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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07
T'Ile Right Ofthe State 10 EeeSu-
late Railroad Charges.
New Orleans City Item.

| New Orleans City Item.
The supreme court of Illinois has
! Just decided a question which the
courts of Wisconsin had a protracted
wrestle with some eight or ten years
ago, and the judgment concurs in the
principles laid down by the Wisconsin
court of last resort. The question in
dispute was whether the state had a
right to regulate railroad charges with
in its Jurisdiction. The earlier case
settled the doctrine that the legislature
has the power to establish maximum
rates Of fare, and the later one pro-
hibits the railroads from imposing dis
eliminating rates of freight upon citi-
zens of Illinois. The Wisconsin case
attracted good deal of attention and
was hotly contested. An appeal was
taken to the supreme court of the
United States, but was not tried there,
as the railroad companies virtually
abandoned the fight. The Illinois
decision follows numerous adjudica-
tions of similar cases in many other
states
This contest over the right of a state
to regulate railroad charges, for both
freight and fare seems to be incident
to the Introduction of great through
lines and the consolidation of railroad
companies. The people of Mississippi
aud Louisiana have suffered severely,
and borne quietly an inyidious dis
elimination against them, extending
to freight and passage, for many years.
Not long since a passenger could go
to st. Louis or Chicago for dollar or
two, while the local rates were kept
up to three or four cents a mile. The
same difference was made between
local and through freights. At the
late session of the Mississippi legisla-
ture, it was seriously proposed to regu-
late this thing by law, but the matter
was STAYED off nnder one excuse or
another. 1t will not stay put off, how
ever Unless the roads learn to treat
local customers as literally as they do
through passengers and shippers, both
Mississippi and Louisiana will be
obliged to take them in hand and
compel them to do it. The financial
success of great communities depend
upon the question, and the Legislature
can nOtmuch longer remain indifferent.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07
OId TPencIa Trees.

Henry Mortimer gave some facts at
a meeting Of tie Kankakee Horticnl-
tnral society, Illinois, on the age Of
peach trees. A cultiyator, nov 81
years old, whose statements were re-
garded as entirely reliable, said that q
seeding peach tree came up on his
fathers farm ID Mary land, and u alive
YET. Mr.. ii. thinks seedlings not
lrapsplanted viii live longest, Mrs.
Decker. at The same neeiing, said She
planted peach trees an 9 faFal ~ lie
State OF NeN York 93 years ago, which
are now ligipg And bearing Major
| Williams said tAeFe was y rQN af
neaeh trees On he iAtael tagAl q NsA
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07
A Wrecked Schooner SurrOURd-
ed by Sharks.


Capt. Anderson, Of the Swedish
bark HaraId, which arrived at Tybce
on Tuesday night, reports that on
September IA, in longitude 73 9 lati-
tude 500, he passed the derelict
schooner William G. Moseley. Only
the deck and about three feet of plank
ing were left, with the cabin and bow
spirit and small piece of the foremast
and cspstan forward, The davits aft
were visible, but no boats were to be
seen. He attempted to board her,
bat the wreck was so completely sur
rounded by sharks that he was unable
TO do SO aud was compelled to abandon
the effort. Capt. Anderson states that
there was a school of sharks around
the wreck.
He endeaVored to approach the
wreck to ascertain if there were any
bodies about, but the sharks clustered
so thick about the vessel that he found
it necessary TO beat them off with oars,
and was fearful that they would swim
under his vessel and occasion serious
trouble even if they did not upset her.
They were very vicious, and the print
of their teeth is seen on his oars.
The Moseley is well known here,
having made several trips to this port.
1t is probable that this schooner has
been before reported, but we can find
no mention of it. Whether the crew
were all saved or not cannot be said,
but the presence Of sharks around the
wreck wonld seem to indicate that
there were some bodies about. 1t is
one of those mysteries Of the sea
which may probably never be revealed.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07
Judge KeIIer, Of PhlIadelphia, ba

Judge Kelley, Of Philadelphia, has
served nearly twenty-five years in con,
gress, and has just been renominated
for a twelfth term, and he has ac-
cepted the nomination. He announces
as bis policy the complete abolition OF
all internal revenue taxes, @ell know
ing that a properly regulated tariff
will raise ample revenue for all proper
expenses of the government, and pay
off the public debt as rapidly as will
be consistent with the public interest.
There should have been a beginning
made last winter by the adoption of
Gen. Gibson's bill though its failure
in the senate was from no faux OF
Judge Kelley, who gave i his power
ful support ip the house, where i
passed By handsome majority. Il
may yet be taken up and passed by
the senate, aud thus prepare 2 way for
the fiuai success Of the complete abro-
CATION Of that very unpopular tax
NeW Orleans City Item.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07

IueEEDiG GOuth.
We had occasion to visit the sugar
plantation Of our fellow-paFishoner,
Belfort Marionneaux last Wednesday,
and in all caudor We must state that
VIC have never seen better appointed
place. The crops of sugar cane and
corn are excellent, the bitches are in
good condition, the hay is of the best
quality aud 1early all housed, a good
supply of wood for fuel, the sugar
house, which is a new building and
machinery as good as new, all erected
and put together by Mr.. Marionneaux
himself in the most improved style.
He is not only a good carpenter and
maGhmist, but planter also, and we
advise those who desire to acquire a
knowledge Of this business to pattern
after him. He viii commence grind
ing in three weeks and will turn out a
paying crop.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07

Grace Garland, ID the ,Jous9lal of
Agrieatture, photographs some tobacco
chewing boys Of Missouri in style
more creditable 70 thia artist than to
the boys. Here is the picture. How
do the tobacco boys like i'll
Tue boys Of our town are being
ruined. How BY the use Of tobacco.
They are leayiag behind them the
God-gifted blillianey and activity of
mind and intellect which was theirs in
their childhood. They are becoming
set of filthy, down-looking, disgust
ing and pitiablo creatures, with the
tobacco juice running from their
mouths, and the fumes of the sickly,
poisonous weed about them AS their
sense Of honor gradually dies under
the tyranny Of this slow poison they
become decdltfnl, and like older per-
sons who try to hide their wropg-doing
from the eyes Of the woald, these
tobacco chewing boys (who will follow
IN the paths Of their fathers those
fathers who have learned what d curse
the weed proves to be-whcn too late)
endeaEor 10 conceal their conduct
from their parents Iwaa ID the Fil-
lage store theether day. A generous
citizen was treating a small crowd of
loafers to chew all round, when
IN walked d youth with bis hands III
his pockets, lis head hanging down.
his cars looping. and weak, but alas
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07
FoF SIC.

ANE two story dwelling house, with
" ten rooms; S. vacant town lots; "
acres Of land near the IIqke Charles rail
read aenal 1000 acres of land, known
Is the Moss Fleece, one-srsf of--it 2 cy'
press swamp, on the Caleaaiep river, s5x
miles above Lake Gharlesi and 8lp
acres 81 land On Rayop Cn0upldVe,
Known IS the william IaGllalland tfaet
KgAN y GEAIsI.
aaite GhAIlSs; 3Q,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07
Choice Town Lois
FOR SALE.

TWO TOWN LOTS, situated in the town
j Of Lake Charles, on the corner of Com
mon aud Broad streets. The lots are enclos-
ed with picket fence Cypress posts.) and
have growing 81 orange trees, from four TO
FIVE years old Also choice variety Of peach
trees and grape vines. For further particu-
lars, apply TO the undersigned.
CHARLES MILLER,
West Lake Charles.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07

1t is observed that the territories
are given last, as far as reports from
them had been made. The criminals
of Dakota aIe sent to the Michigan
prisons, and are enumerated in the list
from that state. The completeness of
this table precludes the necessity Of
any analysis from me.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07
For Sale
Eor sale or Rent.

fTNHAT DESIRABLE PROPERTY at Bag
j dad, near Lake Charles, La, formerly
owned and occupied as residence by Ihos.
j. Parker, including large dwelling house,
store building and all improvements. VIII
be sold extremely low for cash For terms
Of sale or rent, apply to the agent, Geo. II,
Wells, Esq, Lake Charles, Calcasieu parish,
La, or TO
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07

Rely on your own judgement as far
as possible. a man who has no idea
Of Ills own, but is perpetually rapning
to others for advice, has 10 self with
IN him, and IS mere element Of q
human being, borne about the world
ID insignificant cipher unless be
chances TO fasten, by accidental eohe-
sion, 70 some other floating and sup
plementary element by which ihe lotdls
: species ef corporation resembling .
instil.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07
Choice Town Property
FOR SALE.

A RESIDENCE and Fiye-aere Lot, loea-
IA ted at tue Junction Of the Railroad and
Ryan street LII addition to the residence
there are QUE houses and fence inclosing the
premises. There are IS young orange trees.
All for SIX hundred dorlars, Apply 70
J. W. BRYAN, Agent.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07

A swallows Rest Of remarkable
size at Westerly, Rhode Island, has
attracted the attention Of bird lovers.
The birds are mainly the common
whitesbreasted barn swallow, some
marion swallows being occasionally
sesa aaaoaa t5eia. One observer ese
mates their number at S,0o0,e0Q
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07
HssaprOFed Town Property
For Sale at "A RarRain.

HNWo large lots, with cottage residence,
i stable, tannery building, fruit trees aud
street, Lake Charles, La VIII sell far below
first cost Address Leon g. FL Blum, Calves
ton, Texas, or Geo. H. Wells, Esq Lake
Charles, La.
NnYenlher 26. 1881.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07

ork, planted over 80 years assos ana
some arc still living and bearing. 70
saw peach trees In the remains ut an
old Indian orchard IN western New
York many years ago, the trunks Of
which measured fully one fook il
diameter, which must have counted
MANY wears.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07
A Good Inyesfnlent.

TNOR SALE, for cash only, about ninety
l acres Of land, with improvements, on east
Side West Fork Calcasieu river, mouth Of In
dian Bayou Best location for country store,
commanding heavy trade In logs, and with
log men. Apply to
ii. "A. GAILAUGHER,
Jan. "a. 1SSO-,tf. Lake Charles, La.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07
Notice to the Public.

II HAVE bought the old Spikes Ferry, on
j. Sabine river. and will keep It in full re-
pair for the travelling public, having put in a
new and substantial fiat. / will also keep
pastures free of charge.
aug-5-1ss2.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07

Woman's Own.
The following is the relative mum
ber of men and women in the peni-
tentiaries aud reforInatoFies in January
1850 Notice the comparisDns
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07
y. M. DANEEE,
Blacksmith and WheeIwFight.
At Kings Old stand.
r AXE CHARLES To
LAKE CHARLES.

T AN prepared to do all kinds Of blacksmith.
l. ing, such as making and repairing plows,
buggies trimming buggies and carriages
making and repairing wagons, OK and log
carts repairing saw mill machinery, horse
shoeing, etc. / am experienced in the busi-
ness, aud feel confident that ] can give Salts
faction, and solicit fair portion of patronage.
June II. 1882.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

Be sure to give The peach trees q
fall examination for borers. Do Il
twice a year, and it will pay.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07

There are four ways Of getting along
in the world, q man must get living
by inheritance
by labor;
3-By begging, or
4-By stealing.
After all, the most satisfactory way
Of obtaining a living, is BY labor.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07

Many people wonder how some of
the stockmen Of the west have man
aged to become wealthy land owners
within very few years. In many
cases the vast acreage has been secured
by very simple trick on Uncle Sam.
The shrewd stockman goes out, pre-
empts and locates upon the quantity
of land which the laws thus place with
in the reach Of the frontiersman. But
when he has gone SO far be can do no
more personally, The next step is to
have his men pre-empt in sections all
around him, and, by private arrange
ment with them, and paying them a
trifing stipulated consideration, he
buys them out when their ownership
has become fixed fact. To get several
thousand acres together in this way is
not the difficult thing it would seem.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07

Horace Greeley once said Our
farmers sons escape from their call
ing whenever they can because il is
made mindless, monotonous drudg-
cry instead of an ennobling, liberaliz-
ing, intellectual pursuit. Could /
have known in my youth what busi-
ness farming sometimes is, always
may be, and yet generally shall be, /
would never have sought nor chosen
any other"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07

Potash is a most important fortil-
izer for fruit. The Fruit grower who
does not provide for this need will
miss H..
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07

Experiments in planting pine seeds
have resulted in securing good groves
of trees in places where transplanted
trees failed to grow. Pines are being
introduced on many worn-out farms
in the eastern states in this manner.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07
Germ NEenI for NEiIcna COWS.

One quart of corn meal morning
and evening, mixed with warm kitchen
slop, and plenty of good hay given to
milch COW will secure as much milk
and milk of as good quality as any
other wholesome food that can be
given her, Cotton seed meal produces
a fine flow Of milk, but it is apt to.
give a bad flavor to milk and butter.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07

On the great Dakota farmes "the
plowman rides upon a sulky plow /;
the grain is sown with a drill or a
broad-caster; the reaping-machines
bind the sheaves as they move over
the ground, and the threshers do their
work in the fields driven BY portable
steam engines that burn the straw for
fuel" Nothing like doing things by
wholesale.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07

and procure patents for same; also to pro-
cure patents for entries made previous to the
late war. Homestead aud State Land entries
attended to with punctuality and dispatch,
PHAD MAYO
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07

Carp grow from the egg to three
pounds in weight in one year. They
multiply rapidly, a single female yield
ing half a million eggs year. They
spawn in May and June. In the
winter they burrow in the mud, and
remain dormant, neither making or
losing growth, In the spawning sea-
son they must be fed, or they will de-
stFoy the spawn. At other times they
need not be fed, unless there are SO
many of them in the pond that the
aquatic vegetation and the supplies
brought down by the feeding creek
are insufficient. There is scarcely a
doubt that carppond would be a
profitable adjunct to nearly every
farm.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07

The Census Bureau has issued a
bulletin, classifying the population Of
the United States in 1880. The native
born were White sG,s43,29l, colored
6,632 ,04o, foreign 8,679,943 total
population 5o,l55,783 Of the foreign
born, 2,772,lG9 were natives of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, l,966,742 Of the German en-
pire, 7lT085 of British America, "a
337 of Norway, l8l,729 of Sweden,
lO6,97l of France, 104,54l Of China,
and the remainder represent all coun-
tries of the earth,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07

The number of sheep in Texas is
fully 100000, including the lambs Of
this year, and the wool crop of the
year will be about 28,o00,0Oo pounds,
worth about $6,5oO,o00. The mutton
sold will represent about s5oo,o00.
The production of wool in Texas is
to increase at the rate Of % per cent
a year, and fancy anticipates the time
when Texas will produce more wool
than the rest of the country combined.
A Georgia statistician calculates the
assessed value of his state at nearly
$300,00O,00O the real value, Of course,
is very much higher. These illustrate
the rapid progress of the south in
wealth, with all that it implies,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07
eaIeasIeu EIarIne 80.

F0ETN =. CL0eNEY's Marine Ways, lo-
ealea aa The Has bank 81 the Caleasien
liver QpYfsite the Lake and tAeQ el LAKE
Charles, La, are pEel paced to iil ltflftafs iQf
building hauling out, and Repairing ai ff-
iiiiiftitiiS stit tiifsis aiiists aA rtsft tssr
sells an2Aged III lse galpasleu "A yer ans eAfs
coast ts;ift;er aHa naefaauiile trade.
Address jon 8 !. eli9Qfh
Lake ohaal .alea pallsns i.i'
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07

ttak5g. Li4-+4s4 ( a
1852 Agt4tt Y T Ni4FV af7ft " ~ N " itt4
fise ss5te D faa r
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07
New store! New stOre 8!
Rice MILL,
Ar LAKE. CHARLES, Id.

NNyE are prepared to execute promptly,
NV and In the most satisfactory manner,
all orders for cleaning rice raised in this sec
ton cf Louisiana. Samples of rice cleaned
at our mill can be seen there, and at the va
Iious stores in Lake Charles, and we invite
their inspection.
The highest market price paid for rough
rice also clean rice exchanged for rough rice
RYAN q HANSEN.
March is, 1882 If.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07
New FreracEl Bakery
Homestead Patents.

T AM NOW PREPARED as usual to make
i final proof Of
Homestead Entries,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-10-07

A SPECIALITY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-05-25

Uncle Rufus Hatch thinks rs this IS a
comet year there Is danger ahead. He
fails to state which line IT stocks is -
suffer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-05-25
GEORGE p. MATHEs. EpIror
A Signal Failure.

The Shipherd investigation which was
first announced as political tragedy
has slid perceptibly down the scale from
this to a mclo-drama, from that to com
edy then TO farcical comedy until it has
finally wound up as one Of the broadcast
farces of the age.
The finale is peculiar touching Under
an order Of the chairman Of the investi-
eating committee Shipherd is produced
accompanied by hand bag stuffed with
papers. The chairman, in the name of
the House. makes a demand upon him
for all papers showing what he did to
induce the United States to enforce his
claim against Peru. Shipherd refuses
TO produce, point blank, The com
mttee then 20 into executive session, in
ten minutes the doors are opened and
the Sergcant-at-Arms informed that
they have no further need for Sbipherd,
and with bland smile that oily schem-
or slides out the door and the entertain
ment is practically at an end.
The investigation was started in the
visionary hope that it would be metam-
phoscd into smut machine pouring
out its nastiness upon the heads Of
prominent members of the Republican
party. In other words it was a waste Of
the peoples money in vain cndeayor
TO manufacture party capital for use in
the fall campaigns.
1t has failed signally and totally and
beside showing the public what an ass a
mediocre Democratic statesman can
make of himself when he tries, and ex-
hibiting the capabilities of the human
race as exempliiied in the principal wit
ness Shepherd, in the way Of gigantic
lying, ithas accomplished nothing Con
cciycd without cause, continued without
reason, its expiring comicalities viii be
Witnessed without regret.