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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16
NO. 4
Justice on the Wing.
little Rock Gazette. !

~-NNNAN @~NNN N@3@AAeNHH
One Of the most novel trials on
record took place recently on a
passenger train of the Memphis
and Little Rock Railroad, between
LOnOke aud Little Rock. Judge
F. t. Vaughan, of the Circuit
Court was on the train. After il
left Louoke county a man named
G. b. Farmer, of that county, was
arrested by deputy sheriff. The
charge against the prisoner was
carrying slung-shot.
The law in Arkansas against car.
rying deadly weapons is rigidly
enforced. When the prisoner
learned that Judge Vaughan was
ON the train he went to him and
begged for an immediate trial.
He said that his wife was sick and
he did not want TO be taken away
from her. The learned Judge is q
character in his way, and said he
would try him at once. He do
clared the court open for bust
ness, and called Farmer to the
prisoners box, that is, to q seat
in the car, and asked him whether
he desired to plead guilty or not.
The passengers collected around
the novel court, and watched the
proceedings from various perches
on seat rails, and from the aisle.
Farmer replied: "Your honor,
desire to plead guilty. "All
right continued the Judge. ''The
prisoner pleads guilty; | assess
his fine at $40. Mr.. Sheriff.
take the prisoner" This ended
the brief trial, and the prisoner
paid his $40 to the Sheriff. At the
next station he got off the train to
make his way home as quickly as
possible to his sick wife. This is
the only case Of justice on the
wing of which there is any record.
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4 Dead shot.


A lot Of summer tourists were
on the beach at Los Angeles the
other day watching some fancy
rifle shooting by a party of prOfes.
sional otter hunters who had come
over from the Channel Islands for
a Sunday lark. These really won
derful marksmen, most of them
native Californians, were killing
gulls on the water, breaking bot
ties aud hitting dollars thrown in
the air, with great eclat, when a
dudish-looking young man from
Frisco yawned in a bored manner,
and remarked in a very audible
voice to his companion that he
didn't see anything very wonder
full in that sort of shooting.
This produced a series of sarcas-
tically polite retorts on the part
of the original lords of the soil,
"Perhaps the gentleman could
show them something better.n
swell, don't know replied the
young man languidly taking one
of the hunters Wiuchesters II
might if somebody would hold a
cork or something on his head for
me.n
The ritiemen showed their white
teeth with amusement.
Doubtless said one of them,
winking at his companions, "doubt-
less the gentleman's friend would
oblige him.
"Why to be sure,n drawled the
dude, looking round. But his fel.
low dude had sauntered of, and
was standing some three hundred
yards further up the beach, medi.
tatively smoking long nine.
"Ah, there's Cholly," said the
languid party. cooking the gun,
"Let me see. You observe that
cigar in his mouth. Very well,
III put a hole through that" and
taking a careless sight he fired.
AT the report the smoker gave a
sudden start, took out and ex.
amined his Havana, and then
shook his fist angrily.
The entire crowd ran toward
him. Sure enough, there was a
hole right through the center of
the cigar, almost cutting it in half.
THAT'S the fourth cigar you've
spoiled for me-" said the smoking
dnde, in vexed tone. III wish
you'd stop that sort ofa thingw
AS for the other hunters, they
looked at each other in mortified
silence for u few minutes, then
climbed into their boat aud set
sail.
"That's the most wonderful shot
| ever saw" said an old gentleman
to the shooter next morning.
"Such a terrible risk, too.'
Nothing wonderful about it,"
said the California Tell, confden.
italy. "All you have to do is to
have your confederate cut a hole
in the cigar with a pen knife be.
forehand. It's a boss scheme.n-
San Francisco Post.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16
General McClellan's Ancestral Elm

Woodstock, Conn, has an elm
which was set out on the day of
the battle of Lexington by the
grandmother of George b. Ne.
Clellan. 1t was under this tree
that the General made recent
speech upon the Mcclellan ances.
try, the occasion being his visit to
Henry @. Bowen's annual Wood.
stock celebration. 1t was General
McClelan's first visit to the home
of his childhood in forty years.
The tree is very large, some of
its silky green limbs shooting over
100 feet into The air. 1t is the
largest elm IN the State, next to
the one that Longfellow embalmed
in poetry at Norwich Town. Since
McClellan's visit one of the lower
limbs Of the tree have fallen, ow.
ing to the great weight of the
leaves on it. 1t extended almost
directly in horizontal course
from the trunk, aud was eighty
feet long. 1t joined the trunk for
ty feet above the ground, and it
did not break wholly away. 1t
now forms huge ladder into the
forks Of the tree.
Another famous Connecticut
tree is the beautiful oak of Dan
bury. 1t stands on road Just
out of Danbury, aud is the largest
and most perfect oak in the State.
1t is perfect cone liz high, %
feet in circumference at the base,
and II feet at the first limb. Its
branches spread 166 feet.--New
York Sun.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16

The fondness of the darkey for
high-sounding names is proverbial,
but the colored brother over in
Florida takes the cake. He calls
himself Romeo, bis wife Juliet and
named his dog Pontius pilate.
They have twin boys named Ro.
mulus and Remus.
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The Verb "TO Monkey y
IN. Y. Times. |

The verb "to monkey which is
only a year or two old, and is as
yet pure slang, is evidently to be.
come In course of time a legiti.
mate expression. Its primary
meaning is to busy ones self in
ways other than utilization.
Who invented the verb ITO mon
key" will probabl, never be
known, but the inventor monkey
ed" with the English language bet.
than he knew. The word is 80
full of meaning, and differs by
such delicate and subtle shades
from the legitimate word most
closely related to 1t IN meaning,
that it will win its place in the
ranks of grave aud regular Ian.
guage.
Already it has ascended from
the sidewalk, and is met with
growing frequency-though as
yet clad in quotation marks-in
the columns of newspapers.
Our descendants will use 1t with
out a thought of impropriety.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16
A revolution in the match-mak.

A revolution in the match-mak-
ing industry may be expected.
The Russian Department of Com
merce and Manufactures has re-
Gently awarded patent to the in.
ventor of a means of so impregna-
ting wood with liquid that, when
dried, it lights with slight friction,
and can be used several times
over, thus securing, according to
the inventor, an economy of at
least 20 per cent.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16

Gov. Cleveland struck the key
of the situation when he said
awe go forth not merely to gain a
partisan advantage but pledged to
give to those who trust us the ut
most benefits of a pure and honest
administration of national affairs .
Baltimore Sun. Dem.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16

"Ma," said a Someryille girl,
with a weary air, AS she listlessly
moved her needles, u don't think
| will knit any more OH this stock
ing at present; am tired"
"You just knit away, Katie" re
piled the matrOn, with a severe
air, "you knit as fast as you can.
This is a Democratic household,
this is, want you to understand,
and the you knit rule prevails
here .p-Somerville Journal.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16

Il young man named Futch, who
lived near Randalps Hill, in Jasper
county, met with a horrible death
from hydrophobia last Monday.
Futch was an industrious young
man living with his mother. On
the Oath of March, Mrs. Futch aud
her children, four in number, were
all bitten, most of them very slight
ly. by puppy that had been rails
ed on the place. The puppy show
ed no signs of madness; has
shown none since, aud was still
with the family up to last Monday.
About the same time that they
were bitten, the dog also bit a calf
which soon showed signs of mad.
ness and died in great agony. The
family were still not alarmed, aud
all remained well until last Sun.
day night, when Futch was taken
suddenly i'll and became raving
mad. He continued to show all
the symptoms of hydrophobia and
died in convulsions on Monday.
DR.. Smith, who attended him, pro.
nounced it hydrophobia, and there
is little doubt but that was the
cause of his death. Mrs Futch
and her other children so far have
remained perfectly well, and it is
to be hoped will escape the dread.
ful disease.-Meridian Mercury.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16

As everybody can see to-day,
there is a gravitation of all the
political scalawags toward Blaine,
and of all lovers of honesty and
good government toward Cleye.
land, aud this movement means n
waking up of the nation on the
subject of honesty in office and a
reorganization of parties mainly
upon that issue.-New York Her.
aid. Ind.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16

Mr.. A. D. Carpenter, who is run
ming what might be termed q
"grass' farm, about three miles
from this city, on the banks of St
GATHERINGS creek, is quite proud
of his prospects for prosperous
season. He has two very large
meadows that he deyotes entirely
to hay, one of which is planted in
johnson grass. Mr.. Carpenter
tells us that he has already NOV.
ed his Johnson grass meadow
twice this season, and will cut il
again this week. His cotton also
presents a splendid appearance
while his corn is, we think, the
most prolific we have ever seen
each stalk bearing from four to
nine ears. All his crops are vel
advanced and give excellent prom
Use. -Natchez Democrat.
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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16

A San Francisco naturalist sent
a nice cage and wages to a
friends house for fine specimen
of ground hog that was offered
him. He received a sausage, aud
it took him three days TO see the
Joke.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16
oHANCERY COURT.

tS' ssaQu<na county-Begins on the lst
,1ay q April and October, and may
lInuo judicial days.
Untr1 Iaa&Iokton eounty-Begins on the ID
~ - April and October, and may
tInr1 IS judicial days.
IT. l1<county-Begins on the lst Mon
iIul INV and November, and may con-
4 14judicial days.
oahcma county-Begins on the Sd
Prtnltday = Nay and November, and may
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mi Fer county-Begins on the lst
|ie MaydaY u June and December, and may
inuo 4 judicial days.
|ORiUIf county-Begins on the 2nd
daI 4 June and December, and may
- inu16 judicial days.
u G sgu|oT meetings are held by the
|A0 "a e Supervisors as follows: Bien-
r. Monday of January to elect
= commissioners. Annually first
+, lay1 March, TO receive Tax-Collec-
- repofts of delinquent and insolvent
Su ~ Nonday Of August to receive and
uCGn the Assessment Roll; LIST Mon
@ptember to levy taxes and on
I'll " next succeeding each term Of
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mn rERMs. 4rH DISTRICT.


1ni.msa connty-Begins on the lst
Isasr af March and October, and may
iIInne s judicial days.
Sta tzhenz eounty-Begins on the md
|ntsf a{ March and October, and may
iiia1z = Judicial days.
solIzzr county-Begins on the 4th
uta< of Mareh snd October, and may
.tinne Z judicial days.
ucIo4er county-Begins on the 2nd
ese,. nlzy 1<ler the 4th Monday Of sarch
4 0<<ober, and may continue Il ju-
bed a. days.
zs1qaena county-Begins on the 9Th
nday affer the 9Th Monday OF March
October, and may continue IL judi
|nu ! 7 4 days.
ahu XnshIn<fon eounty-Begins on the
y y nco1F after the 4th Monday Of
aau "a - October, and may continue 30
'noltucI1I 1ass.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16

"For ten years past,o said the
new boarder, "my habits have
been regular as clockwork.
rose on the stroke of g.; half an
hour later | sat down to break.
fast; at Z ! was at work dined at
u, ate supper at 6, and was in bed
at $50; ate only hearty food and
hadn't a sick day in all thai time.'
Dear me-" said the deacon, iu
sympathetic tones, ''and what were
you IN for ~ And ID the awful 81
lence that followed you could hear
the hash CRATE its teeth--Brook
lyn Eagle.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16

The crops in Washington Terri
tory are being destroyed rapidly
by crickets about an inch and a
half long, which have appeared
there in large numbers.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16

philadelphia Telegram, Rep

IPhiIadelphia Telegram, Rep.
1t was politics and not military
dereliction that put Porter on tri-
al, it was politics which secured
his conviction, it was politics that
secured the approval of the SEN
tence, and it is politics which now
prevents justice being done. This
is the shameful truth of the matter.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16

Mr.. l. q. Plant. "a Macon banker,
true to his name, has solved the
problem of utilizing the swamp
land in his section of Georgia by
setting out 10000 willow cuttings
on twenty-eight acres. the product
of which for ten years to come has
been contracted for by a mannfac.
turer of New York city. The will
low farm is one of the new indus
tries Of the South.
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Presbyterian Church

Preaching 1T II n M. and . m every Sunday
Communion lst Sunday In February, May, Aus
gust and November. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday night. = Archer Pastor SUNDAY
school at0s sam. Brown sup.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16

Grover Cleveland is the poorest
man ever nominated for President.
lie is worth only $4,000. but what
little he has cot, he made honestly.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16

Regular morning service at II a M Eveainx
service, ! y. m. every sunday Communion
hrst sunday In each month -
Rector Sabbath-schOol at9:l5 a. M J. Nj
Moore superintendent
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16

What is my opinion of luck' 1t
is seeiug with both eyes shut what
nobody else can see with both
eyes open.
What is nly opinion of labor7 1t
is the hard shell around the milk
in the cocoanut.
What is my opinion Of love7 1t
is a pretty honeysuckle, with a
raw humble bee In it.--Merchant
Traveller.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16

Mr.. Tilden has expressed his
hearty approval of the Democratic
nominations, but the Republican
organs are indulging in many sar.
castle illusions to the fact that he
does not support the ticket with
his barrel. 1t is impossible for
these organs to realize. as Mr.. Til
den realizes. that it is ticket that
needs no barrel.-Chieago Times,
independent.
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Methodist Church

Preaching Vt n A. m and Tn. m every sun.
DAY Prayer-meetlng every "wednesday night.
snnday-sehool, gj1. Il. n standlfer, Pastor. /.
W Trigg, supt.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16
An Old Conductors Yarn.

Talking Of greenhorns,n said an
old conductor TO me recently, ''its
in the Older States one sees the
greenest of them. Fifteen years
ago ] was running a passenger
train down in Kentucky. One
morning when the train drew up
at little station n chap In copper.
as.dyed breches, blue jeans coat
aud vest, aud u home made wool
hat addressed me as | stepped to
the ground.
ais You the clerk of this kyar."
"l'm the conductor-what do
you wanti answered him.
II want TO go to Louisville on
this kyar,'
"'Well, get aboard told him.
He climbed the steps and knocked
on the door. When he had rap.
ped q second time some wag in.
side called out. come In ? There
were at least forty passengers in
the coach. He began ut the front
seat, shaking hands with every one
clear to the back end, and asking
each how do you dop and then
'how's your folksP OF course, it
was u regular circus for the other
passengers. He lived thirty miles
back in the mountains, and had
never been on the ears before.
When he stepped off the ears at
Louisville felt sorry for him.
"Well, left Kentucky soon af.
ter that and came to Illinois.
One day, four years ago, while on a
visit to Louisville, well dressed,
well to do looking man stopped
meOnthe street. lie had TO tell
me where | had seen him before
Would you believe it9 that green.
horn had developed into one ol
the first merchants of Louisville
and is to-day reputed to be worth
sl00,O 0."-Indianapolis Sentinel
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month.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.


High Mass at 10 O'Clock a. m. and yespsrs Il
-. m. hrst aud third sundays, caisrh,srn
every sunday at m, y q. Bohmert Pastor
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40 and Z plus lis
The numerals in Thomas Hen.
1901 and | plus 6 plus Is

1901 and | plus 6 plus lis
Each of the above contains one
5 and three ones, making each
again equal to S-which as sure as
fate will predominant, and as there
is but one A in Cleveland and one
in Thomas, the middle letter of
Hendricks's name undoubtedly
stands for Al, to which class both
candidates belong, aud they will
triumphantly carry the ship of
State into port next November.
In Grover and Thomas are six letters. each.
And IN Cleveland and Hendricks are nine,
Which suggest tha the MUSES. lesson would
teach,
When these figures we rightly combine
Eight years ago Il was seven t. Ell hit.
This wear u ., .iX plus nine,
But The last iilecn, IN happy to state,
WIN rebuke the weak aud time serving eight,
Which are found in the uppermost line
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16

Services Friday evenings at ~, and Saturday
mornings at l0h. J. Bogcn. Rabbi
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16

We Supreme Court.
w rms of Supreme Court-Com.
~ % the LIST Mondays of April
Ootober.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16

This list Of distances is procured
from the latest official surveys and
maps.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16

Cleveland sletiers Hendricks letters
IS Is
These two tifteens will be count.
cd in, aud they viii amount to
more than the fifteen of 1876,
which was divided and stood : to
s, and the S decided the matter
against Hendricks, but a qnadru.
pie s will rebuke them. thus:
The Roman numerals in Grover
Cleveland are
D=500
Cleo
. ps=l00
. VS. 10
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-16
The Fifteen Puzzle Worked Out.

IIew York Herald.l
Grover has leters Thomss has letters
Cleveland letters Hendricks letters
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acknowledgement and I'll other 10
tarial business attended to promptly sra
punctually. Idse . =
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-03-26
A. PLEA FOR PENSIONS.
Ex-Union Prisoners OF War Before the
House Committee on Invalid Pensions.


House Committee on Invalid Pensions.
A committee representing the National As
ISOLATION of ex-Union Prisoners of War app
peared before the house committee on invalid
pensions yesterday and urged tho passage OF
tho bill of Rep resentative Robinson, of Ohio,
TO grant pension Of 81 per month to the
union soldiers who were imprisoned from
two to six months in confederate prisons; So
to those who were imprisoned from six TO
twelve months, and 50 to those who were i'm i
prisoned twelve months or more, and also to
pay them 81 per day for each day they were
imprisoned.
In support of this proposition the repro.
sentativos Of the association maintained that
confinement in the rebel prisons impaired
their health, and thoy produced statistics
showing that the death rate of persons who
were so confined was $50 per 1000, while the
death rate in Now York was less than %
per 1000.
No action was taken by the committee, but
some Of the members express the belief that
bill pensioning union prisoners will be ia.
vorably considered.
Yesterday afternoon committee represent
ing seventy-fonr posts Of the G.. A. Il. of Massa.
chusotts appeared before tho committee and
urged the passage Of bill placing all union
soldiers of the lato war on tho pension rolf
at - per month. They said the soldiers wer,
most of them broken in health, and that the
men who would DO benefited by the legisla
ton asked for were those who were at tn,
front, and not on tho hospital records anC
that the government had plenty of money t.
do this