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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28
NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF.

L,Np OFFICE. New ORLEANS. La, I
Aug. 8. 1885.
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has fled notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the Clerk of District
Court at Colfax, La. ON Saturday, September e.
1885. viz:
Wiley Walker.
who made Homestead Entry. No. I0ssl. for the
west half of northeast quarter, northwest quarter
of southeast quarter. and northeast quarter of
southwest quarter of sec. u, township north,
= nge west. La. meridian.
He names tho following witnessed to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation /.
said land, viz: w. l.. hnson. K. w. Pollard,
william Darlington. John Murrcll, all Of Grant
parish. louisiana.
Any person who desires 20 protest against the
allowance Of such proof. or who knows Of any
subs antial reason, under the law and the regu-
lations Of the Interior Department. why such
prO0f should not be allowed. will be given an
opportunity at the sbove mentioned me and
place to cr0ae-examine the witnesses OF said
claiment. and to offer evidence in rebuttal Of
that submitted By claimant.
q. Mod BRUMBY.
Register
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28

The Rev. Robinson. Baptist minister
from VIM parish, preached an excellent
sermon in the Coifax Methodist church
last Wednesday night.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28

The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. Gaines
Keener, aged about months, died on
Saturday. Sept. q. 1895. OF such rs the
Kingdom of Heaven.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28
Or. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Most Perfect Made.

Miss Leslie Thorpe Ragan) who is
running kindergarten (school for chill
dreh) in Alexandria, was a visitor to Col
fax this week.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28

We have waited patiently and long up
On many Of our subscribers, and they
ought by al the rules Of fairness, to step
up now, settle all balances and pay q
y-ar's subscription in advance. To all
such we will make liberal allowance.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28

The true position of the Populists on
the silver question crops out whenever
the subject of fiat money" is discussed.
They are greenbackers, pure and simple.
They really would like to demonetise
both gold and silver. The cheaper the
material and more plentiful the stuff the
better they like II. They are for silver
only because it is cheaper than gold, and
they prefer paper to either metal, because
it would debase the currency and make
money plentiful and cheap. They imag-
inc it would help the debtor by robbing
tue CREDITOR fatal delusion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28

Look out for the show! There will be
free show held every Saturday at the
store of j. H. McNeely. No charge for
reserve seats, to see the grand display of
dress goods, clothing. etc., that he is now
selling 90 cheap.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28

II the care Of the hair were made
part Of lsdy's education. we should not
see % many gray heads. and the use of
Halls Hair Remover would be unneces-
sary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28

Prof. Paul is stiIl in bed with fever,
and will not be able to take charge Of the
Colfax High school. as was expected, but
il is probable that the primary depart
ment VIII be opened on the LIST, % hereto
fore announced.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28

A man may retrieve his fortune. but it
is hard to pull young man back from
crime and debauchery to honor and pure
manhood.-Sam Jones.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28

Rev. Mr.. Murrell, an evangelist preach
er Of the Northern M. E. church, is ex-
pected in Colfax to begin protracted re-
lieious service on the 18th Of October, to
continue for several days.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28

We are glad to see that Sheriff Kemp
and Master Charlie Ingram, deputy in
the clerks Office. who have both been
sick, are again at their post of duty.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28

FLouR.-The famous Blanche, in bar
rels, half barrels. quarter barrel sacks,
and u barrel sacks. For prices on this
renowned brand Of -four apply to j. H.
McNERLY.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28

Baby Carriages at wholesale prices.
Catalogue showing sixty three new styles
free. AMERICAN FURNITURE AGENCY,
Galena, Kansas.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

SUCCESSION NOTICE.
Succession OF Melissa D. Barton.
4th Judicial Dist. Court, Grant parish.
To Whom tt Mag Concern:
You are hereby notified that Yearb r.
Barton has fled application to he ap-
pointed administrator of the above sue
cession. II opposition thereto is not filed
within ten days from the publication
hereof. he will be appointed as such.
Witness the Hon. Geo. Ware, Judge of
said court this September 9Th, 1895.
w. L. SHACKELFORD,
Clerk District Court.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28

We frequently receive communications
for publication from persons who forget
o neglect and only sign fictitious names
to their letters. Such are never publish
ell. Writer'S have the privilege of keep
ing their names from the public, but they
must always let the editor know who
they are. We have letter from School
Boy,".but as he failed to give us his real
Hime it has not been published.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28

Young man, remember that the indis-
cretious of youth are drafts upon old
age. payable thirty and forty years
hence, with compound interest.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28
SURRENDER TO CREDITORS.
Heman Smith va. His Creditors.

4th Judicial Dist. Court, Grant perish.
To Whom it May Concern:
Notice Is hereby given that HemaB
Smith has filed a surrender OF his proper
ty in favor Ut his Creditors, and that q
meeting of said Creditors has been order
ed to convene at my Office on September
3Oth. 1895. at II o'clock, N.
Witness the Hon. Geo. Wear, Judge OF
said court, this Sept. 5th, 1895.
w. L. SHACKELFORD,
Clerk District Court.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28

The stock in trade of many so-called
men consists mainly of smutty iests and
indecent conversation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28

To Whom ii Nay Concern:
! am applying for a pardon of the
offense of larceny, Of which l waa' con.
victed at the September, 1894, term Of
tho District court in Grant parish, La.
Aug. "a, 1895. WIN. M. HAMIL.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28
Times are improving, and you should
not forget 10 pay up the printer.

Dr. A. r. Browne. dentist, OF Columbia
has been in Colfax for the past week.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-28
st. Francis XNUier'S
Commercial College,
ALEXANDRIA, LA.

Students from all central Louisiana
are in attendance. Mathematics, Book
keeping and Penmanship receive special
attention. Good boarding homes in nice
private families will alone be recommend
cd to our students.
Tuition-$4, So and g per month.
Next session opens
September g. 1895.
For particulars address
BRO. SUAREZ,
Aug. low. President.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15

SUSAN Is. ANTHONY says that at the
approaching convention of the Ma
tional American Suffrage association
she will resign the presidency she ha,
held 80 long.
REV. HENRY MARTIN ScUDDER, ID. D.,
Of Winchester, Mass, an eminent mis-.
sionary and clergyman, died from an
attack of apoplexy, aged 70 years.
KENTUCKY republicans In convention
ut Louisville nominated Col. w. O
Bradley, Of Lancaster, for governor.
The platform opposes the free and un-
limited coinage of silver. favors pro-
lection TO home industries, and calls
for the establishment of the doctrine
of reciprocity.
THE Pennsylvania prohibitionists In
convention ut Pittsburgh nominated
w. ii. Berry for state treasurer. Res
ofutions were adopted demanding the
suppression of the liquor traffic; that
silver be restored to its former value
and coined on parity of 10 to 1; that
lands owned by aliens be reclaimed
by the government and given to actual
settlers, and favoring female suffrage.
Mrs. NANCY SrARK,ua pensioner of
the war of 1912, died ut Mystic, Conn,
aged 90 years. Her mental faculties
were perfect until IN hour before her
death.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Gail Hamilton was busy ut work
on biography of Mr.. Blaine when she
was stricken with paralysis. All the
secretary's private papers were intrust-
ed to her, and she consequently en-
joyed facilities denied to most biogra-
piers.
Mr.. Percival Lowell, 'of Boston,
who erected and equipped fine tenn
porary observatory In ARIZONA last year
merely for the purpose OF studying the
planet Mars, announces that he Will
have twenty-four-inch telescope made
by Clark for further research In the
same direction.
The last of the Fighting Nc
Cooks" namely, Maj.-Gen. Alexander
Mcdowell McCool, after having been
continuously In the service OF the
United States for forty-three years. has
now been retired from the army. This
step was made necessary by our law,
since the general has reached the age
of sixty-four years.
Miss Julia e. Underwood has been
teaching in the public schools OF
Quincy, Mass. for forty years. She be-
gan at the age of sixteen, and has kept
at the front In the progress OF educa-
tional methods. AS model teacher in
model school town, she has received
offers from nearly every state In the
union, and from the famous school Tor
the blind in London.
mother of Turenne, the great
French general, gave her son his bent
toward military matters. She caused
number of toy cannon to be made for
his amusement, and herself aided him
to plant these miniature batteries on
little hilloclSs in the garden, showing
him how battery should be placed in
order to command hostile position.
Gen. Gordon, of Georgia, tells the
following story of the war period to
illustrate the shrinkagc of the con-
federate currency: Zone day cavalry
man rode into camp on q reasonably
good horse. Hello, cavalryman,' said
foot soldier, I'll give you $4,000 for
your horse You go to (the bad
place., was the horseman's reply. i
just paid 900 to have him curried."
The empress of Austria has a Curl
GUS dislike for flowers. 1t is said that
she can not bear to sit in n room where
they are. When she was last in En-
gland her apartments at the hotel
were lavishly decorated with the
choicest blooms. but directly the royal
steward arrived he requested that all
the flowers might be removed before
the empress came, so that she might
neither see nor smell them.
--"Oliver Wendell Holmes was talk
ing with friend one day." says a
writer in The Interior, of Chicago,
"when the conversation turned upon
his classmates who were living.
Now, there's Smith," he said. His
name will be honored by every school
child in the land when have been for
gotten hundred years. He wrote
my Country, IT'S of Thee" If he had
said "Our Country" the hymn would
not have been immortal; but that my
was master stroke. Everyone who
sings the hymn at once feels per-
sonal ownership in his native land.
The hymn will last as long as the
country"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15
HUMOROUS.

1t is the wolf in sleeps clothing
that has the sharpest teeth.-Ram's
Horn.
Only the wise can profit by the ex-
perience of others A fool has to find
out for himself that fire is hot. Rams
Horn.
III know how Columbus made that
egg stand up" said Wilbur. HE
had it Matched frst."-Harper's Round
Table.
Its so quiet in the country" said
Gibson, .'that I've often lain awake at
night and listened to the bed-ticking!"
-TitBits.
She (haughtily)-"I beg your par
don, sir; you have the advantage Of
me-" He Gauntily)-"I should say I
had. am the fellow you Tilted ten
years ago."-Household Words.
business. have callsd
after my account, DIR. A." Debtor
"Here is, the money, but 1 have de-
Quoted FIVE shillings because you have
come in my consultation hour" Tit
Bits
"A Dangerous Experiment - Miss
Antique School teacher)-"What does
white spell?' Class-"No answer.
Miss Antique-"What is the color Of
my skin?' Class lin chorus|-"Yel-
low"
-"Anna, your lover was again in the
kitchen till ten o'clock last night.
Gun not allow that any more" II. too,
have been thinking If we couldn't have
supper a little earlier."-Fliegende
Batter.
"A lecturer said, 81 must beg you to
give me your undivided attention.; in
deed, it is absolutely impossible that
you could form a true idea Of the hide
Gus animal of which we are about to
speak ualess you keep your eyes on
me-"
what are the things that touch
us most us we look back through the
yearsP" asked lady lecturer Inn
pressively. There was n moments aw-
full pause, and then small boy in the
audience answered: sour clothes. -
Tit-Bits.
~ notice." said the tall, pale girl,
with the high forehead, shat there Is
much progress being made now in
photographiDg the stars" ooh, yes
answered the fluffy girl. "They use
them for cigarette pictures. "-Indi.
annapolis Journal.
Her ldea.-Wife (going on a Jour
ney)-"Dear, now don't play poker
while l am gone" Husband-"But
you won't mind my playing little
game OF only twenty-five cent limit3"
Wife-"All right But promise me
you won't lose any more than that
Puck.
-Conclusive-"At least" observed
the head Of the family, trying to be
gay. "the burglars left the house. {"
And the English butler, who had been
hired Mt great expense, spalse, saying:
Eyes, sir. The cellar window being
found hopen proves that, SIR" The mas
ter was gratifed. The incident showed
that the butler Yves really English. :.
Detroit Tribune
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15
LATER.

AT Northampton, Mass. the John
NJ. Learned silk mills were destroyed
by fire. the loss being 100000.
A TERRIFIC rainstorm throughout the
southern half of Minnesota did great
damage, washing out crops and rail-
way tacks.
AN incendiary fire burned 15,O00,O0
feet of choice lumber in the Cloquet
MIMI Lumber company's yards.
Loss. Sl5O,0oo.
FIRE in the center of the lumber and
lannery district i'll Milwaukee did
1850, 900 damage.
ADvIcEs from Shanghai cay that all
the persons connected with the Eng
,ish, French and American missions at
chingtu had been massacred, neither
men, women nor children being
spared.
ONE HUNDRED persona were rendered
homeless and Sl25,0oo went up in smoke
in fire at Baltimore, Nd.
EMMET SWEENEY, Patrick Morris and
Michael Sheridan, aged IL, IL and IL
gears, respectively, were drowned in
the lake Mt Cleveland while bathing
FIRE destroyed the lumber yards,
planning mill and sash, door and blind
factory of tDewing & Sons at Etalama-
zoo, Mich, besides seven brick and
frame stores, the total loss being $780,
900.
BILL COLLINS (coloredD was lynched
| by mob in n swamp near Mayo, Fla,
for attempted assault on jeanette
/ IA
REV. GRANLEAF LEE, pastor of the
colored Baptist church ut Double
Springs, Ala, died suddenly in his pull
Dit while preaching. G-T
SADIE and Dora Anthony, Sarah
Booth and Rosa Rimer were drowned
while bathing in Stump creek near
Dubois, Pa.
A CYCLONE swept the district of Mo
tola, in the province of Lecce, Italy,
and property to the amount OF 1000 DOC
lire was destroyed.
FoUR men were suffocated by foul
gas in a tunnel near Denver, Col.
THE steam yacht Gilama capsized on
Lake Ontario and Capt. John Black
burn, Engineer Henderson and man
named Donnelly were drowned.
WILLIAM r. CASTLE has been ap'
pointed Hawaiian minister ut Wash.
ington in place Of L. A. Thurston-
PERCENTAGES of the baseball clubs In
the National league for the week ended
on the LIST were: Pittsburgh. $50; Bos
ton, 600; Chicago, .5s5; Cleveland. $40
baltimore. $40; Cincinnati, .5s6; New
York, .5i4; Philadelphia, 800; Brook
lyn, .472; Washington, .lae; St Louis
.s75; Louisville. .167.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15
FOREIGN.

1T was reported in London that Oscar
Wilde, who was recently sentenced to
two years imprisonment in Penton-
Vile prison at hard labor, had become
insane
ADvIcEs say that bands Of brigands
were ravaging Macedonia and that the
lives and property of Christians were
entirely unprotected. Abduction and
murder were everyday occurrences and
the whole country was infested with
brigands.
THE republic of Formosa collapsed,
its president, Tang, escaped from the
island, and the foreigners residing
there were in safety.
MAJ. CI.AvIJo. the assailant of Captain
General Primo Rivera, was executed at
Madrid.
AFTER three days severe fighting
Guayaquil was captured by the revo-
lutionary forces in Ecuador.
TIE Cuban instruction has cost
Spain thus far $40, 900, 900 in money and
the loss of nearly 5000 soldiers.
HIRAM LOTT, Of Louisiana, United
States consul at Managua, Nicaragua,
is dead.
THE explosion of boiler at the Law
ernaredo mine near Mines, France,
killed six persons and seriously injured
three others.
A CLoupBURsT over the Wurtemburg
portion of the Black Forest district in
Germany caused the destruction Of
much property and the loss of thirty
lives.
FUGITIVE RUDOLPH SCHyAUBELT, the
man who threw the bomb at the Chi
cago Haymarkct riot, was fatally
wounded in fracas at Pinalajo Villa,
Honduras.
TIE cruiser Machias sailed from Chez
foo for Port Arthur to remain there
for the protection of Americans in case
of trouble arising when the Japanese
evacuate the place.
THE whalcboat Kite was chartered
at st. Johns, n. F., to carry an expe-
dition of ten persons to Greenland to
rescue Lieut.. Peary, the Arctic ex-
plorer.
VICE ADMIRAL CuoPART, better known
Us "The Father OF the French Navy
died in London.
FURTHER advices say that 100 persons
lost their lives by the flood in the
Black forest region in Germany.
A STORM caused flood in the Rob
erndorf valley in Hungary and all the
houses were swept away and over 100
CT the inhabitants were drowned.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

SAMUEL. WAsnINaToN FULLER, aegd
70, noted artist and portrait painter,
died at Saratoga, N. Y.
THE sixth annual convention Of the
Maryland League Of Republican clubs
was held in Baltimore.
. ILLINOIS democrats in convention at
Springfield declared unqualifledly In
favor Of the free coinage Of silver Mt .
ratio OF 10 to and f6vored the holding
of national democratic convention TO
take notion on the money question.
The speakers censured President
Cleveland and the resolutions bitterly
denounced AL opponents Of the white
metal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15
A Hack Number.

Johnnie Washer Ito the Younger
brother Of his best girl)--So Miss Ella
Is your sister. Who comes after her?
Little Tommy-Nobody comes after
her; but pa says the first one does can
have her.-Texas Siftings.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15
Rest mt Last.

'Toughnut Is dead"
,"Well, he's better off,"
$50 they say. Did you know his
wife?"-Life.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15

-Infamy Is whose II is received. II
thou art mud wall, II will stick, II
marbis II will rebound. -Quarlea
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-04-04
FROM COPAI.IS,

Mrs. Landeen is visiting in Hoquiam.
Frank Morgan, who will teach the
Cedar creek school this summer, arrived
Saturday.
Ben. Grigsbie, the veteran mail carrier
is quite sick. We hope to sec him at his
old post soon.
Sherman Hoover has been appointed
deputy assessor for this precinct, very
wise and sensible selection, as he is COM
petent and capable, and will no doubt
give general satisfaction.
Now would be good time for some
enterprising merchant to open up store
on the beach, as both of our merchants
are closing out preparatory to leaving the
country, one to go to Colorado, the other
to Missouri.
We hope the arrangements will be
completed and the boat put on between
Aberdeen and Oyehut, as that would be
a great convenience TO the North Beach
people, and no doubt would be benefit
to Aberdeen in Il financial way.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-04-04

1t is astonishing what immense sums
ragpickers receive in the course of the
day. The combings Of women's hair sell
at so cents a pound. This means 5000 to
the knights of the hook. "Merinos," as
they are called, are another source Of
profit. These are the scraps of tailors
and dressmakers and bring about $3.50, 600
a year.
The old bones are another source Of
profit and bring about 100000 a year.
The papers, corks and crusts of bread all
60 to different industries and bring q not
less fabulous sum.
AS for the election bulletins, which to
the number of 1926, 900 are pasted upon
the walls of Paris, they are much sought.
especially Immediately after an election,
for the making Of buttons. Paris Letter
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-04-04
NEWS OF THE STATE.

Subscriptions to the subsidy of $500, 900
to Seattle and Lake Washington Water
way company have reached $1S5,SS0.
The Washington state fair will be held
at the close of the hop-picking season.
An Indian war dance is Il promised at
traction.
Slate Creek, in the Okanogan country,
promises to be a lively camp this spring,
and miners are working their way to
those fields as fast as the weather will
permit.
The mail steamer Buckeye, on the route
between Whatcom and Friday IIarbor,
was swamped in a heavy sea Tuesday,
and Mr.. Kauntzman, passenger, was
drowned.
Nick Haley, OF Marysville, Snohomsh
county, has contracted with the Port
Blakely mill company for 100000 feet
OF timber, to be delivered this season.
The price is understood to be better than
that which has ruled during the past
eighteen months.
Last Saturday Abe Gross, of Gross
Bros, the leading dry goods house OF
Tacoma, was found dead in his bed, shot
throu Ii the mouth, with revolver in
his hand Whether it was suicide or
accident cannot be determined. No
motive for the former can be assigned.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-04-04
From IIoquiam Washinstonian:


During the first half OF March the Ho
GUAM postoAice issued Isl money orders
Miss Sarah Clayton has returned from
the Aberdeen hospital, where she has
been under DR.. Stapps attendance. She
is very much improved.
The North Western Lumber Co. have
opened a full camp on the IIumptulips,
and are employing about thirty men.
The Sons Of Herman. a German society,
has been organized on Gays harbor with
headquarters at Aberdeen. Last Sunday
night large number with their wives
came down to visit tlv.r brethren at
lloquiam and jolly time was had.
After long waiting and a gallant strug
gle by our Aberdeen friends, they have
at last got Il railroad to their city, much
to the qualification and convenience OF
both Aberdeen and IIoquiam, as we'll as
the north side Of Grays harbor.
Last week the case against Stiles was
taken to Montesano again. This is the
second time in the past two weeks that
the taxpayers Of the county have been
called upon to foot bill of from $75 to
$3.50, just to accommodate the will OF
somebody with Il senseless whim. This
case should have been tried at Hoquiam,
where two able and impartial judges re-
side. There is no occasion OF putting the
county to this extra expense. 1t is time
the taxpayers put in a vigorous kick
against any more such antics.