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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-10
A Sermon About Preachers.

The Rev. DR.. Cleveland, of In
dianapolis, is relative of Presi-
dent Harrison's predecessor. The
broad minded divine recently as
tonished his congregation by the
following words: an the ninth and
tenth years of my ministry / was
the pitcher of base ball club in
the State of Delaware, and while
acting in that capacity / never dis
covered that l was doing wicked
thing, nor did any of my congre-
cation ever criticise me for my ac-
ton. There are religious people
In this city who are so peculiarly
religious that if they could not de-
nounce the popular amusements
they would lose half their occupa-
ton and all their religion. May
we have common sense enough to
increase the number of our holi-
days. "-Natchitoches Enterprise.
Our Natchitoches friend would
not be SO astonished at this rever-
end gentleman's language if he was
more extensively acquainted with
the Protestant clergy. In our ex-
perience we have had the honor to
play marbles, chess, checkers, base
ball and billiards with half dozen
different preachers, none of whom
seemed to think they were bound
for hell on account Of engaging in
little harmless amusement and
recreation. We would state, how
ever, that these gentlemen did not
play on Sunday, nor did they ever
go about gambling or drinking sa-
looms to do their playing, and each
and every one of them would have
felt it an indignity for any one to
propose to them to play any game
on Sunday, or to engage in gam
bling under any circumstances. 1t
would also have been considered
sinful by each and every one to
have INDUCED in such amusements
to excess = recreation being legiti-
mate, but unnecessary waste of OPP
portunity being hurtful. In other
words, they held it right and duti-
full to remember the Sabbath day
to keep it holy" did not think it
sinful to engage in innocen. recre-
alton and amusement, and no doubt
were fully in accord with Reverend
Mr.. Cleveland in wishing, "May we
have common sense enough to in
crease the numbered our holidays"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-10
"As Ithers Sac U.s.

Under the fead of ''The Law and
the Police jury" the Natchitoches
Review publishes our comments in
relation to Judge Blackman's de-
cision sustaining the writ of man
damus to COMPEL our police jury
to pay witness claims, and the Re-
view goes on to remark: Judge
Blackman made proper decision,
and in strict keeping with the law.
Of all issues of paper by parish
or any of its officials, jury and wit
ness certificates are alone made re-
ceivable for taxes. And very prop
erly SO. That the police jury of
Grant parish should not only re-
fuse to receive this class of parish
paper for taxes, but also refuse pay
ment, is wohdrous strange! In or
der to break up speculative rings
in the parishes of the State, and in
sure to creditors full cash for their
ordinary warrants, and at the same
time place the witness and juror,
who was compelled to leave farm
and business, and for the lowest of
pay, upon an equal footing with
those who could wait for their
money, the Legislature wisely left
those certificates the only eviden-
ces of Indebtedness that could be
received for taxes-and they must
be-" To which we add, "Selah."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-10

Put your Paris green or London
purple in the bags in it's dry state,
and then sift or dust it on the cot
ton, two rows at time, which can
be done by man on foot or horse
back. 1t is easiest applied while
riding horse, and both man and
horse should have their nostrils
protected from inhaling the poison,
although many take no precaution.
The stick should be 6 or 7 feet in
length, according to the width of
the cotton rows, and the sitting is
done by regular tapping on the
pole between the bags containing
the poison, the force of the blows
to be determined by practice. The
center of the bags should be over
the center of each cotton row, which
can be easily accomplished by ex-
ercising a little ingenuity in fast
ening the bags to the sticks SO they
can be moved. This can be done
by boring number of gimlet holes
in each end of the stick. By this
method one man can apply poison
to twenty acres in day. The plan
has been tried by large number
of persons, and is pronounced to
be the best of any tried, as poison
applied dry is most effective. 1t
should be applied in the middle
and after part of the day, SO the
night dews can dissolve the poison
while the worms are at work.
Hon. b. w. Marston, of Red River
parish, has the credit for introdu-
cling this plan in Louisiana.
"The flowers that bloom in the spring
time, ira In,
Found him sick in the bed with chills,
pooh, bah!
Bnt Cheatham's chill tonic got him up
on his feetlets,
And he now daily sings, while walking
the streetlets.
Undoubtedly cured his shakes, ha, ha.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-10
McEIrse's Wine Of csrdul
and THEDfoRD'S BLACK DRAUcHT are
for sale by the following merchants In
GRANT PARISH.
]. H. McNEELY, CoIfax.
RAPIDEs PARISH.
j. w. MILLER, Boyce.

The Louisiana State Fair and
Shreveport Exposition will present
its fourth annual exhibition at the
city of Shreveport, beginning Tues
day, the 9Th day of October, and
ending Monday, the 14th. Past ex-
perience enables the management
to enlarge the scope of usefulness
and attractiveness of the various
exhibits of our agricultural and
other products, and increase the
premium lists to the highest point
Of liberality. Better crops, fatter
and better cattle, larger and strong
err work animals, and encourage
ment in all industrial pursuits, is
the sure outcome of these annual
exhibits. Everybody should raise
something for competition, or send
something useful or attractive to
exhibit, and go to Shreveport du-
ring Fair week. An immense null
titude of attractions are engaged
by the management that will prove
instructive as well as amusing.
Competitive prize and exhibition
drills Of the crack military compa-
MES of the Southwest will be a
grand feature of the Exposition.
A special committee are now per-
fecting arrangements to entertain
them. Trotting, running and pa
cling races have an unusual number
of entries of the fastest horses.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-10
How to Apply Poison.

As there is every likelihood that
a large number of our Louisiana
farmers will have to poison in the
next few days in order to protect
their cotton from the ravage of the
worms, we give the following as a
cheap and the most effective meth
cd now known; Take Lowells, Os-
naburgs, or some other equally as
heavy cloth, make two bags Is or
20 inches long and 6 or 8 inches
wide, and attach the bags to stick
in this manner:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-10

Notwithstanding the gibes and
ridicule of the hundreds Of Smart
Alex newspaper reporters and edi-
tors, Gov. Lowery has pursued the
even tenor of his way, and Slugger
John L. Sullivan has been arrested
and brought back to the State and
shown the inside of Mississippi
Jail. He was released after giving
bond in the sum of $4,000 to appear
before the courts for trial.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-10

The above eighty names were written on
separate pieces Of paper and by the jury
commissioners. together with the clerk,
the first fifty names were placed IN an en-
velope ami sealed aud endorsed on the
same, "Jurors drawn for the first week Of
the september term Of the District t'ourt !"
and the last thirty names drawn were also
placed in separate envelopes by ths jury
commissioners and marked, sJurors drawn
for the second week Of the september tern,
Of ti,e District Court" and said envelopes
we're then scaled and placed in the jury box,
the box sealed, locked aud then placed In
the custody Of y. Il. Shackelford, clerk Of
the District Court, for uss at the next term
Of the Court The said s. b. Shackelf0rd.
clerk Of the District Court, did then and
there in our presence kesp = process verbal
Of all tie arts done by said commissioners
in said drawing. which We certify to be cor
rect by our signatures. this the I'D day Of
July, A. ID. 1889. c. H. TEAL,
l.. ID. r. LOTION,
FEE LAYsSARD.
Jury Commissioners.
(SEAL.1 4. Is. SHACKELfORD,
Clerk aud Ex-Officio Jury Commissioner
Parish OF Grant. La
Filed July ~, 1889,
3. b. SHACKELFORD, Clerk.
s. b. sllAcKELFoRD. Clerk.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-10
mo. 80.

President Harrison is expedient-
ly apportioning the Offices in Lou
isiana SO they will have the most
political weight. H. G. Warmoth
gets to be collector of customs at
New Orleans, j. F. Patty has been
appointed naval officer, and j. g. r.
Pitkin goes as minister to the Ar
gentine Republic.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-10
Spring and Summer Goods!
A New Stock just Received by
B. TURNER
Pimeville, La,


who has recently returned from New York
Boston, Cincinnati and other cities, where
he purchased q Large Stock of GOODS
suited to the wants Of his trade, which he
bought at reduced prices and is now offer
ing at small margin Of profit.
The public are invited to call and exam
inc his large and well selected stock of
DRY GOODS,
consisting of Dress Goods and Trimmings,
Fancy Goods, White Goods. adies' Cloaks
and Jackets. Jersies. Hosiery, Shawls and
Hoods. Balmorals. Jeans, Cassimeres and
Flannels, Linseys. Blankets, etc
Mems and Boys Hats. and Ladies' Trim
med Hats.
A large stock of Boys and Mens's CLO-
THING. Special bargains are offered in
Boys and Mems JEANS Clothing. which
were bought at sacrifice.
A fine assortment of Boots aud Shoes.
SaddleTy, Crockery, Hardware, Groceries.
Plantation Supplies. TRUNKS. Valises,
Towers celebrated "Fish Brand" of Slick.
ers, and FURNITURE.
All of which were selected i'm person
with great care, at low figures, and will
be sold at rock bottom prices.
Call and examine for yourselves.
Highest market price paid for Cotton,
Hides md Beeswax.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-10

Davids acted on the defensive all
the way through the difficulty.
The Davids are quite young, Is
and 90; the Wainwrights, father
and son, So and %. Neither of the
Wainwrights are seriously wound
ed; the cut of David is an ugly
one, and has caused him much
pain. 1t is hoped he will recover.
Alexandria Democrat, Aug. 9TH.
The above account, as we'll at the
version telegraphed to the New Or
leans papers, is said by Mr.. VAIN
wright's friends to be one-sided,
and palpably biased in favor of the
Davids. They claim that David
provoked the difficulty by becom-
ing unnecessarily offended at Wash
Wainwright's drunken playfulness,
which, although a little rough, was
good-natured, and had been repeat
ly performed on a number of his
friends, without any of them tax
ing offense. David threatened to
shoot the top of Wainwright's head
off, hearing which the latter came
toward him. when David pulled his
pistol and backed on the gallery,
Wainwright following, but without
any knife in his hand. Whether
David fired before or after he fell
is somewhat contradicted, any way
he wounded Wainwright in the arm,
who grappled with him and caught
the pistol and was holding David
down. As the pistol fred the cry
was raised that David had killed
Wainwright, hearing which Irving
drew his knife, common Barlow,
and ran on the gallery. Being un-
able to distinguish the condition OF
affairs in the dim light, he pulled
his father off David, who began i'm
mediately to shoot again, striking
the elder Wainwright in the leg
and the younger one in the thigh,
After he was shot Irving jumped
on David and gave him a painful
and serious cut in the neck. The
elder Wainwright claims to have
been trying to get his knife out as
his son pulled him off, and did moi
succeed until after he was shot the
second time. The Davids seem te
have been walking arsenals, as the
younger one appeared on the scene
at the wind-up with a pistol in
each hand. It is claimed that he
did not attempt to use them when
confronted by young Wainwright
knife in hand, but after getting of
a short distance he fred shot al
the Wainwrights.
We feel satisfied that all of the
parties are to blame, the elder one
possibly the most, although he and
his son appear to have the sympa-
thy of most of the community.
The latest news from Fishville is
to the effect that both Wainwrights
are confined to their beds, but will
recover, while grave fear is enter
tanned that Mr.. David will die.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-10

Cheatham's chill tonic contains mel
ther quinine, chinconidia, stryclsnine,
arsenic or mercury, and does not pro-
duce buzzing in the ears or deafness.
A cure guaranteed,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-10
GOFFICIAL4J
LIST OF JURORS.
Drawn to Serve at the Term Of the District
Court to be Held on the 23d Day
of September. A. D. 1889.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, !
PARISH OF GRANT

PARISH OF GRANT
Be it known and remembered that We
the undersigned jury commissioners of the
parish of Grant, duly appointed and quail
fed according to law, met this day In the
clerks Office in the court house at Colfax,
Grant parish, to draw jury to serve at tho
next tern of the District Court, to he
holden ON the fourth Monday of Septem-
Der, 1853. it being the 2Sd day Of Septem-
Der, A. d. 1889.
The clerk Of the court, 8. B. Shackel-
ford then furnished the jury commissioner
with a list of the Jury who had served at
the last term of the District Court when
the jury commissioners, with the assistance
of the clerk of the District and ex-officio
member of the jury commission. pr o.
ceeded to open the general venire box, and
after revising the same by striking from the
list aud taking from the box all those who
had served az jurors ut the Last term Of the
court, removed from the parish, died, etc.,
then proceeded to place q like number Of
names in the general venire box, taken
from the registration and poll books of
said parish, so as to supplement the num-
Der Of names taken from the general venire
box to its original number, three hundred,
when Mr.. G H Teal drew from the
general venire box, in the presence of the
undersigned commissioners, one ut time,
the following fifty names to serve fer the
first waek
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-10

Go to s. M. Lacroix for C. C. C. GER
tain cough cure, cures coughs, colds
and all throat and lung diseases.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-10

Robertson g. Jones, Jonesboro, Ark,
writes: "C.C.C. certain chill cure gives
universal satisfaction" Pleasant to
take. No cure no pay. s. NJ. Lacroix.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-10

Official advertisements 81 per square for
first insertion; each subsequent publica-
ton so cents per square.
Brief communications upon subjects of
public interest solicited, but no attention
will be paid to anonymous writer's.
Address: CHRONICLE, Colfax, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-10

Pleasant to Take and Every B-ttlr
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
A TRIfI.E 0yERnRAwN.

A FAMILY live in Harleia w|.o never
have any clocks in the ho-7sn, because
q canary which they have always war
bles the hours, says Pi:..,. AT Ia
o'clock the bird turns three springs
backward and sings "Asinie Laurie"
The people are awakened at o'clock
each morning by the strains vi Bid
Me Goodbye"
TnnnE is horse in Cay7rga es,anty
who likes to climb up the ladder of this
stable into the loft, and from shance to
the roof of the building and slide
down to the ground. His ra:,eated
performances have made tha roof so
slippery that when lightning struck
the place last summer it glanced off at
once and fell to the ground, laaving
the stable nninjurad.
A WISCONSIN farmer owns yellow
dog, the exact color of ;,a,n7,kin,
which is called Captain links" The
dog is very fleet and will ovarsa!se any.
! thing in the country. His favorits
amusement is to run in and ont boz
tween the wheels Of u fast moving ex-
press train. The farmer is greatly at
tached to him, and last week refused
an offer of 50 which q travelling show
man made.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
WOMAN,s CAREER.


She was q fair girl graduate, enrobed in spotless
white,
And on her youthful features shown q look OF
holy light.
she bent with grace her dainty head to receive
80, the ribbon blue,
Whence hung the silver medal, adiudced to he
her due.
watched her face with rapture as she raised
to heaven her eyes
And moved her lips in prayer as her fingers
ciasped the prize.
For k ew to education she had pledged her
coming days,
TO rnclasp poor woman's letters and free her
from mans ways.
Time passed. Our pathways parted but ever
and anon
My thoughts would stray toward her, and I'd
speculate upon
"hat my graduate was doing, il athwart the
scroll OF fame,
Among unselfish workers. had been written
high her nnme.
AT last CHANGED TO meet her, but her books
were pushed aside
While around dainty garment she sowed the
| lace with pride,
Growing youth,
Upon that silver medal was cutting his first
| tooth.
|
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
Among Errors 1,u,nous to r,,,,t;,.

one OF the most mischievous and ,ucs, com.
mon is the fndiscriminate ana too fye1rrnt use
OF pur5Gsives. Such medicines if ,yeR chosen
and seasonably resorte1 to, are certainly usa.ul,
but many persons select the worst, fly from ono
to the other, and employ them when thar. IL no
OCCASION or their utility has ceased II, estab-
llsh on permanent basis n regular condition Of
the bowels, tho finest Alternative is Rosseltsr's
stomach Bitters. 1t is botanic i'll origin. and Q
safe succedaneum for those Objectionable, drugs
calomel and blue pill it does not grippe or
drench the bowels like tho ordinary eYas.uents
and it not only reforms rresularity OF shs habit
OF body, but remedies the disorder :l:ni inactiy.
ity OF tho liver and stomach, which usually &C.
company that condition. Rhaum.tisln kidney
trouble. malarial complaint and naYyuusuess
| are removed by tho Bitters
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
.1BBATH READING.
HIS Been Said That a
Holy Life is Contin-
ual Sermon.
VAN CURED BY PRAYER.
r,;,9rsn's Day in the Sunday School,
The Work Of the Christian Commits
sion During the Gull War.
Cured by Prayer.

Canon Wilberforce writes to q Lon
Ion newspaper that his belief in mira
,lcs has been strengthened by miracle
reformed upon himself by means of
enoiuting and prayer. my internal
s;Iment," he writes, "was OF such ma
hire that leading surgeons declared it to
70 ipc,1rable, except at the cost of a
severe operation. At last 1 sent for
eI1ers. men of God, full of faith-by
ku,,om was prayed over and anointed,
and in few weeks the internal ailment
,a,sed entirely away. The canon takes
pains to say that he is confident that he
MAS healed by ,"the Lords blessing upon
His own word, but, as in so many cases,
here was sufficient margin of time and
possibility of change of tissue between
The anointing and the recovery to justify
he skeptic in disconnecting the two."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
Young Men and Religious York.

In our religious exchanges there is a
perennial discussion OF the question as
h how to interest young men in relig-
Eor,s work. 1t seems to be taken for
granted that young women will engage
IN such work without urging. So they
do. Is this because they are better
than men? Is it because their sympa-
tines are quicker? Is it because they
have more leisure?
Anyhow, the young men need coax
iar. The great point to gain is right
adjustment. Young men must be made
10 feel at home in the church-must
l,avea social footing Then they should
be assigned to posts for which they are
fitted When stationed make them feel
responsible. Nothing educates like re-
bponsibility. You cannot interest any
man, cid or young, until doomsday, by
letting him swash around. Give him a
Definite commission.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
A Long TRAMP.

About four weeks ago Bill Webb, Of
Iron Mountain Mich, traded his bull
dog Jack for an Irish setter belonging
to Prof Williams, a travelling show
man. Williams took Jack with him
to st. Paul, MINI. The Other morn
ing Jack hoped off a freight train in
Iron Mountain on which he had jump
ed from the ore train at the "Y," some
distance up the line. The dog must
have made its way from ST. Paul, q
distance of nearly 400 miles, BIZ steal
ing rides on freight, passenger and ore
trains. When it found it's old master
it was much emaciatcd, and how it had
sense or instinct to get back to Iron
Mountain is o mystery.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
CHILDREN and FOOLS SPEAK TEil
TRUTH.

Children and FOOLS" says the old
adage, always speak the truth, which
is not to say that other people do not
speak the truth, but rather that chill
dren and fools speak ct inopportune
times. A lady was telling friend
whom she was visiting about the
rapiaity with which the rents were
shooting skyward in her neighborhood,
and the friend, of course, had to tell
how high her rent was. Her small son
interrupted her, just as she had finished
telling what she paid per month, by re-
marking; "Why, that wasn't for a
month; that was for a day. Both the
women laughed at the. boys idea; but
the little fellow was quite certain he
was right, and carried his point by
adding, cit must have been for day,
because the man used to come every
day for his rent"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09

ana L left the carriage at the apno;Dtea
place, and advanced till the musket of
guard cleaned in dangerous nearness
10 my lace. Then the questions and
answers followed just as the Colonel
mad described, only when the sentinel
SAID, What is it," I answered "Bav.
cry and instead of this proving the
wonderful Sesame" the sentinel cried.
calling me by name, "Mr. Stuart, you
nave given the wrong word-that is not
the countersign. I cannotle you pass
you must go back to camp and get the
right word"
SO back Mr.. Dodge and I drove in
Ihe black night, over the muddy roads.
IL turned out that the officer by mis-
Jake had whispered the countersign Of
the day before-it was changed every
day. The mistake rectifed, we started
again. and again went through the pro-
gramme. This time the word was
Massachusetts," and we were permit
ted to go, but not before 1 had turned
and asked the soldier: Glow did you
know who was in the darkness" and
the man had answered.: about fifteen
years ago I heard you speak to Sun
day-school up in York State, and,
though l have never seen you since, l
remembered your voice. If it hadn't
been for that should have shot you. 8
"Then said I, "My friend, hope you
have the countersign." II have.'
What is it?' "The blood of Jesus
Christ" was the reverent reply.