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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-14
BOARD OF

Fifth Days Proceedings - Last
Chancellor Adjustment of Assess
ment.
The board of supervisors met yes
terday pursuant to adjournment and
took up the work of considering appli-
cations for reduction of assessment
and other work.
Present: Messrs. Worrell, Mills,
Lewis, Jones, and Golf, Sheriff Beck
and Clerk Hardy.
The minutes of Thursdays meeting
were read and approved.
H. B. Bruser was allowed So for a
dipper for the sheriff's office and a
buster for the chancery clerks office.
Clerk George I. Hardy was allowed
$3.50 in lunacy case of Elizabeth Will
liams, and $3.50 in case of Annie AL
version. The jury and witnesses in
the first case were allowed $3.50, and
in the last Sc.
The assessments of Mr.. James Lewis
on lot 6, square a., Wesley Vick's sur
vey was reduced from $4,000 to $4,000.
The commissioners to lay out the
Hough road were allowed $l4, and the
jury to assess damages on same $24.
This road has not been adopted as yet.
Mr.. S. Townsend's assessment was
reduced to $3.50 per acre.
Mr.. John D. Tinney, secretary of the
committee of arrangements for the
Grant memorial services, extended an
invitation to the board to join in the
services Oh the 9Th instant, was read,
and on motion received, and on motion
the clerk was instructed to notify Mr..
Tlnney of their acceptance.
On motion the clerk was instructed
to notify Messrs. Ehrman & Brothers
to put their slaughter house in a prop.
er sanitary condition forthwith; and
unless the same be done the sheriff
will be required to abate the same as
a nuisance.
On motion the clerk was instructed
to notify the Telephone Company to
remove their poles from the road.bed
on county roads, and unless the same
be done the road overseers will be re.
quired to move them at the expense Of
the company.
The board adjourned until 10 o'clock
to-day.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-14
THE DRILL, TOURNAMENT AND
SHOOT,

The indications are that the largest
assemblage ever brought together in
Vicksburg will come to witness the
drill between the West Point Rifles
and Volunteer S~outhrons on the 18th
inst. And the occasion is one worthy
Of such attendance. The military
has always had peculiar attractions for
the popular mind, and the meeting OF
two such companies as the Rifles and
Southrons affords a fine opportunity
for a great demonstration. From
every quarter comes information that
the people are taking a deep interest
in the approaching military contest,
and are coming to witness it. Vicks-
burg appreciates the magnitude of the
opportunity offered her, and will
make her best endeavor to properly
entertain her visitors. The drill will
begin at 4 o'clock in the afternoon;
the day before that time will be de-
voted to a fitting tournament and a
contest between the crack gun shots
of this and adjoining States.
A large number of entrances for the
fitting Tournament have already been
made, and the contest between We
knights of the lance promises to be
spirited and most interesting. The
announcement made a few days ago
that the time for entrances had been
limited to the evening Of the 10Th was
an error. On the contrary, entrances
may be made up to 6 o'clock on the
evening of the 10Th inst.
The Vicksburg Gun Club have
offered a purse of 800 for a team
shoot, at fifty glass balls and fifty clay
pigeons for each team. Each team is
to be composed of five men. Invita-
tons have been extended to all the
organized clubs in this and adjoining
States, to participate, and if any club
has been overlooked, it has been unin.
territorial, and they should take steps
accordingly. They will be heartily
welcomed.
In behalf of the military, the
knights of the lance, the business men,
and the people generally, Of Vicks-
burg, we extend an invitation to all
to come and see for themselves how
hoSpitable a people we are and what
advantages our wholesale and retail
houses are ready to offer them, and
assure them in advance of a hearty
welcome and a good time.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-14
A Disastrous Flood.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8.-The China
Overland Mail, of July I'd, says: "The
calamitous flood, which began to work
destruction June 10Th, devastated a
part of the Province Of Canton, caus-
ing the death Of ten thousand people,
engul6ng whole villages and nearly
running the rice and silk crops, de-
stroying and immense amount of
property, and reducing a vast number
of people to poverty and starvation.
The flood was coused by the bursting
of an embankment at Tomkong, four
teen miles from Canton City, which
was rapidly followed by breaks at other
places withinin eighty miles Of Canton,
putting a large area Of the country un-
der water, including Canton.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-14
A Texas Centlpede,
Correspondent Philadelphia Times.

correspondent L ullduclpuld llllltS,
The centipede is not a pretty insect.
He RUS too much to legs. Once l
thought them Of no use, but after see
ing a lot of little Chiricahua Indian
papooses pulling centipedes from their
holes and greedily devouring them,
legs, poison, and all, l no longer doubt
ed the wisdom and benefcence Of their
creation. In the course of my check
cred career l have had several adven-
ture' with centipedes and always came
out second best. A centipede can
raise a blister on a mans body quicker
than a red-hot iron, and if you don't
Immediately apply a remedial poultice
of pounded prickly pear and dose your
selfinWardly with post whisky-which
latter is warranted to kill any
thing but an army mule-the resultant
effects may be serious. Centipedes
usually attack their victim at night,
when he is asleep and can't defend
himself. They are armed with about
200 little lances conveniently dashed
to the toe of each foot-of which they
have several-and at the base of each
lance is a tiny sack of venom. If a
centipede crawls across your body
which he'll most likely do If you lie
down anywhere within a half mile of
him-youll have no difficulty in fol-
lowing his trail and you'll remember
his visit for weeks. Norman ever died
from the bite of a centipede, but l
have known one to make a man wish
he was dead.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-14
FROM JACKSON.
Death of Mrs. Helena Spengler--A
Good Year for Editors,

Death OF MrS. Helena Spengier--A
Good Year for Editors,
Special to the Commercial Herald.
JACKSON, MISS, Aug. 6-Mrs. Helena
Spengler, sister of Mrs. H. Spengler,
Sr., Of this city, an old and highly re-
spected citizen, died this evening, after
an illness of a few days.
Col. I'D. Stewart, appointed register
of lands for the State, is an old and
we'll known citizen of this city.
Wallace McLaurin, appointed re-
ceiver of public monies, is the editor
of the Brandon Democrat. Mississippi
editors are faring well with the ad-
mlnistration, this making five who
have been given good places. Demo-
Gratis, all owe the State, will be glad
to hear that above offices are to be fill
ed by Democrats.
Colonel r. w. Banks has assumed
formal control of the revenue office
and retains all deputies appointed by
E. 0. Sykes, his predecessor.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-14
II cannot live this Iife," sobbed Beatrice,
u cannot line it Lonagr.n

"My pretty dearI my poor darlingr' said
the woman, her hard features TRANSPORTED
by pity, and smoothing the girls brown
hair as a mother might nave done.
"Ican bear it no longer" said Beatrice.
II will write and tell them all. Tell them
how I have been wronged-how l have
wronged them. No." she exclaimed, start
ing to her feet, II cannot do it. 1here must
be other means. He is mercenary. Oh, l
will give him all if he will keep silent and
leave me in peace-leave me and the boy in
peace"
Let me go to Englond and see him." said
Sarah.
"Youl' Beatrice started at the idea.
''Yes Let mt go. He is a wicked man,
but he al do me no harm. Oh, my dear
mistress, let me go. l can hear what he
wants-make him promise and put thatdowD
in writing. Let me do this for you, my
dear. BY the love l bear you l ASH it."
(To be Contin ued)
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-14
4 F00L.

Since Beck has been shown up in
his true colors and his odious purpose
OF buying his way into Office has been
exposed, he has grown SO desperate he
seems not to have a grain of common
sense left. He rushes around on the
streets, talking in a loud and Boosting
manner, disgusting everybody with his
offensive references to his "bar'I," the
greater portion of the contents Of
which was stolen from the citizens Of
Warren County.
Recently he used an expression on
Washington street which will con-
vince all those, who do not already OPP
pose him, that be is a low bred black
guard. He was talking to a gentle
man, whom he twitted with having
asked him (Beck) to go on Captain
Parisot's bond. The gentleman re-
piled:
Gas you have referred to that mat
ter l propose to show you up. Captain
Parisot, with other Democrats in
their l~iberality, went on your bond as
Sheriff; Capt. Parisot for $4,000, but
he only asked you to go on his for a
few hundred, in a matter in which you
would have taken no risk, and you re-
fused it. You are a nice man, you
are; full of gratitude"
Beck replied, in substance, as fol-
lows:
"Parisot is a id old pauper now:
and l can't go on every pauper's bond
who asks it. And you needn't talk
about my bond; there is one name on
it which makes it good"
Whose name is it," asked the gen,
tleman.
"Mr. Rigby's," said Beck.
"Oh, you ought to tell somebody elst
about Mr.. Rigby's name being
good on a bond" replied thu
gentleman, II happen to know h,
has nothing in his own name and no
a cent could be made by suing on tn
bond"
We do not pretend to give the exac
language of the conversation, but W
do give its substance. There is n
doubt about the epithet applied to CAP
tain Parisot, one of the most respects
BILE citizens OF the State.
Here is displayed Beck's cowardict
for although Captain Parisot is muc
older than he is, Beck would not hav
dared use such language about hin
had he been present. And he dare
not hesitate to lie as usual. Capital
Parisot is only temporarily embal
raised, and only asks time to pa
off every dollar he owes, which the IT
ceiver thinks will be done in two o
three years at farthest. When that
done he will be far richer than Becl
if what Beck has stolen is deducte
from his possessions.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-14
The Bob Toombs of To-Day.
tlanta Constitution

Among the familiar faces now at
the Kimball is that of the noble old
Roman, Robert Toombs. He has
grown feeble, aud as he walks is sup
ported by his negro valet. AS he
walked in the dining-room yesterday,
his silvered locks falling in careless
ringlets over his magnificent forehead,
his giant form and striking counte,
nance attracted the eyes of all. He
was attired in a dark suit, wearing the
old style regulation cutaway. One
who saw him remarked: "My Cod,
there's Toombs. The Georgian who
does not love him does discredit to his
native State. Such faults as some NAV
attribute to him are lost in his sublime
fidelity to his State and his love for her
institutions"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-14

must be broken. However he gathered him
self up, groaned as in pain, shook his fist at
the victor, swore and then found his way
out. Ca~rruthers returned to his papers, but
the reflections to which this interview gave
rise made this afternoon a blank so far as
literary work went.
Two days after this his friend Field called
on him. "lsay, Carruthers," he exclaimed,
you're a nice sort Of young man sent a
fellow who wanted a helping hand to you
and, hang me! you gave it to him with a
vengeance. Helped him down, not up,
though
He's been to you, has hep
Eyes, be called to-day-in splints, Said
you insulted him, aud chucked him over the
stairs. Can't think how youdidit Doesn't
seem like you, either
81 had the best Of reasons"
80 ! told him, but he won't belieYe me
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-14

OUR evening contemporary thinks
no Democratic nominee can defeat
Beck for Sheriff, except by fraud or
violence. That is an insinuation,
which those Democrats who continue
to support a paper opposed to their
wishes, should seriously consider. 1t
is bad enough to be slandered and
misrepresented by Northern Radical
sheets, but when home papers surpass
Northern papers in that sort of thing,
it becomes uncomfortable.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-14
FROM JACKSON.

Memorial Services is Honor of Gen.
Grant
Special to Commercial Herald.
JACKSON, Aug. 8-Memorial services
in honor of Genl. Grant, were held in
this city to-day. The meeting was
presided over by Mayor McGill and
was a very large one, consisting of
both white and colored. Appropriate
addresses were delivered by Mayor
McGill, W. H. Gibbs, J, L. Power, Jas.
R. Yerger, Jas. Hill, and M. M. Nc
Leod. Series of appropriate resolu-
lions were adopted.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-14

THE conviction of Reil, the Cana
dian half-breed, and sentence to
death, has caused quite a commotion
among the 900,000French Canadians,
and, should the recommendation of
the jury for mercy be disregarded, and
the sentence carried out, serious COM
plications may follow that will endan-
ger Britain's domination in Canada.
Although technically guilty of treason,
because found with lrms in his hands
defying the authority of the govern.
ment, yet Reil was not really guilty Of
that high crime, for his appeal to arms
was not to establish an independent
State or overthrow the old, but to Sc.
cure the redress of grievances which
the government as constituted would
not give. The part of wisdom would
seem to demand at least a commute.
ton of his sentence to Imprisonment
for life.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-14

THE Post thinks it is grabbing for
Mr.. Groome to apply for the p~ostotice,
but that all the property owners and
intelligent citizens Of Warren ought
to get out Of the way and allow the
Radical boss to have the Sheriff's
Office as long as he wants 1t. 1t seems
to think it grabbing for any one 20 try
and honestly secure an Office, but has
not a word about Beck's boast that he
had ten dollars for every other candi-
dates one, and if that was not enough
he could draw on Mr.. Rigby's funds to
secure the Sheriff's office.
Just such stuff as that long ago en-.
abled every honest voter in Warren to
take its correct measure, and SEE
through its weak efforts at deception
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-14

SOME idea Of the lumber trade Of
Chicago may be inferred from the fact
that of the seventy-two vessels of all
sort that arrived there one day this
week, forty-three were loaded with
lumber.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-14

"INsTEAD of being a mere Hessian
Prince, which is about as dignifed
title as that of Colonel in Mississippi"
is the way the Chicago Tribune at
tempts to belittle the military titles of
Mississippians, in speaking Of Batten-
berg.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-14

BECK and his bar'l are becoming
very much disfgured. The people of
Warren do not seem to regard
either, since the Democratic party
pledged itself to protect its candidates
from the corrupt use of Radical
money.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-14

TIE congregation Of the Chicago
Chestnut street Baptist church last
Sunday occupied the Temple ADDS
Israel. The Hebrews were heartily
thanked for their kindness.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-05
The Young Isien.

"Ma," said little Tommy, do the In
jins' own the railroads."
mo, my son."
well, they've got somethin' to do with
them. eos pa says he bought his ticket off a
scalper. st Paul Herald.
An Austin boy came from school very
much excited, and told his father that all
human beings were descended from the
apes which made the old man so mad that
he replied angrily:
That may be the case with YOU. but it
amt with me, / can tell you that now. my
son."-Texas Siftings.
Il see" observed Mr.. Unison. looking
up over his paper. THAT the cholera mi
crobe is expected in this country soon"
lis that so, pal" replied little Jim.
wei, hope he'll get there pretty quick. -
''Why?"
80 he can get a dose of the first green
apples of the season. had some last sum-
mer."-Chicago Herald.
Are you enjoying your dinner?" asked
Bobby of the minister, who was taking a
Sunday dinner with the family.
Yes, Bobby" responded the minister.
pleasantly.
Mamma said this morning that she
Thought you would. as she didn't suppose
hat with your small salary and big family
you got much to eat from one weeks end IL
another. New York Times.
A Montezuma lady said to her young
hopeful:
Johnnie, why don't you rock the baby?
You'd let it squeal its life out"
Il would if could"
why, Johnnie. Want your little brother
to die?''
well, wouldn't it be good deal better
fur him to be up in heaven, flynn around.
than to be layin' squealin' in that 'ere
cradle?"-Montezuma (Ga.) Record.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-05
IN STRAWBERRY BOY.
A Pretty sucker, waiden;s Strata
gem TO Get n Husband.
Burlington Hawkeye.

burlington Hawkeye.
A Chicago man, who unfortunately OF
fortunately is a benedict bought quart
of strawberries the other day. Carrying
them home he found that the measure was
even shorter than usual. But where the
strawberries ought to have been, there lay
a note, daintily repoSing in the deepest
receSses of the pretty wooden measure. red
with blushing tints of strawberries. emblem
attic of the warm desires that lurked be-
meath the written words it held. The note
read as follows:
Yes l am young lady with large brown
eyes u hair langtry bangs am about 81
feet high weigh 40 lbs. ANY handsome
young gent about 20 or 25 wishing to cor
respond with this rare beauty can do so by
addressing BESSIE MAYRIrRNE.
Age Is yrs & daisy skater. Centralia. Ill.
Here is the opportunity indeed. Within
the rustic confines of the prairie town
lives heart that longs to rise above the dull
drudgery of picking strawberries. and to
find sweet solace for her hum-drlm woes
III corresponding with strange young
man.
Eighteen years DID," ''weight. 40
pounds, "a daisy skater and "a rare
beauty" Such an aggregation of beauty
and talent ought not to be reduced to. the
extremity of asking for correspondence
through the medium of quart less half a
quart of Strawberries. Undoubtedly it was
more romantic than the time-woIn and
prOSaic method of advertising in the ''per-
sonar column of a newspaper
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-05
IN JUNE.

The balmy air is filed with soft perfume,
From shady lanes where fragrant roses
bloom,
And blossoms cling to fence and crumbling
wall;
Re-echoes now the wild birds joyous call.
The merry greenwood; meath its sheltering
shade.
The wild flower garnishes the sylvan glade,
And densest foliage the streamlet blinds
That through the forest depths half hidden
winds.
Earth wears her greenest livery, waving
blithe,
The blooming clover courts the keen-edged
scythe;
Luxuriant verdure covers hill and plain;
Full oft descends in copious showers the rain,
Till the bright sun beams through the vapor-
Gus shroud,
And linn a rainbow 'gainst the frowning
cloud.
Charles Eliphalet Reed in Philadelphia Call.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-05
CHARMING A GIRLS LIFE.
Why Japanese Fathers Give Their
Daughters Masculine Names.

Japan Mail.

Japan Mail.
Old-fashioned people in many districts of
Japan whose families death has made fire.
quent visits, still resort, in their anxiety to
prolOng the lives of their children. to the
custom of bestowing upon their offspring
names ordinarily given TO infants of the OPP
posite sex. Probably the superstition is
more widely prevalent than foreigners
would suppose, but it is only when some in
cident or story connected with its obSer-
vance Is reported in the yernacular papers
that the majority become aware of the eX-
istence of the old custom. Some time ago
man named KanO, living at KaineichO,
TobiO, received an intimation from the
authorities that his eldest son. Bunnosuke
name always applied to males, having
attained military age, he should undergo
medical examination prior to actual enlist
ment.
KanO lost no time in going to the war
Office and explaining TO the officials that
BunnoSuke was his daughter, though regis
tered as male since 1872, in which year
the census system was altered. The au-
thoritieS, however, whose minds frequent
schemes TO eyade CONSUMPTION have made
skeptical, did not scruple to order an eX-
animation to be conducted at Kano'S house.
This result, of course, proved the statement
made by the father, who, on being ques-
toned said that having lost two daughters,
both about year old, he had been driven
to this expedient TO keep the third alive.
Greater men than kano have laid schemes
far deeper than this simple artiice TO cir
cumvent the grim visitor, and for the most
part they have failed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-05
IngersOIl'S BOyhOOd.


Col. Robert G. Ingersoll is often said to
have formed in boyhOod prejudice against
orthodoxy, because his father, COngrega-
tional clergyman, reared him so vigorously
as to deprive him of every rational pleasure
The exact contrary is true. The paternaf
IngersOll, of whom Robert was extremely
fond, was remarkably liberal, and on ac-
count of his liberality was always in trouble
with the members of his church and other
evangelical persons, who made him very un-
happy. This seemed so narrow and unjust
to Robert that he came to hate the name
Calvinism and all its teachings. His hatred
has increased with his years, and is rigor-
Ously expressed in his anti-religiOus lee
lures. A native of this state-he was born
in Amsterdam-his family led a wandering
life until they settled, when he was 10
years old, in Southern Illinois. For years
he called Peoria his home, but of late he has
spent most of his time in Washington, where
his legal practice is reported to be worth
$40, 600 per annum. Albeit an ardent poll
tician, he has never held any public office
except that of attorney general of Illinois.
After having heen beaten in 1860 as a
Democratic candidate for congress from
that state, he resolved never again to seek
the suffrages of the people, and he kept his
resolution. He refused in 1877 the mission
to Berlin, which had been rendered him bv
the state department. He is doubtless
aware that his aggressive attitude toward
orthodoxy would be successfully used
against him at the polls. At his house in
Peoria one dav, visitor seeing fine edition
of Voltaire's work in his library, asked how
much it cost him. His answer was, 1.-The
gOvernorship of Illinois," Personally
Ingersoll is exceedingly popular. He is a
delightful talker and companion, being full
OF Interesting "reminiscences and humorous
anecdotes. He numbers among his friends
many persons whose theological opinions
are dramatically opposed to his own.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-05

IN this case was paid willingly. And, after
all, the most gilt-edged prices are not to be
compared with those received by other
specialists. DIR. Haskell Derby, the Boston
ocnlist, charges 500 for removing an eye,
and 1t takes him not more than a minute,
While DIR. Williams, another oculist, will
not look at a mans eyes for less than SO,
and Tor some of the delicate operations he
charges 81, 800. 1t requires a man with a
peculiar temperament TO make a successful
dentist, for the life is wearing. and he must
spend his life largely in listening to the
groans and grunts of those by whose tor
ture he earns his daily bread.'