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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-04-21
The AtchafaIaya RIyer.

OF this stream and the proposal
of the Mississippi River Commis-
sion with regard to II, Mr.. c. NJ.
Scott writes to the New Orleans
mes.Democrat:
"My own knowledge goes back
to 1920, and the facts acquired are
mostly from those who were old
when | began.
"Previous to the making of Red
river cutoff, in 1881, the whole of
the drift of the Mississippi, inclu-
ding Red river, flowed into the
Atchafalaya, and the bayou las
then called for at least 20 miles
from the head was a succession of
RATS similar to that of Red river
above Shreveport. These RATS
retarded the current so that the
bayou was gradually filling up, and
they were SO solid that they were
Ieyeled and good roads made
across the bayou on them in sew.
eral places. uo
"But little water found its way
through the bayou, even during
high water, and the old records
will show that the levecs required
below Red river previous to 1Si5
tho date of the commencement of
clearing out the RATS In the bayou
to protect the country were not
SO high by at least one foot as are
now required.
"A knowledge of these facts
will show the weakness of the ar
guments of those opposed to the
closing of the Atchafalaya, and is
also a strong proof in favor of the
views of the River Commission,
namely: That the greater volume
in a stream that has an alluvial
bottom and q fixed fall, the greater
will be the velocity, and conse.
auently the greater scour."
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Railroads Taking ConrrOI OF the
LeTeeS.
lTimes-D -DemOcrat.l

- ~---~
The officials of the New Orleans
and Mississippi Valley road do
not express their desire to assume
entire control of the levees be.
tween thas city and Baton Rouge.
ltappears that the citizens living
along the river desire that some
arrangement be made whereby the
railroad company win take-eharge
of the leyees, have absolute con.
troll and keep them in order.
tits to be hoped that the State
authorities will see that such an
arrangement be made, for the rea-
sou that the business of keeping
up the levees will be under one
head, and also because the rail.
road has the proper facilities of
transporting men and material to
dangerous points.
From a conversation with the
officials of the New Orleans and
Mississippi Valley road, it is evi.
dent that they will take hold of
the levee system, provided ar.
rangements are made which will
justify the railroad company mas
suming sucha task.
The reports show that the levees
between this city and Baton Rouge
are too low, and will have to be
bnilt higher in order 10 have the
desired effect. In many places
the levees are too near the bank
and will have to be moved further
baek.ina esnae ri. .tq4.ab AZ
AT the present time the Bonnet
Carre-levee is in prime condition,
and Capt. Grant, chief engineer
of the New Orleans and Afississ-
ippi Valley road, says that the
character of the currtn; in front
of the levee shows that all inn.
mcnse deposit is being made. ,,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-04-21
Not q ROthschlld's Game.
boston Herald

Some darkeys started a faro
bank in Kentucky town a short
time ago, and no man was allowed
to bet over ten cents at a time. a
man from Allen county was in to
see what he could see, and in his
rambles he came upon the darkey
faro bank. He pulled out a five
dollar bill, boughtits worth in chips
and put them on the jack. The
dealer was too busy, and at first
did not see the big pile of chips
and commenced dealing. He all
at once looked up, saw Allen.coum-
ty's pile, aud inquired:
~who dat got such pile on dat
jack ~
The Allen county man, not know
ing the rules of the game, very
sternly remarked, "That's mine."
The dealer gazed at him for a
moment and replied:
"Pull her down from dar. Pull
her down from dar; you must
tink Roschiles am playing dis
game"
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NO. SO

much cheaper and last longer than
cards, but the great superiority of
the game to the sharpi is the rapid
ity with which it can he played.
The " sucker y is " down. in little
or no time in " "craps whereas at
five up he must play every game
out. Added to this is the fact
that the number of persons who
can play in any one game is praeti-
eally unlimited and the popularity
of craps can be accounted for.
Men like " Bill Humphreys "Hog
mouth john and others, who
were masters at five up, can not
even get up game in that line,
so universan has the game become.
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Valley Planters Association.
PLANTERS Journal

The Executive Committee, of
the Association, will meet on
April oath, when It is hoped the
location of the Worlds Industrial
and Cotton Centennial Exposition
will be finally determined upon
The members Of that committee
are General B. s. Kicks, w. X. In
gcrsoll, Esq, and Senator George
of Mississippi; Colonel Edmund
Richardson, Hon. II. Il. Lucas and
A. w. Crandall, of Louisiana, Col.
John G. Calhoun and Senator
Garland, of Arkansas; General
John b. Gordon, of Georgia. We
have deemed it advisable to give
the names of the gentlemen CON-
posing this committee, in order
that the people may know in what
strong and able hands now rests
the conduct of TINS great Southern
undertaking. T"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-04-21

Planters Journal

IlHntcfS JOurnaI.
We understand that the vii.
limantic Linen Company after
having fully tested certain sam
pies Of the cotton grown in our
river bottoms, viii hereafter look
to this section FOR its raw material
for thread making. 1t will be
borne in mind that hitherto it has
been held by the various spinners,
that the Sea Island was the only
American cotton fit for their pur-
poses, aud even now some of them
continue to stand out stubbornly
in this position. At this writing
VIC have just enough light on the
subject to justify the statement
that our planters may confidently
count upon an unprecedented dc.
mand for long staple varieties
and may with none the less Ger.
tainty abndon all hope of the com
mon varieties commanding a price
equal to the cost of production,
except of course, where bread and
meat are also raised.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-04-21

special to Times Demorrat
New York, April 6.-Charles dc
Lesscps, son of Count Ferdinand
dc Lesseps; NJ. Dauzats and Capt.
Richer, of the Panama Canal Com.
pany, arrived in this city yesterday
morning by the steamer Colon
from Aspinwall. Relative to the
time of the completion of the Pan
anna Canal, Mr.. dc Lcsseps said:
at is we'll known by those who
took ali interest In the project, that
the first two years were to be de-
voted to preparations, that work
was to be begun in the third year,
aud that 1883 was to see the mar
riage of the two oceans. Such
was the programme of my father,
and | have no apprehension but
that it will he successfully carried
out" ,e.I
ain what state is the work
nowin
ave are now at the beginning
of the third year and at the be-
ginning Of the work. We have es-
tablished line of villages from
Colon to Panama. The country
has been thoroughly surveyed, and
the work of excavation begun.
Two large dredgcrs are at work at
Colon, two ready to begin work,
one crossing the ocean, aud a
third very large one from Philadel-
phia was met by US being towed
into the harbor of Colon as we
were coming out. Steam excava-
tors are at work oil the time."
How many men have you EN-
plOyed on the work nowr n 4H
"We have at present 70OO.r
ais there any difficulty on ac-
count of the sanitary condition Of
the countryp
swell, as to that,' said NJ. de
Lesseps, motioning toward himself
and NJ. Dauzats, both of whom are
the pictures of health, ave are
specimens Of what the climate
docs for Europeans. We have
been there three months and trav.
eled over every part of the line OF
the proposed canal; of 1000 men
employed only 200 are in the hos
pitfalls of the company; of these,
only 10 were seriously ILL.,"
"Work will be carried on from
both sides of the Isthmus, will II
not"
ayes. In a week or so the
Franco-American Dredging Com
pany will have dredges at work al
Panama. Though excavating aud
dredging is now going on with al
possible rapidity, it will be a yeal
before the work will begin to look
like a canal.n
" Have the engineering Difficult
ties to be overcome been as great
as was anticipatedp
mo. They have been very
much less. Some of the hills to bt
removed, which were thought al
} first to be of solid rock, p.oss... /. . j.
be a.oslly Of soft earth"
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$3.50 for Personal Wants.
[Mcmphis Appcal.l

lMVhiphio APpVa'I
Give lin tho seat to which he
was probably elected, and to which
he is entitled, and his power for
further mischiefto the party which
he has betrayed will be destroyed.
Every new revelation only serves
to sink Chalmers still lower in the
estimation of the public. When
he stood at the feet of Hubbell, hat
in hand, begging like q hungry
tramp for his share Of the corrup-
tion fund, he presented the most
humiliating spectacle ever enacted
in American politics. After much
higgling, Hubbell reluctantly gave
the political mendicant at his door
the pitiful sum of $3.50 to supply
immediate personal wants. In or
dinary alms-giving we are told by
high authority that there is a dou-
BILE blcssing-that the giver and
receiver are blessed. But IN this
case both the benefactor and pen.
eficiary hung their heads in shame,
- 4 al, o...,ol,.os o,,I xvaro hath /.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-04-21

Special to the Times.Demoeru


Special to the Times Democrat.
Washington, April 1.-THE pros
peet that Gen. Chalmers viii play
the part of a Boss in Mississippi is
not very promising. He probably
had an idea after the last election
that he had only to exert himself
to play as prominent a part in Mis-.
sissippi as Malone plays in Viz.
ginia. He made a mistake at the
outset in allying himself with one
of the factions of the Republican
party of Mississippi, and that fac.
tion the weaker one.
AS is well known the Repubh.
cans OF that State are divided into
the Mckee and Hill factions. Chal.
mers east his fortunes with the
Mckee faction. sfe.f
1t is said here that he required
obedience of the ofiiceholders to
his leadership, and threatened
them with removal in case they re-
fused to grant him the recognition
he desired. IL seems that he snc.
ceeded in alarming them to such
an extent, that they began to call
on their influence for assistance.
At his request Kemble, the receiv-
erof public moneys in Mississippi,
was removed, and he pointed to
kemble's case as an evidence of
his power. On the 9th of March,
he wrote letter to the Postmast-
er General, demanding the reno.
val of w. II. KEENAN,, postmaster
at Columbus, Miss. Howe's alb.
sence and finally his death pre-.
vented the consideration of this
letter until this week. Yl
To-day Postmaster-G General Gre.
sham disposed of the matter by
refusing oven to consider the ques-
ton of removing KEENAN,. 1t is
said Gen. Gresham's manner indi.
Gated his purpose not to consult
Gen. Chalmers 80 far as appoint.
ments relating to. his department
are concerned. odi '. at
The fact that Gen. Chalmers ear
ried few il any Democrats with
him in his independent movement
is regarded by the administration
as not promising well for that
movement.
If reports are true, Chalmers
has only one friend in the admins.
tration. This friend is Secretary
Chandler. Gen. Chalmers has is.
sued a call for a mass meeting Of
those opposed to Democracy at
Jackson, the State capital, on the
4th of July. Prominent Mississip-
pi Republicans here fail to make
out the object of tho proposed
meeting. M HftfifH.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-04-21
POSTAL OBJECTIONS.


All postage must be paid by
stamp.
Letters In the United States per
half ounce, 3 cents.
Drop letters, half ounce, l cent.
Registered letters, 10 cents and
proper postage.
Pamphlets, newspapers, maya
zines, books, posters, etc, each 2
ounce or fraction, ! cent.
Printed cards, blanks, seeds,
merchandise, ! cent per ounce.
All matter not at letter rates
must be prepaid in full, wrapped
so that 1t can be exanlhcd without
destroying the wrapper.
Liquids, poison, explosives and
other dangerous matter excluded.
Unpaid letters are sent to the
Dead Letter Office.
Letters part paid forwarded, bal.
ance collected of the receiver.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-04-21
Work On the TIeksburg HarDer.
lvicksburg Herald.l

lChcuuhS AlcAAAu.
In September, 1852. an estimate
for dredging the inner harbOr, or
that portion of the lake in front Of
the city, was submitted TO the Mis-
sissippi River Commission, and
slOO,O 900 allotted by them for that
purpose, the total estimate being
s377,279.
In October the work was adyer-
tised, and in November the con
tract was awarded to Rittenhouse
Moore at II 1-1Oc per cubic yard.
The plan then was to excavate be-
ginning at the lake channel l5O
feet wide to within 1000 feet of
the Elevator; thence TO u point
800 feet beyond the Elevator, the
channel to be 800 feet wide thence
to the deep cut near Ryan's Mill
200 feet wide; thence to the mouth
near the p Line Elevator, l2j feet
wide. This has been somewhat
modified, but its general features
remain the same.
The dredging commenced on the
4th inst, and for the present will
be confined to basin $50 feet
wide running from 1000 feet abevc
to 500 feet below the Elevator I;
and the material will be removed
to the low water plane. 1t was
anticipated by some, that the earth
to be dredgcd would be of such u
consistency, that it would hold no
slope, but run back into the chan
mel filling it up again. The dredg-
ing so far. shows it to be just the
contrary--a tenacious hard mud.
The material excavatcd is dumped
on the line Of the above mentioned
natural dixie so as to build it high.
er, and, as nearly as possible, cut
of the inner harbor from all silt
bearing water.
The drcdgc used is called clam.
shell dredgc, and has capacity of
about 10000 cubic yards in TWEEN
ty.four hours. The earth being
placed by the drcdge bucket in
scows built for the purpose and
the scows when filed towcd to the
place designated by the engineer
aud dumped. Dredging is being
carried on both during the day
and night, eight men being requir'
cd on each watch, which is on duty
twelve hours at time.
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avs. 4TH DISTRICT.


Dunty-Begins on the LIST
.rvh and October, and may
lieiaI days.
.o,lnty-Begins on the md
.rrh and Ocfobers and may
,dicial days.
unty-Begins on the 4th
arch and october. and may
judicial days.
rounty-Begins on the 2nd
the 4th Monday Of March
= and may continue q ju-
kounty-Begins on the Sri
tine 9Th Monday Of March
and may continue . Juuiclal
/ eounty-Begins on the ith
Il the ith Monday Of March
| and may continued G judicial
In eounty-Begins on the
after the 4th Monday OF
betober, and may continue ~
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-04-21
Millions In sand.
The Hon. John O. Calhsun's Grandson Finds
sFortuns in Maryland.
New York SUM-


A bushy-haired, grizzly-bearded
inventor stood over n machine, run
with leather belt, in dingy loft
at 93 Washington street, yester-
day afternoon. lIe was Mr.. =. X.
Krom. lie called his machine u
"dry concentrator.' ltresembled
a small upright pianoforte. Mr..
Krom was ladling NJ ryland sand
into it's hopper. The sand ran
from the hopper over n sunken
finger board and was agitated by
pufi's of air until II resembled a
miniature chop sea. The puffs Of
air came up through the finger
board, which was given n slight
jarring motion. There was 600
puffs to the minute. The light
sand was shaken from the finger
board aud the heavy sand dropped
into fan like wheat pouring from
a tanning mill. The heavy sand
was Of u bright metallic color, and
looked like grains Of galena.
"This,' said Mr.. Krom, sitting
it through his fingers, sis chrome
ore. 1t came from an estate owned
BY Patrick Calhoun, u grandson of
John 9. Calhoun, on the Western
Maryland Railroad, fourteen miles
from Baltimore. 1t Is worth s2J y
ton. Calhoun owns 40 acres, con.
tanning millions of tons of this
sand. 1t yields u minimum of 10
per cent. Of this chrome orc, and,
by the use of this machine, he can
deliver the ore in Baltimore for ~
per ton"
A chemist who was present said
that chromate of potash Is obtain
ed from this ore by fusing the orc
with potash. IL is used for color
ings aud dyes. II gives tho per
manent green aud yellow color'
seen in Illuminated posters and il
bank notes. II is In great deman,
in calico, woollcn, and carpet man
ufactorics. Over II, 900, 900 pound
were imported last year at a dut.
of 81 cents per pound. The ore i
only found in Turkey, Russia, 81
IBERIA, California and Maryland
Large quantities of II are used b.
the manufacturers of iron AM
steel. Ithardcns these metals an'
gives them great tensile power
Chrome steel has been freely isc'
in the construction of the Brook
Ign Bridge. The manager of tn
Brooklyn Steel Works says tina
chrome steel Is worth 3 cents
pound more than any other stec
lie says that 1t must come int
general use. The trouble wit
manufacturers in the future will b
to find II in deposits large enoug
to fiji the demand, as it is a yer
scarce mineral. Within 3ycars b
thinks the demand will be create
than the supply. A company ha
been formed in this city to utiliz
the deposits on Mr.. Calhoun's el
tate.
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ANOTHER SOUTHERN OUTRAGE.
"Look heah, Uncle Nose, dem
white folks Use been workin' for
has done insulted me der wussest
kind.r "How did dey insult yer.
Matildyi Did dey tole yer dat yer
mouf was too smallfn IL can't
jess help getti1 mad. Uncle Nose.
DE white woman Pse been workin'
for made out | was no better den
a thief. Fore God, Pse gwine to
hab de law on her.n "What did
she say I" "She said stole five
dollars from her, aud hit was only
four dollars and a quarter. Icount-
ed hit over twist myself. /
--suldn't tell a lie for all dc money
in Austin. Texas Siflings.
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A member of Congress who was
invited to dinner at Washington is
now telling his constituents all
about it through the Free Press.
"Thcre wasn't anything Oh the
table when | got there" he says,
abut some forks aud spoons and
bricky.brack. Presently they
brought in some soup. AS l
didn't see nothing else, | thought
I'd eat all the sonp | could, though
soup is a mighty poor dinner to in
vite a feller to. SO was helped
four times; and then came on the
finest dinnerI I ever seen, and there
| set, - groaned he, choek full OF
soslp!"
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AnVERTIsTNo RArEs.

Transient Advertising. One square
One Insertion, n,........-..........Sl %
Zach subsequent Insertion. IS
Fees for Legal notices. which are in
elnded under this head. due on or before
last publication No proof furnished un-
Ill paid faF-
=" I0ealz-r hve lines OF hess. this type,
"a cents for tirsi, - esnts zach subse-
quent insertion.
Personal articles oF notices charged for
according to their hztaFs-
Customers viii please give explieit di-
rections. of length Of time for publication
OF advertisements.
Regular advertising. one square, J ms.
-, 6 ms. >l2. year So.
Larger advertisements, quarterly, half
yearly, and yearly,
Contracted for Al Liberal Rates.
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An Over-Anxious Georgia Maiden.
Savannah News.l

A Georgia maiden became SO
interested in recent church we'd
ding that just as the clergyman
had finished his list of questions
to the bride, she unconseiously
took up the response aud answer
ed " / will" in place Of the bride.
This unexpected event paralyzed
the minister aud caused a painful
silence in the audience.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-04-21

aYou wouldn't take mo for a
married man, would youf" asked
a student of q young girl one Sun
day night. II rather think would
IT you should ask me-" was the re-
sponsc. lie bought a ring the
neal day.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-04-21
|AScERY COURT.

eounty-Beglns on the lst
April and October and may
udieial days.
Ion eounty-Begins on the I'd
April and October, and may
judicial days. 4,l
punty-Begins on the lst NON
and November, and may con-
ieial days. ,..tis
eounty-lsegins on the Sd
,lay and November, and may
jadieIal days. Hiis@
1 eounty--Begins on the LIST
,uue and December, and may
judicial days.
eounty-Begins on the End
June and December, and may
judicial days.
meetings are held by the
Supervisors ss follows: Bien-
Monday Of January to elect
Snmissioners. Annually first
xarch. to receive Tax-Collec-
sof delinquent and insolyent
baday Of August to receive and
|the Assessment Rolls lstson-
btember to levy taxes; and ON
next preceding each terpi OF
,llrt. ~ las Nlf
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-04-21

Regular morning. service al n a. IN. E,snlng
service, y. M. every sunday. Communion
Rcclor >sbhaih-sehool sta:5 a m, .. u.
Moore superintendent fHNa
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Methodist Church

Preaching at n a. M and .p m every Sun
,lay. Prayer meeting every "Wednesday night
sun,ls -.ehooi. ga. . ". fonnoll, Pastor.
". u Titgg, sup.
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Pr..hrt.ri.n Church

Preaching VI liza ~ and y m ever, sunday
Communion ist sunday In February, Mry, A.
gust aud November fryer-insefing every
Wednesday night. = Archer Pastor. sunday
srhpol atsi. sum. Brown sup.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-04-21
CHuPCH DIRECTORY.


High Mass at 10 o'ele.k a. N. aud lsspers Al
very Suadsy at "a m d. 4. Bshmsrt Pastor.
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ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES.

Orders from transient customers, ver-
bal or written. for job work. advertising,
or subscription, must be accompanied BY
the cash. Accounts OF regular easto-
mers due and presented the Isl Of each
month.
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OFFICE RULES.


One year. in advance. .----..-.....S2 %
When not paid a. above. or within one
month from expiration Of time paid for
So 10.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-04-21

This list of distances Is procured
from tho latest official surveys and
maps. Il
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Jewish Synagogue

s.rv,rs. Friday evenings at ~, ami Saturday
at igA. D. noRen. Rabbi iif
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supreme S'ourt.

of Supreme Court-C0m-
b the LIST Mondays of.April
bber. .iiail.pt
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COUNTY OFFICIALS.

'rs,ron rnon easn DISTRICT. -
II. Jeffor,ls.