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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-03-27

SEVERANCE FIGURING MILLS.
vINHE only hrstelass water.power Mill in Doniphaa
l. county Fine Family Flour speciality. Custom
grinding every day in the week. excepting Mondays ami
tuesdays. Satisfaction guaranteed In all ca--s
5ioct's W. II. ii. CURTIS co.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-03-27
ALEX. APPLERY.

A UCTiONEER, Troy, Kansas. Will attend salcs
- all parts OF the County. Charges reasonable.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27

have increased some eighteen per cent,
though the fruit crop is unpromlsing. The
trade with the south and the interior trade
Of tie cities in the State is larger by from
len TO twenty-five per cent. than last year.
The pork packers, for the first time in four
years, are reap.ng a profit from their ven
lures. The iron manufacturers are running
capacity. In Indiana, the rolling mills,
lumber dealers, and machinery makers
are actively occupied, while the jobbing trade
is fair, and collections are good. From Chi
cago the most encouraging signs arise from
an active emigration to the west, the decided
extension Of cultivated lands, and the demand
for machinery, building materials and sup
ples. Jobbers estimate the volume OF trade
IN the ordinary lines at from twenty TO forty
per cent. larger than last year, while there Is
a verv decided Improvement IN payments.
In Ni,bioan. the lumber interest Is prosper
GUS and active, the general manufactures the
same, the iron interest very much depressed,
iobbing fair, and collections generally much
improved. Wisconsin reports are particularly
enlphatio as to nearly every line OF business.
Minnesota accounts are equally so, especially
with reference to the milling interest. Louis
vile and the south generally have felt the
losses resulting from the epidemic less than
was expected, and there are many indica-
tons that the approaching season will be
more prosperous than any of the last six
vaars -
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27
HYPOCRITECAL TEARS.

Amid signs and groans, weeping and wall
ing, the Republicans tell US that there is not
a single negro in the house of representa-
tives; there Is only one colored man in the
senate. There Bruce blooms all alone, like
the last rose of summer. When the Rapub-
licans gaze upon the seats In the house late
ly occupied by colored representatives, it is
with difficulty that they choke the sad emo
tons which seeks vent in wailings. The
places that once knew the colored congress-
men will know them 10 more forever, and
the Radical heart is sorely grieved. Every
colored man who has occupied a seat in con-
gress was elected by the people of the south.
and if the Radicals of the north are sincere
in believing that the departure of fhe negro
from tue halls of congress is a national ca
lamity and an outrage upon the negroes,
there is one way by which they can repair
the wrongs to the blacks and save the
country from ruin, and that is for
the northern Republicans to elect
northern negroes to congress to take
the places lately occupied by the
southern representatives. Unless the Re-
publicans of the north do this, they will show
that their grief is nothing but arrant hypoc-
risy. The negroes of the south are illiterate;
but few can read or write. They know moth
ing about politics. Yet the Radical party
transferred them from the plantations on
which they were raised to the halls of con-
gress to make laws for a great nation. 1t is
not surprising that such creatures should be
supplanted by the intelligence and learning
Of the south. The Radicals can only repair
the wrong which they pretend to believe
has been done the colored race and the coun-
try in the absence of the negro from the
house of representatives by electiug northern
negroes to congress. The blacks at the north
are educated. They have enjoyed freedom
for years, and many of them were born free
This class is much superior to the southern
blacks, over whose retiracy there is so much
grief The northern blacks are blatant
aud work for the party, and if the
country Is to be ruined tor the want
of negro wisdom IN congress, why not elect
these intelligent, educated blacks of the.
north? The truth is, all this whining over
the absence of the southern negro in congress
is contemplate hypocrisy. The northern Re-
publicans scorn the idea of sending a negro to
congress. They never even elect one to-the
legislature. They give them no official posi-
tons Of honor or profit. In all the northern
States there are intelligent, educated men of
color, graduates from Institutions of learning.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27
a sUCcRssFUL GOLD TOWN.

The main object OF interest just now with
that part of the NO Id that is looking for
good place to settle In is Leadvlle, Colorado.
In October, 1877, it had seven log cabins,
three hundred miners aud two women. 1t is
now fourlshing town, with large stores
displaying merchandise from every country
under the sun; it has restaurants, hacks,
stages, crowded streets, news boys, and
''shine yer boots, sur It's fashionable
promenade has it's ladies IN the usual narrow
sacks with volumnious examinations and bon
nets trimmed with ostrich feathers, accom-
panied by gentlemen smoking prime Ha-
vanas and rejoicing in heavy deposits at the
bank, who started at Leadvile pickax Ia
hand and short dodeen IN mouth. A CORE
spondent of the Louisville Ccu,fey--JournaI,
writing thence one week ago last Thursday,
says this pretty picture of success has
its reverses; lawyers, doctors, clerks
and book keepers, unsuccessful as miners,
are walters in the restaurants. Black
smiths, carpenters, and so On, get from three
and a half to FIVE dollars day, but of mere
laborers there is a surplus. Rich In gold,
and new veins discovered almost daily, Lead
forms every night, RAIN falls every day; there
is no soil, nothing will grow. The place is
too high up toward the sky to be a paradise,
and people in search of health have to des-
ceud three or fur thousand feet nearer to
the spot that is the opposite of paradise.
Every foot of mining ground within four
miles Of Leadville is 'shingled over" with
contending claims. Houses and stores are
hard to get, and rents are as high as the
neighboring mountains. Land on the main
streets brings thousand 10 fifteen hundred
dollars foot. Negroes are admitted socially
into saloon company, but mo heather Chinee
need apply" there they are iuterdicted.
These saloons have occasional pistol and
bowIe-knife practice, but the town itself is
more quiet and orderly than is usual in SINH
lar settlements.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27
rHaAcUAsIANA EAECrIoN.

An election has recently been held In Lou
isiana to elect delegates to the constitutional
convention. All parties were organized and
placed regular tickets in the field. The tel
egraph announces that ninety-four Demo
Gratis, thirty-t three Republicans and seven
fusionists and Nationals have been elected.
1t will be seen that the Democrats elected
three times as many delegates as the i;epub-
Leans. When Hayes reads this result it will
no doubt bring a burning blush of shame to
his cheek and cause the chair on which he is
sitting to burn like Goals Of fire. The result
of the recent election demonstrates that Lou
isiana is overwhelmingly Democratic, TINS
proving to the world that her electoral vote
was cast for Tilden, apd that Hayes holds
his seat by fraud. Florida, IN the last
election, cast her vote for the Democratic
party, thereby showing to the world that she
voted for Tilden in the last Presidential cleo
ton. Yet the fraud IN the White House
smiles serenely from his stolen position. Ia
subsequent elections both Louisiana and Flor
ida have told TIE American people. how they
voted in the Presidential election, and yet
the party that stole their votes and made
these States speak as they never spoke, has
the impudence to ask the confidence of the
country. If such a party can triumph in fu-
ture elections, then indeed does villainy COM
mand premium.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27

ACCORDING TO the New York Herald, the
order or instruction" from Rome signed by
Cardinal Simeoni, project OF the propaganda,
has not thus far been satisfactorily carried
out. Conflicts have arisen between the bishops
and the JUDGES causarum or trial council,
which necessitated another appeal to the
Holy See. In one recent instance, which is
to be maize test case on the appeal to the
propaganda, the bishop, while taking ad-
vantage of the order by appointing prose-
cutor (who is generally the vlcar-genera)
denied the right of the accused priest to he
defended by an advocate. The council de-
cided that the accused was entitled to an adj
vocate, but the bishop refused to admit It,
The council of JUDGES insisted on their rights,
the bishop remained obstinate; hence the late
appeal to Rome.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27


The people Of Memphis yesterday united
in congratulating DR.. R. W. Mitchell on his
nomination as a member Of the national
board of health. The practice of this gem
tleman IS so extensive that it will be pecu-
mary sacrifice for him to accept the position;
but ue is never laggard in his Efforts to pro-
mote any enterprise having for its OBJECT the
public welfare, and it is to be hoped he will
give his great abilities aad experience to the
high and. responsible position to which he has
been nominated. Had Dr. Mitchell been ac-
tuatad by sosdlJ motives during tue preva-
leuca Of the epidemics that have overtaken
Memphis, and conf led himself exclusively
to his practice, be c.uld have reaDed a rich
harvest. Bd his great and generous heart
beat'with sympathy fer the suffering people
amoag whom he had SO long resided, and he
would do the most good. As medical d.
rector DR.. Mitchell breasted the storm Of
death, and never fdtered in the discharge OF
the grave and Iespons bic duties imposed
upon hun. Throughout the long. dark night
OF gloom, be exhibited great self discipline,
patient labor, unhlgging industry, close OBJ
servalion, quick perception, clear judgment,
and came out OF the fiery ordeal with the
confidence and affection of his friends and
the admiration of the whole coun-
try. There is no greater bur
den of responsibility than that which
the physician haOitually bears, but It required
the nerve of hero TO endure the strain upon
the physical and mental powers, the passion
ate appeals and the constant contact with
disease, suffering and death which DR..
Mitchell encountered in the discharge Of his
duties. But if bis trials were great his tri-
umphs were still greater. He was constant
ly in the awful presence Of death, assuaging
pain, soothing the suffering, reyiving the
sinking spirits OF the depressed and rekind-
ling the hopes OF the despairing, and his
triumphs wese erander, purer and nobier
than those of the battlefield and the forum.
1t is not surprising that the people of Mem
phis should rejoice that such man should
be nominated for q position SO high and ex-
Allied In thus honoring DR.. Mitchell the
government houoTs itself
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27

But after the negro has voted the Republican
ticket he is treated with contempt and denied
any particip8tiol in the honors and spoils OF
the party whose victory his solid vote secured.
In the face of this fact, northern Republicans,
in a hypocritical pretenss of friendship, hold
I'D their hands in holy horror because the
south has failed to elect the usual number OF
negroes to congress. The northern Republi-
cans desire a negro representation in con-
gress, but the fact that they never elect one
shows that their pretended friendship is a
fraud perpetrated for the sole purpose of
occurring the continued support of the deluded
cOlored race
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27

The days of not only fast river but rapid
ocean travel are upon US. The Morgan COM
pany of New Orleans has now building a
new steamship OF about eight thousand bales
capacity, to run in the New York and New
Orleans line. A largely increased business is
expected in the near future, particularly on
account of the approaching completion of the
railroad to Texas. 1t is expected that the
new steamship, which will be three hundred
and thirty feet long by forty-one feet beam,
will make the run between New Orleans and
New York in six days. The cost of the yes
sci it Is estimated will reach three hundred
thousand dollars.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27

ParmeTtree went home, obtained his gun and rode
over 10 where Douglass was working but fred It OF
before reaching the spot. He asked the negroes
where Douglass was. 4 d was Informed that be
heard the firing and was gone. He went down TO
Dug ASS house and, net finding him, was return
ing, when Douglass shot al him from behind tree,
AM came out. P3Tmertree leveled his piece. and
shot and instantly killed Douglass Parmertree sur
rendered himself to the officers OF the law
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27
Notice to Contractors.
TAxING-DIsTRIoT, SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn,

TAXING-DIsTRICT, SHELBY COUNTY, TENN.,
March -. 1879. (
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received by us until
y TUESDAY, April LIST, at II o'clock noon, for the
following work TO be done, service TO be render d
aud material to be furnished for the Taxing District:
Printing Ordinances. ETC., for the next twelve
months, with the privilege the part OF the Com
nsSiOneTs of cOntinuing the contract If made, for
longer time, o. disseminating 1t upon giving ten
days notice
Also, Tor constructing garbage carts, ten in num-
ber-caIt3 to be fOuT-wheeed. front wheels to cut
under bed beds about three feet Deep thirteen ieet
long, four feet wice-stye something after MCaleb
dump wagon. and paving levee south of Union
street; estimated $500 square yards Specifications
TO be seen at our Office By order of the Board.
CHAS. L. PULLEN, Secretary,
Board F. and T.. Commissioners.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27
VOLUNTARY
TESTER)N9Y,
tIZctract from the Baltimore "44s srican,"
December q, 1851

December q, 1851
''The Pulvermacher Electric Belt is recon-
Inended to general use for the following rea-
sons: First, for It's wonderful properties Tor
the cure of diseases of the kidneys, stomach,
liver and blood; secondly, for its extreme
simplicity, and the fact of its being applied
outside, precludes all possibility OF any in
jury being done to the patient, as an external
remedy is universally acknowledged to be
safe Another advantage is the facility with
which the progress of the disease and cure
can be watched, and if the Belt be not quite
in the right place, it can be very easily read
iusted so as to cover the parts affected. The
Pulyermacher Electric Belt, and its peTfec-
ton, has been hailed with delight, not only
by the sufferers who have regained health,
enjoyment, and a new lease of life through
its beneficent qualities, but by the medical
profession, who very frequently prescribe its
use to their patients"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27
Jacks0n CIny,io3l. .sTIn fol,I v,I,atior, ~

jackson Clarion: Tie total valuation OF
personality, as shown by the assessment rolls for
the year 1873, now on file in the auditors Office is
S3331O927, and the State tax thereon at 3I2 mills
Che State leVj is Sl16,7S9 35 For the year 1S7S
the total personality was S2, IS $50, and the State
tax, the levy being five mills was $3.50, q32 40
From this ii will be that there was increase of
valuation in 1878 over the previous year of SIIS3
47S, but Il decrease of State tax of S44.134 C5 or
in proportion of five to three and one-haf
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27
The Philosophy of the Leg Contest.

Rochester On. " Union and AdUertiSer /:
CDR. J. w. Ranney has been telling how and
why Rowell won the walking match, IN a
lecture before the Manhattan athletic club
in New York. Rewell, tie doctor says, was
educated In physical culture and training,
and therein lay the secret OF his success
The body has always stored away large
amount of fuel to carry it through scenes of
trial, IN the shape OF supertiuous fat, and the
object of training is to get rid Of this super
Huous fat and convert it into muscle. Then
the muscles must be educated aud developed,
and made strong. The presence of too much
fat lmpedes respiration, and this is fatal to
endurance. The lungs must have plenty Of
room to expand, and the heart must also
have space to beat in order to insure free
and healthy circulation of the blood Rowell
came here with muscles as hard and firm as
steel, and although the smallest man of the
four, he was the strongest. What he lost il
length of step he made up in rapidity of mo-
ton, by his continual jog-trot. The
ner was largely enhanced by
the fact that by running he developed and
exercised the larger muscles of the thighs,
and by walking the muscles of the lower ex-
tremities, so that both were Of use to him in
the contest; ana, when be walked, the large
muscles were resting, just as the smaller
ones were when he ran. No man who con-
a
long contest with skillful runner, and, no
doubt, O'Leary saw that plainly at the end of
the first two days. Hartman had a long
stride, but it was too much of a strain on the
muscles Of the lower limbs, and they finally
gave out. Not only was Rowell an educated
pedestrian, but he was free from dissipation
When o Leary competed for the belt he used
up his strength, which was further drawn
upon by his subsequent walks with Hughes
and Campana Not only did he fail tO take
proper time to recuperate, but, as the lee
turer was informed, he INDUCED extensively
in the use of ardent spirits Dr. Ranney
then dweit at length upon the evil effects of
alcohol uron the system, which be described
as terrible"
Paris, March 25: In the chamber of depu-
ties Minister Lepere asked for a credit of
three hundred thousand francs to defray the
travelling expenses Of the amuestied com
mupists. The municipality is to maintain it's
resolution granting one hundred thousand
feag. -, Nl.s,- IL
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27

RlUIey SeHtiIlet, 2Jth: 'JOhn Vernon, an
inmate of the county poorhouse, we are Informed
was permitted to 90 TO a stream near By on Monday
the tenth instant for the purpose of fishing Fail
ing to sturn al night search Instituted, which
resulted In finding his dead body in the creek on
Thursday morning. It appears That the unfortu.
nate IA IN has fits OCCASIONALLY and it is supposed
found, that he took fit and fell off log backwards
and was drowned"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27

AT NJ CfdW- q ClG.hEn OF hemp6r county,
was found dead, Tuesday morning. near Gum Log
church, on the Kemper read, about ten miles from
Meridian. An Inquest was held before j. p Har-
rngton, justice Of the peace, who brought in YER
die. that the deceased came to his death by being
thrown from his wagon, and kicked by one OF his
yards from the public road. 1t appeared that he was
thrown from the wagon before the horses left the
as:loaded vita cotton and On The way to Meridian
Forrest Register: eve learn that a Mr.
Levi Parker, about three miles east OF Lake came
to horrible death on last Saturday night week IN
seems that Mr., Parker, in company with two other
young men, Went out coon hunting, and, after emf
ting down the tree, IL fell against another which
broke In two, and fell back Parker. killing MIN
fnStantly, and manglinE him in a fearful mauger
The others badly stunned, and, after recover
ing started back to the house. but in their fright lost
their way, and could not find the spot where Mr. Par
keT was Iying dead until about day light
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27

Jackson Comet: Two sharpers. dressed
in the garb of countrymen and each carrying nair
of saddie-bag5 and representing to parties with
whom they came in contact that they are on their
way to Texas, have been prowliOg around Jackson
several days past passing gold counterfeit coin
Our marshal, Mr. Fay, has been trying to catch nm
with them, but they have succeeded IN eIuding him
thus far We understand they passed some OF their
spurious N tai at the Edwards house and some al
MIR. Fay's saloon. The coins are stamped as having
been made in the year 1915. and are Somewhat
thinner than the genuine iiye-dollar gold piece
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27

MEMPHIS APPEAL


THuHsua4. MARCH %, 1919
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27

Canton Hail: Last Tuesday night. while
the city marshal of Grenada was proceeding to lack
son with prisoner charged with murder, The later
jumped from the cars through widow while the
train was speeding along at the rate of twenty miles
per hour. The prisoner was handcuffed but sIlc-
ceeded in getting out of the WndOI before his keen
eT had time to capture him. The train was st0pnad
and back TO the point OF escape, but nothing Of
the missing man discovered. All this hapne1ed
near Ways Bluff The city marshal returned 10
Grenada a diSconsOate man, anu minus three HIM
dred dollaTS-the amount OF reward offered for tine
apprehension of the prisoners"
Batesville Blade: 'One day last week, in
the eastern portion of this cOuny one sTr Donpass
was shot 10 death by Parmertree The FOLLOWING
are said 20 be the facts: Douglass and Parmertree
had lawsuit, which resulted In the alter's favor
Dougla5s's wife, who present, told her husband
that ne hal been imposed upon; that she would
rather be the widow OF dead hero than the wife of
a living coward, and that he must kill ParmeItree
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27

the widow OF the late Governor Sam Bard,
of Baton Rouge, has entered the lecture field.
Contest Time Review Is the subject OF her
lecture recently delivered In New York,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27

Mad dogs gre alarming the people Of
COpiah county amazingly. sam StaekhCuse, o.
Crystal Springs, writes about them at length in the
jackson comet. He thinks that their tails should
be cut OF close up to their ears.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27

e IdV
last week man named S6agraYeS, living near
Gainesville In this county dreamed three times in
succession that some gold Was buried In certain
place, and the dreams having made such an i'm
preston on bis mind he concluded to test the mat
ter, and discovered buried in qunine bottle eleven
hundred dollars of the yellow metal. 1t Is supposed
to have been buried there several years ago by Dr.
Thompson, now dead, who once lived at the place -
Columbus Democrat, 14th: cit must be a
source of qualification to every citizen of LOwndes
county to know that the county is out of debt Our
funded debt bonds have all been taken up, one mag
Diiicent iron bridge has all been paid for and the
decision of the UHled States district court last year
relieved us Of the shadow Of the Memphis aud Selma
railroad bonds, which had been resting on u.s. The
treasurer has funds more than enough to nay every
warrant that is outstanding
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27

The seri-annual distribution Of the com
mon school fund is being made. The total
amount to be distributed is S65,59S 81, and the
total number of edEcable children, H36 $40.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27

john Walton, colored, stabbed Ellen How
ard, his wife, the cook Of Warren Boskins near
BroOkhaven, because she refused TO 20 home with
him John was arrested for the Off5nse. The
woman was badly bnt not dangerOusly wounded.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-27

r. G. Powers, late internal revenue col
lecor of Mississippi, has written caustic letter
Colonel Cooper, or the Jackson Comet in reply to Gel
tain editorial structures OF the latter.