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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04
THE steamer Civ of Pck;n left San

The steamer City of Pekin left San
Francisco recently carrying eight hun
dred and fifty returning Cinnamon.
The sailing hour was fixed at o clock in
the afternoon, and each of the eight hun
dred and fifty did his best to be first at
the gate of the wharf. To accomplish
this hundreds of them spent the previous
night on the vacant lots in the vicinity
and on or under the wagons loaded with
their baggage. At sunrise the gates of
the wharf were opened and the crowd,
encountered with bundles of every con-
ceivable size and shape, tumbled in
pell-mell, those in the rear falling over
those who had lost their baggage and
their balance, until nearly the whole
mass was piled together on the floor in
bowling, struggling heap The officers
soon restored order and ranged the
Cinnamon along the side of the wharf,
where they stood for eight hours pa
tiently waiting to be allowed to board
the vessel. When the signal to board
was given the scenes of the morning
were repeated, and bundles, bedding,
trunks, and no end of hats went over
board as the crowd rushed up the mar
row gang-plank.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

Hero Of the late war, and now United States
Senator from Illinois, writes: "Some years
ago was troubled more or less with rheu-
matism, and have within the last year or so
suffered intensely with same disease. be-
gan to take 'Durang's Rheumatic Remedy,
and am thoroughly satisfied that have been
cured by its use. / do not hesitate to recon-
mend it to all sufferers"
Its taken internally and never fails to cure
the worst case in the shortest time. Sold by
all wholesale and retail druggists. Write
for 40 page pamphlet to r. X. Helphenstine,
Druggist, Washington, d. G.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04
AN improved construction of boilers

An improved construction of boilers
with a view to perfect and natural
circulation of water-consists of an ar
rangement by which all of the tubes,
together with the tube sheets, may be
easily removed for cleaning or repairs.
To this end the flues or tubes are placed
vertically in rectangular fiue-box, pro-
vided with rectanular fange, which is
bolted to q corresponding collar sur
rounding an opening in the rear wall of
the fire-box; the rear end of the flue-box
is riveted to the back head of the boiler,
the latter being secured to an internal
hange in the boiler shell by bolts. The
joints at the end of the flue-box are suf-
ficiently strong to Withstand any strain
that can be brought to bear upon them |;
and the fame, smoke and products of
combustion pass through the fiue-box
and around the flues, effecting a rapid
generation of steam. The circulation of
water and steam in the vertical tubes is
natural and perfect. For boilers carry
ing a very high pressure the f1ue-box
may be strengthened by stay-bolts in
the usual way.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

THERE was once q very smart man, and he
met a man who was not smart, and said to
him: "see here, am an awful smart man.
knew everything and can do anything, yet
INV pocket, my purse and my stomach are
trinity Of emptiness--three in one, and I'm
the one; while you, who are not smart, go
clothed In purple and fine linen and have
your ribs regularly adiposed. Now tell me,
why is thisin And the man who was not
smart answered and said that he did not
know, but he supposed it must be because the
market was overstocked with smart men.
Moral: There is none.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

THE circus season Just closing has been
very successful To be sure, business was
vigorously pushed. At Little Rock, Ark,
two lions were let loose. In Carolina an
elephant got on the rampage and keeper
terprise Is sure 70 succeed. One manager
said he was bound to make money IL he bad
to have the entire brass band eaten by the
tigers. His patrons wished he had, and
thrown In the clown to boot
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

Texas has cash balance OF about
81 200, 900 in her State Treasury. and
il is given out that Governor Roberts
will advise the next Legislature to spend
it in establishing State University and
building penitentiaries and State-houses
at Austin,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04
Wheeling Intelligencer.1
U.ook Ing Hack tn IN.

That the great campaign now upon as VIII
exceed that of 1S72, when the "'Go West
philosopher" " was in the field and fray, no one
doubts. Time works wonders; but with
some things it can make no change, as the
following from our esteemed fellow citizen,
II. +. Behrens, ESQ.,, win show: have sold
the Hamburg Drops since 1872, and have
never heard complaint; l know families
who would not be without the Drops for any
thing. Every dealer says the same.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

-Coon-hunters were cutting down a
tree at Adams, Ind. The dogs got into
a fight close to the tree just as it was
ready to fall. Two men succeeded in
saving the brutes, but were crushed to
death themselves.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04
Adyantage of HEAVY Plates.

The soft bituminous coal used in the West
is SO destructive on all cast-iron that the
heavy plates in the CHARTER OAK Cook
STOVE will be appreciated by housekeepers
as well as dealers. This advantage, with ex-
cellent draft, quick and uniform baking,
make the CHARTER OAK the most desirable
stove In the market.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

A cLEReYMAN past middle age, after hay
ing united loving couple in the holy bonds
of matrimony, was ssked by some one pres
ent at the marriage feast how he, bachelor,
could consistently engage in such ceremo-
MES. The good mans answer was signih-
cant: SIN q mans life there are two
periods when he is hkely to marry-one when
he is young and has no sense, the other
when he Is old and has lost his sense. He was
glad to inform them that he was past one,
and not yet reached the other.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

Mrs. Wyman Osgood, Of Warner,
N. H., has just passed her 101st birth
day, and Mrs. Sarah Lucas, of Volina
Township, Cass County, Ind, is 10
years of age, and believed to be the old
est person in the State.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

The word love in one of the Indian
dialects is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
er. Fancy sweet forest maiden telling
her copper-colored brave that she chem
acknowledgements him.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

TEE waits between the acts in q Chinese
theater are long enough for young man to
go out and chew cloves, play six games Of
billiards, take nap of six hours, go twenty
miles into the country to see his Aunt Hill,
attend base ball match, eat his supper, get
shaved and fight duel. Then he can go
back in the theater before the curtain rises
on the second act.-Noyristoso Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

THERE are now 10000 Greek soldiers In
Athens, and more than 10000 in the whole
kingdom. Afternoon drill is the event OF the
day in the capital
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

In recent charge the Recorder Of Dublin
said that Of 9, 40 dwellings let in tenements
in that city 300 houses, occupied by about
$1,000 people, are reported unfit for human
habitation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04
Father n G.tt,ne Wen.

Ny daughters say, "How much better
father is since he used Hop Bitters." He IL
getting well after his long suffering from {
disease declared incurable, and we are 30 glad
that he used your Bitters.-A lady Of Koch
ester, N. Y.-Utica Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

ALL respecta BILE dealers sell Frazer Axle
Grease, because it is the Genuine and gives
perfect satisfaction.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

The pneumatic telegraphic service
now in working at Paris has length OF
1900 meters, and is worked by six
stations with steam engines of total
power of $50 horses, one hydraulic ma
chine and six hydraulic motors. This
service comprises aprincipal double line
and seven secondary lines, with
branches. On the principal lines mes
sages are transmitted every three min
utes, and on the secondary lines every
five minutes. The artes-telegrammes
open cost tlirty cents, and CO ed fifty
cents. The carte-telegramme has, it
appears, not yet been much used by the
public, but it is hoped that the reduction
of the price to thirty cents, made last
May, will have some effect in increasing
the service. The pneumatic service is
to be extended to the annexed COM
munes of Paris in the course of the years
1881, 1882, 1883 and 1884. The total
cost is estimated at 1866, 900 francs. In
Paris there are 6,436 kilometers of un-
foreground telegraph wires. and meas
ures are being taken to extend the un-
derground lines into the country.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04
1BaY City Tribune.l

DR. A. A. PRATT, of this city, says: st. ia
cobs OIL is splendid. All to whom have sold
it, pronounce 1t the best medicine for rheu-
matism and pain they ever used.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

The young man who was kicked out
of his girls house very properly styled
her father freebooter.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

A POLITICAL procession at Dunbarton, N.
H., was delayed while young man took his
sweetheart down from what he considered
her unbecoming position as Goddess Of Lib
fu
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

There is an old proverb which reads,
GAS the good man saith, so say we; but
as the good woman saith, SO must it
be-"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

Fences do not walk, but sometimes
have swinging gate.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

REDDINa's RUSSIA SALvE Is the universal
remedy for burns, scalds, cuts, bruises, etc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

CONSIDERING that kind words cost nothing,
what a poor stock of them Is in the domestic
markets. Philadelphia BulletfR.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04
Best stove We Ever Used.

After many years. trial, we are satisfied
that the CHARTER OAK is the best Stove we
ever used, and cheerfully testify that it Is
the best adapted to the wants Of the general
public of any stove in the market.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

An amusing anecdote concerning
ex-Gov. Bishop, of Ohio, is told in Cleve-
land. 1t is related that arrangements
were made one evening during the re-
cent Fair to serenade the President of
the State Board of Agriculture, and that
functionary had collected his thoughts
for presentation, and was about to ap-
pear on the balcony and address the
band and the crowd, when Mr.. Bishop
drove up to the hotel with several
friends. The Ex-Governor, with the
calmness of a great man, took the seren-
ade to himself, and, rising in the car.
rage, bowed gracefully and responded
in a characteristic speech. The band
dispersed, the Ex-Governor retired, and
the poor agricultural Presidents speech
was never made.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

ALAwYER's advice is of greater value than
4 friends. He charges for it
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04

A SACRAMENTO bride whipped her father
because he induced her husband to drink In
bar-rOom.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-12-04
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OUT Oh season-an empty pepper-box.
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Meets the requirements of the rational medical philos'
ophy which at present prevails 1t is perfectly pure
vegetable remedy. embracing the three important prop
critics of preventive. tonic. and an Alternative IL
fortes the body against disease. inyeorates ard re-
vtaizes the torpid stomach and liver and effects
most saiutary change in the eatire system when tn
morbid condition.
For ssle by all Druggists and Dealers
, 1880-02-22

Special Dispotch to The Chicago Tribune.
BosroN, Feb. 21.-The discoveryo of the body
Of a man in house on Florence street to-
night is believed to furnish the clew Of the
robbery Of the Norman mansion, on Beacon
street, eight days ago, and the police believe
that the burglars quarreled over a division Of
the 81, GOO worth Of jewelry stolen there, and
that one murdered the other. The body is
that Of f. c. Marshall, young man who was
found on the floor with q heavy revolver in
his left hand and bullet wound extending
from the. left jaw into the brain. It had
been there for eight days, but nothing was
thought Of the non-appearance of the
man, as he and his roommate were absent
two or three weeks at time on supposed
peddling tours. The room was filled with
burglars tools and scraps of broken jewelry;
and what leads to the suspicion of murder is
the fact that the day after the robbery the
missing partner came out of the room and re-
turned in short time complaining then that
Marshall had since been in and had locked
the door. Learning that there was not an
other key he left, saying he supposed Mar
Shall would soon return, and neither has since
been seen. a letter found on q table bearing
date Feb. 10, and signed Marshall, SAYS; lam
sick Of life. Please forgive me-" The writ:
memoranda found in Marshalps baggage,
and it is supposed it WAS put there as q
"blind." Some of the pieces Of ieWelry
found correspond with that stolen from Nor
mans house. The police are without cleW
to the assassin,
, 1880-02-22
GREAT BRITAIN.

MINISTER TO RoUsfAS1A-
:, LONDON, Feb. 2L-The Gazette announces
mat NJ White, the British Diplomatic Agent
anu ConsulGeneral at Bucharest, has been
appointed Minister to Roumania-
WOOL SALES.
!oaa5s wool sales were 10, 200 bales, chiefly
=. ,Aaelalde, Victorian, New Zealand. and Cape.
!uefe was a full attendance, and strong
oenland at extreme rates.
LIBEL.
Inc publisher and printers Of the Sporting
~" O7amdttc Nc,us have been held in their
own o. recognizance for trial on charge of
Aoel'ng Lord-Mayor Gray of Dublin. It is
oat4uEsIstood " eE the adjournment of the hearing
5ata a. ule case was with view of enabling the
~ fSeaIIn:uan1S -: 70 compromise by subscribing to
n#lsn Me nlsn Kellef Fund, but the amount they
'uelea Jailed to satisfy the Lord Mayor.
VESSEL ABANDONED.
. ,;.a ;.La1'ERrooI, Feb. 21.-The ship Trimontr
s, Saa, Wnlcl assisted III the rescue Of the pas
f4TTmgels Of the sinking steamer Vile. du
eaSe Sie lew years ago, was abandoned her
H. H. "a "a sinking condition Oil the 18th inst.
'@ae olnoefs and crew were saved.
> BEITNd on BROWN.
~ mne betting is ? to that g Blower Brown
ss.xaR ~ oeai $50 miles in the present six,day go
ssssou-p!ease. At Il last night he was
HTsenteen miles ahead of Weston's record.
"s nad scored Isl miles.
u 81 8. me close Of the contest tonight
unlower" Brown had scored 553 miles;
n1sazael, $50; Day, 456. Brown beat Hazaels
pte'1otls record BY 5 hours and S minutes
, 1880-02-22

disdainful smile, thow these false reports
creep into the newspapers. Let man get
up phonog1aph or something which, in
vaae and 5 ther%e % Vii in never M arise is So maeh as
breath of dispute. rs to his rightfuI claim
to the invention; but the moment he has
perfected something. Of commercial value,
something something that viii conflict :, with the
oiies, aud then there is . gen-
era1 rush to endeayor to. pull him
down, and to show that, after all, he has ae-
Gomplished nothing. The idea of electric
only in theory: when sn inventor gets
patent from the Patent Office it is a contract
between himself and the public for furnish
ing something practical, not for mere the
ory; and it's simply absurd to. assert that
use Of the electric light Us you see it Illus
trated here. To say that my generator
IS borrowed is unQualitiedly false, and,
50 far as the statement IS concerned
that pr; Siemens divides tile electric current
in lighting the Imperial Arcades in Berlin,
why, he divides 1t III the same manner that
John Wanamaker divides the electric lights
N his store. tie can divide them into groups
tenn hat sanno t dvqs RRa mo md saaa kS' rom
one lamp to million Of lamps is simply i'm
perfect With my electric light can cut
oul any one or more lamps from LOO, GOO lamps,
and can light and extinguish all Of them
L ~<sA otxA10 " tliC oH1tCuOUhtu
IN my laboratory and extinguish any one or
aii OF The lights in the park Or in the houses
Illuminated from my laboratory Sienens
cannot 40 this, and never pr0fessed to. Now,
IN relation to the generator: OF course, Far
aday was the ori risnal inventor Of the gem
orator, but generators are like sewing-ma-
calnes,-they are OF many different Kinds.
My machine will afford 10 per cent more Of
electricity than any other machine ever
made What meant is the amount of elec-
trlclty you actually get into the lamps
In response to the inquiry as to the date
when he would be able to open his first cen
tral station In New York, Mr. Edison said he
could not fix = deinit time. His lamp, he
claims, is perfected; but before starting
with it in New York, he will test an entire
station by constructing at Menlo Park fac
smile OF the first station to be opened in New
York. So careful is he in his experiments
that the measurement of every belt, the dis
tances between pulleys, the elevation of ma
cfineTy, and every minute detail connected
with his electric lights will first be tested at
Menlo Park, and then removed to New York
and placed in exactly the same position there.
Taking down book containing over 500
pages, Mr. Edison remarked: ''Tlere is
book on the use Of betting, in which are the
opinions of over 100 nlaSter-mechanics, and
no two of them are alike. What AMI I to do ??
Why, must find out for myself before run
the risk Of putting up my apparatus In New
FORK. less than a year we will have the
electric light in successful operation in New
ork, and when we are once under headway
we will wipe your Gas Trust out Of exist
anca1
, 1880-02-22
WILLFUL MURDER.

Special DispdtcA to 7He C73cd9o 1T16uae-
JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,, Feb. 21.-The Town
of Chaplin, eight miles west, on the Wabash
Railway. was the scene Of willful murder.
About 80 this morning, on the arrival ofthe
north-bound train on the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy Railroad at the junction
Depot, there was the usual contention by the
proprietors and runners for the two leading
hostelries of the place. Alexander Moore,
the colored porter of the Van Wey House,
and Lester Kimball, son of the proprietor Of
the Klmball House, became engaged in q
bitter controversy, and during scufle Ira
Kmball. younger brother of Lester, tried
to pull the darky of, when Charles
VaukWey, proprietor Of the house named,
a nan some 80 years Of age, interfered,
, 1880-02-22

Special Dispatch to 7as Chicago Tribune.
BUFFALO, n. T., Feb. 2l.-Charles Manke,
whose conviction Of the murder Of John
Atlotf, on the ID Of April, 1s78 was an
nounced in yesterdays TRIBUNE, was to-day
sentenced to be hung on April 2, 1850, just
two years after thecomn1ission of the terrible
assassination. In court this morning the
condemned murdered exhibited the most
wonderful nonchalance, and in reply to a
question of Judge Barker, as to whether he
had anything to say why the sentence Of the
Court should not be passed on him, he de-
livered scathing speech in German,
pitching into everybody, and swearing
in the most outrageous manner; and
he was to BE hung on the I'd Of April, he said
he did not care; he would just as lief die
room, he said, "Good-by, boys" He has
been placed iii dungeon, and guards ap-
pointed to watch him.. There is no doubt
that he will be hung this time, as Judge Bar
ker told him that his time had come; that he
need have no hope for q further trial. His
counsel has announced that he will make no
further effort except to get reprieve.