The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-11-06
STATE NEWS.

John p. Routon, Sheriff Of Cata-
houla parish, is defaulter to the State
to the amount of $500.
Representative w. R. Greathouse,
of New Orleans, has been appointed
U. s. Consul at Tampico.
| The Review says that a hne of
steamers will shortly be put on be-
tween Morgan City and Vera Cruz.
New Iberia has received her two
new Silsby steam fire engines, and on
being tested gave general satisfaction.
A plantation in Madison parish,
which before the war could not have
been bought for less than $3o, 900, was
sold few days ago for 5000.
The Iberia Sugar BoaOI has entered
its seventeenth volume, with better
established business and more extend
ed influence than ever. May it live
long and prosper
| Shreveport is to have an agricul-
tural and mechanical fair on the 10th
to the I4th inst. The highest pre-
MUM is for the best display of home
manufactured articles of any kind.
The New Orleans Chronicle is in
formed that the concession made to
Major e. A. Burke in Honduras by
President Bogran is the most valuable
ever given by any government to a
private citizen.
St. Mary Herald: Many of the
planters have commenced grinding. A
great many are making syrup for the
market and large shipments have been
placed in New Orleans and other cities
with good results.
Natchitoches Revie,O After all
the other large cities in the United
States shall have succeeded in secur-
ing better municipal government, by
the punishment of dishonest and in
efficient officials, perhaps New Orleans
will undertake a similar task. 1t will
be big contract though.
N. o. States If some of the North
ern papers are to be believed, we here
in Louisiana live on alligators and an
occasional Republican. About thirty
families from Iowa and Nebraska have
settled within forty miles of this city
during this week and they do not ap-
pear to be at all afraid of us.
West Baton Rouge Sugar Plaater !!
Mr.. J. l.. Harris, owner of the Poplar
Grove plantation, this parish, has
placed thereon several brood mares
and stations, and proposes to try the
experiment of stock farm here. The
result of the attempt, which will no
doubt be successful, will be watched
with interest.
Acadia Sentinel: We are pleased
to announce the following gentlemen
as candidates for office in the new
parish, viz: Mr.. Homer Daigl, for
sheriff Mr.. Thomas P. Bowden, for
clerk, and DR.. r. G. Webb, for coro-
ner. These gentlemen are all well
known citizens, and if elected will
make good officers.
N. o. Chronicle: Though the Farm
ervile Gazette does say that "the pub
lie school system of Louisiana is a
large political scheme" there are some
fifty orther parishes to hear from, and
we doubt if any of them are of the
same opinion. The Gazette is entirely
too vigorous and sweeping in its SEN
timents of discord.
Iberville South A sample of pro,
life cotton, taken from the field Of
Faustin Breaux, on Bayou Crosse Tete,
was presented to us by the proprietor
last Wednesday. Within space of
three inches cluster of six holls, well
developed, adorn the branch Of the
stalk left with us. II is rare to find
more than three bolls in cluster.
DeSoto Democrat The Prohibit
tion Convention, in accordance with
previous announcement, met at Mn
den on the 26th ult. 1t was composed
Of some Of the best men in the State,
and the resolutions passed were very
conservative in tone, although they
urged vigorous crusade against
whisky. We wish them abundant
success, and pledge them all the assis-
tance within our power, so far as our
duty as true Democrat will permit.
May God speed the good work !
Bossier Banner: Colonel Hollins-
worth, Of Shreveport, who visited
South Carolina to witness the operat
ing of the cotton harvester, stated, in
an interview with reporter Of the
Shreveport Times, that, while it is not
yet perfected, he believed it to be in
| a line Of success. 1t is TO be hoped
that it will soon be in successful ope-
ration; it would relieve the planters
from having to pay such enormous
prices 10 have their cotton picked.
Where they pay now $40 TO $ls per
bale, cotton haryesters no doubt could
gather it for 90 or So per bale.
| Alexandria Democrat Gov, San
| McEnery, OF Louisiana, must indeeC
have broad pair of shoulders If b
can stand all the unjust criticisms tha
, have been hurled at him by the pres
. Of Louisiana in the last few months
: If anything goes wrong he Is blame
$ and censured, and SO very roughl
! handled that il is growing TO be oul
q rageous, and we would call upon on
d contemporaries to al least etote fair
Y with him, lie may have his wrongs
/. as all of us have, but we do net ans
. cannot b made to believe that ho I
the sole cause Of an the wrong dolng
Of the administration, He may 70
! ward his friends who would not ~
I ana Il this d crimei Why no ! Lei
hin have square showing, and W.
believe that he viii do what Is fair
But from charges unjust, We say, LEI
lhim be spared