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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-08
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! LIMlTED NUMBER OF AC'

A LIMITED NUMBER OF: ACTIVE,
energetic Csnvassers, to engage in pleas
ant and profitable business Good men
will find this rare chance to make money
Such will please answer this advertise
ment by letter, enclosing stamp for reply,
stating what business they have been en-
gnced in. None but those who mean bust
ness need apply.
Address finley, HARVEY & Co.,
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
N 10 E!

Succession of James w. Hadnot, deceased.
No. IS.
Whereas, Howard Mcknight has this
day made application to this Court to be
appointed Dative Testamentary Executor
of the succession of j. w. Hadnot, de-
ceased, notice is hereby given to all whom
iG may or doth concern to show cause,
within ten days, why the same shall not
be granted. :
Witness the Hon. A. v. Raglan, Parish
Judge, this 23d day of October, A. ID. 1879.
OBS 5. B. SHACKELFORD, Clerk.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-08

The long expected rain has come
!. list, and from appearances it has
sssp general enough to warrant the
hone Of q rise in the river in q short
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-08

The statement of the financial
Condition of Grant parish for the
ussent year is as follows: Assess
psus for 1879, $4,000; estimated ex-
snses $500; delinquent taxes OF
49, $2,413 36.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-08

Yrs. Deal has thanks for furnish
N the editor a bran new tile. Any
m wishing to procure a hat Of the
dsst style can be suited at her store.
b keeps q large assortment for
Mss or gentlemen.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-08

Rev. ]. L. P. Sheppard breaches
h last sermons for the present con-
s.pce year at Colfax to-day and to-
,orow, Nov. 9Th and 9th.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-08

Mr.. s. C. Curry, the president of
m Police Jury, informs us that he
IL examined the Jail and finds it in
vt and good condition. M
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-08

Read the article from the Lamars
c.,t;uel, on first page, and see what
s,sart Republicanism is as opposed
n Democracy.
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Attorney and Counselor 1t Law.

Will practice his profession in the Parish
and District Courts of the parishes OF Ra-
pides, Grant. Winn, Natchitoches and Cald-
we'll, and in the Supreme Court at New
Orleans and Monroe.
All business entrusted to his care will
receive prompt attention.
Office -Colfax, Grant parish, La. jos
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-08
ANNOUNCEMENT.

For Ssnatez 24th District
We are authorised 10 announce the
name Of B. r. Bn1AN Is . candidate for
Senator ftom The 18th Senatorial District,
composed Of The parishes Of CstahoulS<
Vim and Grant. -
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chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy
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TO MAKE MONEY

Pleasantly and fast, agents should adj
dress FINLEY, HARVEY L. Co.,
daily Atlanta, Ga.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18
London Living.


England is one vast show town. Ev-
erything is on exhibition at from a six.
pence to a shilling. If one desires to
visit the shrines, either of royalty or
literature, he must weep tears, silver
tears, in every instance. Shakespeare's 8
grave, a sixpence; Shakespeare's chair,
shilling; dead Kings and Queens, one
shilling; jewels of a live one, two
shillings, and so on. Yourcorrespond-
ent has been sweating sixpences and
shillings ever since landing on the soil,
and is likely to till he leaves it; but,
after all, there is nothing like what is
to be seen here in all the world, and if
the charges could only be put into one
grand total the traveller would think it
cheap. 1t is the petty annoyance of
drawing the purse at every turn, and
the constant demand for fee that, like
a nail in the shoe, keeps one in irrita-
ton. For instance, at the theater, the
American, accustomed to pay for his
seat aud have the whole paying business
over, is put quite out of conceit before
the performance begins by the little an
noyances to which he is subjected. He
pays 10s., $3.50, for his seat in advance,
say on the morning of fthe performance,
and must pay an extra for " booking"
When he arrives at the theater he finds
his ladies must remove their bonnets.
These are to be stored in the cloak
room, cd. each; then a programme, 4d.
each; and a fee for the commissaire who
closes his cab door as he drives away.
AS six-pence is twelve cents, all this
amounts to very pretty sum before he
gets through his amusement (P), espe-
cially if his party is of any considerable
size; but then it has always been the
and it is probable it always
will be. What was good enough for
their greatgrandfathers is quite good
enough for the present generation. y
London Cor. Boston TrGUeLIer.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

execute its laws with force If necessary; de-
manding protection by the National law Of all
citizens in the enjoyment Of all their privi-
leges and immunities; opposing the eleva-
tion to National power of those who carried
on or sympathiEed with the rebellion; de-
nouncing all attempts to impose upon the
National Treasury Southern claims for losses
or damages growing out Of the rebellion; de-
claring It the imperative duty of every State
to provide efficient free schools; and, in case
of failure, Congress should supply the def
cheney. 1t was also resolved to call on Con-
gress to abrogate the Indian treaties and to
bring the red men within the pale of civiliza-
ton, according them the rights Of citizenship.
The following officers were elected for the en-
suing year; President, William M. Newell,
of New Jersey; Corresponding Secretary,
Thomas g. Baker, of New York; Recording
Secretary, Samuel G. Gwinner, of Pennsylva-
mia; Treasurer, VIM. V. Alexander, of New
York,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

which, as he told the neighbors, he
was going to bring his wife and two
children from the East. The children
were too young to know what it all
meant, and were soon taught to believe
that they had always known their new
father. In Western communities they
are not so curious about ones antece-
dents as they are in New England, and
the new family was accepted as valu-
able acquisition to the neighborhood.
How did learn all thatP Well, soon
after l settled in -, / formed very
pleasant acquaintance with the lady
who lived next door--& quiet, attractive
woman, who seemed to be uncommonly
happy in her married life. One day,
when her husband was absent, she was.
taken very ill. l was sent for; and,
while under the fear of death, she told
me her story. When she was school
girl she became engaged to the man
she now lived with. He went away to
seek his fortune, and not long after she
heard he had married. Then, in her
despair, she married a man old enough
to be her father. After she had been
married some three years she heard
that her only love had been true to her.
Shewrote imploring him to forgive her.
A correspondence had followed, and by
and by she was wrought up to the point
of leaving her husband. All the details.
of the elOpement had been arranged by
letter; and, when she joined her lover
in Portland, she saw him for the first
time after separation of ten years"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18
A Journey Under the Earth.

Early next year Baltimore will cele-
brate the completion of its water-supply
tunnel. The tunnel is seven miles in
length, and about twelve feet in diam
eter. Upon the day of inspection the
water will be turned on gradually at.
the upper end of the tunnel, and flow
through until about four feet deep at
the lower end. Several long boats will
then be launched into the mouth of the
tunnel at the Lake Montebello end, in
which the party will make the trip.
through the tunnel of water. They
will be propelled by paddles or short.
oars. By the time the party has made.
half the distance the lower end of the.
tunnel will be completely filled by the,
water, which will be slowly turned on
at the upper end during the trip.
Headlights will be placed on the boats
and at the arches, which will have been
erected where the fifteen now are; bril-
liant lights will be displayed, andlarge
numbers will designate each shaft.
Every arrangement will be made to
prevent accident, as the drowning of
the party, which, of course, will in
clude the city fathers, would be an in
suspicious opening of the great water
works. The trip up the subterranean
river will occupy several hours, and
will be the first one of the kind ever
made.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18
How Families Endure in Vermont.

Some two years ago physician in
town was called to visit a patient living
out of the village. He drove out, and
as he was hitching his horse the door
opened and young woman with a.
child in her arms came out They
greeted each other, and she said, " o,
you are the doctor come to see grand
mother. She's pretty sick. You'll find
her in the house." He went in and
found woman about forty, who said,
" You will find grandmother in that
way" In the room to which he was.
directed he found an aged, white-haired
lady lying on the bed. She was quite
deaf, and did not notice his approach
until he sat down and began to feel her
pulse. She turned and said, go, you
are the doctor, ! am not sick. 1t is
mother you want to see, You will find
her in the next room" So into the
next room he passed, and at last was
in the presence of his patient whose
daughter, granddaughter, great-grand-
daughter and great-granddaught-
er he had encountered. He found her
so reduced by disease and old age-she
was ninety-seven years old-thathe saw
no chance Of her living more than a
week. He told the family so, but at
their request he left medicines and di-
rectiOns. Some three weeks after he
was driving by and saw an old / ady
picking up chips. He pulled up his
horse, intending to ask when his pa.
tient had died, when she looked up and
said: 30, you are the doctor who came
to see me when / was SO sick" She
is Ftill living as clipper an old lady
of ninety-nine as you will often see. u
Windsor (Kt.J ArgsS.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18
Married With Rife in Hand.

The news of the curious sequel of a
love affair has just reached us from
Port Townsend. A certain young man
fell in love with beautiful young lady
residing near Port Townsend. His pas
sion being reciprocated, marriage was
proposed, but the young lady parents
would have none of it. The father and
belligerent uncle threatened to do the
young ''Romeo" serious personal in-
Jury in case his attentions were eontin-.
ued, and forbade him ever again enter.
ing the premises, and the young lady
is represented as having been bitterly
persecuted on account Of her refusal to,
discountenance the discarded suitor.
The young man becoming aware of this,
fact, determined to marry at once, Ac-
cordingly, procuring a license and the.
services of the necessarily constituted,
authority, and withal a good Winches-
ter rifle, he repaired to the abode of the
young woman's parents. Encounter
ing the father and the irate uncle in the
yard, he bade them "hands off" de-
claring that they had threatened to do
him personal injury, and that in the
eyes Of the law he would be justified in
doing serious execution with his rife
in case they attempted to execute it,
and right there, before the gaze of the
two astonished belligerents, with one
eye fixed on them, the other on the fair
one by his side, and with one hand
his rife, and the other grasp
ing that of his afianced, the nuptial
Knot was tied, and the happy couple
Portland (Oregon) Bee.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

Atwo-story brick livery stable atLit-
He Rock, Ark, occupied by J. Glllls, was de-
staoyed BY llre on the morning OF the 14th.
The family Of the proprietor we're asleep In
the second story, and the only safe avenue OF
escape being cut Of when they we're aroused.
the children we're dropped out Of q window to
the ground below. The wife vas sufocated
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

At Plattsmouth, Neb., on the 11th,
three men were killed and seven badly In
jured by the caving In of an embankment,
near the new railroad bridge being construct
ed there across the Missouri River.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

The Senate Finance Committee de.
cidej, on the 18th, to take no action on the
Warner silver bill, trade dollar bill and the
Bayard resolution concerning greenbacks un-
til after the holiday recess.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

THE Boston Post says; A man NAV
ask you to see that his grave is kept.
green, and yet, when you assure him
that it shall be, that you'll 60 every
day and wet it down with a garden
hose, he doesn't somehow feel COM
forted.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

A PETRIFIED body, we learn from the
Chicago TSibsRe, indicates that the man
is stone dead.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

Alexander Ramsey, of Minnesota,
was nominated for Secretary Of War sy the
President on the 10Th and the Senate unani-
m0ualy csuarned tie nomination without
Eeference 20 any committee.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

The st. Gothard tunnel will be COM
pleted within month.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

Uranium. metal found in Bohemia,
but never before in thiS county a. far as
knoEn, has been discovered IN mine st
faifplaE' Col The ore Is Wsrth $1,000 per
ton.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

The municipality of Paris has voted
100000 francs for the relief Of the poor.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

One corporal and three privates, who
distinguished themselyesin the Zulu war, we're
decorated with the Victoria cross by Queen
Victoria At Windsor Castle on the sth.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

Davitt, DAILY aud Killen, the Irish agi-
tators, have been indicted for sedition.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

During 1878 three Of the most inn
portant trurk lines connecting the West with
che seabOaFd carried 25 ga, rs cons Of freight.
an increase q i4,878, ,768 tons over 1858.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

Hon. James M. Edmunds, Postmas-
ter Of Washington, died on the 18th.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

A fearful tornado passed over the
aontheastern Btrtion Of LOuisvflle, KY, on
fhe ssh nlt, settroying several houses and
damaging number Of others Ko persons
we're injured.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

At Renick, Mo-, on the 9th, severe
wind storm passed over the place, destroying
a number of houses and seriously iniuring
several persons. A Mrs. Wright was so Sc
verely hurt that she. died on the following
night.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

THE amount of money a man leaves
is the kind of a funeral pile his relatives
take the most interest in,-Keokab Gate
CEtg.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

The ladies Of the Anti-Polygamy So
elsty Of Sail Lake intend 70 send . petition 70
Congress asking The expulsion Of Bsprasents-
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

A wagon containing FIVE persons was
run into by railroad train at wagon cross
ing near Harrison, 0kio, on the 9th, and four
Of the occupants we're killed.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

The cattle plague has broken out on
the Island of Cyprus
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

A train on the Central Vermont Rail-
road ran OF the track near Addison Junction
draWbridCe on the 18th, and the engineer,
Areman and another man Wo1e killed.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

The National Council Of the Union
League Of America held It's annual session at
Philadelphia on the 10th. Resolutions were
adopted declaring It the duty Of the Nation to
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

COMING through the rye" is not a
Bourbon ad.-PbilGdelphia Balle-
tig.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

The Advisory Committee Of the eau
Gus Of Republican Senators have decided in
favor OF non-action on financial questions
during the present session.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

tive Geo. Q. Cannon on the ground of his be-
ing polygamist.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

The overhowing of the rivers Koros
and Maros in Hungary has caused fearful de-
structions. Several towns have been ruined
and their inhabitants driven away. Fully ten
thousand persons have been rendered home
less.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

In the House of Representatives on
the 9Th two hundred and fifty bills were in
troduced.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18
CURRENT NEWS.

General Grant visited Louisville on
the 10th.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

James B. Sener, of Virginia, has been
appointed Chief Justice Of Wyoming Terri
tory.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

The President has appointed Owen
N. Denny, of Oregon, Consul General at
Shanghai.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

The small town Of Brod, on the river
Koros in Hungary, was inundated on the
11th; also part Of tue town Of Karlsburg, on
the Moras. Some lives we're lost.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

Gates toll-gate and post-offiCe, one
mile west OF the Rochester city line, was de-
stroyed by fire on the morning Of the 10th,
and Miles futile, gate-keeper and postmaster,
with his three-years-old daughter perished In
the flames. Mrs. Tuttle and two older chill
dren, who slept upstairs, were rescued, the
mother throwing the children to spectators
below, and herself following.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

The Seine River was frozen at Paris
on the 9th. The thermometer indicated FIVE
degrees below zero.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

How much cold can bare bear
bearP-StamfSTd ADVOCATE.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

An explosion of three tons of nitro
glycerine and mica powder ON Fox Island,
near Amherstburg, Canada, occurred on the
night of the 18th. The shock was felt SO Sc
verely at Fletcher, forty-four miles distant,
that the people abandoned their houses in
alarm.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

A storm on the Isthmus of Panama,
recently, swept away two villages and par
TALLY ruined another.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

A tank containing $4,000 barrels of
oil caught are at Red Rock, Pa, on the even.
Ing Of the ll.h, and cOnttnued to burn until
next morufug when It collapsed, leaving To-
600 barrels out, which ran down on the sur
face OF a bttle brook thrOVgh tho center Of
the village, The are communicated to build
ings near by, and the whole town was de-
stroyed, leaving about three hundred families
homeless and destitute. The loss Is estimated
at $4,000.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

King john of Abyssinia, it was re-
ported in Cairo ON the sth, was marching with
his army 10 Oecupy the districts Of Sennar and
Golabat in the Blue Nile Territory.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

A novel case was tried in the United
States Circuit Court at Memphis on the 18Th.
j, @. Birmingham of Lauderdale County,
Tenn, refused to recognize the abolition Of
slavery, and ever since the war has claimed to
own two colored girls because he owned their
mother. He was indicted recently for holding
the girls ia slavery, and the case was brought
before Judge Hammond, who quashed the in
dictment, holding chat the act of Congress
which says that "svery person who kldnaps
or carries away any other person, with intent
that such other person be sold into invOlun-
tary servltude or held as a slave, shall be pun
ished by fine or imprisonment" could not ap-
ply TO any one holding or pretending to hold
In slavery in this country, because slavery
having been abolished, there could be no
slaves here, and therefore no one could be
held as q slave. This, the Judge said, is an
oaense aot provided for BY the act Of Con.
gress and not punishable by Indictment in
the Federal courts, The defendant was dis
charged.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18

General Hatch, Chairman of the Ute
Commission, stated on the, 1lth that he did
not believe the Indians will allow themselves
to be tried in Colorado; that, in his opinion,
they could not be tried elsewhere, and he
thought the Government might as well end
the business and fight them at once.