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, 1881-09-20

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who t,,ptttlos his action on tho ground tha, ho
Ind whipped tho woman bcFpro mnrrlagn. md
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peat tho operation ahol,t nocas.oll require afte,
tho preacher lind Inadc them one. This Inter.
(cstlng creature Is i,atncd Hunter, urd hv n mn.
nnatImH.
, 1881-09-20

Ur to Saturday night Now York had
rnscti $t4,:s,o und 1loston <ss,l77 for Tho MIch.
xan fro sufferers: Cleveland Ind forwarded
$1,000. Chicnuo $H000, and Cincinnati $s,5ol,
Chicago must 10 better.
, 1881-09-20
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, 1881-09-20

SECRETARY k1nKwooD i,as ordered all tho
tTe7fisoriai Governors back to thely ,lNttes, snd
tho Eastern eunmcr- rcsorta arc beginning IA
wear 0pBUrtcu nppenrnncc.
, 1881-09-20

TI1E cafnpnjgu III Mississippi goes on
smoothly, Tie Democratic managers l1avet
contributed 10 this end by quietly absorbing
all tho elect!or-0iliccrs in tho close dlstr1cts.
Iypu King, tho coalition candltlaso for Gov
acmor, implied for the privilege Of naming
one representative at eacl, poll. The request
was reasonable, rs flo is tie representative OF
! the only opposition party In tho Held. But
Gov. Stone, OIL behalf Of tile State Board Of
commissioners, tol,l the Ben King cow.nst-
/ tce that the buard did not propose to bo dc
Ata,od TO-" 1t liz believed that Den King VIII
3bo granted Judges ut a few polls wlioro the
+ Bourbors llnya largo Inajorttles and fair
yotp can DO 10 harul. But III the rural dis
trlcty, where the negro vote lis large, there
7 will DO three Bourbon Judges ut each poll.
Tho Memphis ArYtlanc|lc comments OH the
4htgll-hantlct, proceedings In mississippi us
follows: ...-..... ,...........
Y The board rejected al! the important nomEna.
lions nlatle by the ben kang rarty. ana a1'.
i tho first ster tho Democratic purity takes 10 tho
of ts pfontse to seenrG , tfeS Pat"
and talr count Iho aos oI 1ne ,oas@ u m1
Fl Tho election, machinery IN the interest nf ono
I particular purity. II Implies fraudulent olcc.
! bis 6ourl could hayo giyon thut the Dcm9nrat!c
{ party really insontls to hayo fa!r oleo1on
ut tic lion King purity Oh tho lists Of election
oincors: it would hayo tlo.io more & 70 Indicntc
that nllce.stealing is to be abandoned than any-
fa lhiug thAt could havo boon uoaes
III tie light Of this action the hoslowness
}fard hypocrisy Ut the Bourbon platform Ia
! fully revealed. Ono of tic resolutions was
rs follows: .-.-..-..
I I'M tntorfpronco hy tho military poWor With
tho (raeio,u at Gl1ctpns, aud tho civil and pot-
81 cnl rights OF citizens Of tho unitci States. The
nrt1tccuon Of tho equal rights Of all GLASSES. Nc
efsrriulinnton OH account Of rAeo. color, or pro.
Il vl0js condition Of sorvItuae, Or hrlhp0ce, ane
II no special legislation for tho beneht VI tho fc"
4 at the EXPENSE uf tho munY.
Thu State Board has taken the most effect
n I've mcasurcs III its power to nullsfy this
# emmy and high-souuding declaration ol
4
, 1881-09-20

NEW Yons Cirr plunlcs herself OH the
Bpnco of ground she tlns devoted to public
parks, but it scems smail whrn compared with
\ the parks ot London, which cover tie following
, 1881-09-20

ASSISTANT -SEcNErAs,y FnEScu Of the
Treasury department about ono ycar ngo
made decision to the effect that platc-fron
was subject to duty Of QUO md n llalt cents
per pnuntl. Or 2:r'Go per ton. md TINT lla,1-
afncturcl irDn was subject to onc'half tho
{tlutr OIL platc-lro,, or sl0.S0 per ton. As Il
result, n large amount Of nlato atld angie
Iron WIS Imported un'ler tho name Of man
ufactured iron, md tho price ot plate was
materially reduced, a1tt has been exception
}ally low until recently, when 1t advanced.
Tho way In which importers succeeded
lin Importing p1ate-iron under the nn,nc
Ut manufactured Iron was by having
the plnto made longer than required.
ami having ono hole punched in tile end.
Afterwnrd they Ind the extra length
cut OF, and sold It for old iron. 1t. this aud
other similar decisions there was desperate
! effort mn.lu to have French dismissed from
= tho Treasury, but tte s!sootsng Of the Pses!-
! dent ARRESTED tlat business. Now comes Nlr.
French ind rcserses his decision of ycnr
ago. 1n tbs meantime It ls stntcl TINT the
price Of p1nte-lroN. wl,icl. is hugely USED III
ycsscl-build'ng, llas advanced 10 per cent,
and shtp-buElders, who have to pay MI att'
vince duty Of Sl0.so per ton, arc nsktng for
subsidy to protect themselves agaEnst tic
protected plntclron makers, and the asles
ton Is still nsked why there are no American
vessels building.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-05


The total amount of county Bonds
issued to the NstcheZ ard Jackson
railroad to this date, is $4,000; and
we are informed by ID. G.. McRae, Esq,
president of supervisors, that Gen.
Martin, president Of the railroad COM
pany, Informed him when the last
were delivered, that he would not
make another call for bonds till he
commenced laying cross-ties in Kinds
county, which would be in the Spring
of 1881. We also learn, on what we
consider good authority, that when
the last bonds were issued, Isl 300 In
amount there was on deposit in
Jackson, belonging to different per-
sons i'm this county, over 900 for the
purchase of bonds-only 81 300 of
which could be invested.
1t is quite evident that the demand
for the bonds will exceed the supply,
and it occurs to us that the railroad
company, as well as the county, might
make money by offering them, under
sealed proposals, to the highest bidder
over 80 cts. Federal bonds, carrying
per cent. interest, sell at II per cent.
premium, and the banks of the coun-
try, 1t is said, now pay only 9 per cent.
interest for money. Here are these
Kinds county railroad bonds, carrying
per cent. interest, free from taxation,
and just as safe as an investment, in
our judgment, as the federal bonds or
the deposits i'm our safest banks, SELL
ing at 10 per cent. DISCOUNT. Our
bonds are worth more money than
they have sold at and we believe their
value would go up under the plan We
suggest. It Is to the interest of the
county that the bonds should bring
all the money possible, and hence our
anxiety for the best plan possible for
disposing of them.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-05
A Death In the Procession.
Memphis Avalanche.


One incident in the industrial dis
play afforded CHASTITY contrast to the
general fun and frolic. One of the boys
whose antics i'm the float excited such
merriment in the crowd, was rigid and
cold in death by noon, and amid the
festivities that marked the close OF
Mardi Gras, two wretched parents sat
in sorrow in their darkened home.
The circumstances attending the trag
edy were as follows: One Of the floats
In the procession was devoted to the
boot-blacks of the city, and had upon
1t the sign of g. w. Vogeli d Co. In
the rear of the float was wooden boot
about 10 feet high, in the top ofwhich
two boys were placed. AS the float
turned into Poplar from Second, one
OF the wheels ran into hole and tip
ped It over. The boot, over-weighted
by the two boys, snapped off ut the
base and fell overheard, pitching its
human freight out upon the curbstone.
One of them escaped with trifiing in
jury the other, In falling, struck the
sharp edge'o the curbstone. He was
picked up senseless and taken into
the residence Of Mrs. Shearon,. 81
Washington street, where medical
aid was given him, but his neck was
broken. and he died In less than ten
minutes after the accident. The boy
was Chas. Bremen, son Of Mr.: John
Bremen, ia Poplar street. Mr.. Voegeli
says he had nothing 70 do with the
construction OF the float or putting
the boys upon 1t. He paid s25 to the
carnival committee for bis advertise
ment, and there his connection with
the play ceased.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-05
IMPORTANT DECISION.

An elaborate and very important
opinion has been delivered by Jssdge
F'itzhugh, of the Chancery Court of
Richmond, in the case OF w. w.
Glenn, administrator, on the part of
the creditors, against the National
Express and Transportation Company,
and its stockholders. 1t appears that
soon after the war, in New York,
Maryland, Virginia and other South
ern States, $4,000, 900 were promptly
subscribed to the capital stock of the
Company. 1t was designed to be a
competitor of the Adams and South
ern Express Companies, and its opera
tions extended from New York to New
Orleans. Gen. Joseph +. Johnston
was its first Vice-President, and its
Board of Directors was composed of
some of the most prominent business
men i'm the country. OF the large sub
scriptions, however, only 20 per cent.
was ever called for, and that was
neither promptly nor fully paid. The
Company encountered difficulties in
various ways, and as early as Sep
TENDER, 1865, it got into trouble and
made a deed of trust of all its prop
erty for the benefit of its creditors. 1t
suddenly ceased business in Novem-
Der, 1866, leaving large indebted
ness due to its officers, employees and
agents, and to railroad companies
and others, which, principal and
interest, us now ascertained and
established by the Court, amounts
to over 100000. The present
suit is what is known as "cred-
itors' bill" and was brought against
the company itself, its presidents and
directors, and the trustees in the deed
of trust. Its object is to ascertain all
of the Indebtedness of the company
and to have it paid out of its assets,
which consist only of the eighty per
cent. of the remaining unpaid sub
scription5 to the stock, Judge Fitz-
hugh holds that the company, having
been chartered by the Legislature of
Virginia, and being required by its
charter to keep its principle office in
Richmond, is emphatically a Virginia
corporation, though its object was 60
do business In other States as well !;
that the deed of trust having been
executed and deliveled in Virgini its
validity and construction must be de-
termined by the laws of Virginia ;
that its terms of conveyance are
large enough to convey all the prop
erty of the company Of every descrip-
ton including the right to receive the
unpaid subscriptions, and that the COM
pany having failed for four teen years
to make any call upon the stock sub
scribers to pay its debts, it was the
duty of the court to make such an as
sessment as was necessary for that
purpose; and the court, accordingly
adopting the report of the master com
missioner upon the subject, in view of
the death and insolvency of many of
the stock holders ond other causes,
fixed the assessment at 30 per cent.
of the subscriptions, and by its decree
directed the present trustee in the
deed of trust to take prompt steps,
by suit or otherwise, to collect this
assessment from the stockholders.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-05
FARMRR.s CONGRESS-.

Our old and excellent friend, Col. Il.
j. Hudson, of Lamar, in a good and
friendly private letter to THE COMET,
takes occasion to say;
Though entirely out of public life l
have done all could in moments of leis.
ure to promote the industrial interests Of
the South. Recent correspondents with
the ablest minds Of the county in reference
to the establishment of a Farmers Con-
gress shows a unamimity Of approval sell
dom known in any great enterprise. That
this can be made the means Of correcting
many popular errors at the North about
the South, there II no question. We must
have immigration in this part OF the State,
or the lands sre worthless. We must have
manufactures and q diversified sgricul-
ture. White labor viii do IL. Through
this Farmers Congress we can make
known to every part OF the country the
advantages we can offer 30 smigrants.
the State must also open its purse The
country in the Southwest now being psne-
trated by rail roads, will offer great induce.
ments, and It win take labor and money to
tarn tbs tide ofemigrants. want you, my
friend, to give Jour best efforts to the
work. A long pull, aa4 strong one win
bring US up ell right"
Our progressive friend has probably
already noticed that THE COMET has
had Its shoulder 10 the wheel In the
good work indicated, and has drawn
the inference that II win coptinue To-
push it without tagging:
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-05

A Jackson correspondent OF the
New Orleans Times refers to THE
COMET as "the State House paper"
and goes on to say that it has inflicted
upon Maj. E. Barksdale wet blanket
review of his chances to be the next
Governor of Mississippi. The cores
pondent is mistaken in both instances.
The COMET is not 1.-THE State House
paper" 1t is a friend to the officers
who are administering the several de-
partments of the State government,
because they deserve it, but it is no
more their organ than any of the nu-
merous other newspapers of the State
who accord just commentator and
full confidence to them, nor is any one
of them interested to any extent in
the business, management or editor
ial conduct Of the paper, beyond a
friendly concern for its success in pro-
noting the cause of liberal Demo-
cracy and material development
of the State.
AS to the criticism on Maj. Banks
dale we desire to be understood SIM
ply as expressing our journalistic judg-
ment that he is not the strongest man
to pit against Gov. Alcorn for Gov
ernor. We do not feel any disposition
to belittle the power of the editor of
the Clarion, or to speak of him in
terms of derision nor is our article
of last week susceptible of such a
construction. We recognize his
force and sagacity, and would
only write ourselves down as wo-
fully wanting in these qualities to
deny their possession by him. And
while we do not always coincide with
his views, we are, nevertheless, quite
ready to admit that he has done
brave and vigorous work tor tie
Democratic party and the State. And,
the party has fully recognized it by
making his paper the official organ,
and yielding to him an acknowledged
leadership. 1t is very decided error
that some Of our cotemporaries have
fallen into that the Democratic party
has never given him anything. They
did not elect him to the United States
Senate; they will not nominate him
for Governor. But they have given
him an Office far more remunerative
than either, and placed him In a posi-
ton wherein he could WELD greater
power than he could as Senator or
Governor. The fact is he has been
a favorite and a pet of the Democracy.
They have done. everything they
could for him-given him everything
he asked for except the Senatorship.
Surely his friends cannot rebuke the
Democratic party for ingratitude to
Maj. Barksdale! We are quite sure
that he himself feels none of the pangs
of slight or neglect.
1t is proper in this connection to
say that Maj. Barksdale is not now u
candidate for Governor, and not re-
sponsible for the mention of his name
by partial friends for that office. He
may not be candidate at all, and,
consequently, it may be rightly re-
garded as premature to review his
claims or prospects for that place.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-05
CARRIE KEY, EFT AL.

CARRIE KEY, EFT AL.
Appeal from Chancery Court Of Jefier
son county, Hon. ii. $. Van Eaton, Chan
cellOr.
Mrs. NJ. j. Stewart purchased real estat,
with her children's money, and the deet
was taken in her own name. In 1868 sh,
sold it by title-bond to Mrs. Fannie Key
receiving half cash--the balance of the pur
chase money to be paid in twelve months
Mrs. Key died in 1870, after the maturity OF
the deferred sum and without having paid
it. There has never been any administers.
executed deed whereby she conveyed the
real estate in question with some other
parcels to one Bullen as trustee for her
children, rccting in conveyance that ii
was made i'm consideration of Indebtedness
due from her to her children. In 1876 Bull
len filed bill against the heirs of Mrs.
Key to subject the property sold her to
the payment of the purchase money.
To this bill demurrer was interpOs-
ed setting up statutes of limitation
and want of equity on the face Of bill.
This demurrer was sustained and bill
dismissed, and from the decree no appeal
was taken. The present bill which seeks
substantially the same relief as the former,
was filed by the children of Mrs. Stewart,
who have now, except one, come of age,
and sets forth the above facts. 1t is de-
INJURED to as showing on its face the debt
to be barred by statutes of limitations, and
that the matters in issue are concluded by
the former adjudication.
w. Il. Martin and Thos. Reed for appel
lants.
y. u. Jones Cor appeNees.
CHALMERS, c. j.
Uekd-
/. That the plea of the statute elimination
is bad. because Mrs. Keys died before the
bar attached and no administrator was had
upon her estate. Boyce v. Francis, 50 M,
5I3; Code of 1871, z2l62.
2. The plea of res adjudicata is not good.
Even If the debt sought to be collected
here had been embraced in the conveyance
to the trustee, ii is questionable whether
suit brought by him to collect it in the
absence Of any authority, expressed or i'm
piled, to make such collections would he
binding Oh the ceStuis que trust who were not
parties to it, since the general rule is to
the maintenance of such suits it is essen
tia! that the cestais que trust join as parties,
or in some other way participate in their
prosecutions.
3. The legal title to the land which pro-
tects the debt is in Bullen. and, therefore,
in any proceeding to subject the land to
that debt he is necessary to become a
party, although i'm the debt itself he has
no interest. His futile attempt to do SO by
a proceeding to which they were not par
ties does not estop them.
Decree reversed and demurrer Overruled
and sixty days given to answer.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-05
A Daring and Succession Robbery

CHICAGO, March IA singularly
daring and successful burglary occur
red here Sunday night at the house OF
Mr.. f. Smith, member of the board OF
trade. Mr.. Smith, on retiring for the
night, carefully deposited roll of bills,
amounting to $1,000, and diamond
pin, valned at $3.50, in the pillow case
on his bed. He was discovered in an
insensible condition yesterday morn
ing. The diamond and money were
missing and the whole house was ran
sacked from top to bottom. Mr.. Smith
did not recover consciousness till yes
terday afternoon There is no clue to
the burglars
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-05
THE NEW PUBLIC BUILDING IN
JACKSON.

Below is the copy of the bill which
passed the Lower House of Congress
on the sixteenth of June last by the
efforts of our Representative Hon. c.
+. hooker and his colleagues in the
House. The Jackson people have
been anXiously awaiting the passage
of this bill through the Senate, and
as it has now become law the next
consideration is the locality:
AN ACT to provide for the construction
OF public building at Jackson, in the
State of Mississippi.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary Of the Treasury be, and he is
hereby, authorized and directed to pur-
chase or otherwise procure u suitable site
for public building, which site shall leave
the building uneXposed to danger from fire
in adjacent buildings by an open space not
less than fifty feet, including streets and
alleys, and cause to be erected thereon, at
the city Of jackson, in the State of Mis-
sissippi, substantial and commodious
public building, with fire-proof vaults, for
the use of the United States district and
circuit courts, the land office, internal
revenue service, and post-office; the plans
and estimates for said building having first
been prepared, examined and approved,
as required by section thirty-seven hun
dred and thirty-four ofthe Revised Statutes
of the United States, upon calculations and
specification that will insure the compile
ton of the building at cost not TO exceed
the sum of one hundred thousand dollars !;
Provided, That no money to be appro-
priated for said building shall be used
until a valid title to the site selected shall
be vested in the United States, nor until
the State of Mississippi shall have eeded to
the United States Jurisdiction over the
same for all purposes, during the time the
government shall be or remain the owner
thereof, except for the enforcement of the
criminal laws of the State and the service
Of civil process therein. And the sum of
one hundred thousand dollars is hereby
appropriated for the purposes Of this act
out Of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
Passed the House Of Representatives
June 10, 1880.
Attest GEO. NJ. ADAMS, Clerk.