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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
Nevada's water. Grabbers.

lVlrglnla City New Enterprise.1
Owing to the system of land piracy.
Nevada has been regularly swindled in
every real eastate transaction in which her
interests were concerned. The man who
bought forty acres of land contiguous to-
a spring, river or lake, had the actual
possession and enjoyment Of perhaps
10, 600, or 10000 acres ad AGENT
thereto without the latter costing him a
nickle. The reason is obvious So long
as the buyer holds a good title to the land
bordering on a stream heIs monarch Of all
he can see beyond and around that stream.
The owner of forty acres upon which
exists a spring thus has a free range, or
pasturBge. of several square miles. and
the state is out Of pocket by the opera
ton.
In illustration of this evil we can cite
one case out of q thousand. In a certain
township there are about %, 900 acres of
land, but only two springs. At 81. 25 an
acre this township ought to realize for the
state the sum of $31, $50. But the land
pirate knows that by buying up the land
Immediately surrounding the spring he
practically becomes the owner of {, 1000.
lie therefore buys the smallest subdi-
vision which the law permits, that is,
forty acres around each spring. For these
two small tracts he pays 800. and after
giving $50 on account he is allowed
twenty years in which to pay the bal
ance. That for which he ought to pay
$31, $50 he gets for 500. In other words,
the state has been selling these water
%grabbers. mainly consisting of a rich and
powerful syndicate of cattlemen, her Sc
lected lands at a rate less than ] cent an
acre.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
Death OF Miss sallIe Austin,


The Brandon Republican of Novem-
Der 18th says: "The sad news reached
here last evening Of the death of Miss
Sallie Austin, who died at the resi-.
dence Of her brother, DR.. Austin, at
Oak Ridge, in Warren county, on
Tuesday last. Miss Sallie was a
daughter of Leon Austin, deceased,
and a graduate of Brandon Female
College, of the class of 1879. After
graduating she went to teaching, and
Vas very successful until last spring,
when her health gave way and she
was compelled to stop. Since then
she has been a great sufferer with that
terrible disease, consumption, which
finally terminated her pure life. She
was intellectual, amiable, Doble and
pure in heart, and was greatly beloved
10y ala who knew her."
Miss Austin taught school some
time at Leota, in Washington county,
where she was very popular. Her
brother, DR.. Austin, is one of our
most esteemed fifth district citizens
and physicians.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
Yum WelIs, welIa, WOp to Men.
ITinalevta Mnunzina

Yum Wella, Wella, WOp to Men.
ITinsley's Magazine.1
~Yum wella, wella, wop to men. Pot
amer. Cheers to can. Yum, wella, wella
wop to men.
1t is many years since / heard that cry,
the crier being a pot and kettle tinker, a
Gamer OF chairs, and a member Of umbrel-
las. He was soldering a cooking utensil
when. with the needless audacity of
beardless youth, | told him no one could
understand what he meant by his cry.
why don't you call umbrellas to
mend, instead of shouting Yum wella,
wella, wop to mend?" "Well, young
fluffy. l won't introduce my pair Of fiveo
to your pair Of. peppers. cos you raw
checkers don't know what Is mannerA.
My cry has done pretty so-soish for this
here party. Cos whyI It's a rouser for
the whole potboiling Of the people, and
they all has q squint to see what it is, and
any one what has anything in my ways
brings it out. When you have growed to
your jaw what is worth a half-penny
shave, and il you take to a public line,
just you get acry what is o rouser, and /
promise you, my young fluffy, it will
fetch the halfpence, though so be there is
no more head nor tail In it than you can
find in an oyster without spectacies. I"
Often since my chin has become daily
shaveable, l have been reminded that
there is much sound sense in the advice
of yum wella wella wop to men. "
What is the use of d cry unless it is q
rouser? And loudness alone will not do;
for a customary noise, however loud, is
not rousing, since after a while the ear
ceases to notice it, and so some of us are
undisturbed by the rushing, rumbling,
shrieking of railway trains, or, by the
maddening din of street traffic or by cock
growing or by donkey braying, or by the
piano humping Of little girls learning to
murder music. The itinerant jobber,
though bull voiced, would not have ex.
cited attention by crying, ANY UNI.
brellas to mend?" but he was needed
when he beloved the novel cry, Yum
wella wella, wop to men.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27


The novel thing in medical practice Is
the recent receipt by thousands of physi-
clans throughout the country Of a circular
from a dealer in human curiosities The
menageries are supplied with beasts the
world over by a single German firm of
whom middle men and managers buy
anything in brute creation. from lions to
lizards. But the exhibits Of human de.
formity are found through items in the
newspapers aud personal negotiation.
The discovery Of a monstrosity, and a
contract for years of control at low wages,
have often enabled a Snowman to live
lazily for considerable periods The
management Of a fat woman or a dwarf
may not be an exalted kind of business.
but many a man lives by it, and wears
the checked suits and grandiose airs
characteristic of the calling. Now, an
owner Of a number Of side shows seems
to have planned to be a monopolist in
this line. He says by confidential circu-
lar to physicians that he will pay literally
for immediate information Of the birth
of any physically peculiar child, so that
he may get ahead of competitors in
bargaining with the parents.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
WoN III -.


1HosH Marion nunaldsl
Some one came and rested there beside ne.
Speaking words ! never 1houeht would
bless
Such a l0veioss life; Iloneed 10 hide me,
beasting lonely on my happiness.
But the voice / heard
Pleaded for a woEi,
III bgave my whispered answer, Yes
Yes; that little W I'd 30 softly spoken
Changed oil life for me, my own, my "
Al! the cold gray spsll | saw unbrokon
All the twilight days seemed past and
gone.
And how warm and bright
In the rudy light
Pleasant June days Of the future shone.
SO we wandered through the gate together.
Hand in land upon our future way,
Leaving shade and cold behind forever,
Out to where the red SUMS westering ray
Gave q promise fair
OF such beauty rare
For the dawning Of another day.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
An Incendiary Fire.

OTTAWA, KAN, Nov. 20-A fire late
last night destroyed two stores, one
occupied by Webster s. Co., the other
by Soper q Cottman and the Adams
Express Company. The loss is $4,000;
insurance $4,000. 1t is thought the
VIM. b. Grimes Dry Goods Company,
of Kansas City, are heavy losers, as
they were interested in the Webster
property, which has been under litiga-
ton. Some weeks ago the safe was
opened, and everything points to in.
cendiarism.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
1t Does Pay.

An exchange says: At the
close of the big Rev. Sam
Jones and Rev. Sam. Small religious
meeting in Birmingham, Mr.. Jones
took up a collection for Mr.. Small,
saying that it was the first collection
taken up for the new preacher. The
baskets when emptied showed about a
peck Of dollars and half dollars, and
counted $40, which was handed to
Mr.. Small. A committee from the
Methodist church then handed Mr..
Jones a bank check for one thousand
dollars. The two bad preached two
weeks, at, as the figures show, 500 per
day. Yet they made no charge.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
Try the Experiment.

A, who holds a large reed or pipe,
blows a soap bubble, say five or six inches
in diameter, b, who has a smaller pipe,
and is smoking a cigar, blows a bubble
one-third or half as large as AS. filling it
with smoke, Before the bubbles are shaken
off they are pressed together until slightly
tlattened at thq point of contact. In a
second or two The smoke from the smaller
will spring into the large bubble and re-
main. The smaller bubble will disappear.
There is 40 change in size of the surviv-
ing bubble. What drives the smoke into
the larger bubble, how is the place
through which it passes healed, and why
does not the bubble increase in size2
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
Refused to Take the Oath.

MT. CARROLL, Ills, Nov. 2l-In
the trial of Kerch and Willard, for
conspiracy, in the circuit court. Miss
Hattie Lines, assistant postmistress at
Lanark, witness for prosecution refus-
ing to take the oath or affirm, having
conscientious scruples on account Of
being what is termed in a state of sane
LITIGATION, was yesterday committed to
the county Jail to remain until such
time as she would comply with the
orders of the court. Judge Brown
explained the nature of the require
ment to Miss Lines, and told her if she
never did worse than say she would
tell the truth she would be in no dan
ger Of missing heaven. The young
lady took the matter quite cool and
seemed determined to defy the court,
but after a short %sojourn in a dungeon
cell, she compromised the matter by
taking the usual statutory affirmation
less the pain and penalties of perjury.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
A curious Case In Court.

CHICAGO, Nov. ga peculiar case
is now on trial before Judge Tulley, OF
this city. The prayer is to have the
court pass on an unusual condition
which Miss Mary Virginia Durham
exacted of her nephew in return for
the trust of property which will
amount to $270,00O on his arrival at
majority. She conveyed Che property
to David Z. Bradley, as trustee, in
November 1888, for her nephew, John
Durham Rolason, son of Mr., Robert
RolasOn, a board of trade man. He is
now seven years of age. The pro-
reeds of the property of Miss Durham,
is his maiden aunt, sister of his
eased mother, was TO come to
MIN in three payments during his
life, until he was tw%enty-one.
The condition which the old lady ex-
acted was that the boy should visit her
at stated times. His father opposed
the visits because it is stated it tended
to ALLEVIATE the boys affection from
him. He prohibited them altogether
and they were never made. The boy
will lose the money thus peculiarly
given him, unless he makes the visits
and in his interest the trustee asks the
court to make an order allowing them.
A Grasshopper Story from Helena.
HELENA, ARK, Nov. 20-At an
early hour yesterday morning citizens
of Helena were aroused by what many
at FIRST thought to be a very heavy
rain storm, but on looking they were
surprised to see a clear sky filled with
what appeared to be snow flakes, and
not rain, that was patteriDg with such
force against the roofs and windows
and houses. Investigation proved that
she air was filled with grasshoppers.
citizens who have seen the dreaded
pests sweep down and consume whole
fields in Kansas say that in numbers
the visitation last night exceed any
thing ever seen in that country ten
fold. They were passing from east to
west. Great numbers were disabled by
hitting against buildings and other
distractions. They were flying very
low aud porters and clerks had to
shovel them off the sidewalks into the
street. They are genuine Kn
grasshoppers.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
Sir John Mcdonald to Confer With
the Imperial Authorities,

OTTAWA, ONT., Nov. 2l-Sir John
Mcdonald left last evening for Lon.
don his mission is to confer with the in =
perial authorities respecting the CON-
mission to arrange with the United
States c%oncering the fisheries of Can
ada, and terms upon which fisheries
may be enjoyed by United States fish
ermen. 1t is understood that a larger
question of reciprocity included in the
subject which the premier will discuss.
He will also confer with the author
tiles in respect to transit British mails
to Eastern Asia and other ports, via
the Canadian Pacific railway. Several
other question of Importance r also
included in his mission.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
Condemns the Government.

TORONTO, Nov. Plat a meeting of
trades and labor council here reports
of the legislative committee was read.
1t condemns the dominion government
for lavish expenditure in bringing
e%migrants to Canada, while there is
not work enough for those already
Here. In some instances emigrants
have been reshipped to England.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
The Billiard Tournament.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2l.-The intimation
made that the present billiard tourna.
ment was not bona fde and is nothing
else than "hippodrome," professors
here publish kilograms from leading
cities of the union in which opinions
are generally expressed that the games
arenot being contested on their merits
but no evidence is offered to indicate
such is the case,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
Killed by Drinking Water From An
Old Well.

READING, Pa. Nov. 2O.-An old
well, which has been abandoned for
many years, was opened recently on
the farm of Thomas Poole, in Penn
sylvania township, Chester county, to
furnish water for an engine. Miss
Annie Poole, Frank Townsend, Ed.
Mackay and others. drank the water
and became terribly ill. Miss Poole
and Townsend died yesterday after
painful and lingering suffering.
MaCkay and others are slightly better.
1t is believed the water was impreg-
mated with deadly mineral poison.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27

Officers Of the Third Army cOrp'
Arranging for a Visit to Gettys-
burg--A Prominent Wall Street
Man Arrested--A Challenge from
Maurice Daily, Etc.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2O-Onisers anC
soldiers Of the third army cCrps me
yesterday at The residence Of Gen
Siekles and made arrangements for q
reunion Of all the regiments and bat.
teries, belonging to the corps at Gettys'
burg at the next anniversary Of the
battle, July I'd, 1866. 1t was decided
to erect a monument commemorating
the service of the corps and mark the
positions of regiments and batteries.
AnlexecutiVe committee was appointed
with Gen. Sickl' s as chairman.
The Sun has the following. "Wm.
Heath & Co., was arrested in Wall
street yesterday afternoon on an
order Of arrest against him out
of the supreme court, on Clio
Snni P. Morosini's suit, to
recover $480,000, and that 100000
bail was required. He could not fur
nish the bail and order of arrest Clerk
McGonigal took charge of him and
sent him to Ludlow street jail. Mr..
Heath took the arrest very hard, and
seemed to be Droken.hearted.
Joseph Dion, the insane billiard
player, passed a quiet day yesterday.
DR.. Wieman says he may recover his
reason within six months under care
full treatment. His brother called to see
him, but was not permitted to do so.
According to other reports, however,
Dion suffers from acute mania and is
incurable. He will be taken to
the.insane asylum on Wards Island
and will never leave there alive.
1t having come to the knowledge OF
the excise commissioners that rice
liquor, which analysis has showed to
be alcoholic, is sold by Cinnamon gen.
orally without license, Inspector Har-
grove was yesterday directed to see
whether the Mongolians evaded the
law. The liquor in question is sold at
neteen places in the city, so far as
Anown, and probably at many Others
Maurice DAILY, the billiaTdist, issues
achallenge to any mar in the world to
play a match at cushion caroms, the
winner of the Chicago tournament
preferred.
A special to the Sun from Washing.
ton dated The 10Th says: To-day there
was placed on record an assignment of
W. II. Vanderbilt, of New York, to
Edward V. w. Rogaiter, of Flushinfb
N. Y, of the interest Of the first
named in two certain mortgages made
by Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, of
certain Washington property, received
May goth. 1884, secure the payment
of $150,000, the consideration being
1923, $1,000, bearing date April Goth
last; also an assignment by Z. V. w.
Rossiter to w. j. Vanarsdale, of New
York, of a mortgage dated May 18th,
1884, from Gen. Grant and wife to Mr..
Vanderbilt, the consideration being
$3.50 An explanation of this action
is found in the next paper presented
for record, IA deed from Mr.. Vanars-
dale TO Catherine Searer Peshall, of
g23, T. D. Grants subdivision, for
300"
The Herald's Washington special
says that Appointment Clerk Higgins
is devoting his energies toward aecur-
ing the position of sergeant-at,arms Of
the house Of representatives. Mr..
Higgins has never been exactly pleased
with his present position, though act
ing under advice of Secretary Man
ming he refuses to give it up when I'M
der fire.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
Looking for a Site to Establish a
Linen Thread Factory,

NEWARK, Nj, Nov. 2l-Represen-
tatives of the firm Of Marshall & Co.,
extensive manufacturers of linen
thread, in Leeds, Eng, have been in
Newark several days looking for a site
to establish a linen thread factory. He
has decided to establish "a factory near
this city, and negotiations for the
property is about completed.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
A Movement on Foot to Erect a
Monument to Reil.

BISMARCK, Nov. 21-A messenger
from the northwest territory, reports
a movement or foot to erect a monu-
ment to Riel by the French Canadians
and half-breeds. Every young mar in
the northwest who boasts of n drop
ofsIndian blood, will contribute and it
will be n of the most imposing ever
erected.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27

IChlcago Herald

North Carolina has in her lower sounds.
bays, rivers, creeks and estuaries more
than 800, 900 acres of oyster bottom, land
locked and protected from foreign depre-
dations. In this 800, 900 acres there IS
every variety Of bottom adapted to oyster
culture, differing in quality as much as
high lands differ in their adaptation to
different vegetables.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
A General Shut Down Will be the
Result.

MCKEEsPoRT, PA, Nov. 21-A petit
ton is in circulation among the en-
ployes of the national tube works ask
ing for restoration by next Wednes-
day of the twenty per cent reduction
from their pay some time last winter
or a strike will be precipitated. It is
pretty certain that the request will be
refused and a strike and almost a
general shut down will probably be the
result.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27

OF seven young men who graduated
from an eastern college a few years ago.
four are teaching school, one is editing a
newspaper, one has been elected to con
gress, and one is a curve pitcher in a pro-
fessional base ball club.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
Stabbed Fourteen Times.

LITTLE Rock. Nov. 2l-Thomas
Lyles and Frank Kirksey, young men
Of White county, met at a fox hunt
Tuesday night and engaged in a fight
IAN old feud) with knives. Kirksey
was stabbed fourteen times, and died
Yesterday. Lyles escaped; both are
we'll connected.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27

Sponges are very offensive in smell
when taken from the water, and soon
grow worse. This is cured by burying
Them in dry sand, and, when decomposi,
ton has ceased, exposing them in wire
cages to the action OF the tides.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27

At Piffard, in tho Genesee valley. IL
New York. a mine Of rocks salt has been
reached at depth of 995 feet below the
surface. This Is said to be the first bed
Of rock-salt ever found in this country by
mining.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27

60 RioPo Sanity,
OTTAWA, OET., Nov. 20.-Dr. Vala
dek, Of this city, who, with DR.
Lavelle, Of Kingston, composed a
committee appointed 10 inquire into
the sanity OF Rel, refused 10 say
whether be considered Riel sane or
insane. He states that no report Of
that has yet been made, but that DR..
Lavelle and himsef will shortly meet
to draft a report.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
Miners Proposing to Boycott Hook
Ing Valley Cars.

PITTsBURG, Nov. 20-The strike Of
Ohio miners may cause trouble in the
district. During the past few days a
number of cars belonging to the Hook
ing Valley syndicate have been dellv-
cred to miners on the Pan Handle
road, to be loaded. The miners say
they are not willing to load them be-
cause OF the trouble there, and a meet
ing Will be held at each mine to con-
slider the proposal to boycott Hooking
Valley cars.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27

The khedive of Egypt says that a
marked change has taken place in the re-
lations between the pashas and fellaheen
of that country. The power of the former
is broken, and their domineering influence
is no longer felt as it formerly was.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
APPOINTMENT,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21-The presi-
dent to-day appointed Richard P.
Hammond. Jr., Of California, to be
surveyor-geneTal of California, vice
William II. Brown, resigned to take
effect January 1st.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27

There are only seventeen states with
more people than New York city.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27

Two cases Of mercurial poisoning from
the use Of Illuminating caps in shooting
galleries have been reported.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27

Sidney Averill; Society is one great
school Of dear experience.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
Steamer Ashore--Spanlsh Steamer
Sunk.

LONDON, Nov. 21-The British
steamship Iberian, from Boston, Nov.
10th, for Liverpool, is ashore in Dung
mans bay and likely to prove a total
wreck. Dungman's bay is an inlet on
the southwest coast of Ireland, and
county of Cork. 1t is four miles wide
at its entrance and twelve miles long.
Her cargo was valued at $200,00 She
was owned and insured in Liverpool
and carried acrew of fifty men.
A later dispatch says that the lberian
has a hole in her bow and hopes are
now entertained that she can be towed
off.
LONDON, Nov. 21.-The Spanish
steamer Guilermo is reported to have
been sunk off New Brighton, below
~Brokenhead, by collision with the
British steamer Roman.
The report of a collision between
the steamers Guilermo and Roman is
confirmed. The Guilermo did not sink,
as at first reported, but was beached.
The report of the vessels is dry at low
tide. The stern and bows of the
Roman were completely smashed. The
Roman arrived in the Thames for New
York to-day.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27
DENIAL of the Reported Ill Treat
ment of Riel's Body.

TORONTO, Nov. 20-Nicholas Flood,
a justice OF the peace Of Regina and
Pere Andre telegraphs jointly to the
Globe as follows ave visited the
body of Louis David Riel and certify
that there is not a word of truth in
the statement that the body was dis
figured, and that not a hair was i'm
properly removed in the presence of
,he sheriff, chaplains, attending otlic-
,als, and a number of Riel's friends.
We saw the corpse and repeat there is
Lot a word of truth in it, nor little
foundation for the statement that he
was i'll treated.