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WASHINGTON.

Army officers have at last received q
wholesome lesson against the violations of
the regulations as to gambling. The Presi-
dent has approved the finding of the court
martial and the recommendation of the
Secretary. of War that Mai. WATSON be dis
missed from the army, to be imprisoned
eighteen months at hard labor and to have
the cause of his punishment published at
length in the newspapers of Iowa. the State
from which he was appointed.
Bonds to the face value of 800, 000,-
600 were Cancelled at the Treasury Depart
ment last week, by fifteen persons and five
machines and are now ready to be ground
up. None of them had been issued TO the
public. One bond of each denomination
was saved for the treasury specimen book
Nearly one-third OF the amount was in 4
per cents
David b. Parker has declined the
appointment of Postmaster at Washington,
and will retain his position as Chief of
Postal Inspectors
Gen. Pope has notified Secretary
Lincoln that Oklahoma Payne has applied to
the Circuit Court at Topeka for an injunc-
ton against interfering with his occupation
of Indian Territory, and that the papers
have been handed to the District Attorney
for Kansas
The Emperor of Russia has sent to
President Arthur a letter of thanks for the
presence of Minister Hunt and Admiral
Baldwin at the coronation ceremonies
WHEN the President arranged his
plan for consolidating the internal-revenue
districts, the the number in Kentucky was
cut down from six to four He has been
prevailed upon to reconsider the action, and
the result is the State is divided into five
districts.
Rear Admiral Benjamin F. Sands,
retired, died at Washington last week.
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Minneapolis is now a town of some
Sc, 900 people; she is growing rapidly,
and, 1 think, in a healthy way. Her
natural advantages of location are very
great, both for business purposes and
as a place of residence, and she has q
rich farming region, developing with
surprising strides to give a market to
her wares in exchange for it's crops and
animal products.
Minneapolis is known not only in the
United States, but widely out of it, for
its grist-milling industries, which it
owes to the magnificent water-power
afforded by the falls. 1t seems incred-
IDLE that away off in this far Northwest,
where even yet the native Indian comes
strolling about the street in half-savage
toggery, and the echo Of the pioneers
AK is scarcely lost, structures so tower
ing should be devoted to manufacture,
and so much elaborate machinery at
work day and night. There are twenty
one mills, nearly all enormous stone
buildings, closely crowded together,
forming a locality which recalls the
denser portions of Fall River or Law
renee, with their huge cotton factories.
The heaviest owners are Mr.. G.. A..
Pillsbury, with four mills, and Gov.
G. G. Washburn, the owner of three.
To the kindness of the latter gentleman
l owe the opportunity to see the work.
ing of the improved processes of mod
ern four-making in his new "A" mill,
which is said to be the largest in the
world, except one at Buda-Pesth.
The wheat to feed this mill, as well
as all its neighbors, comes chiefly from
the Red river region, where are those
township-wide farms that have been so
often described of late. The receipts
at Minneapolis from June, 1879, to
June, 1880, were SOB, no bushels. AS
only $4,000 bushels were shipped away
during that time, it appears that over
5000, 600 bushels were turned into -four
here.-Hdrper's Magazine.
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NEWS CONDENSED.
Telegraphic Summary


DR.. Hathaway, the Philadelphia
abortionist, in whose cellar were found the
skeletons of twenty infants, has been fined
$500 and sentenced to seven years in the
peniteptiary.
A cloud burst into the vicinity of
Portland, Pa, causing floods which wrecked
a number of culverts and bridges and
washed away tracks in large sections The
school-slate factories suffered heavily, and
low estimate of the total loss approx
mates $50, 600
Charles Francis Adams, Jr., in an
grafton before the Phi Beta Kappa fra
ternity of Harvard University, denounced
the study of Greek as "a college fetch"
and declared that modern languages should
take precedence in the curriculum.
Attachments for $140,0 600 have been
secured against the thread works of Samuel
Semple q Sons, of Mount Holly, N. ].
mo. l" of Irish conspiracy notoriety,
has been employed for the past three
months in Rochester, N. Y, but is now in
New York city, SO as to be near his counsel
in case he is arrested for extradition.
Fines of $500 each were imposed upon
five Cinnamon at Paterson, n. j., for con-
spring against a fellow countryman who
had reduced prices for laundry work.
Report has been made by the Board
of Health to the Collector OF Boston that
within six months g, $50 assisted immigrants
had been examined at that port many of
them being so aged and infirm that they
must necessarily become public burdens
A fire at Winnipeg, in Manitoba, ex-
tended to building containing powder and
coal oil, and the spectators were treated to
a terrific explosion, which injured ten per-
sons seriously one of whom died.
The extensive shoe factory of Reid 81
Clossen, of South Abingdon, Mass, valued at
s175,0o0, was destroyed by what was thought
to have been an incendiary fire.
The machine shop and eight locomo-
tives of the Maine railroad at Charlestown,
Mass, were bSrned, causing a loss of
S75, COO
Phipps, the late thievish Superin-
tendent of the Philadelphia Almshouse,
has been sentenced to prison for five years.
He was convicted on the charge of forgery.
Three men were killed mysteriously
in an unused well thirty-three feet deep, six
miles south of Scranton, Pa. 1t is supposed
that one fell in by accident, and that two
comrades, in attempting TO rescue him, were
suffocated by foul gases.
AN accident on the Rochester and
Pittsburg railroad, near Rosselas Pa, re-
suited in six persons being killed and nine
wounded
AN increase of 5000 names in the
Buffalo directory is the basis of claim of
00,000 population
Near the Brooklyn On. y Cemetery,
Henry Whiting, 80 years of age, cut his own
and his wife's wrists, preferring suicide to
death from hunger. The woman is "a years
old, and will die, but Whiting will recover.
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A FIRE HORROR.
Dreadful Holocaust at a Town on the
Shores of Lake Como.
Forty.Seven Ont of an Audience OF but
Ninety Burned to Death i'm Hall.
Gable pispatch from Londonl.

Forty-seven persons were burned to death,
and about forty seriously scalded or other
wise injured, while witnessing puppet
show in Dervio, village on the shore of
Lake Como. The performance was given in
a small hall over tavern Ninety men,
women and children composed the audience
A Bengal light was used TO represent fire.
Sparks from this ignited quantity of straw
and tirewood in the adjacent room.
On perceiving the flames the Snowman
shouted Sire" but the spectators thought
the cry was merely a realistic detail of the
show, and remained seated
=. Cries of tire were soon raised outside the
hall The audience thinking an affray, had
arisen in the street, barred the door leading
from the hall They did not discover their
mistake until the flames burst into the
room.
After the fire had been extinguished forty
seven charred corpses were found near the
table including the bodies of the Snowman
and his wife. The greater number of the
remains are those of women and children.
The wounded were hurt by leaping through
windows child was flung out of a win
dow by its mother, and fell upon a pile of
straw. This is the only one present In the
hall not hurt
Dervio is a charming little village on the
borders of Lake Como, very sequestered
of Bellagio a charming seaside resort much
frequented by English and American tour
lists, and about thirty miles north of Como.
Most Of it's inhabitants are simple country
peasants, fishermen and wood-chop-
pers. The population is about LOO.
The puppet theater was low
stone building, containing but one room
about 20 feet wide and 80 feet long, and
could hold about 200 persons There was no
gallery, and the performances given there
were generally marionette exhibitions, which
appeared to please the country folk more
than would the playing Of tragedy or the
music of an opera
The companies that are in the habit or ex-
bibiting these marionettes consist generally
OF four or five people who impersonate by
means of little wooden figures the charac-
tiers of Arlecchino, Pantalone, Brighetta,
Miss Colombina and DIR. Balanzone. While
the puppets are being worked by means OF
little strings, the actors behind them speak
in the different italian dialects Such
little town as Dervio is visited by the
strolling players about two or three times
year, especially in the summer months, and
their stay is generally from four days to
week The exhibitions are generally given
in little rooms adjoining summer gardens
and beer saloons
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presided over by Hon John A Kasson, Col
d. b. Henderson being made permanent
Chairman. Gov. Sherman and Lieut. Gov
Manning were renominated. Judge Reed
of Council Bluffs, was placed on the ticket
for the Supreme Bench, and John w.
Atkins for Superintendent of Public In
struction- Among the Vice Presidents of
the convention was Addison Rhodes,
negro who had been sold on the
auction block. The Republicans of Mime
sofa assembled ut st Paul and renominated
Gov. Hubbard O. A Gilman was nominated
for Lieutenant Governor, Fred Vorbaum-
back for Secretary Of State, Charles Kttle-
son for Treasurer, w. j. Hahn for Attorney
General, and J. ii. Baker. Railroad Commits
sioner.
1t is alleged by Washington journal
that the new Democratic House will investi-
gate the charge that Jay Gould gave 500,
600 toward the Garfield campaign fund on
condition that Stanley Matthews be placed
on the Supreme Bench.
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the contest of sentiment is In the young girl
who has to choose between her real father
and poverty and her adopted father and
riches The climax of unhappy life with
these two loving hearts In their burial in a
GOAL mine by an explosion effected by the
villain Of the piece, from which they are
rescued by Sensational miracle The play
was very successful in London and Boston.
s. Marvin, of Fargo, who lost both
legs while in the employ of the Northern
Pacific road, has been awarded damages of
100000
The wife of Rev. Mr.. Vetter, of Ober-
lin, Ohio, while temporarily insane, COM
mitted suicide at Toledo by crawling under
the dock and holding her face in eighteen
inches of water.
A Wabash train ran into a Chicago
street car near the Union Stock Yards,
wounding twelve persons, three of them
fatally.
A negro named Shines was lynched
by a mob at Bowling Green, Mo-, for a
brutal assault upon Miss Kate Mcguire.
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WESTERN.

The Ohio Supreme Court has affirmed
the constitutionality of the Scott law, passed
by the Legislature of that State, for taxing
the liquor traffic
Another cargo of opium, on which
the duties were $4,000, was landed at San
Francisco last week.
Gen. Crook reports to the Adjutant
General of the Army that the captured
Chiricahuas have not been forced upon the
San Carlos reservation, but are to be kept
with the scouts until further arrangements
can be made.
The Sheriff of Morton county, Da-
kota, has taken TO Mandan two men named
ODonnell and Wannegan, who attempted to
drive the Marquis Demores from land which
he had purchased The difficulty occurred
at Little Missouri, and the desperadoes
killed man named Luppin.
THE Supreme Court of Ohio, in sus-
tanning the Scott law, holds that legislative
power is ample to make laws absolutely pro-
hibiting all traffic in Intoxicating liquors
Saloon-keepers all over the State are paying
the tax under protest The City Council at
Columbus find that the receipts will support
the police and poor departments
A secret convention was held in In
dianapolis last week, to organize company
and issue $500, 5000 of stock to build
double-track narrow-gauge roads from New
York TO San Francisco and from Chicago to
New Orleans
Gen. Sherman, accompanied by Chief
Justice Waite, was received with full mill
tary honors at Fort Smelling. The mills at
Minneapolis were visited, and an informal
reception was held at Gen Perry's quarters
after which the party left for Fort Ellis
A dispatch from Wilcox, Arizona,
says: THE Indians reported at Ash canon.
on the Arizona and New Mexican line, with
the cavalry in pursuit, are the Chiricahuas,
who were to have been on the reservation
several days ago, but who were deferred by
the knowledge of the fact that they could
not enter the reservation there. The hos
tiles are said to be greatly incensed at what
they consider breach of faith. Another
murderous raid is anticipated"
A family of five persons were
drowned in the Ohio river, twenty miles be-
low Madison, Ind, by the upsetting of a
skiff
H. G. Quigley, dealer in stoneware at
Cleveland, Ohio, has assigned Liabilities,
$4,000; assets, $4,000
The Illinois State Agricultural Blu
reau's June report of the crops shows a con-
siderable falling off in nearly all the grains.
McVicker's Theater began its twenty
seventh season at Chicago, on Monday, with
the Boston Theater Company, the opening
attraction being Charles Reade and Henry
Pettit's melodrama oe @Love and Money"
The chief element of the story is the for
tunes Of loving father and daughter, who
have been long parted by the evil chances
of life and the schemes of the wicked; and
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s'Ouit.''

Young man, quit loafng and go to
work and do something Pull off your
kid gloves, doff your beaver and drop the
cane, take the world by the horns. 1t
owes you living, latter you have
made it, but not till them. Help the
old folks work in the garden, go and
keep off the owls, and keep from loaf
ing or vagabondism. Above all don't
drink, don't give up to the blues, but
go forth with stern and manly heart
to meet the shadowy future. The
Bible says that "if any would not work,
neither should he eat. "-Orange Oh
seTUer
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CURRENT FASHION NOTES.

OPEN net ventilating corsets are the kind
for the hottest weather.
The shell hat and the fan capote are the
lat st novelty in millinery
EVERY fashionable girl has now a banjo
upon which she plays "darky" songs.
The scat-fan" is the newest 1t is made Of
the skin of Maltese kitten and very slightly
stuffed The tail of the kitten is used for
the handle.
THE most fashionable women now endeav-
or to make each one of their letters In
writing an inch in length and correspond
ingly broad
DOTTED and tambour muslins, worn over
color, with yards of lace and ribbons for
trimming, are among the prettiest of toilets
for the seaside.
DoNKEYs will be driven at Long Branch
this summer instead of ponies They will
be driven tandem, and long strings of gayly-
colored satin ribbon substituted for the Gus
tomAry reins
"A RAINBOW wedding" where the brides
maids will wear silks and gauzes in prismatic
colors is the latest fancy of O Kentucky
belle, the daughter Of Gen. Buckner, who IL
to marry Mr. Belknap
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at Damietta in twenty four hours Most of
the physicians, becoming panic-stricken at
the horrible mortality, had fed the city.
Persons attempting to pass the sanitary
lines in Egypt had been ordered to be shot.
The French Government has decided to
quarantine all vessels suspected of having
cholera on board, as the British authorities
have been known to grant clean bills of
health to ships from infected ports The
annual pilgrimage to Mecca has been pro-
hibited by the Governor Of Algiers Every
precaution has been taken to guard the
British troops In Egypt
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The bellies of the Piute tribe of In.
dams walk along the railroad tracks OF
civilization in Nebraska and gather the
black dope" which drops from the
axles of the cars. With this they smear
their cheeks and arms and grow more
beautiful.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-06

MONKEYS are to supersede pugs as petA
They are no uglier, and much more enter
tanning and intellectual
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SYRACUSE has been imposed upon by two
young men who sold painted sparrows for
canaries at ~ each. Two good singing
canaries were carried along as advertise
ments
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The Iowa Republicans met in con-
vention at Des Moines, and was temporarily
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-04-14

A close examination of the above
will show that several of the regular
employees Of the parish have drawn
more money than they we're entitled
to, while others failed to get their
dues by reason Of the shortness of
their funds. We state simple fact.
without endeavoring to apologize for
any one who may have taken part in
the grab through ignorance or care
lessness. The fact is patent to any
one who will examine the books.
Included in the amount apportion-
ed by the treasurer last week was
S472 63, OF the money paid in for
the licenses of 1853. and the bulk Of
which it was the intention of the po-
lice jury to have turned over to Nc.
knight, to pay the balance due him
on the court house. It is very ques-
tionable whether they had any right
to dispose Of it any other way.
There is an ordinance which pro-
vides that the surplus in all funds
shall be applied: first. to supply tbs
deficiency in other funds. and afte'
that shall be turned into the sinking
or contingent fund, or devoted t
such other use as the police jury ma.
direct. Some one is responsible to
the failure to apply this rule. It he
between the treasurer on the on
side, and the police jury and thei
clerk and legal adviser on the Other
We cannot say which. =
In addition to the facts above Sc
forth, we desire to give the public
statement Of some other matters. i
the relation of which we shall on
deavor to be as brief as possible
The proceedings Of the police jur
show that they have allowed claim
] for 1882 Is follows: 81
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-04-14

Country town." indeed ! Let the
citizens of Alexandria rise in mass
and express their indignation. Town
Talk is in for it Read
The Natchitoches indicator thinks
the Town Talk doesn't have enough
local matter. Did the editor OF the
Vipdicator ever run . daily paper in
country town. with only $500 in
habitants2 Az Alexandria increases
in size. which it is doing every day,
so will our local columns increase.
The Vindicator is sbig weekly, but
Natchitoches must have only about
fifty inhabitants from the looks OF sts
local column. s.'a
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-04-14

In reference to the State confer
ence lately held at Mansfield, an ex-
change remarks "a Methodist
conference will get through with
more business in a week than Con-
gress or State Legislature usually
does in two months. Our Legislative
leaders should attend one of these
church business assemblies and take
a lesson in expedition. dispatch and
practical common sense ..4l
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-04-14

In objecting to vote of thanks to
Speaker Keiffer, Mr.. Blanchard as
serted that independence of charac-
ter that is always admired in a public
man. All honor to him for refusing
to sanction such sycophancy. We
have very little patience with those
who would charge him with lack OF
courtesy for refusing to follow the
lead of those Democrats who would
thank Keiffer after his arbitrary and
partisan course as Speaker of the
House. M
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Of the ordinance requiring the treas
urer to make consolidated report
at each April meeting of all moneys
that lass through his hands Said
ordinance was adopted at the April
meeting Of 1889. No such report
has ever been given TO the public for
two years past.
There is no record of the payment
into the parish treasury and transfer
of the school money on the parish
treasurer's books. There are no en-
tries of the amounts Of salaries the
parish contracts to pay. The only
record Of the first is the receipt held
by the sheriff, while the second can
only be discovered by hunting over
the proceedings Of the police jury, at
considerable loss Of time. The treas
urer's books should certainly contain
these entries, together with all the
proper debts and credits. Only in
this condition can an intelligent and
correct examination and veri6cation
Of the reports Of the treasurer be
made when they have been referred
to . committee. About half Of the
trouble Of our police jury is brought
about by this loose system OF trying
to keep books BY recollection" in
stead of putting the facts and figures
down in plain black and white.
We have spoken plainly, not that
we believe there il any serious rot
tenness or intentional wrong in the
discrepancies noted, but because We
feel it to be our duty to tho people OF
Grant parish. 1t lies within power
| Of all parties TO make the necessary
PREPARATION and correction. We have
faith enough in them to believe they
have no desire to do any wrong, and.
as we intimated last week, their mis-
takes are more from the head than
from the heart.
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The above amounts have all been
paid out on warrants from the presi-
dent of the police jury. except that
in the dist. attorney fund. Below we
publish q table of the amounts al
lowed as per the pro rata ordinance
adopted b., 1.-The police jury. The fig
ures inclosed in parenthesis { } are
estimated by us-the balance OF the
column we know to be correct. The
figures in the right hand column are
the sum totals of the two preceding
tables. By adding them together any
one can verify our figures:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-04-14

Peter Cooper, the philanthroplc
millionair of New York, is dead. He
was ninety years old, was the most
remarkable character in the United
States, and was better and more
favorably known, perhaps. than any
man living.
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We The People pleads. "give us Q
rest" from urging Of the claims OF
Nichols for Governor. Don't worry
now, Mr.. Peep. you will have enough
of him when the bah opens in earn
est. Save yourself for the summer
season. iia0J
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The President has appointed Judge
Walter v. Gresham as Postmater
General in place ofthe late Mr. Howe
The new incumbent is man OF good
repute, and is said to be eminently
qualified for the position.