Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-01-27
Humboldt Items.

Our town was thrown into some excite
ment on last Friday morning upon the ar
| rival OF the Miss. Cen. train, by the report
that human body was being conveyed in
a trunk from the Baggage Car Of said train
| en-route for Columbus. Upon examination
by our city Marshall without opening the
| trunk he says he was satiafied that tie
trunk contained human body from the
peculiar stencil and also "a bone could be
| seen penetrating from the side Of the trunk.
| The trunk was shipped from New Orleans,
and checked to Cairo, H., and at the sug-
| gestion of some railroad officials the Mar
| shall let the matter pass without further
notice. We heard a rumor here that the
trunk was inspected at Cairo, upon its
| arrival and found to contain the body Of u
child, filed in around the body with pieces
of pork, &c.
| Those Of our citizens who succeeded in
proving their loyalty to the United States
Government several years ago, and after
filing their claims for property destroyed
| during the war, waited and enquired very
anxiously for sometime afterwards for the
| proceeds Of said claims which was promised
them by the gsHtlemaRly Claim Agent, are
now and have been for sometime as anx-
/ iously snquiring where said claims are.
They net only failed 10 get them cashed but
have lost sight of their claims. We heard
one of them say few days ago, that he
would like very much TO get his claim back,
as he had to file new one and had forgot
! ten whether he had filed the first one for
! one hundred or one thousand dollars. This
reminds US very much Of circumstance
which took place in this county many years
| ago. A gentleman whe we viii call s'Uncle
Billy" the owner of the only country store
in q prosperous yincinity, unfortunately
out traded himself, and Of course suspended
| specie pigment of various amounts due to
his creditors. One Of his creditors, Sam
Nc hearing OF Uncle Billy's failure and
having sold him on credit his crop Of cotton,
very promptly visited him for a liquidation
of the amount and continued to do so for
several days, but without success; finally a
few day afterwards Sam passed by where
some Of the neighbor boys were at work
and approaching them said, with a nasal
twang peculiar 10 sam, '.Tye bin up sew
eral times this week, to try 10 get Uncle
Billy to tell nae what my cotton weighed,
so as to know whether or not 10 plant the
same field in cotton agin this year"
The above is entirely illustrative Of the
condition of many people OF the South. If
all the money that has been paid out TO
Claim Agents for cost, &c, by the Southern
people since the war, for property lost du-
ring the war, could be now collected tOgeth-
or it would be sufficient 10 procure a suits-
bic monument for the fallen braves Of every
command in the Southern army.
A youth was discovered in Humboldt
few days ago trying TO pass very bad re-
/ presentation OF nickle coin, and upon being
questioned stated that he got it from one
Il. NJ. Hubbard, living near here. Officers
/ Mcknight and Sharp proceeded to the
I house ofH:..kh.-d and found q goodly lot
Of the spurious coin a-4d a new mould near
/ " completed. Hubbard and the boy are
/ in prison here waiting trial before the com
mlting Court.
/ A rather good looking man passed
through our town on Monday evening last
| and rode up 10 Mr.. Roberts and informed
| Mrs. r. that he had found n very fine gold
ring just back apiece and told her As he was
/ going away from the neighbeFhOOd, he
would be pleased to leave the ring with her,
that the owner would undoubtedly reward
her for it, if she would pay him one dollar
] she could take it. Mrs. r. believing his
/ story, took the ring and paid HIM the dol
lar, the good blocking gent passing On to the
next house and reporting another fine gold
| ring found, which he in like manner dis
J I---
scribeded on them, but upon close exanlin
alton they proved TO be worthless being en-
tirely OF spurious metal, The rings are not
| all that were sold.
Cotton, brisk at...--....-.-....2 0G2O5<
Pork, delivered, .-.--.....---.....-6 51@T
Corn, per barrel. --------..--..-..s2 so
Yours,
/ JULIUS.