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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

a suspicious" case OF fever, which
resulted in the death of the victim on
the 18th inst, is reported from the vii,
lsge Of Gretna, parish Of jefferson,
opposite New Orleans, by the city
press, Associated with this case
were evidences which compelled DR.,
Holt, president of the Board of Health,
and FIVE other physicians, to consider
it probable case of yellow fever, vet
doubt is entertained al this conclT-
sion. However, the case presented
itself in sueh form as TO justify these
gentlemen in reporting it as suspicious.
The necessary preoaution has been
taken to prevent the spread of the
disease and the physicians appreheud
no danger from Lhis cRse
We hope our town authorities will
1Ot0 see the Importance of taking I'M
mediate steps 10 place Lake Charles
in q proper sanitary condition.
With yellow fever in New Orleans and
cholera fast approaching our shores
and our town in a deplorable sanitary
condition, We have anything bat a
bright future 10 expect Now is the
time 10 take the proper steps 10 pre-
vent an epidemic of any kind in our
midst, and we hope our town author
tiles will not delay in this all important
matter, bat will go TO work imme-
dialely. Tomorrow may be too late,
gentlemen.
At the same time let our citizens
remember that great deal depends
upon their individual actions and ex-
ertions in the premises. The kitchen
stove Gan be utilized as a crematory
for all garbage that aeeumnlates abopt
oar premises, aud by destroying the
refuse matter around US in this way,
we will materially aid our town au
therities in their sanitary labors, and
at the same time secure for ourselves
clean premises and good health, and
that, too, without material cost OF
over exertion.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

OapItolian-A sivocate
Hon. o. D. Steele has issued tho
following important circular relative
ITO the assessment of railroad property:
BGToN RuuGE, June Q, 1885.
To Assessors-relative to railroad property;
| Tho right of way, including the sn-
porstructures, main track, side or
second tracks an6 iurnuuts, turn Ia
blcs, telegraph poles, wires, instTn-
iments and other appliances, and the
stations, section houses and water
tanks and other improvements Of the
railroad company on such right OF
way arc real estate for the purposes at
taxation, and dnnominated ''railroad
track" and should belisted and valneh
in the parish where located. Alllands,
lots and buildings outside of right OF
way other than that denominated
'srailroad track" should be listed as
immuvable property in the parish
where located.
The movable property known us
''rolling stock" is known as personal
property and denominatcd for the pur-
poses Of taxation, ''roliing stock, and
should be taxed at the dOmicil or
main office of the company.
The width of right of way depends
upon the statute or the provision of
the charter under which the company
may be organized and the read con-
structed. An entire tract of land ac-
quired and owned by railroad com
pany does not necessarily become right
of way because one or more side tracts
may be constructed on or over 1t
Rails, timber and ties owned by rail-
road company for use in operating and
repairing such road, is to be deemed
a part of tic railroad.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13
Rev Advertisements.
Notice To Taxpayers.

NTOTICE is hereby given TO all parties In
IN terested, that the assessment lists f0r
the wear 1885 for the parish of Galcasieu, are
now open for inspection and correction, In
my Office Any person desiring TO make any
correction or alteration in their assessment
must come forward within thirty days from
date Of this notice, and make their appliea-
ton for such correction or alteration. In con
formity with Section y of Article a6. ap-
proved July6, 1852
iune-19- 'S5-5t.1 "A. i. REID. Assessor
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

Tax town Of Beaumont, Texas, has
made Heterogeneous for procuring
= tirst-elass steam Gre engine. How
long wiIl il be before Lake Charles
will ~ Hkesiae Echo says if oar
Gre ramrsHy sisl take care Of their
hand engine and prove themselves
worthy Of something betaeHit pre-
diets sl,ai orr peosie vii treat them 70
4 Steam engine.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

.yTNHIS COMPANY WILL PURCHASE A
i lot, and build a house thereon, in any
part Of the United States, costing from $500
upwards. If You wish to purchase 3 house
and lot you must buy shares enough to equal
10 per cent. of the value of the house, etc,
wanted for instance, on q $4,000 house
$500 must be Subscribed. This subscription
the house Is built this is credited As the 6rst
payment. The Company then gives q deed
to the subscriber and takes a mortgage tor
the balance due, which is paid OF In En0nthly
payments When Subscribers prefer doing
40 We viii allow them 10 buy the 10 per cent
In shares at once, and agree To commence
building within four months.
For further particulars address:
Nd WOOSTER. Sr., AEii..
iunelSlS5-tf. LAKE aCHARLEs, la.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

THE Chief Of The Postofice Inspec-
tors has been informed that Postmas-
ierl. n. Hihbs, Of Lewiston, Idaho,
issued money orders to the amount Of
$4,000 or $4,000. payable 20 him
self, ordered banks IN different cities
10 collect them and forward the money
10. him, and then abscondsd. lie was
last heard from at Victoria, British
Columbia.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

u sosse Of aRr exchanges wonld
oYerhaal their vast f'reheaFees Of ip7
fsrmatian'' they might Inform thern7
selves more accurately As 70 where The
fands ceae from 10 defrsy re ez1
peases aof he TeaelpeFs Institutes now
being held IA Ibis Stale, aadfI sr The
Information Of those kaawiag oaes,.
Me will state ihAt Meta dollar Of The
school fanais. oi ihe StAte n assa f9E
tbia pprpass, IlF CuFrY, ihe Ageniagf
DC RaAsoly fHad, farsisbiag lhs
eaey fer THIS aaest woFthy paFlspAe
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

f. ]. CIEyUKIus, recently convicted
Of the murder Of Miss Lillian Madi-
son, bis cousin and Alliance, at Rich
mend, Va, has been refused a new
,rial, and in all probability will hang
Notwithstanding theeYideneo on which
he was convicted was wholly ciFcam-
siaaeial.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

sASarHER good uaan gone wrong,
might be appropriately anpiied p
AuFAuasrtc, ahe abseonaing rsaesap-
sian clerk ii the aabsIFaaseFs At Nss
lfleanA he enjoyed The confidence
Ret hiy n the goveranent, hat with
the rsfiaas hanking sua oihes iusfitR-
sioMs will @Aieh he hmd has6ness re-
lslo he eity IL haa been 8
anastea lsFe g that sasiiiai ten
fa Ys Aina has3
Is tliaie chnraraef. klis steei
Mas III eRse seB 81 tsla heasla
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

m uItCk Is hereby given 10 the puddle.
= that Hny and alI persons, excspt nv
day auth0Fized agents, 10 MI. Il IL. Hels,f
@eha y Hayes AID ToliYer Hayes. 1qiild
qlaF4lag n elAalIaE FleAHiBg or In am SishHEeT
AAAt llag anE 81 my FEgcE % hqsnaa esstle.
homes 81 mares. paEtNfiag And rHneiag q
the pafihhes Of CSieasseis sI,7 fiarlefl'l.. ~
be prosecuted 10 itla I'm exAant III fiss law
MARY al HA FS
laleasieu pariah, La, 1na ut
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

On the morning of the 10th instant
n most destructive FIRE occurred in
New Orleans, destroying six stores on
Canal, between Dauphin and Bur
gundy streets.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13
NOTICE.

NH-R. GABE RAwTTZKY having .pur-
M chased the interest Of the late S. Kai-
ser In and 10 the firm Of Kaiser d RaWitzky,
Of Lake Charles, and having assumed all
liabilities of said firm, is entitled to collect
and receive all debts and accounts due the
same MRS. n. KAISER.
New Orleans June 9, 1885.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

JAMES HAMILTON, assistant post
master at McGregor, Texas, absconded
on the sth inst. with 81 600 of Uncle
SANS filthy lncre.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

Two Cinnamon, Fung Chou and
Fnng Won, embraced the christian
religion and were baptized, last Sun
day, in the city of New Orleans.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

Mayor Gu1LIoTrE, of New Orleans,
has instituted suit for damages
against the Mascot, for alleged defama-
tion of character.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

THE latest advices indicate that the
gnbernatorial campaign in New York
is opening pretty lively, with good
chances of Democratic success.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

THE Treasury Departmental Wash
ington has information that Aufde-
morte, the absconding clerk of the
New Orleans sub-Tressury is in Mex
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

Tax Louisville lDeDeecnat hits the
nail seasreiy On The head and drives
it home, IN the following teFse and
sensible language: at is perfectly
certain that nyciyil Service RePab-
lisan official can be matched BY a Dem
oerst Of eqaal qualifications an that
line, and Il is bat fair that; the De
mocraey should have the benefit oE us
own representatives IN places az OH
cial trust, since The party is 10 Be held
responsible for the fall and complete
administration ef pablo Affairs
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

The MaEksvilie Bulletin says: "Hon.
Jefferson Davis, eX.President of the
Confederacy, is a large land owner in
Avoyelles parish. He owns 1882
acres upon which he pays taxes yearly. "
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

TAHE health authorities of Baltimore
have been warned by the Surgeon
General Of the Marine Hospital service
that a ship left Valencia, Spain, where
the cholera is epidemic, on the s5th
Of April, for that port.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

SIX brick stores and a $40, 900 cot
ton compress are shortly to be erected
atMonroe, Ouachita parish.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

JuLIus Jacobs, one of Shreveport's
oldest merchants, failed last week.
Liabilities, $4,000; assets, $4,000.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

Tvs death rate from cholera has
doubled during the past week in
Valencia, Spain.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

THE famous Mexican Band, which
has been in attendance at the Exposi-
tion ever since it was opened, will
make tour of the United States, Civ
ing concerts in all the principal cities
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

GEN IoHN A. LOGAN visited Pres
ident Cleveland on the sth inst, and
was cordially received.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

THE rumpus that has been brewing
an the English Cabinet for seme time,
terminated on the sth inst, by an
overwhelming defeat Of the budget,
and, as It would be inconsistent for
the present Cabinet 10 remain in
office after this blow, it is more than
probable that the Gladstone Ministry
will resign at no distant day.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

3HE Far against sae9maFgafine Is
spreading fran Stale e Stale, and
Iehasy iyania has a0g l9iAerl the BRsn-
Der thas shsciatsly Prphllit lis nAan4
iaelnre n SAFE
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

0SEliAIF of Suffolk, Va, was de
stroyed BY fire on the 18Th inst. Loss,
GaoD 600
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

EGKS. w. S. RosEeRANs, recently
appointed Register Of the Treasury,
vice Bruce, the colored ex-senator
from the State of Mississippi, assumed
the duties of that office on the sth inst.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

A WAsHISsroN correspondent says
that ex-SeeFetary Boutwell, visited the
Customs Department of his old divi.
sion, recently, and found a familiar
face al the desk Of the aeting chief oi
his division. 81 hope" said the ez.
secretary, THAT you will be permitted
TO I'll the position Prominently. Your
record is very geed, indeed" ''You
ought 10 knoE," replied Mr., MeGregor,
s.for you once dismissed me frem The
Treasury on the charge Of being 4
Democrat"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

Referring to the ab0yeI will continue the
business heretofore conducted by Kaiser &
Rswitzky, for my own seeOunt, Those who
are indebted TO said firm will please call at
once aud settle same.
GfABE RAWrTZKY.
Lake Charles, June Is, 1885.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

N-OTICE is hereby given that Jacob Ryan
IN has this day filed in the Office Of the
Clerk of the fourteenth Judicial District
Court of the parish of Caleasieu and State OF
Louisiana, his petition praying to be appoint
ed Administrator of the above named Sue
eession.
Now, therefore, all persons therein inter
esJed are notified to file their opposition, II
any they have, in writing, in my office, within
ten days from the publication of this notice,
or the prayer of the petitioner will be granted,
Given under my hand officially, and seal Of
office, in the town of Lake Charles La, on
this, the Eth day of June, A. D. 1885.
FHAD. MAYO,
iuneI2-2t Clerk of said Conf.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13
THE UNITED STATES

TRis Company is oggaHizaI 10 bag, hold, sal,
rant. or 0DeraiS ~ Real Kaafe, efe., for
The DiNEttaI bCasgR5 Of The ISlsdrelsolders
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

PRRslnEEr CLEVELAND will not ac-
cept invitations to college commence
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13
Notice Of Administration
SUCCESSION OF JACOB ANDERSON
RYAN.

E6afssea,H JasCijeial District GoaTt, Rri& O
C8aloaSielf Sac o. LogtiSiasa.--60. SIS
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-13

NOTICE.

So orleaa.. Ia. enc. lss5.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-13
Some of Webster.s Love Letters

From "Reminiscences of Daniel Web
ster," in the Century, we quote the fol-
lowing: Lovers in these days it appears,
were in the habit of sitting up late, or
rather early; and his manner OF letting
his lady know at what time he would
leave her is, to say the least, novel. 1t
reads as follows
"MY Cousin intend to set out
for home from your house at 3 o'clock
D. w.
Miss Grace Fletcher, present.
One day he assisted her in Olsen
tnagling a skein of silk, and, taking up
piece of tape, he said
"Grace, cannot you help me to tie a
knot that will never untie"
She blushingly replied:
81 don't know, Daniel, but l am will
ing to try"
The knot was tied, and though eighty
years have since sped by it lies before
me to-day, time-colored it is true, but
nevertheless still united. have a note
in my possession dated March, 1905, adj
dressed to Miss Grace Fletcher
Miss FLETCHER Monday morning 5
o'clock | expect to 90 out on the stage
for Amherst. If it should consist with
your convenience to ride to Dunstable on
that day, should he happy to be charged
with the duty of attending you. 1t will
probably be in my way to be in Cam
bridge sunday eve, and l can furnish
you passage into town.
Cd. WEBSTER"
Another note in an envelope marked
by Miss Fletcher "Precious Documents
reads as follows:
"DEAR GRACE: was fortunate
enough to be at home Sunday morning
at o'clock, after solitary ride.
with you.
"YOurs entirely d. W.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-13

A number of railroad men were tell
i'm stories at Denver. Reuben Fielding,
an engineer on the South Park road,
said he had experienced wind storms,
and had gone wild on steep grades, but
the worst time he ever had was two
wears ago on the high line to Leadville.
We'd been troubled with the snow
all the way up he said: "but we
thought we'd get through. The further
up we got, however. the worse the drifts
became, and it got so after awhile that
we couldn't tell whether we were on the
track or humping it along on the rocks.
1t got dark, and the storm increased in
severity until it seemed as though the
snow was being shoveled down on us.
Finally we got stuck, and before we
could back out slide occurred that
covered the lear cars about fifty feet
deep. Then we couldn't move either
way. The longer we stayed there the
more certain it became that the train
could never get out of there until spring !;
and after all the cars had been well nigh
buried we decided to abandon them.
That was a mighty risky piece of bust
ness The storm was something terrific.
We couldn't see ten feet ahead, and
every little while we would go in up to
our ears and sometimes deeper yet. We
had to 90 twelve miles of about the hard
est travelling you ever saw this side of
Jordan, and it wore ten pounds off me
in doing it. couldn't move for week
after that. They didn't see the train
again for two months and when the
snow went off it came near being
knocked over with the slides. The rust
was an inch deep on the iron, and most
of the paint had been worn off; but we
gave it good dose of grease, and got
her into Leadville in great shape along
about the middle of April"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-13

paved Streets erected an aqueduct
twenty-seven miles long to bring pure
water from the mountains to the city,
bridged streams, repaired churches which
had been hacked and torn in revolutions,
filed the plazas with beautiful flowers,
and crowned his free school system with
university, bringing learned men from
Germany to fill the chairs.
Finally he established an exposition,
where were exhibited the products of
the country and where its resources were
illustrated by object lessons. He had the
unknown territory of the republic ex-
plored, and then offered large bounty
to steamship companies for every immi-
grant brought into the country. He gives
free land and free passages to every
settler, and two dollars per capita for
each member of the family for five years
after their arrival.
Guzman does not propose that poster
ity shall forget that Venezuela owes al
this progress and improvement to him,
and has therefore not only erected three
statues in his own honor, but has placed
marble tablets all over the town as thick
as lampposts, announcing that this build
ing was put up, or this bridge built, or
this place repaired, or this park laid out
by "that illustrious American, Antonio
Guzman- Blanco, the Pacificator and Re-
generator of Nenezuela.n You can find
one of these in almost every block.
The ex president lives in the finest
house, has the most beautiful wife and
the handsomest horses in Venezuela, be-
side nine children all under fifteen years
of app
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-13
Thumb.Nall Drawings.

In collections, centuries old, to be
seen IN China and Japan, are specimens
CT very peculiar and striking style Of
drawing done with the thumb-nail, which
is allowed to grow very long, then dipped
into ink, and in spirited outline presently
appears the tgure of an animal, Budd-
hist pilgrim, or perchance a bactrian
camel a man, perhaps, with implements
of handicralt hanging from arms and
shoulders, or it may be a wayfarer or
roadside mendicant. Occasionally these
bold touches from the hand of master
in this department of high art " are
life size, and are sketched by a few
sweeps of the artists arm. Like the
simple pen-and-ink sketches of that
country, many of these thumb nail
treasures are mounted and rolled up like
scrolls.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-13
INTO SPACE.

If the sad old world should jump a cog
Some time in its dizzy spinning,
And go off the track with n sudden jog,
What an end would come to the sinning
What rest from strife and the burdens of
life.
For the millions of people in it;
What way out of care and worry and wear,
AL in beautiful minute.
As round the sun with a curving sweep
1t hurrics, and runs, and races,
Shoul it lose its balance, and 10 with n lead
Into the vast sea spaces;
What a blest relief it would bring to the grief,
And the trouble and toll about us,
To be suddenly hurled from the solar world,
And let it go on without us.
With never a sigh or a sad good-by
To loved ones left behind us,
We would go with lunge and mighty
plunge
Where worms nor graves could find us.
What a wild, mad thrill our veins would fill,
AS the great Earth, like a feather,
Should float thro' the air to God knows
where
And carry us all together.
No dark, damp tomb, and no mourner's
gloom
No tolling bell in the steeple,
But in one swift breath a painless death
For million billion people.
What greater bliss could we ask than this
To sweep with a birds free motion
Thro' leagues of space to a resting place
In vast and vapory ocean.
To pass away from this life for aye
With never a dear tie sundered
And a world on fire for our funeral pyre,
While the stars looked ON and wonderedl
Ella Wheeler, in DemOreSt
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-13

When you enter the guest-room in a
mansion of the better class you are at
once impressed with a subtle elegance
and propriety not easily explained. The
room may contain but few simple arti-
Giles of adornment, and the chief, or only
one, may be plant or bouquet. | was
once greatly struck with the unique
beauty and effectiveness of a large and
stainlessly white blossom of peony, ac-
cOmpanied by a single pearl bud,
which was thus made to furnish a draw
ing-room. The art of arranging flowers
has, perhaps, somewhat naturally come
to occupy Il prominent place in japanese
education. Beside the living instructors,
cheap work containing lessons in the art
are widely circulated. The taste and
culture of the householder is brought
to a focus at this point, and the fertility
of invention shown in the adornment OF
this simple recess never fails to interest
one visiting japanese houses. l have
often seen in the place of honor q bit OF
oyster clad rock, or the quarter stump of a
dwarf tree, carved in broad, wavy lines
by the lava Of a large beetle, or ara.
besqued with creamy oranges or brisky
scarlet lichen and set in deep green
many tinted mosses from the dark vel
vet of which spray of tiny fern, OF
feethery plume of some fare woodland
plant, would peep. Then, too, there are
often most subtitle relations of the flowe
itself to the form or color of its contain
ing vessel; and here the refined instincts
of the true artist best display themselves
-FdaLds "NRe ye1rS IN Nip0a."