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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-05-08
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, April 27.-The judiciary com
mittee reported adversely the bill prohibiting
aliens from acquiring title to or owning land
In the United States.
The house then went into committee of the
whole on the river and harbor bill.
WASHINGTON, April 30.-The business pre-
sented by tAe con- mittee on agriculture has
been made the special order for May Is.
The house then vent into committee OF the
whole, Mr.. Mills IN the chair, on the river and
hsrbo- appropriation bill.
MIR. Warner, Of Ohio, offered Al amendment
providing that the appropriation for the I'm
provement OF the Mississippi river be expend-
ed under the direction of the secretary OF war
instead Of the Mississippi river commission.
Mr.. Hepburn, OF lows, thought the Missis-
sippi river commission had wasted enough
money, and It was now tims for congress to
retrsce It's steps.
Mr.. Warmers and various other amend
meDts were re cted.
A nunber OF amendments were agreed to In
creasing the number OF places where prelimin-
DRY surveys-may be made, and Mr.. LsFollette
Of Wisconsin, moved TO STRIKE out the entire
section having reference to this sui CT.
No quorum voting the committee rose and
the house adjourned.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-05-08

Patrick Ford. editor Of The Irish
World, publishes long editoria4 in
nls paper this week expressing entire
dissatisfaction at the terms proposed
in Gladstone's Land bill fol. buying out
tho Irish landlords.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-05-08

The scheme Of establishing governmental
experimental farms throughout the dominion
has been completed. and Q number of stations
VIII Be opened ct once In Manitoba.
lex President Arthur, before bis iilness,
contemplated publishing his memGkA
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-05-08
In the District OF Columbia there are
20, 600 more women than men:

In the District OF Columbia there ART
20, 600 more women than men:
Forty thousand p~eachblow cheeks,
Forty thousand lovely eyes,
Twenty thousand waiting hearts.
Forty million tender sighs,
Forty thousand dimpled hands,
Forty thousand dainty feet,
Twenty thousand noses foe,
Twenty thousand voices sweet,
Forty thousand graceful arms.
Forty thousand pink white ears.
Forty thousand ripe, red lips,
Twenty thousand Lonesome deArs,
Twenty thousand willing souls,
Twenty thousand willing slaves,
Twenty thousand subjects for
Twenty thousand maiden graves.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-05-08
WASHINGTON,
FORTY-NlNTH CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, April 27.-Senator Payne, OF
Ohio, made a stirring speech to-day upon the
submission Of the report Of the committee OF
the Legislature that has been investigating
Payne's election, In which he charged the ma
jority of the committee with unfairness and
denied the charges IL toto. Hs declared that
the whole thing was an attempt to circulate
baseless gossip, that 1t was a scandal without
mitigation, and expressed his willingness to
leave the whole matter with the committee ON
privileges aad elections, to which the report
was referred.
WASHINGTON, April 27.-Mr. Springer in
troduced a bill for the admission of Dakota
as a whole.
Bill spppropriating $500, 900 for extension OF
executive mansion passed. Also bill hereto
fore'passed In the house authorizing construc-
ton Of Q large number of bridges over the
Missouri river. The inter state bill
was debated and an executive session held.
WASHINGTON, April O.-The conference re-
port on the Indian appropriation blu was sub
mitted and concurred In.
The postoflce appropriation bill was taken
up and debated. 1t WAS agreed that general
debate on the bill should close at 4 D. m.
Monday, and the senate ad journed.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-05-08

Neuralgia and kindred diseases.
promptly yield TO the immediate action
OF st Jacobs Oil, the PAIN conqueror.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-05-08

Csc he kreat specidc for ''cO'd Ia hesd''
ani ca.arsh-Dr. eaGs's Ca,Arrh Remedy.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-05-08

AS 20 Tue wages Iost, It Appeals that bf,1Is
employees lost IS, 1l1,(97. This would be at
the rate Of 81 each. AS the entire plumber of
employees estimated was 22S, 1SS, the loss OF
which would have been received had the works
run constantly. o! curse there would be q
number Of Offsets 10 this. In case the strikes
we're successful the additional wages would
compensate for q portion OF this loss. In other
cases where unionism existed In the trades in
which there were strikes, the men received
strike pay or strike benefits, but the strike
benefits were In most cases simply refunding
money that had been previously paid. Then
In many cases the parties in strikes secured
employment in other Industries, ard hence
their actual loss would be what wages they
would have earned at their old labor minus
what they did earn In presumably less profit
able EMPLOYMENT,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-29
mo. %.

trife perpendicular in their in
tegrity. They often supplement
the defects of lax officials. They
have often spoken harsh truths
thus much justification the gov
.ernor has for his censure of them,
if that censure of that true speech
can be censured, and if that GEN.
sure can be justified. The people
know whether the harshnesses of
the grand jury reports have been
true or not, and whether they have
been justified by the abuses which
led to them. The people know
who is to be held in the higher
esteem, the grand jury who is in
dignantly truthful, or the governor
who is truthfully indignant.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-29
Miraculous Escape.

". W. Reed. druggist. of Win
chester. Ind., writes: "One of my
customers, Mrs. Louisa Pike, Barto-
mia, Randolph Co. Ind. was q long
sufferer with consumption, and was
given mp to die by her physicians.
She . I'd Of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for consumption, and began
bnying it OF me. In six months time
abe walked to this city. a distance Of
six miles. and il now 80 much inn
proved she has Quit using it. She
feels she owes her life to it," Free
trial bottles at Nash & Williams.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-29

Several of the central and north
Louisiana papers having published
that "Nice Political Scheme" to
beat Mr.. Blanchard, and comment
ed severely on the various parties
designated by the DeSoto Demo-
crat as the ''cat's paws to be used
In furtherance of the scheme, those
interested in its success are up in
arms to defend the candidates of
their various localities. Nothing
more natural than for each local
candidate to imagine and hold that
he has the longest pole and will
fetch the persimmons. See !?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-29

The n. o. States, in discussing
the bill introduced in the legisla.
ture to abolish the courts of appeal
says: "a plain and effective remedy
would be found in an amendment
under which all cases involving an
amount exceeding $500 could be
brought on appeal from those
courts to the supreme court on
questions of law alone. With such
an amendment the harmony of our
Jurisprudence on all imaginable
questions of law would be secured
beyond peradventure, and the la
bors OF the supreme court would
not be materially increased, as
conformity to its rulings by the
circuit judges would soon obviate
the necessity of many such appeals.
In the interest of the people, of
the administration of justice and
OF law and order, We earnestly
suggest these views to the consid-
GRAFTON of our Legislators, whose
wisdom will doubtless remind them
that true craftsmanship is not hasty
in destroying, but always favorable
to reform by remedial legislation"
Such an amendment should also
state in plain terms whether ac-
crued costs in excess of the $500 |
are to be considered as part of
Ambiguity in our laws |
gives more trouble many times tran |
10 decide the merits of cause.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-29

The election of bishops by the
general conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church south, in
session last week in Richmond, Va,
resulted as follows: Rev. C. B.
Galloway, d. d., editor of the New
Orleans Christian Advocate; Rev.
W. w. Duncan, of South Carolina;
Rev. E. r. Hendricks, d. d., of
Missouri, and Rev. j. s. Key, of
Georgia DIR. Galloway is the
fourth editor of the New Orleans
Christian Advocate who has been
elevated to the Episcopate, he hav-
ing been preceded by Bishops H.
N. McIntyere, j. G. Keener and
Linus Parker, the latter deceased.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-29

The Morehouse Clarion has got
hold of the report by some means
that the following political slate
has been fixed up in New Orleans:
For Governor, Clay Knoblock; for
U. s. Senator, as Gibson's sue
cessor, E. A. Burke; for Associate
Justice of the supreme court, to
succeed Todd, s. d. McEnery.
There is no certainty of this being
the exact slate, but, if there is
anything in the signs of the times,
it is so near correct in the main
that we can look for lively times
In the next State campaign.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-29

The first and most important bill
of this session passed the legisla-
ture on the 22d. 1t appropriated
$4,000 to pay the per diem and
milage of the members.
A bill has been introduced to
create a new parish out of the
southwestern portion of st. Landry,
to be called Nichols parish. The
name of Arcadia" is also proposed.
Baton Rouge gossip accuses our
Solons with casting around already
for an excuse to prolong the session
of the legislature, in order to get
in a few days extra pay during
fly time.
Senator Lewis, of st. Landry
parish, has offered joint resolu-
ton in the senate, proposing an
amendment to an article of the
constitution which shall give the
general assembly the power to
confer upon justices of the peace
criminal jurisdiction to try aud
punish such petty offenses as it
may deem proper, provided that it
shall not confer upon them the
authority to imprison for more than
three months, or to impose fine
of more than 500. Gen. Lewis
states that the passage of this
amendment will have the effect of
lowering the criminal expenses in
the parishes alone from 20 to so
per cent.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-29

Lite is too short to figure over the
following conundrum lately PROFOUND.
ed to its readers by the Shreveport
Times. If time hangs heavily ON the
hands. Of any Of our readers they can
unravel the knot:
A and B are widowers and strangers
to each other. and have marriagabis
daughters. A mxrries BIS daughter, B
marries AS daughter, and both raj. Q
familes. What Relationship exists be.
tween tho children of A aud Bf
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-29

Under its present administration
Louisiana has succeeded in running
into debt. The last session of the
legislature loaded the State with not
far from quarter of a million dollars
of floating Indebtedness, and it is rea.
sOnable to expect that the present
session will follow closely in the trod :
den path. The baby bonds aud their
unpaid coupons, amounting to nearly
one and one half million dollars, are
proposed to be funded. A history Of
the baby bonds would be u financial
history of Louisiana during the past
decade-a mere repetition of the plausi-
ble pretexts invariably employed to
coax the people into acQuiescence in
the usuriOus profits of brokers and
bankers. The same stale talk Of Lou
isiana's limitless resources; the same
bewildering array of STATISTICS, prov
ing or pretending to prove that the
general revenue will not be impaired -
that back taxes are to be collected in
endless prOfusi0n or gold mines dis
covered to pay principal aud interest
are trotted out with mOnOtonOus regu-
larity. So soon, however, rs the pretty
samples of the engravers' art are
stamped and issued, and correspond
emily that the sources of wealth so
confidently assigned as their security
are officially declared ga myth and u
sham" we begin to hear mutterings of
constitutional obligation, and the ne
cessity for issuing more tour per cent
bonds. These bonds are almost ex.
clusively held by spectators, who
either acquired them by funding worth
less warrants in the general scramble,
or invested in them at about fifty per
cent discount in the expectation Of
fifty or sixty per cent profit. Gov
ernOr McEnery recommends the legis.
lature to frame constitutional amend
ment, authorizing the funding into
bonds of bxby bonds,
warrants Of 1875 issued IN 1873, levee
and repair warrants, and
tlio over Issue Of warrants against tlis
general fund of l854-65. OF course,
the people will vote for this measure
IS enthusiastically rs they did for the
increased interest ON the bonded debt
It the hast election. So ends the in.
'antile dclusiOn Of baby bonds, tn
nhate the circulation, ~ pass current
or cash, t0 I've receivable for whatever
hey were worth, and to be Withdrawn
rom circulatioD.-St. Bernard Eagle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-29

Gen. Fred N. Ogden, the hero of
the l4th of September, 1874, and
the troublous times of 1877, grand
soldier and honorable gentleman,
died at his home in New Orleans,
Tuesday, May 25th. In life he was
honored by the people of Louis
lana for his patriotism and noble
purity, in death his memory will be
treasured as a sacred legacy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-29

The voters of the I'd Congress-
ional district ON the Goth inst
elected N. ID. Wallace, Democrat,
in place of Hon. Michael Hahn,
deceased. AS the political CON-
plexion of the next Congress may
be determined by single member,
the Democrats of the second dis
trict are to be congratulated upon
their good fortune in securing the
election of their man.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-29

Distressing accounts of pro.
tracted drouth come from Texas
The counties of Stephens, Jack,
Young and Throckmorton are re.
ported to have had no rain since
last June, and counties further west
have had none for fourteen months.
Cattle are crowded along the rivers,
and thousands have famished for
want of water. Such a prolonged
drouth has not been known in that
portion of Texas in thirty years.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-29

Gov. McEnery's idea Of abolish
ing the grand jury shoots rather
wide of the mark, although a
change in our jury system is &C
knowledged to be one of the needed
reforms" so much talked of, but
always relegated to the sweet bye
and bye If the system was SO
altered that an agreement of nine
or ten men sitting on jury would
constitute legal verdict, it is
barely possible that so small a
change as this would meet with
the popular approval. We imagine
the ''dear people" are not a bit
anxious to surrender their right of
surveillance over their officials and
the public veal, and will not look
with favor upon any scheme calcu-
lated 70 abrogate their power. 1t
Is this very jealousy that causes
them to look with disfavor upon
the present system, where one
corrupt man can thwart the con-
vlction OF criminal and cause
eleven honest Jurors to blush with
Shama
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-29

Mount Etna is in a state of vio-
lent eruption and the two towns of
Monterosso and Nicalosi, a few
miles from its base, are threatened
with destruction.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-29

Railroad agents have been industri-
ously trying to sell the lands in this
parish to actual settlers at two dollars
per acre. Our advice to all bona fide
settlers Is to hold fast until paid for
the improvements or removed by tho
strong arm Of the law. They ought
to call for something more potential
than congressional compromises with
railroad officials before they yield their
vested rights.-RustOn Caligraph.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-29

The faith in Keely, OF motor fame, in
Philadelphia. is still unimpaired. He
is to give shortly public exhibition
Of his 2tO-horse-power engine. ain a
few weeks, says the secretary Of the
company, II hope Mr.. Keely will have
finished his work aud taken out his
patents. He is working to better adj
vantage now than for years, and is de.
voting all his energies to the engine"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-29

The State Commissioner of Ag-
riculture, Hon. I. j. Bird, quantity
states in his report that the dis
eases prevailing among the hogs
In Louisiana are cholera, quincy
and stealing. In his report the
figures for Grant parish are rather
mixed and certainly inaccurate in
more ways than one. According
to the report only 30 acres (yield-
ing 27OO bushels) of sweet pota-
toes were planted in the parish,
while A acres yielding 1904
bushels) of Irish potatoes were
planted. This is plainly incorrect,
as every man who plants Irish
potatoes usually plants eight or
ten times as many sweet potatoes,
while many plant the latter kind
and none of the first His parish
correspondence shouldreceive close
scrutiny before adoption.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-29

The people IF Claiborne. BienvilIe,
VIM and Grant parishes hare it in
their power to secure y north and south
railroad By simply paying the interest
on the cost of construction. Will they
do il Bicnville New Era.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-29

There are 1000, 900 acres in Lou
isiana from which immigrants may
select homesteads.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-31
THREE OF A KIND.
DISCHARGE OF A TRIO OF THE
HIP.POCKET BRIGADE.
The Closing Chapter OF the Weird
Stery Of the Late Magistrates
Election.

In the Criminal Court yesterday
Judge Douglass ordered the discharge
OF Mike Mcmahon aud V. A. Raw.
Hngs, without trial, upon payment OF
costs. About two weeks ago there
was an election held for Magistrate.
NJ, McMahon and II. Buttenburg were
rival candidates for Magistrate Dan
ODonnell, engineer at the Court
House, espoused Buttenburg's cause.
Mcmahon abused him for it, and
O'Doanell knocked him down. Nc
Mahon left him and returned with
his friend Monasco, who was killed by
O'Donnel while in the act OF beating
him with his fats. Mcmahon, at the
same moment 0'Donnell fred. started
to level his pistol, but it was
snatched from his hands by
Sheriff Cannon. Earlier in the
day there we're scenes almost
equally inspiritng about the polls. A
man named Madden took possession
of the eangway and was finally ar
rested with a pistol. The same day
Rawlings, who, with Madden, Mon
asco and others es )oused McMahon's
cause, was also arrested by a police.
man whom he abused and pisto'
taken from ct the station house. Mad
den, Mcmahon aud Rawlings all car
RED pistols under their license as
special deputy sheriffs. In the Police
Court they were all fined. In the
Criminal Court Madden had his tria
fist. He plead guilty to carrying
pistol and Judge Douglass refused t
hear the testimony OF the policeman
as to his outrageous conduct. He dis
charged him on account OF his specia
deputation. Yesterday Mcmahon auC
Rawlings were discharged, withou
trial. So endeth the chapter.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-31
SECOND MEETING
OF the Dit ectOrs and Building Com
mIttee, Young Mems Christian
Association.

A second meeting for consultation
between the directors OF the Y. M. y.
A. and the Building Committee re-
Gently appointed from among our lead
inc business men WAS held in the di-
rectors' re ON OF the Union and Plant
ers' Blnk Yesterday afternoon. Mr..
Napole on Hill presided. Msj. M.
Burke was confined to his room by
sickness, but sent q note OF regret,
with assurances of his entire sympa
thy and hearty cooperation in what
ever the committee decided to do;
Mr.. Hill and others reported several
eligible pieces OF property for consid-
Grafton of the committed, on some OF
which a refusal had been secured. A
free discussion followed as to location,
size, style, arrangement ard cost oil
the proposed building. 1t was reported
that Atlanta had raised $50, 600 Tor the
Y. M. G. A. building IN that city, and
the chairman expressed his belief that
in such cause, properly laid before
our people. Memphis would DO a
much as Atlanta, or any other city OF
our size. Such an opinion from such
source was considered by those
present as pretty troug guarantee OF
success. Nashville has contributed
! 100000 and Macon, Ga, $40 600 tol
similar struttures, Ell d these aye Only
partial amounts OF the to,als TO Dc
secured. Tn, committee desire that
ali real estate dealers en1 others who
have lots or buildings for sale suiteC
to the object in view would report
them, with description AVID terms, 7!
Napoleon Hill, John W. billiard or 5
| p Real.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-31

A special ~ the Enquirer, dated
Xenia, o., 18th instant, says: A
strange and sudden death occurred al
Midway, a little village twelve miles
northwest OF this place, yesterday
about noon. While Mr.. David Strong
a cooper by trade, WAS eating his din
ner he was taken suddenly sick,
and manifested that he was in great
agony, but could not speak nor tell
what was the matter with him. A
doctor was Immediately called in, but
his efforts wero of no avail, and Mr..
Strong died in few minutes. The case
was a strange Ons, and much myst he q
the family and the doctor. 1t WIS
agreed thai pcst-mortem examina-
ton should be had, and several other
physicians were called in. The exam
motion revealed the fact that Mr..
Strong had died from stIaugulation
and upon cutting into the throat HE
false teeth we're found lodged there,
He had swallowed them with his food,
and was Immediately in such agonv
that he could not make known wba'
was the matter. Mr.. Strong was about
slxty-eight years Of age, and leaves
J family.