Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21
A CURE FOR

AAS
Other Interesting Items.
CANTON, MISS, Aug. 10, 1886.
Editor Commercial Herald.
Having read much recently in the pa
pers concerning the ravages of Charlton
among horses, mules and other stock,
l send, for the benefit Of those inter.
ested, a recipe that is said to be an in
fallible cure for that disease: "Mix
equal parts Of turpentine and strong
vinegar and apply by rubbing. Sepa-
rate the animal from those not affected,
and make it as comfortable as possible.
If it wishes to Craze allow it to do So"
This recipe was given to me last night
by Col. Thos. L. Holiday, of this coun-
ty, who has had much experience
in the treatment of the disease, and
who assures me that he has new lost
an animal. He had charge of one of
Col. Ed. Richardson's largest river
places last year and the year
before, and had occasion frequently to
use the above remedy and always sue
cessfully. Col. Holiday desires that
the farming public should have the
benefit of his formula.
Ike jackson, the negro burglar, who
broke into N. C. Orrick's hardware
store a night or two since, and who
had frequently b~urglarized the
same during the past two
years, had his preliminary trial before
Mayor Hill, who sent him to Jail in
default of $1,000 bond. for trial at the
September term of our civil court.
He is a very bad character and his trans
fer to the penitentiary, which is GER
tain, will rid the town Of an undesirable
citizen. During the trial of the case
one of the witnesses refused to come
into court in response to a summons
and had to be brought in by a writ of
attachment, Mayor Hill fined him,
and when court took a recess for
supper the witness approached the
Mayor and refused to pay the fine,
whereupon the Mayor told the Sheriff
to commit him to Jail until the fine
was forthcoming. The witness then
remarked to the Mayor, "You make
that fine out of me in that way, and
III take 1t out of your hide" He had
hardly got the words out Of his mouth
when the Mayor let drive at him with
his fist. Great confusion followed:
men, women and boys went tumbling
v and under benches and chairs,
and in less time than it takes
to tell it, half of the crowd had
left the courtroom, expecting
every minute to hear the report Of
firearms. In the meantime officers and
friends got between the belligerents,
but not until the irate witness had got
his knife out and was endeavoring to
carve the court to the heart. The wit
ness wanted to know, "If it cost SIS
to insult a Justice of the Peace, how
much more would it cost to lick the
court?" The difficulty was soon ad-
justed, the witness paid his fine, and
wended his way home, and after a
short recess court was called and the
trial proceeded just as if nothing
had happened. Some were of the
opinion that the Mayor would order
a fine entered up against himself for
an infraction of the law, but he has
not yet done so.
Our City Marshal Mr.. G. R. Kemp,
who has been so successful lately in
the capture of criminals, hauled in
another desperate character yesterday
afternoon, a white man named Burns.
who is wanted in Durant for several
violations of the law. Burns was, until
recently, a telegraph operator at that
place, and also ran a gambling-house
and sold liquor on the sly. He was
reported and punished and being verv
wrath at is informant, with the aid of
'one of his pals laid violent hands on the
latter and carried him to the woods
where they bound and beat him and
then shot at him with their pistols.
Fortunately the shots did not take
effect, yet Burns thought they had and
the two put out, hoping to escape.
News of the outrage was received here
the day after its occurrence and YES
terday morning Burns was seen on our
streets and recognized by a former res
ldent OF Durant, who at nee notified
Marshal Kemp and gave him a descriu.
elonIof Burns and it was not long before
he was nabbed and lodged in Jail. This
is the fourth capture Marshal Kemp
has made within the past month, and
every one of them desperate charac.
tiers.
The Prohibitionists are earnestly at
work determined to defeat the whisky
petitions now on file. 1t is claimed BY
the whisky men that they have a ma
]orlty of the voters of the town az
slgners to their petitions for license.
On the other hand the anti-whiskv
men say they have not, and to fortify
themselves in this regard they have
taken a census of the town and are
prepared to show that many of the
names on the petitions are bogus. or
those OF non-residents.
1t the anti-whisky men fail in their
present move they will proceed AGAINST
the a~pplicantsfor license by Injunction
setting up the plea that none of them
are eligible under the law, "as suitable
person to receive a license" for averv
n OF them has, within the mast veoT
after being indicted by the grand inv
Tor either selling to minors" az