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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31
HENRY JAMES.
fl Avenue dc Jena,
Paris, March /.

My Dear Attorney General
hardly know how TO express the
emotion with which | read your
letter of yesterday. l trust can
appreciate, as it deserves, so flat
tering testimonial to my profcs-
sional career, emanating from the
leading members Of the English
bar, and it is an honor of which !
shall ever be proud. But am
more deeply touched by the assur-
ance that | aurpersonally held in
such high regard by my brethren
in the profession as to receive the
assurance of their desire that |
should still be considered by them
all as a friend whose sympathies
are to survive the severance of our
professional relations. How heart.
lily | respond to this desire, it sure.
ly is not necessary to express.
| have not the courage to de.
cline the offer Of which You have
so kindly made yourself the inter-
mediary. The state Of my health,
however, is such that it is impossi.
bic for me to name date at which
could be present in London but
as the season advances and the
weather becomes more propitious,
l have strong hopes of being able
to pass a few weeks in London,
and if so, | will then appoint some
day convenient to my friends for
their collective farewell. remain,
my dear James, yours very sim
cerely, j. Z. BENJAMIN.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31
q Back 'er up Here"
New NIississippisu.I

A well dressed man stood near
the express o.iee yesterday aud
two urehins across the way made
bets as TO whether he would fetch
up in the gutter or upon the side
walk when he fell. A ear ap-
preached and as il came abreast
of him he waved his cane maiesti-
eally. Jo Henry put the brake
down hard, but the rear platform
had almost reached l4emly's drug
store before the ear came to q
standstill. The interlocutor looked
at it minute, Strengthened up, and
with impressive dignity said, rs he
again waved his cane imperiously 4;
"Back Ter up here"
10 gave the bell strap an impa-
tient jerk. AS The ear moved OFF
an injured look overspread the
eouutenance of the left one. lie
elasped a friendly telegraph pole
and muttered:
Never shee such in'pedent
eusses AS 'ese 'fernal monopolies
gettin' to be. They ought to be
(hic) supervised.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31
Lively Times in /" Little Rh0dy."


Providence special to y. Y. Herald.
The leaders of the Republican
party have been in council tonight.
They admit that the nomination of
Mr.. Sprague necessitates hard
work and the expenditure of at
least 100000. They are confident
of victory and viii not allow Mr..
Sprague's record during the past
10 years or more to remain in the
background. 1t viii be a campaign
of personalities on both sides. 1t
is a mystery where the money for
the Sprague campaign is coming
from, but those in a position to
know state that all the "legili-
mate" /" expenses win be provided
Tor and that experts viii be at the
helas.n
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31
The iIeaIest Man.

Louisville, March 2ith.-About
the meanest man yet heard from
turns out to be u Kentuckian.
The man who stole coppers from
dead mans eyes has lost his repu.
tation and will be famous no more.
Unfortunately the name of his
successor is not given, but should
be, so that the world might know
its champion wretch. When the
Mayor of Louisville went down
the river on his mission of mercy,
he left 1900 at Uniontown, Ken
tucky. There were six destitute
families in the town, and Mayor
Jacobs instructions were to give
each of them $50. The money
was left with Captain Damron.
Yesterday the Mayor received a
letter from Captain Damron, which
said that "a man near UniOntOwn
had attached the $50 given one OF
the families named Carr, for an
old debt they owed him. The Carr
family were in the last stages OF
suffering and distress. They need
cd immediate relief, and the mayor
thought $50 was little enough tc
keep them from starvation. The
Mayor sent a Telegram to Captain
Dameron, telling him that the mo
ney left in his hands was merely
put there in trust, and for him no
to give it to any one. Mr.. jacobs
is justly indignant that the charit,
money should be attached.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31
Churchill's Deficit.

Little Rock, March 2i.-The Sen
ate Committee nearly two years
ago began the investigation of ex-
State Treasurer Churchill, then
Governor, who had served as
Treasurer six years on three terms.
The committee spent year on the
accounts and reported a deficit of
s11i.000. When the Legislature
met ia January last, the House re-
fused to accept the report, saying
that the law required an invesil.
CATION bya joint committc. Final.
ly a joint committee was appointed
and the work begun anew. To-day
the final report was made, which
changes the deficit, according to
the face of the books, to S233,-
600 81. The difference in the two
reports causes much comment.
The Legislature djourns Wednes.
day, but will order suit brought,
and will bring the matter at once
into the courts.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31
A Bad Break at the il0uth of Bayou
Tcrre BOnnc.
NoS-REsIDENr TAXPAYER.

New Orleans, March 24.-The
Times-Democrat, Thibodeaux spe-
cial says: "The levee fronting the
town at the mouth of Bayou Terre
Bonne broke at 2:1j O'Clock this
afternoon. The town will be sub
merged if the break is not closed.
The gap is now ten feet wide and
almost as deep. Great fears are
entertained that the gap will widen.
Business is suspended. The citi-
zens are rendering service toward
closing the crevasse. Already a
good portion Of the town is under
water. 1t has been raining hard
since daylight, accompanied by a
strong easterly wind"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31
POHTAL Dii,EtrInas

All postage must be paid by
stamp.
Letters in the United States per
half ounce, 3 cents.
Drop letters, half ounce, | cent.
Registered letters, 10 cents and
proper postage.
Pamphlets, newspapers, maga-
zinea, 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 it can be examined 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, 1883-03-31
The TallahatehIe and TazOO Rivers.
Special to nmes-Democrat.

Special to nmes-Demoerat.
Vicksburg, March 93.-The stea-
mer DeSmet arrived at 4 p. m.
from BelzOnia. Her officers re-
port the tidal wave out of the
Tallahatchie and upper Yazoo as
having reached Belzonia. BelzOnia
is eighty miles below Greenwood,
and at the former place the water
lis fully up to its extreme height of
last year. Below BelzOnia the wa
ter is running over the banks and
is rapidly inundating plantations in
the back country.
Up to the time the DeSmet pass.
ed down the water had not filed
up the swamps on either side of
the river.
The town of Belzonia is compos-
ed of three small stores, situated
on a high ridge, all of which is out,
and bare shelter is offered Tor
stock and people around. A great
number of ridges between Yazoo
City and Belzonia will not be af-
fected by the present high water,
and but few plantations from Va
zoo City down will be altogether
submerged. On many places at
present there is fully foot Of wa
ter over the land, but no damage
either to stock or property is re-
ported. The water is now rapidly
inundating the river side-Holly
Mound, Burtona Cassellmans and
Blue Rock. The wave has not
fully reached Yazoo City as yet,
but when the DeSmet left the river
was rising at that place fully an
inch an hour, and operations at the
Yazoo City Oil Works had been
suspended on account of the en-.
croachment of the water.
Planters all along the Yazoo and
Tallahatchie say the only damage
they will sustain by the present
food will be the loss of some corn,
which they had planted early,
Their stock, property, labor, etc,
are all in good condition.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31
[St. Louis Democrat.I

The Mississippi commissioners
have, within few days carefully
inspected the government works
at Plum Point. What did they
find9 That they had been swept
away "by the acre." as Ananisses
in Cincinnati declared when Con-
gress was debating the river and
harbor billf That the commission.
ers' plans were futile, their theo-
ries groundless 7 Not at all. They
found the completed works in good
shape, undamaged, perfect. mot
pile or any detail has been in
jured by the fIoods,' is the Ian
guage of the dispatch. Garry the
news to the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette, the Chicago Tribune and
the New York Times.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31

the Deer Greek Railroad being
given utteranee to in the vote
from our section, and therefore to
such shOrt-sighted people l can
but say; "Turn about is fair play
Next for ourselves, it is as well
to remember: The public roads
ara practically impossible in win
ter and during the subsequent high
water period, and all the more
now that the rule against driving
on the leyees is properly enforced.
4 railroad is the best and only
real remedy for this inconveni-
enee. Then, again, teams are re-
quired to be used for hauling pur-
poses just when it is hardest upon
them; so that We are SO employing
them when to do so is discounting
their availability for breaking up
land and plowing at the very pc
riod when they need to be in the
Stoutest possible condition.
Our best chance for filing up
the county with practical and in
telligent small farmers lies in a
railroad. Such an one will not
come to live and settle down where
facilities of locOmotion are so linn
tied, and other less favorable To-
ealities offer those inducements,
so lacking with us. The introduce
tion of such a system Of farming
is the best means | know of to
promote what every intelligent la
borer, who wishes to use his labor
for his own material advancement,
by owning and working his own
land, must look forward to-viz. !:
the breaking up of these large
plantations, and their subdivision
into tracts of o size suitable to a
man who, be he white or colored,
would come to the present holder
with an offer of purchase, and
give evidence of his being able to
carry out his contract. Small hol-
d.ngs are what enrich a country.
Again, it cannot fail to reduce
freights on both incoming and out
going products; it will enable
them to reach their destination in
better condition, from less hand
ling; and il will enable us to find
a market for something else than
cotton when we raise ii 4; to which
resort | contend o railroad con-
duces. II will assuredly import
into the county new source of
tax.contribution, and sufficiently
50, to my mind, to offset the tax
with which VIC now propose to
saddle ourselves, when the road is
built.
Finally, | say it is enlisting on
our side and bringing to our and
the very interest which is at pres
ent most antagonistic to our river
Improvement and levce interests,
and by ranging them along side of
us, we are recruiting into our ranks
the surest means of overcoming
the opposition at present cmanat-
ing from the Eastern section and
railroad circles there, to the action
of the U. s. Government in our
behalf, which has resulted so fa-
tally for us this last session.
For these and many other rea-
sons, in conclusion, ! would urge
that we shall be false to our own
interests as a county, if we with
hold an asserting vote to this pro-
posed subsidy to the NJ. & N. o.
II. r. CO.. and all planters should
call out their voting laborers and
do their best to pol their vote
solidly in advocacy thereof.
Respectfully,
NONRESIDENT TAXPAYER.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31

Wagner was, involuntarily, con-
siderably mixed up with the cele-
brated Won Arnim trial. Count
Won Arnim was charged, among
other things, with having compar-
ed Bismarck to Wagner in a pub
lished note, saying-ironically of
course-that the Chancellor was
athe greatest living parsonage.
next to Wagner" This the prose.
cutionRrgued was a deadly insult,
at being perfectly notorious that
Wagner, the musician, was stark,
staring madv
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31

England's wealthiest barOnet is
said to be Sir john Ramsden, of
Byram, Yorkshire. His rent-roll
is computed at 2S50,00O a year.
He owns almost the whole of Hud-
dersiield, the great manufacturing
centre. The little bit lie doesn't
own was a very Naboth's vineyard
to his father, who, according to
popular trs dition, once offered to
its Quaker owner to cover it with
sovereigns if he would sell it.
i" Edgewise, fiiend Ramsden ~
quoth the Quaker; sin that case
1t is thine; otherwise al Hudders-
field mnsf SIN ''r'rHe n fhee and
me- aIsdaeNi4o MAS rather more
than The haroac' Gould sHa||oQ
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31

\ few days ago a dash young
man from. an Eastern college ar.
rived at Tombstone, Arizona, and
registered his name at the princi-
pal hotel. A socially inclined per.
son in u blue shirt and wide
trimmed hat, who chanced to be in
the Office, good naturedly answer
ed every question, and volunteered
q vast amount of interesting infor.
nation about Arizona in general
and Tombstone in particular.
"Do you see them hills over
yonder ~ asked the Tombstoner,
pointing through one Of the Office
windows. swell, them hills is
chock full of pay dirt.n
The young man from the East
looked shocked.
My dear SIR he said, proudly,
but calmly, "you should say those
hills are-not them hills isw
The Tombstoncr was silent for a
moment. lie looked the young
man from the East critically over
as If he was estimating the size of
coffin he would wear. Then draw
ing out an ivory.stockcd seven.
shooter of elaborate style and
finish, he said in a soft, mild, musi.
cal tone of voice that sounded like
u wildwood brook coursing DER
its pebbled bed; any gentle I'm
salted tenderfoot from the land OF
the rising sun, this here's u pint
that you and me disagrees on, aud
we might as well have it settled
right now. haven't looked IN q
grammar lately, but i say them
hills is is correct, and Pm going
to stand by that opinion while Eve
got a shot left. l'll give you just
three minutes to think calmly oyeI
the subject, foryou probably spoke
in haste tho first time, and then III
hear your decision.p
The young man from the East
looked down the delicately chased
barrel of the revolver into the
placid depths of the eye of the
Tombstoner, and began. TO feel that
many points in gaammer are un.
certain and liable to grow more SO
Then he thought Of the coroner's
injuest and of the verdict, "came
to his. death by standing in front
of Colorado Toms scven-shooter,
aud of the long pine box going
East by express with 800 charges
on it, and before half the three
minutes was up he was ready to
acknowledge his error. "Since he
had thought IL over calmly" he
said, "he believed that them hills
is,' is right. He adspoken on the
spur of the momcnt,D he added,
"and begged a thousand pardons
for his presumptuous effort to sub.
stitute bad grammar for good.'
The Tombstoner forgave him
freely, and, grasping his hand
said:
81 know'd you'd say you was
wrong after you thought n mo
moment. admire a man who
gives right in without arguing
when he knows he's wrong. Come
along and irrigate." And they ir.
rigated.-Middleton Transcript.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31
kMs. 4TH DISTRICT.
.CUIT COURT.

bunty-Begins on the ist
reh and October, and may
lieial days.
|ounty-Begins on the md
rch and October, and may
hdicial days.
|inty-Begins on the 4th
Earch and October, and may
judicial days.
eounty-Begins on the End
the 4th Monday of March
and may continue . ju-
bunty-Begins on the 3rd
\ the 4th Monday of March
land may continue 6judieial 6
eounty-Begins on the 18th
l the 4th Monday of March
and may continued judicial
pn eounty-Begins on the
after the ith Monday of
)etober, and may continue 30
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31
Conkling anu Platt.
GTimes.Democrat.l

Roscoe Conkling and Tom Platt
do not speak, and have not for two
or three months. SO Platt can no
longer be called "Me, too" But
one good turn deserves another.
At present the Stalwart chiefs all
sulk in their tents. Neither Arth-
ur, Platt, Conkling or Cornell COM
munlcare with each other.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31
Methodist Church

Preaching 1T n q. m. aud ip m every SUM
day prayer-meelmg every "Wednesday night.
sunday school, $50, J W Honnoll, Pastor.
" Il rrigg, supt
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31

Preaching al n a M. and y m. every sunday
Communion ~ sunday 10 February, Mry, Au-
gust aud November rAyer-meetlng every
"Wednesday night Archer Pastor Sunday
school at "a sam, Brown sup.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31

The French Senate il consider.
ing a law to put down dueling. An
encounter, no matter what the re.
suit, will render the principals Ii.
able to a years Imprisonment and
a fine of 1000 francs. II "a duelist
succeeds in wounding his enemy,
he may expect to be rewarded for
his skill with two years imprison.
ment and q fine, while if he is
crowned with the full measure of
success and kills his adversary, an
extra years Imprisonment and an
extra fine of 5000 francs win be
the maximum punishment which
the law will infict upon him. See
onds will also be liable to a fine
and Imprisonment, and the law will
fall with severity upon those who
have been instrumental in bring
ing about a duel, and newspapers
are forbidden to publish reports
of duels.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31

Regular morning service at n a. m Evening
service, : y. m. every SUNDAY Communion
ar.t SUNDAY in each month u, u Ramsey.
Rector sahhaih-sehool at9 b m. ]. NJ.
Moore superintendent
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31
ApVERTIsING RATES.

Transient Advertising, One square
onc tfserfion- --...-..- -..---.-.--. l.sn
Eaeh subsequent Insertion. .......- -
Fees for Legal notices. which are in
eluded uEder this head. due On or before
last publication. Nopr0of furnished un-
I'll paid Tor.
Locals" five lines or less. this type,
80 cents for first, y cents each suhse-
quent insertion.
Personal articles orn0tices charged for
according 10 their nature. I.
Customers wiz please give explicit di-
reetions. of length of time capitalization
Of advertisements.
Regular advertising, one square, 2 ms.
s., am l2 year s2O.
Larger advertisements, quarterly, half
yearly. and yearly.
Iotfsr.. ted for at | liberal Rates,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31

s.. Io.enh Q ,tholie chureh


Ui-h Mas AZ 10 0'elaek A. m. aud Ncspers at
I u. M. hfi und third Sundayz. CalrchlsIa
every >urd,y ut9a m y q. Bohmsrt Pastor.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31

meetings are held by the
Supervisors as follows: Bien-
honday Of January to elect
bmissioners. Annually first
klarch. TO receive 'rax-Collec-
i Of delinquent and insolvent
|nday of August to receive and
the Assessment Roll; LIST Mon-
to levy taxes; {; and on
\ next preceding each term of
ma.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31

No change in the taxes on liquor
dealers.
Under the old law farmers were
prohibited from selling tobacco to
their hands without first paying a
license fee of So. This has been
repealed, and farmers are now per-
mitted to supply their hands with
tobacco, provided the amount does
not exceed one hundred pounds in
each year, without the payment of
said tax.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31
AyCERY COURT.

| eounty-Begins on the LIST
kpril and October, and may
kdicial days.
|cn eounty-Begins on the I'd
kpril and October, and may
judicial days.
bunty-Begins on the LIST Non
Ind November, and may cen
|icial days.
eounty-Begins on the Sd
|Iay and November, and may
Judicial days.
! eounty--Begins on the LIST
|une and December, and may
judicial days.
|county-Begins on the 2nd
)une and December, and may
judicial days.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31

The British Bar. Through At!usnsy-Gsnsral
James. Tender Hin Reception.
London Times.l


The following letters viii be read
with pleasure, not only by the inn
mediate friends of Mr.. Benjamin.
but also by all those who are ae-
guaiuted with the circumstance
under which that distinguished
lawyer came to this country and
the manner in which he was re-
eeived into the ranks of the Eng
lish bar:
New Court, Temple,
February ~.
Ny Dear Benjamin. have be-
fore me a document signed 10y nj.
most every leading member of the
English bar, the contents Of which
am requested TO convey to you.
These old friends of yours are
anxious that you should afford
them collectively an opportunity
of showing their friendship to-
ward you, and they trust you will
consent to be their guest on some
occasion convenient to yourself.
| hope you will understand their
reasons for desiring thus to meet
you. We do not forget how you
came some seventeen years ago "A
stranger among us. We offered
you then no insinecre welcome,
and in return you have always du.
ring those years of your sojoum
with us supported the honor and
position of our profession, and
have added mach to the public es-
timation in which we are held.
And so now, when you leave us,
your old associates are anxious to
show and to tell you how much
they valued the friendship they
know that even now they have not
lost. ! am, my dear Benjamin,
yours most truly,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31

IN 80 week made ut home by the indus
i irious. Best business now before the
~ Lpublic. Capital not needed Wewlli
start you Men. women, hoys and
Hirls wanted everywhere 10 work for
US. NOW .s the time You can work IN -. r.
time onlt of give your whole time to the busiH,
No other business viii pay YOU nearly US well
No one can iail To make enormous paw by en-
saging gt 0Hca Costly Outlt and terms free
Moliey made tst, easiy, and honorabv. Al.
diess 1rUE Il Co, Augusta. Maine
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31

This list Of distances is procured
from tho latest official surveys and
maps.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31
OFFICE RULES
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS.

One year, IN adyance,..--..-..-....S2 90
When not paid as above. or within ore
month from expiration Of time paid for
50 uu.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31
jewish Synagogue
LANDINGS AND DISTANCES rRol

Services Friday evenings at y, aud Saturday
mornings NJ i0H. J. liogen, Rabbi.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31
Internal Revenue Taxes.

The following table shows the
changes made in the assessment of
Internal Revenue taxes, viz:
Old rate New rntc
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31

Orders from transient Gust mers. vei-
bal or written, for job work. advertising,
or subscription, must be accompanied by
the cash. accounts Of regular custo-
mers due and presented the lst OF each
month.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31

Supreme Court
|of Supreme Court-Com-
} the lst Mondays of April
bber.