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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-08-21


SEcwae sightsyears ago, IN Kansas. .
family named Bender, consisting OF old
IIshn Bender and his second wife, and
his son John and daughter hate, BY :
preTions marriage, became notorious
on The discovery that their house Was
a slaughter pen for human victims,
shoso bodies were fonnd BARRED around
the honse. No less than eight or ten
bodies Of men, women and children
were TINS nnesrthed Al. once, and with
the exception ofstwo yeHng children
who had been evidently buried alive,
the murdered persons had their skulls
crushed and their throatscut littnrsaed
ont that the hoase was ostensibiy q
hotel or tavern, that a single sheet
formed the partition between the ttwn
main rooms, that the unsuspecting
traveller was made 10 sta the dining
table IN such "a position that has head
wonid occasionally press against that
cloth partition, behind which ono Of
The nauuderers, with al heavy hammer,
waah crush the victims skull, when
the body would be dragged totae edge
OF a trap door in the floor, where the
throat was cut and the blood allowed
torun into the esrthen cavity beneath,
when the body would be robbed and
thrown into that cavity untila shallow
grave WAS dug IN the yard, into which,
at night, the body was conveyed and
buried.
AffewI hours before this horrid dis
the entire Bender family dissp1
peared, and, the bodies of several of
their victims being identified, immense
rewards were offered for the capture of
the assassins. The press of the entire
country rocked for severallweeks with
details 7offtbe Bender nassaeres, but
the horrorifaded from public
view. Affew days ago an old man and
his wife were arrested in or near han
sas, and, it is reported, have confessed
that they are the yeritabie old john
Bender and his wife. Other and later
however, deny this, and state
that within forty-eight hours after the
discovery of the buried bodies of the
victims a party of citizens cap
tured all sfour of the Blenders while
fleeing from Kansas, made them stand
up in row, and shot them TO death
with rifles, Young kaic Bender, who
confessed that she did all the throat
cutting, ceolly locking into the lnnzzles
of the presented rifles, and telling Der
to 'ssheot and be damned 7
We will know all about theGfaets seon-
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-08-21


Tue CAkFET-BAeGER REDIyIvus.
The late republican nomination, for
Congressman for orr tsd) district, of
/ g. LIB. Darrall, If st. Mari, resiyes some
unpleasant memories which we hoped
were dying eHt; me,neries of The ini
famous and abherred rule of the car
Pet-bag dynasty ini Louisiana. Darrall
asa specimen carpet-baggsr, and witli
that low and yaIgar impotence which
Gis one of the characteristics of that type
of The genus homo, aud which has had
The benefit Of several years cnlturc in
negro cabins and negro mass meetings,
actually eleries insthe designation.
When zicklen defeated parrall some
four years ago, and about the same
time The negroes generally threw Of
The csrpet-bag yoke, which had op.
Pressads themss scarcely less heayiiytllm
tho Nhitefaee, ihe democracy Of Lon.
isiana, and especially sf the Third dis
stiiet, drew ono, long deep breath ofire
lisf, and thanked God Ffer tie over
throw If carPetsbAg tyranny and spo
ii4tiqn- Aisl nov, when we hoped thest
human loeusts had sought green field
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-08-21

The lfarksvilIe Bulletin says The
rice ii this parish isripening very well.
IgIf wei have no storms within the next
three weeks Il lsKge crop wiiIlbe gath
cred.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-08-21

GER READY.--In a few days the
railroad from New Orleans TO Houston
will becompleted. and arrangementsare
already being made fer a grand excar7
sioD, in honor of that event, By the
merchants and other business nen of
New Orleans, TO Texas, TO be followed
by a similar exenrsionffr0m Texas ito
New Orleans. 1t is probable these
excursions willi be 80 arranged as 10
allow the exeuEsionistsi time to get of
the cars and pay q brief visit ITO the
towns along the road, and itistherc-
fore of the highest Importance toELakc
Charles, in a business point Of siew,
that cur town be prepared for inspec-
ton bytthese large bodies Of intelli-
gent and oobseryant visitors. Repro
E,sentstives of the press, of both States
Igwills accompany these excursions, fol
the purpose Of writing mp the point.
of interest along the route, for pnbli-
cation in papers having the lsrgesl
circulation. LakeC Charles has acqnir
ed considerable celebrity abroad on &C
count Of its beautiful location, health
fulness, and prospects, Of great increase
in population aud business. Just nov
| it would he unfortnnateffor delega
tien of visitors from abroad to wall
around town and see the ansightl,
weeds clogging several of orr mar
IIlstreets and sidewalks. Orr streets AR
generally well graded, and we arc glat
Eto notethe present improvements q
many of our sidewalks. Let the gel
Low weeds be! cut down At once, asnt
Lake Charles will be ready for inspec
ton. ANeasrc sure our worthy Cit,
fathers will recognize the importanc'
cffthis suggestion When the llisior,
of these excursions y Published il viii
be matter Of great ard instI pridetio u
All, - well astounding direstly 10 go
courage the investment here Of capita
|frpm abroad, if weifnd Lake Charlie
|wtittea down asthe gprettiest, neates
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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-08-21

BlsHarek. Aug. II BE- tb4sHaem-
eter stood lt,2 mi The shade to' day; Iy35
n TIRE sun Az was lihe lAottest sIaT saf
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-08-21

and On the Hrss ballot, teaches two i'm
pertant lessons Ia Anlerican politics
Ono is that when a phslic ofseer hai
leyinced ability and efsirienryaas such,
whoiesale abasc and dennnciation d
him BY the press tends ito strengthen
his popularity withtthr people Cor
Roberts Is The best abused governor N
the United States. Shortly after hi'
election there were a great many ecn
rictions Of amHraer, with the death pen
atty assessed, in various parts Of the
State, and the friends Of law and order
reieiced at these indications aof an
awakening respect fer the sanctity oil
hannah life. To fheir arnzzement and
disgnst, Gov. Roberts stepped between
the gallows and its victim, and COM
mated 90 many Of these death sentences
30 imprisonment for life that there was
scarcely aanewspaper ia al Texas which
did mot denounce him rs nm enemy 70
the best interests Of society. He rather
famed than cooied this fiarne Of indig-
nation against hisn, By refusing 30 as-t
sist ID the extradition Of fngitaFes from
iussiee, who had aed from Texas into
other States, saying In Substance, that
Texas ought 70 be glad 10 see criminals
fleeing from her borders, instead OF
spending money 20 bring them back for
trial. AT the same time, as If deterfR-
lined to see how far he coald provoke
the hostility Of The press, he spoke dis
psragingly of all efforts 10 promote inn
migration TO Texas, and vetoed the
asaal Legislative appropriation for sup
port Of pabiic schools. This was q
dangerous experiment, forif there is
which peculiarly charaeterizes
the people Of Texas it is their attach
menttothe cause of popular education
Tbepress ofTexas nomBfairly howled
with indignation. Coy. Roberts was
an eBemytto education, immigration,
Law and order, and every material in
terest of Texas. He was an old fossil,
utterly untitled forthe chief magistracy
ola live, progressive and great and
growing State like Texas. If he had
the slightest respeetffor popular senti-
ment The would resign, and if he didn't
resign the people would see to it that
the goyernship of Texas was never
again disgraeed by sucltan obstruction
TO the best interests of the State.
Governor Roberts paid no attention
to all this clamor. He went right on
in the discharge Of his official duties,
and in his ''pay as Yen co. policy, aud
a. the people found the balance nttbe
State treasury constantly increasing,
that If the governor eonmuted the
Of murderers he did mot
pardon them, that his cutting of, the
Legislative appropriation for the schools
stimulated The people TO greater and
more successful. exertieas in behalf of
popular education, that immigration
was not seriously retarded, and that
Texas was steadily growing in pepala-
ton aud wealth, they began to respect
the steady patience and inae1iblc par
pose of their coyerasr, and thisrespeet
RAPIDLY. grew into an adsair4tion which
the ether day cnlnsinated ID srenom-
instion, on the Rrst ballot, by a ire
msndous maiesaty over one Of the moot
la;st;nou;sl,e1. AMI sl,anays.a .ya,,rasanta
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-08-21

lItlhaslbesn observed, ~ the obser-
Sy@r, that taient for talking Is poi
NE priaeiPal talent reqaired If !
preacher
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-08-21

AHg pepaslatien 0f Texaslha nearly
Eloubied within lat sen. wears
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-05
Rolling From a Mountain Ton.

shocking casualty occurred recently at Paterson, N. J. Some time ago the city au- thorities gave contract for large quantity of quarried stone to be used in repairing the streets. The quarries from which the stone was to be procured are situated on the top of Morris mountain, which forms one of the sides of the Valley of the Rocks. It towers above the surrounding crags and on the side facing the city presents fiat surface over POO feet in width and fifty feet high Above this is another rock, similar in size, the lower one jutting forward some ten feet more than the upper. Altogether the mountain presents nearly unbroken perpendicular front of over POO feet. Duriug the dinner hour John Golf fey, the superintendent of the quarry, sat down in the shade of tree near the very edge of the precipice. Whether he fell asleep is not known, but suddenly the other em- ployes, who were eating their dinners in the cool shade of the Valley of the Rocks, heard heartrending shriek, and casting their eyes upward saw him sliding down the incline which separates the precipice from the top of the mountain. This incline, about twenty feet high, is composed of rocks and earth, loosened by the blasts of the quarry, and Coffey vainly endeavored to seize an object [ heavy enough to resist the impetus of his body. In an instant, accompanied by a show CT of small rocks, he dashed over the preci- pice His body just cleared the middle ledge, and then with blood curdling thud, landed on large flat stone. Bounding forward, it rolled over and over down to the foot of the mountain until it rested in the dry bed of the Passaic river. A dull color gore was noticea- ble on the lower rocks. The body presented many contusions and fractures, blood trickled forth from every part of it, and particles of the brain bespattered the neighboring ob- iects.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-05
EIURMURS OF THE SWALLOWS.

The good man says: '.All things are for the best" and mentally adds 'I am the best. ."-New Orleans Picayune. Kalamazoo hen has been laying egg on which is the inscription: Beware of a third-term President. 1880. War" If you want correct information about any kind of business ask the individual who has never engaged in it.-Whitehal Times. The published report of an Irish benevoz lent society says: Notwithstanding the large amount paid for medicine and medical attendance, very few deaths occurred during
 the year.n
 Because strawberries small, it does not | follow that there are more of them to the quart, for the quart is frequently made
 smaller to match the strawberries. Or
 leans Pieayune.
 E A little girl observed her mother measur- | ing cloth by holding it up to her nose with one hand and reaching out at arms length with the other She assumed a thoughtful aspect and, after cogitating a moment, asked: t'How can you measure cloth that way? Can you smell a yard ?" 'sWhat is the worst thing about riches p asked the Sunday school superintendent. And the new boy in the bad class under the gallery, who only came in last Sunday, stood up and said: ''Their scarcity" And in his confusion the superintendent told the school to rise and sing, Don't be weary, children v Burlington Havkeye.
 A down town man went fishing the other day and returned with three small trout He carried them through the street boldly, and when asked if those were all he caught frank ly admitted that they were. The neighbors gave him a surprise party that night, and presented him with the beautiful carved mot to, ''An honest fisherman is the noblest work of God"
 Professor Geiger sat in an easy chair on the deck, looking very pale. The compas- sionate captain asked how he felt. "Misera- ble, miserable; I'm sick, captain, I'm sick I have paid tribute to Neptune till have lost everything ''But," said the captain, II
 see you still have your boots left" ''Yes, :"
 said the Professor, faintly, "but they were on
 the outside"
 'sIsh dere some ledder here for me?' in quired German at the general delivery wln-
 dow of the postoffce the other day, ''No,
 none here was the reply. 'tVhen, dot IS
 queer,'' he continued getting his head into the window 'my neighbor gets sometimes
 dree Iedders in one day, .und l get none. l
 bays more taxes as he does, und have never got one ledder yet. How comes dose tings ?''
 A messenger comes all the way from the spirit land to inform the world that you cannot take your gold into the spirit life, but
 you can your knowledge" Any parties about entering upon the spirit life, and deslrous to exchange their gold for knowledge, should immediately address us, inclosing one dollar as an indication of good falth.-Boston Tran int
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-05
Price Four Cents.
An Engulfed Mountain.
Singular Freak of Nature In Mexico. From the La Union Demoeratica of San Iuis Potos;


 Singular Freak of Nature In Mexfco lFrom the La Union Democratica of San Luis Potosi
 Mexicol
 Adjacent to the hacienda of Santa Catari- na about twenty leagues to the east of this city, very remarkable freak of nature has occurred, the facts concerning which we have received from gentleman who visited the scene. On the 7th instant the people of the hacienda were aroused by startling noise re- sembllng thunder. Upon assembling to see what was the matter it was soon discovered that a small mountain in the immediate neighborhood had sunk into the earth. and it must have gone out of sight like flash. Our informant, with others made observations and learned that the aperture thus opened was $50 feet in length, 49O in width. and it's depth about 300 feet. It was with great diff ficulty the rim of the cavern was approached as all about there were great yawning Assures which threaten to open still wider To miss step there was danger of finding a grave in the depths beneath. After these brief ob servations the exploring parties retired hur riedly from the scene, as the earth was tren,- bling and shaking as if upon balance. This strange phenomena is situated in the tierra caliente (warm region), and nnesauitss and palm trees flourish all about. Whenever any parts of the earth along the rim of the cavern fell into the depths immense clouds of white dust issued forth. This dust was carried about by the winds and made all the trees perfectly white. Speculation is rife as to whether the mountain sank owing to earth quake influences, or was the result of pas ex plosion. It could not be attributed to the former very we'll as no shocks were felt in the neigh borhood
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-05
Saturday Morning, June 5, 1880.
AT CHICAGO.


 The third day of the Convention opened without any radical change in the situation Soon after the Convention was called to order Senator Conkling made matters interesting by offering resolution binding every mem. Der to support the nominee and declaring that no man ought to hold seat in the Con vention who wonld not agree so to do. This resolution was adopted, three delegates from West Virginia having the boldness to vote against it. Conkling then attempted to have resolution passed declaring that those who had voted no had thereby forfeited their votes in the Convention. This did not suit very well, and Conkling saw the wisdom of with drawing it, and saving himself another de- feat. There seems to have been no particu- lar necessity for introducing the first resolu- tion, and the second was certainly ill l-advised.
 The reports of the Committee on Creden- tials and the Committee on Rules were what they were expected to be, and they caused the expected discussion. The decision of the Alabama contest showed the strength and weakness of the Grant men more plainly than any other vote had done. Out of 755 who voted the Grant side had only 306, the anti Grant forces showing 449.
 At this writing the Illinois contest is under discussion
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-05
A Small Boy in Tight Place.
[From the Boston Journal. l


 The things which enter the head of boy being unaccountable, we will not attempt to explain what induced Frederick Leach, a young lad living in the rear of No. 30 North square, to stick his head through between the iron pickets of the Hancock school yard gate yesterday afternoon. His head went through all right, but when he was minded to move back he was stuck. He turned his head up sideways to see if some fellow had closed up the top of the pickets. The pick cts appeared grimly stationary. He strug- gled backward until his ears were nearly off. Then he bethought himself of story he had heard, wherein it was asserted that a mans head was bigger than his body; and hoping it might be likewise with himself, he struggled ahead until half his jacket buttons were stripped off. That also failed, and it was at that moment that the neighborhood was appraised, in tones the most dolorous, of the calamity which had befallen Frederick A crowd gathered, lifted the boy up pull ing and pushing him till the pickets were warm with friction. A thoughtful per son asked him how he got in there. At last the gate was broken, and once more Frede- rick held his head up.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-05
roo MANY OF US !.

Rev. Mir. Malthus, who taught in his fa- nous Essay on Population" that it would be good thing if fewer people were born into this world, was much abused for so teaching He was, nevertheless, a good and philosophic man. His theory of popula- ton has met with considerable acceptance since his death, and the once hated and still generally misunderstood 'tMalthusianism'' af- fects modern thought in no small degree.
 A paper was read at the meeting of the American Medical Association in New York this week, which would have pleased Nal thus and which gives those who follow him and those who do not matter to think upon. It was by Dr. Drysdale of London and was entitled 'tDeath Rate of the Rich and the Poor.'' It seems that while the death rate in England has remained identical for three decades, namely, 22.35 per 1000, that of London, in the face of sanitary ref, rm and improvements, has rather increased than di- unfinished, having been 22.2 per LOGO in 1856, 223 in 1876, and 23 in 1877. Dr. Drysdale finds a cause for this in the mass of indulgence and ignorance It has been observed in France that persons between the ages of forty and forty-five die, if in easy circum- stances, in the proportion of 8.3 per 1000, while if poor they die at the rate of 19.7 per 1000. That is, the mortality between these ages is twice and half as large among the poor as it is among the wealthy. It was found that in Paris, be- tween the years 1877 and 1886, ,one inhabitant in every fifteen died in the Twelfth Arron- dissement, which is peopled in great part by the poor; while in the Second Arrondisse- nent, inhabited by the ~ealthier classes the deaths for the same period were only one in every sixty-fve. A general death-rate is misleading. Thus in part of 8 sub-district in London, comprising houses in good con- dition the death-rate did not exceed 11.3 in every 1000, while there were adjacent dwell ings in the same sub-district in which the death-rate had risen to 39 per LOGO; and it is now reported that there are particular dis tricts in London where the death-rate is 90 per 1000. In New Zealand high wages and cheap food have operated so that the death rate is but 12.5 per ], 1,OOO A death-rate like this would save POO, ,OOO lives annually in England and Wales-a million in five years. Dr. Drysdale, in conclusion, says that to les sen the death-rate we must lessen poverty. Our farm is overstocked with human ani- mals." He says: My conviction is, that so long as the population continues to in- crease at the present rate, it is useless to ex- pect change Sums will always exist so long as the people have low wages and cannot af- ford better and more wholesome houses for their numerous children. Being less educat- ed, the poorer classes are less prudent. The only certain way to lower the death-rate, in Europe, at least, is to slacken the birth-rate. i" Unfortunately the very ones who, according to the Malthusians, ought not to marry early and have ''old fashioned families are the ones who do.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-05
Monday, Tuesday, Wednes- day and Thursday ofeach
 week, as follows:

On Monday from 10 a. m. to 8 D. m. On Tuesday from to 10 m. On Wednesday from 3:3O to D. m.
 On Thursday from a. m. to 8 D. m.
 Prepared to give his personal attention to the treatment and cure of Deafness, Catarrh and Diseases of the Throat Lungs and Ner- yous System.
 For upward of twenty-five years Dr. Light hill has been at the head of an extensive met ropoltan practice, devoted exclusively to the relief and cure of those important ailments and it is with pardonable pride that he refers to the extraordinary success which attended his efforts. His recent discoveries are of the highest practical importance, rendering treat ment so effectual that relief is experienced at once, and permanent cures are often effected in the most stubborn and aggravated cases :; and it is one of the happy features of his practice that the applications cause neither pain nor distress, and can be readily admin istered to the most timid or nervous person. A candid opinion will invariably be given as to the possibilities of cure, and no case will be accepted for treatment which does not pre- sent reasonable chance for success
 In evidence of the success of his practice Dr. Lighthin takes pleasure in submitting the following testimonials. mass of similar credentials may be seen at his office.