The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1890-01-10
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Street lamps are being Introduced
IN Mansfield, DeSoto parish.
It's proposed to erect an elevated
belt railroad at New Orleans.
Shreveport has had forty.two mar
riages duung Christmas week.
The Mississippi Valley railroad is
about to construct new two STORY
depot at Baton Ronge.
Emancipation was celebrated b.
the colored people of Baton Rouge,
on the first Of January, 1890.
Installation Of officers of the Ma
sonic Fraternity has taken place at
many places during the holidays.
The parish of Grant is said TO have
received an increase Of two hundred
to its population during Christmas
week.
The 0uaehita Telegraph and Mon
roe Bulletin have been consolidated.
The new paper will appear before the
public as the Telegraph Bulletin.
DonaIdsonvillc is getting to be a
great show town. Five entertainments
at the Opera Hons, a sword combat
at Cleveland Parke and free perform
ance every night near the wharf, is
the record tor the current week end
lug tonight. Tomorrow we are to
have another sword fight and a circus
CHIEF,
On last Thursday night boy named
Joseph Herbert tried to jump on a
passing train at TigervIlle and IN do
ing so fell between the cars and had
both of his legs completely cut off
DR.. Wise was Immediately sent for
and went down on the next train. 1t
Is hardly TO be expected that the boy
will live.-Fres Press.
The Iberia Oil Mills Of Messrs. Gates
& Eeagey will be the first establish
ment to be lighted by electricity in
New Iberia. These gentlemen have
purchased a twenty light dynamo
which they will soon have in operation.
The lights are of sixteen candle power.
but the intention is to put mp only
eight lamps and concentrate into that
number the full power of the dynamo.
Iberia Enterprise
An explosion from gas in a sub
staDtial two-story brick building, at
the corner Of Elysian Fields and Vic,
tory streets. New Orleans, occurred al
2:4O a. m, December 3Oth, entirely de
moiishiug the building, which, in fall,
ing, buried several persons and quickly
became wrapped in flames. The police
force and firemen displayed rare energy
and ber0ism in the bold rescue they
effected, saving all.
Policeman Dennis Doyle, of Wash /
ingtoD, who was shot in the arm by a
negro Oh Thursday of last week, Is
going well. The negro who shot him
is a stranger and gives his name as
Charley Brown. He was arrested the
Dexl day at Morrow station after re-
sjsting arrest and being shot through .
the feshy part Of the leg When ar
rested he was found possessed Of a
large revolver, a dirk knife and a
loaded cane.-Opeiousas Courier.
Says the supreme court in the Des-
champs case, abiding to the attorney
generals comments in his brief: The
many points in the brief are com
mented upon, aud the court concludes
as follows: Nor can it be permitted
TO any one, how respectable soever
his standing may be, to so far forget
his official standing with this tribunal,
and What is due to it, as to point out
under the Pretense of interest in its
jurisprudence what particular opinions
are worthy Of favor and what need to
he indicated by the court "Com-
meDt would add nothing to the force
of these conclusions, aud we will con
ctude by expressing the view that was
expressed Ivy the majority of that
court, justice has been done. Re-
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