The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-03-16
NO. n
state News.

There are thirty widows and onIg
six widowera, IN Ruston, ia.
Only one arrest made last week ii
Lafayette, This speaks well for The
town.
Cotton seed meal Is being largely
used for fertilizing purposes about
Ruston.
Alexandria people are talking Of
building plank road to the Texas
and Pacific depot.
Lincoln parish boasts Of two seven
column papers and another to be add
ed ID two weeks. All homo print.
The Lafayette ddeaaiser reports
number Of vagrants il town, and also
calls attention to the sanitary condiT
tion,
Ruston CaligrapA More rain and
bad weather during the past week
The roads continue 70 be in feaFfel
condition,
Coushatta Citizen The weather
has been more favorable the past Wesk.
and farmers are progressing rapidly
with their planting.
A widower il Ruston, La, got
proposition of marriage,but Ne thought
Il best 20 adjourn the court until after
lam vaa,, had naaand
Shreveport Times The shFsve-
port and Arkansas railroad track il
nov eighteen miles from Shreveport
The company expects to reach this
city April i,
Capt ]. N. Pharri Oh Bayou Ieohe,a d
large hearted christian gentleman and
wealthy sugar planter has subscribed
$500 toward starting a temperance
organ IN this State.
Morgan city Free Press The cd
itor being in attendance al the lmmi-
grafton Convention during the early
part Of the week, whatever credit there
is for getting out tho usual excellent
paper, should be given to The devil
Farmerayille Gazette The steam
GIN Of Mr.. M. III. Stancel, near Marion,
was totally destroyed BY fire last
Thursday evening, together with a5
bales Of cotton. The total loss il es-
timated AZ $4,000, insurance only
$3.50.
Marksyille Bulletin Asthe wealth
or has permitted il our planters have
been busy all of this week, "A large
acreage ia corn was planted this week
and If il is possible 70 DO SO this i'm
portant work viii Be completed within
the next ten days.
Iberia Sugar Bopl Sincethe good
weather has set in, the bricks are be-
ing rapidly hauled on the ground for
the erection Of the new church, and
we hope that in a short time, our city
wills be able to boast of having one Of
the finest churches in the State
Shreveport Times Last Friday
night some unknown parties dug a
hole on the outside Of the Jail at Mana
field and were frightened away before
they had accomplished their purpose,
II is believed that they intended to 70
lease four white men held for murder.
Shreveport Democrat Mr. Henry
j. Shepherd, chairman Of tho commit
tee on programme Of the immigration
convention, has received letter from
Prof s. Al. Knapp, the distinguished
immigration man of Lake Charles,
La, saying that he will be here On the
18th aud deliver an address on aHoW
Best to Secure Immigrants" This
will be q rare treat.
Plaquemine Protector; The great
scare among our planters caused by
the reported ruuior that large importa-
tious Of foreign rice were being allow
cd to enter American ports under the
gnise that the rice SO imported was
Auncleaned'' to escape the duty i'm
posed on clean rice, Is fast dying out.
The matter has been laid before the
proper authorities and there Il every
probability that such recurrence viii
not take place in the near future,
Monroe Telegraph The force at
the Railroad shops has been consider
ably reduced and a iurther reduction
may be made. We were Informed
last week that il was the Intention Of
tile company 10 cut the force SO per
cent. Whether the places Of the gen-
tlemen discharged will be filled by
others we do not know, but il such ~
the case It win be crying shame, for
there Is no question that the old force
was composed oflrusty and competent
workmen,
l Acadia Seaaael We learn thas
quite large sorce Of men Wera EN-;
4 pIoyed last week working on Che road
| leading 10 points north and east of
| here. We are pleased TO sec this, and
hope that these gentlemen will lead
other oYerseeFs to call out the road
| hands and put ouT roada ia good eon-
| dllion throughout the parish A,et
this be attended to at once and then
| II viii not be necessary VI haYe the
travelling public aforementioned oa ae
count of bad roads.
Lafayette .adgeriissy III c1uYat
sation with MF. Jack Mopton, sn ins
| telligeHs farmer, ha asatcd to oaE Fe
porter shat the farmers NJ through
The parish afe taking adyaniags q tle
Favorable condition Qf tha gfoapq.
Eis says thst he IS planting corn, END
the laf-aeeing farmer haa 90 tiNe se
waste from his Zelda Mafahaals iu
town Fay that bnsinesa ia FaiheF aAli
but iheg AZ aaE camplain, tqs iNeF'
hnoH shs reason ihsreol alla HFo slaa
/ that conditions are Sc fafQgablc as tQ