopt
ed the following resolution: ResoiU- /
ed, that hereafter the Parish Treasurer
shall not pay any jurors per diem, or {
the per diem Of any resident witness /
in criminal cases unless sail juror or {
witness produces his poll tax receipt
for the current year slIonld be fail i
to produce said receipt the Treasurer
shall retain the amount Of said poll
tax ont Of the said jurors or witness
per diem. 4
Baton Rouge Capifolida--ddgoeate I
Surveyors are engaged in establishing
the grade and setting tho pegs on the
Louisiana Central Railroad at this end
of the ronte Welearn that Messrs
Green q Brogan are TO commence
work soon on this road for Messrs.
Ballentine & Rogers, the contractors.
DIR. Mclsaws, the Division Engineer,
has CONC to Lafayette TO look after
The work an that end or the road and