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The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1869-05-20
the Rain Road.


There is now considerable nm
certainty eFineed in our New Or
leans exchanges, as to the fate of
the road surveyed to run through
this place. rGre see from the
Times and Picayune, that, a call
for a meeting at the St. Charles
Hotel, Of the Directors, as well as
the committee to solicit and re-
Cieye subscriptions, has been pub
lished. There seems to be a de-
determined effort ON the part of
the present Company to avoid a.
sale By meeting the liabilities of.
the road, and pushing It on to it'sI
termination. Weldo not know of
anything which could possibly be
of more immediate benefit to oar
town and Parish than the. compile
ton of this real. We therefore
hope that it may not be long be-
fore through tickets can DO had in
our VILLAGE smo2 Wo&-A "s9y94 arsI
- - 10Y. .~.rE# -............. a. 4
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1869-05-20
Proceedings of the Police jury Z.
MAY TERM.

The Police Jury met this the Sd
day of May. Members present
James Cole, of ward no. l; Frank
lin Hay, ward no. 2; j. L.. Bilbo,
ward no. 81; Thomas Lyon, ward
no. s. =, The 4th, 9th, 7th and r8tll
wards not represented. There be-
ing no quorum ."H 5"5 " N.oHao
RESOLVED that this body adjourn
until tomorrow morning, 8 o'clock.
May 4tb, 1869-The Police Ju-
nv met. Members present the
same as yesterday, There being
no quorum D... ..u.m
RERoIvED, that this body adj
iourn until the LIST Monday in
June, it being a called session.
b. aaa. yaa. j. L. BILBO, .@~'. .
Attest President P. Jury.
ASA RYAN, Clerk. m n15. g.
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hg.It iS said that q shipwreck-
ed Yankee was lately rescued from
one Of the Marqussas Islands,
whose first question on being dis
coverrd was, Glow did the Mexi-
can war finally come out y, He
was q soldier who left Gen. SCOTS
army before the campaign closed.
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n ew Advertisements.
A. SIMON,
COPPER, TIN AND SHEET IRON WARE.
Manufacturer Of

COPPER, TIN AND SHEET IRON WARE.
A GENT for Bucks Patent Brilliant
N Stove, to which First Premiums
were awarded at the Louisiana Mechan-
les, and Agricultural Fair, Jan'y 1868,
also, at the Missouri State Fair, Oct
1866, '67 & CD. e'~''"@
Importer and dealer in Cooking and
Heating Stoves, Table Cutlery, Hard
ware, Hollowware &C., asaS
Orders from the Country directed to
2. o. B. 1866, viii meet prompt atten-
dance. E
NO. 1O4, CHARITIES STREET,
nOl3 1y NEW ORLEANS.
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40 We announce that two
carpenters Of our village are en-
gagged in the construction ola BIZ
ciole upon q plan not etpatented.
1t seems that it will be capable Of
carrying several persons at once,
though under the guidance Of one
1t will be exhibited in a day or
two.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1869-05-20

R The cheapest Methodist
parsonage is valued at fifty dollars
and the most expensiyes On Me-
wark, n. j. at twenty-five thou
sand dollars.
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snooesalon 81 Catharine LenIeu.

E9AAGSSSSASaA' @a GsaA NAMEAMe A4eDAGWs
State Stats p Il t9 ois5.Ea Parish Court
JOSEPH SAILIER, Administrator
~ of said Succession, having flled in
said court his Final Tahleall and M.
count Of administration Of said sucoes.
sion, with a petition praying for the
homologation thereof, and Chat Ia be
discharged from said administration
therefore r,v-rea
NoTIoE ia hereby given TO all persons
interested, that unless written opposi.
ton thereto il fled in the Office Of the
Clerk of said Court, at the Court House
IA the town Of Lake Charles. n said
Parish, within thirty DAYS from Nav
9th, A. D. 1869, the date Of TIE ara
publication Of this notice, the said
Iableau and account Of Administration
wil be approved and homolomted and
The said Administrator discharged. and
his bond cancelled.
Given under my official sionnture nD3
The seal Of said Court AZ Lake Charles |
Y said VII Parish, the 9th day 81 May, A. |
D. ]. REID, Parish Judge.
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BD half a dozen in an English
boarding school thought 1t d good
joke to send a valentine 10 the
Pope, and they did so--also en-
closing a letter with a pretty false
hood that they had discarded
chignons and trains, in accordance
with his suggestion. They reCiev-
ed a nice letter from Antonelli and
the autographs blessing of the
Pope.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1869-05-20

B9- Water for making tea
should be used the moment L
boils. The reason assigned Is.
that If il boils for some time, ali
the gas that il in il win escape
with the steam, and Il win not
then make tea Of the best flavor.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1869-05-20

OpEIoUsAs.-We find the follow
ing in the Opelousas Journal of
the 9Th ..,...... ...... i. .
| We are pleased to notice the
commendable manner in which
the negroes of st. Landry have
behaved since the arrival of a
company of u, s. colored troops
in olrImidst, Many Of our citi-
zens thought that our laborers
would abandon their crops, which,
considering the disadvantages un-
der which they have had to labor,
are very promising, and flock to
the different towns to enter again
into politics. But they have long
since learned that the only friend
to the negro is his employer, and
that if they desire protection and
success, they must be subservient
to his win. Let this continue and
ST, Landry will ere long, be again |
blessed with the good Old ante BEL
I'm days, when peace and pros
perity reigned supreme. 5af
Let us still continue to convince
our Northern friends, that II let
alone in our domestic affairs, we
are not the band Of outlaws that
many attempt to make us.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1869-05-20

a saloon-keeper id Chioa-
go attached a rubber tube to a Gas
burner; lay down on B table with
his head resting on a cigar box,
and inhaled the gas until be died.
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Succession de Jalnes Woart.
Etat de Ia louisiana Cour des
PaFoisse Calcasieu aa Preuyesr

A TiENDU que james Brown. execa.
~ tepr testamentaire de Id dite sue.
cession, 4 d6pos6au bureau al, Grefier
de "a osite Cour, I'm compile final dc son
administration ct un tableau de distri.
button DIES biens de Ia dite succession,
ayec petition demandant l'homoloeation
d'icelni, J6 I@~~. s1Tgli
En Consequence, avis est par Ii pres.
ent dlnn6 aux interress I'd d'ayoir d az
dnire par 6orit au CRETE ELLA Cite Coar,
dams les trente jours qm auivront IA dalo
de Get avis, les raisons, 81 aucune III ons
pour lesquelles il no sefait nas fait droit
Q 10 demande du petitionaife. ardonane
ihomologation du tit Iableau. n ds.
ohargeant Prosecutor de to0ta obligation
ull6deure.
\ DoRhe SONS ma signature ofiicielle. .
mon bureau, en ID vile a. u Les
Charles, &c 20 Ayril, 1850.
DAVID J. REID,
Juge de paroiss6,
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Succession Of James Voart.

Succession Of James Woart;
STATE OF LOUISIANA, !, 10 .4,r. -. VII
Parish of Calcasieu.. FaIlsna Cqar1.
WHEREAS, James Brown Tesla.
W mentary Executor of said success.
sion, has filed in the office of the CLERK
OF said Court, y final account of his Ell.
ecutorship, and Tableau of distribution
ofthe netassets of said. Succession. with
a petition praying for the homologation
thereof, therefore w 5a'' M 9'lIT5ll
NOTICE is hereby given to all per
sons interested, that unless written 81.
position is fled in said Clerks Office 81
the Court House in the town of Lake
Charles, in the said Parish, within thir.
ty days from this date, the said Tableau
and Account will be homologated and
lpproved-the Executor ordered to pay
in conformity therewith--and discharg.
ID from his Executorship, and his bond
cancelled, rg -
Given under my official signature, a.
my office in the Town Of Lake
Charles, April Goth, 1869. M 52H
DAVID j. REID;
Z" n42.6ta3 "a ssE. Parish Judge,
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Ha.. An exchange says /:

2
We now have another righteous
decision: The telegraph compa-
MES, which are mostly monopofies
OF the first water, have their dis
patches written on certain blank
forms which, in the event Of a
blunders they claim To Be contracts
exempting them from responsible
tyag III these forms are contracts.
then they must be stamped, SAYS
MIR. Delano. The telegraphers
promise to contest the niatter--
We hope they win not succeed for
the profits Of the telegraph CONF
panies are SO enormous chat Un-
Gle Sam may well bleed them pro-
fusely. aa ga iar
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sunnaarY News.

VIII be acqmtteds
The Haytians are indignant a
the appointment of a negro t
represent the United States.
More insurTectionary demon.
strations are reported in Cuba.
The hail storm on the night oil
the 9Th did great damage north
and west of Memphis, m .g.1am
The first Tuesday in July has
heep fixed upon for the Virginia
election. ..l.r..,
Gold closed on the 9Th IN New
York feVerish and unsettled at
1879 to 1879 oi wgl % hna bruar
Dispatches from Washington
say that whiskey is rapidly being
Withdrawn from under bond. 9ab
Gen Reynolds has been ordered
to retain all army officers CONSOLE
dated out for civil officers in Tex
as. H. off oi@ao6 aaL 8a aram a.h
Liquor dealers who sell over
and under FIVE gallons, are to be
taxed as retailers and wholesalers.
London dispatches say that
stocks have been influenced by the
increased rate of bank interest and
the political uncertainty caused BY
the attitude of American politi-
clans. l.a a7oG#us.a. ~. ..a.. ..u.i
A proposal has been made to
name Serrano as Regent of Spain
until a king is elected. q" o.'.@ |
The Secretary of State denies
hat information has been received !
If the reported sailing of an expe-
lition from New York for Cuba.
It is said the Spanish Legation
viii renew their request for a pro-
.lamation of neutrality, ..a'-..J
About fifty army officers have
cen solicited to act as Indian
gents. d." &4't.1.l ill., ."'a...
A private dispatch from Macon,
ra., says that Hon, A. H. Ste
hens is on his death-bed. .. -~.
The ceremony of decorating the
raves of the Confederate dead at
IInwood Cemetaryp Memphis,
as performed on the 9th inst, in
le presence of five thousand peo- i,
Ie, Business was almost entire
suspended in the city. ..H aa.
The British Commodore Phil (
on threatens reprisals unless S
$ demands are granted, which ,
clude the release of all vessels s
ID crews captured in British wa @
rs, with explanations and indem- d
ty, and also an explanation why 9
paniards pursue Cubans on Brit :
b soil. '.A ,...#a aa A5,.G saa a
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1869-05-20
Succession OF johnson Mos
~ and Martha Lyons q

Succession or johnson MOw
~ and Martha = yon& 1
State of louisiana D. psn,.a.., 1,a1,rI
Parish of Caloasieu. ~ ion S1'o 'NutS@
HENRY MOSS, Admins traitor ii said
II h, Succession, having fled in said
Court provisionaS tableau and account
of his administration thereof, with pe
tition, praying for the homologation Il
the same, therefore +s.- 100 -;I-'7 r .l31
/ Notice is hereby given to all person,
interested that unless written opbositioS
thereto is fled in the office Of the ClerE
of said Court, at the Court house III tbe
town of Lake Charles in said Parish
within thirty days from May 9Th, I8@
the date of the publication of this motifs
the said tableau and account Of admin
istration will be approved and hoiaoS
gated. ~. n Glr --a| ~ W.. ...,r 70 i.
Given under my official signature and
the seal of said Court at Lake Charlie,
in said Parish, this 9Th day Of Maya
D., 1869. W..
D. J. REID, Parish Judge.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1869-05-20

IMPROVEMENT We are glad to
see that our village is beginning
TO assume q springlike appearance.
Houses are appearing in their
"vliite suits On every SIDE The
painting movement having been
inaugurated. we hope that it will
bs,oarrisd out until things look
"townish," in good earnest. 1t
became 0 matter Of discussion the
other day, among a few loafers, IS
to whether there had ever been a
house Of sign painter in this place.
before, The negatives asserted
with reason, that there could not
have been, else there would have
been some traditions in regard to
il. 1t was, on the other hand,
commended that there must have
been, for it would be impossible,
in any other manner, on geology
cal principles, to account for the
debris to be found, As al the
authorities were not consulted, nor
aaChemical analysis gone into, we
are not able to chronicle q deCis-
ION, '".-
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1869-05-20

B4 An exchange gives one
hundred and twenty ways Of SPELL
ing the word Scissors any one
of which is reasonable enough as
our language goes. This fact may
comfort boys and girls who find
little help in Learning To spell from
the pronunciation Of Enqlish
words.
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Succession de CathariDe Lee.
bleTa.

Succession de Catharine L..
bleas
Etat de la Louisiana Cour des
Paroisse Calcasieu. Preuves.
JOSEPH SALLIER, Administered,
81 de la dite Succession, ayant deposS
en- 10 dite Cour, un tableau ct commit
Anal de son administration En- consa.
ouence avis est par lie present donna
aux interess6s davoir d6poser len,
opposition par 6crit au bureau du GFel
fer,de 10 dite cour en- 10 vile de La
Charles, susdite paroisse, dams les tre1ta
iours oui suiyront le 6 Mai 1859, Ia d5iS
de La premiere publication de Cette av,
autrement lesdit tableaa ct compile final
sera hcrnologu6, administrator a
charge, ct son bond ;canc6ll6g aglgq0
Dome SOUS ma signature Oficielle. A
le sceau de la dite 0oury en- la vile a
Lac Charles. &c G, Mai, A. D., 1869.
DAVID J. REID, Juge de Paroisss
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PERSONAL. We are under O0li-
cations to Mr., B. Hutchins, former
publisher Of the Echo, for a late
New Orleans paper. Mr.. Hutch
ius Is now in Galveston, employed
in tho Office Of the Bulletin.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1869-05-20

Etat de la Louisiana Cour des
Paroisse Calcasieu. Preuves
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1869-05-20

State Of Louisiana,
Parish Of Calcasiou. Parish Court
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"a n12.6t@sg gr.r Parish Judge,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-19
Musical.


The Paris opera was established by the
following edici, remarkable for its in
genious aud patriotic tone-whieh was
issued by Charles TX ia 1870:
We, Charles, by the grace of God,
King Of France, send greeting to all men
now living aud to come. As we have
made it our care, after the example OF
King Francis, our predecessor, Of good
aud praiseworthy memory, whose sins
may God forgive, to see that literature
and science should flourish in our king
dom Of France, aud also in our town of
Paris, where there are great numbers OF
persons who devote their daily labor and
study thereto, and as it is highly impor-
tant for the citiznns Of & town that the
masic usually and commonly cultivated
in a state should be subject to certain
laws, and the more so because that the
minds Of most men are formed and d.
rected BY il, in such wise that where
music is neglected manners are apt to
degenerate, and, where it is properly reg
ulated, men Of good morals. For these
reasons, and after having seen the peti-
ton addressed TO our privy council, aud
sent in by our well-beloved and trusty j..
A. De BALI and J. 7. Courville, which
sets forth that for three years. with great
industry and persevering labor, they have
worked together for the improvement Of
the French language, which may be ap-
piled both TO the construction OF poetry
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-19
DNS & OWDEN, BELFAST, IRELAND,

opposite the Jeffersonville ferry, Hale
suddenly informed Berendes that he was
wanted in Dayton. And so sudden was
the summons Berendes turned pale but
made no resistance. Hurriedly getting
on the ferry, Hale and his captive and
John Stadfeldt went over to Jefferson
vile, where they took the cars for Gin
cinnati in the afternoon, and arrived
here Saturday morning, when BereDdes
was safely lodged in Jail.
The name OF the young woman whom
Berendes married in Louisville, is Bor-
den. Her mother is widow, and owns
small property there, and has about
81 300 in funds, an amount which Be-
rendes was about to get possession Of to
buy stock of goods to peddle When
Marshal Hale was in. ,.Jeffersonville, Be-
rendes asked to see his lawyer, but he
didn't want to see his wife. He told the
Marshal that he didn't look on her as his
wife, and that he intended to leave her in
couple of days-as soon as he got her
money He states that the woman who
came with him from Prussia is not his
wife; and that he had not married any
other than the Louisville woman. He
admitted without question that he got
Stadfeldt's 5000, but he says that Stad-
felet gave it to him to invest, and that he
had invested it good enough Besides,
be says, he has wealthy uncle living in
Warsaw, Indiana, and another in St.
Louis, and that he has real estate at
several points. He appears confident
that he will get clear of the charge against
him here If this be true, he should re-
turn Mr.. Stadfeldt his money.
Berendes will be examined before
Esquire Sigman to-day on charge of
grand larceny.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-19
Miss Harriet G. Hosmsr.

| Letters from Rome were received in
this city yesterday containing an account
| of an order given to Miss Harriet u.
Hosmer by the late Queen of Naples
| The American artistic was selected by the
heroic detendress of Gsets to make q
statue of the Queen, who sits for the
sculpiress in the identical uniform she
wore upon the ramparts of the fortress,
with her boots and spurs aud her cele-
brated cloak. The statue is to be of he
roc size, the Queen standing in a COM
manding position, having at her feet
pile of cannon balls and other martial i'm
plements. II is nothing but natural that
a romantic Queen should choose fe-
male sculptor for the execution of such a
work, especially when it lays within the
bounds of the peculiar talent of the
artistic. Miss Hosmer's genius is of the
romantic character, and whatever in the
romantic line she offers to the public is
always received with applause, whilst she
has been justly criticized when she over
stepped her natural bounds into the Sc
verer genres of sculpture.
Miss Hosmer is at the present time en-
gagged in modelling recumbent portrait
statue of Mrs. Litchworth, of Seneca
Falls, New York, young bride, who
died on her marriage tour, which is to be
placed in mausoleum similar to the one
erected at Charlottenburg. near Berlin,
for the celebrated statue Of Queen Louisa,
by Mr.. Rauch.
Both statues are so perfectly within
the compass of Miss Hosmer's genius
that we need not wonder why European
Princess has selected the American
sculptress from host of artists of her
own country, whilst national pride
even outside of real talent-might have
induced an American to prefer his coun'
trywomau to any foreign artist.
The fact is, statuary and architecture
are the two branches of art in which we
are probably best able to develop the
artistic instincts of our nationality. A
nation whose principal activity is d.
rec;ed to the forum and to expansion,
will be great in architectural and statu-
sry monuments long before it developes
lis genias in poetry and music The
progress we have made in this direction
is very promising, and the place which
our sculptors and architects hold at
present in the old stronghold of Eu-
ropean art is well deserved by the inge-
niousaess and originality of American
artists.-St Louis Repp9licon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-19
A Menageris Incident = Fight Between
Leopards.

The Liverpool Courier describes ter
rible fight between two of the largest
leopards in Mander's menagerie. 1t is
usual before feeding to place large nova
BILE slides to separate the animals while
feeding. While preparing to do this the
keeper had difficulty in keeping the two
large leopards from engaging IN COM
bat, and no sooner had be turned his back
to bring up the slide than there was a
howl, ard the two had commenced to
fight. The sight was fearful. Both
boldly confronted each other; crouching
down, lashing their sides with their tails,
and making a spring, they fell heavily,
locked in each others embrace. The
struggle that followed was long and fierce.
The eyes of the leopards flashed with fury
as they struggled on the floor. Mr.. Man
ders used every endeavor to separate the
infuriated combatants, but all with no
avail. he then procured long scraper
and dealt each blow, which had the
effect of separating them only to rsnew
the fight with greater ierceness, Making
s second spring they both fell with fear
ful crash on the floor; the larger one
seized the other by the shoulder, bree.king
the fore foot; the other laid hold of the
fleshy part of the back. The struggle was
still great, and the animals rolled together
s,sr aad over. Ar. Aanders by this time
had the slide brought, and dealing one
s, .,,oS SSL S.... a large piece of iron, causing
il TO release its hold and stink to the
other side, the slide was placed in posi-
ton. One was left prostrated on the
floor and badly hurt, the blood flowing
freely and the fore leg being broken in
several places, and beyond recovery.
Mr.. Manders then procured some prussic
acid and poisoned it, This leopard had
received compound fracture OF the near
fore leg aud the scapula; in fact, all the
bones were smashed, the largest piece
being only two inches, aud the flesh torn
iato ribbons, aud one of the claws was
torn off
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-19
An Operatic Pullet.

A gentleman named Louis, living on
Richland creek, is the possessor of a
very valuable fowl in the shape of hen
which sings with astonishing precision
and melody. He vouches for the fact
that though the hen has hot as good
singing qualities as canary, her conf
dence in herself is something wonderful.
At the call of Mrs. L. the hen will come
into the house, get upon the lady's lap
and at the first command, without any
apology for want of practice, bad cold
or anything of the sort, will proceed to
discourse mild air. This is but pre-
lude to what is to follew. Afteh singing
the first notes her henship will subside
until commanded in q stern voice to sing
louder. Then the hen spreads out her
wings, stretches her neck to its furthest
tension, turns her eye akimbo, (a la Ben
Butler,) and ponrs forth strsin that
lacks nothing in earnestness however
much it may in melody. At command
the hen will initiate a setting hen even to
the maternal cluck, though she is at the
same time . steady layer, and only
plays setting BY request. The hen is
only a common black Spanish, but the
owner swears be would not take a four
horse team for her.