The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-05-29
STATE NEWS.

that the crops are in good condition
Capitoliaa-Ad0ocate The Govern.
ment river guage remains at 3la feet,
and the gauger reports the water
J about on stand.
Southern Sentinel! Our better half
, and Mrs. r. @. Jones called on us
during the week. Their criticisms did
our typo good. He now sweeps out
! the house.
Bossier Banner. Now is the time
of year to agitate business enterprises.
If you have no pet scheme of this
kind manipulate the handle of the gar
den rake, and agitate the surface of
the earth.
| Pointe Coupee Banner The health
of our parish throughout is exceed
ingly good for the season, which about
this time and September is generally
the sickliest. The health Of this por-
tion is exceedingly good.
| Thibodaux Sentinel: Deputy Sheriff
R. A. Frost, on last Tuesday morning,
captured a colored man named Lewis
Taylor, who has been wanted for some
time, and was fugitive from justice.
The arrest was made on the White
plantation, six miles above Thibodaux.
Marksville Bulletin Our prairie
farmers are very cautions in their
credit purchases this year. They are
trying to pull through on as little as
possible, so that at the end Of the year
they may have surplns of money
left. And we hope that they may sue
ceed.
Weekly Obseruer Not grain of
rice sown has been lost so far, Plow-
ing is nearly over and the last sowing
will take place next week. The
weather has been very propitious for
rice planting, this season, although, a
little rain would be beneficient at
present.
Baton Rouge Truth; The following
are the occupations of the representa-
tiyes of the General Assembly: Law
yers, IL; physicians, Z planters, A
merchants, 9; clerks, 10; cotton sam
piers, A; swampers, l; school teachers,
l; journalists, 2; coopers, /; bookbind-
ers, 1; marble cutters, !.
New Iberia Enterprise The pros
pect for full crop of peaches is ex-
cellent and the fruit well grown for
the middle of May. With peaches,
plums, figs, berries and melons in
abundance, we can get along pretty |
well and druggists and doctors will
get job now and then.
East Feliciana Patriot Democrat !;
Mr.. Ed. Haine upon cleaning out his
fish ponds found an immense quantity |
of young German Carp that had been
recently Matched. Mr.. Haine thinks
that at the present rate of increase
among his carp, he will soon be able
to supply the whole country with
them.
Capitoliaa- Advocate We are graft
fed to learn that the work of COM
pleting the first Baptist Church of this
city will be commenced on Monday,
the lTth inst. The first work to be
done on the building will be the bap-
tistry and the dressing room. After
these are completed other necessary
work will be done as far as the funds
on hand will allow.
lberyillc South: The river is on a
stand at this point, TO rise no more the
present season. The rise of the water
in the swamps has not been sufficient
to secure anything like an ordinary
float, and the quantity of timber got
ten ont for our market will be so small
that the price must go mp, In less
than Ave months many Of the mills
will have to shut down.
Southern Wdtchman: The 9th in
stant was observed as Memorial day, |
by the people of Clinton and virinity,
at the Clinton cemetery, where are
buried near 400 Confederate dead.
Flowers were strewn on the graves by
loving hands. The attendance was
quite large, and the oration was spoken
by Judge J. G. Kilbourne, which was
both creditab!e to the speaker and to
the occasion.
CapitoliaR- AdVocate In converse !
tion with river men we learn that a
Western demand for cypress lumber !
for building purposes is rapidly grow
ing, and that st. Louis steamers are !
taking up large lots every trip, II 10
that in a few years more
our river steamers will bo taxed to
their utmost carrying capacity by the
demand for cypress lumber.
Colfax Chronicle. A dry May 10
said to be the precursor Of good crops.
Possibly the secret OF the advantage
to the farmer lies in the fact that the
crops can be thoroughly worked in a
dry season, and the Jnne rains give
them such start that 2 bonntiful
yield is assured. Taking this view Of |
the case, we have good cause TO hope |
for fine harvest this year. The grow
ing crops never looked better.
Bienyille New Era; II is said to |
be an III wind that blows nobody any
good. This was verified III our parish
last Saturday. While the high water
caused great damage 10 our neighbors
of the swamp, il saved this parish
several hundred dollars by preventing
the arrival Of the ciFcns AZ Arcadia
and gave onr Arcadia friends an op-
port0hity to bold q meeting ip ibe ~.
terest Of the court honse removal u
The circus bad come many ? poor man
wouid have borrowed money from his
merchant to pay bis end his family
way into It, TO hear few stale, smutfy
Jokes from cloWn, and went home .
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