The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19
STATE NEWS.
Items of Interest Called from
Our State Exchanges.

There are thirty.one colored schools
in Iberville parish and only twenty
white.
Fire damaged the drug store Of
Messrs. Pipes & Irwin, of Clinton,
Saturday night last to the amount Of
several hundred dollars. There was
no insurance.
Actual work upon the railroad ex-
tension will begin next Monday.
Contractor Martin, with all the para
phernaIia for work, will arrive today
or tomorrow from Baton Rouge
NdtchitocheS Enterprise.
The contract for building the new
cotton compress has been given out
The building material IS being placed
on the grounds, and work is to be
pushed vigorously forward. The ma
chinery will be here towards the latter
part of next month, and 1t will be but
few days thereafter before the com
press will be in full operation -OPe-
iousas Courier.
1t is generally conceded that large
corn crop will be made IN this parish
this year. The prospect for a large
yield of cotton is promising, though
we hear that the plant is shedding in
some sections. Rust has made its
appearance on the lowIands. Should
no calamity overtake it, the crop will
be large one.-Mdnsfeld Democrats
Journal.
By vote of 29 to eight, the jour,
mails represented at the recent session
of the Louisiana Press Association
expressed their belief that the leVee
system, in conjunction with the outlet
system, is the only practical plan OF
protecting the riparian parishes along
the banks of the Mississippi from in.
undstion. They further favored the
national government taking charge
and control of this work. -.FarmerViH'
Gazette.
We learn that there is some quiet
talk among the cOlored population OF
this place and vicinity of forming an
emigration society, the objrctiVe poinr
being Oklahoma. AS yet the senti
meDt is in It's incipieucy, and it is very
doubtful if it ever assumes large pro
portions. We have heard of some
fair promises that are being made tc
the negroes to go to the new promised
land, but it is very doubtful if the
makers of them cam redeem them
Doubtless some sharper IS trying tC
make money Of the creduity Of Oul
black peoPIe.-De"lOcrat'JouraaL
The killing of Henry SberIiDg bar
been "sli the talk" for three or foul
days. All that seemed certain so far
as we could learn, was as follows
Sterling and Hobgood were at The
house of Ben Duncan, two or three
miles above the upper line of Washing
ton parish and some five or six miler
east of Bogue CbItto river, late Sun
day evening, and no one else wa
present, the owner and bis wife having
gone TO church. Hobgood said tina
Sheriug was shot by parties in smbust
when be went out of the gate to gel
bis horse.-Amit CITY independent.
The police jury of CoDcordla parish
because of the serious loss to thu
popuace by reason of the ditastrou
overflow, and the consequent depressed
and demoralized financial condition o
the people, reduced the assessments o
the property holders of the parish tifry
per cent all around. This reduction
of assessment will cause a comparative
decrease in the revenues of the parish
and to provide against this emergenc,
the police jury curtalled the expense
of the parish $4,000 to $4,000 by re
ducing the salaries of officials aDt
employees as we'll as striking all pau
pers from the charity list-Fa' mer
0itie Gazette.
Money is scarce 10 this parish, Blu
then our people have nothing to give
for money, except a solemn promise
to pay back what they may be able tC
borrow from some fellow who has il
to lend. If we all had bought les
corn ard bacon on time to make thu
present crop With, all of US would
have more money than We will baV'
when the present crop is marketed
But by the time all the "eredIt" baoOr
and meal and corn bought this yea
are paid for, there will be another
painful scarcity of cash in this parish
next year. And such Is life wbero
cotton is produced 10 buy other thing
that can be produced in this country
-Bdstrop Appeal.
The residence of our worthy fellow
citizen, H. B. Samuel, Oh TUESDAY
night last, was entered by thieves VIII
robbed that gentleman of his pistol
shotgun, rife and other articles, AM
rod off fine horse. A negro namet
Jackson, an ex convict, was seen Of
The plantation the day before and j
was at once surmised. that be might b.
the robber. The negro was arrested
10 town on Wednesday and the pisto
of Mr.. Samuel found upon bis person
The mare was also found abandoned
near the corporation line Of this city
Henry Peterson, Norman Peterson
aud Arthur Tulley were also arreste'
on suspicion Of being implicated II
the robbery.-BatOn Rouge Truth.