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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

The tricky types made us give c, l..
Anderson, Esq, All votes for Represen-
tative in the primary election Of Attala
county. He received 1fll- about all there
was, A slight mistake Of a thousand in
Our lppOrt
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

The small boy hurls defiance into the
teeth of cholera morbus, and calmy
munches his eleventh green apple; but
the cholera morbus takes him oil the
same, Just as if he were mild and gentle
and prepared to go like the boy in the
Sunday-school books. Medical Advis-
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

Boz INGEBsoLI makes this prediction;
LET me prophesy. la FIVE years from to-
day. no man Of Intelligence in the United
States will preach the infamous doctrine Of
eternal punishment
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

THERE will be o grand picnic at Hebron
on the 27th inst, Put Darden, Master of
the State Grange, will deliver an address.
Hebron Is four miles southeast Of Brandon,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

BREREroN, the party who killed Dent in
vicksburg was tried here last Wednesday
before Judge j. A. P. Campbell, of the
Supreme Court under writ of hdbeas
c0rjals. He was denied bail.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

OxE hundred and seveuty-oight women,
mostly from south and east Boston, have
asked TO be assessed fore poll tax in Boston
as qualification for voting next December
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

HE New Orleans Pioaynne says Prof.
Swift stays ont till o'clock IN the morning,
and then tells his wife he has discovered a
new planet.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

DAN Corrox, ooIored convicted OF mur-
der, has been sentenced by the Lincoln
county Circuit Court to imprisonment for
life,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

TIE race for Librarian, at the next Leg
islaturo in Kentucky, will be between Indies
No gentleman will euter the raec.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

TIE five members Of the Kemper county
Board Of Supervisors all answer to the
given name Of John. a remarkable coln>
ci1anre
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

We stated, some time ago, that Kemper
threatened to have barbecue. The threat
has been carried into execution. II was q
gpIendtd success.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

CONGRESSMAN EwrSG's residence in Lam
caster, Ohio, is plain brick building SIT
1latod on an elevated spot.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

The negroes Of Holmes county will re-
fuse to support the Greenback party unless
a negro is nominated for State Senator
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

Nor single Memphis paper now reaches
this Office, Has the the "Old man ana
the Avalanche gone up?
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

THERE was twelve deaths in Memphif
from Yellow fever on the 18th
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

The ''Safferon Blight" is the Chicago
name for yellow fever. Anything to get
ahead Of st Louis.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

TWENTY deaths and nine new cases OF
fever in Memphis, Yesterday.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

MARX TWIN is in Paris, aud Geo Ban
croft is in Newport
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

The Water Valley Courier is now issued
semi-weeily
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

The buildings destroyed by fire III Ma
con, last December, are being replaced by
brick ones or the latest aud most approved
,I,,Ioc
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

The little case of bulldozing in Rankin,
turns out to be tempest in teapot, after
all. -vicksburg Commercial.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

No REGULAR trains on any Of the roads,
now run into Memphis.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

MOBILE has rescinded her quarantine
against New Orleans.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

DrKALB has had a jail delivery. All the
prisoners escaped but two
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

SENATOR BLACKBURN says the Democrats
will carry Ohio.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16

NoxuBEH county holds her convention
to-day,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-16
HTNDs COUNTY
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS

DEMOCRATIC NOMLNhllVNS
For Senators--II District.
JAMES d. STEWART, Of Hinds;
WILLIAM RATLIFF, OF FahA'ii'
For Representatives.
r. A. MoWILLIE, LOWE Wife, a. :
NJ SIMMONS, W. d. CARMICHAEL
For Distrtct AttOr7'et
IT. S. FOOTE, JR.
For sheriff,
FARRAR MORRISON
For Circuit CIerh,
SAMUEL LIVINGSTON.
For Chamcery Clerk,
WILLIAM T. RArLlFF'
For Treasurer,
d. Y. HOWELL.
For assessor,
b. W. HENRY
For Surveyor,
WILLIAM SHELTON.
For Coroner Gnd Ranger,
T. J, HUNTER.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-02
Publication Law.
From vaneeburg Kentuckian.l

From Nanceburg kentuckian-I
A subject of great importance to those
who are i'm debt-and their name is
legion-during these hard times, is the
Publication Law. When a business
man or private individual wants to sell
ANYTHING, ne advertises il, i'm order to
get buyer at a fair price, or, at least, at
a price that will not be ruinOus to his
interests. Not so with the State. When
an individual owes any debt, on which
the State compels payment, his proper
ty is sacrificed to pay that debt, without
even his next neighbOr knowing il.
This should not be, and thepeOple should
make candidates for Legislative hOnOrs
pledge themselves to give Kentucky as
good law on the subject as Ohio has.
The newspapers of the State should
awaken the people to their own interest
i'm this matter, and thereby compel our
lawmakers to catch up with the times,
and not suffer citizenship of Kentucky
to be longer disgraced and made a by
word for our more fortunate neighbOrs.
We have plenty of printing offices to
make the public acquainted with the
standing of banks, insurance companies,
Sheriffs' sales, delinquent tax lists, ex-
hibits and settlements of commissioners,
executors and incorporated companies,
and to publish the financial condition of
counties, etc.; and the people should see
that the Legislature make the means
available by passing a general law COM
pelling the publications to be made.
Now let the press of the State do its
duty, and our next Legislature will be
able men, and our State will begin to
be considered among the civilized por-
tiOns of the earth.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-02
OBITUARY.

ONO COUNTY, KY, June %, 1879.
Atthe residence of Mrs. Nancy French.
Miss Laurena G. French departed this
life on the 9TH inst, after . protraeted
/ illness of two years
She was the daughter of Mrs. Nancy
French, formerly Of Allen county, Ken
lucky, but who moved to and has re-
sided in Ohio county since 1857. Miss
Laurena was an amiable and intelligent
young lady, and leaves mother, two
sisters and many friends to mourn her
loss. Though in her youth, being only
twenty years and eleven monthsOf age,
she expressed perfect willingness To
die, and longed TO be away and at rest.
| She made a profession of religion four
years previous to her death; lived a
piOus and exemplary Christian fife, and
feeling that she had an eternal inheri-
tance in the Elysian fields of Christian
glory, spent the last moments of her
life in impressing the divine precepts of
our blessed Savior upon the minds of
her sorrowful relatives and friends,
beseeehing them with prayers and adj
monitions to meet he. i'm those peaceful
realms "where the wicked cease from
troubling and the weary are az rest -
Being conscious that her days on earth
We're well nigh spent she gave directions
for her burial, selected the persons to at
tend ON the occasion, made choice of a
minister to perform the funeral ceremo-
| nies; and when the shadow of death
settled upon her brow, and her spirit
seemed gathering its wings for its fight
beyond the grave, she called her rela-
tives and friends to her bedside, one by
one, giving them many tender and en-
dearing kisses and embraeesand bidding
them a kind and affectionate farewell
A few minutes before 4 O'Clock ON the
9TH inst, her young spirit winged its
fight to the blissful regions Of never
ending Eternity and took its abode
''where all the rans0medan angels be-"
On the Sth inst her remains were taken
to Mt Carmel church, where the Rev.
James C. Stewart pronounced the fun
eral sermon before large and apprecia-
tive audience, after which they were
gently laid beneath the quiet and peace
ful bosom of our mother earth, there to
remain till the consummationr Of time
when We shall allrejoin our absent sisfer
in the far off regions of the Better
Land. A FRIEND.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-02

MS true cOlOrs, it is Roscoe COnkling
An utterly selfish, unstatesmanlike pol
ltlciln, he possesses none of those re-
dceming personal qualities that attrac
men or win their respect. His manne
~ linperious and, at times insulting
When his own political fortunes are n
stake, he is ready for any combination
or any bargain--to sell ont his own par
! ty, If need be-but after il is all over, ht
remembers no obligations and recog.
nizes no hOnOrs due to any except tC
himself Witness his course in the
Custom-hollse contest last year. He
lairly begged the Democrats to aid him
but, after they had done so and he sup
posed the fight was all over, he became
more abusive and insolent than ever
The result should have taught him q
lesson, for when he once more needed
their help, much rs they despiscd HAYES
they respected themselves too much tC
aid COnkling, and he was beaten. He
Is now cavOrting and paving dirt like q
mad bull. Maddcncd by his loss of in
iiaee &c and defeat by the Administra.
ton, and the loss of power by his party
in the Senate, ne attempts to ride rough
shod over everything. He hates John
t'htihletli, anu llc ilsiitS every IINui1
thing, / think, except himself and Mrs.
Kate Sprague. Such a man is not a
statesman. In this bout with Lamar
he got the worst Of ii, and got what he
deserved. If the code was observed his
only redress would be challenge. The
time was when dignity, dccOrum and
courtesy We're proverbial i'm the Senate;
but with the present minority, under
the leadership of Conllling, who cannot
like men, submit to their loss of power,
these traditional characteristics will
soon become unknown.
Here | may say word against the
system of pairing so prevalent among
Congressman, and the absenteeism 50
prevalent this session. More than one
hundred members of the two houses are
now absent, with or without leave
some in Europe, some at home attend
ing to their private business, and a few
sick. IL is a great wrong, and the con-
stituents of these unfaithful servants
ought to take them in hand. If there
had been no absent Democratic Sena-
tors Wednesday night, the Democrats
would have had a quorum without the
Republicans, who refused to vote, and
could have forced vote on the army
bill. Seven Democratic Senators are
out of the city. They have been tele-
graphed for, and it is to be hoped they
will remain until the session closes, or
resign and let better men take their
places.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 3S. "a

WASHINGTON, ID. c., June %, 70.
Such Il scene as occurred i'm the Sen
ate on the occasion of the night session
last Wednesday night has not been wit
messed there since ante-bellum DAYS,
and may never be witnessed again.
Senator Roscoe Conkling is chiefly res
pOnsible for the proceedings and diff
culties of that night, and for the dis
grace that attaches thereto. He enter
ed upon the session i'm vicious frame
of mind, and for several hours conduct
ed himself in the most insolent, sneer-
ing and dogged manner. The army
bill was about to come up, and the Dem
ocrats, anxious to bring the session to
an end as soon as possible, desired to
come to an agreement as to when the
vote would be taken. The Republicans
were mostly willing to come to such an
agreement, but permitted themselves to
be led by COnkling, who would agree to
nothing, except to filibuster and obstruct
business. He claimed that the minority
desired to debate the bill without limi-
tation. The Democrats. said: 'Take as
much time as you require for debate,
but fix time-one, two, or three days
hence-when we can vote.n In the
House, debate can be limited by the op-
Grafton of the previous question:; but in
the Senate a mutual agreement is the
only way to avoid sitting it out. All
these propositions Conkling insultingly
rejected, fiavoring his remarks with un-
stinted abuse of the Democrats i'm gem
eral way. Senator Davis, in his amia-
BILE way, expressed wish that the Sem
atOr from New York might be pacified,
but his attempt to effect an understand
ing was so sneeringly received by Conk-
ling that he felt insulted and left the
chamber. So far all OF Conkling's abus-
i've talk had been so general i'm it's char
acter that, though all were indignant,
no Senator felt Fcalled upon to make "a
personal matter of it. But when he
finally accused Senator Lamar of bad
faith, he went IA step too far, for the elo-'
quent Mississippian told him he uttered
a falsehood, and he repelled it with all
the contempt he felt for its author. La
mar was cool and deliberate, but his
manner, as he turned toward Conlling,
conveyed the full meaning of his words.
After COnkling had replied in his bully
ing manner, that if the Senator meant
to say he lied, and if it We're not in the
Senate chamber, he should call him
blackguard, a liar and coward, Lamar
again arose and said: al have only to
say to the Senator from New York that
he understood me correctly. | said pre-
cisely the word he understood me. My
language was harsh and unparliament-
airy, and L beg pardon of the Senate for
1t; but my language was such as no
good man would deserve, and no good
man would WEAR" This was applaud
ed, and as Lamar sat down, the presid-
ing officer waited apparently for Conk-
ling to reply, but he was silent.
If there Is any one man whom this
extra session, or say the last year of
Congress, has shown to the country in
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-02
Thoughts as They Occur on the
Corners.
BN DIOGENES.
No. VIII.

No. VIII.
How cheap are the real essentials To
happiness, food, raiment, and rest, yet
how costly our imaginary wants, which
like the brine of the ocean but eXcitcs
our thirst when drank.
WHEN out of temper we commit a
great error in saying things of, and to
persons which We ought not to have
said, but when our passion is over we
commit greater error in not saying
what we always should say, which is:
al ask your pardon for what / said in
passion"
OUR late war has created so much
political capital, that every prudent can
didate ought to Immediately announce
himself i'm favor of the next war;
THERE is much said of self-made
men, but the truth is that every truly
great man is self-made. 10 use a homelv
phraze, some men have to build them
selves up from the stump, without assis-
tance; whilst Others have friends and
fortune to furnish the ready-made ma
terial, to order, by which they can build
themselves with more ease. BY the aid
of friends and fortune some men with
no real merit are for while surrounded
with glamour of greatness, which
perishes with the ignis Jdt,ns which
produced it.
To GRIN like monkey, feel like
toad, flatter everybody, tell smutty
stories, shake hands and mix with the
6ohoys, are now the necessary qualifica-
tions to reach the seats of our Solons
and Lycurgus'.
WOULD it not be best for our Divines
to demonstrate the best religion by show
ing the best results, instead of so much
wrangling about the best mode of APP
plying water in baptism?
\ YOUNG man will succeed better by
learning few things well, than he who
has general smattering Of everything,
but nothing perfect. The first will be
like the mechanic who has the few tools
necessary for his trade, bright and in
good order, and knows how to use them;
whilst the second will be like the un-
skilled man surrounded by all the tools
known to the different trades, all rusty
and out of order, and he no skill in using
them. E.
WHEN. we have a good friend being
led astray by an evil practicel, or mis-
placed passion, what great lack of
moral courage, nay, even cowardice, we
display in not warming him of his dam
ger instead of whispering our fears to
others-thus spreading the slander until
his character is ruined.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-02
Tobacco Market.

LOUISVILLE, KY, June Nth, 1879.
Sales of tobacco at the Louisville To-
bacco Warehouse for the week ending
June ii, 1879, 2l9 hhds. divided AS fol-
lows:
Ill Hhds. new leaf, ranging from
81 90 to SO 90 for dark tobacco, and from
$40 90 to Is 90 for cOlory filters and cut
ting leaf; one medium bright wrapper
at $50 co.
30 Hhds. new lugs, from - 25 to 90.
80 Hhds. old dark leaf, from 81 % to
900.
81 Hhds. old lugs, from 81 90 to 90.
The offerings this week have again
been very large, and the market con-
tinues firm and active on all fillery and
colOry sorts. The common and monde
scripts grades We're little weaker toward
the close of the week.
The recent rains have been rather
general, and the opportunity for setting
the crop has been good. Preparations
have not been made for an extra large
planting, but il is now thought that
something like an average crop will be
set. Future prices will depend much
upon the prospects of the crop from now
ON. Some foreign contracts have been
let recently, which is hoped will inn
prove prices on dark, rich types of to-
baccO.
Sales this week, 1904 hhds. Receipts
this week, 1,S45 hhds. Sales since JAN
uary lst, 24,3l0 hogsheads.
Your friends,
SHERLY & GLOVER.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-02
Hoosier Hash.

INDIANAPoLIs, IND, June 20, 1879.
Editor Herald:
Here / am i'm this beautiful city.
landed here three days ago. The eOun-
try through which passed ON the
Louisville, indianapolis and Chicago n.
II. is beautiful indeed. The wheat crop,
which is already white unto harvest, is
beautiful to look upon. IL Is now being
harvested in the southern part of this
State. Next week will be harvest in
this and the northern part of the State.
The wheat crop throughout, b said to
be good average crop. Thedry season
prevailed here too, but not with such
telling effect as in Kentucky. Corn
looks well, and il being well cultivated
mostly by machinery.
have said this is a beautiful city.
So it is. Ithas about 100, 600 population.
Not like our own beloved city, Louis
Vile, il has broad streets running east,
west, north and south. Besides il has
many avenues running in every diree-
ton, 50 that a stranger il often much
perplexed to find a place he wants to
find without much inquiry. Yet in
another respect, like Louisville, there
are scarcely any names Of the streets
placed in conspicuous places to guiciethe
stranger Alright. To-day / was by my
uncle kindly piloted through the spa
ciOus court house of this, Marion county.
The cost of this building was more than
tsrO millions of dollars. The State Leg
islature has been holding its sessions in
this house since the commencement of
the rebuilding of the new capitol This
enormous marble structure, which runs
the whole length of one block, will cost
when completed, as | have been in
formed by several gentlemen who
seem to know, upwards of -, 100000,
and will take at least seven years to
complete IL. The people here seem to
be proud of their city aud State, and
are very generous. They also seem to
be a ehurch-going people, as there are
about 100 church buildings in the city.
The PresbyteTians and Methodists are
the leading gdenominatiOns. In the cen
ter of the city is public park; in the
midst of which is one of ar. r. Rouse's
Patent Driven Wells" where all classes
of people can roam at will, and slake
their thirst from its cooling fountain.
While sitting i'm the shade in this beau
tiful park in company with two old gem
tlemen, the name of Hayes was men,
toned, when / ventured to ask what do
YOU people here think of Mr.. Hayes?
when one of them answered he ''didn't
hardly know, but he knew one thing,
and that was, that he was not elected
President" Well, / thought not too.
But | must quit for this time.
More anon, H. c. TRUMAN
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-02
Morganfown Musings
MORGANTowN, June %.

MOhGANiOWN june -
Editor Herald:
All quiet ON the potomac, except now
and then a dog fight or political argu-
ment.
Prof. w. j. Finley and family are
off ON visiting tour to Tennessee, will
not return for a month or more.
J.C. MOrehead, former correspondent
to the HERALD, has returned from the
Ky. school of medicine, Louisville KY,
after an absence of four months. He
ought to have something rich for the
HERALD, probably we will hear from
him.
Miss Mary S. Herald is dangerously
ill with Typhoid fever.
The good people, in the MorgantOwn
common school district, are discussing
the required qualifications of teacher.
Some want a man with at least, some
literary taste; others want a man of
good disciplinary qualifications; and
still Others prefer to go back to the good
old days of our grand parents and em-
ploy "a regular "lint lifter". / cannot
tell who will come out victors, i believe
the latter party has the majority now.
A Sunday school picnic will eele-
brate the 4th of July at this place. We
expect to have a good dinner, and some
eloquent speaking and essays in behalf
ofthe Sunday School
We are exceedingly happy of the So
ciety of Prof L. j. Board, who has
been absent on professional duty. for
some time. His genial smiles and
pleasant wit are very enjoyable.
Miss Cooney Poole, q Rochester, is
visiting old friends and classmates, and
making glad the hearts of some of our
rising young gentlemen. "You bet''.
NJ. No. 4.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-02
TOPICS OF THE TIME.
Some Thin Virtues.

Editor Herdld:
i have, in late number of .ScIibner's
Monthly, a paragraph which l think
would be well if read by your readers,
and as but few of them have access to
the monthly will furnish you copy
of the article. w. G.. B.
AS working rule, in the conduct of
life, we suppose there is no better than
that which has been denominated "The
Golden Rule" but its author could
hardly have regarded it as the highest
and best. There seems to he no motive
bound up in it but "a selfish one, and no
standard of morality but the actors
own desires. The Golden Rule, as we
call it, seems to be hardly more than
common decency formulated. Nothing
obviously, can be decent in our treat
ment of Others that we do not recognize
as proper and desirable in their treat
ment of ourselves. 1t is a rule that
seems to be made for supreme selfish
ness. Refrain from putting your foot
into another pigs trough, unless you
are willing to have another pig put his
foot into your trough. One of the great
mistakes of the world, and especially
of the Christian world, is i'm the convic-
ton that this is Il high rule of action, and