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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-30
Orangemen,s

Dublin, ga circular issued by
Orange grand masters of Ireland advises
the enrolment Of an Orange volunteer
force, or militia, if possible old soldiers,
to strengthen the Orange society as q
fighting force. Government will be petit
toned to allow these volunteers to be
armed with rifles, which will be kept in
the nearest Orange halls or barracks.
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Payson and the Land Grants.

Chicago, ga Washington specia
says Of Judge Payson, who was in the
west this summer investie aling the Paci.
fc roads, that he is the most modest, uu>
assuming man in the House, but he i.
doing the most effective work Of any of
the western members. He has COM
pletely mastered the whole subject of
railroad grants, and you will find before
his term of Congress is over that through
his work some Of those many millions of
acres now held by spectators will be
thrown open for settlement by bona fde
settlers,
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Murdered.

St. Petersburg, 29.-Lieutenant.
Colonel SuderkiD, Of the gen
d'armerie, chief of the department
in the military governorship of
st. Petersburg for the preservation
of order, was murdered at his house
near Newsky Prospect. The official
with him was mortally wounded.
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Another Crooked College

New York, 29.-Suit was insti-
tuted in behalf of the state to annul
the charter of the electrical college,
as it violated the provisions of its
charter in issuing diplomas in blank.
thus enabling persons not qualified
to insert their names.
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Excited Thousands.

Al over the laDd are gong 5ut0
Soa.ssy over Dr.. Kings Ne" DIS
covery for Consumption. Their an
Locked for recovery by the timely
use Of this great Ii te Saving remedy,
causes them to 90 nearly wild IN us
praise. In is guaranteed to positive
" cure Severe Coughs, Colds
Asthma, BAY Fever, BronchlLn.
Hoarpeness, Loss Of Voice, OF any
affection Of The Throat and LungS'
Trial Bottles free at q. =. u; g"
Dug stora Large size 81 90.
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Closing Down.

Pittsburg, 29.-In accordance with
resolutions sdopted at the last meeting
OF the western nail associations, all the
factories of the west closed down tonight
for period of six weeks. Manufacturers
hope to improve trade by restricting the
production. The suspension throws over
5000 men out Of employment.
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HanIan Backs Down.

San f ancisco, 29.-Hanlan, the
oarsman, lately offered 81, 900 to any
man on the coast who would out
row him, and Stevenson &C
cepted. Hanlan now asks the latter
to release him from the engagement,
but won't state why.
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From Rome.

Rome, 29.-The Pope holds ccnsis-
tory in April, when several cardinals
will be created and vacant sees in Amer
lea filed. It is rumored that another
American cardinal will be appointed at
the close of the forthcoming council in
the United States. Il is probsble That
Archbishop Gibbons, Of Baltimore, will
be selected.
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f'I buy DR.. BenSof.s Celery and
C7aof7aonaiLe Pills and Introduce them
s0hereoer I go. Personal k'aos0 ledge
and experience of their effects on
others prompts this act" Rev. J. P.
Fugett, rector, st. Luke's church,
Myersburg, Pa. Fifty cents at drug"
gists.
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A Libeled Maid.

New York, 29.-Rose Koran, fJfm-
erly ladies' maid to Lady Vaudeville,
has began suit to recover $4,000 dam
ages for false arrest and imprisonment ct
the instance OF Vaudeville, who charged
the maid with larceny.
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agsxlEu,s AkS1oA sAnvG

Ia greatest medical woEder Of
.ae T0rld. Warranted 50 specify
euro Burns, Bruises, Cuts, Ulcass,
SAILS Rheum, Fever Sores, Cancers,
Piles, ChilblaiRs, Corns, Tstter,
Chapped Hands, and al akin sgup-
lions, guaranteed 70 Sure In every
instance, or money returned. e
Cents pes box. EsE sals by T. Q. d
I Dyua Store =
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Grants Condition.

New York, 29.-There is a marked
improvement in General Grsnt;s ccndi-
ton to-day. The pain is not so severe
and he rested comfortably during the
night. Physicians say be will be on! in
three or four days.
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Stag e Robbery.

Galveston, 90. - San Antonio
special: The Abilene stage was
halted last night near Colorado river
by two masked men with revolvers.
Nine passengers. composing a va
riety truope, were robbed Of $500.
The mails were untouched.
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just Judgment.

Montreal, 90. = Judgment was
given in favor of the laboTers who
sued the Canadian Pacific Railroad
company for damages for breach of
contract in not employing the plain
tiffs at AlgOm.
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That poor bedridde,s, invalid wife
sister, mother or daughter, can be
made the picture of health by a few
bottles of Hop Bitters. VIII yoas
Jet them suffer? when so easily
cured. +
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SNAKES IN THE GRASS
BY ERNEST J, oLDMEADov

| ui agOn CSp-
winch struggles in its iro
"0'nI alss a96 children peacefully g..
'''' sfo the roaring e"tnp,fro's Cheerful
iA' '' ssspiass gun in hand, hi. v..cb !.
| 'Gainst wolf and lrdl.n foe.
All the hot day he's been sle,,.
weary aT MUS nisbt. watch all through ~,
And, till the dawn, must scsn -
prairie, 'ne rolling
Patched 1'st: with the young moon.
~" p and t dpes %0OnOeAm' sic! How sad
Inc orowsy waters mid the ,,.,
ne iets his tired eyes close. with mat,
Ing weary, IN "a'ea-
Lies dOwn-and falls ASLEEP!
Inc pale ass moons noon; beams upon the DI,i,
n. genue murmur rises from the rilI.
The night wind througb The IIl!;
grass is signing. "AyApg
ana all things else are still.
Is the night wind signing in tba o.
Is 1t the wind that makes thnn, 1 S
and shake? 'N01H Oand
an ncl loto the moonlit space there
A coliing rattlesnaktl
II sees the Watchmsn sleeping at hi. .ts.
And glides along with fercely flaming
gaze,
Its eyes reflect in dreadful concentration
The roaring camp fre's blsza.
Is it the night wind signing mid tho
grasses?
And are the slim stems stirred st if.
mmand? '
Nc! From the shade into the mconlivb.
passes
An Irdian, knife in hand!
He sees the wife, he seas the cnild-sr
dreaming;
Tightens his grasp upon his shining
knife;
Sees, on the sleeper's gup, the freight
streaming,
And swesrs to ts ks his life
Hs knows not of the snake, and both srs
creeping,
With poisoned fang, and diret pois-
oned blade,
10 where the wornou. emigrant is slaep-
ing.
In the great wagons shsie,
Two snakes they areI and through tbs
grass each pushes
With gli1ing b3dy and light-treading
feet;
And where the singing brook swifs
past the bushes,
Serpent and Indian meet!
The pale moons beams upon the plain
are lying;
A gentle murmur rises from the riil.
darsl a sharp hiss, q rush, q horrid
crying,
And all again is still.
The settler wskes-srises-gra,ps hi.
rife
"Whst was that fearful, til st hesrtrend,
ing c eam?"
And then he smiles 'Afraid-a. such 8
trihei
'TWss but some dreadful
dreamn
ae PAGES up aod down the camp sill
d orning,
Almost forgets the dying Indians cry
Forgets quite when the goddess fair OF
dawning
Dyes gold the Eastern sky.
BE eats his morning meal ,Ithen feeds his
horses,
Prepares them both for journeying on
again.
liz wheels from out their turiy bed he
forces,
AID starts across the plain.
Lightly he walks ong; the warn rays
FIJI him
From the bright sun which shines high
Overhead;
&c knows not Of the snake which sought
TO kill him,
But saved his life instead.
lie knoss not that thera lies black md
Erd bitten
4 swollen corpse among the tTSmpieo
weed:
record ia the grass TIE night has
written
Which rs will never read!
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4 Box OF GLENN's SULPHUR
SOAR is equivalent TO many Sulphur
Baths. Don't forget it.
HILLS HAIR AND WHISPER DYE,
Black or Brown, soc.
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GIadstone's Anniversary.

Hswsrden, 29.-Congrstulations are
pouring in upon Gladstone from all arts
of Great Britain, upon this bis birthday
anniversary.
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GROUP, WHOOPINd COUGH
and Bronchitis Immediately re-
Eeved by Shiloh's Cura Sold by 2
O. d L Drug stora a.
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WAsHISGroS, August 4.-E. s. 5 eyens,
U0i ed States CGhzul 20 SnyrnS, writes ths
Natiooal Board Of Health, under date Of
July l3'h ~ follows: The news from Egypg
il less alarming han at he time OF my Last
report. Facts nave com 10 high. tending 10
show that the disease which IL d-cimsiing be
population OF Damie,ta is not A-issIie cho.-
era, bui a malignant local Jis'empsT, caus.
BY The filthy condition of the town and In
uoclesn habits of its lower sssrs, who's
principIl article of food i i'h ugh iru III
water polluted and poisoned by being u.s9
a. a rec ptAcie for od4i, the carcss5es OF DE
ea-ed anlmals, ejc. Duriug the British OF
cupation many animals psrisned, sDd tn ir
bodies we're dumped into the wafer Tegsr1-
less Of cons qIencss. This theory Is strength
ened by the following facrs: The disease frs;
IN ade it's appearance in Dauielta 10 ia e,
bat was not made public until the 20lh, at
which time the death-rats became too large
for longer conce slmeDt; second, the mortality
ia confined almost wholly tO' natives, vino
sregsId 10 their moGe Of living all SAINT ~
r,q1uemen's; ihird, the disease il limited 10
q sm ali terrIlors fous h, iis previous course,
, on the supposItion ;hsi it - Asiatc
cholera, cannot be traced; 6flh, the dI.eass
does not spr@ad with the rapidly of Asiatic
! choiera.-in 1865 the cholera was only Two day
: in travelling from Dsmietta 10 Alexandria.
I / may add Ghat some Of the hes. physicians
do not regard the present sSOuTg> IN Egypt as
| caolers. With stringent measures taken 10
coniue il thin jts present limits, it is f@ir
J TO assume that its rayages will not D. mucu
! further extended, slthough the death rae
. shows little demlnution rs yet
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A BRAVE RESCUE.
A Drunken Mans Short Leap ana its
consequences.

New York Herald: A drunken man
board d he siesmsr s.. john, Of tn Long
Branch lioe, shortly before she left pier No 8
ys-ierd.Y afternoon. H- waz noisy aud
quarrelsome, AID Fir-t Officer kirkland pot
BIN ashore. A few minutes later ss Ih~
hJat was moving away from her dock, the
man msde an unsuccessful attempt to
jump On board, and Topped head
long into the water. An instant later
Chief Officer Kirkland rpr4Dg after him aud
seized him as, splu tcrlng aud gssplng. he
roe 10 the surface. Ths dfu,ken N ,u wound
hi- arm around his rescu r. neck in a broth-
ecly embrace, and seemed beDL on tl mbs' =
ing up to nj head. lne two men rrTe drift-
ing under the dock, aud the stu .iion LOOK ID
-omeWhat alarming.
Al this iuncture there wss a sudden NOV, =
m-ut On the dock, and a burly longshor, ID an
hurled himself from toe wnarl aud descend ID
on the water with 4 Tes0Iutiug plasb. II
was evidently b.ni on playilg the part
OF rescuer, bui gre5t wa9 the astouish me O {
Of the spectators when they perceived .ha, h-
could no. swim and that Il wIa with the Ut
most ticaitY he WAS enabled 10 keep
sf1at Dy padding wuh has hands 10
what is terned by swimmers "dog
fashion" 10 the meantime, however,
the s.. Johns had beaa stopped, and a num
Der Of rop7s were thrown our, both from tie
boa and the dock. Kirkland msuaged 10
grasp one OF the lines brown from The dock,
| and succeeded in passiug i bene ath the
| shoulders Of the drunk-n man. Toe iud-
Sidual having Osen drawn up, kirkland
turned his atteotion 10 lhe long, horem ar
who was also rescued in a similar u amer.
/ kirkland himself was then drawa 40.
When he was taken on board the s.. J Ohm.
he was enthusiastically applAuded by the
I p Issengers. Mr.. Saliva Sarony, the photo-
| grapher, who was one of the pass. ngers
seized his hat, passed it around the boat sLd
collected S2O3, which vac turued over 10 the
gallant officer. Both the drunKen man and
the longshoreman disappeared in the confu
sion before their names could hs sscertsined
kirkland i'd good-lookIng ycuGg man
with regular ieaturts, light,biue eyes, blond=
mu-tacns, and bronzsd complexion. II
is exceedingly modest and cannot be induce
10 refer at length TO the details of his brew.
|
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oment'snotice upDu toe receip, o. the
nsws Of the death OF our yoGag and talented
friend and ssociaie. Oue after snJther de-
clired 10 write the obituary, until 1t wss
finally determines that Abram Fonda, 40
e1itorisl writer or the paper, should per
form the melancnoly task. Mr.. Fonda
accordingly begsu bis TorS, emitting the
Introduction. aud was epgsgsd some time
UPON the work, when be writer Of this para
graph, who occupied a chair in front Of NJ.
Fonda's table, turned around snd inquired
how he was getting along. He replied To at
he was not pJogres.IUg satisfactorily, thai il
'wa= harder task ian he had snticip pa ed,
aud hen went On with hi- work. Instantly,
quickly thought could frame the ex
preston, there flashed through the brain #
the writer these Hords: sod fellow, you'll
die before Jimmie doe-w And he dId
TEst night after retiring Mr. Fonda sro-e
far sone purpose, went 20 an open window
il mis- room, and tell hsadiong out of it 10
The sidewais below. Ia rn- III JrnICg ne we
foanG lying UpOn the ground sp-ecnIsss aud
iHssnsinie. H died al 9 .'llccE in the fyrs-
noJn Of the day; Mr. Jhyrn survived un'il
n ally nDoD. Toe hand that writes this
wrote the ia reduction aud The Close # ne
obituary Of MI. Thor1 thai Mr.. Fonda De-
gsu, AMI a'so wrote hasty tribute to the
memory OF The latter
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CHICAGO 'CHANGE.
A Fair Days Business, with No specia al
FeaIures.

CHICAGO, August 4.-R.g .gulsr wheat-only
fair amount lridiug; feeling comparatively
stroug throughout the day, but closed tJ18
under ytsF~rdsy's closing; sales ranged at
Il 0l0l OH Angus, 81 0291 Q3t Sepienl-
Der, ii 04b9l 045 October, Il O5s91 06f
November, 81 095's1 oil the year; spring,
IL 0lS9l Olf; winter, 81 OF.
Corn stronger, higher and fairly active;
the range was gag better than yesterday
while cosings we're {9so higher for August
aud f93e higher for The other months ,hsn
he close yesterday; sales ranged 50s(9514c
Angus, 49ss lU5Osc September. 43A a50c Oc-
tobsr, Al g4Sc November, 45@45s the year
Acc May.
Oals quiet; cash steady, options easier;
sales ranged at 28f(929c cash. 274(9275c Au-
gust, 268@27c Sptemb r, 27921s; Ocooer,
264926s3 the year.
Pork moderately active, opened 15@20t
higher, but receded and the Improvement
was lost; sales ranged Sl3 10(9l3 Is cssh
s13 05@13 10 August, Sl3 174tal3 40 SEP.
tember, SlS 25a13 80 October, Si2 so No
vember, S12 424912 so the year
Lard fairly active, opened 2495c higher
receded 10@1oc and closed sieady; sal:
ranged at S.S59S.40c c,sh, 8 35(G,s 45n Au
gust, S.45lGS60c September, 8.55@S724c
October, SS9S 800 November, S498 35c tn,
year.
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BRITISH GRAIN TRADE.
FOREIGN flASPES.

PARIS, August 4.-P ,erre Auguse Cot. the
French painter, is dead.
PARIS, August Count Teeber do c.-,;
hss been appointei Frerch Ambass.Snr =,
Vienna. a.
=. LONDON, Augisi 4-The amount of bul.
bn.: gone into Ihs B INK of England To- dav
on bii1nce is S33 coo.
PARIS, august An is,certsin ths, P sipe
an An,f'can, arrested few days ago in the
streets on susP cion OF being Insane, was yery
eccentric.
OTTAWA, August 4-Osing to recent
threats, mads by Invincibles, guard, ara 10
De mounted At R,desu Hall sttes gEe arriy4l
oi The Marquis OF / Gns ijWae, to be supple j
WIN o-!i Cartridge. Lord Lorne and Pr noes.
Lord L.nedowne.
LNERPooL, August 4.-Tne new Red Star
Line steamer Wesierieud was LAUNCHED sue
cessiuily here to-day. She ia the llrg- 81
vessel ever 5lilt on the Mercy. S1e i.
mace OF .'eel, 6O00 tons burden, $50 fee,
long ana iorts- even feet wide, and can sc.
comnodate 1850 passengers.
LIMA, August 4-The e.. Of Risbor
lordora was conyeSsu 20 he cathedral YES.
terdsy 10. usual funeral services and wa.
buried to-day with great ceremony. The Dc.
ceased w's constitutional delegate Of Mon.
| Ierey's government, Bishop of Cuzco and
Iloeriopoiis ;snd dsan Of 1ims ca,eedf.,
His death is lauch regretted.
LONDON, August 4.-dss.i o;,.
~ d. r.. gay Sser ,h= result Of the fris
q, 30 accused of numbering Esthe
, -,.ymosl. At Preshure = res e So.
Semitics gathered ard .. sas-e 80 hostile i
their deGoDs.rs iions against the Jews ibz'
the anthorIties wefe compelled 10 order Gu
the military 10 disperse them.
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Prsmfsent n ts.tssipptso Hanged for

V,cksburg special: On Tuesday last Capt.
ID. w. Pressell, one Of the most infue mia
ciiiz.ns OF Miesiss ppi, was arr sled a,
Mayersvilie, Mi-s., charged wrh outragiup
the person OF Miss JulIa Nelson, OF th at
place, girl of nine yesrs. Yesterday hi.
trial took place before Justice Root, snd the
young girl having tsst.fi d to Prssseli's guilt,
the prisoner was remsnded 10 j all wiihoui
bail 10 await the scIion of the grand jury
As he was about 10 be taken from The cour
TO his confn. ment 10 the county Ill, he ex
claimed; 50 help me God, am not guilty
of The accusation" Th- greatest excite me n
prevailed throughout The town and county
and ev'n though Capt Pssssli wss gu ed
in' his cell by a special posse of ofiicers
the Jail door was battered down
the prisoner taken from it's pre
cincts with q rope around hls neck
and hanged TO the nearest oak, about half q
mile from the prison. After having beer
| Ia en- from jail ne was placed in the c ,rt anc
surrounded with about 500 infuriated ci,i.
zens. While going his doom he pleaded
most pieously for his life, and IN vain die
ne attempt to bring his once powerful iufu
ence to intercede for his protec ion, out ali ,,
no purpose. About half a mile frou
the county all he was driven uuder a NOR.
ster oak and a rope sttsohed to bis ueck
This was thrown across the nearest apt
stoutest limb, and he was koisted in mid air
He breathed bis last amid most sickenius
couvulsions at 1890 o'clock last night. CAM
Pre-s=ll was six'y-fve years of age. apc
oroiher-in-'aw 10 IG &c Clifford, Coneres Ga
man-elect Of the Sixth Dissrict. T is make
the second case OF lynchiog iH Isss quen,
county in the past s,x wesks
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to complete the work, which can be prof.
ably expended next yesr.
Improvement OF B.sou LliouTche, Louis
iana-Thers has been Appropriated Tor this
Eork TO date S25 900, and expeuded 81. .325.
l. is estimated that Sl5 600 will com piete the
work, and an appropriation OF $4,000 Is zsked d
for next year.
improvement of Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana 4
The engineer reports that no work was
done during the year, and that the amount
available, $4,000, Is too small 10 warrant
commencing any new work. He does not
recommend any work during the present
year, or any appropriation for next year.
Improvement of Bayou Teche, by connect
ing it with Grand Lake at Ciareudou, Louis,
isna-Ths original estimste for this work
was SIS 900 There had been appropriated
to June 80, 1888, S25, 900, uneIpended $50,
$50, leaving balance of Sc, ,904. This sum
Will be used the pr sAnt year, and 4 further
appropriation of $4,000 is asked for mex,
year, and 1t is estimated will complete the
WORK.
Improvement of Calcssieu river, Louisi-
ana-The original estim ate for This improve
menl was Sl0s,0 Up to da'e $4,000 mas
been approprI atec, and S204 expended. 1t
Is sstimated thst with the funds nov on hand,
S97 81, $50 600 will BE- required TO complete
~ "oAh anu Soa oc PfOnteoHy eAPoooea
next year.
Improvement of Vernilliop river, Louis
lana Tue engineer reports that thi. I'M
provement has heen completed. The original
estimate was $1,000; there hiss been appro-
priated and expended S10.153.
Improvement of Tangip Ahoa river, Louis
isua-Ihe original estimate for this improve
m~nt wa- $1,000; there hsd been sppropri-
s,sd to June 80, 1888, $1,000, and expended
S5Ol6, leaving balance on hand Of 1884
with the further appropriation OF $500 for
use next year, will, the sngIneer reports, COM
plete the SOrk
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eXtiuguis1ed

The New York Herofi invites anyone who
doubts that the S)uth is on the high road to
prosperity aud getting its pay as it goes
of Alabsms. Before the war Alsb ma
raised great deal CT cotton and not much
of anything else; now she produces much
corn, beats me Northern States 10 the pro-
duction of oats, finds profit in pork and wool
and has pleasing assor'ment of mines and
mills- In spite of all this. however, she
raises about fifty per cent. more Of cotton
tn che did tsu years sgo. Better still, she
had doubled the number OF her farms.
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vou,S .,..,. r,.~,. n.n

FAYETTEVILLE ARK, August 4.-Yester
day afternoon Miss Sarah Burns, aged siI
teen, living two miles from here, commits
suicide. She went to the barn, got on the
roof, placed one end Of a rope about her
neck and the other end 10 the pole, and
jumped. When found she was dead. The
rumored cause wss the r.fusal of young
man VINO had ruined her 10 fulfill his prom.
ise OF marriage. The followiug in her
handwriting was found on q bsuch: "Thi-
,s the last you will hear of me, for you dom
be'ieve me al all, SO you can do without me
Tell Willie good-by, for hang myself fol
him. GOod-py 10 all leave be hindu
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An English prophetic almanac maker de-
clared in his aim au-e for his year that ih e
President OF the U lied 5 ates would be IN
danger about the end OF July. On his pres
ent trip The d ,gman sitting in the same car
with him was struck by a p.bble which a
smashed pane showed to have come hIough
the window. Just before Inc tram reached
Washington del OF lightning smashed some
Of the electric machinery and the depot was
shrouded in rkuets. % Monday alto,
when tina Pr sident lett for Louisville,
through some def C. the electric lights were
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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-05
UXtORD, MISS.
Meeting Of the Lafayette County Dem
ocratfc Convention.

special TO the Appeal
OXFORD, Miss, August 4.-The Laf.yere
County Democratic Convention as'embled at
the courihous 10 day. IL wsa largely at
tended, every district 10 The county being
represented, and harmony and good will pre-
vailed throughout. CD. ". D. Holder was
unanimously chosen as chairman, and A. 81.
Pegues and ]. II Welsh were elected seer =
tsries. After few preliminaries the folbw-
ipg ticket was elected: For representatives,
T. B. WaldIip and A. J Baker; for sherif
P. E. Matthews; for Chancsry clerk, JOHN F.
Brown; for Circuit clerk, W. E. Andrews ;fr
treasurer, J. N. Hill; for ASSESSOR, W, o.
Hamptoa; for surveyor, ]. F. Vunkarmon; /;
for coroner and ranger, ] w. Morrow This
ticke, unites all faciioos Of the Democracy 10
this county aud the election IN November
will again place old Lafayette solidly 10 The
Democratic rauks