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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-11-30
NOW He Married THEN.

Judge Knox of Virginia was awaken
ed from a sound sleep about one o'clock
this morirg by a furious ringing at his
door-bell. His honor, in no very good
humor, thrust his head out of the
window. Standing on the sidewalk were
three men and a young woman.
What dye want: " asked the judge.
Want to get married." answered
tremulous male voice.
"Well I'm sO-and-so, if this amt
pretty time O night to rOust man out
of bed for a job of that kind"
Something dropped on the sidewalk
and his honor cried out, " What's
that"
Ten dollars" answered one Of the
men.
Here's the cuss of being a public
man" sighed the judge. dispose you'll
have to come up whether or no. The
door amt locked. Slide up. First door
to the right" The party went up.
His honor was sitting up in bed, and
said he hoped the lady would excuse
his costume, and the lady said "cern'-
Iy."
All right, then. You two fellers
that amt goin' to be slaughtered stand
back, and you two come fOrud. Yes,
license all correct. Lady twenty-five;
name Spikington. Gent twenty one
named Mufiy, do you take this woman
to be your welded wife ?"
oh yes, sir" grasped the young
man, his face crimson and his knees
trembling. The two friends behind ex-
changed grins.
"WeI, that's all right. Belinda SPik-
ington, do you take this man to be your
welded husband?"
"Cern'Iy," answered the lady.
Well, that's all right, but before
90 any furder I'd be obliged to you, Mr..
Muffiy, sor chaw of tobacco"
Mr.. Mufiy not being addicted to the
filthy habit, one of his friends supplied
his honor with mouthful of the weed.
Eureka amt my brand" the judge
remarked afably, as he fixed the pillow
more comfortably behind his back and
began working his jaws. "sOlace Is
much better. However Mr.. Muffiy and
Miss Spinkington, do me the favor tC
line your hands. So. Now, declare
you man and wife by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the laws o
the state of Nevada. The jobs done.
; What's the fee :" asked one of hi
friends, a tall man with a grave face
stepping forward.
That" remarked his honor, with be
, coming humility, " is usually left to thu
, generosity of the groom"
"How's that for style ?" inquired tn,
tall man, handing the judge three trad
dollars.
Thank'ee," said the judge. GOOD
T. night, gents; Il long life and happy On
o YOU, madam. hope you fellers vii
: ind that ten when you go down stail
again. think it would break you
q hearts to lose - 'rgjHia Enterprise.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-11-30
ORDERs FOR WOMEN.

French women are so far less fortunate
than their sisters in most other con-
tinental countries that there is no special
''order" or decorations for women in
France, and it is a very rare thing for a
lady to be awarded the red ribbon OF the
Legion of Honor. At the present time
there are not more than four or five
ladies who possess this distinction, and
one of them is an English woman, Lady
Piggott, who tended the French wounded
during the late war. The ladies who
care for these outward and visible signs
of social distinction must regret that
they did l)t live two hundred years ago,
when, if they had been lucky enough to
win the good graces Of the Duchesse de
Maine, they would have been able to
sport the order of the "Honey Fly"
The witty duchess, granddaughter Of
the treat Condo and wife of the Due de
Elaine, the natural son Of Louis XIV.
and Nine. de Montespan, held litarary
court of her own at SCeauI, and eX-
ercised with her c0urtiers all her in
genuity in inventing from time to time
some new diversion. 1t occurred to her
one day that she would institute an or
der of chivalry for both sexes. and call it
the Honey Fly" (Jlouche mieD. The
idea was taken from TassO's line, ''she is
tiny, but she can intlict severe wounds, "
which had been applied to her on account
of her diminutive stature and great
powers of repartee. The distinctive
mark of the order was a gold medal with
the efigy of the foundress, ant upon the
reverse the line quoted above. The
members of the order had to take the
following oath: II swear by the bees Of
Mount Hymettus obedience and fidelity
to the foundress of the order. I swear
that all my life long | will wear the or
der of the Honey Fly and obey the
statutes. If am false to my oath may
the honey become gall in my mouth, the
wax tallow, the flowers nettles, and many
wasps and hornets sting me-" The cos
tune of the order was a coat in cloth o
gold spangled with silver bees for TIT
chevaliers, and the ladies wore a robe o
! green satin embroidered with silver bee
and a diadem OF flies in emerald. Tht
institution of the order was q great sue
cess, and the tetes in celebration of i
lasted many days at the Chateau d.
Sccaux, which was the residence of tn
Due and Duchesse de Maine; but tn
order did not outlive its foundress, who's
latter years were passed in serious study
and who had long ceased to wear tn
decoration. "-L0nd0n Ncars.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-11-30
THE OLD COUPLE.

+, st7nIs IN sunny meadow,
rio house 80 messy and brown,
win its cumbrOus old stone chimney,
And the gray roof slOping down.
ITO trees fold their green arms around it,
The trees, a century old;
Ard the winds go chanting through them,
And the sunbeams drop their gold.
The cowsIips spring in the marshes,
And tho roses bloom on the hill
And beside the brook in the pastures
The herds go feeding at will.
Tho children have gone and left them;
They sit IN the sun alone;
And the old wife's ears are falling.
and she harks to the well known tone
That won her heart in her girIhOsd,
That has sOOthed her In many a care,
And praises her now for the brightness
Her old face used to wear.
She thinks again Of her bridal
How, dressed in her robe Of white,
She stood by her gay young lover
In the mornings rosy light.
Ont the morning is rosy as ever,
But the rose from her cheek has fed,
And the sunshine still Is golden,
But it falls on a silVered head.
And the girlhOod dreams, once vanished,
Come back in the winter time,
Till her feeble pulses trembIe
With the thrill Of spring-time prime.
And looking forth from the window,
ehe thinks how the trees have grown
Since, clad in her bridal Whiteness,
She crossed the old door stone.
Tbou2h dimmed her eyes bright azure,
And dinmed her hairs young gold,
The love in her girlhOOd pIighted
Has never grown dim or old.
They sat in their place in sunshine,
Til the day was almost done;
And, then, at its close, an angel
Stole over the threshold stone.
lie folded their hands together
lie touched their eyelids with balm:
And their last breath flOated upward,
Like the close Of solemn psalm.
Like a bridal pair they traVersed
The unseen mystic road
That leads to the beautiful city,
" Whose builder and maker is God"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-11-30
THE LAST DONATION.
BY MRS. E. T. COBBETT.

So many confused and contradictory
rumors have been circulated about the
last donation party at WillOwbrOOk,
Abat | (who have heard the whole story
from my friend and neighbor Miss Mix
would like to give the world plain, I'M
Vanished account of the whole festivity,
Let ME, then, introduce my informant,
bliss Melissa Mix, spinster, owning to
sorty, moderately well endowed with
Ibis worlds goods, housekeeper and
c2re-taker for her only brother Ralph,
home years her senior, both of them
prominent members of the WillOwbroOk
church, and thus heralded, she shall tell
gou the story as she told me.
OF course we can't give our minister
much of a salary, you know Miss Har-
wood; but we've always calkilated to
bet a man whose heart wasn't set on
Filthy Iucre, as the 'postle says:
must own we hain't had much sue
cess, for, would you believe it? out OF
five candidates that preached here the
year we built the church, not one was
wilIin' to stay and do the Lords work.
why, there's only about sixty fam
iHes in our church, and it was settled
the first winter that six dollars a fam
lily would be fair tax, maxim nigh onto
four hundred a year, you see; yet it's
wonderful what trouble we've had to get
a pastor.
Brother Ralph thought that mebbe il
I'VE had a parsonage it would help us; SC
be and the other trustees bought that
nice little cottage where Miss Grey used
to live, with hole rod of land belOnGin
to it but, law 'twa'nt of no use; none
of EN- staid the year out; and l wa'
clean discouraged.
When Mr.. Ormsby came, nigh on three
years ago, he seemed more reasonable
than the rest, though he asked if w
couldn't furnish part of the parsonag'
for him, rs they was only new beginners
and hadn't much housekeepin' stuff.
Well, the ladies were so we'll pleased
with him that they took right hold o
the work Che was to come back in fort
night) and got lots Of things together
There was a handsome pincushloI
made for each Of the bedrOOms-there
three on 'em in the hOuse-and half
dozen tides for the parlor, and case TO
his Shawn paper, and all sent in the tirs
week.
You've heard him preach Miss Hal
wood, and you know how interestln h
was and what beautiful readerand SINCE
too. Why, | declare l took real comiol
goin to church and sittin' under sue
preachiu' ; and so we all did, I'm sure,
But | was tellin' you about what "
gave him. Wen, Deacon Stiles : daugI
ter Sally made Il DRAWN Of the churcI
and framed it in pine cones, TO hang
Mr.. Omsby's study, and the deacon,
sent us a cookin' stove out of his oW
kitchen. He'd just bought a new Oh
for Miss Stiles, and he come over and pr
it up himself which l thought was Il
common kind.
Then we took up a contribution
buy some furniture, but ready mon'
was skarse just then, so we only rails
enough to git pair of chiny vases al
an inkstank.
But Silas Hart, that sold EN- to
was one of our members, 50 he threw
a Chiny dog for the baby and a mat
box for the parsons vile.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-11-30
RICH SHOEMIKER.

In the taxables of Brooklyn appears the
name ola German whose annual payments
for taxes exceeds those of many of the
so-caIled princely merchants who live on
the heights. He pays taxes yearly upon
real and personal property assessed at
$25O,OO0, but worth, probably, double
that amount. Yet this man works hard
at the bench every day, and if he spends
a dollar in recreation for his wife and
children on Sunday he thinks it is a big
thing. He has no help, but works for a
few customers, doing all their work and
caring nothing about any of them. If
they are displeased with his way OF doing
things he simply says they can take their
work elsewhere, and he sorely tries their
patience by his habit Of Disappointing
customers as to time. This man collects
his own rents, builds two or three new
houses every year, and from his frugal
habits promises, if his life is long spared,
to be the wealthiest of all BrOoklynites
His yearly income from real estate is not
less than $4,000 per annum, but he re,
CARDS idleness as a sin, and works every
day upon boots and shoes as regularly
as if his bread and butter were in ieor
ardy.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-11-30
MANNERS 1T THE EXPOSITION

The manners and opinions of the visit
ors to the exhibition furnish good deal
of interestin themselves. The occupants
of rolling-chairs are Enthusiastically the
object OF a slight scorn to those on foot,
akin to the surperciliousness Of early
risers. And, Notwithstanding hundreds
of daily instances to the contrary, the
pedestrians are evidently persuaded that
everybody in a chair is the victim OF
some strange manning or malady, about
which they cannot conceal their curiOsi-
tv. The interest taken in any purchase
bv the bvstanders is so intense as to be
painful to the purchaser \ ring forms
Immediately around the latter and the
vender, which increases mOmentarily
until the transaction is over, all hang
ing speechless on the dialogue between
the two. When this is carriedon in a for
eign language the audience looks discom-
flied and displeased, as if baked of its
rights. \ lady acquaintance tOldme that
Just as her purchase was concluded and
the article replaced in the case, so that it
Become indistinguishable among its tel-
lows, a stranger of her own sex arrived
on the scene, and seeing that it was too
late, dogged her until they reached a Sc
cluded spot in one of the less frequented
departments. Then she accused her in a
low voice "You bought something Just
now" "Yes." ''What was it: But this
inquisitiveness is generally sympathetic.
[ witnessed the sale of an Indian shawl,
at which the buyer was anxious to see it
folded and tried on. \ couple of gOod-na-
tured young Englishmen, evidently nov
ices in playing shopmen, were helpleSsIy
pulling it hither and thither, when a
very nice looking, middle-aged woman,
with an ardent gaze, stepped up from the
circle, took it FROM their hands, gave it in
q trice the proper twist, and then, turning
about, deftlv threw it over her shoulders
and stood there on exhibition until every
BODY concerned or not concerned wa,
satisfied. That sort of readiness to OBJ
lice is a characteristic of our country
! folk: but, both abroad and at home, il
renders us liable to be imposed upon b!
D foreigners, which is to be observed a
t the exhibition in the conduct of the at
t PENDANTS. \ friend whohas been at mol'
= -
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-11-30
rR0rNSEIC FORA memo IN BRIDE
Froa the Bos,on sunday Coo-jer.

Frola the Bosrou sunday Courier.
Madame Pierrct is just now finishing
the trousseau for a Michigan bride IA
daughter of an ex-governor, and is also
making dresses for the brides mother
and the bridesmaids, and it is really
rare treat Just to look at such artistical-
" elegant garments, The b:iic has seven
teen dresses, bliSStul soul, and they each
have equal attractions, 50 il one should
try to describe the Prettiest, she could
not possibly make up her mind which
it should be. The bridal dress Of
heavy white silk is embroidered with
leaves Of white jet, which look
like frost work, and is exquisitiyely dec
grated with hinges of orange blossoms,
A lovely dress of light blue brOcade and
silk is made with a polonaise, which is
draped with a charming grace, and
trimmed with rich Valenciennes lace
plaitings Of a silk and satin of the samt
shade, The underskirt is trimmed in 1
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-11-30

like the first sinners, who having broken
down the protecting rope. were spreading
themselves in their dusty clothes on the
GobeIiD sofas in the French department.
-1HnDtic H,otbg.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-11-30

+, stands IN a sunny meadow,
TLp house 80 messy and brown,
with its cumbrOus old stone chimney,
And the gray roof slOping down.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-23

Our item of yesterday morning con-
corning the shooting of the gambler
Bronson, on the Black Hills road, did
serious injustice TO Mr. Geo. NJ. Single.
Our information was obtained from q
returned miner who claimed to have
camped with the parties named on the
night of the shooting. After the paper
appeared yesterday, our informant con-
fessed that he had gathered the news of
the affair from parties whom he met
on the road, and knew nothing of it
of his own knowledge.
The truth is that Single was within
a few miles of Deadwood City at the
moment of the shooting, which took
place at or near Custer City. The
quarrel between Single and Bronson
before they left here for the Hills, made
the statement reflect terribly on Single,
and we regret that our columns were
for once made to injure an innocent
man, but we could only give the state
ment as it was given us upon what we
deemed reliable authority. s.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-23
Church Services To-Day.

PREsBYTERIAN CHURCH-Seryiees
at II a. m, and 8 p, m. Morning sub
ject: Progress of SIM Evening sub
jet: sAOur Fire Department Thfsjs
. subject which VIII interest every
householder. Sabbath school after
morning service. Prayer meeting We'd
nesdsy5 evening at g. iSociasae at the
house of w. w. Corlett on Friday
evening. A cordial invitation to all.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Ser
vices at II a m. and 8 p m Evening
subject; "Dry Bones" Sabbath school
follows morning service. Young peo-
PIES meeting at Up. m. in the parson-
age. Bible service Wednesday evening.
M. e. CHuRcH.-Serviees at III a.
m. and 8 p. M Glass meeting at 10 a.
ID. Sabbath school at IL m All are cor
daily invited. All members of the
church are especially requested to be
present at the services to-day.
AFRICAN METHoDIsT.-Services at
II a. m. and $40 p. m. Morning sub
ject: "Be strong and Of good courage.r
Evening subject: -And now abideth
faith, hope and charity.,a
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-23
News from the Hills.

Col. c. v. Gardner, editor of the
Black Hills Pioneer, and senior partner
in the firm of Gardner s. Co., Dead
wood City, arrived here on last nights
stage. Mr.. Gardner has been in the
Hills for two months, nearly all the
time travelling from place to place, and
has become fully satisfied that not one
iota of exaggeration has aver been ut
tered or printed concerning the fabu-
lously rich Golconda of our northern
borders. He says all old miners now;
there unite in declaring that-although
fully one million dollars worth of gold
dust now awaits shipment by absolutely
safe carriers, and nearly as much more
has already found its way out, most of
it coming to this city-the Black Hills
have not yet been prospected. The
world will be ~astonished to learn the
true wealth of this region, and another
year will see its development fairly be-
gun.
Mr.. Gardner and other gentlemen
who came by the same stage brought
$4,000 in dust with them. He has on
the road and to arrive here tomorrow,
seven hundred pounds of gold and sill
yer, ore which he will take to the Omaha
smelling works. From Omaha he goes
to Washington with a memorial from
the miners of the Hills asking Govern
ment to protect them in the work of
settling up and developing that rich
region.
Mr.. Gardner says the Hills markets
are glutted with goods and that all deal
ers are losing money. Flour is selling
at 81 per hundred in Deadwood and all
other things III proportion.
Capt. Morrill,, of Dixon, ILL.,, arrived
at Bismarck Friday from the Black
Hills. He says the Wheeler Brothers
have taken out one hundred and eight
thousand dollars from their
claim on Deadwood gulch, and
that their ground will yield several
months yet. Some days they scooped
up goldlb by the pound, and on one day
secured twenty-five hundred dollars.
Four colored men discovered Niger
Gulch, where, to his certain knowledge,
four negroes took out seventeen
hundred dollars in N day, with
a rocker, carrying the dirt
several hundred yards from the
mountains to water. Several other
claims are paying big money. Miners are
making from three to seven dollars per
day, though a great many will not work
and some are destitute.
Flour was selling for nine dollars pei
hundred when Morrill, left, and the
country was flooded with merchandise,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-23
SHERIEE,s SALE.

By virtue of a writ of execution issu-
ed out of the District Court within and
for Laramie County, Wyoming Terri
tory, in favor of Thomas A. Kent, and
against the property of William Nuttell,
for the sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty
-Four Dollars, and Seventy-Eight Cents,
1854. 7S), and costs, to me directed, 1
have levied upon the following described
goods and chattels of William Nuttell,
to wit :
One set of Faro tools complete.
One lot of Tabs for Faro.
Six packs of Faro cards.
All new and perfect.
All Of which property l will offer at
public auction, and sell to the highest
bidder, for cash, On Friday, the 2Sth
day July, 1876, at / O'Clock, p. m. of
said day, at the auction house of John
K. Jeffrey, on Eddy street, in Cheyenne,
Laramie County, Wyoming Territory.
n. ]. O'BRIEN,
Sheriff of Laramie County,
Wyoming Territory.
Cheyenne, Wyo. Ter.
July 18th, 1876. jy1S10t
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-23
Indian Items.

. Jules Ecoffey and Nick Janiss
reached Fort Laramie from Red Cloud
agency ON Wednesday. They saw sew
eral Cheyennes just in from the north.
They report that many of the Indians
who fought Custer and engaged Gen.
Crook on the 18th, and had been III that
vicinity had scattered, and were en-
gagged in cutting poles on Tongue river
and Goose creek; but they had runners
out constantly and could consolidate on
very short notice. and they expected
their next fight would be with Crook.
These Cheyennes reported that the
northern Indians would make their
great fighting in the fall, and that they
could fight and sustain themselves as
long as there were any cattle in the
country. .ns4
Mr.. Ecoffey reported that the agency
Indians said they would fight until the
last one was killed before they would
move from their agency.
A Manitoba half breed reached Fort
Buford, Dakota, last Monday, from Sit
ting Bulbs camp. He was evidently a
runner sent in to get information as to
the movement of federal troops. He
says that all Sitting Bulls wounded
men have been sent away, some going
to Wyoming, some to Missouri River
agency, and some to Pembina.
Col. Burke, the agent at Standing
Rock, has all along maintained that
none Of the warriors at that agency
were absent; but Mrs. Galpin, an edn-
Gated Uncapapa, wrote Capt. Harmon,
at Fort Lincoln, that of 1000 braves
not more than 500 had been ut the
agency since the 10Th Of May.
While a badly equipped army is press.
ing forward to destroy Sitting Bull and
his hostiles, the government would dc
well to investigate the truth of sthes'
rumors. Rascally Indian agents hav'
for years been the most faithful allie
! of the hostile Sioux.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-23
The New Stock Yard.

We give herewith a diagram of the
new and commodious stock yards erect
ed by the Union Pacific. The location
is on the west bank of Crow creek, just
below the dam, and is theonly really
suitable site hereabouts. AS will be
seen by the explanatory notes under the
diagram, the yards are large and we'll
arranged. The plans were submitted to
some of our most experienced shippers
before the work was begun, and altered
SO as to make them as nearly perfect as
possible. Water is to be carried into
the feed yard, G, through pipes from
Crow creek, and drinking troughs will
be supplied.
The new yards will be completed and
shipments will begin on Wednesday
next.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-23

Antelope, the Ute chief, has, in many
conflicts with his natural enemies, the
Cheyennes and Arapahoes, Won the rep
utation of being a first class fighter,
and therefore the announcement that
his W band, numbering thirty or
forty warriors, with a hundred or more
volunteers from the other Ute bands,
have offered to march against the Sioux
under his leadership, is significant in
connection with the problem now being
worked out in the Yellowstone country.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-23

NJ. 7. Kinney is now prepared to
take orders and manufacture any style
of ladies and gents boots and shoes, and
respectfully solicits a share of public
patronage.
To his old patrons, for whom he has
made work while manager of the Shoe
House of G. H. and j. 8. Collins, he
would say, that he has not forgotten
how to make a perfect fit.
Shop at Rosengarden's shoe store,
10th street. jy1Seod3t