The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-03-20
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Pointe goHpee Baner. Very few
persons from this vicinity visited New
Orleans for Mardi.G ras. This fact is
fair evidence Of the depression produced
here BY the low priceof cotton and cot
ton seed.
Cs1pffo1iass- tirocate. The rainy wealth
er that has set IN is anything IlIit agree
able to the planters of onr parish, who
had Htarted 10 work in earnest to pre-
nars the ground for planting. 1t viii
Probably set back their work several
days.
st. Marfinsyille Messenger: Pneyious
70 the late rainy spell onf planters were
actively at work preparing the land for
the coming crop and they were putting
in such labor as led 10 believe that they
intended to plant a larger acreage than
last aar
Mansfield Herald. The Mt. Lebanon
College with all It's contents except one
piano and an nrmful Of books was de-
stroyed by fire on the night OF the 9TH
Thought b be the work Of an incendi-
AIRY, rs no fire had been in the building
for two days on more.
The Sugar. Planter: Our editor re-
turned home from his Cincinnati trip
last Monday, so completely ssbnoken
up" by his long jannt. however, as 10
be totally unfit for dnty this week !;
hence this reprint Issue. A few days
rest will put him on his pegs, and then.
@Richard will be himself again r.
Amite City Independent On last
Tuesday, Mr.. Reeves Rhodes, who lives
inst below the State line In Tangipahoa
parish, fell from his cotton wagon just
before he got in town, and dislocated
his shoulder. The injury is quite pain
full, but DIR. W. nj, Wroten, who re-
placed the shoulder does not think the
injury Of any serious nature
Morehouse Clarion: The North aud
South Railroad project is the topic of
the day In these parts, and the pros
pect of its being bniIt is growing brigh- (
Ter eRcli and every day. Its completion
ia alive want 10 make us the richest
people on God q green earth. Let no
man pull back ia the efforts made to
further this grand enterprise
The Natchitoches Democrats. ReeielD..
We are informed by an estimable and
reliable citizen Of Ward 8, that abont a
mile and q half from Prudhomme'sS Sta
ton, the Jaeksnipes are so thick that
improved breeeh.loading shot guns are
discarded for the more convenient
aud much more deadly-weapon Of q
Ward 9 sportsman, the common riding
switch.
Farmerville Gazette. A subscriber
sends ms the following; 1t is on the root
hog OF die order, bnt the hog gets there
with the mortar all ready for use. Here
it is: Put yonr clay loose in n frameof
any size and mix corn with it, and then
put sufficient water 10 soften the clay.
Put two Or more hogs In the frame and
they viii make mortar faster than two
chimney builders can use IT,
Sugar lBolci' MardisGras passed of
quietly here. Anew boys paraded the
streets masked, but no efforts were
made at display. Flour throwing was
INDUCED ID quite extensively. Large
numbers 81 country people were in
town, making the streets appear dnite
lively all day. Butfew, compared with
former years, left this section for the
festivities at New Orleans this season.
Alexandria I6pn Tdlk. The farmers
ofthis parish by all means should raise
their own horses and mules. They car
do il as well as not. 'sWhere there's 9
will there's way" We know some
farmers here that have been successful
in raising stock, and why not others
There certainly is no money in cotton
at7h cts. per pound, and the quicker
all our farmers get out of the old rut oil
raising cotton, and nothing but cotton,
the better for them.
Ihibodeaux Seatiasei There Is ,yers
little probability of amy tronhle being
experienced in lower Louisiana, this
spring, by high water. On last Wed,
nesday the Mississippi river was falling
at Vicksburg. 81. Iaonis, Memphis and
Cairo, and all the tributaries were fall
ing also. The water has. Mt no point,
reached danger line, and no possible
rise can come down now before th,
present one will have passed into thu
Cali. All danger Of overflow has passed
away.
/ observation-disclosures: Inst Tuesda,
evening Policeman Robert Sanchez
while making his usual rounds, rar
across a negro whom he identified ~
Peter Dorsey, a negro convict. who hal
been convicted and sentenced TO tht
penitentiary for making o mHrderonI
assault on his wife. AS peter ID, Will
others, employed on q plantation neai
town, and had slipped away from hi
keepers on the plaee, be was aFrestet
by OHleer Sanchez and turned over b
the prison authorities.
st. Mary Reoieag. The dead body D
Hired. Obrecht, German about 3
T years of age, was found Saturday las
in the bay fronting the sash factory
The Young man was employed at Mr.
iDrew's saw mill as shingle sawyer TO
seven or eight years, always working
faithfully. He had come 10 town sew
( eral- days ago and is supposed TO havl
drowned while getting into skiff TO re
tnrn to the mill from in front OF TIL
sash factory. DIR. Wise. deputy c0ro
ner. held an inquest on the body, afte
which II was inferred in the cemetery
! Amite City Independent: Last Wed
nesday night abOlt dark, Mr.. WESLEY
Kinclien left his house to see a boy lig
ing at the house of w r. Perry, colored
near the graveyard, in regard 10 SONS
work, and just as be- passed Jonas Dan
iel's house abont two hundred yards
from Perryss man RAPIDLY approached
| him from the side of the road and be-
gan firing. Tlireeshots were fired one
ball taking effect IN the dashy portion Of
the left arm below The elbow. This
shot was fired 90 close that the clothing
upon the arm caught, and the skin was
slightly burned.
OpeloHsas Courier A heavy rain fell
through several honrs on last Tuesday
Night and continued To fall slowly the
graatsr part al w ednaaday, and another
heayS rain faih on Wednesday night.
this interrupted HE breaking Of land
ipy I'VE p elz aays, and checked the
prel.{sas q 1laniine, ii soil alrausiy
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