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

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The late Baron Haymerle, the Aus
TRAN Premier. spoke ten languages per-
fectly.
engagements arc now published in
New York In the same matter ot-iacs
STYLE as births, deaths and marriages
The German Emperor gave a we'd
ding present of seven horses 70 MS
crandsou-in-law, Gustavus Adolphus,
Of Sweden and Norway.
Among the august personagcs pre-
sented to the Marquis OF Lorno al the
grand pow-wow near Fort Macleod
was Eagle -sitting-on-a-rock- witn-nis-
tail-hanging-ovcr.
Miss Katie thinner, of Portland.
Oregon, has sued Mr.. and Mrs. Il y.
Champlain for $4,000 damages for
SANDER, alleging that through the taik
of the wife her engagement TO DC mar
ried was broken of.
"A young lady living just below Lake
Charles, La, was on the pank % suo
Calcasieu, the other day. washing some
linen, whom she was attacked by IN al
ligator. Her cries brought assistance
and the monster was killed.
"A gentlcmano Of Oswego. N. 4 claims
to have discovered that horse chestnuts
are excellent food for milch COWS. He
has bought large quantity at eignt
cents q bushel, and dries and feeds
them. He says cattle eat them eagerly
and thrive upon them.
DIR. Arthur Edwards, Of the North
uestera Christian Advocate, has returned
to Chicago after his bicycle ride through
England and the European Continent.
He made /, 200 miles on tho bicycle, the
shortest days journey being eighteen
miles and the longest fiity-nine miles
"A man named Parkhurst had des.
perate fight with squirrels near Sharbot
Lake, Ontario, few days since. He
seems to have come upon nest OF them
and attacked one, whereupon several Of
them jumped upon him and bit and
scratched him, especially on the face
and neck.
Referring to the efforts Of palace
sleeping car company OF this country TO
introduce their sleepers upon the large
| English and European roads. Or. NOR
ris, Of Kentucky. states that in 1873 he
made two trips from Edinburgh to Lon
| don, and was the only occupant OF .
| Pullman sleeper. The trains wore very
long and crowded, but he was the only
passenger willing to spend two dollars
extra Tor = comfortable ride OF 400
miles.
The apartments Of the late Car in
the Winter Palace have never been dis
turbed until now. when commission
has been appointed to attend to his at
fairs. His family papers will be de-
stroyed, his state papers sent to the
archives, and made public only after
twenty years. His wardrobe will be
distributed among the charitable insti-
buttons of which he was patron. 1t
Is understood that his widow Is making
large investments in America
There Is found in many localities in
Montana 4 bird Of the grouse species
known Is the fool-bird or hen. 1t &C
quired its peculiar nsme from its tame
ness. The sight OF an eagle or hawk
will drive It to . cover. while 1t has no
more fear Of the human face and form
than = common barnyard fowl. Its
i plumage Is glossy and beautifully varie-
gated. A portion of its breast is Of
spotless white. and its back is not un-
like the plumage Of the mallard duck.
The meat is white and far superior to
i that OF any other fowl ~
-One Sunday In the summer some Of
the men OF vessel 1t anchor OF Colnm-
DO, Ceylon, went ashore in charge Of Z
mate, and, while rambling in . wood,