davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-24
EUROPEAN ECHOES.
The Same Delay.

LONDON, December 23.-Gen. Wolsley
reports the delay in the concentration Of
troops at Korti will retard manouvres in
the desert until the second week in Feb
ruary.
CroTter and Land Troubles.
The Crofter tenants of the Duke Of
Argyle have refused 70 pay rent and are
extending their holidays The Duke asks
for an armed force and company of ma
rines was sent. AT a meeting of Highland
land reformers in London to-day the speak
ers denounced the landlords.
German Ahairs.
BERLIN, December 23.-The Post has an
article threatening the Reichstag with dis
solution.
1t is expected the Emperor will remit the
sentence of death passed upon Rupsich aud
Kuechler, the accomplices OF Reinstorf in
the Neiderwald conspiracy. in that case
they were have to served II years SEN
tence on minor charge.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-24

An effect existing without cause is an
impossibiHty; tickling in the throat, huski-
ness of the voice, violent coughing, etc. are
the effects of severe cold. DR.. Balls
Cough Syrup cures the cold at once and re-
moves its serious effects
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-24

TnE County Committees on Roads and
Bridges and Finances, meet todsy.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-24
How Frank Duffy, m Eisht-Yssr Boy, Gets
5000.

Frak X. Duffy. an eightyear-oh SON OF
.bomas Duffy, dealer in gents furnishing
Goods purchased one-6fth ticket in the
Soyember drawing Of The Louisiana State
LOTTERY Company. and received an express
package containing 5000 IN cash, IN Inc
number of the winning ticket was 1908.
and the whole ptize was s25,o 900. a Times
reporter has verified the case Of this Hart
ford bov Hartford (Conn-) Times, No,
yember 70.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-24
BEFORE BREAKFAST.

,,o-rEs robbery and almost murder,
A s.v This time it is in q farm house.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-24
Cameron Council.

Over thirty of the leading men OF Gamer
on associated in the formation of Gamer
on" Council of the National Union Tuesday
evening last and elected the following Off
GERS. VIM. NJ. Kincaid president; A. j..
Rooher, vice-president; ID. S. Thompson,
speaker; r. B. Watson, ex-presiient; I. c.
Pipes secretary; D. A. Woodburn, financial
secretary; NJ. B. Helms, treasurer; Harri-
son Hicks, chapline; B. l. Naming usher;
R. B. Howard, sergeant-at arms; j. j..
Shaddock, doorkeeper; S. Rainheimer, A.
J. Booher, J. W. Morgan, trustees DR.. j.
c. Mccullough, medical examiner.
THE Cleveland and Hendricks club of
Benwooi, will celebrate the anniversary Of
the battle of New Orleans on January s, by
a grand ball and banquet A very large
crowd is expected to be present
CuEs. DUNAwAY the popular engineer at
the Atlantic engine house, is now called
papa. The little stranger arrived yesterday.
MANY who loug suffered from indescrib'
able feelings of distress, lame back, aching
oints, sores, swellings, weakness Of the uri
nary and digestive organs, unnatural feel
inrs of WEAKNESS. headache, nervousness
dependency, sleeplessness, disturbing
dreams, partial insanity, etc, after doctor
ing liver, kidneys, nerves and brains, witt
the various quack nostrums of the day, snc
being nearly frightened to death BY theil
alarming advertisements, quietly begaI
| using DR.. Guycott's Yellow Dock ant
sarsaparilla, and were agreeably surprised
TO quickly find themselves restored t
perfect health. No other remeny equals it
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-24

Tie oedisary expesss Of ~ Prisee fes
the fiscal years. esding SsPtsub9 3ota.
1856 pr snnnn are estimated = fo'-
lows:
tiuardisx, ,ssdiss, sisthiss. nsaisiso. ste ss5o -
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-24
Prison Cells.

The Board comedies that the vestilstion
Is bad. A United States prison Inspector
yisited the institution and examining II said
in bis report "the cell. are ANAL and bat
fairly yeutilated." An sppropsistios of
q 900 Is recommended to better this condi.
ton Of afain.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-24

A sum suf6isndy large 70 provide .
library for some tine 70 come has bsen col
lected from visitora
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-24

October 9Th. 1853, an arrangement was
made With the Webster Wagon Company 10
employ about ten men, whom the physician
pronounced not able bodied at 40 cents per
day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-24

[CopiiDusd on Tkisa Pseal
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-30
Noble Words for Woman.

We have always known that Rob.
G. Patty, of Macon, Miss, has a ceat
head and entertains right views oil
things generally, and here is demon
stration of this judgment of his cbarae.
ter, which we find in the Macon Beacon.
1t appears that the Times Democrat
steamer "Susie B" recently visited Ma.
con, and at complimentary banquet 10
her officers, among other good thing
said was the following by Mr.. Patty:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: have listen.
ed with great pleasure to what has been 30
Well said this evening. approve and en-
dorse all that has been spoken in regard to
our great natural resources, rs well as to
the agencies by which our material deyel.
opment and prosperity is to be accom-
plished.
l will only add, that in working out this
great problem We must recognize the ab'
solute right of woman to engage in many
pursuits from which she has been hitherto
excluded, by social conventionalities and
unfriendly legislation.
1 confess to a sense of shame on reading
the recent proceedings of our Legislature
in the matter of the election of State Ia
brarian. Two ladies, either Of whom
would grace and adorn the position, were
candidates, but it was not within the pow
or OF any member of the Legislature to
cast his vote directly for a woman. Now
TINS ought not 30 to be. / trust that the
agitation already begun by "a Mississippi
Woman" will go bravely on, and that she
Wln not relax her efforts until she shall
have secured, not only separate State In
.tltutlon for the education of her sex, but
ne undisPuted right also to enter every
apartment Of human industry, for which
ne may be, by nature and education, fitted
and qualified.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-30
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad.

In the Congressional Record of 24th
inst. we find the report of the Commit.
tee on Public Lands accompanying a
bill declaring forfeited certain grants
Of land made to certain States in aid OF
the construction of railroads" The
report and the bill had special reference
to the proposition to reinstate the grant
Of lands to the Gulf and Ship Island
Railroad. Mr. Van Eaton, member
of the Committee, submitted a very able
minority report, in which he recited
the many good reasons why the State
Of Mississippi had been unable, by the
Intervention of the war, etc, to comply
with all the conditions of the grant.
When the question came up, Mr.. Van
Eaton was too unwell to discuss it. and
on the motion of Mr.. Cobb, Chairman
Of the Committee. It's further considera-
ton was deferred.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-30
The Lien Law in the Senate.

The discussion in the Senate on The
bill to repeal section 1859, Code 1880
the Lien Law, Tuesday and Wednes
day, was very interesting Messrs. Kyle
Luse, Burkitt, Packwood, Hyer, Roane
of Calhoun, Wilson and Smith spoke il.
favor of repeating the law. The argu-
ment, advanced were, that by eneourag-
ing and allowing credit to a class that
were improvident had done much TO put
the laboring class Incidentally in debt
aud had worked the ruin in many cases
of the merchants as well. We regret
that We cannot give the remarks of each
speaker on both sides. Mr.. Luse thought
that the bill was too sweeping, not only
repeating the lien law but prohibiting a
credit known to the common law, but
would vote for the bin as the best thing
he could get and feF the sake of his con-
stituents who desired the repeal,
Messrs. Guyton, Sykes and Boyd
spoke sgainst the repeal Of the law.
They regarded the law as beneficial
t the poor ciasses; Is it gave them
a credit which otherwise they could
not get, and but for which they
would surely suffer. No man was COM
PEELED to give a mortgage, and, if he
took advantage of the law, he could use
Il With disoeafion They kua4v ,,,a,, flot |
had greatly prohtea W giving mortga-
ges on crops. They asked in ths inter
1T Of the farming class that the Law ks /
They wished no class legisla-
lion, but since ~ prosperity depended /
N that elass, i was eninentsy esoperl
hat legislation IN their behalf should Is /
wisely framed, and ne step which threat
med 70 change the baaiAess af the conn
~ should nov Be attempted. The bill
passed By ! vote Of % to IL
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-30
A Modest Suggestion.

EDITORS CLARION: have read with great
pleasure the articles in your paper by "A
Mississippi Woman" and quite agree with
her in what she says in her last. Would it
not be well to transfer all of the agricultu-
raj part, with the students of the A. d Nj.
College. to the University at Oxford, and
give to the women the buildings and other
necessary things at Starkyille for a first
class college for themY The agricultural
department could be preserved intact and
quite as well executed at Oxford as at
Starkville. How would this suit "A Missis-
sippi Woman?' 1t certainly has the in
d6rzament of "A MISSISSIPPI MAN"
We're not our correspondent gentle
man of serious views on most subjects,
we should conclude that the foregoing
was intended as a joke. The A. and NJ.
College has a mission of its own, and
according to our information, is nObly
discharging it. 1t is too big thing to
be transferred to, or absorbed by any
other institution. The agricultural
"annex" was tried at the University,
and was such a signal failure, the State
very properly established the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College, so as to
comply, in letter and spirit, with the act
of Congress donating public lands to
the several States and Territories which
may provide Colleges for the benefit of
Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. "
The A. and NJ. College has the good will
of the University, and We have heard
Gen. Stewart, its distinguished Chancel-
lor, several times express his earnest
wish that it might be developed into the
complete success which its object and
organization entitled 1t to. There is
ample room for both, and so far
from there being any conflict, each
should help the other. The A. & NJ.
College has also the good will of the
women of the State, 'and We undertake
to say that they would rather forego
their cherished hope of State Female
College than to see the Agricultural and
Mechanical College destroyed, in the
manner proposed by our correspondent.
We want the University, the A. and NJ.
College, State Female College, a State
Hospital, and every other Institution
that viii develop the intellectual and
material progress of the State, and that
will take suitable care of its unfortunate
citizens. These things cost money, and
require appropriations. but if we under
stand the sentiment sf the people, they
are willing to respond in these matters
to any reasonable extent to which their
may go.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-30

DURING the period of the Matrimo
NAL Insurance Craze, last fall, a dis
tinguished attorney visited jackson
and called at Tue CLARION Office, max
ing special request that his presence al
the State Capital might not be men.
toned, as it might be supposed it had
somewhat to do with the said insurance
business. On yesterday morning, dis.
tinguished attorney of one of the lead
ing railroads of the State, called on as, as
he usually does when he comes to Jack
son, but wanted it distinctly understood
that he vas here on business in the Fed
eral Court, and had a formidable brief
in his hand as evidence of that fact.
His visit has nothing whatever to do
with Railroad Supervision. In the
course of conversation, we were pleased
to hear him say that if a Commission
Of wise, discreet and capable gentlemen
is selected, the Railroads will be found
ready to cooperate with, rather than to
throw obstacles in the way Of supervise.
ry legislation. We expressed to him the
belief that the temper of the Legislature
was to select only men of this stamp,
and that no better plan could be devised
for their selection than that set forth in
section nine of the bill which has passed
the House.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-30
Loci AND orHrp =
The reported cases Of sc,-,..
-. 49, tv,-,al - "oallet

The reported cases Of g.,
town, have turned out to be me ,,1,I. i''e
Col. Jas. B. McRae is s,1r
at the residence of Mrs. F. 7. CoSa r,'s d
"A Capital idea has struck ,b.,,
Mercury-wants the State Hons :. N'''i
The decision in the McKstch,.
corpus case has been reserved ia..s,
day. 'Dal K
Mr.. Geo. W. Carlisle o
efficient Auditorial stat. is me q
III with measles. 'a';a
1t will not be the fault Of Jrl-.
ton and his grand jury if the m 1.' VI,
phere of jackson is not cousids,.,, ",
aed. p
The congregation at the Bapb.,s
on Sunday last had the pleasure ~ ~, 'oO.
a most excellent sermon by Dr. W. t'lo
ton, of Tenn, a brother of oBr "a "
fellow-tOwnsman. Mr., David Shel,o,.
The sentiments of the pre.,
State is overwhelmingly against Il. " q
of the charter of the city Of Jack. Il
proposition has elected very per.., o
ment, indicating that it is moi - - q
a purely local matter, but iuvolvi5,' -''t
ciple in which all communities :. p
ested. -
Information reached jackson Ia.
ming that during the day the iD,Dg.a 90 @
new Jail at Brandon broke out ami .. " +
accounts are at large. The prisor.. = e
got loose are John Clinton. accused d,
murder of Mr.. Pearson, and Geo MI
and II. c. Jones. charged with yrs,s ' -
ny.
We regret 10 announce the A.,
Miss Lizzie Robb. at the residence y.
aunt, Mrs. W. Q. Lowd. on W.
night. Her funeral took place fr,.
Presbyterian Church yesterday Aft.
Miss Robb was devoted Chris,is,
the continual desire of her life Mo-,
good. OF her it may. in truth h.
''she hath done what she could"
The telephone line between her.
Brandon will be complete in ahor,
days.
Hon. E. F Martinere. of CI,rt..
ty, and ex-member of the Legislature
the city.
The residence of NJ. J. ?, VIA.
West jackson, has been connected !
Telephone Exchange.
An empty car was opened a. The
pot yesterday evening and a man was r.,
in it dead. He was probably lockei -
while stealing ride and starved to de,,
We regret to announce the death 3.
day afternoon last, of little Lyons. A..
eight years, eldest son of Hon. Gss
Harvey son of Senator Harvey, of M,
son county.
I'm the McKetchney habeas corpu. a.
yesterday, Judge Wharton, after copat,
ing the evidence, refused to grant u
prayer of the petitioner, and he va, .
manded to custody. The prisoner
taken an appeal to the Supreme Court
We record, with regret, the dealt
Shall Yerger, who died a few days since
Bolivar county, at the residence Of his n
Gle, Col. Alex. Yerger. His disease n
chronic gastritis. He has been grr
sufferer for years, and he bore his aillct,
with the patience and submission Of an
BILE nature. He was the fourth son Of N,
Malvina H. Yerger and the late Jul,
William Yerger. His remains w.
brought to this CITY Cor intprment
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-30
FoR The CLARION.
Taxation.

Are the burdens of government borne
equally by Inc property of the State as the
Constitution contemplates!
Section 20. Taxation shall be eouaI and
uniform throughout the State Al proper
! ty shaft be tdIed tn proportion to its ratste. to
De dscertdined as directed By tdtr.' 1t is plain
from this clause that the property of the
State is to be taxed equal and uniform.
There is real and personal property to be
taxed to defray the expenses of govern
ment. Nothing else was contemplated by
the Constitution. BY what authority could
| the Legislature enact that the prirleqe or
business Of fdgming shoutd be taxed soleIv to
raise rerenue to carry on tie government If by
no warrant in the Constitution would it not
be manifestly unjust and oppressive? Every
man and woman engaged in this most hon
orable and lucrative business would not only
denounce as infamous the law, but would
resist the execution of it by all legal means.
Does the Constitution give authority for
the Legislature to lay an embargo upon
occupation, business or profession by a
privilege tax Under the police regula
tions of the State, some restriction can be
placed upon that business that Is iniurious
to the body polite. Where is the power to
require privilege tax upon any profes
SION or business not harmful? Why tax a.
lawyer, doctor, hotel keeper, mer-
chant. because he chooses to follow either
or all of the professions rather than that of
farming: Is It just, il 1t right! Suppose
a man owns farm worth $1,000. He is
taxed upon the $1,000, but he concludes
that he will try merchandising; converts
his farm into money. Before he can pro-
coed he must pay privilege tax; he goes TO
market, buys 5000 stock, pays $1,000
down, balance, $1,000 on time; he pays tax.
not upon the 1900 that is actually his
but ne pays on the largest amount of stock |
on hand on his $1,000. So he pays on his
credit, end again he is required to nav on |
the amount employed in business. II is
not necessary for the business men and
professional men to petition the Legisla-
ture to be just.
Yours very truly, in. b.
Rienzi, Miss.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-30
THE LEGISLATURE.

In the middle of the third week of the
session, the main business is fairly I'M
der way, the members seem to be eager
for the forensic fray. 4 large number
of bills have been introduced, and
many of them killed in their incipiency,
and are out of the way.
There are many new members who
are beginning to get "the hang Of the
school house." by learning the intricacies
of parliamentary law and the rules, and
business seems to be the order of the
day.
The main subjects which now engage
the attention of the Legislature, are the
lien law-the free pass railway bill, the
supervision of railroads, and the exemp-
tion law. Sharp discussions on all these
measures, except the supervision bill,
have taken place, eliciting much diver
sity of opinion, some feeling, and good
share of ability.
These are all questions in which the
people feel deep interest, and they
should receive at the hands of their
representatives a calm, careful and de-
liberate investigation, and guard against
extremes either way.
The difficulty or obstacles to an easy
adjustment of the lien and exemption
laws, arise from the changed and I'M
settled condition of our labor system.
A general law on these subjects will be
hard to frame that will suit the many
localities in the State, where the land
lord and the tenant occupy relations,
one to the other, not common through
out the commonwealth.
If we judge correctly, there is d very
strong feeling in favor of repeating the
lien law and increasing exemptions. We
do not profess to be we'll informed as to
the temper of Legislators on the extent
Of reforms they may inaugurated We
send out full daily reports of their pro-
ceedings and the people who read them
and the county presses are as capable of
judging what will be done as we are.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-30

ONE- Of. the earnest advocates for
the repeal of the charter of the city
of Jackson, suggested before the Judici-
airy Committee that inasmuch as Jack
son is the official residence of the State
officers, the Legislature should guaran-
tee to them healthy, moral atmosphere
in which to dwell. Well, those gentle
men usually bring their good morals
with them, and help to give to our
society the elevated tone for which ii
has been noted, but if any of them
should happen to fall into divers temp
tations, the indiscretion should be
charged to the weakness of human ma
ture, rather than to the fact that John
McGill is Mayor of the city.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-30

OK the 14th inst, Mr.. Barksdale in.
trOduced bill appropriating seventy
FIVE thousand dollars for cleaning out
and improving the navigation of Pearl
river. The bill provides that sixty
thousand dollars of the amount shall be
expended between Jackson and the
mouth of the liver, and the balance
between Jackson and Edinburg, Leake
county. On the same day, Mr.. Banks
dale also introduced bill to appropriate
twenty-five thousand dollars for the
improvement of Big Black river from
its mouth to the intersection of the
Illinois Railroad, in Madison county, or
to such point as the United States engi-
neer in charge, may, upon making sur
vey, deem practicable.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-30
Senator Edmunds Rebuked.

Pending the question of confirming
the appointment of Mr.. Emory Speer to
be United States District Attorney fol
the Northern District of Georgia, Sena
tor Edmunds INDUCED some sneering
remarks about the Southern people, and
especially Southern Democrats and their
Senatorial representatives. Senator
Butler, of South Carolina, replied with
force, and at this stage of the proceed
ings, as we learn from the Washington
Post, Senator Lamar joined in the dis
Gus ion:
1t was at this point that senator Lamar
arose and speaking in the dignifed and
careful manner which usually characterizes
his utterances in the Senate, denounced the
statements of Mr.. Edmunds as premedi-
tated and wanton insults to the Southern
people generally, and particularly to their
! Representatives in the Senate. Il am
member of the Judiciary Committee said
Mr.. Lamar, sand as such propose to vote
for Mr.. Speer's confirmation; but / shall
not give him my support upon the ground
which the Senator from Vermont has based
his, but for reasons directly contrary. Mr.
Speer is probably the best representative
of his class though very poor class it is
and if we defeat his confirmation the
next appointment to the vacancy now exist
ing will probably be worse. / shall
vote for him as matter of duty, If not as
a matter of pleasure. I have read
the newspaper reports of Mr.. Youmans'
speech, and while do not endorse il in its
entirety and under the same circumstances |
perhaps would not have given utterance to |
it myself, have no hesitation in saying |
that it could not and did not compare il |
vindictiveneas aud falsity to the political
harangue which have just heard from the /
Senator from Vermont. wish 10 say 10 the 1
Senator that am compelled to regard his /
utterances as a deliberate intent to insult
the representatives of the Southern people
on this AeaFs
oh. no, no. said Nh. Edmgnds, rising
briskly from his seat, Il trust my friend
from Mississippi win acquit ms Of any
such intention.1
Well.s said Senator Lamar s.in spite Of
the disclaimer Of the Senator must adj
here 70 my deelaFati8a that his extraordi-
nary speech ct the beginning ef this debate
could have had no other purpose ID view
than adesire to aEfront the Eauthsrn mem
oers Of the Senate, and TO hold them mp to
he view Of Senators as the unblnshing de- !
lenders Of = political policy, than which no ]
soEss can be conceived Of, in this or any !.
sther country. positively believe that
ais intention uas . insult individually !
nd collectively, ever Southern bona. or on | ,
ms hoor. and, 50 fr Is am peraaally ! /
I must say 70 the Senator that
e has succeedsdF
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-30
Lunaey Laws.

We are indebted to the distinguished
snthof for copy Of an elegantly printed
volume Of Ills pages entities, aLegis-
lation on Insanity. 4 Collection Of all
the Lunacy Laws Of the States and Ter
ritories Of the United States for the
year 1883, inclusive. Also the laws Of
England en Insanisy, legislation il Can
ada on Private Homes, and important
portions Of the Sunday Laws II Ger
many, France, etc. BIZ George Harri-
son, Il. p, late BEesidsnt Of she Board
q Public Charities Of Pennsylyqnia
4 comprehensive summary Of The laws
e Mississippi Falatfng 10 heF Insane
Asylums. + given.