The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-05-04
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"a sueh elEiteaaeEE " AaFe iB EtG3e, with
CREST satisfaction 4isa4, generally speaking,
tire niSenees haFe been c1HaH anEslFeiY few.
The giertiQu has beer fair M ease CT Fie-
iersee OK iut 5rnidzziBgi n tive polls has come
d our bglTY nor hare our izsqairiEs elirited
single case 81 the kind Only one man has
been eampiaiped Of fgz disturbance at or
NEAR a paliing piacs; he VAS under the m
luenee Of liqaef Fl ths time. ard on due
testimony Of the faess bnuleht before rs,
we hAFe promptly found tine bill
There we've but lev grave glselzes izruuE1t
70 0nr knowledge and 1hese ne hsTe duly
considered By far tie largest number Of
cases haze been q minor Importance Nc
haVe taken hual Acsi01f on almpas an The
easea We have found twenty-fouT true
bills and thirteen not aEae bills, but very few
cases have been passed over. 10 several
cared, not fully iaFessigaied for want OF
time, we have given tie District Attorney
eOgnizanee Of certain information that, II
aeied upon, we are confident VIII lead even
tnl1ly q more tbafg1Eh Investigation Of
certain oiIenses and to She arrest of add
tionEl parties beside those At present In
dscted
N regar9 to the condition 81 lie public
r0ads, we have taken advantage Of the
present session 81 the Police Jury 70 gues-
tlOn the several memberB Of It concerning
the public higbwaya, We have questioned
several other par4sa n. we have also compared
ngtee together, ard from the whole snE-
miag Wi we beg 70 report the roads IN gen
parish. The Indictment weather aud heavy
rains Of the winter and spriBg have pre-
eiuded the working aud repSirs Of the roads
In one division at least the road nEerseeF
was dead, In another division be had moved
away.
We have paid q visit 10 the parish ian. In
II We have found fifteen male prisoners,
white ard black no yemen. IN answer TO
our inquiries the prisoners have stated that
they had sHiiieieney Of food and had rain
WateT In abundance. They made no com
plant about ha1 treatment, and Che dfiIeF-
emit compartments arc kept clean. The aani-
tary condition ard general appearance Of
the 3ail and surroundings appear 70 be ID
better condition now than they were two or
three years previously.
We have paid come attention 10 the con
dition Of the Public Schools throughout the
parish. We had before our body The Presi
dent Of the school Board, several members
81 orr Jury have given US valuable iufOrma-
ton u regard 70 this important branch OF
our inquest We find that the Public
Schools are IN q t0leE6BlF satisfactory ppndi-
tion, mot As prosperous IS we should wish or
AZ Gne public necessities require, on account
Of the lack Of funds, still there Is no reason
able complaint To make. The school system
has undoubtedly Improved within the last
lew years Public Schools have been taught
at several places IN each OF our eight wards
during the last twelve months, the colored
people have had also q satisfactory share Of
schools allotted to them Weshighly sp-
prove Of the action Of our Police Jury "a ap-
prOpTiaiiDR the sum Of 50 600 for the benefit
Of our schools for each Of the years 1896 and
1889, and We ask that the same appropria-
ton or larger one, If possible, be made for
this year In making this request we do not
want 70 pc understood al sanctloniag an IN
crease Of Abe present rate Of parrish taxation,
which is mills ON the 81, which rate, we
think, ought moi 10 ae increased
Our Grand Jury has been like many Of its
predecessors, greatly hampeFad by the null
htude Of petty cases aud misdemeanOrB
brOughtfOr our action. a large majority Of
these easea originate 10 the town % Lake
Charles and pught properly % have been
attended TO By the town authorities. The
town Is Q daily Incorporated body, has its
Mayor, Board OF Cauneilmen, several Con-
stables, two ealaboOees and Il seems reason
able 70 ask that they should attend 10 and
dispose Of their mihpr gfIenses, II there Is
any defect IN the present Charter Of the
Town, W. urgently request cur Representa-
tive and Senator ~ present Al the next ses-
alon Of the Legislature q hfll granting to the
town authorities full power 10 effectively
deal ID The premises. We suggest the erea-
ton Of Police OF MagistFate Court with
powers and jurisdiction similar TO those of
the Recorders Court Of New Orleans
We thank the officers Of the Court for
prompt attendance to our wishes, and also
the District Attorney for his valuable advice
and his evident desire 70 facilitate our bust
mess. z. Il. BURLE50N,
Foreman Of the Grand Jury.
q. BARRIE, Secretary.
Lake CHARLES, la, April e, 1888.