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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-06-06

PikEsTooTHAcHD DROPS curein minute sc.
Gisnns Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. sc.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns = Run,ona.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-06-06
Merry-Making Melodies.


For Primary Schools and the KinderRarteu. I3v
x. Y. Emerson and G. Swaine. great success. Fu1
e3.00 per doz. - ''N
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10
TEXAS PATENTS.

The following patents were granted to
citizens of Texas, bearing date December
L, 1885. Reported expressly for this
paper by Louis Dagger q Co., mechanical
experts and solicitors of patents, Wash
ington, D. G. Advices free.
Coffey, R. S., Waco, necktie and collar
fastener, 331,279.
Irvine, w. F., Lampasas, weighing appa-
ratus, 331, $40.
Mckenzie, W. S., Kemp, combination
wrench, 331 500.
Mullimax, E. S., Ganadr, wire stretcher,
331, 1877.
White, F. L., Gainesville, churn, 331 $50.
Wilson, M. NJ, Honey Grove, automatic
trip gear for power press.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10

WE publish in this number of the
STATESMAN an article contributed to the
North American Review by Governor Ire
land. It is to be regretted that the tables
containing valuable statistical informa-
ton was omitted from the article, for
reasons, as we understand, satisfactory to
the Governor,
AS the review was written more for the
Texas, to persons out of the State, than
those within it, the omission of these sta
tistics, demonstrating the progress of
Texas since 1866, in population, industrial
wealth, State debt, rate of taxation and
other matters of interest to those seeking
information of Texas, with a view of in
vestment or immigration, is especially re-
GREETED.
These tables necessarily formed large
part of the article, and the omission made
it incomplete in the scope that was in
tended.
The noted pessamist of Galveston, COM
plains that the information it contained
was well known. That may be true of
those living in Texas, but it was intended
to convey information familiar to US, to
others away from home, in order that they
might invest or settle here. The com
plant by a few other papers that the
article is too shorts explained by the fact
its scope was abridged by the omission of
important tables of statistics.
The article is an excellent one; clear
and convincing, an l fills fully its inten-
ton to call northe IN and foreign atten-
ton to the great resources of the state of
Texas We recommend its careful perusal
by our own people, in order that at any time
they may represent their own state intelli-
gently.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10
THE HOOD HOME.
A FEDERAL GEN ERALS APPRECL
TON AND SYMPATHY.

A FEDERAL GEN ERALS APPRECIA-
TON AND SYMPATHY.
The following letter from General Da-
vid S. Stanley, military commander of
the department. of Texas, was written in
answer to the circular issued by the board
of trustees of John B. Hood camp, Con-
federate veterans, soliciting aid for the
confederate home. Like brave and
magnanimous soldier, General Stanley
says:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS,
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, December 2, 1885. !
Dear Sir:-I fully appreciate and sym
pathize with the charity set forth in your
circular letter, dated Austin, Texas, Nov.
18th, received.
Just at this time, when citizens have
been called on to contribute to the relief
of the Galveston sufferers by fire, the
prospect is not favorable for collection,
but about Christmas time I will exert my
self to try to raise goodly sum.
Yours respectfully,
D. S. STANLEY, Brigadier General.
To CHAs. h. POWELL, Adjutant.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10
THE RosADAL1s REMEDY.

ROSADALIS is sovereign remedy for
all diseases of the blood. It has no equal
for the cure of nervous disorders. Read
this:
would like to bear testimony to the
merits of RosADAL1s, by saying that some
eight years ago 1 was totally Frustrated,
and could get no relief from our family
physician, but after taking one bottle of
RosADALIs I became entirely restored to
health. now weigh Ito lbs, but when
first took your medicine 1 weighed only
80. / cheerfully recommend it to all.
and especially to those afflicted with ner-
vous debility.
MRS. A. A. MARION, Baltimore. Md.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10

IOLaI....
The above showing no doubt will look
small to the general reader, and it serves
to show the fallacy of the present law, re-
curing each collector to visit numerous
points in his county to collect the taxes.
It is rarely the case but what every citi-
zen visits the county seat at least once
during the year, and at such time he
could pay his taxes. Besides, there is
much danger attached to col
lector travelling over his county, car
rying large amounts of money. The
law ought to be changed. 1t is supposed
the collectors personal visit is more in the
nature of notice than anything else.
Would not written notice that taxes are
due do just as well?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10
DO YOU MEAN BUSINESS

Well, if you have strength to push your
business, it is well. But many mans
business has broken down because the
man was broken down, and had no push
in him. If you want to make success,
build up your system by the use of
Browns Iron Bitters. Mr.. W. M. Winfree,
of Petersburg, Va, says: 'There is no
medicine equal to Browns Iron Bitters for
general debility" It cures DYSPEPSIA, en-
riches the blood and strengthens the
muscles.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS,
SAN ANTONIO. Tex, December 2. 1885.
A. THRIFTY FAMILY.

THE RESULT OF HONEST INDUS
TRY.
Elder j. T. Shackles, who lives about
three and half miles from Manor, can
boast of most industrious and laborious
family, as is evidenced by the following
bit of truthful history:
The elder and wife, with their son, Gus
and his wife, their son William, and four
children, this year cultivated and picked
out eighty-five bales of cotton. No other
labor was used. Where is there neigh
borhood that can make better showing ?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10
SKIN, SCALP, BLOOD
Cle7 nsed, Purified and Beautified
by the Cuticura Remedies.

EOR cleansing the Skin and Scalp of Disiguring
l Humors, for allaying Itching, burning and
Inflammation, for curing the first symptoms of Ec-
zema, Psoriasis, Milk Crust, Scald Head, Scrofula
and OIL er inherited Skin and Blood Diseases, Gu
TICURA, the great Skin cure, and CUTICURA SOAP
an exquisite Skin Beautifier, externally and CUTI-
CURA REsoLyENT, the new Blood Purifier, internal
~ are infallible.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10

have been selling your CUTICURA REMEDIES
for the last six years, and l find that they give
universal satisfaction. They cured me of a severe
case of BARRIERS Itch when other remedies failed
W. G. ANDREWS, Druggist, Cortland, o.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10
TIE LARGEST SALE

Our sales of CUTIcURA are as large if not larger
than any medicines we sell and we assure you that
we have never had single instance in which the
purchaser was dissatisfied. AS to your soap, we
can sell no other, everybody wants CUT1CURA
MILLER & CHAPMAN, Druggists.
LOUISIANA No.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10

The Austin STATESMAN has been changed
from four to an eight-page paper. II
presents a very neat appearance.-El
Paso Lone Star.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10
CUTICURA REMEDIES

Are sold everywhere Price; CUTIcURA, Soc; RE
SOLVENT, 100; SOAP, 25c. POTTER DRUG AND
CHEMICAL Co., Boston.
SEND FOR SHOW TO CURE SKIN DISEASES"
NQTIQC Pimples, Skin Blemishes and Baby HUI
Ul)UDO mors, cured by CUTICURA SOAP.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10
MONEY.

d L. BROWN, mortgage agent, l22 West Pc
LIZ. can street. (or box 5SS) Austin, makes real
estate loans on long time of any amount from 81 900
to $4,000, without DELAY owest current
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10
SALT RHEITM Cured

Two of the worse cases of Salt Rheum ever saw
were cured by your CUTCURA REMEDIES, and their
sales exceed those of all other like remedies
sell very little of any other Medicinal Soap than
CUTICURA.
GEORGE A. ANTHONY, Druggist.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10
DOCTORS PRESCRIBE THEM.

The CUTICURA REMEDIES are excellent remedies
for all skin diserses
j. G. WILSON, NJ. D. Harvell, Ill
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10
NOTICE.

The business of the late F. E. Rufini,
architect and superintendent, viii be con-
tinued by his brother, Oscar Rufini, as his
successor, at the same Office, room 8 Han
cock building, Pecan street.
OSCAR RUFFINI,
Architect and Superintendent.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10
NAUGHT BIT GOOD

We have been selling your CUTICURA REMEDIES
TOR the past three or four years and have never
heard aught but good words in their favor Your
CUTIcURA SOAP is decidedly the best selling medi-
clnal soap we have handled, and is highly priced
here for its soothing and softening effect upon the
skin.
j. CLIFTON WHEAT, JR., Druggist
WINCHESTER, VA.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10
STATE DEPARTMENT.
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.

Mr. Peter Walton, chief clerk, will leave
this morning for Grimes county, his boy
hood home.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10
BARRIERS ITCH CURED.

KEwANEE, Ill.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10
COUNTY COLLECTIONS.
THE AMOUNTS GATHERED IN LAST
MONTH.

County Collector Motifs thus snmmar-
ICES his November trip through the coun-
ty, collecting taxes:
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20

Follnwing is the resnIt of tha connt.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20
Negroes IS Sailors.

.'Darkies beat the world as Sailors
said Capt. Tom Mason, of the bark
Brazos, last evening. @They r good
natured and spry as cats. / never
had any serious trouble with them.
They need to know who is boss and
then are gentle as lambs. The MAORI
ty of crews / have commanded have
been composed of negroes. / have
such a crew on my bark now that /
brought around from New York. The
best sailor / ever had aboard my ship
was an old darby who was called Peter
Bean. He was boatswain with me ia
1862 and I think must have been killed
in the negro riots in New York. /
never saw him afterward. No one
knew his age-he didn't know himself,
and might have been 100 years old.
ssThe old fellow was very vain. He
braided his wool, and kept it well
CREASED with a pomade Of tar and slnsh
out of the cooks galley. His head
was hard as a rock. One day alignum-
vitse fd fell off the maintopsaif yard
and struck the old fellow square on
his head He dropped like a sack,
and we picked him up for dead. ]
poured q glass Of rum down his throat
and he was all right in q little while.
It didn't raise even a hump ON his skull,
but it ruined the fd.
SAT another time, on a voyage from
Mobile to Liverpool in the old ship
George Hurlbut, one of the crew-the
blacklist negro / ever laid eyes on
fell from the m~aintopsail yard, and
came down head first. He struck the
deck with q terrific crash, and
thought certainly that | had q dead
mar on my hands. He got up on bis
feet, rubbed his head. and limped of.
/ examined his skull, and not a hair
was turned. His ankle was sprajned,
and my long-boat, that lay across the
hatch, wa damaged. The fellow
head had stove in d plank. -Phiiadel
phSa Times.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20

The certificate from New York was read by
Clay Of Kentucky, and as some vague rumors
were in the air this morning that trouble
would be made over the c~oaating Of the vote
of New York, o murmur OF relief went up
when Mr.. Clay finished the reading and an
nounced that the certificate of electors was
certified by Grover Cleveland, governor. A
slight manifestation Of applause wasprompt-
" suppressed by Senator Edmunds, who or
dered the sergeant-at-arnA' to arrest any per-
son who disturbed the order Of the proceed
tngs by applause or other manifestation
Senator Edmunds then rose and said:
L have now opened the certificates OF the e. ect-
prs OF all the states, and their votes have been
reported. The teliers viii now make their COM
putEtion and report the state OF the vote.
After the tellers had devoted themselves to
acquiring for several minutes Senator Hoar
readand handed the result Of their computa-
lion 20 the presiding officer, who said:
Senators and Gentlemen Of the House Of Rep
resentatives: The tellers have reported TO the
presiding officer the state Of the vote, from
which X appears that Grover Cleveland Of the
State q New York has received 2lS votes for
that James g. Blaine Of the State OF Maine has
received Isl v0tes for the same office: that
Thomas A Hendricks OF the State OF Indiana
has received 2I9 votes for the Office of vice pres
Ident Of the United States. and that John A. Lo-
gan Of the State OF Illinois has received 1872
votes for the same Office Wherefore, 1 do de-
clare that Grover Cleveland on the State Of New
York has received the majority Of tie votes Of
the whole number OF the electors appointed, as
khey appear In the certificates read by the tellers,
and 50 appears 10 have been elected president
Of the United States for the four years COM
menciEg on the Ath day of March, 1885, and
that Thomas A. Hendricks, OF the Stgte Of In
diana has received q majority OF the votes OF the
whole number OF electors appointed as they APP
pear In che certificates read by the teiie-s, and
30 appears 20 be elected vice president OF the
United States for the four years commencing on
The 4th day OF March, A. ID. 1885. and the presf-
dat OF the senate makes this declaration only
houses OF congress OF the contents Of the papers
opened and read on this occasion, and not as
possessing any authority In law TO declare any
legal conclusion whatever.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20

trated in it. The solid block, if Z 10
homogeneous and is notfull OF holes,
and if previously drained. may furnish
a passable drink. The natural ices o!
the northern seas are frequently moist
ened with a kind of brine, which some
times embodies crystals of Specia.
character, easy to distinguish from the
ice around them. According to Otto
Petersen, the relative proportions OF
chlorine and magneSia are much
stronger in these eXudationS han in
the water at the expense Of which the
ice is formed. The liquid can not
then have been mechanically absorbed.
On the other hand, there is n deli
cheney of sulphates; and the conclusion
that sea-water ice retains the s~ulphates
more abundantly is confirmed by anal
ysis. With congelatiOn, a sorting OF
matters takes place; most OF the sui
phuric acid passes into the part that
solidiiies, while magnesia and chlorine
prevail in the part that remains liquid.
Under the influence of variations OF
temperature all the chlOrides in the
block will gradually disappear; some
90 into the sea and are dissolved,
while the rest appear on the surface
and form h~ydrated crystals. or a kind
of salt snow" The ~sulphates thus
prevail exclusively in old'ices, which.
according to Mr.. Peterson, cOnstisute
mixtures of Solidiied water and a pc
culiar chemical compound, the criohy-
drate of sulphate o soda,a body which,
containing five parts of soda to ninety
five of water, is decomposed at a little
below the ordinary-freezing point
Popular Science Monthly for February.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20

SIRs: Acknowledging you favor duly
received, we would say: The best
proof we can give you hat the state.
ments made by DIR. Henion are entire.
ly true, and would not have been pub
lished unless strictly so, is the follow.
ing testimonial from the best citizens Of
Rochester, and card published BY
Rev. DIR. Foote, which you are at Iber.
ty to use if you wish.
I'll. III. WARNER n Co
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20

While q daughter Of Mrs. Eliza
Thomas, of Brooklyn, was cleaning on.
the pantry, she found an old TEAPOT
which she threw with other trumpery
into the ash barrel on the street. lave,
in the day two Italians came along ana
~overhauling the barrel found the TEAPOT
Examining il, thy discovered that IL con
tanned about 1886 in gold, the hard-earn.
ed money of Mrs. Thomas, who had Rus
il in q teapot for safe keeping. Ihs
gold was recovered from the Italians.
The marriage of Mr.. Stephen GLAD.
stone, one of the Premier's sons, y nov
announced to take place on January ~
He is tho rector Of the parish Of HawaI-
den, and the living is rated 1T about vi1,.
900 q year. He has five curates TO ASSIST
him in his arduous duties, and las the iis.
ing is in tho gift OF his uncle, he Is no.
likely to be dispossessed. The lay
whom he is to marry is Miss Mary VII
son, daughter OF DR.. Wilson, Of Liver
pool, q rich retired physician.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20

Marine ice was formerly regarded
as formed Of solidifed pure water re-
tanning by mechanical adhesion traces
Of the saline liquid. These traces could
be expelled by energetic pressure,
when acids and bases would be found
in the residue of ~desiccation in invari-
able proportions as In the sea. The
question OF chemical composition of
the ice Of the Arctic ocean is compli-
Gated in other ways, but it gains In
interest what 1t loses In simplicity.
When saltwater is cooled artjficially.a
small part escapes qualification. The
uncongealed residue is unexpectedly
bitter 90 the taste. and analysis shows
that nearly all the magnesia Is concen-
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20

IA Washington letter-writer says
that sit Is a wonder to any one who
has ever seen an inauguration how any
president can stand it The 4th on
March has . reputation to keep up of
being the most disagreeable day in
the calendar. The incoming president
virtually has his hat offfrom the time
he leaTes the white house until he gets
back. ~traversing the whole length OF
the avenue at a snail's pace TO
some presidents this might seem .
hard thing. But Mr.. Cleveland rode
bareheaded for four or five miles
through a cold Buffalo rainstorm last
October, and came cut none the worse
for 1T. 1t is tolerably certain that the
teryors which Washington has in store
for him are not those Of the weather.
@#NM'M &MH
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20
CLEV ELAND And HENDRICKS.
The Houses of Congress, i'll Joint Ses-
sion. Count the Votes for President
and Vice President.
The Ceremony Proceeds without Ex-
element, and Cleveland and Hen
bricks Are Declared Elected.

WASHINGTON, Feb. IL. In the house to-
day, at a few minutes before IL o'clock, the
sneaker pro tenn. requested the members TO
clear the first two rows Of seats for the &C
commodation of senators. At precisely II
the senate Of the United States was an
nounced, and headed by Mr.. Edmunds and
the officers Of that body, the senate filed in
and took the seats assigned them, the presi-
dent Of the senate seating himself by Acting
Speaker Blackburn. senator Edmunds, in
calling the assembly to order, said:
The two houses OF congress have met In pur-
suance of the constitution and laws and a con-
current resolution for the purpose Of executing
the duty required by the constitution and laws
In the matter Of counting the electoral vote for
president and vice president Of the United
STATES, cast by the electors OF the several states,
for the term commencing on the 4th OF March,
1885. The tellers appointed BY the two houses
will please take their place.
Senators Hoar and Pendleton and Repre-
sentatiyes Clay and Keller having taken
their places at the clerks desk, Senator Ed
munds said:
The president OF the senate will Open tie Ger
tiicates OF the several states in alphabetical
order and now opens the certificate for the Ste:e
Of Alabama He hands the chairman of the
tellers on the part of the senate the certificate
from Alabama received by mail, and to the chair
man Of the tellers on the part Of the house Of
representatives the certificate received by mes
senger.
The certificate was read by Senator Hoar
and announced tep electoral votes for Grover
Cleveland for president and ten electoral
votes for Thomas Il. Hendricks for vice pres
ident. Senator Sherman asked unanimous
consent that only operative parts of the Ger
~tificates be read, the formal parts being in
speeted by the L~ellers. This was agreed to
and only the statements of votes cast read.
RESULT OF THE COUNT.
Following is the result OF the count:
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20
General Grants Accident at Shiloh

From General Grants illustrated ac-
count of the Battle of Shiloh, in the
February Century, we quote the fol-
lowing: "ln fact, or Friday, the 4th.
| was very much injured by my horse
falling with me and on me, while | was
trying to get to the front, where firing
had been heard. The night was one
of impenetrable darkness. with rain
pouring down in torrents; nothing
was visible to the eye except rs re-
vealed by the frequent flashes of light
ming. Under these circumstances |
had to trust to the horse, without
guidance, to keep the road. / had not
gone far, however when / met General
W. H. L. Wallace and General (then
C0l0nel) Mcpherson coming from the
direction of the front. They said all
was quiet so far as the enemy was con-
cerned. On the way back to the boat
my horses feet slipped from under
him, and he fell with my leg under
his body. The extreme softness of the
ground, from the excessive rains of
the few preceding days, no doubt
saved me from a severe injury and
protracted lameness. As it was, my
ankle was very much injured; SO much
so, that my boot had to Be cut of.
During the battle, and for two or
three days after, | wa unable to walk
except with crutches.
"Duline the night rain fell in tor
rents, and our troops were exposed to
:he storm without shelter. / made my
headquarters under a tree a few hum
dred yards back from the river bank.
My ankle was SO much swollen from
the fall of my horse the Friday night
preceding, and the bruise was SO pain
full, that / could get no rest. The
drenching rain would have precluded
the possibility of sleep, without this
additional cause. Some time after
midnight, growing FESTIVE under the
storm and the continuous pain, | moved
back to the Lighthouse on the bank.
This had been taken as a hospital, and
all night wounded men were being
brought in, their wounds dressed, a
leg or an arm amputated, as the case
might require, and everything being
done to save life or alleviate suffering.
The sight was more uncomfortable than
encountering the rebel fire, and | re.
turned to my tree in the rain"
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20

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