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The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07
Sanitary Retaliation.

II Congress will pass an act subject
ing TO rigid scientific examination all OF
the wines, liquors, drugs, etc, import
ell into this country from France ana
Germany, Mt the various Custom Houses,
and REQUIRE the exclusion Of all such
articles rs are found to be impure or in
any way aduiterated, the measure will
not only amount to retaliation in full
unon those countries for their exclusion
Of American hog products, but VIII be
sanitary legislation Of vast benefit to all
classes OF the American people.
America is being drugged and poison
cd to in alarming extent through the
medium OF her import trade Aber-
deem Examiner.
There is a good deal of truth in this.
This country is being constantly drug
ged and poisoned by imported wines,
liquors, Sc. a law of the character
mentioned by the EXAMINER would be
ii the interests Of the public health, ano
as such would DO u step in the righ'
direction aud would meet with the en-
dorsement Of all out people.
ii Congress would pass law tina
would prevent the importation of impur'
LIQUORS il would accomplish much, bu
| il it would adopt some sort OF leglsla
labion by which domestic adulterntiol
would be abated i, would take mucl
longer stop in the interest of publ
health Columbus Index.
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cooperative Insurance.


Co-operatre Life Insurance Com.
pauics are the order of the day every
whore, and it seems to us that in
towns like Aberdeen they could be
organized upon plan attended with
tdling expense, no risk Of loss
through default of officers and YET
guaranteeing snug little sum to
the bene6cIari8s.
Suppose for instance that paper
was drawn NY in which each siguoc
pledged himself to pay on demand
one dollar for the benefit of the heirs
OF any one Of his fellow signors who
might die before he did, and that
every man and woman in the com
nunity who was regarded as Iespon-
sible to the extent Of dollar was
permitted to sign this obligation;
and that responsible parents were
permitted if they chose, to SIGN foI
each of their cmldrou, Then suppose
that the aigners of this obligation
elected ono Of the banks to be GUS
3D. T..
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07
eur Stale Library.


The reporter for the St. Louis
Globe Democrat, writing to that
Journal from Jackson, says: "0nly
the Law Library of the Supreme Court
in Washington and that of the State
Of New York, take rank above that
Of Mississippi. There are besides the
law books, which form the bulk Of
the collection, the standard works in
general literature. The library is as
inviting rs parlor. a bright carpet
covers the floor. Tho large open
CRATE stove shines with polish. Wood
work, the glass and the pillars show
no dust. Paper, ink and pens are
,marshaled in order on the desks and
tables. Even the spittoons look toe
clean for use, 1t is hardly necessary
to say that the presiding genius, the
guardian of order and cleanliness, i
a woman, bright-eyod,as trim in figure
and us neat in dress as her surround
iags DIrs. Mary Moraucy is tn,
State Librarian. Old lawyers say he
! !-,,v-lo,1oa Df tLo onntouts Ct tn,
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"9ouallern 1Harages."

Philadelphia Record.
The merchants of Atlanta and the
IConstitution newspaper of that city
read us all little sermon which goes
deeper than most sermons. We do
hot say that the benevolent people of
Rny community would not do just
what the good men of Atlanta did,
Rnder like emergency, but here is,
too, heart-warming fact, and it is not
Necessary to 90 under or beyond it.
.I'No distinction" the news dispatch
reads, "was made in the distribution OF
fuel, food, and clothing, in regard to
color" There has been good deal
said at one time or another Of the
lSouthern hatred Of the negro, but We
cannot just now call to mind an in
stance whore the people Of any north
lem town have organized a rehei CON
f,nittee, loaded down with coal, blank
ets, bread, and meat, and which die
lits work SO thoroughly that, in the
words Of the Atlanta telegram, "thore
was not hut in the city which wa.
bot supplied with q cracking fire anC
ood for a week." Suppose in view 0
5uch testimony as this, We call oil thu
dogs of''southern outragos"for awhile
Let every fair man hold counsel witt
| himself whether we Of the north trea
the colored man any more kindly THAI
! he IL treated iii tho South.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

The New Orleans Times Democrat has
special dispatch stating that the Texas
senate has passed bill appropriating
500, 600 for the purpose Of making ex-
hibits OF the productions of the State at
the Worlds Industrial and Cotton Gems
tennia Exposition in New Orleans. Tex
AS, like Mississippi, has not heretofore
taken much pains to show off the pro-
ductions of the State at the various great
expositions, but the State seems now to
he alive to the necessity OF letting the
! world know what are her real capable
| ties.
It is to be hoped that the great State
OF Mississippi will not be behind her
sister States OF the South in seizing the
opportunity that will be presented by
the Exposition in New Orleans to make
known not only what she has accom-
plished, but also Of what she is capable.
it will not 10 for the State OF Mississippi
to draw its head like a terrnpin INTO its
shell aud be content with its own half
torpid existence. The State has already
accomplished much III the direction 81
prosperity, and there is much that she
can still accomplish.
It will not do to depend upon ipdivid-
uals to advertise the State by making +.
show Of its products. Whilst ihora are
thousands of persons who would willing
" lend their aid in carrying ont an Or
ganizcd and systematic plan for making
il show Of Mississippi resources, then
forts. unless organized and systoma
,ized would amount to very little
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

Dan Voorhees,, ot Indiana, omphat-
ically endorses the recently expressed
opinion Of Senator Payne of Ohio in
reference to the so-oallod "Clyil Ser
vice Reform Bill" Tho Democrats
of the United States are almost solid
in their endorsement Of Mr Paynes
opinion that "you cannot clean The
Augean Stable with tooth brush
The only remedy for Radical misrule
is to be found in sweeping Demo
cratic victory next November. The
practical method OF reforming the
government is to "turn the rascals
out"
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07
TIE reduction in the public debt
for the month of January, was about
eleven millions of dollars.

4 vacancy occurring in the Navy
Department, tho names Of four per
sons who had boon examined and &C.
ceptod for ologkships Of that grade
by tho "Civil Service Commission"
with tho reports on their several OK
atuinaJions, were sent to the Secreta-
~ for him to seioct from. He returned
the list with tho significant endorse
ment, that SHE examination papers
did not show a sufficient degree Of
generaiinteii renee 10 warrant i'm in
assigning any Of them to duty in MS
Department
The fact is these examinations arc
all bosh, The mon who succeed bost
in public stations are those possessed
Of gifts that the colleges cannot sup
ply, and when clerk IS wanted the
Chief Of Department will be satisfied
with the Possessor of a common
school education if the person is a
man Of sufficient mental and moral
calibro to understand and perform
ordinary clerical work.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

Upon she financial question the
New York Nation has the following
to say:
"I'hero we're 5000 failures last year
with liabilities amounting 10 $l73,OO0
900, against 3l00,000,0O0 for the year
previous. This not only makes bank
tupt Law more desirable than ovorbut
makes the passages Of one more
probable. Bankrupt laws in this
country have always been the product
Of periods of commercial depression,
and The present case promises to be
no exception to the rule. Mover be-
fore, however, has there been so much
intelligent discussion in advance,
which makes it all the more likely
that we shall now get a better bank
rupt law than any Of our former eX-
periments Welded"
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

A personal friend Of President Ar
thur wrote q laudatory editorial on
M Conkling and then sent a note
with marked copy Of the article to
that gentleman, saying that it only
needed MIR. Conkling's influence to
ensure the triumphant nomination and
election Of Mir Arthur in 1884 In
reply Mr.. Conklinr tells his cores
pendent g little story lie says that
when the Persian embassy was about
to take leave Of the Grecian court,
once in olden time, they asked and
received some message from each Of
the personages present. When the
turn ofHeno came he said; "Iell
your master that YOU saw a gray
haired old man in Athens who knew
enough to hold his tongue Wash
ington star
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

J.. @. G. LAMAR Is said 10 be one Of
the few poor men in the United States
Senate. OF late years most OF his sal-
airy has gone to pay old debts, obi
cations Of nature that only man Of
scrupulous integrity would think Of
paying. Enterprise Courier.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07
The Guaf and Ship Island Rail-
road gsraRt.

The House of Representatives Oh
Thursday the 8lst of January, passed a
bill rovokiug The land grant to the Cali |
and Ship Island Railroad in Mississippi,
embracing some i've hundred Thousand
acres. This bill was stontly fought by
tho members OF our delegation Messrs.
Van 2 Eaton, and Observation-Disclosures
whose districts the projected road would
run-msling strong speeches, and
asessrs. Auldrov and Singleton partiaiN
pating in the debate in its behalf.
This grant as stated in the remarks Of
Judge Van Eaton, was made in 1855,
conditioned upon the road being COM
pleted in ten years, Tho grant was at
once accepted by tho Legislature on be~
half Of tie road, and in November 1870
The plat Of The located line and lands wae
Deposited according to law With the Sec
rotary of the lntsrior.
The war of course pnt o stop to oil
railroad building in the State, and the
grant expired in August 1856 lust after
We had emerged from four years wcr
and Mt limo when cur resources were
10 much crippled thai negotiations Look
ing to building now roods were hardly to
be thought Of. But the Legislatures u
1870 md 1875 both memoripiiAed Con-
grcas on the subject Of renewing the
grant or rather extending tho time tol
C mplei 30 d tha L''eisla ue q
1889. il We ura not miataken,
Bills were introduced in the house o.
Representative looking to that objec
| by Hon. 0, Il. Singleton and Hon. IL
Il. Muldrow in the 44th and 4jth Con
crosses, and IN tho Senate by Hon. l.
Q. c. Lamar: zach of these bills recog
nizinr tho rights and titles OF all person
who had Obtained homesteads or othe
legal locntions On said lands attic
August 1866, but it was impossible tt
obtain consideration for these bills
At any time since 1870 it would hav
been an easy matter to have secured tn
building of this road il the land gran
had been regarded rs solvent, and to
day there aTe many capitalists read.
and eager to take hold of the project
renewal of the grant eau DO secured
Messrs. Van Eaton ana Barksdaie in
form us that since The passage OF the 10
vocation bill they have received many
sympathetic assurances from Congress
men who voted for it; and they belieV
that il it can be saved in the Senate
favorable reconsideration il the Hous
may be had.
The groat fight before tho county
upon the question of the onormou
uneancd grants Of the various Pacitl
Railroads, and if those matters were &C
justed md out Of the way we think
quito Gkoly that the Gulf ana Shi
Island grant might be saved, for IN thi
caso thero is not the slightest pllcgatio
Of fraud, but the future to earn th
; grant is based solely and entirety upo
the delays incident to war and the pro
, tration that Immediately succeeded it,
Mr.. BarEedale'5 bill which is sti
= pending, simply asks an extension
this grant for six geara, md guarantees
tho rights OF all settlers wbo have o.
i aimed homes upon these lands since q
expiration OF ,he old grant in 1866
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

TIE Virginia hegialoturo is rapid
ly divesting the Mahope State od
ministration OF every vosligo Of
power over the courts, schools and
public institutions. It is day by day
passing bills dispossessing these
officials Of control, and when Tie
bills are vetoed each House ovcrleaps
the veto with q two thirds Yoto, lud
and the bills become lava.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

TIE bin for che rcliet Of Genera
Fitz John Porter pissed tho House
Of Representatives on Friday nigh
by vote Of 1874 to 78, considerably
moro than two thirds vote. Nine.
teen Republicans voted for it, and
one Democrat again5tit. 1t will pas
tho Senate 10y about the same MAJOR
lily it had last session.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07
rahouc mehearsi"g HIS Speech.

Washington Star,
After the adjournment Of the Sen
ale Yesterday, Mr., Malone retired to
his committee room remained there
until the Senate chamber was desert
ed by all except the employees, who
were cleaning up. lie went into the
chamber aud vigorously rehearsed his
speech Of to-day to an imaginary aG-
dience, lis ardent defamation a.
ter awhile attracted the policemen
aud others on duty in the building,
He seems to have over-exerted him
self, for he was suddenly overcome
with fainting spell. He was CARR.
ed to his committee room and restora-
tiyes employed, but it was severa.
hours before he WAS able to 90 home
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

TIE wife Of Judge Jouajhon Tar
bell deputy totha First Comptroller
of the Treasury -diodin Washington
on the 3oth Of January Of pneumonia.
Judge Tarbell viii be remembered
by our readers as Judge Of this circuit
for short time, prior u 1875.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

TIE work Of 7xcavating through
Blantou's Gap, has cost the Canton,
Aberdeen & Nashville Railroad Com
pany five hundred thousand dollars,
and thoro is yet considerable work
to no done before it is entirely COM
DleEed.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

A man BY the name of Colo, was
recently arrested by Pinkorton's Do
toohyos in Cincinnati, and is believed
to be tie r.u-des OK Mr. 1ycNilhams,
The Southern Express Agent at Cor
in.h, in December last He was car
ri9l to that place and is now in jail
awaiting trial,
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

TnE list Of failures in the United
States for tho week ending February
list, reported by r. G. Dun & Co,
shows an increase Of ilty-six as com
pared with the previous week The
report SAYS: "More failures are re-
ported in tho New England an6
Middle States than usual, while tho
increase on the Pacific ooast is quite
marked.n.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07
CIGARS! CIGARS!!
FINEST and Cheapest in the City, at
-------UFNTEY'{5 ----
For q Clean, l1asy shave so to

JOHN N ELSON.
learned the trade in one OF the LARGEST
cites ia Europe, and for long time
worked in the best Barber shops in the
United states. Please give me trial.
IL you want shave
Asgo0d as Barber ever gave,
Just call NJ my saloon
AZ curly morn, eve or busy noon.
Nv shop is neat, my towels clean,
Scissors sharp and hazors keen;
Aud all that art ana skill can do,
IL YOU lust call III do for you.
Respectfully,
(al01 JOHN NELSON,
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

Rev. Peter Mannis, Tore Haute,
Indiana, has been sentenced to the
penitentiary for life for numbering a
woman for her money.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07
E'1Eo .,tskUacfvsl.d,

There was q destructive fro al
Kosciuako on Tuesday morning.
Seven stores and business houses
were burned, nearly all OF which
were insured,
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

THE Russian authorities Lave 70.
fused to permit the erection Of Il
monument TO Martin Luther
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

OVER thirty Naval Cadets failed to
pass at the recent examination and
have been recommended for dismissal.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

SEVEN members Of the present Con-
grcas have died. Tbe list is as follow;
HemdJn, Of Alabuma.
Quits, OF Iowa.
Haskell, Of Kansas.
Heron, Of i.nuiainna.
Pool, Of North Carolina.
Updegraff, oi Ohio.
Mackcy, Of South Caroline.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07


iNe carnival 90 5',3'ia, on Inc 2-'A
""' @o'' o. H 'DE"'rY Oh suns ye"E' pi""'
Uses 10 n7 'ha moa' nr'iiiah' ana 0oHi-
p,o.'' yet shown IN all lL'o "y''le Annals
OF 149 OH-i 0''y. iAo o"ieLs Oh i AAlA'
vide. The, command al loyal subjects
Of FINN and rroii6 60 repair to Mobile,
on Nonday and Tuesday preceding Lent
III" 'N'' STU !o.'' " ','n ana o''''i'n'
Eor;r lLa I,',ar.t,, ...,, ~. h.tn,,,
md aii,tc.i.o et,r win ,o,.5e Inv doy.
and tho comiadJy curious X. 0. H.,
society will have o UNIQUE Day Pageant.
ON MarJl Jr's n!glt tile great Mystic
Ul".tS' ''g w. y. W. ANA 'H0 ,N!'"'
Ivy '.''.' I,' -.', .4 .-1'--'l :l '.',>' l,N
novel o,d n,ln4ird tbemo, pcsidl,
these great events, there will 10 many
minor pleasures, general incorporating,
novel suo~a an" masquerade Dp'le' The
Dramatic o"'a'''.' "'o' VII DO equally
,J,r- 7,l 2' '.' i ,',s', @'''l'
"' 'l' if'>'' ~ i''7 ~ = 'A> o'i -'''
and Cd English plays.
Axo,,,.7. 1eisg,tion from Doi.ota
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

John Bright, the most liberal Of
tho British statesmen, denounces
Henry George who has gone over to
England on looturing tour, as ga
fool and a oharlatan." The old man
is rigbt-suoh man as Henry George
is only a fit companion and roProson.
tativo for such cranl,s as Dawes o.
| Massachusetts and Dorman b. Eato
, Of the Civil Service Commission.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

Congress is being flooded with
petitions asking for the passage of a
law prohibiting the manufacture or
sale Of liquor in the District of Co
lumbia and the Territories. A stere-
otyped peculiarly of these petitions
is thst they all emanate from people
living in the various States, end who
would not be in any degree affected
by the results Of this experiment
They want to satisfy their curiosity
by experiencing the rapture inoidon
to a bile on another man.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07

Senator Voorhees, has introduced Il
bill providing for the transmission OF
newspapers and magazines through
the mails to all portions Of the United
States, free of postage This bill
ought to pass. The present law re-
curing publishers to prepay the
postage on all papers sent from their
offices is great imposition upon
them, and was passed in the interest
of the metropolitan journals that are
mainly dependent upon sales for cir
eulation, and only use the mails to a
comparatively small extent ThePost-
age that was formerly paid by sub
scribers is now, under the operations
of law, borne by the publishers, and
yet they have not been able to all
vance their rates on tbat account,
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-07
Congressional Executive COM
RlAi.feA, e1iFst DsatrIets
&C ..rnn pnopln. y 1rHE pEOPLE0

L L
was the cry Of the Supervision men
in the House last night. They were
great advocates Of TIE PEOPLE.
Oh, yerl But when an amendment
was offered to make the Railroad
Commissioner elective by the peo-
pie, il was voted down by large
majority, This ia the confidence
they ropose 10 the peopie3--Jacfeo"
AisSissipqjo''
Yes, that hes been tho plea Of
demagogues from the earliest period
of our history Whenever they EN-
bark in any enterprise Of doubaiu.
expediency or character they claim
to be governed solely and entirely
by the will Of the people, but when
it comes to q division Of The honors
or the spoils she people are ignor
ed. Ii the so.called Supervision bill
shall unfortunately pass, and be IN
fortunately approved by tho Cow
ernor, how many of the Legislators
who deny the RICH Of the people tc
elect the Supervisors viii be condi'
dates for those fat places before the
little tea party to whom the power
of selection is delegated by the bil.1
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-26
THAT LITTLE GAME.
The Saltwater Combination 10 Se'"''
the state Convention
Thin stories Set Adrift TO Ca'ch fop"
lar Prcjudices.

spscial to the Gazette
Aus.in March % Evidences nave
,,.nroSd ont here of a combination pe.
800, Uouston and Galveston NY
.,,'icb II ia boped TO secure the star u,
,,,,antion for the formerctty. itNhl
I w. re,n,rnlerod that Galveston Wes
s,rnailv entered in the race u ie"
,,,oni,s 100 and the Associated fress
Knocked 10 give prestige to It's cailui.
ancy This Is regarded rs rent 10
oonirol what support would natutaiiy
,,o,,,a IN her. and on the test Note III
he convention throw it for Houston.
Tic incentive is that Galveston VIII DC
ICON the convention next tiitie.
enthusiastic worker ior
iiouston remarked here recently IN an
nneiIorded moment, We have got the
G,7vea,on member of the executive
committee fixcd.n Rumors were start
ed which originated with the Galveston
naner. that the ca,tlemen would nave
q inhhv M Fort Worth, which womb
initiate ngainst the interest OF certain
candidates, and especially the admins
tr,,inn These have been insidlously
nr,,ssed on all occasions, in hopes OF
arr.yinr the administration influence
agoinst Fort Worth, even thongh IL l.
Veil known the News desires nothing
greater than the defeat of the present
executive. A GAZETTE reporter IN
reviewed Governor Ireland on IN,
subject this evening. He stated tha'
he was entirely Indifferent as To lht
loration of the conventions and ne gave
no credit to the talk about loboyist'
for the stock interests at the conVeh
lion. if located in Fort Worth, Every
bndy here regards it as silly story
connected for some hidden purpose
and it looks very much ike I'M
scheme as indicated is to defeat I'M
present and future prospect OF for
Worth, Dallas, Waco, san ANTOINE
md other cities for TN
convention, and gives 1t shor
of permanent location on the coast
Galveston hoping that IL she cal
scheme so as to secure 1T next lime I.
retain it ever afterwards. There
some talk besides that the bitter oppc
si,ion to the administration in GalVe'
ton and similar influences IN tn'
Southwest, which are resolved TO dt
feat Ireland, have other and deepe
motives for wanting the conveht,o
for Southern Texas, either mt Housto
or Galveston, than the mere questlo
of sectional pride.