Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-06

Inc H0dfl WlE ruEsuanl e
ment. Present b. u. Afihur, preside
inR4W. j. eoWan, j. a. Gould. 3.
KAUFMAN and Jas. Fosasll.
The petition Of s. y. Shannon, A.l
Hebron, j. V. Bel, and OtheFH for 2
public road, 10 connect tie baldwin,
Ferry and jackson roads, coEamanein
at 3 point between Hazards honsf
and two-milea railroad bridge and run
ming o. nearly due east as possible to
some point between the residence Of
DR.. j. @. Newman and the old DIR.
Blrchett hou,e, was received and re-
ferred to q commission, appointed at
the last meeting, on The change in jack
son road near DR.. Cooks.
Mr.. Gould, Chairman Of the Poor
house Committee, reported that he had
examined the books and accounts for
1876 and 1877, and found the balance
due MI. g. n, Haszlnger to DO the sum
Of $625,69, IN full Of all claims on 30
count Of patients in the County Poor
house, up to July Lot, 1877, which
amount was allowed him In full.
The petition of DR.. Bowman, DR..
Henry, James Hazelett and others vas
received, and on their recoms
mendation, r. c. Miller, was
appointed overseer Of the road come
mencing at the Yazo0 Valley TOAD, atfa
point near Mrs. HAFwood's, and run.
ming along the banks Of the lakes to
On the petition Of Geo. +. Ring and
v. Zollinger, by attOrney, suretIes Of
r. Adams, Constable OF Supervisors
District No, l, II is ordered that notice
be given to said r. Adams, according
to Section BIG, of the Revised Code Of
1871, requiring him 10 give q new Off.
cial bond.
The President made a reported Che
special election held on the 20tha Of
June, 1877, in the Sd Supervisory ie-
trict, for one Justice Of the Peacd Ia
place Of B. 7. Montgomery, and pc
Constable, in place Of O. @. Fryer ~
signed. The returns show that q.
Lewis, Jr., was elected Justice Of pc
Peace, and Robert Jackson, Conatah G.
The following Judges and Clerks wer
allowed compensation for holdin'
said election:
At Davis Bend-JT Montgomery, Tho
A Brown, Judges; Chas. Green, CleEK.
At Newton-M s Hasie, X n Henderson.
b b Lewis, Judges; W b Lewis, Clerk.
At WarrentOn-J II Leitch, VIM Glass,
Isham shaaer, Judges; B + Oliver, Geo.
Homan, Clerks.
The claims OF Geo. H. Dorsey, w. II.
Hossley aud John Groome, for arrest
ing Randolph Barnes for the murder Of
Patrick Neville, for the sum Of 5000,
the same having been examined and
allowed by the Judge OF Tie Circuit
Court, and the District attorney, and
certified to this Board, IL allowed to
them under said legal advice.
The petition Of James Ware, w, d.
Wilson, j.. q. Fitzpatrick, w. j. Katzen-
mier and others, to open q road on
Fort Hill, was, received, and M. Sham
non, D.. II. Smarr, T. J. Hossley, Andy
O'Conners, Lac Lindsay, Z. w. WaIlin,
ST., and Eugene Forbes are appointed
Commissioners TO examine and report
the practicsbiliy and necessity for the
same.
HEtTOCK LAW.
By Mr.. Gould: Resolved, That Tie
petition of David Stout, A. d! Mat
tingly aud Others, asking for the repeal
Of the stock law in Supervisors Dis
trict No. 2, lying south Of the city of
Vicksburg and west Of the Halls
Ferry road, said repeal 10 take eff
feet December lst, 1877, said petit
TONERS claiming to constitute q ma
iority of the free-holders OF the terri
tory embraced IN said petition, not
having sufficient knowledge as to
whether said petitioners do, or do not,
constitute such q majority, the Board
hereby give notice 10 all parties deslr-
ing TO controvert the claim of the pc.
titioners, that they do constitute q ma.
lority Of said free-holders, TO appear
before the Board for that purpose, on
Monday, the 6!h day OF August, 1877.
The following names are signed TO
the petition alluded to In the above
resolution:
David Stout, tn Jet, + W Little, N H
Hanley, Otto Geizer, John ~Parkhurst, z
4 Houck, J 7 Morgan, Daniel Phelan, Q
- NANhNHAAg Jus
seph Podesta, A b MattiDgly, Pauline
MalOy, W Hammett, Sarah Crandell Hem
~ Speed, d Marcus, Mile Lewis, Z ABB
Paine, W H B~lackman, II W Blackman,
WIN stanton, Louisa Barnes. Isham
shatier, Antony Dorsey Charles D ana,
ALLOWANCES, "
Vicksburg Herald printing, etc, $64 SO.
Members Of the Board attendance and
mileage, 5000.
II. DEMO, Circuit Clerk, allowance at
June term Of Court, SlS; freight on dock
cts. 50; 800 fle envelopes, Sl-ST2.
Nteksburg Gas Light Company, SOS.
g. Z. Bent, Superintendent OF Eduea-
ton, salary for second quarter, $87. 80.
ID. Kennedy, bridge repairs, SIS.
Buck q Clark, fee In supreme Court,
$500.
J. W. Mudd, repairs to Courthouse,
$00.5L.
Lee Richardson & Co., tools for jail
hands, $6T.
And the Board adjourned.
WANTED 10 Look LIKE ELIJAH
There Is an Advent preacher In Mis-