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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
A Report and Suggestion from Gen.
Miles.

LEAvENwoRTH, KS, Sept. 29-Gen.
Miles. commander of the military
department of Missouri, in his report
to the acknowledgement of the army
says:
"Before the late trouble New Mexico
| was a pandemonium, the haunt Of
Sutlaws, with Indians crowded
into bad camps, but the control of the
military has stopped the issbing Of
1900 more rations than the Indians
needed, saved 81, 900 a year to the gov
eminent and driven off the outlaws.
The Territory is a block in the path of
civilization and perpetuates barbarism,
costing hundreds of thousands of dol.
lars to maintain between 10000 aad
$4,000 people. 1t is capable of sup
porting many millions of white peo-
pie, and Ought to be opened to settle
ment, with land enough reserved to
the Indians to give a farm to each.
They can be made self-supporting."
He urges the carrying out substan-
TALLY of all promises to the Indians.
The report concludes with a recon-
mendation that private soldiers be dis
charged after five years with the rank
of second lieutenant, provided they
pass a rigid examination.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
A GOOD DAYS WORK.

The Cincinnati Enquirer has done a
good days work in revivlng and print
ing a fac smile letter of M. Halstead,
written February 10, 1868, to Mr..
Chase, the Secretary of the United
States Treasury. We print the con.
tents of the letter, that all our South.
ern readers may see what invaluable
service the Cincinnati Enquirer has
done in showing up this veno-
nous slanderer of the South
This letter, which will thus
be laid before the whole country,
will do more towards convincing the
North of the bitterness, lying. and
sectional hatred of Halstead, and the
cluel injustice Of his recent attacks on
the South, than any event since the
death of Gen. Grant. AS Wiley as he
slandered Grant, "the soldier great in
war and magnanimous in peace" in
1868, has he slandered the South again
and again, until many Southerners
almost hate the very city where his
vile sheet is printed.
The letter Is published in the Gin
cinnat Enquirer of the 9th, and we
advise Southern readers to send and
get a copy, and if they desire a Cincin-
natl paper, that has always been true
to the South to subscribe for the En-
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
BEcK,s coLORED cATTLE.

When the Colored voters cut loose
entirely from the white bosses they
will take a long step forward. 1t is
said such a step is probable in this
county, and we shall await the result
OF the election TO see if there is any
thing in it. The whites have heard a
great deal about the colored voters
being fully determined to vote as clti-
zens, and not as race, and while some
do vote as good citizens, it is In coun.
ties where there are no NEGRO Bosses"
The first requisite is to abandon the
bosses.
In this election If the negroes would
inform Beck that he is no longer their
boss, and that they intend to make
their own political relations directly
with the whites, they would secure
more fer their race than in any other
way, and it could not then be said of
them that "they are the instruments
by which their own children are robbed
OF school funds"
What good is it to them to elect
a few corrupt men to office, irritate the
white taxpayers and cause the loss of
money paid by the whites to keep up
the schools for both white and black -?
Let them prove they are capable Of
voting as citizens and that they are
not the political slaves of Beck.
Their bosses have told them for 10
these many years, that if they only
stick to them, they would do big
for them; what have the
negroes been benefited? We want
some intelligent, colored, school teacher
answer that question. Is it not
time now for the negroes to foster
their own rights, protect their own
children, and advance their own pros
by rising to the plane of citi-
ienship? They are not citizens now;
hey are Beck's cattle. They can't
expect the white people to respect
hem under the circumstances; we
lon't see how they can respect them.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02

The New York Journal of Com
merce, a Conservative Democratic
paper, says of the Republican ticket in
that State: "If the Democrats with
their late allies car unite upon an &C.
ceptable candidate, there is but little
chance, we think, Of Mr.. Davenport's
election; but in presenting his name
the Republicans have made the very
best possible bid for the public sup
port" The late allies Of the Dem
ocracy, the Mugwumps, will return to
their camp and will muster under
Col. Davenport.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02

THE Southern States are rapidly re-
covering from the debilitation of the
war. The people there are raising
marketable products in abundance, and
have money to pay down.
Cincinnati has goods to sell, and
they have the w~herewithal to buy.
They do not ask us to take their cot
ton or their sugar if we do not want
it; but they r ready to pay cash.
All they ask is not to be abused. A
circular from a wholesale firm asking
for their patronage and an editorial in
the Commercial Gazette de~nourcing
them as Ku-klux and rebels bent on
%overturning the results of the wal do
not go well together. Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02

A CORRESPONDENT who signs him
self Country" is warmly assured
that the county campaign will be
made hot enough before election day
to meet his approval, and much too
hot for the boss and his supporters.
If Country" would like to scald a
hog in November, he wouldn't heat
the water in September, would he?
October will be time enough to begin
to warm things up.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
Chills and Fevars

To cure this distressing malady
which renders the sufferer unfit for
the duties of life and lays the founda-
ton for other diseases, there is no
remedy that can compare to "Mans-
fields Chill and Fever Cure" II ia
cheap, effective and is thoroughly
endorsed by the people Of the South.
Try one bottle and you will never usa
any other. 1t is put up in 50 cent and
Sl.OO bottles. Prepared BY the Mans
field Medicine Company, Memphis.
Tenn, and for sale by druggists gener-
ally.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
Committees an Wnman,a No..

Committees on Woman's Work.
The following Mississippi ladies' have
been appointed on Woman's Work for
the State department in the North.
South and Central America Exposition.
Committee to collect works OF Art
Mrs. Katherine S. Minor, hatcher
Mrs. j. M. Stone, Iuka'; Mrs. i. F. III.
Claiborne, Natcksz ; Mrs. Jefferson
Davis. Beauvoir Mrs. A. G. Peyton.
Hazlehurst Mrs. A. M. Hillman. Gin.
ton Mrs. John II. Scruggs; Columbus.
Mrs. Sallie Anderson, West Point :
Mrs. w. H. Hard, Meridian Mrs.
Etter hurry, Ripley Mrs. johnny
Hunt Brisbane, VicksburO: Miss
Blanche McManus, Woodville.
Committee to collect specimens Of
Needlework and Embroidery Mrs
Charles E. Hooker. jackson: Mrs. II.
Q. Willis, Hamilton; Mrs. H. I. Mul.
drow. ~Starkville; Mrs. J.. G. Hastings
Port Gibson; Mrs. w. C. FaIkner. Uip.
ley; Mrs. N. B. Richmond, PascaaouIa.
Mrs. &c. Clark, Kosciusko; Mrs. +.
Barksdale, Yazoo City; Mrs. w. NJ.
Corinth; Miss Blanche CASTOR.
Enterprise; Mrs. w. L. Hemingway.
jackson; Mrs. Ben Kicks, Yazoo CITY.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02

Pursuant Co a call Of the chairnan
the Warren county Democratic cam
paign committee met at the ofica AZ.
Messrs. Catchings 8 Dabney at b..
o'clock yesterday The following ao-
tion Was taken BY the committee:
The clubs In the county we're "a.
quested to call meetings ID their dis
tricts for the places and times Is fol-
lows:
In the Third district az Redbone.
Thursday. Oct, s.
IA the Fourth district at Newman,s
Grove, Saturday, Oct. 10.
In the Fifth district at Oak Ridge,
Tuesday, Oct. Is.
In the Second district at Sandy Bot
tom. Thursday, Oct. Is.
Prior's Church, Thursday, Oct. Is,
at 1880 pm.
All Of the meetings to be called for
o'clock pm. except at Pryor'a
Church.
The candidates for the legislature
and other speakers will be present at
the meeting to deliver addresses.
The voters both white and black
were requested to attend these meet
ings and the people are urged to turn
out and be present on these occasions
named, and to endeavor to secure the
presence Of their neighbors.
Mass meetings were called by the
committee to be held In Vickshurg ON
10th, 18th, oath and Dist Of October.
ON which occasions distinguished
speakers from abroad will be present.
whom the secretary is instructed to
invite.
A committee on finance was ap-
pointed, viz: w. L. Trowbridge, Lee
Richardson, c. o. Willis, Dave Walsh.
Joseph Hirsh, G. G. Pegram, O'Keef.
J. H. Brabstol, Frank Cameron, DR..
J. s. Austin, D. N. Hebron and Dave
Rice. M. Wolf was made treasurer Of
the committee.
Mr.. Cooley Mann offered his resigna-
ton as a member Of the committee
upon the ground that his duties as a
committeeman coDiicted with his
duties. The resignation was
accepted and MI. d. N. Hebron was
appointed in his place.
The committee adjourned to meet on
Tuesday next at 5 pm. In the Office of
Messrs. Catchings s. Dabney.
WI. TROWBRIDGE, ChIrman.
M. DABNEY, Secretary.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
A Poor. Weak Siatar

who is suffering from ailments pecu-
liar to her sex, dreading to go to a ply
stefan, but knowing she needs medical
help, will find, in DR.. Pierce's "Favor.
lite Prescription" a preparation which
will give her strength and new life
through the restoration Of all her
organs to their natural and healthy
action. 1t is the result of many years
of study and practice by a thoroughly
scientific physician, who has made
these troubles a speciality. To be had
of all druggists. b
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
The Mayor of Van Buren, Kills a
Man.

FIT. SMITH, ARK, Sept. 29.-Alex-
ander Aaron was shot and killed in the
streets of Van Buren,, at 8 o'clock last
night, by Charles Taylor, mayor of the
town. They had a difficulty about a
prostitute and had threatened each
others life. Aaron followed Taylor
and attacked him with a razor, when
the latter drew his pistol and fred four
shots, two of which took effect In
Aaron's body. Aaron died almost in
stantly, and Taylor gave bond, for the
case seems to have been self-defense.
Taylor is well connected, but dissi-
pated. He was elected mayor of Van
Buren, last April, when he was just 81
years old, and is said to be the young
est mayor in United States. Aaron be-
longed to a lower class, and was a reg
ular rufian. Van Buren, Is considera-
bly, excited and chagrined over this
killing and the disgrace Of her mayor.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
LIQUOR TRAFF5r

some States, aud 1t is now the convic
ton of the true friends Of temperance
that 1t is not so valuable as good laws
regulating and controlling the liquor
traffic. On this important subject
Frank Leslie's has the following:
We are glad to see that a strong
movement has been organized to pro.
cure the passage Of an Excise Law
that will place the traffic in intoxi-
eating liquors under such wholesome
restraints as public opinion will sus-
tain, and as will tend to diminish the
evils Of intemperance. We have
before us the form of a statue,
carefully and skillfully framed
by experienced and competent
men, and representing the views
OF two responsible committees-one
appointed by the Church Temperance
Society; the other, by the Society for
the Prevention of Crime. It's provis-
ions for the protection Of the young
were drawn by Elbridge T. Gerry, Pres
ident of the Society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty to Children; its criminal
clauses, by Col. Beecher, late Assistant
District Attorney; and its general legal
phraseology is the work of Austin Alb
bolt. The main features of this bill
are: A broad distinction between dis
titled and fermented liquors-the
license fee for the former being $1,000
for the latter 500 ; the pub lication Of
name and address of applicant at least
one week before license is granted 4;
prohibiting sale Of liquors to minors,
under penalty of revocation of license;
prohibiting sale Of liquor on board ex-
cursion boats aud in tenement-houses;
requiring dealers to keep the interior
of their premises open to view ; dis
qualifying convicts from holding licen-
ses disqualification Of premises for
one year on conviction or revocation
Of license.
Thus the committees have dealt with
the question as practical men, not as
.doctrinaires, seeking to do only what
possible through the united exer-
lions Of all sincere friends of Temper
ance. The bill having been submitted
to US for criticism, we are free to say
that it commands our heartiest ap-
proval and WI rejoice to learn that
will he taken to submit its pro-
to all candidates for legislative
lonors that it will be submitted to
he legislature promptly at the earliest
lay practicable I; and that care will be
that 1t shall not be allowed to be
Used for partisan political purposes.
1t would be easy, If space allowed,
20 draw an argument in favor of the
proposed legislation from recent sta
,istics of the liquor traffic. 1t is start
ing to remember, for example, that in
The City Of New York the army of
1rink-sellers outnumber that of the
of food by nearly 5000, and
hat out of 1909 political conventions
leld here last year, 68S were held in
liquor saloons. That the extent Of the
'raffic in the whole country is as great
Is it would have been if there had
'een no temperance agitation, cannot
70 supposed; and yet, In spite of all
hat has been done to check it, the
mount of Intoxicating liquors con-
umed is nearly, if not quite, as great
ow as 1t was five or ten years ago.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
Things Worth y

That Allcock's are the only genuine
porous plasters.
That all other so-calIed porous plas-
tiers are limitations.
That their makers only get them IN
to sell on the reputation Of Allcock's.
That all so-called improvements and
new ingredients are humbugs.
That no nj has ever made an i'm.
provement on Allcock's Porous Plas-
tiers.
That when you buy Allcock's Porous
Plasters you obtain the best plastsEs
made. )
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02

The Utica Comet man needs rest
judging from the following: "a Vicks-
burg poeteOS who signs her name,
Lucie, has written a little poem for
the Comet, beginning with, L am tired,
oh so tired Yes, and so are we tired,
Lucie, and so is everybody who reads
your poetry. 1t may make you tired,
oh. so tired to write 1t, but it doesn't
make you half so tired as it does us to
read it,"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
Died from their WOUNDS.

NASHVILLE, Sept. 29.-Mrs. Lane
who was brutally assaulted at Le-
banon, Tenn, on the 18th inst, by Jim
Barden, colored, died yesterday after
noon at / o'clock. Great excitement
prevails over the affair. Jim Barder's
trial is set for Friday next.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
EataIIY Gored by a Bull.

DAYTON, Sept. 29-Joseph Martin,
an old employe on the farm of Isaiah
Wilson, ear Sulphur Grove, was yes
terday fatally gored by an angry bull
as he was driving cattle from a pas
ture. Martin was tossed in the aE
and the minute he struck the ground
the bull gored him again in the Shout
ders. Martin died last night.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
The Ohio River Commission.

PITTsBURG, Sept. 29.-The Ohio
river commission met here this morn
ing, but as several members had not
reached the city adjourned until 3
o'clock this afternoon. In the interior
the members present inspected the
Davis Island dam,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
Important Railroad CHANCE.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Sept. 90
Great surprise was occasioned in rail-
road circles yesterday by the announce
ment OF the sale of the Milwaukee g. st.
Paul roads interests In the st. Paul &
Duluth railroad to a syndicate headed
by John B. Colgate, Of New York.
Mr.. Colgate is heavily interested In the
Wisconsin Central. It is assumed by
those who claim TO know that this
means a virtual purchase Of a controll-
ing interestin the Duluth road by the
Wisconsin Central, acting in coniunc.
ton with the Manitoba. It is un Ter.
stood the Wisconsin Central trains
will run through to Minneapolis after
the completion Of the SchleischinQer-
vile extension to Chicago by the
Manitoba Short Line from st. Paul for
passage business, and via Phalen Juno.
ton and the Duluth road for freiOht.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
M. DABNEY, Secretary.
FARMERS AND

FARMERS AND MECHANICS
Save money and Doctor bills. Re
heve your Mothers, Wives and Sisters
by a timely purchase Of DR.. Bosanko's
Cough and Lung Syrup, best known
remedy for Cough, Colds Group and
Bronchial affections. Relieves Chill
dren of Group in one night, may save
you hundreds of dollars. Price so cts
and $l.00. Samples free. Sold by G.
@. Reynolds s. Co. 4
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02

Some of the Board of Supervisors
do not seem to like the location of the
electiun precincts. II they did, the
good citizens would have some cause
to suspect it.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
An Editor Commits Suicide.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. Ia special to the Post Dis
patch from Quincy, Ills. says M. NJ. Wood, city
editor Of the SUNDAY Topic, suicided last night
by shooting himself with q revolver. Wood
was > bright and popular young man Of twenty
years, and a son Of wealthy and highly re-
specIed parents living IN ellington, Ills. The
cause OF the rash deed 10 not stated.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02

ONE would think that the leading
citizens, the Board of Mayor and AL
dermen and the City Attorney could
Oy months Of study and constant effort,
have secured a contract with the L., n.
o. s. T. r. R. that would have some
little bit Of thing that DR.. Marshall
could approve of, but they did not,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02

THE G~reenville Times heartily en-.
dorses what Gen. Butts Of the Vicks.
burg Bank said on the. silver question
to a reporter Of the New Orleans Pic
ayune.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02

HURRAH for the Cincinnati En-
quirer. 1t has at last "downed" that
vile old South hater, Murat Halstead,
Of the Cincinnati Commercial. Gazette.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
The ct. Louis Fair Promises to Ex-
cell Any OF the former Years.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 29.-All prepare
tons for the st. Louis fair and the
annual spectacles Of the Yelled Proph-
cts and the Nodes Pagent, which takes
place during the fair week, commenc-
ing next Monday, are now complete
and promise to excel those Of any pre-
ceding year. The races provided for
the Fair Association will be the best
ever trotted here, and the fair itself
will exceed In extent and variety of
exhibits any of its predecessors. Vice
President Thomas A. Hendricks will
be present during the fair, and a large
number Of distinguished men in all
parts Of the country have been invited,
including President Cleveland and his
cabinet. The granu illumination will
be repeated again this year, but on a
larger scale than heretofore, and al.
most the entire business part Of the
city will be ablaze with gas and electric
lights in globes Of all colOrs and all
hueS.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
Four Negroes Taken from jail and
LynChed.

AyAASAlSdG
RALEIGH, N. G., Sept. 29-Last night
four negroes, Jerry Finch, his wife,
Lee Tyson and John Polished, were
lynched one mile from Pittsboro, Chat
ham county. They were taken from
Jail and their bodies were found this
morning suspended to a tree neal the
public road. This is the terrible sequel
to the triple murder of the Finch fam
lily on the night of the 4th of last
July, and the murder of the Gunter
family near the same spot eighteen
months ago. There were two of the
Finch family, Edward, aged 70, and
his sister, aged 81. They were found
on the morning of Sunday, July 9Th,
lying on the floor, with their threats
cut, and pear them lay their servant, a
negro boy, aged l6 All had been
knocked in the head with an ak. Sus-
picion rested on the negro Jerry
Finch. He was arrested. 1t was a
great task from the first to prevent the
lynching Of these parties. Lee Tyson
was afterwards arrested, and some
time later John Polished was taken,
on the charge of being concerned in
the Gunter murder and possibly in the
Finch murder. He was said to have
been seen near the spot where the
Gunters were killed, and next morning
was in another county, and told the
first news known there of the crime.
Detectives from Richmond worked the
case. The verdict of the coroner's
jury was long delayed. The feeling
was that if it was adverse to the pris-
oners they would be lynched. The
verdict. when rendered, was against
the prisoners. A majority Of the peo-
pie appear to be satisfied that these
were guilty of both murders,
the two were ~mysteriously con-
nected.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02

WHEN 1t gets so that one Radical
man can rule Warren county, the
decent citizens ought to sell out and
move off.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
Reply of the Executive Committee
of the Knights Of Labor to the
Union Pacific OfficIaIs' 80

Reply Of the Executive Committee
oT the Knights of Labor to the
Union Pacific Officials.
OMAHA, NEB., Sept. 29-The formal
answer of the knights of Labor to
the recent manifesto of Manager Gallo
way. of the Union Pacific, has been
received at headquarters from Dem
yer. 1t is a lengthy document,
signed by the executive com
mlttee Of the Union Pacific EN-.
.ployeeS, Thomas Desham chairman
The circumstance being a criticism of
Colloway's letter, and charging him
with trying to mislead the public, &C.
cusing him of making misstatements
and ch%ampioning the cause of the Chi
nese, charging him with knowing that
both Back and Quinn and Dockart,
the former being contracting agent
and the latter general superintendent
OF the local department, were appraised
of the grievances that existed at Rock
Springs, and instead Of trying to re-
dress the same. they added to them.
The knights emphatically state that
they abhor the action taken by the
outraged members as much as anyone.
They inform the Union Pacific that it
can get all the white labor it requires
from citizens of this country. There is
no excuse for the retention Of the Chi
nese. "We are law abiding citizens"
say they, "and we mean to remain SO
until our rights and liberties are ieop-
ardized. Then the first law Of nature
will guide u.s." They charge Gallo
way with an abuse Of confidence in
giving the recent private correspon.
dence to the public. They further
state they did not make any demand,
but simply sent in a request. A petit
ton asking the Union Pacific directors
to remove the Chinese from the com
paAy's employ is now being circulated
in Omaha and all along the entire
road for signatures of citizens, as well
as employees.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02

THE New Orleans States says the
Crescent City is overlooked after every
rain. Captain Leathers has been pre-
dieting that for years.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02

WARREN county is on the track
those who don't want to be run over
had best get out of the way.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02

MEN sometimes strike against doing
extra work without extra pay, but the
most insubordinate employee never
murmurs at receiving extra pay With
out extra work.