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LAKE CHARLES, CALCASIEU PARISH, LA.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1881.
NO.
LAKE CHARLES COMMERCIAL,
T-l.BUSUEH KVKHY R.\TT«*>AV, 11V
.TOUrv M<<!OUMI€K
pjiicos of sinismmos:
Two Dollars a Year.
ADVEItTlM Mi KATÉS :
IV« Square, (-IODmmi artuM), first iimcr
tinu, #l;eiicn Ksbunqueirt insertion, 50i;.
I.i'(:rI attvertisdm'ntK, (100 words or
loss), first insertion, SI ; fHoh sntoeqoont
insort,ion, SOe.
l.iHoml (lisoonnï to those who ailwr
tise l>v tho year.
Entered at the ]*ost < rtti.-o, Luke Charles,
La., us son mi I class mat t er.
LAKE CHARLES, LA.
sATTRMYrrrrr^
M. J. lîôKteet lias just received
a lot of new goods.
Vegetables are as scarce, in
Lake Charles, as lien's teeth.
*S~ Subscribers who fail to re
ceive their paper, will please noti
fy tie of Hie fact.
The B. K. It. Brass Band have
employed Professur Carlos Greig,
us teacher.
The whole fleet of him tier schoon
ers got in this week. Some have
been a month on the trip.
It is said that the mill operations
in Bean mont, Texas, will soon be
interrupted on account of the low
stage of water in the Neelies river.
The. rice fields near the Menm-n
tan are reported to be in excellent j
condi tion. A large crop may be '
expected trout this section of our
parish, this falL
O wing to light and north westerly
winds during the month of July,
there was less timber shipped out
of this river lust month, than any
month this year.
0*1 it. Simeon Baker say# that the 1
schooners are making iri.nionl Lly
trips to Galveston now ; i. c.., they j
go to Galveston one month, and
try to get back the next. j
There are between PA«**» sud i
lriJHHt logs afloat in Calcasieu river 1
, . j
atKl ita t<n butanes, and more going ;
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in every day. No danger of Cal- ;...
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easieu mills stopping short] v
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More Drummers in town this
week- titan fiddlers in Hades.
(Bevised Edition). The custom of
our merchants must be a very de
sirable acquisition, from the strep
tidtis exertion« made by the New
Orleans, Gal veston and Houston
merchants to secure it.
A. D. McFarlaiu has a big store
at Jennings' .Station—he is also
buildiug a large house there, for a
residence and hotel—Jennings is
the shipping point of a large extent
of country extending troui Grand
Marais to bay ous Nez-Pique and
Cane.
Wç learn from Messrs«. Anatole
Gauthier and Eugene Guidry, two
meher» having charge of large
stocks of wattle in our parish,
owiug to the great severity of last
winter, the branding of cal ves will
iu»t be more than one-third of
what the usual annual branding is
The uew Catholic church huiid
iug is now completed. The eai
|»enters "got through last Tuesday
It is a splendid building, and quite
an ornament to our town, and Rev.
Father Kelly deserves great credit
for his indefatigable efforts and
energy in erecting such a bujkfiug,
almost at his own expense.
Tobe Armstrong, colored, who
had been sentenced, for assault
with a dangerous weapon, at toe
April term of toe District Coui-t of
18Ht), to twelve mouths imprison
ment aud a flue of #200, and to
twelve mouths additional confine
ment, iu default of paying the tine,
was released laid 'Monday l»y the
DhrtfÂqfc J udge, t»n his attida vit and
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proof ot insolvency aa<( inability ;
to i»y the fine Imposed. -
THE EXOTRStOX.
or
The steamboat excursion and
•basket picnic, up the Itiver, under
the auspices of the German Be
nevolent Association of laike
Charles, took place last Sunday,
according to previous announce
ment. Being the favored posses
sor of a complimentary ticket, (for
which wc tender our sincere thanks
to the courteous members of the
committee of arrangements), we
did not fail to attend, and, yrith a
degree of seal and punctuality,
worthy of a real rfmi head , we
manifested our presence at the
landing, at the very precise hour
appointed for departure. We had
to wait there, however, fully an
hour and a half, before everything
could be made ready to leave, and,
•it was quite near ten o'clock, be
töre the last belated excursionist
from town had jumped on board
just in time not to be left behind
The committee of arrangements
had spared no effort to make the
excursion an agreeable and a safe
one. The steamer Willie, with
such experienced men as Ca.pt. W.
L. Hutchins, at the wheel, and J.
W O'Neil in the engine room, had
in tow a strong and spacious barge
capable of conveniently carrying
ov»r tw o hundred passengers, be
sides those who could find room in
the cabin and on the deck of the
V ilie. A thick awning, absolutely
imprnneable to sun or rain, pro.
j the whole length and
' breath of the barge with a double
-roottif canvass, and quite a suffi
the «Kfjstunee of the Lake diaries
Brass {and for the occasion. Al
ieufimimber»f benches bad been
improvised to accommodate each
one with a good seat. The morn
ing tinned out to be cool and pleas
ant, aid everything gave promise
of a delightful trip. Our German
of
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in
iu
jthoughrthe hand has been but re
j ceutly (organized, their perfbrm
uee, 4 their Urn mbikiu public,
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1 f aml 'l^^edita
j ule to tieinselves aud to their effi
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, meut Fader, Prof. Carlos Greig.
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W e react to say that the number
, r . . .
! of j j x«rsioiiists from town was
not aila^ge as might have been
I expeetd. not exceeding eeveuty
j five, ejildren iucl tided; but, at the
; seven) landings, at West Lake
! Chari#, Bagdad and Goospoit, a
i consiiiruble accession was made
! to raig the number.to nearly one
hundril.
Burjett's Bl uff, the place of des
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dated tetnar its pleasures having
taken p we. EMVrytwdy felteam
tinatiot, wiiich i#a gmibiaJly rising
bluff fpin the edge of the river,
fhickl jiwn ered with timber, situ
ated a knit twenty-fii e miles from
Lake<|iarles, was reached at about
1 p. u) The whole trip up tlie
river, ttUoogii ratoer slow, owing
to the jumerous landings and the
difficult of running last with toe
heavy IjJge in tow, liras one of in
tense ei oyment from first, to last,
not oueiolitary occurrence ealeu
foiteWe and happy, A »rutJe
shower, luiiug the latter jiait of
toe trip tad somewhat cooled the
atinosphre, and the whole party
landed tjider toe trees, toe leaves
of whiehweie yet moist and drip
ptog tri« too kite teowor. A < ou
veuieut jj»ot was soon found, a
broad t »le-cloth spread on the
ground, L« baskets opened, their
ponjojpts lisphiyed, and, with toe
heeu edg ofwri#|*etiteJmffc#kued
by good iiiuior, the good things
spread l foie (he 'ehetireitwilsts,
were sot devoured. After din-,
ner, Cap 'J. G. G and G. A.
Fomuet, sq., being called upon, j !
ou*
speeehe«,iiiui' t-ke dswu-iug, pn the
turf, wtthj-musâè by the baud."|
Tb * liuuls '*** mr
livelier, itj.ogsible, than the trip j and
up the rijr, the dfepusit-iou te '
and
Be
we
a
gaiety having been, no doubt, en
hanced by a copious dinner and its
accessories.
We must not omit to mention
that, on the return trip, we had
the rare pleasure oflistening to a
speech from Mr. D. W. Jessen, in
German, which w* did not under
stand. But, being called upon to
translate, Mr. Jessen spoke in
English, to the effect that German
emigration to America was fleeing
from misery and oppression. He
gave the history of the German
colopy in Lake Charles. He told
us how Captain Daniel Goes, who
is one of the oldest and most res
pected citizens of Lake Charles,
came early to this country; how
he was pleased with it, how he re
turned to his home in the- father
hind. which was a small Island in'
the North Sea, six miles long and
four miles wide, how he prevailed
upon his friendsaudacquaintances
there to follow him here about
eleven years ago, and how they
found happy and contented homes
in Lake Charles. Then Mr. Jessen
closed by saying: "If we are alj
happy to-day, if we have been able
to enjoy this fine excursion—we
owe it all to Captain G oos. Three
cheers for Captain Goosl" and
the three cheers were given with
a vim that made the echoes ring.
Riee Culture is Louisiana.
Last Wednesday we luwl the
pleasure of forming the acquaint
anee of Mr. W. H. Harris, toe ac-L
tire aud energetic Commissioner j
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of Agriculture and Immigration, of
the State of Louisiana. Mr. Hams'
is one of the happy appointments
made by Gov. Wilts. He is a na
tive of Uie State of South Carolina,
he served toe lost cause faithfully
u*« .™. -rued and *Su
Louisiana, where he has au in tu rest j
in a IflUSIPfe Ijlaiitlttifill ill IJtA. nunali
iu a large plantation iu the parish
of Ascension. He is therefore
.
e
a
fully identified with the needs and
interests of oui- State, and, being
both a scholar and a scientist, no
man could be better fitted for the
important position which he holds.
We met Mr. Harris, at Jennings'
Station, in this parish, about (13
miles east of Lake Charles. He
had just returned, with Mr. Jos.
Bertrand who acted as his guide,
from a person«! inspection of the
prairie about Grand Marais. He
told us toe object of his visit to be
a thorough examination of the to
pographical and geological charac
ter of toe lgnds of that section,
with a view of rnakiug a full and
comprehensive report of the same
to the Bureau of Agriculture and
Immigration- He says that all toe
lands bordering on this marais are
pws-eminentiy suited to rice cul
ture, and that we have there an in
exhaustible source of agricultural
wealt h to this section of toe State,
if projmriy token advantage of.
Meals© gav e ns to understand that
applicat ion was to be made for the
eptry of aérerai thousand acres of
these lands, atul that a project bad
f
bee. uttered to Utog over several
hundred immigrants to settle in
that neighborhood. Mr. Harris
proposes not only to give his offi
cial support to fids project, but
, T^ r
he eati dispose ai.
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midair m ■"
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Tlumk# to W. II. Haskell, Esq
The Natchitoches Vindicator, of
the 3(>thulk, my»: w >
"Peaches have been very scare#,
thus tar. Haim small ■ and hard
ding steues were offered bp the
streets last, weqh, at twenty-five
rente a dnzeu." ' ..
to tnke Charles we have W(V ! ^
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quantity of them, and some of the ^
al
it
,
they
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and eapeeially %• a ^teh pt neW t |»dse
subscribers, t efifs.
the t'alrasicu Bar
en
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to
in
We are kifonncd by II. C. Drew,
Esq., that tho contract for dredg
ing the inner bar, at the foot
Calcasieu Lake, lifts been awarded
to Messrs. Forbes & Co., and that
they will commence the work as
soon as they can get their dredge
boat, touted around from Vermilion
Bay, where they bave just com
pleted a contract for dredging out
and straightening the Bayou Petite
Anse, from Avery'# Island to Ver
milion Bay. The canal will be 70
feet wide, 8 feet deep, will be cut
or widened one-quarter of a mile
further up into tire Lake, thereby
reaching into deeper water, than
is to be found at the preseut end
-of the canal.
It is a great pity that the appro
priatiuii is not sufficient to pay for
car ryiu g off the mud aud dumping
either in deep water or at a dis
tance from the sides of the canal;
as it is, the mud taken from the
canal will have to be dumped im
mediately on the sides, and will
eventually wash back; but we are
glad that Messrs. Forbes & Co.,
hare been awarded the contract,
as they are probably better pre
Iiared than almost any other dredg
ing company to do toe work in a
satisfactory manner, being provid
ed with a long arm to their craue,
they will be able to tbrow the mud
to a greater distance than ordinary
dredge-boats are able to do.
Dredging at the upper end of
,, aT n PP<
Ij&ke 18 a,ln °8t as badly
needed as at the lower end, and
we shall feel disappointed if some
effort is not made to get an appro
priation to have the ranch needed
work done there.
plains that freight
j *** PwHtably uuataiten.—[Orange Tri
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Tlie Commercial in not mistaken.
Lumbermen from PesMaimit and Orange
pay #22.50 ]>er ear-load ore lumber tofrul
veston. and Lake ((hart** mill« huve to
pay #37.50 per car-load. Orange, al
though 28 miloB further from Galveston,
lias no more to ]>ny than lleaiimont,
"hile Lake Charles, 38 miles from Or
ange, is eharg.il #15 a car-load more.
Why are these things thusly ? He learn,
however, that, to other jrninta in Texas'
than Galrestou, our mills pay #7.50 per
car-load, more than Orange and Beau
mont, which makes our lumber cost the
purchaser in Texas #1.50 j»or thousand
feet more than Orange or Beaumont Inin
her. We are willing to admit that our
lumber is intrinrically worth #1.50 more
l*erthousa 2 iiI feet than the Tevas lum
ber, bul it is hard to make the consumer
in Texas believe It, and still harder to
make the Texas dealer believe it, when
that difference constitutes about all the
profit that is made by handling the
lumber.
H'e frard within tin* isst two nr three
weeks a great deal said about ti firm in
6t. Louie, Mo., selling yeast js.wders of
a very su;>.uior quality, with a heavy eil
ver plated spoon in each and every can,
ami as low as any other powder of the
sanm standard. ,\Vy tliougiit at first
that ipr, Ben, Butler had something to
do wifli it, tot after finding out that the
spoons were actually given away and
also knowing that old Ben. couldn't be
guilty of stud» a crime we have dropped
the idea HV<-u ls.1 ikotulo.
invt . e «^ te IIia(u . r w taiw
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^ ^ ^at the pow.Wcahnot I»« toat
,e;ther iu uuahly or price. The spoons
Wv y sjlver A^ bfd> alu , Jour
renders ought to patronize sueh a tttor
offer. ' • ' • ■*
our townsnum Wm. (J. Krn kc who is tin;
agent for the atovo mentione.) firm here,
and lie rxpiyins the matter as follows.
To advertise m newspapers, posters, ate.,
it costs an enormous amount of money,
and often the result j« very doubtful, so
the Ht, touis linu Moogbt it tost- to give
said amount of money, which would
otherwise to expendtvl, not to the «Under
but diretdiy to the consumor of
the powder«, 'fit tlie shape of «ilvor
«pions, thereby gaining tlie gOod will of
tfie public wiiich tiiey valae and Opm
riate more than any advertisement.
We call the attention of «lie public to
I y Peris fid sc tsars art; a uew mau
uiW-lnrc in tin- t«iiut. l^adWs who tliiuk
they have ugly ears place those artiste
^ û, xurimol 1tf
|»dse hair, fasten them to the natural
efifs. and'wear litem frw show. .
President Gar Arid 's Opportunity
of
that
as
out
70
cut
There is Oho thing General Gar-1
field cau do which will make him
one of,tho most popular Presidents
the United States ever had, and
tn'ilnf (■'ul 1 " 1 ' "ET 8 !."• *'
present, the prevailing sentiment
of the country, and that is to lay
aside oartv bias and annfinnoi
lvv "'•'''gwwxvA me itJJJMjini
t of a Judge of the Supreme
rt; to fill toe vacancy occasion
y the recent death of Justice
aside party bias and sectional pref
erence altogether in the appoint
ment
Court
ed by the recent death of Justice
Clifford. Lot tho President rtt
select a Southern man, and a de
roocrat, of national reputation ; let
him be a good jnrist and ofunblem
ished character; let his name be
Bent to the Senate, and we Venture
to say that no half-breed or »taheart
will dare vote against the confirm
ation of such an appointment with
out voting his own condemnation
constantly growing prosperity of
Lake Charles is attracting the at
tentiou of business men all over
the country, the cause of education
is far from being neglected, and
we have now very good ehances
of having soon, at least one, if not
several good schools for girls. We
ltpve it from igood authority, that
two very' competent ladies from
the State of Mississippi, propose
to egtablish a girls* school here
and that they have the promise of
about thirty scholars alreadv. A
highly accomplished lady of our 1
town has also engaged the sendees
of two competent teachers, and
will soon open a select school for •
girls; and twq ladies of tho order
of the Holy Cross, have been here
on a visit this week, their object
being to make arrangements' for
the establishment, in the fitll, of a
female boarding school. There are
enough children in and around *
Luke Charles to give Them all a I
chance, so we wish them all sue
cess
Tri
to
al
Or
per
to
■The im»»;
« hum
iliniiiif utu.
cess
Welsh's Station.
ness outlook at this important sta
tion on the line of,the Louisiana
Western Ituilroud is veryprotnis
ingindeed, if we mayjudge by the
large quantity of rice, hid«#, poul
try aud other country produce dai
ly carried to the depot for t ranspor
tation to market' Welsh's station
is also a great stock center and
shipping point of Eastern Calca
sieu. Several new buildings for
stores and residences have been
erected on the South side of the
track, and it will not be long be
fore the place will assume the
name and dignity of a town' We
learn tout a project is on foot to
connect, by a good road aud a
bridges over tlie creeks, the upper
cottou region (if this 1 parish with
this prospering locality, which pro
ject if carried into execution will
make things lively around Laca
siu©.
The great railroad engineering
feat of narrow ing the track of the
old Jackson rout« from New Or
leans to Cairo, to toe standard
width, was successfully accom
plished iu a few hours ike same
day, last week B7J miles of toe
main track, with all the switches,
sidetracks, etc., were narrowed
from a five foot to the standard
gauge, with tfie interruption of only
one set of trains. It is pronounced
to be toe greatest achievement of
the kind evnr accomplished iu this
couutey or att^ o ther,
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working for us. Send for terms.
Sheets & I*a<won>,
Proprietors.
There may be greater men, in tit«
Unitod Staies than Pierre Lorilard
and Jim Keene, but there are no
happier. To be the owner of
horses that won the English Derby
and the Grand Prize « t Par}» is
he
to
glory enough even for the lions of
Now Volk clubs,—(Chicago News
do
ask
PERSONAL,
Gar-1 H. C. Gill, Esq., made a flying
him * r *P 1° New Orleans this week,
*'• A. Gallaugher, Esq., returned
and " om ^ ew Orleans, Tuesday night.
*' «ÎÂ
Dr. W . jy. Kirkn.an returned,
lay last Saturday, from a flying trip to
I Texas.
E. CVAbadie, frotii Zuberbier &
short
v/. «wrnur, I1UIII <55
^ ow Orleans, made a short
8t *£. W , lth J a ^
«.^* L T - Heidel, with Meyer &
1-f'- H . ei<,el 'i w { th M «7* r &
rtt ï^,^ïï£3jS*& a * 1
de- j Frank Ferghson, with E. P. Clegg
let I Co., hardware dealers pf Gal'
ve8ton > >* on hand,
be Ed. McCarty, with Heidonheimer
" roH '' Galveston, was srouud
I among tho merchants this week.
C. L. Black;representing GaSeo
hgson, &0o., grocers of Galveston,
is in town. ,
A. B. Hewson, the efficient re
of r , A r ;;, TO 1 ^ y ' 1 rein '^ 8e, 1 * t,,, 1 ? N -
& Go., Booksellers,
e8to "' W1M * "* U,wl * this week,
Geo. H. Mundy, from T. Itatto
& Co., Galveston, was on hand
this week. His samples of Can
'tirs looked nice,
Sam. Watson, the genial is on
hand again. Saul, is not hard like
the wares be sells for J. 8. Brown
& Co., of Galveston,
ii 0 k Wota f™m ttoKt w i »
<; 0 «iotoiera ^at Wt ' M &
onSand w Jv ina n '
1 1{ .Oaii f L £iai "l ,loa
0 T , r ft T ? " f clothing,
« "• Hanks, with Lange, Lewy
• V°'' Grocers of Galveston, was
ln t ? wn 411,8 supplying their
CU8t °iners with staple and fancy
tUocenes.
®«v. Fatlier M. Kelly returned
fro * u New Orleans, Wednesday
••»grtifc, looking much improved by
* ,i8 t»'« weeks of respite from his
I arduous labors.
J ndge 8. D. Bead, returned fr'om
Cameron last Saturday, and left
Saturday, and left
I Thiusdaj' for Vernon, where
po,.« tfl } M (!d the Angnst term
utu. at., !»• i_i . v. . . .
the
a
the District Court fur that jiurisli,
Hon. A. J. Kearney came up
from Cameron on Wednesday, and
stal led to Vernon parish yester
day, to attend District Court in
that parish, which oommenoes next
Monday.
H. C. Drew, Esq., returned Sun
day night, from Florida, where lie
had gone to proenre tlie locomo
tive and cars for the steam tram
way. He went to Galveston, Mon.
day night.
Wo were pleased to meet Capt.
S. W. Larsen, of the sehr. Lehman,
on our streets yesterday, looking
so well. This is the Captain's first
trip to Lake Charles since he left,
after being so sick here last spring.
Geo,.II. Wells, Esq., and Mr.
Adolphe Meyer, left for toe Pino
woods last Monday, to he gone a
couple of weeks. From their "ap.
pointineuts" they certainly intend
having a good time, whether they
get any venison or not.
Mr. Lewis L. Bourges, of New
Orleans, is visiting Lake Charles.
Mr. Bourges comes with au inten
tion of remaining, if he eau get em
ployment as a teacher. He j» very
highly reooinmended, and wonlil
be quite an acquisition to the Lake
City.
Lake Charles wrts honored this
week by the presence, in town, of
two ladies of the Holy Gross, Moth
er Conception, provincial of tlie
order, und Mother Albina. They
visit oar city with a view of estab
lishing, In onr midst, a hoarding
school for young ladids.
M. A. Mofiicjs, .whose purchase
the lathe City Saloon, we noticed
last week, after mailing the busi-
uesM fqur dqys, equsJuiled that ho
had got lute too deep wafer, and
sold back the property to Joe.
George, last Monday, Martin says
he knows how to mix mortar and
lay bricks, but mixing cook-tuils,
whiskey sours and sieh, don't suit
him, and he has concludedto stick
to the trowel and let the cock-tail
shaker alone,
-mrtr
^c liad quite a tenu
here yesterday evening,
A watering-place poet Writes:
"Old oegan slept." We dislike to
do it,.but wo are compelled to
ask : What did the sea lion f—Do.
troit C haff, .
We Ijad quite a thunder-storm