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LIKE CHARLES COMMERCIAL, I'CBI.IsnUD EVICHY SATCHDAY, BY JOHN MeCpRMICK. PRICE OF SUBSCRIPTION: Two Dollars a Year. ADVEKTISI» RATES: Per Square, (10 lines, »less), first inser tion, $3; euch HnbseqiVfo insertion SOc. la-gal advertisemerp, (100 words or less), first insertion, ?! each subsequent insertion, 80c. [ Liberal discount tofiiose who adver tise by the year. Entered a.t the Tost Qfc*. Lake Charles, La., as second t »ss matter 'S! LAKE CHA LES, LA SITTRRAY, ^4 JILÏ », 1881. Newspaper Laws 1 ;and Itegnla tionsi 1. Subscribers who (t not give express notice to the eontrar| are considered wishing to continue th rr Hubscriptions 2. If subscribers ordi the diseontin uance of their periodic Is, the publisher mav continue to send icm until all ar miragea arc paid. ___ 8. If subscribers ueaoefoi icrrlW Wj take t heir periodicals : oui the office to unbUhev ivem'ttM their bills and ordered thcirftieeontinued. 4. If subscribers mov t,o another place without informing tiw publishers, ami " the papers are serit tofhe farmer direr tion, they arc held rcsjonsible. fusing to take the peiTctirals from the titfioe, nr removing an<|leavingthem tin eailed for, is prima fa* evidence of in li. Any person who paper and makes use f lias ordered it or not, i be a subscriber. If subscribers pay sending it on, and tlie be responsible until RJ with payment of all ai ears, the publisher. ont Lflci recta res a news it, whether he held in law to . ________________ « .advance, they nrr bonne! to give node! to-the publisher the taid uf their t imfc if they do not wi«h to continue iukiig it; othenvim* the. publisher is authnfzed to continue outinne subscribers «ill express notice, nt 111 We take great pi® sure in call ing the attention ofjhe public to our advertising coutnnp, feeling satisfied that the mi e mention of their names will be 1 guarantee to our readers that tjeir promises will be fulfilled : ^ 4 Kaufman & Bloch »ni"'drw ard in a tlirce-q«aider chimin adver iisement, «hitb, f . d 1 ' prevents them front doing more ,,,eiriin«4p' the names than mcieij mentiofd g the nanus, oftheii' several depart fleuts. They rd from a business point of vie », and their lai-ge building is tillei to repletion with the choicest stylf, of sunmici' goods. G o to M. J. Routed f you desire ! l ight treatment ; his is unsurpassed by t i.y, and his clerks ]>ut iu practi 1 - worn aphorism, " sk< ring goods is no trouble." . The Cheap Cash Kaiser & Co., still muitain tlieir grip on the affection of our country visitor! short as has been its us, has, by untiring -nergy and le of goods the time ,ore of K. (or purses) this house, day among succeeded shrewd business tac iu buiMiug up a trade vliich prom ises to be as encluriin as it is lu crative. If you are i a very par t-icular hiu-ry for son - jnirticular ariicle you will sa • time and trouble by going to Kaiser aud having it weighed ou . The Drug .Store of ,C. Muuday, on Ryan street, is f-oc cdl known to require more tin 1 a casual mention; his stock ii being con stantly replenished wi i t|ie purest drugs and chemicals physicians prescriptions receive prompt at tention, and (what is 1 we import ant to country folk) a I orders are answered without del His ele gant Soda Fountain loftens the business-like appear« ice of the «■stablisliment, and ma es the most timid glance at the lo g array of labelled bottles withot a shudder. If you are going to e eta dwell ing, a store, a stable a fence, a anything constructed *>f ktsilver, don't forget that O'Bfom & lilaiv are the bow*, and ofiu pob«t to tlieir past work, all over town, which has given satisfaction, ftud cannot point to a single Uiatauce r„. ,r 1 ,1 IT U II L The Haskell House, p. H. Hhb 1 in which they have failfd to eohw' to contract i V keil & Son proprietor^ pi opuses to make yog more at.iufme than • if.üMJi-14, you were really there we are authorized to charge doufeh for tlieir advertisement. King's Restaurant is a pleasant rest desi rt- for visitors to our town sdl _ _ ._ , ... 111 ce a meal thou at- any at a hour. i> b. Lyons knows exactly -where j to buy the choicest beef, pork, mutton, etc» Knowing this, his patrons will also know where to purchase the best, as cheap as the cheapest. Summer, they^ay, has arrived, ... , , , , , hector until he got hack to ft 1 III - but, with the patent refrigerators possessed by Messrs. George, Costello, Kinder and King & Ly ons, no one need fear hot weather. A gentleman from Barnes' Creek, noted for his staying qualities when telling the truth, informed us that he took a thermometer in liis hand, a dollar in his vest pock et, and the above saloons in „rota tion, on one of the warmest days we have experienced this year, he drank and walked, and walked ami drank, until his breath became frosty, and the thermometer fell into the gutter; the Boys put back forty-five- cents in change in his pocket and placed liini under a re Tliis may be slightly exag ,, m ttr 1 , , , . ... ,, gerate d, but we feel confident the tLiret - T 1 'Opnlation cannot do bet ter than to give the above gentle Just before going to church to in at Frank Maiser's tonsorial sa , , . „..„„,.,,, 1 , 1 ., ... *° oa > aucl wUJ be answer*»« to you if the affable Frank does not - ,. , , , , _ „ make you tee! and look well. The professional cards of G. A. Formet and A. J. Kearney, attor 1)6TS a t l av ,-, and of Dr. J. C. Mail * _ . . ... (itt.v, fcWj*£>COn pllTHKluii, Will a]go he fomid iu tmr advertising columns, their names are honse hold words throughout our parish alid district, and comment is to necessary. The IT. H. Mail steamer, Ramos, is making regular trips to and from Calcasieu Pass, thus affording trav elers a splendid opportunity of visiting our sister parish, with small outlay. Attention is called to the law card of lion. Geo. H. Wells, which Mr. appeal's in another column. Mr. W ells is t-oo a ell known to need any reconuneivdatreu from us. R , ,, advertisement of Tos Read the au\ertisement 01 Jos. V()Uz iu ailot her column. -—:— » " » ---- Peksoxai,.—H on. A. J. Kear-j Fso/^iî Ondousas' attending the Supreme Court. ' 1 Pf , v . jg. Kelly, will lea ve next ness in connection with the Oatho Monday for New Orleans, on bnsi lie church, he will be absent about ten days. Hon. S. D. Read and daughter returned, Thursday evening, from a trip in the pine woods. C. If. Moore, Esq., formerly of Moore & Bwinford, of Orange, Texas, now of A. J. Perkins & Co., of Galveston, is iu town, lie is as full of business as au egg is of meat. A. J. Perkins, Esq., returned, a few (Lays since, from an extended trip iu the West, visiting, among other places, Bt.'Louis and Chicago Sam Watson, the genial repre sentative of the staunch hard ware house of J. S. Brow'n & Co., of Gal veston, is in town. J. S. Disbrow, Esq., general man ufacturers agent, of < <al veston, is around among the mill men. B. Engelke, Esq,, from the house of E. Engelke, of Galveston, is at the Haskell House. O. T. Schindler and lady return ed, yesterday, from a short visit to. Galveston. J. A. Kinder and family returned from the Sulphur Mines, where they have been spending some time. D. II. Lyons, our efficient sheriff, with his young bride, Mrs. M. A. Hay os and Mrs. M. M. Jessen, all from town, aie rusticating at the Sulphur Mines. Supreme CovR'J.—W e learn from Thud. Mayo, Esq., who lias just returned from a firing trip to Opelousas«, tliat the Supreme Coiud is iu session there. Monday being a legal holiday, Court w as opened Tuesday morning with a full beuch. There .are apparently few appeals, not exceeding twenty. Chief Justice IWinudez announ ced from the bench, on Tuesday, ' ---- 'r*'™ r;, We send a copy of the three • ' " " ~ - - , that no decisions would be ren dered before Monday next. first- issues of the CoMMEReu AL to If!*K*«*! per»««»» i u aud wljwnu»g.It«n«he»,,.iM»t ^knowuigi» — «1 »- ..... P whetiher they wjll all wish to suh scribe- or not . We hone they wiU,J .„,1 a.iiiifowi«, Alii aiidget otheistodo tilu wise, AU| who iia-ve not already subscribed, ' vho io d,J so ' wi , 11 , notify us as soon as possible, aud, forward the inotu'ÿ with their name«. Postmasters are authorized to "Am' he lay six long wakes hi the hot month of August, an' his only cry was wather, wwther." It ha« been more than six weeks since we had rain enough in this neigh borhood to wet the hair on the top a of Chihuahua dog's head. In con sequence, cisterns are getting nearly, and in some instances en tirely, emptyj wells are low and af ford $ scant supply of water. The coulees and marshes, in the prai ries, are entirely dry, and every evening the streets of our town are filled with cattle from the prai rie coming to the Lake for water W e hear of rain in several sections of the parish, where there is noth ing growing to be be ne fitted, butin those neighborhohds where the largest farming interests of our parish lie, there ha« been no rain to do any good. We fear the crops of our parish, as well as those of our sister parishes, will he very mat erially damaged, if not, in some instances, entirely lost, New Newspaper. —Mr. John McCormick, of our town, will soon commence the publication of weekly six column paper, to be called the "Lake diaries Commer cial." The press, type and print ing office furniture, are new, and Mr. McCormick is an excellent practical printer, of many years experience. We are informed that the initial number of the Commer cial will be issued early iu July. I 11 the meantime we will he pleased to furnish our new contemporary with the use of our exchanges. The above highly complimentary notice, written in anticipation of the publication of the Commer cial, is from the jx-u of the oblig ing Editai; of the Lake Charles Brno. True to his word, he has generously permitted us to glean plentifully from the abundance of bis exchanges, and, if we are able I« present this week a full sheet of interesting matter to our read ers, we owe it largely to bis kind assista nce. ^ m m _ Read Harris, accused of the mnr der of Pas<>a] Pujo in the year 1877< aud ^.jj 0 dag b epn ever since a fti native from justice was brought * l u -. ' f ' rought to ©ur town Tuesday morning in charge of the sheiiir of Orange County, Texas. We are informed <hat ® ^ had 1 " »» tbe hands of the Texas officials for more than a year and that, if Read Harris had not been arrested be fore this, it was not from any want of due diligence, either on the part of our State or Parish officials. We intend to make the Commer cial the live, ropresentati ve paper of the parish of Calcasieu. Our success will depend a great deal upon the people of the parish. We only ask to be encouraged as we shall deserve. If our course suits you, fellow-citizens, help us by your subscriptions and advertlse meets, and effort« to get others to subscribe and advertise, Corres poudence solicited from all sec tions of the country, on local or general topies, and particularly on crops. We bad t he pleasure of meeting Mr. A. Wahlstab, representing the "W. J. Lemp's Brewery," of St. Louis. Mr. Wahlstab has made arrangement« to ship a ear load of Lem p's beer, oh ice, to our enter prising townsman, W. V. Fricke. A former shipment made to this place proved to be bad beer, but the next is guaranteed to be O. K. That most ponderous, obliging and genial representative of the popular firm of Schmidt & Ziegler, wholesale grocers, New Orieaus, is a frequent visitor of our Lake City. We have yet to hear of the first instituée where Mr. lielJoeq has failed to give complete sat-is faetionto those w ho favor him w ilh their orders. Iu an exchange we find the following paragraph, which is well worthy of con sideration : " No town can get along without the hell) of Hu- p,i+*o, «ml a liberal feli]>(«jrt 0 r tW paper i* no charity hliwues»«, hut •jirt.foaÆ capital Investedft>r a hundred Hut treat- die pros« Religious.— Breaching to-mar row at 11 o'clock a. id., and at 8 p. in., at the First Baptist church, by Ekler G, IL Scott, of Franklin, h a. th; i^ r îv,' »nd'theTesuJt will hu the .other. wav, hccuHsB «waling people are not frtfi,; they jiulge a town tuiaUs huninoss meu from the pqpx that goes out thera from. V\ hew people heoo&e amistomci fn |viulj # it is like a family friend amt vinfior; they frtel a syuipathy r~ avtili r: iv patqy «turf for and Muxport it, aud so do their t*yii hy aud parti a fit y exteud to the ad . likara patrons, while they hike it for anted that those who do not Mipiwrt OCR XBW YORK LETTER. Items of Interest to AH. The heat has swoopwl down like the Assyrian upon Senaclierib. New York seems a furnace seven times heated, in which the tone and temper of the populace are sorely tried. External influences are "terribly infectious, though Grace was granted to patiently await the removal of malarious dc brix. .Y et despite the sanitary con dition of streets and atmosphere, the great- mercantile Mogul moves it« juggernaut of progress ahead as though no prostrate votaries were ground to atoms 'neat-h the grinding pressure. Business is unusually active; the streets and stores are alive with novelties of every quality aud kind. HYGENIC UNDERWEAR. To begin at the beginning, it speaks much for the progress of the age that certain preliminary garments upon which the health of the wearer depeuds, are now re garded solely from a sanitary standpoint. The days have gone by in which the human figure was tortnred by constrictions because of the false assumptions of style, which should ever be the synonym of comfort. Mrs. A. Fletcher, No.C East 14th street, New York, will send to any lady who desires to have it, a small pasiplriet in which the new system of uiulerdrcssing is so illustrated and elucidated as to put its efficacy beyond all question. She is really a benefactress to her sex, and one of woman's heavy burdens falls to the ground in lifting her intellect to the comprehension of this new order of things, and the great re j lief occasioned by this simple and ! effective method ofuuderdressiug. j NOVELTIES IN SILKS, &C. j The silks, satins and brocades ! oh exhibition at the well-known J houses of Lord & Taylor, are ex [ quisite in color and combination, j The unique designs resulting from an experimental test, are the ex clusive property of this reliable firm, and their patterns cannot be ! procured anywhere else, either in i Europe or America. The garnitures designed to ac ! company them are of the costliest order, and the fit just simply per ifect. This, of course, involves a corset of the host make—light, durable aud flexible. THE CORALINE CORSET. The enterprising firm of Warner Brothers have recently introduced a new material for boning corsets called "Coraline." Being more pliable than whalebone, it bends more readily with the movements of the body, so that a corset so boned is a real 1 uxury to the wearer. Its principal advantage, however, consists in its durability, as it is impossible for it to break from any ordinary wear in the corset. Iju dies accustomed to find nearly every whalebone ia 1-lie'r corset broken after a few days' wear, can readily appreciate the advantages of this substitute. It is meeting with a very large sale, and is giv ing excellent sutisfactfon, as the writer hereof can attest from per sonal use. Bharpless & Sons, of Philadel phia-, have inaugurated a new foa tiiye in their well-known, reliable and perfectly organized establish ment. Iu connection with their forty department« of dry und fancy goods, and the manufacturing of costumes, wraps and undergar ments, they have created a Mail Order Department, and an exten sive Purchasing Agency, through which they will furnish, a« ordered, every thing necessary for house hold comfort or personal use. Cor respondence is solicited, informa tion given, and price-lists and sam ples are sent wlien application is made for them; all communications to Shai-plcss & Bons must bo ad dressed to 801, «Oil, 805 aud 807 Chestnut etreet. The elegant dinner given by Mr. Styles to a dozen gentlemen repre senting leading food firms of New York, Was an event worthy to be chronic led, inasmuch us the bill of fare was made up of edibles pre pared'entirely after new and im proved methods by which the qual ity of all product«, whether of i earth, sea or air, is greatly im i proved, and the cost materially di ; minished. The meats employed I were put up by tire St. Louis Beef J Canning Company, who comprise ! iu their operations the greatest i amount of skill a« yet eliminated, j Operating a« they do from one of 'the great centres of ike American ■ cattle trade, their facilities are jui limited and their exportations im ! meuse. The commerce in this form of portable provision is an impor tant source of revenue to vlw* coun try at large, yet not the less con venient to consumers at home are goods of this brand, because known to every market iu the world. A MUSIC AL WONDER. ! At No, 8,'tl Broadway may be i found the orguiuettiyor automatic j musical cabinet-, which is really one I of the w onders of the age. That desirable pleasure in the home or jib» temple of worship, can be pro 1881! 1881! 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TWO BEST PAPERS IN THE SOUTH FOR THE PRICE OF ONE, The LAKE CHARLES COMMERCIAL and the New Orleans WKEKIA DE MOCRAT will he sent one year, postage prepaid, for the sum of 88.60, aud ,n ad dition each subscriber will receive, postage free the valuable books mentioned, which, from examination, we can vouch for as being hilly as valuable and inter eBting aw ronrewnted. HeiwJ in vour money ami minion, ami got tl»o ônoioiwt prow cut, for the icust money, over offered. through u martyrdom of prelimin ary practice which, at proportion ate cost nmy last lor years. Hero wo have all current music, per formed with a skill aud accuracy seldom obtained by the most stren uous application, at figures very slightly in advance of an ordinary instrument. There is the musical cabinet on which a child may per forin, rivalling in melody and rytlim the regular organ performance of the most accomplished professors. Then there is the Automatic Piano, played by operating t he pedals like a parlor organ, and the grand pipe organ, wonderful in its orchestral effects. The paper used for the music is perforated—the apertures coming In contact with the small levers of artificial fingers render the desired music. It is really marvelous ! This met hod adopted by science for ministering to the finest and purest lesthetic sense, causes us to exclaim : "Arc there yet worlds to conquer within the province of the useful and beauti ful ?" If so, there are new tongues for the star-song old as the cen turies. 8. J. B. Cura Sugar Crop.— Messrs. I . Ruiz & Co., publish a tabular state ment regarding the Inst sugar crop, which they estimate at 461,01.1 tons, against 539,586 tons last year, the decrease thus resulting amounting this year to 65,473 tons, equivalent to 12 .'ipi per cent. The heavy rains lately fallen over the greater part of the island have forcibly put un end to the erop s, and receipts at all out-ports are fast diminishing. The crop in the Trinidad valley is reported to have resulted smaller than ex pected, on account of the prolon ged drouth which has dried the cane to a point that rendered if al most ungrimhihle.-{Havana Week ly Report, June 4tli. A Welsh parson, ip his sermon told his congregation, how kind and respectful we ought to be fo wards each other, and added that we were greatly inferior to the brute iutliis respect. To prove this he mentioned as an example the circumstance of two goat«, Which met one another upon a plank across a river,so that they eoutd not pass by without one thrusting the Other off. "Now, how do you think they did? Why, i'll toil you. One laid him down, and let the other leap over him. Ait, my be loved, let us live like goat«," They say now that the sun is blue, and some professor is on his way to some lofty mountain to get a licaj er view of hie blueness. We have beard of" blazes," wid if the earth take« a notion to visit the sun iu August, as predicted,, we ««pose some one wilj have an o.ppoi'tunity to sec "bine blazes. Be- : •/• L.'a. Hotel Arrivals. ' HAMKKLL HOVsB-Uhas. Miller, 0. 1 M. Ri«-hnrù, A. .1. Mercier, Went l.ukn ! Ohttrloiu W. H- Onnninshntn, H. Tlamp [ ton, T. 11. Hampton, Uuyiic Station L. j W. R. R.j .1. 0. Zimmer, Vurmilioiiville; G. W. .VriehaA E. M, Davis, Orange, ! Texas; ,1. M. ( 7\k, N.O.;W, A. Jenkins, Clinton, MiKH.m^jf. Moore, Galveston; Capt,. Item Mos'" \8. Mail 8tr. Ramos; i Guilt. W, 11. SmiifL sehr. A. J. Verkins; I E. Tin ......... I son, ! ton; Touchy, City: K. A. Lover, N. (>.; G. I Roger .Scott, Franklin, Lu.; K. Breen, New Iberia, Lu. i am. iv. ii. fMoiin, senr. . 1 . ,i. ri-raius; E. Thompson, M. Nicholson, 8am Wat son, B. Engelke, B. F. Disbrow, Galves ton; Frank N. Hammer, N, Y.; I,. V'. LIST OF LETTERN Remaining unclaimed in llm Lake Charles Most Office, June 31,1881, Ladles' Hut. Ewing, JVIeicHsia Mrs. Green, Currln Mrs. Foreman, Rosalia. Holbrook», M. Z. Mrs. Hollingsworth, A. Virginies. Reeves, Ann Mary Mrs. Ileeves, Mary Miss. Nmd, Marv'Mrs. Winfrey, Lidia. Mrs. (Owl). Oeutlenieii's List, Anderson, A. Andings, Martin. Barres, W. Illaiiger, Joe. But iso, Deimnonville. Banj, ('has. J. Rose tell, J. Ballard, W. Hailey, John. Campbell, B. K. Clark, J. W, Cooja-r, Alten B. Curb, J. B. ConpifTan, Lucien. Dugas, Gules. Dono van, D. II. Dassimhret, .1. Douahon, D W. Dobhertiu F. A. Cnpt. Krnjc, W. F. Harris, Alfred. Houston John. Huh bins, Louis. Harrington, H. it. Hull, E. Harper, Thus. Has, il. 8. Jackson, Gil. Kina, I. F. Kirkwood. Win. Krotiwe, 11. ('. Lourie, .1. 8. Lee, W. 8. Lee, Hcnrv. Sander, George. I.vnmi, C. Moore, P. D. Mena, Jos, MoHH. Alrunlth (eql). Mould, Kd. F. .'fore. White Willie. MuCimuion, 1). S. Neal, James F. O'giillvuu, D. Per kins. W. II. Pendleton, T. M. liiglev, J. W. Reeves, B. Richards, K. W. fieliiud ler Charley. Neal, James II, Hluydon, E, A. Summers Thomas. Twouu'v, Will. Thomas, Jerry. Thompson, J. 'i'lumin eoiijJ.A. Thompson, Geo. 1J. Welsh, Albert. Williams, A. liiram. Williams & Pharr. Wright, W. II. White, J. 8, Parlies culling for any of the above letters wili pieuse say "Advertised." V. H. HASKELL, P. M. /«FORGE It. WELLS. Attorney at 'I Law, Luke Charles, Calcasieu Par ish, Lu. Practices in (Juleasien, Gamer mi and Vernon parishes, and iu Oruugu ami Jefferson comities, Texas. July 0, 1881. Km. ). 1 . MI Li. IONS IN IT—DON'T GRU MULE! JUST IK TIMB TO SAVB MONEY I At tort I hair,found III« ri/jhl man in the ilr/lil iilan for tim'd Dint t'lim/i I Voftl .............. ...... ... ...... ..... ....... H'> *•' JOS- VOLTZ'S Tin Simp, U*'* •»» «>'"« **»*"*. between.Hill, and I F you wind any work dim« in tho lino of Rooting, Guttering or repairing, or a good assortment of hi« own npitnpuc lui'eij Tinware, or any old stoves repair I'flie si reels, opposite F- A. liallauglici 'a residence. Sign of the Rig t'offeii Pot. July !l, J88). IV. St. IiouIh Type Foundry, I I/> Ä I IT Finn ML, JOf.kl.8tiS IS PRINTING AND WRITING I'AI'Lfoj CARD8 AND CARD BOARD, TAGS, F.NVF.Ud'FS, rtintiiig luks. Brotizes, kt,