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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04
POLITICAL SENSATION.

A Rumor that Villas Is to be Ap-
pointed Minister to Austria and
Postmaster Pearson VIII Enter
CleveIand's Cabinet.
NEW YORK, Aug. Pa special dis
patch from Saratoga says: "The latest
sensation in political rumors here, and
one that engages the attention of
all the visiting statesmen, is that Post
master H. G. Pearson, of New York, is
about to be promoted to a place in
President Cleveland's cabinet, vice
Col. W. F. Villas, who is to be sent to
Austria as minister. The ouid.
nuncs further declare that the presi.
dent intends to put a Brooklyn
Democrat in the New York post.
office, and there are those who say that
ex-senator VIM. H. Muttha of the
Ninth ward stands as high in Mr..
Cleveland's estimation as any Dem.
ocrat in Kings county. The appoint
ment of Villas will necessitate the
procurement of a comfortable berth for
Mr.. Kelley in the State department,
and Mr.. Bayard is willing, it is said, to
provide for the Richmond wanderer in
this way. The most interesting portion
of the rumor is the apparent intention
of Mr.. Cleveland to recognize the
claims Of Kings county in a political
way.
The civil service rules apply to the
greater number of positions in
the p~ost-ofice, but this fact has not
prevented a number of city politicians
from asking appointments of Mr..
Pearson. With the best intentions,
the postmaster has been unable to graf.
ify his Democratic friends as he would
wish. Ex-C Congressman S. S. Cox has
probably, been more lucky in this way
than any other New York politician
But Colonel Murphy and Senator
Campbell think they ought to have 6
chance, while Hubert 0. Thompson be
lieves that the county Democracy Is
being most m;serably treated.
The rumor connecting Villas con
templated change with Parsons ap
pointment has been the talk of th,
town here for a couple of days past
1t is well known that the Wisconsin
statesman has grown tired of the tur
moil and trouble ct the p~ostofice de
partment, while it is also recognizes
that it would take a great deal NOR
than the work of getting rid o
offensive partisans to tire MI. Pearson
Leading Republicans who have re
NAMED ever since yesterdays meeting
of the State committee are inclined t,
credit the story of Pearson's prospect
i've promotion"
"If a Brooklyn Democrat Is appoint
ed postmaster of New York, it mean
a solid delegation from Kings count
for Edward Cooper for governor" wa
Maj. Hobbs exclamation when tn
story was preached to him.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04
The Freak Of a Drunken Man.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 59.-John Bosen-
mayer, a well to do farmer, living near
Weisburg, Dearborn county, while in
a condition bordering IN delirium ire.
mons yesterday, piled the bedding and
furniture on the floor Of his room,
fired it and then mounting a chair on a
table, in the middle Of the room, and
arming himself with a shot gun, babe
defiance to his imaginary tormentors.
When the neighbors rescued him his
eyes were burned out and he was
otherwise SO badly burned that he can
not live. The house and contents.
worth $4,000. we're destroyed.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04
White House PIeasantrIes.

Boston Courier.
When President Cleveland was
asked to appoint Judge Tree to a
foreign mission he replied:
"1'd just as leaf as not"
This gracious answer to the applica-
ton was received with a profund
bough.
"In making this appointment, how
ever" continued the chief magistrate,
cit is not to be considered by any
branches Of the judges family that
they have only to apply for a position
to be appointed"
Certainly knot" was the response
"Then l guess you can tell Judge
Tree to pack his trunk" said the pres
ident. "You expected me, of course,
to appoint him." he added.
"We knew you wood" was the re-
ply.
"Well," said the president, II was
aware that Judge Tree did not pine for
the office, nevertheless in such a posi-
ton l am anxious to see, as our Eng.
lish friends would say, a good man at
the elm. and while I'm maple"
"Chestnuts!' exclaimed the delega-
ton in a breath.
Then the president retired to his
desk with a pleasant smile on his face,
and the delegation departed, we'll
pleased with the success of their mis-
sion.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04
Forthe Vicksburg Herald.l
PLUM DE LINE.

To hOl' yO' grip along wild mankind
An gyard ag'lnst comm out behln',
You got to cut yO' eapers fine
admit Ills true;
But, sink or swim, chile, plum de lie,
Whatebber you do.
Stan by de truth, II you break a trace,
Nor worry yO' min bout lOsln de race;
Look straight to de front wild an earnes' face
70 lines In han
Nebber stOppin' er mInnIt to 'sIDDER de case
Wild ANY man.
Honey, de clean. squar' man is boun' ter win,
For he STAINS his grOun' though thick AM thin
He may lose his feet, but hell ketch 'em aeiin
AS quick as q cat;
An he don't fear de debbil nor none o. his kim
Ik'nEell you DAFT
BOB MCGEE.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04

CANON FkRRAR, the eminent Eng
lish Divine who is booked for a tour
Of America will deliver in New York
City the following lectures /: The first,
on DANTE" the second, on "Robert
Browning's Poems" the third, on "The
Tslmud and Its Authors !" or he may
substitute for this lecture one on
s.Napoleon."
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04
Destructive Fire at Yazoo city,

Destructive Fire at Yazoo City,
Special to Commercial Herald.
YAzoo CITY, Aug. 29-The most
destructive fire that Yszoo City has
known for years occurred at $50 this
morning. 1t was first discovered in
the store of Holmes s. Co.. in the very
heart of the business centre. Before
the flames were subdued they had COM
municated to the store of Craig & Sons,
on the lower side, and damaged both
building and stock largely. The stock
and entire contents Of Holmes 4 Co.,
were entirely destroyed, and that OF
Craig & Sons partially. The losses in
stocks and bulldogs are heavy, with
partial insurance. Holmes & Co., had
their building insured for $4,000 and
stock at $4,000. Craig q Co. carried
$4,000 on their stock, but am unable
to find if there was any insurance on
the building, as its owner is a non
resident.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04

THE Vicksburg Post has about let
up on the appointment Of the Post
master of Vicksburg, and now comes
John r. Lynch, denouncing the
Natchez appointment. So they co.
Port Gibson Reveille.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04
An indignant Denied by the Presl-
dent of Nicaragua,
NICARAGUA, VIA @.

MANAGUA, N1cARAUGUA, VIA GAL.
WESTON, Aug. 29.-In a supplement to
the Official Gazette, is published an in
dignant and emphatic denial by Pres
ident Cordenas, Of the assertion print
ed in La Estrella, of Guatemala, that
the Panama canal company has offered
him 25,000,000 francs for the obstruc-
ton Of the projected canal through
Nicaragua. and that the offer had been
accepted. Great indignation prevails
in official circles that such an unbound
ed charge should have been published.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04

MURAT HALsTRAD has fred another
campaign SANDER at Brother Leonard,
who is running on the Prohibition
ticket for Governor Of Ohio, and the
substance Of it is that he not only
drank a glass Of ale Once but soaked a
piece Of toast In 1t.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04
Death Of an Old Stsamboatman--
Steamer Disabled.

S0&Nb " GIL OH4
Steamer Disabled.
Special to Commercial Herald.
SHREVEPORT, La, Aug. 29.-Capt.
Joe D. Aston, a we'll known Red river
steambOatmaD, died to day, aged thirty
nine. He will be buried tomorrow.
The steamer John G. Fletcher ar
rived to-day in u crippled condition.
On her up trip Friday night, with a
large freight, she struck a snag near
Christian, seventy miles below here,
breaking ahole under her Starbard bow
and damaging all freight in the hold.
She was quickly run on a sand bar and
bulk headed, her freight was delivered
to-day under protest. Henderson W.
Holden, a well known citizen, was
carried to the Jackson asylum to-day,
hopelessly insane.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04

THE President may be right but his
sister Is more SO. She is a writer and
has already made $4,000 from the sale
Of her book, a sum it will take her big
brother a whole year to corral. All Of
which shows the truth of the proverb:
"Better write than be President"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04

WHAT possesses an Indianapolis
newspaper to print an item like thisP
"a few of the very fashionable ladies
at Newport have taken to wearing
short silk stockings instead Of long
stockings"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04

The Pamela STIR says: Gen. Chal-
mers crswls from his political grave and
administers a dish Of gush and taffy to
Put. Darden and the Changers. But
they shudder at the sight Of the chest,
and refuse to swallow the nauseating
dose. We believe Put. Darden is a
Democrat; II SO, he is honorably
bound to loyalty support Gov. Lowry.
II Dsrden is not a Democrat, as has been
charged, the sooner we know it the
better it win be for the Democracy.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04

AT the National meeting Of the
Beta, Theta, Pi Society held at the
Lindell hotel, st. Louis, Thursday last,
our gifted and brilliant young towns
man, T. Dabney Marshall. whose liter
airy attachments fare second to no
young man Of his age in the South,
was elected one Of the Vice-P Presidents
Of the order. This was the 10th an
nual convention Of the society, which
numbers among its members hundreds
Of college alumni in nearly every
State in the Union.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04
A Squirrel Adopted by a Cat.

Exchange.
A remarkable instance of adoption
of one species of the brute creation
into a different, can be seen at the
house of Dr.. w. L. Billups, of Carroll
county, where a cat with kittens, in
stead of eating a little grey squirrel
about two or three days old, which
fell into the hands of one of the
family, Pussy introduced it to her pa
ternal care and raised it as tenderly as
she did her own offspring, enjoying the
original smartness and playfulness of
the squirrel with as much satisfaction
as her kittens. There is a good deal
Of the christian in that old cat that
would do to compare with many chris
tian women who are not so thought
full of human waits, thrown upon the
troubled sea Of life.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04

GERMAN beer has been boycotted in
Spain, not because it is considered
good cholera medicine, but because
Bismarck wants Alfonso to let him
have the Caroline Islands.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04
Have not Sold Steel Rails to the
Wisconsin Central.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Aug. Or. G..
Hanna, the secretary of the North
Chicago rolling mills, says the report
that the Wisconsin Central has just
purchased of his company $4,000 tons
OF steel rails at twenty-six dollars a
ton, or any price whatever, is I'M
founded. He says no rails have been
ordered by the Wisconsin Central
since a month ago, and that he would
not make public the price he made
them.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04

THE Stalwart Republicans of Ohio
and New York are now trying the
Syren act on the Mugwumps Of those
respective states.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04

PARNELL's recent Dublin speech has
made the lion roar. The Conservative
press Of England have jumped on it
with both feet. Parnell, however,
seems to hold a strong hand with a
shillelah in 1t, and will work the con.
vincing weapon on John Bulls frontal
bone for all it's worth.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04
The Body of a Woman, Alleged to
Have Been Poisoned, Exhumed
for Examination.

The Body of a Woman, Alleged to
Have Been Poisoned, Exhumed
for Examination.
CHAUNTE, KANSAS, Aug. 29.-Con-
siderable excitement has been OCCASION
ed here by the exhuming of the re-
mains of Nancy J.. Poinsett, poisoned
to gain the insurance on her life.
Francis McMorris, her daughter, was
convicted of the crime the first Of this
month. An application for a a new
trial has been made and will be argued
September 4th. No notice of any init
nation of a movement Of this kind
was given until Thursday, when
such a rumor came to the
ears of the attorney representing
the prosecution They Immediately
went in the cemetery where Mrs. Poin-
sett's remains had been deposited, and
found Senator Hackney, Mrs. Morris
attorney, the probate judge of the
county, and several physicians exhum-
ing the body, which was identified by
physicians. A chemical analysis has
before made by a professor of the
State university, who found a little
over three and one-third grains Of
arsenic in the liver, heart and stomach
This, however, was not salts
factory to the defense, who
wished another analysis made. The
physicians who were present at the
exhuming were of the opinion that the
parts of the body were in a remark
able state of preservation, indicating
the presence Of arsenic. The represeD
tatives Of the insurance companie:
who are interested in the result of the
analysis, on account of the effect II
will have on the civil suit for $4,000
insurance on Mrs. Poinsette's life
made a proposition to Mr.. HockneJ
that they employ a chemist and thai
he for Mrs. Morris do the same, and
that the remains be turned over tc
them and both sides abide the result
but this proposition was declined, Ant
the parts Of the body removed wer'
taken 10 Chicago, where a chemical ex
animation is to be made.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04
Searching for PrelIar.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Aug. 29.-The
report that Preller, the suspected vic
tim in the st. Louis hotel murder case,
had been seen in this city and had
written a letter from here to Maxwell,
the alleged murderer, created a sensa.
ton this morning. While little reli-
ance is placed in the story, the police
and the reporters Of local papers are
much exercised and are pushing an in
vestigation in all parts of the city, in
an effort to trace the author of the
letter. AS yet no clue has been found,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04

IT IS reported that in 1870 three.
fourths Of the wine consumed in the
United States was imported and that
in 1880 only IS per cent. came from
abroad. American wines have i'm.
proved as much In quality as the vine
yards have grown in acreage.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04

A Pathetic Story In Which DR.. C..
K. Marshal Is a Prominent Fig
ure.
CENTRALIA, Ills, Aug. 29.-Cap-
tain Warner, ex-commissary at Libby
prison, who now resides here, gives to
the press a romantic story Of how his
tribute to the memory of Gen. Grant,
published some time since, discovered
his whereabouts TO a long lost sister,
and also to an old time friend. Capt.
Warner says that about the time of the
commencement of the war his sister
went with her husband, the Rev. r.
W. Priest, as a missionary to Africa,
since when the brother and sister have
had no communication with one
another, until the dispatch disclosed to
Mrs. Priest the whereabouts of her
brother. During the war the Rev.
DR.. G. K. Marshall had a commission
from the C~onfederacy to supervise the
caring for the sick land wounded SOL
diers in the State of Mississippi. The
doctor was a kind-hearted old gentle
man, and between himself and Uncle
Jack there grew a strong attachment.
The vicissitudes Of war and recon-
struction drifted this Jonathan and
David apart, and they mourned each
other as dead. DR.. Marshall read
uncle Jacks tribute to Gen. Grants
memory in the newspapers, and
straight way wrote him a very pathetic
letter from Eureka Springs, Ark,
where ne was sojourning with an in
valid wife. The old ex-commissary re-
1oiced over having been heard from
his sister and his old friend.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04
A Case Of Poisoning In Marshall
County

= gaae o. POISONING Do Mar9haII
County
Special 70 Commercial Herald.
HOLLY SPRINGS. Aug. 29.-The
Marshall county Register, in an extra
this evening, contains full accounts Of
the murder Of Mrs. Robert Doxey
by her husband and Mrs. Wash john
son, by poisoning, and Of their arrest
and Of the progress Of the trial, before
Mayor Coker, Of Bethlehem, in the
southeastern corner Of the county.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04
A Prisoner Fatally Shot by an orr
Ger

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 29-At Brazil.
Ind, this afternoon, as City Marshal
henderson was escorting Jesse VAR
ner, a prisoner, about town, the latter
being engaged in seeking some n 10
60 on his bond, the prisoner made an
'enort to escape, when he was fred nm
On oy henderson and fatally wounded.
warner mad been fined for CARVING
concealed weapons and had lust 6esS
army. Nn0 AesuAaE
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-The Chi
nese minister, ChongO Tsao Ju, who
was striker with paralysis immediate
Y after his return to this country from
Peru, last April, and who is still ill in
new York, has sent his resignation to
the Chinese government and Chang
ling Huan has been appointed in his
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04

population Of Dakota is 415.0O0.
OF "h'ch Dakota claims $4,000.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04

Subscribe to the Commercial Her
aid.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04
Texas Fever Among Illinois Cattle

IN N0kklSH
CHICAGO, Aug. 29-Regarding the
Texas fever in the Goodwin herd. at
Kanakee, Ill, a special dispatch from
That point says that Mr.. Goodwin
purchased the two hundred head Of
steers at the Chicago stock Yards
where they were reported to be
Michigan cattle, though it is now said
that genuine Texas ticks are found on
them in great numbers. Six head have
died and ten more sick.
A dispatch from Chester, Ill. avs
The State Veterinarian has discovered
the presence Of Texas fever in a herd
at the prison, where two heads have
died The cattle were bought at the
East st. Louis stock yardsH
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04

ne Late Superintendent of the
Pension Bureau Arrested for
Theft.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-Detectiye
BLOCK to-day arrested John Dickerson.
formerly superintendent of the pen.
sion bureau, for the larceny Of a fac
from the Government. This is one
OF the results Of the recent ~investiUa.
ton into the late superintendent's con.
duct Of the bureau affairs.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-27
DIED,

At tie residence of her husband,
William stump, Esq, in tbe ncini'y
OF ihis place, on Sunda last, sfter
a painful and lingering illness, Mrs
CHARLOTTE STUMP. an excellen, woman.
snd ore much beloved by q lar. @ circle
OF relatives and fnsn =.
On the 18Th inst, al Grassy Lick
Kun, Mrs. ABToAL HBARE, consort Of
James lIcars, deceased, ia the NINETY.
second year Of Scr age.
On the lat inst, Mrs. JIMMIE DYER.
wits OF joan Dyer, and daughter OF
aIrs. Fannie Swi'zer. now OF Mnivans.
Sumner county. Kansas hut formerl,
nt Pendleton county, this State.
Al hi. late home. near Hanging RI K
Mills, IN liafdv county. on The 4 MT.
NICHOLAS T.. BAU, HNAS, aged sixty
years, eight months and seven daVs.
Near War lensvIlle. on the 9 u inst.
Mr.. ISAAC BAKER, in about the f.ty-
eighth year OF h's age.
A. hiS residence near Wardensvijle.
on the 9Th lust, Mr.. Isaac FRYE. aged
about SO years. He leave. a wife and
u children.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-27
FOUND ATLAoT

THgF,M,Us l. st CABIN NINE. WHICH
|, .ur. oan C toy mi in. district the
eel Of w.ich is unparalleled IN the
M.c vcrtc. %, tho age. Niles and miles
Of ,lch pace, and omar ietds, pro.
ran ced by expert. % he the vcry
niece NJ tie g,ld s"akeis' hopes Full
r.rcnlsr- Of this new sud wonderful
m,nsra, belt; OF its first d,scoverv /;
b.s o get there, When to go md how to
b4c,me ire pos-casnr ot . claim, Together
,i,n yist 1T tn. lava If mining
governing 'he same; also . fund of in.
iornsirnn the West IN Territories
c,icerning ta mining. st0ck nd
agricultural ia'erssis, and authentic
49,, az n. great n,l discovery in Wy.
ON ng will 10 sent 10 any address In
the ~.fld upon receipt OF 81. Al
question, prrp"nn Eel ~iil no accurate.
/, AID rel rbl, ans~.red. References
furr,.l.i .h. q desired. Address,
RfTp & '"Ngs. Ra~iins, Wyoming.
+. uerr 6. 1885
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-27
A Mountain that Moves.

Over In Churchill county, Nevada.
there IL great curiosity oi which NE
do not remember to have seen ia the
papers. This curiosity IA : o,biny
more nor iess than travelling noun
tain of sand. Tho winds have gath
cred together n great heap of sand
aud keep it coma antly moving like
an immense glacier. 1t crawls
steadily along over valleys aud
through canyons never ceasing. the
sands making low. musical eound
AS they rub against each other, much
as they do around the Spinx every
morning at sunrise, which give rise
to the legend that the stony statue
was greeting tho morning sun with a
cong.
Bot the moving mountain of
Churchill contains still another pecu.
liarity. While its sides are syme:ri.
cally for...et and Law In folds ike
solidi6ed waves, there Is no cone
at the top. Instead of it going To a
peak there is mole there made by
counter winds. and whoevet is rash
enough To scale tie ridge aud pass
into that hole pays' for >hls rashness
with his life, for the tickle sand Yields
Leneaih his feet, and the more he
struggles tn get back The !as, or lie
silks until he is smottered to death.
The Indians tell of several Of their
tribes having been thus swallow. d
up, and no trace has ever been found
OF them, s,nce.-Exchange.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-27
DB. LOWRY REMEDY,

lnid'"s new LIFE tho DFprLIrA-
IT'D " aSsimilnies With the blood. and
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ana PHYSICAL Pros'ration IL scis on
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,''"'' thereby stopping waste and build
W., an when The face resumps The
n''o,n vt !ealth the I'VE It's Lustre, and
,"s 6i'in i,s Poser This remedy can
" "hiained "f Druggists and Dealers
g'n'r"'iy. Price 81 90 per package /;
."''e packages. two dollars. sufficient
" ."te N1'nary cases.
Ask Your druggist fcr IL, do not t. Ike
NV o'hcr. IL you cannot obtain 1t
~ diroc', With price. mi IL will be
Az. Az. securely scaled, Ivy mail to your ado
Address Depot AMI Lshratory,
Dr.. Lowry Remedies,
lS East 18th ST.,
New York CITY.
HpV'ce Free send stamp for reply.
August 20, 1884.