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 ExchnnEess

The Viadicat0T has been turning ont
n large unantity OF fine wedding invita-
tinps Degpite the hard times the young
peopIe will love each other, which al
ways leads to gTaver deeds.-FTanittl"
Viadicat0r.
Saturday at Mr.. W. G. Browns mill,
one mile north of SPearsEille, about Il
O'Clock, Sidney johnson, a colored man
was killed by the accidental discharge !
of n 30 calihre target rifle in the hands
of Willie BroRn.-FdTH1e7'0tAe 6dyei!e'
The oyster fisherman have been stop
ped from bedding oysters on the reefs
until the first of September. Many OF
them have returned here from the
coast, and will await the date fixed by
law for bedding oysters.-Mo7gan City
RsDieW.
The water works will be commenced
some time this week in dead earnest
We expect to see things move along
fast under the management OF such en-
ergetic and pushing men as those who
inauEurated this useful addition to our
city. Alexandria Democrat.
There is some complaint that the rice
is ripening unevenly-sOme rice begin
ming to fall down from OverTipeness.
while other in the same piece is not
ripe. This is probably due to the
unevenness in coming up, owing to the
/ dry weather in the spring Ranger.
An unknown white man was found
dead yesterday on the railroad at Race
land. DR.. Thomas Stark, of ThibOdaux.
deputy coroner for this parish, was sent
for by the railroad authorities to exam
inc the maugled body. It is supposed
that the man was killed by the cars
LqfOurcbe Comet.
We understand there will be four new
warehouses for rise built this fall for
the present crop at Jennings. a good
move in the right direction. Build
good warehouses, grade your rice care
fully, and buyers will come to it, Thus
you can avoid sending to and storing in
some foreign market .-,JenniRgSR Reporter
Times are quiet, as is usual in sum-
mer, but there never was so promising
an outlook for fall and winter. Good
crops are almost assured Immigration
is likely to be exceedingly lively and
Jennings is so located as to be certain
of her share. It would be difficult to
imagine more favorable outlook
| Lake Arthur Herald.
There has been going on for some
| time II this town a series of bold and
bad bnrgIaries and is about time prompt
and effective measures were taken to
pnt stop to them before some good
citizen gets killed. The council made
good move in appointing a night
Waterman and we hope his efforts will
have some effect Already one desper-
ate criminal has paid the penalty for his
thievery and it is to be hoped the band
or gaug will be dispersed, AterGndria
Democrat.
The new police jury has started out
in the right direction, and If that body
keeps on in the same path it will give
st. Mary an admin >tratiOn of which
the people will feel proud. Among
other things a resolution was adopted
ordering the parish ordinances compiled
and printed in pamphlet form for distri-
button. A great part of the meeting
was consumed by drainage measures for
all sections of the parish. Keep up the
good work and always do the right
thing and the people will glOrifv you
and your acts.-FTGnllin ViadicdtOr.
Secretary Koran Gays and he knows
that the coming State Fair and Shreve
port Exposition will be the "bigglst anG
the best" ever known in the history o
the association. The premium list bal
been enlarged, and every facility Offered
for the proper entry of exhibits. OhiI
2 dren are requested TO turn to the specia
premium list, where they will fluid
special class opened for their art work
The collectors of minerals and shells
moths and butterflies will do well t
e look to the premiums offered, and thaul
, their good friend, Secretary Koran, 70
the interest he has taken in their work
I - Caucasian.
Now the kick is on. At its meeting
! last Monday the police jury resolved Il
raise the valuation of lands in the paris
D from fly to hundred per cent, &C
] cording to locality. The assessment
having been completed this can only b
e done by summoning each man who's
, property is to be raised before the boar
= and giving him a hearing. The sheri
rs now busy serving citations, aud tn
y howl is on in earnest. The heaviest ar
probation in values will be in The frs
= and newly created sixth wards, but q
8 advance will be made "all along th
8 line. "-Rdyae Ranger.
A Iamented accident occurred las
Sunday in the family of DR.. Louis /
q / Meyer. His baby boy, who will /
- three years old 10 September, .had
= cuPof hot grease preeipitated upon hi
Il which cooked. scalded and peeled ii
t flesh from the face, arms and body {
e the child in an sunmereIful manner
!, seems that the cook had placed cup
hot grease on the table in the kitehe
4 and the little fellow reached up to I'll
table to catch the cup and upset Il
fiery liquid over himself. He is no
u being fdeVotedly attended to, and v
!. hope he will recover from the affection
7. -Lqf0urche Gomez.
N Capt. S. r.. Gay, of Bellgroye plant
e ton, and Capt. j. 4. White, Of nel
Jeanerette. La, made as an extendt
visit Friday and Saturday of last wee.
To- Messrs. Gay and White are in the NOV
!, ment in calling o convention of Il
!, Sugar, Rice and Lumber men of soutl
y west Louisiana to meet at Franklin (
q Sept. eth, 1892, to select man to re-
e resent their interests in protecting h
y. industries mentioned above. We speI
"a for q large attendance at this time,
IN there are no more vital interests know
a TO the leading industries than the pr
- lection we so much need congressml
% to lock after Jennings Reporter.
at Yesterday morning about 2 80 o'clo
= an alarm was turned in from box 4
r. corner Of Murphy street and Texas b
~ enue. The fire department respoI
re promptly TO the call and discovered I
es dry kiln in the lumber yard of Mess
be Whited a Wheelers on fire. Only b
et ping was available for the fire depaI
. ment to secure water from. and I'll
4 was very weak so weak, in fact, that
u was inapossiblefor the stream to rea
&c the top Of one Of the hnes, where
es FIRE had originated. A telephone d
uf patch was at once sent In for both |
ed gines, which caused delay Of sol
be very precious moments. but when on
.iIl got TO working, and after much ha
NJ work, che fire was soon got under 90
troll and confined to the dry kiln aloi
which was completely destroyed