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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-01-23
ALI. DEALERS
SUCCESSION NOTICE.
In the matter of the Succession of p. n.
Richardson, deceased.
Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of
Grant, La.-No. =.

Notice is hereby given that q family
nesting was held in the interest of the
minor heirs of p. NJ. Richardson in INV
o6ice at Collar, La, ON the 9th day of
January, 1856. and the proceedings fled
in my Office for homologation, and unless
opposition IN made to the same in ten days.
will be homologated according to law.
Witness the Henorables W. F. Black
man and Thomas Overton, Judges of said
court, this 2lst day Of January, 1885.
s. B. SHACKELFORD. Clerk.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-01-23

1t seems to be foregone conclusion
that Pad Ford and John Murphy will
not be hung, but that their sentences
will be committed to imprisonment for
life-with possibly pardon iu the
end. All the fuss and Tuning over
this case can but result in harm. They
should have been hung at first; and,
failing in that, the next best thing
would have been to take the bull by
the horns and commute their sentence
to imprisonment for life.. The vacil-
lating course of our authorities has
been to subject them to ridicule with
the world at large, and the conviction
is rivited in the minds of many that
no man who has money aud influential
political friends can be hung in Lou
isiana.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-01-23
TAX COLLECTORS NOTICE
TO UNKNOWN OWNERS
OF Immovabie Property
situated in the
Parish Of Grant, Louisiana.
SHKRIFF's OFFICE, CoLrAx, LA.
January 7. A. ID. 1879

SHkRlFFs OFFICE, CoLFAx La ,
January 2, A. ID. 1886.
The following is list of the lands, and
amount of taxes due thereon, which belong
to persons whose place OF residence or
their agent are unknown to me-, aud also
unknown owners. Public notice is hereby
given to them, that unless they come for
ward within twenty days from the date
hereof (viz: January 2, 1850 will pro-
coed to advertise and sell their lands ac-
| cording to law:
| Names. Boupdor;es y,,,...
brue b r, 80 acres, n hf Of ne or of
sec ~ o w------. 81 go
Haley Jas s, 40 acres, Sc or of ne or
sec ~ 3 mr. e--.-.-. 80
Head VIM, 80 acres, bounded n by
Piuett by Bynum d. w By l.
IIuott ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2 %
kelsOe 4 II, 80 acres being former
interest Of NJ Calhoun in sec 81
mrs w----...-... 4 40
Norman B, 100 acres, Sc or sec q
nr5 -....----.---- 3 "a
Pulssan Estate, $50 acres, Q hf of ne
or Sec ~ and ne or of ne or sec 81
and ne Or OF he or aud ne or of 50
or Sec ~ and NV or of NV qr see
70 and NV Or Of ne or and ne or
OIL NV Or sec 70 b nrl e.. OO
Reeks Elizabeth, lie acres, all that
part of sec 81 8 5 w ON west
side OF Montgomery and Winn-
MY ''au -,----.---- ----------.. 90
Witlett Leander, 80 acres, sw aref
10 qr sc IL t nr1 W.. 40
Unknown owner, co acres, W hf of
NV Or sec 70 7nr3 6O |
unknown owner, 40 acIes, NV or of
ne or see :3 q N + 2 W, half clear
Il
unknown owner, 80 acres, . hf of
ne or sec 2o . r w. . 60 |
Unknown owner, 40 acres, sw or of
sw Or sec Is 9nrl 40
Unknown owner, 80 acres, he ar of
sw qr ana NV or sc or sec SO ten
r. -------- l 60
Unknown owner, 200 acres, Sc arnw
qr and sw Or ne or and NV ar se
or ano ne qr SO or sec IS and NV
Or sw qr sec 36 to mr. 4 80
unknown owner, Az acres, sw or ne
Or sec 50 9nrl W. 20
Unknown owner, 30 acres, II hf NV II
Or sec 3f 4 n r 80
Unknown owner. ~ acres, hf NV
" sec 81 > le-.- 60
Jnknown owner, 40 acres ne or Sc
~ sec "a y lw-........ 90 4,
Unknown owner, Az acres, sw ar sw
Or sec Is 3 nrl W .. sol
Unknown owner, 40 acres, NV or ne l.
or sec ~ 7nr3w ~ sol
Unknown owner, 30 acres, hf ne
Or sec IS : nr2w. 2 90
Unknown owner, 40 acres, NV or ne
or sec b { 7nr2w. sol
Unknown owner, l6O acres, W hf sw
or and n hf NV or see Is 6nr3w 8 20 q
nknown owner, 30 acres, W hf sw
ar sec 3 5nrl w 1 col
Unknown owner, 40 acres, ne or ne "
Or sec "a 7nr e.. so r
Unknown owner, 40 acres, NV ar Ne
Or sec 13 tynr2 w- 40
nknown owner, 220 acres, ne or sec e
IL and ne Or ne or and hf NV q
or ne or sec Is r3 VIM 5 20
Unknown owner, 40 acres, NV or re p
or sec 8nr5 w.. 80 ii
The owners of the foregoing lands are ri
tlf1ed that their taxes are now due and
paid and must be paid within twenty p
Us or their property will be sold to nav "
id taxes aud all costs. :
p. cooDE, y
Sheriff and Tax Collector. Il
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-01-23

The Presidential succession bill has
been passed by Congress. The bill
provides for the retention of the sue
cession in the hands of the successful
party. Great satisfactioni is manifested
IN Democratic ciicles, while many Re-
publicans feel chagrined at having
gratuitously thrown away an import
ant political advantage.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-01-23
COME THIS WAY.

Ut late we have seen a good deal il
the Alexandria parpers about the Nortf
and South railroad, to run from that
place via Monroe to St. Louis. Now,
in selecting routes, we believe railroad
men are usually governed by the con-
ditions most likely to operate toward
making their roads paying institutions.
The three things that combine to effect
this result are, cheapness of construc-
ton, directness of route, and continu-
GUS traffic.
If road is built across Red river at
Alexandria, and runs directly from
that point to Monroe, it will immedi-
ately encounter succession of hills,
creeks and bayous. beside some ugly
swamps, and pass through region of
country from which it can expect but
little traffic. On the other hand, if a
road were to run from Alexandria up
the west bank of Red river say fifteen
miles to point near the mouth of
bayou Darro, and then cross Red river
and run due north for distance of
fifteen miles, 1t would traverse thirty
miles of rich alluvial lands, as level as
floor, that never ope,Jaow, and secure
a large amount Of trade that it would
lose altogeter if it is built east of the
DarrO. Proceeding along the west
side of bayou Darro and lake Iatt, it
could then pursue direct route |
through the hills to Monroe, via Winn-
field.
This ronte, while only a mile or two
longer, would secure all the traffic in
the vicinity of Colfax, Nantachie,
Montgomery and St. Maurice, and also
get everything railroad could hope
for from the region east of the line
designated. If the road is run twenty
miles east Of this line it can hope for
little or nothing along Red river, as it
would be decidedly more convenient
or the people to patronize the steam
boats or cross the river to get to the
T. & p. railroad.
We feel satisfied that if the company
will have this route surveyed it will be
'iven the preference over all others.
The DETECTION of the road in this d.
ection can in no way ipjnre our neigh
'ors in Rapides and Winn parishes.
t is rather to their advantage. As a
resent projected Rapides parish would
My have three or four miles of the
bad within her borders, while if it
7as to run up the west bank of Red !
iver she would have fifteen miles. A
ike addition would also be made to !.
be railroad milage in VIM, while !:
We times as many citizens of that
arish could be afforded railroad facili-
es than if the road passes through
ne extreme eastern portion of the
arish. These things all considered, =
e trust our neighboring confreres will }. y
I'm with us in advocating this route =
n the North and South railroad. =
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-01-23

A mammoth stock Of bacon, flour
and other staple groceries at Mex night
u McNeely's, to be sold on the closest
margin, on account of not arriving in
time for the holiday trade, for which
they were ordered several weeks aco.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-01-23

He still lives Notwithstanding hard
times. Go to A. A. Deans for seed
potatoes. just received the Peerless,
Early Rose and Jackson White. Also
Landreth's fresh garden seeds.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-01-23

Total amount ON hand. ........ $4ss II
A colored school in progress in the
second ward will require $50 from their
fund, leaving only $12 so OF present fund.
The president and w. ID. Irwin were
appointed committee to examine the
books and vouches of the treasurer, and
report at next meeting.
The secretary presented his annual re-
port to the Superintendent OF Public
Education, Hon. w. Easton, which was
approved.
SYNOPSIS OF report
There were 2 schools for white and for col
school was opened q De Dsosmber %sns Gc'ored
the parish
Whites enrolled; 50 Average attendance SIS
Total enrolled. . li4s Average attendance. 7g7
In ward there were white schools .
and 4 colored. In ward 2 there were
white schools. In the Sd ward 3 white
schools. In the 4th ward 2 white schools.
In the 9th ward white school. In the
9th ward 2 white schools. In wards 8
and border schools for whites 5. In 7th
ward 8 whites and 2 colored schools.
Some children for Grant attended border
schools in Winn parish.
The average pay Of white teachers was
W. ~. The average pay of colored
teachers was $25. There were $3.50
monthly paid to 23 white teachers and
$500 to colored teachers.
Ped for white children ............. $fsp rs
eio hof coAofeQ children. .............. 625 %
g Paid for teachers 16ss .&Issa rs
The average attendance Of colored
children is greatest, owing to their denser
population and proximity to the school
in the river bottoms. The en-
Follment OF little over one-half of the
'clooi population may be accounted for
partly by the scattered character OF the
settlement in the hills, but we must re-
gard 1t as greatly owing to want of
interest IN education. The number of
eachers employed when the school funds
re exhausted has increased greatly, but
mould be general to secure good teach
re as well as to make possible the edu-
alton of the children.
1t was resolved, that the school direc-
ors in each ward be reqested to select
ne good citizen from each school pre-
met in their respective wards, and re-
district their wards where possible. 90 az
lessen their number, 80 that the school
erms may be heightened, and the pre-
lncts be made more convenient for the
hildren. Also to report proper trustees
1r the precincts 80 made, and report to
ur next regular meeting the first Satur-
ay in April.
It was resolved that the leases Of w.
nee and j. I. Flanagan OF school
'nds be continued for 1886.
A bill Of $3 for printing was presented
the Colfax CHRONICLE and ordered paid.
M: GOODWIN, editor and proprietor Of
le CHRONICLE, agreed to print all neces-
ny notices and proceedings Of the school
bard ior 20 per annum, which was
,cepted by the board
There being no further business the
BARD adjourned till their next regular
Getting, the inst Saturday in April, un-
. soon called together by the president
w. G. DEAL. Secretary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-01-23
mo. TO-.


The fourth regular meeting of the
board was held in Colfax, Saturday, Jan.
2 1885. Present-C. G. Nash, president;
w. g. Deal, secretary, from LIST ward; w.
ID. Irwin, I'd ward, and ]. w. Land, 7th
ward. There not being quorum pres
ent, the board adjourned TO Thursday,
January 7th.
CoLFAx, Jan. 2, 1883.
The board met per adjournment from
Saturday I'd. PRESENT.. g. Nash, presi-
dent; w. g. Deal, secretary; w. ID. Irwin,
Matthew Nugent, j. T. Wilson and j. W.
Land. The Sd and 9th wards not repre-
sented.
The quarterly, annual and an itemized
reported to date, were presented by w.
L. Richardson, treasurer. They were
considered and adopted, as follows:
Quarterly report to Dec. 81, 1885.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-01-23

THIS PAPER Rs sy + !os S. e s. Me g, Geo
~ .sans eufe9..s A. Spruce 4th where adverffsjnR
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-01-23

Balance on hand Dec. s1st. 1885,. s4Ss II
ltemised report for quarter ending Dec. 81, 's5.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-01-23

The owners of the foregoing lands are
notifed that their taxes are now due and
unpaid and must be paid within twenty
days or their property will be sold to pay
said taxes aud ali costs.
p. cooDE,
Sheriff and Tax Collector.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-06-11
THE Farm.
FARM MISCELLANY.

The Deer Creek Farmers Clab at its
last monthly meeting passed resolu-
ton instructiny the Secretary to write
to the Senators and Representatives in
Congress, and urge them TO support and
vote for the bill now before Congress
taxing oleomargarine and suppressing
limitations of butter.
At the wilma Farmers Clubs last
meeting letter from DR.. +. L. Shaw,
our representative in Congress, was read,
acknowledging the receipt of the "bog
US butter" resolution passed by that
club, and promising to do all he can for
the relief of the farmers.
Smith, Powell & Lamb, of Syracuse
N. Y, are pushing the Holstien milk
and butter record still higher. Tier
last is heiter in her third year. They
publish the following wonderful per.
Torrance in the Rural New. Yorker:
Her record commenced on the morn
ing of A pril IL. 1885, and ended on the
evening OF April 10, 1885 just 365 days.
During this time she gave 1886 lbs.
two ounces Of milk, and at the end her
dairy record was higher than at the be.
ginning. From the morning Of May S,
1885, to the evening of May 6, 1886,
one year, she gave lS,462 pounds one
ounce, surprising by 7l5 pounds Is
ounces the famous two.year.old record
Of Aggie I'd, which was II, 746 pounds
two ounces, and she was some months
older than Albino I'd when her record
began.
Nearly as remarkable is the butter
test of Benola Fletcher. II. II. B. 1891,
belonging to the same firm which drop.
ped her first calf on April Is, 1885, and
was put to butter test on April 80,
1885. being then two years, one month
and 20 days old. From April 30 to
May 6, inclusive, she gave 800 pounds,
one ounce Of milk, from which were
made Is pounds nine ounces ofworked,
unsalted butter, being an average of one
pound Of butter from Is ll.l0O pounds
of milk. In just one year. ending April
10, 1886, she has given ID, 1859 pounds
four ounces of milk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-06-11
Oleo in Congress.

It is not a fight OF one industry
against another, but of butter producers
and consumers against an atrocious
fraud by which both are injured to fill
with dishonest gains the pockets of a
few wealthy manufacturers. The law
providing for the honest manufacture
and sale Of the stuff must be general, so
as to be applicable to every part of the
country. 1t must therefore, be passed
by the National Legislature. The var
ious States can legislate, if desirable,
with regard to minor details. The great
danger to the bill turks in the Senate
That is the stronghold Of corporate in.
terests. The Senators only very in.
directly representing the people, are less
sensitive than the Representatives to the
force of public opinion and the wishes
of the people. Pressure should at once
be brought to bear on them through
the legislatures of the various States;
for as it is by these they are elected,
they cannot afford to disregard their
wishes. The farmers of the country
should, therefore, at once urge the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-06-11

the legs of fowls. in damp weather, will
cost them the use Of their leg for a
while.
When the hens appear droopy, and
yet show no indications of disease or
injury, remove the rooster, especially
if the hens are fat. AS soon as you
have finished patching chicks remove
the roosters, as eggs from hens not in
company with ROSTERS will keep three
times as long as will those that are fer
tile
The chick that seems nearly naked,
and which feathers slowly, will be easier
to raise, if kept warm, than one that
begins to feather rapidly from the start.
1t is the feathering period that is the
critical time with young chicks.
When little chicks become drowsy,
droop, refuse to eat. and finally die ex-
anime very closely for lice.
When. sitting hens become disguised,
and leave the nests, lice are somewhere
in the poultry house, but more particu-
larly in the nests.
Broken or rotten eggs always breed
lice in myriads.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-06-11
Making Apple Trees Bear Every
Year,

In many parts of the country ap.
pie trees yield a crop of fruit only
every alternate year, the year repre-
sented by an odd number being bar.
rem, while that represented by an ev-
en- number will be fruitful. In 9th.
er places orchards bear every year.
Some trees will yield fruit only every
other year, while others near them
on every side will produce a bounti
full crop. Two seasons are required
to produce q crop of apples; that is
during one season the fruit buds are
developed, and during the next the
fruit. All the vital energies of some
trees are employed during one season
to develop the fruit buds; then the
year following their entire vitality
seems to have been spent in develop
ing the fruit, without sufficient force
being left to form fruit buds for the
crop of the next season. Now in ord.
er to induce an apple tree to bear ev-
cry season, climb into the top, or 90
up on ladders, just as one does when
plucking the ripe fruit. and with a
pair of sharp shears clip off all the
young fruit from about half the tree.
Then fruit buds will form on that
side of the tree from which the
young apples were cut off. One.half
the top then will bear fruit one year,
while the other half will yield fruit
the next season.-Fdrmers' Md0a.
zlne and Rural Guide.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-06-11
Invest on the Home Farm.

Many ruraIist would greatly aug
ment his prosperity by devoting more
means to permanent and other improve.
ments upon his farmstead. Somebody
has said, and we think sensibly,
that one of the greatest leaks
on a farm is the practice of rob.
bling it to get money to put it in
a savings bank. In such bank of de-
post four or FIVE per cent. interest may
be secured-if the cashier don't happen
to be operating in Wall street or spec
ulating elsewhere - while the same
money put back on the farm in the way
Of improved stock, machinery, better
buildings, undertaking, fences, orch
ards, ETC., would, after very few years,
return dividends Of fifty per cent. Mon
ey in the bank don't usually show until
it comes up in the administrators
hands. but in good stock and we'll cul
tivated farms it will give returns speed
lily and with certainty.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-06-11
Curing Clover Hay.

On this subject, T. B. Terry, the
great potato farmer Of Ohio says:
1t requires considerable work and
time and experience to make choice hay
out of clover. even when there is some
timothy in it. AS seasons aud the
weather vary, no fixed rule can be Civ.
en-, but 1 can, perhaps, give our friend
a general idea of how we do.
l used to cut small quantity at
once, and do good deal of fussing with
hay caps and hand turning, &c. This
was all very nice, but it cost too mu,h.
have since learned to make about as
good hay with far less bother.
The weather is watched closely, and
when it is clearing up after a storm and
the prospect good for some days ahead
and the clover has got into full bloom
or a little past, l begin moving about
e. M.
With the Eureka mower, six acres
are easily cut before supper time. 1t
will be so cool at this time, when the
weather is clearing, that the grass will
not cure enough to take any injury from
dew the first night The next day, in
the afternoon, it is raked into windrows,
and if there is no danger of rain, it is
left so, over night. The next day about
10, A. NJ. the windrows are turned over
with fork, and before the dew begins
to fail they are put into nice high cocks.
The next bright day, after the dew is
all off, the hay is drawn in without
opening, if there has been no rain.
This is the cheapest way that have
found to make good clover hay.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-06-11
narrowing Corn.

To the inquiry of correspondent
about cultivating young corn and pota-
toes with Thomas harrow, the Editors
of the Country Gentleman, answer:
"The teeth of this harrow slant back.
wards about 40 degrees, and being
round and smooth, at the same time
that they pulverize the soil, they ride
over all plants which are few inches
high and have strong roots, without in
jury, grinding up with the soil and de-
stroying all weeds which are just start
ing and have not strong foothold. 1.-THE
seed corn has been buried two inches
deep, the plants will hold at the roots
as soon as they are up, and the whole
may be narrowed broadcast without
harm, the operation being continued
every few days till the plants are foot
high. With potato plants, which are
not smooth like corn, the narrowing
must be discontinued sooner, although
a few lacerated leaves are slight in.
jury compared with the benefit of the
thorough mellowing. The same is true
of corn, the mellowing ofthe soil in the
rows and through the hills overbalanc.
ing any loss it an occasional plant hap
pens to be torn up by the harrow teeth.
AS the patent on the slant of the teeth
has expired. any harrow made with sim.
liar tee tn may be used, and will answer
the purpose. Novices are sometimes
startled at what they suppose to be The
destruction Of the young corn, when
they see for the first time the plants
partly Frustrated, but day or two sets
them all up right again"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-06-11

members of their State Legislature to
take action in this matter. There is
not a moment to be lost. The bill will
probably go up to Senate early next
week, and Senators should be at once
enlightened with regard to the wishes
of their respective States as to the ne.
cessity for protecting one Of the largest
interests in the country, as we'll as the
public at large, from injury by gross
fraud.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-06-11

Leg weakness in chicks results usu.
oily from three causes - rapid growth,
bottom heat in brooders, and the use of
sulphur. Lard and sulphur rubbed on
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-09-23
Women and the Newspapers.

An eastern lady visiting the elegant
home of the proprietor of an influential
newspaper says to her husband:
why don't you own a newspaper,
dear? just fancy! To have news
paper to go for people in and home
like this!" After q pause---"And l
think Tdrather have the newspaper
than the home
That seems to be all women think a
newspaper is for anyway. to pitch into
people aud print fashion and social
news. l wonder how many of them
ever read the telegraphic news or the
local news Sometimes. when 1t Is a
big murder or big scandal, they de-
your 1t grcedily. but II women were the
arbiters it would be very extraordin-
ary paper they would demand. have
known women who read editorials
sometimes, but they were generally
cranks in some direction. / think
there are exceptional cases who read
the police reports; but It Is astonishing
how long q woman can look at a news
paper and not know anything that Is In
u after she gets through. A thing has
to have connected story In IL before
sh, can grasp it. A bare fact slips her,
an Incident may catch her, but good
st;ong story in a kind OF complete form
b remembers every detail OF. and
ls'n. she Is told how the woman Is
ised the whole thing lives before
4. aud she never forgeu it.--San
49," % co thronsclA