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The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-02-03

w. II. KEENAN,, has become ON
Of the editors Of the Bartlett News
Bartlett is in Shelby County, Tenn
essee, only a few miles from Mem
phis. The editors soy they are re-
sponsible for everything that zoe,
in the paper, editorials, comnunica
tons and Advertisements, and "a,
man that wants a fight al any tim,
can get it. Herman goes for Col
Harper, his old associate on the
States in a red hct manner, using
such opithets toward him as ''liar,
''sWindler," coward etc It /.
the FIRST time we ever heard Harper
accused Of being a coward. and IRON
our acquaintance with the man, w
would render our judgment on this
question in the negative West
Point News.
But Herman is oWardly eur, al
everybody in this country knows
and his distance from the party as
sailed, together with the immunity
he purchased by his ignoble sub
mission to a eowhiding at Vicks-
burg, at the hands Of the gentlemen
he so soundly abuses, accounts for
his present holiness.
All the abusive epithets, which
Kernan 50 aippantly hurts at other
people-always Of course when lie
feels that he is ut a safe distance
aud mote too, might .be trnthiuny
applied 70 him, and then the bideous
deformity Of bis own character
would be but imperfectly delineatvd
In this county where he IS well
known and properly appreciated, his
commentator Of person or meas
ure would excite grave suspicious
that there was meanness lurking
within the object Of bis admiration,
which his'Own corrupt soul had IN
tuitiveiy discovered and his denun
citation Of a man, though on entire
stranger to US all, is regarded as
contain indication that the individual
against whom his malicious shafts
are directed is a gentleman. With
him truth IS Fiction, fidelity a false
hood and honor a lie. He's foe to
every manly impulse, and il his vast
stock Of maleyolebce was NOT coua-
ter-balanced BY The towards fear OIL
detection AMI punishment, there
not . respectable member Of this
community who does not believe the
aslsssin's knife and fhe incendiary's
torcA Woal AaYs So spoIegist and
patron ia the person Of viii Il.
/
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-02-03
TRANS nTRETEr, Editors.

Hos. SrANIn MArrnrws has been
appointed BY The President, Assooi-
ate Justice Of the Supreme Court
Uice Justice Swayne resigned. The
Mobile Register says
When Stanley Mstthews is con
hrmed Ohio viii have three out o
the nine judges on the Supreml
Bench. The real Ohio idea-to &c
Office is a pronounced success
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-02-03
MASONIC

The Grand Secretary has issued
circular from which we extract
the following:
The Thirty third Annual Convo-
cation OF The Grand Royal Arch
Chapter Of the State Of Mississippi,
will be held at jackson, commencing
on Monday, February 7lh, 1881, at
IL o'clock a. m, being the first Mon
day in the month
The Sixty third Annual Communi.
cation Of the Grand Lodge of Mis-
sissippi, A F & A. NJ will be held
at Jackson, commencing on the
second Wednesday Of February,
1881, promptly at IL o'clock A. N.
The following transportation ar
rangemenis have been effected, which
please carefully read and observe:
The Vicksburg and Meridian Rail
road will pass delegates at one regn
lar fare to Jackson, and will be re
turned at one cent per mile on Grand
Secretary's certificate.
The Chicago, st. Louis and n O..
RAILROAD viii sell round.trip excur-
sion tickets, at three cents per mile
each way, at New Orleans and at all
stations from Osyka to Grand juno
ton, including Kosciusko Branch
Sale OF tickets to commence on Fri
day, February 4th, to close on Feb.
9th, and tickets to be good until
Tuesday, 10Th.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad
viii ~ opnd trip excursion tickets
to Meridian az all stations from State
Line to Corinth, including the Aber
deem, Columbus and Sarkvilll
| Branches, at three cents per mile
each way Sale Of tickets to COM
mence Feb. 4th, 20 close 9th, and tC
be good until 18th.
Credential blanks are enclosed
herewith. They should lie dull
signed and attcsted, and where ex-
cursion tickets are applied for, shoul'
be exhibited to Railroad Agent, if h
50 requires These Credentials, es
pcciallv in the case OF Brethren an
Companions, who for the first tim
visit the Grand Bodies, should b
handed to the Committee on Creden
tials on arrival at Masonic Hall i
Jackson.
Arrival Of Trains-From North
, 7:05 A NJ (mixed) 1887 P N, an
ESQ Al From East-5 200 A. b
Pearl Lodge No. %, has appointe
Committees to provide for the entel
e ms iment Of Delegates. All VIII
expect to attend are requested {
4 notify Committee on postal card er
closed and assignment viii he made
and notice of same given TO the De
+ eeate before the meeting, il practi
cable Delegates vino have mad
. their own arrangements, or who ma
be the guests OF friends in jackson
are requested to notify the Commit
2 tee, and those who come on tn
), midnight trains, unless prevlousi
(. notified Of the houses to whic
they are assigned, should stop &
the Edwards House until morning
and then report to the Committee Q
G Masonic Hall. But when assigned
: and notice sent then, the doors wi
be opened at any honr they may ar
rive. Members OF the Committed
and hacks, will be al the Depot o
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
This Circular is sent direct to al
! Grand ON crs ani members of tn
Grand Lodge ana Graal Chapter, an
to all Masters and l. igh Priests Wins
Annual Returns have been received
10 10 ges and Chapters that hav
failed to send M returns, 70 will b
address ell to the Sc Rotary, wEp i
requested to hand same To some Req
resentative. Fraternally,
J. l. POWER,
Grand Secretary.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-02-03

As / know yon favor immigration
it might be well enough 10 cali the at
tention OF immigrants from the North.
era States and Europe, to the fact.
that the nearer you approach an equi
librium Of temperature the less the
extremes are II ny memory serves
me correctly, the u S statistics
prior to the war, showed that the
number II deaths IN Louisiana, in
GLIDING the city OF New Orleans, were
less in proportion to the population
than any other State 10 the Union
NJ =. GARDNER
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-02-03

BUcHANAN's FARM, BUENA VISTA
CHIcKAsAW COUNTY. {

Editors MesseRger-I herewith
hand youa record OF the temperature
aud weather for the year 1880 l
give the average temperature per
month, the average for the year, with
the highest and lowest points touched
by the thermometerand dates thereof.
The number Of days snow and sleet.
number OF clear, cloudy and rainy
days. The time OF observation for
tue months of January, February
March, November and December.
vas Z AN, and the remaining months
Pr. NJ. Ten day S are omitted but that
will not n atenally affect the result.
/ regret that the rainfall was not
kept:
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-02-03

Ihave snececded 10 disposing Of
r.s -.xtIi..lrrai i. mr Patent Shell
ff.frt te >sras in Mining
en k..ra Mmul Ll.crprise near
psnIlrr Cn,. Co.ofado. Most of
Inc stock holders arc wealthy men
in Nrw York. who seem confident
that the, can have their Stock % par
En- two wears One hundred u these
shares $50 each are placed In the
a. rasaw Savings Bank, according
ms covenant with those who
tou.ht 40 interest in The Shell The
Stock ] hold ! shall keep GIL the
Enterprise is developed and hen dis
posc oil in New York II the
stock holders desi ire. ! sha.i DO the
same with their interest end leave
the proceeds in the Bank where the
Stock is now held.
G. w. TURNER.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-02-03

Size had sued FOR breach Of prom
ise AMI the verdict Of the infy was
against her. want to poll Tie
jury 2" she vas aked Eyes. I az
Jes' gimme the pole for two minutes
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-02-03

LIMA, the Capital Of Peru, has
been surrendered 70 the Chilians.
This virtually closes the Raf. but the
suffering Of the Peruvians has but
fairly begun.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-02-03

ThE recent engagement between
the British troops and The Beers, ia
South Afiea, resulted disastrously
to Her Majesty's subjects. Nearly
one entire regiment, nine hundred
strong. was DESTROYED.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-02-03

IHESs MESSENGER, as a warm
friend and admirer Of Senator Lamar
has frequently defended him against
the assaults Of bis enemies, and Is moi
disposed TO find fault with bis action
on every occasion, when be manifests
and independence Of party restraint
in casting his vote. But We wish il
understood that we Gao make no
apology or excuse for the vote OF
Sir Lamar in favor Of pensionine
Grant on the people OF the United
States, With the rank and pay Of Gen
eral Senator Lamar may ''catch the
Northern ear by thls. tOadyism 10
Yankee fanatieal sentiment, but he
loses the confidence OF the South
ern people. Such vote as the one
cast by Lamar on Logan's bill to
retire Grant, il was natural to expect
from a Senator from Massachusetts.
but from Mississippi, never
, 1881-05-11
THE SPIRITUALIST CASE.
from the Spectator.)

4 less edifyiug case seldom detained a
jury for a week than the trial of Mrs.
Fletcher, for obtaining jewels end money
under false preteuces. Strictly speaking,
perhaps, our sympathy for a woman who
has been robbed ought not to be lcssened
by dement's GU her part. AS a matter
OF tact, however, few people have their
feelings under this scientific c%ontroI. and
when the victim of a robbery shows her.
self utterly unfit to have the use Of either
money or goods, it is but a languid plea.
sure that 10 excited by the news shat they
have been restored to her. The only fea-
ture that distinguished this case from the
crowd OF similar trials was the part which
Spiritualism played in it, and if we are
right in our Interpretation of Mr.. Justics
Hawkinss charge, the principal lesson
conveyed by 1t is that if you make believe
at all. you had better make believe very
much. The charge against the prison
er, the Judge said, was not that she obtain
ed property from Mrs. Hart-Davies in the
honest belief that a spirit had advised the
transfer, bat that she had communicated
this convenient advice to Mrs. Hart-Davles
without believing that it had really been
conveyed to herself. She was accused, in
short, of trumping up q spirit, and putting
her " words In its mouth. Apparent
~ therefore, il Mrs. Fletcher could have
made good her claims to be an honest
believer ia spiritualism, and convinced the
ury that she had only passed on to Mrs.
Hart Davies what she regarded as a real
message, Mrs. Hart-Dayies would have
had no remedy. Mrs. Fletcher's error plainl
, 1881-05-11

property as SIZE once was to get rid OF II.
Either she now regards the Fletcbers as
false brethren, who ought to be denounced
In the interests of the cause with which
they nominally ssrve, or holds DR.. Mac
Geary's peculiar powers to be go distinct
from those claimed by Mr.. Fletcher. that
one will not suffer by the exposure OF the
other.
The case gives a curious glimpse into
that Spirltualist world OF which the pub
lie generally know SO little. The witness
es produced Tor the defence show that even
now Mrs. Fletcher 10 not without those
who believe in her and if crsdulity can
resist such damaging revelations as those
supplied by this trial, 10 will probably BIO
proof against anything. 1t is seldom, per-
haps. that mediums are so lucky as to get
hold Of disciples as coniding as Mrs. Hart
Davies. with SO much portable property
to dispose of. But there may be q modest
subsistence 30 be picked up, even whero
there are no great windfalls; and it is to
securing the former good, that the labours
OF medium of Mr.. Fletcher's type are
ordinarily directed. Whsn o husband and
wife get hold of woman who has a maud
lin affection for q dead mother, coupled
with some hysterioal weaknesses Ia the
direction of living admirers, they may
count themselves unusually fortunate; but
without coming In for any Ruch piece OF
luck as this, they may fairly look to max.
Ing 3 steady income out of their victims.
In some Ca ses, perhaps 10 many, they have
a halt-bvliet in their own imposture. They
live so completely among phenomena OF
their own creating. that they come at last
to assign them q kind of existence out
side themselves. A man may end by
moving q table unconsciously who has be-
gun by moving it consciously. He may
begin by rapping out prearranged answers
TO ~foreseen questions, and end by feeling
not quite sure whether he has acted OF his
w free choice or In submission to some
guiding force. When a man has his living
to make by his performances as a medium,
he is under no inducement to examine
himself too strictly as to the nature aud
ground Of lis conviction. The more faith
he can summon to his aid the more likely
he ia to drive a Furnishing business, aimee
that business can only be carried on suc-
cessfully in the borderland between inn
poature and deIusion. The Fletchers
appear TO have been vulgar, not to say
sensual, SpiritualistS, and in their case the
imposture was no donbt, Intentional. There
would be- less danger of a michisvous dc.
lnsion spreading, if all mediums showed
their hands so plainly,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06

called upon the law firm of N. s. j. Erb,
explained to them his business and asked
their counsel as to the proper steps to be
taken to secure the payment of the claim,
at the same time giving detailed statements
of the circumstances, showing apparently
the necessity of immediate legal proceed
ings. He also referred to other matters of
the house then in thehands of Messrs.
Erb, so as to impress them with the belief
that he was authorized to act for it. He
took occasion to say that he was receiv
ing salary of $4,000 per annum, and
that he had accumulated about $1,000
with the house which was to his credit;
that he stood in much favor with the con
cern, that he was to be placed in charge of
its credit department next year. Mean
while, he would make his headquarters at
Little Rock and look after the interests of
his firm in Arkansas and Texas. He
stated the case concerning the claim for
SO, ,040 in such a way as to make it neces-
sary to advise him to proceed to Gains
Landing, thence, to New Orleans, and
consult some other creditor. Pretending
to be unprepared for such a trip, he re-
Quested that his draft on Bates, Reed 81
Cooley for $175 should be cashed repre-
senting that it would be as promptly paid
as all his other drafts. The Messrs. Erb,
being deceived in order to accommodate him
indorsed draft for that amount, and OBJ
tanned the money on it for him, from the
Merchants National Bank. The draft was
returned unpaid. Inquiry for Bates, Reed
& Cooley disclosed the fact that his story
was myth. While he had transacted
some business for them some years ago,
they had not had anything to do with him
in three years. Crane stated that his fam
lily resided in st. Louis, but the Chief of
Police of Memphis states that his family
resided there. This is not his first offense
having been twice arrested in the city for
swindling, once on charges preferred by
A. Levy &. Co., and once by the Manhat-
tan bank, both of which cases he succeed
ed in compromising. The matter has been
placed in the hands of George A. Kountze,
Chief Police, who has already obtained
information which, it is believed, win lead
to the villains arrest Crane is about 81
years old, medium size, has dark eyes
and complexion, slight black mustache,
is bald, has prominent ears, decided jew
ish caste countenance, and is evidently a
bad character. If caught will receive a
taste of Arkansas Justice.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06
PHYSICIAN DROWNED.

BALTIMORE Nd, Sept 6.-Dr. E.
Lloyd Howard, quarantine physician, and
in charge of the quarantine hospital at this
port during the past six years, was acci-
IDENTIFY drowned in the harbor at the Com
mercial wharf this morning. He was on a
steam tug, and. as the tug neared the
wharf, DR. Howard attempted to jump on
the pier. In his effort it is supposed he
made misstep and fell between his boat
and the pier, striking his head and sinking
in the water. DIR. Howard was one of the
best known and most popular physicians
of the state, member of the State Board
of Health, and for long while Demon
strator of Anatomy in the University OF
Maryland. He was a member of the Med
lea! Commission sent to New Orleans in
1878.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06
THE BLooMINGToN REUNION

BLOOMINGTON. Sept. 5.-The city is
rapidly filling up in anticipation of the
Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Reunion,
which begins tomorrow. Camp McCnl-
Tough, on the fair grounds, is all ready tor
the veteran organizations and such militia
as are coming. The Second brigade of IL
Hnois National Guards, are now arriving
and in camp at Camp Yates, a pleasant
grove in the norther part of the city, where
long rows of white tents, cannon, equip
ments, steam cooking apparatus, etc, in.
dicate the presencs of a large body OF
soldiery. The Greenup Guards, from
Cumberland county, were the first to ar
rive Saturday night, and were placed on
fatigue duty. Battery B. Springfield, came
next, to-day Militia are coming in from
all directions. Of the second brigades
| 1000 are expected in addition to whom at
least 900 are coming from other Illinois
brigades and from other states, Two com
panies of infantry and one of artillery ar
rived this afternoon from Shelby The
veteran organizations win commence com
| ing to night, and at least 5000 will be in
Camp Mccullough before tomorrow night
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06

LONDON, Sept, 5.-Mark Lane Express
review says that during the week, progress
has been made with harvesting, but the
best condition has been thoroughly bad.
Since Tuesday the weather has been cold
and cloudy, with intermittent sunshine.
The cold has checked the sprouting grain,
but also retarded the ripening in late dis
tricts, especially in Scotland, where there
have been frosts. Reports from Ireland
are decidedly unfavorable The results of
the harvest exercise a small influence on
trade The available foreign supply and
the shortest time for such supply to arrive
are questions more interesting to millers.
The native crops are actually further from
the markets than the American and Rus
sian new crops. Millers have ceased to
operate beyond their necessities, thinking
to hold out until the arrival of increased
shipments. The weather has doubtless
checked the upward tendency, but the new
samples harvested before the rain still
fetch the highest prices Provincial rates
continue above London and other parts of
the markets, where foreign arrivals rule,
The trade -four from old wheat is scarce
and higher. The foreign trade has been
slow throughout the week, millers having
laid in working supply await develop
ments of trade indifferently and the pres
ent rate of shipments is decidedly in their
favor.
Friday business small at shilling de-
cline. Off the coast the market has been
inactive. OF is cargoes arrived five were
sold. No barley or oats are off the coast.
The bulk of the British barley crop is avail
able for grinding only, and prices ruled
by maize. Foreign was stagnant.
Maize was slightly in favor of buy
ers. Sales of English wheat were 21, 1920
quarters at Sos I'd per quarter, against 49,
636 at 43, Sd for the corresponding week
last year.
LONDON, Sept. 5-A dispatch from
Quetta says: On August 81 Ayoob Khan
issued proclamation declaring that he had
abandoned his intention of fighting the
Ameer, and was about to fight the English
To this end he invited all persons having
weapons belonging to the Government tC
consider them their own on condition o1
their joining his standard Immediately. II
may be assumed that this is merely clumsy
plan to get as many rifles as possible
Ayoob continues to send to Herat as much
cash as he can get.
LONDON, Sept. 5.-The eminent physi
clan and medical writer. Archibald Billing
is dead.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06

Ciobern is not so bad as reported Capt.
Henley, of the Sixth Cavalry, and ten men
were killed The indian losses were large.
Col. Carr, and others were reported killed,
but it is false | am cooperating with the
military and am fully prepared by my
scouts and employees of the agency. There
is no danger. can and will stand off all
the hostiles.
(Signed) TIFFANY, Agent.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-The following
was received at the Adjutant Generals
office:
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.-The following
has just been received from Haskell's aid
de-camp: Lieutenant Stanton is on the
other side of the river, crossing with Com
pany E, Sixth Cavalry. He calls across
that Captain Henting and seven men were
killed and Lieutenant Gordon wounded in
an attack on the post. The men were
cheering in quarters. l will give you more
in an hour. Stanton and the others are of
the command reported massacred under
Carr
MCDOWELL.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06
FOREIGN FACTS.

BERLIN, Sept. 5.-The Lihilist organ,
WaU of the People, has made its appearance
in St. Petersburg.
PARIS, Sept 5.-The results of twenty
one second ballots taken yesterday show
twenty Republicans and one Conservative
elected. The Monarchists lose two seats
and the Bonapartists one,
NEwBouRa, Sep. 5.-Gambetta, speak
ing at banquet last night, said he did not
think it well to reopen the question of cleo
toral reform Immediately on the meeting OF
the new Chamber; that it should not be
abandoned, but only postponed, fresh
appeal to the country being unadvisable.
LoNDoN, Sept. ga Paris correspon-
dent says: A passage in Gambetta's speech
at Newbourgh, last night, in which he
declared that Sedan would have been wiped
out If France had had more steadfast
hearts, and if virtue, patriotism, inepen-
dence and disdain for material enjoyments
had more larely prevailed, was loudly
cheered.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06
COLORADO.

D. G. Ogsbury, City Marshal of Silyerton,
was murdered by Bert Wilkinson, well
known desperate, while attempting to quell
a disturbance in which Wilkinson and two
companions, the one named .Eskridge and
the other a negro boy, had become involv-
ed. The negro surrendered to the authori-
ties and the Vigilance Committee of Silver
ton hung him the night after Ogsbury' s
murder. Wilkinson and Eskridge betook
themselves to the neighborhood of the
Needle Mountain, which lies close to Dur
ango, where they have just been captured.
The residence of ex Governor Evans was
robbed of jewelry valued at $4,000 few
nights ago. but so far all efforts to discover
the thieves have failed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06
A NEW THEATRE.

CHICAGO, Sept. 5.-The Criterion Thea
tre opened tonight. 1t is new and ele-
gantly equipped place of amusement situated
on Sedgwick near Division street. Albert
Munger, the builder and proprietor, is a
well known business man of Chicago, and
he has established the place rather to sup
ply what he felt to be long standing want
OF the north division, rather than as a
money making scheme. 1t starts out how
ever with an excellent promise. Herbert
Van Dyke, of New York, viii act as mana
ger, and the better class of comedies and
operattas will be given nightly