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The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-26
THE STATE BOND OPERATION.

The recent bond operation of the state treas
urer, carrying $3.50, 900 Of the money obtained
under the occupation tax from the hard-work
ing people of TsSas, for which not one cent o
con sideration of any kind has been had, ir
the shape of interest to that monster with
cormorant's greed and whales belly--the
New York bondholder, to be expended in Eu
ropean dissipation and debauchery, is one Of
those consequences of vicious legislation that
can only be prevented by being made impossi,
sble,-which it Is very easy to do and the
need of which is very urgent. The people
of Texas have no business to have million
of dollars lying idle in the treasury, which is
the first wrong done the tax payer; nor any
business to be upon these outstanding bonds,
which is his ultimate wrong. These evils to-
gether have imposed upon him, the Texas
tax payer, in this particular instance, free con-
tribution of $2So, 600 called interest wrought
from the sweat of his face, toward floating the
vice and debauchery of the non-producing So
cial element of the nation.
The remedy for all of it is to so amend the
state constitution as to put a stop to govern
ment interest bearing bonds. Tie the hands
of legislation, and when works of public
character requires subsidies or aid in
any form, if ever state governments
should grant such which is an open question,
let it be had by public vote of the people,
which at the same time shall provide special
tax for procuring the necessary funds. What
active and able member of our State Legisla-
ture, republican or democrat, will make for
himself the best political reputation in the
State by carrying through such an amendment
to the state constitution? 1t should be done
over the heads of party, for it is measure
most necessary to the interests Of the whole
people, the proceeds of whose toll we here
see worse than thrown away.
The state government should be interdicted
at once and forever from issuing interest bear
ing bonds, or interest bearing obligations of
any sort. The Federal, and all state govern
ments, should incorporate such Introduction
in their organic law. OF the money of the
people of this country near $500, ooo 900 are
carried annually to Europe, and expended in
high living and Partisan dissipation by an
army of sparrow-brain swels under the in
terest-bearing bond system of the Federal
government. When are the American peo-
pie going to see that they have the power to
stop all this, and exert it? Or, are they going
to wait till the money class gets strong enough
to take the power from them?
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-26
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PRECEDENT
GARFIELD'S DOCTORS.

A mechanic, claiming to be paid for his
manner; or, a merchant for his goods must
show that they were of the specific value de-
manded: but it is one of the curiosities ofpro-
fessional science that the question of services
is not to be considered. You may lose your
estate by the incapacity of your lawyer and
then be put in Jail upon ca. sa., till you pay
him for doing it, or your life by the incapacity
Of your physician and have your estate taken
from your heirs as his recompense. AT least
this doctrine is recognized IN the majority re-
port of the House Committee upon the bills
of physicians and surgeons in the case of
President Garfield; by which DIR. Bliss gets
SIS 200; Drs. Agnew and EIambleton ST. 1000
each, DIR. Reyburn $4,000, DIR. Susan Edison
$4,000, and VIM. J. Crump $1,000. Sur
geon-G General J. X. Barnes is to be given the
rank and pay of Major-General of the reg
ular army when he is retired from the service,
and it is also provided that there shall be
added to the medical corps of the army sur
geon with the rank, pay and emoluments of a
Lieutenant-Colsnel, which smooth place is
intended for Joseph J. Woodward.
Putting aside motive for the sake of the ar
gument it is matter of doubt in many minds
whether Guiteau or DR.. Bliss was more res
ponsible for the final event. Yet while Gui-
teau is rightfully consigned to the gibbet DIR.
Bliss is to have fortune handed.over to him.
DIR. Bliss was essentially the man whose OBJ
noxious professional, or unprofessional, de-
pertinent and proved incapacity, were ar
raigned by popular sentiment at the catas-
trophe, and stand arraigned to-day in the pub
lie mind. Why should this man have for
tune Of $4,000 given him from the public
treasury instead of being made to answer
for his ignorance and ineficiency. Do
vice and wrong cease to be vice and wrong
when they get into high life DIR. Bliss is
fortunate in the government he has "served"
for, with mutt or a car at the head of it.
he might find himself shorter head. 1t is
proper to say that the report of the minority of
the committee, consisting of Messrs. Black
burn, Springer and LeFevre, is essentially
proper and should, and we trust will, be sus-
tanned by the House. 1t takes the gfound
that no evidence has been furnished to the
committee to establish the value of the ser
vices rendered by the surgeons, and that the
committee, therefore, had no more informa-
ton on the subject than the general public;
that the surgeons showed no special skill in
the treatment OF the president and that no
payment should be made to them in excess of
such sums as could be established 10 law
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-26

Dainty white neckerchiefs Of Paris and In
dia muslin, scalloped borders and polka
dotted in black and blue, are among the com.
ING novelties of the season. They are some.
times made of silk null, with the regulation
polka-dats.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-26
Russell to be Ousted.

Washington Cor. Of Houston Post
Russell is ousted according to all accounts.
Notwithstanding the efforts made here by his
friends his days are numbered. Norton is
also down for removal. 1t is charged that
the administration of these gentlemen, in their
respective bailiwicks, has not been such as to
command party confidence, and if the investi-
cations now going on by order of the govern
ment prove the truth of what has been urged
against them they will be left to mourn the
ingratitude Of politics and politicians. don't
know what the result will be, but am left to
infer that their stewardship is at an end.
Omaha daily bee., 1882-10-07
A Baptist Minister'S iExpsrienoe.

/ am a Baptist minister, and before l
even thought of being a clergyman, l grad
uated in medicine, but left u lucrative
practice for my present profession, 40 years
ago. l was for many years u sufferer from
| quinsy; THOMAS EoLEoTRIo on cured
me-" / was also troubled with hoarseness,
and Thomas Eclectric Oil always relieved
me. My wife and child had diphtheria,
and '"rhomas' Eclectric Oil cured them"
and if taken in time it will cure seven
times out of ten. / am confident it is Il
cure for the most Obstinste cold or cough,
and if any one will take a small teaspoon
and half fiji it with the Oil, and then place
the end of the spoon IN N nostril and
draw the Oil out OF the spoon into the head
by smiling as hard rs they can, until the
| Oil falls over into the throat, and practice
that twice a week, ! don't care how offen-
sive their head may be, it will clean 1t out
and cure their catarrh. For deafness and
earache it has done wonders to my certain
knowledge. 1t il the only medicine dub
bed patent medicine hat ! have ever felt
like recommending, and ! am very anxious
to see it in every place, for l tell you that
| would not be without 1t in my house Tor
any consideration. / am now suffering
with o pain like rheumatism in my right
limb, and nothing relieves me like Thomas
Ecloctrie OIL. DIR. Il. Il. CRANE
Cory, Pa.
Omaha daily bee., 1882-10-07
COUNCIL BLUFFS RAILROAD
TIME TABLE.

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC.
Depart. Arrive.
Atlantic Ext 800 p m Pacific Ext .9IB a m
ID. Moines c'..715 a M Des Moines nc .i:4O p III
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUIScY.
Depart. Arrive.
Atlantic Ext. $50 m Pacific Ext . 800 q m
Mai and Ex'. $40 a III Mail and Ex'. 7 90 p III
N. Y. Ex......4:OO p III Neb x kas EA..S:20 u IN
CHICAGO AND ORThwEsrERN.
Depart. Arrive.
Atlantic Ext. BIB p m Pacific Elk. -. .9;l5 n m
Mai and Ex'. 800 n m Mai and Ex' .6:l6 p m
Accom-. (Sat.) }. $50 p m Accom-. (Mon.) LAB p m
KANSAS CITY, Ut. JOE AND COUNCIL BLUFFS.
Depart. Arrive.
Mail and En-. .0:55 a m Express. .......6:bO p m
Express. .....,9lOp m Mall and ES.. ,6:l5 p IN
UNION PACIFIC.
Overland Ex. 1880 a. m. Overland Tx 400 p. m.
Lincoln Ia. =. 1880 q. m. Denver Elk . 4. 800 a. III,
Denver Ex 100 p. m. Local Ex.,...630 a. IN.
Local Ex.....7;2b a. m. Ex.....9:O5 a. M.
Emigrant. . . $40 p. M. EN.....6:OO q. III.
WABASH, ~. LOUIS AND PACIFIC.
Depart. Arrive.
Mail and Ex.. 9:I5 a IN Mail and Ex.. $50 p m
Cannon Ball. 1850 p IN Cannon Bail .ll:O5 a m
SIOUX cuY AND PACIFIC,
For Sioux City. 1856 a IN Firm Sioux Cy'6:5O p N
For Fort Nlobrara. Firm Fort Niobrara,
Neb -. 7;b5am Neb ...... $3.50 p n
For st, Paul. .7:IOp N From ST. Paul. $50 a n
omoAoo' MILWAUKEE AND 81, rhuL'
Mail and Ex.. '0;2o a m Mail and Ex,, .G;55 pm
Omaha daily bee., 1882-10-07
Council Bluffs g. Omaha Street r. r

Leave Council Bluffs. Leave Omaha. ,
& a ~, o a m, 10 u IN, 3 a m, o a IN, 10 o IN,
II m, m, 2 p m, 3 p II a m, Jpn, Up IN, 3p
IA, ipm, 3 M, o m, m, 4 p N, 3 p N, q p m.
Street cars run half hourly TO the Union Pacific
Depot. On Sunday the ears begin their trips at
. O'Clock u, m, and run rogu airy during the day
at o, II, 2 4, o and o o'clock, and run to city time.
Except Sundays. Except Saturdays. Except
Mondays.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-30
Pendleton's Amendment.

Senator Pendleton, of Ohio, is
championing the measure originally
brought forward by Senator George,
and has introduced constitutional
amendment providing for the cleo
ton Of postmasters, marshals, dis
trict attorneys, and other federal
functionaries by the people Of the
districts in which such officers du-
ties are to be exercised. Such an
amendment would have a salu-
tary effect in reducing the enor.
nous bulk of federal patronage,
but we doubt the tXpe,liepcy of
such a measure. These officers
would then be amenable to the laws
of the State, and their misdemean-
ors would have to be proceeded
against in the courts, entailing ex-
pense upon the counties and State,
with no chance of speedy trial
and swift conviction as is now the
case in the United States Courts.
A fair and honest application of
the principles of civil service reform,
to which both parties stand COM
mitted, would go far toward rcdu-
cling federal patronage, with less
trouble and without innovation.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-30
Sergeant Mason.

Petitions continue to pour in on
the President for the pardon of Ser
geant Mason. The emotional nature
Of the average Ohioan is specially
aroused. To we Of the South, this
seems strange. All admit that Ma
son attempted assassination, and
had he succeeded would have been
guilty Of the very crime of which
Guiteau has been convicted. All
can see that the motive that in
spired the act was the identical
motive that impelled Guiteau-a
prurient desire for notoriety, and
hope OF reward from an emotional
public. Guiteau has as good an ex:
cuse as Mason, and is every whit
as good man. Both Of them are
dastardly towards and have receiv-
ed their just dues. If Arthur is
weak enough to make a distinction,
he is unfit for the high place he ac-
cidentally occupies.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-30
BY White Men, for White Men.

Followingis the concluding para
graph of Senator Georges speech
in the United States Senate on the
bill prohibiting Chinese immigra-
ton. We agree with the sentiment
that this is q white mans govern
ment, "established by white men,
for white men,
The Constitution was ordained and estab-
lished by white men, as they themselves de-
clared in its preamble, to secure the bless
ings Of liberty to themselves (ourselves) and
their (our) posterity,' and / can not doubt
that this great pledge thus solemnly given
will be as fully redeemed in favor of the
white people of the South, should occasion
for action arise, as intend ON my part and
on their behalf to redeem it this day in ia
vor of the white people of the Pacific States
by my vote to protect them against de-
grading and destructive association with the
inferior race now threatening to overrun
them"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-30
A Short Sighted Policy.

Sixty-five conductors on the
Union Pacific Railroad have been
discharged for stealing from the
company, The company has acted
hastily, and may have cause to regret
what it has done. 1t does not pay
to discharge q railroad conductor,
because the new ones are compelled
to steal more than the old ones.
They need more. Not long since
the managers Of Il Railroad compa-
ny that we could name, had one of
its oldest conductors up for exami-
nation. The manager said: "Mike,
when you commenced work for this
company fifteen years ago you had
nothing. Your salary has not been
more than sufficient to support your
large family. Still YOU own an ele-
CANT brown stone front residence,
4 country seat, improved blooded
stock, fine buggies, carriages, etc;
and we have evidence that you have
invested $4,000 in government
bonds. Mike, we know we have
paid for all this. You have taken
our money and appropriated it to
your own use, therefore, we are COM
PEELED TO suspend you. Have you
anything to say?' Mike responded,
Eyes, sir, have a great deal to say.
I have "drawn' on the company and
am now comfortably liked for life.
My salary is sufficient to support
my family. There is no necessity
for my stealing more. l don't need
ii: but if you appoint q new man
in ny place don't you know he is
going to provide against hard times,
and lie will take as much as I have
taken. Which now would be best
to continue me or take in q new
man." The manager did not hest
tate long: well, Mike, | guess
you can remain Mike is still
punching tickets on that road
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-30
Congressional Districts.

The opinion prevails extensively
that the late statute districting the
State was ''put up job, that is
to say, the lines were run in the in
terest of particular aspirants and
with view to favor the prententions
of particular candidates. We haze
no idea who these persons to be ia
yored are, but the analysis of the
law, as made by the Vicksburg
Commercial and other able papers,
goes very far to show that the as
signment of population to particu-
lar districts was very crude and
unequal and unsatisfactory assign
ment, to say the least. Here and
there is found a Congressional aspi-
rant under the ''wood pile" as if it
was not altogether coincidence.
If the charges made are true, it is
simply shameful, and every man
who was privy to the scheme ought
to be severely left by the people.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-30
Death Of Longfellow.

Henry W. Longfellow, the poet,
died in Boston on the 24th inst. He
was seventy-fve years old. He was
the author of some of the swee lest
poems in the English language.
The Picaynne says Of him:
All America and all Europe will mourn
this morning the unwelcome news of the
death Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 1t
is forty-three years since the publication of
his "Voices of the Night placed him in
stantly In the front rank of American poets,
and except the lamented Bryant, scarce any
American poet has ever been so dear to the
popular heart. His "Song of Hiawatha'
rippled through the music of the last gen
Grafton, Minnehaha rippled in spray to the
Mississippi. Nor was he great in origin.
ais alone. His justly celebrated tran3la.
ton Of the Dante's ''Divina Commedia" is
a faithful and conscientious work, and
would OF itself alone, if Longfellow had
never written line OF his own, preserve
him among those who shall live for after
ages. The departure of this sweet singer
leaves lis none Of the really great poets of
the ante-bellum period, and none at all of
the later growth.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-30
Condition Of Senator Hill.

Senator Hill, of Georgia, has had
another operation performed on his
tongue. A dispatch from Philadel-
phia, on March 25th. says:
Senator Hill, OF Georgia, who had an OPP
Grafton performed on his tongue at Jeffer-
son Hospital, in this city, has again return
ed for treatment. The physicians at the
Hospital state that the wound caused by the
former operation had been allowed to heal
when it should have been kept open. The
collection of pus which had formed in his
throat was relieved upon his arrival here by
the opening of the healed wound. There
was a free discharge, and the physicians
say there is no apprehension OF serious re-
suit and that there will be no necessity for
another operation. The present condition
of the Senator would permit his leaving,
but he desires to remain until satisfied that
the relief is permanent.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-30
Public Robbers.

The following is from the Wash.
ington correspondence Of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer:
The bills audited and paid arising out OF
the escort of CongressIto the remains Of the
late President from this city to Cleveland,
IRE said to be scandalous. 1t will be re-
membered that such members of Congress
as accompanied the remains were sent to
Cleveland upon special train, from which
newspaper men were carefully excluded.
1t now appears TINT all the members
who attended put In bills for their personal
expenses. One member worth over So, OO0,-
600, is said to have charged all his ex-
penses, even including seventy-five cents
paid for lunch at way station. One
item of expense said to have been paid was
81, 200 to Wormley, the colored caterer, for
champagne, whisky, brandy and cigars.
To the same person another amount of
$500 for cocktails. The amount paid for
gloves is said to be large enough to have
given every member of Congress OH the
train par of elegant kids. These bills
were paid by Sergeant-at-Arms Thompson,
but not until after they were audited. Mr..
T. can, if he will, tell an interesting story
as 10 the funeral trip, and the amount it
cost the United States,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-30
The Correct List.

The first publication of the new
apportionment bill was incorrect.
Some Of the counties were left out
OF the. Congressional Districts,
among them Lawrence. The fol-
lowing IS the. correct list OF the
counties comprising the various dis
tricts:
LIST District-Tishomingo, Prentiss, Al
corn, Lee, Itawamba, Monroe. Lowndes and
Oktibbeha.
/ I'd District Tippah, Union, Benton, De-
Soto, Marshall, Tate, Pamela, Lafayette and
Tallahatchie.
Sd District-Tunica, Quitman, Coahoma,
LeAore, Sunfiower, Bolivar, Washington,
Sharkey, Warren and Issaquena.
4th.District-Clay, Chickasaw, Pontotoc,
Yalobusha, Webster, Calhoun, Carroll,
Montgomery, Choctaw, Winston, Noxubee
and Kemper.
9th District-Yazoo, Holmes, Alfalfa,
Leake, Neshoba, Scott, Newton, Lauderdale,
Clarke, Wayne, Jasper and Smith.
9th Distriet-Jackson, Harrison, Han
cock, Green. Perry, Marion, Pike, Amite
Wilkinson, Adams, Lawrence, Covington
and Jones.
7th District eferson, Kinds, Madison
Claiborne, Rankin, Copiah, Simpson, Lin
coin and Franklin.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-30
Having a High Old Time"

Frank Heiderhof' of the old Bay st Louis
Herald fame, is again having high old
time in Leadville, Col. A late dispatch to
st. Louis paper says: "The Leadville
Democrat is in the throes of internal war
fare. The row is between Frank Heider-
hoh, managing editor, and Nelson Hebeck.
President of the Board Of Directors, who
are chasing each other out of the Office al
ternately. IN the meantime Mr. Fowler is
in possession. To-day both have furnished
copy, and the foreman is in quandary
which to take. Heiderhoff will tender his
service every day, and then sue the paper
for salary.
Thus it will be seen, by the above
clipping from the Handsboro Ad-
vertiser, that former Journalistic
eccensricity" Of Brookhaven is hav-
ing a ''high old time" out in Color
ado. Heiderhoff is at home in a
tumult; he delights in turbulency-
that is, on q small scale. We Won
der if he gets away from Hebeck as
fast as he did from Uncle Bill Hud.
son, who was endeavoring to oyer.
take him with an innocent looking
shot gun?
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-30
Tornado In Monroe Louisiana.

Tornado In Monroe Louisiana.
Special to The mcsDemocrat.l -u-
Monroe, March 27-One of the most vio-
lent hurricanes that has swept over this
country since 1871 occurred yesterday even
ing about o'clock. The storm orr ginated
in the outskirts of the town, and took an
easterly course through the Bayou Desaired
settlement, The McGuire place which be-
longs to the Masonic lodge here, was the
first to feel the fury of the storm, and six
cabins and portion of the Clubhouse were
blown to the ground. On the Cooper place
all the houses on the plantation including
the dwelling were destroyed. The
plantation oil J. w. Scarborough lost gin
house and two cabins. On the Ludeling
plantation two cabins were blown to atoms.
All the houses on the Oliver plantation
which was directly in the track of the storm
We're destroyed. The Carpenter plantation
lost the Clubhouse and two cabins. The
loss OF property from the storm is estimated
at $4,000.
The track of the hurricane was one mile
in width, and the force of the wind was SO
great that nothing could resist it, and on
the Ludeling place an old colored woman
was blown away and her body has not yet
been found.
On the other plantation four negroes are
reported to have been killed, but as the
news is coming in rather slowly nothing
definite can be obtained.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-30

Charles O'Conhor.

A New York exchange has the
following to say of this famous law
yer, who is now enjoying the fruits
Of well-spent life: ...,
The Hon. Charles O'Connor, who is now
seventy-eight years old, has just moved into
his new house at Nantucket, overlooking
Vineyard Sound He is enjoying excellent
health, and spends much of his time with
his vast collection OF books and pamphlets,
which are arranged on the shelves of large
iire-.proof library, twenty-five by sixty feet
in size. He is said to be preparing an auto
biography, in which special attention will
be paid to some. of the famous lawsuits in
which he he has been engaged during the
last half-century.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-30
The Situation.

The New Orleans Times Demo-
crat says that the situation on the
9th Showed considerable improve
ment In the country around Vlcks-
burg, on both the Louisiana and
Mississippi sides. The river was
falling rapidly-one inch every "a
hours-and the back water at
the rate Of three inches a day.
At many points dry land had made
its appearance aud farmers had
gone to work, blowing and planting,
hoping to make an average crop.
On the Sunhower, Deer creek and
other branches of the Yazoo, the
streams were falling still more rap
idly and planting operations had
already begun. Below, however,
the situation was gloomy, and it
was evident that the high water was
between Baton Rouge and the Gulf
At Bayou Sara the river was at a
stand, but at points below rise OF
two inches was reported. This was
largely due to the wind, which was
very strong, driving the water over
the levees at several points. The
water was reported washing freely
over the levees in Pointe Coupee
and at some points in West Baton
Rouge. Additional breaks in the
Crosse Tete country assured the
overflow Of that entire section. The
crevasse in Iberville proves to be
worse than at first reported, and is
widening. Several weak points were
also reported in Iberville, Ascension
Jefferson and ST. Bernard parishes,
and a small break occurred at Live
Oak, in Plaquemines''