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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-19
Departure OF the Mexican Band
IN. 0. Picayune.l

AT o'clock yesterday afternoon
the Mexican Band left the city on
the Texas and Pacific Railroad for
the city of Mexico. The company
had provided two special coaches
and a baggage car for the accom-.
mediation of the departing musi.
clans. The citizenJ generally view
ed the departure of the band with
regret and quito a number of per-
sons, among them not a few ladies',
crossed the river to Gonldsboro
there TO bid the band farewell.
The train will go through via
Shreveport, Marshall, Dallas, Fort
Worth and El Paso, Tex, to El
Paso del Norte, the northern ter
minus of the Mexican Central
Railroad, where they will board
the train which will carry them to
the city of Mexico, where they will
arrive in time to participate in the
festivities which will occur on the
14th inst. The members Of the
baud expressed great regret at
leaving New Orleans where they
were so handsomely entertained
and their music so enthusiastically
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-19

Moved aud seconded That the George Arnold Co..
OSO O for incurred under direction of the Chief
about the RobeOnve Levee allowed paid by
Treasurer when the several items thereof verified the affidavit
of of the firm of Geo. Arnold Co., that the said
account be charged the RobertsOnvle I.vee Carried
lsenberg appeared before the Beard aud submitted plan for
adopted:
Isaac Isenberg appeared before explained his
theory of the practicable check avng the
front of Greenye The Board recognizes enty of interest with
the end sought to be accomplished by snhar aud the citizens Of
Geenve and refer the matter presented by him. Attorneys
Chief Engineer and Secretary Treasurer for report
u examination of the subject prompts.
proposition build telephone line Bolivar Mr. Field
Mers place being submitted the submitted the Com
mittee Telephone line for examination and report.
Ordered That the claims of members mileage and per
diem this meeting be allowed ordered paid follows
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-19
Omclal uosyItalltles.
IN. Y. Times.l

Rear Admiral Jouett, of the
navy. has just been fined s400 for
being a Rear Admiral. The cir.
cumstances under which the pen
atty for this offense was inflicted
should aud probably may lead to
a revision of the law SO as to miti.
gate the punishment for rising to
high rank in the navy, when the
culprit can prove a good character
in other respects.
Admiral Jouett, 1t seems, felt
moved or bound to extend some
official hospitality to the dignita-
ries assembled at the opening Of
the New Orleans Exposition, at
which he officially ''assistcd' in
his capacity of Rear Admiral COM
manding the home squadron. This
hospitality naturally took the form
Of a dinner on board the Tennes.
see. The cost of this entertain.
ment was $400 and, apparently in
accordance with usage, the bill
was presented to the Treasury
through the Navy Department,
with the approval of Secretary
Chandler. 1t has now been thrown
ou. by the Second Comptroller Of
tho Treasury, with a notification
that II Admirals will give Official
dinners on behalf of tho United
States they must pay for the din.
ners themselves.
This decision is doubtless prop
er. If the Second Comptroller
had contented himself with saying
that he could discover no warrant
I of law for allowing the bill ant
} must therefore reject it, there
8 would be nothing to criticise will
Q regard to his share in the transac
t ton. He goes further than this
s and, with the gravity of many owls
d enters upon an argument to sho'
c that Admiral Jouett is serve
y right by being fined In occasions
It amounts Of S400 for being an AZ
f. miral aud being ordered to ST
d tions where the exercise of of1icii
q hospitality devolves upon hin
IS at Is one Of the penalties of of
n cial posltion,n remarks Mr.. Ma.
d nard, that the incumbent is som
Ii times required BY social usage {
ir the etiquette of his station to q
u tend hospitalities to persons an
It upon occasions when Isle as
e private citizen he would be fre
g from such obligations. But 1t is
o hard burden voluntarily assume
d and apparently not of such magr
n. tude as TO repress the ambition
t. men to seek public positions
is In Mr.. Maynard's mind thel
70 seems to be no distinction betwet
70 serving up to the grade of ADM
d. al and giving an official dinner
rs that capacity, on the one han
Of and running for office and I'M
1t dentally 'setting 'em up for Il
Id boys" on the other.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-19

A German officer offered his
services, with an enormously long
sword to JEFF Davis during the
war, and was assigned to Jeb
Ste -art's cavalry. He thus mar.
rated bis reception in the field
II come to Gen. Stewart and he
tells me, Major Won -, | have
more foreigners than ] know what
to do with; they are all sent to
me and are no account. / have no
place on my staff for you. Stop
there is a regiment about to charge.
Charge with IT, | charge with
the regiment, and when | come
back Gen. Stewart say, Major Won
-, l keep you with me on my
stafF.'v Prince Frederick Charles,
on . visit to this officers ancestral
seat, near Berlin, Discovering his
own portrait a6o<< That q Stewart
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-19
POKER on THE PACIFIC.
BOnanzs Kings and Their Heavy Plying at
the Gard Table.
tChicago Herald.l

lOthNusO hVIuiu.l
Manager Hayman, of the Bald.
win and California Theatre, who
has been in town for several days
tells of poker game now going
on In San Francisco, the likes of
which were never before heard Of
at the Golden Gate. Every after
noon a half dozen or moro jolly
old boys, each with a pondcrous
bank account, assemble in club
room at the Palace Hotel. Lucky
Baldwin, when IN town, sometimes
taxes a hand. Sharon of Althca
fame, is'one of the coterie. Gen.
Barnes sometimes drops in.
Sehmiedell, the rich broker; DR.,
Bowie Fillmore, of the Central Pa.
cific, aud a lot of others are also
members OF the new club. The
aim is to play poker like "gentle-
men," Eight Of the jolly old boys
usually sit down together. They
have no chips, and nothing less
than a S5, bill passes current. The
ante is IS, and 1t is a jackpot game
exclusively. Say there are eight
players; the play commences with
$40 in the pot. Nothing less than
a pair of jacks can open the
pot. Frequently there is al2O
OF more in the pot before anybody
can open 1t. If anybody holds
anything better than single pail
1t Is incumbent upon him to rails,
b the pot-be must do II or pass out
20 Blinds, straddles aud raises are un
limited, and bets are limited onl,
to @lg0. The most fun in tb
% game however, is the preliminarie
before the draw. Frequently th
Jackpot is up to $4,000 before tha
:, momentous event, and then 1t
great sport 10 watch the jolly ol
boys study over the relative valu
Is of their hands. Sharon is usual
the luckiest player Of the set, bl
sometimes gets nipped. One a
ternoon they got a jackpot worke
up to $4,000. Sharon drew an az
and ten and got two other ac'
and another ten, giving him q
ace full. He bet the limit an
got raised another thousand. The
tho jolly old boys laid down the
hands face to the cloth, and Share
bet two bottles of champagne thI
" he would take the pot. The VIII
IS was brought, and the ]. o. b.
knocked off the necks. Then tv
others saw Sharon's bet an
stood the raise. but the rest ra
10 This made $4,000 in the pc
ID Then Sharon threw down h
e. check for $4,000 and said he'd {
0. another thousand. The thr,
other ]. o. bis stood in and calle
q Against Sharon's ace full there W
king full on queene, and one
of the ]. o. bis carefully skinned Of
four little bits of dcuces, and sa
ie lie believed he'd haul down Il
paper. There was not a wo
of protest. Mr.. Sharon said he
''be id" and that was all. Al
e' then the jolly old boys started
ar to build another Jackpot. II is
very diguifed game, this Pala
'ir Hotel poker and the jolly old bo
90 manage to extract from 1T gre
=, deal of dignity.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-19
Hon. JAMES +. SToKfs.
President Board Mississippi Levee Commissioners,
Greenvlle Miss

Hon. JAMES +. SToKfs
President Board Mississippi Levee Commissioners,
Greenylle, Miss
Dear cir 1he connection recently secured between city
Membhs by rail and telegraph induces write this let
We think the inevitable future contains aud enduring
commercial relations between tue two cities We hope and believe
this will prove mutually profitable.
The pluck energy and sterling integrity Of evee organa
on has long been known to and to all all familiar with
the wonderful great
asters Of SS2 and the determination with which have followed
consideration but pride geogrsph
eay connected with In this connection desire that
this would like to Of the repositories fund
designated by Board We beg inform that have
ees y" s IL M s S
section in Mississippi Our high standing well known long
that existing fact Our facilities banking excellent
while than adequate to meet the demand of
increasing business your Board will take that
indicate will take pleasure in ansacng banking business
without charging discount exchange whatever aud
will try to render aid in power charging
s ss We w I
possible commercial benefit should desire from ay
build the financial standing u.s.
and entirely deserving Oft We kindly submit thscom
the relations destined to exist between Greenve Memphis
very respectfully NJ. $. BUCKINGHAM
AT 11:40 a. m Commissioner Smith appeared.
Upon fling and reading the order of the Board of Supervisors
ssaquena county made at the March term 1886 relieving
In this matter it is the opinion OF the Board that they have
the power grant the petitioners prayer even the facts
submtteda Receipts and
IRON July st 10 sept 1880 togetner with Balance
sheet the Board which motion
mittee for examination aud report.
Moved by Commissioner Nugeut seconded by
ams Ordered the Board that the Chief Engineer
hereby instructed to embrace his estimate the Eagle Lake Exten
sion Of Brunswick Levee aud that he immediate notice Of its
ting at this meeting. Carried
The Board at 1880 adjourned until M to allow the
Finance Committee to examine the Treasnrer's report.
The Board met at p pursuant Adjournment Present all
the members and proceeded open and the bids
which completed I5 and the Board
20 enable the Secretary and Engineers examine the bids and
port the lowest each work. xz ~
The Board net M pursuant 70 p,e--st.
tae closed award the coulrac'
las follows:
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-19
WILLIE BRANCH.
las CITY BRANCH.


II, II and Is viii run daily
hi M will leave Greenvllle for
|ys, Wednesdays ansl Fri'lays;
Icsslnys, Thursdays and Salur
yf0n
and Is connect ut Leland for
burv and New orleans.
anil 20 connect at Huntington
lot springs, Little Rvek aud all
III and Southwest.
GKu. CLAiiKE, Agent.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-19
byNECTIONs.

AT Huntington for Arkansas
,nsas pnInts, AT Nicksburg with
FIssiplii river, V. h n an,l v
at iIarriston for points on n
1t rthel for points on Clinton
Branch.
N Rtor Rouge with steamer
Bavou sara, At Ethel for lin
dsod Branch, at liarriston fUl
points; at Huntington from all
ut Memphis with 9 y. n So
puisvilIc; ~. Louis anil point
h. Il fbr all points East.
Vt New orleans for all points ~
la,
Al Huntington far Hot Sp-Ing'
iuis IA Arkansas and West; al
ansas City. 5. Il NJ. for IT. Louis
Jxo DRApLKy,
Ter Agt. Assistant supt.
HAsrixGs, ". ofT.,
visksburg, Miss.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-19
Y 0rIcams and creenv.li'
packet,
Swift and Reliable
II I'aigoud.
Of the J. NJ. White.)

astcr. Cur IIoLaEs, Clclk k
yes New Orleans for Green
lie every TUESDAY ut =
. Greenyille for New Or
FRIDAY.
e reserves the right to pass
/ the Captains may consid-
Passengsrs to New Orleans
ny time, avoiding Railroad
kpense. The fare and gen.
bdations cannot be excelled,
ts do not run here only
cotton season /; but alse
dull months, to serve u pub.
Ice; which shippers should
eciprocate.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-19

Respectfully submitted,
s. W. FERGUSON Treasurer.
Endorsed follows:
GREENvIILE, MISS, Sept, H. 1885.
undersigned hereby
certify that have examined the above the Treasurer and
find the and supported vouchers and
herewith certificates of allowance series from No. 3S7 No
416 mentioned theen and recommend that they be burned
3. B. 4: 4 sSsass' MoonT. Committee.
NJ WILLIAMS
Said then reduced to ashes the of
the Board.
Treasurer.
Endorsed as follows
Examined and found correct this 14h day of Sept 1885,
r. J. NUGENT,
B sR w,I29, MQQaE. ,T. Committee
Moved by Nugen seconded by
by Board Chief Engineer organize repair
force operate the scraers belonging to the Board and proceed
forthwith the enlargement of protection evee Waxhaw enlarge
vemon Lake aud such other enrgemens needed at
this time. Carried
Moved by Commissioner Williams and seconded by
Nugent
In the matter of communication State National Bank
of Memphis Tnn transmitted through the report of the President
the Board pleased the which the communities
ton occasions but the popey of designated depository for
funds Of the Board being mooted under the Act Incorporating the
wises postpone action said communication until the January
meeting In the meantime requested President
said bank the kind feelings OF this Boad and great conf
it's conservatism its
close commercial relations between territory
growing at the head of the Delta ncosng Herewith
copy OF our present action in the matter.
letter from r. Miller the President and
by With explanation
The Of Chief Engineer Startling above
also the Board approved by complete reply
criticisms p m adjourned
to meet at 0 o'clock to morrow morning
board At NJ pursuant adjounlaant The min
The then closed and after deliberations discussion
Of important matter. The doors cor, xs1s ". spsns
rs W judgment ss 66.sss' 4 ne nss1 <ss1izd o1'sd
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-19


The BOARD OF MISSISSIPPI LEyEE COMMISSIONERS,
GREENyILLE, MISS. September lst 1885, J
j JAMEs F. STOKES President
Sl have the honor submit the following report of Cash
cepts and Disbursements from July ls 1885, September
snielaf
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s1Oi %.
The minutes then read adopted motion the Board
adjourned. s. w. FERGUSON, Secretary
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Proceedings of Board of Mississippi Lsyss Commissioners

SPECIAL MEETING. SEPTEMBER i'm, 1855,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-19
biac Railway Company
I'D Division

Or June 2lth. trains will ar
e Greenville as follows:
caves Grcenville
bt Sunday. at.... 4:''0 p. m
nday at. ....... 300 "
lrrives daily, ex-
y. at. ........... 0.3O q. m
lnday at. ........ $50 "
/ connects at Stoneville OF
ednesdays. Thursdays. Fri
aturdays for Eureka an,
J. Y. GAGE, Genl. Supt.
RcLI.i., Supt.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-19

The Finance Committee then the Teasurers Repor
TREASURERS REPORT
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-06-17
An EnglIsh Dandy.

Mr.. Guy Mannering, an ex-oficer Of
the British army, now living in Chicago,
who years ago served with Lieut.. Albert
A. Pierson, the alleged betrayer Of Vic
tor Hugo's daughter Adele, recently
made the following statement
'sPierson was Lieutenant in the Second
Battalion Of the Sixteenth Regiment,
which was assigned to Halifax in 1861,
at the time Of the trouble caused by the
arrest OF Mason and Slidel on board the
Trent. Pierson was q great dandy, and
was nicknamed by bis brother officers
the Count. His father was o Church
Of England clergyman, and the story
that he was rich is altogether untrue, as
the Count was always hard up. He
came to the Sixteenth from some other
regiment at the time that several BAT
talions were added to the English army,
and his age was always q mystery even
to his most intimate friends. BE used
to dye his hair and long mustachios
freely, and even went 50 far as TO paint
his face to hide the crow-feet. PierBon
arrayed to astonish the bellies Of gar
rison town was o totally different person
from Pierson coming Of a nights guard
duty in Dublin or elsewhere. He went
with his regiment from Halifax to Bar
BADGES and the West Indies, and then,
In 1869, to Ireland, where he was quar-
tered at the Curragh camp and at Dub
lin. In 1870 the regiment went to
Canterbury, where Pierson, who had
obtained his promotion 70 captain, sold
out and married . lady residing ct Nor
wood, near London, Who IVES reported
to have an income 81 81, 500 3 year.
"Whefher Pier6on Is alive on dead, I
do not know. Nobody ia the regiment
knew anything about his relations with
Miss Hugo. he was 3 tacituxn man, al
ways passed Is bachelor and resented
any insinuation that he had ever been
married. I remember that the rumor
once got into the mess at Halifax that
he had been followed b : woman from
London, but there Was nothing unusual
enough II this Is al incident 81 army
life 70 excite moro than the mersst pass
ing attention and 3 laugh"
Miss Hugo became insane, and FOR
years wal II "a asylum. Her father left
her half his fortune.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-06-17


Thers Il story d 4 bsAukeous 1snd,
Whsre nelda wsre fertile and where flowers
were bright
Nhme tai towers slialened in she mornins
Light,
Where happy children wandered hand i
II hand,
Where lovers wrote their names upon ths
sand.
They Say il Vanished from all human nights
The hungry sea dsvOured il IN > night
Ecu doubt ne tAle9 Al you VIII undar-
stand,
For as men muse upon that fabls Old,
They give sad credence always 70 the last,
However they have cavilled e its truth,
When with : tear-dimmed vision they be
hold
Swift sinking In the ocean Of the past
The lovely lost Atlantis Of their youth.
ELLA WHEEIER WMoox.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-06-17

xne Nflnhtiul acpnoa ~ Massacre yEomoA
Iaken - slaves.


Two men have arrived whose story
throws some flesh light "a Tie capture
og Khartoum. They we're soldiers IL
Gordon'a army, taken - che time and
sold as slaves. but who ultimately es-
capped. Their names are Said Abdullah
and Jacob Mahomet They sag: Men
were slain shrieking Cor mercy, when
mercy was not in the hearts Of our
savage enemies. Women and children
were robbed Of their jewels Of gold and
Jewels Of silver, OF their bracelets, neck
laces Of precious atonea, and carried of
TO be sold to the Bishareen merchants as
slaves.
"Yes, and white women. too Egyp-
tians and Circassians who wore the burke
over their faces, the rabtah and the tur-
bah, and the kurs on their heads
ladies dressed in silk and satin gibbehs
and saltahs. Mother and daughter alike
we're dragged of from their homes Of
comfort These were widows, wives and
daughters Of Egyptian officers, some Of
whom had been killed with Hicks Pasha;
wives and children Of Egyptian mer-
chants formerly rich, owning ships and
mills, gardens and shops. These we're
sold afterward, some for $40 thaleries Or
more, some Tor $50, according to age
and good looks. And the poor black
women already slaves, and their chill
dren, were taken Of, too. They were
sold for . hundred. eighty, or seventy
thaleries.
ssTheir husbands and masters were
slain before their eyes; and yet hear il
said there was no massacre at the taking
Of Khartoum They lie who say 50, and
are in league with Mahomet Achmet,
You must not believe all that men COM
ing from Omdurman tell you. Mahomet
Aohmet and the Dervishes send you
false reports Of everything, and you be-
lieve them; then they laugh. The fight
ing and splitting Of blood continued till
the sun rode high IN the sky-red, yet
darkened BY smoke and dust. There
was riot and clamor, hubbub and
wrangling over spoil; cursing was heard
till the honr Of evening prayer.
ssBut the Muezzin was not called;
neither we're any prayers offered up at
the mosque on that dark day In the an
nails Of Khartoum. The history OF those
scenes viii not be written on It's records;
for all the scrolls and papers and books
in the archives were destroyed and
scattered. London Daily Nes0s.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-06-17

< 3 Aa A snizs her Mill
~ syssen y Japan hss alrssdy DINE
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-06-17
John Brown.

TIE FIGHT Al THE KE0ngE-H0UsE, As
Sem BY ONE or HIS PRTs0NERs
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-27
IanlPSInWn.

The mild and frequent rains of late and
the cool and pleasant evenings are making
the crops look beautiful. and the prospects
for large Weld were never better. Farm
ers have already commenced cutting the
large fields of barley, which is the best ever
raised in this vicinity. q. The family of
Picards, residing in this city, are at present
exciting the sympathy of our citizens. The
father is at present lying at the point of
death, caused by tree falling on him and
seriously injuring him internally. Young
Picard, aged IL years, while rowing on the
river, fell out and was drowned, while a
younger son is seriously i'll and taken with
Spasms every few minutes, and is not ex-
pected to live. The father is carpenter.
and, though very hard working man, is
not in very comfortable circumstances.
The board of education held meeting aid
adopted full course OF study for the COM
ing year. Judging from recent meeting
of the Northern Pacific Presbytery held at
Fargo, we have every cause to expect the
location of a Presbyterian college at James
town. The census of school children be-
tween the ages of and 10, residing in the
city and county, shows about fifteen hun
dred
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-27
WISCONSIN.
Ashland.

Capt J. A. Wood, who is prominently
identified with the mining interests of the
New Wisconsin," was married to Miss
Mamie Cline of Milwaukee on Monday,
July 20. The captains many friends in
this city extend to him and his fair bride
their warmeSt congratulations and well
wishes. -. Thomas Bardon, our worthy
mayor, is happy in the possession of q
handsome baby girl. Burglars entered
the residence of Robert Parker recently and
confiscated about $40 in money and valua-
BILE papers. james NJ. Harrigan has re-
ceived the appointment of postal clerk on
the Wisconsin Central road, between this
city and Menasha. p. DIR. Ellis has returned
from the Knights Templar encampment at
Neenah. He reports having had
a pleasant time. Miss Patty Fox
is spending a few weeks at her
home in OntOnagon. e. The first boat
to take ore from this city arrived Thursday
afternoon and cleared Sunday. -. a large
excursion party from Amigo visited this
place this week. George H. Hopper of
the Colby house. who has been visiting in
the southern part of the state, has returned
home. IT. ID. Green of Fargo has been
visiting his many friends here. Mrs. II.
w. Field and Miss Mollie Carmady of st.
Paul are visiting friends here. . The pleas
ure yacht of III. II. Warner, the ''liver cure"
man of Rochester, y. Y, arrived in port
Wednesday and has created considerable in
terest since. 1t is one of the finest boats on
the lakes. Prof. j. B. Thayer of the
River Falls normal school, and family. are
sojourning at the ChequamegOn. Hon. n.
p. Haugen. railroad commissioner, and fam
lily are at the CheqCamegOn.