The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1890-03-14
News.

The "0man'S League held tbeh
first annual meeting At Tulane hall,
New Orleans, on the Sth inst.
One of the New Iberia fire com
panies has ordered a new hook and
ladder apparatus at a cost Of $500.
The average percentage of deaths
in New Orleans during the past week
is; whites, 9459; colored, 1875 ;
total, S0.8l.
Four Thousand nine hundred and
fifty dozen eggs were shipped from
AbbevlIIc last Tuesday, on the
steamer f. Fl. Barmore.
New Orleans will, in sixty DAYS,
have riding academy; the room will
be l22 feet by 70 feet Ladies', gen,
;lemeu and children will be taught
riding.
The Sheriff of Livingston, arrested
z. Hall and L. Morgan, charged with
the murder Of G. c. White, near
Springfield, and lodged them IN Jail
at New Orleans for safe keeping
The police jury, of ST.. Landry, has
appropriated $1,000 to assist the
parish of Avoyellcs in keeping up the
Bayou DtGIaizc levec. This levec
projects a considerable section of the
Iowlands OF ST. Landry.
The Lake Charles Echo has entered
npun it's twenty-second year. Tn"
ECHO is a pioneer IN Louisiana
journalism and one of the most inter
esting and valuable papers now in
the state We congratulate its lon
gpvity and vaIne-I6erviHc South.
The late grand jury report on gamb,
ling houses in New Orleans seems to
have stirred the police, and on the 9th,
the first arrest was made Of one John
son, Ne. 81 ST. Charles street, on the
report of Meade Montgomery, step
son Of E A. Burke, who claimed to
have been feeced.
The Lake Chorles EoHo closed
the doors of Plat volume February
18th, wI'h expressed satisfactory sue
cess, and will today open the doors
Vt its 29nd volume, happy of It's past
and bright with its hopes for the
future The EcHo is a factor of
Lonislana's prosperity and for the
good is ready 10 strike.-EGgic
Eye,
Rnston seems to be fast growing
INTO popularity as a place for hold
ing conventions. Tins far it is
known that four conventions will bo
held al that place, VIZ: The Wo
mans Christian Temperance Union Of
Louisiana. the PRESBYTERIAN Presbv-
terry, the State Agricultural Society,
and the Baptist State Convention.-|
Gazette.
The Lake Charles Echo has closed
its twenty first volume. 1t has wit
messed the evolution of its town from
an insignificant little village to one
Of the most thriving places in the
state, to which gratifying change it
has contributed in no small degree.
May it live long and prosper, and
may Bro Bryan's shadow never grow
less .-Opeionsas Courier.
The New Orleans City and Lake
Railroad has instituted S128,75O
damage snit against the city for per
hitting the operation of a competing
line of street cars on Camp street.
The company has the exclusive right
of.way on Camp street for 25 years.
and this action of the city is con
sdered breach of contract that
makes her liable to the railroad 10 the
above named sum for injury to prop.
erty, etc.-La. ReVies0.
The Lake Charles Echo completed
its 2lst volume on th" 28th nit. We
hope the Echo will be published for
many years to come, and become
more prosperous each year Ills a
6rst-cIass paper, and is always wei
coined by this editor. By.the-way,
the Lake Charles people may not
know it, bnt it Is a fact, that the
prosperity and growth of that city
has been chiefly brought about by
the Lake Charles press.--dIeraadria
ToWn Talk.
Lake Charles is promising to be
quite a railroad center. The Watkins
road, the Shreveport and Gulf, and
now, the DeSoto Democrat tells us
that the Texas and Pacific Railroad
Company have put a Surveying party
At work upon proposed route from
ProveEcaI 10 Lake Charles. 1t is
stated that the object of this survey
is to build road through the section
named, 10 order to develop the vast
timber interest of Mr.. GouId in Ner-
non and Calcasieu parishes -Abbe
gille MeridiOnai.
(NoFe eonfreFe de llEoHo entire
dams sa Vingt deuxieme aimee. Son
premier numero aparn leteVFiaF 1868.
"A scette occasion, il jette, ayee ffrFre,
40 comp d.RiI reFospeetif sur son
passe gui a etc en- aeffet, glorieux. Il
a assisIe, deputies sa snaissanee, a biep
DIES transformatiaus, a bien fdes pro
gras de Lac Charles tet i peut Sc
vanter rd'y avoir pdissammept con.
tribue. Nous lefaIieitons de sa pros.
peru6 aetuelle ct ilui souhaitons
Iungue vie ct prosperit6 touiopFs
enthusiastically
Atlhe last meeting of the North
Louisiana Agricultural Society, a
resolution was passed, recommending
the fencing ip 0fall hogs. Wethink
cattle and all kinds Of stock might
as well have also been included. Itis
far cheaper to fence in cattle than to
fence in the crops Besides, if farm.
efs were forced TO keep their hogs
and cattle within enelosnres, the
ftFazor back shoat and scrub COW
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