The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-04-28
ECHOES.


ECHOES.
Or. A. n. Pierce. homeopaihist.
The concert of The isdies Of the Baptist
church has been postponed uu,n May ION.
The wsters-FIsree on Company have laid
tbe foundation for huge Oh tank. on east
Brosd street.
On Wednesday and Thursday Of this week
the great Fyndie sale Of Richardson & Mills
took place, ne goods bringing good prices.
The walls OF The HorTidge- Rock building
on PuiO street are going up rapidly, and we
mRy look for u completion at an early date.
After close confinement Of about a month
with aprained leg, Mr.. r. P. 0'Bryaa is out
on the street again. he IL, however, coms
PEELED to use a erutch, as he cannot straighten
his leg YET but hopes soon to be able to do 20.
The Kansas City, Watkins and Gulf Rail
way received two new locomotives this week.
This rad Is rapidly coming TO the front. It
Is being extended at either end and Is a prime
factor in the development Of southwestern
Louisiana.
Candidates for city Offices win be sppropri-
atelE announced b. the ECHO for the uni
form price Of $500, from now until the cleo
zion. A nice puff viii accompany the lrst
publication, which may be furnished by the
friends Of the candidate.
Ore OF The busiest firms ia the city IL that
Of Messrs George q Swift. They keep a
large force Of men and teams constantly
employed. Besides the livery and transfer
business, they DO large bay, grain and feed
business; also undertaking and embain;Bg.
They have the contract for building the road
from Jennings 70 Lake Arthur.
The professional card Of DR.. r. n. Gayle
appears for the first time this week. DR..
Gayle is the brother Of W. }. Gayle with L.
Kaufman, SO long and favorable known here.
BE brings the highest credentials and we are
glad to eKtspd 10 biia this introduction to
the people Of Lake Charles and bespeak for
him Liberal share Of their patronage.
r. .. Bloch, the fancy baker and eonfee.
tioner, 10 Binpiug golden opinions from the
ladies Of Lake Charles that have been sup
piled By him with the menu for their teas,
baDquets, and receptions. Prices reasoEs-
Bile and satisfaction guaranteed 10 every
Instance.
The most popular resort 81 the city Is Az
geripo's new Ice cream parlor, which Is more
magnificent than anything heretofore at
tempted, his cream is made after the French
style, the material for which Is imported by
him, and 10 unsurpassed By any IN New
Orleans Or other places
Tie newly sppointea postmaster, James
p. GeaFy, is now busily engaged in looking
into The details Of the work which win be
required Of him for the next four years. The
postmaster at Lake Charles must needs be q
hustler, aud We have no doubts in regard to
Jeemes' abllity to get there.
Our young frieod, a, r. Mitchell, JT Is
an applicant, under the new administration,
for the office "a United States district sttor-
ney he is one OF the most promising young
attorneys at this Der, having been close
student under the tUtoraRe Of bis father,
Col. A. r. Mitchell Owing 70 the makipg
out Of the slate, Mr.. Mitchell nay rot re-
eeiYs the appointment, sitboush be bas good
but Mr. Cleveland might go
farther sRd fare worse tn filipg this Office.
sods water has always been iayonte bey,
erage With Us for mspy years, apd we have
regaled ourselves With II 70 nearly every part
Of the union from Maiue to Louisiana, and
from New York u San Fraaeiseo, bat we
haye never tasted auy soda or pinersl water
superior To that dispenSed BY Dr. Knapp at
the Peoples Drug Store. He bas 4twttctp
or It that none OF the rest have. and be don't
propose to give pp the secret. Goes Cole
aud EKhaustiye Iron Topie-a crest tonic
for debility, etc -epnFtsptly on drspght
Tbs people VINO won't to See Marie Wain,
wright are not convinced tbat they had value
received The lady Is an actress u some
note, but sue seemed to think the people Of
Lake Charles were anaPprseialiye end could
be put of With very Indifferent actiug that
they would not know the difference, This
same thing has been repeated several times
during the season and will not always sue
coed. The dollars 81 Lake Charles people
are Is good as those Of New Orleans or any
other place.
g.. M. Gosset, Esq, has fDished his CON
tract for building the public road from Vim
ton north about Is miles, and mas moved
back 10 Lake Cherries. Tkis we are FRI
formed. AZ one of tile best built roads IN the
parrish, and hayipg been completed 30 shout
four months, viii baye 10 be kept qp by the
contractor for eight mohths more, at bis own
expense. This q much better than sope of
the contractors are doing fer the way they
are working their roads VIII not be com
pleted mach before ne twelve mepths haze
expired.
The w. 9. 4. q. excursion down the river
last Friday was 4 grand success. Ip the hrst
place tue day was sprpassipgly beautiful, .
cool breeze fAnping the decks Of the Hazel.
Nearly an the delegates to the convention
were "a the party, and = Large number "a
Lake Charles people embraeed the epPortun-
ity for taking day "a. AygeriRo furnished