The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-18

Oil Field Co., came over from Port
Arthur Wednesday noon to look after
that company's interests in the oil
field.
M. Grayell and son, Eugene, left
Friday for Manchester to attend the
incident to the organiza-
ton of the first French Presbyterian
church in the state of Louisiana.
Texas, who was arrested and taken
into custody recently charged with
criminally assaulting a Louisiana
girl, was exonerated by the grand jul
ry last Friday, it having developed
that the infamous charge was tn re
suit of political conspiracy.
Well No. 1, belonging to to the
Savage hompson-Savage syndicate
in the Jennings field, came in Monday
morning gusher, spouting oil twenty
feet over the seventy-6ye foot derrick
and according to dispatches produces
all the way from 1900 to 1000 barrels
day.
The Lake Oil Company, of Lake
Charles, has brought suit against
Keoughan & Co., of Jennings, to re-
cover $50, 200 and 800 per day from
October p to date. Plaintiffs allege
defendant failed to comply with con-
tract in boring two oil wells in the
Jennings field.
Yesterday was Katie Robinson's
thirteenth birthday and the occasion
was celebrated last night by her moth
er giving her surprise party to
which a number of her young friends
were invited. After a most enjoyable
time was had at games and other
amusements, refreshments were served.
Jennings will have an exhibit at the
Worlds Fair in St. Louis. The ex-
hibition will consist of photographs
of the Mahaffey hotel, the Citizens
bank building, city hall, the burning
oil gusher and other scenes in the Oil
field. The Commercial League Of that
city is doing much to advertise Jen-
nings.
Mrs. J. w. Tanner arrived here
Wednesday night from a trip to her
home at Mahomet, Ill. She says that
on her way to the train that
brought her to the sunny southland
she was compelled to walk through
snow over her shoetops, as one of the
heaviest SHOWS of the winter had fall
en- the day before she took her depart
ure
John Musch and wife, of Virginia
I'LL, who have been spending the win
tar in the South, came over from Jen
nings Saturday afternoon and re
manned until Monday guests at the
home of Chas. Ryder, north of town
| Mr. Musch called at the JOURNAL
Office Monday and informed us tina
he would return to his northern home
about the tenth of next month.
Next Sunday morning at the Con
gregational church Rev. D. M. Levi:
will have for his subject '"The Exam
pie of Jesus and the Idea of Service.
At the evening service he will preacl
his farewell sermon in the Welsh
church. Rev. Lewis resigned hi!
charge here some weeks ago. He ha!
received offers from several churches
but as yet has not decided where h'
will go.
E. L. Minis, of Humboldt, Neb., ar
rived here Thursday of last week anC
was the guest of the families of F. L
and DR.. L. G. Lewis until Monday af
ternoon when he left for Galveston
via Port Arthur. This was Mr.. Minis
first visit south and he was so vel
pleased with our climate and resource!
that he will in all probability return
shortly to make some investments
+ and it is not unlikely that he will 10
cate here.
A promising young man recently
presented his better half with hand
some piano lamp on her birthday. HI
was fattered when she told him tina
she intended to give it his name, unit
he asked her reason for SO peculiar ;
proceeding. "Well," she said, ''yol
know dear that it has good deal o
brass about it, it is handsome to loOl
at, requires a good deal of attention
is remarkably brilliant, is sometimes
unsteady on it's legs, liable to explode
when balf-fllll flares uD occasionally