The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-18
CURRENT NEWS.

--IENNEsSEE owes uVDt Oh tWehb lou
lot millions Of dollars.
nj New Orleans, January 15 The Times
on Hazlehurst special reports the failure of b
of Daniel h Co. Liabilities $4,000.
er 1t is estimated that the recent cold
he snap injured railroad business in the North
NO to the extent of 32,000,00 by stopping
- trains, splitting rails, etc.
a. The Raymond Gazette says'that full,
~ one thousand negroes will emigrate thil
IN winter from Kinds and Madison counties
ut to Kansas.
Oh "A locomotive shop in Patterson, N. j..
O. has received an order from the Russian
to Government for seven immense electric
IA lanterns
at General Charles T.. Smedes and Mr.. j
q M. Martin, of New Orleans, have pur'
:: chased the BeeIsheba Springs,in Tennessee
~ 1t is feared that the orange orchards OF
~ Louisiana have been fatally injured by the
Ill unprecedented severe weather
i The sub Treasury in New York, has
" now in its vaults $l0S, 407, 1896 in gold,
% SO, 5sS, 443 in silver and $i5,774, 100 in
# currency.
BY resolution of the Tennessee Sen
l. ate the salary of the Governor and Su-
;, preme Judges of Tennessee is fixed at
$4,000 per annum.
Senator Sharon appeared in his seat in
the Senate last week for the first time in
Il two years.
= The yearly consumption of various
kinds of chewing gum in the United States
amounts to one hundred tons; SO says an
: exchange.
The contested election case of Hazlett
. VS.. Spears for the office of Treasurer of
Warren county, which was set for last
Tuesday, by mutual agreement has been
postponed to the first Monday in February
next, and the jury discharged.
"A Memphis, Tenn, dispatch of the
14th states that at meeting of the Gen-
eral Council Monday night, resolutions
favoring the repeal of the city charter
passed both Boards.
Washington, January 10: The aggre-
gate amount of balances on loan account in
coin standing to the credit of the United
States Treasury in National bank deposit
tories on the LIST instant, was $4G, $685.
16S Of.
AT the municipal election in Summit,
held last Monday, Jas. G. Lamkin was
elected Mayor; VIM Salisbury. j. II. |
Mills, H. Hitler, c. W. Beam, Aldermen
s. A. Matthews, Justice of the Peace ]. |
| W. Sharp, Constable.
In the Cabinet meeting of the 18th
inst, financial affairs were under discussion.
Sherman showed that more gold is coming
into the Treasury than is going out. Let
ters from sub Treasurers show popular
preference for greenbacks.
-Pinchback, who is editing a newspaper
in Louisiana, says that the first effort at
the disfranchisement of the colored voters
will come from the North, and that the ne
groes may yet be led to vote the Democratic
ticket in order to preserve their rights. -
New York Post J
-Myra Clark Gaines is only II, and ex- d,
poets to live to be as old as one of her :
aunts. Why. before the dear old thing is a
100 she'll own all America and the Canadas, il
and then fix her avaricious old eve on a
New Mexico. New Orleans Times. =
Alfred Ballard, negro, was converted
to Methodism in jackson, Tenn. He con-
ceived that his mission was to reform gam
blers, and he became insane ON the subject
Dashing into faro room, he shouted p
death to all gamblersI" and shot the deal g
er dead. !,
In Mecklenburg Schwerin, capital pun '
ishment had been abandoned for twenty "
years, the Grand Duke having committed II II
all sentences, but owing to the increase of y
serious crimes, this practice has been given a. q,
up, and one execution has already been u
performed.
-Harpers Weekly says: OF debaters in W
Congress, General Garfield is by many re- b.
3arded as the strongest. Hooker, of Mis- tc
'issippi, is one of the most polished ora &C
ors s. s. Cox and Eugene Hale, are the he
eadiest orators; Kelley, Ewing and Crit al
enden, are the financial orators: and w
5anks and Sayler are strong on pafliment- G
Try law and tactics. 81
Circuit Court for Warren county con- ne
ened Mond ", and in his charge to the ma
frand Jury, Judge Young said he intended an
D protect the retail liquor dealers who do IN
usiness legitimately, and that in future I'LL
Q wOul issue a fine of $500 against every eq
erson convicted Of selling liquor without Co
cense, and confne them in the county iail
ntil the fine is paid.
Chicago, January IS: A Military Court
Inquiry into the responsibility of Major tut
emo for the Custer massacre, convened to- col
ay with open doors, but reporters are not me
lowed to take notes of the proceedings. agI
he only important action of the first ses- tha
on was decision to summon Whitaker, bu
no made the charges against Reno.
An Alabama farmer scld bale of cotton H ~;
81 cents the other day, receiving $50. so, ~.
Id found afterwards that the cultivation ~ ~
I'd cost him cents pound, which, with ; ;nI
e picking, ginning, packing and handling, 'ni
TT him just $40 in debt on the bale. The A..
tuscaloosa Times plilosophically remarks: Una
1t looks to us as he got cut cheap" a.
January 10: The funeral Goa
'sequies of the late Gustave Schleicher ]
ere very lmposing-the Supreme Court, exc
e President and Cabinet, Senate and er
Ouse paying rezerential respect to the de- vor
ased congressman, Services were con- sew
Icted by the Chaplain of the House assist tho
by the Chaplain of the Senate, at the
1se of which mounful cortege followed
e remains to the depot. The seat of the ]
ad Representative in the House was n
aped In mouruing to-day. Uni
auNlceS from western Texas report heavy 10 U
1rtality among the cattle and sheep ia pre-
nsequence of the recent severe weather. viii
lie Galveston News says ut is impossi- nan
: to estimate the loss, but that it will be wifi
IRONS IN the aggregate, amounting to Z dc
amity to stockmen, cannot be doubted. rup
freeze of few days duration on the all t
BAD pairies OF Texas is something that 20 {
y tell in its effect upon the wealth of the Sou
lte." ham
Tins
There are now twenty-six State Legis Tex
ures In session, Mississippi, in conse- Sout
ence of the constitutional amendment lima
'pted in 1877, providing for biennial SEES 5, A
ms OF the Legislature not b ing Of the New
mber. Democratic Senators will b., Viro
cted IN Arkansas, Indiana Florida. Mary each
d. Louisiana, Missouri and North Caro- Indi
T. aud Rspublican Senators will be
eted in Connecticut Colorado. Kan AZ
nois, New York, Nevada Pennsylvania,
seonsln and New Hampshire Nj
vest