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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Maud s. to- GIVE aTrIaI.

NEW York, July 15.-Robert Bon
ner, in an interview replies to a dis
patch from Philadelphia, published
Sunday, intimatihg that be was hurt
ing Maud s. by his constant and re-
'peated experiments in shoeing. Mr..
Bonner says: II will give you a little
bit Of information concerning the mare
that the public does not know. On
the day that she was delivered to Mr..
Vanderbilt in her four-year-old form
sne was lame. Carl Burr, her trainer,
told me that while be handled her
during her ~fve-year-old form, with the
exception Of about five weeks,
she was lame. She was lame in
Hartford in August, 1880. when
she was going to trot there, and had
to be withdrawn. She was very lame
at Cincinnati May, 1884 She was
lame al Fleetwood June, 1884. I saw
her lame there myself. She was lame
the day she was delivered at my stables,
August 10, 1884, and her trainer, Bair,
said no veterinary surgeon could cure
her. She had been In that condition
Eve weeks. Two weeks after Bair had
said no surgeon could cure her he adj
mitted that he was wrong. When he
saw her going perfectly sound
he said i give it all up. She grows
faster on one side Of the hoof than
on the other, and il the ex-
cessive growth is not reduced it I'M
balances the lower portion, and one
where it rests on the coffin bone and
strains the ligaments that bind it on
that side. The statements about her
repeated shoeing are false, She has to
b shod about once in two weeks. The
animus Of the article | think is this: /
wouldn't allow the mare to be driven
any fast miles on Belmont Park
because the track is too hard and they
have no facilities for watering 1t.
The track becomes as hard as a stone
and is ruinous to trotters. There
are many things about the mare which
the trainer and the manager did not
tell Mr., Vanderbilt. | ind no fault
with Mr.. Wander bilt because she was
lame when I got her. ! am bound to
say he has acted most literally and
gentlemanly in the transaction. / con-
siderer the mare worth to-day double
what / paid for her. She IS IN Cleye-
land now and in about perfect condi-
tIon. If she is ali right the latter part
Of this month we win try 10 have her
beat her record"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

him t0a place of sll5l7. 1n Monde.
last Two deputies started a'tf H.m 81.
Jackson. He was handCuatd .1za0o=
eF prisoner and also bad Izons s Sd
legs. When the cars reached Canton
that night a. $3.50 Alderman requested
one Of the guards to get bin s sand.
witch from 3 neiehboEing e0iies-staad.
End while that official was gone AckeI.
man asked the ether guard 10 get him
a drink Of water, who did as request
ed; but when he got back Aekerman
Was gone, having slipped bis irons and
Jumped out Of a window. OF course
everybody thought that the prisoner
would put many miles between him.
self and Canton before daylight. But
City Marshal Kemp and Constable
Field did not abandon the search for
him, and about six O'Clock Tuesday
evening found him at some negro
houses on the outskirts Of town. He
made no effort to escape from them,
though he proposed to give them fifty
dollars not to modest him. On his way
to Jail he said that the reason he did
not leave Canton after escaping from
his guard on the cars, was, that
he was SO weak from long confinement
in jail he could not travel afoot. He
Is a Jew and claims to belong t0a
wealthy and respectable family, and
that he can get all the money he wants
to pay bis lawyers. He Is about 23 Or
"a years old, slight figure and has a re-
markedly small hand and foot. It Is
said that he is an old offender and that
he Is wanted at Vincennes, Ind, for
highway robber committed there last
year.
"A negro wife beater was arrested
here a few days ago and tried before
Mayor Hill, who fined him ten dollars.
The court room was crowded
with spectators mostly negroes,
and much d~ispleasure was
expressed, especially by the latter,
at the light penalty--so, when the
prisoner had settled up his fine and
made his appearance on the streets,
about twenty negro men and boys
him and carrying him a block Or
two to a blacksmith shop, they pulled
his clothes off and then gave him fifty
lashes with sticks and straps. Every
body said it SERVED him right" andno-
body attempted to arrest his c~astigators.
information reached here to-day that a
convict camp had been discovered
some twelve miles northeast Of Can
ton, and that three white and six negro
escaped convicts make their head
quarters there. Several robberies
occurred 10 that vicinity within
the past ten days, and a day or
tow ago two Of the negro convicts
captured a negro woman at work in a
field and carried her to their camp
where the whole posse ravished her.
She is reported in a dying condition.
A detail Of officers and an armed posse
of citizens, most Of them negroes, left
here this afternoon for the scene Of
the outrage, and should they come up
with the devils, they will make short
work Of them and the State will be
put to no expense in trying them.
Politically, everything is peaceful in
this county. Republicans have not yet
made their nominations for their part
Of the Fusion ticket, but will do so on
the 9th and assure the Democrats
that there will be no room for COM
plant when their nominations are an
nounced. ELRoY.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

The Dominant Face OF the "COmpOslAe.'
r'Uncle BIls'' New York letter.
Speaking of photography, that scien-
tifc experiment by Or. Francis Cation
in composite p~ortFaiture has melted a
bevy Of fashionable girls to an exploit
in the same direction. Gallon invented
a way to combine the faces Of any num-
Der Of individuals in one by means of
the camera, and the results have ap-
peared in the scientific periodicals.
There are six maidens who had been
amused by Lord Garmoyle when that
ridiculous example, of British aristocracy
was here. After the manner of mis-
chieyous American youngsters they had
courted the social attention of the fell
low because he was titled, and at the
same time had covertly made sport of
him because he was grotesque. One
suggested, on reading OF the composite
photograph, that they concentrated their
faces into such a picture and send It to
Garmoyie, with q note of congratulation
on his elevation TO the peerage.
The thing was easily done. But the
resulting portrait was not forwarded,
because it would not have puzzled Ne
Lud to identify the dominant face. The
system of making a composite photo.
graph is 10 pose the individuals, sepa-
Fately, in precisely the same attitude be-
fore the camera and then print the pict-
ures from negatives all together. The
process suppresses the beauty Of the
subjects and preserves the ugliness.
That is to say, in this instance the girl
with the biggest nose and most aggra-
waited features dominated to such an ex-
tent that the portrait was easily recog-
nizable as her own, for it was only mod
fled by the less pronounced faces. l
would like to name her, for she would
be recalled as a member of a we'll known
family, but it wouldn't do after what
have related as to her lack of comeli-
ness, ~
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Figures on the Subject.

The n mitigating Circumstance
about hard times and low wages is the
Increased purchasing power of a dollar.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin has
been figuring on the subject, and comes
to the conclusion that ST will buy as
much of the necessaries Of life to-day as
ST.. 35 in 1875, $1.32 in 1855, o. cents in
1s45, and $1.l 10 in 1895. In other words,
the purchasing power of a dollar is 10
per cent. greater than it was in 1895,
and SO per cent. greater than it was in
1865. a dollar will buy more to-day
than in most previous periods ia the his
tory Of the nation.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
FROM CANTON.

Encouraging Crop News--PartIc-
ulars Of the Escape and Capture
tfof Jake" Akerman--A Wife
Reater Thrashed, Etc.
CANTON, MISS July II.
Editor Commercial Herald.
The crop outlook in this sec
ton Is very encouraging. Sea-
sonable rains have insured a big corn
crop, the largest since the war, while
the warm, dry weather Of the past
week has greatly benefited cotton.
The average, both In corn and cotton,
in this county is about ten per cent.
larger than In previous years. Labor
ers have worked more industriously
and have required less advances
than heretofore, consequently they will
have something when the crops are
gathered. Our truck farmers have
about finished shipping vegetables
west, not because they have not the
vegetables, but for the reason that
prices are no longer renumerative, now
that truck growers nearer the markets
have glutted the trade. One of our
tomatoe growers shipped this season
over nine hundred boxes, say 800
bushels and netting over $500 and
that from threequarters Of an acre
Of land. 1t is a great pity
that we have not a canning
establishment to work up the surplus
crop of tomatoes, peas, beans, etc.
Jake Ackerman, alias Jew Jake,
who was recaptured hereon the 18th, is
now safely lodged inside the peniten-
tiary walls at Jackson. Heis a motor
ious cracksman, pickpocket and burg
lar. During the Exposition he drove a
thriving business between Grenada
and New Orleans, getting in
most Of his work at Jackson
and Grenada by picking the
pockets of passengers getting on and off
the cars. His last escapade was at
Grenada in April last, when he board
ed the train and called out to the pas
sengers to ''move into the forward
coach as the one they were In was to
be switched on the side track" The
passengers, with one exception, an old
Italian peddler, did as requested, think
ing he was q train hand but the old
Italian did not understand what was
said and made no effort to move, when
Ackerman assaulted him with q chilly"
and knocked him senseless. Alderman
then robbed his victim Of several huns
bred dollars, and In endeavoring to get
away with his swag was captured
after a hard tussle with his captors.
He was lodged in jail, and was tried
at the recent term Of Grenada county
circuit court. He employed able coun.
sci and fed them well, but was con.
victed and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for a term Of ten years. He ap
pealed to the supreme court, and while
lying in the Grenada Jail awaiting
the result Of his appeal, a moi
broke into the Jail and took out som,
negro murderers and hanged them
Jake became uneasy and feared that
the mob might serve him in like man
ner, so he begged the officers to remove
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
A Cherished Day-Dream Of Dickens.
lCharleS Kent.l

Going round by Lambeth one after
'Noon, in the early summer Of 1870,
Dickens abruptly asked: ,
"What do you think would be the
realization of one Of my most cherished
d~ay-dreamsf' adding instantly, without
waiting for any answer, ITO settle down
now for tho remainder Of my life within
easy distance Of a great theatre, in the
direction of which | should hold
supreme authority. 1t should be
a house, of course, having a
skilled and noble company, and one in
every way magnifcently appointed.
The pieces acted should be dealt with
according to my pleasure, and touched
up here and there in obedience to my
own Judgment, the players as well as
the plays being absolutely under my
command, There" said he, l~aughingly,
and in a glow at the mere fancy, that's
my day dreamI"
Dickens delighted enjoyment, in fact,
Of everything in any way connected with
the theatrical profession was second
only to that shown by him in the indul-
gence of the master-passion of his life,
his love Of literature. n
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
The Benefit of Careful Living.
Icincinnati Commerclal Gazette

tCluClnnhi NuunlerClHl tazeUte.l
How many years the ordinary lifetime
may and should comprise, if men were
protected from the priyations Of the
poor and the temptations Of the well-to-
do, and were fenced about with all the
guards that medical science can furnish,
IS strikingly illustrated by the vital sta
tistics Of the English Societysof Friends,
more commonly styled Quakers. lAtthe
present time the average life of one of
this sect is about SO years, or at least
fifteen years greater than that of the
population as a whole. The industry
Tor which these people have long been
noted keep almost all of them out Of the
ranks,of the very poor, while the simple
and moral lives presented by their creed
shield them from other dangers scarcely
less threatening to human health and
life.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

THIS idllly-dalIying with the shops
question is getting to be irksome, Let
a liberal plan to all concerned be for
mulated by the board Of Mayor and
Aldermen and submitted to the peo-
pie. This done, the responsibility
passes from them to other shoulders.
If the vote is in favor Of the shops, az
1t undoubtedly will and should be, or
II the vote is against the shops, the
people alone will be responsible.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Dried

Dried bananas are among the latest
novelties. They are said to be an en-
tirely new food product, and are GER
tainly delicious, The rind of the fruit
is removed, and it is dried without
sugar, forming a dark colored, firm pre-
serve Of slightly softer consistency than
%citron, and having the flavor Of a ripe
banana. The fruit retains about one
third Of its original size, and may be
either eaten from the hand, stewed or
cooked in cake or pastry. Banana
fritters from them are superior to the
natural fruit, which come to market
green and is ripened in hot rooms.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

IT is sheer folly to think that the
money of the "boss" is too powerful
to be resisted, even by the united in
telligence Of the community. The de-
mand for a change and purifc alton in
our county affairs is 1imperative-so
imperative as to approach in nature
the paramount law of se~lf-preserva-
ton. 1t is an insult not to be brooked.
this open declaration of the "boss'
that he will buy his way into the
Sheriff's office, and the people will not
stand 1t.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

JOHN S. WISE. the brilliant but err
ring nominee Of the Virginia Republi-
cans for Governor, will make an able
and active canvass. He says he is
going into the fight to win, and the
Democrats Of the Old Dominion must
not prove recreant or laggard, or he
will make goood his purpose. But
we believe Mr.. Wise, with his black
horde of ignorant dupes and few
designing white abettors are destined
to meet with defeat. Certainly they
will, If Virginia Democrats do Their
duty.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

REPREsENTATIvE-ELECT GRosvR-
nor, Of Ohio, suspects that the admins
tration is sufficiently adroit not to
remove a large number Of rural Post
masters in that State and New York
until after the fall elections. The
Republicans so long as they hold the
places will not be active, while the
scores of Democrats who are seeking
them will do their utmost to earn APP
pointments if there is room to hope for
them.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

To WHAT statue has our boss "
grown, that the proud people Of the
county Of Warren must go about peep
ing between his legs, and trembling at
every shake of his money-bags
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

THE assessment of .property in
Vicksburg is too low in many in
stances. To illustrate: Certain lots
were wanted by the L., N. o. & T.
railroad. These lots were assessed at
$3.50, and yet the owners asked and OBJ
tanned $4,000 for them from the rail
road, and they brought very little, if
any, above their value. The way to
decrease the rate of taxation and at
the same time increase the revenues Of
the city is to have something like a
fair valuation Of property, both real
and personal. The valuation Of
property for taxation a few
years ago was about $5.O00,000, and
property is about as high now as it
was then. A radical change in this
matter will not hurt any n materi-
ally, and will help the city out of the
financial strait into which it has run.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24


Fortune has smiled and stlll smiles
on the planters Of the Valley this
year. The river did not break its
confines and lay waste the fertile
riparian lands, and seasonable rains
have alternated the fair weather in
just about the proper ratios. The
corn crop, in area and now as
sured yield' Is the largest in many
years, and an excess over necessities for
another year. unless some disaster out
of the ordinary line should befall 1t
viii be gathered. The cotton crop Is the
most promising since 1879. and the
outlook Is full Of promise and cheer,
Still, the crop has yet to run the gaunt-
let Of the many vicissitudes Of weather
and insect enemies. Reports Of the
appearance Of the dreaded cotton cat
erpillar reach usfrom several quarters.
and it may yet come in such number
as to blast the bright prospect. But
we hope not. And, altogether, the
crop situation is cheering, alike to the
planter and the merchant. whose inter-
dependence is never so forcefully dem
onstrated as during a series Of disas-
trous agricultural years.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

For a year a column in the Jack
son Clarion has been devoted to con-
densed items Of State news, and has
constituted one Of the most interesting
features of that journal. It viii be
continued, as heretofore, under the
management Of Miss Kate Power, the
accomplished daughter Of the proprie-
tor.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Mlller, Jefferson's FavorIte.

LEE JEFFERSON COUNTY, MISS.
July l4th, 1885. {
Editor Commercial Herald:
The County Convention met on yes
terday at Fayette, the particulars Of
which you have been advised, and
whilst the Home Of Capt. Darden in
structs her delegates to vote. first, last
and all the time, for Lowry,
/ find the favorite candidate for
Attorney General, is T.. Marshall Miller,
of your city and county. He is emf
nently fitted for the position, or any
position, to which the people could
assign him, and from various parts Of
the State / have learned that the peo-
pie were becoming acquainted with
this fact, and would take advantage
Of the forthcoming election to place
him where his legal knowledge and
great abilities will be Of some service,
as attorney general. REX.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
Evenly Divided Between Lowry and
Darden.

Evenly Divided Between Lowry and
Darden.
CARTHAGE, MISS, Jnly 10. 1885.
Editor Commercial Herald
Dear Sir: In your issue Of the 14th,
there is a telegram from Cantoa Of the
18th purporting to give the result Of
the Leake county convention. 1t is
claimed In that dispatch that the dele
gates 90 uninstructed to the State con-
vention, and that the delegates favor
Capt. Darden. Both Of these asser-
tions are incorrect. There was a move
ment to instruct for Darden In the
convention but this was met with a
like motion to instruct for Lowry. The
convention was evenly divided and
consequently neither motion prevailed.
As a compromise the question Of in.
struction win be voted on the 4th OF
August at our primary election.
Our delegates to the State conven-
ton, ten in number, are evenly divided
between Lowry and Darden.
They will receive instructions By a
vote Of the people on the 4th Of
August.
The county will 90 for Lowry.
THH
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

IT is reported that before the cap
ture Of Khartoum the Madah offered
to release Gordon on the payment Of
$4,000. The proposition was forward
ed to England through the British am
bassador at Paris, but it was rejected.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

RIsINd SUN, IND, July 18-A fire
last night destroyed more chan a dozen
business houses and dwellings. Total
loss $4,000, mostly insured. Hon.
George =. Downey was struck h the
head and seriously wounded John w.
Gerry and William Brown were also
seriously hurt while working at me
fire.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

THE most notablea feature Of the
recent County Convention was the fact
and a fact pregnant with meaning
that ecery delegate from every district
was in his place. The people are
aroused, and well may the arrogant
"bosses" tremble.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

THE report that the President had
notified the heads of departments that
removals except "for cause" must
cease, is denied by specials from
Washington. The work Of replacing
incompetent and corrupt Republican
officials by faithful and competent
Democrats will continue in all parts
of the country, even in Warren
county.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24
when Petroleum Was First Known

Petroleum was known to the jewellers
on the shores of the Caspian sea, and
in some parts Of the valley Of the Eu-
pirates, 500 years before the Christian
era. Alexander the Great made use Of
it in the burning of Babylon.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-24

For THE SusrMER.-Far more in
MIGRATING than a trip to the seaside is
the timely use Of CREOLE FEMALE
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