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The Northwestern Dairymen Gather
In Elgin.
Their Animal Tnl1x and Ex-
pericnce Meeting.


enefMf D'spate" !" fHo |"''''' =,
EIa1N, ILL.,, feb. 3..-rnfs1ia'lt to call' tho
Northwestern Dairynan's AsAocintion coIyo.lefl
l., rI,,;r iii Enh. n nj II n. nj. pcapits tile
'.aea.,otaJ h". n.,t ti,o ,,,nn1cr ,rcscnt At ,ho
""t"eetu','.o' ~, eo''' NV ~ r .,.a-,. ..a;,,
opening nf tlto Aoshloh "as 'a'ee' "' o'e4s t'a''
brought additional Interested Iaf lir1.
The prtailcnt of tho Assoclhtio,, s. Tayo.
nj Jako atills, Wiz, callol tho Association To
ofaef' raun,;.,o. oa.,,.,
inf OF II. ". Stewart, u. II. 1hom'son' anu y
W. Ktugaley, was appointed to regulate tic Pc
culinary alfnirs, Of the AsH'ciati'' -,
The tonyentn 1I'en aj"'rnc,l , ~; ,1l 1:3o r; n.
on tl,s,o by tile President.
The Cuarnlnn appointed committee tMerpra.
i. Ii. Waslzcr. Of Illinois e. il. Wilder, ot via.
cousin, au1 N. Edret Of Inwa) to exanEno all
make report upon their utility and relative
yuuo as to tl!o llrpcsas iutsncd; kaIa Cntll.
i1lltteo to report at tlo close af the Convention.
lle Secretary announced tie Chicago & North
wrsseru aud tho Chicago t. Pacific Ensds wtl;!h
return t1clcgn'cn ispou their Ilu"s ot read 1T
reduced rats ~ upon presentation Ul certificates
Of membership
p,scuss1oS.
Tho first subject announced for tliscursinn
waH "1lto Uairy FarEl." MIR. l.. j, Arnoli, II
Nccliestur, N. Y, Secretary of tho Aucrican AS
bociatio,,, opetct tho subject. IIo said every
1,au should be able to Hay saino!hiig u1'pn three
TOPICS: Politics, religion. and hta own busi-
,.csB. Upon tho latter be would speak, lIc
thought dairy farming could BE- munt protably
carried OIL where tho soil loutuy ard capable
u retaining moisture through the summer scaBon
Milk procured from rsc ircsl', and grecn grasA
l'aa thy nsost quantity Of that rertnn Of 'ntk
t!ls rruHo,. tito FIRMS Of 1lotkincr Connty ind
un undoubtea advantage oynE tnnHt Of tie 1ajry
districts III tho country Farmers at tho East
wure learning tho yaluo Of soiling, anil it "as
iI,1ff
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4 Southern Paper on John Y. Brown.
From iho Nashr,f!e t7tHt.> Tanner,
We arc frank to say tia. we do not admire the
attitude Which the lion. JOHN 7. Drown, OF
kentucky, occupies in Congress-, rs typical
Southern representative, no we'll as that OF
Lamar, Of mississippi, or Gordon, Of Georgia.
Somehow tho belligcrcucy Of our kentucky
roliticiaila-always excepting Beck and Knott
iB 30 mich more ostcntatious than twolvo years
ago, that 1t seon,s just little ill-tinol. Brown
imprcs1cs us as young gentleman OF iroro
l1o.ccttainly got Worried In ils little tilt but wo
shouldn't mind that, hut for the fact TINT in the
sclf-aHsulucd role Of tho Soutll'a David Lo
iniEsad the eyed Goliath Of EadcaIlsm, aud
gave tho phllistiuos ono Molo cAauco to cry
Hfout"
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noth the Eost.rn au,l Western fteporo7 Frcicht
aao,t. viii ,-,oot n J,y ~ ,I,o ~ na.;Go
rt'.A' a.. .4.ess s ,...s, ~ w "e'.o
Hotel Tor the purpose OF aov'slng meana TO set
Ito amicably the differences heretofore existing
rates nm Ia .ons sett1ed ,,as,s n noasibfo Mout
~
o1 'ae fa'sfoaas' anu espoclaily those loaans to
Tue EAST aeelafe TINT they have lost urge
amounts Of money since the acutting" IN
freight rites has hcen roinr on. anil nooccarlo
.ottIor,ont - t1o a;,o,,,t,o, ,ro,,,, H. a.. -.
ee't.st'ons u 'no t''lhau1t'ea "o"lo DO hohs &C.
slfabto' btt, Judging " the pFesaut temper Of
tho varous General Freight Agents. peaceablo
artrruop,nr+ .no,,u+o i,o a. ..,,,+n -, .
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1lasas Ent Ezprc.s.....,..,,,,,
y. !A'uis Ahu SpriuEIlsfd Fx...
vt. Inule Aat1 hprtnstf-ln Hx,.
FL. viz .fAc ck%Jsivt!!H tl,yiss.,l
IEfteFson Civ f1tre.s,,....,,...
P.-ntia aud kcuk1k i;kntons,.
CEicasn 4 radurAa RaiI:nad III
3tr,.att,e. aeon. Warrington Es
Joliet 4 Dwight Acollusiittl ttnn
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Milwaukee, lfaafson, Mnnfns 4
'ratria d i Ghten, Lt,caj, ,.,,
milwaukee,. IL Efpsse. Winuns,
IT. l'A11i 4 S1lnnca potts, ,thrnux d
Expres*s a1st,, via Milwaukee,,
for Rft,un, HerlIn, 0shkush,
McnA.ha d t}resu Itay....,.,,,,
Milwaukee, Mahfsort I'tairte t,i
Chten; Aisn. M*nashA, l;reeu
Hay 4 Stcrens' Paint. ..,,,,.,,,
Milwaukee / In Cru..o I'assnx'r r
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STEEL PENS.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS

ExrIAsAT1oT or RrsEnExcH ,fARxs.-f HaturtIAr o..
rsrtet. h!n,lny e1crptrh sHn,,dAy cxcoptad. / A..
rsse Hnndht at 8:O 1. III t1aitF, -
CHICAGO L NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD,
7f,t-s Cf'-',. E: ',r*1. t.nqn Hg..sl nut * .n.t
H.t Ftftstas!., anf Al H. I.M1t, 0'-
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SntctNf Dtsnatch to Vie Chtrudo Tribune.
DEs MONIES, Ia, Feb. 9.--Ent few of the rail-
road companies 1uvo made their report to the
Governor Of their EARNINGS fur 1S74 Those
which have reported show tlo following e1hiD.
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GHinAfi1 4 Al1fiA RAff aehn

chro7o. Htr'et fY dYd prnrsr SAorf Linz sfa E,t.,
an'. No. 'nt fhf-i9s, Spria26efi. AHaa All ii k1~i.
Thf"H4h hins thin" Ne,'af. Ees side, Haf{,rnW
bri!3t. airftf ticeI: At Htpo, nnd aJ Eaufai6,s ~
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MCCORMICK HALL,
Tuesday Evoning, Fob. 10.
PROGRAMME.
l. 0vsstuss. ''Taunhsu.er Wagner
9. Solo tos sa1ophons Nora snt.ss, .BslIinl
!. Grand Selection, totensrn w.xnsr
tilin,eres band.
1. A1ta from this Creation '*HitI 9srnrn Clad" .adyn
Misa Emma T.. Ihut.by.
5. PAfaphfaas do Cuncart. Lnrry .Ne1radbA
Altnorcf land.
G!lmotss hand.
:. Solo for cornst, ~ i, s4v.tt.; -....pao
81. afr. II. Arhnck!e.
g. Dvcrttmanto from the Operas .Bieyosbecr
Gll,nnre's Hand.
o. Air and Variations tos Notca -.."........-.H Rods
II. Oversnre Themes Oreras Of Mozart Suppe
G!lnlore's Baud.
TICKETS, ONE DOLLAR,
Including Fcasrred scat. For sails Lyon Healy'a
Music Store.
S0TlCE.-Tho Land Is making 4 tour Of tho
rrinelral .scra md Western Elties thair way to
n.tlIe hy. tn lI In t!lH hitter city n1
thr vi February, III lid Ut rabu bray OF kea
tucky.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-04-24

nr LOUISE KILLINGS sPALDISG

4 misty twilight filed the country barn,
Aud gathered IN gray shadows DER the mows,
while thread-ike sunbeams pierced each gaping
And lit the Manager o; the feeding cows.
What childish games we played among the hay,
With bursts Of childish laughter, free and light,
As we can never hope to laugh again.
o, how the echo of shouts would ring
From roof to stable through the JOYOUS day,
The cows would cease their feeding and look up,
FOR wonder, ut our revelry, so gay.
We'd play mad games with pitchfork and with -ese,
.frtghtning the brood-ken oacklms frcr, her nest,
Wed bos 81 with pumpkins or the ,nreshing door
TIL evening trAtied her sable IN the west.
No spot 50 wondrouS a. the old gray barn,
Wnere Don, the farmhouse stood, and peaceful
Cheved soleTanly their cud-, sanctioned secure
Beneath the shadow of the dusky mows.
The swallov left her nest beneath the caves
And twittered DER while We romped at pay;
As though she, too. partook OF glad gamGs.
And shared the joy that made our laugh so gay.
But deep within the calm eyes Of the COWS.
when past the manger in our play we trod,
sonethtns within their sinies. depths appalled,,
And make us think OF mystery, and God
Something could not solve nor comprehend,
which hushed our laughter and our boisterous
tn solemn awe possessed our little souls,
And. one by one, we styhed and crept Away.
o. for one blessed hour Of the pure Joy
Lived in the old gray barn beneath the hill
Q, for single lauRh IKE that of old,
Whose deathless echo never will be till u
The breath Of lands ia not more chasteIy pure
Than such loved memoriea, waited from our
youth:
They come like doves from consecrated bowers,
Loved messengers Of innocence and truth
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-04-24
A Spelling FrOlic.

The Baltimore American says "Out
west they are turning the spelling
matches into fun. A huge affair of the
kind in Cincinnati the other night was
nothing more than a lot of grown folks
playing school. Some of the solid men
in business and politics first came out
as the infants class, and were put
through their PAGES on monosy Liable
words. One of the boys brought a
monstrous kite to school along with
hum, and was duly reprimanded. Be-
tween attacks on the elementary speller
the class refreshed itself, and startled
the audience with fearful rendering of
the antique ballad concerning the adj
ventures of Mary's lamb. One naughty
boy was detected in the possession of
an unlawful apple, and when the peda-
gogue pocketed it the houseful of peo-
pie seemed by their perceptible laugh
ter to recognize the action as q rather
neat hit at the habit of the average
Cincinnati schoolmaster in the confis-
cation of crontrAband property. Some
of the big boys ami girls took liberties
with Webster that would have made
Josh Billings open his eyes with won
der. One of the most amusing Incl
dents of the evening occurred after
the intentional fun was over and the
spelling had commenced in earnest.
The school had opened with some forty
odd pupils one after another had been
thrown in the photographed wrestle
until only the best dozen remained,
and the word scassinette was given.
Now, there is nothing extraordinary in
the spelling of the word, but every one
of the twelve was vanquished by it.
They spelt all around it, but failed to
hit the right letters, and another vic
tory for the dictionary was scored"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-04-24
MIR. COOIey's Third.


My neighbor Cooley married his third
wife a short time ago; and the day
after she came home with him his Oldest
boy, son Of his first wife, came into the
room where she was sitting alone
sewing. Placing his elbows on the
table he began to be sociable. The
following conversation ensued;
Boy-How long d'you expect you'll
last7
Mrs. C.-What on earth do you mean?
Boy-Why, ms, she held on for about
ten years, and Emma, pas second, she
stood it for three years. Ireckon you re
good for as much as her. 1 hope SO,
anyhow. I'm kinder sick of funerals.
Tney made an awful fuss when they
slowed away ma, and a bigger howl
When they planted Emma. So I'd les'
as leave you'd keep around awhile. But
pa, he has his doubts about it.
Mrs. C.-Doubts ! Tell me what you
mean, this instant.
Boy-Oh, nothin'l Only the day
Emma got away pa came home from the
funeral, and when he ripped the Grape
of his hat he chucked it into the bureau
drawer and said clay there till l
want you again )" 80 s'pose the old
man must be e1pectin' you to step out
some time or other. In fac seen him
conversin' with the undertaken yester-
day; maxim some kinder permanent
contract with him, I reckon. The old
man is always jewin' people down.
Mrs. C.-You ought to be ashamed to
talk of your father in that manner.
Boy-Oh, he don't mind it. often
hear felleIs jokin' him about his wives.
He likes it. He's good natured man.
oov, ryik o1anrr NTH rim If fhav
understand him. All you've got to do
is to be sweet on him. and he'll be like
lamb. Now, Emma, she used to git
mad and heave plate, or a coal.scut.
tie, or most anything at him, and it
used to irritate him. And ma, she'd
blow him up about Is, 900 times day !;
both of them would bang me till 1 was
disguised, And pa didn't like it.
Treat me well, give me candy and
money, and you've got pa certain aud
sure. Emma used to smack me and
when pa said he was opposed to it she dgo
at him with an umbreller, or f1at-iron,
and mani him. guess you and nell
jog along all right together, and by the
time pa gifts another wife I'll be big
enough to don't care how many airs che
puts on. What I wants time. You
stick for three or four years and then
the old man can consolidate as much as
he's o mind to, and won't scare worth
q cent. It's only the fair thing, any
way. Enough of the property of this
family's been wasted on ceffins and
tombstones, and we ought to knock off
for awhile. Good mornin'. I b'lieve
I'll go to school.
Mrs. Cooley did not enjoy ner honey
moon as much as she had expected.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-04-24
A Cuban Proclamation.

The Diario de la Marina publishes a
proclamation by the captain general
addressed to the people of the Cinco
Villas district of Cuba. He says:
The insurrection is of the same char
acter now as in the beginnings fight
between civilization and barbarism
The insurgents in less than two months
have completely destroyed forty plan
tations and burned several ranches and
settlements. They rob you, destroy
your houses and leave Your families
homeless. Society is threatened, and
it is the duty of all to save it; some
with their wealth. others by advis-
ing the troops of the whereabouts of
the enemy, or by furnishing such aid
as they can to the government. Even
the ladies can help with bandages and
limits for the wounded. Let all unite in
one supreme effort to end the evil which
threatens all, and society will soon see
its troubles diminish and rebellion will
again retreat to its ruggard mountains,
where pursuit and hunger will soon
finish it. Rebels who repent can still
obtain pardon. Those who remain OBJ
stinate in their criminal career will be
surprised by death sooner or later
Loyal men and rebels have had oppor-
tunities heretofore to know my system
of command in Cuba. Its purpose ever
was to protect the good and untiringly
pursue the bad. This policy will be
continued SO long as L govern this
island in the name of the king.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-04-24
King KOffee Dismissed.

The world, even the savage world, is
becoming tolerant. Time Was when the
subjects of his most gracious majesty
the king having tired of him led him to
the block or to the guillotine, as with q
Charles of England or Louisof France;
distui bed his bowels with q red hot
poker as in Richard II. g case, bulleted
him as with one of the French Henry's,
or p0niarded or poisoned him as with a
score of unhappy monarchs OF different
climes. Now, even on the coast of
Africa, he is simply kicked out, but
with every consideration of distinguish
ed regard. This was the case with
Koffee Kalkali, king of the Ashantees.
His subjects had never forgiven his
failure to successfully defend Coomas-
sic against the Vandal foot of the Brit
ish invader and the mobiles determined
quietly among themselves to depose
him. He learned of their intention,
and having before his eyes the fate of
many a kinky-headed king who could
no longer control his savage hordes, he
prepared q powder train in the ruins of
his palace, with the intention of blow
ing himself up at the decisive moment.
But his enemies removed the explosive,
declared that they did but seek the
crown, not the head that bore it, and
that if he would but quietly surrender
the golden und he might peacefully
retire to village in the interior, taking
with him certain quantity Of his gold
dust, some fifty of his wives, and his
other slaves. This he consented to do,
though it grieved his heart to think
that he was permitted to have but a
half hundred of the hundreds of woolly-
headed better halves that first swelied
his kingly harem. Thus dynasty was
changed without bloodshed. and thus q
people, being but haif-civilized, con-
tented themselves to elevate new king
without having shed the blood of the
old
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-04-24

and thrust out his hands as if to fight
off flame. For their lives the men durst
not lay hold of her. She seemed to
wsver in soul betwixt grief and fury.
A moment after, the men gave loud
shout She was gone from where she
had stood, and the echo of n smothered
shriek-tribute of a woman's heart to
death-came to cur ears. We sprang
to look over. There was a glimpse of
the bright shawl whirled amid the
foam.
Did she fall ?" some cried out.
"Throwed herself down |" said those
who saw it.
We never saw trace of either OF them.
But the jam went out, to the last log.
Two hours later the gangs were follow
ing the drive down the stream-on to
Montreal But the men had turned
sullen. Scarce a laugh or CHEEKY
shout was heard for three days.
.Gcrfbuer
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-04-24
Debt.

What spendthrift world it isl An
English financial authority estimates
the increased Indebtedness of the ten
leading nations of the world since 1873
to be 81, 735, OOO, 900. That is to say,
these nations have been getting deeper
in debt every year by more than $3.50, :
600, 600. France has increased her
debt within the last two years $3.50. 600, :
600; Spain, $50. OOO.O00 Austria,
1920, DOC, 900; Italy, $50, OOO, 900 and
India, $11O, 600, 900. The increased in
debtedness in the United States in the
same time is put down at $35, ZOO, 900.
There was slight decrease in the debts
of Great Britain and Germany, the lat
ter being favored by the large receipts
from the French indemnity. The ag-
gresate national Indebtedness of the
world, according to this authority, is
1923, $50, 900, 900, on which there is an
annual interest of more than 81 ,O00,-
600, 600. These tremendous figures but
represent the present financial embar-
rassment of this world of ours. Nations
are piling up their debts in the aggre-
gate, as We have seen, at the rate of
$3.50, 600. 900 and more per annum. And
yet these are years of comparative
peace. Presently the world will be
plunged into great wars, and e1pendi-
ture and waste will be accelerated ten
fold.
The most serious question to be
considered in this connection is of the
ability of the most deeply debt laden of
the people to preserve their national
credit under their increasing burdens.
It costs France at present $165, DOC, 900
per annum to pay the interest on her
debt. This expenditure is in addition,
of course, to the cost of run ing the
government. Austria is obliged to
raise $75, 00O, 900 per annum, and Italy
800, OOO, 600 per annum to meet the in
terest claims on their debts. The charge
upon the debt of Spain is $55, ZOO, 600
per annum, but she pays it by borrow
ing more at high rate of interest Us
per cent. is the last quotatior). Now,
with q general European war to follow,
with its attendant increase in expendi-
ture and Indebtedness, how is it posi-
BILE that many of the continental nations
will not eventually reach the point of
repudiati ion? Spain is already on the
verge of it. The immense wealth of
France may carry her through, but can
Austria and Italy stand the strain
The burden of taxation will bear heav-
lily upon their people, and heavier as
the years roll on, and some day the
question will be whether they can bear
it and live. - World.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-04-24
WOman's Work.

In the great labor contest that is
always going on, women enters at a dis
advantage, and that disadvantage con-
tiuues throughout. The avenues of en-
ployment are closed against her merely
because she is a woman and when she
does find employment it is generally n,
beggarly wages. The man who cleans
the cutters can command better wages
than women of intelligence and ability
can obtain. There are hundreds of
women and girls in our cities who are
forced to work for living in the east
Very frequently they are of more than
ordinary education and intelligence, yet
they can rarely make it avail them. It
is not, after all, to be greatly wondered
at that so many young woman fall by
the wayside. Their position is one of
great danger, and only the possession
of sound moral principles can carry
them through with safety. They have
to fight single-habded host of foes.
There is a prejudice against employing
them in positions for which they are
best fitted. They are paid much less
wages than men, but their board bills
are just az hi gh They must dress at
least decently, and that cannot be done
without money. They ara compelled TO
live in more expensive places than mer.
because a man can live any where with
out affecting his reputation, whilst a
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-04-24

Justice to his relatives, and that he him
self can carry out his purposes more sat-
isfactorily than the board of his selec-
ton can do. He has also concluded
that his days are not SO nearly spent as
he thought when he hastened to unload
from his tired shoulders the burden of
his wealth. He, therefore, filed in the
recorders Office of San Francisco, on
Saturday last, revocation of the cele-
brated deed Of trust. He confirms all
the steps hitherto taken by the trustees,
and this may indicate that he proposes
to carry out by himself the designs
fully set forth in the revoked instru-
iaent. But however this may be, he
has once more taken possession of his
estate, and will for the present be his
own administrator, and SO another of
the big bonanzas of San Francisco dis
appears from view. Farewell, Lick!
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-04-24
Cremation.
Vivid Description of the German Pro-

A gentleman who was present at the
incremation of young lady's corpse
(late the wife of German medical
MANI at Siemsns' celebrated factory, in
Dresden, on Saturday last, gives an in
teresting account of the proceedings.
He says that sort of chdpelIe ordente,
profusely decorated with flowers, was
erected in one OF the workshops, in the
center of which the coffia containing
the body-that of very handsome
young woman-was placed: Mr.. Sic;
mems himself, as the clergy had refused
q solemn and touching discourse over
the body, which, in it's coffin, was then
inserted in the furnace, the iron door
of which was closed upon it, and a
stream of inconceivably hot air directed
upon it, surrounding Gas could be per-
ceived through q window let into the
side of the furnace) it with pale red,
quivering, distinctly vibrating flames.
There was no sudden burning up or
even scorching of the corpse, no phe-
nomenon CHASTITY to the eye or revolt
ing to any other sense, but what seemed
to be an extraordinary rapid process of
desiccarti0n, during which, after the
liquid substances had been evolved, the
solid parts first became red hot, then
white hot, and lastly resolved them
selves into ashes. There was, this gen.
tleman positively asserts, nothing from
first to last offensive in this process to
the physical senses. or even sentiment
ally distressing. The furnace is sur
rounded by drapery, which conce Is it
from the sight of the mourners, and
what can be seen through the inlet
(Which is used for purposes connected
way horrible, although it offers the
strange spectacle of a human body
gradually vanishing away through the
influence of intense heat. The process
lasted exactly one hour and eighteen
minutes and on Sunday the ashes were
gathered up with ali due solemnity, and
transferred to a suitable urn.-Berlin
Letter.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-04-24

Here is decrease this season OF 1885,
sos bales. It is not probable that this
decrease in the amount taken from the
ports has been Offset by increased ship
ments overland. On the contrary, it Is
likely the movement of cotton direct to
mills has this season been even below
an average, and the total for the year
will scarcely exceed $50, 900 bales.
The consumption of northern mills
last year averaged say q, 900 bales per
week. The reduction in the consump-
ton this year from short time, stop
page of mills, ETC., during October,
November and December, was estimated
at Is per cent, or say 70,00O bales.
The reduction of 33l per cent. in JAN
uary would increase this amount to
say 80, OOO bales. 1t is probable, then,
that domestic dinners, since January,
have either been consuming 5000 bales
per week less than last year or they
have been depicting their stocks to that
extent.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-04-24
James Lick's Revocation.

1t will be remembered by our readers
that about year ago a Mr. James
Lick, OF San Francisco, who had made
an imm ense fortune by industrial efforts
on the Pacific coast, had renowned it
all in favor of board of trustees. whom
he changed with lis expenditure accord
lag to final testament which was prop
erly recorded and suitably registered.
Since then he has changed hie mind,
ard now does not hesitate to act upon
his sober second thought. He has come
to the conclusion that he had not done