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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02

Especial to the Tlmes-Democaat.l
Baton Rouge, July q. - Gov.
McEnery has inclosed the follow
ing concurrent resolution Of the
General Assembly TO the Missis.
sippi River Commission, with a
request for favorable eonsidera-
ton:
Whereas, the navigation Of the
waters of the lower Mississippi is
rendered more hazardous and dan
gerous By the constant caving of
the banks, especially in the great
bends of the river; and
Whereas. the dangers of devas-
tating overflow and the cost Of
building levees are both greatly
increased by the constant caying
of the banks; and,
Whereas,it lies particularly with
in the power aud authority Of the
Mississippi River Commission to
put in execution any plan which
will prevent the caying of the
banks of the Mississippi River,
and thus i.sprove the navigation
of the was of said stream, and
at the same time lessen the dan
ger of overflow and decrease the
cost Of building aud maintaining
levees; therefore be it
Resolved by the General AS
eoulbly of the State Of Louisiana,
That The Mississippi River Com
nlasi0n, appointed under the au-
thority of the United States Gov
ernment, be and they are hereby
respectfully requested in the exer.
else of their discretionary powers
to devise and put in execution
some plan by which the caving OF
the banks of the lower Mississippi
will be prevented, especially in
the great bends of said stream,
aud thereby improve the naviga-
ton Of the waters Of said stream,
and at the. same time lessen the
danger Of overflow and decrease
the costs of building and maintains
ing levees.
Be 1t further resolved, That said
Mississippi River Commission be
and they are hereby requested To
put the said plan into execution,
both below and above the Red
River.
| Be 1t further resolved, That the
Governor of the State of Louisi
ana is requested to forward IA
each of the members of the Mis-
sissippi River Commission, and al
80 to the United States Secretary
Of War, a duly authenticated copy
Of this concurrent resolution.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02

Times Democrat.l

n
The statement of Surgeon Gen.
eral Hamilton, "that there is not
and has not been case Of either
cholera or yellow fever In the
United States,n and his reasons
for believing that this country
will eecape from both diseases,
will be read with interest by the
people everywhere.
The furry Of excitement attend
ant upon the publication of an al
legged case of yellow fever here
died out Immediately upon tho Off
c:al statement made by the Board
of Health, giving the result OF the
post mortcm aud microscopic ex-
animation; and this feeling OF
confidence will be strengthened BY
the statement Which we print in
our local columns this -morning
from DIR. Mainegra, to she effect
that he never, at any time. thought
that the case was one of yellow
fever, but agreed with DE-. Bailey in
thinking it hemorrhagic.
Commissioner General More
head telegrapbed Director Gen
eral Burke yesterday from Wash
iugton, d. G., that the yellow fever
scare was completely averted by
the prompt action Of the authori'
ties here.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02
WhoopIug-Couxh.

DR.. J. Coopreider, Of Taylors-
Vile, Ind, writes to the Canada
Medical Record that he has used
the fluid extract OF Chestnut leaves
With great success. He says "The
dose Employed is from fifteen to
sixty drops according TO age. II
the child is large enough, give II
In hot water ~ an infusion, sweet.
eued; to o small child simple ayr-
up or elixir. 1t not only relieves
or lIghtens thcparoxysms, but VII!
actually cure In from four to hsc
days. l give four to six doses per
day, according to the severity Of
the case. If good fresh leaves
can be procured, I make the iufu-
sion as a tea, say two drachms Of
the leaves to half q pint Of boiling
water, and give two ounces at q
dose, swectencd with white su
gar.p We give the authority fol
the above remedy, hoping II may
be depended upon as a relief to q
| least some of the many afflicted
innocent5 IN this community ant
elsewhere. The Chestnut Is on
Of our forest growths now In ful
foliage.-Exchange.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02
4 snsRs Drives a tow 70 Death

On Tuesday lasE a Forests
ranch, mean eieaos, enc Of ihe
hands noticed : eos -hnreine ID.
riously at a thicket. IN ias4sti.
cation showed that the animal VA
fighting a big black snake and try.
ing TO stamp II TO death with her
fore feet. The thicket was an iso-
lated clump Of sagebrush and the
snake did not seem disposed to
leave it and trust its life in the
open country. Finally, the COW
lowered her head aud attempted
to impale the snake on her horns.
In an instant the snake sprang on
TO the cows head and rapidly coil
ed itself about her horns. The
COW stood dazed for an instant
and then set of ON run, occa-
sionally kneeling TO rub her head
against the ground, but she was
unable to rid herself of her enemy.
She again sought the sagehrush
and tried to brush the incubus of,
but the snake only coiled itself
the tighter aud refused to be dis.
lodged.
The COW seemed finally to real.
ize that all her efforts were use
less, and, altering a terrible bel
low, set OF at full gallop. The
hands made an effort to follow her
and turn her back, but In her fran
tic flight she outstripped the
horses, and when cornered would
charge everything in sight. Oeca
sionally the snake would half un
twist itself and its head would plaA
before the cows eyes. On these oc
casions the poor animal would bel
low with terror, aud sometimes 6,
fifty yards backward to escape
For three hours she ran wildly
about the fields, with the foam and
blood flying from her lips and
sweat streaming from her sides
The rest of the hired hep tried tt
throw q lasso over her horns, but
could not get near enough, and a
nally the poor brute dropped from
sheer exhaustion and painted onI
her life. The snake was ilnmedi
ately dispatched, and was D black
snake Ave feet long. The COW
was valued ut 800.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02

"Doyou remember Joe Grimes ~
inquired Fitzgoober at dinner.
aWho, that old scar.faced mon-
key that used to hing around you
SO much ~ asked Mrs. Fitz.
"Yes, the same man." replied
Fitz, ''hc has returned to the city
to stay.v
"The hateful wretch. wish he
could have stayed away; he had
an old wart on his jaw that always
made me sick to look at; you say
he's come back to livep
9Yes; he went West, yon remem-
her, and has made half a million
dollars; he has bought the finest
mansion IN the city, and is"
"Oh, Fitz," broke In the lady,
do bring him with you to tea this
evening; | will be SO delighted to
see him again. ~ Exchange.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02

IYaxoo City Herald.l

1Mo0 Olty Heruiu.
In o short time our people will
begin to reap the benefits derived
from railroads built last year.
Before many moons are past trains
will be running regularly from
Memphis to New Orleans, disclos.
ing the richest country In the Unit.
ed States. The Canton, Aberdeen
& Nashville Is already IN opera
ton opening up tho central por'
ton Of the State; the New Orleans
and Northeastern passes through
ono Of the finest pine sections In
the world and our branch road Of
the Illinois Central has already
proved a blessing. tits merely q
question of time when our whole
State will be crossed by railroads
as are llllnOlS, ONO ana Otnei
Wesrern States. What our State
will then become opens up a ques
tion for conjecture. One thing Il
certain, that y bright future openi
up before us. Our country, mucl
Of which Is now lying out, will bs
cultivated, towns and cities will
spring up and expand, manufacto
ries will be built and Mississippi
will become indeed the favored re
gion that her magnificent soil, fiu'
climate and bospitable people
should have long since made her
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02
The confsasssls fassn.



Among the first Confederate
troops that went out from Arkan-
sas was Parson Geesmore, who
enlisted as Chaplain. He was a
devout Christian, aud his prayers
were regarded by the men as ut.
teranees from q higher power.
Just before the battle of Jenkins
Ferry the old man, in a sermon,
said:
any dear boys, | have decided
to go into the next fight with you.
| don't think a man can properly
preach about the sensations Of
war unless he has experienced the
feeling of going into battle. Now,
the next fight in which we engage
shall have me numbered among its
papticipants.n
The old gentleman rode a large
gray horse, and when preparations
for the battle of Jenkia's Ferry
were being made he appeared on
his snowy charger. Some Of the
officers begged him to keep out OF
danger, but with an expression Of
heroism he replied that he would
engage in the battle. The first ar
tilery fire from the enemy shot the
horse from under the old gentle
man, and by the time he settled
himself on his feet u bullet came
along and took on one Of his fin.
gers. He attempted TO be calm,
but just then ball carried away
his right thumb, aud, wheeling
around, the old man struck do
termined trot for tho rear.
"Hold on, Parson y called some
one.
"Hold on, h-w he replied. "Ask
a man to hold on, when the whole
d. universe Ia shooting at him
Take care Of your body, and the
Lord will take care Of your soul.'
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02

Yesterday evening about 2
o'clock as Mr.. J. J. Fouche was
walking to his home about one
mile from Yazoo City, as he ap.
preached about one hundred and
fifty yards of bis house q negro
came up behind him, threw a bag
around bis neck and dragged him
TO a hollow near by. Mr.. Fouche
was powerless to resist. He was
robbed Of fifteen dollars, sIOO in
coupons Of U. s. bonds and valu.
able papers. Dir. Fouche failed to
identity the negro. = Yazoo City
Herald.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02

A New York dispatch says 1t Is
rumored, and is undoubtedly true,
that the Postal, Bankers and Mer-
chants and the Baltimore and
Ohio Telegraph Company have
agreed to form a pool. The pool
will continue twenty FIVE years.
This new combination win be a
formidable rival to the Western
Union, as its lines win reach all
the important cities of the United
States. Its lines will soon be com
pletad throughout the South, and
1t will enter into active competi
ton With the Western Union fol
mercantile aud press business
There should be competition n
the telegraph business as IN ey
erytbine else. ds It il the West
err Union has ! complete monpo
+ aud tho public arc az itu mercy
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02
fRockland Courier.l

The chief difficulty about wo'
man doctor is, that If she was sud
denly called to attend to man
who had fallen down a shaft. and
they told her he vas a young man
and unmarried, she would stop 30
long to fix her crilnps that the man
would be liable to die from the
violence of commissions.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02
LeapIng @ Death.
saisiass shs Choose WzzAingtsn Maasnsas
/. their Bass sf Operations.


Washington Republican,
Several queer incidents have oc-
CURED on top Of the great Wash
ingtoa Monument. On one oeea-
sion q gaunt and hungry cat as
cended the winding stairs to the
summit. 1t probably took her
twenty.four hours to make the
ascent. Upon reaching the top,
she lookeded wildly about for q
moment, and probably becoming
frightened at the workmen and the
noise they made she ran to the
edge and sprang of. During the
descent the poor animal turned
rapidly ike a whirligig, but landed
ON the ground on all fours. Re-
markable as il may seem, the cat
was not killed by the fall. but after
collecting her senses for a minute
she started to run away. A large
dog espied her at this juncture,
and quickly killed the feline hero
| inc of the greatest arial trip on re-
cor3. LHst soasea Eve rate climb
A - Ma nir{re ~ the ton A. n E
1eRsnk times u ~ tho ornnbs
from ~ workmcn's lunches. The
men chased them around In each
instance until they sprang OF.
These little animals were not so
lucky as the cat. They were
crushed into shapeless masses BY
the fall. During the summer
thousands of wasps dy to the top
and build their nests among the
iron girders. A flock of pigeons
from the city have also discovered
that a point 434 feet above the
habitations Of man is pretty safe
place to roost at night. They fly
up to the top at twilight, after the
men have stopped work, and re.
main ON the iron framework until
daylight.
One Of the stone masons told
the reporter that the summit Of
the monument is a terrible place
to be during a thunderstorm. He
had seen the lightning flashing
about, above and below him, while
the thunder peals almost knocked
him from his feet. "I've seen,n
he said, "a great fash Of lightning
blaze and cracklo among the iron
work above my head. aud then
follow tho girders through the In
side to the ground, brilliantly illu'
minating the dark interior for al
instant and filing the ar with Q
Y strong sulphurous smell"
The Washington Monumsnt vii
be t6s 1|1oot work Of man to b
found n ~ world. Itkea reach
cd a height Of over 43i fSct nax
the enormous weight Of 0o,0(k
tons. The highest point reached
by man so far Is the spire Of thu
Cathedral ut Cologne, which Il
500 feet high, and was completed II
1882. The Washington Monument
will be sos feet high when compile
ted. The tallest Of the great pyr
amids is only $50 feet in height
The monument will be capped will
a pyramid peak fifty-hve feet high
Visitors will be allowed to lool
through large windows on each 0
the four sides 800 feet from th'
pround.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02
No Money but Lots Of Fun.

In the early days Of Virginia
City there was a run on q bank,
but before the depositors had time
to draw out much the institution
closed it's doors and announced a
suspension. An indignant crowd
assembled, all armed and excited,
and the proposition of miner to
run a tunnel under the bank and
blow It up was eagerly caught at.
Shovels and picks were being
used, and gunpowder had been
sent for, when along came an indi.
vidual who observed:
aGentlemen, don't you do it.'
"Why ~ asked a score Of voices.
"For two reasons. First, this
building will make q good poker
room, and second, the president
Of the bank Is on the inside. II
you blow him up we can't lynch
him."
The crowd desisted, and at the
end Of two hours their patience
was rewarded. They got hold Of
the president and had fun with
him for half an hour before be
choked to death. = Wall Street
News.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02


Fifty years ago, when Missouri
was but sparsely settled, II was a
work of no small difficulty to get
q jury together, especially as the
inhabitants were notoriously disin'
clined to the pleasure of litigation.
The court had been forced to ad-
journ many times from day to day
because the sheriff as often came
in aud reported an incomplete
panel. Finally this came TO Q
crisis. The judge fixed a day,after
which no further forbearance
could be exercised. When that
day arrived the enthusiastic sher
iff rushed into the courtroom and
exclaimed:
"It's all right, Your Honor, we'll
have the jury by twelve o'clock
I've got eleven Of 'em locked up
in q barn and we are running the
twelfth with dogs"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02

el.lss number the astounding esti-
alase 81 100, ten per cent Of which
hzft been women!
= 1878 lawson Cotton and -
Iaia name is not mentioned any.
var we're hung in the Courthouse
yard ca the identical spot where
DE gallows now stands. Cotton
lived on Deer Greek, and was
drunk, and a woman drove 4 dog
ont of her. house with a broom,
vhereupon Cotton got his shot
ehn and shot her down. The 9TH
II. whose name is not recalled, re-
'siding in town was employed in
cutting wood beyond the McIlvane
place some three miles distant.
Having a difficulty with the ne
eroes in quarters, he walked half
4 mile out Of his road in returning
home 10 ayoid them; the king bee
OF ihe qnarters headed him of
with . butcher knife, and on the
meeting etter stepping backwards,
took his ~ frsm his shoulder and
slrnck u oId NAN who was ad-
yancins on hin. Al the trial the
Witnesses an svore that <Ee pris;
oner headed of the IA unu. Aud
with Lawson Cotton lie dropped
through the trap into eternity.
The next aud last legal murder
prior to the miserable performance
of yesterday was that of Andrew
Trey, a tall black fellow of about
80 years OF age. He was hung in
10 or 'S0. Had been living with q
young woman who was mother ia
his infant child, and becoming jeal
Gus was correspondingly cruel and
abusive, after giving her a usual
dose Of beating she sought shelter
in a neighbours house, and while
sitting on the end of a trunk mrs
ing her infant he brutally demand
ed that she should return home
and cook supper for him. On hel
refusal he drew pistol and shot
her through the head, blowing heI
brains out and in falling killed the
child. He escaped from Jail after
sentence and hied himself to Tho
uttermost confines of Pine Bluff
about 100 miles distant. Capt
Hunt, the efficient Sheriff, learning
of his whereabouts sent an efficient
deputy. He was resenteuced ant
duly hung according to hoyle.
There is a moral that the Posts
readers may draw for themselves
Without expressing an opinion al
to capital punishment, it is saf'
ground to suppose the people wh'
| will comprise tIle populsee Of th'
nQrld in o tn Qopond sears fren
wow win lack U1ck On our d.
J uIth amazed wonder, that peopl'
n6< only murdered each other, bu
Tint the commonwealth engaged
in IL lofrid practice.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02

CIRCUIT corRT-

81 eounfy-HeEins on the Isl
nf March and October, and nay
! s judicial daya
|.ha eouniy-Beglns on The md
of March and October, and maF
E 2 judicial days.
= county-Beglns on the dlh
Z of March and October, and may
8 Il judicial days.
zNer county-Begin on the md
after the 4lh Monday Of March
|eber. and nnay continue L ju-
<Fs.
Eena eounty-Begins on the 9Th
amer the ith monday Of March
|6ber, and may continue z Judi
bgton county-Besins on the
Day after the ith monday of
hd October, and may continue 30
Days.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02

A committee, of which NJ. de
Lesseps was chairman, was ap-
pointed By the French Academy
to investigate the claims OF Claude,
Marquis de Joufrroy. Of having
been the inventor of steamboats,.
The conclusion arrived at was,
that while PapIn, according to the
French tradition, conceived the
idea of applying steam as a motive
power to navigation. the practical
application Of that idea was drst
realized by the Marquis dc Juoff.
roy. In 1850, 1t is alleged, he built
a boat 40 feet long, which steam.
ed up the river Saone at the rate
Of two leagues an hour. This was
called a pyrosaph, . term which
still survives in the Italian Ian.
guage.-Exchange.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02

AT a party a few evenings ago,
when the ladies' and gentlemen
were telling what they would like
best, one young lady remarked
that she would prefer being an op
portunity. She was asked why b.
many, and naively replied: aBe
cause the young men are so font
of embracing m opportuniiSsn--
Fall River Advance.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02

my daughter, you ought to
have some aim IN life,v said a Bur.
lington father to his thou1htIess
sixteeu-year old. "Oh, | am going
to. papar' was the enthusiastic
reply. Il have got my beau al.
ready n
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02

The Philadelphia Call suggests
that ''if Darwin thought the tails
dropped OF Of mankind because
they had no further use for them,
he never saw bald-headed print
er fctting type IN i'y-timcp
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02

A Syndicate of Northern and
Western capitalists has been form
ed with capital of 81 1000, 900 for
developing and working the mar
BILE quarries around Tate Station,
near Jasper, Ga. The marble lies
as rule from two to eight feet
below the surface. Excavations
have been made in score Of pla-
ces, and everywhere, without ex-
ception, solid marble wac struck.
A hole was drilled In the marble
and a blast put in 1t. The explo-
sion always showed that the bed
Of marble was solid and deep.
Several creeks ran through the
valley aud ran over solid marble
all the way. With the machinery
already pnt up at cost Of $4,000,
the company are cutting out and
saving 300 cubic feet per day. Il
expects to have running next year
ten or twelve engines aud 800 men
at work. General Mcdonald, Of
Georgia, says the quarries which
he visited in company with Seua-
tor Joe Brown aud other State
officials, Saturday last, we're q rev.
elation to him. Times Democrat.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02

Preaching vt II m. and y H. every sunsla,
Communion Isl Sunday 10 February. May. Au-
gust aud November Prayers meeting every
Wednesday night. Archer raslor. SUNDAY
school At0k Sam. Brown sup
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02
cHANCERY COURT.

ena county-Begins on the lst
Df April and October, and may
6 judicial days.
ngton county-Begins on the ri
bf April and October, and may
Is judicial days.
3 eounty-Begins on the lst Non
BY and November, and may con-
judicial days.
INA county-Begihs on the Sd
Of Nay and November, and may
E y judicial days.
bwer county-Begins on the Isl
of June and December, and may
b 6 judicial days.
ley county Begins on the 2nd
of June and December, and may
E 6 judicial days.
ar meetings are held by the
+ Supervisors as follows: Bien-
et Monday Of january TO elect
Commissioners. Annually first
Of March, TO receive Tax-Collec.
orts Of delinquent and insolveni
Monday of August to receive and
ION the Assessment Roll 1st non,
September to levy taxes; and OF
day next succeeding each term O
. Court.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02
The Irish In Line.
jackson LEDGER


A large Cleveland & Hendricks
ratification meeting was held at st.
Mary's, Kansas, on the 10th inst.
Peter O'Conner. mayor of the city
was chairman. The following res
olution was adopted:
Resolved, That the Irish-Ameri-
can citizens represented in this
ratification meeting having seen II
intimated in the Republican papers
tIlat the Irish are opposed to Gro
yer Cleveland and in favor Of Jas.
O. B'sinc, we take this method Of
resenting the Insult by pledging
ourselves 10 use every honest en-
deavor to elect Grover Cleveland
aud me Den,oc ticket, aud we
say we are unalterably opposed to
the Endorsement of Minister Lowell
by j. G. Blaiie, to his Mulligan
method, and to his chief marshal
Star Route EIkins.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-08-02

Regular morning service at II .. m. E,eninr
ssitiee D.. m. every sunday. Communion
hrsf sunday In each month. D. Il Eam-rv
Hector. -sAhhath-aehool nls. i3 . m J IA.
Moore superintendent.