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The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-15
Tennessee'S Creditors After the
Tennessee Rail Roads.

There was q motion made in the
U. s. Supreme Court on the 9th inst.
to advance the cases of Calvin A.
Stephens ct al against the Mobile
and Ohio and all other railroads run
ming through Tennessee. This is
suit instituted by the holders of the
State bonds against the railroads,
claiming that they have q prior lien
on the railroads as security for the
payment of the bonds. The argus
ment of the bondholders was in subs
stance that if the court would adj
vance these cases, and pass upon the
question at issue, i. g. as to whether
the roads were liable or not for the
bonds, one of the States of the Union
would be placed in position to adjust
its financial affairs which are now
greatly disturbed and CONFUSED.
Mr.. Ed Russell, counsel for the
NJ. Il 0. road, in opposing this mos
ton contended that the State was
not a party to these suits and was in
no wise interested in the final result;
he contended that her revenue ma
chinery and resources were in no way,
manner or form embarrassed or dis
turbed by the tendency of these
suits; that only private interests
we're invovled in the issue and that
sufficient reason had not been shown
to justify the court in advancing the
cases on the calender and thus Civ
ing the plaintiffs an advantage over
other private creditors.
The argument Of Mr.. Russell was
very clear, able and impressive, and
was listened to with great attention
by the court.
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Judge Cumpbell's Great Argu-
lnent.

The argument of Judge Campbell,
of New Orleans, before the U. S,
Supreme Court, in the case Of the
States of New York and New Hamp-
shire VS.. the State of Louisiana, is
pronounced by Justice Miller and
other Judges on the Supreme Bench,
the finest effort ever made before that
tribunal. When the opinions ex-
pressed by these distinguished jurists
of his argument were repeated to the
cold man eloquent" the rehearsal
seemed to greatly depress him: "Ah''
said he, "they are feeding me upon
kind words but intend to decide
against mo;' 'but the result was other
wise, and he achieved a victory that
will immortalize him.
Our readers will remember that
Judge Campbell was himselfa justice
Of the Supreme Court before the war,
and resigned when his State-Ala-
bama--seceeded.
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The Cattle in East Mississippi.

Some Of our exchanges express
great alarm on account of the heavy
expectations of cattle from their coun-
ties. We see no cause for alarm in
this but only encouragement to those
who are at least beginning to appre-
ciate the importance of raising stock,
and who realize that the market for
the sale of beef cattle is daily i'm
proving and cannot be glutted. The
men who are selling their heifers to
the butchers do not as a general rule
belong to the progressive class that
uplifts a country, and perhaps it is all
the better for the State that they
should sell out their cattle, clock,
stock and barrel;" but there are very
many of our farmers who are devot-
ing great attention to improving their
stock with a view to raising animals
for beef, draught and dairy purposes,
and it will be all the more fortunate
for them if the people who will not
give their cattle due attention gather
them in from the range and sell them
to the first drover who makes a bid.
The experience of East Mississippi
farmers in saving hay from native
grasses during the last two years has
satisfied them that they can winter
cattle for mere song, and that this
is the best country under the sun for
stock raising. Many of them have
already purchased noble animals to
head their herds and many more will
purchase at the Fair in this city next
fall; and in the mean time, they are
buying up the COWS and heifers calves
from their improvident neighbors,
confident that they can at trifling
expense raise class of short
grades that will command first class
prices in any beef market in the coun-
try. These people do not regret to
see the drovers buying up and ship
ping off the cattle of the shiftless, for
this only adds to the value Of their
own herds by forcing the drovers of
the future to become purchasers of
the beeves they raise at renumerative
prices.
The scrub cattle of East Mississip-
pi have been pretty well culled out
during the last three years, and we
are glad of it.
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Advice Worthy OF Attention.
ABERDEEN, MISS, !
March IA, 1883. !

MuICu IL, 1OCO.
DEAR EXAMINER:
The Virgins storm; the European
and Western flood; the destructive
fires and the great change in the
revenue tax, have absorbed and rivet>
ted the attention of our people SO
completely that they have become
totally oblivious to important SUBJ
iects of in terest in their midst.
Interest in home affairs should
first be attended and then turn our
attention to the outside world-we
lie idle and listless, like Wilkins
Micawber, waiting for something to
turn up, waiting for capital to come
and build for us palaces cotton, and
oil mills, congresses, city halls, rail
roads and in thousand ways develop
our land, we will wait until the
mountains are all swallowed up by
earthquakes, and the valleys grown
into vast mountains if we expect
capital unaided to fall at our feet
The Fates help those who help them.
selves. Let our people form syndi>
Gates and do all these things our
selves and then capital will flow into
our towns in abundance. Let the
good work commence at once Do not
wait for another crop; do not wait
for more railroads, and more help,
bat open your hearts and your pur'
SEES, and go to J. ". Eckford's Phe
nix Drug Store and give him a liberal
share of your patronage, and let him
prove to you what an immense and
infinite variety of Drugs and Fancy
goods he has and how very, very
re asonable they are in prices.
Good By. A.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-15

THE President pro tenlpore of the
i. S. Senate-when there is no Vice
President-draws the same compen-
sation as the Speaker of the House,
$4,000 a year but his patronage is
confined to the appointment of a pri-
vate Secretary, messenger, and the
selection Of keeper of the Senate
restaurant. He has nothing to do
with the appointment of the regular
Committees, as the members of the
two parties arrange their respective
membership upon these bodies in
their caucusses; and the chairman of
the committee on organization of the
party representing the majority, sub
mits the list in the shape of a rosolu-
ton, which usually passes without op-
position.
In the House the Speaker has con-
siderable patronage to bestow, and in
addition to this, appoints all of the
committees, and is justly regarded as
the possessor of power and influence
only exceeded by that of the Presi-
dent of the United States.
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not satisfactory. became worried over
the case and really did not know what to
do, but finally thought would try some
thing out of the usual line. had heard
a. certain remedy recommended very
nightly and so procured some and made
chemical analysis of it. l found it was
perfectly pure, and that the ingredients
were unusually valuable. SO 1 began
giving II to my patient, changing it,
however, into a bottle of nv own. To
my great joy it seemed to have an al
most immediate effect and complete
cure was the result Since then have
used it constantly in my practice and
have cured every form Of female weak
ness, as well as displacements, dropsical
tumors, cellu dropsy and all such trou-
bles. have also used it with the best of
results in cases Of pregnancy and gesta-
ton. Indeed have found it of untold
value and benefit.
"Have you any objection to giving me
the name of this remedy of which you
speakT
"None whatever. It is Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure"
"Why, that is proprietary medicine!"
Certainly, but what of that? | have
but one end in view in the treatment of
my patients namely-theirr restoration to
health. In the accomplishment of This
end prescribe what believe To be BEN
eficial, no matter what the professional
consequences may be-" r.
~ notice in the New York papers that
Doctors Hammond, Agnew and other
prominent physicians are taking a sim
FLAIR stand Mrs. Wlngate."
Eyes, and all independent thinkers il,
the profession are bound TO do so. am.
however, on the best of terms with my
professional brethren as you can see,'
and the lady produced beautiful gold
medal mounted in the form of a badge
which had been presented her by the
medical society, known as the Ensign of
the Humble Family, of which she is a
prominent member. After examining
it closely, the reporter remarked that
the medical profession evidently were
proud of what she had donea las she might
well be in the possession of such medal,
81 am proud of that" she replied, land
was also pleased a short time since to
receive an offer at large salary to take
the professorship in the new medical
college at Walla Walla, on the Pacific
| coast. ! do not know how they hearfof
me out there. but 1 was obliged to de-
cline their Offer" a.,
And so. in your experience with the
diseases of women, you have found sue
cess, and that warmers safe Cure has
been most efficient remedy"
| "Yes, have had unusual success and
proven of great benefit. There are,
however, some base limitations of it to
be found in the market; these are bad
| and should be avoided, but the genuine
| remedy is one of the very best
1 And has not the practice of your pro-
| fession injured your health?"
mo, am better now than ever before
| in my life, 1 froze my limbs last Winter,
while riding one cold night to see Il pa
| tient and was obliged to remain indoors
for over two months. Otherwise | am
healthy, as you can see by looking at
me-"
And may l publish this interview,
Mrs. Wingate?"
Eyes. II what have told you should
be the means of assisting any women
ly willing to have it published"
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-15

Hon, Abram S. Hewitt, in an inter
view published in the New York Sun,
corroborates the opinion expressed
some weeks ago by the Examiner,
that the effect of the new Tariff would
be to greatly increase the revenues of
the Government instead of ehecting
the reduction prophesied by the
Finance Committee of the Senate and
the Ways and Means Committee Of
the House.
We can see no reason to modify
our prediction that the surplus rove
nues for the fiscal year ending June
Both 1884, will exceed those of the
present year by at least forty millions
of dollars,unless a failure Of the crops
of cotton and cereals shall deprive us
of the usual medium of foreign ex-
change
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EDITORS EXAMINER:
The public have ere now had vari-
GUS and conflicting account of one of
the sadest and most shocking affairs
hat perhaps ever TRANSFERRED in this
locality. The accounts given in the
Aberdeen Weekly as well as some
other accounts in circulation are in
incorrect in some points.
The trne account as well as could
be obtained from eye witnesses, leav-
ing out minor details, Ills about as
follows: On Monday evening Feb.
Doth, at Miss Annie Aliens public
chool in Snithville, Miss Theodosia
Vaughan, a young lady of about
seventeen years of age, daughter of
VIM Vaughan, Of that village, while
standing with her back to the school
room fire attentive to the solving OF
an example by her teacher , caught
fire in her skirts, when Jimmie Spratt
spoke, Miss Dosia your dress is IL
fire. She became alarmed! ran to the
water bucket which she discovered
to be empty;she then ran to the back
end of the house and in less than
two minutes she was literally envel-
oped in flames and had every article
of clothing, consisting of cotton
material, burned off of her except
her corset, and was taken home from
the school room in sheet, and after
lingering till Tuesday about 9 a. m,
died. She was in her right mind up
to the time of her death, and seem
ingly not in a great deal of pain.
Wednesday the body WAS taken to
the Methodist church where large
congregation assembled at a. M,
and listened to an able and impress.
sive funeral discourse by the Rev.
Mr.. Porter, presiding elder; after
which the last sad offices were cons
cluded at the village Cemetery.
Reinstatement in the Weekly that
the "school children excepting one
fled the house. is incorrect. Several
Of the pupils remained in the house,
prominent among them were Miss
Josie Cheek, Jimmie Spratt and
Trannie Dilworth, who assisted their
teacher to extlnguish the fire, but
without avail as the sequel shows.
Miss Josie Cheek and Miss Allen, the
teacher, actually put their lives in
jeopardy and struggled hard to save
the life of the unfortunate victim.
For Miss Josie had her hands badly
burned, and Miss Allen, besides get
ting several holes burned in her
water proof cloak worn at the time,
had tho tassels on her shawl burned
off, a silk handkerchief round her
neck scorched, her eye brows and
lashes singed, and was almost pros
trated by the shock and the hot air
which she inhaled. Many imagine
they can see now what might have
been done to prevent the sad miss
fortune, but in view of the rapid
work of the flames, the excitement of
the occasion and the very limited
means at command, serious doubt
arises whether any number of per-
sons could have accomplish any more
than was done. There was no water
of any consequence nearer the school
house than one hundred yards and
for Miss Vaughan to have attempted
to reach it under stiff breeze then
blowing would have been subiecting
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-15

The Pennsylvania Legislature has
passed a law "to escheat to the State
the property of all telegraph compa>
MES that consolidate with competing
lines. This is intended to put an
end to the common practice of start
ing new companies with a view to
forcing the Western Union monopos
ly to buy them ont, but we fear that
it will not result in perpetuating
competing lines. Their probable
programme will be hereafter to take
down their lines and poles and res
move them beyond the jurisdiction
of the State in consideration of a
certain amount of money paid them
at the New York headquarters Of the
Western Union,
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The Grain Outlook.

Tho great -four mills of Minnesota are
shutting down" on account of the high
price and scarcity of wheat. The reports
from all quarters confirmed our asser>
tion made early in the season, that the
wheat and corn crops of the West in
1882 were vastly shorter than for the
proceeding year, and that the rings and
spectators had persistently falsited the
returns from the great centres of pro-
duction. That the prices of breadstuifs
have not materially advanced is due to
the fact that the South which made an
immense corn crop last season, is out of
the market as buyer, while the new
wheat fields Of Dakota, have supplied
large portion of the shortage in that
grain, of the Western States. II our
Mississippi corn crop had failed in 1882,
the State would have been impoverished,
for Western corn would have commanded
enormous prices, and but little of 1t
would have been fed to hogs.
Our farmers should be as economical
On the consumption of corn this spring
as though it had been purchased with
their cotton money, feeding literally to
work stock but closing every avenue 10
waste And they should increase their
cereal acreage at this springs planting
and give the crops careful attention, re-
membering that tue only guarantee of
profit to tho cotton planters is to be
found in full corn cribs and huge hay
stacks.
Ii We can save q heavy crop Of corn
and hay, this year, the State will be en-
tirely tout of the ruts" and on the high
road to prosperity. The recent foods
in the vallies OF the Ohio and its tribu-
tpries will result in the loss to the farm-
ers Of these regions Of the crops of wheat
and oats that were anticipated from the
immense acreage sowed last fall. Those
farmers are terribly crippled by their
losses in work, fences, stock, barns,
machinery and deposits and land wash
ing, Hence it is likely that the majority
OF them will not be able to plant corn to
much greater extent than will meet
their own needs. therefore our region is
likely to be called upon to supply the
deficiency and will find an active market
next fall for all thesurplus that we che o3e
to market.
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On and after May LIST, 1883, the
internal revenue tax on manufactured
tobacco and snuff will be reduced to
eight cents per pound, and on cigars,
to three dollars per thousand. The
same lava recent act of Congress
that provides for these reductions
also authorizes the producer to sell as
much as one hundred pounds of leaf
tobacco without any embargo at all
in the way of taxation. This will be
of the greatest advantage to many
farmers of Monroe county, for while
large numbers of them have for sew
eral years grown suiliciency for
"home consumption" none have cul-
tiyated the crop more extensively,
and hereafter we may expect tobacco
to become an important market crop,
Almost every farmer in the county
will raise enough, over and above his
own requirements, to have the hun
bred pounds to offer for sale and will
always find ready sale for it.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-15

WE are assembling quite a crowd OF
dusky representatives, of Eastern nations,
at the Capitol: The Chinese and jana,
nese delegations have been reinforced
by an embassy from Madagascar. The
Sandwich Islanders, LiberiOns and Hay
tiaus, although belonging to the dark
races, have generally been represented
in Washington by white men.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-15

Mr.. Ed RUSSELL, general solicitor
of the NJ. & O. r. r., was admitted
to practice in the U. S. Supreme
Court on the 9th inst, and made a
fine argument in case in which his
company is interested, involving
several hundred thousands of dollars.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-15

THE two Senators Ferry, have had
conflicting fortunes: The French
statesman was called to the head of
the Cabinet in his Republic, on the
same day that the American Ferry
was repudiated by the Legislature Of
Michigan. They both took hand in
President making, but the French
Ferry never ofliciated in conspiracy
to count in the wrong man, hence
'sthe mills Of the gods" have spared
him
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d. W, LEX, U5I MUBGGf.
By S. w. LEE, Assistant.

W. e. WALKER, talented lawyer of
Aberdeen, and the accomplished read
ing clerk of the Senate, has accepted
an invirtation from the ladies OF that
city to deliver the address on the oc-
casion of the decoration of the Sold
iers graves. --Jackso'a Mississippidn
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CIRCUIT COURT.

The State Docket will be taken ND in
the Circuit Court on Monday the Both
day of April and the second week of the
term. Witnesses and others interested
will do well to take notice and govern
themselves accordingly. By order of
His Honor, j. W. Buchanan, Judge
presiding.
Feby. 16 I'D. ANDREW WOOD Clerk.
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COTTON SHIPMENTS.

The shipments of cotton from ABB
erdeen for the season commencing
September LIST, 1882, up to Wednes-
day, March 14th, 1883, amounted
to 22,427 bales.
The following were the shipments
to corresponding dates in former
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Medical CQnSOrS.

The Board of Censors of the first Dis
trict will meet in Aberdeen on the 2nd
Monday in December, March, June aud
September, to examine applicants for
license to practice medicine in the coun.
lies of Alcorn, Tishomlngo, PrcnlisS,
Lee, Itawamba, Chickasaw. Monroe,
Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Clay and Pont otoc.
J. M. TAYLOR, M. y.
E. P. SALE, NJ. d.
Nov II 1880. "
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-15

A Columbus correspondent of the
Memphis Appeal asserts that there are
fourteen vacant brick storehouses in that
city, and more vacant ones being erected
If they remain tenantless until next fall
there will be lively demand for them
in Aberdeen.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-15

Ali that can be supplied towards max
ing the natural hair beautiful and
abundant is contained in Ayers Hair
Vigor. 1t keeps the scalp free from
dandruff, prevents the hair from becom-
ing dry and harsh, and makes it flexible
and glossy. 1t stimulates the roots to
healthy action, and promotes healthy,
vigorous growth.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-15

The communication from our es-
teemed correspond ent, "Lowndes,'
was received just as our forms were
going to press, and consequently too
late for this issue.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-15

Mr.. A. B. HURT, of Winona, has
been appointed by the Commissioner
of Agriculture as reporter of Agri-
cultural Statistics to the Department
from Mississippi, and will enter upon
the duties of the Office about the first
of April. The Bureau could not have
found man who would be more
Jealous in the cause, and we have
only to say to him that if he desires
to serve the State faithfully--and we
know he does-he will best succeed
by giving little heed to what he hears
and full scope to his eyes. If like
many others he listens to the army OF
croackers who beset one at every step
in Mississippi, he will utterly fail to
do his State justice or to supply the
reliable information that the world
seeks.
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Blacksmith's Coal.

A large supply of superior
-BLACKSMITH'S COAL
for sale at our Carriage and Wagon Fac
tory in Aberdeen.
[n13tf. SIMPSON, BRANNIN & GO.
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Hon. II L. Muldrow returned home
from Washington last week. Messrs.
Money and Manning have we understand
gone 10 New York to endeavar to induce
certain prominent capitalists to under
take the building of railroad from
Jackson to Mississippi City.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-15

WASH Jones, of Texas, the Greenback
Congressman from that State who was
s'left out in the cold" at last election, is
quoted as saying that he has had
ssenough of that style of politics, and
will steer clear Of the Independents and
all other third party strikers here after y
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The Sorghum Sugar In dustry.

The manufacture of sugar from the
sorghum cane, is destined to be one of
the great American industries in the
early future, and Mississippi should be
able to take the lead of all the States IN
this matter, for she is now the largest
grower of the sorghum cane and the
largest manufacturer of syrup.
Before skeptical readers dismiss this
prediction with sneer, we would call
their attention to the fact that in the late
Tariff fight in Congress New Jersey
stood shoulder to shoulder with Lotis'
lana for the duty on sugar, and New
Jerseys interest in the matter was based
entirely upon the development of the
sorghum interes'. In that State they
are already manufacturing sugar from IT.,
aad the State, with an enterprising
spirit that we commend to ours,i paying
to growers a bonus of one dollar on
every ton of stalks they cut.
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SENATOR George returned from
Washington last week, after adjourn
ment, to look after his imperilled
planting interests in the Mississippi
bottom.