The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-12-19
STATE NEWS.

thronged with people, and trade as
lively as ever for the last two weeks.
Lafayette Advertiser: A permanent
switch engine has been put in the
yard here by the Southern Pacific
folks, which is regarded as another
evidence Of the heavy traffic they are
meeting with.
| Abbeyille Meridionat: Lands in
this parish that we're selling for one
dollar per acre ten years ago, now
bring one hundred dollars. This will
go to show the increase Of valuation
of real estate in this parish.
| Louisiana Democrat Our Police,
Jury which convened on Monday last,
passed a resolution inviting Prof.
Lawrence johnson, U. s. Government
engineer, to visit our parish in order
to look into its mineral resources.
Lafayette advertiser: The wind
blew strong enough last Tuesday for
good size hurricane, but there was
no damage of any consequence that
we heard of beyond the blowing down
of fences in various parts of the town.
N. o. Picayune Sheriff Duson,
of Louisiana, left Waco, Tex, with
John Westley Harvey, who is indicted
in st. Landry fos murder. Duson and
one of his officials, Mr.. Writ Collins,
have been on the hunt for Harvey for
several days.
st. Bernard Eagle: The Police Jury
of the parish of St. Bernard failed to
Ieet on Monday. Only three mem
bers, Messrs. Estopinal, McCrea and
Nunez, presented themselves. 1t is
our annual official custom not to trans
act business at the end of the year.
St. Mary ReView: Mr.. VIM. Drews
has sent to this Office some fine okra
fibre, which was taken from the okra
stalk by the new dGcorticating ma
chinery of Mr.. JuyeDet at the New
Orleans Exposition. The fibre is
strong, taken from the entire length |
of the stock, but is not as fine as the |
jute or ramie.
Bossier Banner: The gin house
of Mr.. Walter ]. Crowder, below
Shreveport, on Red river, in Caddo
parish, was accidently destroyed by
fire from sparks caused by friction
from the gin brush last Saturday about
IL o'clock The gin house contained
20 bales in the seed and lint, and IS
tons of cotton seed.
Democratic ReVieW: Unless there
is change for the better, Natchito.
ches will have to have an addition to
its police force. AS it is now, a lady
can scarcely pass up Front street on
Saturday or Sunday without being
shocked by indecent or profane Ian
guage from some drunken negro One
officer is scarcely enough to keep
them quiet.
DemGcGat q. Tribune Mr.. J. r.
OgiIyie reports that a serious fire
broke out in the prairies near his
place last Friday and did considerable
damage. The grass in the prairie
was very dry and the wind being very
strong the fire swept through the
woods and fields, burning down fences
and everything that came in its way.
Sparks few quarter of a mile and
got into bis cotton pen and destroyed !
about FIVE bales of cotton.
New Iberia Enterprise On Sun
day evening the 9th, as per previous
notice, Mrs. Mary Read Goodsle gave {
one of her most instructive and enter
tanning lectures on the subject of Tenn
perance, at the Methodist Church. {
The attendance was large and the at
tention bestowed upon the fair lee
turer evidenced the sympathy Of her !
auditors. On Monday night the or +,
ganization of branch union was be- s
gun here, and attended with much
success, as 80 names were appended to I
the list at the close Of the meeting. i
There is an ample field here to labor !
in and there can be but little doubt of /
success at least a
Times. Democrat: Sigmund Schmidt, |
a German immigrant living on st. Lucy /
mile below Washington, il
bad terrible misfortune while at i
work with his wife in the field picking
cotton. They left three children at G
home picking moss in charge of a
man. Tie moss accidentally caught /
fire and burned his house down and h
one of bis children TO death. Mr. Z
Schmidts losses arc estimated at $500 /
10 cash, besides furniture, bedding, 4
etc. The Hon W. A. Rob
ertsop, on bis way home last night, ran
over an obstruction and turned over
his buggy, and was somewhat serious
y hurt, but at last reports he was
resting easy.
Eowa I,alk; AMr. ]. G. Ryan in
formed us yesterday that Mr.. Butler
and Mr.. Reeves, Of Mooreland, had !
told him that the last 1--WE acres of
cane ground by the Mooreland sugar I
mill last Thursday made twenty-five /;
hogsbead Of sugar The above clip /
ped from your Saturdays issue was
not at all surprising, 10 fact we were
looking for ii. We have heard it as
coming from en- honorable source, and
one whose word is above suspicion,
that on the Home Place, . acres,
made 90 hogsheads Mr. Weems
ground one level week % three acres.
Dr. Carnal's cane was al pure sugar
and yielded no molasses, in fact be
is buying syrup for family use. Dy,
Hardy's cane Is stalks Of rock candy,
aud he barrels II just as II comes
from the field. He will have 10 buy
bis seed for another year from Moore
Ienc, as there Is no hopes Of bis cFys-
talized eyes ever sprouting. ME
Mathews il YET TO be heard from
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