The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-09-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

The real and personal property in
the United States is valued at $|o'ooV'-
600, 900.
On train from Florence to fisa'
Italy, robbery OF $50, OOO was COM
mitted by brigands last month.
The King of Slams full name IS
Krom Phra Ratcha Wang Borwang
Satan Mong Keng. He is lord OF many
white elephants.
A Justice of the Peace at Alexander
Pa, is called the Marrying Squire, be,
cause he has tied 1,846 matrimonial
knots. He is an old man, and for nifty
two years has ofIiciat ed at nearly all the
weddings in his part of the country.
A young man of nineteen and a
girl of sixteen, arm-in-arm. jumped
from the seventh story Of an old palace
in Naples to commit suicide. The
Young man was killed and the young
girl lit upon her feet. They were
lovers.
A medical paper at Leipsic has
been fined 100 marks and costs. at the
suit of seventy-flve homeopathic doc
tors, for publishing lecture delivered
to q Berlin medical society in which
homeopathy was denounced as quackery
and swindling.
"A few weeks ago the foundation
stone was laid of a huge embankment,
across a Welsh valley, which is to con-
fine waters destined to supply Liver
pool, sixty-seven miles distant, with
So, 900, 600 gallons day. The works
are expected to take ten years.
Among the numerous sects IN Rus
STA is the one known as the Neplatel-
schtchikie, word which means the
Non-Payers. They are very numerous
and have an elaborate creed of religious
belief, the cardinal doctrine of which.
however, is their refusal to pay taxes.
"A London benevolent institution is
the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and
Cattlc-trough Association. Imam appeal
to charitable persons for assistance the
chairman points out that there are now
875 fountains and troughs in London,
at which 700, 600 persons and animals
daily quench their thirst.
Chinese merchants of Victoria, b.
c., have published q card, announcing
that they will appeal to the courts to
prevent the proposed imposition of GER
tain taxes against them by the Govern
ment. They declare that they will not
cease their efforts until their people are
placed ON an equal footing with the
whites, so far as taxes are concerned.
"A couple eloped at Falling Springs.
w. Va, and were holly pursued by the
girls father. His horse threw him.
breaking his leg, and the suitor consid-
erately bore him hack home. This
caused diversion, giving the young man
time to prove that he was not gam
bier, as his skill at cards had led the
father to believe, but belonged to
wealthy and respectable Boston family.
A peaceful wedding ensued.
Near Saratoga, Santa Clara County.
CAL, y lady and her lover were out
practicing shooting at target with
Winchester rifle. While the gentleman
was reloading the gun he handled it
carelessly and it was discharged. The
bullet whizzed by the lady's brow and
went through her hat. She tainted
from fright, and her lover, believing
that he had killed her, became frantic
with rcmorse. He prepared to slay
himself. He placed another cartridge
in the weapon, picked out q picturesque
spot on which to fall, gave one thought
to the magnificent sensation which
would be created by the discovery Of
Two lovers corpses. composed his feat
ures to a smile of peace, and would
then have sent bullet crashing into
his bosom. but the young lady regained
consciousness and stayed his cruel
hand
Very heavy damages have been
awarded to M. Lambert for injuries re-
ceived on q French railway line. The
accident occurred ON the 9th of Decem-
Der last, at the Bondy station. an express
running into q slow train that was about
to start. The prosecutor was famed.
his two legs being caught between the
benches Of his compartment, and q
portion of his skull was fractured. 1t
was proved that M. Lambert was MAX
ing nearly So, 600 francs q year entirelyby
his own exertions, and that he had been
utterly disabled by the accident and
damages were accordingly asked for to
the amount of 5000 francs. Maitre
LIE Berguler pleaded on behalf Of the
prosecutor, and the court, fully recog-
mixing the losses sustained by his client,
sentenced the company to the payment
of 250, 900 francs, or $50, 900.
Not long ago the body of a detect
i've named Primn was found in the
celne<ory Of Q Russian town called
Smolensk, where the unfortunate man
had been murdered in cold blood by the
revolutionists. Primm, it appears, had
learned that D meeting Of conspirators
was To bo held durin0 the pr0vious