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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02
NOTICE.
Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish OF
Grant, Louisiana.

In the matter of the Succession Of w. N.
Watson, Insolvent No. 45l.
Whereas WIN. G. Wheeler Syndic has this
day filed his provisional account in the
matter of the succession of w. M. Watson
1nsolvent, notice is hereby given to all
whom it may concern that unless oppose
ton is fled to said account within ten
days from the publication hereof the sane
will be homologsted and made the judg
ment of this court. Witness tho Hons. ".
F. Blackman and Thos. Overton Judges of
said court this May 18th 1898.
s. B SHACKELFORD. Clerk.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02

The only saw mill in the world
that is fully up to the times is De-
Loache's variable friction feed.
The DeLoach manufacturing COM
pany. of Atlanta, Georgia, has
forged way ahead and taken first
honors wherever they have entered
their mills, water wheels, gearing,
ETC., and those of our friends who
need any kind of machinery can't
do better than to patronize them.
Terms as good as any. and quality
the very best Write for catalogue
and prices.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02

Mr.. G. w. Battell a travelling man
representing Messrs s. Collins Son g.
Co., printing Inks, after suffering in
tensely for two or three days with
lameness Of the shoulders and back,
completely cured it with two applica-
lions of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. 1t
cures lameness and rheumatism when
all other treatment fails. Guaranteed
and sold by Price e. Lewis. tt.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02
Notice of Final Proof.
LAND OFFICE AT NEW ORLEANS, La,
April Goth. 18H8.

April ZOth, 1873.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has fled notice of his in
tention to make final proof in support OF
his claim. and thatsaid proof will be made
before the judge, or in his absence the clerk
of the district court, at Colfax. La !, on July
10Th, 1883, viz: Homestead Entry No. 6063.
James Sinquefield.
for the south half Of north west qu ter
and north half of south west quarter SEQ
ton 20, township 2, forth, range 2, west,
Louisiana meridian
He names the following witnesses 10
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of, said land, viz: Bnrel Nom
day, Doss Blain, T. o. Moore, Wiley Flu
trell, all of Grant parish, La.
THOMAS j. BUTLER,
mayl9-6t pf Sc Register.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02

BY general request We have re-
produced this week our description
of the soil, climate and varied re-
sources of Grant parish. Those
desiring extra copies of the CHRoN-
IcLE can have them at the rate of
80 cents q dozen.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02

Whooping Cough may be kept un-
der complete control and all danger
avoided by frequent dose of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. No better treat
ment can be prescribed for it. Sold
by Price & Lewis. tt.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02

List Of unclaimed letters remaining in
Cslfax postoffice May 81, 1883. II not
called for before July l, 1883, they viii
be sent to the dead letter office:
g. st. Andre, James Smith,
Eli Chevalier, Harrison Cisne,
John Telphy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02
LOST OR STOLEN.

A SOrrel Mare about 14} hands high,
branded N ON one shoulder, unbroken,
about four years old, has small scar on her
withers as if bitten by another horse,
and probably has colt by this time May
have ono or moro white feet, and possibly
some white in the face.
A liberal reward will be paid for her de-
livery to me at Colfax, or for Information
that will lead to her recovery.
G. H. MCKNIGHT.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02

Mr.. Jos. Lazerus, Of Gumbel
Bros. & Mayer, New Orleans, is in
Colfax, seemingly on q tour of OBJ
servation, and looking as cool and
collected as a Judge.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02

Roasting Ears in His'n.
Bayou Risolstts. Grant Parish. May n. 1883.
Editor Colfar Chronicls:
Ward two has promising cotton
crop-better than for years. We have
cotton that will show fourteen forms
to the stalk, and on the Dist your COR
respondent had roasting ears. The
corn was planted on the Goth of Feb
rnary. Let as hear who can beat ward
two. WHOAH.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02
Louisiana Weather Service.

NEW ORLEANS. La, May q. 1888.
The weather conditions during the
past week have, as a rule, been greatly
beneficial to the growing crops, The
temperature conditions varied but
slightly from the normal for the week !;
the deficiency in rainfall in certain par
ishes as reported in former bulletins
was overcome by general rains the
sunshine amounted to nearly an aver
age percentage for the week, and ex-
cepting the severe local hail and wind
storms in remote sections of the State
that damaged some cotton and corn,
necessitating re-planting, the reports
Of growing crops are favorable.
During the past seven days the mean
temperature for the southern section
of the State was slightly below the av-
erage for the same week of prior years.
In the northern section it was about an
average, except in the extreme north
western portion from whence it was re-
ported below the average, with COM
plant of cool nights and insufficient
rainfall.
Elsewhere in the State the rainfall
was generally above the normal, par
ticularly in the southeastern portion
from whence excuses of from 3 to A
inches are reported.
Stations reporting total of over an
inch OF rainfall for the past week are
as follows: Ruston, 100, Monroe, Ito;
Shreveport, Isl; Liberty Hill, 100 !;
Keachi, 2.59: Trinity, 1.02; Alexan-
dria, l.48; Marksville, $50; Clinton,
100; Grand Coteau, LILO; Sugar Ex-
pertinent Station, (Kenner) 5.66; Bald
win, ] "a; ThibOdeaux, III and New
Orleans, 4.32 inches.
Extracts from observers reports:
Farmerville-All crops look fine; no
complaint of any kind.
Ruston-Weather has been favora-
BILE to crops sufficient rain.
Calhoun Crops doing well and in
good condition; cotton lousy.
Monroe Everything looks vigorous /;
farmers well up in their work.
Shreveport = Generally favorable
conditions.
Liberty Hill-Corn and cotton look
ing well severe hail on Goth.
Vicksburg, Miss.--Cool nights and
deficient rainfall has retarded growth
of young cotton damaging wind-storm
on oath.
Point Pleasant Rainfall has been
very beneficial.
Keachi = Complaint of cool wet
weather, but getting warmer.
Trinity Weather has been favora-
bic to all crops.
acknowledgements hail storm on
Doth high wind on oath.
acknowledgements hail storm on
2Oth destroying corn and cotton.
Clinton Weather very favorable to
all growing crops.
Grand COteau-Damaging hail storm
on Goth northwest of this place crops
looking fine, but difficult to keep clean
Sugar Experiment Station--CIops
in splendid conditions; growing rapid
ly.
Baton Rouge Rainfall 2 80 inches
very beneficial.
Mandeville-Rainfall 3.l9 inches; has
been all desired by farmers.
Abbeville-Hail fell Doth injuring
cotton and corn slight damage to rice
plant reported, by crawfsh.
Baldwin-Cane and corn crops do.
ing excellently and as rule are very
clean all crops A to 6 weeks behind
last year, but considered a better aver.
age, q much larger area planted.
Thibodeaux-Crops growing finely
no more rain needed at present.
r. e. KERKAM,
4 n ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02
NOTICE.

The listing of the taxable property for
the parish of Grant is now completed. and
will be exposed at the court house in Col
fax for twenty days prior to the meeting
of the Board Of Reviewers for inspection
and correction. All are requested to come
forward and examine their assessments.
w. B. GARRETT, Assessor.
Colfax. Ia. Nav ~, 1914
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02

Mr.. Harry Haas and DR.. NJ. A.
Dunn have each placed us under
obligationsf for strings of fine perch
and trout. Most enjoyable treats.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02

The Grant Parish Farmers Union
will meet at Bethel church, on
Monday, July I'd.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02
The First Cotton Bloom.

Paramount, May 50, 1883.
Editor Collar Chronicle:
send you q cotton blossom raised
by Mr.. F. B. Dean on Mr.. A. A. Deans
place, ward one. Mr.. Dean informs
me that the first bloom he saw was on
the 25th. Crops are looking fine, but
we have had rather too much rain.
Yours, B. C. d.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02

Thanks to several kind neighbors
for baskets of fruit during the
past week.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02

No duty should be left undone. If
you have smarting skin disease it is
not your duty to scratch and irritate
it but to apply Chamberlain's Ointment
and cure it. Guaranteed and sold by
Price & Lewis. If.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02
SUCCESSION SALE.
Twelfth Judicial District Court. Parish of
Grant, Louisiana.

Twelfth Judicial District Court. Parish of
Grant, Louisiana.
In the matter of the Succession of Thomas
]. Lowe and his wife Elizabeth Shaw,
deceased
By virtue of q commission issued cut of
the honorable 10Th judicial district court,
and to me directed, will offer for sale at
public auction at the residence of the de-
ceased, about one mile above Montgomery,
in tho parish of Grant, La, at usual sale
hours, on
SATURDAY, June %, 1888,
the following described property belonging
to said succession:
Cows and Calves.
l yoke of Oxen.
10 head Of stock Cattle.
Terms Of sale-Cash, subject to appraise-
ment.
CT HOWARD, Administrator.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02

Congress has been memorialized
by the Louisiana Legislature for an
appropriation to improve Red riv-
or at the famous raft above Shreve-
port.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02

Earnest Wells, q mulatto boy,
was arrested and jailed this week,
charged with the larceny of a lot
of iewelry from Mrs. Grow.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02

Gen. R. s. Perry, of Iberia, has
been elected by the legislature as
one of the judges of this, the third
circuit, to succeed Judge Moore.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02

J. Kemp, Jr., has received his
commission as sheriff of Grant.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02
LOCAL DO It s..
Peaches and plums are plentiful.

The school board will meet Sat
urday, July 7th.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02

Unsurpassed in Good Paper, Fire Printing, "a
per1or Bindings, Beautiful Engfnvinrs; Coussi-
ing Biographical Sketches OF tho Ia III sAfoc.x,d
RefoEmers Illustrated with Portraits A Bitd's
Eye View Of the Holy Laud, Bee 1sha. E'iu.ins~
dons OF the Lord Prayer and the Ten Command
ments, An illustrated Propomcing Billie
Dictionary A Complete History Of tiio
Books Of the Bible, Cities OF the Bible, A s,sl Ac-
count Of the Religious Denominations az the
World, . Biographical History of The Apostles, A
Chronological Index, An Interesting AcccnEt of
the Recent Explorations in the 3iblc Lands,
Both Old and New Versions in Parallel Columns,
with Complete Concordance.
This 10 the Agents Opportunity to reap a
rich harvest.
liberal Commissions paid to Good
Agents.
Write % for terms and secure your territory
Where there is no agent we will send Bibles 10
any address, prepaid. on receipt OF price. Send
Tor Catalogue.
oH319x1AN PUBLI6HM0 CO.,
81. Louzs. NO.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-06-02

Spring and
Summer Goods
A New Stock just received and for sale at
B. TURNER'S,
Pimevflle. La.
The Public are invited to call and ex-
anime his large and well selected stock of
DRY GOODS.
Fancy Notions. Mems and Boys Clothing
Hats for Ladies and Men in endless vari-
riety, Shoes and Boots, Saddlery, Crock
cry, Hardware,
Groceries, Plantation Supplies and
FURNITURE.
His Stores and Warehouses are filed to
repletiOn with this large and varied Stock.
Bought for Cash. and Extraordinary In
ducements are now being offered to pur-
chasers who wish to secure
Genuine Bargains
and Goods of the Best Material.
g9-To the Ladies' he would respectfully
call attention to his Superb Line of Dress
Goods. Hosiery, White Goods, Trimmed
Hats, Shoes. Etc, Etc. app
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-06-23
stock Men of Arizona.

The plains are not adapted to numer-
GUS settlement, because the underground
water reservoirs available near the sur
face are infrequent. They are ten, fifteen,
twenty miles apart and water is raised
by steam, wind or horse power. The in
dustry IS mainly cattle raising. and the
cattle trails from large areas converge to
these ranch and water stations like the
spokes OF vast wheel.
The stock OF these ranchmen number
from hundreds INTO thousands. When
the grasses are growing and succulent 1t
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-06-23
Who Are the Lucky ones9

After all, what is luck? She is the
handmaiden of every man at one time or
another, and in one form or another.
She is ever by ones side, ready to give
helping hand. The blind do not see her;
the timid or irresolute decline to take her
outstretched hand The unlucky man is
the man who forgets ostrike when the
iron is hot. The lucky man is the one
who takes advantage of profered fortune.
Circumstances, it is to be confessed,
throw more of such proffers in the way
of one than another. But if one will fol-
low the footprints of the lucky men of
the world it will be found that at the
points where they seized fortune at the
flood there are tracks which show that
there were many faltering and hesitating
ones near by, any one Of whom had with
in his reach the same opportunities as the
fortunate one had. Chicago Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-06-23
Listen to the Children.

My dear sir and my dear madame,
when your little child comes to your side,
her sweet eyes big with wonder, relating
to you some trifing happening, don't be
bored or uninterested. Do not send her
away unanswered. Get down on your
knees, as it were, and try to be sweet
and innocent and eager and pure as
she is. Try not to outgrow the song
of birds, the laughter of children,
the wonder of growing trees, the tears
that we shed over dead babies and rainy
days and tales that end sadly. Try not
to outgrow the home games and the home
news, and the great little events of your
neighborhood. Do not be cynic where
fondness and tenderness and trust and
love are concerned. Do not laugh at
gushing girls and lads who try to write
poetry. Do not sneer at the church
fairs or the tribulations Of the gentle lit
tie president of the sewing society.
These things are just as much life as
going to Europe as being elected to con-
gress or writing great book. Do not
think you alone live and all else on earth
only exist for oh, I tell you again, no
song of yours, no book of yours, no grand
speech of yours is more beautiful to God
than the picture of Andy and Molly play
ing s'oh sweet beans and barley" hand
in hand with the little children he has
given into their care and keeping.
Catharine Cole in New Orleans Picayune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-06-23
The DOH Had 1t, Too.

There was slight impediment in
little Boston girls speech, and she had
been drilled out Of alhpatience by well
intentioned teachers and friends. When
she received doll for birthday present,
she was delighted to find that by pulling
out green string very passable s.mam-
ma" was produced. But the papa"
which followed the twitching of white
string was imperfect and when the little
mother discovered that her child had in
herited her own infrmity, her heroic
nature was shown. She lost no time in
putting to account her own training, and
pulling repeatedly on the white string,
with an unfaltering hand, she said firmly:
s'Dolly, you must be trained till you
learn to say that palmer. ''-D Detroit Free
PToca
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-06-23
Paintine the Babv,s FACE.

A letter from Paris informs us that the
doctors are again at war with silly
mothers belonging to the fashionable cir
cles. The latest fnaticism of La Mode
is to apply the horrors of face painting to
little children. In the public gardens
babies of years old may now be seen
whose eyebrows have been BACKED or
dyed by their senseless mothers. Other
anxious parents, distressed at the vul-
carly ruddy and rustic hue of their chill
dren's cheeks, carefully powder them
before sending them forth to meet the
gaze and criticism of the world. Little
coquettes of 10 years are not permitted
to go abroad until the regulation black
stroke has been painted beneath their
eyes. The doctors warn the mothers
that when the children thus barbarously
treated reach the age of 16 they will
have colorless and ruined complexion,
to say nothing of the injury to health,
which is an argument less likely to pro-
duce much effect Pail Mall Gazette.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-06-23
Country Houses in America.

There is curious lack in America.
The dining rooms of country houses are
generally small and not cheerfully fur
nished. The more modern houses are
improving in this respect, and we have
lately seen many a large room with
good outlook, or with hard wood floor or
mating, or with India rugs. The table
should be round or oval. The chairs of
some hard wood, with cane. The table,
cloth of fine danask, smelling Of laven-
der; colored cloths are only permissible
for dinner and tea. The matter of light
ing rooms troubles people who live in
country neighborhoods. If there is no
gas, candles are pretty. but very trouble
some. The wind blows the flame to and
fro, insects lutter into the fame, an un-
happy moth seats himself on the wick.
and burning into an unsightly cadaver,
makes gutter down one side; the little
red paper shade takes fire, and there is
endless trouble. Kerosene smells abonl-
inably. However, a pretty carcel. or
moderator lamp with transparent shade
is the best thing, and. now that they
come with long brass standards, very
convenient, Mrs. M. q. w. Sherwood.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-06-23

The dressing room Of circus presents
a queer scene during performance. The
dressing tent is divided by curtains eight
to ten feet high into three different COM
partments. In one the men dress, in
another the women make their toilets,
and in the third, which is the first en-
tered from the exhibition tent. the ami
mails to be used in the differe2t acts are
made ready for the work, The horses
saddled and bridled and the trick animals
dressed. In the mems dressing room
with the Barnum show over $50 indi-
viduals at time are removing their
street garbs and getting into their ring
costumes. Look into this department in
the morning, when no performance is
going on, and you will see only four or
five rows of closed trunks, more than
$50 stretching in five or six lines through
the space. On posts four feet high, at
intervals, are small, square table tops
and square AKA inch mirrors. The
tables have chalk and bismuth stains,
and there are marks of much usage on
them. At these tables and before these
mirrors the clowns and other performers
make up.
The trunks are arranged in exactly the
same order in every town. Each man
has his place, and he can go into the tent
in the dark and place his hand on his
trunk. All nationalities are here com
mingled. You can see a devout Arab
among his companions in all conditions
of costume or nudity sitting piously read
ing his Koran, and Japanese acrobats
carefully preparing themselves and their
children for their act in the ring. All
the performers are on hand at I o'clock,
and when they go home after the per-
formance their trunks are packed and
locked. and so when we leave city the
trunks are lifted into wagons and carried
away only to be deposited in exactly the
same order in the next town in which
we show.--G. 0. Starr in Globe Demo
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-06-23
Eating Food with a Knife.

Well bred people make a great outcry
against the bucolic habit of conveying
food to the mouth with knife. They
maintain, quite correctly, that the knife
is intended for cutting the food, and the
fork for lifting it to the lips. Then why
is it not as barbarous to cut with fork
as to carry with knife? 1t has become
the fashion to provide only a fork with
certain dishes, such as pastry and many
kinds Of dessert. On what grounds can
this be defended? The custom is, in
truth, silly affectation. Apparently it
sprung from an idea that one can eat
more elegantly with fork alone. If
the food requires no cutting, this may be
so, but whenever there is anything to be
cut a knife should be provided. The
idea of cutting with fork is fully as
primitive and preposterous as the idea of
carrying with a knife, and the embar-
RAISING predicaments into which people
are being led continually, by persisting
in this absurdity, always cause me to re-,
joice with exceeding great Joy, because
like to see 1.-The punishment fit the
crime New York Commercial Adver-
tiser.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-06-23
Plain Lectures on Health.

If the women's colleges would add to
their course of study series of very
plain lectures on the care of health, it
would be worth any amount of Anglo
Saxon literature on political economy.
Nothing would make a school more popu-
lar than to supplement such lectures with
strict personal care of the habits of each
pupil. 1t would become ssbeauty
school, in the full sense of the word, as
celebrated for sending out young ladies
with brilliant compilations as Harvard
for its athletics. And why is it not as
necessary for young ladies to have their
faces chased as to have their manners
and their grammar corrected? Now, the
most high minded and fastidious of Lady
Sylvias has slender body. which works
over daily not less than seven pounds of
food and drink, or ought to, and throws
out no less than five pounds of waste by
its great ducts, the bowels and kidneys,
and its millions of needle ducts IN tie
skin. Really this is very terrible for dis
cussion, and l warmly agree with her
majesty Victoria in thinking stomachs
entirely unfit for mention to ears polite.
But thousands of women are losing
beauty and dying of painful disease for
want of knowing the full significance of
their internal economy and the care they
owe it.-Shirley Dare.