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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-07-23


From fhn Scientific american.
The chicago Sugar Refining Com
pany are bniIding factory to con.
vert 70, 600 bushels Of corn into sugar
d day, or something like 5000, 900
bushels year. The buildings cover
500, 900 square feet, and are expected
to cost 81 SOC, 900. The sugar house
ia 100 feet square, with III stories
and basement. or i40 feet high. It is
10 be of wood and brick, containing
4 .o0O, go bricks. Ii will be support
I'd by 80 piers Of masonry, resting
on plies, each pier carrying about
400 toms. There will be required
5000 fcrty-foot piles, or BIS miles
Of piIing. Adjoining the sugar house
IL q building for corn, GO by $50 feet,
and three stories high. II contains
1sc large steam engines, two pump
ing engines, one flowing engine, and
several small steam pumps The
pumps have capacity Of ~, 000, 600
gallons per day The steam engines
will be equal 10 1000 horse power,
and the blowing engine blower fur
lsislscs a blast for 1000 horse power
boilers. Next to the corn house is
the filter house, 100 by 100 feet, AMI
IL stories high. This building is a
fireproof one, built Of brick, iron
columns, wrought iron floor beams,
with brick arch floors. Its "a piers
carry 500 tons each, or II 900 tons.
There are $500 forty-foot piles driven
50 feet below the surface The next
bnilding IL corn bonse, 60 feet
square and 3 st0rieG high, with ma
chinery IN it to empty the cars anto-
matically. The ncxtis boiler house,
rs by $50 feet in size, 3 stories base
ment, with a coal bin suspended
above the boilers to feed them auto
natically with coal. The boilers
have q capacity of 1900 horse power.
There are 20 of these known as the
Babcock & Wilcox section boilers.
The chimney for the house is $40
feet high, with I2-foot inside fine.
The base is 40 feet square. Between
the boiler house and chimney is an
Aeconomizer,H that the waste gases
Of the boilers pass through on the
way to the chimney. BY this means
the heat is utilized by pumping the
feed waters Of the boiler through this
economizer The works viii com
Inencc with 10000 bushels Of corn
per day, which will soon increase to
$4,000 per day. The corn can be
received by car or vessel, and the
goods likewise shipped. The com
pany will manufacture all kinds Of
starch for laundry and culinary pur-
poses, syrup, anG grape sugar.
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FREF no ALL.
PATENTS

obtained for new inventions, or for improve
mezits in old ones. Caveats, Trade Marks and
all patent business promptly attended to.
INVENTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RE
iected may still, In most cases, be patented
by us. Being opposite the U, s. Patent Office,
and engaged in PATENT BUSINESS EX-
CLUSINELY, we can secure patents in ess
time than those who are remote from Wash
ington and Who must depend upon the mails
in all transactions with the Patent Office
When Inventors send model or sketch we
make search in the Patent Office and advise
as to its patentability free n charge. Cores
pondenee confidential, prices low, and NO
CHARGE UNLESS PATENTS OBTAINED.
We refer to Hon. Postmaster General ID. ".
Key, Rev. i. d. Power, to officials in the u
s. Patent Office, and especially to our clients
in every State Of the Union and in Canada.
For special references, terms, advice, &C.,
Address a.. A. SNOW * <tO.,
Opposite Patent Office, Washington, ID. G..
June 26 1Ss0.-tf
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CeIesainI OI,servaaions.

, From the BROOKLYN Eagle
Il lind observed DIR. Bulge, as
he sat on the coping Of his roof, with
his elbows on his knees and his chin
on his hands, II find, while the nu.
clens is very distinct, the tail appears
to be obscured by the precipitation
Of moisture in the atmosphere Does
il seem TO strike You so, DIR. Toddp
"Onr observations agreeminutely,"
replied the other old scientist, from
the scuttle Of the adjoining house,
"bnt ! think the observation will
afford additional facilities for investi-
eating the coma. Do you notice,
DIR. Budge, peculiarly Of this
comet, that the commissions are more
manifest than in the comets Of 1858
or 1877
ION the contrary, DIR. Todd" re-
piled DR.. Bulge, Il find the head
more steady than in either of those
phenomena. But / ascribe that to
the fact that the comet is receding
from the sun"
THAT is q common, but vulgar
error" responded DR.. Todd. The
fact Is the comet is approaching the
sun, and to that fact j attribute The
involved appearance of the nucleus.
Were it drawing away from the sun
You would not detect those two dark
radiations from the center to the
circumference
"You are misled, DIR. Todd. If
You will notice those dark spots at
regular intervals inst inside the rim,
yon will readily agree that it must
be approaching the sun, otherwise
you could not see much shadows
"Anybody who says those are
shadows, DIR. Bndge, is an old ass,
and don't know comet from cod
fish. You 500
i see a bullet-beaded old idiot
who don't know the difference be-
tween the sun and a soap box. rc-
tortcd DIR. Bulge. IF You knew an
asieroid from jackass, I'd like to
talk astronomy with yon.D
lyon cnssed old mule, you say 4
don't know astronomy Ill punch
yonr nose for your
Come on, you mullet headed old
ignoramnsi you'd never know it was
o comet bntfor mel If You intimate
that 4 amt scientist I'll shingle
yonr eye for youl I've been in this
business since / was boy"
Whats the matter over there?'
yelled Daddy Hicks from his roof
across The street.
The scientists pointed out The OBJ
ject Of dispute, and each argued at
length on his theory.
That's all right said Daddy
Hicks, when they had finished, Abnt
you don't either Of you seem to have
noticed that II was twenty minutes
past eleven BY your comet. That's
one of the Illuminated faces of the
city hall clock. Here's the comet
over hcre!.
And the two blind philosophers
fell over backwards, each down his
respective semitic, and were seen no
more by Daddy Hicks.
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FOR SAFE

A RESIDENCE and ont houses, with lot
Ia measuring one hundred feet front, by
two hundred feet deep, on Ryan street, be-
tween Broad zHd MI streets. The locality
is q desirable one, and the buildings are new
and finished mp IN style. For further par
ticulars apply 20 the undersigned
PETER BkDTHERsOE.
Lake Charles, la, June 4, 81
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A BARGAIN ].

THE DIR. BRASHEAR PLACE, ON THE
Il Caleasicu River, inst below Marion. (0ld
Town, with all the Buildings and Improve
ments, and One Hundred and SigsD Acycs Of
Land. Terns-Three hundred dollars, cash.
Charles, La
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A Good Investment.

NOR SALE, for cash only, about ninety
IL acres of land, with improvements, on east
side West Fork Caleasieu river, mouth Of In
dian Bayou. Best location for country store,
commanding heavy trade in logs, and with
log men. Apply 70
F. A. GAI.LAUGHER,
Jan, "a, 1S80--tf. Lake Charles, La
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state and Parish Licenses

NOTICE is hereby given 10 all parties con-
IN cerned, that the State and Parish Lieen-
ses, for the year 1881, are now due. Those
wishing 10 avoid costs NH please call al my
Office, IN the town of Lake Charles, and settle
the same. d. vi. LYONS,
Sheriff and Tax Collector
Feb. 10, 1ssi, 1T.
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FoI. Sale.
FOR SALE.

TOR SALE Two hundred and fifty
It three and half acres OF lard, on
the Bayou Nez-pique, In this parish,
in Sec. 43, Z. 9, s.. r. 8 W, La.
Address Lake Charles EoHo.
feb 81. 1878.
LII PERSONS ARE WARNED
"A not to depredate on the Sixteenth
Section, known as the School Section.
J. w. BRYAN,
President Parish School Board.
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TWO lots fronting on Ryan street.
Il near the Public Square. Thret
lots fronting on Ryan street, near Bap-
list Church. Apply TO
w. II. KIRKMAN.
May IA. 1881.
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STEAM RICE MILL.
At LAKE CHARLES, La.

HAVING erected, at great expense, a new
Ii steam rice mill at Lake Charles, we are
prepared to execute promptly, and In the
most satisfactory manner, all orders for clean
ing rice raised In this section of Louisiana.
Samples of rice cleaned at our mill can be
seen there, and at the various stores Iii Lake
Charles. and we invite their inspection.
! The highest market price paid for rough
rice ; also clean rice exchanged for rough rice.
JACOB RYAN d SONS.
Dec. g, 1ST9-tf.
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TO CONTRACTORS.

UNITED STATES ExGINEER OFFICE,
NEW ORLEANS La, june 30, 1881.
bids for the following named works Of
ID Improvement of Rivers and Harbors In
the State of Louisiana provided for By Act Of
Congress, approved March o, 1881, viii be re-
ceiyed at this office until ~ O'Clock noon, on
the 59th Of July, 1881, viz:
Improving Calcasieu Pass, La, tdredging.)
Improving Calcesieu River, La.
Information regarding above works will be
given on application at this Office.
G. w. HOWELL,
Maj. OF Engirs, U. 8. A.
June 25, 1SS1-,3t.
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Notice TO Taxpayers.

Tax Collectors Office, Perish of Caleasieu,
Lake Charles, January /, 1881.
T-HE TAXPAYERS of the Parish Of Calca-
j. sien are hereby mortified that unless they
come up promptly and pay all taxes due and
unpaid, the payment Of their taxes, with costs
and penalties, viii be strictly enforced accord
ing 20 law. ID. Fl. LYONS,
LAND OFFICE AT NEW ORLEANS. La, /
May 3 1881.
NTOTICE Is hereby given thaf the follow
IN ing named settler has fled notice of his
intention TO make final proof in support Of
his claim, and that said proof will be made
before the Judge or Clerk of Court at Lake
Charles, La, on the I'd of July, 1881, viz:
Daniel Bates, Homestead No. 1850, for the
+ half Of s W or, and w half Of s z or, Sec
8, II 10 &. = w. Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cnltiva-
ton OF, said land, viz: Jacob Ryan, j. b.
Kirlzman, Patrick Fitzgerald and Casius
Touchy, of Calcasieu parish, Louisiana
GEO. BALDEY. Register.
LAND OFFICE AT NEW ORLEANS, La, /
june 9, 1881.
MI Office Is hereby given that the follow
IN ing named settler has filed notice OF his
intention 10 make final proof In support Of
his claim, and that said proof viii be made
before the Judge or Clerk of Court at Lake
Charles, La ON the 10th Of July, 1881, viz !:
Aristide Landry, Homestead No. 1870, for
the s. WI Sec. 81, TIP. 10 s., 3 W. Louisiana
Meridian.
He names the following witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon, and eultiva-
ton of, said land, viz: Charles Fl. Andrlls,
b. C. Andrus, Joseph II. Andrus and Ignace
Valdetero, of Calcasieu parish. La.
GEO. BAI.DEY, Register.
June Is, 1881.
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Public Notice.

A SCHOLARSHIP in prominent south
ern Business College can be purchased
from ]. w. BRYAs & Co.,
Lake Charles, La.
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May Il. 1881.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-01-29
MANUFACTURES IN LEXINGTON,


As manufacturing point Lexington
possesses unsurpassed facilities. All
sorts OF timber are to be found in su-
perabundance at her very doors. Wa
ter OF various kinds is to be had cheaply
IN abundance. The whole surrounding
country Is underlaid with beds of coal.
which have been for years successfully
mined, and which furnish steam power
as cheaply as it can be obtained any-
where in the world.
Every disposition exists to assist and
encourage new ventures in manutactur.
ing, and the healthy location cheap liy.
ing and many convenient markets are
having tendency in this direction
which must result in building up an ever
increasing business.
We append short review of those
manufacturer now in existence here
and doing thriving business.
FURNITURE FACTORY.
AS one OF the most deserving of the
industrial enterprises of the city we
place the name OF Messrs. H. &F.
Winkler first in this review. The firm
consists OF two brothers, Germans.
Henry w. and Frederick E. Winkler'
They are both practical cabinet makers.
thoroughly understanding every detail
OF their business, which is the mann.
facture OF all kinds OF furniture excent
chairs. Their factory Is located on the
corner OF South and Elm streets. and
is under the immediate supervision of
Mr.. ID: Wlnkler; the store rooms are on
Franklin street, opposite the old market
place, and are superintended BY MIR. F.
Wlnkler. These gentlemen Commenced
business in this city in 1856 IN yery
humble way. but by their INDUSTRY.
knowledge of their trade, and honest
dealing, they won the confidence Of the
public. and have gradually built up
the west: Their factory is supplied
with all the latest and most ,mproved
machinery, and they can as chsaply and
as expeditlously manufacture tine fur
niture as it can BE- done anvwher.
Whilst the bulk Of their manufacture is
Of course, cheap furniture, such as is
within the reach OF ordinary purses. we
have seen nine hundred dollar set OF
bed room furniture turned out by them
which. produced by an eastern factory
would probably have been held three
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-01-29
THE SOIL OF MISSOURI.

The ackberry lands are first in fer.
tility and productiveness. Upon these
lands also grow elm, wild cherry,
honey locust, hickory, white, black,
burr and chestnut oaks, black and
white walnut, mulberry, linden, ash,
poplar, catalpa, sassafras and maple.
rhe prairie soils Of about the same
quality, if not Identical, are known
as crow-foot lands, so-cslled from .
species of weed found upon them.
aud these two soils generally join
each other where -:he timber, aud
prairie lands meet. Both rest upon Q
bed of fine silicious marls, and even
under most exhaustive tillage will
prove perpetually fertile. They cover
more than seven million acres Of land.
On this soil white oaks have been
found twenty-nine feet in circumfer.
enCe and one hundred feet high:
linden. twenty-three feet In circum-
ference and quite as lofty the burr
oak and sycamore grow still larger.
Prairie grasses, Oh the crow.foot
lands, grow very rank and tall, aud,
by the old settlers, were said to en-
tirely conceal herds of cattle from
the view. These lands alone are can.
able of sustaining a population great
er than that now occupying the state
of Missouri. ssi.4l, !.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-01-29
MARKET FACILITIES IN MISSOURI.

But there is in many sections of
Missouri home market. No state ia
so rich in mineral developments, aud
every mine is market for ali the
farmer can raise, and at high prices.
Every year the development of the
mines OF Missouri will be increased
which will increase the demand for
farm products. Then the manufsc.
tories of the state are increasing, and
must yearly increase. No state offers
such facilities for manufacturing es-
adjustments of all kinds, and these
are the best friends Of the farmer.
Missouri is a healthy state-healthv
Tor man and beast. In no state is
there SO little disease to be found in
the fiocks and herds. The laud is
generally rolling, the air pure and in
vlgorating, the water clear aud spark.
ling. The state is never afflicted by
the terrible drOuths, which DESTROY
vegetation and leave men aud beast
III furnishing condition, as is the
case in states further west. With the
great Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
and their hundreds of tributaries
within and upon her borders, there
Is generally plenty of moisture to At.
tract showers, and such thing rs a
general failure of crops has never
neeh known in this state.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-01-29

blacksmlthing shops, and q very
hourishlng furniture factory, which
employs number of hands. The
other towns in the county have the
milling and other manufacturing es-
Adjustments usually found in pros
peroas villages. esoa = ,.aa 80
The finances of the county are in q
healthy condition. According to the
present assessment there is shown to
be $9. .OO0, 600 worth of taxable proper
ty III the county. The present rate
OF taxation for state and county COM
6ined is 81 20 on the 800 valuation.
The public school tax averages 80
cents on the 800 valuation. The
county public school fund amounts to
$o7, ,OOO. and yields an annual revenue
of So, 700. The state school moneys
appertioned for the schools Of this
county, amount to something over
$6, 600 per annum.
Lafayette county contains highly
intelligent and moral population.
Churches of every christian denomi-
nation are to be found all over the
county, ministered to by eminent
divines. The county owns 1O1 public
school houses, and rents 9 other
houses for school purposes. It has in
operation 90 white public schools and
IL colored public schools. It employs
~ male teachers aud 60 female teach.
ers, all competent, and Jealous iu the
great work Of education. In addition
to these schools three of the most
prosperous female seminaries in the
west are located in this county, at
Lexington: - The Elizabeth Auil
Seminary, Kew. j. A. Quarles, presi-
dent = Presby terian tho Baptist
Female College, John f. Lanneau, A.
NJ, president; Central Female Col
lege, Rev. w. F. Kerdolff. president
Methodist. "a
The Missouri river washes fifty
miles of one side Of the county, al
fSrding drainage aud water transpor-
tation. The Missouri Pacific railroad
has 81 IA miles of track in the county;
the Chicago & Alton railroad 81
miles, and the Kansas City and East-
ern IA miles, thus giving to the
county every facility for transporta-
tier which could be desired. - t-l... ..
Taken all together, Lafayette coun-
ty 10 the peer OF any of her sister coun-
ties in the wonderfully productive
and lovely valley of the Missouri. Its
people are intelligent. hospilable,
generous, public spirited Its mate
rial and social advantages are unsur-
passed anywhere in any state Cheap
lands. soil equal in fertility to the
famous valley of the Nile, good
climate. water, coal aud wood, abun-
dant transportation facilities, sduca-
tional advantages rarely equaled, re-
ligion and morality generally incll-
Gated, good roads, social neighbor-
hoods, people who invite immigra-
ton, all combine to make it the most
desirable county in the west for
those seeking homes where their chill
dren may have the refining Influences
of education and society. and where
the man Of small capital, supplements
ed with energy, may come as near
the fruition OF his dreams Of happl-
ness as he is likely to do this side of
paradise. By all mesns, before you
settle anywhere else. pay Lafayette
county, Mo-, q visit. ,.I,n,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-01-29
SOCIETY OF MISSOURI.

The condition of society in state
to which the attention Of the emf.
grant IS directed is of the greatest
Importance. Thomas e. Fletcher, q
former republican governor of the
state, spoke of society in Missouri, in
his address to the convention as fol.
lows:
''The class Of men who would be
indifferent to the condition of society
i'll our state we do not wish to come
among US. This is subject upen
which you all have Information, and
what L shall here utter goes to the
world with the Endorsement of this
most truly representative body Of
men ever assembled in our state,
Il assert that owhere beneath the.
flag OF the Republic is there greater
personal liberty or broader political
privileges than here in Missouri: that
nowhere is the persons liberty or the
political privileges of the citizen bet
ter assured by constitutional provis.
ion and legislative enactment; that
nowhere on earth are the political
rights OF the citizen held more iuvio.
late or more unlnterruptcdly enjoyed
by every class, condition or color of 3
citizens than here in Missouri. l hera &
boldly assert that not only are the
political rights of the citizen guarded 9
and protected, but that, in addition.
the security of the citizen in his, life.
liberty and property is assured BY aSe
streng enactment OF laws and al
faithful enforcement of them as under
any government on the face OF the
Garth; that eur people are coy lee-
Gus, law-abidihg men, who .ul.ioid,
the power of the laws and aid in their
enforcement. q
"Our educational facilities :, are .
equal to those of the most favored
people of our county. Our system If
free education being modelled up0n
the most approved systems the world
has ever known, and our free schools
are munificently endowed by the
state. Our churches aud facilities 2
Tor Tree and unrestrained religious,
worship aud religious Teachings af-6
ford all the opportunity to men 70
worship God according to the dc
tates OF tneir own consciences and
for religious instruction, enjoyed by
the NEST christian communities Of,
the republic. ,.t. 80. s,.. 4..,.-..
"We are a free people, with q free
press, freedom of thought, Of speech.
OF action, with every political right
guaranteed and protected, with life, y
liberty, and property guarded by
just laws and strong arms to enfarcel.
them, with education free, and every
where attainable; with religious.
opinions respected aud freedom and
opportunity of worship; with room
Tor profitable and happy homes fer
hVe million more people, we are
warranted in inviting them to come"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-01-29

Coal is abundant in nearly every
part of the county, and especially so
i'll all the river bluffs. 1t is of excel
lent quality. 1t lies in such a way in
the river bluffs that ii is very easily
and cheaply mined. The county
mines and ships more coal than docs
any other county in the state, and the
mines at Lexington, the county seat,
yield a very large revenue. Manu-
featuring enterprises may,by owning
their coal lands, procure their coal
ut q cost to themselves Of not more
than six cents per bushel.
The manufacturing interests of the
county are not nearly what they
should be. when the great facilities
III cheap fuel, abundant water, cheap
living, hoalthfulness, and convenience
10 humte: OF large markets are COLI
sldered. Lexington has two fuundries,
two large Touring mills, wagon aud