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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
The storm Of Saturday on Sun.
flower River.

uO"eE k4AVeE,
on STR. FAIR PLAY, sUNFLOwER RIvERl
May u, 1878
Editor Of the Herald;
The storm of Saturday evening, May
18th, 1878, was one Of the most violent
remembered by any one living on Sun.
flower river. Without doubt it was
the most extensive in its range. The
effect is visible at ell points along this
river from the Yazoo north 10 Faisonia,
and the contiguous country, were also
visited by the fearful storm as reported
by citizens from the several neighbor-
hoods. The route seems 10 have been
from the South nearly due north, aud
up the SunAower river, leaving the
river when the direct course Of the
wind would cross the bends,
Its greatest severity seems to have
been in SunAower county. At the
mouth Of Indian Bayou, the destruC.
ton Of green forest trees on both sides
OF the river Is almost entire. Opposite
II. D. Vicks II was very severe,
and more so at Hutchins's, on whose
house a tree fell, caring away a part
of il, but without harm 10 the inmates
From that place 10 Johnstonvile, and
for miles on the south along Mound
Bayou, the wreck OF trees and fences
and houses was awful. But at John.
stOnville the greatest force OF the tor
nado mus, have been expended. This
resulted y The falling Of trees, moving
of houses, and, worst Of all, the entire
destructiol of the new Episcopal
Church. Ihis house Of worship had
been completed only few years, fur
nished in good taste, ceiled aud painted,
with carpets, organ, aud In every re-
spect suited 10 the purposes intended,
and in q few moments all was scattered
around by the wind and almost ruined
by the rain,
The writer passed through the route
of the storm south Of Johnstonville, or
down the river, and saw one negro
house with two trees which had fallen
on It, and near by another with trees
blown down 90 as 10 prevent &C.
cess 10 the house, but without in
jurlng the house. There were no
occupants seen by your correspondent,
but they might have had inhabitants
who would not have been injured.
Cattle have b.Nn killed, and perhaps
many not ye, found. Roads are i'm
pSssable IL places. Providentially
there was ~ l9ss of life, nor is the In
jury to crops such as to cause remark.
AT Kinloch and mouth Of Dawson
Bayou the storm seems 10 have been
less severe than below, and neither
there nor south was the storm 10 be
compared 10 what it was above. In
stances of hsir.breadth escapes from
being killed, and Of men holding 10
trees 10 prevent being blown away are
rea,el-one OF them a Yicksburg
LAWYER attending Sunilower Circuit
Court. lie can report for himself, and
may give sou more fully and correctly
the details OF this storm. Z. e. Z.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

IL the Senate when the bill came up
to put Gen. Shields on the retired list,
Blaine and Hill had q Wordy battle,
provoked by the former, Hill used up
Blaine so badly that he will not tackle
the Georgia Senator again soon.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
Al IaquIry.

Is It notbettsr to purchase Dr. Price's
Special FlayOTing Extracts, Lemon, Or.
Ange, Vanilla, etc., that have stood the
test Of years, than adulterated, un-
healthy articles, because they are CHEAP.
err Good, pure articles have q fair
valuation; and DR.. Price's are me.
qualled In quality and purity.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

TIE New Orleans Picayune is of the
opinion that the debate In the Senate
on Monday, and the adoption OF Mr..
Sargenrs amendment to the Shields
bill, may be regarded as an opening of
the Grant campaign for the succession.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

The Vicksburg HERALD in speaking
Of the State Press has this to say: "0ur
State owes q debt to its press that It
can never repay" We do not agree
with the HERALD. On the contrary,
we insist that the debt can be paid, and
that 1t ought to be paid. "Two dollars
8 year" is so small 3 sum that every
man can certainly afford to pay up, no
matter If he is delinquent for q dozen
Yesrs or more.-LRaymond Gazette.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

The Commune is assuming formida-
bic proportions in the North. Re.
Gently there were ten thousand in pro-
cesSion IN ST. Louis, and speeches were
made and listened 10 under the red
flags. There are immense orgsniza.
tions in Cincinnati, Chicago ami Phil.
alelphia also.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
psIraudIns the Rarsnua.

CINCINNATI, May N.-Chrls. Sand.
hyer's rectifying establishment Was
seized. The proprietor is q man OF
wealth. He is charged with filing
packages without Cancelling stamps,
he was released on bail.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
WEEKLY ADVERTISING RATES:
Friday Morning, May "a, 1873.

SENATOR LANAR's speech In favor Of
the Texas Pacific Railroad will have
great effect.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

tanned bis weight Give the teachers
prompt justice, and LET them have the
reward Of theiE faithful and patient
toll. ALL ABOARD.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
VICKSBURG HERALD
Published WEEKLY by
ROGERS, GROONIE & co.

An extra copy will be given to the getter
up OF a club OF ten.
Send Postofice Money Orders or drafts
when practicable. Address.
VICKSBURG HERALD CO.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-28
Origin of Slang Phrases.

1t is very curious and interesting to
hunt up the origin of slang phrases, or,
more properly, phrases that have passed
from mouth to mouth every day, and are
as familiar as household words. In this
onnection we reprint the following
from the current number of Harper's
Weekly:
In the phrase of "letting the cat out
Of the bag" we are reminded of its
thievish ancestry. at was formerly a
trick among country folks to substitute a
est for sucking pig, and bring it in bag
to market. IT any greenhorn chose +,
buy pig in poke Chat is, blind bar
gain, without examining the contents of
the sack, he let the cat out of the bag
and the trick was discovered" And SO
the phrase passed into common use as
applying to any one who let out a secret.
Who will bell the cat?" became an
other popular phrase, and is taken from
the fable of the cunning old mouse who
suggested that they should hang a bell
round the cats neck, so that due warning
might be had of her approach. The idea
was approved of by all the mice assem-
bled there was only one drawback to it
who was to hang the bell round the
cats neck or, in shOIt, who was to ball
ready to run the risk of sacrificing his
own life for the safety of others, which is
now the recognized meaning of the
proverb.
Il have bone to pick with you" is
a phrase that is uncomplimentary to the
ladies at starting. 1t means, as is we'll
known, having an unpleasant matter to
settle with you and this is the origin of
the phrase cat the marriage banquets
OF the Sicilian poor, the brides father,
after the meal, used to hand the BRIDE
groom bone, saying: Pick this bone,
for Won have taken in hand a much
harder task" "The gray mare is the
better horse" comes well after this last
aspersion upon the fair sex, to show that
woman is paramount. The origin of this
proverb was that mau wished to buy a
horse, but his wife took fancy to gray
mare, and so pertinsciously insisted that
the gray mare was the better horse that
her husband was obliged 60 yield the
point. But then, no doubt, he saw that
she was right in the end, and in all prob.
ability boasted afterward of his selection.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-28

Old bachelors who never smoke.
People who will suffer from chronic indi-
gestiOn, constipation and torpid liver. or
biliOusness," when DR.. Pieree's Golden
Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative
Pellets are known to be reliable and speedy
remedies for these diseases.
Old maids who do not love cats.
People who have catarrh, annoying and
disgusting every one around them, when DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy is known to be a
potent remedy for this disease.
Women who do not love babies.
Women who will suffer from all those
painful diseases TO which the sex is heir,
when DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
admitted by every lady who uses it to be an
efficient remedy for these maladies.
People who believe their progenitorg were
apes.
People who will read about "Helen's
Babies and "That Husband of Nine" and
" That Wife of Nine" and ''sThat Mother-in-
law of Nine" and That Son-in~Law of
Mine" and yet fail to read about themselves
in The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser"
Christians quarreling with each other on
their way to Heaven.
People who will seek health at fashionable
watering places, smothering at Saratoga or
Long Branch, or sacrificing themselves to
" Graham diet" at Water Cures and Health
Institutes, when the magnificent Invalids'
Hotel, at Buffalo, offers all the elegant
comforts of the finest hotels, combined with
the best sanitary advantages, - Russian,
Turkish, and plunge baths, gymnasium, etc,
and II is situated in and near some of the
finest natural scenery in the Empire State
The most peculiar of all are the people
who read these paragraphs and fail to profit
bV them,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-28
Rather High Flowing,

Soon after Bob Toombs had made his
famous speech on" Slavery" a. Boston,
an anti-slavery New Highlander ap-
preached him in a great crowd at the
Revere house, and thinking to cause the
sanator to betray himself asked:
You are Senator TeOmbs?"
" I am" said the great Bob.
" l have no doubt that your eminent
position will compel you to give a true
answer to question, even it it should
criminate your section ?"
Try me-" said Bob, with twinkIing
in his eyes.
Sir" said the long faced and long
haired philanthropist, q am informed
that in Georgia, your own state, they
actually work negroes TO the plow in the
place of horses, and [ rely upon you to
Substantial or contradict it."
ToOmbs said--"I will answer YOU
Yankee-tashion by asking another ques-
ton: EDO you know what likely negro
boy or man costs %
con, yes" said Philo, Il" l am informed
of your dreadful customs, and the price
of human blood is from 5000 to 81 500. D."
" Will you take 81 900 as fair?" said
Toombs.
" Yes, sir" said the man in search OF
his brother.
"Well," said Toombs, q g fair pillow
team is two mules with us. How many
negro men do you think it would take to
do the work of two good! muIes2'
The man pondered. He thought here
was confusion. He saids
" should say about ten to mule OF
twenty to a team"
TOombs said: ga mule costs from
800 to $3.50. a team, say $500. Your
negro team will cost just 500, 900. DONE
you think that is rather high blowing ?''
The man gave an angry jam of his hat
over his ears, and went out, circulating,
" might have known it wss a lie ?''
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-28
The Value Of a Squaw.

The Sioux is generally a mild poIyga-
mist. The young squaw is valued by
her father according to her youth and
cOmeliness, an available one being worth
all the way from six to fifteen ponies.
The squaw is the most abject slave OF her
connubial partner. She is compelled to
draw and prepare the wood for fuel,
besides cooking the rations and taking
care of her offspring. The lastcnamed
duty is, however, not q very onerous
one. The Indian is as fond of Joke or
q game as his brotner-in~law (the squaw
many or his white superior. Ha-ka-ka,
or Indian billiards, is one of his amuse-
ments. The game consists in pitching
the anchor.shaped ha-ka-ka through a
small ring while the latter is swiftly
rolling, the various players taking their
regular turn at pitching, while the whole
group swiftly follow the rolling ring or
hoop, and dart their ba ka kas at time
when they think it will dc the most
good. Gambling is an old vice with
Indians, and the young braves will stake
their all on q game of ha-ka-ka. The
squaws are also inveterate gamblers
| Dakota Herald.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-28
The Silver Market.

The New York correspondent of the
New Orleans Picayune writes: cit is
now evident that the great silver kings
of the Pacific slope are to encounter OBJ
position in this oliver business. The bill
had no sooner passed than one foreign
house in this city offered the treasury
S5,00O,000, to be bought in London or
Germany, and delivered therefrom to the
United States at lower figure than the
bonanza people had engaged to sell for.
That 81, 100000, or thereabouts, hiss been
purchased in London for the United
States treasury account shows that this
offer, or some other foreign offer, was
accepted. The European houses will
buy simply on 'commission'-and this
brings the thing down to a pretty fine
point. At present, there is not silver
enough in our own markets to compete
with the supply abroad, and London has
this week, as a result, undersold US.
There are limitations that the owners
of the American silver mines NAV take
to coming their bars into trade dollars,
and dispose of them to the Chinese. But
this could only be done where silver was
worth 574 and SD, the Chinese dollar
being Of 420 grains. The operation
would be perfectly legitimate one, the
United States not refusing the coinage of
Amer lean money as mere article of
merchandise, provided it is issued solely
in foreign countries" A London journal
very naturally thinks it a singular coin
cidence that on the same day, Saturday
last, $500, 900 of silver should be shipped
from Liverpool to New York, and $250,-
900 from New York to Liverpool. The
larger amount is understood to have been
destined for the United States govern
ment, while the lesser was leaving the
market in which the government might
naturally be expected to buy. The
explanation appears to be that the bull.
lion dealers on this side, finding the gov.
eminent had to buy, put up silver to an
abnOrmally high price; when the secre'
taryo the treasury applied to the ROths
childs for price, and, on receiving an
offer below the terms of the home dealers
pui chased 100000 from the Londo1
| bankers.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-28
The Statue for BedlOe,s Island.

The colossal statue of Liberty Lighting
the World, erected by France and Amer
lea in remembrance of their old friend
ship, is coming out little by little from
the immense workshops established ex-
pressly for its construction in the Rue de
Chazelles, No. 25, near Morceaux park.
The arm and hand holding the torch are
already In America, and at present the
sculptor, Bartholdi, is finishing the
principal portion OF the head.
The plaster model is nearly completed.
In a few days it will be stripped of the
scaffolding which surrounds it and upon
which several gangs of men are at work.
The first sentiment inspired by this
enormous head, nearly thirty feet high,
is almost terror. Its gigantic dimensions
are Supplying; but by degrees the eve
becomes accustomed to the colossal form.
and the mind reconciles itself to the
extent of those great lines, and we dis
cover in the midst OF them the majesty
and the light which the author has
endeavored to give to the features.
But the public will soon have an
opportunity to see the beauty of this
work, for the head of the statue of
Liberty is to be exhibited at the Univer-
sal exposition. Nevertheless we strongly
ADVISE every one beforehand to visit the
establishment on the Rue de Chazelle
and see how the different portions of
this head are prepared, worked and
adjusted.
Mr.. Bartholdi is making copies in
plaster of his statue of Liberty. Two
hundred of them only will be executed,
numbered and registered with the name
OF the purchaser, who may in this way
preserve a souvenir of this magnificent
monument commemorative of the CEN
tennial anniversary of the independence
of the United States, and destined to
renew and enliven the old friendship
between France and America.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-28

The successful life of Mr.. Jacob Straw,
the prince of American farmers, is attri-
butsd to the close observation of the
following maxims, originated by him
self
Make your fences high and strong so
they will keep cattle and pigs out. If
you have brush make your lots strong
and secure and keep the hogs from the
corn.
Be sure to get hands to bed by seven
o'clock; they will rise early by force of
circumstances.
Pay a hand, if he is a poor hand, all
you promise him if he is good one pay
him little more; it will encourage him
to do still better.
Always feed your hands as well as you
feed yourselves, for the lab1ring men are
the bone and sinew of the land and ought
to be well treated.
am satisfied that getting up early,
industry and regular habits are the best
medicine prescribed for health.
When rainy, bad weather comes so
YOU can't work out of doors, cut, split
and pile your wood, make your racks,
fix your fences or gate, and patch the
roof of your house or barn.
Study yeur own interest closely and do
not spend your time in electing presi-
dents, governors and other smaller Off
GERS, or talk of hard times, and spend your
time in whiting store boxes.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-28

veins, ruE2ing hither and thither, and
the quartz in some of them literally
sparkling with the precious and yellow
dust The Snow Drift has a shaft down
thirty-fve feet, with vein of decOm-
posed quartz thirty-fve feet, and increas-
ing in richness as they sink. In the new
district there is one five-stamP mill and
three arastras working steadily and the
miners are rapidly developing the leads.
The prospects are unusually encouraging
for one of the richest and most perma-
ueut gold camps in the mountains
From the Helena Independent,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-28
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT for the Feeble.

Debility, whether it be inherent, caused
by overtaxed strength, or prOtracted illness,
has a most depressing influence upon the
mind, breeding an abiect melancholy nearly
akin to despair, and enforcing the sbandon~
ment of cherished projects and high hopes.
Happily, the enfeebled system, even in ex-
IRENE cases, is susceptible OF IMMIGRATION.
It is proved by incontrovertible evidence
that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is an un-
falling strengthener of the weak, and that,
in addition to vitslizing the physical organi-
zstion, it establishes regularity among those
organs upon whose efficient discharge of the
duties imposed on them by nature, contin-
ued vigor and health depend. Thousands of
instances might be cited to show the regen-
Grating influence of this health giving agent
in cases of debility, liver disease, dyspepsia,
nervous ailments, constipation, intermittent
fever, urinary and uterine troubles, govt and
rheumatism, and other maladies.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-28
Gold Mining In Montana.

An Independent reporter saw a golden
brick at the banking house of L. 81.
Hershfeld & Bro. yesterday. 1t was a
huge pile of gold retort, piled up in an
Indifferent manner, as thought it was an
every day occurrence and the old flush
days were upon us, pouring their golden
food through the banks and business
houses of Helena. The retort was werth
over $4,000, and is the first clean I'D
from the Snow Drift lode. Mr.. Hersh.
field informs us there was q daily flow of
gold, which is steadily increasing, from
the new district, and the yellow, shining
pile convinced us that there is "plenty
of gold in the mountains of Silver
Greek. 1t is not generally known that
the new Silver Greek quartz mines,
distant about twenty-five miles from
Helena, are turning out the richest gold
cam yet discovered in Montana. The
mountain is said 10 be scanned with
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-28

GEORGE HARDING writes from our sister
republic: ''Mexico is probably as quiet
now as it ever has been or ever will be.
But We see many things that testify to
the uncertain tenure of life and property.
An escort of soldiers accompanies each
train. The white arms of crosses erected
at intervals along the roadside mark the
spots where the bones of murdered men
are crumbling to dust, and at each
station squad of cavalry, mounted on
richly-caparisoned horses, with carbines
in holsters and sabres at their sides, are
drawn up along the PLATFORM"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-28
Apples for Profit,

1t our farmers would do as they do in
the APPLE growing section of New York,
only plant those varieties that succeed
best in our climate, and such as are good
market varieties, their orchards would
prove far more profitable. There are
few varieties that suit commercial or
chsrd, and these few grow as well in
Kentucky, and are as profitable, SIS
Greetings and Baldwins are north. For
u strong soil we would recommend Ben
Favis, Rome Beatty, Smiths Cider and
Winesap. For thinner soils, Ben Davis
aud Rome Beauty. These always sell
and bring the best prices, and are good
bearers, the Winesap requiring age before
coming into bearing. We know an or
chard of one hundred trees, twenty-six
are Ben Davis, and the balance of differ
ent varieties. In six years the twenty
six Ben Davis trees brought in over six
hundred dollars; the balance of the or
chard has not, during the same time
brought in fifty dollars.-[L Louis vile
Farmer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-28
How to Dl..InxuI.h l1u.n,roou...

The London Garden gives the follow
ing as the distinguishing features of the
edible mushrooms-several cases of poi
soning are recorded from a mistake in
selecting the wrong species: ''iThe true
mushrooms, Ggaricus campesfrjs, is invari-
ably foung among grass, in rich, open
pastures, and never on or about stumps
or in woods. Another point is the pecu-
liar, intense purple-DrOwn color of the
spores analogous seeds). The ripe and
iully-matured mushroom derives the
intense purple brown color (almost black)
OF its gills from the presence of these
innumerable cOlored spores. 1t always
gross in pastures, always has dark purple
brown spores, always has a perfect
encircling clothy collar, and always gills
that do not touch the stem, and top
with an overlapping edge"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-28

The American export trade is assum-
ing larger proportions with each sue
ceeding month, and is destined to set our
financial matters ali right IN spite of the
Congressional wranglers. Among the
piano exports to Europe and the South
American states the popular firm of Geo.
Steck & Co., of New York, figures large
". because their instruments have gained
Tie reputation of standing the most Sc
we're climate better than those of their
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-28
Hints for the Household.

CooKIFs.-1 teacup Of cream, 1 Of SUI
Gar teaspoonful of soda and / of salt /;
f sur enoug Oh to make it roll out easy /;
btks in quick oven.
PIE ORUsr-1 teacupful eff water, Of
1.rd a teaspoonful of salt and lump of
soda the size of haZlenut, and enough
fjour to make it roll out easy.
To CURE LICE ON PLANTs--Take
soet from the chimney-place; 3 table,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-28
The Greatest discovery OF Il

The Greatest Discovery OF the Age
is DR.. Tobias celebrated Venetian Liniment !!
80 years before the public, and warran ed to cure
Disrrhea, Dysentery. COlIe, AID Spasms taken in
ternally; and Group, Chronic Rheumatism, Sore
Threats Cuts, Bruises, Old Sores aid Pains in the
Limbs, Back and Chest, externally. 1t has never
failed No family will be without 1t after
giving it fair trial. Price, 40 cts. DR. TOBIAS
VENETIAN HORSE IMMINENT, in Pint Bottles,
81 One Dollar, is warranted superior to any ether
or NO PAY, for the cure of Collie, Cuts, Bruises.
Old Sores, etc Sold by ali Druggists. Depot--IO