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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1872
Page
2
The Weekly Echo announces a public sale of a plantation with buildings and an orange grove. Located about one mile from Lake Charles on the east bank of the lake, it is described as a beautiful residence in the parish. Terms and conditions are in an advertisement on the first page.
Stewart Grubin & Co Jewelers advertise Bar-Guite 4 novel patent Stene Watch in hunting-case and open-face styles. Offered at 12 dollars with claims of reliability, endorsed by Christian Weekly. Read and buy for a “really good watch.”
Washington reporting on discontent among office seekers as the Senate is not in session. Senators rush to the White House to press for appointments before Civil Service rules take effect. Colfax travels to Baltimore. Efforts to remove New Orleans officers fail as Kellogg defends them. Chandler receives a threatening letter from Winchester warning against opposing Amnesty. Civil Service Advisory Board plans to finish sessions and set up competitive examinations by March.
The Congressional committee foregrounds the War moth regime in Louisiana as corrupt and usurping. Testimony from Mr. B. F. Joubert and Capt. Scott portrays carpetbaggers and bribery in the Legislature, with Democrats and Republicans implicated. The paper urges readers to study the testimony showing shameless conduct by state representatives.
G W R Bayley, superintendent of the Louisville and Texas fueled, arrived to negotiate a bridge contract with Louisville Bridge Company over Bayou Lafourche. A child wrote on water drinking and skating, and a garbled line mentions Dowie as an insult or label.
The Herald notes great official excitement over US England relations with constant talks between US and English envoys. London voices gravest concerns as the Tory and Gladstone camps clash over the Alabama claims and Geneva Commission. President remains firm not to amend or withdraw the case, viewing Geneva as a court. Secretary Fish adds that London’s stance and talks with Thornton differ on Geneva as a court versus an amicable conference.
In his judgment no withdrawal seems possible. if Sir Alexander Cockburn should withdraw, amicable settlement becomes unlikely. Mr Evarts plans to return to this country for further instructions.
By Telegraph. Reports from Washington London and Havana recount diplomatic strains over Alabama claims and Union government plans. News covers Washburne’s travel pause, a Cambridge vs Oxford boat race, Irish storm losses, Cortina’s weakened forces, and a Chinese policy in Cuba. Western trains trap passengers in heavy snow near Rawlings Station.
Don Piatt recalls a Tribune moment when Horace Greeley dismissed a sharply dressed elderly Black man seeking support for scientific study. The visitor argued science mattered, but the bohemian figure shouted defiant scorn, ending the exchange as the man departed in a daze.
An old man sought a seat aboard a crowded railway car at a station. A ten or twelve year old boy rose and said to the elder, Take my seat sir. The man declined and the boy insisted saying you are old sit. The moment stirred strong sentiment about generosity and youth.
A brittle, incomplete quotation describes a man leaning on a fence when he died and expresses reluctance to go anywhere, saying he cannot get along better than he does now and will not go anywhere.
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