Weather and local notes from The Weekly Echo
The Orange orop is forecast to be very heavy this year and dry weather lasting ten days could boost autumn gardening. A one pound sweet potato from Reese Perkins Sr. was dug on the 8th. Captain E H Nichols ferried oysters from Pelican Island on the Flying Fish and plans semi monthly trips to Take Charles. Adeline Hawkins, accidentally shot by a loaded gun, died yesterday near Lockport. Temperance lecturer Rev J W Harmon will speak in Lake Charles next Monday and Tuesday, with sermons planned at the Methodist church.
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Reese W. Perkins
E. H. Nichols
Flying Fish
Charles
Fatau Accipent
Adeline Hawkins
Airline
Lockport
Lake Charles
J. W. Harmon
Lower Jarishes
St. Landry
Telegraphic Brevities From the 1876 Congress and War Updates
Telegraphic telegraphic items report Louisiana Arkansas and Mississippi congressmen moving to secure levee funds while Colwy expects Louisiana to gain some. War Department notes a serious Brownsville-area situation. Col J O Brodhead testifies about Prosecution circles and Whitelys detectives. Barrett believed infamous. arrests ordered of Barrett Cunningham Kendall Bouchard Irwin. Grant’s cabinet illnesses and New Mexico statehood talk appear with Montezuma name. Geneva Award $10,000,000 unclaimed amid Grant administration scrutiny and calls for political accountability.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Colwy
J. O. Brodhead
Uleo
Didly
St. Louis
Brodhead
Dyer
Babcock
Whitelys
Pierrepont
Committee On Expenditures
Department of Justice
J. F. Barrett
Servier
Barrett
Cunningham
Kendall
Bouchard
Irwin
Genoa and Leghorn Travel In Tweed Escape Tale
Worn fragment reports Tweed speaking to a man in Genoa or Leghorn and claiming to be traveling for this witch. The text notes he was stopping at a hotel in Leghorn and a waiter says he had not heard of Tweed's escape.
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Genoa
Leghorn
Tweed
Eeeen
Stirms
Excape
Suerife's Sale in Louisiana Parish Court Notice
Public auction at Lake Chevlex parish Court House on May 13 1476 to satisfy a writ of Fi Fa tied to TF Mugale vs Victor Tonehy State Louisiana Parish case No 177. Property: East half of Northwest quarter Section 5 Township 10 South Range 8 West 80 55-10 acres with buildings. Sheriff David H Lyons presiding. deputy Sunm Rrosarp. Lake Charles La April 13 1876.
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Lake Chevlex
Hange
D. J. Reidy
Wm. H. Kirkman
Wm. Hutchins
Burde
Angust m
David H. Lyons
Per Sunm
Lake House Dissolves Partnership in April 1876
A Lake House notice states that for the date a former partnership under ex Saalea management passes to Tony Morgan and James A. Kinder with exclusive control by Lake House Saloon and the Feed team under Ursequingiva sanagonest. The April 6 1876 dissolution of partnership and liquidation of Reid & noe follows, with David J. Reid no longer authorized to represent the firm.
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Pular
Ex- Saalea
Tony Morgan
Ataoeas
Lake House
Ursequingiva Sanagonest
James A. Kinder
Reid
Carpenter and Builder Promises Special Attention
Reerenp Kowatz, a carpenter and builder, pledges special attention to trusted but unsteady work including Hocee Building Cistern Making Wharf Building Pils Driving and other tasks. Scope unclear and text garbled but indicates focus on local building jobs and oversight.
Sheriff Sale of Saw Mill on Calcasien River in Lake Charles
The �Sheriff sale in Calcasieu Parish Lake Charles on May 6 1876 offers One Steam Chantie Saw Mill and building with engine lawn carriage and appurtenances on Calcasien River. Sale is on credit twelve months with security and mortgage retention as provided by law. Deputy Sheriff David H Lyons announces the sale from the Lake Charles office.
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Brant
Picias
Lake Charles
Ieee
Calcasien
Oecial Morta
Ees
Jutazx
Lg Bherift
Sale by Comsent at Public Auction in Lake Charles
Public sale advertised for Monday May 4 1876 at the store front on Pujo Street Lake Charles. Property comprises two lakefront lots with storehouse and wharf, five additional lots at Houiges and Pujo, several river grants totaling thousands of acres, swamp lands and parcels across Calcasion River and Calcasien area. Terms 15 percent cash. balance in two notes due 1877 and 1878 with 8 percent interest. Sold free of mortgage. notice to creditors and commissions as prescribed.
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Pajo
Lake Charles
Priv
Paje's
Horiges
Pujo
Houiges
Pujo Street
John Henderson
Martha Audrus
Calcasion River
Brashear Place
Calcasien
Cateasted
Asante
Maid Lake
Ranco
Wsaal Vemlor
Julie
Barbe
Charles
60 000 Orange Trees for Sale Cheap for Cash or Terms
Lake Charles La September 30 ad offers 60 000 orange trees for sale with cash terms or on installments. Trees range from one to five years old with guaranteed quality for sweetness and fruit size. Boxes include various counts and ages with prices listed per box.
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Dergemaannieg Ck Iwill En Perk
Abareliee
Selson
New Bakery Opens Up Street By Hristian Johnson
Hristian Johnson announces a new bakery located up street between home office and Rs. Si's store. The establishment is entirely new with all furniture and appurtenances. May 20, 1875.
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Hristian Johnson
Rs. Si
Job Printing of All Descriptions Careful and Neat
A note on printing services outlining careful execution of descriptions with neatness and dispatch. The emphasis is on thorough workmanship and timely completion by the printing shop.
Thursday and Saturday at Six Arrive at New Toeria
The notice announces Thursday and Saturday events at 6 o clock in New Toeria, highlighting July dates and Forbes reference from 1875. The language is unclear but shows a local schedule or advertisement style brief from the period.
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Geneva
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Victor Tonehy
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Lrespunc
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Reerenp Kowatz
Sheriffs Sale
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Benj. P. Shattuck
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Recorder of
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Benj. F. Shattuck
Asa Ryan
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E. E. Kirby
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J. N.pharr
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NEW Bakery
N. O. Democrat
H. J. Hearsey
Wm, Woelper & CO
Camp Street
Jamscn
N. C. Bulletin
Page M, Baker
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WM. L. Hutchins
Haldware
S- Lee
Ingold
Harner
Times
U.S. Mail
New Toeria
Ae Een Aia
Gemmpeeatie
Lake Charlen
Forbes
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