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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-23

Now that the chilly winds Of winter
are blowing cold across the moor, the
thoughtful road agent has begunto warm
the Leadville stage-coach passengers by
covering them with revOlvtr8,-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-23

timer oud, lock der door und play be-
nuckle or leaf Won by der shop vile der
udder Won goes oud und Inashes der
vimmen Ply der sdreet." -:
HE said something funny, didn't her
'Vell, dot don't matter Eot he SAID
He's crazy. He said he yos Vrightened,
und dot if he hat my DISPOSITION he wood
lock himselluf up in a room and schare
himsellufto death.n
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-23
A MERRY CHRISTMAS,

Here comes q sweet dear
Her Pussy caressing-
ToWish us good cheer,
and cash Christmas blessing.
'Tis little Miss Muffet!
Not she famed of yore
III nursery lore.
Who sat on a tuf1et
And ate eurds and whey,
Until q big spider
Came crawling beside her,
And drove her away.
No, this is q new one,
A hesh-and blood dear,
Who lives with us here
A genuine true one,
Whose eyes look right through one,
Uaknowing of fear.
she scared Al spider?
You know not cur dear,
Hyou say SO, lis clear.
Should q spider slight on her
Think you Y would frighten her?
Without any fuss
She would wave her hand--thus,
Or blow puff--Eo
And away At would 60.
Our sturdy Miss Muffet
With Korea dares bBfiet.
In tippet ef fur
What are Wald winds m her7
With hands IN her mnG. Il
Il clear she osn rough Il
in atoflniest weather
Sfe 4 g h. I on, or bonnet
Which Is ii9--aud on II
A yrry iine feather
Equipped Tor 5 Raik,
This keen fsoety morning,
And utterly scnrnine
The cold, altogether.
But frat she must talk
With pllfsy = MI,
Ere going = iii
~ there plenty 81 Gaatter
In pE Ry-rat peiiH1,
With manysR kiN
Isitssjsetad by Miss
Hers esch E1ftly purfina,
and p1ekg euhurfinF
An answer most At
Al Least saeii 4 aver
It's Well known b her
As hers is 70 II
MON puks thai enough
N fopdliiHy and pnrrinE
# Ny cage yoaafA fgriag
Jtmp down irVsn ias nuifIF'
Miss NpGstt a last
IS Cd, wall ing fest.
What sci ght % hehaid har,
9lancing aek q ef her hbgIiida
SHoet sf1ilinq ara aedafng
AZ III ssR7d she s rldisdfnG
You deF illgist Miss,
tlaW ycr 9 PISS
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-23

go East, young man, and buy g gin
mill. The newly-eleeted County Clerk
Of New York and twelve of the newly
elected Aldermen of that city are, or
lately We're, keepers Of drinking saloons
-Chieapo journal
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-23
AN INCIDENT OF "a.


Rs W. a. cnorrvr
met my brolher AZ ths train
Ard kss4sa him sHlcefng huma again.
o. ]. was pruud bis Eacs % sear
Home freER the sireasitul Rspldan
Two yaaFs had pasBed--treo years that day
Since he hal led his men away
Brigh1 oef his head the banner streHmad,
Bright on bis sword ihe sunlight cleaned
Weshw then. fainfly. through our iears,
We heard them send back answering cheers,
And, nov. 10 iiaah d Joy and pride,
Once mos had aim 1t my aidei
Across tne green We strolled along.
And All me AR seened fn1l Of snng,
As happy hmlaredsaocked abuut
Rejoicing IN me muster out
Inst shen a Wal fell On Ehe ear--
a wall Il thrliled the aoul ~ hear
chaTisy ehafieyt
Come home me cemn homo 70 mel
.'What s1hatY cried Tom. and clutchedi my an
Asifto hold me back from harm
.'1shas is that arsary waiting. Kaseg
wretched- heart broken--deaolhse r.
why Tom : said ], that's Margery hail;
Our people know her hopeless call.
She married Charley just the day
petofe MS reg ineha iiAaAreheo aWay
At Christmas he would e0me again,
He said. as ned the flying train.
She waited trembling for the hour
Aud prayed that God would give her power
TO bear the burden OF her joy
Whenshe should greet her gallant boy.
low ~ sisrly slie auiA Alouaila p'lsssu'
Bst al the anys cFepl py 81 iasI
Ana CHRISTMAS morning came Ahe ofess
And ran 10 sac the train come in.
OH Here upon this bulletin
She read
sKrIBrp ny RITLE-BAII,
liz CHARGE OF YAssER--sEReEAg HALL
'ene it'il anu 'as = Ai'e Wtte usao'
Ai'u ails'ii ~ T" - her fs'-soh Aeu'
~ alies ui'e po y, osiiefs s''ile-
90 ioOAa i0i Nhlaatey hoiile as1ln
one "a'1Aes ns7f mas pulletAA
AA'A oi'Nl ~. "l''it ~ e,i9 tt'''ls ooiue Al
iiAiss NnSlles
NOAAi' iiOiiiS - 'a's A"'ii' ioAae " a'e'
she never smiles, she never weeps,
But still her fearless vigil keeps,
And always saws, Hes on the way,
And he is due at home--to4dayr
And gazes at The morning sun
Counting her fingers. one by one
y s49 pialiu' 70 see
hoW granny paslenI khe can De;
enc lisels netse'i WIN fippoLs rare
- - oll.ils iis'ii f''nes N i'sr man
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-23

Concerning the person who reoeaflF
lost his life IN burning Pullman car az
an English railway, the Eoroners iury
were OF opinion that he would hare H.
feeted his escape ii be had not been eisee-
tied By a narcotic stupor. London
! World.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-23

a tramp applied toa citizen of Austin
for q nielIle Is buy 4 loaf 81 bread. Cant
you 20 into any business that is more
profitable than this n SD like 10 open
bank il j only could get the tools. p was
the candid neply.--I esas Siftines.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-23

She is the personIfcahon Of frankness.
There is not particle of humbug in her
composition. Here is health to the girly
girl! May her numbers never grow less.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-23
An Indignant Barber,
New York sun.

NbN AUX SUI.
"Why don't you fix up your shop in
modern style~ a reporter asked Of the
German barber in the neighborhood of
Cooper Union the other day.
H0hp exclaimed the German, his
eyes cleaning anGrily, dots der .ques-
ton, is it? Wy j ton't make out my shot
a balace, eh? Volts the matter ~ Won !?
Ain'd der bowels glean2 Ain'd der IA
zors no goot? Ain'd der zo4p chenuine?
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-23

A corset i nothing more apr loss than
. Waigt-baslEet Albany Express.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-23
HOME SHE HAD NONE.
New York Times.

RINTING-H0UsE Square
was the only busy place in
the city when the clock OF
st. Paul's struck 2 on that
Christmas morning. The
great buildings were all
dark save the upper sto-
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-12-23

Here CONES q sweet dear
Her Pussy earessing-
T0Wish us good cheer,
And cash Christmas blessing.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-28
A GRAND FINALE.

Last night the Cairo Choral society's
musical convention, which has held its
sessions in the Presbyterian church every
afternoon and night, except Saturdays and
Sundays, for the last two weeks, closed its
labors with magnificent concert, in which
about seventy voices took part A more
satisfactory closing of this series of charm
ing meetings could not have been wished
for by the most ardent admirers
and well wishes Of Cairo's musical talent
The church, which has seating capacity
of not less than four hundred persons, was
almost crowded with people--Cairo's best
peope-who are all good judges of music,
and who are all firm believers in the en-
nobling influences of good music.
1t would not be going beyond the bounds
of probability to say that the concert was
equal, in every respect, to any with like
number of voices, ever given anywhere.
Melody, exquisitely, beautifully grand,
came with perfect harmony from the many
voiced choir, accompanied by the sound of
organ and piano and charmed every trained
ear in the auditorium. 1t would be use
less task to attempt to discover which Of
the master pieces of the worlds renowned
bards was best rendered; there was no
choice; the audience was charmed with all
alikc--al were rendered in the same
perfect manner-all were received
with the same enthusiastic applause.
Hence, to particularize in only one or few
cases would be an undeserved slight to
all the others, and for n due notice of
each we have no space. The BULLETIN on
ly echoes publicly the wishes of all who at.
tended the concert and of all other
lovers of music in the city, when it ex-
presses the hope that the good work begun,
and, until now, so successfully carried
forward by the Cairo Choral society, may
never cease.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-28
HIGH SCHOOL EXERCISES.

Yesterday afternoons programme of ex.
ercises in the high school room was as
follows:
A song, by the school.
A recitation, entitled 1.-THE Riyer," by
Miss Minnie Breibach.
An essay on christopher Columbus" by
Miss Minnie Lancaster.
A recitation, entitled "Picture of Memo.
ry," by MISS Addie Christman.
A recitation, entitled "Thc Brierrose,n by
Miss Nellie Fisher.
An essay on Bridges" by Master David
Lansden.
A defamation, entitled 1.-THE Ballad of
the Baggageman,"" by Master Thomas Hal.
liday.
A sentiment, by Miss Maud Lent.
An essay, entitled "Tho Difficulty of Con-
quering Bad Habit" by Miss jeanette
Miller.
A defamation, entitled "Marmion and
Douglas, Wy Master Jas. Galligan.
An essay on "Cairo," by Miss Lottic
Robbins
An instrumental solo, by Miss Alice Hen
derson.
A recitation, entitled "Idleness, by Miss
Maud Lohin.
A recitation, entitled Excepting the
Bridge" by Miss Mary Zimmerman.
A number of visitors, who were present,
we're we'll entertained.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-28

Worse weather than Cairo has had
within the last few weeks has probably
never afflicted any community anywhere.
The incessant rain has kept the streets,
yards and everything else continually wet
ted down, and much of the vegetable or
animal matter which found its
way there has been trampled
out of sight in the soft mud and
lies. there to rotiand breed disease in the ex-
cessively warm summer months that will be
sure to follow. This is unavoidable, UNI
less every. citizen will constitute himself a
health officer, and assume and perform the
duties of that Office, so far as his own
premises is concerned, with persistent en-
ergy, beginning as soon as the weather will
permit, The police officers of the city
have each been taking upon himself the
duties of health officer for some months
past, and have succeeded in keeping the
city as free from refuse as it was possible
to dounder the circumstances; but it was
not to be expected Of them to keep an eye
upon the back yard OF every business house
and residence, and remove, before it disap-
peared in the mud, any offal that may have
been thrown out. 1t is incumbent upon
citizens to watch themselves and their
premises; to allow nothing which may dis
appear under the surface Of the earth, to
come forth in the summer time in the form
of poisonous gases, to find its way into the
yard or in the front of their doors, and as
soon as the warm weather comes, thorough
distinction Of everything should be re-
sorted to. In this way the people Of Cairo
will be as free from disease as they have
been during this winter, when all around
them, one of the most repulsiye Of all dis
seases ragged fercely.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-28

-Grantburg, little village between
Vienna and Golconda, has real
ghost which makes its appearance only at
a certain time every year, and frightens
people with unearthly noises. Even drum
mers, who are supposed to be hardened to
everything but sin, of course, are made to
take to their heels when the ghost begins
to walk. The Vienna Times says of the
ghost; "The ghost horror has appeared
again near Grantburg on its old haunting
grounds. A drummer coming over the
road the other day heard these unearthly
sounds, and became very much alarmed,
and speeded swiftly away to town. On
telling his story, he was informed that it
was supposed to be the spirit of an in
nocent man whose life had been taken
from him in that neighborhood few years
ago. 1t is fact that these terribly mourn
full sounds are to be heard annually in this
neighborhood, and cannot be accounted
for by the oldest inhabitants" Send your
ghostto THE BULLETIN office gentlemen,
and we'll promise that he or she or it shall
trouble you no more. Unearthly sounds
don't annoy us any more; we have become
Injured to them. For three or four months
last year we were afflicted. with female
music teacher, ugly, Drained, crack
voiced, sharp feature, evil-eyed, double
jointed, rheumatic; but gifted with self
sufficiency enough for an army of Conklings
and with taste FOR music and reckless
disregard for the feelings of others equal in
every respect to that of the savage who
pulls the whistle string on that internal
mogal switch engine on the Illinois Cen
tral incline. Bring on your bowling goblin !
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-28

come to the point, il may not be generally
known that he is the nephew Of the late
Judge John Kingsburg Elgee, of Rapides,
La This gentleman was an lrishman by
birth, and came to Louisiana when quite
young, and amassed there considerable
fortune, A brilliant lawyer, he was "a
candidate for chief justice OF the state
against Judge Merrick, before the war,
but he was defeated. He was also mem
Der of the Louisiana secession convention.
Judge Elgee died in New Orleans in 1864.
He had purchased the well-known Withers
plantation, just below Fort Adams, for
nearly 81 100000. After his decease Mr..
Withers regained possession of this prop
erty, only portion of the purchase money
having been paid, owing to the war Sub
sequently Withers removed from New Or
leans. These facts are published in the latest
received New Orleans Picayune and it need
only be added now that Mr.. Wilde's friends
have a conviction that he has somehow
claim on the Louisiana property, and that
the lawyers with whom he has consulted
are of opinion that he has case. This
is quite romantic turn of affairs, and
should the young aesthetic really succeed in
obtaining any considerable portion of the
property he will 60 back to the old coun-
try with something in hand of more value,
in material sense, than his favoritily.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-28
A Popular Tonic
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Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, Debilitated
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the celebrated "rou, Rock and Rye" The
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everywhere are the best evidence of its real
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quarter Of the country, attesting the slim
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possession of the proprietors, and can be
adduced to convince the most skeptcal
reader OF its intrinsic virtues. Further
commentator is unnecessary and super
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pleasant taste and agreeable flavor, will
satisfy all those who are afflicted or pining
away with pulmonary weakness of the re-
lief to be secured by the use ofTolu, Rock
and Rye Chicago Times.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-28

towards his death which DIR. Carter fears
will end his miserics within the next day
or two. The only one Of those who were
discharged from the pest-house by DR..
Garter and who is not we'll enough to leave
for his home, because of a sore limb, Is Ar
thur Hamilton. He is entirely cured of
smallpox and is now in the marine hospi-
tai under treatment for his sore limb
On Wednesday of this week q man nam
cd Robert Sanders came to the city on the
steamer City of Helena, who was afflicted
with what was suspected by Dr. Carter to
be varoloid. He was taken to the ma.
rine hospital station and isolated
until his ailment had sufficiently developed
to show whether or not it was what it ap-
pearedtobe. Wednesday DR.. Carriers sus.
picions proved to have been we'll founded for
the man had well defined case of vario-
loid and yesterday morning he was taken
to the pest-house, where he still is.
He is doing well, however. About noon
yesterday another river man named Frank
Summerville, came to the marine
hospital station, afflicted with we'll defn-
ed case of varioloid. He was brought here
by the steamer Silverthorn and taken
charge of Immediately upon his arrival at
the marine station and isolated. A convey
ance was Immediately procured and the pa
tient was in the pest-house within half an
hour after he landed in the city, He has
as yet only mild form of the disease, and
will in all probability recover during next
week. There are now therefore three pa
tients in the pest-house.- Carter now
has sole charge of the pest.house for the
city, giving much of his valuable time and
services to the patients with good results.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-28

From the facts concerning the state OF
smallpox in this city. as given in an item
in this paper, the readers of THE BULLETIN
will see that the necessity for taking all
necessary precautions against the disease
has not yet passed. There can be no rea-
sonable doubt, but that the only reason
why the citizens of Cairo have, until now,
been entirely spared by the disease, is that
vaccination has been so generally resorted
to, and if there are any who have not yet
so fortified themselves against the
disease, should not hesitate ANOTHER
day. The city allows two and a
half dollars per day for each pa
tient treated at the pest-house, and it is
expected that the city will be reimbursed
by the government for thiS outlay, in the
cases of all marines who have been, or may
be, treated there.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-28
-Carmi Times of Tuesday: yesterday

-Carmi Times of Tuesday: yesterday
morning about 4 80, as workman at Mr.
Abner Boyers pillow shop was 'trueing' a
large grinding stone, which was running at
a speed of about three revolutions per min
ute, the stone burst into four pieces, one
of which was thrown into the gutter on
Cherry street, distance of about one hun
bred feet; another piece tore hole in the
side of the building and crossing the alley
demolished window in the rear of the
hardware store of Messrs. Land, and after
striking the elevator frame and almost tear
ing it loose, fell to the floor without further
damage. Fortunately, no one was hurt,
though the grinder was barely missed, as
he was standing just to one side. Mr.. j.
Land was going in at the rear door of the
store as the window near by was demolished
by one of the fragments"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-28

The Ohio river measured forty-seven
feet five inches on the government guage at
this point yesterday afternoon at Ill
o'clock. During the previous twenty-four
hours, it had risen just one inch. From ! III
o'clock yesterday afternoon until @ o'clock
last night, ii was entirely stationary and it
is likely that Sergeant Rays prediction that
it would begin to fall to day, will be veri-
fed At Cincinnati it rose six inches; at
Chattanooga it fell nine feet two inches; at
Louisville, five inches; at Nashville, one
foot two incnes. The Mississippi rose four
inches at st. Louis during the same period
of time.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-28
Extra Select Oysters
at A. L. DeBaun's, SO Ohio levee
Food that is Poisoned

by uncean teeth breeds dyspepsia. Such
at least, is the declared opinion of medical
men. Remedy the evil with purifying,
aromatic Sozodont, which clears away cor
rosiye particles which lodge in the teeth
and produce an acid ferment, that in time
destroyes their enamel and ruins them. II
prevents the unspeakable annoyance caused
by defective teeth, if it is used while they
can yet be saved from the destructive Of
fects Of tartar and other impurities.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-28

Hear how poor Paducah complains
through the columns Of the Enterprise
"More rain-more mud Will the falling
weather never give away to sunshine? There
is lovely little Sunday school song, en-
titled "Hear the gently falling rain on the
roof and window pane" which is very well
come in small doses, but when the same
tune is keptup every day and night for
four or five weeks, the average citizen gets
thoroughly sick of the monotony, and longs
for the bright days of spring time, when
all earth rejoice, and the flowers bloom
again" Cairo pities you, poor thing, from
the bottom of her great heart.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-28
Within the last few DAYS some impo

Within the last few days some impor-
tant changes have taken place in the pest
house, up town. All but one of the pa
tents, who had entered there up to the be-
ginning Of this week, have been discharged,
and all but one of those who were discharg-
ed are entirely well and have left the city
for Retrospective homes. The only one of
those who came to the pest-house before this
week and is still there, is the man jack
son, of whom TIE BULLETIN has previous
ly spoken rs being very low. lie is still in
dangerous condition and will probably
die. But he suffers not 30 much
with smallpox as with m abdominal
injury which he received by being struck
by skid on the steamboat upon which
he was at work before he came here. He
is almost entirely cured Of smallpox and
that disease will not contribute In the least
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-28

zach insertion. Marked
\ Rev w. +. Kone will preach at the
Baptist church Sunday morning and night.
Rev. DR.. Norton, Of Alton, was in the
city last night
Mr.. Tony Fogassi is quite sick at bis
home ia Missouri. DR.. Dunning visited
him yesterday.
"A pile driver is at work on the incline
III tie Illinois Central railroad, placing a
number Of new piles, against which the
lxansfer steamers are fastened when landed.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-28
A. Booths Extra Selects
at A. T. DeBaun's, So Ohio levee
Bonanza! Bonanza!!

To buyers of Ladies, Misses and Chill
drens shoes; have decided to close out
the above line 'of goods at cost, and
less, and carry large stockot Mems, Boys
and Youths only. So call and get your
own prices. They must be sold to make
room for spring goods in Mems Boys and
Youths fine boots and shoes. H. BLOCK,
Eighth street, between Commercial and
Washington avenue. If.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-28

Had the men who built the embank-
ment for the Cairo g. St. Louis railroad
above the city constructed couple of
culverts or trestles, so as to permit the
water from the Ohio to pass through to the
Mississippi river, the embankment would
not have been torn away and the company
would have been saved the expense of re-
building it. Mr.. Thomas Porter, who lives
not far from where the break occurred,
states that the water, which was very high
at first began to fall rapidly as soon as the
break occurred and fell several feet before
it reached its level. The rush of water
through the break, at first only faint rip
pie, grew louder ana louder until it's roar
could have been heard for miles around.
All this admonishes the company that a
culvert or trestle must be constructed in its
embankment short distance above the
city, Just as the other railroads have done,
il il would save its embankment from /,
similar fate in the future. But it is also
for the benefit of those who live between
the entertainments that this should be done
For it is not pleasant to be enclosed with
in an embankment, which causes water to
accumulate to the depth of three or four
feet and prevents 1t from running off.