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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-01

The N. o. Picayune Of last Mon
day contained a tabulated state
ment of the crop of 1885 and the
sugar plantations in the State
arranged by parishes, giving the
owners name and postofice, the
name of the plantation, and the
number of hogsheads of sugar and
barrels of molasses turned out by
each. It is a valuable contribution
to the commercial statistics of the
State, and the Picayune deserves
great praise for its energy and
Lberality in getting it together.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-01


A subscriber" with Literary"
proclivities, wants to know why we
do not give more space to scien-
tiic and literary discussion" For
the reason that we run the CHRoNI-
Gle principally in the interest of
practical farmers, engaged in the
cultivation of corn and cotton, who
care more for the knowledge of
raising potatoes and pumpkins
than any disquisition we can give
them on scientific subjects or mat
tiers that occurred in the days of
Josephns and Herodotus. Those
interested in this line can secure
plenty of books and periodicals
devoted to such things, and would,
doubtless, much prefer to do 90
than have the incomplete presenta-
ton our spae permits. As prac-
teal man endeavoring to run a
paper for practical people, we shall
continue to exercise our own judg-
ment as to what the CHRONICLE
shall contain. Said judgment may
be poor, but it has the redeeming
quality of being honest The field
is open, and our literary friend
should try his hand on such a
journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-01

The Herald, published at Trinity,
Catahoula parish, is new paper,
of which the initial number is to
hand. We wish its editor and pro-
prietor, Mr.. Hugh Watson, success
in his venture. a 8
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-01
Ky ooLFAx GRANT PARISH, La, SATURDAY NAY 1886

District Attorney Wickliffe's re-
port Of the good effects of prohi-
bition in Rapides parish is one of
those knock-down arguments that
the whisky men can't get over.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-01

Father A. J. Ryan, the "poet-
priest of the South" died at Louis
vile, KY, at 9 o'clock Thursday
night April 22d-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-01

Nos. |, 2 and 3 Of the Daily
Journal, paper just started in
Shreveport, have been received at
this Office, and all attest the ability
and energy of its editor, Col A. d.
Battle, an old knight of the tripod,
and true blue Democrat. The
success Of the Journal may be set
down as an assured fact. ~ b-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-01

We acknowledge an invitation
from Rev. A. N. Wales, professor
in the Atlanta school, Winn parish,
and member of the citizens ex-
ecutive committee" to be present
at the teachers Institutes to be
held in Atlanta next week, CON-
'mencing on Monday. The Educa-
tional Association of Winn parish
will also meet on Wednesday, while
the pupils Of the Atlanta school
viii engage in exercises to afford
pleasure to the visitors. 1t is with
regret that we have to decline the
kind invitation to share the hospi-
tality of the good people of Atlanta,
but we hope some friend will see
to it that the CHRONICLE gets a full
account of all proceedings had
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-01

3 At every term of our district
court good deal of time. is wasted.
One of the causes is attributed to
the fact that the terms begin on
Tuesdays instead of Mondays. This
arrangement was made three or
four years ago so the judges and
lawyers could catch the Monday
packet. Such an arrangement is
no longer necessary, as they now
come by rail to Boyce, and can
always get hack to Colfax. We
hope the terms will be SO changed
as to begin promptly on Monday
mornings.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-01

A. n. Kellogg, president of the
newspaper company of that name,
died at Thomasville, Ga, March
23d, after long and tedious sick
ness, which had for few years
incapacitated him from taking part
in the practical conduct of the de-
tails Of the business. Mr.. Kellogg
was the originator of the newspa-
per auxiliary business of this
country, and his careful and con-
scientious efforts in behalf OF the
press have been wonderfully sue
cessful. The company loses a
valued friend and wise counselor,
and the country a useful citizen.
Mccormick, of the Town Talk,
was on the jury during the sitting
of court in Alexandria last week,
and in his absence Mrs. Mac edited
the paper. She made some palpa-
BILE hits at the way Eye lords OF
creation" fail to FILL up the measure
OF true manhood, and we know she
will cry scissors to the last, now
that she has tried the breaches on.
It's bad precedent, Mac; and, as
a Benedict with some experience,
we enter protest, in the interest
Of the sterner sex, against the
women folks being allowed the use
of 9 newspaper to lecture through.
The ':crrsain lecture" is sacred in
song and story, and the home pre-
rogatiye should not be thus ruth
lessly invaded or cast aside.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-01
toFFiciAL.]
LIST OF JURORS

Drawn to Serve at tie Term Of the District
Court to be Held on tho 4th Day OF
May, A. D. 1885.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-05-01
SADDLES.

Ny Stock will be found complete and
at prices as low as any, aud m1ny articles
cheaper thau can be had elsewhere.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

All along West street there are scat
tered crowds Of lawless vagabonds always
on the lookout for some opportunity to
steal. 1t is these fellows who snatch old
ladies' pocketbooks and handbags, and
sometimes even commit more daring
crimes.
| have a young friend. grain broker.
Some time ago he CHANGED in at the Sub
Treasury during a sale of condemned
specie bags. The idea struck him that
here was just the thing to carry his grain
samples in, and accordingly he bought
a number of them. A few days later,
while going down West street at midday
with couple Of his new sample bags in
each hand, he received singing blow
under the ear which Knocked him into
the gutter. He just looked up in time to
see two burly ruffians running down the
street. throwing his grain bags into the
street as they ran. They undoubtedly
mistook him for the messenger of some
large concern returning from the bank
with money to pay the hands in specie
sacks. But similar cases OF highway
robbery occur in every large city, and it
Is impossible to place them as the work
of any regular gang.
There is hardly precinct in the city
which has not its quota of vagabonds and
petty thieves, but, as | suggested in the
beginning of this article, the gangs as they
are generally imagined to exist are orga-
nized and maintained only in the imagi-
nation of the sensational correspondent.
The Twenty-ninth precinct used to be a
rendezvous for this class of small crimi-
nails, but Capt. Williams has succeeded
in making that locality about as uncon.
genial a quarter for evil doors as there
is in the city. The same can be said of
the Eighth, once one OF the worst pre-
cincts in the city, since "Lfghtning
Charlie" Mcdonnell took charge. A few
of the old resorts still exist, such as Bat
tie Row and HELPS Kitchen, two great
tenement houses on Thirty-ninth street,
between Eighth and Ninth avenues, some
Of the big tenements in Elizabeth and
Crosby streets and around few Of the
Bowery and East Side dives. But they
are kept in pretty close subsection by the
police. New York, with all its evils Of
municipal government, has pretty good
police force, composed of fearless men
who do their duty oonscientiously. Orga-
nIzed crime is thing Of the past.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05
GOSSIP OF THE STAGE.
Nym CrinkIe on Players and Play.
wrichtS,


NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-There has been an
earnest endeavor of late to produce comic
opera In New York. The intention was
more brilliant than the execution. Act
ing upon the inexplicable theory that the
public are yearning for metrioal tomfool-
cry, all the managers have gone in search
OF musical dramas. In fact, drama
without music is OF no more account than
an actress without wardrobe.
The latest endeavor bore the name Of
Josephine Sold by Her Sisters" IL was
done by the McCaull Company at Wal
lacks, on Monday night. Mr.. McCaull,
! ought to tell you. steers as wide as pos
sible from the native thing. He "fakes"
the foreign article, TO use the slang OF the
stage. He has one or two clever people
IN his company, and be whites German
operas to their shape and talents. BY the
time he gets through with them they are
local burlesques.
The advertisements that be furnishes are
sometimes funny in spots; they are sell
dom anything else. And that being the
case, it 10 never worth while TO spend
much time In writing about them.
Josephine Sold by Her Sisters" differs
from the other recent attempt in this line
by a certain Rudacity of theme. IL IL
really a burlesque on the Bible story OF
Joseph and his brethren. And the selec-
ton will show to what lengths these
comic librettists are driven in search OF
subjects. Joseph" has long been the
theme Of a spectacular drama, but IL was
treated with some degree OF reverence
and was throughout q serious play. This
affair at Wallack's Is puerile travesty,
after the Persian models OF fun. That 1t
will entertain, much less interest, ra-
tional people with any respect for the
Bible is not for moment 10 be thought
OF. II wasn't written for that purpose.
IL was framed. like most of the twittering
yaudevilles, TO catch the shallow minds
of men about town; the demi-monde and
the Youngsters, gilded and otherwise,
whose strong point 10 their wild contempt
for everything but the giddy disdain OF
the moment.
Two new players were introduced to
New York by this pasquInade. One was
Miss Louise Parker, OF whom the public
have heard a great deal in paragraphs for
a month. She succeeded In looking very
pretty, in singing pleasantly and feebly,
and in not acting at all.
MIR. Eugene Oudin, the new baritone,
was the other newcomer. His inability
to do anything but sing showed how diff
cult IL lie 10 get musical actors for these
ventures.
Lawrence Barrett and Frederick warde
both opened the same night in the legjti-
mate drama, as 1t Is still fondly called.
They both bad packed houses, to use an
other fond phrase. made up OF the work
ing classes, who alone patronize the To-
Ultimate in New York.
IL you want to see deeply interested
and serious audience you must 20 10 one
OF the big cheap theatres. IL you want TO
see the gay and careless sneerers you
must go TO comic opera.
NYM CRINKLE.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05
'NANHATTAN'S GANGS.
~ rTCHES or A FEW OF THE
TOUGH DENS.

.uanoers On" OF Mott, Pell and Bax-
S+rents-Burglars and Cut-Throats
eyo,r Poor Jack is Fleeced by the
80 sharpers Something About
"Five Points
Nrw YORK, Sept. 4-When you or l,
.r resnected reader, gather our friends
,hout MS for the purpose of social amuse-
ron+ when we discover that certain
/ mor,bars OF the gathering are congenial
,nirits. and when, as Is the usual result,
| nose congenial spirits seek each others
ociety and find entertainment IN each
Mber's company, the little lotteries thus
consciously formed are called
pcliougs." or ''sets," or "succles." "He"
n, "she is not in our set'' often means
more than an hours d1atribe from the lips
nf a pretty woman, and "they move in
nne succle of sassiety" is equally con-
,Iusiye to an observer OF human nature.
There are tacitly acknowledged leaders in
these sets and succles, but organization,
,ther than that which is instructive in
nan as a greearious animal, is unknown.
When, however, our numerous and not
Very highly esteemed fellow-toWnsman
uho moves in that class of society which
affects BlackwelPs Island as summer
resort or makes prolonged stays on the
bank of the Hudson, gathers with num-
Der of spirits cOngenial and friendly, the
gathering is called ''gang" In the i'm
agnations of members OF cliques, sets
and succIes. These gangs have organiza-
lions as complicated and governments as
mysterious as the famous Kuklux Khan
which existed SO largely in this newspapers
few wears ago. AS a matter of fact, the
Dnlv regular organization among this
class is the Helping Hand, an association
formed for the laudable purpose OF fur
Dishing money and political influence to
keep it's members out Of jail. To this end
they hold raffles, balls and picnics, and
are active workers at the polls. The rest
Of the gangs are mainly composed OF
TOung men and boys who cOngregate in
various lOatDg grounds throughout the
eity. Some of the younger and more dime
lOvelesque affect an organization in i'm
tation OF the Dead rabbits and the Bow
Try Boys Of other days.
The recent arrest of the captain of the
Whyos for murder has renewed the inter-
est of the New York police in these orga-
hizatl0ns.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05
About the Forests.

The statement has been made by GER
tain parties after careful computation
that If the forests of North and South
America were cut down, and the whole
cultivatable eurface of that vast country
made subservlent TO the needs Of man, II
would be capable OF supporting from two
to three thousand millions Of our race.
AZ it is well understood that the leaves OF
plants are the sole agents by which ma
ture affects the decomposition OF the car
bonic acid perpetually exhaled by every
living creature, and that without their
agency the atmosphere would become
poisonous and irrespirable, the question
naturally arises. how these millions are
TO exist, II all toe forests are destroyed.
The crops could not furnish absortlon
enough even II they were healthy. which
they could not possibly be, as the pres
ence OF growing trees is absolutely neces-
sary for attracting the required rain.
The various forestry associations, realiz-
ing humanity's dependence upon the leafv
monarchs, are doing all in their power to
star the destruction OF timber
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

Petty offenders, vagabonds and loaiers
naturally drift together like chips in ed
dies OF the mRelstrom of the metropolis,
but they have no cohesion. They are still
separated bits of driftwood on the ocean
OF life, though rubbing shoulder 70 shout
der. When one Is arrested the news
papers like to make a sensation by assert
ing that he belonged to that or this gang.
The only time when the gangs are to be
found is when they organize sufficiently
TO get up excursions, balls or picnics.
These are always scenes of license and
crime. though, as cynical friend re-
marked: They only kill each other, so
let them go on. The more they Kill the
better for honest men,"
New York is great city, and its con-
trasts are sharp and shocking. Squalor
and misery enough to furnish material
Tor the most sensational London novelist
or playwright; but after all its crime is not
out Of proportion to it's size. AS a West
ern man said; "lts pretty good little
town, as towns co." ALLEN FoRMAN.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

GANG.
Probably the best known of the gangs
Dt the present day is the Whyo gang,
which is composed Of the Irish American
hangers-On or Mott, Pell and Baxter
streets. / say "hangers-on" because, as
they spend so large proportion of their
time on Blackwel's Island and in Sing
hng, they can hardly be dlgnified with
l1e title OF residents. They are mainly
athletic young fellows, ranging from IS
to 80 years of age, and they rarely have
any regular employment. How they pick
up a living is a good deal of a mystery.
They can he seen any evening hanging
around the doorways OF the tall tenements
on Pell and Baxter streets, drinking stale
beer from tin cans and making niQht hide
Gus with their hOwls. In the old days
when the Five Points was in It's meridian
as the cesspool into which the very dregs
Of the vice and crime Of the metropolis
drained, the Wbyo gang was OF some i'm
portance in criminal matters. Unsophis-
tlcated cOuntrymen were lured into the
dark alleys and knocked down and rob-
bed. Burglars and cutthroats made the
great tenements their headquarters; there
was certain freemssonry among them,
and their "Whyo," the peculiar CRY they
used to announce the coming of the pO-
lce, gave the name to the gang. Now
heir crimes are confined to robbing chill
dren, beating Cinnamon and sneak thiev-
Ing, relieving the dun monOtony OF their
existence by stabbing each other, and Oc-
casionally, all too intrequently, however,
getting hung.
They are all opium smokers, and it is
quite possible that the use of the Eastern
drug incapacitates them for more daring
crimes, though, in fact, all of the New
FORK gangs are towards, individually
ana collectively. Their crimes are
Cowardly crimes, robbing children ard
drunken men, bullying degraded women
out Of larger part OF their shameful
earnings, and occasionally committing
more serious crime under the stimulating
ltilnence OF "velvet room" whisky. They
rarely are guilty of Intentional murder,
ana are seldom mixed UP in any premedi-
Sted burglary. Now that the Five Points
nave been cleaned out and large business
houses built on the sites of many of the
VIA rookeries the Whyos have lost their
prestige.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05
gsr Atnt."sstis rrll;,itr ot,o.

DOR RENT OR SALE, truck farm or
II store. either one or both. Apply 21z miles
Louisville road, at r. II. w0LF'S.
Eoli RENT. desifabIe Offices in Comm ercia
IL building, including the premises now
occurled by tho Cotton Exchange. Apply to
j. II. BROOKS, 1876 Bay street.
TOR RENT. about twenty acres OF land
II partly. within the extended city limits,
extending from the Waters road TO south
vile, with entrance from that ROAD and also
by way OF the White BluK road. There 10 =
small dwelling house and well OF go1d
adjoining the honse 10 fenced and under
cultivation. and fine lot OF fruit trees plant
ed. The place IL conveniently located for
range for cattle, which can be fenced at q
small cost: For particulars apply to q. IL.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05
&traurD.

az REWARD.--strayed, a email Dark
qpO Brown Cow; has dewlap on the threat;
the right ear has bullet mole In Il and a slit.
on tne left slit. The above reward VIII he
paid for her return 10 MRS. b. REAGAN,
Wala.tif affoaf
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

MISS JENNY-''T will always esteem and
respect you as y friend. Mr.. Old Boy, but
Mir. Old Boy-@Very well, know the rest by
heart. You women are all alike, no origi-
nality. You are The fifteenth one who has
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

TOUGH CORNER AT FIVE POINTS.
. AS one goes down toward the river front
s ie gangs are more numerous and agrees
S,e. TWO OF the worst are the Peck slip
h Ing ana the Dover dock gang. They are
r rU.n comlnsed OF dock rats and small
av Ysr tnleves. Their favorlte game, how
troa, IL among the drunken sail0re who
u,equent the dives Of Water and Cherry
iI IN ,s Their methods are simple and
tv SHe main peaceable enough. One or
w;,b VI mem strike up an acquaintance
s ",,n half-inebrlated Jack Tar, and by
ona ., ueans or another lure him down on
the vi the long docks which jut out into
inSr ayer. Here they work the GROWER
a1rrunuasstrlously until poor Jack is in a
he'd 1se ~, stupor, when he is quietly rob-
tbisOi an ne has, clothing, money, every
meg meg ana ne is left nearly naked on the
ih Il ~. sometimes he resists, and then he
inc Used on the head and thrown into
tivsi, .s H, put these cases are compare
al,v rare. Cherry street whisky eener-
isryooo oe .,. the work without resort 10 vio-
inns 10 the general method Of pro-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

GALL at G; oyer & Nelson's Palace Restsu-
~ rant, 20 West Broad street. corner Perry
lane, and have your meals brought promptly
to your residence for So per week.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

A s.wHfTE's, corner jefferson and state
n streets. You can have your Clothing Re-
newed. Cleaned, Repaired, Braided, Dyed,
BemOdeled, oto., to your satisfaction.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

CHARLEsTON RUINS-A series of Tween
~ five Photograph Views, including some OF
the Earth, Fissures near Charleston. VIM.
ERNEST WILSON, 1884, Congress street,
Savannah. Ga.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05
CHEAP ADVERTISING.
One Cent a Word.

ADVERTISEMENTS. rs Words or
more, in this column CHE best in the paper)
inserted for ONE CENT A WORD, Cash
IN AdUance, each Insertion
Everybody tUho has any tcdnt 10 supply,
anything to buy or to sell, any business or
accommodations to secure; indeed. amy loish
to crafty. should advertise in this column.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

DELE OF BALTIMORE-A Beautiful
ID Complexion. Ladies, use Mime. Soma
leafs p arisian Nut OIL and Gikweed Powder.
and preserves the complexion and keeps y
you hful For sale at DAVID PORTERS,
l22 Broughton street.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

6DROUGHToN STREET HAIR STORE
ID badly shakenP' eyes; but still has
fine assort m9nt of Bangs"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

CLOTHING Repaired, Cleaned, Braided,
~ Dyed, and Remodeled also. New Suits
prices, at A. GErZ'S, tailor, 81 jefferson
street.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

MISS SULLIVAN will reOpen her school
M frat Monday in October, u South Broad
street.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

ORANGE a la Mode. MIX Julp, Phos-
~ phate Orange, Genuine EGG Phosphate,
Moxie, Mllk Shakes, Cream Coolers. LIV-
ISGSTOH'S Pharmacy, 80 ana "a Bun street.
six tickets for CSC.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

ID OSE PLANTS, GeraniumE, etc. also, fresh
III cut Flowers daily from Wagner's Nur-
sery. Leave orders at GARDENERS, 80K
bull street.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

A N excellent assortment Of palm, willow
"A and grass lunch. work. candy, Office and
I1Ser Baskets at GAHDNERS, 3O1z Bull
street.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05
@liRcFIlaneonG.

WANTED, customers by Pawnbroke err
w lately opened at No. llS Broughton
street, opposite Altmayer's. VIII make lib
eral advances on Diamonds. Watches, jew
elry, Furniture and Pianos without removal.
Pawnbroker's tickets on anything OF value.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

ENOR anyihlDR you want. go to the TEN
u CENT STORE, 1851 BrYan street. You get
your moneys worth every time, and some
times more. Call and convince yourse yes.
r. G.. CONNELL.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

MATT o'CONNELL, Contractor and
vi Builder, IS Tattnall street, between Gas
ton and Huntington.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

DIANos TUNED BY THE YEAR-Squares
Il and Uprights IS, Concert Grands fl2.
-Four regular innings. Care Of Piano, rc-
ton Included. BEST and ChEAPEsT way
u Keeping Plenos 10 playing order. LUD-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

WOUNG CUBAN PARROTS Just received
4 ana for sale at GARDENERS, 30h Bull
street
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

DIANoS Moved, Boxed and Shipped on
professional Plano Movers of long experience,
who handle Pia3osquickly and safely. Prices
low as the lowest. LUDDEN d BATES
MISIC House
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05

6 A FRIEND in need is = friend indeed. {"
n II you have friend send him or her
the sAv'ANNAH WEEKLY NEWS; Il only
an-ta a a. Tar avean-