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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29
AND INDUSTRY.
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metals In. their order
Tho heavies*- ,nium, 1888; ham,
are tungsten, IL; ~. atinum, ~; irid-
mered gold, 1896; ~
iunf, Is. tories In the
There are but three "a .tches are
United States in which en- each in
exclusively manufactured. one 'rk.
Boston, Philadelphia and New 10 ,p-
Aluminium resembles silver IN !, y
rearance. is stronger than steoiv .l-
not tarnish and is superior to silver ior
Al, purposes for which that meta' is'
used. .,v &, saa-.
bones disintegrate quickly III 20
water. They are consequently seloo :,
obtained during ocean dredgings' al
though teeth, which resist the acsion :.
the overwhelmingly, are oftea oroosn'
up. -. rro,ect
from cancer In a hospital at Jeypore'l
India, during the last eight years.
forty-one operations for cancer nas0
been performed on the persons OF meaV
eaters. and sixty-one on strict ana me-
long vegetarians. -
"A new glass. recently invented In
Sweden, is said to be capable. wnen
made into q lens for a microscope. OF
sseuabling us to distinguish the zO4'-
zoo, OO0th part Of an inch" 1t is also
said that there is great promise OF THIS
glass producing wonderfully poweriun
Telescope lenses and > new depar uirH
In astronomy.
According to Chicage wagon
maker, white oak requires eighty years
to mature: shell-bark hickory, rom
thirty to fifty years; tulip-tree. sixty
or more years; and red or NORWAY
pine, at least sixty years. Artihciaiiy
grown. fifty-five thousand feet OF fSeses
kinds of lumber may be obtained Tom
each acre.
There are in the German Emplres
between fifty and sixty manufactures
Of playing cards. which in the last nscai-
year turned out about 5,OOO,OOO packs
of which about 1, 600, 900 were exported.
About four-ffths Of the production con-
sisted of packs containing not more
than thirty-six cards, and Of the larger
packs the greater part were exported'
An English physician Of note ex-
presses in the Lancet the belief tnaS
consumption is due to constant irr1Aa-
ton of the air passages, and that colo
air breathed at night is one OF the
greatest irritants. Those who live
most of the time in the open air ares
the least likely to suffer from phthisis.
because their lungs are so accustomed
to cold air as not to be irritated by It.
at night.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29
LIFE IN eosslPvILLE.
Where Rumor IL Divinity Worshiped by
the Old and Young.

Where Rumor Is q Divinity worshiped by
the Old and Young.
There are many Gossipvilles scat
tered about the country. One can
scarcely go fifty miles in any direction
without Pumping into a Gossipville.
From some cause or other, the name
has been omitted in the gazetteers, and
untraveled persons may possibly con-
slider this circumstance prima facie evil
dence that the places referred 10 be-
long only to the topography of Dream
land. But as we know that many vii
lagos described and depicted on paper
have no existence in fact, why should
not villages that exist in fact be some
times uncatalogued on paperp
That last suggestion is thrown in for
the benefit of inductive philosophers.
Practical men are well aware that every
county, to say the least, has its Gossip
vile. The specimen of the genus we
have in our minds eye at present it is
unnecessary to locate. We will merely
describe the peculiarities of the in
habitants, and any community that the
cap fits is respectfully invited to put it
on.
The misanthropic individual who ac-
quired fortune by minding his own
business would be out of his element in
Gossipville. There the inhabitants
magnanimously neglect their own af-
fairs, to attend without fee or reward to
those of their neighbors. The woman
kind are so unselfish that they will
leave the most pressing household work
unfinished, to canvass confidentially, in
committees of twos and threes, the say
ings and doings of their dearest friends.
Rumor is very potent in Gossipville.
In fact she is the tutelar divinity of the
place, "whom all in public and in
private worship" Exaggeration is
cultivated there as one of the fine arts,
and the legend of the three black crows
would be considered a very feeble at
tempt at amplification by the Cos
sipvillians.
Reader, if you have ever been among
them. we need not tell you what a deep,
not to say enthusiastic, interest they
take in the private concerns of the
stranger within the gates; how skill
fully they examine and cross-examine
him; how they watch his incomings
and outgoings, and what unpleasant
theories they get up in relation to his
antecedents, his means, his motives
and his morals.
DR.. Franklin, who knew the Gossip
Williams we'll, was accustomed on enter
ing their territory to display a card
which forestalled inquiry. On it were
inscribed his name and age, manner Of
life, the object of his visit. and such
other information of q personal nature
as he supposed to be in special request
at Gossipville. This is a very excel
lent plan, and we heartily commend it
to all who may have occasion to sojourn
among these inquiring people.-M r.
Ledger.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29
puNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

Married men are preferred as off,
GERS on the police force. The authori--
ties want men who have had their
courage tried and proved. -N. Y. Ncscs.-
IL suffer dreadfully from ennni,.
DOCTOR" said Mr.. Bohre. do you
still retain your old habit of talking to
yourself. sir?" queried the physician.
innocently. -Harpcr's Bazar.
Wendell Phillips once gave the adj,
vice, ''Never call man liar We
never do. Il is much more polite and
just as true to call him a gas meter
Shoe and Leather Reporter.
II man sued for breach Of promise
were to set up the defense of tempor-
airy insanity he would certainly prove
his case by reference to old love letters
Puck.
Live within your income, says the
practical adviser; but if he would tell
how one may live without it, he would
have the merit and the glory of in
structing larger constituency.-Bos-
ton Budget.
Judge Ito prospective grand jury
man-"What is your occupation?n p
G. J.-'Collector for the gas COM
pany." Judge-"You are excused. 1t
would be impossible for you to bring
In a true bill. - Tsrre Hanse Erpresa
"A tin peddler down in Georgia the
other day ate all the supper prepared
for two families, drank several gallons
of milk, then. asked for newspaper.
and left the spectators hungry, but
happy to be rid of him.
"A little pamphlet called ssHumor
in ye Sixteenth Century" shows that
ye joker of that period borrowed
great deal Of his wit from We humorist
of We nineteenth century without giv-
ing particle of credit
Herald.
First Lady, understand Miss
DE We're has gone on the stage" Sec
ond Lady-"O. yes; she has been be-
fore the public q year." First Lady
HAS she made any reputationp" Sec
ond Lady Some, presume, but not.
nearly as much as she has lost."-
Washington Critic.
Impatient Husband - where in
the world have you beenp want nv
dinner!' Wife-''Excuse me, John.
but | ran down to the sewing society at
five, and to my surprise 1t didn't wind
up until eight" Husband-"Yo GU mean
1t was wound up at five and didn't run
down until eighty. Y. Sun.
-Editor-"You say you wish this
poem to appear in my paper anony-
rnouslyw Would-be contributor
Eyes; don't want any name to it,"
Then can't publish it." why not?,
Because / am conscientious about this
matter. | don't want an unjust sus-
picion to fall upon some some innocent
person. "-Tsras Siftings.
Mr.. Darringer-'.I was surprised
to-day to see how our Joe can swim
II Is necessary accomplishments. -
Mrs. Darringer-sI see it argued that
the ladies ought to know how to swim
Couldn't ! learnP" Mr.. Darrinrer--
III you could manage to keep YOUR
mouth shut long enough, my dear.
Local rains, my son, are min.
which fall in the locality where thew
occur. This information Is accord-d
to relieve your mind OF any uncertaiptv
which may have arisen in Consequence
OF continued and persistent Try weather
In your locality. notwithstanding the
Weather Bureaus 0ft-repeated predic.
tons Of local rains. - Boston Tron.
scripk
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

"A drummer who has been to the
Cincinnati Centennial reports that he
saw the Kansas corn towering above
that of the other States. and he heard
an old lady remark rs she gazed at it:
''You needn't tell me that corn grew
that tall in one year. There is two or
three years growth there" Cofsv-
uille (Kan. Sam
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-12-29

der ana speculate about him, and he
handed me his card and explained that
he had come on from the East expect
ing to engage in the lumber business.
His name was printed as IS. r. Nc
Knight" Could be mistaken in him,
you ask? had no doubt that he was
the writer Of the threatening letter. II
had doubted, something occurred as
we sat smoking that would have reas-
sured me. A man who was known to
me to be crooked entered the billiard
room for drink. He started in sur
prise at seeing Mcknight, and was
about to approach him with extended
hand when signal stopped him. Un-
less Mcknight was s'fy" man he
could have no knowledge of the other.
Ipretended to see vacancy, and parted
with my enemy in the greatest good
nature. That night an attempt was
made to bore a panel out of my door,
but the bitt was stopped by the sheet
iron.
l did not see Mcknight the next even
ing nor the next but he showed up on
the third evening and explained that
he had been to Milwaukee. l knew
better. He had been trying to work
out some new plan to get at me, and
had spent portion of the time at a
crooks resort He had hit upon a
plan. knew this from the cordiality
Of his greeting, and all through our
games was wondering what scheme
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-20
LOCAL JOTTINGS.
Warren & Shepherd have reopened
the old Dan. Harrington saloon.

Warren & Shepherd have reopened
the old Dan. Harrington saloon.
A good driving or work horse for
sale cheap. Inquire at this office.
H. D. S,-tson viii attend the Re-
publican Convention, in this city this
week, from Little Smoky.
Samuel Millsaps, successor to Pur.
dam 4 Ward, will fill all orders for
ice left at Whitman & Walkers.
The oldest Country-order House on
the Pacific coast.-rhe RED HOUSE,
Sacramento, Cal. Catalogue free.
Orders allied for any class of goods
manufactured. Lowest prices, quick
r-turns. Catalogue free. RED HOUSE,
Sacramento, Cal.
Give Warren 4 Shepperd call, at
their Comstock saloon. They have
a cosy place, and their liquors and
cigars are first class.
Go to W. S. Mack's to have your
painting, paper. hanging, calcimining,
ETC., done, and carpets taken up aud
relaid. w. ). MACK,
Agent for Singer Sewing Machines.
In his old quarters, Stral'orn Block.
Campaign HAndkerchirfs. Latest
creations. Cleveland and Thurman
5, s, 10, Is, rs, 4S, rs cents and Il.
Harrison aud Morton-l5, rs. 80, Is
cents and 81. RED House, Sacra-
mento, Cal.
At the p ima,ies held at Solder,
la't week, Me<Srs. McLendon, w.
Y. Perkins, and William Basil ford
were elected delegates to the Repuh-
licxn Convention to be held in this
city this week.
There is to he meeting at the
Courthouse Wednesday, evening the
22d inst, to organize Republican
Protec,ionist League. All Repuh-
licsns and those in sympathy with
them are respectfully invited to at
tend.
+. NJ. Bnrkett was down to the
bank to day, for the first time
since he was laid up by swollen leg
He was hardly able to he out, and SAT
in the private office Of the hank, his
disabled member supported on a
pillow resting on chair; but he
could not longer bear confinement at
home.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-20
DIR. WARD.
Being War Wreck, He Is Liable Ia
Painting Spells,

Yesterday afternoon DR.. Ward, the
veterinary surgeon, fell down on the
sidewalk on the corner of Main and
Croy streets, and lay there for some
time, as all who saw him naturally i'm
aglnea that it was a case of drunken
ness. A TIMES reporter who came
along, knowing the doctors condition,
aroused him, when the man got up at
once, came over to the office, had his
head bathed in water, aud after rest
ing awhile was all right for the time
being.
DR.. Ward served five years in the
Confederate army, and was almost
cut in peices during that time. At
the battle of Springfield, Mo-, he was
struck with the tral-spike of cannon
just above the left temple and his
skull broken, and he was left for dead.
~ ""oNHeA CHe SCt'C't H0 was tuI
through the abdomen with bayonet,
and he had scarcely recovered from
this wound when shell shot away a
portion of his left hip. That the man
lived at all in spite of these wounds
is scarcely short of miraculous. But
it has left him mere physical and
mental wreck, scarcely able to take
care Of himself When walking IT,
the sun he is liable to dizziness, and
at any time one drink of whisky is
liable to upset him, although leaving
him perfectly conscious and as ra-
tienal as at any time.
These facts are published at his
own request, and in or Ter that people
may not charge his fits to intoxica-
ton.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-20
ME" TOD AK.
Assessment Notice.
DARKER MINING COMPAN

RKER MINING COMPAN
L Location of mines. Eikhorn gulch, Warm
Springs Creek Mining District Alturas county
ldaho-Locstion of principal place OF business.
HALEY. Idaho.
N.tice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Directors, held on the Goth day of August. 1885, All
assessment mo. ~ of Four IA cents per share
payable on or before September 18th, 1888, to W.
H. Watt, Secretary and Treasurer, at ths once o:
the company, in the town of HALEY, Idahe Amy
stock upon which this assessment remains ulI-
paid on the 18th day of September. 1883, will be
delinquent and advertised for sale at public
| auction, and unless payment is made before will
be sold On the 18th day of October, 1888, ut 3
| O'Clock p. H. at the office Of the company, at
HALEY, Idaho, to pay the delinquent assoc smen'.
together with the cost of advertising and eA-
penses of sale
WI. WATT, Secretary.
HALEY, Idaho, August 20, 1888.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-20
FROM THE UPPER COUNTRY.

1t Is Fairly Prosperous-The Montana
Central Coming Sure-A Scheme that
Should be Inquired Into.
DR.. Leonard has returned from a
three months campaign in Northeast.
ern Idaho and Montana.
He states emphatica!ly that the
Manitoba road will come to Wood
River next year. This road must
come for the purpose Of getting min
ing timbers for the Montana mines
from the head Of the Big Hole river,
just over the Idaho boundary line;
also, to get our gold. silver and lead
ores for the Big Falls and Helena
smelling works. The Big Hole tim
Der lands include hundreds of thous-
ands OF acres Of the finest timber ever
seen, and the mines of Butte need it.
Clayton is the Invest camp in Custer
county. Fully $50 miners are at work
there. In Bayhorse over 200 men are
employed.
The next big mining boom will be
near Salmon City, in Lemh, county,
as soon as the Manitoba gets within
reaching distance.
An agreement not to build extern.
sions has been entered into for this
year by the Montana Central and
Manitoba people, in order to improve
the line built last year, and develop
the business tributary thereto.
Otherwise there would be a second
line of road on Wood River already.
Along down the Lemhi valley it
has rained nearly every day for weeks,
and through Beaverhead, Jefferson
and Madison counties it has, rained
nearly every day for four months.
The hay has rott-d on the ground,
and the grass stands above the horses
knees. DR.. Leonard says that he
never saw anything like it.
! All over the city Of Butte cards are
placarded inviting settlers to the up
per end of Lost River valley, Idaho.
This is in the interest of company
organized in Butte for the purpose Of
making money by selling water for
irrigation to settlers above Houston.
As, however, the water flowing in
Lost River is nearly all appropriated,
intending settlers had, perhaps. bet
ter look into the scheme before going
to any expense in connection with it..
The scarcity of water is as seriously
felt on Lost River, this year, as else
where. At the sink OF the rive r,
where over 1000 tons of hay are gen
orally cut, none whatever has been
cut this year. The river is dry as a
powier.h horn, even now, as high up as
Arco, and the Island, just above,
which is II miles long and one or
two wide, requires fully as much
water as ever flows in Lost River. l
therefore, any company attempts to
take any considerable quantity OF
water out of the river above Houston,
the older settlers below who may be
deprived of their supply will insti-
cute actions for damages, and put the
ne wcomers to considerable trouble
and expense.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-20
Don't Experiment.

You cannot afford to waste time in
experimenting when your Rings are in
danger. Consumption always seems at
first only cold. Do not permit any
dealer to impose upon you with some
imitation of DR.. Kings New Discovery
for consumption, coughs and colds, but
be sure you get the genuine. Because
he can make more profit he may tell you
he has something just AS good, or just the
same. Don't be deceived, but insist
upon getting DR.. Kings Ne'S Discovery,
which is guaranteed to give relief IN all
throat, lung and chest affections. Trial
bottles free at j. A. Rupert's Drug Store.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-20
The Red Elephant People Enjoined.

Last Saturday the owners of the O
X mine obtained an injunction from
Judge Berry, of the Second District
Court, restraining the owners Of the
Red Elephant group of mines from
extracting any ore from ground
claimed by the O X company. This
may prove to be the initial step in a
noted case wherein the issue of the
apex of vein will be involved.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-20
THE OREGON PACIFIC Il. K.
Another Thirty mile Contract Let-The
Northwestern to Take Hold.

Northwestern to Take Hold.
Albany special dispatch to Salem
(Or.) Statesman: "Contractor Brink,
of the firm of Brink & West, railroad
contractors, is in the city this even.
ing. TO your correspondent he
stated they had accepted contract
for completing so miles of road east
ward, the same being the completion
of Nelson Benefits abandoned con-
tract. He said they would begin
work Monday with a force OF 800
Cinnamon and as many white labor,
ers as they could get, aud proposes to
push the work vigorously"
The following article, taken partly
from, an Albany paper. explains the
reasons of the renewed activity on
the Oregon Pacific: "There is some.
thing in the horizon of Oregon Pacific
affairs that portends an active move
ment for the better for that railroad.
Recent dispatches state that the late
presence in San Francisco of party
of Chicago & Northwestern officials
and Chicago capitalists has caused
much talk in railroad circles. The
party arrived there on Monday of
last week, in the directors car OF the
Northwestern, and after staying only
dav came north, first to Woodland.
then to Red Bluff, then to Maryvillr,
aud now, it is understood, they are
some where in Oregsn. NJ. N. Kirk
man, comptroller of he Northwest
ern, is in charge of the party. 1t is
stated that the party will come north
70 Albany, and thence travel over TIE
proposed route of the Oregon
Pacific, in which company certain
directors of the Northwestern are IN
terest;.d. This visit is understood to
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-20

~, Blank Proofs of Labor fer
sale at this Office.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-20
A CHANCE FOR SAWMILLS.

A Cash 0ffer for 10000 Feet Of Lumber.
II. Lufkin advertises to- day for bids
for nearly $4,000 feet of lumber for
the nume which he is about to put in
from the East Fork of Wood River to
his stock ranch on the Bench beyond
Indian creek. Fosparticulars see his
advertisement.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-20
THE SECOND DISTRICT COURT.
Sixth Judicial Day Of the May, 1883,
Term Monday, August 1O-Ilis
Honor c. II. Berry, Presiding.

Term Monday, August 2O-lIis
Honor c. II. Berry, Presiding.
w S Mccormick VS. Thomas j
ELLINGTON, ct al. Placed Oh the cal
endar.
e T.ouck, respondent, VS. \ F
Montandon ct al, appellants. Appeal
from the Justice Court. Argument
on questions of law.
] NJ Burkett ct al VS. A Toulouse
ct al. Plaintiff moves to have jude.
ment entered on the report of the
referee.
In the case of the Territory of
Idaho vs John A Daily, awaiting ap-
pearance before the grand jury on a
charge of murder committed near
Mountain Home last winter, the
Court ruled that the killing was just
fable, and the prisoner was dis
charged.
In the case of the Territory OF
Idaho vs. Mrs J l. G Smith, the Cour,
granted her application to be admit
ted to bail, and fixed the amount at
$4,000. The bond being promptly
furnished, the defendant is at liberty
The bondsmen and the amounts in
which they justified are as follows
7 E Pico,te, $4,000; J A Rupert.
$1,000; P A Regain, $500; Frank
Garbu,t, $500; d Agnew, $500.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-20

Tickets for the round trip 10 Chey-
enne and return will be on sale at the
HALEY depot the 18th, Goth, aud 2Is,
inst, good until the eth. Fare for
round trip, t37.
This rate is made at the request OF
the A. O. L. W., whose Grand
Lodge for the Nevada jurisdiction
meets at Cheyenne next week.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-20

mean that the Northwestern officials
are going to take hold of the work Of
construction on the Oregon Pacific,
and join it to their proposed trans
continental route"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-20
Girl Wanted.

Girl Wanted.
A girl is wanted to do general
housework. Apply at
S. ]. FRIEDMAN's.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-20
HALEY Assistance for the Artesian Well

Lewis Lavake came iD from Camas
Prairie yesterday. He reported the
artesian we'll at Soldier down 116
feet, but the funds about exhausted,
as it cost more to get the borer and
tools here than was expected. The
cost of boring, including the two
inch pipe, is $l.5l per foot. He can
vassed HALEY for subscriptions to
aid in sinking further, ard collecte d
a reasonable amount.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-20

Anderson, the HALEY Tailor (suc-
cessor to Lund & Anderson) has re-.
moved to the elegant brick store ad-
joining the Pacific Express Office.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-20
A CASH OFFER
FOR ABOUT
$4,000 Feet Of Lumber.

want bids for the following described fume
lumber, delivered at GitRiet:
ALSO feet 2x4, IA feet long.
3,l7i feet 4yi. IA feet long
10000 feet 2xl2 IT. # tt long.
The scantlngs are wanted by the 18th of Sep.
TENDER. 80 carpenters can frame them.
All of it must be on the ground by the 18th Of
October. 1t must be sGuare.cdged, good and msr
charitable. No shsly lumber goes.
This us CASH OFFER. Money to be paid on
delivery of lumber.
Bids received until the 2Gth of August, 1883.
Address
II. LUFKIN,
ace HALEY, Idaho.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-20
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Sheriff.

! hereby respectfully announce my
self rs a candidate for Sheriff Of AL
turas county, subject to nomination by
the Republican county convention.
JAMES l.. FULLER.