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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29
Letter from Jennings.

JENNINGS, La, Aug II, 1885.
Editor Lake Charles Echo:
1t now appears that no cattle have
been killed by jumping on our
barbed wire fences, and we would like
the Judge to tell us what the fences
had to do with killing the hog he
mentions. The proof he requires can
be had by applying to the Northern
settlers. 1t provokes a smile with
those reading his article on a deaf
mans tramping about for an Office.
The Office we most need inst now is a
Notary Public, whose home is in Jen-
nings, and not be obliged to hunt the
country over for the one that lives
four and a half miles from town.
The enterprisimg, aoide-asOdke istdbi-
tdats of Louisiana are sending ont cir
cnlars, and organizing immigrant so
cieties, and this, with the untiring
efforts of the editor of onr most enter
prising and valuable paper (the EoHo)
is what is turning the tide of immigra-
ton towards Southwestern Louisiana !;
and IL is from tins stvle of men that.
we look for assistance in revising the
laws Of this State that now interfere
Nth ;ts sneedv settlement 1Deads
must be acknowledged, highways es-
tablished and worked, and many other
things done. and Il reon;rae ;nst;cas
h;ohway eomm;ss;oners notary nnhIics
ETC., ana n ordertto sboid these oaAces
q man mnst have rasi5ed w;,h;n his
state one.baIf . decade 10 he eligihIe
This NAV ba adm;rahla in tha oldar
settled norton Of Iouis;ana Int "a
yarv damaging IN ibis nar;sh now 90
fsst saftI;nS almost excI,,s;vely with
non.res;5en1s What wonld have beeni
the effaet of this law bad n axisted II
the graat West wbere cities haze
snrnng mn as II were n . nigbt lie
4 ,nnsbraoma
We saw'tbe naed of a change in
This order ~. things Ilast sn,;no when.
the town was efSlI If lana s1ookers
MANY transfers were made. some
waited i number of davs gbile otbers
went to I,al,e 'Charles I'd get .tbei,l
deeds ,ackpowIedged ana 10 ahate Mia
nuisance. narties Z Started ont ~ end 4
man to take the Office Of notary ,but
/ n,,,ld Il "A l,,,t h ,as, -, i = 4l+ =;
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

The first Prohibition State Conven-
tionsever held in this State, assembled
at Shreveport on the 18th inst, with
a large attendance of delegates. The
committee on resolutions, in their dec
lsration of principles reported that
the sale of intoxicating liquors is
greatly detrimental to the masses that
the temperance movement is non-par-
tisan and non-sectarian and seeks only
TO enlist the active cooperation of all
patriotic and law abiding citizens,
irrespective of race or party; appointed
an executive committee for the State,
which is composed of one delegate
from each Congressional District and
three from the State at large, who
shall inaugurate local committees in
each parish in the State as soon as
thought practicable.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

The Thibodaux Sentinel nails the
Democratic colors on the outer walls,
when it says ITO indulge in honest
criticism of the official conduct of
public officers is quite proper, but the
wanton and useless denuDciation Of
our Democratic leaders, who rnle by
the grace of an overwhelming major
ity Of the best people in the State, is
as disgusting as it isfutiIe." The same
journal says: 'fThe reform mug
wnmps Of Louisiana might as well
come ont squarely on the Republican
platform, and acknowledge that their
mission is to disorganize the Demo
cratic party, 80 that another, era Of pc,
gro supremacy can be inaugurated in
this State"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

The editor Of the Marksyille Bale
tin is possessed Of level head, as the
following, taken from that most ex-
ceIlent paper will show: aSome Of
our exchanges are reproaching Gov.
AlcEnery for having made bis appoint
ments from the ranks Of bis own
friends. While we can point TO many
instances where Governor McEneEy
has appointed men Of the opposing
political faction. still lone could find
any klan'e against him o. any iExeen-
tive shat rewarded those shat be-
friendeahim. Theone who turns his
back np0n hsa fsseada Is a man ma.
worthy Of political promotion and 10
asy that Coy. AioKnag has rewarded
Ellis friends i but % honor ths man.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

The Northwestern Latgt6er8aag, is of
the opinion that nothing would more
tend to strengthen the log and lumber
market this fall than the pursuit of a
prudent course of the operators abolt
putting in logs the coming winter
The ambitious may calculate on a
prodigious demand next season, and
90 into the woods for an immense in
put this fall; but it will be time
enough for great stakes toward spring.
A moderate crop, put in without rush
or extra expense, will result in more
money next season than al over
whelming amount that would be likely
to break down the market The same
conservative course that has been pur-
sued this year should be maintained
still longer.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

The Natcbez Miss Democrat says:
The way to build up town and keep
it lively is for all its citizens to work
together tremendously; to be liberal
in all things; to advertise disereetly;
to keep up with the times; to treat
strangers well and 10 patronize the
town papers literally. A few narrow
contracted, parsimonious, mean, back
biting men can do more to keep a
town down than double their number
of liberal men can do to build it up.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

A LITTLE boy aged II years, named
Louis V. LeGrande, died in the city
of New Orleans on the 25th inst. from
hydrophobia, caused from the bite of
a dog some two months previous.
This makes the third fatal case of by
drophobia in that city within the last
year. In our opinion parents cannot
be too careful about children playing
with dogs, as a mere laoeration of the
skin by a canine may months after
cause hydrophobia.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29
Aarsn.r.arsI EsoIsher.x.


We are indebted to Mr.. Brooks,
brother Of our railroad agent at this
place, for the following particulars, as
related to him, Of dastarllly attempt
to rob the West bound freight train
on the Louisiana Western Railroad,
made at about i o'clock on the morn
ing of the 95thinBt., at Shoates' Prli-
RE, in this parish, between West
Lake Charles and Sulphur Mine sta
ton. The would.be robbers were
seven in number, four white and three
.colored men, and were armed with
carbines and knives.
To effect stoppage of the train a
dummy" that is stuffed suit of
clothes representing a man, was placed
on the track, which the cars ran over
before the train could be checked up.
The engineer saw the object, and be-
lieving a man had been killed, stopped
the train, and he and the fireman
started back to see if such was the
case, and when three or four cars
back from the locomotive they were
met bv some of the robbers, who al
ready had the conductor in charge,
and forcibly detained until the bal
anee of the highwaymen could carry
out their hellish designs.
However, Mr.. Mayo, the engineer,
was allowed to return to his engine,
leaving the conductor still in durance
vile, In parleying with the robbers,
the conductor kept inching his way
back towards the engine, and when
near enough he signaIed the engineer
to cut loose from the train, which he
Immediately did and made good time
for Sulpher City, it being the nearest
station, where he procured the assist
ance of several citizens and returned
at once, but by the time the engineer
got back the villains had made tracks
and left. The only mischief done was
the breaking of the seals of several
cars. The train was detained about
four hours. The impression is that
the robbers thought this to be the
passenger train, and anticipated big
haul.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29
SAQRTFYoLNe LulrRER.

A CORRESPONDENT writing from
Beaumont, Texas, to the northeastern
LunsbeTmaR on the lumber situation
in Texas, for The past year, says
''While at the present there are evil
dences of a general revival and sub
stantial Improvement throughout the
State, owing to the cotton crop pros
poets, the feast viii not be Of very
long duration for the reason that most
all sections of the State have suffered
for want of rain until within the last
few days, which will no doubt cut the
cotton somewhat short of first calcnla-
tions. We hope to finish unloading
our surplus lumber and be in more
healthy condition next year, but after
paying up old debts most of us will
not have enough left to worry about.
Most of the mill men at Lake Charles,
Orange and this place, as well as along
the Sabine and East Texas Railway,
have been and still are shipping large
amounts at very low prices. Everyone
is anxious to unload TO get money TO
pay debts and cancel interest accounts.
The present volume Of shipment is
larger than was ever made at this time
of the year before. We have known
of as high as $50 cars of lumber and
shingles being shipped over this road
per day several times recently, and
even more would 90 if cars and help
could be had for getting it off As
before noted, our lumbermen hope to
get ont without heavy losses before
January /, and then no doubt most of
us will be like some who have gone
before and got burned-afraid of fire.
At least we will have a good deal of
experience if nothing else. We do
not believe there will be as large stocks
of lumber and shingles next year as
there have been this, but there will be
more money made with less work to
make it,
So far as Lake Charles mill men are
concerned in the above, we must say
that we have heard of no great sacri-
fees being made on their part. A
good deal of lumber has recently been
sold at this point, and at prices which
might be considered low, but, neverthe-
less, we have not heard of any sales that |
would warrant the assertion that they |
are sacrificing their humber On the
contrary, We are informed by promi-
nent mill man that he has orders enough |
ahead to keep his mil running till the
middle Of October, and this Of itself |
would seem to Justify US in saying,
that if they were compelled to sell
lumber at a sacrifice it appears strange
that cutting continues.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

A FARMER in Bienyille parish few
days ago, while blowing in his field
unearthed an old iron pot containing
$1,000 in gold, supposed to have been
buried during the late war.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

A NUMBER of lawyers of the Louis
lana country bar, met last Monday, at
the Court House in Alexandria, pur-
suant to a call of Hon. Don Gallery,
of St. Mary, and organized themselves
into a Bar Association, and elected
the following officers: Don Gallery,
of St. Mary, president; ]. W. Burgess,
of East Baton Rouge, and E. North
CullOm, of Avoyelles, vice-presidents;
S. p Greeves, of East Baton Rouge,
treasurer, and John c. Wickliffe, of
Grant, secretary. A constitution gov
erning the association was adopted,
and Baton Rouge was selected as the
place, and the second Monday of the
next session of the Legislature as the
time for the next meeting.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

The Police Jury of Tsngipahoa
parish, on the 18th inst, under special
call, reduced the railroad assessment
made by them last July, from $4,000
to Sc, 1000, the company having shown
to the satisfaction of the jury that the
road was not worth more than $4,000
per mile,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

TIE total assessed valuation of Ter
rebonne parish, for the year 1885, is
sl,sos, $50, which is 500, 600 less than
that of 1884. This falling off is at
tributed by the Courier to the general
commercial depression which has pre-
vailed throughout the country for the
past twelve months.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

CONGRESSMAN BLANCHARD, in a let
ter to a North Louisiana constituent,
says that it was through the influence
of the ''Gibson group" that Mr.. Jonas
was made Collector of the Port of
New Orleans.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

A MAN named John Purdou, aged
30 years, committed suicide in the city
of New Orleans last Sunday. Ger
tainly this is vivid confirmation of
the old saving, that ian old fool is
the biggest fool"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

A rERRrRLE hurricane prevailed on
the Atlantic coast last Tuesday, the
25th inst, extending from Connecticut
to Florida. 1t was particularly severe
at Charleston, s. c., and Savannah,
Ga. At Charleston, property to the
value Of 81 ,o0o. 900 was destroyed and
several lives were lost.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

THERE were 5918 new cases and
1850 deaths of cholera in Spain on the
25th inst. The epidemic is increasing
at Marseilles and Toulon, France.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

THE tax rate in New York city this
year is s9.4O per 500, as compared
with 1925 last year. The assessed
value Of the real and personal estate
in the city is sl,s7l,ll7,o 08, of which
S2O2, e73, 1866 is personal estate.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

The sugar and cotton crops through
ont the State are very good, and
promise large yield. There is, how
ever, too much rain at present, and in
consequence, fears of the caterpillar.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29
Notice of Administration
F6Uriee11N Judicial District Court, Parrish Of
CdlcdStest State Of LOstiSidna.-NO. 52l.
SUCCESSION OF VALENTINE SIMMONS, DECD.

SUCCESSION OF VALENTINE SIMMONS, DRC'D
Wy HEREAS, W. o. Green and Ezra z.
" Young, of said parish, have filed their
petition in the office Of the Clerk of said
Court, applying to be appointed administra-
tors OF said above mentioned and entitled
succession. Now, therefore, public notice is
hereby given to all parties interested to show
cause If any they have, in writing within ten
days from the publication hereof, why said
application should not be granted, and said
appointment made as prayed for.
Witness the Hon. s. d. Read, Judge of said
Court, at Lake Charles, La, this 18th day of
August, 1886 THAD. MAYO,
aug 242t Clerk of said Court
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

NEWSPAPERS, like individuals en-
joying public trust, should be consist
ent in their professions. A newspaper
that voices thing one week as bene-
fetal to the public welfare, and then
turns around in its next issue and con
dennis the same thing as injurious and
Objectionable to the majority of the
people, deserves to be placed in the
category of a chronic fault finder.
Such actions are never resorted to in
respectable journalism, without an ex.
PLANTATION of the cause, and we are
prone to say that a paper conducted
on any other principle than fair play
10 both friend and foe, has nothing in
view but petty malice, which in the
long run will work detrimental to its
standing in the community which il
seeks to sow seeds of dissention.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

MIss MINNIE WALLACE, who mar
ried Gen. J. R. WallSup, of Emporia,
Kansas, about a month ago, and her
cousin, VIM. ID. Willis, aged 10 years,
were arrested in Emporia, on Satur-
day last, on suspicion of having poi
soned the General, who died in that
city very suddenly on that day There
evidently mnst be some mistake about
the matter, as it would be too severe
a tax on human eredplity to believe
that an educated, refined and iatelIi-
gent young lady, sueh as Miss Wal
lace no doubt was, conld think Of poi
soning her husband to whom she had
been married only "a month, and with
whom she was living happily. Mrs.
Walkup was raised in the city Of New
Orleans, and her mother resides al
222 Canal street. The case is being
rightly Investigated By the authorities
and 20 iepbt when the facts are OBJ
tanned airs. Walkup willlbeIhonorably
exonegated.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

ASoUTHERN Forestry Congress is to
to held at DE Fnniak Springs, Florida,
some time in the early part of Deccm-
Der next.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

Mrs. JENNIE G. Nixon, of New Or
leans, has been appointed Superintend-
emit Of Woman's Work at the coming
American Exposition.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

a KILLING frost fell on the night of
the Gath inst. in the northern part of
Minnesota. The temperature fell to
81 degrees above zero.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

THE New York Mail and Express
says that there are rumors Of . bad
break between Mr. Hilder, the sage Of
Csramarcy Park, and President Cleve-
land, principally because Of the Fed
eral appointments in that State. Mr.,
TiIden does not take kindly to mug
wump tactics, and haas declared.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

TIE Iberyille South advocates the
abregation Of the present penitentiary
lease and wants the State to take
charge of the conyicts and utilize them
in building the leyees Of the State.
We fayortbe abrogation of the lease
system, but we are opposed to work
ing convict labor outside Of the pen
itentiary walls, thus bringing it in
competition with honest labor, and
Offering, as il were, a kind of pre-
nlinm on crime. No, we say. Letsthe
convict be employed within the walls
cf the penitiary, whore he was sen.
tsaeed to confinement, and Jet the
legees be bnilt by honest labor Of the
State. a felen that IS senieneedi TO
close confinement should be kept
within The walls Of the prison, and
heaest laboring people should been.
cearged By furnishing them employ
ment
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

TIM rice crop of this State is the
finest ever known, while the acreage
is much larger than ever before.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

NJ. S. POWELL, the defaulting ex-
Sheriff of East Carroll parish, died at
Lake Providence on the night of the
22d inst.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29
Scaled Proposals.

TN accordance with resolution of the PO-
i lice Jury Of the parish Of Calcasieu,
adopted at its last regular meeting, notice is
hereby given that sealed proposals will be
received by the undersigned, for the next
ten days, for medical attention on prisoners
confined in the Parish Jail, for the year 1886.
These sealed proposals are to be opened at
the next regular meeting (November 3, 1885
of the Jury for consideration by that body.
J. W. BRYAN,
President Police Jury.
Lake CHARLES. La. Aug. %. 1856.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

LurcHrER & MOORE, of Orange
Texas, are showing their tram-road in.
to the pineries of Galcasieu rapidly.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

"A TALLEDxGA, Ala, special of the
Gath inst. to the Montgomery 4aUsr-
tiSer SAYS that ]. Fl. McGowan killed
and dressed a pig for barbecue on
the night of the 23d. His three chill
dren, aged II, 9 and A years, saw the
process Of butehering the pig. The
next day MeGowan left home, and the
children agreed to repeat the process
of the day before. Having no pig
the two older children proceeded to
butcher the youngest. They cut its
throat and hung it up by the heels, as
the pig had hung, and were proceed
ing to disemboweli it when their mother
discovered the terrible tragedy.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

The true name Of the St. Louis
trunk murderer turns out to be ii. Al.
Brooks, and not Maxwell.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

CoTroN worms have made their ap
pearance in Sabine parish.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29


TIM unwilling Of the tablet in the
hall of the new Courthouse of Iberia
to the memory of the late d. Ulger
Broussard, took place last Sunday, in
the presence Of a large gathering Of
the people Of the town of New Iberia.
Capt. Dudley Avery, president of the
Police Jury, after short and appro-
pirate speech suitable TO the occasion,
unveiled the tablet, which bears the
following inscription: dominique
Ulger Bronssard, born August 4,
1888; died june IS, 1886. Erected by
Iberia parish in gratefnlireeognition
of his unseIfish and distinguished pub
lie services"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29
ANaol.A. La. April ae. 1854.

DR.. 6. H Tiehsnori
Bear Sir;--ln answer 10 yepr in
qniEy Al 10 results Of the use Of yoni
AHliseptic Refrlgerant on my places,
wish stack aud IN my camps. 4 cheer
fully certify that, III no case where
we have sF;ed il, has il failed 70
aasasr The purposes claiinea TOR II.
Foar abedieHt servant;
a. ~ 5AMRs,
Lessee State Penitentiary.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

F. M. Q. FEM has just filed $50
suits in the District Court at Hons
ton, Texas, for the heir of Mary E..
Westberford, of Tennessee, to get pos
session of s35 pieces of land in the
ObediaDee Smith survey and three
blocks on Main street. Suits to get
possession of $1,000 acres of land in
Cherokee, Henderson, Rusk, Corryell,
Bexsr, Medina, Lsmpasas and Hous-
ton counties, and $4,000 worth Of
property in Austin have been entered.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

All theminatea and Pspsrs Of the
sa4e session az the Is0nisinaa Educa-
iIonal Association, held & Monroe,
wsFe destroyed ay sbe baraing Of tbr
EibbIapd depot laSt aoaday night
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

Notice TO Taxpayers.

NTOTICE is hereby given that the Tax
In Rolls of the year 1895 have been turned
over to me, and that am now ready to col
lect the taxes of 1885.
Office In ECHO Building
o. NJ. MARSH,
Corporation Tax Collector,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

The signature of Hon. Louis St.
Martin, Congressman elect from the
First District, was forged to recon-
mendation for the appointment of DR..
W. II. Hire as one Of the Pension
Board of examining surgeons for the
city of New Orleans. AS soon as the
forgery was discovered Mr.. St. Martin
telegrsphed the fact to the Commls-
sioner of Pensions at Washington,
which had the effect of laying DR..
Hire a little higher on the dead shelf,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

BusISEss in Galveston as looking mp,
The Ne@s says the wholesale grocers
Of that city report canntry orders
coming III freely and the general tone
ef,the market much improved. Cot.
lon i coming ID rapidly and The re-
ceipts arc daily augmented Money
matters are iirneF, and The genera
sstIook for Ills Island City i very
SCATTERING.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

The great kidney and Liver CuFe,
for SHE BY AEM, MEsR