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THE
WEEKLY ECHO
W. PRATHER ..........Editor
I.AKK CHARLHg. LA:
Saturday, Oct. SB, IÔ71.
tiäP We are passionately fond
of vocal and Hutinuueutal music,
and more especially good singing,
bat it is rarely tlie c&seuow-a-days
we bear any tiring but what the elite
or "upper-ton" term fashionable
singing, which is no more or lees
than making an ugly noise, similar
to filing a dull cross-cut saw, or
hollowing at the mouth of a cavern
—thoehrill Sound will echo and re
echo over the hills and valleys, and
will make a person who has been
accustomed to hearing beautiful
singing shudder. 'Whenever we hear
such a horrible screeching, especi
ally at the dead hour of night,
when every person is asleep, we
come to the eonlusion the! the per
son or persons who makes the
racket, has taken too much "rot
gut*' ou board.
Last Sunday night, between the
hours of 9 and 10 o'clock, we heard
a terrible noise in the upper part
of the town. If the racket they
made is any criterion to judge from
there must have beereat leaAt twen
ty They made that Holy Sabbath
night hideous by their horrible
singing and yelling. One of the
party in particular hollowed loud
enough to be heard at least a anile.
Tho whole crowd must hive been
very drunk.
Mr. William Hutchins has
recently returned from Galveston
with a magnificent stock of Ladies'
Dress Goods, Calicoes, Cottons,
Crockery, Queensware, Clothing,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Western Pro
duce, and Canned fniita of every
description. In short, be has the
most beautiful and varied stock
of goods which has been brought
to this» market for many years.
He^an suit the most fastidious
taste of any Lady or Gentleman.
Now, ladies, permit us to say to
you, that if you kneed anything
m the way of Dress Goods, which
is cheap, neat, and yet not gaudy,
giyo Mr. H. a call. Y T ou will find
him and his accommodating assis
tant, ready, willing, and waiting,
to display before you nny kind of
goods you desire to see.
IB. During the past fortnight
large flocks of ducks and geese
have been parsing over our town
nightly, en route, w$ presume, to
the lakes and lagoons on the Gulf
coast. Bare sport is in store for
sportsmen living on- the lakes.
Äff* Our couptry people rarely
bring any Eggs and Chickens to
town for sale. We hfvp not teen
an egg of any description for over
a month. The hens have «topped
laying, or the country folks are
holding back for higher prices.
The Lord knows "they are high
enough now. They command from
thirty to forty cents per dozen.
A bakers' shop is greatly
needed, and would,be a great ac
quisition to our town. There is a
opening here for some sober,
du8trious, enterprising mad good
r, with a small capital, to do a
business.
We also need a Buber, tailor,
-smith, watch-maker, and a sad
all of whom could do well
this place.
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We have never experien
ced hotter weather at this season
of the year than we bave had du
ring the past week, especially in
tie middle of the day. Some of
the evenings were exeet wively hot
until about 9 o'clock, after,which
time it would become quite cool.
The sudden transitions from heat
to cold will have a tendency to
cause persons who have doffed
their winter garments for lighter
apparel to take violent coughs and
colds. His frosty majesty, Jack
Frost is somewhat tyrdy in pay
ing us a visit We shall be pleas
ed to see his beautiful white carpet
spread over our town.
The Weatherford (Texas]
Times of the 6th says "A party
of Indians approached within twen
ty miles of Belknap, Young coun
ty, and drove off fifteen hundred
head of cattle. They also stole
many horses in the vicinity off j
Forts Gibson and Belknap. A par- j
ty of men followed their trail, and
afterward reinforced, are continu
ing the pursuit"
The most effectual way of put
ting a stop to the red skins com
mitting depredations on the fron
tiers of Texas, is lor Uncle Sam
to withdraw the troops, and em
ploy the Texas Bangers, and give
them a liberal bounty for every In
dian scalp they take. The Rau
gers are old indian hunters, and
will soon clean them oat.
The Latent News.
—o—
Chicago, Oct. 10. Origin and
Progress of the Fire .—Late on
Sunday a boy wpnt into stable to
milk a cow, carrying with him a
kerosene lamp, which was kicked
over.by the cow, and the burning
fluid scattered among the straw.
This was the beginning of the fire.
A single extinguisher on the ground,
or aotive work of the police in tear
ing down one or two shanties,
would have prevented the spread
ing of the flames, but the ongines
were waited for and when they ar
rived, the firemen, stupefied by
their exertions at'the fires on Sat
urday night worked slowly and
clumsily. Their efforts availed
nothing*
A careful survey of insurances
to-day shows that there were poli
eies on property destroyed for over
$200,000,000. Add another $100,
000,000 to the sum, and a fair esti
mate can be reached of the loss.
All leading merchants who have
been seen express a determination
to resume business at once.
It is conjectured with good cause,
that mors than 500 persons were
burned to death.
All bodes and papers of the His
torical Society, including the fa
mous emancipation proclamation
of President Lincoln, for which the
sooiety paid $25,000, were de
stroyed.
Washington, Oct. 10.—The Sub
Treasury at Chicago lost $2,000,.
006, of which $500,000 was in gold.
wIsniKOToiToftt ilwwwi
Washington, Qct. la-Corbon
county, Republican ghin 70. Thir
teen districts in Northampton ooun
ty give 339 Republican gain.
Pailadelphia, October 10.—The
whole Republican ticket is elected
by 5000 majority.
Galveston, Oct. 10.—-Fifteen
counties heard from in the Third
District, give Giddings, Democrat,
622 majority.
In twenty-nine counties of the
Fourth District, Hancook, Demo
crat has a majority of 3640.
in
In the Second District six coun
ties have been heard from,
Conner, Democrat 4098 ma j
Houston, Anderson and Chero
kee counties give Herndon, Demo

j
j ftnd A COU nr
count T; gimg 405
crat, ah additional majority of 982.
A special to the News from A»s
tin, says limestone county has been
declared under martial law, and is
assessed $20,000 to pay for bad be
havior. Adjutant Gen. Davidson
takes 'charge of the military of
Grimes county. i
The vote of Limestone, Grimes
and Bell counties to be thrown out.
This will make the vote between
Giddings and Clark nearly equal,
and Clark will receive his certifi
cate of election.
Conner is said to bo elected in
the Second District by 15,000 ma
jority, and Herndon in the First
District by 12,000 majority.
The News special from Navaso
Gen. Davidson arrived
and counted the vote of Grimes
majority.
Senator Mills has been heard to
say that Clark shall go to Congress
if there are bayonets enough in
the State to send him there.
Jefferson, Oct. 10.—Mayor Mal
loy, of this city, with 200 negro
State militia, left here to-day for
Groesbeck, Texas.
London, Oct K.— .Mr. Bradlaw,
at an immeufe meeting, declared
the Queen was insane, and deman
ded that the regdney be entrusted
to judges of law and equity until a
republic could be established.
A passenger train was wrecked
in Scotland. Two persons were
killed and fifteen wounded.
Twenty-one thousand dollars
was received from Memphis to-day
The Times figures the total loss
by the fire at $150,000,000.
Advices from China state that
three thousand persons perished
by the recent floods in that coun
try,
CniCAop, Oct. 13—Every clay
brings fresh occasion for encour
agement. The city is orderly and
the relief for the poor comes in a
bnndantly. Business is resuming,
and rebuilding is going on in eve
ry dirootion.
Foroöt and Prairie.
A Cyclone of Firo-Tho most Awful,
Destructive and heartrending
Visitation of Modern Times.
Tin* Great Holcust efWihcomttt
—Twenty-five Hundred Persons
Burned to Death.
Towns and Villages Swept Away
Sickening Stories of Suffering
—Tho Latest Accounts 6f
the Fhe.
Milwaukee Oct 15.—Later ac
counts from Northern Wisconsin
confirm aU previous reports and ru
mors. jTbe loss of life in the neighbor
hood of the burnt vilTage offesh
tigo will reach over twelve hundred,
and fifteen per cent of those inju
red cannot recover. The fire tor
nado was heard at a distance like
the roarjng of the sea. b&JIb of fire
were observed to fall like meteors
in different parts of the town,
ling whatever they touched. Peo
ple .rushed with their children in
their arms to a plaoe of safety, but
the storm of firo was upon them
and enveloped them in flames,
smoke, burning sand and çinders,
and those that were not able to
reach the river were suffocated and
roosted alive. This terrible some
happened on Sunday night, the
8th of October, already made fa
mous by the Chicago horror. A
member of the relief committee,
ly
to
of
tho
off.
five
ing,
fluting lo^. P °A^number 6

is
of
i
sent from Milwaukee with an{
the only survivors were
were fortunate enough loi
ir, many throi
were drowned
Yrom the 1
and cattle Chat
ter. The fiery cyclone swept over
by being thrown
I 'lorsea
Into the wa

tract of country eight or ten
indes wieje. .gv ejy hailding^fenee.
sr were lieked
and all tue
town of Peshtigo numbered two
thousand, one thud of whom per
ished on that fearful night. Re
g irts from the east fhore of the
reen Bay plaoe the loss of life
full as high as at Peshtigo the
same account states that the im
mediate wants of the people are
supplied, but large amounts of pro
visions and clothing will be requi
red for the coming winter. Mayor
Ledington, of Milwaukee, publish
es the following appeal for aid
Milwaukee, Oct. 14,1^71.—The
calamities Uiat have befallen our
State and some of onr neighboring
States are truly appalling, over
1,300 men, women and children
were burned to death in Wiscon
sin alone. Their business houses
and rooms were to a large extent
entirely destroyed, the very soil
having been burned and all their
autumn and root crops destroyed.
They are utterly destitute, and wifi
require full support, ?t least till
another season. Seven counties
in ourdwn State are thus in great
part utterly desolated. Whole re
gions of country in Westers Michi
gan are in the same condition, and
these fires are still raging and de
stroying. Milw aukee is doing all
she can do. By her close proximi
ty to Chicago, she was enabled to
send Urge quantities of supplies
into that devastated city during
tho progress of the fire, feeding
her firemen and exhausted citizens.
Menominee, Oct 9.—The village
of Peshtigo is burnt to the ground,
and from 1000 to 7500 persons arc
out of employment. The fire was
seen last night at half-past eight,
and at ten p. m. every building was
on fire/ together with the great
Peshtigo manufacturing company's
pail and tub factory. Tho wind
came from the southwest, and was
heard ooming an hour before it
burst upon the town, and many
were awakened from sleep with
barely time to basten to tho river
and sink themselves in the water
ter save their lives. No mortal man
could live in such a heat. The
flames rolled mountains high, and
swept every building, stable and
fence, and left a nceuo most horri
ble to behold. Mr. J. j. Taur near
ly perished in saving his family,
and lost three in the flames, and
Mr. Beebe's family one ohild; anc
some one took this child to the
rivor. The whole town ran down
to tho river, and got on to logs,
and had frequently to duok their
heads to save their lives. As ma
ny as seventy-five are supposed to
have burnt to death. Children
and mother«, apd husbands and
wives are separated by we fire
king, nevor to meet again.
Tlio people have been fightii
for two weeks the sugar bush; sou
and west of the town—and then
the fire king moved on to the town,
blowing great billows of flame
The five atogr factory of the Pesh
tigo manufacturing company was
lost, with all the stock and machi
nery and stores and warehouses,
and the Peshtigo house, all the
stores and property to the amount
of five to fen millions. I have just
heard of the death of seventy-five
persons, who could get no water
and were strangled and burnt to
death. Horses, cattle and wag
ons, and all movable property,
were burnt, and many are on board
tho steamer St Joseph, with heads
burnt, and eyes burnt out and ears
off. Some saved themselves by
hiding in walla and burying them
selves in the sand, and In one oase
five women perished by a log turn
ing, when they all sunk to riae no
more. Fires are raging near this
place, and OM hundred or more
lare fighting the flames off, &ûd
men who can are helpinV 11
g famili«,
entire families are burnt.
cannot be counted. At a'sSü'S
läge, eighteen miles from >,1.
come with eyes out and
naimed, some of the U
life. Many children Were lost
djaringJteom ^thoi» hemm
Burch Creek, eighteen per^J^*'
isbed. and Alia siekenteg to sJ*T
sufferers «nU
The manufacturing comnanvWZ
making from one to three thousand
pails darin add the whole
country and lumbering for mil**
wound Peshtigo are burned ovor
The streets are hard as brick, and
some predict that it never willX
rebuilt. We shallproably hew of
other and mere dreadful losses
Other towns are threatened— De'
pere, Fort Howard and Wrighte
town. Fires are ragingindanaround
them, and God knows when a 11 this
will end. One good rain would
stop all, but for weeks no rain his
visited this section.

«ÖT "Vat you call dem ting tit
long bills zat fly, and make a noise
b-z-z said a Frenchman.
"Woodcock," was the reply,
"Eh bien I ki^-Iit, zis mornin'
before breakfast, twenty-five wood
cock."
'The deuce you did! Whew
did you find them
"In ma chambre a coucher
"Twenty-five woodpock in your
chamber? You mean rausquitoee."
"Eh bien zen I kil-lit alors twen
five moschet oca."
If Mr. "Johnby Crappo" h»d
have been'in our tillage during the
recent hot spell, he could have
"kil-lit," at least a thousand "mos
chetoes before breakfast." The
blood-sudkors, or musquitoes bave
been very annoying for sever dayp.
We are "longing" to see Jack Frost
make his appearance, because his
frosty majesty will make the mus
quitoes "vumos the rancho."
How to get money is the great
desire of all. A really good and ser
viceable Sewing Machine Ahnt will make
money for you, or help v'ou. to save it.
Will (U son t to your own home 3 Tri
«1 QA ___ AaiJLf if A
alfor 30 days, no matter Wheie you
may bo, aud you can pay for it in émail
monthly payment«, by writing to the
Great American Machine Co., oor. John
and Kassau Street. New York; or yon
can haver a County Right free, m agent,
and make money fast. We advise aman
men to Moure the business, ae i
pays better than the agency tor
Sowing Machine, Write
ing Machine
itcac e.
Estimate af Expenditures for
the year 1871.
1)Y virtue of an ordinance of the Po
jD lice Jury of the parish ot Calcasieu,
of date October 20th, 1871,1 submit for
publication, the following estimate of
old debt, and current expenditures of
said parish for the year 1871.
Approximate amount of old
650 00
Summoning Grand and Petit
Jurors 500 00
Pay of Jurors in Di», trief Court, to to
1871
Coats in Criminal prosecutions
in District, Parish and Jus
tioes' Courts, and conveying
prisoners to Penitentiary
Feeding Prisoners In jail----
Sheriffs' per diem in Court.
1871. ......W*
L Leveue, "counselor in suit,
Alden vs.Poftoe Jury......
Pay of Polio« Jury. 1871
Pariah Treasurer,—salary..
Clerk of Police Jury, 1871.
Paupers, $150—and estimate,
000 00
900 DO
m oo
100 00
900 00
200 00
75 00
Parish Printing, 1871... 7 100 00
Blanks and Stationary...... 72 26
Repairs on Court-house..... 17 00
Rent of Grand Jury room,
l«7l.............!....... 85 00
0. Barbe, merchandise...... 1M 96
J. Saltier, do. 81 65
Approximate debt of the Par
ish at the end of the jeer
18717............$9895 87
Respectfully sub
J. V. MOSS,
1

Lake Charles, Get 34, 1871
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