The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-04-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

| Charleston, 5. g. The money Is to
be used in caring for the grave of
Gen. Francis Marion, Of revolutionary
fame. .+ .....zs .. .-,........ ..e
The author Of "The Boulanger
March," NJ. Paulus, recently gave
big supper in Paris in honor Of bis
fortune reaching 100000 franks
$500, ,00o--all made out of singing
comic and patriotic songs in Paris
music halls. ...s.. ... ..--....s
The many improvements which the
Duke of Marlborough is making with
bis wife's money at Blenhelm Castle
do not seem to have exhausted her
purse. She has just loaned S2So,0o0
to a New York estate dealer for a
period of four years. "
According to the denominational
paper 1t cost this government $t,845,'
600 to support 1900 Dakota Indians
for seven years while they were
savages. After they were Christian
lied it cost $4,000 to care for the
same number for the same time,
saving of $1,72s,oO0.
John T. Reddington was to be mar
ried in Chicago one night last week.
His fianeee and her friends waited for
him in vain. 1t was learned afterwaTd
that be had been engaged in playing
with the "piys in clover" puzzle, and
bad lost track Of the time. The
wedding will mover take place.
Last year the United States mail
carried 8,5T6, 100000 pieces of pre-
paid mail matter; Great Britain, 2,279,-
900; Germany, l,s72,8l6,O66; and
France, l,463, 100000. This is re-
spectively, II, 81, Al and ~ per
capita, and fair gauge of the com.
mercial activity and intelligence of
the countries.
Queen Victoria was much shocked
by the death Of John Bright Despite
his Democratic tendencies, his loyalty
to the Crown and personal regard for
the Queen were so pronounced that
be never failed to get a respectful
hearing at Windsor. Some of the
last messages which he received came
from the Queen and from the Prince
and Princess of Wales.
A collection of photographs of snow
scenes taken by DoRkin, the ooIe.
brated mountain CLIMBER, is being ex
hibited in London, and is creating
much interest, which the climber can
not enjoy. He and an English com,
panion are supposed to be lying IN a
crevasse somewhere in the Caucasus,
no trace of them having been found
since they set out 10 ascend one of
the loflIest peaks.
Frances and Emma T. Day, two
young and pretty servant maids of
Summit, N. j., were arrested for arson.
They confessed to having been the
cause of several large and destructive
fires in that town, and say they would
rather see a blaze than eat a good din
ner. The elder of the two said /: II
starts fires because | like to see the
blaze. We started lots Of fires IN
PIainfeId and other places, and other
people were sent to jail.
Baron Erlanger, the Partisan banker
aud railway maguate, arrived in New
York on Friday last, accompanied by
his son. The baron, in an interview,
said that the chief object of his visit
was to investigate the railroad stu
alton IN the country. Alarming
rumors regarding the status Of rail
roading in America prevailed abroad,
and he will examine the matter
thoroughly. The baron will leave
New York on Monday for a tour Of in
speetiou over his railroads in the south.
In 1880 some thirty young women
in Berlin started an Old Maids Club,
with provision for a 6ne of 1000
marks upon every one who married.
The club was . great success, but
suddenly an epidemic Of marriage set
in, and at the annual meeting this year
one member was left, and she found
herself called upon TO dispose of 49,
900 marks, the accumulation Of the
anes paid by the former members.
She took the advice of the ex.mem.
bers, and it was decided that half the
sum should go to hospital and that
the solitary old maid should have the
rest for herself i
Baby Mckee created a stampede in
the White House few days ago. On
the Presidents desk is a group OF
electrical buttons attached "a wires
leading to different offices, for calling
the Presidents private secretary,
executive clerk, stenograpber, mes.
senper. etc, The Presidents grand.
son wandered into the room, recently,
when nobody was present, aud,
| attracted by the appearance Of the
bunch Of bnttops, began pounding