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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-12-20
THE ATTORNEY GENERALS REPLY.

JACKSON, Miss, Dec. 6, lS7s.
Hon. s. Gwin:
DEAR SIR-In reply to the en-
quiries made of you by Capt. X. L.
Henderson, rs to what relief III the
matter OF the collection of taxes,
can be legally afforded by sheritfs.
in the feNerstricken counties, you
may say that they need not adver-
tise lands for sale until the first
Monday in February, aud that they
may postpone, in proper cases, until
about the same time, the seizure
aud sale of personal property, and
that they may altogether remit the
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-12-20
PROFESSIONAL.
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Ben Lane POsey,
LAWYER,
Ray 81. Loxis, Hancock County, Mss.

wi,, attend regularly the courts In Han
.sst. Harrison aud Jackson counties, and
iii I'll attend all calls from any Of these
.oupties at any time.
HAS had twenty-five years ex-
..riance in general practice of law in
" snsc;al attention to collections, and to
-. occurring and enforcement of dou stfnl
and and bad debts, by new and original
methods.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-12-20
DR.. w. ID. Bragg,

PHYSICIAN AND SUKuEUN,
Is permanently located at Moss Point,
Miss. and win practice in the town and
country. ~ d..
Office ut c. 9. Stewards Drug store;
Od|ce Hours from to am, aud to y
Nm.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-12-20
A. III. EahEgren.

ATTORNEY * COU NsELLOR AT LAW,
OFFICE AT
Bilori aad Beauroir, Harrison Co.,
Miss.
win practice in all the Courts OF the
Seventh Judicial District. Prompt atten-
uon given to the collection of claims.
Rslsrepee-Gen. Jos. u. Davis, Hands
hero; Hon. Roderick Seal. Mississippi
City; Maj. w. L. Walthall, Bea'oir ;
Judo W. A. Chanplin, Pass Christian, aud
others.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-12-20
Dr. A. r. Chainpfin

Ia. returned to BILOXI, and resumed
the practice of his profession
ohiee for the present at Shady Grove
uotcl. Room No. 3.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-12-20

One-halt the swearing used in
the management OF river steam
boat will run three. dszen railway
trains nine times as Chicago
Jossrrui.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-12-20

attorneys Il COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
Scranton, Miss.
wll practice in all the Courts of jack
am county, Mississippi. Each partner will
.sntipue to practice in his individual ca
aacity in ali the Courts Of the Seventh
Judicial District.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-07

Sworn TO and subscribed before me this
eighteenth day of January. 1878.
A. INGRAHAM. Notary Public.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-07

scientific moral monster became incoherent.
lie ailudes without any explanation TO a
"board dog" who 1t sppears, Is Carried In q
socket" This may be madness combined
with mendacity, and In all probability 1t Is.
Then we are told that "the single dog what
single dog2-"with straight tooth or bit Is
easily kept In order and easily operated"
Who ever saw the contrary Any dog,
whether single or welded, can be kept In or
der without the slightest trouble II his owner
understands the nature and habits Of dogs.
The scientific person, however, may have al
luded to the docilty Of the single dog in order
to contrast him with what he calls Improved
yielding spring dogs" for he goes on to say
that the latter scatch The under side of the
cant and hold its lower edge" This man
must die. There Is nothing else that will sat.
isfy an outraged public. Who ever heard Of
improved yielding spring dogs" and what
In the name Of zoology and saw-mlls Is the
entitle cant Is, and that 1t Is as disgusting as
religious cant, but how can It's under side be
seized by spring or fall or winter dogs ? IF
there are any improved yielding spring dogs
In existence with fondness for selling the
under side OF things, let them be loosed upon
the Scientific Munchausen and kept in opera
ton. Such Is the very mildsst punishment
which should be inflicted upon him
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-07
DEPRAVED INFANTS.
An ASTONISHING ORDER or JUVENILE
OuTLA ws IN SCOTLAND.

There seems recently TO have been quite an
epidernicof "childrep's delinqueneies' In Scot
land. remarkable instance has only re-
sently been brought to light at Hawick
Hemsaey, aged 10, and John Turnbull. aged
IA, were detected stealing q pair OF boots
lrom shop. This was not their first ofensse,
as was proved when the police searched the
house where Hemsley lived with his father.
Here was found q large quantity OF stolen
articles, workmen's tools, locks, keys, lamps,
lark lanterns, ladies' bags, schooi ana
Jther books, etc, hidden IN closet Or m
ceiling and the roof. The most remarkable
find" WAS that Of two books. made up 81 o
fgaumber oil school exercise books, supposed to
Hlaye been the proceeds Of a robbery at a
Joard school Oneot the1a pook k IS ussertnee,
nlsntrfes OF the various transactions OF the two
iAnlet,relators, made intellectually enough to
pj5,e 4 pattern to many ~ bnokkeeper. This
a,ppjs had been I'm use only few dats, and In
! shs bold, clear handwriting Of Hemsey it
Rsi,ore on the title page the Inscription: "W. u.
EofItnes and John 'rulnbulrs Secret and Mem
Rbrandum Book. Tuesday, first Of January,
efepe Ia healed "What stole in Money" aud
gbe first entry is q sadly suggestive one, being
egFrom Mother, | Penny Then there are
tther sums entered ne having been stolen
srom neighbors by altering the figures In a
jhop- keepers book, md ono Of $40 taken from
In office Till. Another page WAS headed
Elbow Many Locks Have Stolen, and this
contained list of stables, gates and doors
That had been relieved of their locks, with
t1ie names OF the owners or u minute descrip-
1lon Of the locality where the thef's had been
Committed. The page Headed What Have
fftOlen Out Of Shops" enumerated, besides the
srtieles already mentioned tins II beef jars
Il Jam, weights, and keys and What Have
srtOlen from Persons and Places was put al
he top OF a page giving list Uf places
nat had been broken into and the persons
iDbbed Not only did this extraordinary book
Contain an account of Hemsley's past ex-
1oits for 1t seems to be confined solely to
he events In which he took part Iurnbull's
same being only once mentioned In it-but II
ist forth what he purposed doing in the fu-
ARE. Hemsley had made out catalogues ol
what ! Have to Steal, ""What / Have te
fuy and Make as If there was any neces.
II }ty for such an accomplished thief tn buy OF
bake anything. Then he set down "Wha
lave to Write For" and this cool young
slcapegrace actually included in his
wants' "a cure for the nerves. Then
his wonderful ledger contained an in.
entory Of the stolen goods, and list Of
tools for housebreaking," showing that al
east seventy-seven skeleton keys were re-
luired. There were two headings under
1 which no entry had been made, for the ruth
! Entries. The headings were: What | Got
! As Got by House breaking 1t does not ap.
bar that the Omitted Order of Outlaws
/ bnsIsted Of more than two members, but as
ne first record pf 1t was only made on New
ears day 1t has hardly had time to eKtent
"a rafuifirationa
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-07
THE VALLEY OF DEATH.
An UBpro,nising section Of the united
states.
IKennesaw Gazette. ]

IKennesaw Gazefte.l
In the northeast corner of San Bernardino
county, lying partly in Inyo county, and, by
the newly surveyed lne, partly also in the
State of Nevada, is region patalIeled by few
other spots on the face Ut the earth. We say
the world is instinct with life. Here IL the
phraseology may be pardoned. Is place in
stinct with death. A huge basin, whose rim
s the ancient hills, stricken with the barren
ness of eternal desolatiop. whose bosom the
blasted waste of the desert treeless shrub
ss and waterless, save few bitter pools
like the lye Of potash water; surrounded by
mountains that tower thousands OF feet above
the sea level, itself lying three thousand feet
above the sea. 1t is a very "Gehenna" a
place of death and bones. Birds do not fl Y
over it.. Animals do not enter it. Vegetation
cannot exist In It, The board sands absorb
the heat. the bare mountains reflect It, the
unclouded sun daily adds to It, Ninety
degrees In the shade artificial here. there
ls no other means winter; 40 and lao
degrees, that means summer The hot
air grows hotter, wavers, trembles with
heat until nature, goaded with madness,
can endure no longer, and then the burning
blast rouses itself-ronses in It's might-rouses
as an angry blast, with q ho4rse. ominous
roar; sweeps mile after mile, on, ever on,
over the broad reach of the dosert bearing In
It's black. whirling bosom black as mid
night-dust, sand. alkai and death. Some
times murky clouds gather upon the noun
tans above: then there is q russia warning
sigh Of the winds, low rumbliing in the air
the hills culver, the earth Troubles, and Il tor
rent. half water, half mud, bounds from the
hills, leaps into the desert, blowing ohasms
like river beds In the loose sand. The clouds
scatter, the sun comes again, the eternal
| thirst is not quenched. The raging river was
only dream. In the year 1919 a party oil
emigrants entered the basin. Day after day
they toiled on, thirsting, dying. The pililess
mountain walled them In no escape. One BY
one they dropped and died. A few abandoned
everything, scaled the mountains and es-
capped. The others lie as they fell-no birds
even to devour their tlesh no beasts to prey
upon them. Wagon tires unrusted, gun bar
mile mile silence raigns: Silence and death ''
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-07
Gushing Doctors.
Gertrude in Indianapolis Herald.I

IGertrude In Indlanapolis Herald.I
Hot SPRINGS, Ark, March 19.-The doctors
are a particularly formidable part Of the pop
ulation here They swarm. Their shingles
disturb the atmosphere in one almost un-
broken line in the business part Of the town.
Some OF them are great gushers, particularly
when they prescribe for patients of the gem
tie and more irritable sex. The "gushers"
address ladies whom they have never seen
before as my dear, my dear little sufferer"
"mv nervous baby" and "my darling" ad-
ministering meanwhile variety of endearing
little pats and caresses, and finally winding
up with a gratuitous kiss or So 1t is need
less to say that among persons who prefer
dignity and decorum to disagreeable donkey
ism the "gushers" do not take high rank,
but they rake in money as easily as Maud
Muller raked the hay. f.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-07

The foregoing statement Us Just, true and
correct transcript from the books Of. the com
pany.
JAS. /. DAY, President.
Fl. CARPENTER, secretary.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-07

The Board of Directors, at a meeting held on
the nineteenth day OF January. 1878, after set
ting aside $4,000 to reserve fund from the net
earnings OF the year. and paying 10 per cent
dividend to the stockholders. have resolved to
pay CASH DIVIDEND OF TWENTY-FIVE
PER CENT on the net earned participating
premiums of the year ending December 81
1877. said dividend payable on and after Mon
day. the twenty eighth day Of January. 1873.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-07

Thos. A. Adams,
Sam'l B. Newman.
Sam'l 81. Kennedy.
John Phelps. #
Adam Thomson,
Henry Abraham.
Victor Meyer,
Edward J. Gay.
Joseph Bowling.
Simsn Hernsheim,
Simon Forcheimer.
Jos. B. Wolff.
r. B. Post,
Ed. Pilsbury,
Jno. E. King.
Reuben q. Bush.
j mYN II
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-07

Fred'k Oamerden
J. L. Harris.
Andrew Stewart.
Joseph Stone,
George Martin.
Alfred Moulton.
I. G. Jurey.
Edward Male,
Geo. w. Sentell.
A. Levi.
VIM. FL. Matthews.
Paul e. Mortimer.
John Y. Moore.
w. B. Conger.
Henry II. Preston
] .lrby
IN a. Ill
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STILL ANOTHER.
Young Man Commits Suicide Because
He Has Not Enough Money To 90
housekeeping.
tOhicago Tribune.l

ICbieago Tribune.l
BAI;r1MoBr. March 2g.-Tha fashionable
nouhhorhood surrounding Harlem Snnare in
this city. was very much exercised to- day
ovar tho m vsteriu,s s,,icide Of n voung ma
named charles L. smith. who was privatalv
marriad last month IN q vo,,nu and GO,
Unable lady named Miss MARY K. r. Elder
kin. a foarfler i'm the house where the suicide
nipht, unon retiring. a boar,ler discovered
himself lying on the floor of his bedroom.
and nd the narties never hsvin1 lived together
no motive could be assigned for the deed
IJnon the body of the s,licide two letters
were found The first was addressed tn the
suinide,s sister. and ran as follows.
"Dear Siafer-Foreiye me for what 7 am
about to do, but I am tired of life. I asked
Stances. but he refused to do ANYTHING for me.
and / being without friends or home. and
nothing to do, think | had better die For
give your brother CHARLIE"
The second. which was inclosed to the lady
Of the house. with the request to send to
Mamie (bis supposed fiancsel. was without
signat,lre. and read:
"Deur Wife-It Is with breaking heart
that write to tell you of my misfortune
lost all / had 1896, on Tuesday evening. and /
night, Forgive me, darling. IL you can, and
be hanpv. but remember darling wife that
my love for you was true till death Don't
grieve for me, darling, for am not worth a
tear from those two eyes. Good-by. darling
farewell. BY the time that this reaches you
will be no more"
To-day the fact of the marriage became
known; also, that the deceased was making
preparations to go to housekeeping. The
cause of the rash deed is unaccounted for ex-
cept in the loss of the money mentioned. In
what manner it was lost remains a mystery
ccAe' F's"s'
In some parts of China crckets are as reg
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DIRECTORS:

TWENTY EIGHTH ANNUAL STATEMENT
Or THE
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-07
j.. F1xARYS
Air Cooling Apparatus,
Quickest andM Practical Method for
CooII ~ G A IER

MeatPacking Establishments Etc
Thief thee #
by this swinar
irregular empera O
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-07

The Board of Trustees this day resolved. tha
after paying the annual dividend OF TEN PEI
of TWENTY PER CENT In cash be paid OF
MONDAY. June II. to those parties entitled II
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-08
Tl'e 99ailg Argns,
ROCK ISLAND. ILLINOIS
PARIS LETTER.

4 French Military pageant. Sixty
thousand little French soldiers in
nice uniforms. Splendid gilt edged
cavalry. The man on horseback an d
his brilliant suite. The Exposition
likely to prove financial success
What it cost and what il will bring.
Many international congresses.
Streets lighted by electricity.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-08
Legal Blanks, of all kinds for eale al
TUE ARGUS OFFICE


Scratch No More--"Itching Piles"
symptoms of which are moisture, like per-
SEPARATION. intense itching. particularly
when undressing, or after getting warm in
bed, increased by scratching. might think
in worms were crawling in and about the
rectum. oftentimes shows itself around the
private parts. A pleasant and safe cure
in every case is "Swayne's Ointment !"
If allowed to continue. very serious results
may follow. 1t also cures letter, BARRIERS
itch. scald head. ring worm, blotches. all
scaly, crusty. itchy skin eruptions. Sent
by mail to any address on receipt of price.
SO cents box, or three boxes for $l.25.
BY DR. Swayne & Son. Philadelphia. Sold
By all leading druggists Atwholesale and
retail by John Bengston, Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-08
CURE YOURSELF!


Dr. Bohannans Negotiable Curative is warranted to per-
manentiy cure all forms of SpermzttOrrheA Seminal
Weakness General Debility, Impoteney.
Lost Power" and brings back the youthful Egor'
those who have destroyed evil
tees, IN from two 70 weeks time. This which
has been used by DIR Bohannan private practice for
thirty years, known fail curing even
the WORST CASES. 1t gives vitality aud mparts energy
with wonderful effect to those nddle-aged who feel
weakness beyond their years Its invgoatg properties
felt at Young suffering from the conse-
quenees OF that dreadfuly destructive habit of SefAbuSe
this medicine with the of speedy and
PERMANENT The patient gains strength and elias
ITCHY OF spirits at once i Pcs directly the parts affect
ed as soothing and healing tonic and anodync to the
Taxed seminal vesices and rritaed ducts mpartng
and tone and restoring them 10 their natural state the
ingredients simple productions of naureharks roots
herbs etc. and are specific for the above diseases
All persons must before contemplating marriage reflect
that sound mind and body the most requi-
sites TO promote connubial happiness. Indeed without
These the journey through life becomes weary pilgrimage;
the mind becomes Swallowed with despair and filed With
the melancholy reflection that the happiness another
comes blighted with our own.
n4-rce, Five Dollars, sent with full rectinns etc 10
any address For sale only at DR. C. A. Rohannans office
No GIL North Fifth street. between Washington avenue and
Green street, St Louis, Mo. Established in ISS
clear deneation of the nature causes symptoms means of
cure, etc, of SYPHILIS SEMINAL WEAKNESS Ere sent
FREE to any address upon receipt of ono stamp.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-08
ALLAN HAY Co.,
Perfu1ners,
Soap & Candle Manufacturer S
FULL LINE OF
TOILET FANCY SOAPS
ALLAN HAY CO..

I179 Broadway. NEW YORK.
Among the most beautiful Of the British pro-
auctions In the departments OF Wax and Candle
works OF the Great Exhibition are the OzokeFit
Candles OF j. c. q r. Field. London They include
large variety of colors and sizes. for the psrior
the boudoir and the banquet, bur their purify and
briiliancy are wonderful, commanding universe.
admiration. One kind L. marked so as to indicate
the hours OF the night, certain length being burn
ed in certain time. These beautiful candles may
be seen at the Allan Hay Company Depot, liss
roadway. who are sole agents Tor the United
Jtatee.-(Eew York Observer
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-08
Good for Ba lo1es.

We are pleased to say that our baby
was permanently cured of serious protract-
ed irregularity of the bowels by the use of
Hop Bitters by it's mother, which at the
same time restored her to perfect health
aud strength. The Parents University
avenue, Rochester, n. Y. See another
column.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-08
SAIVE

This Save has been before the public for the past
twenty five yesrs and thousands of certificates tes-
tifyg to Its curative effects be produced IL de.
sired. Many limb has been saved from the Sur
geon's knife by the wonderful power of this oint
ment. IL completely conquers Inflammation, and
arrests the progress of modification. No family
should be without it, as in cases of Bruises Cute
Sos, Nc oy me lnneaaaLe appnsasaon q TINS
tanned than by any other known preparation. We
defy any TO produce its equal for the healing OF
any sore, especially Felone, Malignant Carbuncles
and cases Of long standing. Price 35 cents per box
DIX. j. +. DUNCKER 6 SONS, Proprietors, New.
ark, N. j. Sold In Rock Island by Jonn Bengston
and all druggists and dealers in medicines.
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Printing. Binding and BlanE-Book work
specialties at The ARGUS OFFICE. No
pains will be spared to please customers.
Satisfaction guaranteed. If
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-12
MISCELLASEOUx,

The Russians nave occupied Batoum
The entry was petit city peaceable.
The University at Sr. Petersb lrg, has
expelled 1OJ students, suspected of Nihilism
Seventeen Indians in cos rune located
themselves on the State Fair Grounds at st
Paul.
Inc rinderpest is rapidly spreading
throughout Romania, and the authorities me-
glect taking precautions to prevent its spread.
Reliable reports of the French harvest
show It is very good in two departments
good In Ii fair In II, poo: In 46, and bad in
-
The cotton spiuners Of Northern
lightin order to lessen the accumulation Of
stock.
II is reported from New York city
that business is at stand;till with the yellow
fever stricken States OF Tennessee, Louisiana
and Mississippi.
The yellow fever in Grenada, Miss,
seems to have exhausted Itself for want OF
victims. The scourge has been greater there,
than at any other point.
William ii. Vanderbilt has purchased
Edwin Forest, the fastest trotting horse In
America except Rarus for SIG, 500. bonner, 1t
may be remembered paid $4,000 for Dexter.
The Treasury Department has directed
custom officers to hereafter rigidly inspect
effects brought from abroad by our naval ves-
sells to break up the practice Of innoceht
smuggling.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-12
GRIMES IND GRIMM AIS

Constantinopls telegram: The Al
bantam insurgents assassinated the governor
of Ipeka and two other officials. They also
fred, With petroleum, the house containing
the daed body Of NJ hmet All.
The Salmon River, Idaho, stage was
captured by Indians on the 9th list, near
Elsch Gre, k stati N. The mail and every
thing was burned. The driver made his
escape to Sand Hole station, near snake river.
On the 4th inst, party of men,
mounted and we'll armed, came into mining
camp at Caraboo, idaho, forty five miles from
Soda Springs, Id no. where some twenty or
thirty miners were at work on scattered
claims. They robbed ell Of them in detail;
also the store at the camp, took all the good
horses with them, shot the poorest ones, and
left. They got about $4,000, mostly in gold
dust, Il ON the miners. 1t is supposed this Is
the same party that lately took up rail On
the Union Pacific railroad at Medicine bow.
Early in the morning, of the 9th inst {,
five masked men surprised and captured the
herding camp If William P. Noble, eighteen
miles from Camp Stamburgh, Wyoming.
The four herders were tied up aad the intru-
ders held possession of the camp until next
night when they left, going west, taking with
them all the camp outfit, provisions and thlr-
teen good horses. During their stay in the
camp they conversed freely with their prison
ers and showed thorough kno Wedge of the
country. They also stated that they intended
to take in the paymaster. 1t is supposed
that they are part of gang Of robbers who
tried to wreck train on the Union Pacific
railroad some time ago.