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The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-12-30
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1870. NEW YORK. 1916 /


Eighteen bundled and sersaty.siz $ The
Cenis NAL year. IL d also lhe yeaa ia Nhieh
IA Opposition House of Representative She
RFst sinCa tie var, viii 81 ie power 81 Washa
in7snn and tho year Of the twenty thiga eiee.
sioa Of D President af she United stai@. All
81 these events are sure 10 b Of great interest
amd importance, espeelally the TWO latter ann
ail 81 fhtn and everything ceDnqo'ed With
them Hili b fully and freshly reported and ex,
pounded is THE SUN.
the Opposition Home 81 Representative,
tahing DIP The line &c inquiry opened years ago
- THb SUN, viii ito My and diligently
ingsssigala aho conceptions and miadesds 81
Grants administration and wi3. 4 Is 70 ae
hoped, lay Che foundation for new and better
period ID our national hisiory. VI al this
TuE SUN will cOntaiH e0mplete and accurate
aocounts, furnishing iss readers with early and
trustworthy Information npon these abzorbing
topics.
The twenty third Preaideniial election, with
tie prcpaEatip s Tor it, viii be memorable 20
deaidt upon Grant's aspirations foy third
term 81 power and piander asid seill more AZ
deciding who shall be tho candidate 81 the
parts Of Reform, and assleeting that candidats.
Co8csEninR all thtsessubjacis, those who Iead
TUE SUN will hu9s The constant means of
being thoroughly weli sntormsd.
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The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-12-30
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NEW SCALE PIANOS
a. ths hsst meee. The tsaah elsslls. snd 3
aas niaslng laRs. peuuTfal, paea snd eyaa.
ATE Concerto ORG ANS
ssa nsi e. e4eaiss IS ssaoe haulyi thss as.
81 c1nsgllsoa. 1bs uotee4ie Siep 5 tnt
Amltatan So fha Haman Wsiee
PRICES EXTREMELY SOW feY eash
aRHieg sA'e fanth. &laHihss ENtfafMtais les
seifeas s. sRe4 $40 fa $50 Organs. So io
&fes ae ased Ane,smmseia. 81 "a fss
mpulblR aslf 8Fs pagasls Agents 8assd.
A slMn A's 6ant W. EeaehagA Ms9isisrs,
chnscha. eeaeelfs s0&es ge 1I lis
sarsmsnIa @ is sfaae FiiasNase1 elaioNuts
msQed HORACE WRIH3s 8oNs. aBf
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The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-12-30

ETER MkTURE DELgDERAIFON As
& % lhc Wants md nsesssities peeuliapN
this section q me country,
8REGG's PURCHASING BUREAU
hsa bsan sstsblirhoa in Now Orleans. A loag
acqaaint nee wish the various kinds 81 Sewing
Msdhiues. has Induced Is 70 make q specially
IL hs lino.
First Glass Machines % al kinds at lopsa
Fatsa.....T he New Understood Buckeye Had
Machine, only 92a...... sesondshand Mscbinst
Is ao0d order, 81 half pri c..s.. The latest ana
bssi Attachments lor al naclsinst...... Taeke8.
Kusllers Cordere, Flinders Pla'e asmmcFa az.
ts..... THE host Heaillss geF atl mn,h aeV.....
The test yepersd Sewing Mn ine 0il.... 4he
bert Sewing ~ chine Cotfor...,..We FepaiE 81
Meahinesa s loN Fatoss..s. Wotaks old machiuss
N Fnri buy TOT new ones.
Sewing Machines. Piaans and Qfrnns fod
- monthly paymsatl Ia cha country, % pal,lss
giving FeleFenees
Are. ADA GREGG respectfully uneF5 aa
seYgfces IN pufeAaRing mad fo wardiug snY
arlieie 81 anpaYel. po-senal edarnmeut q
don sgtie goods log lsaiss, and esildrens um,
including
MILLKN ERg, DRY G00ns, ygSW ELRgs
FANCY ARD TOILET AUTIgh
PATTERNS, uR0kkNA A y, lksAi4 tAeas
BRIDAL TROusEEAU3. EIo.
Any articles 81 Ladies and ChsIaren'a v'aF
maAniastursd 10 the latest lylea under ssf
opu supegvision.
N. 3. All ihquivias gslmsivs 20 ariisls
mentioned 81 ann nlioncsl, with b. ansWef4
5res 81 chargei Our facilities fog pugcbseag
sooda from manufacturers end 6fst heats
enaRile az 81 eel our s0mmieaions wilAaat
dhsFgs ~ pagtiea va bug ios Ws gunraRs's
aasislactiou 10 quallty and prizes One VII
the pnrcaess price Should accompany
order Send money ~ dFaft postosSoo oFdel
expresAs oF registered ltfAeg
Cation coasigucd D. as win be stored aa
dlApeead 81 ID The basi advsstaga @ tho cNnf
and 81 ine,gnetions relative thereto alrlsly
carried 0ns.
hslerencos a Iylays Sampson Bros
pefseins sawus Jopes ~. Cashier New 0glssss
WyiaEs Institution 81 Kew Oglsana Col
paWes, Jaeksons Misa and Editor q as
Paper.
Send fog 0asaloEaa end oiGcalH
AddFsps, agsgs Pnrehsnng Bafssn, y
nussandy street.. eornsg Of Cnnals ~ otle.sA
houiaiana, GELS
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De public s. NfA kfk 0NXAE
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line agef b5fafs introduced ai1 i 6oanifs
ssie 3tconlaius che Old aHd ae Nasisms
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Certificate. Map 81 Fs'asans. Fnn54t6'ls |se
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tionss numerous iHgeUaak tless1 any ihis
i0e articles s. fuppoa 81 tie aoiy Bldg
Missy ofNef feAfafaa t8UakQ lt st@Ele rfl
llpa ani snassa'ning aese
ganlly and aaFuhly beaaa s9d p0 sstte
tue 0egmaa end Enelish l.angrasse
ps'sca eisded So sait 81 slaasat IS
those who haya aOt tss feaay cash ifasa
offered.
IAna Ca1htks, Oct 15,1854.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-12-30

81 ournal o
e and axr11e
~ e Or
ANA I0e thsc
1s Wsst,y 3oaTssl 81 krflcaisags sra
tasaal s. cnnsnliaalion 81 saa monthle ja4ee
asi IF Aeienltuas and Che saAlF aenn
kaf~s aa y Hew
.THE oRHAE lEku1Ng POPULAR atRM
AID R1RES1DE PAPER o. Ink
SOUTHWEST.
go aseaflmenls agH rrmPieis ard ably
stls,a Tie efasss j iesdiar isai4te. rnd
this dsPsssefs Is a.ahys sell nl good tAlaRo
contributes t8 sAa MFosN sAa 0ldet The
ladies az ea Asea tAe selnmns fsretsa
% tbc'f .sc1le. eaE Hany hinfa 81 household
atillty saa "a easiee eah b fieanee BIZ
those Wha iah lo bae1Nc agHemtnta im sheig
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SEND r0n III REAp rgl TAKn IT'S
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have ras u1asso eeaa iayesfmsas. lt e large
page 4e-eelump weekly Agricultural, Grange
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bEissiEslfpl Valley.
Clnh assate vented q whom liberal ssams
WiIl IA given. WE want SCENTS n cgetg town
and yiilsee.
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The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-12-30

oman 81 Niles Miehs IS.
eea exhibited 81 i looA leir bald
in thas eifg inan table-eloth
nearly 100 years OIL, which was
spun and woven 81 hsr great
efsnmoiher ID $780, beds spread
400 yeaFs oid and handkerchief
made 60 years aeo. These articles
win Sc exhibited at Tie Centennial
Exhibition nest yaaF Us.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-12-30

Bnbcock seems D very dead cock
10 Bristows pil. What b teFrible
lellow That Bristow III III ID isn't
stopped pretty soon there will Be
nothing lsit of che republicans bnt
4 ninning aksleg0n. lN. O.
Bulletin.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-12-30

Ihls enfigely neu inatamsai possessing nli
shs eseeatlal qualities 81 msFs e4eeasss ard
Airheg pxsasd Flames a o4sFsa 81 iaWsF price
fhan any slmsieF aRe nam IA tha mnrkats h III
6nEahl1 with meaniHeeaee pg anne hardly
saf,sasEsN nnd yer cen he psFshaEe IS prices
and 81 term VIA % ihe fsaeh 81 al Thia
Instruments has al ne mndafn Improvements
inesadinN tse celebrated Y Aagaaa tfnhle nnd
g fully naffaHtna Catalogues malla8.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-12-30

THE lumbag surveyed at Ban
goE. Ne. this year, from January
1at - October lst, il 1l4.Asl ,87l
feet. tuensy three million lees than
during Tie same pariod last year.
Gent u. Bullatin.
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Southern Agriculture.
Published Waakly, al "a Oh psr yeaE
in Advance.
This Is sow shu oIdsas s. weli 81 tie Beat
asahlistea Weekly gEienltpga Paper 8 lhs
South, nea employs Abia WRITER'S nptn oveFy
hFanch ~ As9ienltgrs. I'D cplhaes ars alWaya
opea g Gnqpsyias fnfcrNalien sendiag le
advence these paranits whseh tie psepis Ed
esss lhs South afs mesgls inissa fed in Is VI
the mngt Independent and ghe only 6aliNHas-
saia,nR Weekly Agricultural Hapsg ~ tha
aoath and ler thQee she arr row, on exneet
Is engage Is Agricultural Rufsalts. noshine
eaal5 pfave og ora valae thaa fhe eon,anis Of
sals Vaiaubia Weekiys which, asda ifeia ite
AEsIeultusal tni0gNqtlQn. q aiae - Exeelsenf
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Weekly AaFkei Report, 81 sgaaA Falne g lhs
pRsnla ~ fAa sopNigy.
Subscription Price, 80 q peg annam. 81
81 80 ct Nonfha
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BILLIARDS I
BILLIARDS


Il would respectfully inform those Oh
my fris Iii, h8th hero and ata distance,
who have any expectation os getting
iiifsiy, that hase nat received 9 most
cnmplsEe assortment Of Pure Liquors
ever imported @ Lake Charles, which
I am DESTROYS 81 selling az Wholesale
and retail az prices toiastisy both seller
aud buyer. Ms wines end hranaica are
unsurpassed, md my whistles t9e
Simon nure Before leaving town be-
snre and cal GROUND and takp q parting
farewell. Lager beer, Scotch NE and
porter c0nsaRtlV "a hand apAnAy
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ITI.N'S IER EE y
AND STORE,
one mila shove Iiako Charles on Ghe

Ono mile abova Iiako Charles On ghe
Calcasien River
The undersigned wishes 70 inform
Tho tTaygling public and Stock DrOv0Es
that he hae PIT his Perry and beef pens
ID good repair, and is ready to accom-
modate MI who may wish 70 cross with
hiHn, with everything that il generaliy
required by stock men and travellers.
he has large safe FLAT, suitable for
crossing any kind Of stock; also two
chain b00nas torswinning PnstilTnr
OH each side of the river, ireoof charge.
Keeps constantly GA hand fill arp
ply 81 Groceries, Provisions and For.
age AZ bhe very lowest pIicesl
myg-tf H. -. MIN.
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Mna. ana aanaa
OFFICE Oh
5REGG's PURCHASING BUREAU.
IA. Z ayNMINgY sTN..I

C5Faor & esalI, New orloaa., L5ai5Iaaa-
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wIbisAM eaRe
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-05-22
They Will Not Give up.


After the grasshoppers shall have mi
grated there will be time to plant many
crops and bring them to maturity. In
the Spring of 1867 the "hatefuls" did not
leave this section until about the Goth of
June, and corn planted about that time
matured and furnished q very heavy
crop. The corn crop of Kansas was, that
fall, one of the heaviest and best ever
grown in the State. Corn will lipen, if
the season is at all favorable, when plant.
ed as late as the last week in June, and
so will barley and some other crops.
The farmers in the Eastern counties of
Kansas stand confronted by a terrible
disaster. The flax, from which they
hoped so much, will be almost totally
destroyed, and SO will the barley. This
disaster can only be repaired by deter
mined, energetic work. To sit down in
despair, and spend their time in bewail-
ing their losses. or to give up, would be
folly of which the enterprising, intelli-
gent and courageous farmers of Eastern
Kansas are not capable. They, will, we
are sure, 60 to work with resolute coui-
age and confident energy, to repair the
damage already done. by planting other
crops. They cannot be disheartened even
by such terrible disaster as that which
has now come upon them.-A'chison
Champion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-05-22
VICE PRESIDENT WILSON.

Last week the Vice President extended
his journey through the South to Texas
for the purpose of visiting the grave of
his only son, and there has not been
reported an unwelcome act in any place
that he has visited. Of course those who
have no faith in the Southern people
claim that the cordial receptions given
him are from motives OF policy, which
may be true to some extent, but they
give strong evidence of being honest.
During this week Mr.. Wilson has Wis.,
tied the cities of Leavenworth, Lawrence
and Topeka. In this State he received a
hearty and cordial welcome. He made
short and appropriate speeches to the
citizens of each of the above places in
which lie alluded to the struggle for free
dom in the early hi tory of Kansas and
his connection Herewith, but he referred
to them in no partisan Split. At Tope-
ka he said that eighteen years ago this
month it was his privilege to visit the
spot which was now the capital Of this
proud commonwealth. He had then
admired the beauty of the location, but
did not dream in that hour of anxiety
and gloom that he should revisit it after
the lapse of eighteen years to find it the
growing capital of the free State of Kan
sas. From this State the Vice President
has gone on to the Rocky Mountains; he
has regained his usual health, and al
though well advanced in years bids fair
to take part in the councils of the nation
tor long time to come. The kind recep-
ton he has received everywhere. Souti,
as well as North, has made a deep i'm
preston upon him, giving him renewed
confidence in the entire country, and he
says he will finally return home encour-
aged to maintain the rights Of all his
counttymen without regard to race or
color.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-05-22

THE "whisky instruction" is still
topic of great interest, and as was antici-
pated the manufacturers are recovering
from their first fright and are preparing
for fierce fight against the Government.
The howl of these men about despotic
interference with the rights of property
is not without precedent. In 1874 SINH
lar causes led to an insurrection in West
ern Pennsylvania which for a time
threatened to overturn the Government.
This insurrection, however, will be fought
by lawyers and will be confined to the
courts. The government can probably
stand this kind of warfare as long as the
distillers, and while it will not to any
extent incommode the general public it
will be very profitable to the lawyers.
1t is reported that the ring in Milwaukee
has employed ex-senator Carpenter.
while the victims in St. Louis, Chicago
and other places will secure eminent
counsel.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-05-22

THE cause of the disruption of the civ
il service reform is explained to the So
cial Science Association, by Dorman b.
Eaton, rs follows: No man likes to have
other people spend his money for him,
and offices are and have been the money
Of Congressman, for by these they are
able to buy reliable support; without
them they would often be bankrupt.
This is the whole matter in q nutshell,
and accounts for the failure of the civil
service reform. That it would he 10 the
interest of the people to have the Offices
appointed by competitive examination,
there can be no doubt; but it will doubt
less be after the political millennium has
been ushered in when majority of Con-
gressmen shall give it their approval.
The average Cong ressman may be pre-
vailed upon to surrender his back pay,
and under heavy pressure may give up
his whisky, but he will fight to the bit
ter end for his official patronage.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-05-22
DEMOCRACY STRAIGHT.

Democratic papers generally are speak
ing in favor of a straight out Democratic
fight next year. Even in Kansas the To-
peka Democrat and Atchison Patriot are
opposed to the mongrel business and ia
vor Democracy straight. The Kansas
City Times of the Sth inst. commenting
OH statement of the St. Louis Republi-
can that to be successful in 1876 the
Democrats must secure the vote of the
Independents, says:
From the same quarter we heard the
same song in 1872. 1t meant then that
the Democratic party must ''sloop To
conquer"-must support for President
some man who never had been and never
could be Democrat-must alloy itself
to be led by a certain c1nvocation Or
mutual admiration society of lDdepend-
ent elitors who desired cabinet positions
and foreign missions. Well, we support
ed Greeley, the nominee Of the Independ-
ents, and our defeat was overwhelming.
Then the Democratic party went back to
its own banners and began to honor its
own veterans again, and behold the re-
suit. 1t began to nominate representa-
tive Democrats, real Democrats, the
kind of men whom the St. Louis Republi-
can and Cincinnati Commercial sheer and
snarl ct as Bourbon" Democrats, and
with such men on the ticket it swept
Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Pennsyi-
vania, New York and New England, and
reversed the politics of the House. Yet
when we have secured such grand re-
suits under the lead of men like Hen
bricks, and "Old Bill Allen" and Eaton
of Connecticut, we are warned that if
such "Bourbons" are heard in the party
councils in 1876, "men ofmoderate views
will be able to take no comfort in the
Democratic party" and it will be defeat
ed for want of the Independent vote.
The brilliant political artists of the Gin
cinnati movement are setting up as Men
tors and leaders again, and threatening
Us with defeat unless we let them name
the man. To excuse themselves for
their pitiful fiasco in 1872 they tell us
that their movement meant Adams, and
we have not the slightest doubt that it
means Adams now, or Sherman, or any
body else who will covenant to be ruled
by them and to run an administration
upon the theory that all true Democrats
are "Bourbons" and must be put down
or kept in back seats.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-05-22

In Texas where the Democrats have a
majority of some fifty thousand the lead
ers of that party insist that the nomina-
tions for members of the Constitutional
Convention shall be made by the caucus
1t is urged that this is necessary in order
to secure State Convention "purged of
pernicious partizan ingredients" The
Galveston Ne,us disapproves of this effort
by partizan leaders to pack the Constitu-
,ional Convention, as the masses could
be left to choose directly from among
their fellow citizens delegates who would
represent as far as proper and judicious
the prevailing Democratic sentiment Of
the State" Speaking Of the average
Democratic politician in that State the
Ne,rs says:
"However the average Democratic cit
izen might be predisposed to lay aside
party discipline and party formulary in
the election of delegates, it is more than
can be expected from the average Demo-
cratic politician or aspirant that he will
deliberately incur the charge of political
independence or of party characterization.
Moral courage was never known to super
abound with that class Of persons. To
them the cries of traitor renegade,
trimmer and the like, have bristled and
famed with terror almost beyond the
conception of intelligent, unambitious
individuals, who dare to call their souls
their own because they have no present
or prospective axes to be ground by the
party disciplinarians and caucus organic
ers."
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-05-22
JOAN c. BlaCKESRlDuE.

John C. Breckenridge died at his home
in Lexington, KY, on the 18th inst. of
abcess of the liver combined with con-
sumption. His wife, two daughters and
one son were present at the time of his
death. Mr.. Breckenridge was elected to
Congress while quite young man and
rose very rapidly in politics, so that when
he was elected Vice President he was
very little beyond the age required by
the constitution Of those who hold that
office and was the youngest man who
has ever filled that position. From
thence he stepped into the United States
Senate. He afterwards accepted the
nomination for President by the boilers
from the convention that nominated
Douglas, and from that time his star
began to wane. He gave himself into
the hands of the fanatic element of the
South who never intended or hoped to
have him elected President, and when
the rebellion broke out he endorsed the
inactive policy Of Buchanan and quib-
bled about the right Of the nation to pre-
serve ITSELF He finally espoused the
Confederate cause and joined their army
as Brigadier General. He was brave
but an unfortunate and unsuccessful
commander, meeting with succession of
defeats until about the close of the war
he achieved some victories of minor i'm
portance, when he was made Secretary of
War only to see the Confederacy collapse.
After the war he became a voluntary ex-
lie, wandering through Europe for a long
time. He finally returned to America
without welcome, apparently accepted
the results of the war in good faith, liv-
ing in retirement till the close of his life.
A sad and mournful ending of life that
once gave such promise of unefulness
and greatness. And what a striking
contrast with the career of our present
Vice President, who commenced life
poor. unknown and friendless, and who
to-day is receiving such tokens of love
and honor from grateful people.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-05-22

GEN. SHERMAN, pursuant to instruc-
tions of the Secretary of War, sent the
captive Indians that we're recently con-
fined at Fort Leavenworth to st. Angus
tine, Florida, where it is supposed they
will spend the remainder of their days in
confinement. A fitting obituary notice
would have been more acceptable to the
people on the frontier, but it is good
news to them that seyenty-fve Indians
will no more be allowed the privilege of
numbering their women and children.