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conference yesterday morning it was argued
that


that .
THE FIRST ESSENTIAL
would be q fully-cQuipped station, With hospital
accommodation for the treatment OF the SICK.
This ITO be supplemented by separate est1b-
,iph1,on+ vharair tn house the healthy nasscn-
- .s.., 49,. .a-:oa - ,,o,rhat;a, ~ thc ,js-
Rets untn ,, ne pe1'Um y. 49,. ~ ~ rharf
Fase suoutu e4pe. fu.3ea av - 1sairht ~
~ enE unaoaon auu sn S;aaor. wh;ch
e.so u'ns, as..t;oI, aS - ~ +~o5a Ta;ro vii
uesus s;a.d rt,;,1, a,s"h -, nntft The
w "..m ~ otn1r
aetooasons sa.. , ~ - ~ I1i"na ~ ha,ow IA
sanp " ,iah aJ;a;t.iv o~;see
Sity. lnG muen - ~ ioE,o .,,,n'
hoNeees. Is 1 uah1a to % arriva "n5 hc de-
t"inad r. nmaran,tnn T. can rrad;ir hs seen
that If The Cairo authorit1es Yl act ior the State
Of Illinois and
STOP EvHRY BOAT,
take off the sick and send them to the hospital,
TAX. off The well and move them to the Island
fnr Are or sfx days. lisiufect boat and baggage
thoroughly. and then send along those who
have mt deveIoued the disease. the problem for
Towns further up the river would be pretty we'll
solved. Passengers could reasonably be allowed
to land at such points as they might desire.
AZ this serrira of fnspectiou would be quito Us
mnch for t},c henc1i. If Missouri or 81. T.oufs
anI .',har M towns m th;s sd. IF the 0hIo River
al'u otuel ~" " ~ '1tts 20 s1 Tu: - ~ ..;;a ~
country as u WOULD 1ot 1i!luols, ulN4sIou u
e1pcusT n6uL ssG aa oa' srs, ~ .1 ~. -,
ole' -. naueu na - smei - ~ H., r,.n.;oned 81
nas: e9.ote as1 ,unI,H T the,, hs ~
eq"'pp1u ~ w. 41ou'o' - =. "o.
, 1879-07-27
FLOODS.
En+cia1 Dfsp1fch to 1ae Tribune

Special Dtspasch to 7ae Tribune
PrrspURG, Pa, July 96.-The heavy rain
storm Of this morning was productive OF much
damage throughout this section Of country. In
tho city scores Of cellars were flooded, bridges
torn AWAY, etc. On the South Side the Fits
hnro. virginia & Charleston Railroad was badly
washed, the track for distance Of mile cov-
cred With dirt from one to tWo feet deep, anu
all business suspended The tracks OF the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad were blockaded at the
had of Thirty-rhird street, and passenger
+rafns were run On the freight track. The
ohstructions were cleared away bE noon. lie
Atlantic express on the Pittsburg, Fort wayne
{. Chicago Railroad, which arrives al 13:29, did
not ret Ia this afternoon until 4 o'clock. The
le1av was occasioucd by washes at various
points along tho road.
. A dispatch from Freedom says it was the
heaviest rain for years. Tho railroad crossing
ot the Excelsior OIL Works Is covered With stones
and dirt three feet In depth. Trains we're de-
1aTed for several hours.
At Elizabeth, up the Monongahcla, the
f,eshet mas the greatest known 1or years
Fallen Timber Run rose ten feet IN
a few hours, pvcraoWing the eonntFs'
carving away houses, fences, etc. ana COM
nletelv destroying the crops. ihe heaviest los-
crs IRE Ho-ner g. Roberts, coal operators, who
have track along the run. Iheif ranroao
bridges, three in number, were destroyed and
IN numerous other places their road vas washed
from its bed, which will cause great labor at'd
expense to repair. a.+ d.,oa- of
The mines were for while IN ereat oan.er n. o. o.
h.ing oyeraowed, many Of the men having 10
wade almost waist-deep to get from one eotfy
to another. T 1,,edo1-
The food was also very heavy az toneua'S :.
eo's peeea eoaToad 70 was thrown down, and I'll ;ns
tack torn up for long distance: Ihe mips 1,i4S
was. flooded. and many miners essapeo "'l'
difficulty. .ro.,. n,f,ro,d. he
tween Erie aud Alliance, ard ne wasnanG away a'1
IT small bridge between Homewooo al!,'
q Wampum, % On the Ptttsburg Lake Erie R2il: !:
= ii tit :es sextx ssyfa faaess Ss is
4a o.s The track is swept away in sew
erai W.T. places, and many Of the culyer!t
are gone. It will take weeks TO repair
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lspeciqI Dispatch to The Tribune
MEMPHIS, Tenn, July ga special to me
Anpea1 from Huntsville, Ala, states that Ars.
Loop, mother Of C. L. Loop, prominent Oh
7cial of the Southern Express Company, Is dam
pcrously i'll of Well-defbed case OF yellow
feycr, developed since the lady with her son
sought refuge in that city.
APPLICATION DENIED.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 2s.-1n response to a
telegram sent By Mayor Kercheval, asking the
use Of fifteen tents at inspection stations 4. ~.
Mccrary, Secretary Of War, says: " 1 cannot
take the responsibility of leaving tents for use SO
where there is no suffering from Yello"-feVef'
.9uELBYT1LLE.
The Rev: B. F. Teller, Memphis reiogee;,
died Of yellow-fever at shelbyvi1le at ~ ocoSx s1
last nirhr and was buried az q. IN. to-aay.
Much 1neasfness on account Of his death is felt
at ShelbVyille.
, 1879-07-27
HYDROPHOBIA.

CHESTER, Pa, July e6.-Nellte Cox, aged
years, died this afternoon from the bite Of
rabid dog about month ago
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UNDER THE WHEELS.
A1e-f1l Dtfnech to The tribune.

WATER1owS, Wis, July CAT O'Clock
this morning the wife Of henry Volknan, res
ident Of the Second Ward, WAS almost instantly
killed at the Junction while attempting to
alight from a moving train on the Chicago
Milwaukec &; St. Paul Railway. Mrs. Volknan
was seeing her sisteriu-law of, who was going
West, and was leaving the train after parting
with her when she vas thrown under the cars,
the wheels passing over both her legs, cutting
them of at the thighs, the unfortunate woman
about 20 years old, and leaves no children
SDec;al DixDa:ch so 1ae I,souH<'
DEs MONIES, 1a., July s8.-Thls evening, -
train vas leaving this station for Keokuk, John
Fl. McKenna, connected with the Colsax Spr1nga
Hotel. attempted to get on a coach, when biz
hand slipped, and he fell between the cars 'IWc
coaches passed over him: Both legs and the top
Of bis head were torn OF, and bis body terribly
mangled. He belonged at Buffalo, n. r
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KILLED BIZ LIGHTNING.
.Sn+esnf DttpQtcn to ne Zfibuak.

BuRL,sGToN, Ia., July 26.-Josfah s. Mccall,
a farmer living near Raritan, Henderson County,
ILL.,, was killed by lightning yesterday afternoon
while stacking eorn.
, 1879-07-27

NEW YORK, July 26-Harvey P. Mason.
travelling agent, was killed by fall into cellar.
, 1879-07-27
PIANOS.
CH|CkERINC

70 produce an UPRIGHT Piano which for d.
ma most perfect repeating notion
w eoual. The ChickeriuE has ever been
na'+on5crd na' Piano Of America. and il to-iuy
1ne .as1 nopulnr Of nli foreign Pianos in Eu.
POPE. h.o, -tr-d thro,rh
~. ~ make such n reputation and keep
:. e.. a long series Of years is ample proof
:. .s-x ~. lroyTu Improvement IL fonnd In the
G6,t.s.r;rr Upright Piano. whtrh can be seen
...nEED's TEMPLE OF MUSIC 1ol md
1893 ssate.st:-
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the rosd sufficiently to run the trains with resu-

tne sosu ooA1s'euS'5 ~ ~" 04~ N'''"''' "1''-
iar1tF.
No loss OF nle occurred 80 lar % kuo"u.
though there "erS Ians nl nao8o" ts:a;ra e:a q; q
house on fallen tl9oer nup, couta'uanE .h .sn ~
persons, was "asneo 1MAs, uu1 aue nuA.Ss
we're finally rescued; 1ne to1 a on1 vea y .a@ .s
cDity Will not lall snoft OF s1u1uv. po.a Ino
Allegheny and the lHononganela hsets ate rs. r.
Ing rApidly, lnsuring sufficient water tonoat toe
coal nect OF auuuo ousnels "41en has oeeh
"a1tin@ LOT water 1of seseFal uontns'
70 tAe Eftze4n -assoe'osea f!e8%
!, l!l!shtRI, July 80 sesels .a.s5s'aa ln
o'5s tnas seetol taF auu ~ eu,r-sn5
yania Railroad. the Ind W. he hiqhest ever
known in that vicinity. Houses wero flooded,
and fences and outbuildtngs washed away. On
Tue seNlckley branch road the DAMAGE to ne
nc',,rred d twan.rare ar t-tn &c rd vei1
ings being washed a8ay. --.
The karns City d Parker Railroad WAS DAM
aged to the extent Of Slo'o9o, aud telegraph
.lues IL aae uoTn " ~ a nte t,on GGo Inc totn LOSS
In the Raltimore & 1hf| R,t1ro,d A. Gn7v
Station, culyert is washed cut, and the track
is SO damaged that. trains could not pass. Re-
pqa.s 1a u o sae We,tnn ~ aeeetsen le3m tne
the 1;tr '''' o91~ ~
Pnri .nr1pp1. .Jn1v af-nnr1no h-,1v
storno thja ercniJ,t, dwellings, and h,rns T. ;he
nor+hwestern | Nh ~ The citv war; nnrnofe1
~, honeos fooI5-5
~" Sn-tsor Djxrnfcn 10 1ae T.b,tux
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08


As it is no doubt known to many of our
readers, though the bulk of the Choctaw
Indians in Mississippi were removed vest
of the Mississippi river, many years ago
a good many Indians in Attala, Leake,
Neshoba and Newton refused to go, and
they still reside in those counties, engaged
in agriculture, and while those better in
formed than they are everlastingly in the
courts, the humble Choctaw gives the
country no trouble. Some thirty years ago,
there was revival among the Baptist near
the line Of Attala and Leake, and several
new converts had TO be baptized, and as
usual, great many people repaired to the
baptizing, among them two Indian men,
who seating themselves upon log project
ing into Tockannookany creek, where the
converts we're being immersed, watched the
proceedings with great interest The min
lister discanted upon the necessity of bap-
tism 70 salvation. aud several persons had
been ,;smersod when al Of sudden great
splaah was heatl whore Tho Indians we're
sitting, and on looking that way, one 4 the
obootsts was seen coming up on. 4 the
water, and shaking himself he said: "Ugh
lslIJfre estO. In bis simplicity this child
Of natura bad understood that baptism
meant puriio4ion and was demanded by
the great spirit, and he thought that by
immersing himself he would be safe foe
his journey through life and at the and be
safe from hell FIRE.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08
Novel Issue.
TdHey FlGg.


Col. w. B. Helm raised a somewhat
novel issue, the other day in defending
q client charged with hog stealing, The
evidence Indicated that the accused
had struck the hog with an ak, in an
ger, and not with view to theft. After
the hog was dead he seems to have
changed his mind, dressed it and con-
cealed it under bed in his house. The
law makes the theft of live stock grand
larceny, without regard to the value of
the animal stolen, but otherwise the
theft must amount to the value of ten
dollars to constitute grand larceny.
Counsel contended that it was the in
tention that fixed the nature OF the
act, and in this case the intention to
steal did not actuate the defendant
until after the hog was dead, and hence
the theft was not of live stock, but of
pork valued at less thanl ten dollars.
The Court so instructed the jury, and
a verdict of petit larceny returned. 1t
has been held that where a man killed
another, apparently in the heat OF pas
sion, and afterward availed himself
of vsluables ON the person of deceased
and endeavored to conceal the body and
crime, the liter acts of the slayer were
equivalent to self.acknowledgement of
original malice, and the crime was nur-
der and not mansaughter. In the hog
case, however, it must be borne in mind
that the instruction were as to the con
struction of law, and not of the evil !
dence.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08
JACKSON, Miss, February 6, 1879.

JACKSON, Miss, February 6, 1879.
To the Editor Of the Comet:
"Watchman what of the night ?" And
this interrogatory moves me to ask, why
THE COMET, or some other State journal,
has not heretofore published the proceed
ings of the Federal Court recently held at
Oxford? Several weeks before that Court
assembled intimatlons were made, and in
some quarters it was believed that jury
had been picked for the purpose of annoy
ing and further expressing our down-trod-
den people.
What was done. and how did the thing
pan outp AS Mississippian, and defend
er of the people, will you enlighten an
obscure "looker-on in Vienna" as to the
proceedings of that body? In other words
please inform me if any indictments were
found and if so, against whom, and for
what
Should this communication elicit reply
! may at no distant day PROFOUND one or
two more questions in which some of your
readers are interested.
Very respectfully,
AZARIAH
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08
NO. 16.

while the suffers and bummers were appeal
ing to the Government TO pay them for the
cotton they had gathered up. For himself
he should vote against all these claims,
| Applause
Mr.. Singleton characterized the charge
| of Mr.. Bragg against the South as a most
| unfoundod and unjust SANDER. The South
| ern Representatives who introduced the
claim bills did not indorse the claims
| They simply presented them as duty to
| their constituents. AS to reading the South
| ern Democrats out Of the Democratic party,
Mr.. Singleton said the South had given to
| the country, before the war, seven of its
| Presidents-W Washington, Jefferson, Madi-
son, Monroe, jackson, Polk and Taylor
that out of 1876 Cabinet officers the South
had furnished 81, and that no such Presi-
dent had occupied his seat against the will
of the people, and that no such Cabinet
officer had been charged with corruption.
THE name of Mr.. Floyd was here suggest
ed by Mr. Townsend a. Y.)l Every bat
tie that had been fought before the late war
had been fought under Southern leaders,
both Presidents and officers. No foot Of
territory, outside Of Alaska had been
acquired under other than Southern Presi-
dents. Bragg himself was only a babe in
L44S LGlL---l VI LL4-IbGAt+ ttL4Nt "'NtANt A4teNV
to tarry in Jericho till his beard grow
Bragg had been 50 long abusing Democracy
when running on the Republican ticket for
Congress and other Offices that, like the
old harper whose harp refused to sing Of
augLt but love his mouth refused to give
out anything but abuse of Democracy.
Laughter. The South had 81 Democrats
on the floor while the North had only 50,
and if the Southern Democrats were parted
from their brethren of the North the latter
would be controlled by the Republicans
and no one could tell what would become OF
them. Laughter The Democrats OF
the South We're Democrats of principle, II
they had only been influenced by the loayss
and fishes they could have sold out long
ago to the Republicans. daughter
The morning hour having expired, Mr..
Martin, who has charge of the bill moved
he previous question.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08
Hard Times.
Port Gibson Reujcle.

Hard times is a cruel fallacy and 4 pop
ular humbug. The man who confronts
each day with bold heart and cheerful
spirit. and has vim, has only to say, will
know no such thing as hard times-and he
will never know it. Work-individually
and faithfully, with the pick-ax Of determi-
nation-and YOU can level mountains Let
each one strive to better his own condi~
ton. and the aggregate Of such an example
and influence will be to turn the vast
volume of gloom into volume Of sun
shine.
When each one il the grateful apprecis-
ton of our lovely climate, bountiful soil
and genial sunshine, shall stretch ont his
arms and say, the lines have fallen unto
me in pleasant places-yea, have a good
ly heritage" he will unturl the banner Of
victory, and march on from conqueriug to
conquest. Let Us be manly men-not
croakers Our suherings ale half i'm
agnary. If you cant pay all go to your
creditors with fraulness and truth in one
hand, and the figures of your assets in the
other. and you Will have no trouble in
settling.
Suppose each and all should do that
would there be any hard times Never,
Go to work udlyiduaIly-practice men
tai and muscular labor-lncUlcate frugality
-habituate economy-keep diary of your
expense-buy only what is absolutely in
di5psnsablo-and the hard times, like the
Arabs, will fold their tents and steal away,
Your gloom will transform to sparkling
your tears will turn to dia-
muuds.
Open your eyes! Don NOPE about like
an unconscious somnambulist. Work while
it is day, and at night sleep the slumb7r
that belongs to cheerful husbandry-tO the
tOiliug artisan, and to an honest con
science.
Only the rich suffer from insomnia-only
the prodical and the sluggard know of hard
times.
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Our friend and brother, Col. Frantz, of
the Brandon Republican, is giving the
Board of Supervisors of Rankin county
Hail Columbia. 1t may be that our friend
and brother has the argument on the Board,
but if it was us we would think heap and
stand heap before we would turn loose
our batteries on the Board of Supervisors
The man who deliberatly sets himself about
making war on the board of Supervisors OF
great county, with any expectation of get
ting the Board down, must,feel himself very
strong, or have a soft place in his upper
story. A Board of Supervisors is just
about the hardest thing to turn down there
is in this world. If we we're to get mad we
might undertake to demolish a mere Con
gress or Legislature, but as long as cur
head is level we don't mean ever TO come to
a deadly breach with the Board of Supcrvi-
sors.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

As Related by "a Jackson Boy.
BY VALENTINE vOX.

Wunce thare wuz ole feller wot hiz nam'
it wuz Jacub. Ole Jake wuz a rite clevul
feller ginrully, bnt he dun mtey doggor
fuleish thing wunce wieh afterwards kauzed
hem a blame cite ov trubbul. He knot
ownly went an tuke fule noshun an goi
marrid, but he worked fourteen yeres ful
the gals daddy wot he got marrid 2. Mi
unkle tom, wich iz ole bachelo, he sais
that he'd be dogged if he'd dun it if shG
had ben the ownly wummin in the wurld,
an I'll b konfound if 1 don't say so 2
AFTER ole Jake got marrid, he had Is chill
drum rite strate along. an blamed if evvur
wun ov EN- wuznt bois Wun ole coon wat
writ history i'll them dais, he sais that ole
Jacub used 2 git up evvur mornin an kaul
tha role so az he kould g if awl hiz bois
wuz at hoame.
Jacub's bois cumo mitey nigh Dustin hem
wun time wen yanky pedler cum aroun'
thare sellin tin whistles. Evur dog-gon
wuu ov them frum JoTef up 2 Zebedee
wanted a tin whistul an he'd hav' it 2 or
bust
Awl ov Jacubs bois wuz mitey bad tellers
exsept Josef, who wuz mitey guide ieller.
He never wuz knone 2 Get pen in his dad
dy's cheer or eat up the shugar wot hiz ma
cent him to town to bi.
Ole Jake luved Josef moro than emmy ov
hiz uther suns, an wun crismus wen kalico
wuz chepe he baut sum an got hiz wife 2
make Josef bran nu kote an put it in
hiz stockin'.
The mex mornin wen Josef put on hiz
kote, hiz bfuthers they awl made fun ov
him, an Josef he got mad. an run IN the
house an got shot gun. an dogged If he
didunt sum mitey nigh shootin the lites out
oV sum oy EN-!
About week arter Josef got hiz kote
hiz ma she baked him powerful big frute
cake. an he ct so much that it made
him sick an that mite he dremed awful
dreme. He dremed that he wuz big trute
cake az big az a volkano an that hiz bruth-
ers wuz a eatin' ov himl
Wen Josef growed up 2 b a man, he
muved 10 Egip, an wood dun vel if he
hadn't got in2 fite with wumin named
Pottyfre, who kant him kissin hur dauter
vun da an had him put in2 the kallybuse.
Arter he waz turned Rluce, he studded law
an afterwards becum president Ov Egip,
ware hsikiIled hisself wun da tryin' ?
diskuyer the law of perpetual motion
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08
YYzpg sv ~ mt IN POSTOFFICE
MORALS.

The Postoface Department of the United
States has increased greatly in efficiency
during the last few years. 1t is rare now
that you hear of a postoffice defaulter. A
few years ago it was rare thing to tind
ono in the South who was not a default
or. Now a letter with money is near
ly certain to go through. Then letter
with money in it, and not registered, had
about the same chance of reaching its des-
tination as highwayman has of making
landing in Paradise. As for getting paper
circulated, the only way to get paper to
particular point was to get five or six subsori-
bers for it at least, at that Office, SO as to
make it too bulky to stop up a crack with.
A single paper, or a one cent circular, was
too contemplate to bother about. Besides
they were handy to light cigars with. The
letter mail was the point of interest with
our postoffice attaches a few years ago.
Some of them grew so skillful that they
could detect a bank bill instantly by the
s'feel" of the letter. And if they deemed
it necessary, as they usually did, to alb |
stract the bill, tho piih of the letter was
thereby destroyed, and the liter had just
as well be burnt up.
We heard Of wicked fellow once Just |
after the war who wrote n dozen letters and |
enclosed ton dollar Confederate bill in
each and directed them to as many different
aoIdiar friop6o II, ofhar Stofac Ha cold ba
did it purely as joke on the postofice
mon. There was nothing of Importance in
any of the letters, and he declared that the
only object he had in sending them out
with the enclosures was to enjoy in antici-
patton the disgust and disappo ointment of
the honest postoffice clerks and route
agents when they opened them and pos
sessed themselves Of their contents.
The singular fact about these dozen let
ters is, LoV one of them ever reached the
party to whom it was addressed, was never
returned and never got to the dead letter
Office IBut it was wrong to impose on in>
nocent officials in this wny, aud the wicked
man who so cruely deceived them with
Confederate bills ought to make public
apology to them.
But the postoffices of the South have
fallen into good hands at last. letter, or
or circular not only goes
forward now, but goes promptly. The
letters are not tampered with. We have |
known several instances lately where let '
ters, unsealed, and containing currency or
bank checks indorsed to blank came safely q
through One notable case where a check {
for $4,000 and made payable to baarer, was i
sent out in an unsealed letter and went all {
over the State and was finally placed in the {
box Of the party for whom it was intended. i
Ten years ago such thing would have
been looked upon as a miracle. e
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

Major Chas Chadwick, of Iowa, brave
officer of the federal army, our first sheriff
after the war, who resigned rather than col
lect an arbitrary tax, and who could be
elected tomorrow to any office in the county;
Hon. ]. A. Ulman, Of New York, our re-
spected fellow-citizen, the pioneer of enter
prise at Bay st. Louis; Col VIM. A. Champ
lain, of New York, long a resident of Pass
Christian, and distinguished alike for his
ability and virtues. Harrison and Jackson
counties have many influential citizens of
Northern birth. There is n general desire
all along the coast that Major D. B. Robin
son and Messrs Putnam and Ballentyne, of
the New Orleans and Mobile Railroad,
should be delegates for our seaboard in the
convention. They are widely known, are
universally esteemed, and their representa-
tions would carry great weight.
Yours truly,
j. +. H. CLAIBORNE,
BAYOU CAvET, HANCOCK Co., January %.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-02-08

This rising young attorney of Yazoo,
and genial gentleman, favored us with call
last week. He is man of talent and
promise, and we look forward to brilliant
future for him, and there are none of his
many friends who will mark his advancing
strides up the road to preferment with
more pleasure than the writer of this para
graph.