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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
Settlers on the L.. n. 0. 4 Texas.
Especial to the Times.Democrat.
Vicksburg, Miss, May 1.-The

Especial to the Times.D Democrat
Vicksburg, Miss, May 1.-The
management of the Louisville, New
Orleans and Texas Railroad have
formulated a plan for inducing an
industrious class of farmers to
settle on rich farming lands along
the line Of their road in the Yazoe
delta. Their first move will be to
establish a land Office in Memphis,
which will be done about Sept. l.
They will select a desirable loca-
tion for farms, build 200 cottages,
let them free for a number of years,
with the privilege of purchase up
on easy terms to such pioneers as
will settle on them and clear the
lands. If the venture is success
full they will build a large number
OF cottages anu farm houses, be-
sides making other improvements
to attract settlers. A number OF
good plants have been made al.
ready upon these lands, and i'm
provements dot the forest along
the entire length of the route be-
tween the Yazoe river and Mem
phis.
A few days since, Capt. Hunter
a steamboatman, of Memphis, pur
purchased of the road 5000 acres
Of land, located back of Hushpuk
ana Bayou, and intends to erect
large saw mill on it Immediately
This action on the part of the
railroad will bring thousands o
Industrious farmers to till the al
luvial lands of the Yazeo Delta
and open up new enterprises il
the State.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
Moving the Capital.

Wheeling, May 2.-Wheeling is
no longer the capital of West Vir-
ginia. The State archives, gov
ernment property and the officers
and their families left on the
Belle Price and Chesapeake this
morning for Charleston. which
under the provisions of an act
passed in 1879 by the Legislature
became the permanent seat Of gov.
ernment for this State on and af.
ter to-day. This is the second
time that this city has ceased to
be the capital. 1t was made such
when the State formed. At the
close of the war Charleston be-
came the capital. In 1875 Wheel
ing was made the capital again,
the city agreeing to furnish GUAR
ters free of charge so long as the
capital should be at Wheeling
This building, large commodious
one, now becomes the City Hall
The steamers expect to reacf
Charleston to morrow night. The
new State house there is not ye'
completed, only few executive
effices being ready for occupancy
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09

replied the Postmaster General
awe shel git to yOOrs, l shood say
in about three yeers, possibly q
yeer later. Good mornin.n
And l wuz hustled out uneere-
moniously.
Is this Democrisyi Is this the
way we who elected Cleveland are
to be treatedf l lived in Wash.
ington a week, by going into the
bars Nv first class hotels wher ther
custom is sieh that they cant de-
mand payment in advance because
Senators and Congrismen pattern
ize EN-, me. and another patriot
from Moo York. lie wood address
me ez we met, ez ef by chance:
aGood mornin', Senator w
And l would promptly respond
"Good mornin'. General p
This very loud, sos't the bar
keeper wood heer us. / hey the
same general appearance nv the
nooly electid Dimercratic Sener'
ters and the imposhen wuz easy.
Then / wood ask the Moo York
or to take sunthin, and when he
had took sunthin, | wood hawtily
remark: Chalk ii DOWN. ant
move out. 1t worked several tlme'
but the trouble nv dedbeetion fo
lickker is that after yoo get 81
many drinks down 700 lose 700
proodence and the result is beil
kiked out. Myself and the frienS
from Moo York hev bin kike'
out SO menny times thet we he
both skquired corns under GU
coat-tails
l returned to the Corners dis
gusted and found our friends di'
: gusted likewise. The party In th
Corners is disrupted, aud chao
+ is come again. Bascom hez shr
a down onto us, and all the Deck
: and me hev is a jug wich he &c
n afore credit wuz abolished, bl
J. when that is gone hevin knows WI
we shel do.
. PETROLEUM V. Nasty.
Discouraged.)
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09

Among the most pleasing sights
that greet the eye of traveller
through Mississippi who Journeys
on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad,
now days, are the "bunchcs" and
droves of cattle to be seen every
where, and their excellent quality
and condition. We speak far
within bounds when we say that
the prairie belt Of East Mississippi
can boast twenty head of cattle
to-day for every oneit had in 1884,
aud every sign indicates that this
is to be ere long one of the lead
ing grass and stock regions Of the
Western world.-Aberdeen Elk
aminer.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
|ssissippi Lsvss Commissioners.
OsTAL DIRECTIONS.
|ostage must be paid BY

postage must be paid By
IS in the United States per
ice, 2 cents.
letters, half ounce, 1 cent.
tered letters, 10 cents and
postage.
hlets, newspapers, maga-
looks, posters, ETC., each 4
II fraction, l cent.
ed cards, blanks, seeds,
ndise, / cent per ounce.
patter not at letter rates
prepaid in full, wrapped
it can be examined without
ling the wrapper.
Ids, poison, explosives and
dangerous matter excluded.
}id letters are sent to the
<etter Office.
RS part paid forwarded, bal
llected of the receiver.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
Mississippi Captures the Great
Fruit Premium at New Orleans.
Especial to the Appeal

lopeciai W tne Appeai'I
Jackson, May 2.-Our Commis.
sioner of Agriculture and Immi.
grafton, Major Il. G. Wall, was
again made happy by the receipt
of the information that Mississippi
has been awarded the grand sweep.
stakes premium of S100 and gold
medal for the best collection of
varieties of fruits in lots of 100 or
more jars at the competitive dis
play at the Exposition yesterday,
which was open to the world. He
invites fruit growers of every
cline to immigrate to Mississippi,
and says this is the promised land.
1t will be remembered that here.
tofore Mississippi was awarded
eighteen premiums on apples ct
the Exposition.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09

The Supreme Courts of New
York and Massachusetts, have set.
tied the matter as to who owns q
medical prescription. The sub
stance of the decision is that the
physician, in prescribing, gives
the patient a written order for
drugs, and their delivery termi.
mates the operation. The drug
gist may, on his own responsible
ty, renew the drugs, for he is a
merchant, and has the right to sell
drugs in any shape. He is not
bound to give a copy of the pre-
scription, nor even to keep it
though he usually retains 1t as O
protection in case of error on the
part of doctors or PATIENTS
Times. Democrat.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
An Unified Programme.
lCleyeland VoiceI

WV
At q country dance, where print.
ed programmes were in use for
the first time, shortly after supper
o young man approached a lady
and said:
"Is your programme full, miss ~
.Do you want to insult me, sir ~
she replied.
mo, indeed, miss. / only want
cd to know if your programme was
full.n
"well, you are not a gentleman,
sir, or you'd mind your own busi'
ness. FULL Well, / should say
net. | didn't eat q thing but q
small piece Of chicken and just q
few bites Of cake"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09

Telegraphy is destined to wider
fields of usefulness If the report
which comes from Philadelphia is
true. A new instrument has been
invented by a Philadelphian on the
principle of an ordinary type-wri-
ter, all the keys of which are put
in motion by the use Of a single
transmitting wire. Experiments
made with the instrument were
pronounced in every way salts
factory. Owing to certain una
voidable mechanical impediments
the machine moves with less ra'
pidity than the typewriter, though
much faster than the old Morse
system.-Appeal.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
An ,h;s ,;me tho Soutb has beef

All this time the South has been
keeping right on raising corn and
cotton and rice, and putting mp fac
tories and making improvements,
regardless Of adverse criticism
and careless of libels circulated.
Those of our citizens who went
thither returned with cheerful re-
ports and gradually we came to
know the South as 1t really is.
We find II alive to education, i'm
provements and justice.and press
ing the North to new endeavor In
every mart of trade. The South
is not what Republican orators de-
nominate 1t. On the contrary, 1t Is
awake and bristling with patriot
Ism and Jealous In every act Of
loyalfy.-Bo Globe
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
GORDON.
BY PAUL HAMILTON HAYxE.

There comes from the East with its
clouds Of wrongs
All! keen as the lightning's DART
The shaft OF pain that shall quiver long
In Christian England's heart.
There comes from the East on the bur
dened breeze
Such voices Of woe and wall
That beyond the bounds Of the barrier
seas
The face Of the world grows pale.
Aye. pale with a sympathy deep as
tears,
And a sorrow of bodeful gloom,
For the splendid sum of hero's years
Death rounded in dark Khartoum.
He carried the banner of England high
In the flush Of the Orient skies,
And the fervor of antique chivalry
Outfiashed from his warrior eyes!
Twas Ceur de Lions hand once more,
Which the Lion flag led on,
But the soul Of the dauntless soldier bore
The chrism Of pure st. John.
o. hand Of iron, but heart as sweet
AS the roses spring time breath,
We deem that Its pulses Of pity beat
In the very grasp Of death.
And the outcast thousands for whom he
poured
In the panses oftoil and strife.
Fan, far, from the glitter oflance or sword
The waters Of Love and Life
They are looking with moistened eyes,
to-day,
On the streets his footsteps trod@
"shall we meet him agains" they softly
say,
"In the wonderful City OF God"
They left him to perish by steel or shot
In the core ofthe savage lands.
And be thrust away in Ia desert spot
or the wild Soudanlan sands.
But the reckless at home and the Traito
abroad.
What matters itnow to one
Who Is resting at last In the peace OF hi
: Lord.
!, Above the stars and the sunY
} still, comes from the East with II
Q stormy wrong,
n All! keen as the lightning's dart
The shaft Of a pain that shall quiver lonl
In Christian England's heart.
Still, come from the East, on the mourn
y full breeze,
!, Low voices Of woe and wall,
r And beyond the bounds Of the barri,
4 seas,
n The face Of the world grows pale!
New York Independen
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
The Red River Floods.

Especial to the Times-Democrat.l
Little Rock, May 3.-The Red
river food has worked disastrous
results to plantations in Southwest
Arkansas. The crops are totally
destroyed, and depression among
the owners, tenants and laborers
is great. The water stands over
many thousands of acres which
has been planted in cotton and
corn. Should the overflow not
stay too long and subside gradu
ally, much of the crop will be re
planted.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
NO. AZ
IIs YEARS OLD.
Exchanged

The oldest person perhaps now
living in the United States is Syl-
via Duboice, q Degress and a
former slave. who in August last
celebrated her 116th birthday, and
who lives in destitution on the
bleak summit of Sourland Noun
tain, in Hunterdon County, New
Jersey. In a little frame cabin.
with one room hardly large enough
for the swinging Of cat, and
which is hidden amid the stunted
underbush and huge powders that
lend o rugged and barren pictur-
sequences to the lone spot, this
famous mountain pink" drags out
her burdensome life, attended by |
her "baby," rs she calls her young
est daughter, Elizabeth Alexander
who is herself seventy years Of
age.
When a Record reporter, aftera .
wearisome climb Of miles, reached
the cabin the other day he found
the venerable human relic stirring
up wash.clothes that were in a
boiler on the stove, while the
"baby,n lusty and stout limbed,
was chopping wood, swinging her
AK with the skill and strength OF
an Amazon. For half o century
old Sylvia has lived upon the
same identical spot upon which
her cabin now stands. The struc.
ture in which all these years were
passed had begun to tumble In
sheer decay about her, for IL was
a bold target for the fierce winds
that sweep with huricane.like fury
over the top Of the old gray noun.
T tain. 1t at last became not even
1T shelter for beast. Her con
=. dition excited the commiseratior
of Rev. Mr.. Ferris, q mountain
missionary, who succeeded In in
8 teresting the ladies OF the Preys
byterian Church at Pennington
ten miles away, in her behalf
y They raised the money for thu
building Of q new cabin, and int
J. this she has just moved. Th'
structure is not lathed or plastere'
n and there is no carpet on tn
floor. The old lady sleeps on
cot, while her daughter repose
u on an old straw mattress in th
loft, which is without q window
and is reached by the aid Of
J primative ladder. There is not
," single article of comfort about tn
10 place, and ha. dly the necessarie
~ Of life. But the new house Is
y palace in comparison with the oil
b one.
's The centenarian Ia remarkabl
o' preserved for SO great an ag'
}. She says she can hear "purt
~ good,n her eyesight is excellen
" and she never wore "specs." 81
" can boast of the possession Of Oh
- sound tooth, and says that sin'
she was thirty years old she HI
., drawn "crumbs of comfort" fro
". q clay tobacco pipe. III think
,or much of dat ole clay pipe as |
m of my darter over yander," 81
20 remarked. The old lady is dens
IN. ly ignorant, never even hayi'
70 been taught to read or write 'al
10. this, combined with her cloud
nd memory prevented her telli
mt much about herself.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
ERms. 4TH DISTRICT.

.ounty-Begins on the LIST
March and October, and may
.udieial days.
county-Begins on the 2nd
March and October, and may
judicial days.
<ounty-Begins on the 4th
March and October, and may
i judicial days.
! county-Begins on the md
the 4th Monday Of march
and may continue Il ju-
| county-Begins on the 9th
sr the 4th Monday Of march
and may continue y judi
Ion county-Begins on the
after the 4th Monday ot
october, and may continue q
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
The Pbiladelphia press says

The Philadelphia press says:
"The South Is not content with
merely shaking hands across the
bloody chasm, but insists upon
jumping clear over it and hugging
the fellow on the other side.
Sweet, sunny, impetuous and more
or less solid South! Come right
over and help yourself to the fruit.
Spring has come.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
[ANCERY COURT.

| county-Begins on the LIST
April and October. and may
udicial days.
Ion county-Begins on the I'd
April and October, and may
judicial days.
Sunty-Begins on the lst Non
Ind November, and may con-
'icial days.
county-Begins on the Sd
say and November, and may
judicial days.
county-Begins on the LIST
|une and December, and may
judicial days.
county-Begins on the 2nd
une and December, ana may
judicial days.
meetings are held by the
hpervisors as follows: Bien.
ronday OF January to elect
missioners. Annually first
Iarch, to receive Tax-Collec'
of delinquent and insolveni
bday Of August to receive ant
he Assessment Roll; LIST Non
ptember to levy taxes; q
December to pass upon thu
personal and poll list and oil
next succeeding each term o
n
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09

Northern Guest lat Florida ho'
tel)-"This is a delicious dish"
waiter-"Yes, sab; l thought
that 'ud be sumfin' new to you
uns. It's alligator steak, sah.'
"Alligator steak, ehl Well |
never knew the flesh was fit to
eat, How tender 1t isw "Yss,
sab. The alligator likes tender
meat himself, sah.D "Ahl What
is his favorite food f'' "Pickanin-
nies, sab. .r-Philadelphia Call.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09

Ex-Congressman Money, of Mis-.
slssippi, has formed a law partner
ship with Hon. A. A. Freeman,
late Assistant Attorney General
for the Postofiice Department, and
will enter upon active practice IN
Washington
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
The death d announced at Son

The death is announced at Son.
ervile, Mass, of Robert Walcot,
who claimed to have shot Gen.
Isack Brack, the commander Of
the British forces at Queenstown
in the war Of 1912. He was loa
years old.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09

The Valley road is moving. II
now runs double daily passenger
trains-one at 8 o'clock p. m. and
one at 4 o'clock p. m. The through
sleeper from Kansas City to New
Orleans has been discontinued
and sleepers are. now taken
through on the 4 o'clock p. m. train
aud 10 EleksbuIg o. lie ; O'clock
q. m.-AppeaI.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
Il-shall & Kent,
|EAL ESTATE AGENTS,

ERG, MISS.
for sale OF lease Of plantations.
Pm connections tor advertising
listed with us.
DAMS NEGOTIATED
Real Estate or Collateral.
TIssposdencs solicifed. lapll-sm
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
Mothadist Churoh

Preaching at n a m. and 1p m every sana
day. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night
sunday y-school. $50. X. N. slandifsr, Pastor.
W. X. Trigg, supt
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
Prssbyteriau Church

Preaching at n a m. and ! y ni syery Sunday
Communion LIST sunday In February, May, Au-
gust and November. Pwyer-meeting every
Wednesday night. ~ Archer Pastor. Sunday
school ut OK sam Brown sup.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09

nsKRs oY LEoIsLAruRE.
bncer, j. r. Parker,
(iilbert Horton.
Aron rnon 21ru DISTRICT.
II. JefliOrds.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09

If Supreme Court-Com-
the LIST Mondays of April
Der.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09

This list of distances is procured
from the latest official surveys and
maps.
PRO EH,a2I(lN AL
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09

Orders from transient customers. yer.
bal or written, for job work. advertising,
or subscription. must be accompanied BY
the cash. Accounts OF regular eusto-
mers due and presented the lst Of each
month
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
)UKTY OFFICIALS.

BIZ TIE BOARD OF srrrnvisoRs
trict, j. w. Erwin
District, Worthington
Ptrict, (Pres.) N Goldstein
district, w. W. Stone,
|trict, j. N. Collier
Attorney, w. X. Trigg
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09

Services Friday evenings at TX, aud Saturday
mornings ut i0H. j. Bogen. Rabbi.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09

pwn Council meets on the
aay of each month.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
Delta Land Agency.
eREESvILLE, MIssIssIPPI.

will hereafter devote my entire at
tention and labor to the purchase ana
location Of lands for those desiring to
settle or invest In the Yazoo-Delfa. 1
am familiar with the lands throughout
this section Of the State and viii an
swer an correspondence, furnish any
information, OF make sny examination
and location of lands desired. Planrs-
tions also bought. sold andIeased.
q. NJ. HELM.
Real Estate Asenl and Cisii hasiiaeek
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
ADVERTIsINo RATES.


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Each subsequent Insertion. .....-. IS
Fees for Legal notices. which are in
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last publication, No proof furnished un-
Ill paid for.
Locals five lines or less, this types
so cents for first, IS cents each Eubse-
quent insertion.
Personal articles or notices charged for
according TO their nature.
Customers will please give explicit DE-
reetions, Of length Of time for publieatioz
Of advertisements.
Regular advertising. one square, . ms
81, 6ms. Sl2. year $40.
Larger advertisements. quarterly, half
yearly, and Yearly,
ranfraafaH fnr az ihhral Rafaa
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let Court for Son tlheru Dis
iet 0f Misslssin y nj
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rowN OFFICIALS.

yor, j. Alexander.
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begin in Jackson on the
bys in May and Novem-
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ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES

anger adVertlsementt. quarterly hAI
yearly, and Yearly,
Contracted for al Liberal Rates.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
A LAKE.
Description of Crater Lake., One of the
Wonders of Oregon.

- |
Description of Crater Lake, One of the,
Wonders OF Oregon.
There can scarcely be rs great a
natural wonder within civilization, and
at the same time so little known, close
at hand, as Crater Lake. Situated
twenty-five miles west of north of Fort
Klamath, in Klamath County, directly
on the summit of the. Cascade Noun
tains. and about ninety miles east OF
Medford, it is easily accessible, there
being a good mountain road to. the
very top of the walls surrounding it,
and fine camping grounds about half
a. mile distant. The lake itself is about
six by eight miles in diameter, and
ranges from east of north to west of
south. The surface of the water is
six thousand three hundred feet above
sea level, and. is completely surrounded
by cliffs Or walls from one thousand to
nearly three thousand feet high, which
are scantlly covered with Fir trees. To
the southwest is a circular island,
which our party named Wizard Island.
1t is six hundred feet high, and in the
top is a circular hole, or extinct crater,
four hundred and seventy-tive feet in
diameter, named by us the Witcn's
Caldron. The base of the island is
covered with very heavy and hard
rocks. over which scarcely. a of
human feet have ever trod. Further
are deep beds of ashes and
cinders. giving evidence of the
most intense heat in DAYS gone
by. Within the crater, as without, the
surface is entirely covered with volcanic
rocks, but here it forms one of the hot
test places on a clear day in August
that it has ever been my lot to witness.
Ninety feet below the crater's rim not
a breath of air a penetrate, while the
sun beats down upon the rocky surface
and reflects its rays from ten thousand
upturned stones, forming a very fur
mace and heating it beyond all endur-
at the lowest point, and partook OF our
Monday meal with one hand. while
with the other great drops OF sweat
were brushed from II brows. we
took with lis from Portland a light
canoe. which was lowered to the lake
by the aid of ropes, and by means @!
which we We're enabled to reach WIZARD
Island and sec the surroundings from
a point of observation seldom attained
by visitors. We were also we'll PAD
for the trouble and expense, for the
reason that, while the view from the
shore is grand beyond description, that
obtained from the lake is remarkable.
and inspires one with a feeling OF ave
and awakens a depth Of appreciation
ser the sublime unequaMd.-PoNla@e
(Ore,) STANDARD.