The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-03-29
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The northern parts of Minnesota
anu Dakota are filing up with Canadians
who started ont to Settle in Manitoba
1 Pani aver pe arriving there repented. = 81.
Tho State State Government a paws son
apiece for apache scalps in Arizona,
anu anu sparpt Yankee was arrested the
olher aa1 Tor selling counterfeit scalps
70 hunters: The spurious articles we're
snaoe IN Massachusetts and were read
ny calculated to deceive. All was per-
reg eveH'te the blood stains. Chicago
liner ocean. - -
-Lieatenant wissssmnuann, the African
traveller Who, like Stanley, walked
across the Dark Continent, has left
Hamburg again on another three.ycars'
tour OF exploration in the Congo region.
lie has undertaken to furnish the ROYAL
Museum in Berlin with all the natural
specimens which be may collect during
An anxious father in Fort Gaines,
Ia, who was, DESTROYS of hearing the.
conversation between his daughter aud
her dudelot, posted himself in hearing
distance, recently, and listened for two
solid hours. The following are the only
words he heard during that time: He.
N lowe die, what'll adovie do?n- She.
Dovie die, TOO. NJ Philadelphia Press
-Chinamen IN this country, and es-
pecially in che West, have been quick
TO see the increased value OF their serv-
Ices caused by the enforcement of the
restriction act. Soon after its passage
the Chinese farm laborers in California
demanded aud received at least third
more in weekly wages, and now many
OF them are agitating for another in.
crease.----De,zcer' Tribune. e.isl.'A@ div
Mr.. Paul Delanger, Inspector of
Cars on the Intercofonial Railway of
Canada, is the father of thirty-three
children THE has been thrice married.
his hrsSwife was the mother of nine
teen children, his second had six, and
the third has presented him with eight.
The last two are twins. Mr. Delanger
Is SIXTY tears of age Montreal W.
The observatory on the top Of Ben
Nevis. Scotland, is now, in good work
ing order. and M. Omand and staff are
domiciled there. The last ascent was
made with difficulty, as the snow was
fourteen feet deep. anda passage had
to be cut through The party : sank
often to- the shoulder. The journey, oc-
cupied mine hours The observatory
viii be- cut off for months from e the |
world. we $3.50 ast 1a-1 = 80
TING fellow who went on wedding
tour, got broke, and had to- leave his !
wife behind is a solemn lesson. Nine
cases in ten the money expended on |
wedding tours could be better used for |
future comforts and Injuries in the.
home. A young couple of moderate |
means are sensible who marry and set |
about arranging the dishes and putting
Tp the kitchen stove. The expense Of /
q single day alta fashionable hotel will !
buy good many juicy beefsteaks.--
Chicago Inter Ocean. ssfs
The officers of the Cincinnati steam.
boat Golden Rule have a pet cat that
travels the Ohio and the Mississippi to 7
New Orleans, and sometimes goes
ashore and stays until the time for haul
ing in the gang-plank. She went ashore,
at Evansville once and wandered about
town until the boat had gone; but She
took the next boat up, and was again
in the Golden Rule a few days later.
At another time she was lost at Port
Hickey, and then she took the next boat
for home Cincinnati Times.
William Sexton recently removed
from Short Beach to Babylon, taking |,
with him fifty tame ducks, ten of which /
were old birds. The ducks were
brought off in close box. l. They re-
mained about their,:new quarters for
one day, and them disappeared. The
following morning the ducks were
found at their old home on the beach
waiting to, be fed. As their wings were
clipped they must have swan the en-
lire distance, nearly nine miles, ia st Z
heavy sea'and on ,dark night. -Neso IS
York Herald. 1 CO.'S d. a. 81