The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1890-01-17
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This parish has sent delegate to
the convention Of equsliEsFs which
meets il Baton Rouge on the 2sth Of
this mOnih.-SL lEarg RanRsT.
A generous but unknown citizen Of
Donaldsonville has made donation
Of Zoe, GOO bricks 10 the new Catholic
church being erected in that town.
Bayou Lafurcho has fallen again and
the steamboats, care finding difficulty
lin keeping up the navigation of the
stream. The dredgeboat is steadily at
work.
Ex-Speaksr Il. w. 0gdsn's arrival
in Shreveport is announced by the
Timss.~ Mr. Ogden has extensive in
tcrosts in California and Mexico, but
still regards Louisiana as home.-EE
Governor Nichols has offered a $500
reward FOR the arrest and conviction
of the parties who burned the house
and store of W. A. Atkinson At SibAsy,
Webster parish, on the night of
Dec, 3lst.
We are informed that Judge r. S.
Perry contemplates erecting 3 sugsr re-
finery on his place near Perry's Bridge.
So much for Perry's Bridge. 1t will
bring capital to that piace.-AbbrUiIls
Mrriii0Bal.
The citizens of Baton Rouge have
already subscribed $4,000 Of stock
to the new building association. 1t
is thought that $4,000 will be read-
lily subscribed, so progressive has our
sister city beOome.-RrricE.
a pbiianthroPic gentleman of Baton
Rouge, name unknown, presented on
Christmas day $50 10 each Of the
churches Of the town, $50 to each of
the orphan asylums, sad generous de-
nations To the poor. His good exam
pie Is vel worthy Of imitation.-Ez,
The new shaft being sunk al the
Avery Salt Mines will be made 300
feet deep before mining operations
are commenced. New buildings will
be erected over the new shaft and only
the machinery will be removed from
the site Of the abandoned shsft-Lbe-
MA BRfcrprisr.
Every vacant lot in orr town is now
crowded with droves Of mules or
horses, and at every honr Of the DAY
some prospective purchaser may be seen
driving rapidly down our streets test
ing the going and lasting qualities Of
some horse that has captured his fan
cy,--y7OiRt Couper Banner.
Mr.. Philip Zernott left Wednesday
last for Lake Charles We are sorry
to sec thst the yonDg nan is leaving
Us, but nevertheless we wish him al.
the success he deserves, for he is a
very energetic Yong man. and Lake
Charles vii hud him to be q good
ciuzen.-W asilnqton AdporGte.
Tie ST. Landry Democrat gives tine
following figures as the aggregate ship |
ment Of produce. from Opelonsas 10
New Orleans from Sept. LIST to Dec.
3lst 1889: Cotton, 5lO9 bales; cotton
seed, $3.50 tons; rice, 57,lO6 sacks;
sugar, 100 bhds; molases, AL bbIs;
hides, (green), $50; hides, (dried), so.
Last Tuesday evening, we visited
the Iberia Oil Mills and soap works Of
Messrs. Gates 4, Weary to see the light
ing of the establishment BY electricity.
The little La Roche dynamo of twenty
light power worked like charm; the
lights are of the Edison incandecent
kind and are bright and steady, being
of course vast improvement over
coal oil lamPs.-Iberia Enterprise.
Well borers Cd the Lawson planta-
ton, West Feliciana, while at work
last week struck a sound cypress log
80 feet beneath the surface of the
ground, The boring was on a high
bill, at least one half mile from any
stream, and tue Sentinel advances the
suggestion that the log is a relic of
Noah, but exactly why the ark drifted
to West Eeliciana is a question that
ye editor fails to make cIear.-Review