The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-01-16
State NEWS

St. Mary Regisso. The Echo says
lnmbcr business At Lake Charles is
booming The mills must succeed IN
that vicinity beesuse they advertise
literally.
Thibodeaux &eatiael The rise IL
the Lsfonrcilc hiss been followed BY q
visitation cf steamboats,, all anxious
toscarry eff or bring hili4er produce
and merchandise.
Democratic Repislr; The protest
made BY the Repie0 some time ago in
regard TO drunken negroes on the
streets, seems to have bad good
effect They have been very scarce
lately.
Lafayette AdVersiser: 1t was sub
Ject Of genera remark that If prohibit
fion was ii effect here and the sale Of
liquors had been stopped 11nring the
entire holidays, it could not have been
more peaceful Or qniet.
st. Bernard Eaqlc: An expert
mental shipment Of rough rice has
been sent from this port to Rio ia
metro. Il was forwarded by Lucas D.
Moore d Co., and consists Of twenty
sacks Of rongh.rice.
5Sugar.Bowl The visiting journal
lists who visited Coy Warnlot61s Mag
noliaplantation, theJetties and Avery's
Island, near New Iberia, departed this
week for their homes, greatly pleased
with their treatment here.
GaPitoiian .Adpocaie The resi-
aenee of Mr.J. r. Lane, in New Iberia,
was entirely destroyed by fire at q
o'clock on the morning of the It'll.
Mr. Lane lost everything insthe way
of household effects and clothing. He
held no insurance.
Baton Rouge Tfath: The Louisi-
ana ANIMAL Methodist Conference CON
Eened in this city last "Wednesday,
Bishop Keener presiding. a large
number of Methodist digines are in
attendance, and thus FAR the two days
of session have been busy ones
Vernon Condenser: Work on the
Natchez, Vidalia and Red River Rail-
road has commenced. Io1ga Talk and
Condenser have been building this
road for two or three years, but their
capita being limited, they have not
made very rapid progress up TO date.
Sugar Planter: A few DAYS ago,
after carefully examining the map Of
Louisiana now on file at the Exposi-
ton, a wealthy European purchased
aan immense tract Of land intbe South
western part of the State, and is pre-
pared to at once establish colony of
sixty families.
a special from Shreveport to the
IEBaes.DeDsOcrat announces the arrival
of Governor MeEnery at that place,
and that he was the guest of Hon.
John S. 1onng. He participated in
the annual reunion of the Confederate
Veterans on the sth ms, and met with
warm and cordial reception by the
citizens generally.
Gretna Sun: On last Monday night
an attempt was made, by sneak
thieves, TO enter the residence of IL.
ii. Harvey, Esq, just above GretDa,
but was fooled BY the bravery of his
esLimable wife, who, quick IS a flash,
sent a shot from her revolver crashing
through the window sbutters; the ras-
Gals took to their heels, leaving their
step ladder behind them.
Sugar Boiol and lFa4w, journal
January LIST, the thermometer stood at
So at s o'clock a. ~, and went as
high as 720 during the day. Two
days Of this warm weather, was fol-
lowed by 4 regular summer thunder
storm. The 4tb, 18th and 9Th, with
cold cutting northwest wind, were
almost cold enough to satisfy the re-
qnirements Of an Esquimaux.
M o. City Hem: An excursion
party has been organized in Chicago
to visit this city, San francisco aud
the City of Mexico. The programme
is 70 leave Chicago on the morning of
the 18th inst. and arrive here on the
18th, remaining over until the l7th |
The party will travel by special train,
consisting Of FIVE sleepers--two for
Mexico and three for California.
Capitoliaa.AdpoeDte: The result of
the fire Of yesterday, by which one
child was burned nearly to death, and
another escaped only by a miracle, is
one of many recent occurrences of the
kind that result from the careless
neglect by parents Of their children,
and appeals strongly for the enactment
ola law similar to that of the State of
Mississippi, which makes such neglect
o criminal Offence.
St. Mary Herald The Morgan City
Free Press raises to its masthead the
name of Phillip III lentz, Esq, OF
this town, as candidate for the judg-
ship of this District. "A very good
one, Brother Gray, but should your
candidate prove too9weal1 to make the
race we hope you will assist The Her
aid TO pull lis candidate through the
mill Of success, whose name we will
mention lsteron.
W. }31Hbuty AASFHfVpf~ts "a filheuu
writing TO us from Rayne says: We
had sad accident here on New Years
bay Aboat 10 o'clock in The morn
ing Robert Cunningham, j. young boy.
about IL years Of age, assistant in the
.post-oliee, next door TO d. p. 9onng's
drugstore, while in the drag STORE be-
hind the counter, where there were
come pistols for sale initbe showcase,
picked mp a self-coekiag pistol, and,
IN playing with il, aeeidently dist
charged ii, striking Paul Hotfpanie
over the left ear, breaking the skull
He lived about two hours. but was
speechless lie was about IA years
old. ut issihe same old story--4he did
not knew il was loaded.