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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
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From the moment when the true state Of
Philippa's mind flashed upon me, 10 the mo-
ment when l left her sleeping that heavy
sleep, l had little time to think Of anything
else than the best means of saving her life,
and, if possible, her reason. True, through
out the whole of my operations to effect this
end, a dim sort of horror pervaded me-a
recollectiono of the CHASTITY object which lay
on the roadside, some three miles from us
but it was not until l turned from my pa
TENTS door that the terrible situation in
which she was placed presented itself to me
In all its dread entirety. Half broken
hearted, l threw myself YEARLY into my
chair, and covered my face with my hands.
What was to be doneS What was to be
done9 Tomorrow morning the body would
be found. felt certain that when inquiry
was made suspicion would at once point to-
ward Philippa. Mrs. Wilson knew of her
starting from home in the evening, alone
and on foot. She knew, moreover, that Sir
Mervyn Ferrand was her husband; that he
had ill-used her. She would most certainly
know to whom Philippa had fed. 1t did
not follow that because was ignorant as to
who were my neighbors they knew nothing
about me. At any rate, William. my man,
would know the truth. So far as l could
see, tomorrow, OF by the latest, the next
day Philippe would be arralted for the
crime. Most probably l should also be in
cluded in the arrest. For that Iseemed to
care nothing; except that it might hinder
me from helping my poor girl.
Any hope Of removing Philippa-therei
put it in plain w~ords-any hope Of flight,
for days, even weeks, was vain Let every.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
Railroad Matters at shreveport.
Specialize the Commercial Herald.

81 SHREVEPORT, Aug, 20.-M. S. Bel
KNAPP, superintendent Of the V. s. M.
and ", S. & p, had an interview with
Capt. Simon Levy, receiver of the
Shreveport & Houston narrow gauge
to-day, regarding the running Of the
track Of the latter into the depot Of tn
", S. g. P. road, and plans will soon
be completed for the perfection of the
work. Mr.. Belknap informs your cor
respondent that he felt assured ar
rangements. would soon be completed
for the building Of the Minden tap
from the ", S. s. P. road. He leaves
for Vicksburg in the morning, accom-
panied by Mr.. Hardy, Of the vs. &P.
and v. s. M.
Mary Nichols, colored, died sudden
ly last night, and foul play was sus-
pected. DR.. Coty, coroner, examined
and found her death to have been
caused from heart disease, All is
quiet In railroad circles, no strikes
having turned up TO date. ~ sGoa
W. wv. Finley general freight
agent of the Texas Pacific, has been
in the city consulting with l. Hardy,
Of the v. &M and ", s. & P, railroads
regarding freight matters.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
Cholera paaths in spaln.

MADRID, Aug. 22.-During the past
twelve hours twenty-three cases Of
cholera and IL deaths from the disease
were reported in this city and in the
province outside of the city one hun
dred new cases and t~hirty-one deaths
were reported.
Most of the unaffected populace
have fled and the few healthy citizens
that remain are disheartened and
apathetic. Corpses remain I'M
cofined and unidentified. The
very misery wrought by the
plague has become a nuisance
and the government has resorted to the
desperate expedient of compelling the
soldiers and the convicts to carry on
the work of removing from the public
ways and interrlng the bodies of the
unknown dead.
The condition of Grenada remains
pitiable. Hundreds of people are at
tackled by cholera in a singled street
every day. There are no doctors and
no authorities to look after the victims,
who often pass through their agonies
in the streets and expire unatt ended
in the cutters.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
The Knights of Labor and the Rail-
roads,

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 22.-The only devel-
opments in the Knights Of Labor
trouble at this port to-day were con-
fined to the yards of the bridge COM
pany, to which five Wabash engines
were transferred this morning from
the Missouri Pacific yards. With two
exceptions the men in the yards are all
knights" and they refused to draw the
fires, wipe, or in any way handle
the Wabash engines. The s~uperinten-
dent was informed that if ordered 10
attend to them the men would auit
work in preference to doing SO. No
orders have been given yet to that ef-
feet, however, and the matter has not
been brought to an issue. Two dele.
gates from Decatur, his, arrived this
morning to confer with the wabash
committee.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
The. Grant Monument Fund In Chi

"L nd
CHICAGO, Aug. 22.-Potter Palmer
was asked what the committee would
be satisfied with as the total amount
of the Grant monument fund, and
when the subscription list would prob
ably be closed. He said that since his
return from Mt. McGregor, he had
been too busy attending to private
business, which had accumulated dur
ing his absence, to look after anything
else. From what he had been told,
however, he though there had not been
sufficient canVassing done and that a
much larger amount could be raised
than had originally been counted
upon.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28

thing 60 as well Is can b n such caseL the
girl must be kept in seclusion and quiet for
at least a fortnight or three weeks. Igroaned
as l thought of what would happen If Phil
ippa was arrested and carried before the
magistrates, accused Of the awful crime.
From that moment until the day Of her
death she would be insane.
ITO be Continually
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
A Witness Shot IL Court.

MANDoN, OAK, Aug. 22-During
the trial Of G. Is. Ray and others, on
a charge Of robbing a man Of eighty
dollars, in a saloon, a witness named
Jno. Coleman was shot by one Of the
defendants named Mabel Gray. Two
bullets hit Coleman, one in each leg.
The woman was Immediately arrested
and put in jail.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
First New Bale at edwards.
Special to the Commercial Herald.

Special 20 Lle commercial HeraId.
EDWARDS, Miss, Aug. 22.-The
first bale Of new cotton was received
to day. 1t was raised on L. A. Moss
Halls place, classed good middling,
and sold for ten cents. 1t weighed five
hundred and thirty and was shipped to
v, and A. Meyer & Co., New Orleans.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
Another Outlet for the Queen and
Crescent. .1l u
Special to CommercialH Herald.

pPYVIU4 70 OVIIIHIOAVI"A HOKHIU'
SHREVEPORT, Aug: 21.g2Superih-
tendent John r. Jones commenced
laying rails on the Shreveport & Hous-
ton railway to-day at Keachi, and will
complete it to the Sabine river as rap
idly as possible. He expects the.
Houston, East s. West Texas to be
completed to the river by the time he
reaches there, which will be by the
first Of October. This will give the.
Queen & Crescent route an outlet to
the Gulf from hence.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
Rosa Urges HIS Dynamiters to
Resume Work.

LONDON, Aug. 22.-The Pail Mall
Gazette this afternoon publishes a copy
Of a letter from O'DonoYan Rosa to
his dynamite agents in HaYrea and Ant
lwerp. In this Rosa blames the agents
for their present inactivity and
says to them 1".You have plenty
of oatmeal and won't use it."
He then commands them to
recommends the dynamite war and ar
range for several simultaneous explo-
sions in England forthwith. Red jim
McDermott, Rosa says, is still living,
although there is a standing
reward Of two thousand dollars for
his execution. Alcorrespondent Of the
Gazette attributes the present appar-
ent apathy among the dynamiters to
the wrangling between the radical sec
ton of the party and the m~oderates.
The latter, he says, wish to give the
present tory prime minister, the Mar
quis Of Salisbury, a fair trial, and they
contend that the pursuit Of a policy Of
evaporation against England Just how
will hopelessly destroy all The chances
of home rule.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
Poisoned by His wIfa.

EMPoRIA, KS, Aug. 22-J. r.
Walkup, Of this city, died to-day. He
was president Of the city council and
acting mayor. He was also Deputy
Grand Dictator Of the knights Of
Honor in this Sta te. His death
was occasioned by poison, generally be-
lieved to have been administered by his
wife a young woman whose acquaint-
ance he made while visiting the New
Orleans Exposition last winter
and whom he married about
July 31st last In CoYington, Ky.
The ~coroner's inquest is being
held and a postmortem examination
is being made. His wife has not vet
been arrested, but there is no doubt
she will be.
CINCINNATI, Aug 22-The situation
In the whisky market remains about
the same, the pool prices Of $t.I5
being still the nominal quotation.
The break made by one Hrrn has had
the effect Of preventing sales.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
PhlladelnhIa Rramarv 3 eIzed.

A Philadelphia Brewery S elzed.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 22.-Sl 1ecial
Treasury Agent Plummer and III Ited
States internal revenue officers mao q
raid yesterday upon Peter Hooltel s
Enterprise brewing company. on ac-
count Of their barrels being improper
" stamped, This afternoon the brew
cry was seized by Collector Gerke and
suit is to be entered for penalties.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-11

One tf our coast exchanges says:
ut was an oversight In the manage
ment Of the New Orleans Exposition
that there was not a delegation of at
least 100 tl1kcoast pioneers, u and
women gathered from the different
States and Territories and taken there
to show the people of the world what
manner of men and women it was
who came West rs to IS years ago
and made the opening for the mil.
lions who followed" Tie idea Is q
good one, and 1t is not yet too late to
adopt it. The presence of 100 Of the
average old coasters would be a grand
sight-eclipsing Barnum's circus.
We hope the management Of the
Worlds Exposition will not longer
overlook this important matter and
at once set to work pitching a tent
for their accommodation, not forget
ting In the meantime to send the
requisite number of free passes. We
could spare 'em.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-11
PAY THE SETTLERS.

Eastern representatives In congress,
now that all their border troubles are
settled, seem anxious to pass laws
declaring the western settlers the
right to damages incurred by the
Indians in times of outbreaks. Con-
gresham George, of Oregon, speak
ing to the point, said that those who
suffered losses at the hands of the In.
dams, should be reimbursed by the
government, even there being no
funds In the hands of the Indian of.
icials with which to do it. He fur
Their said, to declare that when gov
eminent coin is lacking the settler
shall lose his property would be to
ruin nearly every rancher in the new
Territories in time of Indian troubles
Mr.. George is manlfestly correct in
his assertions. The settler has just
as good right to collect pay for stock
killed by the Indians, a he has from
railroad company. And inasmuch
as the Indians are wards of the gcv-
eminent, and Of themselves irrespon-
sible. those who lose by them should
be fully reimbursed from the national
Those who have braved
the hardships incident to pioneer
life are certainly entitled to some
consideration, and as Congressman
George suggests; let the government
ready and willing to: meet all
d amsg Incurred by the hands Of
Its own creatures.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-11
EXPLANATORY.
A Dillon Man Set Right Before the
Public.
DILLON, NJ. T., Feb. g. 1855

DILLON, NJ. T., Feb. 9, 1855.
In the Inter Mountain of the 9Th
Inst. there appeared an article writ
ten by Occasional" of this place, in
which he attempts to blacken the
name and character of one who stanos
No. ! in our community.
The article In question bears the
ear marks of the pcstof1ce. We say
this because MI. kirkpatrick, the
complaining witness and our late
P. NJ, has recited "Occasionals" ar
ticle almost verbatim to many of our
business men prior to its appearance
In the Inter Mountain. and because
we don't know of anyone else here
who believes the story.
The article was written to create
public sentiment adverse to MI.
Holden, but it don't c 1eate worth a
cent.
Mr.. James Selway, assignee of the
kirkpatrick Bros, in whose employ
Holden is, has gone on his bond.
ana continues him in his service; facts
ln themselves which go far to sub.
stantiate our statements.
Occasional" seems anxious to trv
the case and render judgment In ad-
vance of the time set by the court.
out we are willing. to wait for the
wagon, and in the mean time advise
our friend to read an old nrovarh
which indicates. THAT you should al
ways live In q stone house before Won
tnlow glass;" or words to that effect.
SEMI OCCASIONAL.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-11

The Montana statutes make the
marriake of first cousins y crime,
to which severe penalty is at
tached. Recently a newly-divcrced
man married his cousin, who had
come out from the States for that
purpose. They had just got the bed
good and warm when along comes an
officer of the law, who reads the riot
act to the guilty pair and orders them
to dispense. And all this with the
thermometer "a degrees below zero
-Ketchum Keystone.
Our sprightly contemporary is certain.
ly ''off his base" Montana is com
posed of big-hearted, liberal people,
and although her laws may appear
strict In some particulars, not an
officer within her confines could be
found so heartless as to dispense a
"crowd" of the above kind when
the little shaft was dancing in spirits
to the depth of 81 degrees. o, no.
neighbor.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-11

Even in New York q wall goes up
against the Chinese opium dens. A
late issue of the MaN and Express
has the following: "Let it be put
on record, in red letters, that a con-
victlon was secured yesterday in the
case of a Chinaman who kept an
opium Joint on Mott street, and Alb
Lee has gone to the penitentiary for
three months. The same man has
already served a three months term,
ana bad only recently been dis
charged. 1t is not, it appears, alto
gether. impossible to capture and
convict these cunning law breakers.
Alb Lee, by the way, was probably
not the only man in the business"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-11
rx.m,n.tien Of cu.niashan.


LONDON, Feb. 9.-The further ex-
animation Of Jas. J. Cunningham
and Harry Burton, charged ~1tn
conspiracy in causing thes explosion
at the Tower begun to-day. The Bow
street police court room was crowded
with spectators. No unusual demon
strAtion was made. Harry Burton
declined the services OF counsel and
said he would defend himself. Pc
land opened the case for the Crown.
He created sensation by .imme.
diately announcing the Withdrawal
Of the charge of conspiracy and the
substitution of that Of high treason
and felony against both prisoners
iointly under q new indictment. The.
solicitor proceeded to state that tho
testimony the Crown would produce
would sustain the charge of high trea-
son and felony against tho prisoners.
In doing this Poland of necessity re-
peated the history narrated at the
former examination OF Cunningham
and Burton.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-11

The restoration of the whipping
post is a question row squarely be-
fore the Pennsylvania Legislature.
and If the use of the lash tor which
1t provides is restricted to the backs
of wife-besters, the enactment Of the
measure ought to be accomplished.
The whipping-post is doubtless q
relic of balbarism, and hence Its it
ness for the. barbarians who beat
their wives. The brutes for whom
the lash is needed a be restrained
from cruelty by fear of no ordinary
penalty, but the terrors Of the whip
ping-post few of them will brave a
second time. It wonld:te we'll to re-
serve the lash as a penalty for one
offence-that of wife-beating.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-11

The British lion is aroused, and
his ominous growl is heard in the
movement Of English troops to the
scenes being enacted in Egypt. The
ministry has become fully convinced
it has no child's work upon its hands,
and has determined to conquer the
Mahdi. 1t has seen the mistake of
sending a handful of men to subdue
a warlike, desperate people, and is
now doing what it should have done
before-forwarding troops enough to
break down any force the Mahdi can
bring int the field. The temporiz-
ing policy the English government
has heretofore pursued has resulted
disastrously to its arms. and proba-
bly, caused the loss of General Gordon
and his brave little band of men
If the worst forebodlngs concerning
their fate be true, their sacrifice will
ever be a stain upon the lustre of
English arms.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-11

An exchange gets off the following
good one on a Republican member Of
the North Carolina Legislature. 1t
contains more truth than poetry:
"a white Republican who was elect
ed to the Legislature of North Caro-
lima, Upon entering that body, found
that all members of his party were
either negroes or internal revenue
officers. He concluded that it was no
place for him, and returned to his
home. where he remained, persistent
ly refusing to go back AS a matter
of fact. the Republican party in the
south Is made up almost exclusively
of negroes and Federal ofice-ho.ders,
and now as the latter must 60, it will
be entirely black.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-11

The great storm which prevailed
two or three days ago throughout the
Western States, including Illinois,
has greatly alarmed Mr.. Lcgan's
friends lest the Republican members
who went home to spend last Sunday
with their families could not return
Monday IN time to vote for their
favorite in the joint convention to be
held that day, to eject a United
States Senator. Several Democrats
are also absent, but 1t appears there
were more Republican absen,ees than
Democratic. Should their fears be
realized the storm was not alto yether
without some compensation. The
State of Illinois would be more ably
represents ed in the United States SEN
ate by Mr.. Morrison, but it is not
probable the Democrats would take
advantage of the forced absence of
Republicans to elect him although
the law of the State requires that
ballotings should t2ke place day be-
fore yesterday. It is to be hoped the
snow blockade was removed and
that full houses were present at the
ballotings.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-11

The Khsd've E1prs.'s' his Views.
CAIRO, Feb: s.-4 an interview
to-daythe Khedive said he believed
Gen. Gordon Is still alive as the
Mahdi had no interest in wishing
the death of Gen. GORDON, but, on the
contrary would do I'll in his power
to prevent such Jan occurrence.
Instant action onAfPe part of England,
be said, is neS1 Bsary to prevent
further progre,S OF the Mahdi's
course and to avert new disasters and
the abandonment of Soudan by the
English under present circumstances
would be q grave. mistake. Tribes
hitherto friendly to Great Brita in
would now JON the Mahdi and il
England does not take immediate
steps to crush him his influence may
seriously threaten the stability of the
British Empire in India.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-11
CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE.

0oOSUs
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-When the
House met this morning in continue
ton Of SATURDAYS session, Townsend
whole for the consideration OF the
post Office appropriation bills. VIII
liz opposed the motion and argued
that the House should continue the
consideration of the river and harbor
bill. After argument the House
went into COMMITTEES of the whole on
the river and harbor bill. Townsend
moved that the committee rise.
Agreed to 123 to SO.
Townsend moved, the House 20
into Committee of tke|whole on post
Office appropriation bill. Agreed to,
yeas l49 nays III.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-11

A recent. decision of a Chicago
court Ia to the effect that a free lunch
was open to those who did not buy
beer and liquor as we'll as to those
who did, and that the only recourse
OF the proprietor who fancied that a
man was eating more than his due
allowance is to first warn him and
then, if he does not desist, to
bounce" him, The Chicago saloon
man did the "bouncing" without any
fair warning and was fined So for the
oftense. This will give heart of grace
to the chronic bummers of Chicago,
and will probably lead to some DELI
cate strategy on the part of the saloon
men.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-11
A General Snow Storm.

CHICAGO, Feb. "a snow storm
of great violence is raging through
out q number of Eastern and nearly
all the Western states east of the
Rocky mountains. In this city bus
iness Of all kinds is nearly suspended.
Snow lies to a great depth on the
streets. Street cars drawn by horses
are moving only with difficulty, and
in freight yards In railway stations
freight handlers and train employees
are engaged i9 an ATTEMPT to clear
the tracks. PASSENGER trains are the
only ones ATTEMPTING to leave. At
the signal station news Is rather con-
flicting and confused. This much
was authoritative. however: The
snow storm has come from the south.
It arose In the Gulf Of Mexico yester-
day and has been travelling a little
east Of north since, the wind blow
ing with q velocity of about
twenty miles per hour. It has
gone far to the northwest, the wealth.
er being especially fine In all the
lower lake regions from here to Buff
falo. 1t has taken its fight to the st.
Lawrence regions in q northeastern
~ direction. This morning the storm
had not reached the northern end of
Lake Michigan, neither will 1t reach
Al tar northwest as Duluth, but tax
ing In Wisconsin. While showing
here and all along the lake regions.
the storm has produced rain in the
Ohio valley.
"This, being 80 largea Storm said
the signal officer las to include all
kinds Of weather In its wake. while
showing fercely at Buffalo, for in.
stance, it IL raining at Pittsbure and
i couple Of hundred miles south.U
The rain reaches as far south "A
northern Mississippi. The actual
measurement Of the snow fall has
not been possible by reason of excess
I've drifting, but at least six inches |
fell between the beginning Of
the storm last night and six this
morning. Although the temperature
early this morning was five degrees
higher by the tt ermometer than YES
terday morning it il rapidly growing
colder. IN the Northwest region, e.
pecially in Manitoba, Dakota and
northern Minnesota, the cold wave
is spreading. At Fort Geary Last
night the mercury had reached Al de-
grees below ero and at st. Vincent
IS below. This excessive cold wave
Is moving eastward and may be upon
US tonight. In this city at noon the
mercury stood 20 above.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-11

MI. Richard Short. the gentleman
who recently interviewed Captain
Phelan with a knife, was released on
bail of So, 900 day before yesterday,
MI. Short will doubtless lind it con-
venient to leave New York batore
the next grand jury meets in that
city, in which case his bondslpen
will be short to the extent of his bail.
Should Captain Phelan meet Mr..
Short somewhere outside of that nest
of dynamiteN he will make short
work Of the WoulC-be assassin.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-11
The Electric Death

Item in yesterdays issue has cie-
ated more discussion among the
friends of the young lady telephone
operatrix than was counted upon.
Nineteen friends of the lady called at
the MINER office to get mourning
badges. The badges were to be worn
after the death of the man who wrote
the article. He is Unknown, I'll
honored, and il he continues on ~
the wicked and horrible path when
leads to such outrageous Ierpetr"'
2Ions, will be unsung but not on'
strung, 3-7-77.