The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-10-27
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4NVCA ChoP~Ss
A New York man had his own son
arrested and fined for profane swearing
and then the father paid the hne.
hickory switch would come cheaper
~ Y. Graphic.
The New York Real Estate Record
expresses an opinion, based upon actual
statistics, that more houses will be con:
structed during the present year than
any preceding twelve months in the
history of the country.
"A bolt of lightning struck the
ground near East Thompson. Mass, in
front of a pair of horses. One was
killed, and the other, a bay, is now
coal black and much faster. Boston
Post.
--Terse account of . prize fight in
the Socorro IN. NJ Ne,rs: Harry
Dougherty, our city circulator. broke,
his arm yesterday afternoon. The
Mexican porter at the Sturgis House
| fell on his arm"
1 "A couple from Alexandria, Scot
land, came TO this country to be mar
ried. They did so because the woman
was deceased wife's sister, and they
could not be married under the absurd
English law. This is one solution OF
the difficulty.-N. Y. Independent.
Portland, Oregon, has a trouble
| some amazon, whose most recent arrest
was for entering house not her own
and for carrying concealed weapons.
| Her armory comprised a pistol of the
pattern known Is the Rocky Mountain
| giant, which is conceded to be quite as
| effective in the hand-tolhand encounter
Of. two western pioneers as q Gatling
gun.-Denrer Tribune.
I "A fifteen-pound' cannon ball has
been found on Chimney Island, st.
Lawrence River. 1t bears the marks
of great age, and was probably used in
| the engagement at the capture of Fort
Levi, on that Island in 1760. Israel
Putnam, SO conspicuous in the Revolu-
ton, was Lieutenant Colonel with the
English army under Lord Amherst.
and led in the capture Of the fort.
Rev. E. E. Hale pointedly says.
Zone can get news now from Pckin
quicker than Dan could hear from
| Beersheba." Which shows how the
world has changed-and the change has
happened in the last few years. Even
IN tnis cOunofy VIC Ano" mourning eo
electric telegraph as working force
some forty years slnce.--Cn'eaqo Jour
nal.
A correspondent in Ell Paso writes:
81 sat on the Plaza this afternoon and
saw approaching Chinaman whose
face was disfigured by q long, CHASTITY
looking scar. 1t was Sam Hing, the
1 richest Chinaman in America, who is
said to. have saltea d0wn ss;vW'VVo.
Rumor has 1t that all the Cninamen
employed IN constructing the Mexican
and Texas RAILROADS. get their employ
4 ment through Sam Hing, ana that ei.ch
Chinaman (about 5U,OoO) pays MIN
one dollar a month, besides bonus Tor
4 the job OF work Obtained through Sam.
!, L. Chicago Inter- ocean.
Il An American lady was travelling in
Europe She stopped az french Inn
in Normandy, and being the best french
scholar in the party she was deputed
by the others TO arrange lor lodgings
etc. In VAIN sne AIRED ner pest I'm,
} guistic entertainments. Not WORD
could the clerk understand ana for
J aught she knew his replies were IN
''heathen Chlnee. In desperation sne
:. said, with great mstinciness; DC
you-speak-Engiishr ne prignteneo
! at once and SAID; Land sakes: guess
l do; l was brought up ten miles from
Bangor, Malne!
On the high road to the capital
from the Caspian the members of the
; expedition sent by the German Govern
ment to observe the transit of Venus,
met . lovely vision in habit and hat on
: Pranclng sseea; lney nai ! saluled'
anu oeclaIea - Well W oiiaIu Iii u"serss
tne TRANSIT o. venus s, ~, wen, you "a; !.
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