The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-12-14

The police jury met last Tuesday,
Edward L. Wells, of Crowley, was in
town this week.
Aladan Vincent, of Sabine, La, was
in town Tuesday.
Mr.. E. F. Massey is adding improve
ments to his residence.
Mr.. C. B. Caraway is in lower Calca.
sieu organizing Farmers Unions.
John W. McFatter and family will
make Sugartown their future home.
James Slower, of Iowa, Louisiana,
was a caller on the Echo last Friday.
L. A. Hunter, of Welsh, was in town
last week, and gave the Echo pleasant
call.
1t is reported change of time will
soon be made on the Southern Pacific
railroad.
Eight car loads of cattle passed
through last week to New Orleans from
Houston.
Attorney E. D. Miller has been quite
sick, but we are proud to state is fast
recovering.
Mr.. E. F. Meyer has about completed
neat cottage residence near NJ. T.
Jones & Co. 3 mill.
Miss Marietta Malone went to Wash
ington, Louisiana, this week to visit
friends and relatives.
Mrs. L. Gould, of Roxie, Mississippi,
arrived here last Friday, and is the
guest Of her daughter, Mrs. G. B.
Rogers.
Mr.. Carr has just completed his
residence south of Pithon coulee, and
VIM. H. Barnard is building in the
same locality.
]. E. Defebaugh, managing editor of
the Timberman, published in Chicago,
Illinois, gave the Echo q pleasant call
last Saturday.
Ed. @. A. King, of Hutchinson,
Kansas, was a pleasant caller at the
Echo Office last Saturday, with Ed. W.
e. Cline, of our city.
DR.. W. A. Brooks, the father of the
agent at the Southern Pacific depot.
at this place, returned from Scranton,
Mississippi, this week.
The patrons of the sugartown school
are making efforts to secure the services
of that accomplished educator, Prof.
NJ. E. ShAddock again.
Peter Brotherson, formerly of this
place, but now of California, is on a
visit to friends here. He gave the
Echo a call last Wednesday.
We acknowledge the receipt of an
invitation to attend friendly hop on
Thursday evening, Dec. 9th, 1888, at
the K. o. K. hall in Lookport.
A man by the name of Gibbs fell
from the third story Of the new hotel
being erected at Lake Arthur, and was
laid up for repairs for several days.
VIM. S. Nelson, of Cedar Lake,
Michigan, was caller at the Echo
Office last Monday. He was here pros.
pecting and is highly pleased with the
country.
Don't fail to read the advertisement
of Fl. and B, Beer in this issue. They
offer for sale 10000 acres Of fne tim
bered lands, said to be as good as any
in the parish.
We saw eolored man with d string
Of very fine bass last Saturday evening
which he had just caught in the lower
part of the lake. The largest was a
foot in length.
Iowa, Louisiana, had just got out its
name last Christmas, now it has stores
full of Christmas goods, and the "small
boy is having fun with his little gun"
on the streets.
Mr.. Joseph Gibbs, of Opelousas, has
been in town during the past week Wis
ting his son. j. G. Gibbs, Esq, who
has been quite sick, but is out again
looking after business.
Hon. G. P. Hampton, Of Caloasieu'
was appointed by the Governor a dele
gate to the Interstate Immigration Con
vention, which met last Wednesday in
Montgomery, Alabama.
The Farmers Union of this parish
commenced this week to open ground
on which to build q union store. They
have sufficient stock taken TO enable
them to begin business.
Jimmie Costello, son Of Mr.. Costello
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