The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-06-12
NO. b
STATE NEWS.


St. Martinsville Messenger Tn,
various crops in the fields near thii
town, VIC note with pleasure. are grow
ing finely.
Monroe Bulletin. The water Il
the swamps is declining rapidly and
through trains have been resumed on
the v, s. & p.
Farmerville Gazette; The fruit crop
Of the parish promises to be very good,
most of the peach trees are overloaded
with young fruit.
Opelonsas Courier It is reported
that lice are injuring the oldest cotton
very seriously, and that much Of i y
dying from their rayages.
Lafayette Advertiser; The weather
during the past week has been very
favorable for farm work, and the crops
generally are growing finely.
Vernon Condenser Reports from
almost every portion Of the parish are
to the effect that rain is very badly
needed, and there seems little pros
poets Of rain at the present writing.
ST. Mary Herald St. Mary parish
has $3.50 registered voters, all native
born excepting $50. There are le42
white, and 1887 colored voters. Two
hundred and nineteen whites and 4344
colored cannot write.
Rayne .SignGJ; Colt branding COM
menced last week at Plaquemine Bru-
lee. We learn that six hundred head
were corralled at one place 70 receive
the branding iron, while at another
there would be, in the next drive, one
thousand more, in that neighborhood.
Rayne Signal, June s: The first ship
mcnt Of peaches ever made from Rayne
was shipped last Wednesday to 81.
Louis by Mr. S. b, Bird. He shipped
twelve boxes as an experiment, believ-
ing that better prices can be obtained
there than in New Orleans for such
fruit.
St. Charles Herald The planters
arc all in cheerful mood, and predict
fair crop of cane and corn, notwith-
standing the drawbacks of the winter
and wet weather. An occasional show
or from the heavens will be quite an
assistance to the growing crops.
New Iberia Entefprise BLAoKnER-
Es.--This most wholesome and deli
cious fruit which is indigenous to our
forests, and fOurishes without care
or cultivation, is now maturing fast
and is being sold so cheap that every-
one may enjoy daily treat at a very
slight expense.
Marksyille Bulletin, In week or
two our town will be well supplied
with peaches. A walk in Normand's
Nursery afforded US great pleasure.
His trees are looking we'll and frniting
TO perfection. This handsome and
welI-appointed nursery is kept IN good
condition, and now needs a soaking
rain.
St. Landry Democrat, One OF the
hands engaged in tearing down the
walls Of the old court house mistooka q
bottle of coal oil, which had been
handed him to loosen the bolts on the
anchor plates, for a bottle OF whisky,
and took large dose before he found
out his mistake. In his frantic efforts
to disgorge he almost lost his balance,
Bienville New Era Sparta was
visited last Monday afternoon by re-
freshing shower Of rain. It was ac-
companied by very heavy hailstorm,
which fortunately did not extend far
into the country 80 far as we can learn.
II It had it would have resulted in
great damage to the growing crops.
Il riddled the plants in the gardens
about town,
Colfax Chronicle. Oolfax and Vi
cinity has had bnt one rain since the
a7th Of April, and that did not wet
the ground an inch deep. Neyerthe'
less, all crops that have been properly
worked arc looking we'll We under
stand the bin crops are beginning to
iniure, and il the drowth continues
ten days longer the crop OF the entire
parish viii suffer great loss
81, Bernard Eagle; Four onions Of
phenomenal size, and some specimen
potatoes, entrusted to the care OF
friend for transmission to this Office
by our good friend Mrs. g. p, Arm
strong, OF Terre.aux- -Bnnfs, we're stolen
from tho Shell Beach railroad depot
last week, Tho vegetables had formed
a part Of the recent agricultural ax-
hibit Of ST. Bernard parish
Alexandra I'oscn I'alk Some
weeks ago some parties who reside on
Mooreland plantation, this parish, were
bitten by mad dog, Since that time
one Of the parties, young colored
boy has died Of hydrophebia. His
snfferings are said to have been terri
bic to behold. All the dogs on tho
Mooreland plantation have been killed,
besides other animals thai we're bitten
Oapitolian sAdpoeats, The JoiHt
COMMITTEES on Public buildings and
Charitable Institutions met last even.
| ing to prepare their report 70 regard
10 the SEMINARY grounds ai Alagaadrla
they viii report that there are sa0
acres of ground, which II IL present.
condition is worth about $4,000 They
estimate the gelue Of the balldlHgs
lhereos, seysn n number, a &2a F9Q
- including the ruined Seminary
Buildings, $sF,260 The eemmittsn
estimala that she eqgt 81 fepalliaN
tllesa bnIlaings will asnaHpi % ebsll
Which does cot Include as1 lebp|ld ding
af the SelriQazy building