The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-03-08
STATE NEWS.
The governor has appointed ]. c.
Hines parish snrveYur Of CaldwelI.

January, 1881, will be paid on presen-
tation at the State treasury, Baton
Rouge.
DIR r. II. Day, of Baton Rouge, has
accepted the chair of diseases of
children in the New Orleans Polytech-
mic School of Medicine.
NJ Y. Hargrove has been appointed
Justice of the peace of the seventh
ward of Calcasier parish, vice Joseph
Parr, removed from the parish.
A new bank with a capital of $780,
600 OF $4,000 will be started in Baton
Rouge IN a few weeks. a number Of
solid business men are at the head Of
the enterprise.
Governor Nichols has pardoned
Placide Hcadeu, convicted of man
slaughter in Tangipahoa in January,
1888, and sentenced to ten years IN
the Pcnitcntiary.
At meeting of the directors of the
new oil mill at Baton Rouge MIR. Ed
gar W. West, of Now Orleans, was
elected superintendent and will take
charge of the fitting mp of the mill.
Messrs. Clay Knoblock and E. A.
O'Snlivan had a misunderstanding at
Tmbodeaux, last week, which threat
ened a duel, but by the intorpOsitOn
of friends, the affair was amIcabiy
settled.
In the United States court at Shroyo-
port, last week, the trial of Jesse Rog
ers, indicted for robbing the United
States mail between Homer and Gibbs
land, resulted in a verdict by the jury
of not guilty.
The Denver CxCursionists seem to
be having a good time taking in long
breaths Of the baImy midwinter zeph-
yrs of the Louisiana coast They are
loud in their praise Of the delightful
climate and delicious perfumes.
Last week Aaron Bryant, a youth
of Is years, son of NJ. 7. Bryant Of
Beaver Creek, near Alexandria, as
saulted Charles Jordon, one of his
comrads about the same age, striking
him with a stick, from the effects of
which Jordon died the following night.
FvangeIinc PythIan lodge, of Morgan
City, at their meeting last week, in
stalled the following officers for the
ensuing year: A. Macarthur. past
chancellor II. NJ. Mayo, chancellor
commander c. A. Joret, vice chancei-
lor; G. W. Smith, prelate ?. LanIttc,
master of exchequer; DR.. Wise, master
of finance Chas Lehman, keeper of
records and seals NJ Coquenhem,
master of arms.
The Louisiana conference Of African
Methodists closed highly satisfactory
annual session last week at Bayou
Sara, The aggregate collections for
various purposes ammonnted TO more
than $1,000. Bishop Grant made all
the necessary appointments. The pre-
siding elders of the first, second and
third districts being respectively, Revs,
A. NJ. Green, J. D. Haynes and J II.
Harper.
In the district court AT Shreveport,
last week, Judge A. W. q, Hicks fined
Henry Hoizner, who pleaded guilty to
violation of the Sunday law in two
cases, $3.50 in each case aud costs.
There are about a dozen indictments
for Sunday violations against the dc
PENDANT, which have been continued
unit. the next term in April, The
court closed a very busy criminal term
Of SIX weeks duration.
The Baton Rouge Episcopal couyo-
cation met in the Church of the As
cension in DonaIdsonvilIe on the 26th,
27th and 28th ult. There were pres
enl Rev. w. X. Douglas, D. D., dean
Of the convocation Rev. A. S. Clark,
Rev DR.. Upton, Rev. b. Brown and
Rev w. T. Douglass Services were
held several times each day, sermons
preached, and on Wednesday adiscus-
sion was held by the clergy on the
proper age for confirmation, followed
IN the evening 10y missionary service
and addresses by the various clergy
men.
There are among the records stored
in the war department some archives
of the State of Louisiana winch were
removed from Baton Rouge during
the war by the federal authorities.
There is standing order of the war
department which permits the return
of such records upon the application
of governor of State and it Is I'M
derstood that Governor Nichols has
made an application of that character.
The secretary of war has INST sent to
Congress statement of useless dOcu-
meDts on tile in the department, which
he recommends should be DESTROYED.
The New Orleans States in an inter
view with Mr. Nathan, general south
ern agent of the Denver, Fl. Worth
and Texas railroad, in regard 10 the
report that Mr. F. 3. Chiffon, pFes.
dent of the Southern immigration Blu.
reau, intends TO make that city his
headquarters. Mr. Nathan said that
be did not think the report was cor.
rect, for the reason that the move
ment to raise a fund sufficient to .es-
tablish the bureau hcre had fallen fiat,
and other cities had offered SO mnch
better inducements that he did not
think Mr.. Chiffon would locate here.
lie had heard nothing that would
lead him to1belieye that the report was
we'll founded. He deprecated the in
difference our citizens had shown in.
the movement for the reason that If
the headquarters of the bnreau are es-
ftablished at Atlanta or Birmingham,
Louisiana will not profit By the immi,
grafton into the South.
4 Last Friday night, At Port Allen,
Miss Louise Bourke, adopted daughter
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