The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-12-04
ATE NEWS.

AiNuanA but n resident OF Ayoyelles
parrish for the past 90 years, died Oh
November II 1886, aged 80 years.
The new truck fer the Ravne Hook
and Ladder Company has been re-
caived, and the Seatsnsi says it is a
Eittle beauty and The very tIiingneeded.
Frances sadler, ST. died at his home
on Pearl river, ST. Tanmany parish,
receutly, aged 90 years. lie was q
drummer boy at the battle Of New
Orleans
Morgan City Free Press. There
Is considerable Indignation in New
Orleans over the escape of Boasso.
u is opnaly and frequently stated
there that Ford will skip next.
Oh Tie first Sunday in January,
1887, The Sunday law, as passed ut the
last session Of the Legislature, goes
into effect, and Law and Order
League has been organized in New
Orleans to enforce the law in that city.
Hon. b. w Marston, State Senator
from Red River parish, and who by
the way was an aepirant for guberna-
tOrial honors 10 1884, has abandoned
politics ard embarked in the steam
boat business, which no doubt will
prove more lucrative
Washington argus Article 81,
OF the Acts OF the last Legislature
has had It's beneficial results in bring
ing 70 justice many maleiactors. The
act prohibiis obscene, loud and vocife-
rous language, horse racing, etc, on
the pnbllc road and other acts of
hoodlumisn.
ne 4nloooanx oe'es'',et' ~ reter-
Luz = lns proposeu bal .,' as
seualon = Assui'P!loh iea,'roau, says
tis ssiscys "1e peii,e maui a"d thae
loau =, iro'n l1o .,' 10 Loss-
~ w - Notln tuousanas OF uoi-
~ Alnuaiiy ~ si'e tesiochts aiohg
10y =" Aa'V'ie'e'
Inc farmers around Evergreen,
Ayoyeiies parish are backward in
81 Isho+ on5 haS ,nastho. M ~
,,;s,c saws shoro sra l,ana.aa.
a. bales Of cotton vet i ,hs falda
and no donbt there viii ba : crea,
onontj,y la nnno,baraa ;, Iaa!a 80
On Monday night Marksville was
ablaze with excitement and rejoicing
over the news that the Secretary of
state had refused to publish the re-
a,,a,,o,la. p oU.S he e e,s ~ ~
s;no,;no, 81 a. 1870, I I,aasa y IN s,.s va
snaonb1os COCO M a. az an.; IN
Fao,s ~ ne,ydo;. s,or, \ oo - "S''''O"'
WV "'N'
kayne SsgnaI Another lumber
yard will be shortly opened here by
Mr. VIM. i. Hutchlns, OF Lake Charles,
Inc lumber Tor which has already be-
gan to arrive. The yard will be under
the management OF our enterprising
Lafayette citizen, Mr.. Ben. Avant,
aao.ad " az h "o,oo $500. :, 10 1c'"s Io,i.
sat;sfv III natsans o' ~" y
The Alexandria Democrat wants
better roads leading into that town
from the country, and very properly
TOO, Il we arc to Judge from the fol-
lowing zone week of rain will
make every road coming into tins
town sea OF slack mud and we know
from experience that every Hood Of
rains washes nearly all the bridges
from here to Cattle.
l,afayette A0Spytisey Pancros T,
Rim a well known cit;zc, ~ th;s nar.
isb. living near Carencro aiod ~ III
home last week Deceased was q
good citizen h al fbot IN ,o,rt Ia
pines. lie was Confederate soldier,
and became captain Of Company f.,
zoth Louisiana Regiment, and did gal
lant service at Vicksburg. He was
IN the prime Of life, and leaves a wife
and seven children to deplorc his I'M
timely death.
East Carroll Banner Orr mar.
chants and planters are somewhat
gloomy over the short crop Of cotton
and low prices. The late cotton i
turning ont as we predicted some time
ago. 1t bid fair but It didn't come
ND 10 what Ii promised. With Inc
price Of cotton and cotton.seed under
the control of gamblers and monopo.
lies there is no salvation for The pIan.
tiers Of the South but 10 diyersify
their crops, raise their own meat.
bread, vegetables. fruit and stock and
only enough cotton 10 purchase what
they caanot make at home When
They do this, cotton future gamblers
and seed OIL monoplies can't hurt
them.
0nsIansss no.,;.. ~ p..n.
Tury racan,l,, aaas;.,.,a ~ "e o',ee
ua,;.l, na, !, so'"seu -, -. Aeau,a
Pas'sn' ~, = i'ssne ~ sne lith inst,
anu elected I1f. ~. y. CLARK President |