The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-09-16
ETATE NEWS.


/ 81 Charles Hsrald: Monday last,
dnriag the thunder STERN, Charles
Thompson, q eoiored iaborer, was
airuok by lightning and instantly
killed o. The Waterford plantation
Coroner Stein visWed the body.
Vernon HTsus: Miss Maggie Smart
refnrned fEum Wesilake last Saturday
being accompanied by hersisier, Mfs.
| ID. Il. Lyons, and Mrs. Belle Doa4e
/ We appFeeiata the visit of these aEnisbif
ladies and hope they Eiil enjay them
selves while 10 ont city.
/ Iberytlis Home Journal Our good
friend and popular druggist, Mr. T
III, Landry, has cent rs 3 curiosity. /
consists Of faded rose bud, dried and
Il hard packed, from the very heart o.
shieh a fresh, ypnng bnd has grown
and opened. We have never seer
anything like it before.
4 IberyiIle South A large cave oe
carred in front of the Cora plantation
during The week. The warehouse
Eas completely destroyed. This eaFt
will Hecessitate the bnilding of a Res
lsvee. 1t will aiso be necessary Il
hniid a new leYee in front of The
Aibnnlbra.
| Col. d. B. Penn, third ytce. president
of the national commission aud CON
missioner to The worlds fair, says ID.
S36. 900 appropriated by the Legislature
W,ii be Increased hg private sab
scripiioas 10 100000, wbieh viii
enable LgnisiaBa To make crrdItabIe
show at the Columbian Exposition.
The Lafayette AdVsrirssr say
''1be proposition for The establish
meBl Of a central sRgnF refinery al
Lafayette has liaRIly ASSUMED d~tinit..
and tangible proportions ar was eFI-
drneed by u large sud s@BthUsaastic
meeting held n Fslk's h last SsInr
day 10 fnrtheresnee Of Ibe eBLerpFlar
Pat Williams and Pompey CorIey
met at q funeral last we, K IA R~prdes
aud eng. g-d in an alteration. IL the.
melee Williams wife wrth her babs
70 Der arms stripped be'weeU tbrn,
when CerIry drew a pistol and feed al
Williams. The bullet psased tbr,'ngh
the hai,y's hesn aud lodged ia VIII
ilams' body. CVrlry escaped.
FfaDkiiaioD Esw Era: On Friday
last the first Bew cotton WAS brought
10 IDRn, ard consisted Of three baI..s,
.eing brought By A-ssrs. J W. BnT-
ris, s. W. Aagee aud Monroe ME-
reso, respectively. The cotton was
sold from six and one.faurrh 10 seven
cents, Mr. BnFris, lbe first, occurred
the premium barrel of fl .nr.
Clinton FateIsaan The new board
Of administration of the insane asy lum
held their 6rsi meeting on Monday lb+
9Th inst, and elected DR.. a. Gaydep
superintendent with DR.. A. Z. HDl
comb and DR.. Jesse Lea, assistants.
DR. Holcamb gets rise 40 has salary
from $1,000 10 $500 per sDnnm. Mr.
Charles E. Decker, elected GreasuTer.
Ranger The rice harvest has
just opened mp and already there is a
scarcity Of labor. If good weather
continues Aesd a will reach the million
barrel limit, and 1t will require an pm-
mvnse amount of surplus labor to.
move it. How beautifully naiure'F
grand law Of compensation operates!
Here are food and wealth for the
starving thousands rendered destitute
by the overflow in the fertile valleys
Of the Mississippi and The BED.
Alexandria Democrat The city
conbcil made good move Monday 10
authorizing the city attorney to draw
up contract with certaln parties here
giving them The right of way fer a
new street railway company. WI"
says the CITY is dead or deeayingl
When such men as are at the head OF
M enterprise Of this kind conelude 10
put their money 10 Itit is an assurance
OF the t0Rn's steady graRlh. This
little town is On DO boom, nor daes il
entertain sny buDeombe, but thing
look prosperous and 1t i building up
10 a clty's standard Al good rate.
Mansfield Dezaoeratie Journai. a
short tlme siheH lbe eoloErd -peapls
living on Four Mile bayou erected b
church bear thR crossing on the Msr
celle road, 10 one corner of which MAS
placed memorial slab, underneath
which WAS deposited coin, or COIN,
in accordance with a time hsnOFed
custam. 0Be evening last week .
sneak thief gisited The place, knocked
,snt The slab and stole the money. T.
say that The members of that eIiufel
are wfathg Bonld BE- arawlag il lnild
---ihey are fnriouss and justly 40. over
the ontrsge and vail wrsak geangaancs
on The thief should they caleb np with
ham.
New Iberia 6'atstpslse Just ~ w
anticipated aud expressed pnr conf
depee, tha police iaEy NJ ils regnlal
session Iast ipaaay, responded ~ iae
public demand add fxed The salary 81
parish treasurer ss &25O per annnir
aithont d discerning voice. saving II
the parish Oh this item alone, ap~arc
Of 800 per apnnm ~ she agiialier
of tins MISTER ihe Eassgggise Wal