Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-05

A ROUGH CUsToNIER.-On Monday even
iHg good locking middIed aged man, call
ing himself C0fer, and hailing from Cor
inth, Miss, got on a bender at the II. & o.
r. r Depot, and proclaimed his firm de-
termination TO clean out things generally.
He first went for our dignified, quiet friend,
Joe Seurlock, clerk in one Of the Railroad
Offices, because he was too busy to go into
the gas business with him, but Joe intro
dueed Colts repeater and suggested the
possibility Of more intimate acquaintance
and Coier partially subsidized. But he
steamed up again and insisted on q row
with some body. By this time the police
arrived and took charge OF the free fighter.
He resisted furiously, but Taylor and
Rawls were too many for him, and finally
landed him in the Station House where he
spent the night. The Recorder fined him
S14,00 on Tuesday, which he declared TO be
the most unreasonable bill for the charac-
ter Of Accommodations he ever paid.
II Latest style Gentlemen's SILK
HATS at GATES Live Clothing Store, cor
ner Shannon and Lafayette streets.
A BOLD ROBBERY.-On Sunday night
last, burglars entered the residence Of DR..
j. W. Collins, on Huntingdon street, be-
tween Royal and the Mobile 4 Ohio Rail-
road, and carried of case of surgical in
struments, two suits Of the Doctors clothes,
two pair OF his boots, the jewelry OF Mrs.
Collins, and a small amount Of money,
between $3.50 and 800. They entered
By the front hall door, which the Doctor
had neglected to fasten. Before sun up on
Monday morning the Doctor was called to
see patient, but had TO send down town
for suit Of clothes before he could obey
the summons. This should warn our citi-
zens generally, to be on the look out for
midnight robbers, for there is other evil
denee than the above TO demonstrate that
there are several professionals now in the
city. The police are on the qiii UtUe, but as
yet the thieves are safe with their booty.
Look TO your window and door fastenings,
and keep your pistols in good condition,
and handy.
CITIZEN MOLAssEs."-Onsd day this week
a matron OF mature years, who bosses
things about home in general and her hus-
band in particular, sent her husband down
town with 4 jug and dollar, TO get mOlas-
ses. The husband, elatcd with the idea Of
~buying things himself" got drunk, and,
instead of buying the molasses filed the
jug with whisky. He staggered home
and was met at the gate by his wife, who
helped him into the yard with great dis
patch and with marked demonstration Of
feeling and muscle. Well, in the yard the
jug was deposited on the ground and the
cid woman went for it. She took it up,
smelt it. set it back, and then squaring her
self, arms Rkimbo and eyes flashing she
xclaimed-''Whar's them molasses ?" The
old man smiled and winked pleasantly and
waving his left hand propitiatingly, gently
murmured, "them's they!" Then the old
oman gushed. She gushed long and loud.
She gushed the jug and contents at the
head Of her "Moses," and then she gushed
him into the house and there was ''weeping
and wailing'' and things. High above all,
however, could be heard voice shrilly ex-
"them's molasses, are they l'-
The old man is eonvaleseing; but the old
oman goes about repeating to herself
''them's molasses, are they!" which slight
ly deranges the old mans nervous system,
and doubtless retards his recovery.
THE FREE SCHOOL QUEsTIoN.-The
bill which passed our last Legislature es-
tsblishing a uniform system of Free
Schools throughout the State, provides for
a State and County Snperintendsnts. The
State Superintendent has been appointed,
and County SuperinteRdents viii be elect
ed by the County Courts, either at April or
July Terms. We believe that public in
terest demands prompt and immediate ac-
lion in this matter by the County Courts.
There are many reasons why we hold this
opinion, but we will only mention one, be-
cause that one is conclusive within itself.
The scholastic population Of each District
should be ascertained at once and the ques-
1on decided, "will the means created by
he School Bill enable US to establish first
lass schools in the county, and how
nanyi' Should the means provided prove
inadequate, steps should be at once taken to
provide for the deficiency by local taxation.
The educational wants of the county
ihouId be ascertained without delay and
he means for supplying these wants pro-
1ided before the election of School Direc-
ors in August. The County should be
divided into School Districts, and all pre-
iminaries settled so that the law can go
INTO effect without delay after the August
Especially is Jackson interested
IN this matter, for she has already suffered
TOO much for the want of a ee school sys-
iem. In jackson, at least, the schools
under the State law must be first class, and
# necessary, additional means raised by
ocal taxation for that purpose. The cleo
lion of a competent Superintendent by the
County Court at its present (April) Term,
who will enter at once upon his duties,
will, in a measure, accomplish these desi-
rable preliminary results, and hence we
urge action now. Let all good citizens
unite in making the free school system a
blessing to the State, and to that end let
aone but competent Lien be called to the
positions Of County Superin-
.endents. Free schools can be made either
blessing or farce, and with the County
Courts rests the election.