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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-05-26

HARD speeches between those who have
loved is hideous in the memory, like the
sight of greatness and beauty sunk into
vice and rags.-Ge0rge Eliot.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-05-26

poor old Marches de Grillo (Adelaide Ris-
tori) produced anything but pleasant inn
preston when she appeared the other day
as Marie Antoinette at q Roman theater, on
the occasion of benefit. The house was
crowded, but poor Ristori, now sixty-five,
is pitiable wreck. However, she is very
wealthy, SO that she will not be obliged to
appear ON the stage any more. This II
lucky both for her and for the public.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-05-26

" afiicted with Sore Eyes. use Or. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 2c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-05-26

TIE Car gets his threatening letters reg
ularly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-05-26

SUN-sHowERs must always be counted
among raining beauties.-Netc York Nescs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-05-26

GET gold il you can, young man; but be-
ware of guilt.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-11
Other Church Matters.

The general conference of the Evan
gelical church began at Allentown, Pa, on
Thursday, among the delegates being two
from Switzerland, two from Germany and
five from Canada.
At the meeting of the American board of
foreign missions at Detroit, the venerable
Mark Hopkins, who has been president for
twenty years, consented to keep the office
another year. Columbus was chosen as the
place of next years meeting.
The twenty-fifth general conference of
Free Baptists of the United States met at
Minneapolis on Thursday. Among other
business was admission of the Nebraska as
ISOLATION.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-11
October Crop Report.
PLATTsMOUTH, October 2, 1888.
OFFICE OF SEC'Y STATE BID OF AG'I

PLATTsMOUTH, October 2, 1888. !
OFFICE OF SEC'Y STATE BID OF AG'L
AND U.S.STATIsT'LR EP'TRNEB.
To Correspondents and Friends:
The Nebraska state board of agriculture
intends to issue at an early day full report,
giving acreage and other desirable informa-
ton as to stock. etc. Daniel II. Wheeler :,
state statistical agent, has sent the following
to the United States department of aglicul-
ture at Washington, which is a summary of
reports received from local agents in the diff
ferent counties:
Wheat-average yield per acre, 171z BUSH
els; average quality. compared with last
year, 103 per cent. Rye-average yield per
acre, 20; average quality. compared with
last year, 99K. Oats-average yield per
acre, "A; average quality, compared with
last year, 100. Barley-ayerage yield per
acre, 80; average quality, compared with
last year, 90; buckwheat, condition, 100;
potatoes Qrish), condition, 95; potatoes
(sweeD, condition, So; corn, condition,
100; orchards, condition, 100; flax, con
dition, 100; sorghum, condition, 100; cattle,
condition, 100.
DANIEL H. WHEELER,
State Statistical Agent.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-11
CRIME.

In St. Joseph, Mo-, saloon en- Mon
day night Dan Dillon, anotorious bully, was
shot dead by a farmer whom he had insulted.
Sunday night between and 2o'clock
four men entered the store of Cohen & Ro-
senthal on Washington avenue, South Min
neapolis, and carried away ready-made
clothing valued at $1,000, using drays to
cart the goods away. Two policemen saw
the men in the store, but were afraid to at
tack them, and while one went to headquar-
tiers for assistance the thieves became fright
ened and escaped.
Mrs. Bailey, aged 45 years, wife of a
commercial traveller, and her daughter, 16
years, were found dead in a cornfeld near
Monmouth, H., Tuesday morning, and
from a note found on the person of the
mother it was evident she had killed her
daughter with razor and then took her
own life with the same weapon. The
daughter had been demented since her
birth and the mother had of late given her.
self up to brooding over her daughters con-
dition, which impelled her to the awful
deed.
Burglars entered the postoffice at
Gloucester, Mass, Monday night, broke
open the safe and stole the entire contents,
consisting of 81 $50 in money, 572 postage
stamps, the book of postal notes, number
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-11
What to do With the Potatoes.
Southern Industries.

SOuthern industries.
Instead of selling potatoes at the ex-
IRENE low price offered for them, we
would advise farmers to feed them to
stock. On one occasion we raised a
large crop of fine potatoes, and the
price being below the point of remuner-
alton for production, we fed them to
advantage. The plan adopted was to
erect furnace, and place on it large
salt kettle, upon which was fitted a
cask with auger holes perforating the
bottom. The cask was filled with
potatoes, and a covering thrown over,
when the kettle was about half filled
with water and Il fire started in the fur
mace, which is very brief space of
time cooked them to perfection. Be-
fore cooking they were moderately
sailed. We have never seen food better
relished by stock-horses, cattle and
hogs. Don't sell potatoes at present or
unremunerative prices when they can
be utilized to so good vantage by
feeding to stock.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-11
WASHINGTON.

The public debt was reduced during
September $7O7,27
The commissioner of the general land
office has cancelled the homestead entry of a
customs officer in Dakota because the law
under which he held office requires him to
reside in town, thus precluding the posi-
bility of his actually residing upon the land
sought to be entered, as required by the
homestead law.
Commissioner of Pensions Dudley
will ask congress for an appropriation of
SAC, OOO, ZOO for the payment Of pensions dur
ing the fiscal year ending July 80, 1885. OF
the 500, 600 appropriated last year it has
been estimated that about $39, 1000, 200 will
remain in the treasury to the credit of pen
sions at the close of the present
fiscal year. Since the list of jan
uary, 1882, fully 1000 names have been
added to the pension list, but even this in
crease the commissioner thinks can be taken
care of. It is his opinion that there will be
a gradual decrease year by year until the
pension appropriation can be kept down to
about $25, 100000. With the amount that
will probably be ON hand at the Close Of the
present fiscal year, and that which congress
will be asked for this winter, it will be seen
that there is prospective decrease in the
pay rolls of about $40, 000, 900.
1t is thought the the dredgers at work
on the Potomac will discover the block of
stone presented to the Washington monu-
ment by the Papal government and stolen
during the Knownothing excitement in 1854.
1t is believed the stolen stone was sunk in
the river.
Rear Admiral Pierce Crosby has asked
to be retired.
The New Orleans National bank has
sued the postmaster general for 800,
damages caused byhis order to stop delivery
of money orders, ETC., to it, on account of
the lottery scheme.
Condition of the treasury at the close
of business October 6: Gold coin and bull
lion, $2O6, SS3, 312; silver dollars and bull
lion, $119, I53, S91; national silver coin, $780,
669, 152; United States notes, $53, 129 ,567:
total. $406, 1856, 512. Currency outstanding:
Gold, $54, TAG, $50; silver, $40, 49,, 611; cur
rency, $12, 900, 900.
The whereabouts of Major Nicker-
son have been discovered to be in Canada,
and the secretary of war ordered him to re-
port in person at Washington. This Nick
erson declined to do. and as he cannot be
extradited it is probable he will be dropped
from the army rolls as deserter.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-11
The Washington Monument.
Phila. Record Cor.

Phila. Record Cor.
The Washington monument is rising
so rapidly that before cold weather
stops the work it will be 40 feet high.
Then congress will vote NOR. money
for its completion, the men will work
hard through next summer. and the
spring of 1885 will see it finished. The
monument proper will then be 500 feet
high, with pyramidal cap of glass so
feet high, which will give it a calm su-
periority over the Goddess of Liberty
on top of the Capitol dome. If this
glass top is lighted up at night it will
give the handful of mariners on the
Potomac river the tallest Lighthouse in
the world. 1t would be fattery to call
the monument as it stands handsome.
The lower part for hundred feet from
the ground is so discolored, as result
of its long standing in the open weather,
that it is out of accord with the fresh
looking three hundred feet above. 1t
is impressive, though, at a distance,
and awe-inspiring near by. Five hum
dred feet of stone in the perpendicular
is more imposing than fifteen hundred
feet of landscape at forty-five degrees.
The members of the Washington Mon
ument association, of which President
Arthur is president, are talking of a
celebration in 1885 in honor of the COM
pletion of the monument, to which all
the nations shall be asked to send rep
resentatives. Those nations which have
blocks of stone in the rain-stained lower
portion of the pile will naturally take q
peculiar interest in such a celebration.
of course, Washingtonians expect to
eclipse everything that has ever been
done in the way of celebration in this
country. Everybody is hoping that
white-haired Mr.. Corcoran may be
spared to see the monument finished L
think he will. He is an old man, but in
some respects he is as young as any Of
US. His health is now very good.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-11
Episcopal General Convention.


The thirty-third general convention
of the Protestant Episcopal church of the
United States began at Philadelphia on We'd
nesday.
In the house Of bishops, Bishop Clark, of
Rhode Island, delivered the sermon, giving
the history of the churches in this country
for the past century.
The house Of deputies organized simulta-
neously, DR.. Beardsley, of New Haven, be-
ing chosen president. One of the gentle
men named for this position was Senator
Edmunds, Of Vermont, who took occasion
to state that he was not candidate for that
or any other presidency at that or any other
time. Other convention officers were elected
and the houses adjourned for the day.
In the house of deputies on Thursday
4 motion to omit the words protestant
Episcopal from the constitution was
adopted.
At the third days session of the house
of bishops, Bishop Hare, of Niobrara, said
that IL years ago when the missionary juris-
dictiOn Of Niobrara was set apart, that Sec
ton Of country was almost exclusively occu-
pied by the Indians. About &c, 200 Indians
have never been subjected to the degrade
ton of coming in contact with the whites.
The bishop maintained that the Indians were
mentally and morally superior people.
They are being deprived of everything they
hold most dear and actually stripped alive.
In any bargain undertaken with our people
they have been egregiously swindled. II
outbreak of Indian violence should make us
shudder, we must remember that with the
sense Of their great wrong they are apt to
forget themselves.
The Indians have several books in their
language. If any one thing has made the
Indians the prey Of the white men, it is
that they have lived on the little reservation
and constituted an indigestible mass which
the social body was anxious to get rid of.
The sooner the Indians are like the people,
the sooner they will cease to be Indians. In
Niobrara there are thirteen ministering
women, and thirteen active clergyman.
During three years 1854 adults and 46S chill
dren have been baptized, and in the past ten
years 800 persons have been presented for
confirmation.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-11
Exposition Building Burned.

The magnificent exposition building
at Pittsburg, Pa, was destroyed by fire at
8 O'Clock on Wednesday morning. The
the machinery department and before the
Waterman could give the alarm had spread
to machinery hall and the main building.
In less than ten minutes the buildings We're
mass of fire and nothing could be saved.
The loss was about s., 900. 900, including
many relics.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-11

| 105 to 500 inclusive, a note Of G. W. Coch-
| rane for 1900, the Gloucester gas light
company's certificates for 10 shares Of the
Boston gas light company Is stock, an unreg-
istered bond of the New Mexico & Southern
Pacific railroad company for $1,000, two
81 600 unregistered bonds of the n. Y. & n.
E. railroad car trust company, certificates
| for fourteen shares of the Gloucester gas
| light company and other valuable securities.
DR.. E. A Cross, the murderer of DR..
r. B. McCune at Council Bluffs, was adj
mitted to bail on Wednesday in the amount
of $15, 600 to await action of the grand jury
in December.
L. B. Hitchcock, formerly of Hitch
cock. McCreery g. Co., grain merchants,
and one of the most prominent and wealthy
citizens of Pittsburg, Pa, has disappeared
mysteriously from his home, and nothing
has been heard of him. His health has not
been good of late. 1t is feared that while
laboring under alteration of mind he COM
mitted suicide, or haslmet with foul play.
A. Hollngren, an aged Scandinavian
at Rockford, ILL.,, on Wednesday morning
committed suicide in his bed chamber by
placing the muzzle of a shotgun to his
mouth and discharging the contents in his
brain. His head was blown nearly off. He
was said to be insane.
James McSteen was hanged at Pitts
burg, Pa, on Thursday for the murder of
his wife in June, last year.
John K. Snyder, president of the Ex-
change bank of Chenoa, H., who made an
assignment few days ago, was arrested
Thursday and taken to Bloomington on the
charge of swindling and ENLIGHTENMENT,
preferred by two Of his creditors, who assert
that he received funds knowing the bank to
be insolvent.
Detectives passed through Chicago
Thursday night for Tilden, Texas, in charge
of man named Charles Young, who is
wanted for the murder of man named
O'Donnell in November, 1878. The pris-
er was arrested on a ranch seventy miles
south of Rawlins, on the Union Pacific rail-
road, where he was living with a Mrs. Cas-
tro, having driven the husband of the
woman away. 1t is told of Young that he
and his brother carried on the career of
brigandage in the southwestern part of Tex
as for number of years robbing stages.
The murder of O'Donnell resulted in their
being driven from the country.
A Waco (Texas) special says: Ad-
vices from Gatesville say, near there some
time ago the son-in-law of Mrs. Shaw lost
his wife and turned over his little two-year-
old child to his grandmother to care for.
He married again and took the child. Mrs.
Shaw, aggrieved by the loss, suicided last
Wednesday by lashing herself in very in
genious manner to a stone fence. She first
saturated her head and clothes with kero-
sene and then applied match. When !
foudd she was dead. The body was hor-
ribly burned.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-11

The weakest spot in any man is
where he thinks himself the strongest.
-[Emmons.
Now is the time when the chubby reed
bird dies.-CN. Y. News.
Goes without saying-the deaf and
dumb alphabet Philadelphia Herald.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-11
Boston Bloods.

Mr.. G. S. Hollis, Veterinary Surgeon,
Boston, Mass, certifes that he has
made the great pain-cure, St. Jacobs
Oil, the sole remedy in his practice for
horse ailments, and considers it superb
or to any cure he has known in forty
years. He tried the same great pain
banisher on himself for rheumatism
and by which he was completely cured.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-11
FOREIGN.
CHINA,

A London dispatch from Canton
states that the foreigners there are in no
immediate danger, although the Chinese ex-
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-11

*.*''Men often mistake notoriety for
fame,'' but they never mistake Kidney
Wort for any quack medicine. Kidney Wort
is universally recognized as a standard rem
edy for all diseases of the liver, bowels and
kidneys
Happiness IS not confined to any
sphere of life
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-11
Why They Keep the Old Ladies
Moving.
Risn.rcI nsk Tribune

Bismarck IDak.J TrDune-
A few months since, when a train
passed Fargo, a wealthy passenger was
struck with admiration over the tender
manner IN which a young lady led her
aged grandmother along a path near
the track. Seeking an introduction,
the man of riches married her in a few
weeks, and now every tirae train
pulls into that burg at least dozen
maidens can be seen trotting their old
grandmothers up and down the track.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-11

Every father Should paddle his own;
can you?-[N. Y. New.
Out of sight, out of s'mind"-a dis
obedient child.-rN. Y Life.
You never miss the sermon till the
preacher runs dry.-[Rochester Post
Express.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-11

FLORENCE, GA.-Dr. W. B. Prather
says: ''Brown's Iron Bitters have zen
in every instance have kIo&n
if Ilsed
National Republican., 1883-01-12
WEST WASIUSGTON

The directors ofthc Washington and George
town railway yesterday elected the following
officers: Henry Hurt, president; c. NJ.
Kooncs, secretary and treasurer; G. c. Sailer,
general superintendent; Samuel Duvall and
j. Charles Jewell, receivers.
George C.. Whiting lodge, No %, +. A, A.
NJ; William Louis Schley lodge. No. III. O. NJ,
and Logan tribe, No s. l. o. II. NJ, held their
regular weekly meetings last night.
Only two arrests were made yesterday by
the police of this precinct, one being for lar
ceny and the other for running n policy shop.
All the streets of sufficient grade were
crowded to late hour last night with boys
and girls, and even many young ladies' and
gentlemen, enjoying the fine coasting.
Mr., Samuel Tyler, II son of DR.. Grafton
Tyler, formerly merchant of Washington,
but for several years past one of the leading
| business men of Butte City, Mont, is paying n
visit to his fAthcr.
The Junior ClOn-na.gacl of Georgetown will
give their iilSt grand reception and hop mt
Forrest hall on Monday, Feb. 5. The pro-
cccds are to be devoted to the benefit of the
famine sufferers in Ireland. A very large at
tendance is anticipated and nothing will be
left undono to make the evening most en-.
joyable one.
delightful stag party was given last night
by the Tavenner brothers at their home at
DrOVcrs Rest to number OF their friends,
consisting of AIessrs. Craig, MoXley, Wood,
Wise, W. and j. Whelmn, Britt Barnes,
Shughrue, and Hoskinson. A pleasant oven
I'M, was spent in social intercourse and dis.
Gu ssing the splendid supper provided by the
hosts.
Three young gcntlcmcn of Washington
who had hired Il horse and sleigh from Pun
phrcy's livery stable last night, becoming
tired Of the monotony of the ride ON Pennsyl.
vnna avenue, concluded to extend it to
he sncred soil, and crossing the aqucduct
bridge TO Roslyn left their horse and sleigh
standing, went into house over there for a
few minutes to get warm, and were consider.
ably set back on coming out to find their cs-
tablishmcrt had vanished After n fruitless
search through the deep snow all around the
ncighborhood, they at length concluded to 70.
tarn home, which they did arriving at the
police station in rather nm exhausted condi-
tiOn and reported their loss
National Republican., 1883-01-12
EAST wASuINGTON.

The entertainment given ut NIcCaulcy's
hall last evening for the benefit of Mr.. Louis
$, La Billie, II member of Capital Tent, No. So,
|. q. H., was perfect success, and the large
crowd in attendance We're highly delighted
and satisfied with the entire performance.
The characters were well represented, ,spc-
cially so the comic representation of "t that
rascal Pat" which was personatcd in tin
top style by Mr.. G.. u. SOuthwick. At the
conclusion many expressed n wish for the en-
tertainment to be repeated
Capitol hill was crowded last evening with
q large concOusc of frolicsomc Juveniles, all
bent on having good slide and gay time.
At the meeting of AnNcostia Tent, No. 13S,
!. O. r., held at Masonic hall, AnacOstia, u.
C., last Tuesday night, IL was unanimously
resolved to meet at the tent room next Tues,
day evening, at q o'clock, and proceed in a
body to the Fourth street NJ. Il. church to ms.
sisb in the anniversary celebration of Eagle
Tent, l. o. X. An eloquent and appropriate
sermon will bo preached by the pastor the
Rev, Mr.. Vance,
The Eaglcston Division, Sons of Temperance
will give fair and entertainment at Wash.
ingtOn hall next Monday night beginning at
z o'clock.
The services of the noon day prayer meet.
ing at the Church of the Reformation yester-
day were well attended.
The Tallapoosa minstrcls repeated their
funny and interesting show ut odd Fellows
hall last evening.
East Washington will be represented in the
carnival this afternoon by several comic rep
rCscntations, and the lucky ones that will
win the prizes will have to work hard in or
der to get the drop on the "boys" from the
hill
National Republican., 1883-01-12
Thr sLnr Rnntc TrIni.

Nephi johnson, the subContractOr, was fur
thcr examined in the criminal court yesterday
morning regarding the star route from To-
qucryillc to Adairvillc, Utah. He gave the
number Of men and animals used in the per-
fomancc o. the service, the object being to
contradict the contractors ailidavits in this
respect. The cross-cXamiuation occupied the
entire forenoon.
William Johnson, of Canab, Utah. who pre-
pared one of the petitions for increased SER
vice on the route under consideration, testified
that IL had been altered after he wrote and
signed IL, 40 as to read "scvcn trips" per
week instead of "siX trips"
On CroS8-cNaminuiiOn witness said he was
here for five weeks during the preceding trial.
Mr., Marrick declared that he would be
kept hc"e for another five weeks il they
wanicd him. Perhaps they would want him
in the ucyt trial.
Mr.. Wilson. All right; we are willing to
go INTO another trial when this ono is over.
Witness did not know what became of the
petition after he drew it up and signed it.
The fifth route named in the Indictment
No. 36,liO, Trinidad to Madison, Col, was
next taken up, and the official papers proved
Again the accusation was made by the defense
That all of the papers concerning the route
had not been introduced by the government
and argument followed.
When this point had Lccn settled and "A
mass of documentary evidence put in, Samuel
DC BusSc, II former postmaster nj Ration, n
station on the route was placed upon the
stand Without concluding his testimony the
court adjourned.
National Republican., 1883-01-12
CoaIltlc., Association or virginia.

AT the annual meeting of the above ussocia-
tion the following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, James \. Scbrcll,
Of southampton county; first vice president.
hcnry Cox, Powhatau county; scroud vice
president, George j.. Prior, Norfolk county:
recording secretary, y, Bramc, Charlotte
county assistant recording secretary. p. B.
Ba2ly, Lmcnburg county; correspond AZ
secretary, Mathew Trmblc, Fairfax county;
treasurer, q. L. C.. Phillips Halifax county;
sergeant at arms, james 4. Stokes, Nelson
county. The rctiring president, l.. +. Payne,
made an eloquent aud touching address, and
was unanimously voted the thanks of the ms.
socation for The impartial and efficient dis.
charge Of his duties us president. The pres.
idcnt elect upon assuming the chair, spoke
most cncoumgmgly to tho mcmbcrs.an1 pic-
turcd bright future for Virginia. Asking
lheir cooperation and support he pledged his
mliring efforts 10 promote the best interests
Of the association, and, through the association,
the great interest Of Virginia.