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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-07-30

PAPER DOLLARS.

The "powers that be" have done
away with fractional currency to such
an extreme extent that in the rural
districts it is getting to be quite an
expensive item to send money by the
mails. In the cities and towns where
they have all the convenience and ia
cility afforded by postoffice money
orders, bank bills of exchange, etc,
this inconvenience is not properly
appreciated. In the large majority
of instances in country towns and
villages the only way to send money
is by registered letter. 1t is next to
impossible to get sufficient amount
in postage stamps to supply the de-
mand occasioned by the sending of
small amounts by mail, as few if any
of the Offices in question keep more
than several dollars worth of postage
stamps on hand at any one time
The amount transmitted in this way
would astonish most persons. As
there are but few one and two dollar
bills to be had, silver is brought into
use, making bulky and unsafe pack
age. Not only this, but for every
silver dollar inclosed in a registered
letter the sender has to pay three
cents additional postage-a tax of 3
per cent for the privilege of using
silver instead of paper money. This
is simply outrageous. We are told
that there are plenty of one and two
dollar silver certificates in circula-
ton, but we never see them in this
country. If there were banks among
us perhaps they would bring them
on, but, as there are no banks, our
business men should take it on them
selves to bring on sufficient supply
of paper currency Of the one and
two dollar UNCONVENTIONAL value to
put stop to the drain that is now
going on. We are all interested in
this thing, the thousands of dollars
sent through the mails representing
large portion of the capital that
operates at our homes, and immedi-
ate steps should be taken to do away
with this needless and burdensome
tax upon it.
IN. B.-Our friends need not con-
strue the foregoing remarks as COM
mitting us in favor of any particular
kind of currency. Subscriptions are
acceptable, whether paid in dollars,
half-dollars, quarters, or dimes, sill
yer or greenbacks. Oar only care is
for them to be forthcoming as soon
as they are due.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-07-30
In addition to the Brown trial, an

In addition to the Brown trial, an
other murder case will be tried at
the next term of the district court in
this parish. 1t also, like the Brown
case, which comes to as on a change
of venue from Rapides, is from an
other parish, coming to us by change
of venue from Avoyelles. We feel
glad to have no murder trials to
chronicle for Grant parish. Evident
ly the murders expect to get justice
in our parish, which speaks well for
our people. But we can assure any
who may wish to come to Grant IN
the hope that her jurors will look
with leniency upon red handed Grim
inals, that they are grievously mis-
taken. Our people respect the laws
and are in favor of having them i'm
partially administered, but they will
not allow maudlin sympathy to blind
their sense Of justice.
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mo. 49,.

when comparing them with the
thumbs of strangers. Even thus
infinitely does that strange thing,
family likeness, descend.
What wonder is it that faces look
alike, voices sound alike; how can it
seem strange that members OF the
same family should have similarities
of temper, of mental aptitudes and
hereditary diseases, when such minor
peculiarities as the texture at the
end of the thumb, and its ranges of
hills, should also have family resem-
dances in the midst of their infinite
diversities. "The hairs of our heads
are all numbered" and not only SO,
but each hair, if examined with q
powerful microscope, shows peculiar
tiles as strong as the trees OF q
forest.
No two are exactly alike. Every
thing, from the smallest to the great
est, is impressed with specific
character and individuality. The
Creators invention is exhaustless,
and he no more repeats himself in
the geography OF q thumb than in
the geography of continent. Now
if anybody doubts this. let him take
a little black, or analine color, and
try. He will acquire an acquaintance
with his thumb, and respect for it
that will be quite interesting.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-07-30

The Vienna Sentinel has changed
hands lately, and is now run under
the supervision of s. D. Pearce, edi-
tor and proprietor. MIR. Pearce talks
like new hand at the business, but
seems to fully appreciate the labor
as well as the duties and obligations
of an editor, and we predict success
for him. 1t is work, hard work, at
that; and we feel proud to welcome
a man who has the good sense to see
it from the start. These dashing fell
lows generally fail to wear well
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rAlexandria Express ]


The valuable forests of yellow pine
which are found in this section of the
State are attracting lumbermen and
spectators from many other States.
Within the past few weeks men OF
large capital. who desire to make in
vestments in timber lands, have been
prospecting in this and adjoining
parishes. Since the building of the
Pacific Railway became an assured
fact numerous large purchases and
entries have been made of these
lands. The certainty of the early
completion of the Pacific railway and
the probability of several other lines
being built within the next few years
which will afford transportation to
Northern and Western markets, have
greatly EXCHANGED their value. Nor
is pine the only vauable timber which
will find ready market in the North
and West. The white oak, which
constitutes large part OF the growth
on our river and creek bottoms, is far
more valuable than the oak Of the
same variety that grows in higher
ATTITUDES. This lumber is worth from
$50 to 500 per thousand feet in the
great lumber markets OF the country.
The development of our lumber in
terests will necessarily cause an i'm
mense appreciation in the value Of
our timbered lands.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-07-30
Mother sh,pson's Prophecy.

Editor Capitolian:
Since the advent of the current
year, the minds of the superstitious
have been much exercised over the
predictions of Mother Shipton. The
abnormal heat, the flaming comet.
the Washington tragedy, have all
helped to convince them that the
year 1881 is to be one of great disas-
ter, if not one Of general destruction.
aud the supernatural wisdom. of
Mother Ship,on" is readily confded
in by the credulous. 1t may there
fore not be out of place to publish
the following extract from the Alhen-
dunn of June 18th. and set at rest
the minds of the people:
'In booking Of sixty-four small
quarto pages called Mother Ship
ton investigated" Mr.. w. H. Harri-
son of Museum Street, London, has
brought together all that can be col
lected regarding that mythical per-
sonage who goes by the name Of
"Mother Shipton." 1t seems that for
two or three hundred years or 80,
there has been floating a mass Of
more OF less foolish stuff, which cred
ulous people call prophecy, attributed
to Mother Shipton-and which has
steadily been growing in bulk as .
matter of course. This rubbish re-
ceived very notable accession when
on the 7th OF December 1872, there
appeared in notes and queries what
purported to be an ancient predic-
ton" published in 144S, and repub-
lished in 1641 by "Mother Shipton."
That such dull doggerel should ever
have been taken as serions, or accel.-
ted as the genuine language of the
18th century, not to mention the 18th
is sufficiently surprising, but the fan
cient prediction" finished up with an
awful climax: a
1.-THE world to an end shall come
In eighteen hundred and eighty-one."
This terrific denunciation has ex.
ercised the public mind. Our read
ers will be relieved when they learn
that the "ancient prediction" was o
hoax, and that on the 26th OF April,
1873. Mr.. Chss. Hindley of Brighton.
wrote to the editor of notes and quer-
les and made q clean breast Of hav-
ing fabricated the whole prophecy.
LEONARD w. SEwELL-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-07-30

District Attorney Corkhill has CIV
en- to the public the principal details
of a confession made to him by Cult,
eau, and vouches for it as correct and
accurate. Guiteau arrived in Wash
ington March the 9th and put up at
the Ebbit House, where he remained
only one day; he thereafter roomed
at various places in the capital city.
On the eighteenth of May he deter
mined to kill the President, but had
not money enough to buy a pistol.
Towards the end of May he visited
O'Meara's gunshop in Washington.
examined several pistols, and remark
ed that he wanted one of large cali
bre. Soon after he succeed in bor-
rowing s15 from too benevolent
Washington gentleman. Ofthis sum
he spent SO in pure chasing the pis-
tol with which be attempted to kill
the President. Having provided him
self with the pistol and sufficient
quantity of ammunition, he began to
practice with it, firing at board
aud at other marks. On Sunday, the
twelfth of June he followed the Presi-
dent to the Christian Church with the
intention of killing him there, but he
saw that, on making the attempt, he
would be most likely to shoot some
body else besides the President, so he
left. Before leaving, however, he no.
ticed that the Presi dent sat by an
open window. Guiteau examined this
window, and came to the conclusion
that he would shoot the President
from it through the head on Sunday,
the nineteenth of June. He learned,
however, that the President was about
to leave for Long Branch with Mrs.
Garfield on Saturday! the eighteenth,
and went to the depot, after having
practiced with the revolver that
morning. his mind being fully made
up to do the deed. Mrs. Garfield, as
she leaned on the Presidents arm at
the depot. looked so weak, however,
that Gutieau says he had not the
heart to shoot him in her presence,
and. feeling that he would have an
other opportunity, be left the depot
On Wednesday, the 22d of June, the
assassin followed the President, who
went out riding with his son and
United States Marsh al Henry; as the
carriage did not stop the fiend was
foiled that night On the evening of
the first of June, be followed the
President to Secretary Blaine's resi-
dence, and then dogged the Presi-
dent and Secretary Blaine as they
walked from the latter's residence to
the White House, but got no opportu-
nifty to carry out his murderous pur-
pose that evening. The following
morning after breakfast he went to
the Pennsylvania depot aud loitered
around for considerable time, ex-
amined bis pistol to see that all was
right, and when the President entered
the ladies waiting-room he walked
up behind him and fired two shots
The care, patience, and deliberation
with which Guitesu planned bis crime
completely dismisses the idea that he
was insane.
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That civilization is making some
progress in the world is evidenced by
the fact that in France a man has re-
Gently been sentenced to four months
imprisonment and to pay fine of
one hundred thousand francs as
damages to the family of his victim
for killing a man in a duel.
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Gilt Edge Tonic cures Fever and Ague-

1t looks as though another division.
among the already muchdivided Lu-
therans cannot be long avoided. The
doctrine on which the Lutheran Syn
odical Conference is splitting is pre-
destination, one part Of the church
holding to and the other rejecting the
belief that God foreordains some men
to be lost and some to be saved,
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The town of Alexandria now boasts
of bran new Silsby steam FIRE en-
CINE. and her fremen are CORE
spondingly happy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-07-30

There is not vacant dwelling in
Alexandria, the few new buildings
now going up are spoken for, and
will be occupied as soon as finished,
is the complacent boast of the Alex
andria Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-07-30

The condition of President, Gar
field continues favorable and satisfac-
tory, and there is every indication
that he is out of danger.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-05-17

4 lafayette County Farmer in
Search Of Hl0 Runaway
Better Half.

Among the passengess on the Lexington
hssoeh isaia ysaierdsy morning - .
middIs-agsd, insell,x. Mt looking farmer
asmsd Harvey Hankins. vho rssIdss on
farm some three oilss north Of Higgins
Vile. Lafayette cousiy. lie vas upon .
nissios asyihiag bot pleasant. - BAzO0
reporter learned, and Vish view Of asces-
taising the isess il The cass be We seeossed
fOs the puPpose Of IN interview.
A. Gsst 10 declined to speak upon the
object Of bic visit, bat when the reporter
informed hin thai the infosmstion desired
sould undoubtedly Be obtained from zone
other source. b unbosos,sd himss,f. re-
marking that. - usasl, there vss woman
10 the case.
Mr.. Hankins removed to Lafayette
county from Ohio some leo mooths ego
ssd gagged in farming. He hiss Tor hsd)
. wife, but no children. On Wednesday
lest . peripase,le hook sgeos visited HE
house and Wss invited to semaia for dinner.
He did %. aud - hs proposed ssoPping in
ihss neiehboshood for sUDs days, he sas
ssked 10 call again.
This he slAo did. and 20 thoroughly in.
faius.ed did Mn. Hankiss become With
the man Of hooks. vhnse name ]. George
Winters, that On Friday she took sbat
cIoshing and jevelry she posss,s-d and left
her home With Winters and il il suppo-ed
vent eos, over the Ch,csgo 4 Alton road.
and the deserted husband 10 Of the opinion
thsS they ere now iogeth>r in ST. LnuIs.
Mr. Rsnkins ha1 basisesa in this CITY
the collection Of s::sum Of monev-and left
last night un the east-bound Missouri Pa.
ci6e train for ~. Louis, where no will ea-
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-05-17

Madame Hicks and Her Two
Boarders Arrested Late
Last Night.
The Two Latter Behind the Bars
and the Former to Appear
Monday.

At about twelve o'clock last night the
sound of three pistol shots was heard on
Wet Nsiu street, followed little later by
police whistles, which attracted the atten-
ton of al pesaoos on the streets. besides
many Who had retired, or we're about
10 do 40. 4 BAzoo reporter
vas soon on hand and found
Officer Whalen vending bis way in the
of Madame Hick.' place, south
vest Of the gas works, and . little later
three or four neubers of the force and
fully fifty men and boys put in an appear
ance. On arriving II the house 10 qUea-
ton, Madame Hicks and her two frail
boarders, Mollie Williams and Allie Nc
Donald, wsrs found in the front roon.. en-
dish bille, and al of them greatly excited.
When asked who il MAS that hsd fret
the shots, Mollie Williams spoke up and
said that she dad il and gave her reasons
for doing 20.
A few minutes before that three men or
boys had visitsd the house and asked for
admission. Ii was refused them, and some
one OF the three had picked up q heavy
pole aud bursied the door in, throwing Mrs.
Hicks' little girl. aged about eight years,
into . spasm. The Williams girl, who. in
company With Allie Mcdonald, WIS sleep
ing in the rear room, Immediately jumped
from bed and rushed TO the front door. oo-
" to ne the three men fleeing. and then il
Wa that she fired the shots, but to no pur-
pose, except arousing the entire neighbour
hood. This Was the statement made 10
Aarshal Shy, Who told the two bosrders
TO prepare to accompany him to the cool
er. Owing to the fact that Mrs. Hicks
two little girl would be left alone, he AZ
lowed her TO remain With them, on her
promising to appear before the recorder
at nine o'clock on Monday morning. The
other two women we're then removed TO the
calaboose end placed behind the bar. and
will answer tomorrow for their misde-
meanors.
A to Who the men we're, Ms. Hicks
vss unable to say Early in the evening
George Bates, John She's and George
Hamilton had visited the house
and had some trouble. and John
She's is ssid 20 have slspped the Nc
Don,ld girl. They we're ordered to leave.
and did 80. but said they would have
revenge, and Mn. Hicks thinks these we're
the parties Who broke open the door, al
though abe has no proof that such Is the
csee.
Look at il IN any light You may, the
affair il . disgrace TO S~da.ia, and the
sooner Mr.. Hicks and her kind are made
to hunt quarters elsewhere the better il
will be for all concerned. Mrs. II. claims
that she is not running . houre OF proc
tiiution, but the chances are that che r.
laboring under a mistake. II she
is merely keeping ladies' boarding house.
as che says, il . ems remarkably strange
ihs: her place should 40 often be the scene
Of such occurrences. Nov thst the hal il
in motion, the BAzOO hopes Marshal Shy
and HE assists ants will not stop until the
last one of them has left the ciIy-and
forever, too.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-05-17
Death of q Bride Yesterday.

o. Tuesday last M. James g. Teach, .
former resident of Sedslia. and some yesrs
ago nssor Of the city, vss united in mar
riase with Miss 0lasscock. the Ceremony
being performed at The rssidence Of the
bride, in Hesth's Creek township. They
settled down to housekeepi. 3. With bright
prospects for . long life Of hsppisess. Yes
terdsy ameosaeer arrived here With the
sod ,ntelligesee hist Nm. Tesch dropped
dead with heart disease during the lore
noon. The shock Was 20 sudden that de-
ceaseds relatives were eooplstsly No.
uerved, and Tie scene at Tie house 10 said
20 have beea truly heart rending. That il
70 bat . few days fro0 The bridal altar 70
the grave has been verified 10 this Instance.
The bessaved kusba.d and distracted rsl-
atives have Tie syopstAy Of all - their
aflictio0.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-05-17
BAZOO.
OUR SUNDAY SRR NON.
TUESDAY, NAY Il, 1881.

II, oftentimes, - . feeling arises in our
heart agsinst some one Of our fellow men,
and harsh words are about TO spring TO our
lips, Ne would remember that il We were
then we would do exsctly a. they may have
done to excite our resentful feeling, would
not the harsh feeling HE itself back TO the
place from where 1t sprsng, and the harsh
words remain unspoken?
IL parents would but take their little ones
often in their arms after the divine exam
pie of One of old and teach them how to
vend their ways along the pathways Of
childhood; how - shuo the th0sny Invisi.
BILE hedges Of after years, and where and
how 70 garner lif.S treasures, what eeas of
sorrow would il not save countless number
from having to sail over. only TO be wrecked
On the shores of darkest despair?
II children could in early childhood bat
look on through the vieta Of years to the
time when beside the graves Of their par.
oats they should Be kneeling in deepest BE-
Feavenent, end realize every act OF
their harsh lives toward their parents that
would give then pain. would come shrong.
ing back, bearing its natural remorse, would
they not pray constantly that the angel Of
vaichiulness might ever guard them from
. word or deed that could carry the least
pain to the hearts Of their parental
II wives would but remember that their
Husbands need little crumb Of love each
day to strengtbea them in their battle for
those they love, add II they would bat send
them forth 1t morn and welcome them ct
uiehtisll With . vite's blest words and kis
of cheer, how many thou sands Of syes would
brighten, ssd how gladly would they vel
co0s toll, vhersas new their only hope Of
Peece or rsst h the grave?
II husbands would only strive 10 vim
anew each day The love in their hearts Of
their wives, Who have given them ell that
woman nay givs-hes love, her life. her
prsssst and esssns1 fatuss, m s6solute sur
Iesdee Of al bat sasrnal isdividualisy--if
they were - devoted, - loving and % 90
licitous for The welfare Of their wives and
their happiesss - they vere for the sweet
hsaris In thsir lover days, bow many
hrokea hearts vosld never have been
broken, and how many IN uutinely grave
would noe b soptyf
II The human heart might 6ed some.
whsrs Q surcease from it, longing for an
iadsGnable eoosshiag With which % salts
~ ID patsnt hunGesiass banquet ri Intel
lecaaal feed like that Of Tie efumbs which
fall 70 tie mind, - ose Listens 70 catch the
footials Of The evening ssphyn kiasiag the
dssdrops INTO peasly corosst around the
roso.
II this great, bod world Wa only ruled
By Love instead Of Fear. Al, yes-if-
bat Is 10 Dot.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-05-17

Wednesdays BAsoo nea'iousd the feet
that batch Of four prisoner from Vereoe
CO unity hsd paced through during the
forenoon for the penitepiisry. one Of .bo0
Wa Harry Edwsrds. the isiaeraat Bible
peddler. Edwards claimed that il vss the
6,st time he had ever been in che clutchss
al the lsw, but the following fsc0 the
JeGerson City Jousssl proves that be b
slao IN scccoplsshed liar:
"Harry Edvards, the cssvaress for the
Revised Billie, vho Was seat sp from Nss-
ada CITY ior sissliaG . easket Of jeVelsy
from Mrs.. Tyler, arrived ss The psaiisa-
iiary yesterday. and - rscoGnised y
Deputy Bradbury ioosdisssly - . 10.
tosioss old soesk thief nd former inmate
Of the pesiieatiasy."
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-05-17
New Letter Boxes.

No postmaster that sedalia has ever had
has laboFed - hard for the accommodation
OF our citiseos % hes Mr.. Parker, and yer
tsrdsy be took another step for which be
deserves great credit. In order that those
living some distance from the postof6ce
have letter, paper or card 10 mail, be had
erected six additional letter boxes, similar
70 those already iu use, which cannot fail
70 prove . source of great convenience.
The new boxes we're plaosd At the corner
Of Ksotucky and Main streets, Ohio and
Main streets. Third and Ohio streets,
Broadway and Ohio streets. the Garrison
house and one in Cotton's addition. All
mail matter will be removed from them
twice day. and will be the means o! saw
ing many weary trsmps to our people.