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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

The Supreme Court of the United
States has recently decided that an ex-
emption from taxation contained in the
charter of a railroad company, applies
only 10 the corporation as originally
organized under the charter, and does
not pass by mortgage of the charter,
and the works of the company to the
mortgages or to the purchasers at a.
judicial sale, and that the franchises
contained in the mortgage must be linn
tied to those which are granted as APP
propriate to the construction, mainte-
nance and operation of railroad as a
public highway and the right to profit
therefrom.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31
FOREIGN,

An American wrote to TIE Pal Man III
Zette that Rev. Henry Ward beeeaer wa
probably succeed Minister Lowell ~ LJI'
don.
A committee has been selected at BERN
70 raise fund for Bismarck, as a Ha1.V-A'
expression OF confidence. st..
A cablegram from Leipsic states va .l.
three OF the anarchists who Attempted ~. -
lie OF Emperor William were sentences y. -
death, and two Others were condemnsI y
ten years penal servitude. ..
A tin case filed with dynamite Cart assii
and weighing 200 pounds was oisc9te.9
thursday by the pc ice az Dover H.. 80.
among the goods arriving from me N'-'
nent.
An editorial published u the Ger1lall,s.
Berlin newspaper, compares the POs.'ss
o. the German Empire 70 daHce ~ 80
volcano, and says that tile STATE s S-e~''
beginning TO decay.
Spanish newspapers state that Don Z ~. =
IS sui ring from disease OK the I'd -
Slieil degree that his physicians dV'-f
him t. spend the winter in B5m0a! '-@
tilen take up his residence IN ltsll.
The French chamber Of deputies 2!
vote OF z93 to los, rejected n!9.y-.
abolish the French embassy at ihe 49,
lie Prime Minister recognized the eApli-s
ened and conc iiatory attitude OF tie -
l. 'ndon Truth states that AZ W y;
Conference between the Cz1r OF kls'a Is
the Emperor OF Germany a MARI a 40
arranged between the CL1TON u 80
AIexandroYitch and a daughter Oh W
Prince Frederick William OF German. -
Tie report that Germany hal taHe9
session of the Admiralty lslanos' ' ~
lands of New Britain and New He.a
portions of the New Guinea e2asl ,l.c
frmed. a prot st against G-fHllss b,sS
ton on the part Of the British Jul
colonies is thought of. SCI
Lucas Jauner, the Vienna 0aBh ~. .5i0I
VINO defaulted for over ., C0l,0J0 n9i,ii.-s q
himself dead at the neighbOrins FnST q
kierling. On his person was found TTessr
ucTins. A broker named HelHTicA t1Sene's
has bern arrested for completely u 80
crime
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31
81 S. Salary List and Civil Service
Law.

We are indebts to Henry \. Copp,
land and pension attorney at Washing
ton, for copy of little volume of l43
pages, the character of which is indicated
by its title above. If every person who
is now seeking Office will order a copy
of this book-the price is so cents-Mr.
Copp will have TO publish a very large
edition. There are fully 10000 Federal
offices for President Cleveland to fill,
and there are fully one million persons
ready, willing and waiting to fill them.
Every citizen who expects his Senator and
Representative TO secure him something
under the Government can, by possess
ing this manual, decide at once whether
to accept or refuse an offered position.
1t may save candidates from refusing
''fat place" through wrong information.
The book does not profess strict accuracy
on postmasters salaries, which go up or
down with every reimbursement, but is
near enough for practical purposes.
The Federal offices, and salaries in
Mississippi are stated thus:
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

In the case of Ross 4. The Chicago,
Mil,oaukee and ST. Paul Railroad Com
pany, recently decided by the Supreme
Court of the United States, it was held
that an engineer and a conductor are
not ''fellow-employees," because the con-
ductor is superior in rank to the engi-
neer. The case was this: Ross, being
the engineer of a gravel train, was in
jured by a collision resulting from the
negligence of the conductor of freight
train, and sued for damages. The rail-
road company interposed the usual de-
fence, that it was not liable for an in
jury caused by the fault of fellow
employee. To this the court responded
that where one employee is superior in
authority to another, and his negligence
causes an injury to an in erior, the COM
pany is liable in damages.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31
Clubbing Rates.

THIS is the ord issue of The CLAIR
ION in 1884, and completes the 47th
year Of the existence of the paper.
"The Eastern Clarion and Paulding Pal
ladium" was established in 1887, was
published at Meridian during the wal
period, and removed to jackson in 1865
If spared to chronicle its semi-centen-
NAL, we will give its hi story somewhat
at length. In entering upon its forty
eighth volume, The CLARION greets it:
host Of friends with best wishes for the
coming year
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

A fire in Cincinnati on the oath, de
stroyel the Masonic Temple, the prop
erty of Nova Caesarea Lodge, including
the valuable scenery, organ and other
property belonging to the Scottish Rite,
the most complete in the West, and
largely the result of the elong labors
of Mr.. ENocH I. CARSON, an illustrious
member of the order. The building was
insured for 1925, 000-more than enough
to cover the loss. The loss to the Scot
fish Rite is estimated at $4,000, with
no insurance; many of the articles de-
stroyed being invaluable, because it will
be impossible to replace them.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31
Kinds County Taxes.

Deputy Sheriff L. F. Chiles makes a
statement in this issue that should
arrest the attention of the people of
Kinds county TO the Importance Of a
complete assessment of property. He
makes the astounding revelation that
there are entire neighborhoods in the
county in which the assessor has not
been seen for 1884, and that more than
four hundred persons have voluntarily
come forward and given in their assess
ments to the sheriff Through such
gross carelessness, and under-valuations,
the total valuation of the county is re-
duced three millions, and the levy cor
respondingly increased in order to meet
expenses. This state of things demands
searching inquiry and vigorous treat
ments
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

THE car drivers of New Orleans are
on strike and are using violence to pre-
vent the employment of new drivers
The strikers quit work without notice
TO their employers and without having
stated their grievances. 1t was most
unjustiiable' proceeding and we trust
that the leaders will be made to suffer
for it.
P. S.-The strike terminated Monday
evening at s o'clock, the differences
having been satisfactorily adjusted by
Committees from the Exchanges and
Car Drivers Association; and by 10
O'Clock "the cars of the city were tink-
ling their bells once more, the familiar
mule trotted along as of yore, and every
thing was again serene"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31
Alcorn A. and M. College.

We are pleased to note that this insti.
tuition for the higher education of the
colored youth of Mississippi, is in a
very prosperous condition. We ex-
tract as follows from letter just re-
ceived from President j. H. Burrus:
When the Trustees met, 9th inst, our
report showed an enrolment of 163,
and daily attendance of 153 students
To date, our enrolment is 166, and pros
poets good, that our enrolment for the
school year will reach near or quite 200.
The most encouraging feature of our
increase is the fact that the number of
advanced students has been proportion
ately unusually large.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

sumed in disposing of these obstructive
measures. tits feared, by the friends of
the bill, that they will have the effect
which their originators designed-viz:
to defeat legislation at this session upon
subject of great importance. The
abuses which the ILL is intended to cor
rect are growing in .enormity, and the
longer remedial legislation is postponed,
the more difficult will be the work of re-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31
Lleut.-iov. shanus.

The following pleasant mention of this
distinguished Mississippian occurs in
DIR. Galloway's editorial correspondence
of the Methodist Centennial Conference
recently in session at Baltimore:
We find in the chair Of the Conference.
this morning, Lt-Gov. Stands, Of Missis-
sippi- Long used to the presidency of de-
Lucrative bodies, he nils the position With
dignity and conducts the business with ad-
mirable tact and spirit. His Craftsmanship
is provoking congratulations on all sides.
Our honored young friend has before him
career Of the largest usefulness and dis
tinction in both Church and State.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

Randall's Visit to the South.

The Honorable SAMUEL J. RANDALL
is now in Louisville in accordance with
the programme arranged before the hol-
idays, which contemplated visit to that
city, and to Nashville and Birmingham.
The free trade bull has been greatly mad
dened,and Mr.. WATTERsoN declines to
countenance anything in the shape of
an ovation to the distinguished Pennsyl
vanian, declaring that whilst under or
binary circumstances he should be glad
to see him and entertain him as Ken
lucky likes to receive and treat strangers
this time Mr. RANDALL comes in such
a questionable shape that he declines to
be made helper either of his aspirations
or his revenges. To the suggestion that
Mr.. WATrFRsoN has insulted Mr.. RAN
DALI and violated the laws of
hospitality, Mr.. WATTERsoS, speak
ing through the columns of the
Courier Journal says: "It is well,
but when we attend our funeral it will
be inside the hearse and not in the char
acter of lackey with a black plume
mounted on one of the horses" We
think that the mistake that Mr.. WAT
TERsoH makes is in pitching in to Mr..
| RANDALL before he develops his scheme
| if he has any scheme. 1t may be that
| Mr.. RANDALL dseires to show the
powers that be that he has friends in the
South, (which is fact, and this he ha:
perfect right to do. He has beer
sharply criticized, especially by the
Courier-Journal, and he has been paraded
before the public as man without any
following in the South. The desire tC
demonstrate that such is not the fac
is pardonable,
Ii cannot be that Mr.. RANDALL ex
poets by this visit to further his candida
cy for the position of Speaker, because HI
is too shrewd to believe that the persons
who choose the Speaker can be influenc
ed by any such means. To accomplish
anything in this line, his visit comes too
late. He ought to have made it before
the nominations for Congress were made
We conclude that Mr.. RANDALL is com
ing South to crafty himself and hi
friends, and that no one should object
In Mississippi we believe that he would
be treated with that respect and cor
diality to which his patriotic services It
the country entitle him.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

TIE celebrated SHARON divorce suit
has been decided in favor of plaintiff,
Miss SARAH ALTHEA HILL, which en-
property, estimated at $4,000, 900
though counsel for SHARON say that not
more than 100000 worth of property
can be made subject to the decision.
Miss HILL will make application for
counsel fees, and IS, 00Oa month alimony
for fourteen months. SHARON will APP
peal.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31
Eating and Singing.

A New York jury has decided that
Mr.. ABBEY had no right to recover dam
ages from Nine. SoALcHI, because she
refused to sing the part of Fides in 1.-THE
Prophet" on a two hours notice, it be-
ing contended in behalf of Nine.
ScALoHI, that when she received the
summons to sing she had just finished a
hearty breakfast, which disqualified her
from taking that role.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31
Good Days of Yore. /"

INDIANoLA, TEXAS, Dec, "A, 1884.
Publisher Clarion: / have received
stray copy of The CLARION, and I want
it, as you will see by postal order, for
the coming year. Looking over its
columns, reminds me of the good days
of yore. read The CLARION when Col.
Adams published it at Paulding, also
while Col. Shannon published it. I
hope Coils Shannon and Horn are still
living.
l lived at Enterprise prior to the war.
| carried out cavalry company from
that place, commissioned in April, 1862;
mustered into service by Col Robert
McLain. My lieutenants were Reynolds,
Lee and Whitman. We joined the
Second Mississippi Cavalry. We were
mustered out by Gen. Dick Taylor,
at Meridian in june, 1866.
With best wishes for my old State and
the old CLARION, am yours,
J. w. HoGUN.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

Fidelity" who is a distinguis he'd
citizen of Marshall county, in a letter to
the Holly Springs Reporter, makes some
valuable suggestions concerning the
nominations to be made at the next Dem
ocratic State Convention. He assumes
that Governor LOWRY and Lieutenant
Governor STANDS, since they have made
good officers, viii be given second
term, and urges that the other positions
should be flied by "lire, practical, con-
sentative working men, each selected for
his special qualifications to fill the place
for which he is put forward"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

SPAIN was visited by a disastrous
earthquake on the Doth inst. The de
struction was greatest in the Southern
provinces. Official returns up to mid
night of the 2Sth from the province of
Granada, show that 526 persons were
killed in that province, and 100 in the
province of Malaga.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31
Essential as Food and Rain

A lady whose name has long oeTu
our books, in renewing her snbsci'fs IA.
for another year, was pleased y IL,
"THE CLARION is as essential "
household as food and raiment' - j.
may it prosper" These kina W. "a
greeted us on Christmas morning ans
contributed to our joyous obserSa'''
the happy day.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31
rOSTMASTERS.

Baldwin, Beauregard, Biloxi, Boone
vile, Carrollton, Cotfeeville, Crystal
Springs, Durant, Fayette, Friar's
Point, Greenwood, fernando, Nc
Comb, Moss Point, Ripley, Rodney,
Sardis, Scranton, Shuqualak, Val
den, Verona, Waynesborough, Wood
NIile..-..- ...-...-.s--toVV 10 iOU
Bay St. Louis, Brandon, Clinton, En-
terprise, Iuka, Kosciusko, Lexing-
ton. Macon, Pass Christian, Sena-
tobia, Shubuta, Starkville, Summit,
Tupeio, Wesson, Winona......750 to l 900
Brunswick, Canton, Charleston,
Brookhaven, Hazlehuist, Port Glib
son, Water Valley, West Point
1000 TO $50
Corinth, Okolona. ,250 to 2 500
Aberdeen, Canton, Columbus, Green
vile, Grenada, Holly Springs,
Meridian, Oxford, Yazoo City
l 800 to . 900
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31
The Little j" to Be Enlarged.


The Natchez Democrat says, that it
learns from the best authority that
arrangements have been completed
looking to the extension of the
Natchez, Jackson and Columbus Rail-
road to Macon and Columbus, and the
change of gauge to the standard of four
feet eight inches and one-half, and the
laying of the track with the best charac
ter of steel rails. 1t says, also, that the
President of the railroad company
General MARTIN) will shortly visit the
counties of Rankin, Leake, Neshoba,
Noxubee and Lowndes and will lay be-
fore their people the whole subject of
the proposed extension.
If the counties to be traversed by this
line of railroad will consult their in
terest, they will grant liberal aid to its
construction. The road from this place
to Natchez has proved blessing to the
people along its route, although narrow
gauge, and it only needs connection
with the North by way of the coal fields
of Alabama, and the Broadening of its
gauge, to enable it to come up to the
full measure of its usefulness. Counties
and towns which are without railroad
facilities are behind the times. The in
conyeniences to those who live in them
is not the greatest evil, for when the
tide of emigration begins to flow into
the State, localities remote from rail-
road communication will not be in de-
mand, but will be avoided, except by
such persons as desire to purchase large
tracts of land at nominal prices.
General MARTIN built the railroad
between Natchez and Jackson, under
the most Instantaneous circumstances,
and demonstrated what bold, vigorous
and determined man can accomplish
when his energies have been aroused.
We commend him and his mission to
the people of the counties he will visit.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

A NEWSPAPER, well established, fav-
orably located, and enjoying n good pat
ronage, is for rent or lease, on favorable
terms, to gentleman who will undertake
its editorial and business management,
or the paper will be sold, on reasonable
terms. Letters on the subject, addressed
to this office, will be referred to the
proper party.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

The impudent thing in politics is to
oppose the election of a candidate for
the Presidency, and when he has been
elected in spite of your opposition, to
employ your spare time in suggesting
persons for places in the Cabinet.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31
ct Win Cnre Asthma.

/ have suffered with asthma iol i
forty years and had terrible a sa.AS da-
December and January, 1857; o"' tn
took four doses of Parker ..t
The effect astonished me- sisp whol
fectly that night and am nov cbrcd
well. Parker's Tonic will elils asn. Pa
asthma &c. WILLIAMS, Ch'f"A
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

A CHRISTMAS Tree was feature of
the Exposition on Christmas evening
To the bounty of Mrs. SUE L. BURKE
who originated the scheme, the children
are indebted for many beautiful presents
which were distributed on the occasion.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

JOHN R. NJ. MCLEAN, having been on
a visit to Governor CLEVELAND, Curl
osity is excited to know whether he was
invited or went on his own hook. From
what we know of Johnnie, we would say
he is not the sort of man to wait for an
invitation.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

Nm. NJ. EvARr5 III apdp4li'ss shed letter
announces his readiness and desire to
be considered among the candidates for
the election by the Legislature as Sena-
tor" from New York.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

If our unknown spondent, "Aber
deem" will furnish his name for publica-
ton, in connection with his inquiry, we
will endeayor to answer it.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

The Cabinet makers, generally, agree
that Mr.. BXYARD will be Secretary Of
the Treasury, Mr.. GARLAND, Attorney
General, and Mr.. WIN. G. WHITNEY, of
New York, Secretary Of the Interior.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

Col. CHESTER, selected As messenger
by the electors of Tennessee, failed to
get his pay because his credentials were
inclosed with the vote.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

The House has now passed the third
time, a bill to make the chief officer of
the Bureau of Agriculture a member of
the Cabinet. The bills hitherto passed
have been killed in the Senate.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

NEVADA, in the Presidential election
last month, cast only 1870 7otes, Of
which BLAENE received 1888, and
Cleveland 5,577. The three electoral
votes Of the State were given to BLAINE
lone for every 2,s97 votes.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

THE Hon. SAMUEL J. TILDEN, it is
rumored will attend the Inauguration Of
President CLEvELAND.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

In an ahray at Crystal Springs on
Christmas day, Ben JORDAN, constable,
shot and killed VALLEY FLOWERS.
JORDAN was slightly wounded.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31
FELL TO THE FLOOR.

His hands were so parched and shriv-
elled by the fire that when the torture
ended the red-hot hand cuffs slipped
from his wrists and dropped gathering
to the floor.
The vengeance of the mob having been
somewhat appeased, and realizing that
the boy was MANNED for life, and that
he had suffered the agonies of a thousand
deaths, decided to spare his life. They
then took Jordan Parker, tied him Sc
curely to a tree, and in the presence of
his son shot him Literally to pieces"
Was a more fiendish and BRUTAL
crime ever committed? 1t is inmate
rial that PARKER was guilty of the
murder in causing the death of the
engineer and fireman. 1t is hardly pos
sible that his son was guilty, because
his tender years should have shielded
him from responsibility from such an act
committed uLder the direction of his
father. But it matters not that both
were gnilty. Their guilt cannot excuse
the savage hearts which permitted the
infliction of such torture as that described
in order to force son to be the author
of his fathers slaughter.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

DIR. WILLIAM DARLING, professor of
anatomy in the University Medical Col
lege of New York, died on the 18th, at
the ripe age of 81 years.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31
"cAn't Keep House Without It."
OxFoaD, Dec. rs. 1884,

Ps5lisher Clarion. Find two dollars for
which extend my credit Don't stop when
time expires, for expect to renew and
read The CLARION As long AZ am able to
pay for it. Can't keep house and raise >
family without it.
Yours truly, l. G. H.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

HARRIGAN and HART's Theatre
Comique on Broadway, opposite the
New York Hotel, was destroyed by fire
on the morning of the 23rd.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

THERE are GA pending divorce cases
On the dockets in Chicago, and rs in
Philadelphia.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

Hon. d. p. Cory, of Greensboro
this State, Chancellor during the Ames
regime, died recently.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

burned up, ana 1 think that nv bro+b
Tommy was with them. We baJ,aIleaf
any father or mother. We are
nhans.r OF
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

McCuLLoUaH & Co.. of Edwards, and
J. Bo1LE, Of Columbus, have made a.
signments.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-31

A SCHEME is on foot to raise funds to
pay off General Grants debt to VIM. 81.
Vanderbilt $4,000.