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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-25

y NOISY drunkard was ARE ted in Chest
nut street. Philadelphia, on Wednesday.
lie was bare-headed, and his clothing wat
torn. In the policelstation, when asked his
name and residence, he said: "Maguffin,
and | live on the Grampirn Hills, and [
want to get soon, because I've got important
business He was pat into cell, where rs
dled of heart disease, brought on by dissi
patton. Then he was recognized as Mark
bates, the actor. Ten years ago he was re-
garded as one of the finest light comedians
IN tins country, and was most Of the time,
at the head OF travelling company but lat
terly drunkenness untitled him for acting.
Ills last appearance on the sta &c in this city
was at Nlblos Garden, last season This
winter he played in Henry VIII" in Balti-
more.-N. Y. Sun.
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Standing by His Frien,

Yesterday morning some boys found a
man lying in a snow drift on Chene sh eet
and so near frozen to death that he could
not speak. There was a terrible odor of
whisky about him, and beside him in the
snow was an empty bottle After half an
hour S hard work the man was SO far restored
that he could speak, and his first words
were:
''Doc-doctor, have been froze?"
Yes, and pretty badly" was the reply.
viii die, DOCTOR" continued the man.
'Well, there's a chance of it,
The patient made an effort to sit up, but
fell back after struggle and gasped out:
Doctor, if i die [ want it understood
that the burned thermometers killed me!
Don't let them abuse whisky, doctor
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"The Lone Fisherman

Gen. Butler, as "The lone fisherman
from Massachusetts, or the bull-dozed man >
figures on the front page of the Harper's
Weekly. He is bobbing with a bait Alto
gether too large and too poorly disgusting
the hook, TO attract the coy Republican and
Ddmocratic gudgeons included in the pic
lures Notwithstanding it is plainly labelled .
"lSSO, The especial champion of human
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-25
albany 4rgus.

He is good man indeed who does all the
good he talks of.
1t is possible for a man to know his own
mind and yet know very little.
1t is perfectly safe to have some men owe
you grulge, for they never pay anything
1t does not follow that blacksmith has
no virtues because he is always to be found
at his vice.
1t st good proverb which says that every
man hath his cricket in his head and makes
it sing as he pleases
The vain man is, after all, the happiest.
While the rest of us are trying to please
others he is perfectly satisfied if he only
pleascs himself
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-25

The Legislature seems to have realized the
evils and complications growing out of the
adjudications by this Court that strangers
claiming title to property which has been
attached might take it ont of the hands of
the officers Of the law by actions of re-
plevin, and to have determined that differ
ent rule should prevail in this new class of
remedies.
3. 1t is suggested in the Court that the
judgment of the Court below should he
affirmed because the record does not show
that plaintiff in error either proved or offer
ed to prove that any rent was due by Coop
wood to his Ian lord, which it was necessa-
ny for him to do in order to justify the
seizure. The case is here on special bill
of exceptions to the action of the Court in
excluding evidence and it was only neces-
sary to embody enough to show the error
committed in such exclusion.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded,
with instructions to enter judgement for
defendant below, With writ of inquiry to
ascertain the value of the property and ass
sess damages as in case of non suit, as pro-
vided by 1854, Code 1871.
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MAYFIELD REESE
VS.. mo, 1921. ]
s NJ RoRERTsnN et al

MAYFIELD REESE
vs. No. 1921.
5, NJ. ROBERTSON, ct al.
Gohlson & Hooper recovered Judgment
in Circuit Court against appellant, and
transferred the same to Houston & Rey-
nolds. Execution issued thereon and was
placed into the hands of Osgood Taylor,
Sheriff of the county Appellant paid said
Sheriff sum of money supposed by the
latter to be the whole amount demanded on
said execution, and received from him
receipt in full. Clayton & Clayton the
attorneys of said Houston & Reynolds, de-
manded more of the Sheriff than the
amount collected by the latter, and such
additional sum demanded being due, Taylor
paid it to said Clayton & Clayton, out of
his own money, and received from them an
assignment of said Judgment. Taylor,
afterwards, assigned the judgment to w.
L. Clayton and others, sureties on his Off |
ciol bond. Execution was then issued on |
said judgment, placed into the hands of S. |
NJ. Robertson, then Sheriff of the county,
and levied on certain lands of appellant, he
having at the time sufficient personal prop
erty upon which to levy the same.
1t is claimed by appellant that the pay
ment by the Sheriff Taylor to said attor-
neys, Clayton & Clayton, of the full
amount due on said judgment, operated as
A satisfaction of the Judgment, and that
the assignm mt thereof to him, was void
1t is further claimed that the attorneys
Of the owners of the Judgment had no
authority to assign it, and that the assign
nent thereof by Taylor, was without con-
'lderation and therefore void; also that
he second execution, and the levy thereof
lpon the lands of appellant, was void
An injunction was prayed and obtained,
out on motion was dissolved by the Cnan-
'ellor. Hence this appeal
Held;
l. 1t is always question of intention
whether payment by one not defendant
Judgment, shall operate as satisfac>
ION of it. The manifest purpose of the
'arties to the transaction here involved,
vas not to discharge but keep alive the
Judgment, as to the balance due by it. for
he benefit ot the sheriff who paid it. and :
Ook an assignment of it, t
?. The assignment of the Judgment
as free from objection, if the attorneys
ad authority to assign it,
D. An attorney at law has no authority,
such, to transfer judgment obtained
him for his client. His agency does
Of extend that far.
4. He who seeks to enforce Judgment o
virtue of an assignment by an attorney
law, must show that the plaintiff in the n
dgment authorized or approved the trans
r. :,
.. The levy of an execution on land
hen the defendant has sufficient personal n
operty subject thereto, and well known Al
the Sheriff, is in violation of law.
Decree reversed and cause remanded, n
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2S9S-Wm. B. Sharpley VS.. The State. Re
versed.
2926-Weiler, Hass & Krouse VS. Board of
Supervisors of Monroe county. AT
frmed.
2927-B. McManus vs. Foster & Gardner.
Affirmed.
2917-J. D. Tatum VS.. Sarah L. Mcclellan.
Reversed and remanded
290S-Caruthers K Co. VS.. Hill, Terry &
Mitchell. Reversed and remanded.
2SS4-Geo. w. Jones and wife, VS. Henry
b. Sherman Reversed and 0entrG
den000 awarded.
2791-State Board of Education VS.. city of
Aberdeen. Reversed and remanded.
2911--Z. d. Jennings vs. Joseph J.awshe.
Motion to dismiss overruled.
2906-Fred Parchman VS.. State of Missis-
sppi. Affirmed.
2933-Southern Co>Operative Hotel Go. VS..
Sarah L. Rice. Affirmed.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-25
SAMUEL Bn LINGsLEY, !
VS.. mo. 28S5.l T
I, j. NIBLETT. ct Ill.

Appelees filedjr IL in chancery tt
enjoin the sale Of certain land under deed
of trust made by T. J. Niblett and Nathan
Niblett, to secure the payment of promis-
sorry note given by them to Billingsley for
the purchase of said land. The bill alleges
that said Nibletts were at the time of the
execution Of said trust deed, and still are,
married men, and that their wives did not
execute the same 1t further alleys that
said compliments reside on the land, and
that it is exempt by law as a homestead,
and consequently the trust deed is void on
account OF the failure of the wives to Join
therein as required by the act of 1878.
Held:
1. The deed of trust was not invalid
because the wives of the grantors did not
join in its execution. 1t was made to secure
the purchase money of the land.
2. The Homestead claim" is subordinate
to the claim of the vendor for the purchase
money of the land, and the fact that the
vendor made a quit claim instead of war
ranty deed makes no difference.
3. The act of April 18th, 1873, does not
vest in the wife of the exemptionist any
interest in his homestead. " nor does il at
tempt to divest the husbands title to, or in.
terest in ''his homestead. 1t only REQUIRES
the Joinder Of the wife in conveyance
thereof.
4. There can be no homestead rights as
against the claim for the purchase money of
the land on which the home is, because
ownership Is a condition precedent to the
existence of a homestead.
Decree reversed and bill dismissed.
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tx PARTE, ISAIAH BELL
mo 2SS6 7

On 18th April, 1877, appellant was con-
vieted Of assault and battery with intent to
XIII and sentenced to one year in the peni,
Tertiary from said date. Signifyine his in.
tention of prosecuting writ of error 70
the Supreme Court, the Circuit Judge per.
mitted him to be released upon a recoepi.
zance entered into IN open Court
The Supreme Court dismissed the cause
from its docket because the appellant had
not petitiOned for or obtained a writ Of err
ror nor gwen bond as provided by law.
On The 18th January, 1873. Bell was re-
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-25
G.. W. REYNOLDS, Admr.

VS.. No. 2923.
J. d. CROCKETT, use. etc.
Crockett. mechanic, built house fol
Mrs Baxter under a parol contract, for
which he was not fully paid. Mrs Baxter
subsequently gave deed of trust on the
house which was not recorded. Crockett
began suit to enforce his lien, not knowing
that Mrs. Baxter had given a deed of trust
on the property, within six months of the
time when his contract became due. Pend
ing the suit by Crockett the property was
sold under the trust deed to Grierson who
was admitted to defend the suit of Crooks
ett
Held:
BY the institution of his suit Crockett
acquired lien superior to that of the I'M
recorded trust deed. Neither had a supe-
rior lien to the other until the institution
of proceedings by the mechanic. He, by
that event, became prior in time and supe>
rior in right, Code 1871, Sections 1908,
2304 and 23OG.
Judgment affirmed.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-25
SALLY WILLIAMS. J
vs.. No. 2603. I
SCHMAB u Co. l

At the request of Mrs. Williams, feme
c0oert, Schwab & Co. paid off a debt due
by her upon her store house, and the
husband of Mrs. Williams being in debted
to Schwab 81 Co., and desiring to obtain
further credit, Mrs. Williams executed to
them deed to the store house absolute
on Its face but intended to operate as a
mortgage to secure her and her husband s
debts.
Mrs Williams and her husband, after
they had executed the deed, rented the
store house and paid rent to Schwab & Co.
After some litigation between the parties
the conveyance was declared a mortgage
and foreclosure sale decreed The mat
tiers were referred to commissioner pre-
ceedlhg the decree, who applied payments
OF rent to the husbands debts leaving the
amount due by Mrs. W. wholly unpaid.
from decree rendered on this basis the
VIE appeals, claiming that the payments
should have been applied to her debt. be-
cause hers being debt that bound the
corpus OF the property. while her husbands
bound only the income, the former was the |
most onerous and payments should be ap-
Hcld:
1t is a general rule that the application
OF payment shall be made, in the absence
OF specific application by the parties. |
most beniicially to the debtor. OF the |
general correctness of this rule there can |
be no doubt, but this case presents peculiar
features. Two debts held by the same
party were secured by the same MORTGAGE
one Of which bound the corpus the Other
the income only. WheI, therefore. rents
came into the hands of the mortgapee he
mad night to apply them to the husbands
debts and If no application has been made.
then the law will so apply them because
mat is the legal effect of the contract be-
tween the parties.
Affirmed
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-25
JAMES A. DoGAN, Sheriff ]
- vs. mo. 1885. ]
L. ]. n. BLooDwoRrH.

! L. J. N. BLoODwoRTH.
| Richardson Il Co. leased land to Coon.
wood, who sub-leased part of it to defendant
In error. Il. d Co. to get their rent made
aihdaVltfor seizure as provided by Acts 1876,
and had cotton and corn attached bv the
Sheriff The writ issued by a Justice of
Peace, failed to command the Sheriff to
summon any one to answer. Coopwood
voluntarily entered his appearance at the
Circuit Court where the writ was made re-
turnable
Bloodworth brought replevin, and obtain
cd the cotton. The trial of the 1anlevip
suit before the Justice Peace. resulted in
judgment for the Sheriff. Bloodwortb an
pealed to the Circuit Court, where iudpment
was reversed. At the trial in the Circuit
Court Dogan, Sheriff, was not permitted ia
introduce as evidence the seizure proceed
ings, the Court holding the writ an absolute
nulllty. TO which ruling Dogan tool, a
special bill of exceptions, and assigns for
error here, said.ruling.
He'll
l. S712, Code 1871, provides that M pr.,-
cess shall be held void because of the nm,
sion OF any matter required to be inserted
IN or ENDORSED upon 1t, but that such pro
cess shall be amendable, and that sucb
amendment may be made upon any motion
10 quash. The process in the case of Rich
ardson d Co., vs. COopwOod, was amend,ble
apon motion of COopwood, to quash. He
dld not make the motion, bat waived the de-
fects and entered his appearance. tLougb
lot until BlOodworth had sued out his writ
d replenn A stranger to a process can
not treat 1t as void when the parties 70 If /
ian not.
z, We are of opinion that Blooodwortb
could not in this manner, assert cI,im 10
me cotton. By the 10th section of aqricuI-
iural Hen law, it is declared that all persons
Fho have knowledge of the pendsncv of
proceedings for the enforcement of the liens
Established BY the act, shall intervene in
nch proceedings, and there PROFOUND anv
lain which they may have to the prorerI,,
n controversy, and 1t enacted in express
erms If they failed to do 50, they shah -
'onnd by the Judgments to be reDdaro4
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content And didn't she wreak vengents
upon her enemiesi That she did-snd upon
her husbands wicked companions, too. And
as Mordecai said, she seemed to have come
to the kingdom for jest "suck . time as
this" and that's the only thing that's recon-
Giles me to the way that poor Queen Vashti
was treated
Now, Mr.. Editor. that poor, forsaken queen
has been dead many and many a long year
a'gone, and may not care q bit about the
whole thing now, but feel more and more
sorry for her every time read her sad story
and want other people to feel sorry, too.
And I've been fhinkin so much OF her lately
since hearin so much of Queen Esther
till she kinder haunted me, and felt like
had to speak out in her behalf. And now,
poor Vashti, that I've done so, hope you
can "requine cat in pace" beleivin me
always your sympathyzin friend.
BELINDY JoSZE.
P. S.-Billie don't know Pm writin this.
Don't know what he'll say. Don't know
what he thinks about Queen Vashti, but rs
he II hand this to you-can speak for his
self Res'py, b..
P. S. S.-Billie has read it; says he don't
see that Vashti did any thing so awful bad,
but that he knows what I'd a. done eff he d a.
sont for me under them circumstances.
p T
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The wheat Crop.

Reports from almost every point of the
wheat growing region of the West and North
west show the winter crop of wheat to be
unusually good, its present fine condition
being attributed to the heavy SHOWS OF the
past season which afforded complete protec-
ton. In Ohio increase of acreage is reported,
and che increase in yield is estimated at
about 10 per cent, or 10000. 900 bushels
against 81 600, 900 bushels last year. An in
creased yield is looked for in Kentucky. and
the crop in Indiana is in excellent condition.
When We remember the splendid yield OF
last year, this increased bounty is almost too
good to Observation-Disclosures.
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A Prosperous Enterprise.
Portland Argus

The Suez canal has proved q highly profit
able concern to those who went in 1t Just at
the right time The 10000 shares OF stock
of par value of 500 francs, or S100, which
once sold down to 100 francs each. are now
quoted at over 700. The British Govern
ment bought lie. 602 shares in 1875, which
are now worth $4,000, 900 more than when
Beacons6eld took them. The canal is with
out locks, and the man who managed 1t
from the first says canal across the
Isthmus OF Panama must be similarly con-
structed to pay.
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FRIDAY, MARCH %.

FRIDAY, MARCH 70. b lata
The Homestead Exemption" matter, after
various twistings and turnipgs, has finally
taken proper and satisfactory shape. The
second conference committee agreed upon an
exemption of 5000, the debtor TO make his own
selection as to the kind of property
he desires to retain. The report
was concurred in by both Houses
The following are three of the most import
ant sections of the Conner Bureau of Statis-
tics and Geology Bill" The chief of the bu-
reau will receive 81 200 per annum for his
services, and select his own assistants. The
total expenses are limited to $500. Annual
reports must be made to the governor. Any
person neglecting or refusing to make the re-
ports required shall be fined, not exceeding
zoo. The bill abolishes the ofice of state ge-
ologist The three Sections referred to are as
follows:
Sec 3. The duties of said bureau shall be to
| collect syStematlze, tabulate .and present in
teal information and details relating to agri-
| culture, manufacturing, mining, commerce,
education, labor social and sanitary condition,
vital statistics, marriages and deaths, and to
| the permanent prosperity of the productive
industry of the people of the State,
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of the several
city, incorporated town, county and township
assessors, trustees, officers of school boards,
cities, towns, counties and townships the
agents or super1ntendents OF all manufactur-
ing, mining and mechanical ESTABLISHMENTS
the managers and superintendents of all cor
porations, manufacturing. mechanical and
| transportation companies and associations
and county superintendent of schools. to
make reports and answer questions RESTING to
| the duties of said bureau, upon such blank ks as
| may be furnished them for such purpose by
said bureau.
Sec s. The chief of said bureau shall be the
| curator of the geological cabinet, museum
chemical laboratory, apparatus and library
and shall from time to time, as may be prac
| ticable, and specimens to the cabinet OF mine
! rails, organic remains and other objects of ma
tural history peculiar to the State and Of. othel
states and countries.
The bill abollshing coroners' juries passet
the Senate yesterday. 1t had already passed
through the House.
The House yesterday agreed TO the Senat'
amendment requiring county superintend
ents to be elected by county commissioners.
Miss Maggie Fitzgibbon. our popular ant
accomplished state librarian, win begin he
term of service on next Tuesday morning
April 1. Mr.. Johu J. Fay VIII be her depuf.
and assistant.
The bin Of Marion county against the Legis
,a.uzs Sc- sas, csai, r-e o. ICONS, ETC., rs pre-
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your little ones with laudsnum, paregoric,
or other soothing remedies. Give them DR..
Bull's Baby Syrup, which innocent remedy
is warranted not to contain opiates.
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