The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-05-14

There left Ireland last year So' oo'
emigrants to other lands.
In the museum Of antiquities I'm.
carthed at Pompeii is bowie-kniie OF
the American pattern.
A through sleeper for the City OF
Mexico and Acapulco from New iork
is among the certainties Of the next rev
years
in the Isle Of Man the right to vote
has been accorded to all women who
possess an estate yielding pound ster-
ling per annum.
Mr.. Wash. Mclean, of the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, has purchased lot IN
Washington on which he win erect .
handsome mansion. to be presented 70
his daughter, the wife OF General Hazen'
of the Signal Service.
AN exasperated Pennsylvania farm
er, who lost great number OF sheep,
placed some poisoned meat where he
thought it would do the most good.
His rage was considerably soothed next
morning on finding the dead bodies OF
eighteen sagacious dogs.
A Cincinnati Justice of the Peace
decided against . dressmaker in . suit
in which she demanded twenty eight
dollars for making up dress the ma
terials of which e0st only seven dollars.
He didn't believe in the rule of four.
The rural newspapers of Canada
complain of a general exodus Of young
men to the United States. Towns, in
many cases, lose all their unmarried
males, which makes it bad for the mar
riageble females and for the future gen.
eral prosperity Of the community.
On farm in the lower San Pedro
Railway, California, the Apache Chief
Es-kim-in.zin has settled down.. and
employs fourteen Mexicans and In
dams. He has $50 head of cattle,a num-
Der of fine horses. some sheep, wagons
and agricultural implements, and will
go into stock-raising and the cultivation
OF the soil.
Two peasants of San Reno. in the
vicinity OF the fashionable gambling hell
at Monte Carlo, sold their entire earth
" possessions recently and staked the
proceeds on the green cloth. The
dealer having raked in their last cent.
they went out and threw themselves
under the wheels of an express train
and were killed.
AN enterprising manufacturer of
optical instruments In Berlin shows his
appreciation Of the widespread excite
ment about infected pork in Germany
by advertising microscopes for sale at
a popular price. with specimens of tri-
chime prepared for examination. and
full directions for detecting the presence
of parasites in meat Of any kind.
Tho Oldest fruit-orchard in Cali
fornia, according to the Sacramento
Weekly Mirror, Is at San Juan. in San
Benito County. The pear trees in it
have grown to great size, having BEEN
planted about 1875. and still bear an
abundance of fruit of excellent quality.
In the same county are some almond
trees that were planted fifty years ago,
and continue to yield plenty Of nuts.
The largest excess of males over fe-
males in our population is in Montana.
where it is 158 per cent, and the small
est excess is in Mississippi. the per cent
age being four tenths. Kentucky's male
population is only two per cent. larger
than her female population. In Arizona
it is $50 per cent. larger. In Nevada
1873 pcr cent. larger. Girls are needed
badly in all the Western Territories.
AN army officer, writing to the
ARM and Navy Register, says' that the
late General Upton was exceedinglyp0p-
ular among the subordinates In the Pa
cifie department. He established rooms
for residing, billiards and refreshment,
was social and pleasant in his habits
and did not appear Ike q man who
would ever commit suicide. - He con-
ceived the idea." the writer explains,
% that he had met with some insupera-
bic difficulties in his work upon tactics.
and that mistakes which had been made
might involve sacrifice of life. This.
acting upon q morbidly sensitive or
ganization, probably rendered SO by
temporary ill health, caused the tragic
end"
They had every element for brill
liant catastrophe in Bradford. Pa. the
other day. Tuna Greek runs through
thickly populated part Of the city.
About q mile from Bradford $4,000
barrel tank sprang 4 leak and the oil
ran out at the rate Of two barrels q min
ute. Tuna Creek became literally Oil
Greek. All day and night the police
and the fire brigades watched this dam
gerous stream. Unfortunately, although
the oil was in sight, the police could
not .'take it up" or ''ruh IL in. " or
even arrest its course. The insurance
companies may thank tAslr Stars that
the mischievous small boy and the
diminutive lucifer match did not come
In conjunction just then.