The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-02-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

F3 The Lowell Courier knows a man
Isfho was so slow that he could not get
out of his own way.
Some of the Catholic priests of OF
iowa have declared against marrying
Sersons after dark.
1t is said there are eleven nuns in
the Hotel Dieu Convent, Quebec, who
have each completed over fifty years in
bthe sisterhood.
lN-Three physicians of Portland, Me-.
certified that one Mrs. Pennell was in
sane. She didn't happen to be, however,
/ and has sued them for heavy damages.
/ "A poetical correspondent of the
| Portland argus, in panegyrie on Peter
Cooper, pronounce the old man 81
beautiful dimple on the face of society"
I'd when. Twas young" remarks
celebrated physician, Il had fifty RENE
dies for every disease. NowI find fifty
diseases for which I have no remedy"
% The Massachusetts Legislature is
seeking for a new law so framed that
one obstinate juryman can't render null
and void the convictions Of the other
eleven. re ~
4. The Government painter spent for
the Government last year the sum of
$2,215,939. 1t is lucky that there is no
such thing as Government plumber
/ Christians Union.
r. The officials of London, Canada,
have distinguished themselves by declin-
ing to protect the first Chinaman who
settled in that city, and, as the roughs
gave him no peace, he was compelled to
quit the p lace.
Z. -" Pharaoh's daughter" has been
discovered among the mummies of
Thebes. Critics describe her as 81 lady
of rare beauty" with mole on her un-
der lip. which gives a touch of the
I picturesque to her face. She is en- route
for England, and will be exhibited in
! the British Museum.
- "A West Virginia Railroad Company
has agreed to stop at least one of its
trains each. wagon being flagged-for
passengers and freight at every farm
where right of way is given. The good
times hoped for when every farmer
should have a railroad in his own door
yard, seem to have come in West Vir-
ginia.
Professor w. Grylls Adams says that
the sun is a magnet which draws the
earth's atmosphere toward it, the fric-
ton generating positive electricity in the
air and negative electricity in this globe.
When the air is charged to the discharg-
ing point electricity is transferred from
the poles to the Equator and the auroral
phenomena are produced.
Squire Wells, of Millville, N. j.,
has condemned an uncleanly youngster
of that village to pay fine of $3.50 or
submit to ten days imprisonment for
discharging tobacco-juice upon the floor
of the Methodist Church during revival
service. The boy committed various
other misdemeanors within the sacred
edifice, but profuse expectoration was
Wells found precedent for his right
eous anger in an identical decision by
Squire Stratton, who administered
| justice from the same bench twenty
years ago.
-Dennie Dunlap was three-card-
monte man attached to circus. A
greenhorn whom he had swindled out
of $500 at Assumption, La, complained
to Justice, who not only issued a war
rant, but went to the tent to serve it.
Dennie was operating on another vic
tim, and he quietly offered the Justice
twenty dollars not to interrupt him for
ten minutes This proposition was de-
clined. Then the gambler angrily drew
a revolver, but the Judge fired the
quickest, killing him instantly. and cool
ly recovering the 5000 from his pocket.
The gambling privilege of that circus is
now for sale.
The st. Gothard tunnel is now daily
ltraversed by eight trains. four each way.
Touching solidity of construction, the
tunnel leaves nothing to be desired. The
official inspectors express themselves per-
fectly satisfied with the condition of the
work. Particular attention was paid to
the windy stretch, which has caused SO
much trouble and given rise TO so many
fears, but the massive granite masonry
with which this part of the passage is
stayed seems admirably adapted to its
purpose, and shows no sign of yielding
to the immense pressure that weighs
upon it. The ventilation is good, and
no inconvenience was experienced from
the temperature. The tunnel is lighted
with lamps placed kilometer apart.
| pluck Rewarded.