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, 1881-07-01
HItMf}R.

HuMuk.
Adnlplnss, 1lIy dcar,"' sahl she, y It's near.
y bs,Ss s'S's "" trvou fa 2svsn n '1 Sav Ssp
talked abaut honks and music every ilight."a
Yves, t!llk 81. !" Ili0Fe nervous than De-
fere "Well, ], l5!lon,t, yom4 ~ think ct'angsS
S"ass SS%s II sw @ssss s %sfs rhs w's pasos
llnuc 1t.
Sulun Ieop!e eau invent awful Mlean slurs.
When tile Junktl,s gtrl was wilaling away ut
tho ra,!0. and .pestored the l,ext-donr neigh
bur, the ncxt-ttoor netgfb0r CAME ont OIL the
thc M y WniaW, nd ] and sal, atioi naalSersat @ Work
III ys,ur ht.llse, haven't yoll 2" No wonder
those families aon't speak now.
Sorua';schuot girls from Bridgeport will
nctas w;itleSSes at NHrthas Vineyard lo-
,ls0ney. AL thn young llysl witt! surplus
casl, Oh lnld will summer there, fall Ii, tyr
lose their apps.titas. 1.lid = snaiI fort;ns VIII
l,e ,na,1e nj, tlle. victuaEs saved. Then the
Girls vii, according tn contrlct, say ltn, tire
youth will try to drawn thotr snrrows. aud
another fortune will 6e made III the 6arrooit.
Miss E!sta Won Dlumen Oil her bicycle lnld
q race with sune horses last Soturtay u
l.ocl,estur. "Att!red IN her handsome suit
of gray mud gold shy rode up an! dywn i!'
front 1T llle grant stNl,tf OIL her bicycle,
wlifei, II It perfect beauty. Iler graceful rltE-
Ing WIS greatly admired, md ller progresses
Ing NlNi lllassllinlnE department might be
@es sssSs ss Nth es9ss1hh Tho rsxf eoSSs SS ~ " pE ps
rar0 were tlust .slle SHOULD rlste q lntle wl!lv
| Il hurst trottld q lnile nls.l half. She did
50. ut tho applause Of J, oN spectators.
Miss ,le l.roou, tho Paris phtlanthroplst,
takes from ao9 to 500 persons weekly III Iter
sipsi1Emy Sa E 10 wteky S Gtte II ne ;a II nfs y fsS ss2sf
winters slio opcnet . soup kttcieil, In which
| n bnwl ut really good soup WIS given for two
cents to MY, tndlgcnt persG',s seeking u:
fsEs Yts ar a f rs sS9'S aSy fSf % iss if Il sss s Sn
Institute, The object Of wll5Gh Is 10 inor1!lza
tue pnnr, tu runter then' self.ilelpfnl. a1,d III
! hard times to prevent the weight Of poverty
trnn hrcnk!ng u,om down nllu tllcnpacltatlng
tln,l fur labor,
You know Scollors, the drug clerka Well,
sir, tho otiser night lo went to Il bull. where
IIis bust girls fAtiles nlso appeared, 10 se0
that .y0ulig Scolops diln't Wultz with !l!s
daughter, and II TINT boy Atln't put gu his
rfS bsf. GSsti0sS e. I'll as M ss ia Sssss u.s. S sae o T.
him. Alr. scollops,". she says, for PHYS
sakt, why gra you. ttaaclng III y9ar over;
sloes?"r And II Scollops didn't wfns towartl
suy, "lsecullsp Il soft tluncer ttlri,etll away
wr.tth,nI Broke up the party; hops to die II
II s|il!t't.
4 beautiful tnatil in Carlisle
On the buck OF her nNek !Iatl h!slo;
| When her loyer ft'rKut.
Her scranta's @ asssi scoiti ii 10 hsarl fos mt.e.
| ayes. your Augustus is u traud!"
s't1' ira',!ts s@s ~ I'D irntSo ts., cunt arora
lsrs + sse Ss"; sa ~ tss.!, + Y sa t sac, baste
Anu IGlteuse 4na dainty"
| "iios I'll ~ sors ri os bcSa Gus. aiat iii"
l. They weru bl.l,!ln.: eacl, other goodnight,
the rIel! ,,utI's tlausl.tcr mud the iuor l.l;.ta
, 1881-07-01
Movements In Heal Estate.

Z short time back three French brjcktayoFs,
.1nnf!. IN. to pay their rent my longer, hlt upon
nl . stolen material an p!ecp at grc1lnd not be-
lonsing 10 then'. on dc plum Of 1t. Denis.
ixo years aso % % sentemap ma pV1's r'esdns8 i8pss It
Nrlnn let q house which he l1ad At Na9cnt to
9 t1an from whnm hn bad retaivel satls-
factory references. For eighteen months bis
tcnunt paid hs rent p,nct,tniIy; hut six mouths
hgn the proprietor. whn us,lafiy received rho
amunl.t 0E tie rent by rost. reocfved ITO rou,it-
tanep from his ac1ani. lie wrote several let
tors, which remained unanswered. IIle suB-
rie!ons being arouse1, 10 wet!t In search Of hi&
sepn hut tho Site. His tepant had had tho house
pulled down, ind then sold the materials.
, 1881-07-01

character and pr|ees OF the goods supplied To
wslr'tvver, any oireilmatSnce exeted aus
!,lclo;a hf their quality. II Tie slightest fraud
; WHs .l';set'vHresl. ths gog!ts wore promptly re-
iMina! a. thanaker, md Ills relat!ons with the
saiety for Tie public apart ftom written
galrs''ttaes, wis tl,u practice at dealing with
ilrnis ~. " established igl, reputation, and con.
fea,ttng 70 l19y tic ya!unnf thu article dcsred.
culld get a gold dolinr's worth tor ii cents,
anl Tue s0HsIer they reltnuuished that
for honest trade. ~
, 1881-07-01

y: eN- 49, -, N'"r s
c,.n.sr. Are % Cheated i" wnte,...ase.,
Chaiits, aud Other Gold Work.
Nie FORK Ertatnp Put. .,
An article Oh frauds iii ieWclry lately pub
(ishvtt III thu Ercuf,ta I1oyt having attru,ted
e,,..,,I .".'.tt,,n ..... ~ ill.,,
oushts M1't4sa' wAn Luz t1"ue WIS app'le"
to yesterday for some further information o'l
the sllbtcus. lie said that the frauds IN
wntchrasa ,uakjrz' caused l,y excessive nt,,,,-
,,,,,,,,,, III "1sn ,'..r,.. =" ss,.,,..rri t,,"+
'c''1'''' IN" no" oe.o'ae ~ keHe'n' '""t
prizes 1Ad peeh CUT III IN oAtelit e@1EeH!t-
The lobbers wcrr primarily responsible Tor
tI,r cvt, tht,s,. IN f,hi.,vn horiny i,,.u, tho
,;s,,.ars j., H. oia.s - :,,.I,,,ii,,< ,sbini,
p'o''ee's :" 'l's et"sS VI a"''l"aa,'e, ""'Gh
was HOW c"lIll'sed I" Il" CITY, Il!ey WoNIt
ti,rIu with ruscs o,Ify Twelve ur tfurtenn cur-
ats ,I,r Int stunned rIrhtrr,, r,rat4. Mnnv
""; ne D' ..,,IH ,."'1 - .,'ts
temptation rather than tose trade. a1ll fsoll
this hcgiuniny tlley were readily lei pn tu
,naka tt.,,.,nrt ,+,,rs falsely stnn,u,uI. nmt In
,.,.r,.,,a,. h.s. ,ot", L.. ,,,r,[,,'s ~ III,
e'1se. al"iiy o1 tnese ss,.ca1!ea eo''' walehcs
wero fiul staint,ed ut u!l with utly mark Ut
u,tality, Nl1a the sellers could nvt lp hpld
egully responsible fer swiudl!;,:, as ru,d
MAs lne Goatpnent psst ~ .,s: Gas! ,,tnc G ~
tntsE nM'ntta ~ "n..sa "uan t,:,, ~" - eunt
MG .s,r III Mis6t " sasst
a . , p.ess r,.'. tS!3 tn atHG. MnfM' ~
ts =. ~ riu. tanIai11, "i6. W. -. IL ~.
~ wv Nv. H.. os',I Mn 'n
~ u', matnt t .u ~. mM . et;m!!n ni
h rass s 1 r., ,nirt, s, ~ -. a ~ c
MN %, "G "tHs, t ,, ~ tsuHs,. ~,
Ivy sais ~ "!cn ~ mats,t WMs A'tate!esa ~
!Me ca ,,r 80 Ivy ~ ,,di i1 1l; Iasfs H., MvsM eM
Wne'!esGi e'ntm . r. eott. f'"" LIE s"'e"' a""
stEn! VI Mnss "as anscate .,,,.
nt !sAu.a9 MmM ~. ~ ant5
ely, s!s s', h": nHt aeeHst3 1"ast.a
toilp1hatlon ~ lisNfet tAeHtsg!ses nEn!llst
thls MisHHltst eontpetltHn y tlio pisl! WAf
| posSlhe, agfee!4e ~ sub1eek themselves
to lleavy !oss loF !ilie " Fent!eillR tln tases
u genttlhetnses 10 tiloan WHICH WeEH c,laFeen
| tor tue aft,elns ktltlW!l as sk1il GUSTS. :,
~ 'stler u 20 this they Wero qnllReu 10 VII
tlle cases ~ ess increase oi 1he value u tale
| Eot than t1lH Actlli!l ctlst u wofkilatisiill.
AnpitE tliefeoy % !treak NoW!i tne iiilAtlnlelt
rivalry WHICH tlaa been growing steaat1lS lof
tho lust few yrArs, unt1l HOW 1t seeilled IL
hhyt teaeiintt It's cnlltili!httoh
IN au!ltpn to tha atlcteu Eolu WATCHES
wh!el, littt neSH t!esuilbasl. lin Rual {slAt
| quantities " iilled" Watg'it'h were nade,
llauy Of whic'. wcre t1tl.lunhtet!ly sold asEell-
Mus articles. suyl! II Wntct.ease w9s VnnIl,!. V
iayer Of bnse metal between, ths Whole hpl!!!g
"swratrd" tuRetlor. Really it was simply
Il Kit watch, bit It woultl last fur tct yl4.rs
| befOro the silrfncH WIS worn through. A.M
wns innocent elullgl wlcm snld tHr wlIAt 1t
| was, In tlB lands ur Inscriptions dealers,
| hnWnyIr ii was Ytry dangerous. An expert
anil rintiijr ,anrt IN rllttl1lttur bT to cuit1r
, 1881-07-01
las goue to ktsslnRoh,


TRANSPORTING T1stlO!.s,
-pAuIs, Juuu H.--A dispatch from TsIn[s
says: A Frcncl! frlKato IL transporting III
ntslNu truops from. tnbes Xagz1ss for tho l,r.r-
lawe of r.,s.uring "nlpr nriong the, trlbus Md
watching the 'rrlpuit frontier.
FlESC.l NAv.>l. DEMONSTRATIONS.
Tlevu IL MI istsa vi n Frel,pl, naval demon.
.styatiui, In tho wnlogs Vi TgIpuli.
I,E{SEOEN'EMESrs FOIL TURKEY,
CuSsrA ASrlSurl.E, Juno W.-Fbtr rcgl-
n,euts Ut truops aru nRtlor orders to start fur
Vrlpolt, \ quantity III war material II 0slng
sent to arm tie Natiyu po!tce,
, 1881-07-01

frewa. Tho Ifertforst Cnliego crow was
scratched for tho VfsltUrs' Cup.
a rIst:Mt.SfntA INCEPTION
awaited thu i'nrnell crpw III ti1olr f'atlutlne
down to llIu stnrtin9- -lost. flIuy "s't' sess
lung wln'[-saft, and ii rmlstsr IL 1'f'iorlitll.
Tho foul WIN aaiisp.l by n1,e ~ ING l'1',''os
Ulul,'* fuw Ai,lo onrs cracking t'lo top SLUG ot
Eorncll's tNat.
TIIti CHEW OF TlIH t.AiY hAMA"af '"1el
rosyetl oyer tho co,,rso for LIE second heat
for tho Elsiturs' Cup.
, 1881-07-01
Scenes in Court During the
Great State Trial at Com
stantinople.
A Short Sitting ot the Monetary eoh'
ference. and an Adjournment
=. until Saturday.
Outbreak at Toulouse, Franco, OF a
Terrible Malady Resembling
LeprosT.
The People Of Bohemia Highly 1naemed
Against the German Empire.

FIRST DAY.

,~ ~ '''' ,'. =
:
rHMROWERs,
81. FIRST DAY.
1ovnos. Juno mL-Th,s IL tic first dag Of
+be T1anIev nj the Thames l,oyal llegatln,
the nIost Important gathering Ut a,nAtcnr
oaranipn IN Enr,aiul. THO weAther Ia benutf-
nj. WITH soft, cool breexp, nu1 Tho wnter Is
In s,,leiltltd condition. rho river Ia erpwlptl
viii craft Of every description.
w. r,,r ouASp cliA1.1.ESoE orIp.
III tfo iirst heat fur tic Grand Challenge |
cur for ciRhts, Ilcroiorl College crew, lay-
inw @ Berks Station, ,lefeatetl tho dublin Uni.
Within fa,y lengths 1T the pend Of tllu river,
,snnn Hcrefor1l wo1, ensiiy,
In TIM seeoud lent tlle London Club, tho
rhnmps f,Iuh. mil tho Kingston Club crews
fnisl,ctl n lin nrl,,r l,alnp{[, anil tho ia,(nns
ri thn cnntro staiion a1ul tho Kiiixstoms tl.a
Dmcl:s staiion. :fhe Ionto1,s letl from thu
1su,l of .hr river. md wo,, by twn lougtl,s,
= '' TIE srEwANus, cup.
.Four of tia Hereford College crew who
rnwcd IN the race for thu uranl Challenge
cnn viii forul tho crew In tho race fur tic
j StaSwnftls, Gin. Thuy arc i,pberts, p,,ck,
4 nyow,,, a,,t, l.awntles. The same Is tho casv
s. viii, iho Thnnes md 1.q,,,pu Clubs crews,
,yi,os i.s ' strokc IN tl,o rcc for tic tirad CIal~
i lsrre Gun viii row as nur,bsr Two III t4eir
i resUectiyu crows III Tic contest for the stuw-
: ar.la' Cup. The l.eantley ClAb crew will alsa
cninprisa four whu will ba u,lsaaetl III tho
4 racs for TIC Stewtn1ts' UVp, al,1 West, WIN
rnwel strokg In tl,a {;rau{ Challellgp, will
! also row stroke IN .ho Stewards.
III III tha .irat heat Tor tho Stewards Cup the
81 Tha,pes Club crew, the I.ontlpu. Club crew,
S aid tio C0r,lell crpw flushed ii, order nAlned,
= Cornell wns d bad thirI.
, 1881-07-01

hell. hut ia yaln. l.ailway-traselera VIII nos
full 10 In prcpossessel by the supposed 'Ilnfl'
nyr NJ Mr. tinn1h'a .leatll In fnsor bf tfie sa"
laot-carriuRr, wlti. fts publicity nrd co''l"
fnrntiYt srfyty."
, 1881-07-01

UCEHN IEIsF+lfIINFJTfs
BERLIN, June 30-I'he Unitesl German
Telegraph Company las snndu arrangements
with the Anglo.American Cable Company tn
secnrs. lhe exclusive ,ase Ut tho five Cables ot
tie latiHr company. connccttQls will be
established with .Yalentia b5'"wiru from.
CEee.*eiI, Fast Fslcslalla, passing through
thu iiritisl, CIlanlel and nra.tnl the wust
cuasl u( Ireland, TeloRraphilA; to Anlurlcn
from tsern,any will consequently bu as clleap
rs from Englnnl.
TYRANNY.
uEul1S, Juno 3o-'ri.!rty-ttrco uersors
weru uylctcA ftoM Leipzig n,stlvr the Socialist
lAw.
NsSsi.tltCK
, 1881-07-01
MENI.CQ.
7TEfN ftf1ttftRtI.

sC|TY or AExlco. 1une :A-t0l. Qbeygon.
commissioned to Investigate tho causu Of The
a1orelss yaitroad auekiens.. declares that tho
aetAal a,la snla Gauss Ut lhe disuster was the
very bad construction ut tla brldgs. Cot.
lecsNns are Makln9 Tor the Eel1sf ot the auf~
fe{era.
, 1881-07-01

-, AAIET}t!IN5 I1EEaF1t1t EE11 - :,
GENEVA. june vIN.-+AurbHxg.A u large village
OF tho CQlltu,A Ut Burne, l'as bvon destroyed
by Ars. Several Inhabitants asa reported
killed.,
4 LATEN llEP0ltT
says Tint 0nly two Or three pess0ns were
killed ut AarAlrk. Great heat aud high wtnsla
arc tue causo of frollent fires In Switzerland.
, 1881-07-01
ITALY.

tpynoS, June Go-.rhe talene.l American
sculptor 'rilaxtcr dtod suddenly Ut brall,
lever al Naples yestcr,tay.
, 1881-07-01

Arcntl's ,Bccf, Iron. aud Wine, with
Cinchnna, tho standard ulcdtcInal tonlu Of th1s
progressive auo. 1t enr!ohes the b1p>1. prompt
Improves digestion, etc. Nos,lll: 4 rpunl firm.
bright eyrs, happy state Of mind. Arpntl's drug.
etUrg, c0rner MHlIson street And Fifth nyenua
, 1881-07-01
HIEIfII.

THE cALNEll0A 60yEllSM.NT.
ldAA, juno 6.vTla United States l4e8a-
tim hers received dispatch week slncp
from. WASHINGTON tnatrucslug the Mlnlstex
, 1881-07-01
to proceed 10 recognize the t;overnIent of
Cnlaernl,, should anctt n slcp In his ludg-
lnrut sguul expctlEgnt.
1ttjSSf Il.


: NEH NNH ff*NETt7s
ST. t'ErEn-iu:Eti, JunH :N.-'rtn Minister
Of Marine is examining plaI,, fur additions to
tu lleet. Thu estimated cost Is Rbout al0,-
uQQ,Q1D rl1bles,
, 1881-07-01


GERMAN STUDENTS ATTACHED IN BOHEMIA.
i.pSDuS, Jnne M.-4A dispatel from Prague
says: IL festive gathering ut tiernlan stn-
slenss was disturbed BY Czeclls aud MI aitrny
ul,s,scd, sIurlng which several Germans wero
severely wounded. Tic bohemian pQpulace
again qttaokett tic tiurlnan students next
auy, wllel, sayeral pclsu1ls were stabbed.
rlsAOl;E.
PnAGrE, Juno W.-Fl!o czccls mate q
demonstration heforv tlie (;erl,lan Tlcatro
it'.|ay. i lArge furco Of police WIS present.
Many arrests wero made.
VlSX.t.
rEsrlI, JUNG 3G-In tho elections for n,enl-
bprs Ut tho hungarian Diet, llurr Tiszas
President of the conncic WIS returned by
tIlrA constituency. +
ritt. JOURNALS or\rnAuuE
arc ~ antl-tiurllal IN tpne TINT they llayo oil
teen sclzed, Tlto university u Prague Is
GlOSet(.
As.oSa THOSE wouSnEn nunISa TUE nlora
are SOUS ot n,eu.bera ,of Parliament, Pro-
fessors, atla Cablpet Ministers.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-01-22
Worth Consideration.
now RAILROADS CAN MAKE THE MOST
MONEY.

The following, from the st. Louis
Railway Register, of Jan. 10, deserves
the serious consideration of all rail
road companies, especially those OWL
ing Southern roads.
IGNITE large number Of railroads
have voluntarily reduced their passen-
ger rates, and it will not be surprising
if further reduction is made. Rail
road men have been astonished to see
their earnings increase when de-
strnctive war of rates was supposed to
be in progress. Even with the fare
between st. Louis and Chicago at
about one-third of cent per mile the
earnings have not fallen off. The
reason of this, we think, is the stimulus
given To travel by the low rates. Men
who never thought of going away from
home have been led to 60 overthe
line several times, and ten passengers
have been carried where one was be-
fore. The cost of this increased travel
has been slight, for it it costs no more
to haul loaded car than one half or
quarter full. The Northern lines have
almost entirely got their rate down to
three cents per mile, and it only re-
mains for the Southern roads to do
the same. The Cincinnati Southern
set the example of a two-cents-per-
mile tariff, and fonnd it profitable
now the other Kentucky and Ten
nessee companies have come down to
three cents, to which the Cincinnati
Southern had changed, and it only re-
mains for the Louisville a. Nashville
to do the same as the Others. VIZ
think that nothing hardly will help
the Sonth so much as low passengel
rates, for it will stimnlate homo trave
and bring in visitors from abroad"
Il
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-01-22

Cotapaxi, in 1888, threw its fiery
rockets 5000 feet above its crater
while in 1854, the blazing mass,
struggling for an outlet, roared so that
It's awful voice was heard at distance
of more than 600 miles. In 1897 the
crater Of Tungnragna, one of the great
peaks of the Andes, flung ont torrents
Of mud, which damned up the rivers,
opened new lakes, and in valleys
1000 feet wide, made deposits 800
feet deep. The stream from Vesnyius,
which, in 1887, passed through Tore
del Greco, contained $4,000 cubic
feet of solid matter, and in 1898,
when Tore del Greco was destroyed
a second time, the mass of lava
amounted to 45,000,00o cubic feet.
In 1850 Astna poured forth a food
which covered 81 square miles Of
surface and measured only 600, oo0,-
600 cubic feet. On this occasion the
sand and scoria formed the Monte
Rosini, near Nicholosa, cone of two
miles in circumference, and 1000 feet
high. The stream thrown ont by
.Astna in 1910 was in motion at the
rate Of yard a day for nine months
after the eruption and it is on record
that the lava of the same mountain,
after a terrible eruption, was not
thoroughly cool and consolidated for
ten years after the event. In the
eruption Of Ncsuvius, A. ID. 10, the
scoria and ashes yoinited forth far
exceeded the entire bulk of the NOM
tain; while in 1000 Etna disgorged
90 times its own mass. Yesuyius has
sent its ashes as far as Constantinople,
Syria, and Egypt; it hurled stones
eight pounds in weight TO Pompeii, a
distance Of six miles, while similar
masses were tossed up 1000 feet
above the summit Cotapaxi has pro
jected block of 100 cubic yards in
volume q distance Of nine miles; and
sambawa, in 1915, during the most
terrible eruption on record, sent its
ashes as far as Java, d distance o.
three hundred miles.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-01-22

The severe weather in this section
Of Louisiana has taught our citizens
some lessons, which they viii do well
to henceforth heed. One is to lay in
d supply Of wood, during the summer
months, 10 meet all wants and ex-
agencies.
Another and most important ono is
the care of stock. From all quarters
and Oh every hand comes to us them
formation that cows and calves are dy-
ing in large numbers, and their car
casses can be found in every direction.
is ii to be wondered atl These ami
mails are turned into the woods expos
ed to starvation and the cold, and must
inevitably perish. The ground is COW
cred with snow or hard frozen for
DAYS at time. Stock of all kinds
need shelter and food, and yet get
neither. There is gross negligence
and indifference to the needs of cattle
in this climate, and our severe winter
should work a radical change in the
treatment and care Of them. See that
it is done hereafter.
On Monday, FEBRUARY 18th, 1881 the
citizens of Sabine parish will vote on
the question of license or prohibition,
as to the sale of intoxicating liquors,
in compliance with resolution recent
" passed by the Police Jury Of that
parish Already several parishes in
Louisiana have adopted prohibitory
laws on this questiop.-People's Vim
dicator.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-01-22

Philadelphia, JAM, 1B.-The scene
at to-day's fire is the same as that in
which the disastrous fire of 1870 oc-
Cured, when buildings, great quanti-
ty of oil, and five ships in the river
were destroyed, amounting to loss
of nearly half million dollars. The
establishment is owned by the Stand
ard Oil company, and managed and
operated by the Atlantic refining Gem
pany. Before this morning several
acres of ground were covered with
substantial structures, mostly of brick
Those of the old buildings which were
left by the previous fire having been
torn down, to make way for others of
more commodious character. On
the grounds there are upwards of one
hundreds tanks, with a capacity of L.
500, 600 barrels, although there were
not more than 10000 barrels on the
premises this morning, the greater
part of which was stored in tanks far
back from where the fire originated.
Just before the explosion the men
were at work porting oil into it from
still near by. The origin in the fields
is unknown, but it is thought in filling
the tanks from the still the oil in some
manner became heated, and coming in
contact with the gas, in the tank caus
ed the explosion. 1t exploded with
terrific report, throwing the burning
oil in all directions and igniting every
thing infammable with which it came
in contact. The conclusion smashed
all the glass in the vicinity, was heard
seven miles away and down the river
as far as Chester. The entire glass
roof of one of the bleacheries was
shattered, office windows were smash
ed in, and large brick house just below
the works was so much shaken that all
the window saslles were broken.
Fonr people were in the house at the
time, every one of whom were thrown
from bed, and one, Miss Lizzie Brooks,
had her hip fractured Ivy fall.
Despite the efforts of the firemen,
great volume of oil flowed rapidly over
the ground, and about five o'clock the
fire reached another large tank, and
again there was a fierce explosion,
which practically undid all previous
effective efforts of the iiremen. The
burning liquid then poured through
the pipes and trenches beneath the
surface of the ground, connecting the
tanks with the great warehouse on the
river front, and the flames burst out
with a fearful force from the south
end of the building. The warehouse
was quite new, having been erected
since the last conhagration, and was
600 feet long, fronting directly on the
river, and was about SO feet deep.
The burning oil next communicated
to the storehouse belonging to the
Atlantic Petroleum Storage Company,
and it was completely destroyed
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Distressing suicide.
fshreyeport Times. /

tf3AiSFCpptb 1tH1cS-l
1t is our painful duty to record the
death, by his own hand, of Thomas E.
McCutchen, an estimable citizen of this
parish, who has for the past fifteen
years been living on what is known as
the Richardson place, near Rose Hill,
on the Keachi road. Tuesday morn
ing he seemed cheerful, though be did
not eat anything at breakfast He
hired some hands to kill hogs, and went
out of the house with his gun. Shortly
after thereport of a gun was heard near
the house, but his wife supposed that
he had shot hog and paid no special
attention to it. Shortly afterwards he
was found in the stable with his brains
blown out. These are all the particu-
lars we could learn of the sad affair.
Deceased leaves devoted and most
estimable wife and six children, the
eldest of whom is about ii years of
age. He was kind and indulgent
husband and father, and had been a
worthy and useful citizen. Of late
years, however, be had been unfor-
tunate in his farming operations and
became depressed in spirits. Unfor-
tunately his financial troubles induced
habits Of intemperance, which resulted
in self destruction. He WAS ever kind
hearted, not only toward his family,
but all the world.
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Too Lam. The Governor i IN
receipt Of daily applications from
parties asking that the time BE ex-
tended for the payment If their taxes
Asthe Executive and the other State
officers are powerIess-nndar che coz
stitution and lawsto grant an extern
sion Of lime, il Is well that those whe
are ignorant Of this fact be g -.
formed, in order that the period speel-
fled BY law wherein taxes must be pa'oa'
in order to avoid costs and penalties,
be hot exceeded by waste q time y
making fruitIess applications e tne
Officials. [N %. Pioayupe.
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Lexington Is. % Pressl
A gentleman who resides near the
elegant premiscsof Mr.. Inksheep, about
six miles north of onr city, reports
what is probably theim stnpendous
thing in the way of a crow-roost that
has ever been since Noali's crow went
to roost in the olive tree. The roost
is in the magnificent woodland of Mr..
Inksheep, and our informant estimates
the nnmber of birds at 150,000,000.
He says the largest oak trees Lavebcen
nprooted and smaller ones crushed into
klndling wood by their weight; that
the noise made by them isso great that
people for three miles around have to
stuff cotton in their ears, and are only
enabled ~ communicate with each
other through speaking trumpets after
the crews begin 40 assemble. Cattle
weighing 1900 pounds hare bssnIkilled
Thy the blrds and their bones picked
clean, and the skeletons Of hogs and
sheep which weighed 5oto 400 pounds
are dangling from the trees, where tlas
crows have carried them, and the whole
country is xtrewn with bones, as in the
|,prophet's vlsionY0f athe Valley Of Je-