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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-02-14

this week condensed statement Of ali
the evidence before the coroner s
jury, but find it impossible to do SO.
We will publish such condensed state
mant next week.
1t will he seen by the evidence that
Woodlief expresseda settled determ-
iination to get Shafer outgof Jail; that
he asked for assistance to take him out
by force; that he expressed contempt
for the sheriff, said he would as soon
shoot him as a dog, and that he would
have a rough deal with him before
night that he made repeated attempts
to borrow weapon, and finally got
one, saying he intended to kill some
body or get killed; that almost imme-
diately after getting pistol he ap-.
preached the sheriff, who, with his
deputies, was guarding the jail; and
that he was killed while advancing on
the sheriff, and with his pistol in his
hand.
Captain Hawkins is doing very well,
and his speedy recovery is expected.
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Anefent PetroAesxxm.
EScientlfie Amerlean.l

Professor Skeat has printed in the
-dthen@una a passage from Nortl's
translation Of "Plutarch'sI iyes" (l63l.
p. 7o2), from which il appears that pc
troleum was known in the time of AL
iexander the Great. The passage runs
as follows: 'sFor a Macedonian called
Proxenus, that had charge Of the kings
carriage fbaggase], as be digged in o
oertaine place by the riuer Of OSns, To
set Vp the kings tent and his lodging,
he found a certain fat and oily Veine
which after they had drawn out the
first, there came out also anotherclearer,
which differed nothing, neither in
smell, tast, or SAVIOUR from aaturaloile,
having the glosse and fatness 50 like,
as there could be discerned no differ
ence between them, the which was 50
much the more to be wondered at, be-
cause in all that country there were no
oliues."
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Esr.sgr.ess OF Esezag Mango 1eae-
EshoniMs.
Isrientific American.l


An important experiment with The
telepbone was made, january 20, be
tween the Union Pacific Transfer ON
the east side of the Missouri River and
the American Union office at st. Louis,
distance of 4lO miles. The expert
nent previously made between Omaha
and St. Louis had been unsatisfactory.
Superintendent Dickey, of the telegraph
lines. and also head of the Bell tele-
phone system in the West; Manager
Korty, of the Union Pacific Telegraph
office, and Manager France, OF the
Omaha Telephone Exchange, conduct
ed the experiment at this end of the
wire, and Mr.. Benedict, of the Aineri-
can Union, and MIR. Durant, of the St.
Louis Telephone Exchange, conducted
the experiment for St. Louis. Two
Jars, Callaud battery, were used at the
Omaha end and five Jars in st. Louis.
But two or three Interruptions of few
seconds each occurred, and these were
clearly due to the Swinging" OF the
wires in the strong wind which was
blowing.
An ordinary conversation was car
ried on with the utmost ease, the most
noticeable fact being that, while the
enunciation of the words was perfectly
clear, they came invariably with the
regular vibration of musical note.
The wires over the greater part of the
distance were quiet and not in use, but
at the St. Louis end there was q heavy
induction.
Mr.. w. III. Preece, in q recent Ice
ture in London on sound, speaking of
long distance talking by aid of the tele-
phone, said that Prof. Bell and himself
had carried on conversation through
an instrument having resistance that
10000 miles of wire; in
fact it was really a telegraph 10000.
miles long. He said there was no doubt
whatever that if, like Jules Nerne's.
hero, we could 60 to the moon and
string a wire along that distance, there.
would not be the slightest difficulty III
maintaining telephone communication
with the earth.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-02-14

Tue ON MAN.--Bow low the head,
hoy; do reverence to the old man.
Once like you, the sieissitudes Of life
have silvered the hair, and changed the
round merry face to the wersi xlsage
before you. Once that heart beat with
aspiration co-equal TO any Tou have
felts aspirationscru by disappchIs.
iment, as yours are, perhaps, destined
to be. Onoethat form stalked proudly
tho gay scenes of pleasure, the
beau7ideal Of grace. Now che hand q
Time chat withers the Aowerf yestef-
day, has warped that figure and de-
the noble carriage. Once, 9.
yonr age, he possessed the Thousand
thoughts thatp assthrougl yourbraln-,-
now wishing TO accomplish aeeas
worthy Of a nook in fame, anon mag
ming life q dream that the sooner ~
awolse from the better. But lhe has
lived the dream very near through
The time to awake is very near ct name;
vet his eye ever kipdles at old deeds 2
daring, and the hand takes q flrns'
grasp Of the staff. Bow low the head
boy, as you would ia your old age -
reyerenced.
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Correspondence Lake Charles Echo
SHREvEPoRT, La, Feb. j, 1880.

SHREvEPoRT, La, Feb. j, 1880.
Dear EcHo-You will pardon me
that we did not write you from Gal
weston, as per promise, but the charm
ing little "Island City" discovered so
mnch of pleasant cheer for us, that we
were fain to delay, as long as possible,
all suggestions of attendance at duty's
shrine. We dallied with plaisance in
stead, and joyed in hours that sped in
"robes of bridal white" Old friend
ships were renewed and new ones
formed, and one or two rare, sweet
souls, We're taken into the Inner con
tfidence of ourselves" that we shall
hold in our hearts for ever, with mem
Dry sweet and true, as that of some
saint 'fniched in cathedral aisles."
Galveston seems not quite so rush
ing, so busy, so prosperous as of yore,
and We think she describes no small
cloud looming athwart her commercial
horizon. The completion of the 'sLou-
islana Western and the consequent
connection of New Orleans with Texas
by rail, will, we think, prove most dis
astrons to Galveston's business inter
tests, and though she hopes much from
her Galveston and Santa Fe Railway,
yet it will take far more than this to
compensate for the loss to her COM
fmerce resulting from the completion
sof the former road.
But Galveston, Nenicellike, nesting
at the very feet of the sea, and gather
ing within her embrace the fleets of
various nations, presents a beautiful
picture still, pleasing alike togthe prac-
tical as well as the aesthetic eye. Her
beach, beautiful in its white stretch Of
sand, is the most noted on the Aneri-
can continent, and ia summer the surf
bathing is splendid. eConey Island, or
Long Branch, does not afford finer.
And Galveston possesses truly a gem
of hotel; her fremont House 10 simply
elegant, very spacious aud lnxnrious IN
oonstFuction and appointment, and ~
10 a genuine pleasure to sojourn as Isl
guest within its pleasant walls.
This portion Of Louisiana Is now
quite jubilantoFerits railway prospects,
which promise q grand fnltillment inI
the near FIXTURE II is said that the
road extending from Monroe, ia, To-
Shreveport, will be conplated within
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The Nomsnar6en ofAIexC. sEelas
Especial to the N. o. Picayune.l

Washington, Feb. 4.-AlexC. Wells
has just been nominatedto be Surveyor
of Customs for Louisiana. His charged
that this appointments simply a cover,
and means Madison Wells and an in
rdorsation of him aud the Louisiana Re-
turning Board. 1t has been understood
that Wells demanded vindication by
the Administration, and had the power
to coerce it. If it shall appear that
this is practically the same thing as APP
pointing Mad. Wells the appointments
will not be confirmed by the Senate.
Il. 20. Nv.
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Communicated
SUGAR Town, La, Jan. 26, 1873

SUGAR Town, La, Jan. 26, 1880.
Mr. Editor-On the 2lst inst, a fire
broke out ,onithe premises of Mr.. james
Talbert, a few miles from here. 4 am
informed the fire caught the smoke
house from a bnrning tree, and then
extended TO the dwelling house. Mr..
Talbert's family being absent from
home, everything except the corn crib
was soon destroyed. Our peopleeevery-
where came promptly to Mr.. Talbert's
assistance, and the result islhe will soon
have q new dwelling house, and some
thing to make this years crop with.
Yonrs, UNCLE FuLLER.
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Nitro-<sayceriAe ON q sIaigL.

Bradford, Pa, Feb. a two4horse
sleigh, in which two men named Hack
EFT and Feney were conveying 100 lbs.
of nitroyglycerine to Coleville, capsized
-four miles from Bradford to-day, and
the nitro-glyoerine exploded. Hackett
was Instantly killed, and Feney serious
ly If not fatally injured. The sleigh
was blown TO atoms, both horses killed,
and two houses and a barn beside the
road completely shattered.
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feVereIlGe(

An Oh City Irishmap having slgpea
the pledge, was charged soon af'e'-
wards with having drank. N'awa e
me absent7lninded- ness said Rat, ''a e
a habit 4 have Of talkiif wild 1nesaA; !;
4 sed to lneseh, ser 4, Pat coon al !, ~
have a sdhrink.s no, xsr, seq \ iSe
sworn off, Thin TIL drink alone' see
4 TO neseH. IAN I'LL wait fer ye op'
side ser 4. An wllin meseh o'm
out, faith an he was dhrpAk~
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IConmnnieatea.l
Quid Nunc.s

Whether we admire the ""t(eu@ cum
ita sint," of Cicero, in his powerful in
vective against Cataline, the traitor; or
the laconic reply of Caesar, after his
conquestofthe Gauls; 'Neni, vidi, vici, T"
or the 'sSpem ,capere," of Livy; or
l'tCedere foro, of Juvenal; ortthe Gro
bur astatis maturrimum," of Tacituss;
or the ''Fratern@ invidi@," of Sallust:;
or the softer and more poetic language,
'Dare ludum amori," of Horace; or
the .s.Arma virumque acano," of Virgil:
whether we consider all these Sin soil
dc" ''in toto" sin guanto," Gin tan
to, T" in statu quo," or EEK parte," or
even "lnolens volens," we are led to
one conclusion; and that is, that there
were among ancient writers of the
Greek, Hebrew, and Latin languages,
as great a variety of sentiments, as
great a conflict of interests, and as
great a diversity of styles, as there
were writers and speakers. And, by
analogy, the same rule will apply to
the present time. Men of equal in
formation take different views of the
same subject. Different writers present
different ideas, and adopt different
styles of writing; orif speaking, diff
ferent methods of speech, to convey
their meaning to Others. Most men
admit that education, intelligence and
refinement make the people of one sec
ton superior to those of another. That
it gives one power and influence, which
the other does not possess. That 1T
gives one nation superiority over an
other AS compare ancient Rome with
those inferior nations with which she
was surrounded. The one the embodi-
ment of learning, activity and power;
the other of ignorance, inactivity and
weakness. There is occasionally n man
who claims that IGNORANCE is bliss"
Then surely cit is folly to be wise" A
man may possess high order of intel
ect, may have native talent, but unless
that intellect is educated, is trained, is
schooled and disciplined, it can accom-
olish very little On the other hand a 4
nan of moderate native ability, prop 4
,rly educated and trained, may become {,
| power in the land, whose influence
will be felt by all with whom he comes
n contact; even though he be man
# few words, and of retiring dispo-
ition. Education gives to the mind ]
he power of concentration, enables it I
o grapple with the intricate problems
# every day life, and gives it a relish ,
or the substance, and not the shadow, I
# things; taste for what is high and !
rather than for what is low )
nd grovelling. This education, this |
raining, should be commenced while 4
Dung if possible, while the mind is It
1ore susceptible of good and lasting .
Hence the importance of !
God schools, of proper grade and char b
cter, for the thorough education and }
iscipline of the children of the present t
ay, that the future of this section, at e
EAST, may be better than the past. n
These thoughts have been suggested t.
} my mind while listening to the opin- Il
ms of different men, from time to Il
me, in regard to the future of Lake a
harles. In mynext, 1propose to dis 8
nss some of those opinions. u
TAoITus. u
p n
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-02-14

New York, Feb. 9.--Tlhe Rev Ed
ward Cowley, late superintendent Of
Shepherds Fold, MISPLACED on trial to
day in the court Of general sessions on
one of the twenty-five indictnsrts
found against him by the grand jury
for starving, illtreating and abualng
children placed under bis care. The
greater part of the forenoon was taken
up in securing "a Jury.
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Senate.

Feb. 4.-Notice, introduction and
reference, of bills. Billpassed. amend
ing Art. 237, Code of Practice, relative
to arrest of debtors.
Feb. 5.-Petitions, memorials, com
mittee reports, notice, introduction and
reference, of bills.
Feb. 6.-Committee reports, rresolu-
tions, etc, introduced. Bills passed
to provide for trial of reused cases in
courts of appeal.
Feb. T.-Committee reports. Bill
passed to prevent judicial and ministe
rial officers from becoming surcties on
bail bonds in criminal cases. Joint
resolution adopted, petitioning Con
gress for an appropriation to open the
mouth Of Red river.
HOUSE.
Feb. 4.-Notice, introduction and
reference, of bills. Bill passed: for
transfer to new courts of cases pending
in certain courts of Orleans parish.
Feb. 5.-Notice, introduction and
reference, of bills. Bill passed: to fix
terms of district Courts.
(Note.-The district court bill pro-
vides that in the first parish named in
each district in Art. 1O8 of the consti-
tuition, organizing the new judicial dis
tricts, the first term of court shall com
mence on the first Monday of April
next; that at the same term the district
Judge shall, by order, to be entered on
the minutes, and posted at the court
house door, land copy sent to the
other parishes, fix the terms in the
other parishes of his district. In Cam
eron parish the jury term is to be held
in July, and the civil term in Decem-
Der. No term to be so fixed as to in
terfere with terms already fixed by the
constitutionforthe, circuit and Supreme
courts in the country parishes)
Contested election case from As
parish decided in favor of /.
The sitting members, Bulow and Gard
ner, (republlcans,) in accordance with
report of committee on cleo
lions.
Feb. 6.-Petitions, memorials, reso-
[utions and bills, presented, introduced
and referred. Leonard Roach sworn
in as representative from Jefferson,
parish.
Feb. Bills introduced and re-
ierred.
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Dublin, Feb. g. The Mansion house
committee acknowledge the receipt Of
ihe following additional contributions:
A fonrth subscription from Melbourne
Of $4,000; $1,000 from Sydney, New
South Wales; 1900 from Newcastle
onsTgne; fIOO from stluebecland $500
from Greenock.
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A ydctcry tor Nyeanen suarage
in Iowa.

Dies Moines, Iowa, Feb. THE
House of Representatives this morn
ing, by vote of 81 to 81, adopted
resolutions for submitting q tconsti-
tptlonal amendment to the people,
making women eligible to the Logis-
lature.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-02-14

There are yet one or two coiored
women alive who claim to have
kissed George Washington. When
they are no more the monument can
80 On.
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ways saloon, Lake Charles, Joseph
Mathis was shot in the foot. An aft
davit was made, charging a stranger
from Texas, named Shafer, with the
shooting, and under warrant sheriff
David III. Lyons arrested Shafer and
put him in Jail. Matt Woodlief, a
gambler, who has been here some two
or three months, said he was a friend
of Ehafer, and made some threatening
remarks about the sheriff in connection
with the arrest. That night, between
twelve and one O'Clock, Burns Lyons
and captain John S. Hawkins went to
the sheriff's house to inform him of
some suspicious sounds about the Jail,
apparently pointing to a Jail delivery.
AT the gate they met Two colored men,
about to visit sick ccolored woman in
the sherif's employ. All went up to
the front gallery, and Hawkins tried to
open the door. The sheriff was in bed,
and hearing the efforts to open the
door called loudly, three times, 'Who
are yonw There was no reply. Get
ting up, he took his rife, and his wife
raised a front window, and by the dim
light of a lantern, held by one of the
negroes, mistook the black faces of the
latter for masks, and exclaimed "For
Gods sake, Mr.. Lyons, be on your
guard; there are four or five of them,
and some are masked" The sheriff
was then satisfied Woodfef was ont
side, with a party, intending to get the
jail keys and release Shafer. Twice
before, during two years past, guns had
been snapped at the sheriff, after dark,
at his country residence, and he had
been once shot at in town after dark.
Levelling his rife through the window,
he exclaimed "Who are you? Give
yonr name or I'm going to shoot"
There was no answer. He again de-
manded "Who are you?-and receiv-
ing no reply, he fired. Captain Hawk
inns fell on the gallery, severely, but not
MORALLY, wounded, and Burns Lyons
and the negroes ran away. Through |
the now closed window the sheriff and
his wife heard Hawkins say :" Y on have
shot your friend" After several de-
mands for his name, he finally gave it,
and was brought into the house, and
the sheriff Immediately sent for sur
geon to attend him.
Next morning, at ten O'Clock the
sheriff and his deputies, on the court
house square, near the Jail, while guard
jingithe Jail, killed Matt Woodlief while
in the act of advancing on the sheriff
with a drawn revolver. Hon. Thos. B.
Ferren, Justice ofthefpeace, empanelled
a cofoner's jury of inquest, who, after
taking the testimony of thirteen wit
.nesses, covering seventeen pages of cap
paper rendered thesfollowing verdict:
THAT the said Woodlief came toll
his daafh 4fsoo xuounf., g.nfi;ota,l II, III
National Republican., 1880-05-04
Tho District A APPROXIMATION Bill.

Tho District Appropriation bill as reported to tho
Senate yesterday makes but few material changes
In the bill as II came from the House.
The following are the changes recommended by
the Committee on Appropriations:
The appropriation for the New Iork-nvenue in
tercepting sewer is made Immediately available
The appropriation for the transportation o
paupcrs is increased from TWO TO three Thousand
dollars.
The appropriation for the support of INDECENT in.
sane of the District of Columbia at the Government
hospital for tho insane IL reduced from $4,000 10
COO. This reduction Is based upon Il discrepancy
between The figures of the Treasury and Interior
Departments.
Provision is made for the construction of two
isolated cottages for the Columbia Lying-in
Asylum and Hospital for puerpeml and infectious
cases, and 50 900 appropriated for the purpose.
Two thousand dollars are appropriated for map
of the Di' trict outside of Washington and George
town for the use of the assessors Office.
An additional clerk for the Contingent Fund of.
fee at s! 200 is added.
The appropriation of 81 300 for travelling me.
chancal janitor for the public schools is stricken
out.
The appropriation for fuel for the public schools
Is increased rom $4,000 to $4,000.
The appropriation for the purchase of a police
courtroom is reduced from $50, coo to 81 OC0.
The paragraph in relation to the interest and
sinking fund was amended TO avoid any possible
misund derstanding, to read exclusive Of the water
bonds"
proviso was added requiring the Commission
ers of the District 10 submit their estimates to the
Secretary of the Treasury by the first of October in
each year.
Mr. Withers will endeavor to have the Senate
consider the bill to-day or Tomorrow.
National Republican., 1880-05-04
The Howgnte Expedltion.

Secretaries Ramsey and Thompson are to-day en-
gagged in the consideration ofmatters pertaining to
the establishment Of n United States post in the
Arctic regions according to the proposition ad.
vnnced by Captain Ilowgate The bill recently ap.
proved authorizing the carrying out of the scheme
makes no appropriation therefor and the War and
Navy Departments nrc endeGvoring TO contrive
means of complying with the provisions of the bill
on the subject without the and ofspecia nppiopria.
with regard to the furnishing of provisions for the
subsistence of the army and navy officers that may
garding stores for those who shall remain at the
post after its establishment The vessel which Mr.
Howgate offers 10 turn over to the United States
Government to undertake the voyage is now lying
at Alexandria,, and will be inspected by Secretary
Thompson to-day.
National Republican., 1880-05-04
Government Bond Purchases.

Secretary sherman has septto Mr.. Bayard, chair
man OF the Senate Finance Committee, a com
muncaton in reply to the latlers letter of the Doth
ultimo transmitting Senate bill No. 1,GS3 to define
the amount and manner Of purchases of the pub
lie loans 10 be made by the Secretary of the Treas
ury, and requesting his views in regard thereto
The bill In question requires the Secretary of tho
Treasury TO purchase the outstanding obligations
of the United States, bearing interest at six peI
cent. per nnnunl, to the amount Of not less tlar
s5000,0O0 in each week until he shall have pur.
chased and cxtlnguished all such outStandinl
obligations
In reply, the Secretary states that tho amount Of
six per cent obligations now outstanding is about
s25GOOOOOO, which, under tho provisions of hi,
act, the Treasury would be obliged to purchase
within the next fifty weeks and that the revenues
would provide for tho payment within the next
fifty weeks of less than One-half of the bonds
which this bill requires to be purchased. There
would seem" he says. ITO be 10 method of carving
out the provisions of the bill except by resort to
Increased taxation, and the prOprlety of such an
increase for this purpose must be determined by
COnuressh