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GLENDALE, MISS.
The Farmers Pushing Their work-The
Destructive Gnats.


Occasional Correspondence OF the Appeal
GLENDALE, May 9.-The water has gone
down and the farmers are pushing their work
rapidly onward. Coahoma county ia one of
the best farming counties in the State. The
water has damaged this county very little
this year. Since the water has gone down
the buffalo gnats have been very bad on the
stock. Males and horses are very poor, ow-
ing to the severity OF the gnats. Ooe farmer
told me that he had to tie knots in his horses
tail while blowing to prevent him from Slip
ping through his collar. The Mobile and
Northwestern railroad was slightly damaged
by the overflow, but has been repaired and is
now doing an immense business. The Mobile
and Northwestern is only thirty-fye miles
long. The road has but one engine on il.
She leaves Glendale at 5 o'clock am. and re-
turns at o'clock pm. next day. Mr.. War
rem Qualls is conductor. Mr.. QualIs ia
very polite and accommodating. On
one occasion he backed his train three
miles to get preachers hat that
had fallen of. The engineer is q very
nice gentleman also; since the high water
set in he has been wading along in front of
his engine carrying the headlight and scar
ing of the buffalo gnats. The Memphis and
Vicksburg railroad will run through the GEN.
ter of the county. There are about 800 hands
at work in this county. This will give us
direct railroad communication with New Or
leans, Memphis and ali northern points,
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The HorsfOrd Almanac and Cookbook
Mailed free on application to the Rumford
Chemical Works, Providence, R. 1.

INDIANA, PA, May 1.-The Rev. Charles
t. Heck, of The Evangelical Lutheran church
OF this city, made his theatrical debut here
Saturday night ss Hamlet" and Richie
lieu" The hall was crowded with the beat
people of the town, and those capable of
judging pronounced his presence, manner
and appearance wonderfully impressive,
while his enunciation was good and his ges-
lures and stage action was perfect. Mr..
Heck has received a letter from the presi-
dent of the Lutheran Synod, stating that
notice Of his intention 10 abandon the minis-
try for the stage had been received, and
asking for an explanation in regard TO the
altar
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New YoRK.-The World, of Saturday,
says that suit was brought 10 tsis. that day
in the Supreme Court before Judge Barrett
and Jury, in which David Stewart,
banker, is the plaintiff and Coils P. Hunt
ington and others are defendants. When the
Central Pacific Railroad of California was
first started, ii is alleged, Huntington induced
the plaintiff to purchase 200 shares of stock
of the company. April 81, 1870, these shares
were cold TO Huntington for their par value
with interest at the rate Of seven per cent
from 1867. Mr. Stewart ayers that Hunt
lpgton, for himself and three other capital
ists in California, agreed that il he or they
should pay any more for other stock than
they had paid him for his, then they would
make up the difference with him. Stewart
alleges that Huntington and the others
did pay even as high as $500 per ahare for
other stock, and he claims that he is entitled
to the difference between the $139 per share
which was paid him for his stock, which he
claims was the real value of each share of
stock, az shown by the fact that the latter
sum was paid to other persons for similar
stock. The amount Mr.. Stewart seeks 10 re-
ceive is SIC, l08, with interest from April q,
1870. Mr.. Huntington in his answer declares
that he acted alone with SleWar. on his own
behalf and responsibility; that afterward
when Stewart said that some other persons
had been paid larger price for their stock,
he denied this, and said that if he did pay
any more TO other persons he would also pay
an increased price 10 Stewart. Mr.. Hunting
ton asserts that no contract or agreement was
ever entered into, and that he never paid any
person more than $139 per share Tor the
stock
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COL. LOOSEY WINS HIS GREAT Law.
SUITAGAINST O'CONNER's ESTATE

SUITAGAINST O'CONNER's ESTATE
Intelligence was received from Nashville
yesterday that Col. Looney had recovered
a judgment in his suit against the estate Of
the late Thomas O'Conner for over sos, 000
The suit grew out of transactions connected
with the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
Company. This is said TO be the most valu.
able property in the State. Col. Looney,
Col. Colyar, Thomas 0'Conner and three
other gentlemen in April, 1881, procured an
option on this property by which they had
five months within which to take it at $780,
900. They succeeded in getting capitalists
to advance money TO pay for the property
and then reorRsnizsd the company, issuing
bonds to the amount of 81 COO, 900, and
stock amounting TO 100000. The stock,
after making deductions which went to the
promotion of the enterprise, represented the
profits Of the owners OF the options. Col.
Looney insisted that OConner, by means of
false representations and concealments as to
the success of the enterprise, induced him to
part with his interest in the options for
$4,000, while O'Conner and his other asso-
ciates made fortunes out of the transaction.
Col. Looney retained CAN'T & Patterson, of
this city, and Mr.. Vertrees, of Nashville, to
Ale bill against O'Conner. The bill was
filed and answered before the death of
O'Conner, and the lawsuit, BY reason of the
amount involved and the prominence of the
parties, has attracted good deal of public
attention both here and at Nashville. The
case was argued in the Chancery Court
at Nashville some two weeks ago, by Col.
Patterson and Mr.. Vertrees representing Col.
Looney, and Mr.. Childress and Mr.. Williams
representing OpConner's estate. Since the
argument Col. LoOney and HE friends have
been very confident of decree, and their
confidence is now verified. We understand
the chancellor delivered lengthy opinion
Col. Looney, who has host OF friends in
Memphis, was yesterday the recipient of many
congratulations.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

The deyotees Of silver are continually re-
ceiving shocks that sour their tempers If
they do not enlighten their minds. The last
cyclone that has struck them has been the
denunciatinn of their erring faith by men
whom they had regarded as fellow-worship-
ers at the silver shrine, the bi-metaliss.
But such leaders Of that class of fnancislists
az Cernuschi and Sir Henry Gibbs, in Eu-
rope, and Burchard, Horton and Walker, on
this side, are now, every one Of them, advo-
eating a suspension Of silver coinage in this
country. It ID playing the very dynamite
with the bi-metalist doctrine, and they de-
clare that i! is the greatest existing obstacle
TO the progress of that doctrine. Excess in
mining of silver has necessitated the issue
of paper "a its representative. But the issue
Of paper is hiudrance TO the circulation Of
coin. The advocates OF an unlimited mint
ing Of silver dollars have long desired that
all small notes ia circulation should be with
drawn that the nineiy-three- cent dollars
might take their place, yet they themselves,
by mining dollars which the public refuse
TO take into circulation, have added to the
number OF notes 10 circulation. The $70,000,-
900 paper promises which pass under the
name OF silver certificates, prevent the actual
use Of large amount Of silver dollars. To
speak Of coin being in "use" because the GER
tihcates represent them is absurd, they are
obstructing practical bi-metalism by aiding
the mono-metallic plan of gold and notes.
Bi-metalism calls for currency composed
oil the two precious metals, silver and gold,
and pieces Of metal stamped and then put
into vaults without circulation, ia no more
practical bi-metalism than if the silver still
lay in the mines. The notes really repre-
sent only the credit of the United States as
the Bustainers of their nominal value. No
one desires to have the silver the notes
promise, and the notes are redeemable and
redeemed only because the customhouse
takes them instead Of gold in payment of
duties. Only that preserves their circulation
or prevents their depreciation. The BIZ
metalists are, therefore, ne allies Of the sup
porteEs of the silver mine monopolizsrs.
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AN APPEAL FOR AID
From the People of Choetaw County,
Miss.


DIDO, CHocrAw COUNTY, MISS, May o.
We, the undersigned, Committee of Relief
for the sufferers in the two terrible cyclones
that passed through this county, desolating
everything 10 their path, reducing to want 20
many victims, make this general appeal for
aid to relieve the suf.rings of the stricken.
II seems, from the press reports, that the
fact is overlooked that two parallel cy-
clones passed through this and some other
counties some eight or Ten miles apart, but
such is the case, and our committees are do
ing everything they can to relieve the suffer-
ing, but without additional aid from abroad
they will be utterly unable to meet the wants
of the distress;d, and we AK the Memphis
APPEAL to earnestly bring the matter before
your City Council and forward donations to
Relief Committee, Dido, Miss. Earnestly,
r. K. FOSDREW,
ED. j. NJ. DALTON,
]. d. HOGAN,
J. R. HESTEk, Relief Committee.
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street, AID Captured woman, three white
men and four Chiusmep, all under the infiu-
ence of the drug. Among the white men was
Joseph z. Race, confirmed opium-smoker,
who contracted the habit IN San Francisco,
TN years ago, when meie boy, and claims to
be the frat white man to indulge in the habit
in New York. He says this vice is rapidly
increasing, both in New York and Chicsgo,
and new dens are being constantly opened.
He asserts that the stories about Cinnamon
taking advantage of the unconscious condi-
ton Of the women who visit joints have little
foundation in fact; that the opium smoker
does not become unconscious. He asserts
that most OF the female pstrons OF these
places are women Of loose character, but that
considerable number of otherwise reputable
women have acquired the habit, and that
they are safe from personal assault by Chi
namsa while enjoying pipe in Joint.
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Dialogue Between Hub. and Chal.
CHALMERS

CHALMERS.
TO reign Is worth ambition, though in hell
Better reign IN he'll than serve in heaven"
HUBBELL.
Chalmers, II charge thee fling away ambition;
By that sin angels fell; how can man then,
The image of dis Maker, hope TO win by it?''
Chslmers-What am l to do? I cannot
afford, at my time OF life, to wrestle with the
boys over SO fee.
Hubbell-Then 60 West, and grow up with
the country.
Chalmers-My growth have already at
tanned, and my financial circumstances will
not admit Of my removal from Mississippi.
II you will furnish me the money 10 make 8
Canvass, / will change my residence by tee-
graph to the Second District, and with the
aid of the Greenbsckers and Republicans
will defeat Manning for Congress. To repay
you l will pledge myself to support Re-
publican for Speaker Of the House.
Hubbell-Chalmess, "your tongue drops
mamma, and can make the worse appear the
better reason to perplex and dash maturest
counsel" How much dost thou require?
Chalmers-Only $3.50 as a starter.
Hubbell-Chalmers, this is a modest sum
you call for. The stake you play for is q
big one. How long will it take you to
change your residence?
Chalmers-"As swift as the wings OF medi-
tation, or the thoughts of love-" 1 will fly
to the Second Congressional District.
Hubbell-Chalmers, "a diamond, tho set
in horn, is still a diamond, and sparkles as
in purest gold" but thou art verify brick.
Here is check for the sum thou dost re.
luire. Now stand not upon the order Of thy
going, but go at once.
Chalmers-Thanks, my lord. / will not
stay TO enumerate your many virtues,
/" For should singly count your praises DER,
venture on a sea without shore"
Dear Hub, farewell
Soliloquy of Chalmers, going down 10 the
| bank to get the check cashed-"O my Of
Tense isrank; it smells TO heaven" What will
my Democratic friends of the Shos.string
district say when they hear have sold cut
to the Republicans? 1t is too late now 10
retrace nay steps. That old scoundrel Hub.
bell will tell it on me anyhow.
I" Ne miserable! which way shall fly!
Infinite wrath and infinite despair
Which way 1 1y is hell myself am he'll"
Soliloduy Of Hubbell after Chalmers
leaves his presence-Well, isn't he hi
OF a refi0Hf Two hundred aud fifty dollars
TO run for Congress on, as a Democrat, and
Republican funds at thatl Is he sample
of Southern chivalry? Perhaps of Southern
cheek. Yes, that's the word. And haven't
l played the ID? l have given $3.50 10
help elect an Independent Democrat to Con.
gress that should have been sent to a Re-
publican candidate of that or some other
district. By robbipg Peter have given to
Paul, with the faint hope of catching a few
| larks, if ever the heavens fall down in the
| Second Congressional District of Mississippi
The plain truth is, am a fool, and Chal-
mers is a fraud.
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Jamestown has been On big boom and was
doing an immense business, but this Mem
phis and Vicksburg railroad has missed the
little city two or three miles and it ia thought
that it will die on the vine. Friars
Point is no more; in twelve months this
little icity will be something of the past;
there is an immense zanzibar forming in the
river in front of the town which will cut her
of from the river entirely. What has be-
come OF Mr.. g. A. T., your correspondent
from this place. Ihssrd he had gone North
10 marry Miss Lydia Pinkhsm. Crops are
very good in this part of the country. Boni-
ia farm, belonging to Capt. J. F. Townsend,
has about 200 acres of corn three feet high
and has been worked out twice. it is The
finest field Of corn ever saw at this season
Of the year. / will have TO stop this letter
and rub the gnats of my nose. LIVE.
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THE CLEARINGHOUSE.
Reports from Twenty.six Leading Bust
ness Cenaors.

BosroN, May 14.-The Post says the total
gross exchanges at twenty six leading clear
inghouses of the United States, for the week
ended May 18th, with percentage and com
parison with total gross exchanges of the
same clearinghouse for the corresponding
week of 1882, are az followsi
New York. s7s6, 59l, 1872; decrease. 49.
Boston, $40, 1854; decrease, NJ.
Philadelphia, SIS, 96S, 1888; decrease, 0.S.
Chicago, si7, 74S, eli; increase 125.
Cincinnati, sSl 81, 500; increase, 4.6.
st. Louis, SIS, 500, 416; increase, 27.9.
Baltimore, tl2,309, l12; increase, 2.S.
New Orleans, So, 90, 500; increase, "a 20.
Pittsburg, SIS 006 SIG: decrease, 127.
Louisville, S., 465, 1853; increase, 1913
Milwaukee, s., 800, 900; increase, 20.
Providence 81 AS, 400, increase, 3S.
Kansas City, S., $40, 400; increase, 95.I.
Cleveland, y, 906, 729; decrease, 1872.
Indianapolis, 81, GA coo; decrease, S.4
Hartford, 81, 73S, ia; increase, 1.6.
New Haven, 81 ,26l ,262; increase, LIS,
Peoria, SLIP, AZ; increase, go.
Columbus, 81, 407, 2S9; increase, 15.4.
Portland, 81 OBS, 1S2; increase, sc.
Springfield, S7S9.69S; decrease, Go
Worcester. sos 06S; decrease, 5.5.
Memphis, S72O,3S5; increase, Go.
Lowell, 1892. 40; increase, 1872
Syracuse, si6o, $40; increase, LIS.
Detroit, So 059, 400.
Total, 81 OILS, L033; decrease, SIS.
Outside New York, S2Sl ,Sl9, 2i3; increase, 4.3.
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a LAW TO COMPEL LORDS TO BE.
COME HONEST.

COME HONEST.
The almost superstitious sacredness in
which England has 20 long held landed
property is melting away under the exigen-
cies Of modern needs. "Has not a man the
right to do as he likes with his own?" said q
Duke Of Newcastle fifty years ago, when he
turned out Of house and home the tenants Of
his domain Of Newark, who had voted in
accordance with their own principles and
not in accordance with his convictions. The
day when such fright" to do wrong was
claimed has gone by, and The Irish land Law
has given expression to the changed senti-
ment IN manner that opens the way to
further encroachment upon aristocratic priv.
ilege, encroachment which will come in its
time. The work is now going on, for the
English ministry has laid before Parliment
''tenant and farmers compensation bill"
which is to make inroads upon the arisiocratic
landholders' right to rob and cheat their
tsnants. They now rob, andbe< centuries
have robbed their tenants by taking as their
own, without payment, all improvements
made by the tenant while in occupation.
They cheat their tenants By adding to their
rent on account Of the greater value the
tenant's own improvements have added to.
the esiate. T1is way oF r6bbing add cheat
ing, so long the bandit-ike privileges %
dukes, earls and msrquises, "all, all honpr.
able men," the compensation bill is intended
10 put an end to. Imagine the indignation
of the courtly lords and mighty barcas at
the proposition to pass "a act of Hriiamen3
condemning them to be as honest in their
dealings as mere common peoplei 1t ia
degradation to rank.D>; nsult to dignity, base
interference - privileges scoundrels have
enjoyed aid abused for centuries. But English
and Scotch farmers are refusing longer to be
sheep for lords and dukes to ahear. They
are leaving the farms ON their owners
hands, and finding homes and freedom in
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and our
own Western States. The new bill gusran-
tees to the tenant farmer compensation for
the buildings, drains, sewers, and other i'm
provements he may find necessary in the
prosecution of his business upon the land he
rents. Here is heavy blow at prerogative,
the entering wedge in England and Scotland
to many a change yet to come. Who knows
but, in The end, the State may not find it
necessary to buy out the landowner alto
gether, and let the land pay the country's
taxes instead of supporting the state and
pomp OF a nobility which change of circum-
stances is making as great an anomaly as
the robbing and cheating of tenant farmers
has become? 1t viii on,y be carrying out
the popular theory of the great political
economist, George.
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LAGRANGE, TENN.
The Memphis Methodist Conference
The Appointments-Bish
hcEyetre.

Occasional Colresr ondence of the Appeal
LAGRANGE, May l4.-The Memphis Meth.
odist District Conference, presided over by
the Rev. 81. N. McTyeire, DID. bishop,
which met in Lagrange on Friday last,
closed its labors Sunday night, and the dele
gates all returned TO their homes. We are
promised report of It's proceedings, which
may appear tomorrow. The exercises were
very interesting, and large crowds were in
attendance. The weather was propitious,
and much good is expected as the results
of their meeting. The presiding elder, the
Rev. I. L. Boswell, made good selection
as to the place-the town of Lagrange,
famed for its Methodism and genuine hospi-
tally of all its people, regardless of denorni-
national predilections The next session
naaa.a at Withe
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PHIL THeMPsON's TRIAL.
The Testimony All In and Argument
Begun.

HARRoDsBURe, KY, May 14.-The prose-
cution continued it's attack on the character
OF Miss Buekner 10 the trial of the Hon.
Phil B. Thompson. J. A. Tomlirson, uncle
OF Miss Buckner's divorced husband, testi-
he'd that her reputation for truth and morals
was bad; would not believe her under oath.
DIR. Dedmsn testified that he had heard peo.
pie say they wouldn't believe her under oath.
w: A. Walker testified that he would not
believe her under oath. The defense called
Wa. Schuyler, of Cincinnati, who said he
had heard nothing said about Mes Buck.
ner's character in Cincinnati. Themas Card
well, postmaster, testified that he thought
public opinion was equally divided as to
Mics Buckner's guilt in the Tomlinsop scan
dal case, ending in her divorce. The ties.
timony here closed, and argument began this
afternoon.
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CHICAGO, May 14.-Ths Western Unitarian
Conference, now in session in this city, held 2
business meeting this morning. The report
of the secretary shows that the conference
embraces sixty-feur church societies, forty
two OF which reported, and elbows an aggre-
gate membership Of 3616 families. Twenty
two report an increase in membership dur
ing the pest year, and the remainder do not.
The churches are reported generally in good
financial condition.
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Destructive Fire at Au.,tv tex

AUSTIN, May 1.-THE fine Hancock
building, belonging to the nephew of John
Hancock, burned at O'Clock am. to-day.
The building was valued at $4,000; in
surauee, $4,000. Bertram, Burggerhoff &
Moeller, wholesale groeers, lost 1000; in
sured for $4,000. The building was occu-
pied by large number of Offices, Forster's
Bank, WoodEidge's Bank, o. Lauve's
insurance Office and others. Everything
was lost, aud no insurance except thai
named. The aggregate loss is about S225.
900. with only $4,000 insurance. 1t was the
heaviest ERE ever here,
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Steamship Burned.

SEATTLE, W. T., May 1.-THE iron steam.
ship Mississippi, owned by the Oregon In
provement Company, was burned yesterday
morning, with HOO tons of coal. No tug
was in the vicinity TO render assistance. The
fire spread 10 the coal bunkers, burning 500
feet. The chief engineer was burned to
death. Bunker timbers fell, killing one and
injuring another. The vessel is total loss,
and was formerly owned by the government
and used as a blockade-runner.
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MEMPHIS APPEAL
SENATOR HARRIS.

The Chattanooga Times, in the article
which we copy from it this morning, liz, by
suggestion and the coupling of his name
with the coAl-oiI inspectorship, very uniust
to Senator Harris, who had nothing what.
sver to do with the conduct OF the Last cam
paign in Shelby county or its management
in Memphis. Neither was there any con-
tract or agreement made with Ed Shaw or
any other colored man by the Democratic
party Of this city or county. So far as the
Democrats of Shelby county are concerned
the tempest in teapot has long since sub.
sided, and the friends OF Maj. Rhea are
satisfied.
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a Desperado Lxnehed.

SHREVEPORT, May 14.-D. C. Hutchins,
who murdered Will II. Lyon at the ferry
landing, Bossier parish, opposite here, Tues
day night last, while being conveyed TO the
Bellvue Jail this morning, was taken from
the guards by crowd of seventy-ive
men and hanged in the woods. AS Hutchins
saw the masked men coming he pulled a
huge dirk from his pocket and stabbed him
self three times near the heart.
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THE COMMERCIAL AID FINANCIAL
CONDITION.

May, it is gratifying to see, begins with
some Improvement in the amount of its
first weeks exchanges. Business, the New
York Pubic points out, was better sustained,
both for the month and the week, outside of
New York than inside. Daring the week
and the month the decline 10 New York has
not been due to stock speculation, for that
kind Of business has been rather more nearly
maintained than any other. Outside of
stocks the exchanges at New York during
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LEVEES
To be Turned Over 10 the Keeping OF n
Railroad Company.
To the Editors of the Appeal:

To the Editors of the Appeal:
We learn that there is growing sentiment
among the planters and landowners of the
Mississippi swamp TO turn over the matter OF
building and keeping in repair the levees oil
the Mississippi bottom TO competent rail
road company, who will be entitled to the
tax, and be bound to keep the levees in per
feet state of repair. / think the idea is a
good one, if properly carried out. -