The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-04-26
General News.

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| A severe shock of earthquake
was felt in Callao on the thirteenth
dag of March. 1t was preceded
by rumbling noise, and the nm.
dulations were from the northeast
to the southwest. The shock was
likewise felt in Lima. Another
shock WAS felt on the fourteenth
ultimo, which was also very severe.
acquisitions on the Treasury for
money under the Arrearages OF
Pensions Act made so far cover
all the pensions Agencies except
those at Boston Pittshurg, San
Francisco and New Orleans, and
aggregate abont $640.OOO. The
Agents at the omitted Agencies
have either not vet been confirmed
or have not qualified.
The Secretary Of the Navy re-
commends to the House of Rep
resentatives that the bill anthnriz
ing the constructing of Gamgee' s
refrigerator ship, to test the theory
OF freezing ont germs of yellow
fever, be amended no as to place
the supervision of said construction
under the Naval Constructor and
Chief Engineer of the Navy.
News has been received from
Brazil showing that hunger and
distress were doing sad work in
soms of the provinces. In Mos
sers more than thousand persons,
impelled by these incentives, con-
gregated together demanding re-
lief The police interfering, a col
lision occurred, and a number of
persons on both sides we're wound
ed and the chief of police was
killed.
Gen. Sheridan ia reported AZ
saying that the fears of general
Indian uprising ia the summer
are almost wholly without founda.
ton. The stories of coming tron-
BILE on the frontier are, according
to the general, mere newspaper
talk inspired by interested parties
who hope to turn a dishonest pen
ny in case of an Indian war.
While nothing can be definitely
predicted until the grass comes
up" Gen. Sheridan is of the opin-
ion that there is no more danger
this year than at any time past.
The German Reicbstag have
unanimously adopted notion in !
favor ut an autonomous govern
ment for ce-Lorraine. Bis
marck exp ressed his satisfaction
at the unanimity of the house, and /!
predicted from the fact the success
If the project. Bismarck concnr-
red with Deputy lionel that the
Imperial sovereignty oveo Alsace
Lorraine and the responsibility of
The government toward the i'm
Derial authorities should be main
aimed; and. further. that a certain
iegree Of responsibility should re-
main in the bands of The Imperial
} chancellor.
Six companies issue card. say
ng they are in daily receipt of APP
'licaiions from the South, espe-
'ially from Mississippi and Lon
siana, for Chinese laborers to take
he place of migrating negroes.
The officers of these companies
wish it EXPIRE ssly understood that
hey have no control over their
'eopl-'s labor and have never
'rOnght or caused to be brought
ne of their coun.rymen here;
ever contracted their labor or
objected their wages in any man
er whatsoever, the press of Cali
ornia to the contrary notwith-
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landing.
A It. Louis paper says terrible
rairie fires recently occurred in
'epnhlic and Cloud counties, Kan
rs. They extended over an area {
t ten miles long aud three miles
Idle, and swept everything before
lem. 1t lis said that about one q
homes were consumed,
$50 large quantities of grain, farm 6
lg implements, hay, and other I
roperty. The winds were SO {
Ugh and the fires so fierce and !
Of that the inhabitants were 8
bliged to take refuge in cellars,
ag-outs, or underground habita- I
ons. But one life is reported
st-that OF Mrs. Boversox, who Z
as burned to death while atfempt. | 4