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why They Went TO Jail,
MoSraoNERY, Sept. 90, Isl

MONTGOMERY, Sept. 20, 1881.
Editor Chronicle:
The CHRONICLE contains notice of
an election for Monday, Nov. IA, 1881,
for an expression Of opinion on the
Liquor question, but L see nothing said
about commissioners of election. By
whom should they be appointed, and
has it been donef Ii not, it is time
that the proper authorities name them.
And, about tickets, who Is to furnish
them 7 They should be uniform to
facilitate counting.
would call the attention OF our
people to the list of criminal cases
reported in the last CHRONICLE as
passed upon by our late court-33
eases. How many Of these would have
been avoided had none of the parties
been influenced by drinki As it is
several of our yOung men have been
sent to Jail, which is itself a disgrace,
and all have fpes and costs to pay.
Our parish is to-day poorer by say one
thousand dollars than before court,
and you know how little they have to
pay with. The action of the court,
respecting clemency of sentence, Is
fully indorsed, but we just as heartily
say, double the dose in future cases.
Agitation of the Temperance qaes-
ton, a few days ago, brought to the
front here an advocate whose words |
will repeat as near as can from mem
ory. His remarks were addressed to
party who argued that it was every
man. right to eat and drink anything
he chose if he was able to pay for it,
and that the proposed law took away
one of mans natural rights, etc. Td
which this reply was made:
"You may ague and find fault with
the law, and vote against it, or disre-
gard it when passed, but its passage ID
Inevitable. A few years since and the
movement was in the hands Of few
men and few weak societies, but the
times demand change. The whisky
business has grown to such proportions
that other industries are OwershadOw.
ed and the aims and labor Of multi
tudes are directed from Legitimate
industry by its use. Other section:
have accepted the situation, and by
their votes have declared that the
traffic shall cease. Maine has showI
that the law can CONTROL it, aud othel
sections have attempted to follow hel
example. A wave of reform in THU
respect is sweeping over our liant
which there is no way of stopping. i
may not be this year. in Louisiana, bn
it will be this year elsewhere, ami
sooner or later our Stale aud ever,
other will follow. Its doom is written
OH the wall, and an individual can a
easily stop Rel river as to prevent it
reaching his own State, parish ant
neighborhood. 1t may take months
even years, but it is no less certain.
So mote it be.
Respectfully, WEST END,
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Notice Of Election.

STATE or LOUIsIANA. PARISH or GRANT,
Sheriff's Office, Collar, Sept. ., 1851.
Pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the
Police jury of the parish of Grant on tho
I'd day Of August, A. D. 1851. sn election
will be held on
MONDAY, the Fourteenth Day Of
~ November, 4. y. 1891,
for the purpose of taking the s1i,se of the
various wal ds Of the parish of Grant upon
the prohibition Of tho sale Of Whisky aud
Intoxicating Liquors.
Said ordinance stipulates that said cleo
ton shall be held without any expense to
the parish, and that each ward shall hold
said election at its own expense.
Each voter shall express his opinion by
depositing in the ballot box a ticket on
which shall be printed OF WRITTEN For
Prohibition or sAgainst Prohibition or
such woIds a. will distinctly convey the
intention or the voter.
Said election will be held and returns
made in the same manner rs elections ara
held under the State laws. The polls will
be opened ct each voting precinct at
o'clock 10 the forenoon and remain open
until o'clock in the afternoon of the day
and date above mentioned. under the SUI
pervision Of snch officers A. shall be quail
| fed to serve. C. H. TEAL
| Sheriff Of Grant Parish. La
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LIST OF JURORS
Drawn to Serve ct the Term Of the District
Court to be Held on the 18th Day
of November. A. D. 1881.
STATE OF LOUISIANA. I
PARISH OF GRANT. !

PARISH OF OhAST.
EFT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED.
that we the undersigned Jury Commas
sioners of the parish of Grant, duly ap-
pointed and qualified according to law,
met this day in the Clerks office. in the
court house. in said parish, to draw jury
to serve ut the pext term OF District Court,
to be held on Tuesday, the 18th day OF Mo-
vember, A. ID. 1881.
The Clerk of the Count, s. Is. Shackel-
ford, then furnished the jury Commissions
with u list Of the Jury who had served at
the last term of the District Court, when
the Jury Commissioners, with the assist
ance OF the Clerk of the District Court
aud OK -oilicio member Of the Jury Com
mission, proceeded to open the General
venire Box, and, after revising the same
by striking from the list and taking fro,n
the box al those who had removed from
the parish, died. etc, thea proceeded to
replace like number of names in the
General VenIFe Box. taken from rhe kegis-
tration hooks OF said Parish, as to sup
plcmeut the number 81 n,aieS taken from
the General Ven re Box &, its original
lumber, Three Hundred, when Mr.. q. U
Dunn drew from the General NeIIir.' Box,
in the prs s.nce VI the nnde;jyned Com
missiOn.rs, one at y time, the following
Fifty naluus TO seryetar tie first week:
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In reply to West End we will state
that it has been our understanding
that the members of the police jury
were to act as commissioners of cleo,
ton in their respective wards. As to
tickets. we will print all that are
needed at half-price-i. e. 81 so per
thousand. The estimate that the
last term of court will cost the parish
thousand dollars is wrong. Itfoots
up less than half that amount.
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The above Eighty names were written
on separate piecrs of paper, and, by the
Commissioners, together with the Clerk,
the FIRST fifty names were placed IN an e.
velope and sealed, aud endorsed Oh the
same, Jurors drawn for the first week Of
the November torn Of the District Court.
aud the last thirty LANES drawn we're also
placed IN y separate envelope By the jury
Commissioners and the Clerk Of the G curt,
seal, d and marked s'Jurors for the sec md
week of the November term Of District
Court" and said envelope was then placed
in the Jury Box, the Jury Box . nle.s,
locked and then placed il the custody Of
5. B. S,ackelford, Clerk of The District
Court, for use at the next team Of the
Court.
The said s. B ShackelfoId, Clerk, did
then aud there, in our presence. keep y
process verbal Of all the acts done by said
Commissioners in said drawing, which we
hereby certify to be correct by our sigma
lures, this 18th day Of Sept, A. ID. 1851.
'sS EGG. RANDOLPH.
Jury Comn'rs. JOSHUA KEMP.
&c G. DUNN,
8. B. SHACKELF0RD.
Clerk and ex-0ficio Jury Commissioner.
Filed sept. 18th, A. D. 1881.
8. B. SHACKELFOkD, Clerk.
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The effect-of the comet is still Wis
ible in this section, which fact we
failed to chronicle in our last issue.
On the 9th Mr.. A. g. Hargis came
forward with a trophy in the shape
of a girl baby. The very next day
Mr.. l.. E Tory came around bragg
ging about bouncing baby boy.
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THE coLFAx LYCEUM.


found this institution, of which l
had heard through the CHRONICLE. in
full blast, with full list Of active
members and quite. a respectable Ii
brary Of its own. had the pleasure
of attending its session in the after
noon of yesterday and was highly en-
tertained with the impromptu reading
aud other exercises. The venerable
Doctor Deal gave us "The Noble Saw
age" according to Dickens idea of
him, in a forcible and elegant way
all his own. Counsellor Thorpe read
'sWhat My Lover Said" and another Sc
lection, and Counsellor Wickliffe gave
us "Mark Twain at the Grave OF
ADAM" The gentlemen of Colfax have
set an example that we of our more
pretentious town might follow with
profit and perhaps with pleasure, ii we
could he assured Of the harmony that
prevails with them.
ANOTHER INSTITUTION.
ANY description of Colfax which
failed to give prominent place to the
CHRONICLE and its lively Editor would
be wanting in an important particular.
He is little fellow with the fear of
the law before him and one can afford
to take his name in vain. Among his
brethren of the Press he is distinguish
ed as par excellence the snake and cat
fish story man. In that particular line
he can't be beat, but once in while
he wanders off into politics, taxes, etc.,
and then he is very much given to eat
ing crow. Indeed, he seems to be as
fond of crows as the energetic Sheriff
here is of ''possum." He was once
known to attempt a little poetry about
the comet and babies, but he is sorry
of that now. He had that garfish skin
ready for me, but think he mistook
an alligator's hide for live garfish.
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There is an old saying that al. is
better to be born lucky than rich"
Our friend John McNeely, Of the firm
of Mcknight 4 McNeely, is one OF
the luckiest men we ever knew. His
latest good luck Tor good Judgment.
as you please) was in getting full
wooden stock before river navigation
closed, which he has just opened and
offers for sale. These goods consist
Of shawls. pubias. sacques. comforters
baby hoods, balmoral skirts, gents
wooden uuder-shirts and over-shirts,
jeans, tiannels, etc, all OF the latest
styles. and will be sold at the very
lowest figures, as they We're brought
on before freights got SO high.
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A petition to have the Governor
pardon Mr. Jas. A. Hyde and miti-
gate the sentence of court lately
passed upon him is being circulated.
We signed the petition out Of con-
sideraiion for the family of Mr.. Hyde,
and not because We believe he does
not deserve punishment. This ac-
ton of his friends should put Mr.
Hyde on his good behavior aud serve
to keep him out Of future brawls
We are persuaded that he appreci
ates his obligation to them, and viii
not again lay himself liable.
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The river mail, which we men
toned with such flourish last week
that arrangements had been made to
keep going regular. failed to come to
time Tuesday. 1t is now announced,
on the authority of publication in the
New Orleans papers, that this route
has been discontinued altogether.
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.Tobias" writes Up Colfax.

The following letter, which we find
in the Alexandria Democrat, will be
of interest to our readers, not only for
its complimentary tone, but for the bit
of history it relates, that still remains
vivid in the minds Of our people:
CoLsAx, La, Sept. IL, 1881.
Dear Democrat
The time has been when if / was in
Colfax l would have been ashamed to
have acknowledged it, but all that is
past. Behold the changing hand of
Time! Contrast Yesterdays peace
full, quiet, happy Sabbath with that
other Sabbath that awful Easter Sum-
day of 1873 and say who has told us a
wiser truth than that .'Heaven's first
law is order" Vile, presuinptious
man may tor while stir up strife,
confusion and disorder, but the pro-
cesses of Time will sooner. or later
bring him under subsection to the law.
A TOWN WITH HISTORY.
Before the war the Calhouns had
amassed fortune and absorbed land
until they had here property worth
the ransom of King. Nine Thousand
acres of open cultivated land in one
solid body, and one Thousand slaves to
do their bidding, yielded them a
princely revenue, the like of which we
read of in romance now-a-days. At
ter the war, with slaves all free, there
was decided change in their condi-
ton. The Radical Legislature Of 1869,
at the request of the heirs, made the
parish of Grant out of the territory Of
Rapides and VIM and located COlfax
on one of their plantations. Then be-
gan that struggle between the ele-
ments of disorder and the law of ma
ture which eliminated in the sColfax
Riot" and which served to write in
blood upon the pages Of history the oft
taught lesson that the Anglo Saxon
will not he the slave of an inferior
race.
1t was from the trial of the Grant
parish prisoners in the United States
Court at New Orleans that trace the
beginning of the downfall of Radical
ism in this State. The Judgment Of
Tile SuITcu1c OQuIb W ttic ~ ultCu 0tOtCe
VS., William j, Cruikslank ct ais, deny
ing the Jurisdiction Of any but the State
Court over such 0ffenses was deatl
blow to Radicalism. Easter Sunday
1873, and the l4th Of September, 1874
are marked epochs in the downfall %
its power IN Louisiana. For its hap
tism in blood and it's conservation b,
fire we owe thanks to this younges
of our towns with q history of il
own.
As 1T Is TO-DAY.
| The visitor TO Coifax now finds ,
peaccable, orderly little town of per
haps one hundred aud fifty inhabitants
doctors, lawyers, officers, merchant
and few gentlemen Of elegant leisure
stretching itself along the hank of Re,
river from opposite the mouth of Can
river down aud for three blocks back
with some nice dwellings, many hos
pitable, kind hearted people who dali.
talk of their hopes of the growth .
their town to metropolitan proper
lions. The town has been kept bacl
10y the ruinous, selfish policy Of til
owners of tire land, who will not pei
lots and who seem to he determine
to retard and stay its growth all the
can. One may go further and far
worse than ut Colfax. They are talk
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The president of the police jury
will oblige us. and confer favor on
the citizens of the parish, by stating
how the November election is to be
conducted, and by whom.
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The tax collectors books are now
open, and those wishing to pay taxes
will end Mr.. Cameron in the sheriff's
Office ready to wait on them at a mo-
ment's notice.
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Rich alluvial land, on Red river, in
Grant parish, within one mile and bali
of the N. O.. Pacific railroad. Steam gin,
buildings, storehouse cabins and fences,
all in good repair. Place unincumbered
and title perfect. Will be sold cheap
one-half in cash, the balance in twelve
months. Apply at the
slO-1m CHRONICLE OFFICE.
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Next week, we are informed, MIR.
Kelsoe will commence work on the
court house. getting the heavy tim
bers in readiness, and as soon as
this is finished Mr.. Mcknight will
start the building.
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During the late drouth many wells,
creeks and springs, that have given
q boantiful supply Of water for years,
went dry for the first time.
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DIR. Holbrook. will be at Colfax
about October 1st, to attend to his
professional duties He is thorough
ly prepared to do the most intricate
work. Terms reasonable.
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Secretary Will. A. Strong passed
through Colfax this week Oh his way
TO the city.
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LOCAL ID O II 8.

How is this for weather on and
about the equinox?
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See list of jurors drawn to serve at
the November term OF court.
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dtppa week in your own town. Terms
WOOand IS outfit free. Address II
HALLxT1 e. Co.. Portland. Maine.
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At Alexandria, now the great rail-
road center, is the place to buy your
sewing machines cheap. See prices:
White Machine. $50 so
Wheeler a. Wilson No. S... 80 so
American 30 o.
VIM. Singer. rs 90
Every machine has drop-leaf and
cover. drawers on side, and full at
tachments. FERausoN & ScHNAcK,
s3-eowtf Jewellers, Alexandria.
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AAwsschss seemwinders 4sss. whiteMetal Hun,ins
tIcxss g. Imitation gold solid gold t11 Cheapest
ksnd best for spscuiAtive purlosea Valuable
VGscAfalogusfrse. Thsnpsss q. Ia nesssps1NH
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ing now of tap to the railroad four
miles away on the other side OF the
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
In the matter Of the Succession OF George
A. Wilson, deceased NO. 2,
Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of
Grant, State Of Louisiana.

Whereas T.. J. Pirtle curator has this day
fled an account Of his administration u
the succession Of Geo. A. Wilson. dece Used,
notice is hereby given that unless opposed
within ten days from the date hereof. the
same will be hom0logated.
Witness the Honorable Artist les Barbins
Judge. this Sept. II, 1881.
8. b. SHACKELFORD,
s24-2t Clerk.
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The following letter, which we find
in the Alexandria Democrat, will be
of interest to our readers, not only for
its complimentary tone, but for the bit
of history it relates, that still remains
vivid in the minds of our people:
CoLsAx, La, Sept. IL, 1881.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-14

LEGAL.
oUNAMo
In the Superior Court
OF the State Of Cslifornis, In a
for the County Of Los Angeles.

Francisco Grazide, plaintiff. VS.. oliver
Davlllers, defende Mt. ~ .,@
Action brought a the Superior Court
.ne s1ate OF Cail,os'nia ana 1Sa Tor The
plant fled In said county of Los Ange-
les, in the ONCE Of tho Clerk Of said su-
The People OF the State Of California
PENDANT.
You are hereby required to appear in
an action brought against you by the
Court Of the state Of California, IL and
for the county of Los Angeles, and to an
swer the complaint dled therein, within
ten days exclusive of the day Of service)
.e aS w IN Sn Of so an
served elsewhere. within thirty days-or
judgment by default will be taken against
you according to the prayer OF said COM
plant. ..l.
The said action is brought to obtain q
decree OF this Court for the foreclosure Of
q certain mortgage described In the said
complaint, and executed by the said o.
Deyilisrs ia e. Q; Graaias on the 50 dsy OF
certain promissory note, made on the Sd
day Of October. 1879, by o. Deyil!ers. for
the sum Of $500 gold coin. with interest
g. the n Ta Of Il cent PET month IN
c. Grazide: that the premises conveyed
by said mortgage may be sold, and The
proceeds applied to the payment OF $500
gold coin, with interest at the rate Of lN
per cent per month from October 3, 1876,
and for 10 per cent as attorneys fees, a.
provided for In said mortgage, and costs
o. suit; and in case such proceeds are
not sufficient 70 pay the Same, theii to OBJ
tain an execution against said defendant
for the balance remaining due: and also
that the defendant and all persons claim
ing by. through or under him, may be
barred aad foreclosed Of all right, title,
claim. lien, equity OF redemp tion and In
terest in and to said mortgaged premises
and for other and further relief.
Reference is had to complaint for par
And you a,e hereby notified that II you
fall to appear and answer the said com.
plant. as above required. tho said plain.
LII Will apply TO the Court for the reiiet
demanded in the said com plant.
Given under my hand and the seal Of
the Superior Court Of the State Of Cali.
70. MIA, in and for the county OF Los Angs.
les, this 4th day OF March, in the
year OF our Lord ,one Thousand eight hum
dred and eighty-one. -.
BY A. KIMPAU. Deputy.
Endorsed: --... -.,.-..-.s
WALTER D. STEPHENSON,
m8-2m Attorney for Plaintiff.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-14

(santa Barbara Prese.l

tsansa Barbara Prese.l
Our townsman, Mr.. o. L. Abbott,
An experienced farmer in Southern
California, has recently fei,;rDed
from q visit to the principal farm
ing sections in this and Ventura
counties. He estimates the wheat
yield In the Conejo at from 20 to 70
per cent. OF an average crop. Some
of the farmers In that section will
have fully as large q yield as last
year, which was an excessive sea-
son, and Mr.. Whitesides says he
will have the best crop he has ever
harvested In the Conejo. In the
DIAL the crops are all looking fine
and the yield will DO first.rate-
good enough Tor any place. any
year. In the west end of the coun.
~, In Los Alamos and Lompoc val
legs, while the harvest will be
good, they will not compare with
the yield in that section of last
year. But the same crops In Los
Angeies or Ventura counties would
~ considered very satisfactory; es.
cpeoiAhy tstfifs the case with the
earIy.sown grain.
Ofthe dill erent, varieties of-rust.
proof wheat which have been ex.
perImented with on the Conejo,
Mr.. Abbott make s the following re.
port: The Anaheim Odessa has not
stood the drowth very well,and the
yield will scarcely be One.third.
Wheat sOwn early In December
Qrsw very SLOW, was backward In
heading out, and ripens very slow.
~, which is exactly the reverse of
On early wheat. Not more than
.opa-third Of q crop will be harvest.
ed. This demonstrates Its adapta.
bility only to the valleys and bot.
tom lands where the finer varie ties
Of wheat will not do we'll at all.
The Same may be said of White
Russian. The Golden Drop, or
Peters' Rust Proof wheat, which
was sown early In December, came
up well, made good stand and
has Iipened very early. 1t will
yield = first-class crop, the drouth
having but little effect upon it.
It 10 estimsted that, there are in
the neighb orhood Of 1000 acres Of
fax within fifteen miles OF Santa
BAsbara. The yield will be fully
equal II not better than any former
year; averaging from 1000 to l 500
pounds to the acre. 1t has not
grown quite as tall rs in former
years, but 1t has ripened out we'll.
This IL also the -cass with-the wheat
10 this locality, this being one Of
the finest seasons for the ripenipg
known here for years past.