The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-11-18

-Twenty-one canary birds. threc-quar-
tiers OF cord Of wood and four cans rasp-
berry jam were replevined by an injured
Illinois husband from his wife, who had
gone to her father. Chicago Herald.
The explosion of kerosene lamp
at, Plymouth, Me-, did not hurt Mrs,
Miles much, and the loss of the dress
which she wore was of small account;
but in a burned pocket was 81 800 in
paper money.-N y. ISun.
The smelling furnaces at the Ely
copper mines. near Waterbury, VT,
have destroyed vegetation in the vicinity
OF the mines, and the farmers there
abouts have brought suits for heavy
damages against the mine Owners.
"A ragged tramp complained in a
Washington police court few days ago
that he, while asleep in park, had been
robbed of pair of Henry Clay's panta-
looms, which he had been keeping as a
memento of that great man. = Washing
ton Star.
"A woman witness in q Louisville
court suddenly surprised the examining
counsel by saying: believe me, /
didn't mean to tell a STORY just now. but
l do want to take something back that /
have just said. l was frightened."-
Courier Journal
Some of the peculiarly designated
clues of New York are: 'sThe Triple
Club" THE Ancient Order of Egyp-
tan Monks" 1.-THE Honorable Order of
E. Campus Nitas," 1.-The Noble Order
of Guinea Witches" ssThe Wizoons Of
Gotham" etc., etc. They are all
''stuffed clubs" after meetings.
"A physician writes the Concord On.
H. Monitor an account of the sufferings
of lady in Chester who is slowly
dying from having swallowed eight pins
which she placed in her mouth Novem-
Der Is, 1881. Several were extracted
from her throat, but the majority of the
pins remain and are causing her intense
pain. The surgeons are unable toafford
relief.
While cripple named Divine, liy-
ing in Montgomery, Orange County, N.
T.. was STOPPING over fence to gather
some catnip growing on tie other side,
his crutches slipped from under him and
he fell with his neck wedged between
two pickets on the fence. He choked to
death and his lifeless body was found
hanging on the fence tho next day.
One large oyster stew, q large steak,
a dish of fried potatoes, two ears of corn,
three fried eggs, three lambchops, dish
of stewed chicken, two cups of coffee.
two pieces Of pie. a loaf Of bread and
half q pound of crackers constituted the
dinner of New York man. OF what
the man was constituted deponent saith
not, but the man was engaged on anoth-
er hall pie when the observer left--M
=. Mad. O
AT q dance at Calabasas, Arizona,
Jim Smith shot and killed the floor man
ager who announced qnadrille when
Smith wanted . waltz. The next day he
shot and killed another. man who had
dared to say that the deceased had not
been given fair show" In the words
of the Tombstone Epitaph: % At last &C
counts Mr.. Smith was prominent and
respected citizen of Calabasas, with moth
ing to mar his pleasures. sports and
pastimes."
Not even the cottage where Garfield
breathed his last speaks more eloquently
this autumn at Long Branch than the
lofty new house of William Garrison,
upon the only hill there, where the last
scion of . great fortune made his brief
dwelling, and in morning persisted.
leaving to survive him a strong old man
whose white hairs tell the pain of half q
centtiry's labor, and no son on whom to
confer the increase. Y. Tribune.
The daughter of one of Denver's
best citizens-it always is the daughter
of ssbest citizen in such case, and
the girl is always young. handsome and
ccomplished--was caught by her father
at the dead hour of night at the ground
end of 9 rope. Her lover was waiting
for her behind convenient tree, but so
soon as he saw the old man he fled, and
the daughter was returned to her room
and locked in. The next day it appeared
that the romantic lover was an ex-con-
Wet discharged only few days before
from the Canon City Penitentiary.-
Denver Tribune.
DIR. Virgins, the other weather
prophet Of Canada, predicts that q tre-
mendous storm win sweep this planet in
March, 1888. beginning in the northern
Pacific seas, and crossing the meridian
of Ottawa at noon of the 18th. India,
the south of Europe, England, and es-
pecially the North American continent,
will be the theater of the rayages. The
low lands of the Atlantic will be SUBJ
merged, and on the ocean. no vessel less
than an ocean steamer will be able tolive
in the tempest. The recent gale that
visited this continent was predicted by
DIR. Virgins four months before it came
to pass.-Detroa Post.