The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-04-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The great Fall River (Mass.) strike
of wCavers shows no sign of a settle
ment. Some 10000 persons are idle.
According to the returns of the asses
sors of the various counties, the taxable
property of Missouri aggregates $780,
13l, 139.
Mr., VIM. s. Walsh, editor of Lippia.
colts Mdga&iae, has resigned, and will
take chnrge Of the literary department.
of the New York Herald.
Bv virtue of the act Of the Legisla-
ture of 1888. New York State school
children on Friday, May 3, will for the
first time generally observe Arbor Day.
Recently published figures show
slight falling off in the emigration from
the British Isles to this country, al
though 20 per cent. of the whole num-
Der still seek these shores.
Hereafter in Kansas Grand jury
can only be drawn on petition of 100
taxpayers. and not then il the judge of
the district shall declare month before
the beginning of court that there is no
necessity for It,
Letters from the Catholic bishops of
the country to the Cttlh0lic NetOs show
that the centennial anniversary of Wash
iugtOn's Inauguration will be observed
in the Catholic churches by special serV-
ices OF thanksgiving.
Hannibal Hamlin remarked the other
day that only four persons were now
living who were in Congress when he
entered it, These are Mr.. Bradbury,
of Maine; Mr.. Fitch. of Michigan; JEFF
ferson Davis and himself.
Chief Justice Fuller has almost made
up his mind to shave off his mustache,
according to precedent. 1t is rumored
that his colleagues on the Supreme
Bench have been urging him to take
this step ever since he went to Wash
ington,
The old frigate Franklin, Farragut's
last flagship, will be sent to New York
to take part in the Centennial celebra-
ton of April 80 she will represent
the old navy, in striking contrast to the
new steel cruisers Boston and Chicago,
which will also be there.
In Connecticut last week man who
pleaded guilty to killing another man,
was sentenced to three months to Jail
and fined 81. In Boston last week
man who was convicted of mutilatiug a
book belonging to the public library,
was sentenced to five monts in jail,
Miss Elizabeth Rockefeller, who was
married the other day to Mr., Charles
A. Strong, received $500 600 from her
father as wedding gift. Her husband
is preparing for the Baptist ministry,
aud when he gets call can feel indie
pendent of the people whose duty will
be to estimate his salary,
New Hampshire is the sixth State
within two years to reject prohibition
amendment. The greatest majority
against the proposal was in Texas,
where, by 2,6Sl, it was defeated.
Michigan gave q majority, OF 8 645
against prohibition; Oregon. 7955;
Tennessee, ~. .69li and West Virginia,
1854.
Mrs. Lorena Leitz, Of Toledo, Ohio,
has had a brilliant and variegated
matrimonial experience. She was mar
ried the other day for the sixth time.
None Of her husbands are dead. She
has been divorced twice each from two
of them, and one uf these reckless indi-
viduals was her partner in the latest
venture,
From the edition of Geo. T. RoweIl
& 90. s american Newspaper Diree-
tory" published April /, Its twenty
first Year. 1t appears that the news
papers and periodicals of all kinds
issued in the United States and Canada
now number II l07, showing gain of
797 during the last twelve months, aud
of 2 ,S82 in ten years.
Ex-GoV Geora Peabody WetmOre,
who seems the faVorite in the race for
the chair vacated by Senator Chaoe,
who resigned because he couldn't afford
to be United States Senator for the
Insignificant salary, is the husband OF
the handsome Mrs. Wetmore who is
said to have declined at Hamburg last
summer TO be presented to the Prince
of Wales.
There are on exhibition in the con
fectiouary OF q prominent chocolate
manufacturer in New York City two
monster chocolate representations Of
the Venus de Milo, in ended for the
Paris exhibition. Each statHe is eight
feet high and weight 9l5 pounds, and
represents that amount OF chocolate at
80 cents per pound. They are valued
at So. 900 each.
Boston is harder hit by the copper
collapse than any other city except
Paris. II is the one great owner of
copper mining stocks, and the loss in
the market value OF their stocks in the
past six months is not less than $26,.
000 600. As much more has been lost
in Boston by the fall in Western rail
road stocks, so that in the aggregate
heavy fine has fallen on the security
holders Of the city. Ill.,
The President, by proclamation, on
the 27th nit, declared the Oklahoma
lands open To settlement on and after
April 22nd, 1889, and the commissioner
Of the general land Office on the same
date issued an order establishing two
lhltu IAuNGE ~ RAld A6EFltuENB AMHL AuE
the western district at Kinglisher's
stage station, and for the eastern dis
triet at Guthrie. The boomers may
now be comparatively happy, for q
time.
State Senator p. w. Carter and Mrs.
Della Jordan, Of Nashville, were mar.
ried last week id the Senate chamber
Of the Tennessee capitol, by Governor
| Taylor, assisted by the President Of
| the Senate ana the Speaker of the
House, ia presence 0f toe members of
the Legislature and State officers and d
large assemblage oE ladies and gentle
men. The bin authorizing The Gov
ernor to perform the rite oi marriage
passed the House at 2 o'clock, and the
wedding took place q \ O'Clock II
was prepared ahd rushed throngh both
branches of ths General Assembly in
order that the IparriGge might oecur il
ths Senate chamber, and that The Chief
Executive might oaiciate.