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The Ripley advertiser., 1883-02-10
An Editor in LRckI

Hon. }, Il. Dalton when in town
yesterday bought that $500 dog
The question arises how did an edi-
tor happen TO have SO much money
We can only account for it from
the fact tha! his connection with
the press has been of limited dura.
non.
The Ripley advertiser., 1883-02-10

The Brookhaven Ledger tails of a
negro man near that place VIII, got
drunk, laid out all night, aud as a
consequence was irozen 10 death.
another warning of the evil effects
OF intemperance.
The Ripley advertiser., 1883-02-10

Our esteemed friend, Hon. B. 7.
Kimbrorgh OF Ashland, is sn appli.
cant for the appointment of chan
cellor in This District. He is in ev.
cry way qualified Cor the position
aud SHOULD have it.
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: states that according to statistics
/. collected by the warden o. IllInoi
, penItentiary, The yearly deaths G
inmates of Slate prisons range from
: seven in thousand to seventy.sev
en- in Il thousand. Tue least rats
r OF mortality is at Sing.Sing, anC
the greatest, We are sorry 10 say, il
among the convicts of Mississippi
Seventy seven deaths per snnun
out OF = thousand is fearful rate o
mortality and if the statistics of
the Illinois warden are correct,
there should be a most searching
Investigation into ihe causes of this
large pronOrtion of deaths anon g
those who, although guilty, are
EneVertheless unfortunate.
The system which prevails in this
State, OF leasing out The convicts
to be used in the construction OF
railroads, levees and other public
works, indeed of employing them
at almost any kind Of labor that the
lessee finds profitable, is doubtless
one of the greatest causes ofmortal-
lty among these people. 1t is sim
ply impossible in railroad or levee
camp to give such attention to the
health of the laborers as will keep
them healthy or restore them to
health when they are sick. This is
the case where the labOrers are
treemen. and it is much worse
where they are prisoners. Aside I
from any charge of cruelty or i'm.
proper treatment the prisoners are
compelled to endure the hardships
incident to railroad or levee labor.
ers, without the opportunity for
rest or for nursing them.
selves when sick. Here they are
to their work, confined to
he locality which probably produc.
IS their diseases, and death alone
IAN release them trt m the bondage
which becomes to them worse than
1eath.
1t Is a mistake to believe that
punishment ought to be inflicted
beyond the laws demand upon the
criminal. In the uncertain condi-
ion of our criminal laws, when
Is obtained our usually
liscreet judges pronounce penalties
which their good Judgement consid. :
'rs adequate punishment for the
'rlme. The State has no right to {
these sentences by I
'lacing the convicted person in a {
POSITION in which the Ieyal sen. t
ence is the smallest part of the pun t
;hment. G
The penitentiary system of the j.
tate should receive The careful at t
snti"n of the next legislature, and v
lould be placed upon a tasis that r
'ould consult, not the profit of con- Ii
actors. nor yet the financial ben. v
1t of the Stale, so much as the 81
Iotectlon of The community anG Il
le just and reasonable punishment a
the criminal class. Let the Law fe
so framed as to ensure the GER 81
lnty oi penalty for every crime, 81
I'd far more good will be accom- "
lshed than BY increasing the Sc W
'rity of The punishment which the B
W prescribes. hc
There is no good reason why The tn
te OF mortality shouId<bs much 70
eater among the convict class pv
an it is among the free men of BY
and We emphaticaIly pa
Onounce the death rate reported Pr
long the convicls of Mississippi d
Il Is reported correctly by This H. VI
Ois statis:iciaa, to be a blot on kI
, fair escutcheon of the Slate an
Itchez Democrat. ha
Under the caption, "person. vi
!" the Appeal contains the fol. tic
wing: az
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Terms to Mail Subscribers.

IeTmS to Mail Subscribers.
The several editions of The Sun ar
sent by mail, postpaid as follows:
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year; with Sunday edition, $40.
SS,ulNDAl-Eight !, pages, Sl.2O a year
WhEkLY-Sl u Year. Eight page
olthe best mattel OF the daily Issues
an Agricultural Department. Of u.'
equalled merit, market REPORTS, an,
literary, scientific, and domestic III
telllgence make rnE WEEKLY SUI
the newspaper for farmers Aoust
hold. To cIlbs of ten with $40, IL
extra copy free.
Address 1. ". ENGLAND, Pub Usher
InE Sun, N. Y. City. j&
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Very Respectfully,
M. Z. LOWREY.
Blue Mountain, Feb, 7rh, 1888.

TLE meaning Of The recent decjs.
ion OF tho United States Suprpma
Court on the civil rights case from
Alabama, ls, that the law Of tha,
State prohibiting. end severely
punlshing the iniermarriage of The
white and cOlored races, is not in
conflict with the 14th amendment
to the constitution, or with the civ.
ii rights legislation founded ON IT
for The reason that it applies the
same punishment to both offenders
white and black, without hiscrlmi.
nation. The decision is of interest
to Mississippi, as she mas a similar
law to that Of Alabama. Jackson
Clarion.
The Ripley advertiser., 1883-02-10

J. W Frederick, Esq, has just
been appointed postmaster at New
Albany Miss. A good appoint
iuent.
The Ripley advertiser., 1883-02-10

A BILL for holding the Centennial
Cotton and industrial Exposition
IN 1884 has passed Congress.
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w. ?. ALVIS,
South q PWUVNc SNWUve
--fipley, Miss

Black -Smithing, Wagon-making, Re-
pairing Of all kinas in iron and
Wood work.
Keeps in stock Spokes, Felloes, Plow
handles, ThimOIe-Skeins, North
erll-made Plows, Coal,
Iron and Steel.
Shafts,
Swingle Trees, Neck
lokes, WagoAseat Springs, Etc, Etc.
Guns, Pistols, Watches, Clocks, Sew
ing Machines, &c,, repaired in the
BESI STYLE and at the
LOWEST PRICES.
will be glad to see my friends and The
pubiic geAera " atny OLD STAND.
May il, loo.-Iy.
The Ripley advertiser., 1883-02-10

THE FACTS IN REGARD TO THE
EsTABLISHMENTOFBLUE NOUN
TAIN FEHALE COLLEGE AS A
FREE SCHOOL.
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SATURDAY. FEB. 10. 1883.
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''. g FoRD, Editor and Proprietor.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11

THE Dardanelle and Rusellville
railway will be opened Aug. Is,
with a grand barbecue.
A correspondent wants to know
what are the qualifications neces-
sary to become a successful JUS
tice of the peace: Ignorance OF
the law.-[Arkansaw Traveller.
The BARRIERS, for the first time
in twenty years, bad one Sunday
to themselves. The ajority OF
them are in hopes that the Sun
day law will be strictly enforced.
St Louis Juvenile Contributor.
The Georgia Ku-Klux, have
again commenced their netarious
work, midnight riding and kill
ing the poor blacks. 1t appears
that the heels of all nations are
turned against US.
The Vicksburg Herald (dem.
confesses that the best man in the
board of aldermen in that city is
colored man.
The case of ex-state treasurer
Polk. OF Tennessee, who Is under
a twenty years sentence, has been
appealed to the state supreme
court, and the criminal admitted
to bail in the sum of $3.50, 900.
Register Bruce is to stump the
state of Ohio, in behalf OF the re-
publican party. We fear he will
do as he did last year in Missis-
sippi, make the matter worse.
The state convention in Geor-
gia will convene on the 9th inst,
to elect delegates to the national
convention to meet in Louisville,
Ky, Sept. "A.
Every forty years, says the Ar
kansaw Traveller, the leading
democratic newspapers contain an
editorial something like the fol
lowing: "At no time during the
history of the democratic party
have we possessed such a chance
of victory. The wind is now
strongly blowing our way at the
coming election, the uprising
hosts will show the republicans
that the Lord again reigns in Is
rael."
Hon J r Lynch, passed through
Chicago, enroute for Lansing, the
capital of Michigan, last week.
In reply to questions asked him,
he politically speaking of his
state, Mississippi, he said the re-
publicans are entitled to five of
the seven congressional districts
of the state. He said in twenty
six counties there is a large COLI
ored preponderance. In the third
district there is a colored ma Or
ity of $4,000, and 1000 i'll the
seventh, but generally speaking
the count is fixed against us.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11
DEEP WATER FLOU n DER
INGS.

The Gazette of this city has got
itself into a triangular sqnabble
with a couple Of its able corres~
pondents on the tariff issue.
The tacile editor has labored
late and early, in and out of sea
son to convince its readers that
the Bourbon party has always
been on the side of free trade.
One of these correspondents at
least makes quite a sho wing to
the contrary. In fact, the array
of quotations from democratic
platforms, and the sayings of the
Apostles of the party are about
equally divided between free
trade and high protective tariff,
and is characteristic Of that party
on all the important questions of
the past. The Gazette eviden tly
is on the ragged edge Of the con-
troversy, and Is squirming like an
angle worm to slip away from its
captors.
"What a tangled web we weave,
When once we labor to deceive"
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11
PINE BLUFF ITEMS.

The Middle Baptist church h3s
a protracted effort upon ''wheeis.
A good time is predicted. while
they are we'll supplied with able
ministers to do the work, sin shall
be cut, killed, scattered and slain
for the sake of Christ.
Miss Alice A SiZemore. who is
now teaching at Lacy, Ark,
speaks quite favorably of her
school. There is an immense
thirst for education III that To-
cality.
In a difficulty between Mrs
Boyd and her cook, Il colored
lady, one of the boarders named
Charlie, intcrlercl and struck
the colorcl lady. She had him
arrested and brought before
Judge Thomas, arl while they
We're empannelling a jury he took
leg bail and has not been seen
since. Being an assault on IA col
ored woman, he will not be pur-
sued.
The Paramore bridge is passa
bic for trains to bring freight
from st Louis 10 Pine Bluff.
They will take up freight that
has been delivered by Mississippi
boats at the mouth oil the Nrkan~
sas river for the Katie Hooper
and other boats. NO more good
times on the Katie
JP Williams, one of Prot Cor
bins pupils, who has been teach
ing school in the rural districtSis
attending the teachers institute
at Pine Bluff, although he is
troubled with sore eyes.
The teachers institute opened
last Monday at the appointed
time, Prof Corbin presiding, 1t
is quite interesting to the teachers
and a great deal more so to the
members. Z
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11
Little Rock, Miss'pi River X Tex;
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
No. 913.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark, |
July 26, 1888.

No. 913.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark, !
July 26, 1888.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
IN following named settler has
filed notice of his intention to make
final proof In support Of his claim
and that said proof will be made
before the Register and Receiver Of
the Land Office at Little Rock, Ark,
on September 6, 1888. viz: Philips
Nichols, who made Homestead En-
try No. 1919, for the S E quarter S
w quarter, and S w quarter S E
quarter, section 8, T l S, r II west.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence
upon, and cultivation of said land,
viz John Rauch, of Parker's Store,
Pulaski county, Ark Henry Rauch,
of Parker's Store, Pulaski county,
Ark; Daniel Rauch, Of Parker's
Store, Pulaski county, Ark; Frank
of Parker's Store, Pulaski
Arkansas.
NJ. w. GIBBS, Register.
c.. E. KELSEY, Receiver.
July 2S-5t
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11
LINCOLN AND BRUCE.

The colered journals are max
ing a ticket of Lincoln and Bruce.
What have they promised? 1t Is
the fatal mistake of our people
that they hurrah for men, and go
lickspittling around, pledging
themselves unasked. While folks
know that black people drop like
rotten apples-before they are
ripe. We don't intend to sup
port any man who has not Il
square, known record on ques-
tions touching our race, or he
must make one before he is entl-
tied to our aid and comfort. We
do not care if he is sound on
the tariff, Chinese questions, or
anything else. What is in name?
Is Bob Lincoln cold Abe 2
What has he done? Some peo-
pie save men from buying them
by giving themselves away
T TAmerican Baptist.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11
Notice for Pttbzicntion.
No. 915.

No. 9lD.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark, !
July 81, 1888. J
AlOTICE is hereby given that the
III following named settler has
filed notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will hc made be
fore the Hegistor and Receiver at
Little Rock, Ark, on Sept. 10Th,
1888, viz: Isaiah II. Hollingsworth,
who made Homestead Entry No.
1884, for the S w quarter N + quar-
ter section Fl, township 3 N, X II
west.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence
upon, and cultivation of saiu land,
viz: Edward M. Kemp, Of Mineral
p. o., Pulaski county, Ark; Calvin
Overton, Of Mineral p. O., Pulaski
county, Ark; John Hon, of Mineral
p. o., Pulaski county, Ark; Craw-
ford r. Mcpherson, of Mineral Z. o.,
Pulaski county, Ark.
M. w. GIBBS, Register.
C. f. KELSEY, Receiver.
august St
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11
FROM CALHOUN COUNTY,.

HAMPTON, ARK, July2S, 's3.
EDITOR Mansion: Sir,
The colored men of this county,
met in mass convention in the
court house at Hampton to day,
for the purpose of selecting two
delegates to represent the colored
people of this county in the state
convention, to convene in Little
Rock, Ark, on the 9th day Au-
gust, 1888. III. w. Watkins,
called the meeting to order with
a rousing speech, setting forth the
necessity of the colored people
holding national, state and coun-
ty conventions. j A Walter was
made chairman and Jas. Wear.
secretary Of the meeting. IL w
Watkins and S ID Davis were
elected delegates. After which
the county centra! committee
were reorganized, composed Of
twenty one men, BY request Of
the convention, the committee
will meet in the court house on
the 18th day of Septem ber, 1883,
at IL o'clock, m.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11
HAMILTON, o.. HINTS.

Bishop j p Campbell, ID. d.,
and LII ID, and Elder Arnett put
in an appearance at the Hamilton
camp-meeting Saturday. Elder
Arnett preached Saturday even
ing and Sunday afternoon. Bish-
op Campbell Sunday morning
and evening. The meeting closed
Sunday night with moderate sue
cess. The trustees have not set
tied all bills yet, but it is expect
ed they will clear about three
hundred dollars. Afro Amcrl-
can.
This is new departure in re-
liSious campmeetings. The obs
iect now is to catch the dollars
instead Of the souls.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11
GENERALIZATION.

now, thorugh the Bourbon press
concerning the proposed govern
ment telegraph system. The New
York Sun has this to say CON
cerning the same:
"All the arguments offered by
foolish persons in favor of gov
ernment telegraph service apply
with equa! force to government
butcher service.' And according
to the New York World. "The
last thing to which the citizens of
the United States ought to con
sent is the increase of the federal
patronage, which already threat
ems the practical overthrow of
popular government.
Then the Gazette of this city
chimes in with its little Amen.
and weak dilution of the same
idea, increased to the ninety
ninth attenuation. What an alb
surdity that this little increase of
federal patronage is threatening
tho overthrow of popular govern
ment..' We would be pleased to
learn wherein the United States
postal service has "threatened the
overthrow of popular govern.
ment." Every we'll informed
person knows that this govern
mental institution is increasing
in the same ratio, if not in a great
er one, with the increase of popu-
lation, and no one of average
horse sense will contend that the
United States postal system has
in the least endangered our sys-
TEN of government. And fur
ther, few if any persons will seri>
ously gainsay the assertion, that
the United States postal service
has been a very important factor
in aiding and increasing our ma
tional progress.
The design of the postal tele-
graph system as set forth and ad-
vocated by ex-postmaster general
CresswelI. and several of his sue
cessers in office, was simply as
auxiliary to our postal system
nothing more. There is no in
tcntion on the part of its advo-
Gates to create gigantic national
monopoly, or to crush out existing
telegraphic companies. tits SIM
ply a plan by which cheap and
reliable telegraph communica-
tions can be had at a fixed rate
and to be conducted in Il manner
similar to that of the post office
department.
If this is dangerous innovation
upon the Bourbon idea of free
popular government, then upon
the same theory we arc III more
imminent danger from the post
office department. Bosh :,
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11
BY ALL NJ EANS.

The New York World is ful
of "reminiscences as soon as it gets
through with italicizing Dorsey
may we not hope for few choice
extracts from the mule contracts
in Indiana, the Morey letter, the
cipher kilograms, the Crenin nose,
and other democratic pleasan-
tries 2 Inter Ocean.
Yes, and meantime, won't the
Gazette Of this city let up on
"carpet bagging" in Arkansas
and the South, ralical misrule
and all that, and address itself to
the denouncing of that system of
thieving practiced by the state
treasurers OF Tenn, Alabama and
Arkansas. The "shortages' of
nearly all Of our late Bourbon
state officials and the asinine stu
pidity of a large m !jority of the
members of the late general as
sembly.
The Arkansas board of COM
missioners for the southern expo
sition, might add a few sugges-
tions in the latter instance. There
is a humiliating spectacle just
here which is too painful to every
true Arkansian, which will be far
reaching in its influence in the
politics in this state in the near
future.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11

The New York Globe ecstati
cally saluted us in its last issue
in the following high toned man
ner, which meets our hearty ap-
probation.
Brother Simkcns of the Arkan-
sas Mansion, is Il man Of gener
GUS nature and ample Intelligence.
He admircs the editor of tile Globe
and is abundantly admired III
turn, SO that the utmost fraterni-
ty subsists between these two
members OF the C. p. Brother
Simkens attended the session OF
the colored press association in
the city of Washington a year
ago; he also attended Mr. w A
Pledger's St. Louis Convention.
Brother SimlSens kindly informed
US how he reached the seat of the
nations capital in that graphic
style which charms one with its
picturesqueness while fully in
forming the understanding.
Brother Simkcns, commenting
upon our reference to the actions
OF Mr.. Pledger's convention, gen
erously observes: "Brothcr For
tune missed it; had he met the st
Louis convention he could have
walked away with the laurels on
the independent question, as that
part Of the proceeding came near
choking Brother Pledger, but he
managed to swallow it for expe-
diency sake Brother Simkens
has ol.r Acknowledgements for
limiting that we would have
"walked away with the laurels on
the independent question" 1t
appears to us that he walked
away with the laurels on that
question as triumphantly by us re-
manning in New York as we could
have done by transporting ours
selves to st Louisto assist in the
glorifcation of Mr. Pledge who
"came near being choked" by the
adoption of policy which we
have SO persistently advocated.
We have no doubt that our tri-
umph and satisfaction in the mat
ter are largely due to the wisdom
and astute support of Brother
Simkens, and we gladly embrace
this opportunity of thanking him
for what he aid for US in cur for
tuitous absence, and of renewi g
those journalistic felicities which
have subsisted between the Clio be
and the Mansion, 10! these twel We
months. May the generous fra
ternity long unite US to the up
lifting of the people we love so
we'll.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11
captOrs.
What tangled web we weave,
When once we labor to deceive.

The Bourbon press Is down
with it. There is no trouble in
diagnosing the lnfrmity; it is
Enthusiastically "Randall on the
BRAIN There is no balm in the
democratic Gilead, that will heal
the trouble, and no hope of sal
vation in the political outlook.
A judicieus tariff for revenue and
protection is the only panacca.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11

A hard fight of three months
has resulted in the demise Of the
National People of Detroit. Lack
Of capital at the outset, wretched
business management and able
competition in the shape OF the
Detroit Plaindealcr. explain the
failure. These papers have been
published by colored men and
both have had a good appearance.
The Plaindealer is a republican
journal, and from its inception
has been abb lc and consist ent. The
People pretended to be independ-
ent, but its tendencies were demo-
cratic, while its tone was govern
ed by pecuniary considerations.
the deductions from this record
are plain. Men should not start
in business without capital, and
colored men should not attempt
to run a democratic journal IN
Michigan. The Plaindealer, be-
ing left alone in a field which it
has the enterprise and ability to
supply, will now, no doubt, eS-
pand its capacity and become a
permanent institution of the State.
Il Detroit Western Newspaper
Union.
This is a surprise TO US. There
is no cause for colored men in the
north to be dem ocratic yet, ex-
cept for money consideration so
we will not put Grape Oil our door.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11

1t is currently rumered that
there is syndicate forming
among the leading capitalists of
Europe to compel the liquidation
of the old confederate bon ded in
debtedness. This compulsory
process is based upon the old state
right theory. 1t is claimed by
this syndicate that in the matter
of the issue OF these bonds, each
state composing the southern con
federacy was to all intents and
purposes, an Independent sover
eign and confirmed the issue of
these bonds as such, aud are,
therefore, liable as states for the
payment of the same. But should
they fail to do 50, not dollar of
European capital will be permit
ted to be invested in public en~
terpriscs in the south. The bon
ded indebtedness of the late
confedcrated states is estimated
at StOO,OO0,0Oo. Twelve per cent
OF this anount, it Is said, will APP
pease these cormorants for the
present. We presume 90. AS it
stands, it locks like a dose Of the
old exploded states rights doe
thine administered from the OPP
po5itc direction.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11

The Lion Poindexter Dunn, of
Arkansas, is not large success
ass political critique. But as a
fossilized partizan of the most
ultra Bourbon school, he should
be accorded the palm. With rea-
sonable length of days and fur
ther persistency, he too will yet
be able to write his name "high
on the asinine scroll of fame.
The petulant little snarl which
be has sent out through the Bour-
bon press of Arkansas recently,
has thoroughly established his
reputation for lack of statesman
ship. 1t has ever heretofore been
an open question.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11

The Detroit Plain Dealer comes
to US highly recommended as the
only republican journal published
by celored men in the state. of
Michigan. 1t comes regularly to
our sanctum ever since we met the
editor in the national convention
at st Louis. 1t is good paper and
takes up the cause OF all who
they call big men, but in the
midst Of Bruce, Lynch, Elliott
and Douglass. he puts in the no.
tel boys. boot blacks, and caterists
with us in Arkansas. That kind
ofbigness is a thing Of the past,
and should be entire! y obsolete in
Michigan.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11
Arkansa5 g1an5ion.
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BI me
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HENRY SIMKENS, EDITOR.
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