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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-20
Houses and House Lots for Sale
IN nEERING.
Apply to CHARLES RICM
oc15n 15 Exchange St., Portland Me-

For Sale.
DRICK HOUSE on Pine, and frame houses on
ID Spring Street, for sale at bargain.
G. 2. MATTOCKS 311a Exchange st.
mar18 DIFF
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-20

WILL spEAK AT
HALLOWELL, Friday. Aug. 20.
CHINA, Saturday, Aug 81.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-12
COMMERCIAL.
PUBLIC LEDGER 0FPrcK,
MEMPHIS, TKNN., Feb. II. 1890

MEMPHIs, Tenn, Feb. II. 1850.
The local financial market is work
ing along smoothly and with no indi-
cations of any kind of disturbance.
The only topic Ct important interest
IS the movement in railway stocks and
bonds at the East. This naturally
creates inquiry, especially among par
ties engaged in railroading and those
who hold stocks and bonds here. The
Charleston railway seems to be a sub
ject Of considerable attention, and
while there is an active demand here
for the stock at 20, with a few sales
reported as high as 20l, yet if any
know of who Yields the power and is
trying to absorb, they are as dumb as
an oyster when asked about its mean.
ing. There is but little mercantile
demand for loans, and bank rates are
steady at 8 per cent. Nothing note
worthy offers in the open market.
Exchange is in liberal Of
fering with unchanged rates,
cotton bills being 4c off on New Or
leans sight and Eastern without grace.
Sight on all points III New England &c
discount. Drafts on all points sell at
par.
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WI v distributed as follows.
General Trade.

The soft weather for several days
past, aud heavy rain yesterday, has
unsettled the market in almost all
lines. Prices of produce are depressed
and generally lower. The bottom Of
the came and dressed poultry market
has dropped out, in a fgurative sense,
and e,,es are a drag. Corn has arriv-
ed in heavy shipments during the
week and prices are lower; but little
remains IN. VId in fast hands, Bran
is weak and lower. Meal is also off.
Oats are down two to three cents.
Hay sustains it's position and is deemed
good stock. Flour is weaker on the
better grades and .Steady with a good
demand for low and MEDIUM. Coffee,
sugar and molasses are steady, andall
grades of meats are weak with prices
steady. There have been no receipts
oof grain or produce since yesterday
morning, but the steamer Cons Millar,
from the Ohio river, and Colorado,
from St. Louis, are looked for with
fresh additions some time to-day.
FLOUR-Demand good for low and
medium; higher grades weak and
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-12
MISSISSIPPI

Grenada supports eleven saloons.
-Four or five marriage licenses a day
in Vicksburg.
Meridian is getting surfeited on the
show business.
Jackson's new opera house will open
on the 18th inst.
The citizens of Jackson have daily
prayer meetings.
This State gets $4,000 from the Pea.
body educational fund.
A glass factory'bas been put in on.
sration at Bay St. Louis
The State legislature is getting on
finely with the new Code.
The present legislature will not
make many new counties.
The legislature has been petitioned
for a State female college.
Colored immigration from Yazoo TO
Kansas has ceased entirely.
General L G. Walthall contributed
500 to the suffers in Ireland.
The Jackson Comet is opposed to
any change in the jury system.
There is a stock company for the
manufacture Of ice at Vicksburg.
Josiah Wilson, an old citizen OF La.
fayette county, died few days since.
Milton w. Smith, a prominent citi.
zen of Yazoo City, died on the 18th
ult.
Jack Frost has taken in the peach
crop Of Tallahatchie and Pamela coun-
ties.
Canton amateurs are playing "Pina-
fore" to large and appreciativc audi
ences.
The Honorable j. Nee. Martin
favors the calling of constitutional
convention.
j. w. Smalley, Of Benton county.
was seriously stabbed by his wife, a
few days since,
Large numbers Of white immigrants
from North Georgia are settling in
Jasper county.
Last year a vineyard near Pass
Christian produced ten thousand bot
ties of champagne.
j. T. Bridewell has been acquitted
for the killing of w, H, Andrews in
Nicksburg last year.
Counterfeiters and showcase of queer
money have been on the boom in
Canton, the Mail says.
An attempt was made one night last
week to burn the drug store of DIR.
Hardin, Of Abbeville.
The lease Of the penitentiary con-
victs by L. s.. Hamilton & Go. expires
the 10th of next June.
The Hermean societyannivorsary of
the State university will take place
February 24th, this year.
An old lady Of Simpson county has
hfty-four grandchildren and twenty
or great grandchildren.
Meridian is looking forward to a di-
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~NOn-Resi,lent Notice.


No. ls2, r. n, Divorce-In Bartlett Cireuit
Court, of Shelby county, Tenn, January
9th, 1850 Isabella Talley VS.. Lewis Talley.
Ell al.
I. appearing from affidavit in this cause that
i defendant, Lewis Talley, is a nonresident
Of the State OF Tennessee, and a resident oi
the state Of Arkansas; it is therefore or
dered that he make his appearance here.
in, at the. courthouse, in the town of Bart.
lett, Shelby county, Tennessee, on the
second Monday in March, 1880, and plead,
answer or den.ur to complainant bill for
divorce, ETC., on the grounds ofdesertion and
other causes, OF the same will be taken for
confessed as TO him and set for hearing ex-
paTte; and that a copy Of this OF ler be pub
lished once q week for four successive weeks in
the Public edger, q newspaper Of general cir
culation, published in Memphis, Shelby coun-
ty, Tenn.
This Slst day Of January, 1880.
A copy: Attest.
TH0S. B, CRENSHAW, Clerk.
IoHN McBROOKs, Atty for Petitioner.
I25 IAl AZ IHQ
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-12


No. S65, r. DIN the Probate Court Of Shell.
by county, Tennessee, r. A. Mickleborry,
administrator, etc, Of Harriet Mickleberry,
deceased, We. Frances Ross, OF, al.
I appearing from the amended bill in this
i cause, which is sworn to, that defendants.
John Thomas Crenshaw, Harriet Petticord,
formerly Orenshaw, and - Petticord, her
husband. are non residents of the State Of
Tennessee;. it is ordered that they
make their appearance herein. mt the
court house Of our said Probate Court, In
Memphis, Tenn, on OF before tho first Mon
day in March, 1880, and plead, answer or de-
mur TO complainapts' original and amended
bills, or same will be taken for confessed as 10
them and set for hearing exparte; and that a
copy Of this order be published once q week
for four successive weeks in the Public Ledger
This February 3, 1880.
A copy-Attest:
OWEN DwYER, Clerk.
BY HuGH B. CULLEN, d. G..
q. k.barteau, sol. for eompl't,
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InsOIvent Notice.
STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY
Amman n.WwHnwm g.

STATE OF IkNNESSEE, SHELBY Co..
OFFICE County CoURT CLERK,
q, Memphis. Tenn, February 4, 1880.
To Katie Erskine, administrators OF Georre
Erskine, licensed.
HAVING suggested the insolvency of the
IL estate Of George Erskine, deceased, Won
are hereby ordered to give notice, by ADVERTISE
ment IN som newspaper published within the
said State, and also at the courthouse door
of Shelby county, for all persons having
claims against said estate, to appear and ile
the same, with the clerk of the County Court
authenticated in the manner prescribed by
law, on or before the 9Th day of May, 1880;
and any claim not filed on or before said day,
or. before an appropriation of the funds OF
said estate Is made, shall be forever barred
both in law and equity.
Witness my hand, at office, this 4th day of
February, 1880.
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
By HUGH B. CULLEN, d. c.
Notice Is hereby given to creditors as re-
CURED unde the foregoing order, Feb. 4, 1880.
KATIE EKSKINE,
IO III l4t lbS AdminietrntriN.
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Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate.


DUBLlC notice is hereby given, that by yir.
tue OF o writ Of venditioni exponas to me
directed from the Hon. Cireuit Court of
Shelby county, Tenn, in the case of :. l.
Moore versus ,Thos.. 7; Strattou, Judgment
rendered on the 18th day Of February, 1873
for the sum OF $40. with interest and costs Of
suit, to satisfy said judgment, etc, / will on
Thursday. the 9TH day Of March, 1850.
in legal hours, in front Of the co~urt-house. in
the Taxing District Of Shelby county, Tenn.
proceed TO sell, to the highest bidder, for
JPsh, the following described property .to.wit.
4 certain tract or parcel Of land located in
the Ith Civil District of Shelby county
Tennessee, bounded on the east BY the lands
of the estate of j. A. Jones. ON the west by
the lands Of Douglass. on the north by tbye
lands Of J. I. Stratton, containing about
sevenT1y-hVe acres the same conveyed by deed
from i. j, StrattOn, but not recorded.
Levied on as the property of defendant.
mos. 1. Stratton, to satisfy said Judgment,
interest and costs,
Memphis, 29th day of January, 1880.
E. l.. MCG0W AN,
Sheriff Of Shelby county, Tenn.
by DAN Il. SHELBY, ID. 4, l9S 144 $50
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-12

No. Si25-ln the Chancery Court Of Shelby
county, Tennessee Mary Williams IS.
Thomas Williams, ct. al.
L appearing from affidavit In this eause
i that the defendants, Caleb Williams.
1homas M. Dietrich, Jacob L. Dietrich, Maria
w; Thurman. John G. Thurman. Lncy ~
White, Mary L. Dietrich, John W, Dietrich
paisey b.. kabler, John Kabler, Saiiie w
Auckolls, John Nuckolls, Rfe NJ. Dietrich.
VIM. A. Dietrich, Grace Dietrich. Eliza i
Dietrich, Thomas Dietrich, Bertha Dietrich
and A Dietrich, are nou-residents of he
state OF Tennessee. II is therefore ordered
that they make their appearances herein nj
the oourt-house of Shelby county in Mem.
phisi Tennessee, ON or before the first Mon
alay in March, 1880, and plead, answer or
demur TO compliments original and amended
and supplemental bill, or the same will he
taken for as confessed to them and set for
hearing !eXparte. and that q copy of this order
he published once a week for four successive
weeks u the Memphis Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of January, 1880.
ROBERT }, BLACK, clerk and master.
A cOpy-Attest.
BY E. b. McHESRY, D. CAM.
Smith q Collier, sol, for complainant.
100 135 IA1 III
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-12

Searcy Record: The whole town
and vicinity was thrown into wild ex-
element last evening on hearing that
three Of Judge W. r. Coody's young
est children were missing. The bells
from every church were rung. and
every one who could get a horse by
begging or hiring started in search OF
these young tramps. They were found
at or near Kensett, by Elder James
Brundidge, perfectly composed in
mind, and said they were looking for
the COWS.
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v INTELLIGENCE.

BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
Arkansas City, 0uachita Belle.......... p m
81. Louis, Colorado. m
Commerce, Shields .,,............... p IN
ARRIVED.
Steamer 0uachita Belle, Arkansas CITY.
II. O. Yeager, st. Louis.
I" Harry Brown, Ohio river.
Paris G. Brown, Cincinnati.
Centennial, st. Louise
" Shields, Commerce.
Thos. Sherlock, New Orleans.
DEPARTED.
Steamer james Lee, Friar's Point.
Dyersburg, Dyersburg.
Nirgie Lee, Cincinnati.
a" Silverthorn, Ashport.
Hard Cash, White river.
II. G. Yeager, New Orleans.
Harry Brown, New Orleans.
Centennial, New Orleans.
Thos. Sherlock, Cincinnati.
IN PORT.
0uachita Belle, Shields.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cloudy,
Indications of more rain.
Heavy showers last night.
The levee presented a delapidated
appearance to-day.
Owing to the bad weather there was
little movement 10 ireights.
The Eckert is undergoing repairs
at st. Louis.
The H. @. Yeager passed down yes
terday without landing.
The Dyersburg, out last night, had
an excellent trip.
The Katie Hooper is the Saturday
mail packet for Arkansas river.
The rain storm last evening checked
shipments and delayed the packets.
The james Lee, Notwithstanding
the bad weather had a big trip of peo.
pie and fair list of freight.
The Kehlor, bound from Cincinnati
to New Orleans, passed Vicksburg
last evening,
The Smoky City, with her tow of
coal for New Orleans, passed Evans.
vile yesterday afternoon.
The Henry Frank with her big trip
of cotton, arrived safely at New Or
leans yesterday.
The James D. Parker from Mem
phis arrived at Cincinnati yesterday,
and leaves there to-day with a return
trip.
The Guiding Star, for Cincinnati.
John A. Scudder and Port Eads and
barges, for St. Louis, left New Or
leans last evening.
The Robert Mitchell leaves New
Orleans to-day for Cincinnati.
The steamers leaving New Orleans
yesterday for the North were crowded
with returning excursionists.
The Joe Kinney and John b.
Maude, from Vicksburg, arrived at
st. Louis yesterday.
The Fannie Lewis, en- route from
st. Louis to Ouachita river, is due
down to morrow.
Captain John w. Carroll is improy.
ing, and leaves st. Louis in a few days
for Havana.
The Silverthorn had a fair trip out
last evening, aud will return in time
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NDER and By virtue of a certain trust
~ deed 10 me executed by f.. N. Belt and
wlie; Ellen 5. Holt and and W. A. Holt. Jnhv
y, 1873, recorded in book lbs, page 5SS' in ~
heelsters ofiee. Of Shelby countys made M
secure q. certain Indebtedness therein set
iertn, which Is now past due, al the reonest nj
the Deneheiaries thereinj / viii, on
Saturday, March 9Th. AT IL m..
next, in front Of the courthouse don. On Mi
street, IN the Taxing District of Shelby coun.
~, seil LOT cash to the highest bidder. the
following described real estate, lying and
oeIhg "a ne late city of Memphis, and de-
Part of country lot 500, beginning on the
south line Of Poplar street, one hundred and
sixty seven feet east Of the east line Of 0rleans
street; then west with the south line ofPonlar
street htty-six feet; thence south n%aTaiisl
with Orleans street one. hundred and NINETY
Ieeti then east, parallel with POPLAR stree,
nity-slx feet; thence north one hundred and
ninety teet, more or less, to the beginning
being the late residence of N. B, Holt, de.
Also lots No. "a and o, Of country lot No
ozl, each having a front of 50 feet on Peyton
avenue, by a depth of l26 feet.
Also part Of lot No. q, of country lot No
oll,, having a front Of % feet on north sida ~
ALABAMA street, and running back befween
parallel lines about 1857 feet.
Title believed to be perfect, bnt 7 CONWAY
only as trustee. | have Abstracts az s.id
property, which | will furnish 10 nersons
wishing TO examine same.
31xxx6 L. H. ESTES. Jr.
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Administration Notice.

HAVING qualified as administrators Of tho
IL estate Of Henry Banshaf, deceased. this
Y 10 notify all parties having claims against
M same, % probate and file them with me
be barred. WIN
Parties indebted 70 said estate must settle
promptly or they will be proceeded against
JOHN ROSS, Admir-.
ScRUGGs x RAY, Att'ys. lROlS6 10 la
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bfATE OF TSSsEquE, SBstBf CorSrT1
OfFIcE LoJn " counr CLEhK.
MEhPHls, TESN., January 10, 1880.
To Heo. G; Dent, administrator de bonis non
OF John II. Mitchell. deceased.
HAVING suggested toe instivency of the
Ii estate Of John II. mitchell. deceassd
you are hereby ordered 10 give notice by aiver'
tlsement IN some newspaper published within
the said State, aud also at the c~omi.-bonss
door Of Shelby county, for all persons Lavins
claims against said estate, 10 appear ana III
the same With the Clerk Of the County Corr
authenticated Ia the manner prescribed IL
law, on or before the 18th day Of July, 1880;
and any claim not filed on or before Said day,
or before an appropriation Of the funds Of said
estate is made, shall be forever barred, both
in law and equity.
Witness my hand, at office, this 18th day Of
January, 1880.
By HueH B. CoLLrS. D. G.
1873 Ia 1850 1856
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wednesday, the Sd day Of March. 1880
Probate Court Sale orRealE..a,e

-
No. 2o6, R;D.-In the Probate Court ofshelbv
comfy, Iennessee-JOhn johnson. eVecn.
tor y :. M9pnti deceased, VS., Margaret
BY virtue Of a decree for sale. eptersd in
4 this cause in minute book Ri. pages soa
etc;,. 1 viii sell at public auction. To- The bigb
est bidder, in front Of the eourt-bouse door
on NAN street, Memphis Tenn, on Saturdav'
re9ruary 9TH 1850, within legal hours, the
lolloWlng described real estate, to-wit. An
undivided One-half or moiety Of that iot ~
piece Of laadi situated in MempSiS' SbeIbvv
county tennessee on the west side az Tau,
derdale street, between Beale and Union
streets, bounded as follows, to-wit:
beginning on the west line of Landardaia
street., where the same Is intersected by ire
diYiuing line between the Rice and Ramsav
grants: running thence nOrthwardly ON the
west line Of Lauderdale street eighty-two
feet, more or less, TO the southeast oosner ~ N
lot heretofore conveyed by MS. Brnee and &
y Mount; thence westWardly parallel with
the dividing line between the Rice and Raw
sey grants one hundred feet 10 a stake. tbsnco
s~outnwardly, parallel with Lauderdale streat.
elghty-two leett more or less, 70 the DIVIDING
me between the Rice and Ramsey grants.
thenee eastwardly on said dividing line one
h9ndred ieet' 70 the place Of beginning,
Ierms OF sale; On a credit Of q and 70
months; purchaser executing notes with an
proved security. A lien will be retained. az.
This February 6, 1880,
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
>. M. uREGoRY, sol. for c0mpl't.
1877 1t2 14s l4
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ONalhOu OOUtOuo arc quObCu dJ ll0
12bc per pound.
Receipts of cotton at all United
States ports for the past five
days were 76,699 bales, against
74,952 bales last year, and 100 1872
bales same day the year before.
The total receipts of cotton at all
United States ports to date are 1884,
$50 bales, against 3,529,739 bales at
this date last year, and 1925 48 the
year before. Excess of receipts this
year over last 4l7,797 bales. The
stock on hand at this time is 1916, 500
bales, against $4,000 bales at this
time last year, and 1913 1852 bales the
year before. The foreign shipments
to date are 2,204,173 bales against
2,182,9O0 bales last year, and 1,879,225
the year before. The visible
supply at all points, including
rtocks afoat on FEBRUARY 9Th, was
2,629, $50 bales against 2,54l 1893 bales
this date last season.
Current freight rates at present are
as follows From st. Louis 3Oc per
bbl; cotton by river to New Orleans,
$1.O0 per bale; oil per Dbl Csc; cake
$3.50 per ton. Cotton to Baltimore,
all rail, Tic per cwt; to Philadelphia
72c; to New York 74c; to Boston and
Providence 79C; Fall River SIC; river
and rail 2c per cwt. less.
The receipts Of cotton at all loading
VOints in the country from the LIST of
s 'eptember to the close Of last week
W, " distributed as follows.
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Trustee y Sale.


RY virtue Of a trust deed made TO me as
DTrustee by NJ. P. Clements, on the 18th
day of January; 1873, recorded in the Regis.
ter's office in Shelby county, Tennessee, in
Book No. %. . So, ! will, at ire re-.
quest of the bcneieiaries on the 2sth day of
February, 1850, within the hours Of 10 3 nm
ON the southwest corner Of Main aud Monroe
streets, in Memphis, Tennessee, offer for sale
Tor cash y the highest bidder at public outcry,
the folIOwing real estate lying In said
county and State in section l range z of the
llth surveyors district, and in the 18th civil
district beginning ut a sweet gum marked
>. b., thence south 10 chains and
% links to a stake 6 links south,
So west of a black oak marked j. L., thence
east 70 chains and 10 links to q stake, As links
north Of a small bridge; thence north along
read ~ chains and CO. INKS to a stake, thence
west q chains and q links to a stake, thence
south Y chains and 2'links to a stake, thence
east 81 links, thence 49, east 9 chains and
70 links TO the beginning, containing s.. 5
acres. The equity of redemption is waived.
~ laH w. d. BEARD, Trustee
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HAVING suggested the insolvency OF the
11estate Of VIM: c. Woodruff, decd. ali
persons having claims against said estate are
clerk Of the County Court, authenticated in
the manner prescribed by law on or against
the 10th day Of May, AID, 1880, and | further
give notice that according to law any claim
not filed on or before the above named date or
before an appropriation ofthe funds Of said
law and equity,
HERBERT RHETT,
,oo,oou, Admir- Of VIM G. Woodruff.
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a oARn

To alwho are suffering from The errors and
indisoIetions cs youth, nervous weakness,
carly decay, ioS q manhood. ETC., will send
CHAhGE. This great remedy was discovered
by q missionary in South America. Send a
is~ amsSe S. envelope e the Rev. Joseph I.
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The market opened with a very
unsettled feeling, the tendency being
upward, and factors asking above
quotations, which buyers were unwil-
ling to give. Sales yesterday we're
$3.50 balesI to exporters 145O; to spin
ners 1000; to spectators 200, the
market closing steady as follows
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-12

Thomas Hicks, a promising young
man of Sewer county, was killed
Monday night of last week at Nor
woodville, twelve miles west of this
place. Whisky was the cause. The
county officials have three young men
under arrest, but it is not known pos.
itively who done the killing, or
whether it was done with a gun or
pistol.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-12

rect railroad communication with New
Orleans before a great while.
Three hundred and four marriage
licenses were issued by the Circuit
clerk of Pamela county for 1879.
The saloons Of Grenada pay a priv
lege tax license of over three thousand
dollars a year, to sell whisky, etc.
In 1879 DeSoto county supported
ninety sehools-taught by kfty-six
white and seventy four colored teach
ers.
A tramp, who was stealing a ride,
was killed on the Mississippi & Ten
nessee railrord, near fernando, last
week.
Water Valley Central, Z: Up to last
Saturday night there was 1903 bales of
cotton shipped from this point, this
season.
A white boy, fourteen years old.
was recently placed in jail at Ripley
for shooting his own mother. In a
domestic broil between his parents the
boy aided his father.
Monday night of last week a portion
OF the thrifty and enterprislng little
town of Crystal Springs was consumed
by fire.
The body of a negro man, unknown,
was found floating in an eddy of the
Mississippi river, below Warrenton,
Wednesday evening.
The press association will assemble
at Yazoo City, Wednesday, June I'd.
1880, and will probably adiurn the fol.
lowing Friday evening.
Hon. Robert Toombs, of Georgia.
has been elected by the students of
the University Of Mississippi to de-
liver the annual address.
Batesville is jubilant over the pros
pect of a seventeen thousand dollar
courthouse since Pamela county has
been divided into two court districts.
Pamela Star: Mr.. S. S. Smith was
duly qualified as sheriff of Pamela
county, on Friday of last week, and
immediately took charge of the Office.
! Although the farmers of Alcorn
county pay seventy-iy i've cents a hun
bred for picking cotton, many of the
fields there are still white with the
staple.
Vicksburg Herald Congress gives
Jackson $4,000 for a United States
building. Can it not give Vicksburg
the like sum for a like purpose2
The Masonic Grand Lodge of the
State of Mississippi met on Wednes-
day last week. Out of 294 lodges in
the State, reports were in for $50, and
representatives were present from 224.
Tbo~oa usl