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The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

Monroe County, Miss, }
April, II 1888. (

April, IL 1888.
EDITORS EXAMINER In making my
last "rouud" over the county, / have
endeavored to get up little infor-
nation concerning the dflorent in
dustries and enterprises that havt
been and are being established in our
county, looking to the improvement
and advancement of the same We hav,
not only found ample provisions for
the production of the different grains
and other products common to our
soil and climate, but we find many
and convenient machines for CON,
verting them into food, shelter &c.
&c, for our people. For instance,
there are 26 grist mills in reach of
the people of this county, living on
east side of river. Twenty three of
them are inside Of the County lines,
and three Just across the State line
on Buttahatchie river; twenty of the
twenty-three in this county (on east
side of Tombigbee) are run by water,
thereby lessening the expense ofrun-
ming by over one half The other
three are steam mills and have saws
connected with them as does also
three of the water mills. The estab-
lishment of saw mills in the different
parts of the county is Of incalculable
benefit to the people. 1t enables
them to get lumber necessary for the
Improvement of their places. Nearly
every farmer in the county would
improve his place if there was only a
reasonable expenditure necessary
to the accomplishment. These
mills enable them to attain this end
without paying out one cent Of cash.
The mill men saw logs for part of
the lumber, and where timber is
plentiful as it is in this county it is
very little trouble to put q log on the
wagon and haul half of it back sawed
into lumber Beginning in 1st Dis
trict we find KiIkpatrick's mills; in
2nd we find McNieces and Posey's,
and in 3rd we find Holiday 's-these
are only the steam saw mills, there
being three water mills with saw
attachment. Leaving the east side
of Bigby we find there are 26 Grist
Mills (,ll steam) and 7 saw mills,
two of which have planning machines
attached. There are two Tanning
establishments, one in Aberdeen and
one at Quincy, both of which make
large shipments of leather, and we
are told that w. G. Page, of 5tl
Supervisors District has several large
vats full of undressed hides, left on
his hands when he closed up bis
TaDnery. 1t is said it will not niure
and 1 suppose Mr.. Page is keeping
it for "rainy day." In mentioning
the different machinery of our coun-
ty we left out all gins of which the G
i, any quantity, both of steam and
horse power. There is undoubtedly
a strong tendency toward stock
raising, both of cattle and horses
We can call to mind II Jacks, Il
Stations, s Sregistered Jersey Bulls
registered Durham bulls, and l reg
istered Ayrshire bull; there are, O
| course many registered as we'll az
''grade" COWS of all the differen
breeds. ! know there are more bogl
than has been il this county 70,
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

A Pittburg man, by the name of
DR., G. II. Marshal, recently attempt
en- to blackmail Mary Anderson, the
actress, by writing to her step-father
DR.. Griffin, that he had letters in his
possession written by her to certain
persons which he would publish if
not paid four thousand dollars to
desist. The matter was promptly
placed in the hands of the authorities
and the chances are fair that the
blackmailer will be picking oakum or
breaking stone for the State ere
many days.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

GEN. Joseph K. Barnes, (retired,
formerly Surgeon General of the U
S. Army, died at his residence in
Washington on the 9th inst, ol
Bright's disease. Surgeon Barnes
was Pennsylvania by birth, and
was appointed to the army in 1910
and placed on the retired list Oh
account of his having reached the age
designated by statute, a short time
ago.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

Judge Aaron Cook, who has been serv
ing ON the Grand jury of the United
States district court at Aberdeen return.
ed home on leave of absence Sunday.
He says there is a god deal of business
before the court, and that the term will
run through iour weeks. A good many
of the indictments found are for viola
tions of the revenue laws The case of a
negro who tried TO pass coun erfeil five
dollar bill at Butler j. Mustin's in Co
lumbus last year, was concluded last
week. The negro was found guilty, and
wns sentenced to serve five years i'll the
Illinois penitSntiary.
Judge Cook is much pleased with
Judge Hill. He says that it has been
reported that the grand jury of which he
is member is made up of Independents,
Greenbackers and Republicans, but that
more erroneous and unjust report
could not have neen starttd The jury
he says, is composed Of good men, auG
makes one of the hest juIies he ever saw
--CUlum6uS DiSpHtGh.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

/ Boston, April 4-The Tevkesbury
aimshouse investigation was resumed
to day The chairman asked TO have
the issue as to whether bodies Lad
been delivered to the medical schools
eliminated, as that would not be dis
puted. Gov. Butler replied hat he
expected to prove that bodies had
been delivered elsewhere, SoHe to be
ShjnRed and the SbiAS TO b. ton"ed
He proposed to show that after the
bodies had been buried they had beon
taken up and sent away, and said
he would go into the graveyard at
TewkesbuIy and produce some of the
alleged remains, This investigation
was to go Oh to prove the testiln ony
which had been given to be absolute
Y false. The books which had been
sent to him as records of the aims.
house were not complete They were
copies of the original books He
wanted the latter, embracing those
recording the d 5aths and The sales Of
dead bodies,
The chairman aaid it was claimed
that no dead bodies we're sold; hence
there were no records to be produced
but the Governor said he would
proveythe contrary.
Mrs. Thomas resumed her tes'imo'
~, correcting her statement that q
pound Of butter a week was given to
the inmates. Ii should have been
pound meal. Honora COnnera, all
innate, was kept rs u ''show" woman
iur the benefit Of visitors who wel"
aiken to see her, and flowers we're al-
ways kept at her window. The wit
ness discharge was largely due to the
.ealously felt by the Marsh family
gan It DR.. Foster, who WAS engaged
20 the witness 'daughter,and who smd
ne proposed to remeley the abuses
which prevailed IN the almsAou5e if
t were possible
Thomas Hall, who had work nj
Vewksbury from 1874 to 1877, testl
fed that he had all the dead to bury
while he was there. He took bodies
from the dead house under the or
,ers Of Thomas J. Marsh IT,, fandthe
captain. Mr.. Manning used to come
and get the dead bodies, carrying
them away in hi, net air-light trnrk
OuIiug time he was there the bodies
aiken to Boston averaged sixty five
o seventy-fvo; they were not sent IN
hot weather, No picking was done
while he WAS there. The bodies re-
ceived from the Stale prison for
burial and the aImshouse were, with
me exception, sent away for dlssect
lng. When witness ne
was paid S100 for the winters work
and for handling the bodies. He
hought Tom Marsh used to collect
money from Harvard college. III 6
witness acknowledged that he knew
no had been doing something
wrong.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

Mr.. w. Ii. H st. John, who has
been an employee of tho U. S. Senate
for twenty seven years as Keeper OF
store room, died of meningitis last
week. He was we'll known to every
one who has filled seat in the Sem
ate at any time during the last quar-
ter of Il century, and was generally
esteemed.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

MINNESOTA postponed her "heaviest
snow storm of the season" until April
1lth, and then for the first time the
street Car track in the large towns, and
the rail road tracks all over the State
were blocked and obstructed. 1t is
about time that the Western States
should be getting through with this
business if they expect to make any
crOD.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

THE NuLTAGo BEET 60. Marshall, Mich. will
send DIR Dyes Celebrated Electro VOltaic Belts
and Electric Appliances on trial for til irty
days TO men (yonng or oid)wlo o are afflicted W tn
nervous debility, lost vitality and kindred
troubles guaranteeing speedy and complete
restoration ot health aud manly vigOr. Address
Ms above N. B.--No risk is incurred, rs thirty
DAYS Trial ls allowed, d25-iy.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

The tax has been taken off of
'ucifer matches, and now the first
thing we are told by the people who
manufacture matches is that the re-
novel of the tax is not going to make
any difference in the price. This is a
remarkable state Of things. -JachSon
MiSsisSippi0n.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

The acting Post Master General
on the 9th inst, revoked the or der
requiring the prepayment of one
cent on postal cards forwarded, ,
and authorized them to be forwarded
hereafter upon the same basis as
letters-that is, without additional
postage.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

A banking firm at Bedford, Penn,
paid out two $1,000 bills last week
by mistake for 800 bills. The party
or parties ~who received them have
not yet hunted up the bankers.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19
ViGmaux Very Unhappy.

CHIcAGo, April S.-Vignaux takes his
lefcat in the recent billiard match muci
to heart, and to an Associated Press
representative he declared the honors
we're not fairly bestowed He asarrtcr
that Schaetcr was allowed to mako 4,
push shot along the rnil repeatedly, hu'
was particularly angry Mt the refeiee fol
allowing Schaefer, during Il run, to play
when the balls were froz II, the same nF
though there was no contact. NigunuA
.so protests, that he asked for new
set of balls IN the contest with Schaefer
put WAS overrued by the friends Of th'
atter, and this against pr"cedent, Nnt
hat throughout the struggle there seem
ed to be au endeavor Ia orgauiza viclo
~ for the American player He has aIsC
/ poor opinion of the piaudits of n
Nmerican audience. in uproar, lie de
CARES BIT exceeded the tumuIt mt ,
spanish bull fight, and although if nigh
not affect the nerves of an American
particularly if il was all showered upon
him, it is liable to discomfort a f0rigl
antagonist, rs it did him. Features %
the contest have caused certain news
papers here to quote opinions Of ynrlCu'
sporting authorities in outlining thu
belief that the last game was not sqnareIy
contested. Sch@efer, in pu'ish' {
card, denies, ns far ns he iR concerned UI
knows, that there was anything crooked
in the game.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

Notwithstanding there is an abund-
ance of coal at Birmingham the local
supply has been deficient nlI through
the winter, 1t has been difficult matt er
for residents of the town to get coal.
The trouble, it is said, will soou be
ohviated, and by next fall furnaces will
be in operation of sufficient capacity to
meet all demands -C0lumbm Dispatcb.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

IT is the impression among the
officers connected with the court now
trying the Star Route conspirators,
that the case will be given to the
Jury about the first Cf MAY.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

The Wisconsin Legislature has
passed a law imposing fine and
Imprisonment for employing children
under fourteen years of age. 1t is
estimated that this will throw three
thousand children out of employment
in the city of Milwaukee who are now
chiefly engaged in the manufacture
of cigars.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

THE man who telegraphed that fish
story from Florida, about President
Arthur catching five trout that weigh
ed ten pounds apiece, ought to be
ashamed of himself. We have no idea
that Arthur ever saw ten pound
trout. He is said to be next to Gen.
Wade Hampton, the best "hy fisher
man" in the United States.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

The trustees of Mechanics Hall,
Baltimore, have refused to rent it to
the socialists for q speech by Herr
Most.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

"ABGRDEEN, snys the American Reg
lister, referring to one Of our beautiful
towns, "in its Typographical features, is
charming. An urtesian well cnss mp,
through hollow cedar tree, sparkling
stream of delicious water in the very
midst Of ihe little city's chief thorough
iore. The Tombigbee river l1ncs its out
skirts, and its pretty homes ARE environ
ed by roses and pomegnnate and meg
nolia trees. The place has been change.
less for 30 years. West of 1t are richest
plains, like those of southern Illinois,
constituting interminable cotton fields,
while on the east are the red hills, and
not far away the iron aud coal fields OF
Alabama. Railway builders ARE about
to destroy Aberdeen as it is aud rndow
it with new life. They blow the bugie
blast of resurrection
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19
CIRCUIT COURT.

The State Docket will be taken up in
the Circuit Court on Monday the 30th
day of April aud 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. lG I'd. ANDREW WOOD Clerk.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

SENATOR Edmunds of Vermont.
acting Vice President of the United
States, was among the audience at
the Democratic State Convention Mt
Atlanta, last week
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

Hon, John Smiley will probably
be the Democratic candidate for Rep
resentative in Scott county this fall.
The choice of the party could not fall
upon more energetic worker, or one
more thoroughly imbued with the
spirit of progress.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

In recent interview Senator Sherman
said very positively that he would not
be O candidate for Governor of Ohio.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

BLUE Horse, Sioux Indian Chief,
of Dakota, has applied to the Presi-
dent to be furnished with glass eye
to replace one destroyed by an acci-
dent. 1t will probably be furnished.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19
sgMm0N'S SENTENCE.
From the Okolona Messenger.

From the OEoloua Messenger.
On Fnday.moInlug last, Mat, Sins
mons the convicted consplritor III the
| Fucker assassination was brought lu-
to Court, to hear his sentence pro.
nounHed from the Bench. The priS~
oner arpeaed to be as Indifferent al d
unconcerned as though he was Il
mere spectator.
Judge Buchanan having ordered
Simmons to stand up, inquired If he
had any hing to say, why sentence OF
death should not be pronounced up
on him.
The prisoner answered in a low
tone of voice, Nothing, only | am
not guilty, Judge. L amaslnnocent
as a lamb"
The Court replied:
That may be, but you have had o
fair and impartial trial You have
been defended by distinguished coun-
sci. You have been tried by an in-
telligent Jury, who after many days
of patient listening to the testimony,
and argument Of Counsel, return in
to this Court a verdict Of guilty as
charged in the Indictment. Ii is pos
sible | may have erred in deciding
questions presented and in eXpouud,
ing the law, Yes, it is probable bnt
l do not think, that l have commit
ted such an error as would have
changed the verdict of he Jury If
| did, should certainly grant you a
new trial. t therefore only remains
for me to pronounce upon you the
penalty of that law which you have
violated.
The sentence of the Court is that
you be taken hence to the jill and
there be closely confined until We'd
nesday the Both day of May next,
when You will be taken thence to the
place prepared by the Sheriff Of this
county for the purpose, and there
hung by the neck, until YOU are dead
and God hNve mercy on your soul
After the sentence, at the request
! the of District A torney, the Court
granted an order to contine the con-
demed man in the Jail at West Point
until the time for his execution,
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

GENERAL Reagan, of Texas, is de-
termined to push his Inter-State
Commerce Bill" with all the zeal and
energy Of his nature, in the 4Sth
Congress, and will begin the fight by
making it test question in the eau
Gus that assemblies to nominate can-
didates for the various offices of the
House. He says that he has little
doubt about getting it through the
lower branch of Congress but is fear
full as to its fate in the Senate, owing
to the fact that there are many men
in chat body who are prominently
connected with railroads. We should
regard this last point as a hopeful
sign, for in this age when 50 many
politicians are anxious through State
Legislatures to tamper with question.
that puzzle the brains of the wisest
transportation men, it is certainly
desirable that Congress should, by
general law, put the matter at rest
genteely and fairly.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19
Wheat and Cotton.

The advance that India is making
in wheat raising, to which we have
frequently referred in the Examiner
during the last three years, is begin
ning to attract the attention OF the
capitalists, millers and farmers of this
country, and the following article
which appeared in the Washington
Post on Monday, will give our read
ers an idea of the state of feeling upon
the subject that prevails at the Fed
eral capital:
at is urged with much apparent reason
that the construction of railroads in in
dia, for the transportation of agricultu-
raj products from the Interior 10 the
seacoast, would make England indevetg.
dent of any foreign power foi its'foou
supply. 1t is stated that wheat usually
sells in the interior of India for eighteen
cents IA bushel, which is about thirty per
cent. of the cost of producing il in the
United States, even i'll the best wheat
growing sections. If there were facili-
ties for cheap carriage to tidewater, the
wheat of India could be sold III England
and other European countries At prices
Ear below those realized for our wheat ,as
water carriage is only six or eight cents a
bushel more from Calcuttaa than New
York. India has 20, coo acres on which
wheat is grown--a surface one-haif rs
large as that now seeded in this country
yielding A0, 900. 900 bushels, land as much
more which can be put under the DlOw.
1t is proposed to raise in England $3.50,
0O0,0O TO build rail roads in India. should
this project be carried out it would be u
great disaster TO the United States The
principal occupation of the great North
west will be gone"
We do not think there is a shallow
of doubt but that England will soon
achieve her independence in the mat
ter of breadstufs and probably com
pete with this country for the other
European markets, but the Gulf
States can congratulate themselves
upon possessing in cotton a staple
that will give them a controlling
influence in the markets of the world
for all time to come.
Cotton is King and there has never
been time in the history of its cul-
ture when its sway was more absolute
than now.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

THE Catholics of Pensacola Florida
are building new church to cost
$4,000.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

ezrDou't wear dingy or faded things
when the ten-cent Diamond DYE will
make them good as new. They are per
feet.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

Making "dimples," is now regard
ed as simple operation in Surgery,
in Paris.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

A full line of CIGARS, embracing
some VERY FINE BRANDS, on sale
at ISAAC DORrCHS.
Post Office Block
nao % .c
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

*."NO eye like the masters eve" Had
H1rop lived in our day ne might well have
added, "NopOpularcurative ike Kidney
Wort" All eyes are beginning to turn to il
for relief from diseases of the liver, bow
els and kidneys. Kiduey-WOrt is nature :
remedy for them all. Those that cannot
prepare the dry can now procure it in
liquid form of amy druggist.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

THURBER Il CO., BEST RIO COZ
FEE Z LBS TO THE 81, 90 AT j. W,
FRENCH
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

l had no intention of feeding the large
cane that had been cut late as | suppos,
ed it was too coarse for either sheep or
horses, and I drew some of it to the
yard for my COW and chickens. | soon
found that the sheep and horses ate it
much better than the fine cane, al
though the fine cane was greener and
less weather Deaten, and especially the
shocks which had been torn down.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19

The past season we had so acres sown
from June first until July 2Sth. Some
was mown early and laid on the ground
without raking for more than month,
and raked and punched. A portion was
cut Immediately after the heavy frost
and then punched soon after. Another
portion was cut down two weeks after
the frost and lies in the gravel, the wild
g, ese and birds having taken most of
the seed which seems to be the best
part. The last two weeks we have been
hauling and feeding of all tho different
cuttings. That which was cut first and
bunrhed green my stock cares but little
about. What was cut and punched i'm
mediately after the frost is the best feed
have, and am of the opinion that the
correct method of curing for winter use
is to cut before frost or as soon as the
seed is hard, and after 1t willis sufficient
throw it in large piles and let it remain
until it is needed for use; and if it is tc
be left without cutting would roll il
down flat.
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