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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08
Grant Parish School Districts.

The following metes and bounds en-
brace and describe the School Districts
Of Grant parish as adopted by the School
Board July 6, 1889:
No. /, or Ward One District Embraces
Ward No 1, and the lines are the same.
No. 2, or Rock Hill District The line
starts at the fork OF Rigolette and Darro
Bayou and runs down the Darro to Red
river, thence east on parish line to Hnd-
son creek, thence up Hudson creek to Mr..
MurrellB, thence to point of starting via
mouth Of Grays creek.
No. 3, or Prospect District The line
starts on parish h1e at Hudson creek, and
run east on said line to Bayou Flagon,
then up the Flagon to Mr.. Wneht's,
thence to Mr. Tcrrells's, and to Mr.. MUIR
reIl's, and then down the Hudson creek
to parish line, including said Wright,
Terrell and Murrell-
No. 4, or Flagon District The line
starts on parish line ut Bayou Flagon and
runs east on said line to point south Of
Mr.. Patton's, thence to Mr.. Patton's in
elusive, thence TO Mr.. Tracy's, thence to
head Of Sandy creek, thence TO Mr..
Wnght's, thence down Flagon to point Of
starting.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

FAX. GRANT PARISH La, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY s. 1850

The House has ordered the CON-
mittee on Reform in the civil serv-
ice to investigate the civil service
commission, and the committee will
decide Monday when it will begin.
The publication by the newspa-
per of the new extradition treaty
with England before the Senate
has acted on it, has angered the
members of the British legation
here. They should remember that
in America the newspapers always
get the news, and print it without
asking any body's permission.
The G. A. r. has strong lobby
here working for the passage of a
service pension bill. The bill they
want will cost hegovernment more
than $110, 10000 q year.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08
Old Things vs.. New Things.

lMrs. Chute. IN St. Louis magazine.1
We sigh for good old times, and
the good old people and the good
old customs which passed away with
them.
Now, did it ever occur to you,
that all old times and their good old
concomitants, is just as much a
sham as the thousand and one other
shams which we pretend to deplore?
The truth is we are not a con-
sentative people, and whatever else
we may want, we don't want old
things.
What we really do want is some
thing new, and an endless variety
of it, for who would be content to
have the very latest thing out il
everybody else had its identical
counterpart?
It is the universal, almost mad
desire, for new things that makes
everything SO cheap and plenty,
for wary tradesmen and manufac-
turers, reading the signs of the
times, resolve to profit thereby, and
give us new things SO cheap that
everybody can get some, and SC
aimsy that everybody is compelled
soon to get more.
We all like new things, and why
should We not? They strike us with
an air of freshness and bring q
sense of Joy with their possession
The cheapest little article of use is
destined to meet some waiting want
and the f1imsiest article of adorn.
ment may bring JOY to the heart Of
some fortunate possessor.
WHO, at the widest stage of fret
full folly, would exchange our mod
ern inventions and improvements
and all our rush aud hurry, for the
slow stage evolutions of even one
century ago?
Old things will do for mild eyed
grumblers in their dlsconsolate
moods to sigh for, but new things
always for happy, active, energetic
progress.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08
Fall and Winter Goods!
A New Stock Just Received by
B. TURNER


fuOeV1uues L8ss
who has recently returned from New York
Boston, Cincinnati and other cities, where
be purchased a 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 we'll selected stock OF
DRY GOODS,
consisting of Dress Goods and Trimmings
Fancy Goods, White Goods. aides Cloaks
aud 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 CLIO
THING. Special bargains are offered in
Boys and Mems JEANS Clothing. which
were bought at a sacrifice.
A fine assortment of Boots and Shoes,
Saddiery, Crockery, Hardware, Groceries,
Plantation Supplies. TRUNKS. vaiises,
Towers celebrated "Fish Brand" OF Slick.
ers, aud FURNITURE.
All of which were selected ia person
with great care, at low figures, aud 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, 1890-02-08
ny sLAck:psAyonr T.. for D,spspsis.
Preserving Fence Posts.

In building fence around our
young orchard, several years ago,
we tried many plans for preserving
the posts. Having occasion to re-
move the fence this winter we noted
the condition Of the posts as fol-
lows: Those set with no prepar-
alton were decayed an inch or more
in thickness; those coated with a
wash Of lime were better preserved,
but were quite seriously attacked
by worms; those posts coated with
hot tar were perfectly sound as
when first put in the ground; those
painted with petroleum and kero-
sene were equally sound and aa
good as new. In the future we
shall treat all posts in the follow
ing manner before setting: Let
the posts get thoroughly dry and
then, with pan of cheap kerosene
and whitewash brush give the
lower third of the post, the part to
go into the ground, two or three
good applications of the oil. letting
It soak in well each time. Posts 50
treated will not be troubled by
worms or insects of any kind, but
will resist decay to q remarkable
degree. This we find to be the
simplest, easiest, cheapest and
best method of preservation.
Agriculturist.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08
ANDREW THORPE,
ATTORNEY AT Law
AND
Notary Public,
COLFAX LA.
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r THE ODELL D
TYPE WRITTEN
elk will buy the ODELL TYPE
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Twn to ten copies eau be made a, one VIII
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

Corn on the stalk is au emblem Of
plenty; corn on the toe is an emblem
If woe remove them quickly with G.
G.. C. certain corn cure. Price 25c at
druggists or by mail. j. G. Mendcn-
hall a. Co.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

EeurdiHsc prisons
And those troubled with nervousness resulting
from care or overwork win be relieved by taking
ByosUn's from BiMers. Genuine
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-02-08

M. lr.irts ST q family scales. trfiief vl oar csta
" ,.c,-e uuoss and household Articles
~ On ne old graf y AEent and e'hers me
s.- - .rr,r>tstv 6ssse &d}uafed ard warranted
s,-.ci M arr ay sfore :h Price fur the present
g. sars' s~sn.s csheFio handle oar goods Ga trs
<,as -. fs,a naaru; sen.ar No rii sehA ons
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-02-12
Slavery In Ecuador,

A French missionary gives serious 40.
count of the state of slavery in Ecu ador
Though it Is not legal institution, yet the
law permits an Indian to sell himself as
q slave when he is unable to pay his debts,
nnd once q slave he Is rarely able to free
himself. He may be bequeathed by will.
Tho majority of the interior Indians have
been reduced to this condition.
--Maine's oldest man died lately as
Belgrade in that State. His name was
Elihu Stevens, and he was 1O1 years old.
He was married three times and was
the father Of twenty-five children, most
Of whom are living. On the day he died
he had 320 descendants.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-02-12

DEPUTY q. =. LAND AND MINERAL
- Surveyor for Nevada. Mines laid out
and Surveyed fer Patent. Land surveyed, ap.
plications, contracts, payments ON land, and
appertaining to taking up or holding land of
the State or Government attended TO, ohaIl
keep fully posted as 10 aIl lands iatenup and
cant In tie eastern art Of Neyaue. A
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-02-12
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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-08-22
FARMERS VS.. POLITICIANS

Certain organs have considerable to say
about farmers being in politics. What of
it? They have a perfect right to be in
politics. They have taken Il part III pol
itics ever since our government has ex-
listed, and no doubt will continue to assist
in the political work of the country as long
rs the nation lasts. The fact is that many
of the leading politicians in the republican
paaty as we'll as in the other political or
CARNATIONS were born on a farm and lived
there until they reached their majority,
Many of them are still engaged in agricul.
tural pursuits. Is ii u crime or in any way
unusual that Il farmer should vote or run
for office? TIT elective franchise is ex'
tended to all male citizens over twcuty-one
y~earsof age. Shall a maj be excluded be
cause he is Il farmer? The greatest mel
of the age were born on Il farm. The farm
environments seem necessary to developt
the physical and mental nature to the high
est degree. There is not a professiona
pollticion in the country that would like tc
see farmers drop out of politics. He Ell.
ters his objections only when the farmer
allows his name to &c before a convention
There would not be the slightest objection
to the farmer working in politics if he
would consider the right to exercise the
elective franchise sufficient reward for his
boon. The hue and cry against the farmer
politician is raised by corrupt political
munipulators who fear the clean records
Of their farmer opponents.
The republican party has thousands of
farmers in its ranks who are worthy to
hold any office in the gift of the people of
the United States. There is no reason why
farmers should not take an active part in
political campaigns, but there is every
reason why they should vote for the nonli-
natien and election of good men for Office.
The farmer has a perfect right to live,
vote and hold ofice.-Pierrle Capital,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-08-22


quarters to put down the strike if it costs a
million of dollars to do so. IN Sunday
afternoon a crowd assemblies to see the be-
lated trains pass by, and some of the crowd
throw stones at them. These offenders are
promptly arrested by the police as soon as
discovered. Yet three separate occasions,
and from three different trains, the armed
guard open fire from rifles IN the crowd.
This uninniamity of action could only have
resulted from positive orders from their
superiors, for the men themselves were i'll
no danger whatever, and the plea of self
defense is entirely without foundation.
Such conduct on the part of Pinkerton
bulldozers is calculated TO provoke a very
serious riot, against which Il much larger
force of Pinkerton men tan those now
employed would be required to hold their
own. Fora mob sufficiently s,rong 10 tear
up the railroad tracks, make a bonfire of
the cars and throw the railroad officials
uponit, could be gathered in a few hours
nnder such strong provocation. Then the
company, having abundant use of money,
could put an army. of hired knaves into the
field. and much blood SHED would ensuC.
For if they have any legal or moral right
to hire 100 fighting men, the same right en-
lists to hire 10000, for they have the money
to pay them. 1t is quite time the railroad
people should be taught to rely upon the
law for their protection, and those who in
this case employed these murderers should
be held to strlct accountability for the
deeds done under their sanction and by
their orders.-Omaha World-Herald.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-08-22

favorable report OF the gathering. lnlts
issue OF Tuesday it dubs the meeting a
failure. To explain this variance. II
readers must remember that the Jour
nal is at present in a transitory state.
The FIRST was from the independent mem
Der OF it's staff. The second was penned
after the partisan member had been
heard from. We give Tuesdays item in
full:
The independent rally Saturday might at Ii.
brary Hall was not the success the friends OF
the movement in this city had anticipated. Ihe
speech OF Mr.. Z!pp should certainly have been
made before abody OF anarchists to have re-
ceived proper appreciation, for 1t ccrt;tll'iy
S,vored more OF anarchy than anything else.
The independents certainly did not gain many
friends to their cause by the regiments OF IN"
sneaker who eSpouSed their cause Saturday
night,
Webster defines anarchy as want o!
government; the state OF society where
there is no law or Supreme Power, OF
where the laws are not efficient, and in
dividuals do what they please with i'm
punity."
Surely the only thing in Mr.. Zipp's ad
dress which the opposition can claim
savored OF anarchism was his opposition
to the national banking system and stric
lures on the usurcr. Nowasournationa
and private bankers arc every day an
every hour OF the day, violating the law
OF the state and the vast majority OF III
dividual money loaners do what the.
please in the matter OF interest, with in
punity, it would seem to Il fair-minde
man that this latter class OF people wer
the anarchists, and that Mr.. Zipp was l
truth declaring against anarchism.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-08-22

The Custer Chronicle man points to
the failure of the prohibition law to pro:
hibit and uses the fact to prove chat in
opposing the enaction Of such a law he
was in the right. We have met with Il
number Of cases wherein men who
claimed to have been prohibitionists de-
clared that they were so no longer, that
the law had proven a failure. We think
all men who make such statements are
themselves failures as prohibitionists
Either they never were prollibitionists
and the failure plcascs them, OF else they
are very short sighted, one sided nor
tails. Prohibition has not been on tria.
in South Dakota, but Il few short weeks
and during that time prohibition was
largely in the hands OF the saloon mer
themselves, us the enforcement leagues
seemed resolved to give dealers every
opportunity to comply with the law
without enforcement, and we are sur
the present croakers never made any
effort to Ell + ,rce the law. From the time
the supreme court took a hand in The
business, said court has been on tria'
and liquor has run rampant. Now
things are again reversed and had the
Chronicle held its breath a little it might
have escaped the odium OF false proph.
esy. 1t would ut least have been good
policy to have waited until after the re.
publican convention,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-08-22
ANOTHER PINKEKTON OUTRAGE

ANoALAEIIh I1INfAILIt1o YIN cUIttfAOE.
The telegraph gives us the particulars of
another Pinkerton outrage, unprecedented
even in the history of that band of bravoes.
A freight train entering Albany was
guarded by two Pinkerton men On the top
of each car. Without any proyocation
whatever, one of the men fired, and a boy
of twelve years of age fell, dangerously
wounded. The man who fred the shot was
captured by the crowd and would have been
summarily hanged but for the interposition
of the police, who rescued him. A few
hours after this occurrence other Pinkerton
men again, under similar circumstances,
fred into the crowd, this time wounding a
woman and q small boy. An hour after
ward the same thing occurred again, and
again u boy was wounded. An officer tried
to arrest the shooter, but failed to do SO,
and was himself severely beaten by the
Pinkerton men on the arrival of the train
at its destination, although he was in full
uniform. The captain of the police where
the trouble took place said to a reporter;
1T is true that a few women and children
Threw stones at the men on the freight trains
early IN the afternoon, but l saw the Pinkerton
men fire at the groups of people Oh the street
VINO mad nothing to do with it whatever, and
without provocation. l told Mr.. Pinkerton OF
TINS. but he simply said it was in self-defense.
Iheforegoing recapitulation of the facts
ID necessary to a proper understanding of
the case. Here is one of the wealthiest
railroad corporations in the country en-
gagged in a controversy with its employees,
which results in a strike, causing a stopp-
age or Traffic. Orders come from head-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-08-22
WANT AND

LNOR SALE-A level, valley farm, on Spring
IL creek, three and one-half miles west of Fol
all plow land and much OF it is good hay land.
There is considerable fencing. some breaking, a
small house with spring near by. There is good
range both north and south. Inquire of VIM.
NJ fIaltand
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-08-22
The anti.lottery bill has passed II

The anti.lottery bill has passed the
lower house Of congress and will surely
pass the senate. Representative Hans
brough, OF North Dakota, made Il strong
speech in it's support. He said, II was
recently told by a gentlemen who knows
something OF the inside workings Of such
enterprises, that the squarest lottery in
existence never paid out in prizes over
thirty per cent Of it's receipts. The sui.
ferers at the hand OF the lottery are not
people who can afford to waste theil
money, but those who have their last
miserable dollar in their pockets and
do not know where the next is to come
from; the dream OF riches that never
come, and those last dollars are dropped
into the lottery slot with a million
other miserable dollars extracted under
false %pretenses from the pockets of the
poor" The law prevents the carriage
through the mails or delivery by post
master any mail matter pertaining to
lotteries. 1t also prevents the carriage
or delivery OF any newspaper, circular
publication OF any kind which con-
tains any advertisement OF any lottery
gift enterprise or list OF prizes award.
This will limit if notprohibit the incomes
OF some of our contemporaries.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-08-22
A TYPICAL REPUBLICAN,,

CUSTER City, August -, 1S9O.-[Ed-
ltor UNloN.l BY the way, j. a. Stanley,
editor OF the Hermosa Pilot and by the
grace OF God. and the will OF Senator
Moody, postmaster OF Hermosa) the
gentleman who was almost solely respon-
sible for the loss of $4,000 due Custer
county by Fall River county, is an ell
thusiastlc republican. He was Il dele
gate to the only senatorial convention
held in this district since our admission
as a state, a great honor. He no doubt
thought SO, but We were going to remark
that the five delegates sent to that con-
interest OF Custer county and secure the
nomination OF a Custer county man who
would see that we were fairly treated,
and here we find this enthusiastic repub-
lican actually playing into the hands OF
a wealthy tOwnsite owner OF Fall River
county. This man in conjunction with
the majority OF the residents of his
county had been attempting to dodge
the payment to Custer county OF the
amount due her by said county at the
time OF segregation, and SO lar their
efforts have been successful. An effort
was to be made at the coming session OF
the legislature to get a bill passed to
compel said county to pay what she
justly owed US. This intended move
would have hnda successful termination
had not this champion republican, base
ly betrayed the trust reposed in him and
voted for the nomination of Fall River
man (Stewart) as senator. This man
was elected and by putting forth all the
effort possible was able to defeat this
just and equitable measure, thus beat
ing Custer county out OF what is hones'-
ly owed her as proven by the facts OF Il e
case, and now the Taxpayers of this
county, hard working and hard up as
they are, must pay enough more to
make up for what this champion OF the
republican party was instrumental in
defrauding us out OF. A living example
OF such men enjoying a little brief au-
thority and already We are participant
ing the fruits thereof. This is positive
proof that if such republicans as he con
troll all the Offices they will be of inestim-
BILE value to the taxpayers-in a horn.
Although this isn't evidence that they
are all sure to make expensive officials,
it is proof that ga mans man. and liza
BILE to go wrong while sailing in a"repub-
|licau canoe as III any otiler.-ficrlnusa
Pilot OF August LIST, slightly changed by
an INDEPENDENT