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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-05-31

On the night of the 10Th inst,
two coal oil lamps exploded al
most simultaneously in the dwell
ling of Mr.. i. Phillips, setting fire
thereto but by the prompt efforts
of his neighbors, to whom MIR.
Phillips requests us to tender his
sincere thanks, the fire was extin-
guished before much damage was
done.-LOpelousas Courier, May
26.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-05-31

THE WASHINGTON ENTERPRISE -
We are glad to see that the pub
LEGATION Of this newspaper, tempo
rarily suspended, has been revived.
Frank Connolly is the present
editor, aud we hope that his new
enterprise may be successful.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-05-31

The SUNDAY DELTA.-That well
known and experienced journalist,
Edwin i. Jewell, has started, in
New Orleans, a large, fonr-paged,
weekly journal, under the above
name. Tits, OF course, ably edited
and admirably conducted. Price
$3.50 per year, including postage.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-05-31

Black Commercial College, at
New Orleans, advertised in another
column, is well known as one OF the
best institutions of the kind in the
Sonth Parents desiring to fit their
boys Cor the practical duties of man
hood win do well to read the advertise
Iilent
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-05-31

When our subscribers wish their
paper discontinued, they are ex-
pscted to pay mp oil dues, for Sub.
scription and advertisements, and
notify us TO stop sending the
paper.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-05-31

Don't fail to call on B. d C. for
all goods in their line; they give
better bargains thanthe cheapest,
except in our school books, we can
not afford to sell them 10 per cent
below cost.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-05-31

Magnolia Grange No 312
Patrons of Husbandry meets on
the 4th SATURDAY., of each month.
D.. M. Nichols is master of the
above Grange.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-05-31

There is a great deal of truth in
the following from an exchange:
The more man or woman
knows, the less they gossip about
their neighbors. Culture and re-
finement always destroy CAB.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-05-31

Our subscribers will confer a
favor by advising the proprietor
Of any irregnlarity in receiving
their paper.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-05-31


Some recent developments in
Indiana show that the manner in
which the republicans began the
late Presidential campaign was
fully as disgusting as the manner
in which they completed It and
inaugurated their candidate us
President.
Indiana, it will be remembered
was chosen as the first battle field
OF the campaign, and the repub-
licans felt that If they could carry
that State, that fight was, indeed,
won. All their resources, there
fore, all their money, all their ora
tors, all their strategy, Were con.
centrated in Indiana, and the
most gigantic efforts made to
obtain a majority by hook or crook.
Two circumstances in the republi-
can management of the campaign
attracted universal attention ut
the time, but could then be only
partially explained these were
the retirement of Ortiz, the orr
ginal republican nominee for Gov
ernor. and the withdrawal of
Wolcott, the Greenback ,candi-
date, in favor OF the republican
nominee. Late developments
have exposed the true inwardness
of these Withdrawals, and the
check for SIS, 900, paid to Olleman,
secretary of the Greenback State
Central Committee, for Wolcott,
by the republicans, to induce the
withdrawal Of Wolcott, has not
only been traced up, but
found.
Last winter the House of Be
representatives., it is said, heard of
this transaction, determined on an
Investigation, aud even sent q
sergeant-at-arms to indianapolis
to arrest Olleman and Wolcott.
but tho birds bad flown, left for
parts unknown, and did not re-
turf until long after Hayes was
peaceably inaugurated. 1t is
perhaps too ilatenow toinvestigate
this matter more fully, and it can
be Of little advantage, in any way,
except as q key note Of the man
nar in which the late campaign
was begun and carried on by the
republicans, and as proof that all
the charges made against them.
then were true. LII i dozen diff
ferent places the mysteries ofthe
late campaign are slowly leaking
out, and they will probably fur
nish 10 time a full history Of radi-I
cal tactics for our service in the
next election. N. @. Democrat.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-05-31

The attention of those wishing
to secure State or government
land, will do well to call ON Mr.. J.
r. Kirkman. Read his advertise
anent in this issue.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-05-31

Cheapest plaid Nainsook, Swiss,
Lawn, embrol.!ery, ladies' and
misses hats, etc. ETC., ut Bryan g.
Clements.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-05-31

Gentlemen, if you want a cheap
suit of clothes go to Bryan 4
Clements and get it.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-28

BCRYIEO FORT Quite an original meth
cd of taking fort is described in Black
woods Magazine In 1896, large Russian
army beseiged the Turkish fort of Azof, which
was situated on plain strongly fortified, and
had a small but well disciplined garrison. No
common approaches could be made to it, as
the Turkish cannon swept the level with iron
hail. In this case the engineering skill of
the Russians was baffied, but General Patrick
Gordon, the right hand man of Peter the
Great and only one for whose death il is said
he ever shed tear, being determined to take
the place at any cost, proposed to bury il
with earth by gradual approaches. He had
large army; the soil of the plain was light
and deep, and he set twelve thousand men to
work with spades, throwing up a high cir
cumvallation of earth wall before them in ad-
vance. The men were kept in gangs, work
ing day and night, the earth being thrown
from one to another like the steps to q stair,
the top gang taking the lowest place every
half hour in succession. In five weeks the
huge earth wall was carried forward nearly
one mile, until it rose to and above the high
est ramparts, and the earth began to roll over
them This caused the Turkish Governor to
hang out the white flag and give in. Had he
not done so General Gordon would have
buried the fortress.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-28

The July reduction Of 10 per cent on the
wages paid to the employees of the L. 2. r.
r. is the htird reduction made during the
past year Railroad men" says the Silver
State and in fact the whole people along the
Union Pacific, do not entertain very exalted
opinion of Sidney Dillon, President of the
road, who, when asked by merchants and
miners to make reduction in the rates OF GER
tain freight, replied, Reduce the wages of
the men in your employ and that will enable
you to pay present freight rates He acted
on this idea by reducing wages on the road,
but he quickly restored them to the old rates
last Monday, and, for the time, prevented
strike"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-28
WHAT A COLORED GIRL HAS DONE.

Under date of Newport, July 10, we have
the following account OF the surprising aPti-
tude of colored girl:
To-day has been remarkable one in the
history of Newport, for the scholastic honors
of the year were taken by colored girl Jo-
sephine Amelia Silone, who graduated at the
head of her class in the Rogers High School.
She received the gold medal awarded with
the first scholarship, and pronounced the val
edictory Her examinations and Rotations
have been prominently satisfactory, her av-
erage in every study being within fraction of
100, which is the maximum. Miss Silone,
who is quite dark complexioned, took her
last two years studies in one year, which
makes her case all the more remarkable.
She excels in Latin, Greek, French and Ger
man She is native of Nattituck, Suffolk
county, Long Island, and now goes to college.
Her mother is a cook, the young girl earning
her own living by working when not at
school. Such case was never before known
here
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-28

THE Story OF THE TREES. Stockton
Independent has gained some interesting in
formation from Hon. j. Wilcox of Mariposa.
That gentleman met in the wilds of Mariposa
a modest scientist who has for several years
been reading the Book of Nature as printed
on the trees. Taking the section of tree he
selects an average specimen; he has the sur
face planed off smooth across the grain.
With a microscope he then examines, counts
the measures of the annual rings of growth.
Counting from the bark toward the center he
finds that for the thirty years, more or less,
in which a record of the season has been kept
by the inhabitants of California the record of
the trees exactly comedies, the wet seasons
being represented by thick rings and the dry
ones by thin layers, which are too small to be
distinguished by the naked eye. Having es-
tablished this coincidence conclusively from
repeated observations he further finds that
counting back eighty or ninety years ago
there were fifteen consecutive years Of drouth
Further back, for several hundred years, the
period of drouth, in groups of three, four
and five consecutive years, alternated with
periods of wet weather of from twenty to fifty
years each. The record OF different trees in
different parts of the State correspond SO
nearly exactly that another link in the chain
OF evidence was thus proven. He therefore
reasons that as we have had such long periods
of drouth in the past We are likely to have
them again.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-28

Sam Mills, the colored murderer OF Hal
leck's Station, has been sentenced to bs
hanged Aug 81,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-28

MoURNEE WHO WANTED THE RIGHT
! CORPSE. "A strange scene occurred one day
this week at the parish cemetery, Walton
near Liverpool. A few days ago a poor old
woman was taken to the workhouse, Brown
low Hill, and died there. An only sonclaim.
ed her body for interment. He provided a
coffin, called few friends together, and, with
them, proceeded in mourning carriage to
Brownlow Hill, and claimed the corpse of his
mother. A body was offered for his accept
ance, but he refused to have anything to do
with it, the ground Of his refusal being eY-
pressed in the indignant statement, "That is
not the body of my mother; it is the body OF
woman three times as big" 1t appeared
that about the same time that the death OF
the woman in question took place, another
woman died in the hospital, and the one had
been buried for the other. The young man
was not, however, to bedefrauded of the priv
llege of burying his mother reyerently, and
visit was make to Walton and after several
shells had been exhumed, that which con
tanned the corpse OF his mother was found
From It the body was taken, wrapped i'll q
shroud, placed in the coffin provided by the
son, conveyed III q hearse to the Catholic
cemetery at Ford and there Inferred -Lon-
don Telegraph.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-28

FIGHTING THE COLORADO BEETLE IN En-
simultaneously with the passage of
the Danube by the Russians, it is announced
that Sir Wilfrid Lawson favorte dread, the
Colorado beetle, has succeeded Ill effecting the
passage of the Atlantic, and has landed on
German soil, being first Observed with
numerous Larvae, IN potato filed at Mulheim
near Cologne.
The German authorities were equal to the
occasion. and promising to indemnify the
proprietor, they covered the field with saw
dust and tanning bark, over which they
poured petroleum OIL which they set on fire
One beetle, however, was seen on the wind
so that the whole invading force was certainly
not exterminated Colorado engravings" of
the insect have been issued by our Commits
sioners Of Customs-just as colored photo
graphs of escaped criminals are issued by our
Commissioners of Police-to all and sundry
likely to fall in with the potato beetle, if he
does come.
But it will be an unequal war The beetle,
like Shely's 'Desolation," is a delicate
thing" which can easily find harborage with
out being detected by our coarse faculties at
all We shall find it almost as difficult as to
make war on Professor Tyndalls germs -
London Spectator.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-28

OF certain alleged bullion stealing case
and its termination, the Silver State of Thurs
day says:
j. w Gibson, indicted for stealing some
$3.50 worth of bullion from the Rye Patch
Company while in their employ amalga-
mator, was tried yesterday and acquitted
The stolen bullion was shipped from Nads-
worth to San Francisco, and its value in coin
returned to man named Hanson, who Is
mining on his own account near Rye Patch,
sud who had heretofore made shipments OF
ore and bullion to San Francisco. Hanson,
who Is an honest miner, refused to take the
money from the express office, knowing that
it was not his, and there it still remains, be
yond the reach of Gibson, who acknowledges
that he shipped the bullion, which he claims
to have produced from argentiferous galena
ore, by working it in small portable Dutch
oven, in Hanson's name, and ordered the pro
ceeds to be directed to him. AS there is
scarcely doubt that the money rightfully
belongs to the Rye Patch Company, Hanson
will probably take it from the office and de-
liver it TO the company.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-28

The New York World has unearthed and
interpreted the following bit of Partisan news-
paper humor anent the Russo-Turkish war:
a Russian general, about to begin bonn
bardment, but being short of trained artillery
men, has the happy thought of addressing
himself to the leading building contractors of
the city beseiged. Gentlemen, says he,
II wish you to build and operate battery
for me. You will readily understand that
every house knocked down you will doubtless
have contract to rebuild when this cruelof
warovitch is oversky" They address them
selves to their task with energy, and employ
architects as gunners The fierceness and
accuracy of the fire poured upon that de-
voted town is without parallel in the annals
OF war
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-28

Contemplating tea-party like unto that
which set Boston Harbor to sleeping the car
goes OF some ships in the China trade some
thing over hundred years ago, the U. P R.
Il. company have caused blockade at Ogden
Says the Reno Gazette of Thurrday:
The Union Pacific Railroad Company re-
fuse to receive the tea which has been shipped
over the Central Pacific during the past week,
and the entire cargo, amounting to nearly
200 ear loads, is now lying at Ogden Their
reason for not receiving it is that they are
afraid of strike, and that in such an event
the tes would undoubtedly be destroyed by
the strikers Is is therefore thought best to
let the tea remain where it is, as there is not
likely to be any trouble on the @. ?.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-28

In one of the accounts of the efforts of the
tiremen to extinguIsh the fire at Rincon Point
we note that the engine men are reported as
finding fault that there was scarcity of fresh
water for their steam boilers down by the
wharf Also it is stated that water had t.
be brought in buckets for the supply OF the
boilers. Is it possible that San Francisco is
not provided with fire engines that can use
salt water to make steam with! Must they
all have fresh water or remain idle and use
less? 1t is altogether possible that we are
quite adrift in our inference, but here Is
what the San Francisco Chronicle says:
The fremen complained of lack of fresh
water on the wharf, and which had to be car
ried in buckets to feed the engines.
The same account informs US that Fifty
barrels of whale oil which we're lying on the
wharf escaped the flames by being rolled into
the bay"-so that the tide was not So low but
there was water enough to float those barrels
Now if our Interpretation Of these facts Is
correct one, there remains for some ngen-
ious man the promising opportunity and IN
centlNe OF all Invention Ill IRE eIlSIIIc StCa'Al
boilers which will permit the taking of sue
ton out OF the exhaustless sea water OF San
Francisco Bay and other tide-water places
DUckwATER- OF the somewhat noted Duck
water country, it's resources and the effects
there OF the recent rains, the Eureka Sentinel
of July Goth says
Judge Mckenney and Lambert Mollineh
returned last evening from a trip 10 Duck
water and Current creek. Lambert enthusi-
astically describes the acres of waving corn
and green fields that delight the eye III that
locality, and describes II as God own country.
The water cases that are a bone OF contention
to the honest farmers of Duckwater, was the
occasion OF the trip, the Judge wishing to
personally aquaint himself with the ground
and the course and volume of the different
streams One case has already been tried
before his Honor, but the briefs have not as
yet been submitted The other suit, involving
the water furnished by the warm springs, will
be commenced at the next term OF court.
On their return to Eureka they encountered
the effects of the recent storms, the roads bear
ing evidence OF having been badly washed and
damaged to such an extent as to impede
tarvel in that direction In Fish Creek val
ley broad and shallow lake, some miles III
circumference, has been formed by the deluge
of water that fell in that region. The full
force OF the STORM seemed to have expended
itself on the southern side OF the Pinto range.
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Political Notes.

new Democratic paper is talked of !,
lorS county, Pa. The Glen Rock Item saws,
III IS TO be run in the interest of the Dame,
cratic party, on strictly economical basis
opposed TO all rings or Jobs of any kind ad,
Voca'ing the payment Of the county debt saIe
OF the AlmshOuse property and lis estabI;sh.
ment at a distance from the borough Of Yo,I
and the interest Of the taxpayers VenersIlv
The editorial management 4 IL he h cha.y'.
OF gentleman from York. and one 81 r.
most brilliant political writers for Tho 80
~ the city of Baltimore. fN'S
Colonel James L. Paine. of Gso,oi. -.
Of Bishop Paine, the head Of the Ms,b,,d H.
Shu5ch south, brolher-in'aw Of Senator
tpo,Ioh, eiass'nate OF Senator Lamar. and
hlghty connected in the South, is going 10
MAKE llght tor the position Of Sergeant nj.
u. OF me House of Representatives. II
sue lep3r, thai the Southern members have
iSHe,uue :, 70 demand this office is true Col
faine will probably get it. ~
=, M tue charges made months ago apa,ns,
'ne management of the bureau of printing and
engraving are more than sustained bS tbo
onieial report of the committee Of inyest;sa'
l,In, which has found the department % rad;
sI'iy rotteh That II recommends its total nhol.
'Sn IN as the only eiiectual cure.
@, ne views Of the President and of secre,.r ~
sherman on the silver question don't doys,a
very well, and there win be a stragyle ~ 's san
s sn,Sh one shall have the influence upon ibs
Forthcoming Republican Convention u nb t.ne
~ Is me question OF good money against H.
ie H.. money all over again, but the Pres.
'ue g, seems 20 have lost his grip. -" 'e'
ne straight Republican demonstration N
,asIr o. Gra1t for President in 1880 i ratb"r
early IN the day. yet there is no doobs G S
coo ou &c, strongest candidate the party Of Fraad
od; me Upper Marlboro Prince csoroion
gailorlally advocates the election Of az E 'a"
Sanea Is. Groome as next Uni,sd 1 s,s.',
Senator from Maryland. 0"''eu states
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-23
Foreign Afairs.

7
TnE SiruATIoS IN FRAScE.--Tbe French
crisis has come at last and IN Tho ;ssne
squnrely made upon test vote the ministry
was defeated by majority Of 1868 against 1853.
The Assembly will adjourn and the appeal
will go to the people in the coming elections.
France has still to decide whether she will be
a growing republic or will suffer herself to be
saddled and bitted by the paltry riders Of for.
mer days. whether the people are to be
sovereign, or whether rags and shreds Of old
orleanist Bourbon and imperial bummers
are to run France in their own little grooves.
| The dagger of civil war is imminent The
acts Of tue Government are watched closely
anu WIN ,he deepest interest, under strong
suspleioil tnat preparations Tor new coup d
e'as are m progress
:, Snch Is the tension OF the public mind in
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-23

ceIi .as' e week workmen engaged in digging .
, Gy''ar 'or warehouse on Charles street T.i
si . tnoy the centre Of business j. PAT ,h.
e,g,l struck mass Of timber, yery mneb ' aa
eayed, which appeared to be one ~ au so de-
nla Of a small sized sailing vessel VI r rue
,se ro where ihe warehouse excavation !. n aSs
to the year iso Az made ground and previous
sergeant Hause has in his po:se, Siep water
Sus and minute map of baltimore ,nsa eari ,
marked executed .aa, in 1852, upon which "p e
down, being the first wrecl, 49, oove went
~ me waters Of the Patapseo R Scea aI
calculation Sas Si and measurement he close
on i uos bs .Ga, the place where the ssea
street, IS the exact locality m svla Oharles
I =, az me scene Of the SINKING ~ n. On ms
~ 4 would thus appear that the ga taI e ,qGp.
sioop DoSe se S Sss"s up i the wreck Of In
h ior ,he frat time after being anu hn, discovered
ared and twenty-five years buried a hun
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A eonlemporarr predlcts that Ind next

A contemporary predicts that the next
new State % be added to The Union viii
be Mexico. Hardly. But the Eve north.
ern provinces may be. Then what a flock
ing thither Of our enteiprising young men.
The n Y. San insists that a scheme Of
territorial spoliation is on foot, sanctioned
by Lerdo, who is in favor at Washington.
II says;
Three modes Of acquiring territory, under
the false pretence of preventing cattle steal.
ing on the Rio Grande, are therefore present.
ed, namely:-Colhsion and war BY invading
Mexico; a treaty for the recti6eation Of the
present boundary, at large price; secession
Of the northern States, fomen,ed by Ameri.
can spectators, with annexation for a price
to be paid down in bonds of the United States
In the present condition of the country, either
of these propositions may be considered the
height Of audacity. But they are seriously
entertained, and are in the programme Of the
Fraudulent President.