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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-01-26
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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-01-26

Morgap City Rovicwl The "oil
spot in the Gulf Of Mexico. about
which there has been SO mucb talk
Of late as a place that is tmtQtilcd
while all about is storm, is, fiicut.
Stanm, of the revenue cutter Andrew
Johnson says, about ten miles south Of
Sabine Pass, and extends about two
miles along the shore and seaNard
thEee-quarters Of mih. IL il not
Noticeable in calm weather, hppin
gale It takes a reddish hue, aud is
thick and muddy. The Lfentenant
has pushed a pole thirty feet iH length
down into the soft stratum. Thosnud
is soapy, and has remarkable cleaning
qualities. If there is oil the I.ieiltenant
sass, il epmes from the hotlom, stsnono
pf the mud Of The Sabine River has
any Of the properties Of that from the
"oii spot.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-01-26
Communicated.
CasR Deep Wafer Be Obtained
at Galveston

Mr.. James b. Eads has been con
suited about deep water at Galveston,
and we are informed that his propo-
sition to furnish same for $7,75O,OOO
has been fa"orably reported upon by
the Galveston Committee. Deep wa
ter il what we would like TO see at
all our Gulf ports, but it must not be
supposed that Mr.. Eads wieIds the
magic wand" with which it is OBJ
tanned under all circumstances and at
all points
To suppose, because jetties have
aided in deepening the water at
South Pass of the Mississippi, that
they, unaidcd by anything else, will
do the same at Galveston, aud all
other places, is nonsence.
Close search for the natural condi-
tions necessary to render jetties avail
able at Galveston, discIoscs their
existence in such feeble extent that
they are completely overcome hy the
existence of noutralizing clements
hence We are of the opinion Mr.. Eads
will tnd out, it he ever makes ven
turo to furnish the 80 feet Of water,
that he has, for once, erred
The necessary hydraulic principle
to make jotties effective is a coIsti~u-
ouS flow in the one direction. This
constitutes the securing power which
is only utilized by the use of jetties.
1t must be remembered that in the
Mississippi river exists a powerful
flow or securing power, always eXerted
in the desired direction, and so fixed
in its conditions it never receives a
reveTsion or cessation of its Iabors.
This is the one necessary ImmutabIe
law of nature to make jetties available
granted this great river, which can't
be said exists at Galveston. There
exists only an oscillation of waters,
which in effect is to do and undo it.
self, or rather to create point of
rest where precipitation of suspended
matter must take place. Where, or
how, Mr.. Eads expects to find the
means of neutraIizing this point of
or removing it, we, of
course, feel curious TO know.
AS VIC understand, the practical
working of jcttles is to gather to-
gCtheF the lateral flow of water and
Concentrate it upon less area Of wet
ted pcrimeter. And as the wetted
perimetcr is proportional in all
streams to the volume, the result is
that the channel Is deeponed, mas
much as the jetties' walls resist the
tendency.
That the channels at Galveston will
partially deepen in between the jettie |
walls, if built in the shape of an i'm
mense funnei-from the Island out
and Bolivar point out, and West Bay
be travcrsed by a water tight wall
when heavy freshet flows, there is
no doubt; but inasmuch as this is
spasmodic or occasional, and the un-
der tow Of current from the Gulf is |
almost perpelually operating to fill up |
this little monetary deepening,
where is the good of it. There is but |
little current at the bar at any time, We |
believe, and as We cannot sec how an
can be created for the pur-
pose of current making, it is our
opinion that the jettios will, to a large |
extent, cause the precipitation of
sedimentary matter from the streams
above into the channels on the inside |
Of the Bay. We may be in error, |
and hope it may prove SO. 7. X.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-01-26

FgF Figginia House of nelega,es
has passed the bill removing thp
political disabilities Qf several geuile-
men siio fongAi da,is last rear. Tic
hlH pQw ~ % tbs Senate.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-01-26
Changes iR New Work .BOurnaTa
isn.


A statement was published in an
evening paper lately that MIR Ballard
Smith, who recently sailed for Europe,
had been superseded in his position
as managing editor Of the Herald bv
Mr. William +. Smylh, who was once
the foreman of the composing room,
but for years past the editor ia charge
at night. 1t was also stated that
CITY Editor Mcighan had been re-
placed by Mr.. john r. O'Donncll, for
some time proof-readcr on the pa
per and the president of Typograph-
icaI Union No. o, and that Mr.. George
F. Williams, who has been in charge
of the HeraId's news-stands, has been
dismissed and the delivery systcm
done away with, thus conceding the
demands of the striking newsdcalers.
A gentleman connected with the
Herald staff told a reporter of the
World that the only changes made
were the calling of Mr.. Ballard Smith
to Europe aud the appointments of
MIR. O'DnnneI as assistant night editor.
Mr.. William +. smyth viii be. tumpo-
rary managing editor until the arrival
from Europe Of Mr., Flynn. who is cx-
pected in a few days. Mr., Smyth
will! then resume his former position
as night editor. Mr.. Mcighqn will
retain his position as city editor.
Mr.. John +. Cowan, the superinten-
dent of the Herald News Delivery,
told the reporter, in the absence of
MIR. Williams, that 50 far from aban-
donimg the delivery system it is push
lug it everyday, and carpenters arc
busy putting up additional accnmmo-
dations, Mr.. Williams il anxious 10
buy more good horses aud has mono
for sale.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-01-26

Capitolian-Adyocate: Ono evening
this week our Stgfe Unigcrsity made
a narrow escape from being consumed
by fire. ID happened that the coal
from one of the CRATES rolled upon
the aoor during the absence Of every
one from the Foon. The aooF WAS
ablaze when it vas discovered, which
caused considerable alarm. Il was
promptly extipguished before tie
sccond tap 4 Indcpepdcnce frc beli
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

A FAST mail train service has been
ordered on the Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail.
road. The service will be extended to the
Northwest as far as Minneapolis. 1t will
bring the through mail service from New
York to st. Paul inside of forty-eight
| hours.
NIHILIsTs in St. Petersburg give the
police notice in advance that they will kill
| informres.
THE New York Assembly Committee
reported adversely on the bill designed to
pr, tect newspaper dealers from libel suits
like that of Marie Prescott against the
American News Company for circulating
paper containing matter injurious to her.
THE monthly meeting of the Western
Nail Association was held at Pittsburgh,
| Pa, Oh the 18th. Trade was reported fair
| ly good, stocks fair and prices maintained.
| The card-rate remains unchanged.
A SUBCOMMITTEE of the Senate For
| eign Affairs Committee has recommended
law authorizing the President, in case our
products are arbitrarily excluded by any
foreign power, to retaliate by excluding
their products.
The authorities of Vienna exercise a
close scrutiny in case of all packages ar
irving from England, America and Swift
zerland. Socialist intrigues are continually
brought to light.
WISCONSIN has dime novel muir
derer who styles himself wild Bill of the
Prairie"
THIRTY-oNE students graduated at the
Womens' Medical College of Pennsylvania
on the 18th.
AT Dubuque, Ia, a mass-meeting of
Catholic and Protestant pastors, held on
the 18th, protested against the bill pending
to tax church property.
The freshmen and sophomores of
Williams College adopted the following
resolution on the 18th: "In view of the re-
cent disorders in the college occasioned bv
the limitation of personal rights, we, as
class, are in favor of removing all such linn
itation."
On the 18th the French occupied BAG
Ninh. The Chinese fed in the direction of
Thainghuien. The French had seventy
wounded.
THE Pacific Express Company having
recovered its Tiller the presumption is that
it will endeavor to steer clear of such en-
barrassing accidents in future.
On the 18th General Graham cap
tured Osman Digna's camp after a short
battle. The British loss was 10 in killed
and wounded. The rebels lost 2, 400.
THE business failures throughout the
United States and Canada for the week
ended the 18th numbered ZIG against ga
the previous week. The decrease was en-
tirely in the United States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-20
AFTER MANY YEARS.
Matt Lewis, Who Murdered his Wife in st.
Louis, Mo-, in II 80 Expiates the Crime on
the Scaffoled After Four Trials.

Matt Lewis, Who Murdered his Wife in st..
Louis, Mo-, in Il 80 Expiates the Crime on,
the Scafsoled After Four Trials.
ST. Louis, Mo-, March IA.
Matt. Lewis, the negro who murdered his
wife on the 18th of October, 1876, was
hanged this morning in the presence of a
limited number of spectators and re-
porters, in the Jail.
Shortly after a. m. the procession
which was to conduct the condemned
man to tie scaffold formed at the door of
his cell, headed by several Deputy
Sheriffs. When the death warrant
had been read Matt stood up from.
his chair and his arms were pin
Toned, Lewis submitting very quietly.
With guard on either side, Lewis took
his place and walked along with a firm,
tread. The procession moved out of the
south door into the hospital, and across.
to the scaffold. Matt assembled the steps
without much hesitation. There was.
little delay when the negro was placed
under the moose.
Before the fatal plunge, the Sheriff, adj
dressing the condemned man said:
"Matt Lewis, you are about to suffer
the extreme penalty of the law for a.
great crime. Is there anything you de-
sire to say before execution"
''Nothing," said the prisoner, "but
that pray may meet you all " in Glory"
Mr.. Mason shook hands with him, say
ing: "Good bye, Matt The preacher,
did the same, invoking scarcely audi
BILE blessing on the 'ssoul of Brother Lew
is" The black cap was then quickly ad-
justed, and, and at word from the
Sheriff the rope was pulled and "the
drop fell''
Unlike former executions at the City
Jail, the hanging of Matt Lewis attracted
no crowd whatever. Up to within twenty
minutes of the fall of the trap, there were
not dozen persons about the building.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-20
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the House of Representatives on
the 18th consideration of The Post-otfice ap
preparation bill was resumed and an amend
ment adopted reducing mail compensation
Ito land-g grant roads. After q rather excit
ling discussion over a motion to make the
Star-route appropriation $5,00O.000 instead
of 81 ,0O0, 900, the House adjourned.
A COUNTERFEIT twenty-dollar silver
certificate is reported to be in circulation
AMONG the spoils captured by the
French at Bac Mimi were 1Ju cannon.
FRANK LEsLIE's widow is about to
marry French Marquis.
| THE New York banks at the close OF
business on the 18th held $6,6J5,0O in ex'
&C IS of legal requirements.
MARQUIS TsENG has asked England
to mediate between France and China.
In the French Chamber the Left will
oppose further military operations in Ton
quin.
The Arabs have broken the telegraph
line south of Berber and are firing ON Nile
steamboats,.
The Kansas authorities profess to
feel confident they can easily er adicate the
cattle plague.
BAKER PAsHA's Egyptian troops were
seized with panic few nights ago and
fed from camp.
THE first through train over the Mex
lean Central line left the City of Mexico on
the 18th.
FIFTY men have been sent from Chat
ham to the Soudan to fill tue places of those
disabled in the "Black Watch" regiment.
A. NJ. FINCH has been arrested at
Staunton, Va, for heavy embezzlement
which occurred some years ago in Ohio.
EXTRAORDINARY activity has recently
developed in the German navy. The ma
rines and torpedo service have been
doubled.
FILLER, the st. Louis Express roober,
made an Intellectual attempt to es-
cape on the 18th, and it was nos owing to
any vigilance on the part of his escort, with
whom he was closeted at the Lindel Hotel,
that he failed.
GEO. A. VINCENT. the bank forger, is
wanted ut Sing Sing, n. Y, being a fugi-
tive from that prison. He will probably
be sent there if not convicted in st. Louis,
Mo.
ANOTHER collision occurred near
Toronto, Ont, on the 18th, at the same
point where SO many men were recently
killed in similar accident. This time only
two lives were lost.
CONTRARY to generally conceived
impression the Fitz John Porter bill can be
taken up by the House at any time for the
purpose of acting ON the Senate amend
ment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-20
Miscellaneous Items.

The Lafayette County Criminal Court
session just closed made nearly clear
sweep of its criminal docket with the fol
lowing result: Catherine Crawford (col
ored, robbery, two years; James Cooper
(colored), abducting a child, two years
James Thornton (white), burglary and lar
ceny, five years; Charles Wilson (white)
burglary and larceny, five years; Levi Boil
ton tcolored), shooting an officer in resist
ance to arrest, seven years "a VIM. Smith
(white), horse-thief, seven years; Barney
Lynch, obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, four years; Billy Brogan, obtaining
money under false pretenses. four years;
VIM. Hobbs, horse thief, seven years. Por
ter Delaney, Alice Williams and Alonzo
Crockett, all colored, were sentenced to
Jail terms. The aggregate term the pris-
oners are to serve is fifty-three years.
Reno Wattrea, an Italian who ped.
dies lemons in st. Louis for livelihood,
was arrested for obstructing the sidewalk
in that city few days ago, and taken to
the Third District Police station. When
searched at the station it was found that he
wore body belt containing over $1,000 in
ten and twenty dollar gold pieces. A
thrifty dago.
The Nurses Training School, of JEFF
ferson City, which was started some
months ago by the city physicians, is being
well attended, and promises to be product
i've of beneficial results. 1t meets weekly.
Carrie Atkins, the handsome fat girl,
who joined Jim Robinson's circus ten years
ago in Sedalia, is visiting friends in Cali
fornia. She weighs 30 pounds and is more
than yard wide, but is only twenty-seven
years old, but what is more remarkable is
only thirty-six inches high.
The Ford County Land and Cattle
Company of Kansas City was Incorporated
recently with a capital of $4,000, all paid
up.
VIM. Scott, charged with being q
party to the great bond robbery i'll st. Jo-
semi was acquitted.
Henry Frazier, aged eleven. fell into
a vat OF boiling tailow in Lexington few
days ago. He was fished out barely in time
to save funeral expenses.
No extra session to be held.
In the trial at Lexington the State
applied Tor continuance in the Criminal
Court in the 106 cases against ex-Collector
Greene of jackson County, and the contin-
uance was granted. II these indictments
are tried separately it will require 1000
jurymen.
The Directors of the Missouri Sports
mems Association have decided to hold
State tournament of six days in Kansas
City, beginning ON May 10. The contests,
with two exceptions, viii be open to the
world. The annual convention will occur
on the evening of the Doth of May.
The Department Encampment of the
G. A. will be held at Sedalia April l.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-20
They Feel Encouraged.
WAsHINoroN. %, 6

WARRINGTON, ID. c., March Is.
The ratification of the treaty with Next.
Co has given great encouragement to-
those who favor reciprocity treaty with
Canada, and already agencies are at work
to bring about such an arrangement. It.
receives the earnest approval Of the Do
minion Government, and agents have.
been sent to Washington from Ottawa to-
see what methods can be taken to bring
about renewal of the treaty OF 1854, but
they will receive very little encourage
ment, and nothing will be done at WASH
tngton pro or con until the Canadian
Government has taken the initiative.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-20
The Carpenter Trial.
PETERSBURG, liz. Marcl

PETERSBURG, liz. March Is,
After another nine hours session
there is substantially nothing of weight
unearthed as to who killed Zura Burns
A few new witnesses testified, but thev
were not store-houses of valuable infor-
nation. The attorneys for the defense are
IN nign glee So much had been prom
.sea ny tne prosecution and especially by
the sanguine and valuable STATE Aftor,
ney, that the defense inhaled from the
oreathings OF public opinion q slight
measure OF fright as to what was to be
produced at this trial. Yesterday Mr..
tanning said they were happily deceived.
as tney mad not to meet half the case
they had been anticipating.
The Dickinson press., 1884-06-21
Samuel =. ri1deu pec1iues.

Samuel ]. Tilden has written a letter to the
chairman of the Democratic State Committee
of New York, positively declining to run for
President. He closes as follows: At the pres
ent time the consideration which induced my
action in 1850 have become imperative. l
ought not to assume a task which l have not
the physical strength to carry through. l am
therefore constrained to say definitely
that I cannot now assume the ]abors of
all administration or of a canvass
grateful beyond all words to my fellow coun-
trymen who would assign such a bcneticent
function to me, am consoled by the reflection
that neither the Democratic party nor tho re-
public for whose future that Narty is the best
guarantee, is now, or ever can be, dependent
upon any one man for their successful progress
in the path of u noble destiny. Having given to
their welfare whatever of health and strength
/ possessed or could borrow from the future,
and having reached the term ofmy capacity for
such labors as their welfare now demands, !
but submit to the will of God in decming my
public career forever closed.
The Dickinson press., 1884-06-21
Shot by a pynamiter.

Toronto, Ont, Special:-Dr. Case of Chica-
go, who caused so much excitem ent q few
months ago at Ottawa and Toronto in connec-
ton with attempts to blow up the house of parli-
ament, earlyWednesday morning shot and killed
lila, little town 100 miles north of Toronto.
When the row in which he shot Hamilton oc-
Cured, he was writing up a jewelry robbery.
He went to Orillia to look for the robbers, and
while in a house of ill-fame met Hamilton,
who. it is said, knew more about casse's con
lated to please the latter. Hamilton threatened
to expose the doctor, and in an alteration was
shot dead Casse was arrested and will likely
be found guilty Of murder by the corners jury.
The Dickinson press., 1884-06-21
Dyspepsia.
Boston, Mar. 3. is;

Boston, Mar. 3, 1884.
I have used Burdock Blood Bitters for
a seyere case of dyspepsia with great sue
cess, and can conscientiously recommend
it to any person troubled with any form
ofdyspepsia. JULIA BoYLEN,
ellison Court, West Cedar st.
Bridgeport. Ct, April IL, 1884.
have been greatly benefited by Bur-
dock Blood Bitters. Two bottles entirely
cured me of the worst kind of dyspepsia.
tried many other medicines, but entire
ly failed to get any relief from them.
EYRA L.. NICHOLS, s Whitney Lane.
Providence, R. l., Apr. 4, 1884.
I am using Burdock Blood Bitters
for dyspepsia and have received great
relief. Have been seriously troubled
with dyspepsia for five years, and here
tofore have not found relief.
CHAs. r. SWEET,
65 William st.
East Boston, Mass, Feb. IL, 1884.
1 have been using Burdock Blood
Bitters for a bad case of dyspepsia.
The first bottle purchased at Brad
bury's drug store, Washington st. (re-
lieved me so much I procured the sec
ond bottle Cat Putnam's drug store E.
Boston), which has done me a great
deal Of good. A friend of mine using
it for the same thing says it is splendid.
ANNA FORBES,
3 Moore st.
The Dickinson press., 1884-06-21
Details o, whits Thunder,s Murder.

White Thunder, the Sioux chief, was shot and
killed on the list inst, by two chiefs of the same
tribe, named Spotted Tail and Thunder Hawk.
White Thunder was a man Of prominence
among the Rosebud Sioux, and aspired to the
place made vacant in the tribe two years ago by
the murder of old Spotted Tail by Grow Dog.
Young Spotted Tail also was aspirant for Ills
fathers place, and was jealous OF White Ihun-
caused tho murder. White Thunder's only
child a daughter of sixteen years, is "a pupil in
the Carlisle school, and so are two of the Young
Spotted Tails brothers, ono of whom a young
man nineteen years old, is 6 feet 4 inches high.
The other is a boy of thirteen. A seventeen
year old daughter of Grow Dog is also a stu
dent.