The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-05-24
MISCELLANEOUS,
AN insane woman recently !,

An insane woman recently victim
lied San Jose Cali dry goods deal
er by ordering an exclusive wedding
outfit.
Concord, N. H., has contributed
$3.50, in the last six Months to the
welfare of those who have mining
stocks to sell. One man lost $40, 900.
Boston Herald - -
"A fellow in Cleveland, o., has
taught dog to steal newspapers from
the doOrsteps of houses, where they
have been left by carriers, and bring
them to him.-Caicdgo Times.
Finding that the Ohio River al
Wellsville, o., is hundred feet higher
than Lake Erie, it is suggested that all
floods in the Ohio could hereafter be
avoided by huge canal that would
carry the rising floods harmless to the
lake. Gereiaad Leader.
In Barnstead, N. H.. a sparsely set
tied country town, they have just had
jubilee in honor of the forty-seventh
anniversary of the Barnstead brass
band, which has had a continuous or
ganization since 1887, and claims to be
the oldest brass band in the United
States.
The melancholy discovery is made
that ''gosh" is the worst kind of swear
ing. Eliot in his Indian Bible uses
s'oshn (my father) for the Almighty,
and the early missionaries employed
''gosh" 0our father.) 1t is said the
Indians at once adopted the latter word
for the uses of profanity.-Chicdg
Herald.
Jacob Eyler, of Trotwood, o., aged
seventy-two years. who is credited with
owning the greatest part of the lively
village in which he lived, committed
suicide recently for fear that he would
have to pay neighbor, a hundred dollars
damages, resulting from an overflow OF
water from one of the bitches on his
farm Detroit Post.
The Vanderbilt homestead on Sta
ten Island, n. Y, has been used for
several years as beer garden. w. ID.
Vanderbilt has just given notice to the
tenant that the lease will not be re-
newed. 1t is said that on the site will
be built large charitable institution
rs memorial to the late Commodore
Vanderbilt. Y Tribune.
AT sporting place in Meriden,
Conn.,, Alfred Elson, pedestrian
wagered five dollars that he could r,ir
three and one-half miles in thirty min
utes. giving the man who bet with hin
permission to choose the track. The
track chosen was about the red-ho
stove in the place. Elson accepted
The draughts of the stove were opened
and more coal put on. The course re
uuired one hundred and seventy-si,
laps to the mile. Elson ran four hun
dred laps and then fell insensible. -
Hartford Post.
-..Why are we running at such :
rapid rate?" asked frightened pas
senger of q conductor on a Missouri
railroad. Are we behind timer
NO" he replied, imperturbably, look
ing at his watch, 1--WE are ahead o
time. got an order to keep out o
the way of a train following us, but
forgot all about it, and now she is to-
close to give me time to take sid
track. We've got good engine
though" he said proudly, as he swaye'
forward. Philadelphia Call.
"A certain girl has pieced ''craz,
quilt containing 5000 bits OF ribbon
Ii must have taken at least tire
minutes sewing W TUG picCc. a I'D
would make $1,000 minutes-an hour
day for year and nearly three months
In that time this foolish girl might hav
learned modern language, became a
accomplished cook aud housekeepei
studied no end of history and science
or have done benevolent and educa
tional work among the ignorant an
poor that would have lasted to tn
ternities.-Detrot Free Press.
AT FL Paso Mexican dollars ar
worth eighty-fiye cents in America
coin. At Paso del Norte, just acros
the river, American dollars are wort
eighty-fye cents in Mexican coin. On
morning a car driver started from tn
American side with a Mexican dollar
On his arrival at the Mexican town b
took a drink of whisky, which was fl
teen cents, and received an America
dollar in exchange for his Mexican
On his return TO the American side b
took another drink of equally ba
LIQUOR and received Mexican dolls
for his American, repeating the drink
at intervals during the day. and |
night he closed up business with tt
Mexican dollar he started with in tt
morning Chicago Times.
A Scron NJ phvsical phil0s0uhy.