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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-30
Judge AIcOrn at WestViIIe.
WCstville News.


According to appointment this ver-
table original Republican appeared
in Westville last Saturday, and spoke
in the courthouse in the interest Of
Garfield and the Republican party.
His audience was not very large, the
majority of whom were colored; the
whites however, who were present
We're about all Democrats, and gave
him respectful hearing, but failed to
discover anything in his laudations of
the principles of his party or its leader
calculated to cause them to desert the
good old Democratic ship and its dis
tinguished Captain, Gen. Hancock.
OF course he took the ground that Gar
field would be elected and that he was
greater statesman than Hancock,
but the people of this county are too
intelligent, and know too much of
these men and of the history of the
Republican party, and Garfield its
leader, to pay any attention to such
6osh rs that INDUCED in by Alcorn.
At the conclusion of his speech Col.
J. l.. Meade, who was present, was
loudly called for and took the stand,
and in a good old logical way, showed
up the Republican party and the De
GOlyer candidate proved to
Alcorn that he was in exceeding bad
company-andh his zeal was worthy of
a better cause, especially when that
cause was in the thrOes of dissolution.
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RAILROAD ELECTION NOTICE.

WHEREAS, at a special meeting of the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the City
of Jackson, held Thursday, the 2Sth day OF
October, 1880, the petitioners asked per-
mission to withdraw their petition praying
for an order from said Board to hold a Spe-
cial Election to vote upon the proposed
subscription to the capital stock of the
jackson, Yazoo City, and Arkansas City
Railroad Company and
WHEREAS, in accordance Herewith, the
following resolution was adopted, to-wit;
ResOlred, That the request of the petit
TONERS he granted, and that the order of
this Board directing a special election to
be held or Tuesday, the I'd day of Novem-
Der, 1880, be, and it is, hereby recinded.
Now, therefore, /, JOHN MCGILL., Mayor
OF the City of Jackson, hereby give notice, in
compliance with the above preamble and
resolution, that said Special Railroad Flee
ton will not be held on the day aforesaid,
and that it has been indefinitely postponed.
Given under my hand and the Seal of
the City of Jackson, this the 10Th day of
October, 1880.
Attest:
HARRIS BARKsDALE, City Clerk.
oct 30-1t
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-30

Hancock is not the kind Of rooster 10
give up before the tattle is over.
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AS ANNOUNCED in previous issue
OF THE COMET, Teachers Institute
will be held under the direction of the.
State superintendent, in various por-
tions of the State within the next few
weeks. The first Of the present series
was held at Newton during the past
week. The next of these meetings
will be held at Macon on the 1st, End
and Sd proX.; then at Tupelo, on the
4th, 5th and 9th proX.; at Water Val
ley uu the I'M SIN ana 9Th Sn"die 90
the 10th, 18th and 10Th; Winona on
the 18th, 14th and 18th.
During the past week we have met
in our city Prof John J. Laid, of Vir-
ginia, who comes to Mississippi at the
of Gen. Smith, as the immediate rep
resentative of the Peabody Fund.
Prof. Ladd is an experienced and able
worker in Institute matters, and we
doubt not all in attendance will be en-
tHrtained as we'll as instructed. 1t is
to he hoped all interested IN the educa-
ton of our youth will be in attendance.
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MASTER
HEALING oIA,-

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10 order II Tor you. Use none hut NJ gsl him
HEALING OINTMENT. '"' MASTERS
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Chief OuTay Of the Utes, left pro-
perry To the value Of 5000 900.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-30

THE newspapers are determined TO
elect Bob Henderson Secretary of
State unless President Hancock re-
moves out of the country as minister
to one of the great powers. Here is
the way the ScOoba Herald takes hold
of the suggestion
The man who is elected Secretary
of State next year will have to beat
Capt. r. L. Henderson, of Meridian
and in our opinion that "cannot be
did," Capt. Henderson would make
an excellent Secretary of state, and
here is our hand now "uncle Bob" and
with it the assurance that you can
draw on us at any time for any assist
ance needed in transferring you from
the Sheriff's office of Lauderdale to
the Capitol at Jackson.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-03-18
Chicago market.

CHICAGO, March O.-Flour-Nominaly un-
changed. Wheat-Excited, generally higher;
closing strong: No. 2 red winter. 100: No. Chi
cago spring. 1908 @1s1. cash ;seller March, 11sss
April, 1905; May. 1907; No. 3 Chicago
spring, 107<@10s; rejected, 80. Corn-Active
and higher at s4@s53l for seller cash; for
seller 36 April: 372SG40 seller May; rejected, 3d.
Oats-Dull and lower at 81 for seller cash; 81
for seller April. Rve-Dull, weak and lower,
firm and much higher at 11.45@115o for
seller cash; 11.47h@l1 50 for seller April; 1162H
@ll.6* for seller May. Lard--In fair demand,
but lower rates at att .05a@77.5 for seller cash
no for seller April; ?2o@7.22 for seller May
Close: Wheat-Unsettled and higher; /. .19A for
seller March, 1883 for seller April; 1908 for sell
Ter May. Corn-At s6H@36% tor seller April; !;
40 for seller May. Oats-Firmer advanced nc.
Pork-In good demand and a shade higher at
1894 for seller March and April: .1.54X bid for
seller May. sLard-In good demand and shade
higher, advanced 2Ac. TIE Drovers' Journal
reports: Hogs-Receipts, 10000; shipments O.
700: active, fully SOLO cts higher on all grades;
mixed: at 4.15@4.35; choice heavy 440@475;
light, 4.2o@4.35; a good many lower grades, all
sold. Cattle Receipts, 1900; shipments, 1000;
exports liberal, supply in good demand;
4.00@5.35, common to good shipping. slow and
easy 9u@4.0o: butchers firm at 2.O0Q 100; stock;
ers and feeders. steady and firm ;heep-Receipts,
250; shipments 2D00: good and strong, in good de-
mand, 525G6.OO; lambs $50,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-03-18
A Land Without ElOpements.

Elopements are not believed in in
Lapland, for if a man marries q maid
without her parents consent the penal
ty is death. When young man has
formed an attachment to female, the
fashion is to appoint their friends to
meet, to behold the young parties run a
race together. The maid is allowed in
starting the advantage of third part
of the race, so that it is impossible, ex-
cept willing of herself, that she should
be overtaken. If maid oyerruns her
suitor the matter, is ended; he must
never have her, it being penal for the
man to renew the motion for marriage.
But if the virgin has an affection for
him, though at first she runs hard to
try the truth of his love, she will with.
out Altar ta's golden balls to retard her
speedy pretend to meet some casualty,
and voluntarily halt before she comes
to the mark or end of the race. Thus,
none are compelled to marry against
their wishes, and this is the cause in
this poor country the married people
are richer IN their contentment than in
other lands, where so many forced
matches make feigned love and cause
real unhappiness.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-03-18

The Chicago Iimes says that Gould's
special object in visiting Texas is tor
the purpose Of effecting a consolidation
Of his railroad interests with the Texas
Pacific. The indications are certainly
that the Texas Pacific will ultimately
pass under control of Mr.. Gould. The
Times correspondent was credibly in.
formed that Jay Gould had been in.
structed by his European correspon-
dents to buy all the railroads west of
the Mississippi that he could if there
was an assurance that the investment
would pay three per cent. If such a
per cent. could be realized he would be
furnished all the capital required to
make the purchase.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-03-18

was invited to suberb dinner-party got
ten mp expressly in his honor, and at
which he appeared in shep-
herds plaid walking-suit, when
every other man present was
punctiliously arrayed in the ortho-
dox dress suit and white necktie? And
is it not on record how Lady Sparkleby,
at the dinner-part which was given to
her by the wife of one of our leading
citizen, exclaimed, on having a plate of
terrapin placed before her: oh, take
the nasty stuff away-I cannot endure
the sight of it, And did not Sir D;gges-
by Dlgges attend sundry grand dinner
parties at Newport in black velvet
morning. coat? ? Yet who ever heard of
free-born American citizen resenting
any of these small but significant tokens
of contempt"
"And then their ingratitude!' quoth
Mrs. Harding, waxing warm in her in
dignation. 'Do not remember bow
one Of our great Western millionaires
took certain noble Lord to his home
and entertained him royalty, going so
far as to charter special train to take
him to some point of interest that he
wishes to visit? His Lordship was en-
thusiastic in this expressions of friend
ship toward his kind host. Now, if
you ever come to London, be sure that
you let me know at once, was his parting
Injunction. Well, one day our Western
gentleman concluded that he would 90
to Europe. Arrived in London, he
sent his card as requested to his noble
friend. A few days later the English
man left his card in return, with two
tickets for review that was to take
place on the next day, and a polite note
requesting the American to call at his
Lordship's house at certain time to go
with him. Owing to balky cab-horse
the guest was five minutes late at the
place of rendezvous. His Lordship was
gone, leaving no word or message.
And from that day to this our overhos-
pitable countryman has never seen him
or heard from him. But even that was
not quite so bad as the remark made by
Lord Harry Lakeland respecting Mrs.
Mac cGillic,lddy, when he was in America.
That lady petted him, feted him to a
perfectly absurd extent, but at all
events he accepted all her entertain
ments and attentions for a whole win
ter. In the spring Mrs. MacGillicuddy
went to Europe. 4 am so glad," re-
marked Lord Harry in the hearing of
one of my friends, that she did not
ask me for letter of introduction to
my mother before she left, for, of
course, I should have had to refuse
it ="
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-03-18
THE LITTLE MAID FOR ME.

I have watched little maiden
T. Trip across the meadow green,
Fore the sun In all his splendor
ShOne upon the forest sheen:
l have watched her in the evening,
When everything was still
And the sun Was slowly sinking,
Sinking down DER yonder hill.
Oh! what a merry maiden
Is that little girl of mine!
Always tOiling. ne'e 'er complaining
Her eyes like diamonds shine.
Always welcome is the poorest
And tn humblest to her door
Joy fully she'll share with them
From out her humble store.
Now, there's nothing artificial
About this little dame of Nature;
Merry ia her ringing laugh,
A ID a perfect form and feature;
Others may of their riches boast
And their hlgh-tOned pedigree;
But this merry little maiden
Is the little maid for me.
A happy day it will he
When | call this maiden mine;
The bells will ring out merrily
And the orange blossoms twine.
There are others, may be fairer
Than this dainty nymph to see
But this merry little maiden
Is the little maid for me.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-03-18
English Manners and American HOspi.
tality.
Mrs, Hooper's Novel "Un der the Tricolor."


tality.
Mrs. Hooper's Novel "Un der the Tricolor."
"By the way, heard of such a
charming reproof administert d by
Swedish gentleman to two English
Lords the other day. He had invited
them to dine with him, and they came
IN frock. coats, checked trousers, and
without gloves. Smilingly surveying
their costumes he remarked: Oh, see
you have quite mistaken the style of
my dinner: it is not a simple family
affair at all, but q formal entertainment.
SO shall give orders to my cook to
put it off for half an hour so as to give
you gentlemen time to go home and
dress =" -
:'They would hardly have received
even so delicate a reproof as that in
America" I remarked. "If our socie.
ty people have one weakness above an
other, it is for titled Englishmen. The
rudeness they will meekly endure at
their hands is something beyond belief.
Do Inotremember how. in QIaker-opo-
lis, Mr.. Edgars, Of the Daily 1hw,derer,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-03-18

ran from the house and through the
streets, the people thinking her an es-
capped lunatic, sac hurried to the Office
of the protect
IN. Dumoulin, my husband, is a
murderer! I denounce him! He has
killed NJ. Douls Soubant. He is an in
famous monster! Justice, justice!"
Officers were at once dispatched to
arrest M .Dumoulin. They easily found
him. He did not seem surprised. He
only said:
'The woman is crazed. 1t is WE'LL"
Questioned by the prefect. in her pres
ence he denied nothing.
II did avenge my honor. I killed
him, for he was q man; l have
tortured her, driven her to madness, be-
cause 81 e is woman who is too vile
for death. I did not tell her all, Mon
sieur le Prefect. Send to my apart
ments. In the closet near the secre-
taire at the foot of the bed, opening the
door vi h this key,you will lind hanging
newl. wired skeleton. Bring it here,
that she, too, may see it, as a compan-
ion piece of the brushes, palate, oil and
box, for it is the skeleton of Louis
Souvant!
As he uttered her dead lovers name,
with one supreme effort the woman
sprang from the seat in which she had
been placed and through herself upon
Dumoulin, tearing at his throat like a
tigress.
The officials wrested her from him,
sitting her wild cries as best the could,
The last act is yet to comet" savage
ly muttered Dumoulin. Tomorrow
it may be-"
"Dumoulin, turned to the prefect,
said:
I'M LIE Prefect, I will give you the
note of warning written me by Fran.
co.'s. Francois was the valet of Louis
Sorfvant. Souvant, the libertine, be.
trayed his own Wallets affianced, poor
girl of the Quarter st. Antoine. Fran.
co.'s betrayed him to me, and he has
now his revenge. Monsieur, I am
ready for my punishment-the guillo-
tlne."
Fifteen days later Dumoulin was
visited in person by his advocate. The
advocate and the official found only a
corpse. Poison had done it's work, and
Dumoulin had passed to the presence
of the Eternal Judge. On the same
day the guilty wife, wild with Insanity,
struggling desperately, was conveyed to
the asylum for the insane.
''The most singular, barbaric method
of revenge have ever had brought to
my notice." was the closing entry Of the
prefect mailer in his official memo
randa.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-03-18

The Christian Union, of London. is
the most thoroughly sa.dcnic perioH-
cal ON the face Of the globe. Its lead
ing editorial for February starts off with
q column joke, of which the following
is but beginning: 1--WE have with
much satisfaction the prospect of the
proxlmate temperance among us of
one of the most remarkable gifted wo-
men of the age, Mrs. Victoria Clafin
Woodruff, after period of over two
years absolute rest enjoined on her by
her physicians, owing to the fearful
strain she had gone through in advo-
eating her principles in the United
States, where she sacrificed health and
considerable fortune to the moral I'M
provement of her fellow creatures"
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-03-18
Milwaukee Market

MILWAUKEE. March 10.--Flour-Dull and neg
lected 50lOc lower. Wheat-Opened firm;
closed steady; No. 1, hard 1923: No, i, 11S;
No. 2, l.161i; seller March, 116A; seller April,
1.16X; seller May 1903; No. 3, los; No. 4, so;
rejected 49,, Corn-Steady at 81 for No. 2. Oats
Firmer lat 80 bid for No. 2. Rye--Unsettled'
No. /. 74c. Barley-Steadier-5 for bid for
M
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-03-18

The quality OF mercy is not strained,
and for that reason the milk of human
kindness should not be skimmed.-New
Orleans Picayune.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-03-18
If Bismarck Should Die.
New York World .

How would it Affect Germany, France
Russia-Europe generally? WHAT
would be the influence ofsuch an event
upon the great interest Of statescraft-
upon the struggle for precedency of op-
posing national forces, which, in pur-
suit of their various ideals, within re-
cent years made so many fearful wars,
and have pushed the development of
the military;> machine in the several
states to such extravagant proportions
What would be the effect upon the
game of the removal of the piece that
dominates all other pieces and gives
tenfold their natural value to ali the
pieces that are included in any COM
bination of which it is a part? Ger
many lords 1t over Europe to day.
Frederick the Great said that if he were
king of France not shot should be
fred IN Europe without his consent; but
a German statesman, student of Fred
erick's methods and retailer of hie
phrases, has removed to Berlin and ex-
ercised there that authority which
Frederick dreamed of as only possible
iu Paris, as only likely to result from
the union of one great sovereign's pur-
poses with another great sovereign's.
power and moral dominion. But though
Germany is dominant in Europe
though not war is made, nor peace,
without consultation with her, this is
not merely because of her military
power. An alliance of France and
Russia would, as to mere military
weight and extent of resources, de-
cidedly overmatch her. But while Bis
narek is at the helm no alliance will be
made against her that does not 6nd her
provided with a card to match it.
With Bismarck removed there would
be q change in this respect. German
politicians would still hold toward other
nations that tone of arrogant superior
ity which seems inseparable from the
Bismarkian system, but they would be
without the genius to make it good.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-03-18

Elk GOVERNOR EMERY, of Utah, coutin-
ued to make appointments up to the
last moment of his official existence.
Smyrna times., 1880-08-11
G9e Smgrna Giu1es,
Smyrna, DeI.,
Wednesday Afternoon, Aug. III.
.H02'SCMI1ITUE.
BABY, BEE AND BUTTERFLY.

BABY BEE AND BUIIhRf LIZ
Baby Bee and Butterfly
Underneath the summer sky.
Baby, bees and birds together,
Happy in the pleasant weather;
Sunshine over all around,
In the sky, and on the ground
Hiding, too, in Baby's eyes,
AS he looks in mute surprise
At the sunbenms tumbling over
Merrily amid the clover,
Where the bees at work all day,
Never find the time for play.
Happy little baby boy!
Tiny heart all full of joy;
Loving everything on earth,
As love welcomed him ut birth;
Ever learning new delights,
Ever seeing pleasant sights
Taking each day one step more
Then he ever took before.
Shine out sunbeams warm and bright,
Lcngthcn daytime, shorten night,
Till so wise he grows that he
Spells baby with great Dig B.
-AdrperS Young People
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Receipts for the Year 1879 SO oq; a.
Losses and Expenses for the Year lS7y..... Sl4573
dividends Paid QI=1 81
Paid Members on Withdrawal. ........,..,.. 2f45 q,
Amount to Credit of Members, Dec. 81 1873 9Gl0502
Smyrna times., 1880-08-11

No man ever plotted mean revenge
while eathing peaches and cream.
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AGENTS:
ANDREW J. WILSON, General Agent. Dover
Geo. B. Money, Do. Cty. LcHuc' y. WiplcS Lcccs
). S; H1fag'on, S11yrqr .Joip w. Hoo,tn LqVreE
l. JCriSoa. Jr., CNntfsH. Hbry y, RGk,r. Se,lford.
jas H. A1tc's0n, Ereterjcl H. T. D0lcaiHy GeorgtOWn.
Reytfdr Williams MILFORD. ,ijlrcS Pl7idcr. NQt0n
Ge9rGs Moore Felfot. 3. =. U0gGmon, for lolrer
"a JliGlTRg'"R, fdrlalnIon, SGSS,r.
(. 4. RIlriiHs. BriigcriNc
JInc w. Idndykc, CbeAcytosn, Nd
JDhls F. MuIire, CiTcc 1lsborOuqh, Nd
jeremiah B. Fletcher, Preston. Nd.
james Cannon Salisbury. Nd.
Charles CnlliAS Berlin, Nd.
Nm. q. Dickinson, Pocomoke city. Nd.
AUGUSineSS communications ShOuLd be adircSSGdtO
WM. DENNEY, Jr., See'y,
March 4, 1850. DOVER DEL
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! Cards and Circulars neatly printed at
his Office, -~
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Phila., Will. & Bait. r. z.
DELAWARE DIVISION.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.

On and after MONDAY, May 18th, 1880, Sundays
excepted trains will leave us follows:
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]. &B., B. &I, And ". RAILROAD.
IL CONNECTION WITH TIE
OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP COMP ANY
SUMMER ARRANGEMENTS.

On and after SATURDAY July 10Th, 1880 (sun-
days CXceptcd) trains viii run Us follows.
2
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pnrAKwArrn rnANkroNp ANp woRcEsrEn R. R.

Train leaving Harrington 1905 +. NJ. connects Mt
Lcwcs with steamer for New York. Tuesdays. Thurs
days and Saturdays. and at Georgetown daily with
train for Chincoteague and intermediate points.
Train leaving Lewes at 20 4. NJ. connects on Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays with Steamer that
leaves New York at 800 p NJ the day before.
Passengers taking train that arrive ut Harrington at
925 A. NJ and 2l0 p. NJ can 90 either North or south
on trains OH Delaware Railroad Passengers from
point North OF Harrington connect with trains cav-
ing Harrington at 120j p NJ. and 3.35 r NJ PaSSen-
gers from points South of harrington connect with
train leaving Harrington 1905 p. N. only
4. BROWN, Gen. Pass Agt.
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SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINS.-Additiona to those
above leave Smyrna for Clayton 920 and rs Z. NJ
Leave Clayton for Smyrna 10 and 100 ~ NJ 40,
515 and SIS P. NJ. to make connection with trains
North and SOuth) from Clayton.
H. F. KENNEY, Supt.
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Delaware & Chesapeake
Railway.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.

On and after MONDAY, July Goth, 1880, Sunday cx-
ceptcd) trains will run as follows:
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6 Cents per Bushel
SHELL LIME,
Price for the Year 1880. 6 Cents per Aglel

Orders filed promptly for any amount from one car
load to ten thousand bushels Send orders in early
nj tnr n,in nllnNr AAIrn.s
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l047. KENT COUNTY 1850.
Mutual Insurance Co.
DOVER. DEL.

lnSGrcS against loss by FIRE, issuing mutual policies
only under which payments are made annIIaiIy Y IN
advance during membership, and on ccaSing to be
ihehpcrs Whatever remains uncxpcnded after paying
losses expenses and dividends is returned thereby
insurance at cost.