The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-05-09
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4 Several young ladies' At Waterloo,
Pointe Coupec parish, have embarked
in the culture of silk.
The farmers of Lafayette parish
are through planting cotton and corn
is being rapidly worked ont.
Bee culture is beginning to assume
rather broad proportions in and
around Franklin, St. Mary parish.
The ffremen of Alexandria had their
annual parade on the 2Sth ultimo,
and made asplendid appearance.
The skating rink craze has not
struck our sister town of Leesville,
yet; but Bro. Sorelle plays croquet,
all the same.
The New Iberia Sugar Boscl advo-
Gates the reopening of she Bayou
Plaquemine and the completion of the
Clarendon Canal.
The celebrated Ford case was ar
gued before the Supreme Court of the
State, on the 3rd inst, and taken.
under advisemcnt by the Court.
The Donaldsonville Ghiefs says there
is a coIored girl in NapoleonvilIe
suffering from hydrophobia produced
by the bite of cat that had been
previously bitten by rabid dog.
An anti-liquor-license convention
was held at Mansfield on the 18th inst.
A committee was appointed to con-
duct the campaign against liquor
the election to be held on June End.
Ex-Judge Wade Fl. Hough has sued
the election commissioners of Tensas
parish at the election for State officers
last year, for $4,000, for counting
him out, as he alleges, as the candi-
date for Judge.
W. P. Maybray, of Union parish,
was shot and killed in his own yard
on the night of the 28th ult., by IN
known parties. W. c. Henderson and
Walter Furgerson are under arrest
from circumstantial evidence.
Mr.. W. D. Hester, an old and
highly respected citizen of Claiborne
parish, committed suicide last week
at his residence, near Lisbon, in that
parish, by shooting himself through
The head with pistol, while suffering
from a fit of mental alteration.
Farmerville Advocate:: We have
met several of our farming friends in
town during the past week; they re-
port that the people, as a general
thing, are well up with their work. 1t
is thought that the prospect is thus
far very favorable for a good crop.
The Bossier Banner, of the Both
ultimo, reports three burglaries hay
ing been committed in Bellevue last
week. The amount of plumber OBJ
tanned by the thieves was not large,
but the fact that snch crimes could be
committed successfully in the town
created considerable alarm.
The crop prospects in East Baton
Rouge are very encouraging, and the
building boom in the city of Baton
Rouge still continues, and the Capt.
tOlian- advocate says: "Baton Rouge
now, would astonish the man who, 80
years ago, thought the town was
completed"
St. Martin ReUeille: From reports
which reaches this office it appears
that "road-labor" is being performed
with good will throughout the parish.
This shows that healthy opinion
prevails in regard to this matter,
which assures the travelling public that
ere long fine roads will be the rule,
and not, as heretofore, the exception.
Genuine Pcrique tobacco only grows
on ridge situated about one mile
from the Mississippi River, St. James
parish, and the ridge is only about
two miles wide and seven miles in
length. Tobacco will grow in any
portion of this State, but it is on this
patch only that the famous Perique is
cultivated. The average crop is about
$4,000 pounds.
Vernon Condenser: From the best
information we can obtain, the crops
of this parish are about as far ad-
vanced as they were this time last
year. We have had sunshine this
week and our farmers are once more
permitted to resume farm work, and
the dizziness of oIr town show un-
questionably that they are "making
hay while the sun Shines"
Hon. Michael Hahn, Congressman
elect from the Second Congressional
District of Louisiana, has chosen
Master Henry J. Rightor, son OF
Judge N. Fl. Rightor Of New Orleans,
cadet to fill the vacancy in the
Naval Academy at Annapolis. The
Young gentleman is little over fifteen
years of age, bright and apt scholar,
and of excellent physical and mora
training. He stndied under Prof. A.
S. Leche, and lately attended the
classes at the Tulane University.
| Iberia Enterprise, Messrs. ]. b
Morson and J. Marine are going into
the rice culture on a large scale on the
Nelson place as it is called, some two
miles below New Iberia, west bank
They have put mp pumps for throw,
ing large streams of water into canals
for irrigation, they have over foul
hundred acres planted and most of The
rice is up and will soon plant the bal
anee of the land to complete the SOC
acres. 1t is new industry, and con
siderable venture around here, and We
most cordially wish the gentlemen III
the success their enterprising efforts
merit.
The Morehouse Sentinel man hai
declared war against the half-breedl
in his section, by issuing the follow.
ing manifests: 1--WE want it distinctly
understood that the Sentinel is on the
watch.tower, and proposes to pour hot
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