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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1871
Page
2
The Weekly Echo reports J W Bryan was unintentionally omitted from a withdrawal notice and mentions the upcoming District Court session with a small docket. It laments Calcasien parish’s single post office and weekly mail, urging leading men to push for a semi weekly mail to New Iberia.
The article describes Norris & Co increasing lumber output to 900 thousand feet monthly, expanding into shipbuilding and repairs on the western shore of Lake Charles. It notes a new sea-going steamer to trial, a barge for the Galveston and Houston Trans Co, and a second vessel planned. It praises Mr Clancy and associates for shipbuilding energy, mentions local hotel and store, and highlights plans tied to Chattanooga railroad growth. It also comments on law and order, crime in nearby Coulee Croche, and a push for development and culture under local leadership.
Oblique tribute to Bryant Hurcats, an enterprising townsman who maintains the local hotel table stocked with delicacies from the country. Travelers visiting the town rely on his establishment for comfort, citing his good bourse and reliable hospitality.
Last Friday evening the iron steamer J. A. Lee arrived from Galveston. Locals expect weekly trips through the season and the Captain will announce schedules in the Echo. New Orleans March 28 weather and market notes show flour and corn prices firm with minor shifts in other commodities.
An exchange reports Mr Gray of Sussex County Delaware invented a new non explosive burning fluid and invited friends to witness. A select circle gathered around a barrel in a garret and to prove safety he touched it with a red hot poker. In six seconds the inventor and his friends were seen to emerge from the roof.
Acknowledges indebtedness to Moses Hochwald, assistant at Levy's Dry Goods Emporium, for obtaining late New Orleans papers. Reports Levy has returned from the South with a large stock of dry goods and groceries. invites patrons to call and view the selection.
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