THE COLFAX CHRONICLE.TR !nm arrcat ic iurnnal, bhb teb to otal1 a b tneUraI c4us, ifterature, Sticn c, griCn1it rt, etc.

VOL. X.I COLFAX, GRANT PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1886.

THE'COLFAX CHRONICLE,Published Every tlaturday, at

Colfax, Grant Parish, La..-BY--

-. Gl. GOO DWYNT ,EDITOR and PROPRIETOR.

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Addreee: CaHRONCLo. Colfax, La.

PROFESSIONAL CARDS.S--' Alexandria. W. C.C

WEAR,.BRIAN & ROBERTS,A torneys and Conellora at Law.

Will practice in the Courts of GrantPariah and Supreme Court of the State.

Owce adjoining Le8age's drug store.nov6.6m

DL ALLEN PATRICK,PMY$ICIAN and SUROION,

COLFAX, LA.

O5ee at LeSage's Drug Store. o9

R. L RANDOLPH,Physician and Surgeon,

FAIRMOUNT, LA.

All eadle promptly answered day ornight. sov b-ly.

JNO. C. WICKLIFFE,DterarcT ArroariY,

Attorney and Counsellor at Law,COLFAX, LA.

Office at Court House.Will practice in the Courts of Grant

and adjoining parishes and the SupremeC'ort of L ouijian•a. atu

JAMES B. TUCKER,.ATTOtEY AT LA W

And Notary Public,COLFAX. LA.

Will practice in the District Conrt ofGrant, Winn and lhatclitocltes i,risil.n,and in the Supreme Court of the l,.ee.

Ottfe at Court House. ts-l y

JNO. P. HADNOT,Notary Public.

Peeds and Mortgages a Specialty. Willattend to any business any where i, tihe

s(t islt of Grant with promptness.Pl'etoloe. Pin.;ville, La. ja24

W. G. DEAL, M. D.,COLFA X, LA,

Orrmcs Hoou.•. S am. to 9 p.m. my2

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Wean mwai wAhELECTRIC LIGHT SOAP

~ mm Uwsh.spm mmei.i1t. elejhese o thte uaml

mews ye em sme eleles ee.

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ATKINS SOAP CO,

WORLD

am eanl..ho.c

NEW GOODS AND

CHEAP GOODSJUST RECEIVED

-BY-j G. W. BOLTON,0 PiSeville, La.

A Large Stock of GENERAL MER-C(IIANDI.E having been bought in theIA.ading Markets of tho Country where-ever the cheapest lurchase could be made,and will be sold at prices to suit the times.

0 A well assorted stock of

s CLOTHINGFOR MEN, YOUTHS AND BOYS.

Furniture at very Low Prices !PADGETT'S CELEBRATED Tmzxs

SADDLES.

My Stock will be found complete andat prices as low as any, aid many articlescheaper than can be had elsewhere.

TO THE PEOPLEOf Rapides, Grant and Neigh-

boring Parishes.The Stook of Goods of the undersigned

is now complete in every partioular, andhe is offering same at

Ectraordinary jLow Prices.In addition to his [mmense Stock ofSEASONABLE DRY GOODS,

FacrT NOTIONS, MEDICINES,HARDWARIE, CROCKERY,

SADDLERY, HATS,BOOTh AND SHOES,

He has a large and well-selected Steek of

Men's, Youths' and Boys'

Clothing & FurnishingCoods,

Direct from the Manufactoriesin New York.

His spacious Rooms on the Second Floorare filled with

PUR NNt UREbought at the Factories in the West bythe Car Load, which is well s'tited to thetrade, and will be sold at extremely lowprices.

I•Highestearket pries paid for Cot-ton, Hides and Beeswax.

Prices low, quality as represented, sadsatisfaction guaranteed.

B. TURNERPINEVILLE. LA.

ElGIIES'

" BOILERSof all Szaes.

wirts for areular and tll ts what lea want3. W. PALYER A SOrs, Drawer 100, 1

Elaara, S. V.[r osr Hew York Omes.

Istesrn Aeants, Iiu..4 ( sata C. D C st. nsts,. mOur petentad Vertiesl lJoile w set prtise. ho

dauger of baratag Ses.

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cou c Bis -S u ar 1 e .

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c R od ed and Klda oTreebta. by glsdt tebled-vou• coa lb cuns e•tsmate

StL boedy.`,-VOUM CORDIAL CURES SICK-

,Ia, Plicaea Women. Pany an.d Bckly ad Cldr•.

Ib li de whval mtd aMtrgtioe as lmrl Tosg .

eolaUs Aumseeso sraU DiarfaU* t-VGIJM CORDIAL CURES IYSPEPW.rdi1gette sad (b ktepslia, by adla tbg abs

tla eftb. Food threllugh t bprpsbras mtnmUsmac; t 1cross .althy a. p.pti t

-VOUNA CORDIUAL CURE.S ERVOUSag sr o tn t t .e u. be A.

VOUA CORDAL CUADVERTIES OVEENTEami Dsttrati women. Puny and Sickly (illdis.Twelfth Judigil District Court Parish Tea

Griet, Louia adn--No. tot.By virtue of A anad to tisy writ ofy

f i .ed and to me dire ethe bovsanumbered end and et tled bt, I htvessed Sd wist ll oUer for sale, aat publi

ucation, in front of the ouge houe. door,.

VOA Dprribed CHEMICAL CO.lw, onATRDAY, D.r8, U.S.188,

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

SHERIFF'S SALE.

Twelfth Jdicial Distriet Court, Pariseh ofGrant. LouisIana-Ne. 404.

A. 0. Thompson, Agt, vs. Elijah Johnson.

Bythe piroperty of nd to s-watisfy a writ offa. Issued and to me directed In the abovenumbered and and entitled suit, t have

Oisd Bad will offer for sale, at pe.bliTerion, in front of the coubenert hof sepp door.

in the town of (olraz. La., between thehours prescribed by law, on

DeTDY, January. 188.-, pf1887,tSeve olnth owtinl dCourt.ibed property, seiof Grd athe pvirty of the defendtit, two seeral-w

One Brown Yare Mule.writerof-Cash ith benet of appd from the

mont. PHILIP GOODL Sheriff.Dec. 16.1886.-pf $4

CONSTABLE SALE.

7Seventh Justice Court. Parish o GrantL, nState of Louisiana.

A. W. Dell vs. Violet Hill-No. 468.A. W. Bell vs. Violet Bill-No. 469.

By virtue of and to satiefy two severalwrits of 8. a. issued out of and from the7th Justice Court, Parish of Grant. La , inthe abrve entitled suits. and to me direct-ed, 1 have ueised and will offer for sale atpublic anction, at the front door of theofoe of the Justice of the Peace in thetown of Montgomery. La., on

SATURDAY, January 22, 1887,the following described property, seized asthe property of the defendant, to-wit:

The north half of the northwest quarterof section eight, township eight (8) north.range four (4) west, containing eighty X80)acres, more or leas, and all the improve-ments thereon situated.

Terms of sale-Cash subject to apprals-meat. H. C. ROGERS,

Oenstable Ward teven,dl8-pf 87 Grant Parish, La.

CONSTABLE'S SALE.

First Justice Court, Parish of Grant. State 1of Loaseians.-No. 20.

J. D. Holland vs. Joe. T. Wilson.

By virtue of and to eatUsfy a writ of ISeri facias, issued and to me directed inthe above entitled and numbered suit, Ihave seized and will ofer for sale at pub-lic auction, in front of the court housedoor, in the town of Colfax, La., betweenthe hours prescribed by law, on

SATURDAY, January 8, 1886,the following described property, selsed asthe property of the defendant, to-wit:

Eighty acres of land situated on Red (river, and being the west half of the northwest quarter of motion 96. township 7north, range 4 west, together with the im- Iprovemente thereon situated.

Terme-Case on the spot.8. M. LACROII,

a27-t pf $6 Constable Ward One.

Market Report. i

marke qaotstioum Coutry merchats have topay trots 3 to 5 per cent advance on lbs rulingpnrcets the New Orleans zchang*. J

COTiTON.Go ordinary ..... 8 Mdin ......Lowaiddling...... 8 Fair ... ..... n

8UGAB-Commond4 ~fa bSir ood

Pirime bga, prime choice

MO ( hkEE- -ommon No, o tainar 10o. faIr,l1 1d•o prime 12 5 aro1,

eood 4%e. prinme 4%e.-w ui-a a toP S.omm atsa. . i

-- ,AT-.-me ,t S. et Sam pork85 50 to po0 2. keos ahoIsldem 4o, clear

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Tariff Reform in Ordar.

In speaking of the result of thelate election the protectionists havebeen pleased to refer to it as "ablack eye to free traders." Weimagine they have reckoned with-out their host, as they will beginto find out before the present ses-sion of Congress is over. In aninterview published in the Wash-ington Post last Monday, in speak-ing of the Morrison tariff bill, Mr.Blanchard is reported as saying:

"I am not surprised, and I thinkwe have every reason to be encour-aged. My four colleagues whovoted against consideration did sobecause they had voted on that sideat the last session, and wanted to beconsistent I believe that the safe-ty of the sugar producers of Louis-iana lies in an alliance with thetariff reformers. The Morrisonbill proposed a reduction of 10 percent on the sugar duty. The man--

ufacturers

ought

to

have

been

sat•sfed with that, because if ther bill had passed it would have done

away with the agitation of the tar-iff question for some years at least,and that is what the sugar mens want By a failure to pass the bill

they incur the danger of a muchgreater reduction of the presenttax, or its total abolition in orderto prevent the reduction of the tar-if on other things."

The defeat of the Morrison billis directly the result of the votesof the four Louisiana members whovoted against the measure; and, inview of their peculiar vagary thattheir position is for the bestinterest of the sugar planters;and the further consideration thatthe combined efforts of all themoneyed monopolies of the UnitedStates were brought to bear to fillthe halls of our National Aasmblywith men favorable to protection-in view of all this, we say, thisclose vote upon THE ONLY VITALPOLITICAL IBSU1 now before theAmerican people, shows most con-clusively that tariff reform is de-manded, and another assemblingof Congress will surely witness thetriumph of the tax-paying workersover the tax-eating monopolies.

The motion to quash the indict. Iment against Will A. Strong, onthe plea of prescription, has been 1overruled. He has filed an affida-vit naming a large number of per-sons who are indebted to him forticket paper. Among the numberwe find the following well knownin this section: Geo. A. Kelly, ofWinnfeld, he claims owes him 6$0;C. H. Teal, Colfax, $30; 'ThomasHickman, Fairmount, $30; W. P.Guynes, Ada, $15; W. F. Black-man, Alexandra, $80; B P. Hun-ter, Alexandria, $15; J. ML Jones,Hickory Valley, $15; N. C. Blan-chard, Shreveport, $75. Consider-ing the appeal made by Mr. Strongthat the public should suspend de-cision until he could make a show-ing,his plea of prescription was arather shabby resort. Then, thissensational claim that he has beenused as acapegoat by so manyprominent men, looks incredible, to dsay the least. Why not have giventheir names six months ago? Weventure the assertion that the larg-er proportion of the three domsenindividuals named will show thatthey have settled for the ticketsreceived. It is now narrowed to adefinite issue: Mr. Strong is eitherweak and corRupt, or he has dealtwith unmcrpulous knaves.

DrIa. - In Winidsd, Is., Des.12, 1886, John T. Bowen, aged 16years. He was "roller boy" in theSentinel office, which newspaper tsays of him: "Johanie was a good Iand honest God-fearing boy." Few dwords, but more weighty tin'butewldom is allotted to eartb's gret-set men.

SAlthough the universal cry is"hard times," we are pleased to notethat nearly every one claims to be'better of now than he was at this

time last year, being out of debtnow, whereas he was in debt then.This is a good sign and gives hope'of a prosperous future. It shows

our people are learning to livewithin their means.

The Baton Rouge Advocate givesthe following curious incident ofthe burning of the J. M. White i

A colored man by the nam ofBat. Vaughn caught two bales ofdamaged cotton from the wreck ofthe J. M. White yesterday and pull-ed them out on the bank near theferry landing. * This morning noth-ing but two piles of ashes were leftto tell where the bales were laid.The fire must have been inside andrekindled last night, totally de-stroying the bales.

Some of our brother editors in Louisi-ana seem to think that there is only oneman in the State suitable for governor,and that gentleman is Ex-Gov. Nicholls.It mi hard to believe that there is only oneman in the entire Pelican t'tate who ishonest enough to govern it; but the TownTalk has higher opinion of Democraticleaders. There are plenty of good menin our State, and we trust before 1888that the press will unite in support of oneof them--eome new man. The 'LownTalk is tired of the same old cry: "Nich-ols! Nicholls." We want a man who willnot withdraw about the time the Stateconvention meets.

In other 'words our Alexandriafriend desires to place the T. T. inline now so that it may gracefullyhold its own as a MoEnery cham-pion a few months hence. Is thatit, neighbor? or have you anothercat in the meal bag down there?

The new State Sunday law goesinto effect on the 1st of January,1887. It provides that all storesand saloons shall be kept closed onthe Sabbath, and imposes a fine ofnot lees than $25 nor more than8250, or imprisonment of not lessthan 10 nor more than 30 days, orboth at the discretion of the court.The act does not apply to newspa-per offices, book stores, drug stores,markets, boarding houses, liverystables, restaurants, or places ofresort for health or recreation, butprovides that no intoxicating liq-uors shall be sold or given away atany of these places on Sunday.We think there should be a lawprohibiting hunting and fishing onthe Sabbath, and hope to see thisamendment made to the presentlaw before a great while.

Ceavealeut Seed meaures

Beet, 1 s. to •o0 eet of drill.Bean, dwarf, qt. to 100 feet of drill.Beanso, pole, 1q to 10 illsCOsrrt, L to 1 Sect ofd

1ba la to8,OO plant.Oa e 1 os. to 0 hill.k

Corn, lqt. to 400 hIlls.Eadi, 1 s, to d feet of drill.Eggplant, 1 os to 2,0plant

Leek, 1 o. to 100 feetof drill.Wateraelon, aI e. to 80 hills.

ukmpskna, 1 as. to d0 hills.Okra, 1 os. to 40 feet of drill.Onion, 1 os to 100 fee of drilLOnion set small, 1 qt. to 90 feePom, 1 q tol 00feet o drill.PmpkfnD, 1 o to 40 hill. 1FPmeros. to 2hmt0 plarts.

aish1 o, . to 70 test of drillpiae 1 b s to 100 eet of drill

SquF , eearly 1 s,8 to 0 ll.Squash, m arrow, 1 as. to 16 hlts, 1Tomato, 1 o to 8,000 plants.T .urip, 1 a to feet of drill.Turnip, round, 1% pounds to the seareNumber of pibats per acre at giemt

di amess. : 'lmk

4 fe bSe 4 dfet, 2,7i.Stetj b 8 seet s, J ;,806

1 feet y slet, I.TM9lfeet 9 Seet I68.

I lees ty5feet,7O.30 fe.. sb8 s, 4. I40 lbet 40 het, 17.Parmer abould a4t oat the above lih

ay future mea.

The following is the average 'time of incubation of domesticfowls 'and animals: Tu yar 26 t

daE3; 1 dar ; "p geons 18 I

The editors of the Ruston Cali-graph recognise the responsibilitythat attaches to the newspaper, anda late issue contains the followingcaustic and merited criticism uapathe State fraternity:

Spite and personal animadver-sion should never be allowed toblot the escutcheon of the press ofour country. But' tis true, and wecan't tell why, there is more genu-ine pusillanimity in the editorialstaff than with any other set of manof equal intelligence and opportu-nity. We have editors here andthere in our country who appre-ciate the great purpose and poei-bilities of the "art preservative,"but a large majority of papers arerun by mep solely upon a selfishbasis, with no hope or purposeother than the gratification of cov-etous desires. The many bicker-ings, jealouses and abuses whichcrop out in newspapers are not on-ly disgraceful. to the writers butshameful to the readers of suchpapers. Subscriptions paid forpoisonous reptiles would prove asbeneficial to family circles as suchliterature. All men who wield thepower of the press should be moraland religious editors, and take thelead in all things just, true and holy.Politics and religion, to a great ex-tent, are matters of education, andthe great sources of these shouldbe kept pure.

The Imar Who Karws It "Aq.

It is a remarkable fact that theman who kn9ws it all in the pro-fession of journalism is always aman who has never done dby activework in a newspaper office. He isgenerally a man who has the va-guest ideas of the actual customsand necessities of newspaper work,and who, to save himself from thegallows, could not write an editqri-al paragraph or a half-column re-port. Yet he knows all about 'thenewspaper business. He can telljust what this paper should do andthat paper should not do. He canrecite to you categorically the mis.takes made by every newspaper inthe land, and he an explain to youexactly how, if the policy he laysdown were followed, the paperswould all be rolling in wealth, andabove all he is fairly bubbling overwith suggestion as to how youshould ruan your paper, ama remarkspitying concerning the manner inwhich you neglect your opportuni-ties: "You have a bonansa, butyou don't know how to run it," or,what is quite as cheering: "Youare wasting your time. Your pa-per can never be a success." Andso he drivels on, showing his grossignorance every time he opens hismonth, and apparently oblivious ofthe fact that he is not only a bore,but a ridiculous bore into the bar-gain.-Journalist.

Aarehist Spies and his fellowprisones are breathing easier now.Th little drop they were to takewas to have come of on December0, but te ranting of the super-

sedes ' itr case postpones theaffair until some time next March.It would not surprise the country,however, it they aev& hanged.The law in Chicago seems to beslow, .s well a idiotic, in its char-acter, and when money is used asFan g~et todefeat the end of jus-fiodethe law is• no likely to be on.--orted.-R O. ststes.

What proas it a man to makea whole pocketful of counterfeitbiBs, ft the p• tentiry surelyawaits him? This question maimeswhen the statsement of special satPat Loo is considered, "Eery

S counterfeiter thus farknown has bean brought to justicein the end." Honesty in ourrencyis at a premim.

The Ho N . . Blanchard hasbeen for the third time elected toC•o frlma thisiditrit Hewiltl a high p e among eoath.eran members in the neat sessionand will probb*y be mase bchair-man of the eommittee on rivers sadharbors.-Domoaatie Beview.

The ost p w serful kng on earth

is wor-hg the laciest, r-kig;a very doou4u kingsmo-kiag; the

one win-king; and the met gurua-

A mbokse repsias a acekay,though desnda in silk