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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-05-15
The stains OF the Esouasiana
syesaorn Railroad.
IN REFERKNcE TO LATE RESTRAINING
r ORDER.
ORDER.
Lafayette Advertiser.

i The General Manager Of tue Louisi
Il ana Western Railroad, before final 10
cation of the line of route of the con
Itemplated road between Nermilion
Vile and the Sabine river, authorized
Iby the charter approved March Both
lists, had the books of record in thu
Recorders office of the several parishe
thoroughly examined as to the title o.
| the N. o., M. a. q. r. r. Co. or N
To-, nj. a. Chattanooga r.. r. Co., to
the right Of way, andhaving ascertain
ed that said Company had. failed to
record titles for its right of way over
private lands, and no act of Congress
at the time having been enacted giving
Ito railroads right of way over the
public domain, and said Railroad Com
pany having surrendered as insolvents
and virtually forfeited their corporate
rights, they actually being trcspassers
upon private and public lands, regu-
lar grants of right of way for the
Louisiana Western Railroad Company
were obtained from the actual owners
and claimants of all private lands, and
the acts duly recorded in the books Of
conveyances of the several Recorders
offices of the parishes and conformed to
the laws of Congress of 1875, grant
ing right of way for railroads over the
domain, by depositing in the U. s..
Land Office maps showing the line of
route of the Louisiana Western Rail
road over the domain, said right was
confirmed by the certificate of the
Secretary OF. the Interior, and they
have persistently and expeditiously
gone on with the great work of build
ing their road, to the great good and
development of this section of our
country; and when the frnition of orr
hopes is on the eve of being accomplish
ed, this bankrupt and extinguished
fraud which held out to MS such bright
promises, and finally exploded its bub-
BILE and left us TO our doom, having
failed to pay its contractors and work
men for their hard labor performed,
(leaving out of question several mil
lions of dollars in State bonds wrung
from our people,, now comes into
court through its bloated Bondholders,
and seeks to retard the progress Of the
road, or force the Company, in order
to avoid delays, to the payment of a
considerable bonus to be let alone.
Certainly the Court must have been
misled as to the status of these Bank
rupt claimants to have issued its late
order, and it is to be hoped
that in future the conrts will be more
circumspcct, and not retard by any
order the accomplishments tho near
futnre, Of this great work; which will
20 far to the development of our conn
ny and give new life and vitality to
,ur great Metropolis. We say. hands
,ff,and this long looked for boon
will soon be ~, fat accompli.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-05-15

IN. o. Democrat. I

The State convention of the Demo
cratic Conservative party adopted the
following resolution atfts late session
4 in New Orleans April 10, viz:
Rcsofpod. That the president of this conven-
ton be and is hereby directed to appoint 2
Estate Central Committee, to be composed OF
lfiftecn members of the State at large apd
4 that each parish of the State and ward OF
Orleans be requested to elect one member to
4 said committee.
Resoited. That this committed thuH appoint
| cd and elected is requested to organize, at the
earliest practicable time, to inaugurate the
\ work Of the present campaign.
Under this resolution President JEFF
fries has appointed fifteen members
for the State at large and calls upon
each parish throughout the State and
each ward OF Orleans to elect one
member of the central committee. A
meeting of the committee for organiza-
tion will be held at the St. Charles
Hotel, New Orleans, at .i2 O'Clock,
May %; hence it is important that the
Respective local organizations should
provide for the election Of members at
once, in case they have not already
done so, as the committee should be
in full working condition by the lime
the Cincinnati convention assemblies.
Preparations are being made for a
thorough organization of the Repnbli-l
can party, and desperate efforts will be
made to secure the electoral vote of
Louisiana for the Republican nominee,
and great expectations are indnlged in
by orr opponents that divisions and
dissensions in the Democratic party
will enable them to succeed. What.
ever difference of opinion may exist in
our ranks. in matters of State policy,
or touching local affairs, there ia no
reason why all these questions may not
be laid aside in the conduct of this
campaign. A national contest is pend
ing in which all lovers of constitution
al government may mite in opposition
TO Capitalization, and by one grand
effort re-establish the government upon
the foundation contemplated by our
forefathers.
Petty leaietlsles and personal sdisap-l
pointments may well be put behind US
in the face Of this great struggle, and,
in the vigorous prosecution Of a battle |
against common foe aibmying ground |
may well be found for the political
acerbities that may have grown up
in our local contests.
We know that President Jeffries
has sought to frame q committee, 90
far as bis appointments went, that
would give to the party the services Of /
earnest working Democrats, and at the
same time represent the elements I'M
prior tofthe last nominating
convention, andiitis to be hoped thatall
the gentlemen named will serve upon
bhe committee, and that every parish !
md ward of Orleans will selectefficient,
ardent workers, who will organize for
sictory without further delay.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-05-15

Irregular Correspondence
p.uIa RnaNc.lr Anil 10. 1ss

\ sfARTS, FRANCE, Apfal 1Ss41 ocD-
Thereis colony Of Russian students
in Paris. Their headquarters are at
reading groom founded by them IN ! 81
under the auspices ofsthe great Russian
novelist Fourgenieff, and originally sit
uated in the Rue Victor Cousin. 4
has since been removed to agmore com
modious building in the Rue Berthallet
south of the Pantheon, in the Qnartier
Latin. Here may be witnessed a scent
wildly reminding one of the life in {
Russian university town. The students
male and female, number about hun
dred, and retain the costume and man
Iners of their native country. The mer
may be divided into two types-ont
represented by those who wear long
fair hair and boards and fur caps, such
as one sees in German university towns;
the other partalSing more of the Kali
muck element, with bronze complex
ions, black hair, and high cheek bones.
These latter wear the Russian national
blouse, belted at the waist. The wo-
men are, almost without exception, of
very homely appearance, and eschew
every outward sign of elegance in tot
.lettc or gait. They are distinguished
by their retvoussecs noses, pale com
plexion, short hair, and large blue or
green spectacles. As may be imagined,
the members of this strange fraternity
are constant subject of curiosity
among the indigenous population, and
when enc more eccentric in appearance
than the rest is seen in the street, he
or she is at once surrounded by an in
quisitive, if not admiring crowd Of
gansiaas. The reading-room is furnished
with q supply of books, mostly of the
kind prohibited by the Russian Gov
eminent, and printed in Leipzig, Der
lin, and Geneva. To these must be
added the leading revolutionary peri
odicals and newspapers, printed in and
out of Russia. The majority of the
follow the courses of medi- /
cine at the Ecole de Medicine, and
some have distinguished themselves BY
passing their examinations with flying
,olors. When, however, they unite
IN their own ground, politics are the
order of the day; and, without assert
ng that the antecedents of most of |
hem would hardly bear inspection
rom a Russian point of view, the
,reater number have been obliged to
leave their country fer their conntry's
,ood" without regular passports; but
o say that they are all enemies of the
russian Government, or that their IL
rary is the headquarters of the Rus
ian Socialist Society in Paris, would
e going too far.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-05-15
The New 'Taria Hsils.
IspeeIal to he N. B. Piearnne.l


Washington, May I. 1.-THE new tariff
bill issnot finally agreed on, but proba-
bly, will be soon reported. The indi-
cations now are that wood pulp will be
put in the bill and put on the free list.
Sugar is likely to be included. The
prescntadrift is to a uniform duty Of
so per cent aid salorem on sugars, to
be arrived 1T without the use Of the
polariscppc. There will be the usual
penalty Of IS per cent. damages fol-
under valuation.
1t isaargned that this duty Of fifty
percent. win be equal 10 the present
average rate Of duties, and involve no
substantial reduction on any. The
chances are that all tho articles will be
reduced to fifty per cent. aa yaloreni.
This rate for sugar has only been se-
cured through the earnest exertions Or
the Louisiana member Of the Commit
tee of Ways and Means The rate on
sugar from ls45to 1851 was only "a
per cent. Al valorem. Its now made
double, and the average rate Was hardly
ever as high. This rate is therefore
claimed as q victory for the sugar in
terest Every democrat on the com
naittee fayors these rates.
The reduction on rice is the result
of q raid on that article by the repub-
Leans Mr.. Frye, of Maine, insisting
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-05-15

[seientiac American

s j
AT present an artesian well is being
bored in Boston under the direction
of Mr.. J. Al. Whipple, in order 70 de!
,ter1ninc whether OF not there is nnder
the city ap adequate, available supply
of pnre water. The experience of the
men engaged has beon as follows:
They first bored through six feet Of
hard filing; then met With q stratum
Tof some soft black substance III d
lscmi-flnid state, about forty 10 forty.
FIVE feet in thickness. Below this they
found from ninoty-thrcc to ninety
seven feet Of stiff blue clay, OVERLAPPING
a stratum Of coarse gravel, ID which
they found small stream Of excellent
pure water. After this they again en-
Icountered a twenty foot vein Of the
stiff blue clay mentioned before, hav-
ing passed through which they struck
"a solid bed of hard slate rock or shale,
which neeesssitated the nae of the
rock drill, which they are using up to
the present time AT the depth of
three hundred feet they struck "a
second small stream Of good water hi
the slate rock. They have now reach
ed a depth Of about three hundred and
seventy-tive feet. The tubing they put
down measures eight and one half
inches, outside diameter, and as one
fourth of an inch thick. The weight
is,fur r,,,aro tf,tfr ~, 4f.a ,..xn3- .fr...k
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-05-15


We give below the concluding pa,.
of Hon. B. r jonas speech, delivsrsa
Il in fhe Senate of the United Stat..
4 on the 26th nit
4 Whatsolemn hypocritical mocker,
4 is this, coming as it does from n
4 party which refused Vance, mi
i Thomas, and Mcmillan their sean
i which kept Louisiana with only On
Senator for FIVE years, which oustei
John r. Stockton from his seat in n
| der to secure the necessary two-thius
to override the veto of an obnoxions
/ President, which endeavored to seat
| the adventurer Gorbin as Senatov
from South Carolina, when be I'M
never been elected, and which seated
i Kellogg as theTepresentative Of Lon.
lisiana without investigation, without
Slcredentials, without a shadow II
right, claim or title, as was well
known at the time to nearly every
man who voted for him?
/ The constitution of the Senate win
lever be respected when it confofins
to the requirements of the Federal
Constitution, not otherwise.
In these latter days, Mr.. President
other men have misrepresented States
/ of the South ON this floor. Men who
were not elected by Legislatures nor
accredited by governments chosenby
the free voiceef the people. But they
at least represented force and power.
The Legislatures which sent them
here, elected as they were by dis
reimbursement, and supported BY The
Federal Army, had authority within
| the States, and passed laws which
we were compelled to obey. They
represented the State sovereignty.
if wrested by force or fraud from The
people, and, for the time being, there
was no conflicting authority. But
this is the first case, Mr.. President
in which Senator has been seated,
chosen by no Legislature, accredited
by no governor, and representing no
State government which Is known OF
recognized BY any people Or authority
In the land.
Mr.. President, in conclusion j de-
sire to say that tot three years the
State Of Louisiana has heen misre.
presented on this floor by William
Pitt Kellogg, that for seven years
she has suffered from his usurpation,
misgovernment, and misrepresenta-
tion; that during most Of that time
his official tenure has been protected
by the republican party, and sup
ported by the military power of tho
Government; that al of the wrong
all Of the trouble. all Of the bitterness,
which hos been visited upon my peo-
pie during that time, can be laid Ct
IIisdoor and tohis responsibility. All
Of the calHnny and representation
which has been poured a,poA Louiai-
ana and her spooplelhas beenhis work,
and for the purpose OF perpetuating
his power.
These charges may fall Upon ears,
deafencd by partisan zeal, on the
other side sof this Chamber, butd ask
the Representatives Of thesdemaoratic
party, who compose the majority
here, who know the truth whereof 1
speak, to dojnstice ITO Louisiana, and
to seat in this body the honorable and
a!,aI arou4I II I, 4 stt,s l,oc
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-05-15

Tho following extracts from All ed
torial in last weeks st. Landry Dcmt
I crat, entitled Our New Police Jur
andstlac Sunday Law" furnish one .
the most powerful arguments we hsv
seen in favor Of a Sunday law for d
the parishes. Thesamc editorial state
that this law was first adopted by TIL
police jury Of st. Landry in 1877, an
that IN order to test the sense of Oh
new police juryof St. Landry onitha
question one OF its members. who wa
strongly in favor ofthe law, introduce,
q melton to repeal it at the first meet
ing Of the new police jury on the aetl
nit. The motion was promptly tabled
by = vote Of eight to one, and, not sat
isiied with this emphatic endorsement
of the law, thcpolice jury unanimously
adopted the following resolution:
On motion Of Mr.. Sylvester, ii wa.
resolved unanimously, that the District
Attorney be instructed to have the
Sunday law rigidly enforced through.
ont the parish against all persons, who
directly or indirectly violate the same
The St. Landry Democrat comments
as follows on tho above action Of its
-
new police jury, and on the practical
operation of the Sunday law in st.
Landry for nearly fsur years previously:
"By this uneqniyocal endorsement
Of the Sunday law the Police Jury have
deserved, and viii receive the thanks
Of every good man, of every lover of
law, order and morality, and of every
taxpayer in 81. Landry.
NEARLY four years have elapsed since
the Police Jury adopted Sunday law
for our parish, The longer it has stood
on the statute book the more popular
has it become with the people; and in
our opinion to-day, no man conld carry
st. Landry in q popular election, who
would openly and publicly proclaim
his opposition to this law.
..No man living amongst us, but that
has vivid recollection Of the state, of
things existing in our parish previous
to its adoption in 1871. Then, every
town and village was crowded with
drunken men on Sunday, whooping,
shouting, yelling, fighting nd,render-
ing things generally s.hideous." BY
night our jails were filed with viola
tors Of municipal ordinances, who the
next morning appeared before the
mayor, and nine times out Of ten, being
unable to pay their Jail fees, they had
to be charged to the taxpayers. i'll
such was the picture presented in the
towns, what was to be seen on our
public thoroughfares In the country?
Let any one answer, who was in the
habit Of traversing them Of Sunday
evening. They were filled with drunken
menrunning horse races, firing off their
pistols, and whooping and yelling and |
screaming to the great annoyance and |
danger of the peaceful traveller. Now
we see no more Of this. People from
the country and town alike do the |
shopping on Saturdays they formerly |
did on Sundays. Ii they happen 10 |
get drunk, as nightFcomes on they 90
home, and by Monday morning tie |
elect Of the debauch is over, and they
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-05-15

Paris, May lo.4tsu Flonbert,
the French novelist, i dead: aged 81.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-05-15
Laying EEae Cornerstone Of ST.
Visai's Church. at Orange
City, Texas.
torange Oity Tribune. April 20th.l


At half-past four o'clock Sunday
evening, April 25th, a large number Of
ladies and gentlemen met at the Chmcl
grounds to witness the ceremony 81
laying the cornerstone. IA temporary
stand and seats had been arranged.
Mr.. G.. Pendarvis, in q few remarks
relative to the object which had called
the people to the grounds, tothe worth
of the Catholic citizens, TO the blood
shed by them onithe battle fields Of the
United States, in her struggles for lib
erty and freedom, introduced Rev.
Father Badelon, parish priest Of Waco.
The Reverend Father reviewed at
some length the history of the Catholic
church, and pointed With pride to its
present prosperous condition. It Was
never more prosperous than now, and
lisrapidly gaining strength throughout
the land. They had been invited to
this country --camc among the early
settlers, and shared in its blessings As
well as its sorrows. He cameto Texas
years ago, when there were but two b,
three priests in the State. Now the
church has its own Bishop III Galveston.
All they asked was liberty and free
dom, and he felt sure the people 81
Orange would feel proud Of their aid
in building this church, which would
be more than an ornainentto the town.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17
Vote ef Thanks.

The Sunny Side Sunday School,
four miles South Of Oakland, returns
a unanimous vote of hearty thanks,
to the committees that proved SO
efficient and premut in the discharges
of their duties for the Sunday School
Picnic of the 9th! inst. celebrated by
this school. A similar vote of thanks
Is returned to Revs. Moor, Clyne
and Davis, for addresses delivered,
making the OCCASION one of high in
terest. Gratitude is especially ex-
pressed to numerous friends and
neighbors from other schools, showing
great liberality, and giving encour-
agement by ready cooperation. The
amount received was about $24, 90.
Excellent order prevailed.
MARION S. HAUsER, Supt.
S. j. YUTzY, Sec'y!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17
Death or Col. ID. C. Bruce,

Col. Daniel G. Bruce, collector of
internal revenue, fourth Maryland
district, died at Cumberland Thurs.
day last, after a lingering illness,
In his list year. Col. Bruce was born
in Allegany county, Nd, in 1909.
His grandfather came to America
from Scotland prior to the revolu-
ton. His mother was a daughter of
Col John Cresap, nephew of the
celebrated Captain Michael Cresap.
The deceased was educated in Allie
gany county, and in early manhood
went to Ohio, where he was engaged
in public works as State superinten-
dent. Returning to Allegany county,
he became general uperintendent of
the Frostburg Coal Company, and
held this position fourteen years part
of the time was Chesapeake and
Ohio canal director. After this he
removed to Baltimore, and shortly
after the commencement of the war
was appointed to position in the
custom-hOuse, but soon returned to
Allegany county, and become super
intendent of the Consolidation Coal
Company. He was elected to the
Legislature on the Republican ticket
in 1866. After finishing his term there
he returned to his farm, near Cum
berland, and engaged in agricultural
pursuits. In 1872 he was appointed
to succeed Hon. Francis Thomas as
collector of the fourth revenue dis
trict, a position he has held ever
since. He was one of the most active,
prominent and respected men in
Allegany county, and was well
known throughout the State. He was
member OF Emmanuel Episcopal
Church. His wife, daughter of Mesh
ach Frost, founder of Frostburg,
survives him. He leaves two daugh~
ters and son, Webster Bruce. who
is deputy revenue collector.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17
Horse and Bugg. Recovered.

In our issue of two weeks ago we
noted the fact that man giving the
name of DR.. M. M. Pomroy, had
procured horse and buggy from
Mr.. Thomas Martin, of this place,
and that strong suspicion was felt
that he intended to appropriate them
to his own use. In answer to tele-
grams and notices by post, a few days
since Mr.. Martin received a dispatch
stating that his property was at Lou
lisa. Kentucky, near Charleston, w.
Va. They had been abandoned by
the doctor who was still at liberty.
Mr.. Martin started at once to receive
his property, and will probably res
turn early next week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17
Affairs in the Mines.

The situation in the mining region
is especially interesting and critical
at this time. The subject of the coal
companies circular, lately addressed
to the miners, requires the most seri-
Gus and careful consideration before
final conclusions are reached. Last
year the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company charged S1.85 per ton
on coal to Locust Point. This spring
the price was raised fifty cents per
ton, or 1885 to the same point. Last
year the canal company charged 40
cents per ton tolls to Georgetown.
This year the tolls were raised to 55
cents per ton. Last year the boatmen
were getting from rs TO IS cents per
ton for carrying coal to Georgetown,
distance of 1874 miles. This year
they demanded S1.25 per ton, and
compromised with the companies at
S1.10 per ton. Now two of the prin-
cipal communicative Consolidated
and Borden-refused to give more
than 81 per ton, and the consequence
is strike among about 200 boatmen
belonging to these two companies.
1.-THE other companies are also anxious
for reduction to 81 per ton. but are
still paying the agreed price, the
shipments by canal are getting small
er and smaller every week, Before
any action is taken for a reduction of
freight and tolls, the miners are ap-
pealed to for a reduction in their
wages from 65 cents to so cents per
ton.
Naturally, the miners will object,
unless every interest involved shall
bear its proportionate share of a res
duction in the cost of getting coal in
to market, so as to compete with the
Clarified region. Not the miners
alone not the boatnien alone, nor
yet the canal or the railroads alone,
but all together-all uniting in a
general concession, and general re
ductfon all around. This would make
the loss so light as TO be almost inn
perceptible, and, according to the
opinions of many, is the only rea
sonable solution of the difficulty. The
policy that seems to be maintained is
to force reduction from one interest,
while all the other interests are to
maintain existing charges. What is
sure to followP A long, protracted
and disastrous strike, that will effec.
tually destroy the coal trade for the
present season.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17
Orphans Court.

The Orphans Court for Garrett
County was convened on Tuesday,
ID inst. Present, Hon. Isaac H.
Kooken, Chief Judge, and Hons.
Joseph Dewitt and VIM. Harvey,
Associate Judges, and Viii. Ii. Ha-
cans, Register.
Among Others were the foll6wing
proceedings:
Letters of Administration C. r. a.
were granted.to John j. Brenneman,
on estate of Jacob Brenneman, decd.
Letters Testanientary were granted
to A. e. and Lewis G. Hamill, ON
estate of Henry Hamill, decd:
VIM. anil Mary E. Chisholm; Adj
ministratOrs of James Chisholm, de-
ceased, settled their 9th; and final
account.
Adjourned to meet Tuesday, July
9th: