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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18
Gin and Barn Burning.
TFriar's Point Gaaette.l

fFriar's Point Gazette.
On Monday night of last week
IN attempt was made TO fire the
Clubhouse of Mr.. j. Harvey Brown,
Of this county, but owing to the
presence of II night watehman in
the vicinity the fire was discovered
in time to extinguish it before
much damage was done. The next
night the residence of Mr.. A. *.
Bobo was burglarized, but not
much booty obtained. Thursday
night following the valuable barn
of Mr.. Brown was fred and con
sumed with all its contents sta
bles, crib, farming implements, ear.
riage, one horse, three hundred
bushels of corn and fifty tons OF
hay. Mr.. Browns loss is upwards
Of $4,000. During the excitement
negro named Bill Scott went into
/ the house aud stole yalise con
tanning a lot of valuable papers.
] Next morning Scott was arrested
and the valise recovered, and il
developed that he AMI another
negro b. the name of Walter
Wright had came over from Ark
ansas on Saturday with view oi
robbing and plundering the farm
ers along Sunilower. Their plal
was to burn ginhonses and barns
and during the excitement OF the
burning enter the dwellinghousei
and rob. Both have been arrestet
and lodged in Jail. There are rea
sons to believe that thero is ~
organized band of these outlaws
and that the attempt to wreck tn
train on the railroad lately in tha
vicinity was the work of the sam
parties, and there was quite an eA
cited feeling among the commun
ty, but it was thought best to Civ
the suspected parties a fair an
lawful trial, with the hope that ful
ther developments may implicat
, all the balance of those connecte
with the gang. It will require bu
, few more outrages Of this kin
, to bring upon the perpetrators tn
, speedy vengeance of law-abidin
> community.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18
The GallOws at the District Jail.

(" Gath in the Cincinnati EnQuirer.l
The gallows is painted o light
green color, and is rather pretty
piece of carpenter work. Many
persons have never seen q gallows,
and this one is rather better than
the representative. The first thing
that strikes you about it is the
height of the floor above the
brick ground. 1t is, perhaps, ten
or twelve feet, or even more above
the floor; and a plain, tall set Of
steps, wide enough for four people
to 90 up abreast, ascends it direct
h as you approach. 1t consists
Of a platform, with a large trap in
the middle. The trap is half as
large as the door to your room,
hinged on one side and on the
other well bolted, but the bolts arc
Withdrawn by the action of a cord
which runs under the gallows floor
and passes into a small barred eel
window right by. A man conceal
ed jerks the cord, and the tral
falls. Several ropes are here
which have been provided to hang
Guiteau, sent by people in differ
ent parts Of the country, particu
larly in the South and West. Nos
of them are carefully tied, aud tht
slip knots arranged as if the per
sens IN control had been hanging
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18
Cost Of Fences.
New York HIerald.l

New York Herald.
An attempt was made By the
Agricultural Department in 1871.
to estimate the total value ef the
fences Of the country, and the an
nual cost OF repairs; but the re-
turns on which the estimates were
based were not sufficiently large
or reliable to give the dgmes much
more value than a careful guess.
II has been estimated that the cost
Of the fences was greater than the
entire value of the live stock,
horses, mules, cattle, sheep and
swine they wero built to guard
against, and writer Of consider
able experience and reputation
has stated that the fence tax on
the farms IN the State OF New
York was three ana u nan tllhe'
greater per acre than the State
county and township lakes upon
the land. Possessing this import
anoe, the full statistics when com
pleted win be likely to challeng'
the attention of agriculturists, an'
as they bear indirectly upon tn
production Of the crops, they wi
also prove of interest to the cor
sumor and exporter. Owing to
pressure of other work, some tim
: is likely to elapse before the con
pilation is finished; butthc figure
above servo as an indication {
the enormous tax imposed npo
] farmers to protect one class {
their products from another elias
! without deriving any other bcnei
therefrom.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18
1 Bill to Encourage Agriculture
and Manufactures

BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives OF the
United States of America in Con
gress assembled, That all duties
and imposts now laid on machinery
for the manufacture of cotton or
woolen goods, or goods composed
of hemp or jute or rance, and all
tools of mechanics which arc used
solely by manual labor, and all az
ricultural implements, and on al
iron ties commonly known as cot
ton ties, including the hoops, be
and the same are hereby repealed
The above bill has been intro
duced by Senator George. 1t Is
TO be hoped that il viii be passed
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18
How MInneSota's Chief Creditor Car
ried Away Ter Recent Payments.

Special Dispatch to the World.l
st. Paul, january 3.
A few days ago Mr.. Selah Cham
berlain, tho principal creditor of
Minnesota arrived here in special
car for the purpose of taking home
S2,0O0,000 in new bonds, which
were his share Of the recent debt
payment of the State. Mr.. Cham
berlain applied first to the Ameri.
can express Company to transport
his newly acquired wealth to
Cleveland, but the danger from
robbers, fire or accident was SO
great that the sum of $1,000 was
asked by the Company for the ser
vice, which was equivalent to a
tax of a mill and a half. Mr.. Cham
berlain thought this an exOrbitant
charge, aud cast about for another
and better way: lie is a large
stockholder in the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul Road, as well
as insthe Cleveland, Tusearawas
Valley and Wheeling Line. He
accordingly procured the Presi-
dents car of the latter road and
was taken over the track Of the
former as an invited guest. The
Attorneys of Mr.. Chamberlain IN
this city, Messrs. Cole, Gilman
and Skinner, who had charge oil
the shipment of the bonds, had
their arrangements made to get
them off in the special car on the
noon train, but when the bonds
were taken to tho safe on board
the car it was found that they
we're so bulky that it would no
hold them. The dilemma was al
ugly one and the car was held Owe
until evening. 1t was finally deci
ded to put as many bonds as posi-
BILE in the safe and the rest in
trunk, keeping strong guar'
over them. Five men, well armet
and abundantly supplied with food
accordingly took up their quarter
with the precious freight OF pareh
ment, and as the evening train o.
the Chicago and Milwaukee roa'
pulled out it took within the fou
walls of that gueer-looking Obi
car the magnificent fortune 70
which Mr.. Chamberlain has tough
all these long years with so muc
determination
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18
No3O
The Genesis Of jokes.

Hazlitt says that, from the be
ginning Of the world to the time
Of Heirocles, in the early Chris.
tian days, mankind had pcrpetra
ted 0a'y about twcnty.one jokes.
During nearly five thousand years
the world had only these twenty
one jokes to laugh ut. Anew joke
was made on an average every
two hundred and fifty years. From
the time Of Heirocles to the pres.
ent day the number of joc0se say
ingS has increased from tweuty-one
to pretty nearly twenty-onc thous-
and; an enormous proportion OF
this vast aggregate, however con
sisting of some modification or
combination of the original one.
/ A really good auecdotc has . kind
of Immortality of It's own. II is
/ reproduced IN every known cline
aud tongue. Ii is published in q
German paper rs part of the hi
ography of bismarck; then trans
lated into English and connected
with Disraeli, and then reproduced
in America and attributed to som'
, Of our own great statesmen. W.
have read stories about Mr. Mood
/ which originated with the priest
/ hood in the time of the Crusaders
i. and some of the sharpest thing
i which Sidney Smith is suppose
Il to have created, but which h
\ probably borrowed from the thir
q or fourth century, are told in con
/, neotion with Mr.. Spurgeon or Nj
n Beecher. However, we langh
/. il al the same, aud the fact that
\. has been repeated during the la'
re- eighteen or twenty generation
a doesn't hurt it any more than
10 hurts q flddle.string TO be used
III a great many concerts and foryel
u. different tunes.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18
Pinaf0re Revived.
rToxas sihings.l

Last week strapping negro wo-
man was mp before an Austin JUS
tiee, charged with numerically
beating her boy, a saddle-colored
imp.
"I don't understand how you
can have the heart to treat your
own child so cruelty"
"Jedge, has You been a parent
of wuflless yaller boy lik' dat al
cub of mine n
Never, no neyer,n calculated
the Judge with great yehemence,
getting red in the face.
"Den don't talk"
There was such a sensation II
court that the judge had to cal
"nextn four Or five times, and to
fine a man who said hard ever,
fifty dollars, before order was re
stored
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18
Hitches at The Altar

Fickleness, on the part Of both
grooms and brides, has been q
fruitful source of hitcheB at the
altar. There is u story told of q |
rustic swain, who, when asked
whether he would take his partner
to be his welded wife, replied, with
shameful indecision: Yes, Pm
willin'; but I'd much sight rather
have her sister.n An equally re
markable instance, which must'be
authentic, is narrated by u Bath.
gate minister. In this ease, ,ahitch
had occurred at the outset, through
the absence OF witnesses, and the
bride herself had sufmoanted the
difficulty by going for two friends,
one of them being her cousin, q
blooming lass, somewhat younger
than herself. When, at length, the
parties had been properly arranged
and the minister was about to pro.
eeed with the ceremony, the bride.
groom suddenly said. "Wad ye
bide a wee, sir ~ "Oh, what is It
now lr asked the exasperated cler'
rynan. "Weel,n replied the yacil-
lating groom, 81 was just gaun to
saw that if it wad be the same to
you, ! wad rather hae that ane -
pointing to the bridesmaid. "A
most extraordinary statement tt
make at this stage; Pm afraid ~
too late to talk Of such q Ching
now.D "Isit returned the bride
groom, in a tone of calm reslgna
ton to the inevitable. WeeI
: then, sir, ye maun just gang on
The gentleman who so inoppol
tunely declared his preference 10
the sister of his bride, is only on
of many who have made simlIarl
eccentric replies to the all.impor
ant question. One hasty indiyi'
nal, on being asked if he woul
take the lady by his side to be n
wife, testify responded: "ln cot1s
| will; that's what ! came heI
for.n On q recent occasion an g
centric bridegroom, when interf'
/. gated in the usual fashion as
!. the acceptance Of his bride, pc
Q sisted in responding, to the conf
1 sion and bewilderment OF Il
: officiating clergyman, Yes ior
@ fortnight a declaration who
i was the occasion ofno little troub
t and perplexity, though the oil
4 Guilty wins ultimately overcome,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18

people an their lives. He will he
hanged with one Of these ropes,
for they have an been kept. Over
the gallows rises d cross bar, on
two supports, aud the length Of
the rope is perhaps twelve feet,
SO that the prisoner viii drop five
or six feet. His head, when he
stands up to be hanged, will be
i've and half feet above the gal.
lows floor, and when he drops the
head will be half a foot or more
below the gallows floor. On tho
gallows can stand thirty or forty
people, and it is about ten oi
twelve feet square.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18

sumption. The restraints Of strict /
party discipline Sit uneasily on his /
shoulders and the mandates Of the ]
bosses are more likely to provoke /
resentment than to command obe-
dienee.
On the other hand. a close OBJ
server is not permitted 10 doubt
that many Of the published state
ments concerning independent
political action in the South is the
sheerest romancing. While there
is undoubtedly restiNenessand dis
satisfaction, the memory of the
carpet-bag plunderers, introduced,
protected in their depredations
md defended after their crimes hy
the dominant party, is yet fresh in
the minds Of all. The resumption
-at the seat of government of
Grantism in men and measures is
too apparent to make Republican,
ism an inviting field for Southern
people to escape the comparative
ly triding abuses of Democratic
authority in most of the States
A letter from 4. Nj. Waddell
late member of Congress from
Mort Carolina, just made public
confirms this thought. After /
service of eight years in the House
he was retired, as he puts it, "bl
no fault Of his own"
The memory OF this seeming bat
treatment was relied ON to max,
his mind fruitful soil for the cult
walton of revolt, and a cireumstau
tial publication put him in the va
of a movement to Mahonoize tn
} North Stale. Thereupon he at
dressed a letter to the editor {
: the Wilmington Review, in whie
such purpose is emphatically di'
: claimed. ~ have frequently crit
: cised the management of the Den
ocratic party and viii probably d
7 ii again, but when | want to sevC
: my connection with II I shall do {
' like man and not under false pr
9 tences,n Is the language he OF
plogs.
Il Real Independent movement
: the South viii be welcomed, but
I can never be built up on person
7 spites and resentments. IT mu
: find it's foundation In sOmothil
) broader than that
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18

and it is a fair sample of the whole
county there are four plantations
that keep up in the neighborhOod
of twenty-six miles of fencing,
worth $4,000; weaFa and tear 15per
cent, 1880; interest on $4,000
at 10 per cent, Sl,30O: making an
annual total of $3.50 expended.
And all the cattle, hogs, sheep and
goats kept out (or rather pretend
ed to be kept out can be bought
for 1000, and pay big price al
that. We can all afford to rent
cheaper if that burden was taken
off. PLANTER.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18

IN All 10 ftNe3i Ntttloh So Nl
Revised Code 1850 Ia relation TO /
Public Revenue.
Section |. BE il enacted by the (
Legislature Of the State Of Nissis-
sippi, That section lSi be and the
same is hereby repealed.
See. .. BE it further enacted,
That this act take effect and be in
force from aud after its passage.
Approved February >, 1889.
AN ACT to amend section I'll,
chapter l6 of the Revised Code |
| of Mississippi. Of 1880.
Section /. BE it enacted by the
Legislature Of the State of Nissis-
sippi, That section Ill, chapter l6I
of the Revised Code of the State
of Mississippi, of lSS0, be, and the
same is, hereby amended by strik-
ing out all the words in said Sec
| ton after the word "therefore in
the twenty-frst line of said section
and ON page POI of said Code, com.
moneing with the first proviso, and
inserting the following; Provided,
that pupils from different counties
or school districts may attend the
/ same school, in which case the
, principal teacher thereof shall
! make a report, as herein provided
to the County Superintendent OF
the county or school district
{ wherein such school is taught, anC
!. he shall receive a pay certificate
i from the Superintendent of The
4 county wherein the school is 10
c Gated for the amount duo for tui
/ ton for the pupils attending sucl
If school from such county and tht
h Superintendent of such count,
s. shall issue his certificate to the Su
j. perintendent of such other eouI
a ties for the amount due for tuitio
70 for pupils attending such schoc
II from such other counties, upon th
10 presentation of which certifcat
G. to the County Superintendent
H. they SHALL issue their pay certii
Gates to the Clerk of tho Board {
III Supervisors Of such counties, pa,
IL able as directed and certified, an
al as all others are made for teacher
ST of such counties, and the amour
~ for which such teacher shall r
ceive pay certificates shall !
based upon the ratio that the nuf
ber Of children from each count
bears to the whole number of ch
u. dren at the school; and the who
amount paid by the different cou
m ties shall be tho same as if Il
of pupils had all been of one count
ial Provided, The superintende
ne of Education in the county whe
oh such school is located, shall q
bit company said certificate to su'
m other county with q list of pup
ri. from such county, showing The
'rt names, ages and sex.
to BE it further enacted, That III
)m act take effect and be in for
SO from and after it's passage.
as Approved January "a, 1882.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18
The Facts Exa ggerated.


It is a fact no doubt true that
there il a considerable develop
ment of Independent political
thought throughout the South.
This is true of other sections, and
why not in the old slave States
The average leader of Southern
sentiment under the present con
dition of things iustilies the as
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18
Regular Nea orleans and Greensiiie
Packet.
J. II, WHITE,

.Ino W Tobin, Master. Curl Holiness eiefk
r = Leaves New Orleans for Green
kakA willie every THURSDAY at .
n. M leaves Greenville for New Or
leans every SUNDAY. -
p.3e This line reserves the rightto pass
landings that the Captains may eonsld-
er unsafe. Passengers to New Orleans
natp liohtnipg time. avoiding Railroad
delays and expense. Ihe iaIe anu gen
eral accommodation cannot pc eKcehea.
Their Boats do not run here only
through the cotton season; but also
through the dull months, TO serve pup,
lie convenience which shippers should
continue to reciprocate'
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18
ENYILLE TIMES.
zxaDAY, FEB. Is. 1854.
e lRMs. 4TH DISTRICT
lRcUIr COURT

IL Z A0AAA
zA..sa county-Begins on the ith
z.ias !. February and the Isl Monday
Sssshsr. and may continue L judicial
I5I.7zf eounty-Begins on the End
a.Ias i sIarch and the sid Monday Of
.sezr. nd may continue Is Judicial
~ 66aer colnty-Begins on the 3ri
s.5xr aizer the 2nd Monday Of March,
/ ID L. srd Monday after the 3rd NON
i 0etober, and may continue y iu-
hnrkey county-Begins on the 18th
~ titer the md Monday Of March
I IL III Monday after the 3rd monday
Iol<r, and may continue l2judiciai
sssauena county-Begins on the 7th
,d1T nfker the 2nd Monday Of March,
l IL IT'D Monday after the 3rd Monday
56Sr, and may continue Il judicial
usshInRton county-Begins on the
,lon1ay after the End Monday o.
n. a6d the 9th Monday after the 3rt
a. a October, and may continue q
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18

ptaching At II q M and ~ IA every Sunday
Communion lst sunday n fcbmary, Mn, Au-
gust and November i'niter-meeilng every
Wednesday, night. Archer PASTOR SUNDAY
school atVt, sum Brown sap
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18
CHANcERY COURT.

11auenA eounty-Begins on the lst
- Of April and October, and may
II1no judicial days.
n1kIngton county-Begins on the I'd
/ ~ of April and October, and may
linus Is Judicial days.
IoIlvnr county-Begins on the LIST Mon-
/ u Nv and November, and may con-
ue Il judiclal days.
oahoma county-Begins on the Sd
aday Of May and November, and may
tInue u judicial days.
nn1ower county-Begins on the LIST
day Of June and December, and may
Iinue 8 judicial days.
karkey county-Begins on the 2nd
1IAy Of June and December, and may
Ilinue 6 judicial days.
lerular meetings are held by the
fd n Supervisors as follows: Bien'
Nv I Monday of January to elect
rs commissioners. Annually first
1flny d march, to receive Tax-Collee'
erep~fs Of delinquent and insolyen
/; Ii Nonday of August to receive anC
!, 4 urcn the Assessment Roll; LIST mon
of optember to levy taxes /; and o.
4 - N next preceding each term o
Y Gonrt.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18
MORTGAGE LOANS

We are prepared to arrange In such
sums AZ can be safely secured by First
Mortgage on first class plantations and
erops. loans for one year, and to renew
mart Of the amount from year 70 year.
or loans for /, 2. OF years, part to be
nald annually. Tho crop in all cases to
be shipped to as.
For further information apply to
PERCY q YERGER,
and z. &. CAMPBELL,
Attorneys at Law,
oets Greenyllle. Miss
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18
ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES.

Orders from transient customers, YER
bgl OF written, tor job work, advertising,
or subscription, must be accompaniedby
the cash. accounts of regular eusto-
mers due and presented the LIST Of each
month
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18
ADVERTISING RATES


Transient Advert FMS, one square
One Insertion. ,.-..-.-.........-,-s sl.a1
Each subsequent Insertion, ...-. 70
Fees for Legal notices, which ARE In
cluded uuderthis head, due on or before
last publication. Nopfoof furnished I'M
I'll paid for.
Locals" five lines or less, this type,
20 cents for first, - cents each sabse-
quent Insertion.
Personal articles ornotiees charged for
according to their nature.
Customers win please give explicit d.
rections. Of length Of time Republication
of advertisements.
Regular advertising. Gre square, ms.
/ 81, ems. 81, year 80.
Larger advertisements, quarterly, half
yearly, and yearly,
Contracted foF At Liberal Rates.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18
OFFICE RULES.
sunscR1PrIoN TERMs.

one year in advance 81 %
When not paid a. shove. " within one
month from expiration Of time paid for
81 l6. Expiration ola sahseriber's term
win be indicated hy 4 cross marx on his
uaufr
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18

sRuns only Tuesdays, Th0rsdays and
Saturdays.
No. 5 connects with No. |.
Ne. 6 connects with No. 4.
CLAIMING NJ. BOLTON.
superintendent.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18
CorrrNs u ca SKETs

- IN sizes and STYLES kept for sale
Btrlais III ~ i"'' ang.l4
ed to.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18
Georgia Pacific Railway Company.
miss. Division


on and Afirr February 18th, ls2, rFalas will
run as follows!
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-18

I
Mr.. j. P. Ferguson, of Warren,
in his letter published in the
TIMES, says that the party from
Warren who wishes the law re-
pealed in that county is one who
wants to Craze his cattle for the
butcher on other mems grass; and
| venture to assert that aside from
those who fear an exodus as a re-
suit, that the opponents of the bill
in this county are mainly like the
Warren butcher, and want to fat
ten their stock on another's corn
At any rate let the Legislature
pass the bill subject to the appro
val and modification By the Boards
of Supervisors of each county
Some may pass a sweeping law
and others might limit it to hogs
as the interests Of their seFefa
counties demand, and others nigh
go along in the good old way, corr
in one end Of the bag and rocl
in the other to make it balance OF
the horse.
III ny immediate neigthorhool