Lake Charles commercial., June 12, 1897, Image 3

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„ , Kelnaner enjoyed a visit In
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j,;* iherla this week
jf re ,t c.eorge has accepted a po
•Ition in the First National Bank.
Mrs. H B* ®»M.T »"d ,on ' 0,l,r '
eii'ce. have gone north for the
lOiunter.
Dr. U N. Mima shook hands
c jih bake Charles friends In town
this week.
Messrs. Anderson, Mayhew and
liners ore here from Iowa on a
prospecting tonr.
Miss Annie Gill left a few days
diner for a visit with her sister,
Mrs. Alfred, at Gonzales, Texas.
j. Alton Koster has commenced
lbs study of law in the office of
Cline & Cline. We wish him suc
cess.
Mr. ('. B. Wilcox, late of Orange,
Terns, has been made inspector
for I lie Calcasieu Export Lumber
Company.
Prof. Kceny, who is attending
the Summer Normal School at,
Lafayette, spent Sunday here with
his family.
Major P. L. Munro is enjoying
himself these days nursing a very
core foot, cnused by stepping on
a rusty nail.
Mrs. M. M. Armstrong and Miss
Sadie Eckles, of Spriugfleld, III.,
are among the recent arrivals in
the bake City.
Mrs. Henry Reid is home from
a pleasant visit to her old home
in Illinois. Henry is now as
happy as a lark.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Mayo at
tended the Sunday School con
vention, at Welsh, yesterday and
the day before.
Mrs. P. Theaux returned home
Saturday evening from a pleasaut
visit with her mother and sisters
in the Crescent City.
Miss Lena Snyder, a charming
young lady from Georgetown,
Texas, is here on a visit with her
lister, Mrs. Dr. Perkins.
Mrs. Philip Jacobs, of Washing
ton, La., is visiting her many Lake
Charles friends and relatives, as
the gnesf of her sister, Mrs. Sam
Kaufman.
Attorney Chas. A. McCoy is in
New Orleans this week attending
the annual seeeion of the Grand
Senate of the Knight's Ancient
Ksseuic Order.
Miss Maggie Collins, the charm
ing cousin of the Misses Harrop,
who has been a visitor in the Lake
City for a few weeks, has returned
to her home in Houston, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. George Horridge,
Mr. mid Mrs. Wm. Loree and Miss
bihhie Pope left Monday morning
for Vinton, Iowa, where they will
apeud the an miner. We hope
their visit will be a pleasant one,
Mr. Lyman Bryan and wife and
aister, Miss Lallie, of Waco, Texas,
arrived Monday, and.I. IV. Bryan,
Jr., from Yale College, arrived
home Wednesday morning in re
sponse to a telegram announcing
the dangerous illness of their
father, Capt. J. W. Bryan.
Mr. W. H. Cline, late editor of
the American, has returned from
New Orleans, where he went to
stand nu examination for admis
sion to the bar to practice law.
Mr. Oliue was Introduced to the
court here Inst Tuesday morning,
sod his name enrolled as a mem
ber of the Lake Cbarlee bar.
Judge W. O. Perrault, Masers.
H. E. Estorge, J. R. Norman and
Isaac Rooae, all prominent eillaena
nfopelonaaa, were here last Satur
day to attend tbs sale of laud be
longing to tbs estais of Alphouse
Levy. Tbs property was bought
in by Mr. Boobs. A short time
after the sale Mr.Rooee seid one
track of the land that cost him
less than «By dollars for ono ban
drad dollars ossb.
Por tbs bast laundry work oond
to tbo Labs Charles Steam Lao*
dry. Phone 35.
Rips psssbss were selling on
onr straets.yesterdpy morning—
drat this *••«*!»
, the
Tke Oommeroisl «1»«»
.eerier« in the PUy **«*•*
orner Pujo and Nwnf
»hurt its meetings will be held il»
b* fhta w. __
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la ibMTia** loot
aala*,aMba bom« of
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The latest railroad ne#» now
beard on the streets is to the ef
feet that the Kansas City, Shreve
port ft Gulf would be running
o'ty daring the
latter part of this month. We
hope that the report is correct
The bicycle pBrty given by Mrs,
E. B. Miller Inst Saturday öfter
ifoon in honor of her charming
guest, Miss Clnrn Patterson, of
Pollock, La., was a brilliant enc
ensa. About thirty-fire Indies and
gentlemen bicyclists pnrnded the
principle streets on their wheels,
which made a very pretty show.
The JrwTlally.
I.ake Charles is a newspaper
city right. We now have in the
city proper aeven weeklies, two
montiilies and two dailiea. The
Drat issue of the Daily American
appeared last Thursday, and to
say the least of it it is alright and
olinck full of telegraphic and local
news. We wish them success.
Lucky Rice Farmers.
The appended telegram will be
read with much interest by every
rice planier in this section:
Washington, Juno 1».
A. M. Mayo, Secretary Bonrd of
Trade, Lake Charles:
Senate adopted House rates on
rice h.v u Inrge majority.
S. A. Knapp.
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To-Morrow's Excursion.
Upwards of two thonsnnd peo
ple from along the eastern hue of
the Southern Pacific railroad will
arrive in the city to-morrow about
noon, and will be our guests until
dark. Various kinds of amuse
ments have been arranged for the
entertainment of onr guests, and
we hope that everyone that will
visit the Lake City to-morrow will
never regret their coming. The
celebration at Pleasure Park will
commence at half past two in the
afternoon, and there is nlso to be
steam boat excursion ou the
lake and river. Onr citizens have
arranged with the weather clerk
for a good day and nothing now is
looked for but a gala day here to
morrow. _
Hew Clnb Organized.
The Herald's Lock port corres
pondent says: An anti-tobacco
club has been organized in Lock
port with A. F. Bullock, president,
Fred. Reid, vice-president and G
T. Lock, secretary. They pledge
themselves not to use tobacco in
any form, now henceforth, or for
ever. Several of the boys linve
subscribed their names, and Mr
A. G. Wachsen reports the Red
Cross tobacco market dull in con
sequence. We wish the boys sue
cess in their noble undertaking
and if the rising generation would
only emulate the example and dis
card the pernicious habit of cigar
ette smoking we would have bet
ter men and fewer candidates for
the lunatic asylum.
«gala la lloobt.
The Lake Charles postmaster
ship is yet in doubt, as will he
seen by the following special from
Washington in Saturday's Tinies
Demoorat: The failure of the
Senate to confirm the nomination
of Maeon for postnmster at Lake
Charles, which was sent in by the
President some time ago, is he
lieved to portend up good to the
nominee, and the prediction is
made to-night that the nomination
will be withdrawn. It ia alleged
that charges have been preferred
against Mr. Mason, and that the
appointment is being bitterly
fought by the friends of Mr. Her
wig on* the committee oh postof
flees and postroads. This appoint
ment. it will be recalled, was made
at the iualigation of Capt. Wim
berly, but la being opposed by Mr
Herwig.^ _____
Were Oor Merchant« Asleep t
Last Saturday morning Mr. W.
Fletcher, from the northern
part of the pariah, waa in town
with a load of three thouaaod
pounds of wool. Mr. Fletober,
m nnderatand, could not And a
pnrehMcr among onr merchant«
nod Irtfly o»me nofoao Mr. W.
8, Graves. the battling bneineoe
manager of the Perkin, ft Miller
Itèrent Weetleke, and I» whom
Mr. Fletober ftyrnd en enzlone
parobneer. The wegon of wool
wee lorried '»'". end
before the »«*«•*•«•»» bed eome
to an end Mi. Fletober purcheaed
oner two hundred IdlMt wnrth
ofaoppliee from Mr.Grave«- Mr.
Fletober reeroeeed
alerted for Me- Jjr ;*»•*«»
ae beppy ee ennld.be. We nre
n lean tn knew hew It ie that
# t. let .neb trade ee
«y frein them. We dit
print of thIMete#»
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The Preea of laut Wedneaday
contained an article relative to
the Commercial's unit with the
parish, and In which the writer
completely ignored the real facts
in the case. It aaya "the law is
explicit in regard to electing a
parish printer, and at the meeting
of tlie police Jnry on the first Mon
day in .Inly, 1811«, they proceeded,
under advice from their attorney,
to elect a printer, whose term of
office began then. Joe. F. Reed
waa elected, etc." Here we wish
to inform the young writer ofthe
I'ress that he is mistaken regard
ing the day of election, for Mr.
Reed waa not elected nntil Friday,
•Inly 17th, the last day ofthe ses
sinn. Again, lie is wrong in stat
ing that "at that meeting, while
the police jury was yet in session,
Mr. Reed filed the required bond
and the minâtes were turned over
to him by the police jury clerk."
The truth of the matter is that
Mr. Reed's bond was not accepted
until July 22, and the proceedings
were never turned over to him at
all, for we yet have the original
copy in our possession. We will
state further that the proceedings
were np in type before the bond
was a bond, and that the proceed
ings appeared in this paper two
weeks before they were published
by the Press, they having copied
them from the Commercial.
These are the facts upon which
the Commercial won its sait,
and whether or not they sait the
Press we care very little. As to
the araonnt paid the Press being
a dead loss to the taxpayers of
the parish, the Press "states it
authentically that if the police
jury have made au error they will
stand good for the damage." This
is just as it should he, for the tax
payers should not have to pay
twice for one thing.
The Press says "we can further
say on the part of the police
jurors that no prejudice existed
in the minds of the members."
Right here we wish to inform the
editor of the Press that he knows
nothing of the facts that existed
for us to say it was a case of pre
judice on part of the police jury
against this paper. We don't
claim that the nine police jarors
are prejudice against us bat we
do claim to know that there are a
few of them who are; the knowl
edge of others to the contrary
notwitstandiug.
The Charter Squabble.
Onr people are considerably
stirred np over the very serious
condition of affaira that bas come
to the front since the filing of the
injunction suit agaiust the city
At the council meeting last Mon
day night it was learned from
Chairman Lyons, of fluauce com
mittee, that the city bauks had
positively refused to loan money to
run the city government unlit fall,
owing to the uncertainty of the
legality of the city charter. Mr.
Lyons' report before the council
was the cause of considerable
talk on the part of the aldermen
Some- thought the best thing now
to do would be to diaebarge ait
city officials, while others thought
different. It was finally decided
that a ooaimittee consietiog of
Mayor Crowley, Aldermen Mc
Cain and Kirkwood, he appointed
to confer with representative citi
sens, the Board of Trade and Com
Hierein! Clnb, to see if something
coold not be doue to abridge this
crisis. The monthly expenses of
the city will reaoh about oue thou
sand dollars, without a dollar on
haqd or in sight anlil the fall tax
mouey will commence coming in.
Things now are in a muddle to eay
the Icaet of 11, aud the prospects
for a better atate of affairs will
remain lu the dark until the oourta
will* decide the legality of onr
obarter. We hope the committee
appointed will be aaaceaafnl in
raising meant 1° mu Ike city's
afaira until the oourt'e decision is
rendered^________
The Rleycle Feuee.
District Attorney Mitchell'« bi
cycle fence oame in for « big «hare
of attention at I ho elty oouocil
moating laat Monday araolng.
gome of the aldermen ware of the
opinion that it waa a pubilo nul
aanoe, while others took a Altèr
ent view of the matter. It waa
Anally decided that Oily Engioear
Xlainputer akoold iuveetlgate who
owned the aldewa»k ih •*
Mr, Mltokoll'a pVoperly, H I»
evllaut that if the elty owaa lba
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The Itew flab.
The Lake Charles Commercial
Clnb is a new organization that
onr people are very Vinch inter
ested in snd proud of. Another
business meeting wail held last
Monday night, nt which time the
clnb named the different com
mittees to look after its business
in the fotnre. The committees are
as follows : *
Directors:—Arad Thompson,H.
C. Drew, L. Kaufman, J. A. Bel,
Thos. Bounders, Chester Brown
and H. B. Milligan.
Finance and Trades Extension :
—Frank Roberts, A. L. Williams,
Geo. 'Woolman, C. W. Hopkins,
Adolph Meyer.
Advertising Committee :— O. 8.
Dolby, Wm. Briggs, 8. Arthur
Knapp, J. H. Neal, J. B. Neibert
and Gay Beatty.
Transportation Committee :—H.
B. Milligan, L. Kaufman. Prof. A.
Thomson, Joe Elstner, W. C. Wall,
J. Frank, A. F. Bolton.
Entertainment Committee :—A.
P. Pa jo, Chester Brown, Dr. A. J.
Perkins, Wm. Martin, C. W. Hole,
Thos. Saunders, Geo. Law, H. B.
Milligan, Dr. Jaa. Martin, J. M.
Mason, P. Crowley, H. C. Gill, Dr.
L. H. Moss, Dr. McMahon, H. J.
Geary, L. Crager, P. Tbeanx, Dr.
Anderson, Judge Fonrnet.
Agricultural Committee :—IT. C.
Drew, R. H. Nason, J. W. Ander
son, J. E. Frazer, B. Bloch, T. L.
Palmer and J. W. Eggleston.
Manufacture Committee :—J. A.
Bel, W. B. Norris, Wm. Martin, D.
R. Swift, Chas. Miller, Geo. Lock,
Chester Brown, E. A. Stubbs.
Executive Committee:— H. H.
Eddy, R. H. Nason, H. B. Milli
gan, A. P. Pnjo, Wm. Martin, G.
T. Rock.
Auditing Committee:— W. B.
Stone, A. L. Williams, J. H. Neal,
H. J. Geary, Wilber Weber.
Talratrd Teacher aad Brilliant
Woman Passes Away.
There will be widespread sor
row in New Orleans and Algiers
this morning when it is known
that the brilliant Miss Bertba
Koppel is no more. For the last
three weeks the life of tbie gifted
lady was bang in the balance, and
as the days slowly dragged by the
straggle between the éxpert pby
sicians and loving relatives and
friends and the black-winged an
gel of death grew sterner and
more hopeless.
About three weeks ago Miss
Koppel was first taken with the
low type typhoid fever, which, at
7:.T0 o'clock last uight, sapped the
last atom of vitality, and the tired
sufferer closed her eyes and peace
fully weut to sleep.
In the death of a woman like
Miss Koppel the city's woman
hood loses a noble, earnest, active
and learned leader, who did not
confine her efforts to the sex, but
strove also for civilixatiou and
humanity.—Picayune, Jone ».
Miss Koppel was well known
here, and the newa of her death
will be received with eorrow by
her friende and relatives to Lake
Charles, and whom we join in ex
tending aympathy to the bereayed
family to their great loss.
A. H. PatterTwïïb E. C. Atkins
& Co., Indianapolis, Ind., writes:
"I have never before given a testi
monial in my life. But I will say
that for three years we have uever
been without Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhcea Remedy lu
the bouse, and my wife would aa
eooo think of being without Hour
as a bottle of this Remedy in the
summer season. Wo bavo used it
with all three of our ohildren aad
it baa never failed to eure — not
aiuiply stop pain, but eure abao
lately. It is all right, and anyone
who tries it will itod it so." For
aale by M. D. Kearney, A. Mejer
and Lake Oharlea Drag Store.
Save one-half of your ice bill by
boyiqg one of J. P. Clark'a refrig
erator». Bold under guarantee.
A fiend isaien.
New onetomersnre being served
daily by J. J. Rigmaiden ft Oo.,
aliaply beennae they make the
beat br nnd. _
Bnhaorlbefor the Oommeboul
e—^tl.. || Bam( B»
Mr. Jams* Jl«»ee, of the drag irai of
Jones* Boa,Oawdea, RMn speakiag
Or. King's New Oleeovery, says the»
laat winter ble wife wee attacked with
ta Ortons, end her earn grew »mi»«
that (Syaieiana at Oewdan. and Tbna
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OFFERED BY
Sol Bloc
-- HIS --
Entire : Stock : Going
AT VERY LOW FIGURES FOR CASH I
( all Early and Secure Bargains!
Advertise in this Paper!
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$275°° in Purses!
July 4th, 1897.
Hoo-Hoo Race and Fair Grwnds,
Lake Charles, La. /
haud* or under) ï la S, fW-W* cWIMMRIi
. tn »«raiwaane aildl ft Pit WdQC PIOTO hd
Five per mat M entert ^y W n^^J^^. „ T<nl , PuraMdlrtdwJa*,».
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Mate of Loulelans, snd betanetaa to W. A. J.
soutnease quarter, the Noitbeeat quarter of
the SontMreet quarter, sad the
quarter of the southwest quart
Hast half of the Northwest quart
Northeast quarter of Section 1
(«), the Northwest quartererfme»
EQBîâam,
'Asnnsssurep*
and mtasted in the town ofJfU
snd deem bod ee follow» *»-ndt:
hot NineteeniO»> of Thug, unuotmejmm
Lawrence subdivision of me North half of
a-, isnast.? rnsÎHrsî'V'ŒSK
A. I.. LYONS,
Sheri IT of Calcaeleu Parten, ra.
SbertlTt oflloe, Lake CHarlee, La., May
lt päjo*Moee, Mean., Att'ye for PlalntlW
[Mgy e, lirait
Sheriff's Bale.
Twelfth Judicial map-let Court, Jarti.
calcaeleu, State of LouleUuuk—MO 171*.
eraser Broe. re. Geo. If. à B. L. Welle.
B V VIBTUK of a writ of Sert factae leaned
and to me directed by the Honorable
Court aforeaald, I here eel ted. and wUlo*»r
for tale at public auction, to meinet and
hlsheet bidder, wimout the beneBt trf «P
betweenlegalMlenoun, thefojlowlnit de*_
"nralaet hal7of the Soutdeaat quarler nf
Motion Twenty-eight (28) In Vownehlp Nine
(#) south of Bango KWht (8) W ait, c ontain
lag 81 M-iao ncree. Xese elz .germ In me
Sontheaet corner thereof prevlouely eold t o
Henry and Narctaae Young, and ezcmit a
atrip eS of me south and Knet »Idee of raid
tract of land prerlouely donated for a right
at way tor public ronde ; deede of said «alee
end of eald donation» being duly recorded.
sailed under Mid writ. _____ ___
Terme -Thle being thesecond offering the
shore described property will be »old for
Äit«e7lt 5m bring, oif a «redltof twelr.
month»: purchaser to fmmleh bond wim
good and Mirent »•Çurlty. with eight per
cent, per annum interest from date until
paid; costs end taxes amounting to «o.uü.
er- ------- )f to he paid caehoutof çrlcebld.
Sheriff of Calcaeleu Parish, La.
sharlIT» once, rake Chartas, La., May
-net, 1887.
p. a. sompayrac, Ksq
Att'y for Pltlf.
(May Hi. 1887 .
Constable's 'Sale,
Ma it of LoaiMaaa.
Mrs. Caroline McGInty vu. Mr». D. K. Lew
rence and Ü. N. Lawrcnca.
>Y VIBTUK of a writ of llerl facias.
■> Issued and to me directed, by t#»Hon
orable Court atoremUd, Ihavejwlaadand
will offer for sale, at puhUcauoMon, M»
laat and lUgheat bidder, with the benent
oral Mment, at me Court House door
... .Je panels In me city of Lake charte».
Parish of Calcaeleu, Stale of Louisiana, on
r,Jsra ta. test.
between legal hour*, the following described
eZuTlwo itooh, ono refrigerator,
ona canter table, six chairs, two mitt
two pictures and trame», OTelmtmg stove,
two [in anti six window shades. And on
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betwe
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arty : The Weit half of Blpak Idve (B), 'Weetof
the Boulevard of the Wotklne Addltlon to
me City of Lake CharleB, La., with all the
buildings and improvement» thereon, coil
»letlng of a dwelling houee, hai-n and fencing.
selxed under »»Id writ.
Terme Cush on day of »ale.
L. C. DBBS, Constable,
Third Ward. Calcasieu I'arleb, ra.
Constable'« Ofllce, Luke Charlee, ra.. May
18 th, 1887 . tMayJk. 1887 .
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worth living, if he can avail himeelr on
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No C. O. D/fraud nor receip decep
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r not appear again.
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Charlee, La. NKVaLK ,
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