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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-04-28

coLfAx, GRANT PARISH La, SATURDAY, pRIL rs, 1888

" all the bad tax PAYERS have been
sold out, and most of the taxable
property is now owned by those who
are willing and do pay the taxes
levied against it. Our fiscal year
runs from April let to April LIST, and
heretofore the licenses have general
" come in after April. and we're used
il various WAYS by the police Jury,
Z perhaps illegally. The State law is
that they shall be collected before
and the DELINQUENT list returned on
J the fist day of April Of each year,
and it was done this year for. the
first time e f'7 ~
On the 9Th day Of July, 1882, the
the police passed an ordinance max
inc 81 imperative upon the treasurer
10 Distribute all the finds coming in
to his hands from any source what
ever. which is subject to be warranted
for by the presidebt. among the funds
deuomina.ed by them, in accordance
with, q per cent by them fixed. Now,
as to the $472 6S. licenses of 1888.
which YOU saw the Jury intended to
tnrn over IN n McKn;oht for the
ha lanca aua IN tha court honse and
which Won saw at is very auestiona-
Bile whether they had suy right to
d;sn,,sa Of r. 81 snv other wavS was
IN sxact comnl;anca with the above
r,art;onad ordinance d;str;butaa 70
the var;ons fonds whence then
comas IL vopr questionable case Il
Yon wi, nlease he kind enough "a
renublish that ordinance. As Won are
,,ossass;on IF the f;les containiup 4.
Won cav atheya' 4 no record Of the
navmsnt ;nto the freasurv or trans.
fsr ,,f aov school money On tho treas-
urer's book" Now nv dear friend
von had better borrow the treasurer's
} book another , week e9 and write M an.
other article as + takes about three
r. oct th;nos STRAIGHT in the CHRos1-
~ believe H6wevsr mavbe Won
were dreaming dreaming 81 comets,
hnt Won onehf To Know thai the rec.
oras or ordinances Of transfer or
resolnt,o,,s If the notice ;,,ry are not
Lsnt 'hv the treasurer mar in his
hopk Peradventnre Won NAV end
them in the minutes Of their pro-
caed;nes Please look nj your files
aca;n and don't try to do SO much
in this lose WAY, from mere s'recollec-
tion & r sunpose in your dream You
ovar,oolxed ,age "a Of the treasurer
book Van snec;fv ! mode Of book
leen;nu for the parish treasurer and
refar 10 an ordinance. adopted April
llSS2 recurring . consolidated report
at each April meeting of the jory
anu cohi P'"'n onao 70 SUN : "si -.
Oeeu mauo ioI tWo yeatH' .1A"o
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By the use Of Buckingham's Dye.
The whiskers may be easily made .
permanent. natural brown or black,
as desired. g sea
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-10-06
GRAND
TOURNAMENT
COstumed knights.

T0 BE HELD at The Berkeley Fair
Il on Tuesday, October 9th, 1883 at
| o'clock, p. m, sharp. Riders of any
State invited to enter the lists and COM
pete for the honors of the day. Let
all good and true knights attend with
lance and charger and guage his efforts
under the smiles of love and beauty.
Knights will be required to appear
in costum es appropriate to characters
assumed. An entrance fee of one dol
lar will be charged admitting to the
grounds both knight and steed. En-
tries must be made with the Secretary
on or before Saturday, October 6, at 6
O'Clock, p. m. The prizes are lst, a
silver cup; End, l pair of handsome
vases Sd, card receiver; 4th, Boquet
holder.
Marshal, Capt. G N. Cunningham;
Heralds, j. p. Stump, George Ellis,
George Sencindiver and Wm. Dodd.
Judges, COL w. A. Morgan, George
w. Ramer, John w. Daily, Robt. p.
Bryarly and Col. Frank Silvers. By
order the Directors,
DECATUR HEDG ES,
President
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REMEMBER

ever shown in Martinsburg, and at prices
that cannot be beat
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NOTICE
10 Tax Payers,
For the Year 1883.

THE Taxes for 1883 are now due and
i in my hands for collection, and THE
notice is given, according to law, notify
ing all Taxpayers that DISCOUNT OF
TWO AND A HALF PER CENT. will
be allowed to all parties paying their
taxes before tho lst of November, 1883.
| or one of my Deputies will meet the
Taxpayers at the following times and
places in the several Districts, for the pur-
pose of collecting said Taxes
DISTRICTS.
Hedgesville, Tuesday, October I'd.
Tomahawk, Wednesday, October 3D..
Falling Waters, at the Mil, Thursday,
October 4th.
Bedington, Friday, October 9Th.
Greensburg, Saturday, October 9th.
Scrabble, Tuesday, October 9th.
Martinsburg, at Sherif's Office, DC ober
18th and 18th.
Gerardstown, Tuesday, October 23d.
Shanghai, Wednesday, October Gath.
Arden, Darkesville, Thursday, Oct. 25th.
vanclevesvills, Friday, October 26th.
Mill Creek, Tuesday and Wednesday, DC.
tobsr Both and 3lst.
G. A. CHRISTIAN.
SEPT Sheriff Berkeley Co.
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we manufacture all our Clothing it is
made Of the BEST MATERIAL and by
the best workmen, and we are sure TO
suit you in both goods and prices. If
you have much money and want some
thing fine, we can suit you. II you have
but little money and want substantial
article, we can please ia that, Clothing
for rich or poor, young or old, and to
suit all tastes has been oar PRIME OBJ.
ect in making up our stock for the Fall
and Winter trade. You will never find
better bargains than we have to offer
now, in Overcoats, MEMS and Boys
Wear, Nobby Suits, Working Clothes,
Shir 5, underwear, Neckwear, 0veralls,
Jeans Pants, etc,
Buy your good, take them home, give
them thorough and critical examine
ton, and then, if you are not perfectly
sa isfed, return them and get your mon-
ey, Who can offer fairer proposition
Who dare compete with our prices and
quality of goods? s. BRAKEMAN.
Everett House Cor opposite Peoples Nat.
Bank.
THonAs KRATz, Statesmen.
CHEAP John.
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HOUSE AND LOT.

situated in Gerardstown, Berkeley coun-
iy, w. Va, known as the Shuart prop
erty. Any information in regard to this
property can be obtained from the UNDER
signed trustee, or Faulkner & Ingles, at
torneys.
TERMS OF SALE: One-third cash on
day of sale, the balance in one and two
years, with interest from day of sale, the
purchaser executing his notes with good
security for the deferred payments, and
the legal title retained until the said notes
are paid CHARLES STUCKEY,
sep.l5 IS Trustee.
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4 IST OF THE FIDUCIARIES whose
IL accounts are before the undersigned,
Commissioner of Accounts, Of Comfy
Court of Berkeley county for settlement
Name of Fiduciary-John NJ. Byers.
Nature of Ascounts-Executorial. Name
of the decedent, &c.--Jacob Byers.
Name of Fiduciary--Luther Ropp. Ma
ture of Accounts administration. Name
of Decedent, &c.-Jacob Ropp.
Given under my hand as Commissioner
of said Court, at my Office, at the Court
house of said county, the 18th day of
September, 1883.
sep29-2t. ]. T. PICKING, CONS.
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TRUSTEES SALE
l. OF
REAL ESTATE.

DY VIRTUE of deed of trust, execu.
10 ted on the 9th day of January, 1881,
by George Byres and Anna Byres his
wife, and Rachel Shuart, to Charles
Stuckey, trustee, and of record in the
County Court Clerks Office of Berkeley
county, W. Va, in Deed Book No. n,
page 324, conveying their undivided in
terest in the real estate hereinafter descri-
bed, to eeeure the payment of bond
therein set forth, no part Of which has
been paid, the undersigned trustee, at the
W itten request of the creditor secured in
sold deed, will offer at public sale, on
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Saturday, October 30, 1853.

at O'clock, p. m, in front of the Court
house in Martinsburg, w. Va, the undi-
vided interest of the grantors in said deed
1.-THE exact interest will be announced on
day of sale, in o certain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-19
Quartcr-Sawed Yellow Pine.

From the Northwestern Lumberman
There is no lumber that will shrink 80 little
and wear 80 long as quarter-sawed. This pro-
cess of saving Is particularly applicable to vel
low pine hoorlng, as such flooring is geferally
ia'd where t,ls subjected to heavy wear.
oastard-sawed board no matter from what
klnd OF timber it Is cut, will wear rough, and
silver, II In constant use for flooring or drive
ways 1t would be impossible to conceive of a
narue1, more durable floor than yellow pine
contains would give it an advantage over oak
ASH, or maple In point of durability A few OF
the southern mill-men are beginning to nnder
stand the merits of such flooring, and are
selecting the few quartered boards that every
log sawed the old-fashioned way invariably has.
ana putting them In grade by themselves. X
10 BAD way OF doing, for the balance of the
flooring is deprecated in value. and. in fact
sometimes almost worthless. for no man who 10
acquainted with it's defects wonld thinl ~
making floor OF it. It might answer for a
ho0r that Is to be kept carpeted, but usnallv
such floor Is made of softer and cheaper wood
iIe expense OF quarter-sawing would be con-
siderabiy IN excess Of the usual way Of mann
facture. but the flooring would be richly worth
the difference. CHARTERED oak in the large mar
kets Is worth on an average ten dollars mar
thousand more than clear oak sawed bastard.
ana there ought to be nearly that difference he
tween the two kinds of yellow-pine flooring. A
log. II quaIter-sawed, does not yield as much
lumber as II sawed the other way, and sawinr
it that way is slower job. CHARTERED flooring
ought to be one of the productions of the sonths.
efn mills. Builders should not object navinr a
third more for It. when they know it's beauty
and durability are more than doubled as COM
pared with bastard, and every intelligent
builder ought to know that such is the fact
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The Little Red Ribbon.

The little red ribbon, the ring and the rosei
The summertime comes and the summertime
And never blossom In all Of the land
AS white as the CLEAN OF her reckoning hand
The long winter months, and the glare Of the
SHOWS;
The little red ribbon, the ring an the rosel
And never g]lmmer OF sun In ti.e skies
AS bright as the light OF her glorious eyesl
Dreams only are true: but they fade and are gone.
And her face is rot here when wake at dawn:
The little red ribbon. the ring and the rosn.
All, all give up from my wealth Of reposei
am weary OF waiting, and weary OF tears
And my heart tires, too, all these desOlate years
Moaning over the one only song that 1t Knows
Inc ilttie red ribbon, the RIG and the rOsel
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The Ideal Wife.

Somewhere in the world must be
She that have prayed to see,
She that Love assigns to me.
Somewhere Love, her lord and king.
over her is scattering
Fragrance from his purple wing.
BY the brink OF summer streams
/ have dreamed delicious Dreams:
What will, my sweet one seems
: In the sheen OF autumn skies
l have pictured sunny eyes,
TIL the thought too quickly dies.
When the winter fire burns low,
Lovely faces come and 60
AS the dying ashes glow.
"ris her voice hear so oft
In the music low and soft
That the western breeZeS watt
Tell her, Love, that years fly fast
Bid her come to me at last,
Ere her golden days are past
Shall we ever, ever meet?
Shall find in thee, my sweet,
Visions true and liie comp.ete7
Whisper low to Love apart,
Whisper. darling, where thou art,
Perfect wife ard noble heart.
j, WILLIAMS
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Somebody.

Somebody thinks the world all wrong
And neVerhas word in its praise;
Somebody sings the whole day long,
Likes the world and all its ways.
Somebody says It's queer old place,
Where none of the people do as they should
Then somebody thinks it full or grace
And wouldn't change the folks II he could.
Somebody calls 1t cruel and cold
Full OF sin and sorrow and pain.
Where life is but search for gold
And souls are lost In selfish gain.
Somebody merrly laughs-and cries,
"Hurrah for such dear old EARTH
success shall crown the man who tries
To make his mark by honest wOrth.n
Somebody groans and shakes his head,
Calls his lot a wretched one;
Somebody wishes that he were dead,
Cause somebody else has all the fun.
But still, l fancy, you're sure to find,
Tho good or evil, or pain or care,
one certain fact-sO make up your mind
That-Somebody always gets his share
PEARL EYTIEGR.
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Prayer at Night.

The night Is come, like to the day:
Depart not Thou, great God, away.
Let not my sins, black as the night.
Eclipse the luster OF Thy light
Keep still In my horizon; for to me
The sun makes not the day, but Thee,
Thou whose nature cannot sleep,
On my temples sentry keep;
Guard me 'ga1nst those watchful foes.
Whose eyes are open while mine close.
Let no dreams my head infeSt,
But such as Jacobs temple best
While do rest, my soul advance:
Make my sleep holy trance:
That may, my rest being wrought
Awake into some holy thought,
And with as active vigOr run
My course as doth the nimble sun.
Sleep Is a death: Oh make me try.
BY sleeping, what 1t Is to die!
And as gently lay my head
On my grave, as now my bed.
HOwe'er rest, great God, let me
Awake again at last with Thee.
And thus assured, behold lie
Securely, or to wake or die.
These are my drowsy days; In vain
] do now wake to sleep again:
Oh come that hour, when shall never
Sleep again, but wake forever!
Str Thomas Br0,cne
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Defects OF Our Marriage and Divorce
Laws.

Defects OF Our Marriage and Divorce
Laws.
Gordon A. Stewart In Popular Science Monthly for
June.
Lawful marriage is the basis of the family re-
lation, and the family relation is the fundamen.
tai principle of association upon which the SUI
perstructure of society and the state is built
And yet there is no contract of the value of
twenty dollars, subject to the verdict of q Jury
or the decision of a court, that is so easily
avoided and so shameiully dissolved as the con-
tract OF marriage. The facts show that the law
and the courts enforce the obligations of de-
linquent debtor with more severity than the OBJ
legations of this contract upon which the happi-
ness OF the family, the morality of society and
the perpetuitY of the state depend. The mar
rage contract is of a higher inspiration and has
q broader obligation, than mere contract for
the payment Of money, or for the transfer OF
property, or for cooperation in business. It Is
one In which society ia more deeply interested,
one by which society is more seriously affected;
and society has the right to demand that the
mutual obligations shall be- faithfully kept and
lawfully enforced.
This lack of uniformity in the laws, both in
their formulation and execution, is the result OF
the diversity OF sources from which they ema-
nate. Each state Is its own authority, and de-
termines for itself the conditions uDon which
tered into or dissolved; and, perhaps, the social
and moral sentiment Of the people of state
cannot be more equitably determined than by
observing the character and use of it's laws gov
ernng marriage and divorce; for the various
degrees of restriction and laxity in marriage
and divorce have marked the progress and de-
cline OF all peoples and nations ever since the DAYS
when Adam and Eve went out of Paradise and
Moses wrote the law on Mount Sanai. Several
states still retain upon their statute books the
common nj NOR riopo hsafxI
persons related by consanguinity, or affinity,
nearer than the third degree while other states
have progressed to that degree of liberality on
the road to individual freedom and universal
happiness which permits person to marry, ii
not his grandmother, at least the daughter of
his wife by former husband. So we find that
while two persons within certain degrees of re-
lationship may lawfully marry in one state, they
are prohibited from marrying by the laws Of an
other state, and that while marriage between
certain persons is vodable only in one state, it
is absolutely void under q similar law in an
other state.
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On q Naughty boy, Sleeping.

Just now missed from hall and stair
joyful treble that had grown
As dear to me as that grave tone
That tells the wOrl1 my older care.
And little footsteps on the floor
Were stayed laid aside my pen,
Forgot my theme, and listened, then
Stole softly to the library door.
No sigh! no sound!-a moments freak
OF fancy thrilled my pulses through;
"ll-n0"-and yet that fancy drew
A fathers blood from heart and cheek.
And then-I found him. There he lay,
surprised by sleep. caught Ia the act,
The rosy vandal who had sacked
HIS little town. and thought 1t play;
The sheltered vase; the broken lar;
A match still smOuldering on the floor;
The 1nkStand'S purple pool Of gore;
The chessmen scattered near and far.
6trewn leaves OF albums lightly pressed
Ihls wicked Baby OF the woods"
In fact, OF half the household goods
This son and heir was seized-possessed
Yet all in vain, for sleep had caught
The hand that reached, the feet that strayed;
And fallen In that ambuscade
The victor was himself OerWrOught
What though torn leaves and tattered book
still testify his deep disgrace?
stopped ana kissed the inky face,
With Its demure and calm outlook.
Then back stole, and half beguiled
My guilt, In trust that when my sleep
Should come. there might be one who'd keen
An equal mercy for His child.
BRET HARTE.
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She Liked 1t.

Susan adorned her well-turned limbs
With delicate hose, but not tor show.
Yet everywhere that Susan went
The wind would sure to 20.
1t followed her to church one day.
Playfully gambling round.
Was mfschievously naughty on the street,
AS Susan often found.
And when the sexton shut IT, out.
II frisked and capered near,
Roaming impatiently about
TIL Susan should appear.
"What makes the wind plague Susan an 9n
Kind-hearted young men cried;
"Cause Susan don't object, you know
An elderly maid replied.
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A FULL LINE OF CLERICAL SUITE

THE M1sr1r Sronr.
CORNER 10Th AND STREETS
READ. THINK AND JUDGE,
AZ every SUCCESS is sure to have imitators % hso
the MISFIT STORE. BE sure therefore Of coming "a
the CORNER of 10TH AND STREETS to buy your
Clothing for Men and Boys.
SUITS FOR BOYS FROM IA TO II.
Good plain suits for S. worth s..
Splendid s suit. for for :, So Ser ao sS So
Elegant suits for s.. worth sI5.
FOR BOYS FROM TO II
Good knockabont suits for 81. worth $3.50.
N n 's, suit si Tor s. worth s.
Splendid !s sH,t; 80 IS,Ss wS5tsS.
MEMS CLOTHING.
Blue Flannel Suits @. A. II, cut So So worth no.
Blue Flannel SUITE Best Indigo. So worth SIC.
Fine Yacht Cloth Suits. sls worth s2s.
I S.ercosts In great variety will be sold n.
:. different patterns Cashmere and Cheyiot SUIT. a
10 different Isterns Cashmere and Cheviot SUITS q
70 disrent patterns Cashmere and chevio, Suits -
=, i different patterns Cashmere and Cheviot Suits ~
81, z dssens patterns Cashmere and chevot Suits -
Black and Brown Trico: Coat and Vest Prince Abers
b sDst BS:s gr1q sSs s;0ts SIS worth $685.
Blue Serse Suits. finest quality, Sl5 worth SOS
Black serge SUITE iinest quality BE worth $40.
Black Drap ID Etes Coat atd Vests in great variety.
Office Coats. in different co,ors and qualities
gains.
PANTS
r. g. S. So 81 81. so. IS and &C. about one
half the ordinary price,
WORKING PANTS
At rs cents. 81, 81. 25 aid 81 50.
THE MIsFIT STORE
Corner 10th and Streets. myl2
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At q marriage which took place few weeks
ago at Newport, in England, the bride was
Widow aged g. the bridegroom bachelor aged
son.
Inc crew, consisting Of four men. of the
Anef'cah schooner Oun0laska, Capt Green,
1nuayaquii, were brought ashore prisoners at
Libertad oAeN - 'Ao ~. "
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Death Of Pref william e. SAWYER. who
Shot DR.. The0philus Steele.

From the New York Sun. May 10.
William E. Sawyer, the electrician who is
under sentence Of Imprisonment at hard labor
for four years for an assault upon Dr. The
ophilus Steele, committed in May. 1880, died yes
terday morning Of hemorrhage OF the bowels
at his home, 104 Waverly place. He had not
begun his term Of Imprisonment, owingto the
efforts Of his counsel, Frank ]. Dupignac, who
secured the consent of the court that he should
ernor for his pardon, which was endorsed by
Judge Gildersleeve and theJury who tried him,
the district attorney, and DR.. Steele.
Prof Sawyer had received twenty patents for
his inventions. He had succeeded in contests
with Edison and Maxim for the priority of cleo
trical inventions, and was chief electrician of the
Eastern Electric Light Company In 1880 he,
with his wife, boarded in a house in Forty
street. where DR.. Steele also boarded. One
evening DR.. Steele and Mrs. Sawyer had an
unpleasant discussion. and some sharp words
passed between them. The next day Prof Saw
yer and DR.. Steele met in the house, and had
some words, but nothing serious occurred. On
the following day Prof. Sawyer wrote a letter to
DR.. Steele saying:
hold myself responsible for anything that Mrs.
Sawyer may have said. or that you may imagine
She would say, or thought of. could possibly have
Thought OF. or would have liked to do, or would
have been imp ;lled to say.
The parties did not meet until Nav 5, 1880,
when they came together in the barroom of the
Rooem0re Hotel. They did not speak in the
hotel. Prof Sawyer left by the Seventh avenue
entrance, and Dr. Steele followed him with the
avowed intention of accosting him. They met
on the southwest corner Of Forty-second street
and Seventh avenue. The evidence is conflict.
ing as to what ensued. Prof. Sawyer insisted
that Or. Steele assaulted him. DR.. Steele said
that Prof. Sawyer apOlogized. DR.. Steele shook
q newspaper in Prof. Sawyer's face. whereupon
the latter shot him. DR.. Steele has recovered
and bears no considerable mark of the injury
Prof Sawyer was convicted in March, 1851.
Mr. Dupignac carried the case to the court of
appeals, where the conviction was affirmed in
March last. Then Mr.. Duplgnac prepared the
appeal for pardon upon the ground that there
had not been proper conviction; that Prof.
sawyer's electrical talents were valuable to the
community; that his health was precarious and
would not survive Imprisonment. Gov. Cleve-
land declined to consider the case while the
legislature was in session. but 1t was the proba-
bility that pardon would be granted that led
the authorities after examination as to Prof
Sawyer's physical condition, to consent to his
remaining home. After the shooting his wife
died and he married again. His second wife
and the children are left penniless
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Twelve years ago q Carroll county, No., woman
started married life without a child. She now
has eighteen.
Mrs. Anna F. Goddard has given $4,000 for
the foundation Of q permanent bed in the Rhode
Island hospital.
A young man In Boston calls his sweetheart
rare opportunity" because she IL worthy Of
being embraced.