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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

Mr.. WINDOW, a Republican member
of Congress from Minnesota has in>
troduced into Congress a bill to en-
courage emigration of the colored peo-
pie of the South to the frozen country
North. -Ec. 81
Mr.. Window would like for the mes
groes to settle up North, in Radical
States, hat the Republican represents
ton in Congress. may be increased,
while the Democratic representation
would be decreased. g;3
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

VIZ have been informed that several
farmers east of here and between the
river and the Lincoln county line have
expressed their willingness to pay any
tax that might be levied for the pur-
pose Of building a bridge over the river
AT the Shallow Ford, and we here of
three or four in this county who have
said they would give twenty five, fifty,
aud as high as one hundred dollars, in
addition to a tax, to have a bridge put
there. We have been told also of a
gentleman in Lincoln county who said
he would contribute fifty dollars to aid
in building a bridge at that crossing.
- NeddviUe Banner.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

Gov. PORTER pocketed the bill to re.
dnce the salaries Of the judges of the
Supreme Court Of Tennessee from
$1,000 to 50,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

WI. Mcgee, late Of Brookhayen,
has purchased of Mrs. Folsom, her
desirable resiaence on the east side Of
Railroad venue We are pleased with
the fact that Mr.. M. has come to stay
il our city - HaSlchutst Copsahn,4 :
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

SITTING BULL is reported to have
again invaded United States territory,
and the Government is afraid he will
proclaim war.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

NArCHEz proposes 10 build a street
railroad from the river landing to Com
merce street for the conveyance OF pass
sepgerS.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

Snow has isolated Paris as far as tel
egraphic communication is concerned,
in every direction, except West and
North.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

THE Enterprise Courier learns that
James c. Summers, formely a citizen of
Shubuta, has been sentenced to the pen
it~entiary for life in Texas. He was
convicted OF murder.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

The Wisconsin Legislature has cleo
ted Matt. Carpenter to the United
States Senate. A very good selection
if Carpenter is n Republican.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

The young ladies Of Lascll Seminary,
Auburndale, Mass, are to be taught
cooking by IN expert.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

A sroRM swept over Lockport, Texas,
evening, demoIishing forty
houses, including churches, courthouse
and Masonic hall. One child was kills
ed and several persons badly hurt.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

EIGHr.mad dogs have been killed in
Zion Hill neigh borhood, Jefferson
county, within the last few days.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30
oum wAsmVcTo, ,UrYEw
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25th. 1879.

o"h' -cthp Aotc'
Edttor Broohhdpen Ledger.
1t was ANNOUNCED in the House tina
the remainder Of tho Appropriation
bills would be reported b. the House
Commiite this week, ~iac'ndiag tn,
Army bin, which will not be delayed
for consideration of Burnside's reorgani
zation bill.
The 9th inst. might be called u. s.
Senate dav. North Carolina did her.
self credit by eleoting Vance to tn;
Senate, Missouri elected General Vest
for the long term, and Gen, Shields fol
the short term. Missouri IS the third
State Gen. Shields has represented III
tue Senate. Florida elected Wilkinson
Call, Democrat. New York. Pennsyle
vania and Connecticut elected Conkling,
Cameron and Piatt, Republicans, and
Illinois, Logan. Indiana. as every one
knew would be the case, elected Daniel
W. Voorhees,, Democrat. All the Re-
publicans elected are third term Grant
men. In Wisconsin ex-senator Car
penter was elected to the Senate.
Ten thousand dollars Was, on the Dist
inst. voted for the examination and
Investigation of the ''cipher kilograms"
General Butler led the opposition, tax,
ing the ground that no votes had been
purchased and therefore the subject
was not a proper n to spend public
money il Investigating. He was voted
down, however, and the inquiry viii
commence at once. The Committee
has SO far made no arrangements, but
it is thought most of the testimony Will
be taken in New York. The rooms of
the Committee will be open to the pub
lie, as they should be. 1t is suggested
that the means used to secur the pub
lication of these dispatches which We're
in charge of the Senate Committee on
Elections, and were not in any sense
the property of the public, be inquired
into.
There is now before MIR. Hayes, for
veto or approval, the bill lately passed
by which each pension dates from the
time the right occurred. For instance,
if Il soldier was discharged in 1861 aud
he now establishes his right to pension,
he will receive it from date of discharge.
Heretofore, unless the claim was filed
within five years of date of discharge,
pension did not until the
claim was completed. The Senator
who championed the bill estimated its
cost at 500, 600, 900. Secretary Schurz
put it at $50, 900, 900, and Secretary
Sherman at $50, DOC, 900. Tt applless
it may be added, only to claims growing
out of the civil war.
A canvass Of the Senate shows that
it is certain the House bill authorizing
the issue of three per. cent Certificates
of Indebtedness, convertible into four
per cent bonds, will pass.
Washington is having its first poultry
show, aud it is a very successful one.
Owners of fine poultry from all parts
OF the country are here. ii.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30
- %

A. NJ. DAnLGaEN having retired from
the position of associate editor of the
Sea Shore Gazette, Gen. Jos. r.. Davis
is now sole editor.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

THE Democratic papers are saying
more to bring Grant ont as a PRESS
dental candidate than those of his own
party,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

AN exchange says the bill found by
the Oxford Grand Jury against Captain
Frank Burkitt, has so damaged his.
character that the Grand Lodge of Ma
sons, which assembled at Okolona last
week, determined that he should be
compelled to Eli the office of Grand
Master, for the year 1879.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30
A MASKED BODY of armed c;tiz.

A Masked body of armed citizens
went to the jail il Holly Springs. on
the night of the 9th inst, and released
ID. Brittenam, a highly respected citi~
zen, who was under confinement for
contempt of the Circuit Court. That is
setting the rule of n Judge''at naught.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

If the Potter Committee and st.
Martin would only retire, the public
would breathe easier.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

The Holly Springs South has re-
sumed publication Of the Supreme
Court decisions.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

THE Rankin Co. Savings Institution Sc
lected DR.. Peter Fairly, of Covington
county, to take charge OF its effects.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

-THE Wes'viIle News says one of the
greatest blunders of Col. J. B. Deason
was committed when he ran against
Hooker for Congress. Col Deason was
never a candidate for Congress. His
friends bad his tickets printed and dis
tributed them. II there was any crime
in it, the Colonelis innocent.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30
isrecaation Agaaiass as,e Plague.

VIENNA, Jan. 26.-The international
sanitary commission which met here to
take precautions against the spread OF
the plague, has concluded its labors Tor
the present. 1t has decided that the
regulations relative 10 arrivals from
Russia ports can if necessary, be applied
to arrivals from ports on the lower Dan
ube IS -. q. =.
Herr Finkelburg, the German DELEGATE
to the international sanitary commits
sion, has started for Berlin. rf
The Montngss Review says Herr Fin
.ke!curg declared that. should the plague
increase Germany would established a
military carbon of eighty thausand men
ron the frontier, and That order for their
mo bilization was ready. s
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

SENATOR BRUCE is contemplating a
cattle ranch In New Mexico.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

GEO G. KREss, well known as the
fashionable clothier of Vicksburg, died
a few days Ago..
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

Hon. T. r. GowAN has again taken
charge of the Westville News.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

Mr.. THtoDoKE lotteries died IN
Crystal Spring on the Goth inst.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

The fashion in England is for after1
noon marriages.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

Any one will see from the above that.
the Jury was composed OF Independent
men,. Look at the congressman they
voted for.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

ago from General Beniamap f. Butler
Bospos, MASS, Jau. 20.
Dear Su-I do not know as ! onght
to write You to decide a bet, because You
ought not to bet. But to set you right
in a matter Of history in which You
seem to be interested, allow M to
say that in the Danaocrltic eonveatio .
at Charleston, South Carolina, in the
year 1850, l voted 81 times, as | re
member it. for Jcff 'rson Davis of Miss
issippi, afterwards President Of tLs Con
gtderate States ard candidate of the
Democratic party tor President. Ii.
was not before the convention as q can
date for my vote and that OF my col
leagues we've the only ores he bad. /
believed him to be n representative man
Of the South, and subsequent events
have shown that / was right. And |
believe then, and believe now, that if
he could have been nominated for Pres
ident and elected the war wouid. have
been saved and the attempted dlsunlon
prevented. for he would have chosen to
be President over 81 States rather than
Is and my experience has been that the
North always got nor Consideration on
questions Of human liberty FROM a
Southern statesman as PresHientsbcfQre
the war than it did from a NortIlen
%doughface, and that remains tfne down
to the present time. Yours truly,
BENJAMAN +. BUTLER.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30
The Facts Supposed 10 sse.

The following is said to have been
the way the Oxford Federal Grand Jury
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

CAPT. GREENLAw has purchased
home in Hazlehurst and located.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30
ZEN Buffers B4oye for Jeff
EsDyiS

The Minneapolis (Minn.) Tribune
says that the following letter was receiv
ed by a gentleman of that city a few days
ago from General Beniaman f. Butler
lDoyros, MASS, Jau.a6,l7
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-30

r. JACKSON, MISS, Jan. 29th, 1873.
ID Section 1924, Revised us. Statutes
not only requires taxpaid stamps to be
oblit6fated from any cask or package of
Spirits or tobacco at the time of empty
ing such cask or package; but also re-
lat,ires that all Government marks and
brands be effaced. You will seize and de-
stroy all casks and other packages from
winch the stamps or marks OF. brands
have not been obiiterated whenever
found. The uames OF all persons il
whose possession such casks are found
Will be reported TO this Office.
r. g. PowERs, :
Collector.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-25
Slightly Scared.

The Morrilton, Ark, STATE relates this
After the war ended, where once was a
beautiful wood lot was now an insight
ly waste, through which now meandered
a small creek, and when the spring came
the blue grass grew as luxuriantly upon
it as ever. II was about a mile from
town, and Major Billy was in the habit
OF riding out of an evening to Craze his
horse. One evening, to his surprise,
he saw fifteen or twenty large yellow
suckers lying on sandbar in the creek.
He rode back home, got minnow-net
and soon landed them.
Running after the fish had heated him
considerably, as the weather was warm;
he pulled off his coat, unbuttoned his
collar, and, wrapping the halter around
his right hand, lay down on the side Of
bush to cool of. While lying on his
back and looking up at the clouds pass.
ing slowly over him, his thoughts re-
verted to the time when the Federsls
evacuated Tennessee, and the box Of
cartridges he fshed up out Of the creek,
and how he and his son William, after
taking of the balls, put the powder in a
large iron pot and set it by the fire to
dry-the fire popped, coal described a
segment Of circle and dropped in the
powder. Fall back, William, fall backl'
says the major. William had done
fell out of the door.
While Illuminating on such pleasant
"reminiscences, the major fell asleep
He can tell the balance. He said: my
friend, God bless you, something crawl
ing ever my. face walked me- / thought
at first it was the halter, but there was
cold, slick feeling about the thing that
made my flesh crawl. ] opened my eyes;
there was large water moccasin, his
head raised about six inches above my
nose, one glittering eye looking straight
into mine, his tongue playing In and
out OF his mouth like sheet lightning
during hurricane.
MY friend, God bless you, 1 expect !
hollered. for the snake ducked his head,
and seeing my shirt collar open, and
thinking it safe hiding place, glided
down into my bosom. Stranger, have
had the cholera. the smallpox, been
blown up with gunpowder, shot by the
Yankees, but that was the worst scrape
l ever got into. That snake was squirm-
ing about the pit Of my stomach, his
head on one side, his tail on the other,
just tickling me on the short ribs
How got out Of that shirt l don't know.
The first thing 1 recollect was seeing
that snakes tail disappear under q pile
Of brush in the creek.
Major, was you scaredP'
We'll, slightly, stranger, God bless
you, slightly. Yes, sir, slightly
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-25
Americas Greatest Bridge.

A New York journal remarks: People
who cross to andfrom Brooklyn by ferry
are apt to look up at the great East
river bridge and wonder what assurance
they have that when the heavy floor is
built and loaded with travel, it will be
safely held up by the suspending ca
bles. These cables have just been
tested by machine which is the most
elaborate and perfect Of its kind in the
world. 1t is the one planted on the
government grounds at the Watertown,
Mass, arsenal, designed by Mr.. A. II.
Emery, and is, indeed, a marvel Of
skilled construction, for it shows how
many ounces are needed to break piece
of thread, and how many tons to fracture
steel beam. The apparatus is micro
scopic in accuracy, insomuch that il
registers, in breaking weight Of a mil
lion pounds, within one pound of the
mass needed. This was the machine SO.
leeted to test the suspending cables, and
Messrs. William II. Payne and Isaac
Newton, engineers connected with the
Brooklyn bridge, recently spent four
days in the tests at the arsenal. which iE
under charge of Ool. T. I. s, Laidley,
of the ordnance corps. Instead Of using
small sections of the suspending cables,
they'took lengths that would make the
results decisive. Not to go into techni-
calities, the tests were entirely satisfac-
tory, and showed that the precautions
taken in putting together the parts were
ample for their purpose. The suspend
ing cables were found by the engineers
to possess strength much greater than
is required to resist the strain that will
be put upon them in actual use. A
thought suggested by this test is that il
is matter Of regret that machine &C
useful should be left on one side OF the
central lines of iron and steel construc'
tion. 1t cost the government nearly Q
hundred thousand dollars, and 1t would
be we'll to have it used freely by the
people.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-25

after another, bul always went home on
Saturday nights to go tO church the neat
morning as usual, and take my old ladies
for drive in the afternoon as usual, so
that the neighbors should not be gossip.
ing about ns.
How good they were to me thenl-
They lived together like nest of kit.
tens. Bat my mother assured me that
peace would not last long il l lived at
home without wife; 50 when / met a
pretty little orphan girl who had not q
relative in the world, told her all about
my affairs, and the sweet creature, with
tears OF pity in her eyes, consented to
marry me and be good to my old Ia
dies. And she has kept her word, both
in letter and spirit, and l am thankful
that life has given me so many bless.
ingsr
Just then, young Mrs. B. return
ed, and though l observed through the
evening that her manner toward her
husband was more that OF a beloved and
loving daughter than Of a wife, yet she
appeared more serenely happy than any
woman remember to have seen.
This story is from life, excepting that
Ihave changed all the names. SolB--
has been dead some years; the will he
left was es iust and manly as his other
acts. -Ne,O York Mail.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-25
what 10 do in Case Of POISONING.

a physician writing lin Lippincotti
on the subject Of poisons aud their an
tidotes, gives list Of The more common
substances which eau 6 death. with re-
commentators for the treatment OF the
patient, which it wonld be we'll 10 save
for reference, as poisoning accidents are
frequent aud hYes often lost through
ignorancs Of what remedy to apply. In
case OF poison being swallowed, il is es
sential that some one keep perfectly cool
in order to be in full possession Of their
reasoning powers and thus act intelli.
gently. First send for I. ply ysician, and
pending his arrival, apKly at once the
simple remedies as adNe in the follow
ing list:
When the poison is unknown, provoke
repeated vomiting, give bland liquids
and stimulate if necessary.
For sulphuric, nitric, muriatic or OK
alicacid-alkali; vomiting; bland fluids;
secure rest; stimulate il necessary.
For haitshorn, soda, potash, lye or
other alkali-acid; vomiting; bland
liquid; rest; stimulate if necessary.
For Paris green or other arsenic
repeated vomiting; dialyzed iron and
salt; castor oil; rest; stimulate.
For sugar OF lead-Epsom salts; re.
peated vomiting; bland liquid; castor
oil.
For corrosive sublimate or tartar emet.
lc-repeated vomiting; strong tea with
out milk; raw eggs and milk; castor oil;
stimulate if necessary.
For phosphorus-vomiting; Eve
grain doses of sulphate OF copper; mag
nesia; nc oil.
For laudanum, psregoric or other
opium, or choral-repeated vomiting;
strong coffee without milk; artificial res
piration.
For strychnine-repeated vomiting;
purgative; absolute quiet.
For aoonite-vomiting stimulate well.
For lunar caustic or nitrate OF silver
plenty strong salt and water; repeated
vomiting.
For alcohol--vomiting; hartshorn and
water.
For hemlock, nightshade (belladonna),
iimson weed or tobacco vomiting; stim-
ulato we'll.
Vomiting is easily produced with plen-
ty of warm water in which ground mus
tard has been thrown, or by thTusting
finger down tho throat. Bland liquids
are milk, egge, oil or gyuel.
Best stimulante are tea, coffee, whis.
ky, wine, or hartshorn and water. AL
kaline aptidotes are hartshorn and wa
ter, soap and water, lime, soda, chalk.
plaster, megnesia Or even wood ashes.
Acid antidotes are vinegar or lemon
juice. AS haste is essential, never wait
for any antidote to dissolve, but stir and
give entire,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-25
Cursed Russia.

A dispatch from Berlin to the Times
says: Diphtheria, which for several
years hasmade ravages in Russia, seems
now to be gaining moro and more
ground. The disease, says the Novoe
Tren1ya, has attained such frightful
proportions in some regions that the
percentage of mortality far exceeds that
Of the births. In the small district OF
Mirgorod, where the epidemic has been
raging since 1875 until now, Ala per.
sons succumbed to the disease in 1875,
and in 1877 no fewer than ], 90S persons
died. In Odessa, since May last, diph-
liberia snatched away seventy-hve per
cent. OF the children, and in Stavropol,
in the course of four months, one half
Of the infant population fell victims to
the disease. In Kisheneff and in the
vicinity of Kieff and Poltava the epi-
demic has been raging for tae last two
years without interruption. In the
village Of Kaploonofka, in the govern
ment of KharkoH, fifty children died
in the course Of two weeks. In the
hamlet OF Nakomobka more than 200
infants have been carried away by the
disease sirce January last, in addition
to q large number Of adults. In the
village of Tamorofka not one child has
escaped the epidemic. The Marfopol
district showed an average daily death
roll Of ten. The Novoe Vremya adds
long list Of places where diphtheria
is raging in the same frightful degree,
and even more. More than eleven vast
districts are afflicted with the disease.
The mortality, both Of the youthful and
adult population, is so enormous that
the government has appointed special
commission under M. Karel, physician
in ordinary to the emperor, to inquire
into the causes Of the epidemic, and has
issued strict injunctions to the local au-
thorities about the measures to he adopt.
ed for the arrest and extinction OF the
disease.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-25
Americas Egyptian Obelisk,

Gen. Loring, lately of the Egyptian
army, describes the obelisk which Lieut..
Gorringe is preparing to move to New
York as much better preserved than the
one taken TO London. The latter was
buried in the sand for hundred years
before its removal. The New York
trophy is one Of the Oldest obelisks in
the world, and was constructed during
the splendid era of art of the twelfth
dynasty, a thousand years before Joseph.
The hieroglyphics upon it are very
distinct. 1t is the color Of brown-stone
front. II came from the famous quarry
six hundred miles above Cairo, and is
about seventy feet high. The granite
when fresh from the quarry spsrkles
like jewels. There was great surprise
among the Egyptians when it became
know that the khedive had given it
away, as it was the only object Of great
historical interest left at Cairo, and the
FIRST object seen on approaching the city
from the sea. When England was
removing her obelisk there was general
rejoicing in Egypt when it was reported
as lost at sea, and there must be great
hostility to the removal Of the last of
the obelisks. Gen. Loring says that the
former khedive was very muca surprised
when England paid the Alabama claims,
and was thereby persuaded that no
other nation in the world held England
SO fearlessly responsible for her acts as
the United States. From this he imagin-
ed that American friendship might avail
him somewhat, and ne made her pres.
ent Of the obelisk. The grandest OF all
obelisks is still sacred in the temple OF
Kamak. 1t is hundred feet high, and
is the most beautifully cutsnd engraven
of all known obelisks. The one now in
Paris was taken from this temple, and
is the second in height, but the New
York obeIisk is Thousand yeara older
than either OF the others. The most
interesting one historically is still at
Heliopolis, and is the only object left Of
the splendid city OF On. 1t was cut 1904
B. G., and preserves all the style and
grandeur OF the finest sculpture OF that
brilliant epoch of Egyptian art. It
stood in front of the temple of the Sun,
of which Joseph's father was thepriest,
where Moses learned his Egyptian wig
dom. and where Plato, Solsn and Pytha.
goras learned their philosophy.