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LAKE CHARLES, CALCASIEU PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMRER B, 1881.
NO. 9.
IE CHARLES COMMERCIAL
Jfl't'HUBKET) EVKKY BATTKUAY, BY
McCOKMKli.
FRICK OF SUBSCRIPTION :
wo Dollars a Year.
prctl at the Post Office, Lake Charles
La., as second class matter.
LAKE CÖ AILLES, LÀ
IRBAT, SEPTEMBER 5, 1881
Igelits lor the Commercial.
H. Poe............. i ...... I Bagdad.
Hunison..,,. IV est Lake Charles.
Rlavo..................... .Opelousas.
Subscribers who fail to re
re their paper, will please lioti
is of the fact.
Ron't fail to attend the "Lawn
'tty," next Tuesday evening,
of fun.
Bad the new advertisement of
ândler & Valverde, contractors,
-builders, etc., in another eol
of this issue.
the law card of F. A. Grai
nier, Esq. Mr. GaTlangher is
well known as a lawyer to need
recommendation from us.
Down Lots for Sale.
er column will be seen the ad
tisement of several town Jots
; sale. This is a fair opportunity
lew settlers.
j
Lessrs. Rosteet and Four net
rf for sale, on liberal and easy
is, the old Mark Lee place,
town. See advertisement in
teller column.
lie Ladies' Aid Association, as
1, have started nomefMng new
he enjoyment of the good peo
of our tovvy. We feel sure
'Lawn Party" will be liber-i
[ patronized.
I
e have received Yol.-J., Iso. 2,
lie Texas Printer," published
Eouston, Texas, by Mr. Win. M.
librege. It is neatly printed
mutants item» of interest to i
waft'generally.
it ax Railroad Accident.—
, Wednesday morning the east
[ bound freight train on the La.
ailroad ran over a cow, about
Bnteen miles east of Lake
rles, ditched several ears, kill
the fireman and wounding the
inner. No others hurt.
hanks to Mrs. Win. Meyer for
ascription to the Commercial»
I to Messrs. Jas. 1'. Kent, W.
,'katley, C. Schiudler, R. J.
inn, James Blair, J. B. Goodhue,
yid Morgan, Jos. Goodman, and
I. Perkins and A. J. Kearney,
for two subscriptions.
j
Iw'eek. The large building was
with people from 7 p. in. to
i., every night, from Monday
rursday, and all seemed to en
[ themselves to their heart's
nut- We congratulate Father
.. . , ,, , „ ,,
e lan; for the benefit of the j
ohc Church was a grand and j
netc success. O wing to the j
nee of Father Kellj, w ho was i
d away immediately after the I
we are unable to give full '■
ioulars of the financial result, j
. , , ..feet
and his congregation on
success. !
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ipooial telegram from Opelou- :
the N. O. Democrat, says j
destruetive fire occurred at
ero, in the parish of Lathy- j
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on the Morgan railroad, ou !
'ay evening, the 20tli nil. The I
.«die church, the residence of 1
»riest and all adjacent build
.. . * . .. r
weie entile^ consumed,
allais as to the origin of the
Tlte same dispatch says that j
t Sunday evening, a sou of i
h C\ DeviJliers, living on Bay- j
«•lie,, about tiv.e miles fr om ,
loungs, was thrown by au an
Iken bom and instantly' killed.
I'.
of
is
District Court met last Monday,
Hon. S. D. Bead presiding. The
Grand Jury was impaneled with
Hon. G. W. Richardson as Fore
man. They immediately went
work and, as will be seen by their
special report published in another
column, they found ten true bills,
ignored eight cases, and referred
several cases to the District At
torney for future action. They
finished their labors and adj ourned
Thursday evening.
On Thursday Judge Read order
ed the J ury Commissioners to draw
thirty jurors, to serve for the sec
ond week of this term of court.
Three civil cases have been dis
posed of.
In the case of the State vs. Ed
mund Sam, for selling liquor, with
out license, on motion of A. R.
Mitchell, Esq., the bill of informa
tion was quashed.
State vs. Guy Thomas, shooting
and wounding, with intent to kill,
tided by jury and found gnilty, with
a recommendation to the mercy
the Court. Motion in arrest of
judgment, filed by his counsel, Geo.
H. Wells, Esq.
Two parlies brought up for nd
ner offences pleaded guilty; one
for assault and battery, was fined
$2.50 and costs, and the other for
carrying concealed weapons, was
fined $20, and costs.
Last Tuesday, in the piue woods,
about twenty miles above Lake
Charles, W. H. Thompson, of West
Lake Charles, was struck over the
head by a colored man named All
good. Thompson remained un
conscious for au hour. Dr. A. II.
Moss, of our town, was called, and
he says that the skull is not frac
tured, and that Thompson will
probably recover. Allgood came
!iu and offered to surrender him
self to the sheriff, saying that he
I acted in self-defence. N o charge
has yet been made against hiui.
Come to the Lawn Party on
Laws Party.—Seme thing Sew.
.
i Tuesday evening, September, Oth,
to be held on the green near the
Masonic Hall, under the auspices
of L. A. A. Charades, Tableaux,
Croquet, etc,., free to all. Refresh
ments at reasonable rates. A
piomiueut feature of the evening
will be the voting of many articles
(both handsome and useful) to the
prettiest Miss, ugliest Man, and
j most popular folks generally. A
horse to be given to the most pop
ular little Gent.
Come and have your future un
raveled, bring all your friends and
have an enjoyubie time at little ex
pence.
The B. K. R. Cornet Band will
furnish music for the occasion.
The Beaumont (Texas) Enter
j iu epealduj , 0 , t he new Cath
j oJic Ctwct oftlmt towll . aavs .
j ^ dimei)skm8 54x28 feet,
i spire will be, when completed,
I «.I feet iu height, covered with
'■ round-headed shingles of uniform
j «»»' .» u . d surmounted by a cross six
in height. J ne design of t ue
eastern end is very tasteful, and the
effect uu tii.e eye is .altogether pleas
ing; every detail being in propor
tion and harmony. In fact, from an
architectural point of view, the
building is perfect ; it looks like a
church a) 1 over. The inside is not
nearly completed and will not be
ter some time to come, though ev.
cry effort will be made by the ever
working priest, Father Quinon, to
perfect all the requisite require
ments. Those of our citizens who
Vl ^ fthandsome bmidings,
should certainly inspect the ht.
Jjülés Church."
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Fi's nk Walworth, the young man
kl) ^ 1 1,U ** 4â **J «^«ellor
v\ alworth, some year# ago,iu ÎSew
York, and served a short term iu
the peniteutiary iu consequence,
is oue of the most popular young
of Saratoga Springs and is
to marry a ric h ke^ss .
The eggs sold in Cincinnati will
this year reach tho figure of 5JEW,
000 .or W.OW.OUO eggs.
to
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of
of
PERSONAL.
A. J. Perkins left again for Gal
veston, Thursday night.
C. T. Perkins and wife, from Ver
inilion ville, are in town, visiting
relatives.
Judge John D. Stark, from Or
ange, Texas, is in attendance on
our District Court.
D. J. Reid, our efficient Asses
sor and Registrar, returned last
Wednesday, from Galveston.
Mrs. M. A. Duffy and two little
daughters, from New Orleans, ar
rived here last Sunday night.
We bad the pleasure of meeting
J. B, Suttles, Esq., from Cameron,
who is attending our District
Court.
Alderman B. H. Harmon return
ed, from a flying trip to St. Lan
dry, last Monday, where he had
gone after his family.
C. Miller, representing Simon &
Kolm, of New Orleans, and Ohas.
Stith, representing Marx & Kemp
ner, of Galveston, aie in town.
Laurent Dupre, Esq., of Opelou
sas, honored us with a call last
Monday. Mr. Dupre is one of the
visiting attorneys at the present
term of our District Court.
Rev. Hobt. J. Harp, editor of the
New Orleans Independent, held
service and preached at the M. E.
Church, iir our town last Sunday
morning, and again at night.
We note in town this week,
Messrs. C. Iliram Andrus and D.
D. Andrus, from Meriuentau, Si
meon Vincent and Hon. Win. Vin
cent, from Rose Bluff, and Demcy
lies, from Sugar Town.
Rev. V. Quinon, the able Catho
lic priest of Beaumont, Texas, hou
ored our sanctum with a visit last j
Tuesday. He informed us that he j
celebrated High Mass, in his new i
church building, last Sunday, at !
Beaumont, for the first time.
Ha ving tried to give a descrip- ;
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[Communicated.]
Gan Calcasieu he Made an Agricul
tural Parish I
No.
tiou of the parish of Calcasieu, its
area, the fertility of soil, its prairie
and timber, I will in conclusion
speak of its hidden wealth arid al
so of the health of the parish.
Some fifteen miles west of Lake
Charles; near the La. W. R. R. is
located the Sulphur Mines which
sa j d to be j uex haustible, and
j will prove a source of untold
! wealth to the owners. A company
beeii folmed to work «"
mines, and there is no doubt will
be in full operation before long.
These mines will ha ve to furnish all
the sulphur for future use, there be
ing but one other mine known to
the world, an dit is almost exhaust
ed; so this mine will be the main de- ,,
peudence for sulphur, consequent-,
Iv it is as good or perhaps a better
investment than the Silver Mines i
of Colorado. Iu working these I
mines a great many persons w ill be
euiploied, opening a market for ;
all kinds of vegetables and cerials ;
that can be raised in abundance j
near bv. I
A few w'ords about the towns in
the parish and I am done, iatke ;
Charles, the parish seat, is situated j
ou the east shore of the lake oil
high rolling ground, and it is a
place of business, as a lumber I
mart and shipping point, doing a
kea vv business in lumber, goods,
and groceries. The town has a beau- ■
tdful location and is improving
fast. There are five churches, and j
on the first of September tjK oe '
will be four schools open with the ;
prospects of a fifth soon after, j
West Lake Charles, on the west \
bank oftke lake, is a thriving place, j
and a great shipping point for luia- }
ber. Baudad. Goosuoit, fuirai
her. Bagdad, Goosport, f ugar
tow u aud Edgeriy, are small but
lively towns: then there is Welsh's
station, on the railroad, is grow ing
very test.
Hoping that what I ha ve written
may meet the eye of some who are
looking for locations, and induce
them to come aud see for them
selves, and ascertain that what
Iras been said is true.
H kjbdomadal.
The minister became eloqueut
upon the subject of souls that are
saved. Turning Ä a Sunday school
class he said : " What kind of boys
go to heaven f" "Dead oues!"
screamed tire little fellow at the
foot of the class. •
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When a New Orleans man wants ;
iris picture iu a heroic attitude, the
artist paiuts him in the act of re
fusiug to drink.—Boston Trans
dipt.
[Communicated.]
Jennings, Calcasieu Parish, La., )
August, 30, 1881. j
Affairs in this, the Southeast
corner of the parish are about as
usual. We seldom have an occur
rence of any kind, to even create
a mild sensation; and just now the
state of the weather is such, that
very unusual event, would produce
only a mere ripple of excitement.
The corn crops have done about
all that can be expected of them.
Peas and sweet potatoes will con
tinue to make until checked by
frost. Those who planted rice
early are now harvesting and the
Indications are that the yield will
be satisfactory. The late rice,
where a supply of water has been
kept, looks fine, and will, it is
claimed, produce twelve to eigh
teen barrels per acre. The impie
ments used in harvesting and
threshing are about the style of
those in use several thousand years
ago. But ere many years instead
of patches of a few acres, we will
have large rice farms, and modern
machinery for harvesting the
grain raised thereon. The general
health is good in this immediate
neighborhood; a fact no one who
knows any thing of tho character
of this parish, will be surprised to
hear. Frank.
The Electoral <biumissiou.
The Seeret History Likely to be
Sooner or Later Divulged.
[Utica (X. Y.) Herald.]
It is current belief that the Elec
toral Commission, by whose final
vote the Presidency was stolen
from the people, has a secret his
j tory. There exists ample ground
j for the belief that at one time the
i Republican justices in the body
! had decided to throw out the vote
of Florida entirely, and that one of
them (Bradley) reached the deter
luination to vote to give it to Til
den and Hendricks. It has been
generally understood that Bradley
assured Justice Clifford of his in
tention to do this. Our readers,
; or K0IJi ® of them, may remember
that, after the arguments, and be
fore any votes had been taken, ru
mors appeared in Washington cor
respondence to the effect that
Bradley had confessed to Clifford
the justice of the Democratic posi
lion, and stated that he would vote
to declare Tilden elected. The re
port, went so far as to assert that
Bradley had written out his opin
ion. and w ould present it when he
voted with the Democrats.
As soon as these stories leaked
out tiie eminent Republicans who
were engineering the steal visited
Bradley en masse. The result of
iheir persuasion we know. Brad
ley tore up his old opinion and
wrote another, in which he sprung
,, . ,. . . .. .. . „ -
blft betone ■ aliunde upon the
j"tekc. As w e have said, all of this
i bas been a part of understood 1ns
I years, but it has never
J'®* 1 w eight of authori
; tetive statement. At last we are
; l»ro«»«ed proofs which, although
j posthumous, w ill geneially be ac
I cejited as jmsitive.
(,0 'j j nttenden, of Missouri,
; *' at Justice Clifford told him
j several years ago that he had pre
l^red a complete and detailed his
the proceedings of the elec
I te"* 4 eoniuiwtiou, and that it would
be l»nbiished after his death, nn
J.** 8 his wife decided otherwise,
■ J ustice furtaerinore hinted
that wkeu "i" history was publisn
j «*}> developments would be made
a startling nature and damaging
reputations now good,
krorn another source come» the
^r statement that the volume
"dJ.iery soon be gi'eu to the
} ,ubb f» aild that ^ Bradley s duphci
ty will not onlybe proved, but ac
counted for. We await the ap
pearance of tire history with inter
éditer told tire bad Milwauke man
that what he took for "Time
was Timothy, 1st chapter, fifteenth
verse, tire bold man seemed crush
ed, and asked the crowd to go
down to Todd's and take some
thing. O, we have wicked men even
here in Milwauke.— [Reek's Bun,
est. The people cannot know too
much of the inner history of the
fraud. _^
The Janes villi Recorder lias got
it on a Milwauke traveling man.
The man was telling about going
into the grand stand of a church at
Fond du Jam;, and seeing a time
board hung out over the judges'
stand which read, "Christ came
into the world to save sinners:—
Tin». 1:15," and said he didn't be
lieve any such time as 1:15 had
ever been made. When the good
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as
the
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Mest Remarkable Eyes.
Miraculous Recovery of Sight—One
Eye a Telescope, the Other
a Microscope.
[New York Times.]
Last Winter a gentleman living
near Litchfield took his daughter,
16 years of age, on a sleigh ride.
The day was cold, but very sunny.
On their return the gill complain
ed of her eyes. The trouble grew
worse, and finally the girl was
kept in a dark room and there re
mained with no ray of light until a
few days ago, when she experi
enced a peculiar sensation which
she described as follows:
"It seemed as if my eyes were
running out, or part of them. Put
ting my hand to my eyes I could
feel something coming out over
my lower eyelids which I took
hold of and pulled out. It ga ve
me some pain to do so, but almost
immediately my eyes felt better.
Instead of a sinarling sensation
when I winked they felt cool and
natural and it was a pleasure to
wink them. Then caniellife thought,
'why my eyes are better, and I be
lieve 1 could bear the light,' which
thought was ho impressed upon
my mindthat I was determined to
try, Hesitatingly I opened the
door, when to my great joy I
found that I was able to bear the
light as well as I ever could. The
feeling that, came over me at the
moment that I found out that I
could once more leave the dark,
dismal room aud see the glorious
sunlight again was so overpower
ing that I gave one scream for joy
and fainted away."
Now comes the strangest part
of the story. Six months ago the
girl's eyes were straight and nat
ural; now she is cross-eyed, but
she pays no attention to that. She
sees things just the same as she
always did, but let her close lier
right eye, and she can see a dis
tance of eight or ten miles, and dis
tinguish things as an ordinary per
son only 60 rods away. She is able
to look clear to the lake, a distance
of three and a-lialf miles, and iden
tify any one describing their dress
even. The distant hills are brought
close to her, and she can see the
farmers getting in their hay, even
counting the number of heaps
which, in au air line, are seven
miles from her. To test her, a
field glass was used, and her sight
would far outreach any object that
could be seen with the glass. If
she closes her left eye and looks out
of the right, then she cannot see
anything except close to her, but
that eye is a perfect microscope.
Bhe is able to distinguish things
that the natural eye cannot see.
The point of a needle looks as blunt
as a crowbar, and it is wonderful
to hear her describe the beautiful
colors of flies and other insects.
To her the hairs of a person's head
look as large as darning needles,
andin the flnest piece of linen she
counts the threads as easily as
anyone can count bean-poles. The
moment she opens both eyes they
assume the cross-eyed expression
or shape, aud then she sees again
as any other person. It Is the in
tention of the lather to take bei
te New York at no distant day and
to let some of the celebrated phy
sicians see this wonderful phe
nomenon. The girl lier self is a
very bright, pretty girl, but very
timid.
Ih Tai« Hoi —An old Keutuck
ian says : "In all my life I have
never seen two genuine negro wo
men kiss, and I have often heard
my father remark the same thing.
He was over 60 years old, and fre
quently told us it was a tradition
through all his family that the ne
gro women never kissed. A friend
of mine, who lias been a great
traveler, has visited Africa and
Hayti, has remarked to me the
strange fact that negro women
never kiss." Why is it so V
Subscribe to the Lake Charles
Commercial.
SKCKN DORF —At the residence of her
parents iu the town of Lake Cliarlea, on
Monday. August 20, 1881, at 12 o'clock
P. M-, after a long and painful illuosn.
Bkktha Theuksk, daughter of August
Kecendorf and Paulina P. Hendrickson,
aged 1 year, 10 months and 23 durs
The team of morn was on the stream,
Hut sullen clouds the day deform ;
Thou wert, ioffend, tiiai morning team,
And, death, nias, that sullen storm.
'Thou wort not formed for livftig hero,
For thou wert kindred with the sky ;
Yet, yet we held thee »11 so dear,
We thought thou wort not formed to
die."
8WEEK V—iu tins town, «ai Thursdsy.
September J, 1881, John Sweeny, eldest ,
won of Bernard Sweeny and Man Dillon, |
d about 12 years.
a
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
A. OALLAUGHER, Attendît
. LrtWj will practice in this ana ad
joining parishes, and before the Supreme!
Court, at Opelousas.
Sep., 3, 1881 ,-ly.
SCHINDLER & VALVERDE,
SHIP BUILDING
_ Afin
REPAIRING,
Contractors, «fcc.
On South Bunk of Liikc Charles.
Sept. 3, 1881.
DESIRABLE FARM FOR SALE.
T'HE ok) Mark tee plate, abont two
J miles from Luke Charles, containing
120 acres, partly Bleared arid fenced, and
partly timbered land, with house and
out-houses, and ground cistern, ready
for use. Terms liberal i\nd easy.
Apply 1°
sept, 3, 'Si,
M. J. R08TEÈT,
or U, A, FOURNET,
Lake Charles, La,
,
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FOR HALE.
F IVE Town Lots, in Lake Charles,
three squares from the Lake, advan
tageously situated.
Also, about six acres of land, south of
Railroad line, about 700 yards from the
Railroad depot, east of Calcasieu river.
To be sold in lots to suit purchasers.
Xa- Very literal terms will be givert
to any party purchasing With intention
to build. Apply to
GABRIEL A. FOURNÉT,
sept. 3,1881. Lake Charles, La,
N OTICE—Land < »dice at New Orleans,
La., August 31, 188), notice is jtere
by given that the following named set
tler has died notice of bis intention to
make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before
the Judge or Clerk ot Court, at Lake
Charles, La., on the 8th of October. 1881,
viz: Desire Cole, Homestead No. 4541,
for the W } of N W [ and N W 4 of S W
j of section 14, and H K J of N E 1 of se<v
lion 15, township 8 south range 7 west,
Louisiana Meridian. He names the fob
lowing witnesses to prove his continuous
residence upon, and cultivation of, said
laud, viz: F. P. Pierce, Hiram Cole, 8.
H. Platin und L. Corkran, of CalcasieU
Pai i «b, Y, a.
GEO. 1ÎALDEY, Register.
Kept. 3,188l.-5t.
N OTICE—Land Office at Now Orleans,
La., August 31,1881, Police is hereby
given that the following named sottleV
jins filed notice of his Intention to make
final proof in support of liis claim, and
that said proof will be made before the
J edge or Clerk of Court, at Lake Charles,
La., on the 8th of October, 1881, viz :
Pierre McLean, Homestead No. 442(1,
for S I of 8 W A of section 24, and N E 4
of N tv 4 of section 23, township 10 south
range 3 west, Louisiana Meridian. He
names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous resilience upon, und cul
tivation of, said land, viz: Joseph Tra
liun, Eugene Guidry, D. D.. Andrus and
A. Gauthier, of Calcasieu Parish, La.
GEO. BALDEY, Register.
Hep). 3, 1881,-öt.
Buccewsion Bale.
Fourteenth. Judicial Dieh irl Court, Calca
sieu Parish, La,
Kucckwwion of Joski-h UoemiKoiM, Dkc'ii.
B Y virtue of an order, dated August
24!li, 1881, from tho Hon. I4tli Judi
cial District Court, ill and for the parish
of Calcasieu, La., w ill be sold by Al. Oc
luviu Hebert, administratrix of said sm -
cession, at the lust nisideneo of Joseph
Bourgeois, deceased, in this parish, on
Thursday, October (I, 1881,
all the following described property, be
longing to said succession, lo-wit :
1. A certain piece or parcel of
land, containing -fl and 14|J00 acres, sm-l
described as being the north-east quar
ter of south-eust quarter of section No.
211, in township No. 10, so nth of range
No. 3 West, us per patent No. 1348.
2. Another tract of land, con
taining 131 ami 2ÖIIOO acres, described us
being the west half of north-east quar
ter and south-east iniarter of north-west
quarter of section No. 27, in township
No. 10, south of range No. 5 west, as per
patent No. 1782.
3. Eleven head of gentle cattle,
one gentle horsp, one wagon, one gen tin
mare, seventeen head of sheep, nine
bead of bogs, fencing, household' and
kitchen lurnitare, Ac., Ac.
Tkkms asp Conditions. —Ten per cent,
of the price of each adjudication, cash,
on the day of sale, and for I feu balance,
at one, two and three yeur*^ credit, from
the day of sale) purchaser« to execute
their promissory notes for the credit, por
tion of their purchases, riayajile to the
order <»f the adminislraffix, 1 with good
and solvent security, to her satisfaction,
in tiiree equal minimi instalments, tear
ing eight per cent. per minimi interest
from maturity until paid, and the real
property to remain specially mortgaged,
with yemior's privilege, in favor of suhl
succession, until full und final satisfac
tion of the notes given for the pnrehuso
tiiereof.
Clerk'» Office, Lake diaries, La., Keji
teiwter, 3, 1881.
Til AD. MAYO, Clerk.
St. Lout* Typo Foundry,
115 & 117 Wne Rt„
IIKAI.KUS IN
printing and writing papers,
CARRS AND CARD BOARD,
TAGS, ENVELOPES,
Printing Inks, Bronzes, Ac.
Programme Carffs, Wedding Envelopes,
Wedding Papers, Ac.
July«. |88|.