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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-11-14
Jno. W. May, clerk Of election, April,


Petition of M. J. Rosteet and A, r.
Mitchell, asking an appropriation Of
twenty-five dollars to pay the Parish
Surveyor for supervising the building
of the bridge across Kayosh's Coulee,
was received and read, and on motion,
duly seconded, was laid on the table.
On motion, Mrs Nancy Nugent was
placed upon the paper list.
Petition of G. ID. Welsh, T. M.
Powers, and Others, asking the ap-
pointment of FIVE commissioners to
lay out a public road from Welsh's to
intersect the Lake Charles and 0pe-
lousas road at such point as the com
missioners may designate, was re-
ceiyed, read and referred TO the com
mittee on roads and bridges.
Petition of A. Burnitt, Louis Dou-
cett, and others, asking for public
road leading from near Doucetfs store
crossing the Calcasieu river at Bull
ler's ferry, thence on to the Whiskey-
chitto, was referred to same committee.
Petition of citizens of the second
ward, asking an appropriation to make
Q parish exhibit at the Exposition to
be held in the city of New Orleans,
was referred to the finance committee.
On motion, the Police Jury adj
journed until tomorrow at $50
o'clock a. NJ.
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NO. 81

Committee on Roads and Bridges, laid
over from yesterday.
On motion, duly seconded, said re-
port was unanimously adopted, IN so
far as the appointing Of commission
ers 10 lay out said roads Is concerned,
and the following named parties are
hereby appointed as commissioners 10
lay out said roads:
s. Langley, Paulin Fontenot, Alex.
Verrett, e. M. Powers, G d. Welsh
and Henry Welsh, On the road from
Welsh's to intersect the. OpeIonsas
road.
Louis Doucett, Robert Doucctt,
Emile BnlIer, 6. II. Williams, G. r.
Wrinkle and Louis Leblanc, on the
road from near Ducett's store to the
Whisky Chitto.
Minutes Of the day read and ap-
proved.
On motion, the Police Jury adjourned
until Wednesday, January IS, 1885,
at ii o'clock q. m.
Approved ; ]. w. BRvANs
President Police Jury.
Attest: ]. B. KIRKMAE,
Clerk Police Jury.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-11-14
Din,ae Novels.
New York Harald.

New York Herald
A youth brought up on novcls is
pretty sure 10 have an over-stimulated
imagination aud no common sense.
To walk up the steps Of marble pal
aces and come into contact with he
roes and heroines Of phenomenal yir-
tues and vices is apt 70 unfit boy for
splitting wood for tho kitchen stove
or doing chores about tho housc.
After spending the evening Ia con
suming the dime novel and breath
lessly following the fortunes Of women
with sanity faces and men with over
grown mustaches, every day life seems
q little biz insipld, and 1t becomes
hard to crawl out OF bed at 8 o'clock
in the morning, with the mercury at
zero, and 70 60 to the Office to sweep
the floor for $3.50 week,
What our boys need is less spice
and more corn beef Good solid read
ing which make them feel that they
are in their glory when they are bur-
nishing the brass on the shop door be-
cause II Is the first step in the upward
climb, is what they onght to have. A
single book which makes drndgeFy de-
lightful because II is q good beginning
is better than Thousand which in
flame the fancy and render real life
tastelcss. The dime novel Is tho right
bower of the devil when he is playing
for boys head and heart.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-11-14

To The President and Members Of the Polics
Jury;
We the undersigned committee, 70
whom was referred the report of The
Treasurer, after having carefully ex-
amined. the same, find IL correct, and
recommend that the same be received
-of the amount of redeemed warrants,
as per Treasurer's report, amounting
to $2,27l.43; $I,4l8 ll-1oo Of said
amount was embodied in his report Of
July 16, 1885.
Respectfully submitted,
DEMpsY lies, Chm'n.
JAS. CoLE,
ISAAC NIcHoLs.
Committee on Finance made the
following report, which was, on mo-
tion, unanimously apoptcd:
TO the President and Members Of the Police
Jury;
We the undersigned committee, to
whom was referred the petition Of citi-
zens Of the second ward, asking for
an appropriation sufficient 10 make an
exhibit Of the products Of this parish
at the American Exposition at New
Orleans, beg leave to report unfayor-
ably on the same.
DEMPsy lies, Chm'n.
JAMES CoIE,
ISAAC NIoHoLs.
Tax Collector made tho following
report, which was referred to the FL
nance Committee
TAXES COLLECTED FROM July /, TO SEPT. 30,
1885.
Parish Tax, 1884, ......,......... 7777
Licenses, 1885, acknowledgements. 169 80
Total amount collected. ~. ,..... S1783 5s
(Signed) o. NJ. RICHARD,
Deputy Tax Collector.
On motion the Police Jury adjourned |
until to morrow morning at $50
o'clock.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-11-14

For enterprise, push and q desire to
get such goods as will give the trade
satisfaction, VIM. Meyer, the Druggist,
leads all competition. He sells DR..
Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup, be-
caHse its the best medicine on tho mar
ket for Coughs, Colds, Group and Pri-
mary Consumption Price 80 cents and
$l.00. Samples free.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-11-14
CURE FOR PILES.

Piles are frequently preceded by sense of
weight In the back, loins and lower part of
the abdomen, causing the patient TO suppose
he has some affection of the kidneys or neigh
boring organs At times, symptoms Of indi-
gestion are present, fatuleney, uneasiness of
the stomach, etc. A moisture, like perspira-
ton, producing very disagreeable itching,
after getting warm, Is a common attendant.
Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles yield at
once TO the application of DIR. Bosanko's Pile
Remedy which acts directly upon the parts
affected, absorbing the Tumors, allaying the
intense itching, and effeeting permanent
cure Price so cents Address, The Dr. Bo-
sanko Medicine Co., Piqua, o. Sold by VIM
MEYER, Lake Charles, La.
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The Cl,arenton CannI.

Tines Democrat.
The people ef the parish 81 ST,
Mary, Interested In the Gharenton
Canal, connecting Grand Lake with
Bayon Teche. have held tneetlng al
Oharenton, and adopted resolutions,
calling upon Congress 10 order that
the appropriation already malc for
that canal shall 30 expended only for
il, and supplemented BY an additional
appropriation suiiieiens 10 carry Tho
work through to completion, Ihoy
express 3 fear lest the niQnay given for
this purpose shall be set apart for soma
other work, which they declare viii
not be Of as great a yalae to the pens
pie of that section,
The canal will shorter the distance
between the upper Techs and tho
AtehafaIaya, VIZ Grand Luke, and Win
place siiat section IN neasaE and eiosef
cpmmnnieatIoH with New Orleans;
and IN many 0thof respects, win be
Of CREST benefit 70 The Almkepaa,
The demand ihat i'll appropriation
mslle specifically for lha chaTeatpn
Gapal, ahall ~ eSpeBded feF il and
not diverted y an9thef sngtfpfIae y
certeinly reasonable ard irst one.
gRaiuet which good objaeslpH ean
scarcely lse raisel
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-ChiIlg aud fever, ague, bilious an,

-Chiils aud fever, ague, bilious and
maarial fevel-s yield at once to XXI
Chill Cure. Take one bottle accord
ing to directions, and If it docs not
benefit you, return the bottle to dealer
and he will refund amouDt paid for il.
For sale by DR.. w. A. Knapp, Lake
Charles N. ID. Gcnkliu d Co, Hong-
ton, Tex. noy22 ly
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-11-14

General Beausegard and Gen. Early
are paid six thousand year each by
the Louisiana Lottery Company for
watching the wheel turn once a month
and giving their names as advertise
ments.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-11-14
TnuRsnAY. NoY. 5. 1ss6.

Police Jury met pursuant to adjourn
ment, Present: j. w. Bryan, Pres
ident, Dempsy lies, James Cole, d. A.
Lyons and Isaac Nichols. Absent |;
J. t. Hewett, VIM. Vincent and d. D,
Andrus.
Minutes Of yesterday were read and
approved.
The Finance Committee, to whom
was referred the report of the Tax
Collector reported that they had care
fully examined the same and found it
correct, and recommended that IL be
approved and accepted by the Police
Jury.
On motion, duly seconded, the
above report was unanimously
adopted,
Petition of H. w. lies asking per-
mission to change the public road
leading from Sugar Creek bridge to
Sugartown, so as to pass on the east
side Of his farm instead Of through
lane, was received, read and referred
to the Committee on Roads and
Bridges.
To the Hon. President and Members Of the
Police Jury;
We the undersigned committee, to
whom was referred the petition Of II.
w Hes, asking that tho road be
changed leading from Sugar creek
bridge TO Sugartown, so ds to pass on
the east side of II. w. lies farm;
said lies agreeing to give the right Of
way on his own land, reports on Same
fayorably, and recommend that the
old road be kept open until the new
road is completed.
(Signed) JAS. CoLE, Chm'n,
ISAAC NIoHoLs.
On motion, the above report was
unanimously adopted.
The following petition was received,
read and referred to the finance COM
mittee
TO the Honorable Police Jury Of Calcasieu
Parish, La.
Gentlemen-We the undersigned
officers Of tho Babcock Phoenix Hook
and Ladder Co, No. !, wonld respect
fully petition your Honorable Body to
grant our company an equal share Of
the appropriation made by ynu at
yonr last meeting for the Fire Depart
ment Of Lake Charles. We now have
our apparatus ready for service at a
moments call and sufficient active
members that are ready and willing to
work for the good of the public Our
charter was drawn up at the October
meeting and duly awaits the sigma
turc Of the District Attorney,
j, +. GoonLErT, President.
ID. j. REID, Vice President.
A. @. GoRDoN, Secretary,
w. A. FNAPP, Foreman.
4 a. ST. 6AUDIEs, lst ASST,
j. A. KIEpER, I'd Asst.
70 the President and members Of the Police
Jury;
Your Committee ITO whom you re-
fefrcd the petition Of j i, Goodletl,
President Babcock Phnnix Hook and |
Ladder Company No. /, and others,
beg leave to report nnfagorahly there
on, for the following reason Tho
therein referred 70 has
already been appoFtioped between the
Lake Charles Fire Company No. l,
and The Phmnix Hook and Ladder
GO. No. l..
Respectfully submitted,
DEMFsy lies, Chairman,
JAMES cox,
Isaac NIqHoIs
On motion, the above report vas
adopted,
J. w Bryan presented the following |
resolution which, on mQlion dnly nee
onded; was unanimously ndopfca
Resoiged, Thas hereafter Il shall be
the duty af the Gogoners and Justices
Of The Peace holding coronera in-
quests, % present at tie same time 70
Oils Body i fun abd complete aecopat,
ID Eec9fdaace with las, ol AZ expenkes
of gnch inquest that 4be aaid o'ains
saay ~ Be considered apd astea upon
at one lime.
Nj Gole called up tlie report cf the !
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-11-14

~. w. Davidson, OF Evergreen,
Ala,, says, for years / have been trou-
bled with Agne and Dumb Chills, my
whole system was impreguated with
Malaria in lis most malignaEt form,
three boxes Of Morse'a Agne Magnets
thoroughly cured me. at cost Of fifty
cents per hox, When | had expended
hundreds Of dollars with physicians. r
For sale by WA MEYER. Lake CHARLES,
y
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-11-14
HIOrse's Ague HIagnets.

Gentlemep-Piease ship us at once
two more gross Of your wonderful chill
and malaria remedy. IL gives universal
satisfaction and il the best seller We
have ever bad, because it doesall you
claim for it. Yours truly, %. W. TAY-
LoR, Jefferson. Texas.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-11-14

Npal Webster mastered twelve Ian
guages after he was fifty years old.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-11-14
RespeetfuIIy AuhmilEea

w. " huFeHINs, Treasurer.
The above report was referred To-
the Ge,rnittee ou FiEsHee
The commissioners appointed At q
previous lneesing Of this Boa-d 70 lay
oft . public road from near ParkeF's
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-11-14
WEDNESDAY. Nov. 4, 1885.

Police Jury met pursuant to ad-
iournment. Present: j. w. Bryan,
d. A. Lyons, Dcmpsy Hes, James
Cole and Isaac Nichols. Absent; ].
II. Hewitt, d. D. Andrus and VIM.
Vincent.
Minutes Of yesterday were read and
approved.
Committee on Roads and Bridges
made The following report;
To the President and members Of the Police
Jury:
Your Committee Oh Roads and
Bridges beg leave TO report favorably
on petition of G. D. Welsh and others,
and recommend that 5000 be appro-
priated to assist in building bridge
across East Lacasine. Also fayorably.
on petition Of citizens Of the first
ward asking for public road from
DoucetBs store 10 the Whiskey Chitto.
{Signed) JAS. CoLE, Chairman,
ISAAC NfoHoLs
On motion, the above report was
received and laid over for further con
sideration.
The Treasurer presented the follow,
ing report
TREAsURER's nzroRE eAl.cAssnu pAalsH.
1885.
July le--To balance on hand ,s. 96ae GO
isctor ..s.....s.s....ss...s.sss. !, - = ~ 17ss Ss
eSs5p e&
eRgplss,
BY warrants on hAnd, reaeemog 3 al e
BY csah On hand, i. Z. -. .sss 1875 ~
z2a5g q
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-11-14

What card does girl with several
lovers resemble 2 The apecn Of
hearts.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-11-14

Judge James Jackson. the Chief
Justice pf Georgia. man of eminent
ability and upimpeacleble character,
says From experience, ! think 8.
S. S. very valuable remedy for cuta-
neous diseases, and At ahe aanae time
-, $50, ss4sgaftt,fS x0f,ie
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-11-14

Envy is the vinegar that furnishes
all the silver in our nature.
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Police Jury Proceedings.
NOVEMBER SESSION, 1885.
TuEspAY, Nov. 8, 1885.

TUESDAY, NOV. ., 1850.
Police Jury met on this Sd day Of
November at 10 o'clock a. M, at the
Court House, in the town of Lake
Charles, this being the regular meet
ing. The roll was called and the fol-
lowing members answered to their
names, viz: j. w. Bryan, president;
D. A. LYONS, James Cole and j. T.
Hewitt. There being no quorum the
Board adjourned until o'clock p. m.
8 p. m.-Police Jury met pursuant
to adjournment. The roll being called
the following members answered to
their names, viz: J. w. Bryan, pres
ident; d. A. Lyons, James Cole,
Demsy lies and Isaac Nichols. Alb
sent: ]. I. Hewitt, VIM. Vincent and
ID. d. Andrus.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
No reports from any committees.
The following claims were present.
ed, read and referred TO the committee
on claims viz.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-11-14

JANIS JAcKsoN,
Chief Justice Of Georgia.
Atlanta. septenber Is. 1854.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-11-14

ASENTLEMEN---f ptlF Gpmmltlee OH
Claims beg leave 70 report that they:
have examined all claims referred to
them, and hnd them correct. and
recommend their approval, except the
claim Of DF, J. N. Colby for 81 mile
age, embraced ii bib claim for ripqpestl
aud burial expenses amounting 70 eEe,
over tie body of EDWARD JoDes. Also
tbat of D. i Raad for sl0b.2o. We
approve sll tbia account except the
500 fol- twenty days services 10 et-
tendance op District coprt, which we
find, op exaainipg she jaw, should be
agpgegsd bg tIe biaisAet Judge.
(signed pEarsz il Aairspan,
Isaac hscies
Ccmnittae on fnenae Hads Che togs
loving report whieh oa pqHen, Nes
unanimously adopted
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Onmotion the Police Jury adjourned
until to morrow morning at $50
o'clock.
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eRgBITs,
BY warrants on band, redeemed e31 q
By cslah On hand, Z. I. -. ..s 1875 81
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-01-16
A Sense of Honor.

The following is taken from an edi-
torial in The Century for December:
There is little doubt that the thing
which most needs to be preached to
this generation of Americans, by min
listers of the gospel. by both clerical
and lay instructors of the youth, BY all
who have public influence or private
authority, is-a sense of honor! 1t must
be shown and insisted upon that every
position in life where one person is en-
ployed by another to do certain work,
imposes an obligation to fulfill the du-
ties of the place with an honorable and
disinterested regard for the interests of
the employer. 1t must be shown that
this view of employment applies to the
cook, the errand-boy, the cashier, the
legislator, the Governor, the President.
This is trite, and apparently simple,
and perhaps somewhat stupid view of
the opportunities of smart and
ambitious young American of our day;
but unless this commonplace view of
responsibility is laid hold of by increas-
ing numbers in the future UT coun-
try, we will not say that our society
will go to pieces, but we will say that
our calamities will increase, and that
we will get into troubles, and not soon
out of them, compared with which the
dangers and distress of the past will
seem almost insignificant.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-01-16
Proverbial Philosophy BY the Hotel
Clerk.

Paste it in your hat that the people
of the highest position and greatest i'm
portance, as a rule, make the least
trouble.
1t may seem an absurd proposition to
some people, but hotel clerks were re-
ally not invented for the sole purpose
of answering foolish questions.
1t isn't the 'sloudest" or most loEdl y
person who receives the greatest atten-
ton. Every hotel in the land has shell
tered bigger men than you.
Don't spend half your time ND trying
to devise ingenious ways to make trouble
for the servants, and the other half in
making a row over your bill.
A little genuine ciyility to walters
and employees goes further than an at
tenuated ''tip'-and further than big
Tip" with the politeness left out.
The hotel was not built for the ex-
press convenience and exclusive &C
commodation of any one person. This
is official, and it will pay you to re-
member it.
There may be plenty of faults about
the hostelry you honor with your pres
ence, but don't make the mistake OF
trying to correct them. There is moth
ing in the Constitution of the United
States to force you to remain if you are
not satisfied. -HoteL Register.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-01-16
R. L. Murdoch & Son,
Hushlouuh<e> 61a.zz,1s.
Near Port Tobacco Station.

lust received the fashions for Spring AMI
- Summer, they are now prepared to nuke
suits in the most fashionable style-Scourinr
Repairing, Cleaning, Binding. Goats tnrnri
Al the shortest notice and che ,p. One of them
can lie found in Port Tobacco ever Tuesday,
and Saturday, prepared to take measures AMI
receive materials. ork delivered in Port To-
hacco it desired Thankful for past favors, we
solci, the same pltrontge AMI Satisfaction
guaranteed
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-01-16
The Universal Christmas Feast.

1t would have been wild prediction
OF the optlmlst three centuries ago
that the time would ever come when on
one day in the year everybody in Chris
tendon would have a good dinner.
And yet it is almost realized. The Cos
pei of humanity has almost reached the
point. 1t is perhaps a wasteful and ex-
cessive mode of showing our humanity,
but there is this good about it, that the
feasibility of accomplishing it on one
day will suggest the possibility of max
ing at least decent dinners more COM
mon to people generally, and that
when man has once tasted the pleas
ure of prodigal meal, he may be in
duced to some personal eXertion of in
dustry and thrift to procure himself the
pleasure again.
We know by statistics that there is
food enough to satisfy everybody if it
were properly distributed. and the les
son that it can be distributed one dav
is most important one. The danger
of course is that it is human nature to
depend upon charity when once charity
Is accepted, and so to lose the one price
less thing to any man, which is indie
pendence. But the beauty of Christmas
is in its recognition of common hui
manity and common dependence on
something beyond humanity, and the
charity of it is not condescension
that can puff anybody up or hurt any
mans pride, but a diffused good feeling,
and drawing together in a common
fete of all sorts and conditions of men.
Here in the United States it is literal
w NJ oil
ling of people under one privilege alb
solutely unparalleled. And to enjoy
the Christmas of humanity we are not
required to eat the same sort of dinner.
any more than we are required to have
the same sort of creed. The plantation
negro with 'possum fat and coon
drown cracklin, wild graby-go way
dar chile. } is just as much alive to the
odor of the anniversary as the English
denizen with his Evolutionary roast
beef and plum-pudding. We have
learned by the hard discipline of new
country that we can make very thank
full meal for the day out of wild turkey
and canvas-back ducks, flanked by
green goose, with appropriate accom-
panlments. People can get used to
anything if they only have the right
spirit.
Indeed, it has been said that it is not
so much what we eat on Christmas day
as what we give away that raises our
spirits; but this is to be understood
within limits, for it cannot be denied
that there is such a thing as universal
hunger on Christmas day that will not
be allayed any more in the case of
rich man than poor man by the re-
membrance of a good deed warmed
over. But the best sauce to a good
dinner is the thought that nobody else
within reach is hungry. And better
even than the dinner of the day is the
universal spirit of goodwill that broad
ems year by year, and deepens, we are
sure. The Drawer has not intended to
make homily by way of accompani-
ment to anybody's repast, and is salts
fed if it can send a light ripple of
laughter round the world-Charles
Dudley Warner, in Harper's Magazine
for December.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-01-16

Messrs. Miller and Lux, two cattle
Kings of the Pacific coast, were poor
men twenty years ago, and are now
rated as worth $S,0O0,000 to $4,000
600. They have about 10000 head of
cattle and $4,000 head of sheep, of
which latter they kill 5000 per month
They own an irrigating canal worth
S1.000,000, fences 800 miles in length
Ga fortune in itselD in California &C.,
900 acres of land, in Nebraska 10000
acres, and $4,000 acres Of alfalfa grass.