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The examiner., 1881-12-17
From our Travelling Correspondent. A Design for a Soldiers Monument

DEAR SIR From the obsourity of pri- vate life (we read in ancient history) three hundred citizens of Sparta, sprang into world renowned notoriety and immortality, by their willingness to stand up to kill and be killed at the famous pass of Ther- mopyl@. Their example has been emu1a- ted, and often equalled in modern times, but as they were among the first to show how grand it was to die in defense of lib- erty, they have in consequence received a large share of the worlds attention and praise, often times to the detriment of later day immitators. I suppose every Spartan boy and man rather regretted that he could not have been there to be killed also; and have no doubt but what he said, ''I'll call town meeting, and see to it that the 6oys have something handsome done for them in the way of resolves and on design. We'll appropriate money; we'll appoint another committee whose duty it shall be to see that said appropri- ation is daly collected in the form of isa- direct taeatiosa from the hewers of wood and drawers of water; from the children and grand children of the 300 who were killed for children should be taught to respect and revere the names of their par ents, to the end that our city may be beau tifed and we the movers and voters duly gloriied thereby. History repeats it. self, and one of it's repititions. was seen in Hartford the other day when some ttdrty citizens out of Forty thousand, met in duly called town meeting and voted to build, or have built, monument to the memory of our dead soldiers at a cost not to exceed sixty thousand dollars. Although not believer in monuments to the dead, yet all honor to those who do 50 believe.
 have plan for the monument which wish to submit to the producers of Hart ford, seeing they are the ones who will have to pay the bill. The plan is simply and easily understood. Let the sixty, thousand dollars, or 8 part of it, be devo- ted to the erection of a plain substantial fire proof building; on the walls inside insert tablets bearing the names of those whose memory we desire to preserve. In the center of the room have suitable shelves i; on the shelves place books duly catalogued; j; and on the inside of each book cover, print the inscription
 '"rhis book is the property of the Me- morial Library of the town of Hartford, it's free and unrestrained use is guaranteed to all the inhabitants thereof, to the end that the orphan children of the soldier shall 110t< in 0R f10 ,%1~sr his father died to preserve"
 I commend this plan to the consideration of every voter in the town of Hartford, whose cheek must flush with shame, when asked, by the visiting stranger, to show what they have not,- Free Public Lii brary. J.wB
 PhdI., Pe'sss., Dec. 12, 1881.
The examiner., 1881-12-17

EDITOR EXAMINER :-
 In reading the report of the Treasurer and it's recommendations, was struck with the anxious soicitude felt for the bond holders, lest they should be defraud- ed by being obliged to take silver dollar worth 88 cts. in payment of dollars worth of bonds. Do you remember that the government ever manifested like con- cern for the interest of the people when the terms of payment were changed from the Greenback dollar worth 58 cts. to the gold dollar of 100 cts. If not? Why not !? By the ''Oredit Strengthening Act.-the price paid for Republican suc- cess in 1872-forcing the people to pay 42 cts. more on debt of one dollar than they agreed to pay was counted sound financial policy by the Republican press. This policy in effect added $500, ,OOO, 900 to the burden of our debt, but it had the effect to strengthen our credit on the principle that the more a man owes and the less are his assetts in proportion there to, the better his credit must be, (this is plain to every one except greenback lun- atic)-hence the policy of reducing the currency, which followed this act, which had the effect to change $l46, ,OOO, 900 of debt paying many or assets into bonded debt of like amount, making our Abilities 146 millions greater, and our proportionate ability to pay $500 millions less. The change of Fractional currency to silver added still another unnecessary debt upon the people because bonds must be sold to purchase the silver. making in all rob- bery of over one billion dollars or one half of the whole bonded debt. Of course all this legeslation has been against the inter est of the people, but when did we have 8 Secretary of the Treasury at all alarmed at this wholesale robbery of the people, in the interests of the bondholder
 Echo answers: When? REPos,
The examiner., 1881-12-17

Sixteen of the insane experts in the Guiteau affair says that Julius "must go. "
The examiner., 1881-12-17

Messrs. Moody and Sankey are to go to Paris and conduct revival services there by request of a Committee under the presi- dency of MT. R. W. MAI. All right.
The examiner., 1881-12-17

Smokers articles of every kind-Soby.
The examiner., 1881-12-17

The Hartford High School costs the people of the town about 16 or IT thous- and dollars annually. Who pay this amount? The property holders. Where do they get it2 Principally through rents. Who pays the rents? The working people. they who pay Tor everything. How many of their children attend this school? ? About one in fifty. Why not more? They hav- mt time, the child of the workingman must attend the workshop, the factory or the farm, in order to support the child of the other man, while he or she is being educated to look with contempt upon all who are engaged in honest toll. And yet it is continually believed in our ears : "This is free country and one has an equal chance with the other"
The examiner., 1881-12-17

Blue Ribbon Cigars-Soby.
The examiner., 1881-12-17

MT. Hubbell lately appointed Chief of our Hartford Police force, declines on the grounds that the salary is not high enough, or the surroundings aristocratic enough !! We'll, we'll, where is this snobbery going to end. If we only had a commission of men free from this sycophantic todyism MT. Hubbell would never have an opportunity of declining. And MT. Calvin, who calls himself 'sdemocrat," desired to make the election of this, aristocrat Unanimous. " Why not take some of the men already on the force who are competent and under stand the requirements of the position, in- stead of taking greenhorn, paying him a big salary for the privilege of being in- structed in his duties. by one whom the acton of the commlssloners would have us believe, is incompetent himself. But go ahead gentlemen, it is only in keeping with the spirit of the times; the harder the work, the smaller the pay, and the bigger the loafer the greater the salary.
The examiner., 1881-12-17

Our Bachelor Oigars-Soby.
The examiner., 1881-12-17

CORK, Dec. 12,--Forty farms, seized under execution for rent, were offered for sale, of which number twenty-one were purchased for the landlords In ten cases the tenants settled the rent.
The examiner., 1881-12-17

Meerschaum Pipes-Soby.
The examiner., 1881-12-17

A new $5 counterfeit on the Boyleston National Bank of Boston has appeared. It is a geod imitation of the genuine and likely to deceive non-experts.
 Also $1D silver certificate. It is an ex- ecution of penwork, and detected by ap- plying water to the treasury number print ed in blue
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1881-12-10
The Aberdeen Murder.

Special to Vicksburg Herald.l
Aberdeen, Miss, Dec. l.-Our
triple murder is yet involved in
The three young men so
brutally murdered with an ak were
brothers-W Wilburn, Thomas and
Alonzo Walker, belonging to a
prominent family of Alabama.
They were carrying stock through
from Russell county, Alabama, to
st. Francis county, Arkansas.
They were Joined somewhere be-
yond Verbena, Alabama, by man
who is yet unknown, journeying
on to the camp near here. The
three brothers were murdered
Saturday night. The stranger is
missing with a mule, etc, and is
supposed to be the murderer. He
is white man, five feet six inches
high, sandy complexion, light col.
ored moustache and goatee, little
side whiskers high on his face. He
had on a white broad-brim wool
hat, gray jeans suit. He rode off
a five year-old dark bay mule, light
brown nose, jaw had been broken
at curb-knot; black Texas saddle,
uncommonly heavy wooden stir.
rups; blind bride; had also a gold
watch with thumb spring lost and
wooden peg in its place; oroide
chain.
Gov. Stone telegraphed Sheriff
Sykes to-day that he would pay
$500 reward. Mr.. Walker says he
will make it $1,000. The father,
J. P. Walker arrived to-day. Our
people are using every possible
means to avenge this atrocious
crime.
The man arrested in Corinth es-
tablished his innocence.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1881-12-10
Back from the Grave.

San Francisco Chronicle.
A very remarkable incident
transpired yesterday in the New
City hall, in which a supposed dead
man appears and applies for -
transcript of the papers of admin
istration upon his own estate. lie
gave his name as Thomas G. Baker
and said he had been a resident Of
Los Angeles County for about 10
years. and during all that time
was unaware that he had been de.
clared dead for more than ten
years. BY hisrequest the records
of the Public Administrator were
overhauled, aud It was found that
on April Z, 1878, Public Admins.
traitor William Doolan filed q pcti.
tion for letters of administration
upon the estate of Thomas G..
Baker. who, it was alledged, had
died in San Francisco February 1,
1871, leaving an estate valued at
$1,000. Judge Myrick or dered let
ters of administration issued in
June, 1871, and the regular course
of administration was gone thr'o
with, except that no certificate of
the death of Mr.. Baker was placed
on file. The estate included a
claim for damage against the. ..Mexi-
can government, which was sold
to one William Bourne during the
summer of 1880 for the sum of
s495. 1t is found by an examina-
tion of the books of the Treasurer
that no money had been turned in.
on account of the sale of any of
the estate of Thos. G. Baker, nor is
there any note made in the records,
of the cost of administering upon
the estate.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1881-12-10
Gulteau'S Lanacy.

Guiteau scarcely helped his case |
on Wednesday. He was entirely 1
too logical aud consecutive for a !
lunatic. This interesting devil has |
made tilrce distinct mistakes since |
the beginning of the trial. Upon
The Whole, he has Trhlted crazy
very cleveriy, huthehis forgotten
himself at least three times. Once
when the jury was being impanel-
ed, Mr.. Guiteau had occasion to
discuss his name andproceeded to
explain that he had dropped his
middle name, aJulius,r because ii
smacked too much of the negro
he had no use for niggers, etc.
But, a day or two afterward, when
he found that there was a colored
man upon the jury, he thought it
prudent TO make an explanationin'
court, to the effect that he meant
no reflection upon the colored
race. Another instance of con.
! spicuous frugality was when Gui-
! teau, having heard that he was ac-
cpsed of handling the Presidents
bones with a sneer, and finding
this unfavorably commented on by
the papers, sent for several of the
correspondents aud assured them
that such was not the case.
The man is evidently wicked and
cruel and unscrupulous beyond oil
words, and he has shown that he
can plan and carry out very sys
tematic masquerade of lunacy; but
he forgcts himself whenhc reveals
this thoughtful, calculating, regu
lated turn of mind. Lmatics dc
not recall their slips and set about
repairing them with statesmanlik'
elaboration. And just here W,
\ would remark that those VIII,
argue Guiteau's insanity with 81
much enthusiasm are hardly as log
ical as heis; for they construe thu
deliberate, prudent, philosophical
manifestations as evidences Of il,
sanity quite as earnestly as the,
do his foolish babbling his wei
executed bursts of Violence
Surely both of these opposite am
hostile conditions cannot argu
the same result.--N. O.DemoeraI
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1881-12-10

From undoubted authority we
learn that our main levee near
Trotter's Landing, in Tunica coun-
ty, is now but thirty feet from the
river, and must go into the stream,
as the present rise subsidies.
This fact is of alarming import
to every citizen of our county, be-
cause it is upon us that the vast
flood will descend, if a counter
levee be not Immediately construc-
ted. A crevasse at Trotters threat
ems but little damage to Tunica,
for the overflow would first fill
Moon Lake, and from thence reach
every part of Coahoma. This GER
tain danger, if we should neglect
to guard ourselves from it, will
bring upon us losses which we
shall never cease to lament.-Fri-
ars Point Gazette.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1881-12-10

st. Petersburg, Nov. 2S-A great
stir has been made in the nihilist
camp by the following discovery.
About year ago a jew named G..
G.. was denounced by some person
who had a private score to settle
with bin and was arrested. After
he had been asked a few questions
1t became clear that he was one of
the chief members of the Central
Revolutionary Committee. lie
made a clean breast of it, and de.
nounced over sixty of his accom-.
plices and took the police to his
laboratory on the banks of the
Neva, where six men were cap
tured in the very act of manufac-
turing dynamite. A large supply
Of explosives was found In the
laboratory. As the result of this
treachery several persons were
sentenced and two men, named
Twiatowsky aud Porshniakiff, were
hanged in October, 1880. A few
days afterward the authorities an
nomced the death of G. G.. The
body, horribly mutilated and dis
figured, was handed over to some
Jewish friends Of the dead man
and buried IN the Isaac Cemetery.
The affair made q great sensation
At the time, and 1t was believed
that G. G. had been murdered in
the prison either by the authori-
tIes o. bv some nvenpinH nihiIists.
Hheu the body reached the. jew.
III burzIne ground the rabbi re-
fused ID roceIxe Il without .
6sfI|||eaIo of Identity one q The
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1881-12-10
Mothers samesakc.
NJ ,iSNlg {. MohfoN /


I.l.. .fU tfuatIf (. ------- ~ e.f .I.#i ..4.l
Say you there's nothing In a namep
An, let me ten YOU better. ''A w
Llly and rose may be same, aa 9h'
Tho diil'rent every letter. la.lN
But there's charm some names impair
Belonging to none other.
Who does not have u warmer heart
For namesakes of their motherg
A tenderer voice, q softer tone; Unui
Our touch is more caressing,
Because she seems more like our own
When this dear grace possessing.
There's magic eweeter IN that naiile
rhan's held by any other, lIi ehi
And greater beauty we viii claim
For namesakes Of our mother.
There is a child so fair and sweet,
With wiichlng ways OF smiling;
She plays like sunshine at my feet,
My lonely heart beguiling.
She does not more my soul delight
Than do my nieces, other,
But close, kiss her, clasp her tight,
Because she's named for mother. n
think how mothers loving arms
Would oft times have embraced her,
And mothers eyes viewed budding
.r charms Is-f rT ..
With which kind nature graced her.
Tears quicken fondly in my eyes
My love can not smother;
She dearest, not from kindred ties,
But namesake Of my mother.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1881-12-10
[Cincinnatti Enquirer.l

The late Geo. Law left a large
fortune, and was an inoffensive
citizen, but perhaps no very rich
man has died in this community
for years who seemed to have
fewer attachments to individuals.
He was an old contractor on the
canals and railroads, the son of
an Irishman, and for years was a
laboring mechanic, carrying his
hod and laying bricks. AS con.
tractor he had enormous success,
aud then embarked his money in
steam-slIipping, ferry-boats, rail-
roads, &C., which brought him safe
and large incomes. lie was man
of great size, immensely thick
through the breast and back, with
a decidedly Milesian head and a
reticence which seemed to with.
draw him more and more from
crowds and social circles, until he
died at last, making no more noise
than If a poor man had passed
away. His widow gets s125,000
cash, all his personal property and
a city and a country house, aud
$4,000 year income.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1881-12-10
Acquitted


Jackson Clarion, .u,
The citizens of Adams county
who were prosecuted on the
charge of violating the United
States election laws in the federal
court, Judge Hill presiding, stood
their trial last week aud were ac-
quilted. Precisely as ii ought to
have been. To begin, the law I'M
der which they were tried was
clearly unconstitutional. The con
duet of elections lisa power that
belongg to the States. Concediug
the duty of the sworn officers of
the government to execute the law
while it stands, the case of the
Adams county citizens. had no le-
gal standing in the court. The
Constitution gives them the right
to be exempt from the prosecution
| except upon indictment by a grand
Jury, and they, were not only not IN
dicted by jury but that inquisi'
ton after a full and fair inquiry
lcopducted by the able and vigilant
4 United States District Attorney
saw no cause for an indictmen'
and refused to find one. The cast
ought to have ended there. Oh
the motion Of that officer an mfor
nation was filed against the ae
cused, and thus, they were brough
to trial by that odious Star Cham
Der process, The decision whicI
was recently rendered on the me
ton to quash the proceeding in tn
Star Route cases before the Grim
nal Court of the District of Colun
bia, is conclusive that the process
, was in derogation of rights Of tn
!. accused parties, and ought not t
have been entertained. Neyel
, theless the trial was hadi and III
|, result has beeli q triumphant a.
Qnittal after a most searching an
|, vigorous prosecution. The rcsp
/ has a direct bearing upon I'll
movement TO exclude Gen. Cha
!, mers from his scat in copgres
i = 1t was in Adams county, and B
the acquitted parties, that fraud
4 were charged to have been COZ
mitted in his election.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1881-12-10

six gendarmes, who had escorted
the body, went back TO the fort
ress and presently returned with a
death certificate filed up with G..
G.'s name, and apparently perfect
IL regular. The rabbi was con
rineed thereby that the corpse was
really that ofa jew aud the funer-
al was allowed to take place. !
THE SUPPOSED DEAD M,N Turns UP.ff
The astonishing revelations made .
to the Russian police lately, the |
numerous arrests made in conse- 1
quencc, and the certainty with
which Baranofi aud his successor,
Kislow, were evidently operating
set the nihilists at work to find out
the man who was proving so de-
structiyo to them. The investiga-
tions were fruitless for a long
time, but at last chapce put them
on the track. Their denomcer
turns out to be no other than G.
G., who is alive and well and in
! the pay of the Russian police in
New York. Ii is now known that
he turned traitor on three condi.
tions First, that he should have
free pardon; second, that his death
| in the fortress should be proclaim
ed and fully attested third, he
should be given 10000 rabies to
get to America. The police exc
cuted these conditions to the very
letter. Abody was procured from
an hospital, cleverly mutilated ;,
as to be unrecognizable, and, al
already explained, was buried. G
q, got his money aud was quietl,
shipped of to America. Befor,
leaving hc wrote confession o
faith, declaring he had made hi
disclosures to reform the nihilis
cause, which ought to have moth
ing in common with terrorism, an,
was destined to triumph only b,
,, the force Of its principles and tn
United action Of socialists all III,
world over. q. G., stimulated b,
the hope Of more rubles, 1 said I,
: be still in New York, giving tn
Russian police active and hivaht
. blelassistincc. ''lA i0'-i ''''t
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1881-12-10

The Mahoneites believe that Ma.
honeism will be turned loose on
the South. The programme of the
party in Virginia is to first passthe
Riddleberger bill to readjust the
State debt, with as little amend
ment as practicable, and with
provisO that it shall not take effect
until after its ratification by the
people at the election next No
vember. In the second place, the
Legislature will pass the constitu-
tiOnal amendment to abolish the
payment of poll tax as prere-
quisite to voting. This amendment
will also be submitted to the peo-
pie for ratification next November,
and these two things will bring
out a full vote. In the third place,
if Congress shall pass bill reap
pOrtioning representatives among
the States under the last census,
the Legislature will, next winter,
enact law to re-district the State
in the interest of the Readjusters.
An attempt will be made to fol-
low up the success in Virginia by
similar attempts to disorganize or
break up the Democratic party in
North Carolina, Florida and South
Carolina. These have been select
ed as the States in which this plan
will work most easily.-N.O. Dem
ocrat.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1881-12-10
Can liquor be Prohibitedi

The advance in the cause Of tenn
perance-as the word has come to
be misused-has made Maine an
object of interest, and the Toronto
Globe sent two experienced jour.
nalists on tour through the State.
In belief, one was a prohibitionist
and the other an advocate of the
liquor system, but both were hunt
ing facts aud were capable of re-
porting them correctly. They
went into almost every community
in every party Of the State, inves-
tigating MS to the prevalence of
sobriety, the ease or difficulty of
procuring liquor, the amount of
liquor openly sold or secretly
drank, and the relative sentiments
of the people regarding the law.
The results of this investigation
are summed mp by the anti.prohi-
bitionist as favorable to the law as
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1881-12-10

Another homicide occurred in
our town on Sunday night last in
the shooting and killing of Peter
White by 7. s. Wilson, in front of
Wilson's store. Upon examina-
ton of the case on Tuesday by the
District Judge. Hon. Z. J. Delony,
the evidence in his opinion, showed
that the killing was in self-de-
fence, and Wilson was discharged.
Lake Providence Herald.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1881-12-10
Rankin Rascalities.

At Brandon when the polls were
closed ii was an admitted fact that
King was ahead at least three to
one. His vote went into the box
solidly all day long. The Lowry
men made little or no effort to in.
fluence voters. When the voting
was over, Mr.. MeIaurin, Gen. Low.
ry's law partner, one of the Dem.
ocratic judges, announced that
they would 90 to supper, and
against the protest of the Repub.
lican inspector, q colored men, the
box was taken to Lowry & Nc
Laurin's Office and there left two
hours. When the vote was an.
nounced giving Lowry aheavy ma
jority every one understood it.
The above falsehoods originated
with the now defunct Mississippi
Republican, but owing to the char
acter of that sheet we refused to
notice it. Seeing it going the
rounds of the Greenback papers,
however, we concluded to give it
the lie. The statement that "when
the polls were closed it was an adj
mitted fact that King was ahead
at least three to one,n is Infamous
ly false. The Republican inspec-
tor, q few minutes before the
closing of the polls, told us he had
kept a count of all the ballots that
he knew to be Democratic or Fu-
sion, and he believed Lowry had
at least three to Kings one. The
statement that the box was TAX
en- to Lowry & McLaurin's office
against the protest of the Repub-
lican inspector, is also infamously
false. Brandon Republican.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1881-12-10

All's fair in love and war: "No,n
said the gilded youth of the lady
to whom he is devoted "she isn't
such q remarkably charming girl.
I don't care so much for her on
that account. But there's the
pleasure of keeping her from six
or seven other fellows who adore
-. Its great lr-Boston Post.