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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-06-12

The attention Of the merchants Of
Colfax is called to the bad condition
of our landing. On the last trip of
the Bell great difficulty WAS expert
enced in putting freight Oh top the
bank, and Capt Sinnott said it will
be impossible for him to take it to
the banks top hereafter, at the pres
emit stage Of the water, unless the
landing is fixed SO the men can get
up with freight. So the question is
narrowed down to whether our mer-
chants will have the landing put in
good order or pay double price for
handling freight after it is landed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-06-12

We have a model pair of colored
officials in the first ward of Grant
parish, in Charlie Thomas. justice Of
the peace, and O. j. Butler, consta-
BILE. Thomas advised an old colored
man, VIM. Allen, to bring suit to
eject a laborer off his place for not
complying with his contract, and
when the case came up before him
ne mulcted old man Allen for the
costs, because nothing could be made
out of the other party. Butler. it
seems. considers HE Office as giving
him the right to bulldoze the balance
Of the .colored people. His wife got
into a quarrel with the wife OF old
man John Jackson. wherenpon But
ter. instead of trying to keep the
peace, instructed her to pitch in and
whip Jackson's wife. This pair do
credit to the school in which they
learned politics, and afford a shining
example of the effects of Radicalism
in the State OF Louisiana. Their in
capacity and overbearing ought to
serve as warning to the oolored
people not to elect ignoramuses to
Office. ignorance is always insolent
when clothed with brief authority.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-06-12

DR.. Deal tells little joke on him.
sell, about how be planted some of
Mr.. G. A. Pearson's brag early corn
this spring, and, seeing our notice of
the irst roasting ears" be thought
he would examine his corn to see
how it was coming on, when, 10, and
behold. it had already matured and
was too hard to eat! Next.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-06-12

And now there are plums. Next
come peaches, then melons and mus
kadines and apples will serve to
string out the gripings already upon
indiscreet Juveniles who have iudulg-
ed in the seductive cucumber.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-06-12

Satisfaction guaranteed at T. NJ.
Biossat's jcwelry store, in the line of
repairing fine watches, clocks and
jewelry. or your money will be re-
funded. Try him.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-06-12

The river has risen about two feet
this week. The Shreveport papers
report a rise Of twenty -one feet at
Fulton, so we may look for month
or more of good boating water after
all the scare about not having much
more navigation this season.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-06-12

Major Mccain still suffers great
deal with his fractured leg, but it has
not been considered necessary to am
putate it. We hope for bis recovery
at an early day.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-06-12
LOCAL DOT 8 .

Don't forget that I. NJ. Biossat
has a No. l watch maker. 1t will
pay you to send your work to him..
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-06-12

Tax Assessor Hickman now has his
lists prepared and will begin imme-
diately to assess the taxable property
Of the parish.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-06-12

All parties having placed scrip or other
evidences of debt against the parish of
Grant in the hands of Mr.. r. S. Cameron
for approval by the Police Jury are here
by notified to call on me at my Office, in
the town of Colfax, for the same. Mr..
Camerons receipt viii be required in all
cases where it is held.
M.F. MACHEN,
April "a, 1880. Clerk Police Jury.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-06-12
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e Just Published, in Sealed Envelope.
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"Will you have some more beans,
Johnny ?" No" sNo what ?" mo
beans" SAYS Johnny, solemnly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-06-12

Two First-Class SEWING MACHINES
for sale cheap at the Chronicle OFFrcr.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-06-12
RisIey's Witch Hazel

Cures Headache. Burns, Sprains, Wounds,
Cpts, Rheumatism, Toothache, Earache,
etc., etc Warranted equal in quality to
any made, at half the price.
6 OF. Bottles, 25c. Pint Bottles, SOC.
and
R0SEGnAMT'S CHLORIDE OF LIME,
For Purifying. Bleaching and Disinfecting,
stands prominently the best. Always put
up in Diamond Blue Label Boxes.
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All first-class Druggists keep it.
Have your Druggist order it, if he has
none in stock, from cHAS. :. RlSleY,
Wholesale Druggist, ga Cortlandt Street,
New York City. ap24-3m
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Address II. HALLETT Il CO.,
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appeals of district courts throughout
the State, and of the city courts of
the parish of Orleans.
123, To provide for the appoint
ment of supervisor IF registration
for the parish of Orleans, and clerks
of registration throughout the State,
and to fix their compensation, define
their duties and powers, etc.
124. To amend and re-enact sec
ton 696 of the Revised Statutes, rel
alive to telegraph companies
125, To amend and re enact Sec
tons 6S3, GA, $50, 692 aud sos of
the Revised Statutes, with reference
to corporations for works Of public
Improvement
l26, To provide for the liquidation
of all valid certificates of indebted
ness issued by the public school
board If the city of New Orleans
and by the parish school boards
throughout the State for the State s
portion of the salaries of teachers
and portresses, and for the necessary
expenses of conducting the public
scnoo.s prior to January |, 1880. and
making the same receivable for de-
linqnent taxes and licenses, interest,
penalties. costs, fees and charges.
l21, To provide for the appoint
ment OF superintendent and other
officers and employees for the New
Basin, Canal aud Shell Road.
l2S. Concurrent resolution relative
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-07-17
POETRY.
THE SEA AND THE MOON.

The Sea fell in love with the Moon;
The Moon only laughed at the Sea,
And went on, turning midnight to noon,
And silvcriug hill top and lea.
Look down, lovely Moon," said he sea:
Behold Your own beautiful iarc:
lis 50 pure and 81 charming to me
In my heart have given it place
She looked. with flush of ,iis,lan:
Her glorious image was there;
And she llnew-for a woman is vain
That the image was SpotleSs and fair.
Away speed the Moon in her Splendor:
Bnt oft and again she would turn,
With glance growing more and more tender
TO the Sea, where her image did burn.
There trcmblcd the Silvery illusion:
Nay, Moon, do not CULVER nor start
lis the tremor of Loves soft confusion,
The throb of the Seas faithful heart.
And the Moon would remember and ponder
The vision she saw in the wave,
ASaway round the world she would wander
And She knew that the Sea was her slave
And month after month when returning
In her full she would glory again,
Her face in the ocean still burning
Gave the Moon a slight feeling of pain.
Still the Sea followed Borrowing after,
His breast swelling over with love,
His signs waking only the laughter
OF the Moon sailing queenly above.
Though ages on ages have persisted,
Still Love sings the changeless old tune,
And with passion still faithfully cherished
The Sea follows after the Moon.
Follows after till cruel shores stay him,
Then breaks his great heart with a sigh:
For the Fates ever mock and delay him
Whose aim is unwise and too high.
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Straps and Belts.

1t is habit in some Of the schools and
colleges for youths to employ Il strap g.
other form of belt for holding up their
trousers: one boy sets the example, and
the others think it right to follow; so the
practice becomes general, and you find
tight line indicating pressure marked
round the bodies of the wcarers. Fortu-
nately, i'll their case, as they emerge into
life, and before great mischief is done,
they give up the strap, and take to sup
porting the clothes from the shoulders
by the brace, and so they escape further
injury; but while it lasted the injury un-
doubtedly was severe.
There is another and more permanent
injury of this kind, however, carried out
by boys-even by men-which consists
in wearing a belt for the purpose of Civ
ing what is called support. Boys who
are about to run in races or to leap, put
on the belt and buckle it tightly, in Or
der as they say, to hold in their wind,
or breath. Workingmen who are about
to lift weights or carry heavy burdens
put on belt for the same purpose, their
declaration being that it gives support
Actually there is not a particle of truth
in this belief. 1t is the expression of
fashion, and nothing more. The belt
impedes respiration, congresses the alb
dominal muscles, congresses the muscles
of the back, subjecting them to unneces-
sary friction, and actually impedes mo-
ton. No boy would think of putting a
belt tightly round the body of his pony
if he wished it to win a race OF to leap a
hurdle; no workingman would put belt
tightly round the body of Il horse to make
it pull with greater facility a load which
it was drawing. On themselves they
commence the practice because some
body has set the example, then they get
accustomed to the impeachment, and think
they can not get on without it. Drink
ing is learned by just the same absurd
process.
Respecting this belt for boys and men
there is u WOfu more hlusI say, WHICH
is of serious import. When they put on
the belt for the sake of performing some
feat of strength, they risk another dam
gerous mischief. COMPRISING the abdo-
men, they force, during the exertion, the
contents of the abdominal cavity down
ward under pressure, giving no chance
to residence back again after the exer-
ton or shock. In this way they fire.
quently cause hernia, or rupture. lhavc
in boys, and amongst workmen who wear
belts this disease is so common that it is
the rule rather than the exception to find
it present.
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one class only remained unscathed by the
cial policy: the President and his army
of subordinate office holders continued
to receive their salaries in gold or silver
For this they obtained premium on
changing it into the paper currency in
general circulation, and they We're thus
benefited in proportion as the people
We're embarrassed. This naturally caused
great popular discomfort, and aided in
bringing about a great political uprising.
Among other evidences of the bitter
and ferocious spirit which characterized
political contests in those days was the
duel between Mr.. Cilley, of Maine, and
Mr.. Graves, of Kentucky. i'll which the
former fell. Mr.. Cillcy, i'll Il speech de-
livered in the House of Representatives,
criticised Il charge of corruption brought
against some unnamed Congressman in
letter published in the New York Courier
a~d Enquirer, over the signature of :. \
Spy in Washington" and Endorsed in the
editorial columns of that paper. Mr..
James Watson Webb, the editor of the
Courier and EnqHirer, Immediately visit
ed Washington, and sent challenge to
Mr.. Cilley by Mr. Graves, with whom he
had but Il slight acquaintance. Mr.. Gil
ley declined to receive the hostile COM
munication from Mr.. Graves, without
making any reflections on the personal
character of Mr.. Webb. Mr.. Graves
then felt himself bound, by the unwrit-
ten code of honor, to espousc the cause
of Mr.. Webb, and challenged Mr.. Cilley
himself. This challenge was accepted,
and the preliminaries were arranged be-
tween Mr.. Henry A. Wise, as the second
of Mr.. Graves, and Mr.. George w. Jones,
as the second of Mr.. Cilley. Rifles were
selected as the weapons, and Mr.. Graves
found difficulty in obtaining one, but was
finally supplied by his friend Mr.. Rives,
of the Globe. The parties met. the
ground was measured, and the combat
ants were placed; on the fourth fire Mr..
Cilley fell, shot through the body, and
died almost instantly. Mr.. Graves, on
seeing his antagonist fall, expressed de-
sire to render him some assistance, but
was told by Mr.. Jones, my friend is
dead, SIR Mr.. Cilley, who left wife
and three young children, was popular
favorite, and his tragic end caused a
great excitement all over the country.
Mr. Wise was generally blamed for hay
ing instigated the fatal encounter; Ger
tainly, he did not endeavor to prevent it.
lCoNCLUDED NEXT WEEK.
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WHOLE No. 1 1862

came through so far into the bone that 1T
nearly met with the point of the upper
tooth; the jaw thus became fixed. The
animal was thus prevented from taking
food or water. Mr.. Bartlett. with a great
deal Of tact and manwvling, managed to
get this bone out of the lions mouth,
and luckily he did so. as it was found
that the long projecting portion of the
bone was pressing hard upon the lions
tpnpup
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-07-17

served the thread-bare old banner flap
ping its ragged stripes i'll the breeze, but
few perhaps are aware Of the interesting
history of this battle-scarred relic of old
glory. To Major w. 5. Long We are in
debtcd for its record. 1t was first I'M
i'urled by Sergeant John Sterns. of the
Fourth Massachusetts Artillery, Il broth
crin-law of Major Long, over the Gen
eral Floating Hospital boat ut Island No.
10, ill the Mississippi. 1t then followed
him to Point Lookout, Md. where it
tloated over the General Hospital. Here
it fell into the hands of Major Long, and
was taken by him to the Department of
the Gulf, through the siege of Port IIud-
son. from there to the Texas coast, thence
through the Red river campaign, and
from there to the siege before Mobile,
where it replaced the rebel flag which
was hauled down ut Blakeley in the last
the hardest kind of work to stop her on
the siding.
They didn't say | was drunk. and they
knew | wasn't asleep, but they suspended
me until they looked the engine over
was in perfect order, and they sent her
out on the accommodation with new
driver. What did she do but bang right
into Il train at a station, and that with
all steam shut off and the bar thrown
over. Some folks laugh at us and call it
superstition. but they never lived in an
engine cab. Ask any barber if his razor
don't get off now and then and refuse to
shave until laid aside for rest. Ask
any horse trainer if his horse will make
the same time two mornings alike; even
if the care and feed and track are the
same. Running in and out of Detroit
are hundreds of locomotives, all built on
the same plan, and yet no two are han
died just alike. Out of twenty built in
the same shop, by the same gang of men,
no two will work the same. One can be
bulldozed, another must be petted, a
third will be faithful, fourth treacher-
Gus, and each one will have her peculiar
traits and tricks. I'd no more take out
one of these engines without knowing
her pecularities than you'd try to jump
across that pit. I'd be all in tremhle
for fear she d ditch the whole train. No,
sir They are as near human as ma
chinery can be made, and the more hu-
man you treat 'em the better it is for
both. Some can be coaxed, some must
be punished, some need watching, and
once in while you will find one which
will dodge danger keep her time and run
herself while you dream of the curly
heads tucked up in bed at home"
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WHIES: WISE HND WITVY.

A stamp of the foot is not sufficient
to carry letter.
The way to make a slow horse fast is
not to feed him.
Old maids, feather beds and inflated
balloons are unavailable.
There is no tyrant like custom, and
no freedom where it's edicts arc not re-
sisted.
Wherever the tree of beneiicencc
takes root it sends forth branches beyond
the sky.
THAT puts different face on it,
as the boy said when his ball struck the
clock-dial.
To be agreeable in society, it behoves
one neither to see nor remember great
many things.
IF l hit yer" s:tid a small boy to
another. eyer will be usin' yourself for
snuff to morrer.'
A Celt who was induced, after much
persuasion, to try some canned meat,
brought it back, showing the marks oil
his teeth on the tin, and Indignantly deny
ing that it was good to eat.
The persons whose clothes are eN-
tremely fine am apt to consider as not
being possessed Of any superiority OF for
tune, but resembling those Indians who
are found to wear all the gold they have
in a bob at the endsof the nose.
The Kearneyites now think of driv-
ing out the Chinese by peaceful means;
they are arranging to give Chinatown
course of lectures, each lecture to be pre-
coded by Gilmore's anthem, sung by the
entire congregation.
"A Berks county man has worn the
same pair of calf boots to church for
thirty years and he has been a frequent
attendant, too. Some people could make
a pair of church boots last several hum
bred years if they lived that long.
Some of the physicians in the oil re-
gions prescribed by telephone. Some
times the wires get crossed and the pre-
scriptions reach the wrong patients; but
it does not make much difference; the
people in that region are naturally pretty
tough.
Miss Catharine Wolfe of New York is
the wealthiest unmarried woman on the
continent. Now that the census takers
have finished their work we don't mimi
making this fact public. The fare to
New York is low, and single men can get
board there at very reasonable figures.
-" Place, cap'n, how far are we from
the captain of an ocean steamer. "Well
Mike, we are bout Il couple of hundred
miles off Cape Henry, Ireckon," was the
reply. "And now, cap'n, said Mike.
Show far, place, is Cape Henry from the
land?'
81 shall come out of this scrapc all
right" said Jimmy Tuifboy, "if can
contrivc to get committee meeting of
dad and ma am, and work through
whitewashing report. But if dad inves-
tigates alone, it will be in chromatic
colors," and he seemed to feel the red
places beneath his jacket in advance.
A traveller was badly hurt in rail-
road accident-two ribs broken, and
other injuries. lie went to the Office of
the company to complain. "What y
cried the clerk. ''you want to make Il row
about SO small Il matter? Not n month
ago twelve of our passengers were killed
and We didn't hear a word of complaint
from any of Them
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-07-17

certain station for the Atlantic express
to pass me, and my engine sulked and
growled and threw me several minutes
behind time. There was little time to
spare when We reached the station. |
had the train about half way off the
main track when my engine stopped dead
still. Yes, sir, stopped dead still, and
that without being reversed OF a brake
applied, and with steam enough to blow
off. | was dazed for 4 minute, and the
fireman opened his eyes like one seeing 4
terrible picture. Just then the Atlantic
whistled. jumped down and ran to the
pilot, expecting to see a barricade, but
the track was clear. | leaped into the
cab and gave her more steam, but not
wheel moved. More yet but still she
stood there like rock The conductor,
brakemcn and passengers We're shouting
at me, and the switchman howlcd like Il
panther. On came the Atlantic, and |
pulled the throttle wide open. Bless
you, sir, I'm in shiver now at the recol-
lection.
The Atlantic always passed us on the
fly, but that night she had party of
stockholders aboard who wanted to get
of at the station, and she came to a stop.
and saved such a railroad slaughter as
would put the Ashtabula disaster no.
where. She'd have gone through two
sleeping cars as slick rs a bullet There
we stood, my engine growing and threat
ening, and l half crazed. The fireman
suddenly lit out as if he had seen a ghost.
a mob of passengers swarmed down on
me, and | believe should have taken to
the woods if a change hadn't come. All
at once No. 40 seemed to rear right up:
she made a plunge or two, and away she
went like bolt of lightning, and l had
fight of the war. At Blakely it was car
ried over the rebel works by the Blakely |
Second Battalion of United States Nolun-
teer Engineers, and it was in this deci- |
sive battle that, for twenty minutes, |
Major Long was a Brigadier General, he |
being the highest ranking officer who |
survived the fight at the time of the cap
turc. The old flag fioated over the bat
tie fields of Bayou Fa Fourche, was at
the siege and capture of Fort Gaines, at
the siege of Fort Morgan, and at Fish
river and Spanish Fort. Although bad
ly patched and somewhat curtailed in |
length, it has not yet outlived its useful
ness. and will probably live to do honor
to the election of James A. Garfield in
November next.-Eareha Leader.
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CAB AND TENDER,

Giles in the dumps because his loco
motive has been off for three or four
days" said railroad man at the Union
depot, the other day, as he pointed to an
engineer who looked as sour as any dys-
peptic.