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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
CalHngfor Military.

ST. PAUL, Dec. Especial to the
Pioneer Press, from Helena, Mont, re-
ceived at an early hour this morning,
says: "W. G. Cobb, in charge of Eddie
Hammond &Co's. store, was assaulted
by two Indians, supposed to be
Shockannes, who forcibly entered the
store and drove him out. Cobb fired
at them, killing one and severely
wounding the other. Sheriff Lane and
posse left Missouri for Arlee in the
afternoon to quiet any disturbance
which might be endangered by the af-
fair. Tonight Thursday he wires
the authorities calling on the military
for aid, saying that the Indians had
taken from him some prisoners, whom
he arrested. A detachment Of troops
have gone out from Missouri. The
white settlers at Arlee have taken an
engine and left for the place. There
are some three hundred Indians.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
PRAIRIE DOGS IN CENTRAL PARK.
How They Began Work When First
Turned Loose In Their Quarters.

AoW Ahuy Began work When First
Turned Loose In Their Quarters.
Ger Boston Transcript
When the dogs were turned into the
enclosure they frisked about the space a
few moments in evident surpr Sc. Then
they gathered in q knot for co Isultation
in which one fat old patriarch seemed 10
assume the leadership The old dog.
followed by six other stout dogs, selected
a central spot in the enclosure and began
to dig with his forepaws until in a minute
or two bis head was out Of sight. He
then stepped aside and gravely sat on his
launches while another dog began dig
ging in the hole thus started. The re-
manning five dogs stood in a row behind
the one that was digging. while the un.
occupied dogs kept together a short dis.
lance away.
As the dirt was thrown up from the
hole the dog that was next to the one dig
ging gathered it in his paws and threw It
back farther to those behind. In a short
time the first dog was out of sight. He
then stopped and took his position last in
the row., and the next one began digging.
The foreman continued to watch the
operations quietly or to inspect the pro-
gresS OF the work at short intervals. 1t
did not take long before the whole six
were down into the ground. Then the
Workmen were REINFORCED by another
detachment until finally the forty dogs
had disappeared. with the exception of the
old one, who stood outside.
Presently there was a movement of the
earth at a distance of fifteen feet. A dogs
head appeared, and the subterranean
workmen all filed out of the gallery
which they had made. The dogs seemed
highly pleased with the result of their
work, and after the foreman of the work
had inspected the tunnel several times the
colony then divided into groups, each
group selecting a spot and going to work
to burrow on its own account. Five of
them with the old dog continued to work
at the first burrow. During the afternoon
each of the groups made its W home
under ground, and they all went to rest
in these holes at night.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
Mr. Randall CONVINCED.

New YORK, Dec. ia Washing
ton special says" 1T is reported that Mr.
Randall is convinced that Morrison's
plan for the revision of the house rules
will be successful, and has decided to
press a constitutional amendment
which will authorize the president to
veto parts of any appropriation bill
which he might consider excessive,
without defeating the whole bill"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
Josh Billing. and Rubinstein.


When Rubinstein was in this country
"Josh Billings" was introduced to him,
and the pianist in conversation presently
e%ndcavored to impress upon the Yankee
an idea of his high family rank. Indeed, "
he said, Il have ascertained that my
ancestors were prominent men in the
Crusades, and one of them accompanied
the Emperor Barbarossa. " "On the piano,
| suppose, " said Josh.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
intense ExoItement PreyaIIIng.

DALLAS. Tex. Dec. 19.-News was
received here at 1870 o'clock this
morning from Montgomery county,
that the greatest excitement prevails
there over the assembling of several
hundred armed men, who have deter
mined to lynch the negro jackson, who
a few days ago murdered the family of
Robert Smith, after having robbed the
house. The sheriff las the jail guard
ed as securely as he has been able to
arrange, but it is believed the mob
will overcome the force, as men are
c~ongregating from all parts of the
country, and by daylight will probably
number 1000.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
The First Ocean steamer.

A lady from Michigan relates a very
pretty story of her little boy whom she
took last summer for the first time to the
seaside. The little fellow was greatly
pleased with the sight. One day, when
he saw the first ocean steamer approach
the coast, he was exuberant: "Oh,
mamma, Just come out and see. There's
a big locomotive taking a bath.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
Death Of William MIIee. Eso.

Special to the Commercial Herald.
DELHI, La, Dec. 19.-William
Miles, Esq, one of the lrst and lead
ing men Of this place, and a member
Of the city council died at his
residence at 4 o'clock this morning IF
pneumonia. To say friends, means
that he leaves the entire community
to sympathize with his sorrow stricken
wife and children.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
Senators Urged to Oppose the Com
flrmatlon of Mr.. Sparks.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.-Western
senators are receiving letters in great
numbers urging them to oppose the
confirmation Of Land Commissioner
Sparks because Of bis recent rulings.
Mr.. Sparks was confirmed by the
senate as commissioner Of the general
land office on the 18th day Of last
March.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
Gen. Butler Interviewed on the
BoyCotted. Fifth Avenue Hotel.

NEW YORK, Dec. ia reporter
called on Gen. Butler yesterday at the
Fifth Avenue hotel, and asked him
about his position in regard to the
boycott of that hotel by the Central
Labor Union. The general said: II
have heard nothing about any boycott;
l know nothing about any boycott in
any way, shape or manner; / haven't
even eel anything about it in the
papers,"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
offered to Quality and Give Bond,

FRANKFORT, KY, Dec. 19.-Mrs
M. G. Lucas was elected by the vote Of
Davis county to the office Of jailer to
succeed her husband, who while in the
discharge Of his duties was shot and
killed by a mob. She applied to the
Davis county court, of which the APP
pellant Atchison was presiding Judge
and offered to qualify and give bond
as j%ailer. The judge refused to permit
her to qualify. A writ of mandamus
from the circuit court was asked for to
compel the county court to allow her
to qualify. The circuit court denied
the writ and Mrs. Lucas appealed to
the court of appeals yesterday. Judge
Pryor, of the court of appeals, affirmed
the decision Of the circuit court.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
A Curious Custom.


The Parseo mode of disposing of the
dead is very curious, Immediately after
death the body is carried by white robed
priests to the Towers of Silence, lofty cir.
cular buildings, haunted by birds of prey,
waiting to deyour the corpse. Before
taking final leave a dog is brought and
made to gaze into the eyes of the dead,
TO extract the sins of the departed.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
Near the Throne.


A Colorado paper says that "the COW
may be queen, the horse king, and the
sheep away up in royal honors, but it is
an indisputable fact that the hog, uuder
the impetus of alfalfa and pea food, is ap.
preaching dangerously neat the throne"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
On the Old English Post Roads.
Chicago Herald.l

Cycling is giving to the present genera.
ton of England a remarkable knowledge
of their W country, which railroads
were causing theIl to lose, and has in
fused fresh life into many once famous
inns on the old post-roads. The most
popular cycling ground is the great Bath
road, and men frequently go $50 miles
and back. ~
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25

Two Hundred B1lefa es...
Special % Commercial Haiala.
MONRoE, Ia, Dec. 18LThe fol-
lowing circular has been issued 81
Sheriff J. E. Mcguire. lhis city. Two
hundred dollars reward VIII be paid.
for the arrest Of George Robinson. a
murderer. Robinson is about "a years
old, 3 feet Z inches high, stout built.
has had smallpox, brown or copper
color, has a long nose for a negro, hair
cut very short, and an old pistol wound
10 bis right hand. If arrested Or any
information telegraph me at Monroe,
La. Robinson killed Mr.. Milllard
here a few days ago.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
Can No Longer Be Said,

With the multiplication of elevated
railroads in all directions, allowing pas
sengers to look into all manner of bed
rooms and kitchens, and get correct, if
1leeting, views of the sort of domestic
economy practiced by their occupants, it
can no longer be said that "one,half the
world knows not how the other half
lives "
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
India,s Oplum ProduotIon.

1.-THE amount of crude opium produced
in India in 1888 is stated in recently pub
lished statistics to have been SOL, 120
pounds. The number of acres of land
used in its culture is given at S76, 454.
The use of opium among the poorer classes
is said to be rarely excessive, but the well
TODD people suffer greatly from overin-
diligence in it
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
Productive Countries.
[AlmanacA Illustre.

A Gascon and a Provencal were each ex-
tolling the productiveness of their native
provinces. Eat Bordeaux, said the
former, "you drop a match IN a field; next
year you will see a forestl" AT Marseil-
les, " rejoined the other, "you drop a brace
button; a week after you have a ready
made pair Of tronsersln
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
BUSINESS FaIIuree for the Week.

New YORK, Dec. 18.-The business
failures occurring throughout the
country during the week as reported
to r. G. Dun & Co., number for the
United States 1873, and for Canada 70,
or a total of 255, as against 257 last
week and 2S4the week previous. The
western and southern States furnish
more than one half the total number.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
The Ichthxonhngnus CInh.

There is in New York a society Of fish.
eaters styled the ichthyophagous club.
1t is said the work thus far accomplished
by the organization toward popularizing
many fish dishes hitherto forbidden en-
trance to the dining. rooms proves that it
has not lived in vain.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
Antl-chInese AssooIatIon.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Dec. ia
citizens nti-Chinese association was
organized here last night with a large
membership. The association has Tor
its object the furtherance Of legisla-
ton for Kidding California OF Chinese
and displacement Of Chinese by white
labor.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
Little Confidence Felt as to the
Truth Of the Report.

BosToN. Dec. l9,-It was rumored
that Secretary Lamar had decided to
reopen the Bell patents. Little conf.
dence was felt as to the truth of the
report, yet it was sufficient to break the
stock from $3.50 to $l.62, from which
it rallied to $l.75. with a reaction to
$l.7l.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
FOR TAXES.
CLOSING OF THE SINGER SEWING
MACHINE WORKS At ELIZA
BETHPORT.

Three Thousand Five Hundred Men
Thrown Out Of Employment
Vice-P President w. r. Prooter's
Statement--The Shops in Scot
land to Be Run on Double Time,
Etc.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25

threats were made 10 wreck The city
treasurer's house. A meeting Of
workmen viii be held az 2 pm. to-day,
when the report Of the committee will
be received.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
L dgings for the Poor.
Il hiladelphln Call

One mans hobby is to induce the
wealthy residents of cities 10 open their
spacious, ventilated homes during their
own summer absence rs lodgings for the
poor. He argues that it is wicked in the
~millionaires to let Thousands of innocent
children die unnecessarily in tenements.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
Ex-senator Chaffe Denies Eve
Being Interviewed,

New York, Dec. l9.-Ex-Senator
Chaffe, who is now in the city, said
last night to a reporter, who ques-
toned him about an interview con-
corning Mr.. Blaine and Walter Phelps
in matter of the last presidential
campaign: II can't understand where
this interview could have originated,
l have had no talk with any reporter
that | know of; l would not talk that
sortl of thing to a reporter anyway.
Some Western papers have a way of
manufacturing things which they
think they would like to thave a man
to say, and then palm them off on the
public as things that he did say. This
appears to have been one of that kind
of interviews"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25

The Editor OF the ogden Horafd
Convicted Of Lfb0itna Chief IIs-
tioe Zane.
SALT LAKE, Dec. I9-Charles W.
Hemingway, editor Of the Ogden Her
aid, was convicted last night Of libel
ing Chief Justice Zane. The trial was
held in the first district court. Justice
Powers presiding. Judge Zane did
not know Of the libel until after The
proceedings had been began. The ar
Iicle charged Judge Zane with being
responsible in his ruling for the MUIR
der Of McMurrin by Deputy Marshal
Collins, and shielding the officials and
others guilty Of lewdness. 1t said the
action of Zane "made 1t reasonably
evident to the anti Mormuns of Utah
that a federal justice will permit No
%atrocity committed by an anti Mormon
against a Mormon 10 be speedily and
condignly punished according to JUS
tlce'" Then followed a threat that If
this thing continues the Mormons
would defend their persons, families
and property with the necessary force.
1t said there was a limit to the en-
durance of even Mormons, and bids
anti-Morman assassins, judicial male
factors and robbers to beware. It said
Zane rendered a crooked de-
cision in the Vandercook lewd and
losciviouS case, and dozens and dozens
Of Mormons have been slaughtered in
cold blood, but in every single instance
the murderer escaped punishment at
hands of the Justice, which thus
practically licensed murder. There
was more Of the same kind of allega-
Sentence will be passed in Jan.
uary.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
Blacksmith and Machine Shops
Burned.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. l8.-The black
smith and machine shops of the Mis-
souri, Car and Foundry Company were
destroyed by fire early this morning.
Loss $25, 900.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25

Dirty streets, unclean water, neglected
sewers, and anti vaccination ideas are
said to be the cause of the visitation Of
small. pox in Montreal.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25

Grenoble. France. is the greatest glove.
making city in the world.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
The Indians Gathering in Large
Numbers,

ST. PAUL, MINI, Dec. ia spe-
cial to the Pioneer Press from Helena,
Montana, says: Latest reports from
Arlee, say that the Indians are gather
ing there in large numbers. Their
leader is known as big Jim," an In
dian who is said to have killed eight
white men. The Indian killed by
Coombs has not been identified. Maj.
Ford with three companies of troops,
left Missoula for Arlee. 1t is feared
that the tribe making demonstrations
will be joined by Flat Heads, who are
inclined to commence hostilities
against the whites in that section.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
State Board of Equalization Fixed
the VALUATION loo HIGH.

the Valuation Too High.
CLEVELAND, Dec. l9.--ThlrJeen ma
tional banks, located in Cleveland,
youngstown, ElyTia and Mahoning,
filed in the United States court a prayer
for injunction to eDjoin county treas
urers of the counties in which they are
located, from collecting from them ex-
cessive taxation. These banks aver
that the State board Of equalization
fixed the valuation too high and large
ly in excess of the valuation placed on
other properties and business. Judge
Wrlker allowed restraining order.
Under the restraining order, banks are
to pay into county treasures what they
deem just and equitable amount OF
taxation, the balance to be withheld
until the court has passed upon the
controversy. Amounts involved are
very heavy. County taxation amounts
to 1859, 500 and increased valuation
being $5,023,000.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
Twenty-Five Pages of Nominations
--Senate Committee on Patents.

--Senate Committee on Patents.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l8.-To-day's
Congressional Record contains twenty
five pages of nominations sent to the
senate since the beginning of the pres
ent session. They number about
twelve hundred.
The senate committee on patents to
which has been referred the interna-
tional copyright bill introduced by
Senator Hawley, has directed its chair
man, Senator Plat, to give public no,
tice of its purpose to hear authors and
others who are int -rested in the sub
ject. No day has yet been fixed for
the first hearing, but the committee
expresses a hope that all who have
views to express on the subject will tie
prepared to communicate to the COM
mittee verbally or in writing before
the holiday recess.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25

The crop of raisins grown in California
has increased from 1000 boxes nineteen
years ago to 400, 900 the present season.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
What the Tribune Says

What the Tribune Says About 1t.
SALT LAKE, UTAH, Dec. l8.-The
Tribune says this morning concerning
remarks in yesterday mornings pa
pers respecting Federal officials who
have been disgraced by Mormon snares
to entrap them into lewdness: Zone
man has been arrested charged with
lewd conduct, who was appointed as
assistant district attorney to attend
n term of court. and another man
who has been arrested who was deputy
under Marshal Inland. They are
neither Federal officers in the sense
usually intended. Neither have they
been conspicuous in opposing Mormon
lawlessness and n%astiness. The other
citizens arrested have ever been anti
Mormon in the sense which The Herald
and News wish to convey to the coun-
try as men who have assumed a virtue
they had not. The Federal officers and
citizens for whom the conspiracy was
organized in the hope of catching have
never been disturbed. Not one of
them, though in addition to furnishing
houses for public women and bribing
them to do work which only the lowest
of their class can be employed to do,
special and large brides were offered il
certain men could be caught. The at
tempt, although produced in many
forms and under all sorts of disguises
failed in every case"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
What the Authorities Of the Mid
dletown Insane Asylum have to
say In Regard to Mrs. Dudley.

What the Authorities Of the Mid
dletown Insane Asylum have to
Say In Regard to Mrs. Dudley.
MIDDLETowN, N. Y, Dec. IS.-Mrs.
Yseult Dudley, who attempted to kill
ODonovan Rosa, IS sorely trying the
patience and kindness of the authori-
ties of Middletown insane asylum.
When she was sent there 1t was the
general impression that she would be
IN the asylum a short time only; that
her friends in England would take her
away, or counsel secure her release.
NO friends have appeared to claim her
as yet. The prospects are that she
VIII be a charge on the institution for
an indefinite period. She lisa criminal
pauper inmate. The city of New
YORK pays $3.50 a week for her main
tenance, but necessities of the case put
the asyium to expense of $3.50 a week.
FROM the manner Of Mrs. Dudley
when questioned on subject the i'm
preston has taken form of almost
positive belief that she was released
In England on the condition she
leave the country at once. 1t is also
learned Mrs. Dudley is an illegitimate
child. Her parents being high in rank
In English society. She was educated
in seclusion in a convent, and while
there was betrayed into a mock mar
rlage. She had two children before
she learned that her supposed husband
had another wife and family. Since
Mrs. Dudley learned that her counsel
was unable to have her released from
the asylum she has been determined
on suicide. Constant watch is kept
upon her. For some time it has been
a favorite diversion Of Mrs. Dudley TO
pass a part of the night uttering
shrieks; then she shouts to the irritible,
but quiet patients in adjoining apart
ments until she has them joining in an
a piercing chorus.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-08-12
Dies After Defaming Grant.

A despatch from Raleigh, North
Carolina, under date of August S,
1885, says: A gentleman who reach
ed here from North Carolina today
tells curious story about the Ral-
eigh editor, who DETAINED Grant in
his paper, and his tragic end. The
ink upon the paper which contained
this article was scarcely dry, and the
edition of the paper had not all been
delivered at the post Office, when the
editor of the paper who wrote the
article fell dead This editor was
convicted as a Ku- klux and senten-
ced to ten years at the Albany Peni-
tentiary. The evidence in his trial
showed that he was the leader of the
Ku-Klux in his section, and had been
guilty of atrociously maltreating q
Republican member of the Legisla
ture from his district, who as the re-
suit of whipping and other abuses,
was very badly crippled. The edi-
tor remained in the Albany Peniten-
tiary four years, when a petition for
his pardon, generally signed in his
locality, was presented to President
Grant by the very Republican for the
abuse of whom he was serving sen.
tence. The President granted the
pardon. The man returned to his
home; has been in politics since,
but has committed no conspicuous
act until he made the recent assault
upon the memory of General Grant
which was SO quickly followed by his
own death.