Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-01-04
ODDS AND ENDS.

A MEFFAKE.-fl aOema TIE FumOF
shout BeIkuap haVing FeioEaod is pre-.
mature. He is prastiGiHg Lew lh Nich-
igaH.-[Gi06e Democrat.
STRUCK "ILE." Kentucky has
struck oil. A hVe.huudrsd. barrel we'll
is more than suspected Ia Lincoln
county.-[Cinclnnah Enquirer.
SAD ron oHIo.-ThIs iS very bad
news for Ohio: the once Of Third As
Sisstsnt Secretary Of State is 10 be
abolished Of eourss, Il is 6Iled BY en-
Ohio man.-[Globe. Democrat.
TIE WAY TO SUoOEED.-"If you
would succeed 10 this life, my con"
said Tom COFWin, al be solemn, solemn
as an ass. All the monuments Of this
world are built TO solemn asses"
WOULD " HE HAD ONE.-A poor
young man remarks that the only ad-
vice he gets from capitalists Il to alive
within his income" whereas the diff
Guilty he experiences is to live without
an income.
WHAT MAY HAPP.H HAYEs-Ii
Hay es's success in building up new
party continues 10 be as It has been, he
will soon be left slone with Eyarts,
Schulz and the ghost Of the Old Line
Whig.-[ N. Y. Sun.
SPANISH TYRANNY.-A Spanish H.
lustraied newspaper is threatened with
prosecution for publishing a portrait
Of the Princess Mercedes, the destined
bride of King Alphonso, the portrait
being by no means Aattering.
AFRAID oP Hlk.-TheFe is Q belief out
in Ohio that II q great crisis arose In
the matter Of the Senatorship, Ex.Gov.
Allen could be forced to accept II.
This is what uusettles 9 few Of the
cAudldateS'-l Washington Post.
Nor DAN BUT VAN.-It is not Sena.
tor Dan Voorhees, who has indorsed
Dalzsll for the Belgian Mission, bat
Van Worries, his member Of Congress.
Il is absolutely necessary that this ex-
PLANTATION be made.-[ Washington POst.
THE WAR.CRY OF CERRo GoRDo.-
Gen. Williams proposes to take care of
his political forces himself ct Frank.
fort next month. His rallying cries
are the Lexington Club" and The
Frankfort Regency" - louisville
News.
WAITING YoR AN ITEM.-It is when q
dry goods clerk Of niuety-seven pounds
weight attempts TO help from q farm
wagon farmers vile OF :03 pounds
weight, that the reporter seats himself
contentedly on the curbstones aud
waits for the catastrophe.
ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS 10 not
without bis uses. The other day the
hydrsnt ct his boarding. house got
stopped up, aud Mr.. Stephens IN.
dressed and crawled down the pipe
aud brought up q pebble nearly as big
as bis body HAWkeye.
GBORGE FRAECIs TRAIN has discover.
ed how any man ca live Ia luxury on
FIVE cents day. But why should we
live ia luxury when we see 80 may
families around us who are struggling
10 get through The winter with only
NADN NOH "OASCaaUA IGbts
You BET.-She used to keep bits of
brOAcn chiua and crockery piled up in
convenient corner OF the closet, aud
when asked her reason Tor preserving
such domestic lumber, she would
shoot lucid glance at her husband,
and merely remark, ale knows what
thems for"
BRACIEG UP.-Executive style is
looking up some. Not only has Mrs.
Hayes received q new dress from Paris,
but Mr.. Hayes has just received hand.
some epan Of horses from Virginia.
We are just fairly getting into the
merits Of the Presidency.-[ Philadel.
phia Times.
GivES IT UP.-The Nation has long
sinc, given up that point, and frankly
admitted that the knowledge OF the ah- |
OiUion Of the silver dollar and the dc. |
mOneiiz,tiOu Of silver was confined TO
a lew scientific men ard others inter.
esled in matters Of coinage. We Ques.
lion whether, from fist TO last, the
word "demonetiz was ever used by |
any person in or out OF Congress in |
reference to The silver dollar Chic Ago |
Tribune.
No SADNESS IN THE SoUTHWEsT.-
The New York Bulletin announces,
with much sadness, that "private infor-
nation of the most reliable character"
eads 1t TO fear that the silver bill will
pass the Seuale by atwo.third MAORI
y. This "ieai" will not excite sad.
ness in the SOulhwest, which yearns TOR
he "dOllar Of The daldie,," as desir.
able Ia commerce aud necessary to aid
he country In growing up TO resump.
ion OF specie paymenls.-[ Memphis
4 Avalanche.
HEDGtSG. The PeDnblicans are
rying TO "hedge" on the Patterson
'sse In South Carol na, the object being
o scare the friends of Butler into
taving of an investigation by the
hreaI OF duplicating Butler in a bar.
in With Patterson 10 get him (Butler)
nto the United States Senate. No
lOubt the real scheme ia to force com.
promise 10 prevent the unearthing OF
he Radical rOttenness through which
Patterson was seated list. Louis
Times.
One THAT CAN BE passed One of
he fret measures in the interest of the
south and West to be pressed on the
assembling of Congress is q leVee