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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURES.
The WaddeII-Perkins Contest Decided
In Favor of W addelI.

Special to the Appeal
JACKSON, Miss, February 1s-Senate-
Passed To incorporate the Mississippi Mu-
tual Aid Association; to aid in the construc
ton of the Selma and Brunswick railroad;
to prohibit the sale of liquors in the town of
Sails; to amend an act incorporating the
town of Longtown; ceding the jurisdiction
of the State over certain lands owned by the
United States; TO incorporate Ashland Acad-
envy.
Approved by the governor: An act for the
settlement of all controversies and litigation
between the State of Mississippi and the
Tennessee railroad; an act to exempt the
capital stock and property of the Memphis,
Selma and Brunswick railroad for twenty
years.
Bills referred: In relation to the descrip-
ton OF ballots to be used at elections; pro-
posing a constitutional amendment.
Senators Waddell and Perkins, contestants
for the twenty seventh district, addressed the
Senate in their respective behalf. At the
conclusion of the argument resolution was
offered by Senator Fitzgerald, declaring that
Mr. Waddell was entitled to the seat. The
resolution was adopted.
Misunderstanding unimportant.
HARRINGTON DEAD.
David K Harrington died Of his wound,
received Tuesday night, this morning. The
deceased was a member of the Board Of Al
dermen
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We look for another hot blast, angry and
burning from some of the Eastern papers,
upon the subject of the Mississippi valley
demanding improvement for the great high
way of water. Three hundred and twenty
thousand bushels of Western wheat are 10
come down that stream on the way to Eu-
rope through the ietties. 1t is thus lost to
The Erie canal and the Eastern railroads,
and to Eastern-Port shippers, all of which
is viewed as a wrong objectionable. We
shall have the Mississippi improved in spite
OF E.sicrn snit fres
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Mr.. BLAINE's interference in matters out
with our country's interests, is exciting
blame and provoking ridicule; but it is evil
dent he has struck true note somewhere,
for he has aroused an interest where less
than should exist has been manifested since
the war. There is and must be an Ameri-
can foreign policy, and Mr.. Blaine has dore
good, IN his point at least, that he has COM
PEELED public attention to take wider range
than the subjects usually caviled over by
parties, and the generally limited subjects of
the public attention.
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IT is a remarkable fact that the Elglish
Language has no authoritative dictionary, no
enc work OF the kind that is a standard for
all the English-speaking people. Every
English dictionary we have is main
ly the work of one hand; but new diction-
airy was begun under the auspices of the
English Pathological Society twenty five
years sgo--begun, at least, as far as collect
ing materials went, which has the collabora-
ton of numerous contributors of quotations
and authorities, many from American
scholars and readers. Dr. Murray is acting
editor, and has over three hundred and
sixty thousand slips thus contributed, which
are classed in over thousand pigeon Ia oes
deposited in an iron building constructed in
a garden; they include two million five hun
dred thousand quotations. The work will be
finished in ten years, will be in four volumes,
IN skiing il about four times As la ge as Web
sts,'s Dictionary. Being the work of many
hands, and subjected to the revision of able
and learned scholars and philologists il will
fill the want SO strongly felt by intelligent
readers and writer's of 4 real standard Of the
language There is another want-a stan
dard Erglish grammar, but that il not yet
atte.,uted
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line, which pulled him from his horse, re-
ceiving kick from the animal in his fall.
he is in the eighty-second year OF his age,
aud is seriously i'll from his injuries
At Nearolis, near Columbia, the farmers
quite blue on account of having little or
no provender for their stock, which is look
ing dreadful from the effects.
Last Saturday night the public sgr , OF
Columbus and some of the leading t4siaess
houses, were lighted up with gas for the drst
time in the history OF the place.
A Columbia Herald correspondent says OF
Mount Pleasant: eleven weeks w -aout
saloons has wrought quite a change in the
peace, quiet and order of this place. C.ug-
gists report, at one house less whisky sold
now than before the cloSkng OF the saloons;
at the other only a little more. Drunkenness
! rarely see or hear OF, unless of persons who
have been to our county town or State capt.
tai. Quarreling and lighting are not as hith-
erto. The trade OF the place is fourish1ng."
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Heavy swindIe.

CHICAGO, February 16.-Wm. {. Clarke
formerly head Of the wholesale paper houst
of Clarke, Friend, Fox & Co., has fed frou
Chicago and is known to be in New York
1t appears that he not long since bought Ou
the other interests OF the firm with promiz-
sorry notes and speedily transferred the stock
to rival dealers for Slz5, 600, Of which SIP,
900 was in cash, or good commercial paper
Complaints by the creditors OF the origina
house caused an investigation by Friend ant
Fox, which showed that S1s0, 900 of the irm'l
paper was still ahoat. OF this amount $40,
900 was promptly paid, and the liabilities
will be honestly met
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GENERAL SKOBELOFF,
N an Interview at Paris, Ream rms His
Anti-German Senttments-In
the British Commons.
An Exhibit OF Temper on the Part OF
the Czar-New Credit MobfIier
Formed at Paris.

ST. PETERSBURG, February lS.-The met
ropolitan of Moscow, Archbishop McHaire,
who is an influential personage in the Rus
sian political world, has addressed a letter to
the car. urging him to quit his seclusion,
which he says suggests poltroony
and Ia injurious TO national tradi-
tions. The emperor's seclusion, be
continues, will lead to a disunion between
the emperor and the people, who will finally
accustom themselves to dispense with their
sovereign. The car was irritated at the letter
and seut for Privy Councillor Pobedonoszefi,
procurator-general of the holy synod, of
whom he inquired whether he THE EMPEROR
could dismiss the metropolitan. Pobedonos-
zeff replied, ayes, with the sanction OF the
holy synod"
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IN rERNAL IMPROVEMENT.
Resolutions Adopted by the Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce.

CIScINNATI, February lS.-The Chamber
of Commerce adeped the report of the COM
mittee to whom was referred tn bill pendis g
in Congress, introduced by Mr.. Townsend, OF
Illinois, making a CHI ange in the law con-
corning the bridging of navigable rivers.
The report opposes the passage OF the bill
and declares that its provisions are antago
nistic to the navigation OF Western rivers,
and particularly to the Ohio river. The
chamber also adopted the report of the com
mittee recommending the adoption of the
resolution declaring that the deepening of
the channel of the port of Baltimore is a
work of national importance, which should
be undertaken by the United States govern
ment, and that ship cannal connecting
Chesapeake and Delaware bays, saving two
hundred miles i'll distance and twenty-five
hours in time in the transportation TO the
seaboard of the products OF the West and the
Southwest, is also a work of national i'm
portance calling Tor the aid OF the national
government. The resolution asks represen-
tatives and senators to advocate the passage
of the bills 10 forward these improvements.
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Third Di&Dafeh.

HAvERHILI, February 1S.-The loss will
De fully up to the first estimate, with insur-
ance aggregatiug 81 100000, widely dis
ributed in Eastern and foreign companies.
One hundred and two shoe manufactures
we're burned out and over two hundred other
firms. Three lives were lost certainly, and
perhaps more. The principal !, sers are:
Endicott & Arnold $4,000, insured; Griffin
Bros 800, 900, insurance S37 900; F. NJ. Hoyt
$4,000, insurance S14 900; w. w. Currier
$4,000, insurance $4,000; Stockbridge &
Bartlett $50 600, insurance 5000; S.
4 &. Elliott $4,000 insurance $4,000;
John B. Nichols $4,000, insurance not
known; Levi TAYLOR $4,000, insurance
$4,000; c. I. Ford $4,000, INSURANCE $4,000;
J. w. Viitum $4,000, insured; John Pill
ling $4,000, insurance $4,000; Goodrich &
Thaddeus Bollen $1,000, Alden p Jacques
81, coo, Andrew J. Titon $4,000, Ed B.
Bishop $4,000.
The following are the heaviest risks held
by various insurance companies: Hartford
$4,000, North British and Mercantile
SIS, 900, lEtna S75, 900, Queen $50 900, I'M
perial and Northern 81 900, Home, of New
York, $50 900; Phoenix, of Hartford $4,000;
Liverpool and London Globe $4,000, Royal
SIS 900, London and Lancashire $4,000,
Commercial Union $4,000, Guardian, of
London, S2S 900; National, of Hartford,
S25, 900; Lancashire S47 coo, PhGnix Assur-
o lent 5000, Merchants, of New Jersey,
$4,000; Western Assurance, Of Toronto,
$4,000; Springfield Fire d Marine SO, 00O
Phoenix Assurance, OF Springfield, $4,000;
of New York, $4,000;
Connecticut $40 900. Insurance Company of
North America $4,000 Niagara $4,000
Fire Association of Philadel phIa so 600.
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Cine,uuatI Opera Fe,,IyeI.

CINCINNATI, February lS.-Patti finally
appeared, under able management, at the
opera festival tonight, to an audience Of
fully six Thousand. All the standing room
was packed, and the people were perched in
the windows in the corridors. PATHS APP
pearauce was the signal for long continued
applause, which was repeated during the
evening with much warmth. Her voice APP
peared to have recovered its original strength
and brillancy. She closes the festival ON
Monday night.
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One Of the Mos, Absent.Minded Men

Senator Blair is mentioned as one of the
most absent-minGed OF men. He was invited
by Senator Davis to a dinner at Welcker's
the other evening, and while walking in a
dreamy manner along the corridor, saw a
merry party in private dining-room and
entered; Captain Eids, who was host, imme-
diately making room for hun. The senator
enjoyed the little dinner, End when it was
concluded moved from the room with the
others Then there fell upon his ears, the
Philadelphia Prsss says, the talk and laugh
ter of another dinner party in the hotel
"What party is that" asked the senator
"Vice- President Davies, SIR" was the reply.
The senator from New Hampshire pulled
his hat down over his eyes and went home
The next day he apologized to Judge Davis
for not being present at his party.
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TEXAS TOPICS.
Big Land and Cattle SsIe-FIOOds In
Northern Texas.

LIST. LOUIS, February 1S.-Texas advices
state that George NJ. West, of Sweet Home,
Lucas county, purchased twenty-eight thou
sand head of cattle and one hundr ed and
forty thousand acres of land from d Hart,
Of Nueces county, on payment OF 100000.
Last night party of desperadoes, headed
by Vim. Ware, visited the residence of Sheriff
Robb, ct Uvalde, and sought to murder him.
Robb fought them, killing Walter Crane
The citizens came to the rescue and the des-
peradoes were cleaned out.
Two deputy-sheriffs visited Mexican
ranches twenty miles east of San Antonio
yesterday to arrest Juan Garcia, a noted des-
perado and horse-thief. Garcia opened FIRE
with Winchester rifle, wounding Deputy
Sheriff Stevens. The fire was returned and
Garcia killed.
The water in all Northwest Texas streams
is rising rapidly and flooding the country.
The big bridges on the Texas Pacific railroad
were swept away last night, between Wealth
erford and Fort Worth stopping travel
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For some time the English have been ar
ranging TO dig channel under the Dover
straits TO France. They now hesitate for the
reason that if a war broke out with Franc,
aud that country should obtain possession OF
the English end of the tunnel, it could pour
an army into the English island to its great
hntrimnnt
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SHEPHERDS SCHEME
His Cheek and Impotence Only Exceeded
by GRiican-s, Whose Plans He Pol
l0wed-An Amusing
Incident Connected with the Publication
of His Letter-CiEiI Service Reform
House Proceedings.

WASHINGTON, February Is-House.-A
bill to promote the efficiency of the life
saving service was reported, and the House
went into Committee of the Whole on the
immediate deficiency bill, which approx
mates 81 ,822 1888.
An item of deficiency for public printing
gave rise to debate, during which Mr.. At
kins stated that the great cost of public
printing was in great measure due to the
extravaganza of the Committee on Printing
of the last Congress.
This brought Mr.. Singleton to his feet in
defense of the committee OF which he was
then chairman.
Quite discussion arose upon the silver
question.
Mr.. Hewitt made vigorous attack upon
the standard silver dollar, characterizing it
a cheat and fraud, and fat money in its
worst and most repulsive and Objectionable
sense, and asserting that it rendered all COM
mercial transactions cheating transactions.
Messrs. Stephens and Marsh defended the
silver dollar, declaring it was the true unit
of value. They characterized the act oil
1873 as an act passed for the purpose OF de-
grading silver, and Mr. Marsh declared that
the cry that the standard dollar was fraudu-
lent was false in fact and untrue in principle
Mr.. Tucker also defended the standard
dollar.
After further discussion upon various items
in the bill the committee rose and reported
it TO the house, and it passed-yeas, 115;
nays, &c. Adjourned.
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THE STATE DEBT.
The Supreme COurt Refuses 10 Modify
the Injunction.

NASHVILLE, February ls.-The Supreme
Court has declined to allow the motion en-
tered by the attorneys for the State Funding
board soliciting the modification OF the in
junction so as to permit the issue of bonds
without the tax-cOupon feature. This dis
poses of the suit, and the funding of the
State debt cannot be accomplished except
through the passage of another bill by the
lecrial
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FRANCE.

PARIS, February 1S.-A Credit Mobilier
with capital of 100, 0OO, OOOf, styled Omn iiirn
Francois, is being formed to buy stock and
securities at present prices. The seven di-
rectors represent the leading financial estab-
lishments.
SAYS HE DID NOT SAY 1T, AND STICKS To IT.
In an interview General Skobelof, who is
stopping at present in this city, refused to
disclaim one jot or little OF the anti
German sentiments to which he gave
utterance in his now famous speech
"My position" said the general, sis an
independent one. So long as ] am sum-
moned in time of war, / care nothing for
rest. Yes, did say that Germany was
common enemy, and l repeat it. L believe
that safety lies in union of Slavs with
France. The European balance Of power
must be re-established, or there will soon be
only one power-Germany.
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MINNESOTA is a great whest-growing State,
and The millers of Minneapolis have con-
they themselves pocket the profits. The
people there are indignant, but while So
called "protection" laws hold the country
bound and gagged to the monopolist, what
can they expect? Free trade is essential to
I heir prosperity.
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Fires EISEMHERE,

BERLIN CENTER, Mass, February 49,
The shoe mandatory Of John II. Parker
was burned to day. Loss, $4,000; insur-
ance, $4,000.
Boston, February lS.-A large FIRE broke
out in Chelsea early this morning, and assist
ance was asked from here. The fire was cor
trolled with loss of S25, goo.
OswEGo, Ks, February IS.-Grant's livery
stables, horses and carriages, the engine-room
and public reading-room were burned here
last night.
New YORK, February lS-A fire in the
factory buildings Nos. l to Hague street,
damaged the stock and machinery of various
small manufacturing concerns TO the amount
OF $4,000; insured.
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AZ GincinnnfI

CINCINNATI, February lS.-The river at
midnight is fifty feet above low water, and
will probably be two feet higher tomorrow,
which will bring it within eight feet of the
highest ever known, which was in 1892
Water is in the second story of houses in
Rat Row and Sausage Row, which are houses
built down on the slope, at the east and west
extremities of the landing, and it is in the
cellars of some houses on Front street.
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So EXTENSIVELY are the Irish Peo pie avail
ing themselves Of the Gladstone land act
that, unless the number of sub-commission-
ers are increased, there will be steady work
for them for about thirty years to come. In
Cork county alone there are two thousand
cases to be tried; in all Ireland the estimate
is seventy thousand cases.
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COUNTY INSTITUTE.
Programme OF The Exercises at the
Next Meeting

The following is the Shelby County Teach
ers' Institute programme for February %,
1882:
From 10 to 1915 a.m.-pevotion and Sec
retary's report,
From 1915 to 1915 a.m.-Length OF reci-
tations aid manner OF conducting them; r.
X. Sampson and c. B. Oiom.
From 1913 to HIS a.m.-System OF
writing; A. J. Steele and r. B. Cummings.
From 1l:l5 to IL As a.m.-Number and
length of recesses; W. A. Fields and L. A.
Barker.
From IL IA am. to 30 p.m.-How can
teachers foster in their pupils love OF good
readingj Anna Wright and J. L. Turner.
From 12i 20 to p m.-Business.
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several customers nov whose eyelashes are

several customers nov whose eyelashes are
under my care. / have contract to make
them long. One customer, an actress in
tragedy, suspect, insists that | shall trans
form her eyelids into fringed curtains
SLOW do you make eyelashes longer"
'.~ifh ~ ''nie~t pair Nf SCISSOR trim
the lashes very slightly, and anoiii, the
roots with a salve made Of two drachms oint-
ment OF nitric oxide of mercury and one
drachm of lard. The lard and ointment are
well mixed, and after application
came's hair brush is used to wash the ro5ts
with warm milk and water. The eyes are
apt to be infamed if the lady tries TO use the
ointment herself City women have lack
luster eyes, which are greatly improved by
the elongation of eyelashes. The most
powerful stimulant Is a decoction made Of
the laaf Of q Snnth American shruhn
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At nashville

NASHVILLE February 1S.-The river is
rising, with thirty-seven and three-tenths feet
on the gauge. Should it continue to rain the
river will rise to forty-two feet, the danger
line, if not higher.
The Tennessee river at Johnsonville has
fallen two inches during the week. Signal
officers are badly needed at Johnsonville
and Point Burnside during the winter and
spring.
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LOUISVILLE, February 1s.-The business
on Southern roads is large and increasing.
The earnings of the Louisville and Nash
Vile railroad, including in the comparison
those of the line from here to Cincinnati
each year, for the second week in February,
1881, were S197, 91s "a, and in 1882 they
were S24S,S32, an increase OF S45, 913 %.
The mileage has been decreased by the sale
of the Cecilia branch to Huntington, fifty
four miles.
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LIST OF FIRMS BU MED OUT.

The following firms were burned out: f.
W. Allen, E. K. Batcheldor, E G. Bly,, Boyn-
ton Bros, d. B. Chef, S. NJ. Currier, Davis
Bros. & Co., j. II. Durgin, S. 4 g. Elliott,
E. II. Emerson * Co., w. A. Evans, John B.
Farrar, A. ]. Harrington, L. A. Finney, d.
Fills, ii. II. Foster Gage Il Johnston Gates
x Bros, w. Goodrich, Goodrich < Porter
q. A. Green, Griffin Bros, q. Ham, f S
Harris, S. III. Hearing, {. y. Hoyt, F. NJ.
Hoyt, Lincoln q Hubbard, o. II. Hubbard,
Huntington Bros, J. p. Jacques, H. II. Johns
ton, A. l.. Kimball, Kimball Bros, A. Nc
Duffie, q. NJ Mitchell, S. X. Mitchell, J. B.
Nichols & Co., C. w. Orfutt, Ordway &
| Clark, J. Peaslee, r. Peaslee & Son, B. K.
Poor x Son, 5herburn & Blaisdell, Priest K
Sleeper, r. :. Chase Sjp, d. f. Sprague,
F. c. Stevens, J. NJ. Sloeer, Davis & Rats,
E. g. Tilton, Vittum Bros, J. T. West &
Bros, e. E. Wjggin AMI J. II.
Winchett, all shoe manufacturer;
Merrimac National Bank, First
National Bank, City Five-Cents Savings
Bank, Smiley Bros, shoe-fndings; l.. V.
mold, f. P. Wentworth, b. Foote, S. l.. Jew
EFT, Howe q Day, Patch & Hayes, Stock
bridge & Bartlett, Moses Il Howe, leather
dealers; Kemp Bros clothing house; G. W.
Ham, beer manufacturer; l.. Frost, A. J.
Pettengill q. w. Cook, shoe CT ntractor',
Bullen Tack Mandatory; c. Wadleigh
aud f. w. Nally, last factory; iG. F.
Eaton, machine shop; f. Messer, machine
shop; D. Nichols, machine shop; Eureka
Shoe Pattern Company; Carter & Cheney,
ex press office. Several small stores and
shops, together with II. Miller's and III. J.
Gates's stitching-roonS, Wingate street;
Carlton & Noyes's block, the Pilling block
and several large buildings used for manu-
featuring were burned. Also about twelve
dwelling houses. In this street the follow
ing shoe manufacturers were burned out:
S. F. WoodmaD, Fits Bros, ]. Z. Lynch,
Miller Bros, J. Goodrich, ir.; John Pilling,
John G. S. Little, George q Co., and J. Col
mss stitching room.
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Augusta Races.

AUGUSTA, GA. February ls.-Mile dash,
two-year-olds. Won by Clara; Monroe sec
ond, Guilford third. Time 81.
Three quarter-mile dash. Barney Lyon
won; Franklin second. Time-l %.
One mile. Won by Sellers; Bonnie Castle
second, Glenrock third. Time 80.
Three-qusrter-mi heats. Lyrchpin won
Sportsman second. Time-1 psi, 19I.
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The Cbe.ter Ex.ra.,ou.

CHESTER, February l6.-Another body has
been recovered from the ruins OF Jackson's
mandatory, that of young man, Joseph
Jones. Kelly and Neal, the iremen, who
were injured, will probably die. 1t appears
that t~o or three kegs of powder were re-
ceiyed by jackson once in every two weeks
the last lot being received on Wednesday
evening. There was also received at the
same time barrel weighing seven hundred
pounds. contents unknown
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Sad Accident.

Special to the Appear
HELENA, ARK, February 1S.-The two
year old son of L. A. Fitzpatrick, promi-
nent wholesale Druggist of Helena, was
drowned this afternoon by falling from the
sidewalk into the water, which covers the
lower portious of the CITY.
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yirEInia Oyster Fleet Caprured.

NORFOLK, February lS.-Governor Cam
eron and party captured whole oyster feet,
consisting of six schooners and one sloop,
and made prisoners of their crews, amount
ing TO sixty-one men. Eighteen shots were
fired through the rigging of one of The
schcOners, and she was chased thirty five
miles toward the capes of Virginia before
sha was hr,ught 70