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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25

Capt. A. A. Goodwin, of AIexan-
dria, in command of the Herbert,
arrived at Colfax on Wednesday with
load of lumber. He was accom-
panied by his oldest son, Master
Albert. and also by Mr. II. III. HUE
Of the Town Talk, the last named
seemingly out on little vacation for
the purpose OF nursing game" foot.
He managed to hobbIe around and
pay his respects to the CHRONICLE,
Come again, confrere, when in better
trim. and we will take a turn in the
woods with rod and gun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25
NOTICE..

On Saturday, the 23d day of May, 1885,
at IL H., will offer to lease at pnhlic auc-
ton, in front of the court house, in the
town of Colfax. to the highest bidder, the
following public ferries:
Capp's ferry OIL Little river.
Lacroix's ferry, on Little river.
Donnahue's ferry, on Little river.
Planters landing ferry. on Red river.
l will lease the above ferries for one
year. A. l.. GROW,
Pres. Police Jury of Grant Parish.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25

We regret to announce the death
of Mr.. Isaac Lacroix, who died at
his residence on bayou Flaggon. We'd
nesday, April 22d. His son, Mr.. S.
M. Lacroix, of our town. learned of
his fathers serious illness but two
days prior to his death, and only ar
rived at his bedside on Tuesday
evening before.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25
ESTRAY NOTICE.

Estrayed before me this day, by j. H.
McNeely, one Bay Mare. with black name
and tail, about Is or IA hands high, and
branded on the left shoulder e
The owner lie hereby notified to come
forward, prove property and pay charges
or the same viii be sold according to law
A. l.. GROW, j. p.
Colfax, La April 20, 1885.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25
oZlER LONG STAPLE
SILK COTTON.

Will yield more per acre and sell for
more money in the market than any other
cotton. / have about forty bushels of the
above seed, which raised last year. The
yield was bale per acre on coco land, and
it brought me II cents more in the mar
ket than any cotton shipped from Boyce
will deliver to cars or boat at Boyce at
One Dollar per bushel to any address.
f25 s. B. NEWMAN, B0yce, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25

District Attorney Wicklifie was
lately enlightened by a Rapides
darkey as to what "half-muley" COW
was. He explained that it was COW
that had one horn kn ocked Off
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25

The assessors are abroad in the
land, and Deputy j. P. Hadnot has
just passed through Colfax listing
taxable property. We hope Mr..
Garrett is getting his township plats
in shape, as they are very much
needed, and the police jury will GER
tainly require them at his hands.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25

Fly time is coming apace, the days
are getting long and dull, every body
has little idle time. and our readers
should endeavor to make things more
lively by sending the CHRONICLE such
items of news as may be aAoat in
their section.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Twelfth District Court, Parish of Grant,
Louisiana. Mo. 252.


II. Mcknight vs.. S. A. Kimball.
BIZ virtue of and to satisfy writ of f.
fa., issued and to me directed. in the above
entitled and numbered suit, have seized
and will offer for sale, at public auction, in
front of the court house door, i'll the town
of Colfax, Louisiana, between the hours
prescribed by law, on
SATURDAY, May 2, 1885,
tn following described property, seized as
the property of the defendant. to-wit
Five head of cattle, to-wit: 2 cows, 2
two -year-olds and l calf.
Terms Cash with the benefit of ap-
praisement. p. GOODE, Sheriff.
Colfax, La, April L., 1885.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25

Messrs. N. G. McNeely, Peter La
cour and j. p Lewis, who we're alb
sent on ten days visit to the
Worlds Fair, returned by the Yazoo
Valley last Tuesday. having had a
jolly time of it, blowing in all their
spare change and coming back cor
respondingly happy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25

Mr.. d. A. Smith has q soda water
fountain in connection with his con-
dictionary department, where the la
dies and children can spend their odd
dimes for cooling beverages, fruits
and nick-nacks.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25

Mrs. s. B. Shackelford has great
variety of flowers, some of which are
very rare. She has the finest Mare
chal Neil rose this side of New Or
leans, which is but three years old,
yet it has attained a growth of more
than twenty five feet.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25

The above one hundred names were written on
separate pieces of paper and by the jury COM
nissoners, together with the clerk, the first fifty
names were placed In an envelope and sealed,
and endorsed on the same Jurors drawn for the
first week of the May term of the District Court,"
and the thirty names drawn regular jurors
were also placed in separate envelope by the
jury commissioners sealed and marked Jurors
Tor the second week of the May term of the Dis
trict Court, > and said envelope endorsed, Reg
Mar Jurors drawn for the second week of the
May term of the District Court, A. d. 1875, /" and
the twenty names drawn as additional jurors for
the second week were placed in a separate en-
velope, sealed and endorsed thereon. additional
Jurors drawn for the second week Of the May
term of the District Court A. ID. 1855. and said
envelopes Were then pfacedsin the jury box. the
jury box scaled locked, and then placed in the
custody of =. b. Shackeiford, clerk Of the dis
trict court, for at the next term Of the court
The said s. b. Shackelford clerk of the district
court, did then and there in our presence keep a
process verbal of all the acts done by said CON-
missioners in said drawing which we certify 60
be correct by our signatures. This 9th day of
March, a. ID. 1885. w. ID. IRWIN,
+. r. iAYSSARD
ALBERT BLOxOM
Jury Commissioners.
&. Il. SHACKELFORD
Clerk and Ex-ofIicio jury Commissioner.
Filed March g.n, 1875. true copy.
s. b. SHACkELFORD. Clerk.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25

+. Mr.. J. B. Tucker went down on the
Whisper on Wednesday. and will
take q week in the city to see the
sights.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25

We would be glad to have our
Montgomery gatherer of dots send
in another lot at an early day. His
favors are appreciated by our read
ers, many of whom take great pleas
IRE in them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25
AGENTS.
LOCAL ID o t S

DIR. Dunn is snugly fixed in neat
Office on Mr.. Meningitis lot, fronting
the court house square.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25
[oFFICIAL.l
LIST OF JURORS

Drawn to Serve at the Term of the District
Court to be Held on the 9th Day Of
May, A. D. 1885.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25
SHERIFFS SALE.

Twelfth District Court, Parish of Grant,
Louisiana.--NO. 25S.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25

TWO FIRST-CLASS SEWING MACHiNEo
for sale at the CHRONICLE Office, cheap for
Cash. easy payments ON time
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25

SUBSCRIPTION, $3.50 YEAR. IN ADVANCE.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25

Estimate of probable expenses Of the
parish OF Grant for the the year 1885:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25

And the following twenty names AZ additional
jurors to serve for the second week of the May
term. A. ID. 1885 as ordered by the court:
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-11-28
ADVERTISING RATES.
NEWS ITEMS.

--4---Nf---ss~~~ ~
Monroe, La, has d duly paper.
! Hazlellurst, Miss suffered i $780,
900 fire on.the 10Th.
Rev. Sam Jones, the revivaf list,
viii reach New Orleans ON February
10.
1000 laborers are ut work on the
Abbeyville tap 10 tho Morgan rail,
road.
Alfonso Kill, King Of Spain, died
of consumption lit Madrid, Spain,
on the 25th instant.
Tho Governor has fixed Friday,
the 18th day If December, as tue
day for the execution Of Pat Ford
and John Murphy.
The public schools Of Louisiana
are attended BIZ over so, 600 children
and OF tho 3o6 teachers employed
in The public schools OF New q. /.
leans 36S are females.
a Chinese banker, Han Qua, Of
Canton is said 10 be the waalthiest
man in the World lie pays taxes
upon an estate of $3.50 200, 600, and
il estimated to be worth 81 100000,
600.
Vice President Thomas Al. Hen
bricks, died suddenly on the 25ih
inst, ut his home at Indianapolis,
Indiana, OF paralysis of the brain.
Ills funeral will take place ofTues
day next.
Miss st, Pierre, the Tennessee
heircAS, thinks she can elevate the
ln.or white people Of the south.
She intends to form colonies and
give the poor whites houses and
work She will give each family
timber to build a house and ten
years ltase on twenty acres ofland.
-IInter Ocean.
The Conference Charities of New
Orleans wishes to fluid employment
for seamslresses and other working
women. Any who wish employ
ment can apply by letter, or per-
s0nally hetween II aud Q p IN. A
list will be kept aud any who wish
to employ them can write TO the
Office aud will bepromptly answered.
Thei HERALD acknowledges re-
sept OF a circular, reprint of an
article fion the New Orleans
PicagNge of Nov. 10. 1885, 90 the all
important subject OF q Women as
Members Of School Boards The Law
and the Facts III tho case presented
By Mrs. Caroline Il. Merriek.
/ This subject should receive due
Consideration from oar Executive
and the mkt Legislature.
The great lire Al Galveston on The
night Of the 18Th, was the most
obstructive that ever struck Texas.
The burnt district covers a tract of
100 acres, extending nearly from
Bay to Gulf. About 400 residences
were burned rendering 1000 families
homeless, Oui Of these at least at
1000 persons are destitute and have
to depend upon public charity.
Tile Alasons, Odd Fellows, knights
OF Honor and of Labor, have ealleil
UPON their respective organizations
for help for the sufferers. Many
thousands have already been
donated and the poor viii be cared
for
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-11-28


The heavy frost of the 18th inst,
killed caae In tine bud i'll some local
ities in this palish.-lA Ascension
Democrat.
We know a young amateur selen,
tist in New Orleans who so fie-
qucntsy experiments with explosives
that he has conceived the idea of
using dynamite to prepare the
ground for cultivation. He sal g he
can, b, a simple device, drill the
explosive in rows, then, By iguiting,
tear the soil into atoms, more thor
oushly and cheaply pulA erizing il
than can possibly be done by plo VS.
and harrows. Who can say to the
contrary?-Ii;ugar Bowl.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-11-28

Mrs. Ga field has Indignantly
denied the report of her intended
marriage, as she can never be so
faithless to the memory OF her dis.
tinguished husband.
The St. Martin Reveille gives all
account Of IA cololed family, in that
parish, representing six living gene
rations. The Oldest is 1877 wears,
and has q daughter 50, Tie lat Ell
daughter is 81, AID has III turn 9
daughter 35, who has daughter
Is, wluch daughter las child {
months old.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-11-28
JOHN R0DRIGUE,
DEALER IN
Sewing M achines,
NEEDLES, OIL, PARTS, &c.

agent for the GENUiNEIMPRoyED
SINGER SEWING MACHINES,
for the parishes Of St, Charles and
81. John the Baptist,
OFFlUE. EDGARD, ST. JOHN. La.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-11-28

THIS PAPER sss " tep qs IN as s \ Go
veftning Bureau tlO Spruce Stl. where advrrsislng
sontrkcts may be- nnad@ for II IN NEW YORK;
SATURDAY, NOV. 2S, 1886,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-11-28
BUSIN l3ss NOTICES.

Speoil attention is called to tho advertise.
ment Of the well-lsnosn furniture house Of
w. 6 Iehault. Of Nos. 81, 80 and Il Royal
stgeet Nen Orleans. An early call will ena-
BE yau to seoare rare bargains.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-11-28
az THIRTY NAY TkIAL.

ON TRINITY DAY TRIAL,
TIE YoLTAIG bFLTCo., Marshall Mich, will
send DR.. Dyes Celebrated Electro-Vo Belts
and Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days
to men Lyoung or old who are afflicted with
nervous debility, lost vitality and Kindred
troubles guaranteeing speedy and complete
restoration of health and manly yigor. Adj
dress rs aboye-N. B-No risk is incurred, as
thirty days trial is allowed.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-09-12
Dangerous Cosmetics.

A celebrated Partisan belle, says the
Journal of Chemistry, who had acquired
the habit of whitewashing herself, 30 to
speak, from the soles of her feet to the
roots of her hair with chemically pre-
pared cosmetics, one day took a medi-
Gated bath, and, on emerging from it, she
was Mortified to find herself as black az
an Ethiopian. Her physician was sent
for in alarm and haste. On his arrival
be laughed immediately and said
Madam. you are not ill; you are a
chemical product. You are no longer
woman. but a snlphice. 1t is not now
question of medical treatment, but o.
simple chemical reaction. l shall sub
ie,t YOU to a bath of sulphurlc aci'
diluted with water. The acid will have
the honor of combining with you; I
will take up the sulphur, the metal vii
produce a sui ohate, and we shall find a,
a precipitate a very pretty woman;
The good natured physician went through
with his reaction, and the belle was re
stored to her membership with the whl''
race. Young ladies who are aDbItlou
of a SNOWY complexion should remembe
this, and be careful what powders an'
cosmetics they use-if they use any a
! all.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-09-12
Fashionable American Women.

"Many of the guests at Beatrice's we'd
ding" says the LONDON Truth correspon-
dent, "were Americans. | always know
them by the jerkiness Of their move
ments and their eager restlessness of ex-
preston. When the fair American
Acquires repose land she sometimes does)
she is charming. But, as rule, she is
so impetuously impulsive that one is
always kept on the qni vive, expecting
her to 90 off like champagne cork, but
without the least warning. Such nodding
of little plumed and Powered bonnets
there wasl Such rakjsh little hats, with
brlms curleG and bent, and alternately
flattened and upliftedl One little speci
men was precisely the shape ofthe small
trees in. the children's Noah's arks. You
can fancy the lower branches of one OF
these very stiff little sticky trees raised
at one side, can you not? Well, then, in
vour imagination you can trim 1t with a
garland of pink flowers, and put it on a
pretty little head that keeps bobbing up
and down like cork in a swift river
current. Have you ever observed how
much vivacity there is. too, in American
elbows? They are full of expression,
can assure you, and the American nudge,
when received in thorough earnest, il
something to be remembered. / have
an American friend whom | love anC
admire. but / have had to entreat of hel
rather to knock me down than to nudge
me, as she calls the violent exercise o
elbow wherewith she has beeU wont {,
attract my attention. The verb Is
feeble and futile expression of the thin
itself. Were she to bestow one Of he
nudges, in mistake, upon stranger, tina
astonished individual would certainl.
give her in charge for assault and bat
tery."
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-09-12
The Heat and the Babies.
N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.

N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
In this sweltering heat the case OF
the children of the city is pitiable.
Upon them chiefly fall the calamities
incident to summer, and it is the sac
rifce of their young lives that swells
the death rate at this season. Heat
which is only uncomfortable to grown
people is speedily fatal to the little
ones, and he who has eyes to see must
be moved to shocked pity at the spec
tacles of infantile suffering presented
in the streets of the city every day IN
this torrid weather.
At evening and even late into the
night the poor little creatures may be
seen in baby carriages, or In their
mothers arms, gasping for a breath
of cool, pure air, and for the most
part gasping in vain. How they live
at midday when shut within doors in
a super-heated and often polluted at
mosphere, only their Creator knows,
and day by day they die in scores for
want OF fresh air and the country's
GOODNESS.
Many of them are ill fed and imper-
fectly nourished, and these fall quick
ly before the heat as they might at
time of pestilence. But even those
who are better cared for in many cases
find it impossible to survive these
prostratingday On Saturday morn
ing, as we have already related, o
poor mother sat on a Staten Island
ferryboat with her babe lying dead il
her arms. She had gone down thu
bay in the early morning hours IL
search of life-giving breath for the lit
tie one, and even there the search hat
been in vain; the poor little life hat
ebbed away, leaving the stricken moth
er to gaze heart-broken upon the still
marble face turned up to hers, and tt
bear the little dead child back to tn,
Swallowed home in the city.
These are the tragedies of city life
and, alas, no remedy is adequate
Much is done by fresh air funds, coun
try sanitariums, children's excursion
and other such things, to save youn
lives, and every dollar contributed t,
such uses is well spent; but the need i
!. too great for human agencies, support
ed by tender hearts and generon
I; hands, to meet fully. These are tn
! evil days for the little ones; let us a
do what we can to help them in thei
time of terrible need.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-09-12
A Daily Dedication.

The Hen. John Kelly, the head and
front of Tammany Hall, man OF strlct
integrity, an indefatigable worker, carry
at his office, late to leave, SO burdeneu
with business that regular meals were
seldom known by him, with mlnd IN
constant tension and energies steaoiiy
trained, finally broke down
The wonder is that he did not sooner
1--WE way. An honest man IN all Things
else. he acted unfairly with his physlcal
resources. He was ever drawing upon
this bank without ever deposItlng a col
lateral. The account overdrawn, the
hank suspends and both are now IN the
hands of medical receivers.
1t is not work that kills men. III ID
| irregularity CT habits and mental worry
No man i'm good health frets at his work
Bye and bye when the bank OF Vlgol
snSpends. these men will wonder how II
all happened, and they will keep won
dering until their dying day unless, per
chance, some candid physician or inter
ested friend will ONT out to them nov
by irregularity, by excessive menta
effort, by constant worry and fret, Dy
plunging in deeyer than they had
right to 90, they have produced that los
of nervous energy which almost invarl
ably expresses itself in deranged con
dition of the kidneys and liver, for 1t i
a well-known fact that the poison which
the kidneys and liver should remov
from the blood, if left therein, sool
knocks the life out of the strongest am
most vigorous man or woman. Dali.
building up OF these vital organs by 8
wonderful and highly reputed specifi
as Warmers safe cure, is the only gual
antee that our business men can hav
chat their strength will be equal to tn
labors daily put upon them.
Mr.. Kelly has nervous dyspepsia, W
learn, indicating, as we have said,
ak-down Of nerve force. His cas-
should be warning to others who, pu
suing like course, will certainly reac
like result. The Sunday Herald.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-09-12
A WORK OF EIGHTY VOLUMES.
The Full Official Records of the Com
federate and Union Armies.

The publication of the official records
of the recent war Of the rebellion is
steadily going on and the nineteenth
volume has just been issued. When
competed it is expected that the number
of volumes will have reached eighty, and
these will comprise the full cffieia!
records of the Confederate and Union
armies during the late war. 1t is not
easy to comprehend the immensely OF
the work which the publication of these
records entails. An average of thirty
men are kept busy copying manuscript,
reading proof and indexing from one
years end to the other, and at present
rate it is expected that they will publish
FIVE or six volumes year. The work is
done in fine old mansion west of the
White House, which has been used by
the government for years, and which is
now wholly devoted to this work.
The files Of papers are brought here
from the war department in wheel bar.
rows and carefully searched, and the
matter needed copied by pen. 1t takes
about peck of manuscript to make one
volume of the official record. Each vol
ume contains on an average 1000 pages
of printed matter or about 5000 pages q
closely written foolscap. An ordinary
foolscap page Of the record eats up aoout
200 words, so that a volume would con.
tain 100000 words. And the whole pub
LEGATION will contain the immense
amount of As, 100000 words. Estimating
each foolscap page as covering one and
one half square feet of space-not large
estimate, think-the manuscript usec
to complete this history will cover $50,
600 square feet of space if it We're laiC
out with the edges of its sheets touching
one another in close patch work. AnC
as an acre is less than 1000 square feet
it would cover more than eight acres o
ground, and leave paper to spare.
The york on the record in regard t.
accuracy is wonderfully complete. Every
name, whether that Of private soldier o
major general. must be spelled right aDC
its proper initials given. A single mann
often consumes days of research, and j
found at the end to be far different from
the one it was originally supposed to be
The indexing is very complete and full
of labor. The card system is used in tn
work, and the third part of volume 1
took alone 1876 index cards. TIL
, work of printing the record is done b
, the government printing office. and tn
> men in charge of preparing the manu-
script tell me there is another voium
; which should have been ouI before thi!
= This record of the rebellion embrace
: both the official papers of the north an
4 of tie souch. of the Union and the Cor
federate armies. 1t will, when it
, completed. disclose many unknown fact
of history. and will form the most valus
3 BILE historical reference book that ha
ever been published about any war c
: any period. Washington Letter.