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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-05-24
The Democratic Press and
Party.
shreveport Times.

~SsOiO dtNiCiD pI huF hfSU dPLnp
cratic Legislature for its niggardl,
appropriations to paw newspapers
for work done. The Madison Jour
nal has a similar article on til,
same subject, and says the fault i.
nainly With the conductors of th,
press. They make intellectual
giants out of pigmies who become
100 often unfajtlifni to their erea-
tors"
There is word of truth in this
Political editors are pack horses
who do most df the work and re-
ceive least OF the pay. A paper
that refused to insert the proceed
ihgs OF every cross-road political
meeting would be ruled oht of the
party, while no one would rlink oi
asking non. partisan paper to
publish such matter without pay.
In short, the plea is virtually made
that. III We cannot enjoy the high
privilege of starving oar own party
paper to death. what the devil use
Asa4fo Ii = wo got got tfStSi. fSSit. Il Il ?"
The radical1party, while in power
in this Stat, went to the extreme
III fostering and supporting its
press. So sool. as the democratic
party cnme into power it rushed
to the other extreme, of endeavor-
ing to starYe ont it's press. And
il would have succeeded eifectuallv
but for The fact thar, by long prac.
tice, editors have learned to live
on nothing.
We trust that amid its multifa-
,ious duties the convention, now
in session, viii adopt some equita-
bic plan Of adjusting this vexed
question. Fair wages for honest
work Should be the iule This
conld be done, aud at the same
lime ample safeguards be thrown
around ttle public purse to guard
it against the designs Of nnscru-
palons publishers. There is no
inst reason why i newspaper
should be required 10 work for
State, parish or municipal corpora
fions for less rates than it works
for merchant. The published
rates II papels could be taken y.
a fair criterion, for no publisher
woald be silly enough TO publish
exorbitnnt rates aud thus drive of
customers.
While iD the days past the peo-
pie Of Shreveport were extremely
liberal in coming to the assistance
ef the Times when it got into finan-
cial trouble, (aud this, by the by,
has operated injariously to the
present pablishrr,l the party has
never supported it. Indeed, We
doubt ii there has been single
campaign since the paper was
started in which it was paid for
work actually done-thefe was al
ways large balance to be charged
to profit and loss,
But there il no special use iu
complaining. ii has always been
50. and will probably continae to
be so, until editors take the bit
their mouth, assnggestsd by the
Madison Journal, and refuse to be
driven by small politicians.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-05-24
LAKE CHARLES ECHO.
Pablisaaed Every Saturday,
At
LAKE CHARLES, La
lTers,,s of Subscription

One copy, ono year. ar....-.-.-...s 2 oo
One copy, six months. 90
One copy, three months. $780,. 90 rs
Single copies. 5
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-05-24
LARGE LOGS. The present ris!

LARGE LOGS. The present rise
has brought some tremendous
sticks of timber 10 Orange. Mr..
Eh. Swinford purchased q cypress
log so feet long, BIZ inches in diam
et4r at the small end and 7 feet ia
diameter Al the butt. This stick
will make 10000 shingles. II
brought down BY Mi. Mtgorqno-
dale, aud cold fof $24. Mr.. Van
Meter brought down q pine stick
So feet in lergth and 80 inches in
diameter at the small end, This
stick will turn out about 1000 feet
9f lumber. II was purchased by
Thomas II Van De Mark Orange
Tribune
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-05-24

New goods just received by ],
NJ. Bryan & Co, such as hats,
latest style, shoes, dry goods, no.
tions, &C., Sc. CHEAP, CHEAP,
FOR CASH.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-11
philosopher, I only feel some difficulty in

philosopher, only feel some difficulty in
existing
A young man of Sioux City, when out
counting his girl made a misstep and fell
down a hill a distance of 800 feet, but was
not fatally hurt
The hardest thing in the world for q
young woman to do is to look unconcerned
the first time she comes out in handsome
engagement ring.
A man sometimes parts his name in the
middle for euphony and beauty. Even
Jacob has good effect on "a card when
placed as j. Cobb Smith.
Latest mail reports from Europe say
there ia no truth in the rumor Of the COM
ing betrothal of the Princess Beatrice and
the Grand Duke of Baden.
The lady who goes away for her health
and takes FIVE trunks begins to decline in
weight the minute she discovers that
smother lady has brought six trunks.
"No," said Psperwaite explaining, Il
wasn't really mad when the old man drove
me from the house. bnt must say / felt
put out"
Next year Sir Michael Costa will have
completed half a century of service as
conductor of italian opera in London. He
succeeded Signor Bochsa at Her Maiesty'i
in 1881.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-11
A Man Who Didu't Take His County
Paper.

David Fauber is farmer living in Steu-
ben township, Warrenlcounty: He is an
honest chap and therefore thinks every
body else is honest. 1t las been 30 long
since David read a newspaper that he had
an idea that the world was running along
in the old-fashioned way. He had his
idea knocked out of him last week when
he was compelled to pay 1925 for some
thing he never got. About the 18th OF
June last, hay fork agent called on Da-
yid and wanted him to act as agent in
that locality, agreeing to send him fork
to exhibit. David accepted. the agency
and signed a receipt for the fork which was
to be sent to hin. The fork never arrived
and David was considerably astonished last
week when Dauville bank notified him
that they held note for $3.50 signed by
him. He. couldn's see how a receipt could
be transferred into a note, but he had it to
pay all the same, leas a share OF $i25
This game has been practieed all over the
country and every State has warned the
farmers against the swindlers' Both OF
the Warren county papers have published
these warnings and if Mr.. Fauber had sent
| in $500 to either of his county papers he
would have saved just 1923. Not many
people know it, bat it is fact that these
| men obtain the names of the men who
don't take their home papers before the,
20 into the township. And they are th'
men they catch every time.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-11
PERSONS AND THINGS

An imperial Cesar-the Sheriff.
Mr.. Blight, son of John Bright, is in
Boston.
Lord Lytton will not return to England
until next year.
Ewing won't acknowledge the corn, nor
the wheat crop either.
Sothern's friend, the Duke of Beaufort,
has sailed for England.
A correspondent wishes to inform the
public that the dictionary Is pronounced
success.
Sergeant Bates is advised to 60 by the
way of Memphis when he carries the red
flag into Yazoo.
Fred Douglass will speak at State fair
to be held by colored people in Montgome.
ry, Alabama.
The champion checker player of New
England, Mr.. William R. Barker, is in.
sane, at Cambridgeport, Macs.
Funny folks finds the liRhsest possible
wrapped up in himself
Butler pays s1of $1,S23 in Lowell
Mass. Tha largest single tax there, IS ,63s
is paid by the estate Of J. c. Ayers
"How dare you swear before me?" ask cd
q man of bis soc recently. "How did
know you wanted to swear frs,?" said ths
spoiled urchin'
Milk is thirty FIVE cents gallon at Leac
Vile, and the owners of never failing
springs already look down upon proprie
tors of the best paying mines.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-11
Kansas and Texas.
THE DIRECT ROUTE.

IL is to the interest Of persons going to
Kansas or Texas to select one of the direct
routes by which quick time is made,
through cars run, and comfortable accom-
modations provided. Among these the
Pan Handle Route" stands pre-eminent.
Following is time Of Daily Express
tra,ns via Pan Handle Route:
Leaves Newark-5,10 A. M-2,1S P. NJ.
Arrive Indisnapolis-12,55 P NIL. P NJ
81. Louis-9,O0 p. M.-7,30 A. NJ.
Kansas City--1O,l2 A. Mole p NJ
Connections are made at Union Depots
at indianapolis, 81. Louis and Kansas City
for all points West and Southwest.
To accommodate families emigrating,
arrangements have been perfected 10 run q
Through Coach Wednesday Of each week
from Newark to Kansas City, via "PAn-
Handle Route" with but one change, in
Union Depot st. Louis. This car is com.
fortably upholstered. and will be run on
reglsr Express train, leaving Newark al
$40 A. NJ. every Wednesday.
II you are unable TO procure through
tickets to points in Missouri, Arkansas
Texas, Kansas, Colorado or the Northwest
by this direct and popular "Pan-Handle,'
at your nearest railrond station, call on
M. Maylone Agent, Pan Handle Depot
Foot Of Friend ST. Newark, Ohio, or ad.
dress w. l.. O'BRIEN, General Passenger
Agent "Pan.Handle Route Columbus
Ohio.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-11
Various Causes.

Advancing years, care, sickness, dissp-
pointment, and hereditory predisposition-
all operate to turn the hair gray and either
of them inclines it to shed prematurely.
Ayers Hair Vigor will restore faded or
gray, light and red hair to rich brown or
deep black, as may be desired. 1t softens
and cleanses the scalp, swing it q healthy
action, and removes and cures daadruff and
humors. By its use falling hair is checked,
and new growth will be produced in all
cases where the follicies are not destroyed
OF glands decayed: Its effects are beauti-
fully she wn on brashy, weak, or sickly hair,
to which q few applications will produce
the gloss and freshness of youth: Harmless,
and sure in its opeaation, it is incompara-
BILE as q dressing, and is especially valued
for the soft lustre and richness of tone it
imparts. It contains neither oil nor dye,
and will not soil or color white cambric;
yet it lasts long on the hair, and keeps il
fresh and vigorous: For Sale by all Deal
ers. 1y
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-11
Struck With Death.
The Republican party is sick !!

The Republican party is sick
What is the matter?
Here is diagnosis of the patient:
1. Lower House of Congress lost.
2. Ia the minority in the United States
Senate.
3. The Executive obtained SO that the
title is squarely disputed.
A. Could not spare one State out of the
count for Hayes; California counted for
Hayes, but is now hopelessly and irredeem-
ably lost to the party In 1880.
9. No hope of carrying single South
ern State in 1880.
Is it any wonder the patient is sick, nigh
unto death.
The Republican party will not survive
1880!
The death damp is on its brow, and it
will be buried beside the old Whig party.
There will be no resurrection.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-11
STATE OF OHIO.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.

COLUMBUS, May II, 1879.
WEEREAs, The Continental Insurance
Company, located at New York, in the
State of New York, is possessed OF at least
the amount of actual capital required of
similar companies formed under the pro.
visions of the Act entitled IAN Act to reg
ulate Insurance Companies doing an Insu-
rance business in the State of Ohio," pass
ed April Goth, 1872, and the acts amenda-
tory thereof and supplementary thereto,
and has filed in this Department the state
ments, instruments, and other papers re-
quired by said acts, and has otherwise
complied with all the acquisitions of said
acts which are applicable to Fire Insurance
Companies incorporated by other States OF
the United States;
Therefore, Joseph F. Wright, Superin-
tendent of Insurance of the State of Ohio,
In pursuance of the provisions of the Acts
Aforesaid, do hereby certify that +. }. Gal
lagher, Esq, of Somerset, and in the coun-
ty of Perry, is authorized as agent of the
aforesaid company to transact the business
of Fire Insurance in this State, during the
current year, as provided by the laws
| thereof, 80 far as he may be legally empow-
cred by his Letter of Appointment or Pow
or of Attorney, and the instructions which
may be given him by said Company, upon
duly filing a certified copy of this certlf-
cate Of authority in the Recorders office
in the county where such agency is estab-
lished, and publishing certificate of the
compliance of the Company, at least once
| q year in such County, and filing proof OF
such publication in this Department.
In witnss whereof, have hereunso sub.
scribed my nome and caused my official
seal to be affixed in duplicate, at the City
Of Columbus, on the day and year hrs'
above written. JOSEPH F. WRlGHE,
Superintendent
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-11
PERSONS AND THINGS.

James Liar and Henry Slander are citi-
zens of Dubuque, Ia.
There is one woman in Saratoga who
dresses altogether in lace.
The old man of the sea was an ocean
buoy once.
Richard Henry Dana will retu1n to
Paris this week. He will be abroad two
years.
E1.Minister Stoughton is at Windsor,
VI, He iAuffering from . carbuncle on
his neck.
George johnson, a Chicago milk vender,
was killed by lightning while watering
milk.
The angels of the Sunday Schools are
sometimes the demons of the melon patch.
The Prince of Wales is becoming what
the doctors have the kindness to call
champaign gray"
Carlotta Patti, it is said, Is shortly TO be
married to Ernst Mon Munich. the noted
violoncellist.
The New Orleans Picayune thinks that
the most important FISHERY question" 10,
shave you got bite?"
The meanest man lives in Philadelphia.
He stole the money a widow had left to
pay for her funeral expenses.
o. Donnovan-Rossa has translated long
fellows "Psalm of life" into Irish, with
the title "Sailm ma Beatha'"
Byron's comedy. "The Girls" which
succeeded sour Boys" has secured Q
strong hold upon the London public.
Through the death of a relative in Buf
falo, John Brown, = waiter in Montreal
hotel, has fallen heir to 100000.
Amsn in Eaton. Mass, has sold this
year over 10000 white pond-lilies. d
this number 10000 were disposed of il
Boston.
Captain /. Grant Thompson, who died
at Saratoga Springs last Friday night, wa
the founder and editor of the Albany Lsv
Journal.
| When Fontenslle was dying HE docto
J said; "Do you suffer-" No replie,t tn
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-11

THIS standard article is COM
pounded with the greatest care.
Its effects are as wonderful and
as satisfactory as ever.
1t restores gray or faded hair to
its youthful color.
1t removes all eruptions, itching
and dandruff. It gives the head a
cooling, soothing sensation of great
comfort, and the scalp by its use
becomes white and clean.
BY it's tonic properties it restores
the capillary glands to their normal
vigor, preventing badness, and
making the hair grow thick and
strong.
AS a dressing, nothing has BEEN
found so efectual or desirable.
A. A. Hayes, M. D., State AS
sayer of Massachusetts, says, "The
constituents are pure, and carefully
selected for excellent quality; and
I consider it the BEST PREPARATION
for its intended purposes"
Price, One Dollar.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-11
Perry county, Ohio,
Probate Court.

James Chilcote. Adm'r. with
the will annexed of the es- Perry county, Ohio,
tate Of Mary Davis, decd, Probate Court.
plaintiff,
Rev. Joseph M. Trimble,
Mary J. Walters, and her
husband William Walters,
Mary J. Woodsides and El- Petition to sell land.
len, the oldest daughter Of
the same, being legatees of
said Mary Davis decd. and
her other unknown heirs and
legal representatives,, defen-
danta.
You arc hereby informed that on the 25th day OF
June, 1879 said administrator with the will an
nexed, hled his petition In the Probate court Of
Perry county, Ohio; the bect and prayer OF which
petition Is to obtain order, for the appointment,
advertisement and sale upon the premitesof the fol-
lowing real estate Of which said Mary Davfs, died
seized In fee simple towit Part Of In lot 81 In the
town Of Somerset, Perry county, Ohio; beginning
ntsrsects with the line Of lot No. 54 Of said Town,
and thence N. SO deg. E. 81 feet 50 inches TO the
corner Of the brick house heretofore erected by
Henry Dittoe, but now owned by Amer Yost and
Isaac Yost Thence y. 40 deg. East through said
lot No. 54 about 100 feet TO the Alley In the of
said lot. Thence 3. so deg. w. 80 feet 81 inches
10 the corner Of said lot No. 81 where IL intesecs
the corner Of said lot No. SO and thence the line
betwecn sod lots, N.'s0deg. w. about 100 feet to
the beginning.
Said defendants are required 10 answer said Pc
tion on or before the istb day Of August, 1879.
JAMES CHlLCOTE, Administrator
with the viii annexed Of Mary Davis decd.
Dated June 2oth, 1873. pfsl0,5o. CIV.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-11

ted the impossibility Of paying, with gate
money, old chronic debts, contracted years
ago(when men of ftranscendent ability were
at the helm), and at the same time meet
ing current liabilities. These once out of
the way and the fair would be more than
self sustaining. Reason would dictate that
il al once be relieved from this burthen
that has clung to it like the shirt Of Nissus
and threatened to strangle it every year OF
its existence A successful fair this year
would imply certain conditions. Thisane
cannot be run in the peenniary interest," oil
any class or occupation, or for any man VINO
has an axe to grind. Unanimity OF sentl-
ment and feeling is Indispensable No
Board ever did, or ever will, satisfy the
croakers and chronic fault finders. To do
that would stump the Almighty. This
Board found this "child of local pride" de-
serted and dyeing- Its sponsors, who stood
by at its birth and Graded it in it's early in
fancy would have naught to do with it,
That it did not fall under the Shsriff'f
| hammer three years ago ls because tns
members of this Board became personally
responsible and saved it. Envy and malice
cultivated at the expense of capacity can
do it no good now. The Board is thankful
for suggestions, and valuable ones will be
considered. New born zeal in unexpected
quarters is healthy Sign and when it does
| r he -sr
room for expansion. Elected in the dark
est hour of the societies history, this Board
has done the best it could, and now cheer
fully consign to other and abler hands thu
trust confded to their keeping.
By order of the Board,
M. BERKEY, Pres
| O, NJ. HAMILTON, Sec.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-11

Notice is hereby gwen that petition
will be presented to The Commissioners OF
Perry county, Ohio. At their next regular
session to be held on the first Monday OF
September, A. D. 1879, praying for the es-
adjustment of county road ON the fol-
towing described route to-wit: Commen-
cinS in the Somerset and Logan road a. the
south east corner of the north east quarter
of section twenty one l2l,) township 10,
range LIZ, thence west 70 the quarter section
west quarter of said section, thence west on
south line of the north east quarter of Sec
tion twenty, (20) township 10, range 10, to
the intersection with the county road, some
times called the Logan road, near the late
residence Of Arthur Collins, and there to
terminate. MANY PETITIONERS
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-11
General Piatt's Speech.

Last Thursda J night general Piatt, the
National greenback candidate for governor
addressed our people in Music Hall. He
showed up the Republican and Demo cratic
parties in their true light. He explained to
the So tisfaction Of his hearers the cause Of
our present condition and showed the road
to prosperity. His arguments were back.
ed by facts and figures, and his speech wa.
one that was listened to by his hearers.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-11
Concerning the Fair.

The members of the present Board Of
Directors of the P. c. L. 8. A. & M. A.
-sociCty were elected in the fall of 1876,
wdthou being consulted and contrary to
theiT desire or expectation. The tr, at thus
impose entirely unsolicited-was accsp.
ted reluctantly and under protest; with
diTe6ul misgivings as to the future success.
They found the treasury empty, the socie-
ty deeply in debt, without friends, credit
or prestege. So far as any record of the
transactions is concerned, the two prece-
ding years had been barred of substantial
results. With widespread discontent, with
charges of every kind freely INDUCED, the
Board inauspiciously accepted ( trust
confded to them. Thew found the total
Indebtedness of the concern to be $2396.6
one of the principal creditors had already
placed an execution in the Sheriff's hands 9,
and to prevent the fair grounds from being
sold, the members of she present Board be-.
came personally liable for theamount OF his
claim. Other creditors were placated and
the Fair Of 1877 advertised and held. The
success Of that Fair was attained through
the personal exertions of the Board; by ap-
pealing to the people in the county &c.
1hus encouraged they arranged for larger
and better fair in 1873. The halls were en-
larged at aneIpense of 1925; liberal pre-
miums were offered. and unusual attraction
secured. A potent storm prostrating the
crops and damaging generally the rural in
tsrests occurred few days prior to the
fair, prevented the attendance anticipated,
and proportio0ably crippled the resources
of the society. The Board had already
borrowed $3.50 on their own individual re-
spoasibiity with which to pay the premi
ums of 1877 and did not feel warra nted in
become further liable for money to pay
premiums OF 1873. The idea therefore of
holding fair this year was abandoned
and q committee appointed to sell the
property of the society under judgement
held as indemnity.
Ihe present management refer with par
donable pride to their efforts. The inheri.
ted debt Of $2394 81, has been reduced to
less than one thousand dollars. The in
debtedness is less, and the financial condi
ton better than at any period in its histo
ry. A full record of the transactions O
the last two years has been kept. The
books are open and careful inspection so
licited. Had the Board been required t.
pay no pre.existing debts oil the prsmium
of the last two years could have been pai,
and surplus in the Treasury Of mot les
than $4OO. But experience has dsmonstra
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-11
OFFICE OF
SEARS & BAKER,

KY GOODS. CARPETS AND MILLINERY,
NEWARK, :OHIO.
We have just opened new invoice
of Black Silk and Black Cashmere.
These goods we're contracted for when
prices we're at the very lowest point
ever reached; and will be sold with
out any advance whatever on our usu-
al small margin of profit. We con-
fidently recomend them as good in
vestrnent even for future wants.
Conducting our business on a strict
ly cash basis, we are always in shape
to take any possible advantage Of the
market. Our stock throughout is in
excellent condition; large lines Of
goods have been bought in anticipa-
ton of the advance that has already
taken place.
1t will be our aim to make visit to
our store both pleasant and profitable
for our custonerf
SEARS & BAKER.
Rsmembsr the place, North West corner
of the Park, next door 70 the American
House.
SEARS & BAKER