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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-05

A Warning Against the Careless Handling
Of Medicines.

East Carroll Democrat.
1t is with profound regret that
we chronicle the death of Mrs.
Anna Rosa Wilson. wife of Mr..
Thos. s. Wilson, which occurred
on Tuesday evening last, the 25th
inst. Her death was very sudden
and totally unexpected, being due
to an overdose OF gelsemium. A
jury Of inquest was called by the
Coroner DIR. +. II. Bernard, and
their verdict was:
ave the Jury, find that Mrs.
Thos. s Wilson came to her death
by poisonous quantity of medi-
cine known as "gelsemium,p ad.
ministered by her husband Thos.
s. Wilson, through gross mistake.
While we condemn Mr.. Wilson
for his carelessness, we cxculpate
him from any criminal intent.
From the evidence before us We
are satisfied that neither the at.
tending physician DR.. w. ID. Bell,
OF the druggist Mr.. j. s. Guenard
who prepared the medicine, are
in any manner censurable."
We have heard II explained that
the deceased had been taking an.
other medicine, carbolic acid and
peppermint in solution, teaspoon.
ful every half hour, and unfortu-
uately the gelsemium bottle was
placed by tho side of the bottle
containing the carbolic acid, and
whom the time came to administer
the latter Mr. Wilson picked up
the former and gave the dose to
his wife to take. 1t was enough
to kill three adults, as one.eighth
of a grain has proved fatal in one
and one half hours. II is to be
deplored that medical aid could
not be procured In time for the
usual antidotes to the poison to
be used.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-05
Does Prohibition Improve Meat
Galveston News.1

Prohibition has been enforced
IN many Asiatie countries. for cen
turies without any observable i'm.
provement, physical or moral, re-
sultiug. Mohammet, COR instance,
imposed il by the most iron-elad
regulations on all his followers.
who comprised, within century
or two after his decease, the in.
habitants of territories larger than
the United States, as populous
aud more civilized than any part
of the old world of that period.
Prohibition did not noticeably i'm.
prove morality, and the Tartar
hordes (alcohol-drinking barbara
ans from the steppes of northern
Asia) entirely broke up this enor
nous non-drinking empire Creaeh-
Ing from the Black sea to Indial in
a short campaign.
The liquor.drinking Austrians
and Russians have repeatedly de-
feated the prohibitionist Turks,
and it is a well.known fact that
the best fighting races of India,
where prohibition was enforced
thousands of years ago, all either
drink alcohol or take opium.
II prohibition produced any Of
the results credited to 1t by the
cranks, the total abstainers of the
East Indies, who are about ten
times as numerous as the lighting
races, would have always been in
the ascendent; but they have
never been so, though clever
enough, and India is now held by
the British, who are about as hard
drinking a race as is discoverable.
Putting prohibition aside, it is
quite a question whether such a
thing as moral progress. e.. be
yond a certain stage (which has
already been reached is at all pos
sible.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-05

Mr.. Black, the eminent and
wealthy coal-dealer, called one of
his oldest drivers into the Office
the other morning and rendered
him quite a large sum of money.
"What is this forf asked the
astonished driver.
"Merely a token of appreciation
for services rendered. replied
Mr.. Black, kindly.
"But, sir, you've always paid me
well for my services, and that was
appreciation enough
There is really more than that
in it, John," continued the gentle
man, Il really owe you the mon.
ey."
II don't understand.n
"Let me tell you.n and hc drop
ped his voice to whisper, "you
have been with me for twenty
years, working three hundred days
every year, and averaging three
loads q day; that makes eighteen
thousand loads. You weigh about
$50 pounds, John, apd we lave
never failed to weigh you in with
every load of our superior coal
that makes 100000 pounds, or
1850 tons. This at $3.50 per ton,
John, represents s4,725. The
package you hold in your hand
contains s472.50 or ten per cent,
which we think is yours by right.
We are honest men, John, and
don't desire to defraud any man
out Of what is justly his"
John bowed in humble submis-
sion, and IL now waiting for the
next disideud.- Merchant Travel
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-05
4 JAMAlCA TRICK.
IDetrnit Free Press. |

Detroit Free Press.
There was a large crowd of ex.
cursionists IN the depot at Savan.
nah, and this made considerable
bother for the people going ont on
the evening train. There wac a
pale faced slim wasted young man,
weighing about l05 pounds, who
paid a colored man o quarter to
get some baggage checked. The
man didn't appreciate the situation
and took his time for it. Indeed,
the young man hunted him up, to
discover that he was gossiping
with ono of his color, and that the
baggage was still uncared for. He
spoke his mind pretty freely and
was promptly "sassed" in return.
just what led to climax l didn't
see nor hear, but all of a sudden
the burly colored man drew
razor from his pocket and started
for the lightweight with the re.
mark that he'd make bloody carpet.
rags out of him.
1t would have been q good time
for the young man to pull arevol.
yer, but he made no motion. In
such O crowd no one knew exactly
what was happening, and so the
rush of the negro was not stayed.
he took two skips and a jump, the
razor in his right hand, and as he
landed in front Of the young man
the keen-edged weapon made a
sweep for the white throat. Next
instant 1t was flying among the
rafters of the building, and the
would-be murderer caressing his
elbow and bowling with pain. AS
he wbirled around he was given q
couple Of sslifters,p which shot him
out of the circle, and the young
man went to see about his bag.
gage.
"What did you do ~ / asked
him after we were of.
"Kicked the elbow of his razor
arm,n he answered.
as 1t a trick ~
'"Wen, it'took Ho a year to learn
it.n
"Where %
ain Jamaica. II will be six
months before he can raise that
arm to his collar button You
ought to learn it. 1t saves carry
ing revolver, is handler than O
knife, and you don't hang your
knaekles aR knocking iolks
down.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-05
How a Reporter Obeycd orders.


Troy Press.
Each newspaper in New York,
of course, had big force on the
funeral. Well, it took SO many
men that some Of comparatively
little experience had to be given
pretty important assignments.
Among these was young man on
the World, who has been in the
newspaper business about month
altogether. He was told go to the
Fifth Avenue Hotel in the morn.
ing and never lose sight of the
Grant family till night. Up he
went bright aud early and stayed
till the procession was about to
start. Then he was in quandary.
He never could keep the Grants
in sight If he went on foot through
the multitude. Besides it was
about six miles to the park. A
happy idea struck him. Along
Twcnty.third street was % long
row of carriages to be used by the
Grants and prominent people who
were stopping at the hotel. SO,
very quietly, this young but enter.
pricing young journalist threw
away his cigar, Strengthened his
hat and walked out. He stood q
moment on the steps then motion.
cd to the driver of the best look.
ing carriage. John drove up
quickly and the reporter got in.
"What number are youi he
asked.
The driver told him.
"Yes, yes, that's right. Now do
you know where you come in ~
The driver did not.
Well you follow the Grant car.
riage, that stands by the door
now.n
The driver supposed IL was all
right. naturally, and as soon as the
procession startled he pulle d in
behind Col. Fred, Mrs. Sartoris,
and the others. And that fellow
rode In state and alone all the
way to Riverside Park. Talk about
nerve!
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-05
another Story About Ferdinand
Ward,

a WeNthy Itstucut Oh some
prosperous New England city call
ed on Ward one day with q note
Of introduction from q mutual
friend. In the course of CONVEX
sation he remarked that he had
some money to invest, and asked
Ward if he couldn't tell him of
some chance to put it where it
would bring him a good margin of
profit.
Ward said that he really didn't
know of anything just then. He
himself had more money than he
knew what to do with, and besides,
he was too busy with some big
scheme of his own to go into any
outside speculation. OF course
this only whetted the New Eng
land mans appetite for Investment,
and in course of half an hour he
induced the famous financier to
accept his check for SOS, 900, to be
used in one Of the "hlind poolsn
Of which Grant & Ward made a
speciality. Three or four months
later the New England man ap-
peared again. BY that time Ward
had entirely forgotten him and his
check, and it was with great diff.
Guilty that he could recall his name
and the amount of his Investment.
81 believe there's something due
you, he said after a brief conver-
sation. Taking down a large
ledger he made some brief calcu.
lations. and then observed with a
pleasant smile, "The amount cred
tied to you on our books is sl02,.
764." Then to the bookkeepcr,
"Mr. Jones, will you kindly draw
a check to Mr.. Perkins order for
slO2,76
Ward calmly turned to his work
again, while his visitor sat gasping
for breath. In the language of
the day the visitor was "paral.
yzed." 1t was some time before
he could control himself sufficient
ly to ask II there wasn't any
chance for him to reinvest his
money and double it again but
Ward didn't seem anxious, and at
last the stranger took his depart
ure, got his check certified at the
Marine Bank aud returned to his
native town. Three days after
ward he walked into Wards Office
in company with four Of the
wealthiest of his townsmen. lie
had bis certified check--the same
one Ward had given HMM his
pocket and his friends were sup
piled with checks of their own.
They succeeded in inducing the
dnancier to accept about $3.50, ,00C
for investment in another "blind
pool" That was exactly one week
before the failure of Grant s
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-05
Rough o. White Folks.

philadelphia, Aug. 20.-C. A.
Van Bokelen. Of New York. ex-
United States Consul General at
Port au-Prinee, arrived in this
city yesterday as q passenger on
the American steamer Haytien
Republic, from Port au-Prince.
He tells 4 remarkable story of
outrageous treatment at the hands
of the Haytien Government while
acting as Consul General.
Mr.. Van Bokelen married a Hay
tien woman, and at the end of his
term ofoffiee took mp the business
of dealing in the paper money of
his native government. At this
he made considerable money, aud
then desired to invest part of
his gains in real estate, but this
was forbidden BY a law of Hayti,
which denies that right to any but
anative born ofHayti. He evaded
the law, however, aud purchased q
piece ofproperty in Port tau- Prince
which transaction, reaching the
ears of the President Solomon, tue
Chief Magistrate of the republic,
caused Van Bokelen's arrest and
had him locked up in a wretched
dungeon in the government prison
at Port au. Prince.
Here his only companions were
negroes of the most debased chat
actef, many of them being murder
ers and desperadoes. and very of.
ten the prison, which is a small and
wretched structure, built on low,
swampy ground, was crowded
with nearly 800 prisoners, Mr..
Van Bokelcn being the only white
man among them.
His dungeon was narrow stone
cell, which measured 8 feet by 4,
and tLc walls wero constantly
dripping with water. There the
unfortunate ex Consul was 10 live
from March, 1884, until the 9th of
June, 1885, the place being infest-
ed with rats and loathsome yer
min.
His health, which was robust
when he was first imprisoned, Ia
entirely broken broken down, and
he has become u victim to both
consumption and chronic catarrh.
His face is pale and haggard, and
gives every evidence Of long suf.
fcring.
Mr.. Van Bokelcn says that no
attention was paid by President
Solomon to letters from Secretary
Frelinghuysen, and he was not re
leased until Secretary Bayard
wrote to the Haytien President
demanding his instant release,
stating at the same time that if he
was not released United States
man Of war would be dispatched
to Portau.P Prince with instructions
to adopt severe measures II neces-
sary.
Tho truth of the story is vouched
for by the Captain and purser Of
the steamer.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-05
How Prohibition Has Affected Our
Town.

The Winona Advance repro
duces from the Dispatch an edito.
rial in which we predict the effects
of prohibition here and says: "If
the above article had been written
for the benefit of the town of
Winona, 1t could not have fit much
better. Some are unwilling even
yet to admit that prohibition has
or will affect us. There is no
doubt that there has been a
change. Then what caused il 7
Was 1t the prospect of having the
best crops we have had foryears /.
We hope bare prospect ofa good
crop would not bring about dull
tllnes, vacant houses and low
rents.' We commend this TO the
consideration Of onr readers. as
coming from town that has triu.i
prohibition and found It wanting.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-05
Fire al Yazoa City, HISS.

Yszoo City. Miss, Miss, August
29.-This morning the large store
of Holmes & Co. was discoyele ed
to be on fire. The flames very
soon spread to the adjoining build
ing, owned and occupied BY Craig
& Sons. The Holmes building
and the stock in it was destroyed,
causing loss of s23,00 on which
there is an insurance of $4,000.
Craig 4 Sous building and goods
were damaged to the extent of
about 10000; insured foF $4,000.
The cause Of the fire is not known.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-05

Ex Senator J. Fl. Slater, in a
card, denies that he wrote the let
ter to Cleveland concerning a GER
tain Federal appointment, which
called out the Presidents now fa-
nous reply. Mr.. Slater's card
concludes: Il endorse and CON-
mend the letter Of President
Cleveland to whomever 1t may
have been written. and I an glad
il has been mads pnblie.u
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-05
Citation Notices
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, I
Washington County. &

STATE or MISSISSIPPI,
Washington County.
To- J. w..Srnb.
You are commanded TO appesr before
the Chancery Court Of the county Of
Washington. in said State, on the hpp1
Monday of October. 1855, 1t Rules =
being the 9Th day Of said month. to de
fend the suit In said Court Of John Gfky
vs.. Rosenberg q Harris 1t Al. and Rumz
bered on the docket Of said Court 1867 !,
wherein vol are defendant.
Witness my signature this 18th DAY Of :
August. iSsa. c. NJ. JOHNSON.
aug. IL, iSS5-fw C1eTE.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-05

At Huntington for Arkansas
k,nsas paints; ut vicksbury with
l.sippi liver. V. 4 NJ AMI Y
at ilsrrision for points on n.
h Ethel for points ON Clinton
Branch.
IA Rlio Rouge with steamer
BAYOU sara; nj Ethel for tim
,lAod Iiranch, af lIarfi-Ien fDi
p"iais, at Huntington i'rpsm all
at Memphis with q y. X So.
[puisville; ~. Luuis ami points
IN, 4 fnr all points East.
" New orleans for u points ~
Ma,
IAt Huntington for Hot Spring,
lnts IN Arkansas aud West; ai
kansas City. 5. 4 ~, for 1T Louis
Jxo. BnApLsy.
M Agt. Assistant SuIt.
Tenn. New Otlrans, La
| IIAsrivcs. u. of T.,
vi;ksburg. Miss.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-05
A Man WAO Lived on accidents.

New York, Aug. "a Phila-
delphia special to the Herald says !:
II is now reasonably certain that
a new speees of crime has been
developed in this country. The
explosion ofthe excursion steamer
NJ. FELTON, has been traced to the
act of a man named Adriance
Spears, who carries a large line of
accidentlnsuranee. His presumed
intention was to disable himself
seriously, so that he might enjoy
the income of $3.50 per week which
his policies wonld have produced.
He was killed, however, and the
loss of S35,O00 on the life of an ap.
parent day laborer has so startled
the companies that they have
united TO fight the claim. No pro-
gress was made in fathoming the
motive ofthe man until his preyi.
ous history was inquired into.
Pinkerton men now claim to know
all about the deceased. They say
that fifteen years ago he was
mysteriously shot, accidently, as
it was declared, while handling q
pistol, and his receipts from sew.
eral accident policies were sufi.
Gent to support him handsomely.
On his recovery he went to San
Francisco, where, it is alleged, he
drew a comfortable income during
his convalescence from a wound he
received In the street as he was
passing the locality at which row
was in progress; indeed Spears
would appear to have been the
most unfortunate of men, or
one of tho most industrious seek.
ers of danger. If there was an
accident anywhere in his neighbor-
hood he usually got II, like the
Prince in the "Mascotte.n 1t is
asserted that proof has been oh.
tanned by the Travellers Insurance
Company that he was also indem.
nihed for shooting accident
which overlook him in New York.
OF this, however. no Information
exists here. About ten months
ago, after several years of wan.
dering life in Washington, Cali.
fornia and the West, Spears re-
turned to this city and went to
live with Frederick Morris, jew
eler ut No. III Market street.
Morris is a distant relative, and
gives the incident that follows:
On Christmas morning about A
o'clock, the jewelcr was awakened
by a knock at his room door, and
Spears shouted, There's burglars
in the house Fred; get up" BE.
fore Morris could reach the door
to open 1t pistol shot resounded
through the house and going down
stairs he found his relative lying
on the floor with a bullet wound
in his right side just below the
ribs; a self.cocking English bull
dog revolver Of large calibre was
~ the side Of the wounded man.
Spears was perfectly conscious
and declared he had been shot by
tho fleeing burglars. Morris
picked up the revolver and ex.
pressed astonished that tho bur.
glar should have thrown the
weapon away. No evidence Of
forcible entry could be found any.
where about the place. The police
called in and heard his story, but
after considerable investigation
dismissed it as absurd and improb-
able. A night watchman who had
been on the street in front of the
building at the time of the shoot.
ing sworc positively that nobody
emerged from the front door
through which Spears had declar.
cd that the would be murderer
made his escape. The Accident
Insurance, however yielded about
s35 per week.
-e-s-~s-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-05

The war of 1912 closed more
than seventy years ago, and yet
thero are, according to the last
annual report Of the Commissioner
of Pensions, 3.S9S surviving sol.
diers aud z9,5lz widows on the
pension rn!la.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-05

Notice is hereby given thzt the r.
sonal Assessment Roll for WazAH4<14
county Is now on file at this o'lice< -
until Monday, September ~ -
is subject to inspection and peI Illsl.
correction b. those ohIe<1lnt g zlll
.nfff tffH-f tfte+rfnor+
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-05
~ Orleans and Grcemvill
packet,
|Swift and Reliable
pr I'argoud.
} Of the j. NJ. Whitley

lasier. Cur IToLNEs, Clerk
ves New Orleans for Green
le every TUESDAY at :
es Greenville for New Or
/ FRIDAY.
be reserves the right to pass
n the Captains may consid-
'assengers to New Orleans
lng time. avoiding Railroad
Expense. The fare and gen.
|odatlons cannot be excelled.
Hts do not run here only
cotton season ; but also
dull months, to serve a pub
pee; which shippers should
Feclprocatc.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-09-05
tiac Railway Company
Eld Division

fr June 2ith. trains will ar
5e Greenville Ms follows:
leaves GreenvIlle
pt Sunday. at.... 1870 p. m.
)nday at. =. 800 -"
hrrives daily, ex.:
N, at. ........... 0.N, u. m.
at. ....... 0:W +"
Il connects ut Stoneyille on
|ednesdays. Thursdays. Fri
hturdays for Eureka and
y. \. GAGE, Genl. Supt.
|rRcLId., Supt.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-06
THE OKLAHOMA BOOMERS.

The United States Grand Jury at Topeka,
Kan, Found Indictments Against Sixty
Eight of the Coionists.
KANSAS CITY, No., May l. The
United States grand jury, which has been
in session at Topeka for over a week, con-
,idering the Oklahoma question, has found
separate indictments against sixty-eight
Of the colonlsts, who for sew
eral weeks were in camp at Arkan-
sas City, and one sweeping indictment has
been found against the remainder as whole,
charging them with melting, assisting and
engaging in rebellion and insurrection
against the authority of the United States.
The point by which II Is hoped now to hold
and convict the men Is, that by remaining in
camp at Arkansas City, they were ''incipng
and assisting In rebellion" in opposition TO
President Cleveland's proclamation.
District Attorney Hallowell says that he
had but one course TO pursue, and that was
TO carry out the instructions OF the Attorney
General. He had written Attorney Cen
eral Garland that information had
been received that the colonists had
left Arkansas City, and inasmuch
rs It would entail up the de-
partment heavy expenses II the men were
arrested and brought to Topeka, he should
wait for further Instructions before having
the indictments pushed. lie believed, how
ever, that the final result would
be that Captain Couch and ten
or dozen of the leaders OF the
movement would be arrested, brought
to Topeka, given hearing and placed under
bonds, and that the remaining indictments
would be held over. This to him. seemed
the best thing to do In the present Situation
of affairs.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-06

Sheriff's posse on the I'd near Escanaba,
that State.
The little village of Csboy, near Kanka-
kee, ILL.,, containing population of 800,
was devastated by fire on the 3D., destroy
ing twenty -four business houses and four
teen residences, and entailing loss OF
100000.
Five million feet Of choice grade lumber
belonging to Heron & Wadleigh, al
Stevens Point, Wis, burned on the I'd,
causing loss of $4,000.
Three men, named Chester Honaker,
Peter Canterbury and Dave Stewart, were
shot by Henry Freez, colored, at Catletts-
burg, KY, on the night of the 3D.. The men
were attempting to force an entrance to a
house Of ill-fame, and the inmates fearing
trouble sent for Freez, who lives near by.
There were six in the party and Freez shot
the three mentioned. Honakor is expected
to die. Freez is in Jail, and threats of
lynching have been made.
A violent hail storm prevailed over a
considerable extent Of country in the vicin-
ity of Petersburg, Va, on the I'd and ex-
tended into North Carolina. Many fields
of growing COTTON, corn, and vegetables
were destroyed, and the farmers will be
compelled to plant again. Hail fell to the
depth of twelve inches, and whirlwind
prevailed along the center of the storm,
blowing down barns, fences and sheds. In
some places in Surry County, Va, the hail
fell to the depth of eighteen inches, and in
some spots was drifted to the depth of four
feat