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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

4 PHILADELPHIA special to the New
York Times says: The Office of Dep,
! uty-COroRer Powers was filled to-day
by throng Of curious people morbid
~ attracted to the inquest upon the
body of Edward Leonard, the man
who after sacrificing both genius and
| wealth TO his appetite for liquor, died
miserably upon the bare floor Of his
home. A visit to the home of the
deaG man, No. 224 South Eleventh
street, revealed strange scene of
mingled luxury and wretchcdncss and
squalUr. Stretched across two old
chairs in the room in which lie died,
lay the coffin containing the body Of
the former man of fortune. In the
library adjoining his gray haired wlfc
was Just recovering from the stupor
of prolonged drhauch The house
Was in a wretched disorder. Strewn
about the floor and over the bed
clothes, where the dying engineer had
suffered in his last delirium, were
the confused relics of $4,000 library,
many of the octavos torn an soilcd.
On the mantci stood a beautiful crys-
tai VINE service in n cabinet expen-
sively lnlaid. 1t was Leonard's gift
to his wife on his return from Europe
two years ago.
In strange contrast with these cyi-
deuces of Injuries was the general mir
of decay and neglect pervadiRg the
house, the bare patches upon the walls
where the bright wallpaper had been
wantoniy torn away and never re
placed, the dirty crockcry and glass
ware, and noisome odors that filled
the place from the accumulated dirt
and refuse in the cellar and rooms.
The gloomy picture was heightened
by the iorlorn appearance OF LeOnard's
three children, given over to the watch
full care of the undertaker's female
assistant while their mother slept of
her dcbauch Clara is q bright in
telligcnt girl Is Years old, and Flor
cnce and Eddie are pretty children,
but all bear evidence Of parental neg
lect.
Edward Leonard came here from
Vermont in 1877. He was the Inven
tor of a patent fre-extinguishcr and
various other machines, from the sale
Of which he derived large income.
He lived in excellent style and main
tanned three servants 10 his house
When sober he was an affablc and pleas
ant companion. Drink was his curse
He became worse and worse, until he
servant would live in his house for
any wages. He ceased working at his
profession entirely, ana he and his
wife seemed to abandun themselves to
Drunkenness. They were frequently
very noisy, and the neighbors com
planned nj them to the society of the
of cruelty to children
Finally Leonard went to Baltimore, ii
was said to rcfurmatory institution,
but three weeks ago he came back
and raved ever since until his DEATH
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17
Education in the South.

Times Democrat.
A correspondent writes to the Gal
weston News from Houston a long and
interesting communication, pointing
ont where the Worlds Industrial and
Cotton Centennial Exposition can d.
immense good to the cause of public
education in the Southern states He
fears lest the Southern exhibits in the
exposition may be devoted too cxcIu
sivclv to the industrial resources and
development of the South, and al cx-
posurc of its wealth to the world with,
out desiring in the least to lessen or
challenge the Importance of this work
and, recognizing the necessity for it
and the good results that will follow
in the diversion Of capital and immi
grafton in this direction, he thinks
that something can and ought to be
done for the improvement of our pub
lie school systems aud of our cduca-
tiona opportunities. The South needs
new capital no more than il need II
better system of education that will
rid it of the immense amount of H.
iteracy which bears it down under
such heavy burden.
No better opportunity has been pre-
scented for it to solve these difficult
educational problems than this expo
sition, and he suggests that a depart
mcnt be devoted to the subject of edu-
cation, and proposes that for this pur-
pose:
/. Every leading teacher in the
Southern states be notified by circu-
lar of the general aims of the eXposi-
ton and its special object in establish
ing all educat ional department, and
asking his cooperation to make this Il
success.
Q. That certain leading educators in
each state be commissioned by the
governors to solicit and examine all
contributions relating to school sub
iccts offered within certain territory
or district.
3. That teachers institutes and CON
ventions be invited to discuss ard de-
termine upon appropriate work 10 De
sent Ia the exposition.
4. That the governors of each state
induce the Legislature to make a sutfi-
eient appropriation TO send these rep
resentatlve educators 10 New Orleans,
each in charge of his districts cOntri-
button.
5. That the state boards of ednea-
ton offer prizes TO the teacher in each
district who obtains honorable men
ton" from the examiners of the edu-
eational department for the best ex-
hibits.
While it may be impossible 10 fnlly
carry ont all these suggestions, it will
certainly be a good idea if the exposi-
tion can direct attention 10 the educa-
tional wants Of the South us well as TO
its industrial resources. There ismuch
10 be done in this line The News cor
respondent declares that, notwithstand-
ing The immense public sehool domain
of Texas, its school system as yet rs in
a very iachoaie capdition, and we
know, only leo well, onr 1wn deiin-
gneneies ID this matter. The develop
ineat Of iron mines, the building Of
cotton factories will do very little for
stit South If lis cursed with iiliteracy,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

State Of Louisiana Vi. Allen Gilley- No. sic.
DY VIRTUE OF AN ALIAS WRIT OF
ID ESeri FdetaS issued and TO me directed
by the Honorable Court aforesaid, ! have
seized and VIII offer for sale, at public auc-
ton, 10 the last and highest bidder, for cash
with the benefit of appraisement, at the
Courthouse door OF this Parish, In the town
of Lake Charles, La, on
Saturday, December 4, 1SS5.
at Eleven o'clock, A. NJ. all the right. title
and interest of the defendant, Vim. H. PORE,
in and 10 the following described property,
to-wtt:
A certain tract or parcel of land lying and
beginning At the southeast corner Of the
tract of land purchased by ID. ii. and g. r.
Lyons from John Guillory, on the Goth day
Of November, 1874, as per act of sale on file
aRc of record In my office; thence running
west elong tine subdivision line four and one
half acres; thence running back from the
railroad north q sufficient depth 10 make
five acres. Bounded north and west by land
Of Oscar r. Lyons, east by land of Nicholi
Nilsson, formerly property of Casper Schind-
ler, and south by the grant TO the La. w Z.
r., being the same property acquired by said
Vim. II. Rowe from said D. II. and s. R. Ly-
ons, rs per act Of sale on Tile and of rec
ord In the Office Of the Clerk, In book 2 of
eonVeysnees, II pages $50 and 1856. Also five
acres of land, more or less, to be taken from
the northwest corner of that portion of s.
z. II OF n. 4. of See. Sc, TIP. 8, 8. r. s W.
that lies south Of the grant or right Of way
to the La. w. r. r., said i've acres of land
being bounded north by the said railroad
grant, east By land Of Nick Noes, south by
land Of Mrs. N y. Etsnsberry and west by
Land Of w. e. Gill, together with all the
buildings, improvements, rights, ways Priyi-
leges and inlmBnifies 70 each of the above
described land belonging or appertaintnE,
III. Rowe from Freeman Hamilton, by act OF
sale on Gle and Of record 10 my Office Ia book
G Of e0aseyanees At pagee So and 81.
Seized to satisfy said writ issued In the
above mentioned auit.
sheriff Office, Lake Charles, La, Oct %,
1883. ID. II, LYONS,
cet 90 eheriH [Aleasleu Parish, La
@8
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

as at present. There has been an edu-
cational department at nearly every
important exposition held here ur
abroad. and it has confessedly done Il
great deal of good. Was one ever
more needed than here at New Or
leans, where the whole South, which
needs TO learn SO much, will come to
Sue and study2
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17
NOTICE.
LAND OFFICE AT NEW ORLBHs, La
semptembeE "a, 1855.

LAND 0FFIeE AT EKW ORLBEs, La,
SemptembeF II, 1885
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that i tas
IN following named settler has fled noss ast
of his intention to make final proof in SUI
of his claim and that said proof will be 4,.s
Charles. La. on October 80, 1883, viz: Hellls
stead No. 4S49. Fredfk Graft, Of Caleas9sss
parish La. for the g Ell OF S. Ell, gee e =
Els Of n Ell, and n. VIZ Of n. Etsi e ~
%, I'd. q 6. n II ". Southwestern ulsti l II
La He names the following witnesses ~
prove his continuous residence upon; .a NJ
cultivation Of said land, viz ". .. 4
gan, Giles +. Craft, Thos. Warden q =
Lave, an Of CaleasEeu parish, La -
Gent % ss.1 OR DARRat.f. Regisiei-
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

soaE enterprising EilgliSlmen of a
speculative turn, who conspired to OBJ
tain By fraud i large amount Of public
land ii Dakota we're eanght at their
tricks and viii be prosecuted by the
government. II should be distinctly
understood tllat the privilege of COB
bling the pnt'ffc doniain IS eonfiaed to
railway corporations and citizens Of
tie Unit q Sisie
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

A SON of the late Gen I. 0. {. Ord.
Of the United States army, is said to
lie lieutenant in the Mexican army
An empty honor, unless there has been
great change in the past few years
in the rank and file Of Mexico's mill
tarY forces.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17
SheriF's Sale.
Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Ihrish Of
CO1caSie1., Stat Of LOuiStdna.-No. 56S.


10y virtue Of a writ of FSerie FhcidS. issued
ID and to me directed hY the Hon. Court
aforesaid, ] have seized and will offer for
sale al public auction TO the last and highest
bidder for cash. with the benefit OF appraise-
ment, al the Court House door of this parish
IN the town OF Lake Charles, La, on
Saturday, November "a, RSS3,
at eleven O'Clock a. M, all of the right, title
and interest of the defendants Carlisle d Al
len, in and TO the following described prop
Crty, 10 wit
Two brown American marc mules; two
black American mare mules one white face
sOrrel horse ; three two-horse wagons ; Z cribs
Of cross ties, containing 300 ties, more or
less. lying in the Calcaseu river, at or near
the Hutchins q O'Neil mill, in Calcasieu par
ish, La. Seized to satisfy said writ issued in
the above mentioned suit.
Sheriff's Office, Lake Charles, La, NoVem-
Der 10, 1883.
D. II. LYONS.
nov-lo-'S3I Sheriff CalcSsien psrIsh, La.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

A TRACT OF LAND consisting If E0o
IA acres, about one-half timbeFed, she bal
ance In pasture and farm, under good fence
In the way Of improvements there Ia small
The place is surrounded by an excellent cat
tie and hog range and Is located on the OPP
posts side at English Bayou from Lake
Charles. Al andaRf water Tor stock at al
seasons of the year, On the place Is 100 pc
can trees. planted sixty feet apart, AID the
same number of orange trees from tIree TO
l0Hr years old. Also pianls, gFapes a1d other
variety Of fruits
Terms, $1,000, One-thlFd cash, balance In
one and two years.
For further particulars, apply to
KLEINPEfER 4 BkTAE.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

The friends of Carlisle at Washing
ton claim that his election as Speaker
Of the House is foregone conclusion.
Il is said that I've has nh assured vote
of 10, while only 96 votes arc re
guired to nominate.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

The New Orleans states says that
Randall can count on one vote out Of
the Louisiana congressional delegation.
The only solid delegation he has win
be that Of his osn slate Of HeHnsyl-
sAnia. The sPeslkership Of the next
House is not at al likely TO fAlito the
share 81 Air. Ransall. G9ipeston
EeFrz
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

IT is said that President Arthur
wears corset" parts his hair IN
the middle " and is invariably decor
atcd with " button hole bouquet"
If this don't prove that he isa "dude"
" hat docs g. Washington Gazette.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17
FOR GOVERNOR
SOLID FOR sHcENERx.

New ORLEANS Nov. l6, 's3.
Special Telegram to the Echo.
Madison sends her delegation il.
structcd for McEnery. Ogden's friends
participated in the meeting, but aft er
adjournment called another meeting
aud endorsed Ogden
0uachita solid delegation for Nc.
Emery. T.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

BUTLER is said to have spent sl25,-
900 to secure his reelection. And yet
this crushing defeat and the loss of so
barge a sum don't seem to have IN
nrrved the old man in the least.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

W. G. TExADA, charged with the
killing of DR.. B. F. Easily, In Rapides
parish some weeks ago, WAS tried at
Alexandria Oh Saturday last and &C
quilted,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

LEBLANC - REON. - In Lake Charles
Monday, November II, 1888, at the residence
of the brtde'o father. Mr. Laste Reon, Mr.
PORTALS LEBLANC and Miss leila REoS,
Justice u. N. Singleton officiating.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

ONE of the first steps in reformation
is TO make a man feel rs kecnly as
possible the meanncss of his position
Or of his behavior.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

We suppose the New York Sun
speaks authoritatively when it says :
There are no circumstances under
which Mr.. Tilden could be induced to
accept the presidential nomination in
1884" The Sun thinks also that were
Mr.. Tilden a pronounced candidate, he
would be nominated by reclamation,
and elected beyond shadow of doubt.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

Or THE ten delegates to the state
convention from Rapides parish, it is
claimed that seven will be for Nc
Emery.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

JAMES AND d. BAILEY, brothers,
were taken ont Of the Comanche
(Texss) jai, Monday night last, 10y a
mob of some fifty men, aud hanged.
The Baileys were charged with the
murder of United States Marshal
Green, in Comanche, in 1873. They
we're of good family and were to have
been released on bond of $500 each
tic day following their hanging.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17
fourteenth judicial District Court, PdriNh Of
CGIeGSisU, Slate Of LOaiSidRd.--Eo. 7l6
H. D. Nix vs.. Jno. Q. Gresnleat.

10y virtue of q writ of FSeTi Facias, issued
ID aud to me directed by the Hon. Court
aforesaid, l have seized and will offer for
sale at public auction 10 the last and highest
bidder for cash, with the benefit of appraise
ment. at the Court House door Of this parirh
in the town of Lake Charles, La, on
Saturday, November "a. HSSS,
at eleven O'Clock a. m, the following de-
scri6ed property, 10 wit
Three yoke of Oxens. Seized to satisfy
said writ Issued In the above mentioned suit.
Sherift's Office, Lake Charles, La, NoVem-
Der 10, 1888.
D. II. LYONS,
nOy-l0-'S3l Sheriff Calcasieu parish, La.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

The editor Of the Alexandria Town
Talk seem. TO be laundering" after
similar fate to that which befvll
Nose Harris, At Hot Springs. recently.
In lii criticisms Or Judge Blaekman
hs i pretty aeyeFe and pointed; yet
Il ases look strange that a judge
woHifi keIltence an unlknown white
inan to ffteeh months IN the peisiteii
tiarv. for stealing IS coat. and give
. uatafions eolared thief ciglit months
r ~ parish iail for stealing 4 $50
soia ~agcl But ihe Tnwn Hsllk md
l4siae lslaasnae iaf i.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

A. MR. RAvEL, an cx-police officer
Of Houston, was killed in that city, a
few days ago, by Marshal W. W.
Glass. Glass has been released on
bond.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

St. Charles Herald: Mr.. Joseph L.
Martin, chief deputy of Sheriff I. T.
Raudouin, returned from Chicago last
Aofday, without his prisuner, Gustave
RlGmTlrk, AS the said prisoner is re-
ported 10 have escaped from him on
lis way home, Friday, the 81 inst, at
| o'clock +, M, IN southern Illinois,
lsy jumping ont of the car window,
haudcuffrd, while going al the rate of
thirty miles an hanr.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

J. W. STALLcUP, constable of Ward
No. 2, Caddo parish, WAS arrested on
Monday last for the alleged murder Of
man in Newport, Ark, in 1874. The
authorities claim to have known the
whereabouts of the accused for years,
hut such was Stallcup's reputation for
desperate courage that no one cared
Ia attempt his arrest.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17
MYRTLE
EEKHEDIL INSTITUTE
-REoPRNED-
september 3D., 1863.

7 viii continue as a Graded Shoot. and
4 every attention viii be given the progress
of pupils. All English branches thoroughly
taught, Calistheuics and Hygiene, an i'm
portanf feature Of attention, that the pupils
may Dot only receive intellectual accomplish
merits, but have the laRs Of heath duly re-
spected and promoted
fBpils should apply the first of the term, 10
order to have their course Of study system
lied. All pupils must pass examinations on
euterihg school, that they may be promoted
10 proper grade,
NJ BURT, PRINCIPAL.
Lake Charles. DIR 3d. 1892 III
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

Even the Republicans are rejoicing
at the downfall of Mah0nc in Vir-
giuia. A late Issue of the Washing
ton Gazette says OIL this subject:
Renegade and repndiator Malone il
maEnihceHtly laid out in Virginia, and
is one Of the most repnlsivc corpses of
the November elections. The would
be murderer OF RvpGblicanism in Vir-
ginia will never do any further po.
litical harm there or elsewhere. The
Republican party will now proceed to
reorganization and business in Vir-
ginia. This journal is glad to know
that its steady eTart during the wear
about gone against Mahene contributed
little to his downfall. The Repnb-
liean party cannot afford another Ma
hone = bargain
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17
State of Louisiana vs. Allen Gilley-Eo. &

Fourteenth judicial District Court, PdriSh Of
ClloGsieu, STATE Of Louisiana.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

THERE is boom just now for Ar
thur and Gresham us the Republican
presidential ticket for 1884. The Re
publicaps see that they can only hope
to rin by carrying New York or Indi
ana, or perhaps both, and with the
head of the ticket from the more i'm
portant state and the second place
filed by a man from the second state,
they believe they wonld be more likely
to succeed than with any other ticket.
This is especially likely to bc the case
if tho old ticket" with It's New y ork
and Indiana men, is put again in the
field by the Democrats. With New
York and Indiana man on both tickets,
and the whole fight centtring on those
states, the campaign would be, 10 say
the least, an interesting one.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17
For sale.
MARTIN MARY

A DESIRABLE LOCATION for farming
IA and a seashore residence, with sonls s
improvements. situated at the mouth Of W
Calcasieu river, known as the Thayer piaos'
For particulars apply 10
DHs. ". III. KZERHKALAN'
mayIstfl Lake Charles, La
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17

CAPT. JAMKs Il. LADS, the widely
known engineer, has been asked to
come 10 the rescue of Galveston in her
struggles for deep water. If he re-
spends, and takes hold of the matter
IN earnest, beneficial results are sure
to follow. But what does Galveston
propose doing with Col. Mansfield ?
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-11-17
SheriG's sale.

nov-lo-'s8I Sheriff Calcasieu parish, L.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-09
Washington Notes.

The subcommittee of the house judici-
airy committee having charge of the bill
for the regulation of telegraph and cable
companies, this morning heard Peck, secre-
tary of the Mutual Union, in explanation
of the hardship to which his company is
subjected by reason of the refusal of the
Western Union to receivce dispatches on
the same condition as it receives them
from private citizens. Mr.. Peck cited the
circumstances occurring in the Chicago Of
foes of his company in which dispatches
left for points not reached by the Mutual
Union had to be returned to the sender
and by him carried to the Western Union.
The committee decided to give the West
ern Union Telegraph company an oppor-
trnity to be heard.
The supreme court of the United States
to-day decided that the act of the legisla-
ture of West Virginia passed Dec. Is, 1863,
authorizing the city of Parkersburg to is
sue its bonds for the purpose of rendering
them to persons engaged in manufactur-
ing invalid chairs, and the bonds issued
under it,are void as against the city.
Judge Smell rendered decision in the
Dickson case. He held Dickson in $4,000
to appear before the grand jury to answer
for embracery in violation of section 5404,
revised statutes,in regard to juries. He was
given till tomorrow to renew bail. On
account of sick Juror proceedings
in the star route case were postponed till
tomorrow.
Treasurer Gilfllan received $1,000. con-
tributed by the citizens of Lyons, France,
to the Garfield hospital fund.