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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-07-26
CONE TO TAw, MAJOR BURKE.

II Major E, A. Burke imagines
that because he was elected to "a
little brief authority" on q tidal
wave of popularity he is privileged
to bulkrag and insult those who
electe.l him, he will find that he
has an account to settle when the
day for reckoning with.the peo-
pie comes. Not satisfied with the
honorable Office be holds, he must
assume control Of q paper that was
once the champion of the people
and prostitute its great influence
by playing editor and puppet in
the bondholder's hands. How the
mighty have fallen Our standard
bearer of one short year ago now
proves himself to be petty trick
ster and plant tool. Who but
Major Burke slyly worded and in
corporated the plank in the Demo-
cratic platform of 1876. pledging
the party to "the satisfaction of all
the legal obligations issued by Che
State of Louisiana, which he now
80 conspicuously fiaunts at the head
of his paper? Who but this same
Burke understood the fulr scope
and meaning Of this innocent look
ing clause when it was adopted !
Who but Burke swore before the
Congressional committee that he
was not a Democrat and never had
been? Lastly, who is more noted
for sharp tricks than E. A. Burke?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-07-26

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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-07-26

The bill taking the duty of qui-
nine, having passed both houses Of
Congress, has become law. This
is q beneficial law to the South. in
which, owing to the preponderance
of fevers, larger proportion OF
ounineis used than at the North.
It is thought the price of quinine
will soon fall from S. an ounce to
So, Or even less.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-07-26

From Mr.. A. A. Dean, who at
tended the Freight Convention at
Alexandria last Saturday as . DEL
egate from Colfax, we learn the
following particulars:
The Red River Transportation
Company have agreed to make q
reduction of one-half on their card
rates on portable engines, furni-
ture, cane wagons. and wood and
willow ware; one-third off agricul-
tural implements. thirty per cent
of wagons and carts, carriages and
buggies, stoves, iron and castings,
and lumber from New Orleans;
lumber from Alexandria reduced
from s. to SIS per thousand feet;
machinery in pieces 40c per hum
dred pounds. Freights down are
fixed at card rates of 81 per bale on
cotton and wool, 81 per barrel on
molasses, 81 per hogshead on su-
gar, "a per ton on cotton seed, and
onions and potatoes at one-half re-
duction on former card rates. AL
other charges. up and down. are
reduced twenty-five per cent. ex-
cept for passage, which RENAME 81
former rates.
About twenty delegates from the
various parishes embraced in the
Grand Ecore trade were present al
the meeting. and all were we'll sat
is6ed with the compounds effected
by the convention, ana well they
may be, for the utmost that could
be expected was accomplished. II
Is now an assured fact that we are
to have from this time toward .
foil qne-third reduction on all riveI
freights, which is truly q grand
item to the farmers and merchants
in these times Of economy, and the
effects Of this saving win make glad
the hearts Of the men, women and
children in ten thousand homes.
While the figures agreed upor
are not yet as low as they should
be, still this concession viii AFFORD
untold relief, and may be looked
upon as paving the way to q time
in the near future when we Cal
ship freight and travel at some
thing like the reasonable rates en-
ioyed in more favored localities.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-07-26
NEW ORLEANS. CARDS.

And at LoaUer Prices than can be
found at amy other establishment
in Ne,c Orleans.
Below will be found the names of a
few of the leading Cooking Stoves. with
sizes and prices, viz:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-07-26

There are three kinds Of sristoc-
racy: the aristocracy OF wealth, the
aristocracy OF intellect and the ar
istocracy .of good clothes. The
rich man needs neither intellect
nor good clothes, the intelligent
man neither wealth nor rich APP
psrel, aud the party in good
clothes usually gets along without
either dollars or sense.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-07-26

The excitement in Memphis has
died down very much. and It il
said there is not near 20 much
yellow fever AZ was reported. The
quarantine has been raised aud
business goes on as usual. Up to
Saturday. 18th inst, seven persons
had died with the fever.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-07-26

MORRISON--At the residence Of Mr..
s. g. Curry. on the morning Of July
18th. 1879, HENRY H. MoRusoE, aged
seventeen years, youngest son Of Rev.
G. s. Morrison, pastor Of Hicks Metho-
dist Protestant Church, Grant parish.
This moral young man wAs the pride
Of his reverend father, and was highly
esteemed by the whole Montgomery
community, which extends to their wor-
thy pastor their kindest sympathy.
HADNOT--On Monday, July II, 1879,
at $50 o'clock A. n, aged two years,
seven months and twelve days, JOHN
MARR HADsoT. son of John P. and La
vinia A. Hadnot, of Grant parish, La
New Orleans papers please copy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-07-26

And a variety of others.
LIST OF TRIMMINGS.
A 'full trimmed stove has the fol-
lowing: one oval boiler, copper bot
tom; one saucepan. copper bottom; one
tin steamer, two iron pots, one tea ket-
tie, one sad iron heater, two ski!lets, two
cake griddles, one gridiron,. one gridiron
cover, four sheet iron pans, one pudding
pan, one scrapsr. one cover LITER, three
pieces of pipe ,6 fcet). one elbow, two
pot covers-26 pieces in all.
me- Call at No. "a Magazine street
and examine goods and prices before
purchasing elsewhere. ja25-ly
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-07-26

At a grand mass meeting in New
Orleans, on the evening Of July
18th, ten thousand people assem-
bled to denounce the fraudulent
debt, and passed resolutions to
sustain the majority report on the
States indebtedness.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-07-26

It is more profitable to look mp
our defects than to boast Of our
attainments.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

If there is anything we banker for
when we have cold il is handkerchief.
The man who first made nlince mest
an article of commerce has just died in Phil
adelphia, very wealthy. .u.
There's chen on" in Nebraska.
Over $4,000 pounds of eggs shipped from
Omaha to San Francisco last month.
You can't convince woman who is
cleaning house that the woodwork is clean
until she has scrubbed nearly all the paint
of. r.H . - ...
A pale, worn, gray-haired woman, in
a white mob.c cap and white cashmere shawl
thus is the Jenny Lind Of these days de-
scribed.
Hamlin, under sentence of death in
the Connecticut prison, sells photographs of
himself, and even gives the proceeds to the
woman whose husband he murdered.
Dom Pedro packed his contribution
to the Washington monument in fine Brazil
ian wood. Now the wood, made into
model of the monument as it is planned,
will be returned TO him. .. g.
James Lenox pays a tax on 81 400,
coo worth of personal property, Moses Tay-
lor on 81. 800, 600 worth, Peter Goelet on ST..
100000, William II. Vanderbilt on 100000
worth, and ex-Gov. Tilden on $4,000.
There are at present in Germany 430,-
600 workmen out of employment, and l4,s
600 employees without places. The average
reduction of salaries during the last year
was 20 per cent, and more than 100000 tax.
payers were prosecuted for nOn-payment of
taxes. ... .....-
The Russian exhibition of textile
fabrics at the late Paris exposition sur
prised all and alarmed many. English ex>
perts declared that in some lines Russian
was greater menace to the
English manufactures than that of any
other nation.
Mr.. Winsns. the American million
aire, is building in the Clyde a monster eli.
gar ship, at cost Of close on 100000. She
is to be OF 1000 or 5000 tons burden, and
it is believed by her owner that she will be
able to cross the Atlantic in five days. This
will be the third vessel of the same type
that Mr.. Winans has built.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19
LoUNSINe About.

PARMKSAs NIX.
They are lou lging about the stores and saloons
They telling old stories and vhstlng old tunes;
And the looks Of their clothes, Which are stedy aud
thin, ~ N2
Clearly prove thst they're partial to leisure and
gin;
they are lounging about
And their elbows are out,
But for public opinion they don't care pin.
When the mercury mounts st the bidding of
Then the Ioungers appear on the streets in string
For the sun has charm for these INDECENT gents
AS they stand with their backs 10 q wall or fence
And complacently whitte z-s1asss4
While they argue little
Just enough to exhibit their lack Of good sense.
They are looking for work-so they say with sigh
hat is one Part emotion, the balance "old rye''
But their manner of looking we're bound to con-
When we recollect work is inquiring for them;
should they meet face to face Fli
What would then be the case o.,
Why, the former would dodge and so rapidly by.
50 they stand in the sun and they think and they
think r.. af-g -a.t-,-y~tr :.
How delightful 'twould be If invited to drink
AHd when supper time comes they partske of the
bread,
md. And they sighingly say goi
That they've hunted all cay
Fer job, IS they lazLy crawl into bed. I ~
a h, the lounger he loveth to lazily lean
On some nice sunny corner from morning till cen,
Though he's out at the elbows and dewn at the
And his stomach's stranger to regular meals,
He, much rather than toll,
Hr Would be poiIed, sir, in oil, .iH
Or be ground into powder by Juggernaut's wheels.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19

hand could be arrested, be tore his will
into small pieces and scattered them on
the floor in his room. His wife, who
was present at the time, carefully coll
lected the scraps, and preserved them,
and produced them for probate after his
death, pasted in proper order upon a
background of paper. A medical certi,
fcate to the effect that at the time when
this act was done the testator was suffer-
ing from. delirium was read, and the
court decided to admit the will to pro-
bate. - ----
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19
Sir Garnet Wolseley's South African
#. Expedition.

London Letter.
He has supreme authority. He has
the prestige which comes of uniform
success--unless his administration of
Cyprus must be accounted failure,
where he had Innumersble silk purses
to make out of proverbislly unsuitable
material. For the first time, however,
ne will find himself in command of cons
siderable forces-near 10000 men of all
arms and races. 1t would hardly help
YOU to estimate his chances of glory If l
dilated on his soci i qualities; but /
may say that he is personally popular,
that he has the faculty of attaching men
te him, that his officers served him zesl>
ously, and that his only very marked
antipsthy is to special correspondents in
the field. 1 met him shortly before he
went to Cyprus. He is man of slight
frame and middle height, with some-
thing about him that marks in every
glance and gesture his life of arms and
adventure. The most striking feature
or his spare brown face, scantily fringed
with whisker, is the eyes, which are
rather small. but curiously restless and
keen. He is reckoned the most fsvorite
soldier in her msjesty's service. Per-
haps no other man, not of royal birth,
has had such chances, or risen 30 rapidly.
He is 80 much in request that l heard an
Euglishmsn say last night, almost bit>
terly, that whatever had to be done there
was but one man to do it. Another
limited at the same thing when he said
that Sir Garnet Wolseley was liked by
everybody except the officers over whose
heads he had been promoted-s tolersbly
numerous company.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19

How much is General SchencRs hand
worth. This interesting problem has
been frequently solved with various re.
uuJts, both at Washington and at LON
dsp when he represented the national
game at the court of st. James. The
latest solution was reached a few days
ago by the accountants of the pension
bureau. Gen. Schenck was so unfor-
tunste, or fortunate, as &c receive q
ulight wound in the hand at Vienna, in
Virginia, esrly in the civil war. r For
this wound he has been receiving pens
uion of $50 per month. Under the arrears
Of pensions bill he has just drawn from
the United States treasury the sum of
s. ,625, the largest payment yet made to
any individual under that act.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19

MR. WITT, the Swedish missionary,
speaks highly of the Zulus, and says
that they are brave, generous and hospi>
table. They believe in the trsnsmigra>
ton of souls after death into the bodies
Of serpents. Consequently every family
ms its pet serpent, and If this reptile
goes swsy or dies, the Circumstance is
regarded as pressge of ill, and there is
weeping and crashing of teeth. Mr..
Witt regards the Zulu hostility IS the
outgrowth of misconduct on the part OF
the European settlers, but says that now
that they have begun fighting they will,
30 long at least as the present King lives,
fight 10 the death. r~T- az -
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19

A PRUDENT wife picks up the pieces
and stores them in her apron pocket
when her lord and master tears up his
last will and testament. A gentleman
of means died in London on April 1, in
q state of madness, the result of frequent
attacks of delirium tremens. In one of
these attacks, while.destroying his iurni>
ture, articles Of victu, and some valuable
articles, in a moment, and before his
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19

INGENIOUS is the American rogue. A
poultry speculstor in Warren county,
Pa, buys chickens in the country and
writes out receipt for the farmer to
hgn. The point of his pencil invariably
breaks off just before the signature is
reached, and he produces fOuntain-pen
from his pocket. The body of the re-
ceipt is written in pencil and the farmers
name in ink. When the speculator goes
TO town he ersses sll the pencil marks
and writes out in ink a promissory note
for 800 or $50, and has it discounted
by bank.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19

THERE are indications thst within the
next few weeks there will be quite an
advance in the price of silk. In fact, an
increase has already taken place in the
value of the raw material, but has hardly
penetrated to the manufactured stocks
in the possession of retail dealers. The
cause for this advance is found in the
probable failure of the Italian silk crop
this wear,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19
ONE Of the proofs of reviving COM

ONE Of the proofs of reyivipg COM
nsrce is the continued appearance OF
new steamship companies to ply between
the Atlantic ports and Europe. The
latest is the New York and Mediterran.
can steamship company, with six steam
uhips. There will be ample accommoda-
ton for passengers, but the principal
freight trade hitherwsrd will be fruit,
and here these vessels will have an adj
vantage over other lines which have no
CGrgoes of Importance from Europe.
Until of lste years the fruit trade be-
tween the Mediterranean and New York
has been conducted by sailing vessels
These are rapidly being displaced by iron
E;esmships.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19

IT is worth knowing that four hun
dred thousand persons, according to the
Railway World, are employed on the
railroad in this country, and five times
that many depend upon the roads for
suppert. 1t is also estimated that be.
tween three and four hundred million
dollars are annually paid to employees
and to persons who furnish the company
with supplies of various kinds. = ~ i
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19

The largest stock raising farm in the
world has just been formed in Colorado,
by the smslgamstion of the Hermosilla
and Huerjano ranches, near Pueblo.
The farms together contain nearly 1907
900 scres-more than 15s square miles
and have some 10000 or 1900 head of
cattle on them, mostly. short-horned
grades raised IN Texss. IS ~ e ~
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19

The Ohio house hiss passed bill max
ing the penalty for vagrancy 800 or inn
prisonment at hard labor at $3.50 day
until the fine is worked. The bill gives
township trustees power 10 arrest any
one complained Of for begging on the
highway, and the convicted tramp may
be hired out to work on the reads or
ether public improvements.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19
His First Chinaman.


A countrymsn csme up1Vine street
yesterday morning, with Just enough
usquebaugh aboard to make him I'M
steady. At Sixth street he ran foul of
a Chinsman, the first one he1hsd ever
seen. --.. lFrf .-... .... .ra-s. f..rF
+" You almond-eyed heathenl" he ez-
! claimed, grssping John by the hand and
shaking it joyfully; lyon are the first
of your good-for-nothing breed ever
saw" % .,--..-.------. $500
?" Chinsman in hully," said the Celest-
ial, struggling TO free himself.
Devil take your washee. wsshee, or
whatever you call it." said the country
man, as he picked up & parcel of boiled
shirts and things which the Chinaman
in his fight hsd let fall to the sidewalk.
81 want to see if you are the outlsndish
beast the newspapers say You are. How
about the pigtail, Ell Yes, by gracious.
here it Isl" and he took hold OF the tip
end of that adornment, and lifted it Up
like a pump-bsndle., g Beats anything
/ ever saw on the head of mortal man.
And this besstly Shirt" he, continued,
as he took hold Of the flowing garner,
while John struggled vainly 70 get loose.
eft you had any shSme about you,
you would wear it inside of your inter1a,
pauts.p t-W M So f.U .f..
"Lette me glow p yelled the Celes~
tial NJ r
"Don't fret the cattle" said the couu-
tryman, soothingly.l !" want to see Z
they have lied about your hoof-harness I"
and, looking down at Johns feet, lie
burst out into loud laugh.
10, no." he roared, al wouldn't ie
caught dead in shoes like them so heIp
me heaven !" and he contemplated them
with unmixed pleasure turned UP at
the toes a, if they were looking foE
beestree." he continued, "no heels, 10
strings, and cellar-doors for shoes, as In
sinner Ho, no, hs, ha J Shoot then
shoot themP' ff8.k
These innocent words struck terror C
the Chinaman's heart, and, breaki1g
away he dashed down the street yelling
" P'lice, p'lice Hoodlum sheet
Chinaman! P'lice, p'lice J"
The countrymsn watched the terr.EC
mace of his late friend with some asto1.
ishment, and after his pigtsil had crsck4,5
around the first corner he went or i
way remafsiog
s,No man could have made me bel.s7s
that kind OF time could have been macs
in them shoes if I hadn't seen it w.
my own eyes"
The German autumn msneuvers as
to take place this year in Alsace-Lc--
rsine. The Emperor William is to en1er
Ssrssburg on the 18th OF September, and
the usneuyers will lsst from the 18Th .
the 2sd. Several Bsvsrian regime7.z
will take part In the proceedings, and
they will be psraded before the emperor
for the first time with PrussiSns, Saxc-g.
Wurtembergers and Brunswfckers. L
is expected that an unusually large ncn-
Der OF foreign officers will be present, n
the Fifteenth army corps, by which he
maneuvers viii be chiefly carried out, Is
nearly half rs strong as an ordinary s-nr
corps.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19

AN instance of the cheapness at which
bboks can be published is the recent
issue by the American Bible society Of
complete bibles at twenty-five cents
eachs The text. is fine but clear the
size not too great for the pocket. New
Iestsments are issued at five cents a
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19

IT is now claimed for Washington
th&t in the month Of May It is the NEST
beautiful city in the country. The
thirteen thousand young trees, planted
few years ago, add greatly to the
attractions of the city st this seasen.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19

TIE Yellowstone valley is one of the
most. fertile tracts on this continent, and
uincel the extension of the Northern
Pacific road across the Missouri, is rap
Idly filing mp with settlers. =
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19

The unblushing assurance that leads
the hen of twenty summers TO enter the
market as young chicken compels the
belief that nothing but the memorable
difficulties attending the exploit pre-
vents her from appearing in the guise of
fresh laid egg Boston Transcript.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-19

',No man could have made me bel-s7s
that kind OF time could have been macs
in them shoes if T hadn't seen it w.
my own eyes"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-23

PIEDMONT FAcToRY.- COL.
IL. p. Hammott, President of the Pied
mont Factory, received orders by telegraph for
SIX. SIX hundred bales of shceting md shifting,
5OO OF which are for export to China.
Tho value of this quantity Of cloth is
s36,O00--a pretty good sale for one doy-
and is to be delivered by tho Ist of January.
Last week the samo company received an
order for 0,O00 pounds of yarn from one
party, the value of which is about SIT 500,
and yesterday another largo order 70. yarns
was received. 1t pushes the Factory to its
utmost capacity to Gil tho orders constant,
coming in from all overe the country. Just
now it has a cash surplus of $4,000 in
bank, which it itproposcs to invest in cotton
Hurrah for tho Piedmont.
GrccnviUc AlceTiscr, 19M.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-23
Arrival ana Departure of tho
Mails at yVaIh0IIa. s. g.

BY Bluo Ridge Railroad-Arrivcs at 60 I
NJ aud leaves ut 4 80 A NJ.
Air Limo Railroad by Westminster-.Arrivcs
at 8 46 A NJ and leaves at 3 45 PM.
From Franklin, N 9, viz Highlands, N c.
Arrives at p NJ and lcnvcs at 6 NJ.
From Franklin, N c, win Clayton, Ga-Tucs-
days and Fridays-Arrivcs at IL NJ and leaves
at I'm.
From Cashiers Valley, N C--Arriyes on SIon.
days at z p NJ and leaves on Tuesdays at a NJ;
arrives on Thursdays at and leaves on
Fridays at 7 AN.
From Walhalla 10 Walhalla via High Falls
Leaves Fridays at A NJ and arrives Saturdays
at GpM.
From Walhalla to Walhalla via Toxaway,
Barton's Greek. Riverside, Pulaski, Battle
Crock, Long Creek and Holly Springs-Leavcs
on Fridays at A and arrives on Saturdays at
6rM j. IL. SLIGH, p. NJ.