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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-04-07
Something New and Uscsa,.

-
One OF the most ingenious and
useful contriyances in which elsctrici-
sty plays the prominent part, is the
Portable Electric lighter, for practi-
cal use in the Office, at home, aud I'M
factories. banks, hotels, restaurants,
saloons, and ali places where light
ers are needed. 1t does away with
the liability of fires from the careless
nse of matches. or from fires from
children playing with them, or from
rats and mice. The apparatus occu-
pies a space OF Ave square inches,
and weighs but FIVE pounds, and can
be carried with ease from apartment
to apartment Il is complete in it.
self, requiring no extra power. wires
or connection, and is so constructed
| that any portion or part can be re-
placed at small cost. by simply
| pi essing upon the knob to The fuli
extentof the spring (Which connects
the battery an electric cnrlent is
produced, by which the spiral OF
platinum is heated to incaudescence
and the light is instantaneous. Tho
material lasts about two moths, and
n ~
can then be renewed at q small cost
J through any chemist. 1t WIZ not be
long before everybody will a
Portable Electric Lighter. TIE price
is SC low, only S.. that it cannot fad
to become popular at once. At the
4 further cost of So so connections aud
cups are adjusted to the battGs, con-
trolled by switch, SO that j can be
| adapted for the purpose ofringipg
an alarm bell, which can be attached
to the instrument, or by thehddition
of wires, can be rurg at All reason
able distance. When SO sdjusted.
the circuit can be altered p an IN
slant. by The switch, TO giyflight or
!. ring the bell at viii. Thosiconnec-
lions can also be attached % an in
duction coil, by which powerful
current of electricity can aAonves-
ed. The principal office is q No. Y
Water street. Boston, where'ppfic
i lions for this most novel lam khoak'
ea stint. The above descriS on we
GET from fhe Boston Post. cf3nuar5
= lat. 1883. In snort whilaTe ex-
q pect to have one of these nnps IN
The CBEoxIcLE Office, where parties
Iwho desire to do SO may cali pa ex-
anime the novelty for themselfs.
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From our exchanges we see thi

From our exchanges we see this
paper has namesake lately started
ia New Orleans. under title of the
Evening Chronicle. Having labored
with tins cognomen for several years.
we would be pleased to see how it is
worn by city chap. Come, now, be
sociable, and exchange with a coun-
Cry cousin. We spent several years
~ New Orleans ourself, but is is SO
long ago We are not ashamed to own
ths Tact NJ this late day.
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= At the very last moment Esd day
pf sIafch) Congressman Blanchard
managed to slip IN a bill TO establish
bur daily postal ronte from Colfax to
Pacific City, on the railroad, thus
giving as by act of Congress what
tbe Postmaster General had refused
10 graut. and Tor. which We return
thanks 10 behalf Of our people.
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r. @. KELLY,
w. j. TIsoN.

The committee appointed to APP
portion the police jury fund made
the following report, which, on mo-
ton Of W. ]. Tison, was adopted:
TO the Honorable Police Jury !;
We your committee appointed to appor-
tion the police jury fund, beg leave to
submit the followin repors, to-wit:
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Democratic yuua, s@d no
coLFAx, GRANT PARISH, LA, SATURDAY, APRIL & 1883

TIE drawing for division of the
Calhoun properly, ordered at the
late district court. in the suit Of R. s.
Cameron & l.. MeNeely VS.. NJ. NJ. A.
Lane, will take place at the court
house next Monday at noon.
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D:hcial Proceedings Of the Police Jury Of
the Parish OF Grant.


= \p1fAAs -.t.s sAeA.e~eyI Akt1 =, Ac'o'
The police jury met pursuant to
adiournment Members present -
a. Il. Grow, Il. d Kelly, Joshua
Kemp aud w. ]. Tison. Members
'pbseat- IS. G, Garry, 1. ~. Brian and
4, s;i Sharp.
s,u 15ssSon-of h 81 kelly 4 b.
Grow was elected president pro TEN.
On motion Of r. o. Kelly the j1ry
adjourned until 2 p. m.
At z o'clock the police jury met
pursuant to adjournment.
On motion OF Il. o. Kelly the presi-
dent appointed the following gentle
men as committee on claims: Messrs.
Kelly, Tison and Kemp.
Tue president appointed Messrs.
Kelly and Tison to receive the parish
scrip from the hands of the treas
urer. The committee reported the
sum OF S136 so in jury certificates,
which were destroyed by fire in the
presence Of the police jury.
On motion police jury adjourned
until 8 o'clock Tuesday morning.
TUESDAY. . a. m. April Sd. '53.
The jury met pursuant to adjourn
ment. Presents. 9. Curry presi-
dent, and members A. L. Grow, r. O..
Kelly, Joshua Kemp and W. J. III
son. Absent, Il. III. Sharp and |. NJ.
Brian.
Mr.. Garry explained to the police
| jury that he failed to meet with them
on The frst day from the fact that he
was at Montgomery attending the
funeral services of James W. Christy,
ian old and respected citizen of Grant
parish, a Christian gentleman aud q
brother Mason, who WAS buried on
that day with the rites of the Order.
The explanation was accepted.
The court house building commit.
tee, to-wit: Messrs. j. B. Wilmut, A.
L. Grow, G. G. Nash, w. L. Richard
son and :. G. Curry, were called on
aud instructed to make thorough
| examination OF the court house and
report the character of the work in
writing to the police jury.
The building committee made the
following report, which was adopted
and the committee discharged:
TO the Honorable the Police Jury Of tie Parish
Of Grant, State Of louisiana.
We. the committee appointed by
your honorable body at your meeting
in April, 1881, for the purpose of as
sissing and recommending the loca-
lion and building OF o court house
in the town of Colfax, for your SAID
parish of Grant, would respectfully
report, to your honorable body, tha1
we have this day inspected and close
~ examined the court house, and fint
| that il is substantial building ant
is finished in compliance with ths
terms and stipuiations of the con
tract entered into between the polict
! jury aud the builder, with the excep
ton Of holdings for the corners 0
the rooms, which the builder agrees
TO put there within reasonable
| time. And we your committee rec
commend that the building be &C
septed. S. c. CURRY, Oh. Com.
| j b. Wilmut, A. L. Grow,
| @. G. Nash, w L. Richardson
4 On motion Of a. l.. Grow
| Be it or7ained. that the presiden
lis hereby authorized to contract witt
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lottd <Avc ~
NJ. +. MACHEN,
A. L. GROW.
On motion Of A. l.. Grow
Be it ordained, that the president
of the police jury of the parish of
Giant be and he is hereby instructed
to insure the court house of the
parish Of Grant in some good and
solvent insurance company, to the
amount Of from two to four thousand
dollars.
On motion of A. L. Grow the po-
lice jury adjourned until the first
Monday in July, 1883.
s. G. CuRhY.
A true copy. President.
M. f. MAcHES,
Cletk Police Jury.
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W. Il. RICHARDSON,
Pal ish Treasurer.
On motion of r. @. Kelly the name
of H. D. Walters was stricken from
the pauper list.
On motion Of r. O. Kelly the name
of Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett was placed
on the pauper list OF this year.
On motion of r. o. Kelly the jury
adjourned until Wednesday morning
at o'clock. &
s 8 a. IN. Wednesday, April A, '63.
Police jury met pursuant to adj
journment. Present - s. G. Curry,
president, and members A. 4. Grow,
Il. o. Kelly, W. J. Tison and Joshua
Kemp. Absent. NJ. Brian and +.
III. Sharp. Il
w. J. Tison moved to- reconsider
the ordinance relative to lputting the
town prisoners in the parish jail, and
the motion was carried.
On q motion to rescind said ordi
nance the yeas and nays were called
for. Yeas, Kemp and Grow, 2; nays.
Kelly and Tison, g. There being o
tie the president voted yea. end the
motion to rescind was carried.
The committee on claims made the
following report, which, On motion Of
A. l.. Grow, was received and adopt
ed and the committee discharged.
10 the Honorable Police Jury;
4
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vu's slu asrs aa4:ns1 uluala ;a .oa s.
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use the upper story Q! the jan. Ios
.ne period % s'A months, ploviueu
'he 'o"n lnaAes sne neceSsary re-
pairs =: '.s uwn eApelse.
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Inc pIes,oene aPpolnseu sue iol-
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treasurer > pooSs auu IeRor. 81 'wo
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mo. 81.



Be it ordained, that the resoln ton
,, relative to gates across the public
roads. mp aud down the river front.
in the parish OF Grant. passed at the
July session OF 1882, be so amended
as I'd extend the time for the removal
OF gates by the overseers until the
first day of January, 1884.
AID, it is further ordered, that the
sheriff is hereby instructed to collect
the fen dollars Incense on oil gates
across public roads as now establish
ed by law.
By A. L. Grow
Resolved. That the road syudics
| in ward one be furnished with copy
OF the ordinance passed at tho July
session OF 1882, to remove all OBJ
structions on the public roads on the
river front after January i; 1883.
The resolution was lost
On motion OF A. Il. Grow
Be it ordained, that the Montsom-
cry pine woods road shall run from
Colfax up the river to the Sfnithfeid
gate, thence to the main turn-road at !,
the nearest point following it IN the
direction OF the Broken Levee to the
turn-road leading from it to the gate
above Godfrey Whites, and thence
to Doggy bayou.
On motion OF r. O. Kelly
Be it ordained that the tax collee-
tor be and be is Hereby instructed to
collect the balance OF the taxes and
licenses due the parish. and turn
them in to the parish treasurer as
fast rs collected; and 1t Is further
ordained that the president OF the
police jury be AID he Is hereby au-
thorized to draw on the entire
amount IN favor OF H. Mcknight for
the san5e as fast IS they may come
into the treasury.
On motion Of h. O. Kelly
Be it ordained, that the president
be and he is hereby authorized to
advertise for sealed bids Tor building
a bridge on the bayon Darro, on the
Colfax and Alexandria pine woods
road. plans to accompany each BID.
to the police jary ct their July meet
ing in 1883.
/ On motion Of A. & Grow
i3ost ordained thai the presidents
be aud he is hereby authorized to
contract with the lowest bidder for
making table and benches and pur-
chasing chairs for the court house,
said table, beuches and chairs not to
cost more than fifty dollars.
| The president appointed Messrs.
Grow and Machen to apportion the
police jary fund on hand, and Mesrs.
Kelly, Tison and hemp o COMMITTEE
to exa nine the jail.
On motion OF & @. Kelly the jury
adjourned until 2 o'clock.
| At 2p. NJ. the jury met pursuant
as in forenoon.
| Che committee appointed to ex-
anime the jail made the following
report. which, on motion OF A. II.
Grow, was adopted:
To the Honorable Police Ja'y Of the Paaish
o. Grant, Louisiana !:
| We, your committee appointed to
examine the Jail, would respectfully
renort that. wa find the following re-
na;rs nacassarv. Savaral nlank have
puts necessa.y oso,"l PA"uA ne'o
oeen CUT on tDs leu VI tue ooof' WI icn
was done to suppress the hfe when
| the Jail was fred by the prisoners
> 1900 W. ,1.o e,,d .hat
.
there is burn OF the bottom OF one
OF the cell doors, which the sheriff
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Failing!

That is what a great
many people are doing.
They don't know just what
is the matter, but they have
a combination of pains and
aches, and each month they
grow worse.
The only sure remedy
yet found is Browns IRON
BITTERs, and this by rapid
and thorough assimilation
with the blood puriies and
enriches it, and rich, strong
blood flowing to every part
of the system repairs the
wasted tissues, drives out
disease and gives health and
strength.
This is why Browns
IRON BITTERs will cure
kidney and liver diseases,
consumption, rheumatism,
neuralgia, dyspepsia, mala-
ria, intermittent fevers, &c.
Mr.. Simon Blanchard, a we'll
known citizenof Hayesvillc, Meade
county, Kentucky. says: (" My wife
had been sick for long time. and
her constitution Was all broken
down and she was unable to work.
She was advised 10 use Browns Iron
Bitters, and found it to work like
charm. Wewould not now be with
out it for any consideration, as We
consider it the best tonic in the
world"
Browns IRON BIrTERs
is not a drink and does not
contain whiskey. 1t is the
only preparation Of Iron
that causes no injurious eff
fects. Get the genuine.
Don't be imposed on with
limitations.
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dhcc a week in Your own town: Terms
+. IL Hslsstf 4 Co., Portland, Maine.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12

How TO DO IT.-Many of our readers
at various times have articles they wish
to sell, as for instance, land, mills. cat
tie, machines, wagon, or something
similar; or perhaps q school, factory. or
other enterprise. Some of them hesitate
to send their advertisement, fearing that
it is not fixed right, or will cost too
much
Yet you need have little trouble about
it. The best way is to decide how much
money you can afford to spend in adver-
tising the article Enclose that money
to the editor. and tell him to run your
card as long as he can afford to do for
that amount. With the money, send
him the points about the article AS
for instance.-how many acres, how
many in cultivation. what kind of house,
how far from church and school and
Railroad, what quality of land, etc. etc.
The editor will then arrange the adver-
tisement for the paper.
A card to be useful ought to run at
least weeks. An inch (10 lines of this
type) will cost 50 month, or 81 for
three months. Two inches, So month;
So for tw months Sc for three months;
$10 for six months. These are very
low rates; and on Il cash basis. a
large double coiumn) card of inches.
three months. for SO.
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For the f. & Household.


Somebody said to me lately, Cannot
you stir up the Household and make
them write p One factor of it | can
move in The right direction and that is
myself. The others know what We would
like them to dc and doubtless after while
while they will all appear. The some
body alluded to above Is also member
of the Household and | would mildly
suggest, ''PhySician heal thyself'
As We are a mutual benefit society
whenever we can be, must give in my
experience in matter that will interest
some others | am sure My knowledge
on this subject | CLEANED from another
Household member, who in the briei,
while that have known her has taught
me several useful things. Well. the one
under discussion now Is, pit for keep
flowers dming the winter inexpensive
50 to speak, for nothing is absolutely
without expense If you do not keep a
lot man OF boy i is cheaper tc hire a man
Ly the GAY 10 dig the pit Select a place
south OF the building if possible, as that
protects 1t from the north wind, aud have
the PIT dug TO run north and south by
which means it viii get the best sunshine
Ten feet long, four feet wide. and six
feet deep will hold quite number Of
plants. Though If you ieel as | do about
space for Jew more, you viii wish that
it was larger. That NAV be unregcnerate
human nature in me however, wanting
more than | have Be that as it may
YOU end for the carpenter and make him
wall it up with plank fitted close togeth-
er leaving the earth floor. Let the walls
come up two feet above the or und at
the back and one foot in front which
gives the top good slope He must then
put On good heavy doors that 90 across he
should pit from back to front. The doors
be made 10 fit as close as possible. Then
put in the shelves, the number of which
will bc determined hy the height Of your
plants Tall plants requiring ST. e., es far
apart. If the plants are not tall four
shelves can be put in and short shelves
at he ends Of the pit. Now have earth
banked all around the pit until it comes
up even with the top and have it rammed
aud packed close. Open the pit when
ever tie days ale mild enough. taking
care not to open 1t too soon, or close it
too late. Do not water the plants too
often 1t is always best to have the rain
fall on them, if it is warm raip. When
the weather is cold do not OF en- the PIT at
all, but cover it all over the top with old
bags or pieces Of carpet This pit is
certainly not so ornamental, but tar
cheaper than one with sashes, and my
friend says it keeps the flowers bl blautiful-
Is. So to any one who loves flowers and
cannot afford more expensive PIT, this
one will be found a great pleasure, and
those who invest in one can thank Cons
fort Marshall" as do for mine.
Yes, "Hieroglyphic' your letters
have been received. but if you only knew
how impossible it has been for me to
write you would net have said ''Et tu
Brute!" You shall have a letter soon
HOPE Ray is very anxious to get
a copy of little poem called "A Little
Talk With Jesus" Can any of the +. d
NJ. Household furnish her with it?
ANITA.
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For the f. & M. Household.

Birdie Wren, you are very welcome
10 the Household. and if we may Judge
from your first ''chat" with US, you will
prove valuable addition to our pleas
ant family. Your welcome by PhociGn
is none the less cordial. because you
arraign his opinions and resolve his
words into their original elements to
prove him inconsistent. 1t seems that
because consider Carlyle a great man.
and assert that his philosophy produced
no fruit, that / have overstepped the law
of reason. and argue two sides at once.
But such is not the case. There is a
wide difference between man and a
philosopher. Were | to assert that
Carlyle was a great philosopher would
then in9eed contradict myself, but when
| call him great man and at the same
time find fault with his philosophy, l
can be Justly accused of no inconsis-
tence. As a philosopher no man was
ever so dreamy. so fanciful, and so void
of practicability; as a man no one ever
combined in himself more elements of
greatness. As the historian of the
French Revolution, of Cromwell, and as
the interpreter of the German to the
English mind he is certainly entitled to
the distinction of greatness. But it
seems to me, Birdie, that you confine
your ideas of greatness in rather mar
row scope. According to your idea it is
not The man who conters benefits upon
mankind, not the man who subjects the
powers of nature to The good OF the
world, not the man that opens up a
new sphere of usefulness and chaseS
away the clouds of ignorance, not the
man who goes through the world in a
halo of glory and sends his name dang
ling down the aisles of ages, that is en-
titled to be called great, but the simple
humble man who walks the paths Oh
righteousness, and can join with feeling
in the parting strains OF Praise God
from whom all blessings how.' Your
Judgment is not the judgment of the
world. nor the judgment of history.
The youthful Alexander, who knew mo
god but ambition" spent his litcin con-
quest and slaughter, yet in defiance OF
Your opinion the world for ages and
ages since has still hailed him as THE
Great." Napoleon, whose career
brought more distress than of glory
upon the lsnd of which he was the idol.
still fills as high niche iU the temple
OF fame as "a warriors SWORD has ever
carved"
No. Birdie, it is not the saint that is
hailed by the acclamations of the world.
but those who in defiance of every OBJ
stacle, override the tempests OF opposi-
ton to attain the object Of their ambi.
tion,-be they saints or sinners. As an
honest historian, as a man of stubborn
resolution snd indomiIable will. CARLYLE
was great, he failed where all have and
must fail-in penetrating the mysteries
| of the future.
The future is reserved for the gaze ol
Omnipotence, and where is the mortal
that can peer beyond its misty yelling :
Birdie asks how can l think man
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professional career. The theatre was
crowded, the orchestra began ia play, the
curtain rose. Ronconi a. Faust. was
seen sitting in chair. The public vel
coined him with applause he tried 10
rise and bow his acknowledgment. but
was unable TO do 50. and, trembling all
over, sank back. He uttered some
words that were unintelligible The or
chestra continued 10 play. bur the tenor
remained mute. Many though; that be
was drunk. and expressed great indigna
ton itouconis AT still, with his eyes
CLASSY and unmoying; has lips were in
motion, his mouth opened aud shut but
not word or a sound proceeded rom IT.
He raised his hand painfully 10 his head
The public C ntinued 10 hiss The mana
ger then came forward, aud endcayored
TO explain that the singer was seized
with sudden panic Kisses continued
with rcdoublcd force, aud the curtain was
rung down on a Joad fie Death scene
Rouconi expired at three O'Clock 10 the
morning, without having recovered con
sciousness. He was the son Of the cele
brated baritone, Ronconi, the contem
porary Of Lablache, Grisi, and Alboni.-
Courier.
The musical chair which had been on
exhibition at The store of MesSrs Hoff
mann Bros was disposed Of by rattle.
few evenings ago. Mr. j. T. Carlton be
ing the winner He kept il one night
and dispos ed of it next morning at dis
count Of $50 per cent. Even music le-
cones monotonou~ when there gets to be
too much Of it States lie Laadnark