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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-10-11

[Chicago Herald. ]


/. On April "a. 1875. Blaine said
ON the floor Of Congress-: "Instead
Of receiving bonds Of the Little Rock
and Fort Smith road as gratuity, l
never bad one except at the regular
market price" A few days later he
renewed this statement under oath.
The Mulligan letters show that he
received SOL 900 in Little Rock and
Fort Smith bonds for which he never
paid one cent.
2. April "a, 1876, he said: Toward
the close of 1868 q company of Bos-
ton gentlemen undertook the cor
struction" Of the Little Rock and
Fort Smith road. On June I, 1875,
he said: "The gentlemen in Boston
did not have anything to do With the
road for nearly three or four months
after" April %, 1863 The Mulligan
letters show that the latter statement
could not be true.
8. On April "a. 1876, he said: II
never had any transaction OF any
kind with Thomas A. Scott concern
ing bonds of the Little Rock and
Fort Smith road, or the bonds OF any
other railroad, or any business in any
way connected with railroads. direct
I ly or indirectly, immediately Or re-
m otely."
The Mnlligan letters show that be
sold Scott Little Rock bonds to the
par value of $4,000.
When our friends have cracked
these nuts we shall offer them some
more,
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CoFFICIAL.l
LIST OF JURORS
Drawn to Serve at the Term Of the District
Court to be Held on the 18th Day Of
November, A. D. 1884.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF GRANT.

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF GRANT.
Pc il known and remembered, that we,
the undersigned jury commissioners, Of
the parish Of Grant, duly appointed and
qualified according to law, met this day IN
the clerks Office, in the court house, at
Colfax, parish of Grant. to draw jury to
serve at the next term of the district court,
to be holden on the third Tuesday of No
vember, 1884, being the 18th day of Novem-
Der, 1854. The clerk of the court, s. b.
Shackelford, then furnished the jury COM
miss toner's with list of the jury who had
served at the last term of the district
court, when the jury. commissioners, with
the assistance of the clerk Of the district
court, aud ex officio member of the jury
commission proceeded to open the general
venire box, and after revising the same by
striking from the list and taking from the
box all those who had served as jurors at
the last term of the court, removed from
the parish, died, etc., then proceeded to
replace like number OF names IN the
general venire box. taken from the regis.
tration and poll books of said parish, SO as
to supplement the number of names taken
from the general venire box to its original
number, three hundred, when Mr.. Chas,
Teal drew from tie general venire box, IN
the presence of the undersigned commis'
sioners, one at q time, the following FIFTY
Names to serve for the first week:
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Notice of Registration.


|' CoIFAx, La, August 5, 1854
will be at the following ramed places.
on the days specified, for the purpose OF
Registering the qualified Voters of the
parish Of Grant
Ward One-ColfaI, from Sept. 4th 20
Sept. 10th.
Ward One-Fairmount, Sept. llth.I
Ward Two-Bagdad, Sept. 18th and 18th.
I" -Tracy's, Sept. 10th.
I" q --Bruce's, Sept. 18th.
Ward Three-Satcher's Sept. Doth.
Ward Four-Day's Mill, Sept. 22d-
: Ward Five-Union, Sept. Path.
Ward six-Fredieus Sept. 26th and 9th
Ward n-MontgomeDy, Sept. 29th
and 30th.
Ward Seven-Iatt. Oct, I'd.
And at Colfax from Oct 22d until day
of election. w. B. GARRETT.
Assessor and Registrar, Grant Parish.
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Mcknight & McNeely appear to
be doing considerable business Of
late, having replenished their stock
with complete assortment Of sea-
sonable goods. and secured the ser
vices OF an extra clerk or two. We
counted 80 bales Of cotton on their
yard q day or two ago, apart Of
which we learn has since been ship
ped to Cotile by Aatboat. from whence
it will go TO New Orleans BY rail.
Mr.. N, G. McNeely, practical pilot,
acted rs captain of the Aatbost feet,
and acquitted himself with usual ectat
He reports plenty of water for the
largest Red river boat TO run with
ease between this point and Cotile,
and that on the Mirabeau aud Other
we'll known bars there is an excellent
channel. He made soundings ut al
the bars with the resalt stated. Il
is about time the transportation com
pany was making a showing.
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Bets on the EIectioa.

The New York Times has specials
from all portions Of the country show
ing what the sporting men think Of
the chances of the Presidential cleo
ton and how they are betting. Its
correspondents show some very heavy
wagers already, and notice quite =
number Of $1,000 and SIC, 900 betters.
and an offer of $4,000 bet on
Cleveland which has not been taken
up by Republican.
/ There IL, OF course, great diver
sity in the betting everywhere. Cleve-
land being the fsvorite in some and
Blaine in other localities. In Boston,
the latter has the odds, but through
out the Middle States, in Buffalo,
Pittsburg. Philadelphia and New
York, the bets are even. The bets
are 10 to 8 that Cleveland will carry
New York, and even on $4,000 ma
iority; 10 to I on West Virginia; 10
to s on Indiana; while on Ohio it is
the reverse, 10 to 8 in favor Of Blaine;
even bells that Blsine's majority in
Iowa will not exceed 5000, and much
more OF the same sort. Generally
summed up, the sporting community,
Who arc shrewd prophets about polit-
| zeal matters, consider the chances
about even now. with the odds de-
cidedly favorable to Cleveland in
New York. very good showing. il
| it is considered that the Republicans
have been busy at their canvass for
almost month, whereas the Dem
ocrats have not begun theirs yet
Times Democrat.
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Prohibition was defeated in both
Grant and Red River parishes, at
elections recently held in these
parishes to determine the sense OF
the people on this question.-Oua-
chita Telegraph.
Six out of the seven wards in Grant
parish voted for prohibition. There
are seven wards in the parish, and
after the first Of January, 1885, nc
whisky will be sold except in ward
FIVE, the smallest and least populous
ward in the parish; and the sum
total OF all the whisky sold in that
ward in twelve months we dare say
is less than $100. ,ssss & eal 7nl
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'NoTIcE.

To all omners Of Movable property IN the
Parish Of Grant: s
You are hereby notified that the taxes
on all movable property, unpaid by the
first day of October. became delinquent on
that day, and, unless paid within the next
twenty days, will proceed to seize and
advertise for sale in the manner provided
by law. PHILIP GOODE,
Sheriff and ex-ofBcio Tax Collector, Grant
Parish, Louisiana.
CoErAx, La, Oct. s, 1854. 81
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There is considerable money among
us. judging from the purchases OF
real estate that have lately been
made. The last sale "a from the
Hickmans to Joseph Billes of large
body of land for $1,000 in cash.
These constant sales 60 to show that
there is growing confidence among
our people that induces investment.
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The reported rise of several feet
in Red river at Shreveport turns ont
to be an error. feet having been used
bv mistake instead of inches.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-10-11

Miss Hope Grace, aged eighteen
years, daughter Of Rev. F. NJ Grace,
president Of the Mansfield Female
College, died at Mansfield ON the
10Th ult. She wrs Young lady Of
most estimabls traits Of character
and rare accomplishments and YVES
universally loved by all who knew
her. We deeply sympathize with the
bereaved father aud friends. --Shreve-
port Democrat.
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80 fis.i. WARRINGTON, Oct. 4 A664.
There may be . belief that the
public service at Washington is being
carried out with some degree Of faith
fulness. The officials in control OF
The various departments are assumed,
by the public, 10 be at their posts,
discharging the obligations which.
rest upon them, and for which they
are we'll puid. But the delinquency
which really exists in this respect il
something unparalleled in the history
of the civil service of this country.
In the first place, the President is
absent, aud has been for weeks
Finding himself left out in the cold.
he throws aside all sense of respon
sibility and practically abandons the
Administrations of affairs. His cabi-.
net also seem to be struck with the
idea that ssthis is the time for disap-
pearing." The willy Chandler, the
crafty Frelnghuysen, the gorgeous
Brewster, and the silent because be
don't know what to say Lincoln,
have been gone so long that they are
almost forgotten. To name the alb
sentees of Lesser rank wonld be N
heavy drain on the official blue book.
Those who are here. are the excep-
ton; those absent, the iule. Most
of them are in the field electioneer-
ing for the Knight of the White
Feather, and not = few are drawing
pay from the government and at the
same time are being paid for their
speeches, by the Republican cam
psigu club. Notably is this the case
with General Dudley. commissioners
of pensions, whose resignation does
not take effect for y month. aud who
is drawing salary Of $1,000 per
annun, and making speeches ut $5U
a day. This, for the gentleman who
poses an the great friend Of the sol
der, is q glaring example of official
delinquency. Not 80 fortunate is
Mr.. French, the first assistant score
tary Of the treasury. He "disap.
peared" in April, and passed the
warm months travelling in Europe,
paying bis expenses, it il needless te
say, out of an unsarned salary. Bu1
while be was gone he was forgotten
and when be returned to tiud Score
tary Folger lying dead. he also found
that be had been supplanted 10 Off
cial favor by others. and, though i'm
mediately in the line of promotion
himself, his name was not even men
toned for the secretaryship. Not Il
grow wearisome on the subject o
the unblushing deliuquencies Of thu
| departments, | challenge comparison
with any other period, for the Mite
{ disregard Of honesty, decency, ant
responsibility which now prevails II
Washington. The bank presiden
and cashier delinquencies Of th
, time are only more noticeable, be
cause affecting private interests. bu
as far as criminality is concerned mr.
no grosser.
!, The Republicans have about aban
] donsd all hope Of doing anything !
the south. They did intend to max
! an effort TO capture North CaroIin
and Florida, but the reports fror
!. those States give them no enconrag'
! ment. 1t is now clear that the
must carry New York State to +
= victorious. To do this they mul
r overcome . united Democratic part
B with an alliance of liberals; . con
: bination which elected Grover Cley
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Mansfield Female College.
+ s4is., 1884-85.

The Fall Term begins September 10th,
1884. The best teachers that can be found
are employed IN the Literary, Music and
Art departments Terms IS reasonable as
can be made. For further information mp
ply 10 the Prtsrarn1 +. NJ. CRAZE,
: e. I'm sf&1 Mansfield, La
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\ nDl7c send six cents for postage, and
u TUH &. receive free costly boz of goods
v hich will help AL, Of either sex, to more mon
ey right away than anything else in this world
Fortunes await the workers absolutely sure. Al
once address TRuB B Co.. Augusta, Maine.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
DIsgracefuI osylclal DeIInquencies
at Washington-A Shameless !,
ea. ; Administrations G.
Blaine's Circus.

from Our Regular Correspondence
5 - fss WARRINGTON, Oct. L "a
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
DISSERTATION OF THE
DEAD.
Five Bodies Stolen from the Cemetery at
Wheeling w Va


Five Bodies Stolen from the Cemetery at
Wheeling, w. Va.
BoYDoN, o., August 10.-The cool
weather has afforded grave-robbers an
opportunity to work in this vicinity
which they have not had for years be-
fore. A number of deaths have occur
red recently, and yesterday, during
the visit of some of the friends of the
deceased to the graveyard, certain
suspicious circumstances were not
ed. So strong were the evil
Aences of the graves having been en-
tered that it was decided to open
them to see. A number of neighbor-
ing farmers entered upon the work,
and just before shutdown the coffin in
the first grave was reached. 1t had
been broken open and the body re-
moved. The examination was con-
tinued, and in one burying ground
five bodies were found to be missing.
There names were: Mary Fleming,
aged IS, buried one week; Thomas
Asterly, aged SO, buried about two
months; VIM. Fink, aged II, buried
last Thursday; Mable Evans and Sa-
rah Thomas, both children about
IL years of age. The soil here
long preserved. 1t was this morning
decided to examine another grave
yard, some tour miles distant, where
there seemed to be traces of grave
dissertation. 1t was found that one
body had been removed, that of a
German, buried recently. Other graves
will be examined. Naturally the
whole community is in state of ex-
element bordering on frenzy. There
is no clew as yet, though it is said sus-
picious looking boxes were shipped
| from Adamsville, o., a railroad station
distant fifteen miles, by stranger, at
different times in the past six months.
The boxes were sent to Pittsburg
Columbus. and Ann Arbor, Mich.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
Anti-SIavery Work in Brazil

From the Anglo Brazilian Times.
The council Of state has been heard
on the slave, question, and the presi-
dent of the council has declared that
a bill will shortly be brought in by
the government to confine the slaves
to their provinces, impose a national
emancipation tax, liberate slaves of
sixty and upward, oblige freedmen to
work, and prevent abuses in valua-
ton Ior emancipation. On the 10Th of
June, at the session of the sections of
Justice, finance and empire Of the
council of state, eight members of the
council were present and read their
written opinions on the questions sub
mitted by the government. All were
agreed upon the propriety of localizing
the slaves within the province by pro
hibiting transfer from one province to
another, and also upon the need of aug
menting the receipts of the emancipa-
ton fluid, diverging, however, as to the
means of augmenting it. AS to the
emancipation of slaves of sixty years
and over, two were in favor Of doing
it without compensation, four for
some compensation, and two were
completely opposed to the proposed
emancipation. All were in favor of
obliging the freedmen to work. but
none approved of the idea of forbid
ding sales or gifts of slaves, recognize
ing, however, the need of provisions
to prevent abuses that have been &C
curing in the classification and valu-
ing of slaves for emancipation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
Mile. Feiehnine. Nihilist,

st. Petersburg Dispatch to the Paris Gaulois.
Among the sixteen nihiliStS shortly
to be tried here is Mile. Feighnine.
She is second Perooskaja for the
revolutionists and her extraordinary
adventures are the main topic of con-
versatiop. Mile. Feighnine is a Pole
by birth. At Is years of age
she left her parents and contracted
sort of 1norganatic marriage. On
the day Of the outbreak on the Kasan
place in 1873 she marched at the head
OF the students, waving in her hands
red flag. on which was inscribed
"Zemlja i VOLTA" Qand and liberty
Even before the arrival of the police
the cabmen had dispersed the students
with their whips, and made numerous
arrests, among others that of Mile
Feighnine. Tried by a special COM
mission of senators, the instigat-
ors of the outbreak were all
sent in exile to Siberia. While SEN
tence was being pronounced Mile.
Feighnine, who was then only sixteen
years old, maintained a naughty atti-
tude and bitterly arraigned M. Polon-
zoff, the prosecuting attorney. Sent
to Siberia, she managed to escape
from there after two years. In She
ria she had become mother. The
child died Of the privations it had to
endure. Escaping with great difficulty,
it took her more than a year and
half to reach st. Petersburg, walking
all the way and begging. She suffered
the most horrible hardships, lighting
against hunger and cold, and being
obliged always to conceal herself. On
reaching St. Petersburg she took part
in conspiracy destined to wipe out
the imperial house of the Romanoffs.
Arrested by the secret police, she will
soon appear again before a special
court, composed of senators. Her
fate is determined in advance; it is
death, or an eternal exile in the
DEPTHS of Siberia.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
How JEFF Davis Feels.
From the New Orleans Times-Democrat

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat
The following letter from Hon. JEFF
ferSon Davis, dated Beauvoir, Miss,
July "a, 1884, was read at meeting
of the Confederate Survivors associ-
alton in Augusta, Ca, Tuesday even
ing last: MIR. F. Stovall, secretary:
My Dear Sir:-After an extraor-
binary delay, your letter of June Is
has been received. The resolutions
of the Confederate Survivors associa-
ton are to me most welcome-most
consolatory. The beautiful badge
you sent me, emblem of your fellow
ship and regard and sign of member
ship in your association, will remain
a precious legacy to my children. The
expressions of confidence and esteem
from men who staked all in defense of
state rights = that is, constitutional
liberty : are more than full COM
pensation for anything 1 have
suffered from the hostility of
open enemies or the reviling of
those who deserted our cause in the
day of its disaster. To be worthy the
commentator of the faithful men of
the Confederacy was the reward for
which l strove, the connecting link
between all which was personal and
that which was higher by far-the
success of our righteous cause. Please
accept for yourself and give my heart
felt thanks to your associates for hay-
ing done me the kindness, for which 1
am more grateful than language
serves me to express. In faithful
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28

think that in acting thus the police
are within the law. while others de-
nounce their conduct as outrageous
and illegal deSpotism. But whether
within or without the law, it seems
clear that they are acting with more
than the unceremonious vigor native
to every Prussian guardian of public
order. Nevertheless. the proceedings
are a puzzle. The police an
thoTities themselves are as
close on that subject as the
gave. But it may be remembered that
during the debate on the Socialist law
in the last session of the reichstag,
Prince Bismarck took occasion to re-
veal that the negotiations on the sub
ject of the international measures
against anarchy and revolution had
come to naught. mainly owing to the
negative attitude of England, and
that only Germany and Russia were
| still trying to come to some agree
ment. That they have now, too, at
last succeeded in doing so would al
most seem to be indicated by the sud-
den raiding of the Berlin police among
| the Russian deniZenS of this city.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
MURDERED MORMONS.

SALT LAKE, August Ex-Governor
Murray to-day sent the following dis
patch to the governor of the state of
Tennessee:
SALT LAKE CITY, August 22.-To
Gov ernor w. b. Bate, Nashville,
Tenn: dispatches indicate you are
exerting yourself to vindicate the law
in the matter of the murder of the
Mormon missionaries. l thank you
for this action. The charges Of
preaching polygamy do not excuse the
murder. l trust you may bring the
guilty to punishment, thereby pre-
venting lawlessness in Tennessee, or
elsewhere. Lawlessness in Tennessee
or Utah are alike reprehensible. But
the murdered Mormon agents in Ten
nessee were sent from here, as they
have been for years. When repre-
sentatives submit to organized crimes,
as the Tennessee representatives in
congress are said to have done, they
are, to say the least, Indifferent to the
punishment of offenders against the
national laws, and guilty of coward
ly outrage on their constituents.
(Signed) ELI I'll. MURRAY,
Governor
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
The War in China.

Premier Ferry's declaration that
hostilites in Asia were only intended
to aid the French diplomats in arrang-
ing terms, with the Celestials, begins to
look as mere make believe" and
piece of deceit itself. at all events
the ombardment of Foo Chow, now
in progress, the destruction of the
Chinese iron flotilla and the sinking
of the celestial flat, the work of the
French torpedo boats-the terrible
sights of carnage before Foo Chow,
witnessed yesterday bears mil
itary aspect too serious to be question
ed. Admiral Coubet is not Iengaged
in any child's play, whatever
the designs of his government
in the campaign now progressing. AS
to the merits of the fight at Foo Chow
for the last day or two, it looked, for
awhile, as if victory perched on the
side of the French big guns. but the
repulse of their gunboats by a Chinese
shore battery of kruff guns, late Sun
day afternoon, would indicate that
Admiral Courbet may not, after all,
have it all his own way.
The effect of hostilities in the east
is very slight in financial circles
This evinces belief in the
short duration of the war.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-28
Russians Expelled from RerIin.

Berlin Dispatch to the London Times.
For some little time back there has
been taking place mysterious expul-
sion of Russians from Berlin. Rus
sian subjects of various grades who
have lived there long-some of them
for fifteen years-have suddenly re-
ceived orders to quit from the Ber-
lin police. Some of them are fur
nished with cards which allow them
to continue their residence here
for short periods, varying from year
to fortnight, while others are sum-
marily required to depart without
more ado. Among the expelled are
Jews and Gentiles. rich and poor.
students and artisans, single and mar
ried persons, women and children,
political suspects and political inno-
cents, people with good testimo-
malls and people with bad ones. Some
of these victims. 1t is said, were
reused out of their beds in tho early
morning and carted away in police
vans to have their fates declared
to them. Perhaps they themselves,
knowing their own hearts, were less
bewildered at this treatment than
was the general public; but the gen.
eral public does not know what in
the world to make of it all. some