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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-11-02

mittee." The committee conclude
their report In these words
"a careful examination of the
superintendent statement will
clearly show that the figures fur
nished are beyond all reason, and
your committee is forced to the
conclusion that these SO called
expenses constitute one of the
most deliberate frauds pefpetrated
in this State"
The following statement of
Thomas D. Miller before the com
mittee shows who received the
money:
RI negotiated eighty thousand
C$8O,0OO) dollars of bonds for the
B9uf and Crocodile Navigation
Company. I had account with
Thos. G. Anderson, and fnd him
credited with them at the rate
of eighty-fve 49, cents on the
dollar, less one quarter COM
mission. They were sold in New
York. Mr.. Anderson drew the a.
mount out at various times on his
check. I did not know anybody in
the transaction but Thos. @. Ander-
son"
New Orleans, Feb. %, 1876.
This report with comments of the
city press was Publishedin our issue of
March IS, 1876.
On the 25th of the same month we
offered the free use of our columns to
the parties implicated, for the publica-
ton of thir statement of expenses. ="
They did not choose to accept such a
vindication. We now challenge them
to produce this bill Of expenditure, in
order that the people of this communi-
! ty who were witnesses of the work done
and the expenses incurred, may be the
Judges whether their Senator is respon-
sible for lone of the most deliberate
| frauds prepetrated in this State, or
whether the report of Messrs Luckett,
Pipes and Kelly is stale SANDER" A
special defense has been made, which
was published here, in the Journal but
the people here, being the judges, have
not been favored with evidence Give
them an opportunity to scan that estate
ment of expenses. "
As to the We'll Claim. its story is soon
told: Though the gentlemen by the
Republican may have voted for allowing
| the claim, it was nevertheless disallOwed
! by the Legislature. Thomas c Ander-
son then purchased this rejected claim,
amounting to over two hundred thou
sand $500, 900 dollars, for seven or
eight thousand, and had it funded as
portion of the legitimate debt of the
State Opelousas Courier, 2Sth ult.
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INFORMATION FOR THE REPUB.
LICAN.

Messrs. R. L. Lucket, W. Fl.
Pipes and Geo. A. Kelley, being
a special committee to investigate
the affairs of the Bayou Beuf and
Crocodile Navigation Co., reported
to the Legislature last winter that
they had " discovered the startling
fact that the best and most liberal
estimates do not figure the entire
work performed, up to the present
date, at more than eight thou
sand five hundred (SS,50O) dol
lars" but that Z. CAN'T, the
the Superintendent of said B@uf
and Crocodile Navigation Co.,
places the total amount of expend-
lures up to Jan. lst, 1876, at
$73,560." The Committee say
further " Now to explain these
large expenditures a statement is
placed before your committee, and
strange to say, not a single voucher
has been produced to substantiate
the correctness of said statement.
With but few exceptions no names
are mentioned as to the parties to
whom the several payments were
made, and the dates of said pay
ments are entirely ignored in the
statement furnished your CON-
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TO the People of Calcasieu.

We are informed that a malicious ru-
NOR is being circulated in your parish,
to the effect that we were intoxicated at
Sugar Town, and that E. Z. Lewis had
publicly denounced Benjamin R. CAN'T
in offensive terms,
We pronounce the rUmOr or state
ment to be false and malicious in every
particular, and challenge any individual
who WAS present on that occasion, to
face us with such charge. DR.. Myers
ana Mr.. Hanchey, who entertained us
that night and were with us during the
entire day, and until we left the next
day, will certainly disabuse fair minded
men of such malicious falsehoods. We
hope our friends and the people of CAL
casieu will bear in mind that we live far
away and that it is impossible for us to
meet and disprove such Slanderous
charges before the election, and we
warn our friends against any other
falsehOOdS that may be circulated to
our detriment. Their authors may
safely calculate that our absence will
place it out Of our power to contradict
them in time to defeat the object, and
we respectfully ask simple hearing be-
fore Judgment is passed uPon injurious
rumors, which are invariably put in
circulation against candidates few
days before the election.
The necessity of canyassing st. Ian
dry will prevent our going again to Cal
casieu. and we submit that, MS no one
was bold enough to face us, while there,
with such maliciously false accusations.
he who circulates them in our absence
and out of our reach, is base and
cowardly slanderer.
Respectfully submitted,
E. Il. LEWIS,
LAURENT DUPRE.
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Public Notice.

A LII creditors of the vacant success
n sion of J. w. T. Lambeth, de-
ceased, are hereby notified to present
their claims to me, at Sugar Town, for
approval, duly authenticated, without
delay. All persons indebted to said
succession are requested to make pay
ment to me without further notice.
GEO. w. RICHARDSON,
Curator of said Succession.
Sugar Town, Calcasieu parish, La.
October 5, 1876.
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Noticing some tickets with the name Of only
the two Presidential Electors for the State at
large, and the eloctor (AIcibiade DeBlanc) for
this Congressional District, we sent the follow,
ing telegram to the President of the Democratic
State Central Committee, and received the fols
loving reply.
President State Central Committee, N. o.
Should the voters of each Congressional
District vote for all the Presidential Electors,
or only for the Ell ctors at large, and the
elector of tGeir district? J. W. BRYAN.
You nugt vote for all the Presidential
Electors. l. w. PAIION'
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trampled under foot, our property
taxed beyond our capacity o. en-
durance, even to confscation, and
for what are we thus taxed? To
enrich scalawags, cgrpet-baggers
and thieves in Office, and out of
office. This thing must stop, or
we will be ruined financially, and
degraded politically. And how
can it be stopped? Only by a
change of rulers. If we are in ia
yor of retrenchment and reform
we must vote for Tilden and Hen
bricks, Nichols and Wilt. II they
are elected we may expect to have
equal laws, and privileges, and
eyen-harded justice meted out to
all. Bat if defeated, we may ex-
pect a continuation of the most
corrupt, tyrannicaI and thieVing
government on earth. Then stir
up the boys; tell them to remem-
Der that Maj. Hardy Coward, Rees
Perkins, ST., Henry Moss, Michael
Neal, John Henderson, Jacob
Ryan, ST., and others, travelled
from the west side of the CaIcasieu
to OpeIousas, in 1923, to vote for
Andrew Jackson for President of
the United States, there being no
precinct nearer for them to vote
ut. Tell them to remember that
those noble patriots now sleep in
patriotic graves in the midst of
their parish, and will they, their
descendants, As years later, refuse
or neglect to lose one day to 60 to
the polls and vote al what l regard
the most important election ever
held in America? Sir, [ voted for
Jackson in 1928 myself, and have
voted the democratic ticket with
out a scratch or a blur from that
day to this and I assure you that
[ have never seen an election in
which I thought the South had
more at stake than the present.
It is very natural that [ should
feel an abiding interest in the sac
cess of the democracy of Calcasieu.
I was married there more than 45
years ago; have o daughter and
kind mother sleeping in her soil,
have many devoted relatives and
friends both dead and living there,
whose memories I will ever cher
i8h with reverence and undying
respect. [ have always watched
her elections with the deepest in
terest, and rejoiced over her sue
cesses.
In conclusion, permit me to say
one word for my parish, Vernon.
We are determined she shall be as
she always has been, since her
formation, the Banner Democratic
parish in the State. We ought to
poll about $50 votes. If we do,
we will give the national and State
ticket at least 700 majority. KeI-
logg received more votes than any
other radical ever did in this par
ish, and he only received q, and
I feel sure neither of their tickets
will get half that number this year.
My dear sir, I know my time is
nearly up, but still I pray to live
to see Louisiana, my adopted
State, rescued from the grasp Of
vampires, blood-suckers, adyen-
turers and thieves, and to see the
reins of government, both national
and State, placed in the hands of
able and efficient patriots and
statesmen, who will administer the
government with an eye single to
the best interests of the people.
[ remain your very humble SER
want and fellow-demoCrat,
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TO THE VOTERS OF CALCALSIEU
PARISH.

AS there is a report being circulated in this
parish for the purpose of injuring me politically
in this campaign, to the effect that I was seen
in drinking saloon taking drink with one
Arnold Smith, a coiored man, unhesitatingly
pronounce the same wiIlful malicious and
infamous LIE, as will be seen Ivy the certificate
below. ASA RYAN.
We the undersigned proprietors of the differ
ent bar rooms in this town, hearing that a re-
port is being circulated through the country
that Mr.. Asa Ryan, one of the candidates for
Clerk in this parish was seen drinking at the
bar wi h one Arnold Smith, a negro, we AXE
this method of pronouncing the same false and
without any foundation whatever.
SAM. KINDER,
J. 4. KINDER,
AMEDE FARQUE,
JOHN DILLON,
by JOHN HARLOW,
G. HAIL.
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The following dispatch necessitates
my revoking my appointment of four
polls, to wit: Old Toll Bridge, Delino
Derouen's store, Ben. Whitman's, John
lies.
This leaves seventeen polling places,
as advertised THAD MAYO,
Supervisor of Registration CaIcasieu parish,
La.
NEW ORLEANS Nov. lst 1876
Thad. Mayo, Supervisor.
Reduce to seventeen pes1s or less Unnecessary,
as cannot supply more blanks.-Too late.
PETER WILLIAMS.
Chef Clerk Registrar of votersr
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Estimate of Expenditures
for 1876.

Rv virtue Of m ordinance of the .Po-
lice Jury of the parish Of Calc8s1eu,
Ia. of date Oct. 5. 1916, I submit for
publication, the following estimate of
the expenditures of said parish, Tor the
year 1876, including the old debt, VIZ
Summoning Grand and Petit
jury for March and Sep ,
TENDER terms, 1876. $3.50 ~
Summoning Special ventre' go. w
Is Jurors. ................ &c" w
Paw Of Jurors in Dist. Courts,
March and Sept, l276...: l3OO w
Sheriff7s costs in District and
Parish Courts, including ,
feeding prisoners in Jail. 1886 w
Sherif's per diem in District .,.,
and Parish Courts. $780,. 23O OO
Conveying cOnvicts to peni-
tentiury, (4).............. 2UO OO
Pay of Sheriff, Clerk, and Re
corde-, drawing iuries for
March and September
terms, 1876. ITO w
Fees OF Clerk in criminal
prosecutions ............. 31O w
District Attorney, conviction
fees, September, l676..... - OO
Salary of District Attorney
pro tenn, and fees. ....... 500 w
Summoning witnesses before
September, Is78. ........I l3l 90
Publishing two jury lists, no.
tice, blanks, etc, % OO
Publishing proceedings PO-
lice Jury, and estimate,
| year. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. luO w
Paw of Police jury. $50 90
Costs in civil suits vs.. the
Parish OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 50 10
Justices and Constables' fees
in criminal prosecutions. 50 90
Feeding Hughes and others
in jail, year ............. 2l9 90
Feeding jules Guidry / year,
in Jail, New Orleans. ...-.. 225 90
Conveying him topenitentiary 100 90
Probable cost of Registration 1920 OO
and Commissioners. ,...~' $50 90
t two O. rolls. 49,, 600 %
| Collectors commission on
parish tax Of 1873 and L.
censes of 1876. ........ 1000 90
Medical attendance on pris-
oners in jail. % 90
Salary of Parish Treasurer. =. 200 90
Salary of Clerk Police Jury. $50 90
Support of paupers. ........ $50 %
5lO,6O5 40
Deht outstanding September
80, 1876, Il,l77 Is
Probable amount of debt of
the parish to Dec. Dist,
1876, S22 ,0s2 IS
Respectfully submitted,
J. V. Moss, Clerk P. Jury.
Lake Charles, Oct. Is. 1876.
ID. X. BREAZEALE.
CHOICE LIQUORS, CIGARS
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want me in hell, and try to send me
there"
We will now leave you to, consider as
you please, and II Mr.. Lewis wants any
more from the undersigned, let him
apply in person, and I expect he can be
accommodated. Respectfully,
T. K. SINGLETON,
NJ. z. SINGLETON,
J. W. LAEIER,
JAMES NJ. HANCHEY,
JOHN z. MATTHEW,
7. J. HES,
GEORGE THIELEMAN,
n. T. NOLEN.
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C. G. HAWKINS, Nj. ID.

HAS located at Big Woods, for the
IL practice of his profession in Mi its
branches. Charges to suit the times.
He can be found Mt Saxon's store when
not professionally engaged elsewhere.
Oct 26-3m
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Vote for Henry L. Garland for
state Senator.
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AT HOME.

Vote for Joseph E. Acklen for
Congress.
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A Chance for a Bargain.

A Rotary Single Machine, II block,
N Everat's Patent. For particulars
inquire of w. S. Grow, at Lake Charles,
or s. Chenault, at Orange, Texas.
Oct 26--3t
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LtNGUAfEs
Are practically taught BY experienced Profess
sors. PcisDus from fifteen To nifty years OF age
attend. TustrurtT2n gwen privately tn taea
student. vino bas separate desI to himzeIs.
and IS nut through a thorough and svUema &c
curse Of business Transactions T. quariGy him
for the ,ifua1:5n be intends to I'LL Persors
who have neglected their educa.inn can here
,pesdiI7 prepare for business Of any kind Sta
DENT. from codutry can boaId in the family
Of the Principal.
Commercial Colleges in this city.
Cost Of full Commercial course only $I06.
Average time three t. four months.
The Principe has been professional teacher
in New orleans siE 'e 1881.
Nv. BLACKMAN,
Oct Is NEW ORLEANS, L..
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By virtue Of an ordinance Of the Po-
lice jury of the parish Of Calc&sfeu,
La, of date Oct, 5, 1876, 1 submit for
publication, the following estimate OF
the expenditures of said parish. for the
year 1876, including the old debt, viz ;
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BETTING.

An exchange offers its readers u word
Of warning about making their election
bets We premise thcpma@oph by
saying that all bets ON elections ac
penal offences in Texas, The exchange
says
The time approaches when wagcrs on
elections will be plentiluIly made 10y
the speculative, and anticipatinga state
of things which caused world Of trou-
bic last fall especially in regard to the
result in Ohio and Pennsylvania, We
wish to utter word of warming to bet
tiers. 1t is this Be careful how you
word your bets; if there is II third can.
didate in the field however in,ignIi-
cant, do not ignore his existence; and
overhaul your dictionaries rs Captain
Cutie would say, for the meaning Of
the word majority and, ''whcn found
o,I, he note on it, Understand that if
VA bet, for instance that 1'ildcn will
carry New York, or that Hayes will
carry Ohio, respectively, by twenty
thousand majority, each Of the leading
candidates must get, in his own state,
for you to win not only twenty thou
sand more votes than his principal op.
poncnt, but twenty thousand morcyotcs
| than all other candidates combined.
If the Peter Cooper party nominate an
electoral ticket, do not leave it out OF
the account for, though it should not
| nnll n,nt,n than five buOIr,l ynt,- in
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STATE NEWS.

Brenhom is talking about street cars
There are I2,OOO,OOO mosquitoes in
town.
A grey eagle is the latest curiosity in
Paris.
Money is more stringent in Austin
than ever, Two dollar. n day now, YOU
know,
The Daily Iampasas Dispatch is ancw
candidate for public favor. ltisNncot-
ly printed sixteen column paper, and
cvincc9 both enterprise and pluck. We
wish it success.
Paris Press: 1t is noticed by the
New York Evening Express that one
of the peculiOritics of the present hard
times is the constant growth and pros.
pcrity of such of the Southern and
Southwestern States as are free from the
negro and carpet bag rule. Texas cs.
pecially, is steadily gaining in wealth
and population,
The Denison News calls attention to
the fact that Messrs, Looncy ~ We'd.
more, who are engaged in the dairy bu.
slness near Dcnlson, are turning their
attention to the manufacture of cheese
They have thirty or thirty.iiye cows
and have made over one hundred
cheeses this summer which they have
readily sold at fifteen cents per pound.
They expect to add largely to their
stock.
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rhc uroprlr'0is Of Ioa'nt'"r's stomach
Hllory rromHr nothing in DnhUfs'N8 'a-
muu, tonic auG regulating cu8W which Il
Hill not perform, 80 Wotaut.pni luccoh'
cilablo with common sense are maze IN rel
crrucr TO II, but evidence Of the most posi-
tive nature has been acculuulatins for over
a quarter Of century In its bchoIi which
proves II to be- ~ re.iuolr preventive and cut
rnliyo Of mularim Diseases an efficient ana
genial tonic and. general corrective, ana
specially valuable IN cuscs whore the bow
els, liver, stomach or urinary organs are uI-
icctcd, Debility, the source from whence 80
many bodily cyls spring Is entirely remc-
died ~ the iuyigDmtlye action Of me BIT
trls, witch arrests premature decay ANA re-
pulrs LOSSES Of uury uus and muscular power
while improvina the appetite, an render
ing digestion cHHy.
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again before the people in ON city IL
is to be decided ON next Monday
whether or not licon-,. shall be giypn
to saloons and uukccpcrs or anybody
else TO sell Intoxicating liquors by The
drink in the city Of Paducah General
Green Clay Smith made q puud tenn
pemnce speech in our city last night
He IS the regular nominee Of the .icm-
pcronce Convention for President Ills
speech was nm able one and 10 thrp point
He speaks again tonight,
Business i, rather duh
The tobacco crop is very hort Iiao.
crops are looking well, butnccdmg rain.
The wheat crop was a good one in tai,
vicinity. The grass crop is all harvested
and is the best made for years. Yours
!. ". e.
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DEFEATED demagogucs and played Yn,
politicians, whose wretchcd lives t,,
the synonymes of failure make poor
critics. Innate imbccility, supcraddcd
to irrcprcssible vanity are undesirable
and contemplate attributes in worn
out trmmers, yet these characteristics
may mcasmably fit them to bc the
proper opponents of brass and ">cl-
ishncss.'
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Buchan's Cresylic Ointment will kill the
screw Worm every time, and cure Foot Rot
In sheep and Cattle.
Buchan's Crcsylic sheep Dip is an infaln-
BILE remedy for the scab In Sheep; being
soap, 1t penetrates at once to tho skin and
kills the Scab.
Buchan's Oarbollc Disinfectlng Soap cures
Mango In Horses, Dogs md Cattle, and kills
Lice, Fleas and Ticks on all animals. 't.H
"a BE sure Jas. Buchan n Co.'S namo appears
on the labels. All others nro counterfeit and
worthless. WIN. +. KIDDER n Co, Princl.
pal Depot, ~ John street, New York.
lune2S- de0d3mst1w ams
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CoIored Illustrations,

Engraved expressly ion the worl, Mt large cx-
pcnsc,
Nearly every STnic superintendent of
Public instruction Ia the Union, or cores
ponding officer, where such IN one exists,
hAs recommended WERSrER'S UItrloSARN
those of EASTERN Northern Middle, South
cru and Western StutcS-T wuuty.cight In all.
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pApucAn, KY, August 3, 1870.

10 tHe EuIIUT OF THO HtfiIU Wv V|TT-"
Paducah, with the exception of some
few changes, is the same familiar old
place, ] see many new faces; some
have gone away and some have died,
yet strangers are coming in and taking
their places. believe the old town
has improved since left il. uug.n
Tho Tldsn and Hendricks flag was
raisd here yesterday evening amid
much enthusiasm. Speeches were the
order Of the occasion, and considerable
interest was manifested.
The question of Local Option" is
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ROANOKE COLLEGE,
SALEM, VIRGINIA.

Next session begins September 9TH. Cole.
glate ana Preparatory courses. Unsurpassed
location, healthy mountain climate, moral
community. Moderate expenses. From
Sl6O To $40 Tor ten months (including board,
tuition, ctc.) College lutte prosperous. stu
dents from all sections OF the country;
twenty -four from Texas. For catalogues,
ETC., address Secretary OF Faculty, Roanoke
College, Salient Virginia. jyl5-dw2m
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EDUCATIONAL
ST. LOUIS LAW SCHOOL.

l,aw Dcpurtnon. Of Washington uni
eri'yl
The regular annual term OF TINS Inv
school VIII open on Wednesday,. OciOb'r
II, 1876. run course, TWO terms, six months
each. students admitted ptlu Senior Glass
on examination, by application on or before
October lO, Tuition go per term. including
use OF library.
EgT pHH rutIIE address,
g., "a. -4h NAlti, Iunu lf Law lNCullY
20} p, Thnd It, 10. Louis, Mo-.
uueIIlin