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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-31
Serious Danger Threatened at
Memphis.
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The fears which have for q long
time been entertained that the
strong current Of the Mississippi
would, by beating against the bank
below the mouth Of Wolf river,
undermine the elevator and other
buildings to the south. was partly
realized yesterday morning.
For months past the Hanauer
Oil.Mlll has been threatened, and
though piling has been extensively
driven to protect the bank, IL has
been gradually csving, new and
alarming cracks appearing daily,
During the last few days close ob.
servers have been suspicious
about the southwestern corner of
the Memphis Grain and Package
Elevator, the most extensive and
complete establishment of its kind
on thc Mississippi river. Thurs.
day evening the danger was so ap-
parent that Superintendent An
dIews determined to save as much
Of the threatened corner as posi-.
bic, and put a large force Of men
at work getting out the engine by
which the leg In that portion Of
the building was worked. Yester.
day morning the work was resnm.
ed, but q few warning strains and
cracks induced Superintendent
Andrews to call his men out of
the threatened part. At little
after 0 o'clock the corner sank
about six inches, remained station.
ary a few minutes, aud then gave
way with a crash. The engineer,
who was engaged at the moment
in arranging pulley, had mar.
row escape. Fortunately, no one
was hurt. The distance Of forty
feet to the south Of the elevator
and some ten feet from the edge
cracked and sank down. The line
Of the break was identical with
that of an old brick foundation
wall extending under the floor Of
the elevator for q distance Of
about twelve feet. A decided
curvature in tho line Of break
takes place from this point toward
the river. The section Of the cle
vator destroyed was tifty.hve by
! seventy.hve feet, and cost to build
about $1,000. The corrugated iror
used to cover the sides was tsker
out yesterday, the engines were re
moved the day previous, and mos
of the leg will bo saved. The tim
bers are In the greatest confusion
many Of the large sills wrenchc'
In two. The debris will be allowc'
TO remain as il is under the impress
sion that 1t may tend TO avert fur
ther damage.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-31
POSTAL DIRkcrIoxs.

All postage must be paid by
stamp.
Letters in the United States per
half ounce, 2 cents.
Drop letters, half ounce, | cent.
Registered letters, 10 cents and
proper postage
Pamphlets, newspapers, maya
zines, books, posters, ETC., each 2
ounce or fraction, ! cent.
Printed cards, blanks, seeds,
merchandise, l cent per ounce.
All matter not at letter rates
must be prepaid in fnll, whipped
so that II 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, baf-
ance collected of the receiver.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-31
The Panama Canal.
hvs Tksasand LsksFsrs Die within TArss
Asa.As-prsErsss sf Tie Work.
Philadelphia Reeord.l

IhtiAuciputa hccOEu.I
"Over $40, 100000 has been spent
in establishing homes for the en-
gineers and workingmen along the
route of the Panama hip-Canal.n y
said Captain James Wiltbank, who
has been for more than a year en-
gagged in dredging operations on
the canal, and who has just return
ed home after n tough tussle with
the dreaded swamp fever.
"Plenty Of money there, Cap
tainf
20 plenty. There is only one
thing more common than cash, and
that is death. Men die like the
leaves in autumn. 0uly the ltal.
ians appear to live. The dead are
disposed Of without ceremony.
A shallow grave, no prayers, and
all is in q moment forgotten.
There are now $4,000 men at work
on the canal, mostly negroes from
Jamaica and the French West In.
dies. The negroes are brought
over in droves as fast as those ut
work die, and | venture TO say
that not two-thirds Of the $4,000
laborers now at work win be alive
a year from now. It's dreadful.
Five thousand died during the
last three months; but the large
pay tempts men to brave all dan.
ger. The company appears to
have an unlimited supply Of money
and pays OF every two weeksf'
"What progress has been made
in the four years ~
"Well, two miles and o half ol
the canal proper has been dug out
Originally this section was dredg
ed to a depth Of fourteen feet, bu,
is now only six feet deep, the soft
swamp lands pressed down by the
weight of the dirt thrown out on
either side filling In the canal from
underneath. A great deal o
work has, however, been don't
with the great steam shovels II
leveling the high lands through
which the canal is to pass, ant
dredging will soon be started II
those sections. Work is now pro
crossing upon the only larg'
mountain which bars the way o
the canal from ocean to ocean
This mountain Is 400 feet high ant
Dine miles In circumference, and |
to be cut down with steam plow
and carted away. The compan,
has been compelled to spend eco
100000, as l said, to locate home
through which as o basis the worl
Of digging out the canal can b
carried on. This work necessita
ted the building of railroad branch
es into the swamps, aud the max
ing Of solid foundations with ston
and gravel hundreds Of feet wild,
and miles in extent. Laborers get
s3 o day, and skilled mechanic
and bosses from sl00 to $3.50
month";
.Will the canal ever DO fn
ished p
"Not, I think, unlcs the swan
sections are constructed with pil
ing, and that would cost so larg
an amount Of money that tn
scheme could not possibly pay
But the company appears to hav'
all the cash necessary to carry o.
the work."
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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-31
eHANcERY COURT.

.usus county-Begins on the lst
|, q April and October, and may
4. 8 judicial days.
.hingson county-Begins on the I'd
Il April and October, and may
us IS judicial days.
~ eounty-Begins on the lst Non
rsy and November, and may con-
h judicial days.
Iops eounty-Begins on the Sd
4 Of Nay and November, and may
No u judicial days.
hover ceunty-Begins on the LIST
II Of June and December, and may
Sus 8 judicial days.
rley county-Begins on the 2nd
4 Of June and December, and may
Sue judiciaLdays.
tular meetings are held by the
Of Supervisors as follows: Bien-
1T Monday of January to elect
commissioners. Annually first
II Of narch, to receive Tax-Collec-
kports Of delinquent and insolvent
d Monday of August to receive and
pon the Assessment Roll; LIST NON
! September to levy taxes; and on
bnday next preceding each term of
b Court.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-31

A Texas owl mistook q sleeping
mans head for a chicken, and fas
tened it's claws into his hair and
scalp. swell what's the matter
now old woman, said the assailed,
as he awoke.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-31

II they go on finding big dia.
monde in Soutb Africa the Kohl
noors Of the future will become al
most as common as Jumps Of char.
coal. Another monster Of 102 car
ats has been found in Kimberly
mines. Having found it the trou-
BILE is to know what to do with il,
for nothing so large can ever find
q market for anything like its val
ne. The famous Pitt diamond,
which was about the same size,
was sold in 1717 to an Orleans
Prince for e13O,OOO, but the best
offer so far made for the new find
is $4,000 In its &ncut state. The
South African fields have been so
prolific that the diamond market
has been almost ruined, especially
for tho larger stones, for which
there i scarcely nnv salo
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-31

A health journal advises; aDo
not lie on the left side.p This is Q
very proper adomonition. II yon
are obliged to lie, be careful and
lie On the right side. Il pays in the
end.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-31
ADVEafIsING RATS.

Transient Advertising, One Square
One Insertion, n,.i............--.-.. 81 20
Zach subsequent Insertion. $1,000. IS
Fees for Legal notices. which are In
cluded under this htsd, due on or before
last publication. NopEoof furnished IN
til paid for.
Locals" five lines Or less. this type,
50.eenfs for first, IS ceafs each szbse-
quent Insertion.
Personal articles ornotises charged for
according TO their nature.
Customers will please give explicit di-
rections, Of length Of time for PhblieatioE
OF advertisements.
Regular advertising, one Square, ms.
81, ems. Sl2, ! year so.
Larger advertisements, quarterly, half
yearly, and yearly,
Contracted for at Liberal Rates.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-31
Prosbyterian Church

Preaching at II a m and y m every sunday
Communion lst sunday in February, May, An-
gust and November Prayer mrrling esery
Wednesday night. s Archer Pastor. sunday
school at el.. sam. Brown sup.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-31

Regular morning service al n O. m Eveslnx
service, ! \. m. every SUNDAY. Communion
nrst ~anslay In eaeh munih ID. II Ramsey.
Rector Sahhath-seh0ol aiQ IS a m J M
Moore superintendent.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-31
Old Testament Parchments.

DR.. Harkavy tells me, in refer
ence TO the ancient parchments Of
tho Old Testiment which have
been intrusted to him, that In ad-
dition to the eleven books already
mentioned, he has also Identified
Isaiah, but most Of the remaining
parcllments will require chemical
treatment, the writing being quite
illegible at present. AS to the age
Of the manuscripts 1t is quite i'm.
possible to say any thing certain,
except that they are Of great an
tiquity, perhaps as much as q thou.
sand yeArs old. The text Of the
Lamentations of jeremiah Is the
best preserved, and may bo more
modern than the rest. The name
of the author Of the original poem,
added to this book, is written In
form Of an ac:ostic, forming the in.
itial letters of the last lines. The
size of the freshest parchments Is
twenty-five and three.fourths
inches by eleven, but some are
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-31

Preaching at n a. m. and Up m every Sum
day. Praycr-meefing every. "Wednesday night.
sunda, school. g:sD X n. Standiitr. fesiof.
W. X Tglgg, supt
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-31
rNVILLETIMES.
spAT. NAY 81, 1884
!. .raMs. 4rH DISTRICT

r,RcUIT COURT.
.oonty-Begins on the lst
w.rcb and October, and may
ludicial days.
s. eounty-Begins On the md
: March and October, and may
4. j judicial days.
eounty-Begins on the 4th
- March and October, and may
:. i judicial days.
|'s-sr eounty-Begins on the 2nd
.asr the 4th Monday OF March
~. and may continue Il ju-
-. eOunty-BegiRs on the 9th
.,,,r the 4th Monday Of march
.,shsr. and may continue i judi
s,,ytou county-Begins on the
[.dsy ster the 4th monday Of
nd october, and may continue 30
Ii dayg.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-31

arns or ruK HOARD or ,rrrrvisons.
District, j. w. Erwin
lnd District, Worthington
\ District, (Pres.) N Goldstein
IN District, w. W. Stone,
District, J. N. Collier
hty Attorney, w. r. Trigg
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-31
Jewish Synagogue

Services Friday evenings At ~, aud Saturday
mornings NJ iok. ,. nogen. Rabbit.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-31

inns of Supreme Oourt-Com-
be on the LIST Mondays of April
October.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-31

Orders from transient customers. ver-
bal or written, for job work. advertising,
or subscription, must be accompanied BY
the cash. Accounts Of reguAx ensto-
mers due and presented the lat 81 each
month.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-31

This list Of distances Is procured
from the latest official surveys and
maps.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-31

The iIlustrioua savantis bringing
to a close his thorough inquiry
into hydrophobia. and the re-
suits will crown the series OF his
great, dIscoveries on hospital dis
eases anu aaiil.a. VaclHaHlens ns
hs. ss4 sncseetled IN inoeulatIng
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-25
The New Forage Crop.

Nc,p fork Herald r...
We receive many inquiries in regard TO
Alfalfa grass. It was first introduced
into California, but Is last making It's way
East. Perhaps It's creates! objection Is that
when once itbecomes rooted 1t can never
be plowed up or eradicated in any way ex.
cept by flooding and freezing it out. 1t
belongs to the clover family, and IS SUCCESS
full in drought because liz roots strike
down go deep that dry weather can not
affect it. For milk and butter, both
as regards quantity and quality, it exceeds
any other grass either as pasture or
hay. The frat year It should be
cut only once, after that from three to four
cuttings will be required. Sow in April,
twenty pounds to the acre, and cover two
inches deep. A writer in the Country Gen
ileaaan says: I'm tho cotton States, alter
the first year, the average yield per ere is
reported 10 be ak to eight tons OF dry hay
per acre. In Kern county, California, one
farmer keeps twenty head Of sheep per
acre the yeAr round. Another near San
Jose pastures si1 cows on three and
a half acres. In San Demanding
valley eight cuttings are made IN.
nua!ly. Another farmer in the same
county grazss 800 sheep upon his alfalfa,
giving them only one acre per day, and
when they are on the twentieth acre the
hurdles are returned to the fret acre, where
he Grds the new growth eigh. to ten inches
high. In Dallas county, Texas, it ia sue.
cess, two crops OF two tons each being cut
annually. In Nebraska and Nevada it
thrives as we'll, making, even on the sage
brush land, where nothing has ever been
known to grow, over six tons per acre Of
good dry hay and seed enough from forty
acres to amount to 81 900 or more"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-25
BREAKFAST BUDGET,

Michigan sold 2,s77,74o barrels Of salt in
1883.
The writing on the Declaration Of indie.
pendence is fading. r
There are sixteen private detective agen.
cies in New York City. -.
A converted actress is having great sue
cess as preacher in Sweden.
Barnum owns a building in New York
the rental OF which is s05 900 a year.
The Speaker OF the Kentucky house Of
Representatives is but 20 years Of age.
Glass fruit jars arc turned out at a Lick
port, N. Y, glass works at the rate OF 8 900
per day. r0
A strip OF land about an inch wide. on
Fify.tiilh street, West Of Third avenue,
New YORK, was recently sold for $685..
Several smokers swore of in Lisbon,
Dakota, on New Years Day, and pledged
themselves to give the church so5 every
time they smoked this year. :,
Mrs. Bowers, who pratenda to possess
some wonderful powers as a prophecies,
warns the people Of Reno, Ney., that q great
fire will destroy that town in April or May.
The Munich Academy Of tho Fine Arts
includes, among its 5l2 pupils for The win.
ter course, forty.two from the United States.
a larger number than from any country
save Prussia.
Frederick City, Nd, which paid a ran.
som Of 100000 to the Confederate General
Early in 1868, is seeking to have tho State
assume the debt. The funds were advanced
by the banks. aY55s5l
The men who write the blood and thun.
dor novels for the cheap story papers are
described as seedy, disreputable looking
persons, who long ago lost their chances to
earn q living in respectable newspaper
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-25
a Farm Under the Sea,

boston PGFH.
The fact is not generally know that with.
in three hours ride Of Boston large and
profitable business has been carried on
since 1913 along the seashors, which is
nothing more or less than farming under
the sea" Everywhere upon the coasts Of
eastern New England may be found, ten
feet below the water mark, the lichen
known az carrageen-the "Iriah Mosa' of
commerce. 1t may DO torn from the sunk
en- rocks anywhere, and yet, the little sea-
port Of Scisuate is almost the only place in
tho country where it is gathered and cured.
This village is the great centre OF the moss
business in the country, and the entire
Union draws its supplies from these
beaches. Long rakes arc used In tilling
this marine farm, and 1t does not take long
to fill the many dories that await the lich.
en-, torn from its salty, rock bed. The
husbands md fathers gather tbs moss from
the sea, and the wives and daughters pre-
pare 1t for the market. Soak 1t In water
and 1t will melt away to Jelly. Boil it in
milk and delicious white and creamy
biauc mango is the result The annual
product is from ten to fifteen thousaud bar
rels, and it brings $4,000 into the town,
which sun is shared by $50 families. Ita
consumption In the manufacture of lager
beer ia very large, and tho entire beer in.
terest Of the country draws lis supplies
from Scituate beaches, as the importation
from Ireland has almost ceased. 1. is not
generally known that the moss, as an ar.i.
Gle Of food, ia called "6ea moss farina."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-25

Ntp 4Wk LxAF.
Charlotte Corday cloaks are particularly
adaptable 10 travelling, and are In especial
vogue among the actresses oil combinations,
who aim at Il striking effect upon the rural
observer without delay. They are made Of
golden fawn.colored cashmere, and lined
with Venetian rcd silk, which should inva.
rlably DO displayed by ilapping open tho
front corners. The oulsides are trimmed,
often In eccentric patterns, with bands o.
natural beaver, silver iox or marten, and
there may bs d cap, collar and NUT to
match. Thus wrapped, tho merest walk.
Ing lady Of q transforming party Is more
gorgeous than Salyini In bis remarkable
ulster. The rediugose Is still popular, and
1t has tho advantage Of comfort and sim.
pliciiy.
"Wait till change my wrap" said a
friend, land I'll walk down street with
you"
"But I'm in hurry" / objscted; whats
the matter with the oae you We got on :"
It wss beautiful affair Of embossed vel
vet and fur.
II believe In dressing suitably for every
occaalon," she replied, II am now going to
call on several poor families who have ap.
piled 10 our church for help. It Ia my
opinion that rediugote is the only proper
garment to pay charity visits In"
Sol had to wait for tho redingote to be
donned. Anyhow 1t was neat and be.
coming thing, and l suppose she knew 1t.
It was long, and had loose glrdle around
the waist. The material was dark brown
and piece Of velvet to match was set on
the top like the yoke Of French peasants
frock.
While young women adhere great deal
10 the redingote for uuceremonious wear,
the pelisse Is in great favor with middle.
aged persons. Long visites have sleeves
forming part Of the back, and are seldom
made to ft snugly. Fur garments present
nothing new, but the anomaly continues
that, while cloth wraps are so short behind
in many Of the styles, all fur ones are ex'
ceedingly long.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-25
Feed tho ChicheDs Moro Meat.

Germdnsorn 1ce1fcpa, r-.N
We do not think that we can be- mia.
taken in the belief that We should be far
Mora successful in tho raising Of young
chickens by giving them a great deal N ore
animal food than We are in the practice Of
doing. Corn.meal, mush, boiled potatoes.
and similar substances generally compose.
as We all know, the principal food Of young
chickens; but ne can see no reason
why these young birds should be
exceptions to the ordinary rnle Of young
birds In general, which feed very largely,
Indeed chiefly, on animal food; even those
which, when they are mature, live mostly
on fruits and seeds, are fed when in their
uesa on worms, grub8 and insects. We
notice tho old birds all day long busily
engaged in supplying their young with
food, but always with animal food,
In fact, 1t 10 very rare that We have
seen anything else. Why, then, should
chicks be an exception? The recommended.
ton, almost without exception, in our
poultry publications, is to give more ami.
nal food to our grown fowls II We expect
them to give us more eggs, especially in
winter, when they can help themselves to
none. That It Is grea. inducement to make
them lay more generously, We have too
many proofs to admit OF any doubt. Be.
sides, It Is claimed that animal food has
other advantages in the way Of good healtb.
otc. Why, then, let Us ask again, should
the young chickens not be benefited with
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-25
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Sarah A. King, who died in New
York On Monday, was ono Of the founders
Of the Sorosis.
Pauline Lucca is brave as we'll as fat and
fair, AMI admits she will be forty years old
in the gentle spring.
N. TurgenefB monument in Paris will
consist OF one massive block OF granite or
marble, with the simple inscription, "Tur-
geneff."
Nilsson'a dog is one that she found in
tho street, where it was being tortured BY
boys. She drove the small wretches of and
took the beast home.
Professor Wolcott Gibbs, Of Harvard
University, is the first American who has
ever been made member OF the German
Chemical Society in Berlin.
Mrs. Beecher Is said to DO rapidly failing
ing in health, and has not been out Of her
house for months. She is not sixty, but
looks to be eighty years Of age.
Benjamin Boville, one Of the famous
"s;x hundred" who participated in the
chargs Of the light brigade at Balaklaya,
died in Tuesday in Troy, N. Y.
Senator Edmand8 Is to build new house
at Washington. 1t will be a comfortable
dwelling-not Of the prevailing Queen
Anne style-havins q Southern exposure
for his wife and daughter.
Mrs. Leila J. Robinson, the Boston
woman lawyer, conducted case before
the Suffolk county probate court last week,
for the first time since her admission 10
the bar, about q year ago She won her
case.
Senator Anthony is gaining materially in
health, but he ID conscious Of his feeble
strength, and recently he said to friend:
ut would be an unwelcome tax on me to
think every morning on waking up that
must be at the Senate chamber at Il O'Clock
sharp, rain or shine"
John A. Cockerill, managing editor of the
New York World, is supposed to be the
best paid newspaper man in this country,
His salary is $4,000 year, and, in add.
ton to this sum, he derives handsome in.
come from certain shares Of stock in the
S. Louis Pos!.Dbpaich, presented him
some years ago.
Horatio King, though now an old man,
is still hale and hearty; his eye is as bright,
his atep as firm and his heart as youpv an
when he Bat in BuchRnan's Cabinet az
Pos.masser-general. Mr.. King enjoys the
distinction Of having entered the Post
Office Department as clerk and working
his way up to the top. .T