The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-06-03


New Advertisements" this week. Mr.
Petit -soIicits the custom of all who
have work 10 his line, and guarantees
satisfaction both as to work and price.
Give him trial.
District court last week was devoted
principally to the trial of exceptions.
motions, ETC., and the fixing of cases
for trial This week the court has
settled down to business, and things
are working as smoothly as if they had |
been specially creased for the occasion.
Sunday morning or Saturday night
some evil disposed persons disfgured
the sign and wihdows of A, ScbWab by
throwing coal tar Or paint over them.
This is getting too frequent and our
authorities should hunt these evil doors
out and severely punish them.
Last Friday some fishermen picked
up a bottle that was seen floating down
the river. The bottle was tightly
eorked and In it was found a piece of
paper with the following written upon
it whoever fluids this, look fer me
at Perkins ferry" and was signed ~.
S. L." Whether this was only done
for joke, or there is 9 mystery con
neeted with it. we are unable to say.
Cspt. J. W. Bryan, is having his
large building at the corner of Ryan
and Kirby streets, (the old court house,
repaired and fitted up for offices he
has had door made to enter from the
side street and is having a gallery
made to the second story front Mr..
a. i, Robinson is doing the work, and
in saying this, it is needless to say that
every thing will be made comfortable,
and that the work will be first class.
The building is also being newly
painted.
Mr.. Jerry Cline arrived home last
Monday night from Winfield, Kansas,
where he has been attending college for
the past year. Jerry is just as clever and
Jolly as ever, and We we're glad to see
him looking well and hearty. He
informs us that he was in close prox-
unity to the late cylone in Wellington,
Kansas, and is glad to get back home
7 again and escape the billiards. and
storms for which Kansas is being
noted.
Chas. Brown, q young white man.
; employed at Perkins & Miller's saw
mill at Westlake, met with q serious
: aud painful accident last Wednesday
, he was engaged in attending to thu
log car which carries the logs from thu
river to the milI, when one Of the log
felhon him and broke his leg near th'
/. thigh and alAo broke one of his ribs
Be was attended by Doctors Perkins
Lyons and Smith. He is doing as vel
i as could be expected.
Z, "
"Wednesday morning at about
o'clock this section was visited by
Z young cyclone, or perhaps we la
+ better say hurricane" as it came in
hurry aud left off as sudden. 1t Taste
r. for about half an hour, but during thi
]. short time, we understand there We
> considerable damage done, to whi
extent or nature, other than the prol
p trating Of fences and trees, we hay
!, failed to learn up to the preseI
= writing .....
Thursday night Of last week . lare
" " meeting was held oyer Touchy's saloo
and the following ticket, called u
Inyineible ticket, was nominated
n For mayor, A. Schwab; for counci
Y: men, Nat Massey, Ed Ryan, Cha
Winterhalter. Mac Gantp and VI
Murray. Mr.. Schwab, the nomin,
g for mayor, invited The meeting TO pa
Il take Of beer all around, and promis'
TO publish bis platform. We unde
\. ] and that $3.50 80 vas subscribed
4 the campaign fund. The geptleui
i. who heads the ticket alone spbscribil
II n, 800 Of the amount.
Three Of the six prisoners, who We
placed il irons on last Saturday
4. attempting 10 break out Of jail, sV
A, oesded the same night in freeing the
selves Of their sbaokleg by securing
4. old hatchet and brealing the iro
III which bound Their feet. Monday u
were again placed - irons, This ~
na one Of The prisoners secured and
y 40 old monkey-Ereneh which
loE laying upon Che floor o. the laii v
az. which he hoped 70 again free hina
"a and companions Of The obnoxious iFo.
fos But the kean ege Of the blasfem
noticed the disappearance cf the wrer
and reported The fact 70 tile ieilor, 4
asa. Harmon. who immediately made
eFs- prisoner sutEsndsr ~