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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-07-09
4 SONG or The FOUR SEASONS.

When Spring comes laughing by vale and hill.
by wind-iowtr walking aud dafodil-
Sing stars OF Gorning. sing morning skies,
Sing blue of s.eedweil, and my Loves eyes.
When comes the Summer, full-lcaved and
strong,
And gay birds gossip the orchard long
Sing bid, sweet honey, that no bee sips;
Sing red. red roses, and my Loves lips,
When Autumn scatters the leaves again,
And piled sheave5 bury the broad-wheeled
VAIN
Sing flutes OF harvest, where men rejoice;
Sing rounds of reapers, and my Loves voice.
But when comes Winter with hail and storm,
And red fire roaring, and ingle warm
Sing first sad going of friends that part;
Then sing glad meeting, and my Loves heart.
Austin Dobson.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-07-09

The following is the copy of the Gar
field letter to Congressman Hubbe.l,
Chairman OF the Republican Congress
sional Campaign Committee. and which
Mr.. Star Route Brady has caused to be
published for the purpose of showing
that i any stealing has been done. the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-07-09

-If-as seems likely to be the case
1.-The grand old Republican party
should go to pieces, what q glorious
record it win leave! 1t came into
power as minority power; it post
poned its election from power by steal
ing one election and buying another
with money filched from the public
treasury; it had for the last twelve
years of life no issue on which to APP
peal to the people save ISLANDERS about
the South, and it finally died of squab-
bic over custom-house and an at
tempt to Put repudiating Confederate
and an apologist Of "Star- route
thieves into two Offices of the United
States Senate! SeIak.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-07-09

- Dorsey must not forget. in the
momentary excitement that Conkling
has managed to stir up, that the inside
history of the Republican bar'l in
Indiana is still yearned for bv the coun-
try. The eyes of the people are on
Dorsey. and their ears are propped
open to hear his tale. He can make
himself 81 bigger man than old Conk-
ling" if he will hire hall and tell his
plain, unvarnished tale. Let him start
on round of lectures, aud we will
guarantee to map oat a "Star-route"
for him with plenty of money in it.
We only demand that he shall "expe-
dite" the service on the route.
Louis Republican.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-07-09

"A striking affair-a prize hight.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-19
A Degenerate Bird

There is now in the London ZoOlog-
zeal Gardens a remarkable bird, the
nesto1 notobuis, or Mountain Kea, of
New Zealand. 1t is parrot of strong
frame and powerful bill and claws,
which were used like those of other par
rots for obtaining vegetable diet, until
the colonists introduced sheep and pigs.
AS soon as this was done the Kea seems
to have abandoned vegetable food and
to have taken entirely to flesh eating
He attacks sick or disabled sheep, and
with its powerful cutting beak opens a
passage through the back, and eats the
intestines. Even healthy animals are
sometimes assailed: and there are sheep
runs in New Zealand where consider
able losses have been incurred through
these strangely degenerate birds. Che
specimen in the Geological Gardens
gave as much trouble to capture as an
eagle, tearing the clothes Of the shep-
herd who knocked it down while
bouncing on lamb; and decorating his
hands. The kea ScOrns cooked meat,
biscuit, fruits or seeds, and likes raw
mutton better than any food. He will
tear the skin and flesh from a sleeps
head after the furious fashion of a vul-
ture-leaving nothing but the bare
skull He at one time holds the NOR
sells in his lifted claw, after the style of
parrots, and at another grips them
under his feet while rending with his
beak like hawk.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-19

The bad New York Boy in the West.
The Secretary of the Children's Aid
Society in New York city writes to the
Register:
ga paragraph in your paper Of the
25th ult. speaks of New York boy
having wrecked train on the Burling-
ton, Cedar Rapids and Northern Rail-
road. Would you kindly give us his
name and some Of the circumstances :?
We desire to ascertain if it is one of
our boys. So far as we have heard
from our boys in Iowa, they have done
extremely we'll, and have been liked by
the citizens. They have been carefully
selected, and are guilty of nothing but
misfortune. We have just placed a
second party in Sheldon, where you can
inquire. They seem to have got great
satisfaction there Still, among so
many thousand black sheep will APP
pear"
The name of the leader of the gang
that wrecked the train is George Yer
denberg. He was sent West several
years ago with a carload of orphans
from New York, and was adopted into
the family of farmer named Shields,
living near Mount Auburn. He was
cared for in the most kindly way and
had very comfortable home, but as he
grew up his criminal instincts began to
assert themselves. He criminal action
was only what was to have been eN-
pected, but the worst of it is that he in
duced several of the neighboring
farmers boys to engage in the scheme
with him, and has thus inflicted untold
distress on several very respectable
The sentiment in that COM
munity at least is decidedly opposed to
the importation of any more orphans
from the slums of New York.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-19
Dutch Cure for LaxincSS.

During a morning walk merchant
who was detained by business in Am
sterdam, came to group of men who
were standing round a well, into which
a strongly built man had just been let
down. A pipe, whose mouth was at the
top Of the we'll had been opened, and a
stream of water from it was flowing
down into the well and beginning
gradually to fill it. The fellow below
had quite enough to do if he did not
want to be drowned, to keep the water
out by means of pump, which was at
the bottom of the we'll. The merchant,
plying the man, asked for an explana-
ton Of what seemed a heartless, cruel
joke. "Sir," replied an old man stand
ing near, "that man is, as you see,
healthy and strong 1 have myself Of
fered him work twenty times, never
theless he always allows laziness to get
the better of him, and will make an eX
cuse to beg his bread from door to door,
though he might easily earn it himself
by work if he liked. We are now try
ing to make him feel that he can work.
If he uses the strength which is in his
arms he will be saved, if he lets them
hang idle he will be drowned. But
look" continued the old Dutchmon, as
he went to the edge of the well, ''the
fellow finds out that he has got mus
cles in an hour we shall let him out
with better resolutions for the future"
Such was the case, and the cure was
effectual.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-19
Sold Again.

The Plumas National is responsible
for the following: Some time last
Summer, one of the prosperous citizens
of Sierra Valley while on a tour through
the woods near McLear's ranch in Mo-
hawk, came across a bee-tree. The
swarm seemed to be a large one and
the stock of honey was evidently huge.
Our hunter "spotted" the place and
looked wise, taking good care to keep
it to himself until last week, when he
started from home with hired man,
and his wagon loaded with axes, buck
cts, etc. Arriving at the place he COM
monced operations on the monster pine,
and half a days hard labor brought it
to the ground, but his disgust was huge
when he discovered that the honey did
not show up, and close investigation
proved his bees to be yellow jackets
He says "he never did like honey much,
anyway" He succeeded in killing a
buck weighing $50 pounds, however,
and says he is "even on the trip" but
the chances are that he will have to
quote the price Of honey very often in
the next few weeks.
There was an odd ending to an In
diana divorce suit the other day. AT
the trial both parties were present, but
the woman, who was the defendant,
made no defense, and the formal decree
separa ting the pair was entered. Then
the ex-husband and wife went into a
corner Of the room together, where
they soon began to cry and hug and kiss
each other in the most energetic man.
ner. These proceedings were continued
until the Judge Interrupted the couple
by saying that he thought from the
symptoms that they could live to-
gether, after which he ran his pen
through the decree, summarily making
them one again. 1t was only an aggra-
waited case of mOther-in-laW.
The unsophisticated bucolic gentle
man has been heard from again. A
Maine paper tells how an Augusta man
"gave himself away" the worst kind in
Boston the other day. He went to that
city on business. and put up at one of
the first-class hotels. The cloak gave
his baggage and the key to his room to
a porter, who conducted the Augusta
gentleman to the elevator. Closing the |
door they began to ascend, unperceived
by the traveller. He eyed the foru walls
Of the elevator a moment and exclaimed: |
8. Take my baggage back to the office !;
you can't put me off in little room
like this!"
The people of the Pacific Coast pay |
- cents pound more for sugar than
the consumers of the East, although |
most Eastern sugar is imported and
pays heavy duty. On the Pacific
Coast the Government loses the duty,
and the people pay more for sugar, and
the profits 60 into the pockets Of
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-19

The New York horses are suffering
from an expidemic which is said to be
hitherto unknown. The complaint is
raging among the car and other horses
performing severe and constant work.
The disease is said not to be necessarily
fat.l, but for all that many die. :.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-19

The land grant of the Northern Pa
cific is great enough to build three
such railways across the country. Where
the road passes through a State the
company has half the land, distributed
in alternate sections, for twenty miles
on each side Of its track; where it
goes through a Territory it is half the
land for forty miles on each side. 1t
takes ene-half Of a belt forty miles wide
in Wisconsin, forty miles wide in Min
nesota, eighty miles wide through Da-
keta, eighty miles wide through Mon
tana, eighty miles wide through Idaho,
eighty miles wide through Washing
ton along the Cascade branch, forty
miles wide along the Portland branch
in Washington, and twenty miles wide
in Oregon along the last named branch.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-19

The Golden Era; the once chief STAN
,lard literary journal of California, pub
lished at San Francisco for the last
twenty-five years or more, has at length
folded it's plnions and opinions and re-
tired from the literary world. In its
palmy days, many of the acknowledged
litery lights of the Pacific Coast contrib
uted to its columns, but by degrees it
fell into decline in its latter years, and
50 died. Peace to its ashes
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-11-19

Supper at the Opera Hall Restaurant
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-29
TO CORRESPOYnrE -.

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reader do his own dreaming.
4. ESchew preface. PiIH.-. 81 ,.l-r
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cold water.
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strike out ninc-tenihS oT iiic ;.iirgii:vS.
1t is reasonable 10 supp,~r every
one who takes the ASToRIA ~ dn,-> so ',,'-
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3. II every subscriber now taking il
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The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-29
AS T 9 Il IA.
July 4, 1884.

l. Suurisc-Salutco OF Is Guns;
}. 9A.N.--Oren Air Promenade
Concert by the Band;
;. $50 \. N.-Boat Race by
Whitehall and other Row Boats;
1. 1OA. H.-Grand procession OF
Pioneers, Military, Firrmen, So
cirtics, Invited Guests Liberty
Car, SUNDAY, Public and Private
Schools. Citizen, OH Foot, Horse
back and in Carriages, etc, un-
der the direction of DIR. W. ID,
Baker. Grand Marshal, tcrmina-
ting atthc CUSTOM House Square;
). Reading of th,. Declaration oI
Independence by Col. r. r.
Speddcu. followed by au
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-29
agricultural" Papers.

The Silverton Appeal thinks it
is rather amusing to read some of
the agricultural articles which the
practical farmer is supposed to
swallow, in Oregon agricultural
papers, so called. 1t says:
Newspaper men who know no
more about agriculture than a
mule does about geometry, squat
themselves down upon the tripod
of a farmers paper and grind out
the most absurd, ridiculous trash
on tilling soil, sowing, etc, that
can be imagined; and moreover,
they expect farmers of fifteen and
twenty years experience TO prac-
tice thier insane, yea, idiotic theo-
ries. We know of one man oc-
cupying the position of editor on
a new.recruit to the field of agri-
cultural journalism who can't even
distinguish oats from barley in a
field side by side when headed out.
The only recommendation his
paper has TO the public is its ex-
treme cheapness, and if intelligent
farmers want cheap literature, now
is the time to invest" The same
words should be applied to COM
mercial sheets whose editors know
nothing Of commerce; and tc
those editors who are continually
harping upon the financial affairs
of men of business, while they
themselves never get enough cap
ital ahead TO buy more than one
bundle of paper at a time.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-29
EadS i'm Mexico.

Mr.. James b. Eads, who has
Just returned from Mexico, con-
graduates himself that the conces-
sions recently made by the Mexi-
can government in favor of his
proposed ship railway across the
isthmus of Tehauntepec are the
most liberal that were ever grant
ed by that republic. He seems in
deed to have got all that he asked
for, in most unstinted measure,
and with scarcely a manifestation
of opposition. The bill was passed
unanimously by the chamber of
deputies, and with only two dis
senting votes in the senate. 1t is
also to be remarked that no ques-
ton was at any time raised as to
the practicability Of his scheme.
The only objections urged, and
they so light as to be of insignif-
cant consequence, were to the pol
icy of yielding so completely to a
foreign country the control and
operation OF the works. A more en-
phatic expression of confidence in
the good faith not only Of the
company, but Of the government
and people of the United States,
it would be difficult to imagine.
Mr.. Eads will not begin the con-
structien Of the road, however,
excepting to-complete the surveys
that are in progress, until he Sc
cure the passage of the bill now
pending before the American con-
gress, and which was reported last
winter from the house committee
on inter-oceanic canals. The pro-
vision Of this bill ask the govern
ment of the United States, foI
fifteen years, to guarantee six pei
cent. dividends on Sj0,000,0O0, ol
two-thirds Of the capital required
TO build the road. I'm return the
government is assured of the
transportation across the isthmu:
of its mails, ships of war and Other
property, free Of tolls, and of sucl
determinations in behalf of Ameri
can commerce against all othel
nations, excepting Mexico, as il
may ask. The fate Of this bold
engineering enterprise depend:
of course upon the Endorsement o
the home government, and tho
bill will no doubt be pressed viii
great energy at the coming ses
sion Of congress.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-29

Mr.. Evarts has written home
from Paris that the monetary con-
ference will undoubtedly prove a
failure. There will be little dis
appointment over the result.
The British delegates went into
the conference with their hands
tied and their minds made up,
while nothing but the hope of
finding a market for her superfu-
Gus silver induced Germany to
join in the proceedings. But
whatever may be the issue of the
conference, it is imperative that
we should work out for ourselves a
solution of the problem under de-
bate. We are still by acts OF
congress, coming two milnon
silver dollars every month, which
are nearly all deposited in the
vaults of the treasury. This can
not long continue without serious
consequences.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-29

Spanish history says that a ship
sent to South America in 1900 to
collect tribute from the colonies of
Spain, was sunk near the mouth of
the Rio de la Plata, with S9,000,-
900 aboard. The money is sup
posed to lie to-day at the bottom
of the ocean, in a strong iron safe.
An expedition has just sailed from
Philadelphia 70 recover this treas
ure. The leaders, Capt. Charles
A. Jones, who has already made a
fortune in the South American
wrecking business. He goes in an
iron steamship, supplied with ap-
paratus for removing the deep
mud supposed to cover the dollars.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-29

Referring to the visit of Bishop
Haven at Astoria, the Republican
says: Bishop Haven spent the Sab
bath at Astoria, where his labors were
highly appreciated. He speaks with
hopefulness of the work there, and, in
cooperation with the pastor, Rev.
John Parsons, he has succeeded in
putting the new church enterprise
into form assuring its early compile
ton.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-29

The July number of the Califor-
nian, just out, is one of the finest
specimens of typographical art ever
issued on this coast. As to Its con-
tents, it is more attractive than ever.
The proprietOrs advertise that they
propose to double their subscription
list in the next sixty days, and for a
limited period they are giving away
handsome books to new subscribers.
Get the July number, and read their
announcement.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-29

Returns of the recent census OF
London, shows that the city has
gained in ten years 100000 in
population, which is more than
10000 more than the gain in the
preceding ten years. An increase
of more than a million in twenty
years is the sign of prosperous
city. None of the other great
cities Of England have increased
more during the past ten years
than during the ten years pre-
cedinw.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-29

Public exhibition of playcards
of emigration agents or foreign
steamship companies has been pro-
hibited in Germany, and a bill inn
peding emigration will be intro
duced in the next session Of the
reichStap.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-29

A severe storm visited Long
Island on Monday. Rain very
heavy, hailstones large and thun-
der incessant. A little son of
George Terry, while at a window
watching the storm, was killed by
lightning.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-29

The Rogers locomotive works,
at Patterson, New Jersey, recently
shipped nine locomotives which
they built for a Spanish railroad.
They are the first American loco
motives to 90 to that country.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-29

One of the most remarkable
games of base ball on record was
played last Sunday, in Louisville,
KY, between the Eclipse of Lou
isville and Akrons of Ohio. Nine
teen innings were played. On
the eighth the score stood two to
two, and the club played eleven
more innings without either max
ing a run-nightfall compelled
them TO cease playing.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-29

French papers have a dispatch
from the emperor of Brazil, May
29th, announcing the discovery of
the comet two days before DIR.
Gaulds alleged discovery, AS
tronomers in Washington say that
it is the same comet. This message
has not heretofore been published.
Gen. Simms telegraphs that he
discovered it while camping in
Mexico on the goth of Nav.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-29

One OF the heaviest rain and
wind storms ever known accom-
panied by hail, passed over Kansas
last Friday night. Five inches Of
water fell during the night and re-
ports since say that a section OF
the country ten miles wide and
twenty long was flooded. Thou.
sands of acres of wheat, corn and
oats were destroyed. Prairie grass
was mown clean and orchards
stripped of their fruit. Wheat
just stacked was soaked through
and through. Many buildings were
seriously injured. Only one deatf
is reported. Another storm, near
ly as severe, swept over about the
same section Saturday night.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-29

Russell Mccoy, one of the de-
scendants of the Bounty mutt
neers, las been in England, where
he received considerable attention.
He is now on his way back to
Pitcairn island, having taken pas
sage on the ship Harvey Mills,
bound from Liverpool TO San
Francisco, the captain having
made arrangements to call at the
island 10 land him.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-29

Newer go shopping without con
sulting the advertising columns OF THE
AsToRIAN. They will tell YOU where
the best bargains are 10 be- had. and luSi
what merchants are alive and doing
hucfnpGS
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-29

Monday evening Jack Mathews
went int Borthwick & McKinnons
at Cascade locks and asked for a
loan of 50 80. Upon Borthwicks
refusal, Mathews became very
abusive, and Borthwick attempted
to put him out, when Mathews
drew a knife and cut him twice in
the side. Both wounds are
dangerous.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-29

BLANKS, PromiSsory notes, bonds
for deed, quit claim deeds, mortgages
and warranty deeds, al this Office.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-02-19

SHor Gun AND PrsroL.-Several
DAYS ago vinion Brandon. colored,
shot the dusky daughter OF Wesley
wilkins because she refused to marry
him, hitting her in the face with one
buckshot and in the ribs with an
other. Brandon is in Jail. The girl
is not seriously hurt.
Last Saturday Orange Benjamine
shot another negro named George
Peace in the left breast while en-
gagged in drunken row. at the store
of MIR. A. M. Trust, eight miles be-
low Colfax. Peace is badly hurt, but
his wound is not considered danger
GUS.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-02-19

Ownw. Description Of hopny fdrnDs
etandon
Howard a
public
A.
90
public
Gilett public land 60
Kiuain ,, Improvement public land
Big described 1898
''' r. improvement N public ~ = y = - : IS as
Macke Improvement public land Big GA
Max j
Masters H T, Improvement on Clear creek 40
Mas II Montgomery
INugentJ
Phillip Thomas, 100 described
lRoso chaell6 res Q q o. n
land. " . . : 10 81
Rogers Frank improvements public LAM Is IS
public land in
Stsrks 4. 100 ward not described
shaw Martha 800 ward described
WIN mpro 0 public
public land in ward
Srmons r. 80acresi i'm ward notd
lSwafo N
W
Little Catahoua lake 40
Y
WlhamsJ ohn impo IN ~
public land 90
public lands between Reks and
|
Vest Thomas in ward notde ibed
Wright c, public land 1895
Is. BY public land BY Of
4 C, public land in ward 2 100