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The Russellville Democrat., 1879-08-21

Convicts are enclosing Senator Hills forty thousand-acre sheep ranche in Georgia with stone wall. Seven miles of the wall are now fin ished.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-08-21
M. W. Chiffon writing us from

Nj. W. Chiffon writing us from Douglas, Butler county, Kansas, Ju
 ly 2S, '79, says; "Everybody ir this country is looking forward tc the time when that railroad will be pushed up the Arkansas Valley, SC that they may get the advantage ol that fine lumber and coal. It sure. ly would be big thing for those pine regions. This country has the best corn crop that has ever been raised in Western Kansas. It can be contracted for, now, at ten cents per bushel." ."-Fort Smith Elevator
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-08-21
The Ozark Seduction Case.

On last Tuesday Dr. F. O. Clancy, charged with the seduction of Miss Mary Head, Of Ozark was brought before Judge Jacoway upon writ of Hapeas Corpus, the application for which set out that the bail was ex- cessive and that the defendant ought to be discharged from custody in as much as the finding of the eXamina- ting court was not warranted by the evidence. The state was represent ed by Mir. Fielder and the defend ant by Mir. Bourland, both young and promising members of the Ozark bar. The prisoner, young man of good appearance and good address, was in charge of deputy sheriff Cox, who was assisted in guard duty by Mess. Evans and Lauderdale, of this place. The eti- dence was reviewed ih all its nau- seating details and commented upon by exhaustive argument from both sides of the case, at the conclusion of which the court held that the de- fendant had been properly bound over to answer the charge of seduc tion but expressed some doubt as to whether or not the sum fixed upon in the bail bond ($l, ,000) was sulfi- cient. The party returned to Ozark yesterday and in default of the bail required the prisoner will be con fired in jail.-Dardanelle Imml- grant.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-08-21


 Since July, 1878, no gold has been coined at the London mint This ia due to contraction of trade and in fux of gold from Australia.
 Notwithstanding the example of Christine Cox, a negro entered Mrs. Kelley's house at Evanston, Ind, gathered some plunder in her room, and then thinking she was about tb awake, killed her with Q big stone that he had carried in as weapon. Peter Cooper can proudly boast that during q business career of six ty years he has never failed to pay his workmen when their wages were due, although he has sometimes had 2500 men in his service.
 When Mrs. K. Heath, of Sherman, Me, was born the house took fire at the time of her marriage the house aSaln LOOK hre, and the other day at the birth of her first the House again took fire.
 Give us free coinage of silver, government paper money, instead of national bank notes, and substitute . tariff for revenue, instead of tho high tariff we now have to protect manufactures and monopolies, and this country will go on in q career of prosperity unapproached by auy other country on the fhco of the globe. Rural world.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-08-21
pIrHY POINTS.

@ear Are advertise.
 A floating debt is certain Tn time to sink any enterprise.
 Jones calls his wife Misery be- cause she likes company sd well.
 This is the season of the year to tell secrets; everybody will keep shady.
 The fellow made bad bull when he went to steal a squash and got gourd.
 Fullness under the eye d8hates language; fullness under the ribs donates beer.
 We never heard of a man sd mean that fly wouldn't become attached to him.
 "We pray for meat" as the foxes remarked when they jumped into poultry yard.
 There is a German proverb which says that Take it Easy and Live Long are brothers.
 A sporting gentleman of undue levity of mind spohe ol Q dog-show as reign of terrier.
 Gen. Burnside recently reviewed the militia of Rhode Island. The militia rode by Tn hack.
 The young man who loved above his station was always getting out at the wrong depot.
 West Point has Irritation walk, where the cadets learn the tactics used in engagements.
 Jones bHo is engaged to an heir. ess calls her Economy, because she's the road to wealth.
 When the poet sang of something that was "strong without hands" he probably referred to butter.
 The crop reports say that hay is a failure. This will have depress ing effect oa hay fever. A baby was born in Georgia the other day without any chin. Pro bably 1t had been wiped of.
 Mr. Talmage quotes the Lord as saying "Go forth and preach my gospel for $500 a night"
 Silver combs are now the go, but they pull in snarled ringlets all the same like the old kind.
 "A charge to keep l have, as the gun said when it was loaded and put away for future use,
 The individual who itchcs for fame has frequently to scratch the hardest for bread and butter.
 "Husband means band of the of the house" {" We thought it was the mother in law who made all the music.
 You have heard of the man who can't say mo-" Docs anyone know the woman who cant say "yes"
 An exchange says George Train now subsists bn three peanuts day. Is it any wonder his mlnd is weak.
 "Tm afraid of gun without lock stock or barrel" said a small boy when his father took the ramrod to him.
 Good housekeepers hate to put off washing day. With them it IS ''soap deferred that make eth the heart sick"
 Bloggs says he knows than with such giddy motrerin.law that she even let her tongue run away with her.
 The girl who succeeds in winning the true love of man makes lucky hit, aha is hetself a lucky miss. "They fired two shots at him." wrote reporter; "the first shot killed him, but the second shot vas not fatal"
 A wife is q man's better half. And when Q man runs away with his neighbours wife it is to get the better of him, isn't it?
 "What are the wild waves say ingT asks an exchange. Don't know, unless it is, We don't want d third term of Grant"
 The country hasn't enough cases of Iockiaw. and orlittcsl Cr,tlFs i,ust
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-08-21

Absence destroys small passions and increases greater ones, as wind blows out tapcrs and kindles fires
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-08-21

A Paducah (Ky.) physician gave his two sons fatal doses of poison by mistake.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-08-21
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The Russellville Democrat., 1879-08-21

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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05
-
a Smart Wan,


There is one smart man in the Ohio
Legislature. He is too smart to re-
remain in that body. He is destined
for a bigger ssphere. HIS promotion is
certain. 1t would not surprise us if he
we're not the next Governor of Ohio,
and the Democratic nominee for Presi
dent. He has struck an idea-an idea
that will be productive of great results.
For it the people who have free Govern
ment owe him eternal thanks. He has
struck the keynote to State sovereign
ty, and the sound that he sends forth
is long, loud ana momentous. With
a stroke of a pen he bids fair to accom-
plish for State sovereignty and freeStatc
elections whatSCougress, with all its
bulldozing of Hayes, has failed in. To
him therefore be praise. Let the ghost
OF Randolph rise up and bless him, and
the splrt OF Calhoun direct him. Let
Congress cease to torment Htyes, pass
the Appropriatiou..biils, adjourn and go
home. The Ohio mans ideas will in
sure to the States free'selections. He
has written a bill to this effect: "Let
the ballot boxes orsSCongressional elec'
tions be placed three hundred feet from
where the State and county tickets are
voted" Who will gainsay the wisdom
of the bill, and that it is not a very
effective an~ti-bayonent one? He should
be presented with a gold head cane, and
we will start the subscription for that
purpose with a quarter. because We be
IIeve in rewarding merit. Who will be
the next to give?
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05
The National Complaint.

Dyspepsia is the national complaint. Almost
every other man or woman you meet has 1t, and
the result is that the lumber of pseudo-reme-
dies for it is as numerous as Pharaoh's host
They are for the most part worthless. There is,
however, a searching eradicant of this dis tress-
ing and obdurate maltdy, one whose genuine
merits long siEce raised it to a foremost place
among the staple medicines of America Hos
letters Stomach Bitters extirpates dyspepsia
with greater certainty and promptitude than any
known remedy, and is a most genial inyigorant,
appetizer and aid to secretion. These are not
empty assertions, as thousands OF cur country
men and women VINO have experienced its
effects are aware, but are backed up by ire
frag lbl. proofs repeatedly laid before the pub
lie 'rae Bitters also protnoie q regular habit OF
body aud give a health ltd stimulus 10 the urinary
orgass. Juue-iym
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

VIII cure Liver Com
plants, Dyspepsia, Fever,
Impurities of the blood,
Costiyencss, Jaundice, Ner-
vousness, inflammation, Pains
in The Head, Breast, Side,
Back and Limbs. They
are compounded from sub
stances that are free from
any properties that can in
.iure the most delicate or
ganization. They Search,
Cleanse, Purify, and lnvig-
the entire system: By
relieving the engofged Liv-
.er, they cleanse the blood
from poisonous humors,
and thus impart health and
vitality to the body, caus-
ing the bowels to act ma
turally. -g<,r
Price % cents per box.
For sale by
f. NJ. MARTIN & CO.,
Brookhaven, Miss.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05
IUW4o Wy u VIN ~
w. L. WALTHALL.
NEAR BEAuyoIR, STATION

NEAR BEAuyoR, STATION
Harrison County, Miss, M~ay,I2'79l
Editor of the New York Herald:
In a paragraph in circulation
through the press, attributed to the
Herald, is found a statement begin
ing as follows;
JEFF. Dayis's autobiography,
which has been in course Of prepar-
aston for anumber Of years, and an
nounced at various times for publ
cation will, we are assured by Mr.:
Davis, be ready etc, etc.
Permit me to correct by" stating
in the first place, that no such work
has beensin preparation for "a mum
Der Of years" in the sense In which
that expression is universally under
stood, nor to be specific, for any
number of years exceeding two at
farthrst; and in the second place
that its publication has never been
publicly announced" either by Mr..
Davis himself, or by any II author
lied and c%onjectural. They have
heretofore been permitted to pass
without contradiction, but they elicit
so many inquiries and impose upon
Mr.. Davis and the undersign, as his
assistant, SO onerous and uuneces-
sary a burden of correspondence,
that | hope you will publish the
foregoing correction, and that il will
be copied as widely as the prema-
ture and unauthorized announce
ments have been.
If Elk President Davis should pub
lish such a work as the newspapers
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05
General Notes,

Austin has eighteen divorce suits on
hand.
A preacher is wanted at the little
town OF Union, Monroe county, Missis
sippi.
The seven year locusts have appears
ed III the woods near Dallas. Texas. Z
Columbus, Miss, is building any
quantity of new houses and stores.
A pine knot in McVill, Ga, is one
hundred and two feet long,
Brenham, Texas, supports ten doc
tors, and still says she is healthy.
Schools are closing and having their
exhibition exercises all over Missis-
sippi.
Columbus, Ga, has received fifteen
thousand four hundred and eighty more
bales of cotton this year than last.
Lots in the new to IN Of Shepherd,
Texas, on the line OF Bremond railroad,
are now up for sale.
Crop prospects are very good in ali
region around Natchez. the negroes
have not got the Kansas fever, and
work goes on smoothly.
Mrs. DR.. Howard, of Lumpkins com
-
ty, Ga, has an English walnut tree
twenty feet high and full of nuts.
DR.. Goodman, an old and greatly
esteemed physician of Atlanta, Georgia.
died ia that place on Saturday morn
ing.
The Galveston News says that the
%rvasuu sume OF TIC newspapers are pub
fishing the report that Austin has Til,
smallpox is to prevent the members
from attending the extra session of The
Legislature.
The Galveston News thinks that thu
action of Governor Roberts in v~etoine
the financial policy recently adopted by
the legislature, will prove fatal to til;
Democratic party of that State in the
next two years" .
A SPECIAL letter to the Naws from
! Plano, Texa-, SAYS the average of cot
ton in that part Of the State is seventy
i've per sent greater than last season,
and the prospects of q good crop were
never more fattering than at present.
A letter from Calvert, Texas, says
that crops in that part of the county
are not so forward or promising rs they
we're last season, az they have been re
tarded and damaged by the exceedingly
heavy rain fells.
Rev. ". Fl. PIatt, rector Of Grace
Church San Francisco, and brother o.
Judge George Fl. Platt, Of Atlanta, has
been honored by the William and Mary
College, Virginia, comforting upon him
the degrees of D. D. aud L L. D,
Texas planters seem to think Shat The
negro exodus will greatly raise the
price of cotton, and with this impress
sion upon them have planted largely
in cotton. In some instances large
fields of wheat which were poor stands
been have 'plowed up aud put down in
cotton.
At a meeting of the Mississippi
Stock Breeders Association IN Aber
deem a week since, a resolution was
adopted welcoming emigrants from Vie
North and West to this State, and
promising to exert alI..legitimata iufo>
ences to induce emigrauts 70 seek homes
in this State.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

TpE BRooKHAvEN LEDGER says Gen.
| George has many friends in that part
If the State who would like Ia see him
elected U. S. Senator. Then why sub
nit to his being intrigued out of it,
neighbour Vtchsburg Her0td.
We fail to see that he has been. True
he was appointed by Gov. Stones as
Judge Of the Supreme Court but cer~
tainly the Governor has no eye on the
Senatorship. 1t is also true that Gov.
Stcue sent to the Senate of the Miss
issippi Legislature the name of Judge
Simrall for confirmation before he did
that of Gen. George, and the Senate.
being Democrat, refused to confirm
the Governors wish. For this we do
not blame them, while Simrali was q
good Judge, he was appointed by a
Republican Executive and confirmed as
Judge by q Republican Senate. We
suppose the Democratic Senate that
confirmed George, believed somewhat
in the maxium. "ro the victors be
long tho spoils." And its but hu
man nature to think hat way. 1t is
natural to have kind feeling. for those
who befrlend rs aud with whom We
fight our battles,
Then when Gov. Stone sent Gen,
Georges name to the Senate, that body,
knowing his ability and integrity, ant
remembering the heroic efforts be had
made to cast away the dark clouds thai
for a long time lowered over our State
could have Edone naught but confirm
him. 1t would haye been a cruel blow
had ttay said .'No: hold on! We want
him for United States Senator" L
was their duty to see that the people
had a Judge acceptable to them. Be
yond this 1t WAS not their business t.
interfere; and so if the next Legislature
thinks Judge George is the choice o
the people for Senator, they will doubt
less have the manliness to say so.
VIII the Herald therefore tell US
where the intrigue comes in, and who
did the intriguing? Certainly not th'
Senate-ccrtaiuly not Gov. Stone, be.
cause he has always had a weakness fol
appointing men who live i'll Jackson t.
high Office. We pause for a reply
and shall anxiously await it.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05
ssE aDCSAYxC FgsOEgsAWE

&rg,:iiue OF eae Foley sseco1s-
rurnde1 by EFse Com asjtece. oG
tI,r EEonae ;ameE s;enntcC2uca~cs
ia Regard so the AD9roGbris
1inn ssIiI~
WASHINGTON, May 3I,-The two adj
visory committees OF the House and
Senate Democratic caucus held a joint
meeting to lay and reached substantial
Ily q unanjmol5 agreement rs TO the
course Of action that should he adopted
bv the Democratic party in regard to
the appropriation bills, After a very
full interchange of views, and especial
" lniDu5e examination of the Prasii,
| ent's veto messlga II connect ion with
suudry existing statutes prohibiting III
| tcrfer4nce by the army with elections.
| It was decided to recommend the i'm
mediate passage of the bill making the
usual appropriations for the support Of,
the army ~tLrouought the next fiscal year
but containing the provision that no
| portion OF thu money therein apgropri~
atel shat! b. used for pay Of tranSpor,
| tation. equipm~nt or subsistence % any
troops us@ | for police purposes to keep
@elca NJ the polls. Il was further de-
"ilcl 10 racAA n nd III plssaga Of the
r,rri,t 30, IN in s-nhston+;.nvt bn
.l|,tt tarn, ,s I,et paor,s iii al Gov.
III AN, amornts r,,ent ANA r.. :
nan Ia mora ,,in,,c'v s,ao:ia1 and
avoanF ala, t,,,1 Il sh.'i nnt nIoka anv
provision FL pay Of Supervisors on Dep
utg Matshals of elections. The new
Hi ~,,,( hnyover contain q clause pro
r;I,rg mat No oHirar shall be appointed
=, rhT;ea4ion ;naurrpt for any object
r. ~. I'll snao;sc on~nr,nriat,cn shall
III bava been made bv Congress-
nhio oI,nea j. a1rno1v On the statufa
hooR With HE words ..or OBLIGATION in
-, r,sl j and tbcre is also law existing
whicl n,obihits the diversion Of any
~pryonyiatio to any purpose from that
e.. uhh;oh If has been snecifaallv made
~, C1nn,nittoe nevt ogyaa1 70 ceccoTos
ona 10 noesooa If 4 sanarate -meas.
NO a,nhodvino those sections Of the
t,o9 ,nrnnr;,.ion hills which nro-
,;5ai fnr monuments of tbe law con,
na ~ ,nothod If dra iurjes
INA for the Total abolition Of the ~inror's
t,ot natl, In view Of the fact that the
prasiJa,t in bis veto message makes no
aaa,mant on these It is believed he
Iii rra,nnt,v annrove them when pres
tl ~ him by ;,5enandant bill II
- aI.o ono,,a5 r., law in habolf of the
oInnt,"n of tha nrorroma above out
,;nag thot tba President cannot instifi ,
M v;thboId bia SIGNATURE from the
Az noronriation biII merely because il
npni rs ~ make nrovision for any nortic
uian ob;oot and that II il an~ticinated in
~ 80 oe b;s onnrovino the nresent
hHls M Democrats will have accom-
niiabad for the next wear exactly what
tphnr would have accommodated for an
;n1aen1ta nariod Of time Inv the former
ILLS and What thew NAV continue TO
aaa~nl;sb bv similar LEGISLATION as
Inno az thew remain in The
80 moot;,o. was adiouuned until
Mnnaoy bv Which time the reeommenS
dations agreed upon viii have been
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

IT is claimed now that the proposed
monster excursion to meet General
Grant on his return to San Francisco,
California, for the purpose of escorting
him Eastward in triumph, originated
with Chicago parties. who have goAe
SO fr rs to ecure reduced railway fares
for the excursionists. The time of the
Generals arrival is believed 20 be be,
tween the fifteenth and twentieth of
July. 1t is calculated that about four
thousand persons will participate in
the jaunt to the Pacific when it comes
off
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05
OUR w WASHINGTON IErTER
WASHINGTON, May 31st, 1879
1Hjfo3. RrooLLJpon


Edifor Broohharen Ledger:-
Within the last few days there has
been shown a disposition on the part
| of many Democrats, especially among
Southern men, to go on with general
Legislation. / do not think they viii
succeed, for their party friends of the
North are generally opposed to such q
%course. Yesterday in the Honse, several
Southern Democrats, in the course oI
debate uponMr. Wood'sresolution to I'D.
journ. on June10th, took occasion to say
that they would never vote to adjourn
until supplies were voted to the Gov
ernment. This is in accordance Will
the almost universal Southern senti
ment in Congress. Southern Repre-
sentatives see plainly that the acknow-
lodged issue between the parties
whether or not the Federal Government
shall unnecessarily and unconstitution'
al interfere in elections in the States
will be all the more likely to be decided
in favor of the Democrat party If that
party keeps itself strictly in the line OF
wholesome custom. To refuse appro-
priations unless there is Immediate dan
ger to the Govt in granting them would
be a departure from such practice, and
would subject the party to injurious
criticism from numberless people who
wish to act with it. There is, happily,
no danger of such refusal.
Mr.. Warner and the friends of his
coinage bill do not like to accept the
inevitable. The bill, Sc INITIATED that
it would not be recognized, passed the
House, hnt it sleeps in n committee
room of the Senate, and the committee
is unfavorable to it in its present or its
original form. Mr.. Warner and his
party associates are fparfully in earnest
in the matter, and I believe there is a
fair majority in the House for the bill
as first presented, but through lack of
good management and because of dis
seusions among themselves on minor
propositions embraced in it, they failed
to carry it through as they wished. The
chances now are very great that the bill
will never reach Mr.. Hayes, to be
vetoed.
The House yesterlav passed without
amendment the Senate "contagious
diseases" bill.
Senator Voorhees, yesterday killed
the bill which proposed to regulate the
transportation of cattle. Whatever
good there may have been In the bill,
there is no DOUBT there was a big job in
it for parties here. Senator Voorhees,
has a way of detecting and defeatiuo
schemes of plunder, and in this as well
as in many other respects, is one Of the
best of Senators. H,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05
T'EEE FRIEND OF. Hill!
-H3LLCWAY'S PILLS.

These famous Pills Purify the Blood,
and act most powerfully, yet soothing
Iy, on The Liver. stomach, Kidneys and
30 els, giving Tone, Energy, aud NiGOr
TO the whole - TEN. They are wonder
fll!v efinacinus in all ailments inciden-
tai to Females. Young OF Old, and IA u
general Fami V Medicine, for the cure
Of most complaints they are uncquallrd.
IMPORTANT CAUTIoN.-N"ne are gen.
zine unless the signature of j. H"ydOck
As agent for the United States, sur
rounds each box of Pitts and Ointment.
Boxes at % cents, 81 cents, and 81 each.
FyT-Thcre Is considerable saving by tax
ing the larger size.
HOLLOWAY Il Co. New York.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

THE American horse, Parole has
scored another victory in England. III
the race for the EPSON gold cup, on
Friday last, he came in ahead of all
competitors.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

A wHrTE man entered Natchez the
other day driving a w~agon~load OF
fifteen negroes, whom he deposited on
the wharf to await transportation to
Kansas. They came from Franklin
county, Miss.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

VIoKsBURG June, ISt, 1873.
Editor BroohhaUea Ledger:-
| have received no LEDGER this week.
What is the matter? Your friend,
J.. NJ. HosKINs.
Some dead beat stole it, we suppose.
The LEDGER is mailed regularly to all
subscribers, and failure to receive il
must be charged to the postal service
or some outside thief.