Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-26
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The State board Of REGISTRATION con.
vehes at Jackson on the 25th inst. for
the purpose Of appointing county
boards Of registration.
Hon. Wiley z. Harris has been Sc
lected to deliver the annual Grafton to
two societies at the university at the
next commencement.
Vlcksburg Herald Delinquent tax
paying will soon be a lost art in this
State. 1t has got so bad here now
that even lawyers and Mississippi SEN
ators have to pay taxes.
Coahomian, sd We get unfavora-
bic reports Of the cotton crop of this
and adjacent counties. As a consola-
tion to the farmers we will say we
found a uniform conviction among the
best cotton men of Memphis that
prices would range high next fall.
The Vicksburg Herald will not sup
port Jefferson Davis for the United
States senate under any circumstances,
but would support any sensible cOlored
nan of intelligence in preference to
the editor of the Mercury, who is
understood to favor Davis.
A Mrs. |. |. Carr appeals to the
press vi the State to assist her in
finding her husband, who left Tennes-
see some months ago for Mississippi.
Any one knowing anything of his
whereabouts should address Mrs. /. L.
Carr at Yazoo City. Ir.
Copiahan Early peas and beans
are now being shipped in large quaint
ties to Chicago, and bring two to three
dollars a bushel box. The old fogy
who believes that in COpiah we can
raise no crop proftably except cotton
is being sat down on witha vengeance.
Colonel G.. w. Hinkle was found
dead from a dose of morphine, four
miles below Grenada, a few days ago.
He had been elected from a hotel the
day before for not paying his board.
He was a man of culture and claimed
to be from Atlanta and to be wealthy,
when in fact he was a dead-be and
fraud. Upon his own introduction,
however, he worked himself into good
society and passed for a gentleman for
over two months.
Forest Register, 21st The excur-
sions have commenced, and the colored
man is happy. One to Vicksburg the
LIST of next month. 4 + The farmers
of Harpersville are now very busily
engaged ON their farms. The chop
ping of cotton has commenced, and a
few complain that grass is rapidly
gaining the ascendancy. We notice
the harvesting of wheat in some in
stances has begun, very little of which
was sown in our section. Some are
expecting a very good yield.
Franklin Banner: A missionary in
the cause of negro emigration has, we
learn, been sneaking about the coun-
try during the past week persuading
colored people to leave their employ
ers, their growing crops, their homes
and migrate. He travels as a peddler
of pictures and small articles, carry
ing two satchels. He avoids all
towns, and will only open one of his
bags in the presence of white people.
When last heard of he was in the
upper part Of the county, and going
eastward.
VIM. Cavanaugh, a convict at work
on the Ship Island road, near Warren
ton, was fred upon by the guard and
Instantly killed. Cavanaugh was con
victed of murder in Lowndes county
and sentenced to be hung. His case
was appealed to the Supreme Court,
which affirmed the decision of the
Circuit Court. On the petition of q
number of citizens, his sentence was
committed to Imprisonment for life,
and he was sent to the penitentiary
Messrs, Hamilton & Co., who are
building the Ship Island railroad, sent
Cayanaugh over to Vicksburg, and he
was put at work on the road.
Vicksburg Herald There is a very
decided sentiment in the Mississippi
valley in favor of the removal of the
duty on quinine. In the swamps, and
even in the hills around this country,
ehills and fevers are so prevalent that
even the children cry for free quinine.
If the government continues to impose
sach an exorhitant duty on so neces-
sary an article, in the interests of the
Eastern manufacturers, we suggest to
our friends to resort to bOneset and
willow bark. They are splendid sub
%stitutes for quinine, and beat all the
patent nostrums in the world for
knocking chills and feyeFs into a
cooked hat,
Meridian Mercury, 2lst There are
enough idle negroes around Meridian
TO raise three hundred bales of cotton
and ten thousand bushels of corn who
live by robbing hen roosts and pilfer-
ing generally. y 4 x
There is a colorod masried couple
in Meridian who have a girl child they
assert they know to be only thirteen
years old. The other day their thir-
teen year old child became a mother
of a fine and healthy child that is
nursing naturally and promises to live
on. The mother had no suspicion
until she suddenly became a grand
mother.
Jackson Independent On Monday
evening as Mr., Piepson, who lives on
the Westville road in Rankin county,
FIVE miles from Jackson, was going
into the woods he came suddenly
upon the body of a murdered white
man. Early Tuesday morning the
coroner yas sent for, who was not
found till Wednesday, on which day
the inquest was held. One of the
jury gave US this statement: No clue
could he had M to.the tanner of his