The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-03-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

William ID. Bioxham is the onI,
Governor of Florida born within TIL
bounds of the State
General Garfield will be Presiden
James w., his predecessor Jameses hav
ing been Madison, Monroe, Polk ant
Buchanan.
Altoona, Pa, has just lost man Sc
rat that the town was proud Of him. HI
weighed four hundred pounds. He be
came 80 heavy that his legs refused theil
Office and he died from the effects of 3
fall.
An Englishwoman is exhibiting q
model cooking stove in New York. Il
stands on long legs, is about eight inches
thick, has no ovens, and only con.
sumes scuttle OF coal day. 1t can
be placed in the middle of the room. "a
that its heat is diffused instead of being
sent up the chimney, and there is no
place upon it for frying.
"A man who had lived in Boston
clearinghouse for ten years, and had
been known only as GEORGE was
found dead in his room the other morn
ing. Among his effects were found
papers which indicated that his name
was Eben Leman, and money, bonds and
bank-books to the value of $4,000.
"A stock company was formed by
seven boys of Belleville. Ind, for the
purpose of saving up railroad iron into
chunks and selling it to junk men.
They raised capital of six dollars.
with which they bought some tools,
and began operations. One rail had
not been prepared for market, however.
before the shareholders were all ar
rested. The concern is insolvent.
Mr.. Oscar Trigg, Superintendent
OF the Madison Ind Poor ASYLUM.
has q block of wood-a piece of beech
limb-in the heart of which is a likeness
OF . woman, dressed in the style of the
period, the skirts being founced,
tucked. gathered and pinned back, and
the arms being carried la kangaroo.
1t is freak Of nature.
-ltisreported that Florida has closed a
contract for draining Lake Okeechobee,
under which name is included a small
lake and a very large swamp that be-
tween them occupy great space to no
possible purpose. The ground to be thus
reclaimed comprises more acres than
Connecticut and Massachusetts, COM
6ined and is rich enough, it is said to pro-
duce all all the sugar the United States
can use.
There are now in the field between
5000 and II, 900 men fighting on the
colonial side in the South African war
with the Basutos, of whom nearly half
are European colonists and the remain
der natives. The expense of this force
is enormous. The direct war cxpendi-
lures cannot be less than from ESQ, 900
to f4OO, 600 per month, and as nearly
all these men are citizen soldiers, taken
from their families and their business,
the indirect loss must be nearly if not
quite as great.
The English Chancery Paymaster
holds at this moment the enormous
sum OF seyenty-seven millions sterling
for chancery suitors, but is likely very
shortly, by virtue of a new act, to re-
ceiye the whole of the money paid into
court in the Common Law Division. |
What sum in hard cash this gentleman
will eventually represent it consequently
becomes difficult to conceive, imagine
ton equally failing to reckon the amount !
OF misery and happiness bound up in
the huge money bags of which he holds
the strings. !
The simplest Postoffice in the world |
is in Magellan Straits, and has been es-
tablished there for some years past. II |
consists of a small cask, which is chained
to The rock of the extreme cape in the
straits, opposite Terra del Fuego. Each
passing ship sends boat to open the
cask and to take letters out and place
others into it. The Postoffice is self
acting therefore, it is under the protec-
ion OF the navies of all nations, and up
10 the present there is not one case to
report in which any abuse of the priv
leges it affords has taken place.
The new Senate of the United States
will have pretty strong representation
If Bible names. There will be eleven
Johns, seven Jameses, three Thomases
md three Matthews, making twenty
our in all who bear names of the apos-
les. Two Josephs, three Benjamins
md one Zebulon are representatives of
he sons of Jacob, and one Eli, three
one David and one Daniel.
make up the list of thirty-six scriptural
names. A Justin and an Ambrose,
however, are thrown in to prevent the
'arly church from being forgotten.
Considerable amusement was excit-
ID in musical and society circles at Pitts
'urgh recently, by the three morning
'apers appearing with extravagant enco-
NUNS ofthe vocalization of Annie Louise
,ary, of Mapleson's company in I'll
rrovatore, on the previous evening.
he critics fairly gushed over her sing
ng, and were horrified when they as
ertained that, owing to a sudden at I
ack of illness, Miss Cary had been un-
BILE to appear, and that her part had
cen filed by one of the chorus singers
The British Consul at Shanghai.
ir. Davenport, says there is little doubt
hat the dreadful famine which has foi
he last fhraA vears scourrod tho north |