The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-03-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

! IL a measure Tor the aFtlneIai produce
tion Of rain storms BIZ means Of ex.
Iplosiyes and artillery.
According 10 a statistical document
lately published in Paris, there are in
Europe 300, 900 blind people, 10000
of whom are in France.
A bill before the Nevada Lcgisla-
ture makes II misdemeanor for any
woman to s'wear a hat at any tEieatre
of greater heighttha three inches"
BouIanger, in the course of the
twenty-five elections between May 20,
1887, and Jan. 27, 1889, wherein he
has competed, has had the satisfaction
of receiving 974s 500 votes.
The London friends Of Henry Stan
ley believe the explorer Is returning
to England, and that any day news
may be received Of bis arrival on the
coast or in the Congo free state.
w. J. ArkeIl, Of Jadge, and several
other we'll known New York newspaper
men, are, 1t is said, about to arrange
for the publication in London Of an
Americau.satirioal periodical.
Among Presidents Gieyelauds recent
appointments is that Of Col Joseph
Cabell Breckenridge, assistant inspec-
tor-general, to be inspector.g general Of
the United States army, succeeding
Brigadier-General Roger Jones, Dc.
ceased, in the Office. The appoint.
ment carries with il a promotion 10
the rank of brigadier-generaI
Gen. VIM. B. franklin, United States
commissioner to the PARIS Exposition,
says; "The American exhibit will be
much finer aud moEe extensive than
we at first anticipated There will be
a general representation of industrial,
manufacturing and business lines.
American inventive genius will play
an important part in the general ex-
position"
The German squadron which has
been ordered to Port Said whether
with the intention of being dispatched
thence to Samoa is not yet plaln---does
not consist of ironolads, as was at first
announced, The Bismarck and the
Stoscb, the largest vessels of the four,
are unarmored fngates Of only $500
tons aud 194 knots speed, The main
armament Of each is sixteen 3J-ton
guns.
There is very romantic history
connected with the fortune of the late
Mrs Adelioia Cheatham, whose will was
construed by the Davidson Co., Tenn,
circuit court last week, and on account
of tho prominence Of the parties inter
ested attracts wide attention. The
suit was decided in favor of the con
testee, Hon. JosepheH Acklen, for
mer member of Congress from this
State and a sou Of Mrs, Cheatham.
There is some doubt as to whether
the vacant position Of second vice.
president of the Missouri Pacific rail
road will be filled at the coming
election on March 70, but it is said by
those well posted that Mr., Gould's
second son, Edward, who is now about
29 years old, will be elected to that
position, Young Gould has no pTao-
tical knowledge Of railroad business,
but will speedily be broken in by his
father and elder brother, George J.,
Gould.
There were 1885 accidents on the
railroads IN the United States during
1888. Of these s04 were collisions,
1889 were derailmepts and 90 acci-
dents of another nature, OF the col
lisiou 404 we're from the rear, 3ll
were butting and 80 were crossings.
Defects in the road caused ls9 deFail-
ments, defects of equipment caused
las and neglect in operating caused
l4a, The killed numbered 667, of
whom 434 were employees and l6s
passengers.
The Alaska seals have paid Uncle
Sam for Alaska, which cost him
S7,0O0,00O. Since 1870 the Alaska
Commercial Company has paid the
government s5, 597 100 for seals killed.
The customs duties from Alaska seal
skins dressed In Europe have yielded
in round numbers about S4,000,00o.
by the new contract with The company
the United States is to receive $780,
900 per annum for two years and 80 so
per bend for each seal taken, the eannual
catch to be limited 70 100000 seals.
Olive culture in California Is rapidly
assuming large proportions, There
arc orchards there Of $4,000 trees, and
thousands more are being set annually.
la that climate the olive crop is as alb
solutely snre as anything earthly can
be it II gathered IN December aid
January, when help il plenty, and
keeps remarkably well. The trees are
set shirtY,Gye ioot apart, and Is ten
years are required 70 bring them from
cuttings 70 TIE bearing point, grape
vines ara sot between Them, All ma,
turity tho average yield Is $40 worth
Of fruit per year,
Az the dinner given BY Prince Bis
merck 20 the members of tho lower
house Of the Pfussan Diet. last week
ihe Chancellor said he regarded + as
an utter impossibilily ih8t She samoan
question should have the effect Of ia
leFrnpling those friendly selatiebs ha
tween aeFmaay aaa Amefioa which
had existed faF 4 eeniRFy Ihe geo
afaphieal situation 81 ssnaA aua iha
impeFfeclian 81 telegraph eommapiea
ioH rendered Il impassible for lin a
ba responsible f1F III ihe aelA ~ Gen
maH agepls u the Paeihal hai NE per-
ties ~ iha dispEte HaFe animated liY
tle besl spirll, and ha doubt Gafmaay
commercial Interests @qala aol nale'
FiallY satler