Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES.

The Common Council Of Summit has
appropriated s25 for the relief Of small.
pox sufferers ct China Grove, Pike
county.
Mississippi Central: Several Of our
exchanges are, we think, unusually &C.
we're on our Legislature. II was COM
posed Of some Of our beet men, who In
their deliberations were prompted by
patriotic motives.
Aberdeen Weekly: The Prentiss
Pleader declares for Col. Muldrow for
another term 10 Congress. The people
generally seem TO be satisfied with Col.
MuldrOw-asplrants and their friends,
OF course, excepted.
McComb City Intelligencer: Miss
Lulu Dixon, accompanied by a strong
Dramatic Company, will he In cComb
City, soon after the close Of the Lenten
season. During her stay here Miss
Dixon will be assisted by some Of our
best dramatic amateurs.
Canton Citizen Cotton is now about
as low as It has been at any time since
the war; Will not planters see that 1t
is because Of the now ascertained fact
that the crop Of last year was the larg-
est since the war and govern them.
selves accordingly
Yazoo Sentinel: We think that II
some Of these gentlement Of leisu
could be Induced to forsake the city
and retire TO the refreshing scenes OF
country life, the price Of labor would
decline and the city be relieved OF Q
very great nuisance.
Meridian Mercury: Will this weak
submission to great wrong BY lead
Ing Democrats and the Democratic
party bring any good In giving II pres.
tige and strength for future contests ;
on the contrary, does It not bring the
leaders and the organization into g
public contempt that must be fatal to
the party1
Brandon Republican The Murphy
temperance movement 10 spreading In
ell directions. It has taken Columbus,
Aberdeen, TGpelo, Corinlh and Jack
son by storm, aud we expect to zee q
wave roll over Brandon soon. We
have a number Of clever gentlemen
here who eught to wear the Murphy
badge.
Carrollton Conservative: For some
weeks our town has been unusu ally
dull, but we know why. The country
people, knowing their opportunity,
hove been improving their time. The
consequence ia that our farmers are
considerably in advance with their
work OF any season for several years.
The prospect 10 certainly encouraging,
Aberdeen Examiner: Not Q single
prediction Of the enemies OF the Silver
Bill has been verified since 1t has gone
into operation, while on the colnrary
every argument advanced by them has
been emphaticalIy rebutted by facts
and II ell restrictions upon its clInagI
were abolished, resumption would bt
TO all intents aud purposes accomplish
ed.
ChickasaW Messenger: We do no
wholly concur In the conclusions Of tht
article from the Vicksburg HERALD
published on the outside. We are moi
prepeted to cay that We do net blame
the Governor for refusing to sign the
Barry bill, but there was 90 much Just
criticism OF the Legislature which va
do endorse, that we publish the ar
ticle entire.
Meridian Homestead: : Judge Chris.
man is using every effort in his power
to suppress the violence and lAWless.
ness that has become 90 alarming In
some OF the counties of his district. Al
q recent term of the Circuit Court, held
in Amite county, at which he presided,
q number Of indictments were found
and one person, charged with "proWl-
ing In mssk, was tried, convicted, and
sent to the penitentiary for two years.
Tunica Times: Iu this county q sad
state Of affairs exists, brought on by the
hard times aud lack Of confidence be.
tween the merchant and planter. A
gentleman remarked TO Us last week
that there were three thousand acres oil
land in Tunica county in q state to be
cultivated that would lie idle this year
No tenants to reHt that are able to run
place, or can make suitable arrange
ments for advancement of supplies.
Yazoo Herald: There are more oi
our towns contending for the honor oI
beitg the seat ofthe State Agricultural
College, at this writing, than were cit.
les that claimed The honor OF being the
birth place OF Homer. Nearly every
tOwH OF aHy prominence in the State
has put forward their reasons why tbs
said College should be located In III
midst, and why it should not be seat ed
anywhere else.
BroOkhsven Ledger: The bill only
regulated the tariff on cotton, and the
Governor believed if the railroad wal
restricted 10 its charges on one article
it would increase the freight on other'
10 make up the amount lost, a. Il
would have done The people should
rather feel indignant at their rep
resenlatives for not framing cor
rect aud proper reIiet bill, than at the
Governor for falling TO approve the
bungling thing passed.
Tupelo Journal: The Kinds County
, r. kak 80 eNsa..a.