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The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-09-16
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

{ Under this iead ace eiH annoaHce l.e
names Of condiS'afes for any offer; our
charge is s., and Tie card uiA be published.
if accessory, til Nocembtr. The cash
must accompany the order in erery IN
stance; al moi, il lriQ be Mro,cls bs OR
ioaste-bdshcet. I
We are authorized TO announce the
name of ELDER Il. +. ERIAN as an
independent candidate for election TO
the State Senate of Louisiana, from the
District comprising tire parishes OF
VIM, Catalonia and Grant.
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-09-16
Almost Murder.

the Rapides Gazetre.I
= Monday afternoon the occu-
Of the Court House were
oy rapid firing of pistol
N the main corridor Of the
Ing Everybody rushed to
the matter was, but bull
r'sse flying right and left, and
@al the contents of a five
had been discharged, was
aeaning of the disturbance
stood.
IN Paul rushed out of his
md across the hall to the
sctor.s Office, where he
]. H. Randsdall stand.
though bleeding from q
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-09-16
ARTHUR'S ILLUSTRATED
HOME MAGAZINE
FOR 1876.

Bright, cheerful, progressive, al
ways up to the advancing thought
of the times. The Home Magazine
takes rank with the leading and
most influential periodicals of the
day. 1t is on the side Of temper
ance and true christian morality.
Whatever is hurtful it condemns
without fear or favor, and makes
itself felt in the homes of the people
as power for good.
The Great Household Magazine OF
America, is more thoroughly iden-
titled with the people in their home
and social life than any other peri
odieal in the country.
Deborah Norman; her work and
her reward" A new serial story by
L. 5. Arthur, was commenced in
january.
FIFTY YEARS AGO; or the
cabins of the West" by Rosetta Rice.
We announce this new series of arti-
cles with real pleasure, knowing as
we do that il will be amongst the
most attractive that we shall offer
our readers in 1876. Miss Rice, be-
sides holding the pen of a ready
writer, has in her possession large
amount of original material from
which to draw, and "a wide acquaint-
ance with people whose personal
"Reminiscences are rich with pioneer
incidents and experiences.
.'Homes for the People, a series
of admirably suggestive articles on
homes and how To make them pleas
ant and attractive. by Mrs. L. b.
Duffey.
''The Story Teller" This depart
ment will be unusually rich. Besides
an abundance of short stories, two
or three serials will be- given during
the year.
'Pipsissiway" Potts, the inimita-
bic delineator of home life and char
acter, will have an article in every
number.
! Butterick's newest patterns for
ladies' and children's dresses are
given by special arrangement every
month.
The Mothers Department viii be
carefully edited and have suggestive
articles from our best and most ex-
perienced writer's.
The Housekcepers' Department
will he full and practical, and con-
tain many contributions from ex
perienced housekeepers.
1.-The Lion in Love-" and "The
Interrupted Reader two large and
splendid premium engravings. 0ns
of these is sent free to every sub
scriber.
$50 year is the price OF AR
THURS ILLUSTRATED HOME, MAGA
ZINE. In clubs: 3 copies for SO; 9
and one extra to the getter up of the
club, s12; 10 and one extra, go.
Ba- Fifteen cents must be added
to each subscription for prepayment
of postage for the year. Specimen
numbers Is cents, in currency or
postage stamps.
| T. s. ARTHUR g. son,
Philadelphia, Pa
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-09-16

VIEW saRRIT:AL
OF SPLENDID
STOCKOFGOODS.
SOL. KRAFT
Would respectfully announce to his
old customers, and the public generally,
that he has laid in one of the very best
stocks of goods ever osferedsin this mar
ket, which, to certain extent, is eem-
prised of the following:
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
My stock in this line is large and of
the very best qualities, and 1t shall he
my aim hereafter to keep constantly
replenishing, SD that at all times can
meet>the wants my customers in this
line. Ny stock comprises
Flour, Pork. Bacon, Lard. Molasses
Tea; Sus ar, Coffee, Rice, Meal,
Nackerel, Herrings, Choice
Whiskies, Wine, Gin, Canned
and Dried Fruits of all
kinds, Oysters, Lob
sters, Sardines,
ETC., ETC.,
Coal Oil Lamps, Coal Oil, and all
sorts of
TOBACCOS AND CIGARS.
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-09-16

The oldest son of the late Gen.
Robert f. Lee is now one of the
most substantial farmers of Fair
fax county, Va A local paper
describes him as having lust
passed our Office, sitting behind a
fine pair of mules that seemed to
know that master hand held the
ribbons"
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-09-16
SHERLFFS S.aLE.

Second Justice Of the Peace, Parish
Of Orleans.
Lewis Fishel, Agent,
VS.. No. 500, (alias Ii. fa.,)
Mrs. NJ. 5. GeistOn.
Lewis Fishel
VS.. No. l446, (ti. fa-,)
Mrs. Mary Register, formerly Mrs
NJ. ). Gelston.
Lewis Fishel
VS.. No. I447 tti. fa.,)
Mrs. Mary Register. formerly Mrs
NJ. y. Gelston.
FIRST Justice Of the Peace, Parish Of
Orleans.
Lewis Fishel
Us. No. 1856, (alias ii. fa.,)
Mrs. NJ. :. Gelston.
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-09-16

DY VIRTUE of the several writs of
ID Il. ia. and alias ii. IA, issued III the
above numbered and entitled suits,
have seized. and will offer for sale, tO
the last and highest bidder, at the
door of the Court House, mt Colfax,
Parish of Grant, between the hours of
Ii A. VI. ami shutdown. on
SATURDAY, Tie 9TH day Of o.
tober, 1876,
the following described property, to-
wit: Lots numbered one, two and
seven, making part of the northeast
Quarter of section twenty-one, OF
township eight north, of range one.
east, in the Land District north of Red
River. in Louisiana. Also, lots num-
bered three. four and six, making part
of the northwest quarter of same Sec
tion, township and range. Also, the
east half of the east half of section No.
seventeen, same township and range
the aggregate amount of acres being
Four Hundred Acres, more or less.
Terms of Sale-CAsH, with the benefit
of appr;lisemeut.
DANIEL FLETCHER,
Sheriff of Grant Parish, La.
Colfax, Sept. 2. '76-5t.
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-09-16

I'VE are now CJ"JH6
...ber-cool nights and warm
days.
| ,entiary are abOut to erect wave
so0se on the bank Of the river
,urosite here as Depot for sup
.,;ss for the convicts employed on
tbe railroad-
We had preaching here on
| Sunday last, morning and evening,
Rev. S. H. Cooper, presiding elder,
officiating. The Rev. MIR. Boddie
~as unable to attend, owing to
sickness in, his family.
Parties who have travelled a
mad deal over this and adjoining
marshes, say that they never saw
the cotton crop SO far advanced
I this early in the season as 1t Is at
nresent, hardly any unopen bolls
/ being upon it. This is singular
considering the backward spring
Z We had.
4 The weather is all that could
i, desired for the picking of cot
: Ton. Il is cool and dry, and 90
dew in the morning. The cotton
i well-opened, and, as a general
hing the pickers are not up with
{ their work. They ought to take
advantage of the present favorable
season., and devote every minute
10 the field, rs in a very short
time we will have chilly mornings
With heavy dews, which viii pre-
= vent picking till the day is about
ons-third gone.
We we're invited By Mr.. JEFF.
Z Pirtle, Yesterday morning, to try
some of his liquors, which have
quite recently arrived. We ac-
. xpted his invitation, and were
q nrprised on tasting his article OF
vhskey. 1t as certainly the best
We have tried for years, and we
dvise those in need of really
q good article, for medicinal pur-
poses, o, otherwise, to give him a
cR
Red River is SO low that our
&; hvorite steamer, the Bart. Able,
= ~ald- 1nt make her usual trip.
he c. H. Durfee took her place,
hovever, and is being run by the
= sell-known and gentiemanly Off.
B GERS Of the Able. The DAIrfee was
g. sgood while behind time, but il
vas owing to very heavy freight
she had for Alexandria and Pine
nile, which took about fourteen
q hours to discharge it.
up There is considerable com
pant among our colUred citizens,
- sno profess to be honest, and also
I'd mongst some of our merchan Is,
tb galnst the extensive traffic that is
~ 0rred on In seed cotton. The
-, -. 0iored men say that it gives lazy,
,t,as rh'ns, good-fornothing fellows.
.ua 'no have not raised a pound OF
o''on' a good chance of disposing
y what they pick on moonlight
81 sAss IN other peoples fields; and
~ ae merchant, on the other hand
50 " that it is ruinous to him, as
q ae eolored individuals he furn-
! 'eo have good chance of dis
81 s'ng Of their crops in this man.
rep e. and cheat him out of his Jus,
= sA Now, we would SUCCESS
y! 70 put stop to this meta.
's' trade, and that is for. our
cteJ sfeaants to call a meeting and
fsna ~ themselves not to purchase
. 2 Y more cotton in the seed: and
: would further suggest that
:. II . ouy cotton of no sort between
'e. d hours Of : pm. and !. am
plscs ~
'os III Almost Murder.
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-09-16

The foregoing was received III the
Office of the Secretary of State July IL,
1876, aud is made public in accordance
with article l47 of the State constitu-
ton, which provides:
An amendment or amendments to
this constitution may be proposed in
the Senate or House of Representatives,
and if the same shall be agreed To by
two-thirds of the members elect
ed to each house, sueh proposed
amendment or amendments shall
be entered on their respective jour
nails, with the yeas and nays
taken thereon; and the Secretary of
state shall cause the same to be pub
lished. three months before the next
general election fer Represen-
tatives 10 the General Assembly,
every parish in which a newspaper
shall be published. And such proposed
amendment or amendments shall be
submitted to the people at said cleo
ton; and ii majority of the voters
at said election shall approve and rati-
fy such ainendmentment or amend
ments the same shall become a part of
this constitution. LII more than one
amendment shall be submitted at one
time, they shell be submitted in such
manner and form that the people may
vote for or against each amendment
separately p. g. DESLOEDE,
jan Secretary of State
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-09-16

The Supervisor will stop and reg
lister all infirm or aged men on his
route from Montgomery to Colfax.
D. A. WARD,
Supervisor of Registration. Parish
Of Grant. sep2-td
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-09-16
GINNING.

HAVING completed my new Steam
III Gin. ON the Foenzy Place, near
Colfax, ! am prepared to gin cotton, for
all who may favor me with their bust
ness. Mt very reasonable rates. A good
staple guaranteed.
Attached to the Gin is GRIST MILL,
which shall be run every Saturday, for
the accommodation of those who want
corn ground. BEN. KRAFT.
Golfax, Aug. 12-6t
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-09-16
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CoLFAx, GRANT PARISH, La,
August %, 1876. (

Under existing laws, all voters
registered in 1874 are required to
present their Registration Certifi-
Gates for verifcatiOn. ut the Office of
the Supervisor of Registration, be-
fore the 18th day of October, 1876.
The Supervisor will open his office
at the following named places Oh
the dates specified:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-06
Ammonia.

No housekeeper should be without
bottle of spirits of ammonia /; for beside
its medical properties, it is invaluable
for household purposes. It is nearly as
useful as soap, and its cheapness brings
it within the reach of all. Put tea
spoonful of ammonia In quart of warm
soapsuds, dip cloth in it and go over
your soiled paint and see how rapidly
the dirt viii disappear no scrubbing
will be necessary. It viii cleanse and
brighten wonderfully. To pint of hot
suds add teaspoonful of the spirits,
dip in your forks and spoons Cor what
ever you have to clean, rub with a soft
brush and then finish with a chamois
skin. For washing windows and mirrors
it has no equal. It will remove grease
spots from every fabric without injuring
the garment. Put on the ammonia
nearly clear lay blotting paper over,
and set hot iron on it for moment
Also few drops In water will cleanse
and whiten laces and muslins beautiful
". A few drops In bowl of water, if
the skin be oily, will remove all greasi-
ness and disagreeable odors. ADDED to
a foot bath, it entirely absorbs all nox-
ious smells, and nothing is better to re-
move dandruff from the hair. For
cleaning hair and nail brushes it is
equally good.
For heartburn and dyspepsia, the aro-
matte spirits of ammonia is especially
prepared ten drops of which, taken in
wine glass of water, will give relief.
For house plants, five or six drops to
every pint of water, once a week, viii
make them flourish. It is also good to
cleanse plant jars. So be sure and keep
bottle of it in the house, and have a
glass stopper, as it eats away corks.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-06
A Mouse Swallowed by a Boy.

A curious and very singular accident
happened to son of James O'Helan,
who resides on Saratoga street. It seems
that Willie, the youngest child, bright
boy of twelve or fifteen years of age,
laid down in a corner o. the kitchen,
and, being tired from play, was soon
fast asleep. The father was reading at
a table placed in the center of the room,
the rest OF the family were ali in bed,
and consequently the house was per-
fectly still. Suddenly startling cry
came from the child, which aroused the
father, who made rush for the boy,
and asked him what was the matter.
The boy clasped his father in his arms,
and with starting eyes exclaimed:
g Father, I have swallowed a mouse, and
I feel him biting me inside !" In an In
slant the father had the house aroused,
and messenger was sent for doctor,
who soon arrived and administered an
emetic, which haI the desired effect, and
the boy, after some terrible retching,
threw up the mouse, and strange to re-
late, the creature was alive and active,
and made his escape to a hole in the
floor. It appears that while the child
slept he had his mouth open, and the
mouse, which was O very small one, got
frightened by muscular action of the
child, jumped into his mouth and down
his throat; but how he remained alive in
the boys stomach is mystery. -Cohoes
EdOLe
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-06
A Curious Tree.

The leaves of the gumbo trees, which
grow in the West Indies, when eaten by
any animal, will cause all its hair to drop
out, and I have seen horses and cows
both without hair In name or tail from
eating it's leaves The manchenillo tree
is quite common on some OF these
islands, and is very poisonous. The
wind blowing through it directly upon a
person sensitive to poison will take effect
in few moments. The smoke from its
burning wood has the same effect. I saw
a horse which had taken shelter under
one Of these trees during shower,
whose hair was taken off wherever the
drops of rain from its boughs had
touched him, and years afterward had
this notified appearance, A negro who
slept under one of them In midday was
awakened nearly unconscious, as If I'M
der the effects of powerful narcotic.
/ have known several cases of severe
poison and two deaths from eating crabs
poisoned with this tree. Travellers
Letter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-06

DIR. SCEENCEK'S STANDARD RENE
DIES.-The standard remedies for all diseases of the
lungs are SCHENcK's PULMoNIo SYRUP, SCHENcKs
SEA WEED Tonic and ScHENcK's MANDRAKE PILLS,
and if taken before the lungs destroyed speedy
cure is effected.
10 these three medicines DR. j. a. Schenck. of Pha-
delphia owes his unrvaed in the treatment of
pulmonary diseases. a
The Pulmonic Syrup rpens the morbid matter in the
lungs nature throws it off by expectoration for
when the phlegm matter Is ripe slight cough will
throw it off, patient has rest and the lungs begin to
heal
To enable the Pulmonic Syrup to do this Schenck's
Mandrake Pills and Schencks Sea Weed Tonic must be
freely used to cleanse the stomach and liver Schencks
Mandrake Pills act the liver, removing all obstruc.
tions relax the gall bladder the bile starts freely and
the liver is relieved.
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic is 8 gentle stimuant and
alterative the alka of which is composed mixes with
the food and prevents sourng 1t assists the digestion
by toning up the stomach to healthy condition. that
the food and the Pulmonic Syrup will make good blood
then the lungs heal and the patient will surely get well
If care is taken to prevent fresh cold.
All who wish to consult DR.. Schenck either personally
by letter, do at his principal office, of
SIXTH and ARCH STs Philadelphia, every Monday.
Schencks medicines sold by all druggists through
out the country.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-06
Petrifled Forest in the Desert.

From David Rideout, who has been
engaged in preparing section of petri-
fed tree for the Centennial exhibition,
we learn the following relative to the pet
rifed forest in the desert of northwest
ern Humboldt. Onthe plain, about thirty
miles west of the Blackjack range of
mountains, stands one Of the greatest
natural curiosities ever discovered in Ne
vada. It is petrified forest, in which
the stumps of many of the trees, now
changed INTO solid rock, are still stand
ing. There are no living trees Or vege-
tation Of any kind other than the stunted
sage bush in the vicinity. Some of these
ancient giants of the forest, which -four
ished, perhaps, thousands of years ago,
when the climate of Nevada was undoubt-
edly more favorable for the growth of
uxuriantvegetation than at present, rival
In size the big trees of California.
Stumps, transformed into solid rock,
stand in an upright position, with their
roots imbedded in the soil, as when
growing, that measure from fifteen to
twenty-six feet in circumference, and the
ground in the vicinity is strewn with the
trunks and limbs, which retain their
natural shape and size. Mr.. Rideout,
determined to secure section of one OF
these trees for the Centennial exhibition,
with two other men, spent twelve days
in cutting it from the stump. This was
by drilling all around the
tree and separating it with wedges. The
specimen is three feet high and eighteen
feet in circumference, and its estimated
weight is three tons. It stands on the
stump from which it was severed, ready
to be loaded on wagon.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-06
ShYIock.

The Rabbi Bethlehem of San Fran
cisco, in lecture on "The Merchant of
Venice" declares that Shylock is not
fair type of Jew. Shakespeare enron
eously makes devout Jew conduct
himself as no devout Jew would have
done under like circumstances, mis-
take which the Rabbi would excuse be-
cause the dramatist could have had no
means of knowing their characteristics.
The Rabbi, however, accuses Shake
speare of founding the play upon the in
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-06

cident of Gertendus and Manu-. which
occurred in Venice thirty years before,
and exactly reversing the facts. Gerten-
dus, a Christian, lent money to Manu-, a
Jew, exacting as bond a hands breadth
of the debtors flesh. Manu- could not
paw. and Gertendus demanded the pen
atty. The case came before Inquisitor
Sixtus, who decided against the Chris
tan creditor.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-06
Man OF the Black Hills.

five miles nearer Black Hills than any other
newspaper, gives more reliable information
concerning them than any other. Sent to
any address six months, together with a
chrome of Gen. Custer or new and correct
pocket map of Dakota and the Black Hills,
showing facts cleaned by all official surveys
and late explorations for one dollar. Address
c. A. Lounsberry Manager Bismarck, d. T.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-06

WHEN the churches at Norwich, Conn,
all agreed to take up collections only in
the morning, it was presently foundthat
evening services were the only ones pat
ronized to any extent.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-06
A Few Words to Feeble and Delicate
Women.

BY R. V. PIERCE, NJ. D.. of the Worlds Dispensary,
Buffalo N Y author of "The Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser" etc., etc.
Knowing that you are subject to great
amount of suffering, that delicacy on your part
has strong tendency TO prolong it, and the
longer it is neglected the more you have to en-
dure and the more difficult OF cure your case
becomes, I, as physician, who am daily con-
suited by scores of your SEX desire to say to
YOU that am constantly meeting with those
who have been treated for their ailments for
months without being benefited in the least,
until they have become perfectly discouraged,
and have almost made up their mind never to
take another dose of medicine or be- tortured
by any further treatment. They had rather die
and have their sufferings ended than to live and
suffer as they have. They say they are worn
out by suffering, and are only made worse by
treatment. OF anything more discouraging,
we certainly cannot conceive and were there no
more successful mode Of treating such difficult
ties than that, the principles of which teach
the reducing and depicting of the vital forces
of the system, when the indications dictate a
treatment directly the reverse of the.one adopt
ed for them their case would be deplorable
indeed. But, lady sufferers, there is a better
and far more successful plan OF treatment for
you; one more in harmony with tho laws and
requirements OF your system. A harsh, irrita-
ting caustic treatment and strong medicines
will never cure you. If you would use rational
m0dI1S, SUCH AS COuulOn . 9uS0 SOOuiu O1CCHCG 10
every intelligent lady, take such medicines as
embody the very best invigoratins tonics and
nervines, compounded with special reference
to your delicate system. Such happy combin-
alton you viii find in my Favorite Prescription,
which has received the highest praise from
thousands Of your sex. Those Ianguid, tire
some sensations, causing you to feel scarcely
able to be on your feet or ascend flight of
stairs; that continual drain that is sapping from
your system all your former elasticity, and
driving the bloom from your cheeks; that con-
tinual strain upon your vital forces that rem
ders you irritable and fretful may all be over
come and snbdued by persevering use of that
marvellous remedy. Irregularities and obstruc-
tons to the proper working Of your system are
relieved by this mild and safe means, while
periodical pains, the existence of which is q
sure indication of serious disease that should
not be neglected, readily yield to it, and if it's
use b kept up for q reasonable length of time,
the special cause of these pains is permanently
removed. Further light on these subjects may
be obtained from ''1he Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser" in which have devoted q
large space to the consideration OF ali forms Of
diseases peculiar to your sex. This work will
be sent (post- paid) to any address on receipt Of
81 so. Ny Favorite Prescription is sold by
druggists.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-06

CHAPPED hands, face, pimples, ring
tons cured, and rough skin made soft and
smooth, by using Juniper Tar Soap. Be care
full to get only that made by Caswel, Hazard
& Co., New York, as there are many limitations
made with common tar, allssof which are worth
lasa