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The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-08-29
THE CHURCHES.
SOCIETY CARDS.

A F.A A. NJ. = Gallatin Lodge, No. .,
"A. meets every second and Fourth Sat
nrfiay IN each month, at O'Clock, ct Masonic
Hall. B0jOurning brethren cordially inVited
w "' C.L. CLARK, WIN.
=. SPERLING, Sec.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26
Courted Her Like $500.

There was a man named Wat
kins in a Confederate regiment
during the war, who was well
on toward middle life but when
his wife came to camp one day
she seemed to make him young
by comparison. There seemed
to be a century's difference be-
tween them and the man, who
was as ugly as q Georgia crack
er usually is, was handsome be.
side his wife. "HOw did you
ever come to marry such an
old witch as that ?" asked one
of his superior officers, taking
him aside. swell, you see,"
said the man, rather sheepishly,
"her mother kept a little grocery
store down ON the corner of the
street where / lived, and l used
to go in there to get what |
wanted to cat. One day found
the old woman's ugly daughter
all alone in the store. just as
| came in I heard the clink of
silver through the loose rafters
overhead, and the old woman
counting: One, two, three, and
so on. / sat down and made
love to the girl and the old wo-
man upstairs kept on counting.
By-and-by she was away up In
the hundreds, four hundred and
fifty, five hundred. | courted
that girl harder and harder as
the old woman got higher. FL
nally she stopped at nine hun
dred. Great ScottP l said to
myself. Nine hundred dollars !!
Beloved Suky, will you be
mine p She said she would, and
we were married that same day.
"Well, is that all P 'No ;there
were only thirty of those silver
dollars the old woman counted
them over thirty times" Per
haps it would be well to investi'
gate a little every time.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26
IHE cYnlC.

One of the most dlsagreeable
human beings is the cynic who
does not believe in good or dis
interested motives. He dis.
trusts every one. He is scep.
tical as to the sincerity Of all
men, and he believes that self
interest prompts all their &c.
tions.
Whenever you see one of
these men You see one who is
so filed with selflshness that
there is not room enough inside
him for it, and for all the ego
tism he tries to carry, and you
will see IL oozing ont OF him at
every pore. These two attri
butes crowd ris soul into a
small compass, press on his
heart until there is not room
for it to develop q generous i'm.
pulse, and take possession OF
his mind until liberal or noble
thoughts cease to- exist there.
He is liberal enough in one
liberal in unbeliefs-but q
narrow minded bigot in his be-
liefs. When he hears of some
unselflsh act, he begins hunting
for selfish motive, and should
he fail to find it, he says:
"Well, + cannot understand
what it is for, but he must'lex.
pect benefit byit somehow"
Certainly, he cannot under.
stand disinterested act ofkind.
ness, because oil his own mo-
tives are prompted by self in
terest. He knows of no higher
motives.
The cynic is simply what he
believes all other men---who are
not fools--to be. His heart is
not large enough to conceive a
chivalrous act, his brain is not
of sufficient dimensions to be.
get or be delivered of a noble
or generous thought, and his
little soul SO shfivcled that if it
were possible that it could ever
get to heaven, and if Peter
should smile q welcome as he
let it in, it would Immediately
suspect the sanity gateman of
having some interested motive
in being SO. friendly.
Whenever you meet a man of
this kind, who suspects that
everybody in the world is try
ing to take advantage of him,
you may be sure that the man
would beat everybody in the
world If -ha aan1ds AXhauavar
YOU see a imam attff8nta mean
or sordid motives to others, you
have round a man who himself
is mean ut heart, and you have
discovered q man who may have
many acquaintances, but very
few friends.
Snakes, even the most veno-
nous, are supposed to have
been created for some useful
purpose, and so the cynic has
doubtless q place in the econo-
my of nature that it is neces.
sary he should fill, but he is a
very dlsagreeable necessary.
Texas Shiftings.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26
Brutal Butchery.

Dubuque, Ia, April 13.-
Charles Smith, a well to do far
mer living four miles north OF
Earlville, Ia, went to his barn
this morning, where two sons,
aged 0 and 13 were engaged at
work, and killed them with an
axe. Returning to his house,
with the same weapon he killed
his wife as she stood by the stove
preparing breakfast. He then
attempted to slay his two daugh-
ters, the only remaining men,
bers of the family, but they sue
ceeded in reaching a neighbor's
house safely and gave the alarm.
When they returned it was
found that Smith had killed him
self by cutting his throat with a
butcher-knife. These meagre
details are all that is known,
and no cause is assigned for the
deed.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26
Truly yours,

AS the Central put in the
claim of Water Valley some
time ago as the most suitable
place to hold the district con.
vention. it thinks Holly Springs
and Oxford should step aside.
Both places are too far off from
the railroad,-Central.
That sjust eighteen miles too
far South. The Union, Benton
Pontotoc, Tippah and Marshall
delegates would all have to pass
through Oxford en- route te
Water Valley. We are inclined
to the opinion that Oxford i
the most accessible and prope
place for the Convention.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26

Southern Ladies' who Cast Thslr
Lot with Bad Men.

Washington, April 15.-There
arc two features of the star
route trial which at once arrest
tho attention of the observing
visitor to the court room. One
is the jury, which has listened
patiently and uncomplainingly
nineteen long weeks TO q mass
of tangled and contradictory
testimony, and to the wrsnglings
Of opposing lawyers. The other
is two beautiful women, who,
day after day, watch the pro-
ceedings with an intense eager.
ness that reveals to every one
present the deep interest they
feel in the result. One of these
ladies is the wife Of Stephen w.
Dorsey, the chief of the defend
ants. The other is the widow
of Peck, who was one of the de-
PENDANTS. They are sisters.
They were born and grew to
womanhood in Arkansas, and
there Dorsey and Peck married
them. They are young shapely
and weet.faced. They are pro-
nounced brunettes, and their
clear compilations, beautiful
teeth and great kindly dark
eyes would win them respectful
admiration anywhere. Mrs.
Dorsey is the more intense in
her expression 0finterest. Her
glance scarcely leaves the face
of the witness during the sitting
of the court. She never seems
wearied, aud pays no attention
to the coming and going of the
crowd. Bravely, patiently, with
true Southern courage, she is
strengthening and supporting
her husband Is his struggle for
what most men hold dearer
than life--honor and good name.
Whatever may be the fate of
her husband the world will have
nothing but sympathy aud ad-
lliration for her.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26
Look Out for Your Corn.

Be sure and deal literally with
corn in pitching your crops, and
be certain to give it all the at
tention it requires at the very
time it requires it, if possible.
Corn you know is a very exact
ing crop, and q crop that keen
ly avenges slovenly treatment
OF wanting neglect. If you
make a surplus of corn you as
sure cheap meat, for you take
away from Kansas, Missouri, To-
wa, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky,
Tennessee and Illinois their
American market for the grain
and force them to put it into
their hogs. -Four years ago
they would have put a large
portion of it into whisky, but
now the whisky market is over,
stocked and they must sell it to
the cotton planters or convert
it into meat.-Aberdeen Exami-
ner.
The above advice is just as
applicable to Texas farmers as
to those of Mississippi, and our
people can not expect to be in
dependent until they adopt it.
Too much cotton and too little
corn, grain, pork and cattle has
been the ruin of the small far
mer and will continue to be as
long as they continue the suicl-
dal policy Of planting all cotton
to the great neglect Of other
more important farm interests.
The farmer cannot be very pros
porous as long as he is content
with his twenty or thirty bales
of cotton, notwithstanding he
pays 2 OF 3 pounds Of that cot.
ton for a pound of bacon, Z or :
pounds for bushel of corn and
SO on.-Bastrop, Texas, Adver
tiser.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26
H. A. Barr, Esq.

The following. just as it is
printed, appeared in the last is
sue ofthe Water Valley Progress,
and we reproduce it in order to
correct the blunder of the editor
of that paper by stating that no
such article ever appeared in
these columns. You must put
on your specs, friend Brown
The opposition will be out in
force, hence the necessity oi
vigilance in the coming can vass,
We think now is the time of all
others to put forth a strong man
for District Attorney; a man
true to his party, true to him.
self--such a man is Fl. A. Barr,
He is able, and has the neces.
sary experience, and if elected,
would make an efficient officer
He has never asked for Office
but once and we hope he will
now come out.
MANY CITIZENS.
The valuable services render
ed by this gentleman in the past
regardless of his legal ability
demands some remuneration a
the hands of the people.-Ox
ford Eagle.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26
A CARD.

The following card which'we
clip from the Copiahan has the
merit of originality, to say the
least of il:
"Eds. Copiahail I'll have con.
cluded to withdraw my name
for the Office of Cllanccry Clerk.
In announcing my namc l
.s1--4 !. - s--.- 4s----.- ---sre ss--altf
honest. l still say the same.
There are too many independ-
ents dependent upon Office, and
as there are not enough to go
around | will retire and let
some more deserving take my
place.
l accept your suggestion that
all the Jackasses come down
and let the political Jennies
come to the front as they are a
more docile set-and docility is
much needed in Office. The po-
litical Jackasses of the inde-
pendent way of thinking puts
me in mind of the old story, they
have no ear for music and are
not good at dancing, but when it
comes to hunting office they are
THERE! THERE |! THERE u!
There is no willing in my
case. still intend to vote as II
please. But if l have to vote
for a Bourbon l will do it in the
Bourbon ranks. l can't en-
dorse the action of any organi-
zation who cry down caucus
dictation when conducted by u
respectable minority ut least,
and submit tamely to it when
one, two or three make a SLATE.
Neither can / as an original
Greenbacker endorse any party
or part of party that calls out
for a "FULL VOTE AND FAIR
COUNT" and then pick up such
a political weather-cock as Jas.
II. Chalmers, who has lived on
another mans salary since the
first day he entered the United
States Congress.
l can take no further part in
any such proceedings and l bid
the political arena good bye for
ever. If / ever again dabble in
politics ''let my right hand for.
get its cunning and my tongue
cleave to the roof of my mouth"
SO good bye.
JOHN w. MATHIS.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26
Oxford Eagle.
COMMUNICATED.


ED. EAGLE: Now that candi'
dates are launching ont on eve.
ry hand, it behooves every pri'
vate citizen to step to the fron'
and assert the right in selecting
the men of his choice to fill the
various Offices of the county
AS our next Legislative body
will have to grapple with some
very important issues, those
that effect the rights and liber'
ties of more than thirty thous
and people in and around Ok
ford, and since Oxford is large
ly the emporium of Pamela, Cal
houn, Pontotoc, Union and La
Fayette, the question of local
prohibition at that place re-
solves itself into one of gigantic
moment. 1t becomes our un.
bounded duty to use extraordi.
nary discretion and wisdom in
selecting our next legislators
for Lafayette county. No sane
man will contend for a moment
that local prohibition is in keep.
ing with the sentiments, desires
and interest of the Democratic
and liberty-loving people of this
county. That they desire to be
bound hand and foot, by the
shackles of a few whose fanati-
cism and interest causes them
to pander to prohibition. The
local prohibitionists of this Sec
ton, as a rule, are men who
have little or no interest in the
commercial, agricultural and f.
nancial business of this commu-
nifty, consequently should be
recognized as minor faction,
subject to the will Of the many.
Ye free people of Lafayette,
see to tit is your.perogative-
that you are represented in the
next Legislature, not by "wet
men or dry men" but by men
who will represent your senti'
ments and necessities, standing
unswervingly upon the platform
of equal rights the State over,
giving equal protection to the
people of every city, town and
hamlet within the bounds OF the
State of Mississippi. People OF
Oxford, can you afford to sub
nit to the iron heel of fanati.
cal law that is producing cheap
perjury, crushing out your en-
ergies and driving away your le-
climate trade and giving to
your sister towns that which is
your ownf Indignant people
of Lafayette, God knows you
are indignant for you have said
so, Oxford is yours, can you
submit to the despotic rule OF
the few! If not, then cast your
vote in favor of the representa-
ton of constitutional law and
constitutional liberty.
EYE OPENER.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26
Hon. Shelton Heard.

A new candidate for the office
of District Attorney for the Sc
cond Judicial District is an
nounced in our columns this
week. This is Mr. Shelton
Heard, a prominent lawyer OF
Oxford. He is spoken of in the
most complimentary terms by
the press of that place, as one
who would do honor and credit
to the position. He submits his
name to the action and approval
of a Democratic nominating con
vention.-Mississippi Central.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26
MANY CITIZENS.

The friends and relatives in
this city of Capt. II. M. Sullivan,
Secretary of the Board of Trus.
tees of the Mississippi Univer-
sity at Oxford, and a leading
lawyer of North Mississippi,
were pleased to meet him on
our streets last week.-Aber'
deem Examiner.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26
On April 18th at s o'clock +,

On April 17th at 5 o'clock p,
m., while John Wohner and
James Gould, law partner of
Col. Pratt, were out hunting, the
former in attempting to kill a
rabbit near Gould, shot Gould
in the ear. He died this morn
ing. Mr.. Wohner is the young
gentleman who recently mar
ried in Jackson. Mr.. Wohner
is greatly distressed, and is un-
der the influence of chloroform.
1t is feared he will become in
sane.-New Mississippian.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26
A lady at Oxford, Mississippi

A lady at Oxford, Mississippi,
writes us for a copy of the Ex-
aminer containing Capt. E. L.
Ross poem, 'sThe Sock That
Baby Wore" We are unable to
supply it from our office and
will esteem it a favor if some
one of our subscribers will send
the paper to us. Aberdeen Elk.
aminer.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26

In its Coffeeville items the
Water Valley Progress gives
the following: Misses Minnie
and Lille Harris, of Oxford,
were the:guests of:Miss Addie
Davis during last week. Their
admirers here are legion, all OF
whom are ever ready to extend
them a hearty welcome.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
baptist RecOrd.l

DR.. Cuyler says the devils
master-piece is the bottle, for II
assassinates the brain.
A penny spent in bread im.
parts more permanent power
than a pound spent in brandy.
An exchange asks, "Who viii.
Ilingly chooses sorrow 7" Why,
the man who chooses alcoholic
drinks instead Of pure, cold
water.
A bill has been introduced In.
to the Senate of Vermont ask
ing for a law to be enacted re.
quirfng temperance to be taught
IN public schools.
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago,
says: keep the temperance
question out of tho church,
1t is safe. to do just what the
whisky men don't want
Tom Sayers, the famous pugi-
list once said: 81 am no teto-
taller, but when / have business
on hand there's nothing like
cold water and the dumb bells.n
A liquor dealer in q Massachu-
setts town received q postal.
card reading: "Please attend
the funeral of a IMAM you have
been ten years in killing.o
Brother w. II. Patton, of
Shubuta, is leading u strong at
tack on the whisky powers of
his town. We wait anxieusly
and hopefully to hear the re-
suit.
A man rescently asked that
his name be stricken from a
counter petition, on the ground
that the whisky men would in
jure him in his business. This
lis the spirit wo have to meet.
1
Drink and crime go hand in
hand through. the world. Show
us one case where drink is not
the cause of crime, and we will
show you fifty cases where it is
the direct and only cause.
One of the amendments to the
Civil Service Reform Bill, just
passed by Congress, prohibits
the employment in the civil ser
vice IN any capacity of persons
habitually using Intoxicating
liquors to excess.
The -Day-~of Reform has this
;f..os' Z ~ he s,o".ev a-a,nan tn.
Blountville, Tenn, have organ
lied with a motto: '"Total alb
stinence or no husbands"
Theresa step toward your ideal
temperance society, ID. w.
1t is estimated that it costs
over six million dollars to keep
up the churches in New York
city. This is a big sum but it
isn't one.quarter what it costs to
keep up the bar-rOOms.-Phila-
delphia Chronical Herald.
At Kille, France, twenty-five
per cent. of men and twelve per
nnnt of al N xyA,,,An n,,n lr,,,,1r
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26

The Oxford Eagle says Col.
r. w. Phipps has determined to
settle permanently in New Mexi-
co. The old Virginia soldiers
will remember him as the last
Colonel of the 10th Miss, and a
gallant officer and whole-souled
man. May he live long and
prosper.-Meridian Observer.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26
A Chinese Bidder.
Istockton (Cal.) Herald

Yesterday afternoon a strange
procession of hacks with gay
colors flying with a scent of
burning spices about them drew
up at the shed Of the California
Steam Navigation Company,
where the steamer Mary Gar.
rett was loading. In the first
hack was a lone female, with
her head in o bundle of bright.
colorcd Chinese silk, which con-
cealed every feature. Behind
was another hack, in which sew.
eral Chinese boys rode, each
carrying a burning taper. Then
came two more hacks, both fill-
ed with Chinese women. All
alighted at the wharf, and the
hooded woman was assisted out
and conducted on board the
steamer, her course being at.
tended by the boys with the light.
ed tapers and the women. The
woman was so closely yelled as
to be practically hlindfolded.
Then it was ascertained that she
was a daughter of "SOnora
George" aud was going to
Bouldin Island to be married.
She was, according to the best
information obtainable, literally
"going it blind" as she had
never seen her betrothed, who
had bargained for her with her
father, and was being sent to
him according to contract.
She had been kept over by the
slough, her attendants said, for
thirty days, blindfolded the
whole time, and was to be allow
ed to see no one till given to
her future husband. She was
allowed two female attendants,
who were eyes for her, and du-
ring the thirty days had been
wrought upon by certain cere
monies intended to render her
especially conducive to the hap.
piness of her husband in the fu-
ture. Those who accompanied
her to the steamer stayed about
half an hour OH board and then
were dismissed by the BRIDES
attendants aud rode back to
Chinatown. The affair was an
especially aristocratic one, judg-
ing from the fncy dresses of
the females of the party. No
Cinnamon were permitted to
participate in the send-Off.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26

In it's Orwood items the Wa
ter Valley Central gives this !:
Miss Jimmie Orr isnow visiting
her kindred and friends in Ok
ford. Some of our boys are
terribly blae for fear the
''bloods" of Oxford win get the
advantage.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26

Lynchburg, Va, April r.
Early this morning about one
hundred disguised persons at
tackled the Jail at Wytheville
and forced the Sheriff to deliver
the keys of the Jail. They took
VIM. NJ. Crockett from his cell
and hanged him from the beams
of mill situated in the out
skirts of the town. Crockett
was in jail awaiting trial for the
murder of JOS. II. Il. Hurt, in
Wythe county. The murder
was cold d-blooded, and Crockett
would have been lynched at the
time had he not escaped. He
was captured two months ago
and. brought back here for trial.
After hanging him the mob rid
died his body with bullets to in
sure death. None of the lynch
ers were recognized. Intense
excitement prevails at Wythe-
vile.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26

The residence of James Flynt,
near Aberdeen, was recently de.
stroyed by fire.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26

w. Fl. Brister, of Water Val
lev is visiting Athens, Ala.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26

Mrs. S. B. Rushing died at
Meridian a few days since.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26

Capt. Sam. Thompson, of the
Oxford EAGLE, had good au
thority for publishing his para
graph about j. II. Amacker
We thought as much.-Miss
Central.
You're right, friend Garland
We never go off half-cocked.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-26

Jesse Biles goes from Water
Valley, to Colliersville, Tenn, to
work in a printing office.
Milford chronicle., 1883-07-27
Personals.

Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Holland are a
RehObOth.
Mr.. Joseph V. Titus is very i'll will
heart disease.
Miss Lulu Stevens, of FELTON,, is visit
ing Miss Virgie Hyer.
Miss Lou Grifith is the guest of hel
cousin, Mrs. VIM. B. Lowery.
Mrs. Ann Draper and daughter, O
Washington, are visiting in Milford
Jas. A. Stovell and family, of Phil
adelphia are guests of Smoots Hotel
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Richards and
family are at RehobOth for the Sum
mer.
Miss Lydia Stutzer, Of Chesterton
Indiana, is the guest of Mrs. VIM. v
Sipple.
Miss Anna Burkam of Elizabeth, N
J., is the guest of her cousin, Mr.. VIM.
p. Aldred.
RS. Francis Coleman and daugh'
tl. of New York, are the guests OF Mrs
VIM. Shockley.
Col. C. S. Watson and wife are sum-
mering at Saratoga. They have visit
ed this place annually for the past
twenty years.
Miss Bertha Hendrixson,- OF TINS
town, returned home on Sunday from
a visit in Frederiea, accompanied Dy
Miss Mollie Pride.