Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-03-29
rom ouR sTETE EXCHANGES.

Mississippi Central: A strange dis.
ease has broken out among the hogs In
town. Something similar to the blind
staggers IN horses. '3.
Columbus Index; A meeting Of the
stockholders Of the N. 4 o. r. r. was
held at New York on the 18th. The
action oil the trustees and receivers Of
the road in efFecling q compromise with
the Legislature Of Mississippi by
agreeing to pay the State $4,000, was
approved.
Winston County Index: The eigh.
teen Penitentiary convicts who formed
! 9 procession to the cars last week, were
oil colored, and g majority OF them got
their appointment for hog stealing.
Il Macon Sun. More Legitimate 10.
Dor for the Ship leland, Ripley and
Kentucky Railroad.
Benton County Argus: Dou't be too
rough on tie States, 1t does not know
the rebellion is over, and thinks Gen.
Chalmers has turned traitor aud gone
over to the Linkum sojers," but when
II discovers the mistake, the States will
regret that some one Ia the neighbor.
hood OF Okolona has been making a
fool Of himself.
Rosedale Journal Washington
county has q railroad, CoAhoma will
have one, and perhaps Bolivar will fol.
low suit. The greatest need 10 this
bottom IS roads back 10 the interior,
and as Judge Rucks remarked, no
other roads but rail can be constructed
that would be passabIe at all seasons.
We are glSd 10 see them projected.
Let them once get fairly under way,
and we will have . net work Of them
through the valley then no country In
the world can compare with THE. We
say, however, for CoAhoma, we want TO
hear her locomotive whistle.
Meridian Mercury: The Mercury
article, on drummers, some time ago,
though il failed TO impress them most
intended 10 be impressed, members Of
the Legislature has, nevertheless, sell
many people to thinking and taking
about drummers, their uses and abuses
One of the most sensible aud best con.
sidered articles upon the subject we
have clipped from the Holly Springs
South. II is mHSterly handling OF
the subject, aud shows the drumming
system 10 be an evil one, which Is so
clearly argued that there can be no es.
cape from its conclusions, II there
should b. a called session Of the Legis-
latnre, The question OF taxing the
drummers cut OF the State will be
worthy of consideration. A tax on
them TOR revenue ia not what Is needed,
prohibitory tax Will only meet the
necessity of the case.
Enterprise Courier: We learn that
Mr.. n. Moore, Jr., night.clerk at The
depot In Shubuta, made q very narrow
escape one night last week. Two
trAmps came into the Office and asked
permission 10 stay all night, when he
told them that they could not do go, as
it was positively against orders. They
went out of the door muttering, aud
Mr.. Moore, who was sitting on the safe
near the window, moved from his posi-.
tion when one of them fred through
the window with pistol, the ball shat.
tering the glass and going In the direc-
tion he had been sitting, buried itself
In the opposite wall. Mr. Moore Is
convinced that II be had remained on
the safe the ball would have struck him
in the head aud that the effect would
probably have been fatal. Some strin-
gent measures to abate the tramp nui-
sance should be adopted.
A CoNTINGENcY.-lt is stated 10 the
Memphis Herald that Senator Lamar has
declared his intention Of resigning his seat
In the Senate, provided the Legislature OF
} Mississippi censured him for his vote on
the Silver Bill. First, we hope the Legis.
lature will do no such thing, and second,
IL 1t should, W. hope the distinguished
Senator will not do 80 foolish an act
GTenada Sentinel.
Our opinion precisely. 1t was silly
act indeed for our Legislature, com.
} posed as II was Of men who had given
, the subject no thought and could
} scarcely cast an intelligent vote upon
: the silver question, to instruct their
Senator, who had every opportunity
for studying and getting into the mer.
; its of the subject, to vote for the bill,
J We were for the passage Of this bill,
; and still think its passage will do q
great deal towards amelioratlng our
financial condition, but at the same
time we are not so presumptuous as to
say we are right and Senator Lamar Ia
WroDg.-lChoctaw County Recorder.
A Proud Day For the Sixth Dis