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The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28
The Keifer- -soynton Inyestiga-
tiOn.

Those who were present the other day
in the Committee on Post Offices and
Post Roads, of the House of represent
ntives, where the investigation of the
charges made by ex Speaker Keifer
against General Boynton, the noted
correspondent, was to be made by
special committee under the Chairman
ship of Hon. James H. Hopkins, of
Pennsylvania, were thoroughly dlsgustN
ed hy the cripging manners OF the ex>
Speaker, aud his pitiful begging for time
in which plea he was aided 10y prom
inent and eloquent attorney, Mr.. Cole
man Having charged Gen Boynton
with attempting to brbe him, and hay,
ing been notified some days before of
the peDdeucy of the investigation, he
should have been ready at the appointed
time to make good his charges. On the
other hand, Boynton who is small
enough in size to be swallowed as a ram
rod by Keller, was on hand rendy and
eager for she investigation, defiant and
insisting upon the committee proceed
ing with its work, and greatly disap
pointed when it voted postponement
from Saturday to Wednesday.
A curious and damning feature of this
afflir is comprised in the allegation that
the two hundred and forty pound, Kelf
er, should be cognizant of an attempt to
bribe him while incumbent of the Speak
trship OF the House of Representatives,
the third if not the second power III
the United States-by II little club OF II
!. man not weighing more than hundred
and twenty five pounds, and not strong
enough to lift Il good sized sledge ham
mer, without being moved by conscious
virtue and righteous indignation to kick
him out Of his room. Another ug y
feature is comprised in the fact that he
kept the secret Of the attempt at bribery
smothered III his expansive breast until
long after its alleged occurrence, aud only
"told his tale Of woe" when it became
necessary TO break down Gen, Boyuton' =
evidence i'll regard to his maladministrt~
ton OF great trust. Then again, it
, was Boynton who demanded an invest1-
CATION of the aifsir, not Keifer; and
Keller who plead for the grace Of post
ponement, not Boynton.
The very suggestion that Keifer is
Republican leader, ana fair represen.
tative of the party, makes the "veragt
Republican go down into his vest fol
''cuss words" and yet they elected him
Speaker when they controlled the House
and expressed their confidence and APP
probation of his course when in Decem
Der they gave him the compliment o
their caucus nomination.
They cannot disown their bantling o.
blot out the record of recent endorse
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28
The Late Benjamin King of
C0piah.

Hon. Benjamin King, of Copiah
county, who has been in low state Of
health for many months, died at his
residence in the town Of Beauregard
on Wednesday the 18Th inst Gen.
King was native Of this connty,and
"a thoroughly self made man, occupy
ing high position in political and
legal circles. For many years n
member of the Legislature, his name
was prominently identified with the
legislation of his era, and it was main
ly through his efforts and that of
Hon. Frank McGee that the com
promise was effected between the
State and the old railroads involving
their ante betlmm debts, by means of
which legislation that seemed almost
interminable was brought to an end
and the railroads upon a fixed basis
of taxation, made annual contributors
to a handsome extent to the Treasu-
ries of tie various counties along
their lines
Though for the greater portion cf
his mature life he was prominent
leader OF the Democratic party,he in
the last State canvass accepted NOM
nation for Governor upon the In
dependent ticket,and made a strong
or run for the Office than any other
man in the Commonwealth could
have done in opposition to the Dem
ocratic nominee. He was about six y
years of age, and had led busy en- :
ergetic life, and we are glad to know
had accumulated without taint OF
suspicion, handsome competency
for those who are left to mourn him
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28

c, NGRsss on Friday passed q JOINT
resolution apptopraunE an addi~
lonal ,Wu hundred Thousand dollats
for The relief of he flood sufferers in
the OhiJ valley, making half mi-
hon dollars in all voled iu this be
half This money is only for the re
lief of the immediate wants If HE
people-to provide food for the hum
CRY, cIolhing for those who need it,
fuel for the cold and shelter for tie
houseless. The Losses that cannot
be supplied by any public or private
aid are enormous, soaring high
among the millions.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28

THE Republicans in Missouri are
endeavoring to harmonize, but they
can't do it. There are not Federal
offices enough to go round. Gen.
W. f. Fitzgerald of Vicksburg hit
the nail on the head when he told
Senator Logan that "Federal patron
age was the death OF the Republican
party in the South" The leaders
will never harmonize except on the
basis of an equal division of spolls,
and as they cannot get the State
County and Municipal Offices the
Federal patronage affords a continu-
Gus source of strife.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28

Judge Thomau, OF ONO, the Dem
ocratic member of the Civil Ssrvce
Commission, has reported to that
body the discovery Of recent at
tempt to levy political assessments
upon the Indiana employees in the
Post Office, Treasury and Interior
Departments, by the sarreptitious
distribution of circulars among them
through the agency of W. S Odell,
who represents the Republican State
Central Committee of the HoosieI
State.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28
Where the Fire is Out.
Magic No More "a Mystery-seen
E,.nx,, A own,a fs,a vNNpsh

''Haroun of Aleppo" said Sir Philip Deryal
had mastered every secret in nature which the
nobler magic seeks to fathOm He discovered
that the true art of healing is to assist Nature
to throw off the disease--to summon, as it were,
the whole system to eject the enemy that has
fastened on part. His processes all included
the reinvigoration of the principle of life"
In this che Eastern sage merely anticipated
the practice of the best physicians Of to-day.
What life itself is, nobody knew then--nohody
knows now. But we have learned something OF
the reasons why the mysterious tide rises and
falls. Provided the great organs of the body
are not irreparably destroyed, medical science
can always relieve, and often save. Yet no re
putable yscian now adheres to the barharOus
and stupid processes ofdepetion, such as bleed
ing, by which ii was attempted TO cure disease
by reducing the patients ability to resist it..
Now-a days we do not tear down the fort to help
the garrson--we strengthen it.
In this intelligent and beneilcent work it is
conceded that PARKER STONiCl leads all other
medicines As an invigOrant 1t acts immediate
ly and powerfully upon the circulation and the
organs of digestion, thus giving Nature the as
sistance she call for. 1t follows that all all
ments OF the stomach, kidneys and liver are at
once relieved or cured. No othet paration
ambodies the same qualities or produces similar
results II is delicious to use, and the best
known nanti-intoxlcant. Price soc and$i. HIsco&
& Co.. New York
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28

A convention of the wool growers
of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska,
Wyoming, New Mexico and Texas is
called to assemble at Denver on the
18th of March. to protest against any
further reduction of the wool tariff
and to insist upon the restoration of
the duty upon wool to the standard
OF 1882,
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28

LATE telegrams from Rome con-
tradict the accepted report that six
cardinals, including one for the Uni
ted States, are to be created by the
consistory to be held in March. Only
the Patriarch of Lisbon and the Arch
Bishop of Naples will receive the
Cardinal hats.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28

Krupp, the great German cannon
founder, is said to have turned ou,
over twenty thousand Of the noted
guns that bear his name H is re-
ported TO have laid by for rainy
day the neat little sum Of forty mil
lions Of dollars.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28

The Mexican Central Railroad will
be completed by March 18th, which
will give a through railroad connec-
ton from the Missouri river to the
city Of Mexico.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28

m literary people are making
another strong fight for the adop
tion of an international copyrigh
system, As usual it is being anlsg.
oniz 4 by the American publisher.
who cling teuociously to their an
cient privilege Of piratiug upon the
brains aud scholarship Of The whole
world.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28

We understand that the post Office
Department bos awarded the follow
mg mail contracts in this portion OF
!he Safe, for the term commanding
July 1st 1854
Route 16,216, Wes; Point to Vim
toni. J. Campbell, at SI12 pei
annuul.
Route 1928, West Point tc
Wavorly--B H. Trotter, at $229
Route 1928, West Point to Mont-
pelier-E, NJ, Hurst, at $685..
Route IS 225, Starkyile to Walthal
c. c. Moore, at 5000.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28

Thadeu, Avery, OF Kingston, NV
York, procured a divorce last week
by cutting he throat OF hi oor
wife, Aoother case, Wa supp e, Of
oi "smotiopai Insanity.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28

The Chicago News, referring to
the Logan boom, says: ut would
not surprise us at all to hear that
Chester A. Arthur had declared for
John A. Logan for President"
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28

In France and Italy the hogs are
to large extent fattened upon
olives, while in this country they are
boiled down to supply the "olive OIL
that is general sold by our grocers
aud druggists.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28

The Government purchased $780,
600 ounces of silver last week for the
use of the mints at New Orleans,
Philadelphia and San Francisco.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28

John Sherman's national bank
scheme received but seven votes out
of orty-nine in the Senate last week.
That looks as if the discoyerer and
chronicIer Of Eliza Pinkston was los
ing cast as great hnancjern A
few more efforts Of that kiud and he
will be altogether forgotten by the
Chicago Convention.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28

THE grunt of the American hog
may yet disturb the serenity Of the
relations that have existed between
this country and France and Ger
many, Those nations have forbidden
the importation of American pork ON
sanitary grounds, alleging that the
American meat is affected with
triehaena and otherwise impure. Tn
der these circumstancesIit is folly to
speak of any retaliation that is not
based upon the same sanitary plea.
70 close our ports to any German or
French product or manufacture simP-
ly by way Of retaliation, would lie to
invoke further restrictions upon our
commerce upon their part, and at the
same time to deny to foreign nations
the rights of sanitary and quarantine
legislation and regulations that we
iealously claim for ourselves.
We will have to prove the purity
Of our exported meats and trust to
Europe's sense of justice, for we can
not buldoze our trans Atlantic cousins
If we choose to initiate their ex
ample and shut out all impure OF
adulterated goods, they cannot grum.
( bic, but we must not discriminate
against those countries in spirit Q.
reckless retaliation.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28
RAILROAD SUPERVISION.

roe, has introduced the following
Joint resolution in the State Senate,
providing for constitutional amend
ment covering the railroad superyis-
ion subject, and submitting the mat
ter to an actual vote of the people.
The adoption of the resolution would
relieve the Legislature from further
action in regaad to that matter, at
least for the present, and place it
where it properly belongs entirely
with the people-whom the dema-
gogues are so wont to claim and as
sert are clamoring for supervision,
with all its blessings or evils, as the
case may be. Here is the resolution
Mr.. Reynolds-A Joint Resolution
to submit to the people of the State
a constitutional amendment in refer
ence to railroad supervision.
Be it resolved by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, two-tbirds
of each House agreeing thereto, Tat
it be and is hereby proposed to the
electors of this State to vote at the
next general election upon the APP
proval or rejection Of the following
amendment as an additional section
to article l2 of the constitution OF the
State of Mississippi, to-wit:
The Legislature shall have power
to appoint, commissioners to supervise
railroad corporations and to fix and
regulate their rates and to authorize
them to make such rules and regu-
lations as said commissioners may
deem necessary.
The Legislature shall by appro-
pirate legislation put this amendment
into effect the first session of the
Legislature after the adoption of this
amendment by vote of the people.
The New York Times and the
Chicago Tribune, two of the ablest
Republican journals in the county,
are persistently advising the Demo
cratic party to stand firm for free
trade. The London Times and other
British journals give the Democracy
similar counsel. = AemphiS Aoa
Ianche,
1t may be remarked that the lead
ing Republican journals of the whole
country are clamorous for the Dem
ocratic party to adopt the slogan o
free trade. They are pursuing very
much the same line of policy outlined
in the pathetic and tragical poem o
the "spider and the fly" but the
Democratic party WILDE wise enough
to avoid the web even though it
gossamer strands CLEAN like tempt
ing silver, in the sun shine.
They are anxious to en-mesh us il
this free trade net, and bring dowI
the wrath of the entire manufactur
ing population Of the North, Yves
and East upon US, and then they viii
wave US a fond good bye and fal
into the ranks of our startled adver
saries.
These people propose to supper
the Republican nominee for the Presi
dency regardless of the character o
phraseology of the Chicago platform
or the pedigree or antecedents of th
Chicago nominee, but they are will
ing to stand a good deal Of free trad
talk and conduct from their Demo
cratic friends upon the same basis {
resignation that characterizes the ma
who bears the burden of bile wor
by another fellow.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28

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The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28
TORPID BOWELS,
DlSOR o Erred LIVE
and MALARIA

FNm these sources arise three. .fo11rths ri
the diseases OF the human race These
symptoms Indicate their existence Loss OF
Appetite, HsweIs costive, Sick Wead~
ache, fullacss aztec eating, aversion 10
exertion Of body OK mind, IsfucsetiOa
Of food, IrritabiIity OF temper, Low
spirits, a feeling Of having neglected
aoEne daty, Dizziness, Flute ring at the
Heart, Dots before the eyes, highly coll
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with dnilY work and are q nnrfect
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28

Wendell Phillips left fortune OF
a ouarter Of a million OF dollars
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28
ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA


HE FEELS LIKE A NEW MAN.
81 have had Dyspepsia, with Constipa-
fon, two years, and have tried ten different
kinds of pills, and TUTT'S are the first
tbas have done me any good. They have
cleaned me out nicely. My appetite is
splendid, food digests readily. and now
have natural passages. l feel like new
man." W..D. EDWARDS, Palmyra, O.
Eoldevsrywhero, ,2Jc. Office, "A Murray st. NY.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-28
The Panama mai.

While our people have been en-
gagged in prohtless discussion as to
the bearing of the Monroe doctrine
in the matter of Central American
enterprises undertaken by European
capitalists; and while the "big Ikes"
have sneeringly disregarded the cir
culars and bulletins of the little
French Count, DeLeseppes, the canal
buildes have been quietly and un-
ostentatiously collecting men, stores,
tools and machinery upon the Isthmus
of Panama, and working away like
beavers, until now it Is announced
that the value of the machinery alone
employed on the work exceeds fifteen
millions of dollars, and the excava-
ton and dyking has progressed SO
far that the engineers in charge are
confident of being able to throw the
canal open to the world by the lst Of
January, 1888, Every engineering
difficulty has been met and surmount-
ed, and the finishing of TIE work is
simply question Of dollars and time.
The effect Of the completion Of this
work will be to reduce rail road
freights between the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts Of the United States
enormously on account of cheap water
competition, and to unite New Or
leans aud San Francisco by swift
lines Of steamers that will complete
the connection by water of the Mis-
sissippi river with the Sandwich Is
lands, China, and the Pacific States
Of South America in addition to the
entire Western coast Of Mexico, Ore
gon and the Territories Of the far
North.
The Southern States upon the Gulf
coast will profit more than all the
rest of the world from the success OF
this great enterprise, and its prospect
of early completion will do more than
all else to vitalize the project Of cut
ting ship canal through the penin-
sula of Florida. The American cities
Of the Eastern sea board can only
hope to compete with New Orlean,
for this new and immense commerce
by obtaining short and safe connec-
ton with the cities now upon the
Gulf coast and others that will soon
spring up,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-16

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 16.-Charles
Pearce, employed in the plate department of
the Cleveland rolling mills, lives in COM
Portable home at the corner of Woodland
Hills avenue and Haddock street. Sunday
night he was at home reading a newspaper
His wife came homo from church, and as she
passed the front porch to go to the side en-
trance, she inhaled the odor of kerosene
She told her husband, and an investigation
resulted in the discovery of IA door-mat
saturated with coal oil in such a quantity
that the oil bad run down the length of
the porch. No oths- part of the house had
Seen intruded upon. Nailed to a column sup
porting the roof of the porch was found &
letter, which was as follows:
Charley Pearce, you are commanded to
leave this house and this city Immediately or
will burn down the place and blow out
your brains You will not he tolerated here
any longer. If you do not heed this warn
ing you and your family will perish.
Mr.. and Mrs Pearce were much fright
ened and Immediately notified the South Pre-
cinct police The officers are now investi
eating the affair and refuse to talk on the
Gubiact
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-16
DUE TO SCANDAL-MCNGERS.
E'sa4. Trouble Between Nr. and Nrs
Fred Massey.

Fred Massey.
CINCINNATI, April l6.-The News-JOurnal
has special from Columbus referring to the
Musscy separation, which says: The publica-
ton made in this city and Cincinnati Of
reported trouble between Mr. ami Mrs.
Fred MusseY contains Il diminutive grain
of fact and a vast amount Of ex-
aggeration AMI fiction. A very ordinary
dispute between a gentleman and his wife
having leaked ont has been seiz3i upon and
blown into a great social sensation, which
may possibly now result in their permanent
separation and divorce proceedings
The friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mussey
here, especially those of the Journalistic
guild have been in possession Of
all the facts connected with their do
mestic discord for weeks, and, both fearing
that the matter might be seized upon by some
scandal-monger Of the press, asked the jour
naliStS not to make it a matter of public
uotoriety. Two papers, each giving as a
pretext that twas afraid the other would
print it, gave free rein to their fancy, and
embelished the story so as 10 make a lively
sensation Of it.
One of Mr.. Halls allegations is that MIR.
MusSey would not accompany his wife to
balls parties. places of amusement, and
social gatherings. This is largely true for
Mr.. Mussey, at the time Of his marriage,
had passed that age when man delights in
the Tighter phases of life. Mrs. Mus
sey was of a bright and vivacious
temperament and fond of social enjoy
ment-not morbidly so, but to tho extent
that any ligAthearted and merry girl would
naturally be. Herein was the chief if not the
only incompatibility between the two and
this, it is presumed, remotely led to tenn
porary eStrangement, of which the world
should never have been apprised, and which
would have removed itself at no distant day
had not public scandal arisen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-16
TEIEGRAPHTC.
BO0MS AND THINGS.
Political Gossip from Various Parts
of the Country.
Comment on TiIden. Blaine and Other
Leaders, The Recent Visit
to the Sage---Note of
the Campaign.

CINCINNATI, April 16.-The Enquirer's
Washington special says: Mr.. James E.
Harvey, ex-mlnister to Portugal and pri-
Illinois, says if Tilden is nominated and
elected president he will present sorry spec
tacle in the White House, and will be run by
John Bigelow and Green who are always
with him. Still he thinks if he is nominated
he will be elected. He added: "lf Payne
were ten years younger he would in all re-
spects be the best equipped candidate for the
presidency whom the Democrats could nom
mate" He thinks, too, if Payne is rom-
mated he will be elected.
Speaking of Blaine, Mr.. Harvey said he
thought he would fail again as the Repub-
hcan nominee; that the field would combine
against him and defeat him. "The field,
though he said, has got to be universally
active, or Blaine will be stronger than all
the opposition which can be arTayed against
him."
On Saturday Blaine took drive with Col.
Montgomery, of Oregon, who married in st.
Louis, and who has a good deal of influence
in Missouri. Montgomery, who was with
the correspondent at Wizards when Blaine
called for him, said:
"Blaine win be nominated, in my judg-
ment, on the first ballot. On the first ballot
at Chicago in 1880 he had 2S4 votes. Then
he had but nine votes in Ohio; l give him
thirty now; but seventeen votes in New
York, whereas now he will have forty; and
but twenty three votes in Pennsylvania, as
against fifty-five sure he will have al
Chicago