The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1877-12-08
General News.

On tu0 AsS OI DcceiuOcr ~ I'd.
| Kellogg and Better were sworn
IN ~ United States Senator's on tn
LIST inst. ia,it
| An international exhibition vii
be held in Milan, Italy. during the
year 1879.
The Secretary of the Treasnr,
ordered 5000 0OO Of gold 10 lie
sold on the LIST inst.
The Supreme Court Of the Uni
ted st stes ha- now about 1000 ca
sea on the calendar.
The Mississippi penit+ntiary nov
has 953 convicts. There ". i6iI
within the walls. showing i93
working outside gu plantations.
Thsnksgiving's Day Was set apnr
by the Changers Of Indiana ~ -
time for Thanksgiving aud rat kill
ing, and thousands III the pert
were killed by the fsriuers.
In New Orleans the offirehol ler>
and o&ceseekers are iua,iant over
the Washington. news. They m,
thst Kellogg will haveAhs lion'>
Ahsre Of the patronage. s.s4
The members ~ the Iuterpation.
al ASSOCIATION. in California, hsv.
notified many Of the farmers II tn,
interior that they will not be per
mitfed ~ employ Chinese laborers
on their farms Some farmers who
disregar3ed these notices have has.
their farms burned by Intsrnssion-
alist agents. i'Ss
The lakes ani canals are carry
ing the bulk of Western proiurs
this year, ard if y small reduction
in tolls makes snch change from
rail tn water-path in the cost, may
it not be fairly presumed thai t;,e
difference Of seven to ten cents per
bnshel in favor Of the Misslss,pp,
ronts over ali ether routes eisrw ar,i
will win for the Mississippi the
bulk of this carrying trade
OF the 522 cadets appointed to
the Military Academy at Wes.
Point during the past five years II
sppears from the records tha IL
were children ofirich parents, while
465 were children Of parents in.
moderate circumstances, 30 If those
In reduced eircu,nstances, and ten
Ut parents who were actually iadI-
gent. From this it will appear that
West Point Is MI by ANY means a
school peculiarly for rich mems
sons. l' tt1s
ThereSwill he in the next Missis.
sippi Legislature seven colorei
men. Geo W Gsyles. Senator
fro,u Bolivar and Coahoma. Repub
lican. elected upon f,sion tickle,
composed Of Democrats and Re
publicans. Representatives Wei.
don Hicks. Of Hinds, ] Il. Mar
shall.of Holmes, aud Geo Elwaris.
Ut Madison, regular Democrats; u.
Il. Washington, Of Adams, and n.
z. Scott. Of Issaqiena, Republicans.
chosen upon fusion tickets. ~ WAS
Senator Gayles; and Benz. Cun.
Of Marshall, Independent
Republican.
Gov. Nichols has not vet decided !
whether or not he will issl,e writs
Of election fpr the parishes in which
there arc vacancies IN the lower
house of the General Assembly, and ,
it is more than probable that h~ |
will not d., SO, a., were the writ-
to be issued anil the law complied
with in that respect, 1t wonli be
to make complete reg
in any Of the four ,.arishes /
IS the registration act directs. For
tha., as we'll IA other rea .ons, it in
believed that the Governor " II not
issue the writ for any Of the par
shes.
So John NJ. Harlan, says the n
D City Item. Is at length confirmed
"a Associate Justice of the United
States Supreme Court Though not
Of the highest order Of judicial TIM
Der, he has the reputation Of being
, straight forward, honest man. of
more than average intel
igence and fair legal sttainments.
That the South was entitled to the
seat was one Of the grounds tskeb
~ the President in selecting Mr
It is, however, unfortunate
both for the Sonth and the countr,
hat gentleman more thoroug 'ly
7crsed in the intricscies of the civil
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