The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-02-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

White quail are among the curicsi
ties of the animal kingdom to be fount
at Pinal. Arizona Territory.
Rowan Ward, of Stewart County
recently found ON his place a gourt
four feet six inches long and about a
broad. He followed it out, put rock
ers on it, and now it serves as cradle
for his baby.-Maeon Telegraph a''O
Messenger.
Some years ago gentleman stop.
ping in Cohasset, Mass, placed q
couple of goldfish in the pund at Co.
hasset common. Recently the pond
has been drained and cleansed, and
thousands of goldfish were taken OUT
Boston journal.
Part of the old furnace in which
was smelted the iron for the chain to
obstruct the Hudson River in the Revo.
lutionary war is still standing neal
Hoboken, N. j. Aaron Burr for long
time commanded the regiment which
guarded this important property. r
Tribune.
The town of Mortified, Mimi, il
named after two of the oldest settlers,
Mr.. North and Mr.. Field. The Younger
brothers, who committed the daring
bank robbery in that place in 1876, are
serving their life sentences in the State
Prison at Saltwater. Sentimental
women still continue to send them fruit,
dowers and delicacies. Paul Globe.
-One hundred and five years ago
Nicholas Thomas and Lucy Somes lived
in Mt. Desert, Me-, and he wanted to
be married. There was no minister
within thirty miles, SO they married
themselves. On the town records,
under date of 1880, is the contract
which they drew up and signed-agree-
ing, in "the presence of God, the
angels and these witnesses, to love, to
cherish and nourish," and to Glove,
honor and obey" rs husband and wife,
so long as God should continue their
lives.-Boston journal
This has been a great year for
curiosities in Canada. The Island Press
notes few of them, among which are
several pairs of triplets, and mackerel
living with a half-inch tack buried in its
flesh. Some of the less remarkable
events are, perhaps, the finding of q
potato which weighs three pounds and
one-half ounce; that is, so far as known,
the largest potato ever dug in the prov
ince; we have also potato growing out
of bone that was dug in field at North
Head; we have also a toadstool that
measures one foot wide. The Press re-
trains from noticing others for fear its
veracity would be doubted.
IN. Penali, a portrait painter in
Lyons, was engaged to be married to
Mile. Minnie Bernard, and the day of
the wedding had been announced. A
few days ago Penali said to his fiancee:
II hope you have paid Difference to my
antipathy and ordered all your clothes
without a hustle" The girl smiled
and replied: s'Sooner than wear a
wedding dress without q tournure /
shall never wear any at ALL" The
artist earnestly protested, and finally
begged her to choose between him and
her devotion to fashion. The result
was not in his favor, and he left the
same evening for Egypt.
The Carriage Builders Conven-
ton
The carriage car Rag builders met. resolved, i'd
Shook hands and to their several homes rs-
Fine fclloes they were all. made no hub hub,
Nor spoke single word against the Hub.
They met. and from the moment they began.
The wheels of their convention smoothly
The speeches made were sharp and pointed
ali
And shafts of wit Jew thiokly round the
The modest carriage Of each speaker won
Respect while speaking and applause when
Their language was from hack-neyedp phrases
And the convention closed harmonIously.
boston Courier.
1t was mentioned a few days ago
that the umbrella Of a passenger affected
the compass of steamer when crossing
the Irish Channel. Since then Sir
William Thompson has examined the
and found it powerfully
He says, in reporting upon
the incident, that in these days, when
electric lighting is becoming SO
common, and when any one, withert
knowing it, may get the steel ribs Of his
magnetized by going near to
dynamo machines. it is of great inn
portance that steps should be taken to
prevent passengers on vessels with
umbrellas going near the compass in.
nse.
Paris has very strict building regu.
lations. The height of houses Is fixed
1t 40 feet on streets less than % feet in
width. so feet on streets less than 50
Eeet in width, so feet on streets less
than Sc feet in width, and at SIS feet on
streets, boulevards, and the like of 66
Eeet or more in width. Buildings set
back from the streets gain right to
additional height in proportion as the
width of the street is increased by the
distance of the building in the rear of
he street line. Seven, including the
are the number of stories
liked, and it is provided that no ground
1oor shall be less than nine feet in
height, measured from the ceiling.