The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-02-08

ing the Pelican BabcOck Fl. and L. hall
When will the engine house be painted
We are glad to see Mayor Reid on
and at his post of duty again. He har
been confined to his bed for severa
days.
Two Of the murder cases to come be-
fore the next term are against Thomas
Booth, and have been continued ovel
from '83.
Mrs. W. F. Schwing, who has been
dangerously i'll for some days, is pro
nounced as decidedly better to-day,
Thursday.
Very few of the persons charged with
crime, whose cases are to come before
the next term Of the district court,
were born here.
The Times Democrat, Of New Orleans,
leads all the newspapers published in
the South daily and weekly. 1t has
the largest circulation.
The Methodist church building is to
be heightened. When this is done il
will hold the congregation "longer. u
although the pastor may not.
The witnesses to come before the
next grand jury have been summoned
for different days, so as not TO detain
them any longer than possible.
1t is suggested that if, perhaps. lovers
would write their letters to their girls
il red ink on twenty dollar bills, that
no doubt the girls would never return
them.
We welcome Mr.. L. Thigpen, Of
Hancock county, Mississippi. late
citizen Of Dry creek, this parish. He
has been q constant reader of the E0aO
for years.
An ECHO reporter was informed by
our courteous pOstmistress that Lake
Charles was entitled to Il $I5 900 post
office building, and that there WIS talk
Of its being built.
ANY one needing oxen log chains,
etc. might make it to his interest to
attend the constable sale in the fifth
ward Of this parish on the 18th inst.
See ad. in this issue.
J. W. Cauuitf formerly of Minnesota,
but now Of Lake Charles, called on us
this week. Ee has located near town
and reports that bis family is well
pleased with the change.
The new residence il the Howard
block is receiving q coat OF paint this
week, including the roof, and will,
when flushed, be one Of the handsom-
est residences IN our city.
Z. f. Carr and family, late Missouri
ans, have cast their lot among US, and
will this year embark in the farming
interest. Mr.. Carr is clever, nice
gentleman and deserves success.
Martin Granger, who WAS convicted
Of larceny il this parish in May, 1888,
and sentenced to one year in the peni-
Tertiary, has been pnrdoned on a rec
ommendation Of the trial judge and
attorney general.
]. N. Mason and n MIDGET, from
Lamar, Iowa, are here with their
fumlies to stay. These gentlemen are
such as tue country needs to develop
its agricultural resources. We hope
they will get good location.
The Echo leturns thanks toll. Tbig-
pen, OF Pearl, LO.i Geo. HOrridge,
Lake Charles, for renewals; and to A.
H. Wolf, Vinton, Iowa; ]. 0. Furlop,
Shelbyville, Texas; 7. f. Carr, J, W.
CaunIf, Lake Charles, for new subscrip-
tions.
Our Agricultural and Horticultural
society held an interesting meeting last
Saturday. They will elect board OF
directors for the ensuing year Wednes-
day next, the 18th instant. All members
should be on hand to participate in the
election.
Fhe witnesses summoned on the side
Of the State, who are to testify before
the petit jury, at the next term Of
court, Number, collectively, about
seventy FIVE; and about one-third Of
these reside within the corporate limits
Of the city.
N. Z. Jones & Go. have had three
new boilers, forty-eight inches in
diameter by thirty-two feet long, put
into their mill. The work did not
cause any delay with the running Of
the mill, hence the cutting Of lumber
went right on.
Our public school-house committee
received and adopted Last Monday
plans and specifications prepared by
Mi. D. H. Buell. for the Lake Charles
central public school house. The COZ
tract for building will be let to the
lowest responsible bidder.
The steamer Alert, of the United
States mail and ferry line, il one Of the
best and fastest boats on the Calcasieu
river. She has made the rup from
CaIeaaieq pass 10 Lake Charles, 4
distance Of sixty miles, since hsr new
boiler was put ip, in about six hours.
Attention is called 10 the treaaqrer'g
annual report, published on the thiraq
page, IN this issue Of the Echo, and
tbat shows the receipts and diabprse-
napts al the school fund an to bhe first