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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

WOULD 1t not aid the Judges and
District Attorneys of our State in the
enforcement of the laws if our legisla-
tors would enact a law to make our
grand and Petit jury system more
effective? Can nothing be done to
secure the appointment of men, espe-
cially as Grand Jurors, who are not
prejudiced in favor of the violators of
the law, men, who, when they have
been drawn can be made to serve?
The custom, too frequently in practice,
of excusing about one-half the panel
and then supplying their places from
among ~bystanders. often, too, by
ISLANDERS for the purpose of serving
violators Of the law, is an abuse, and
outrage and should be stopped in some
way.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

SECRETARY LAMAR's decision in the
Bell telephone cast rests mainly on the
fact that there is such a cloud on the
patent of the company, a conclusive
adjudication of its validity by the
Supreme Court is demanded in justice
to all concerned, and that it is incum-
bent on the United States Government
to institute the proceedings in the in
terest Of public justice. 1t sends the
patentee, without prejudice, TO vindi
cate the regularity and lawfulness of
his patent before a competent and un-
preiudiced tribunal. If the EpaGentee
cannot vindicate his patent he will
be checked from doing a great wrong.
II on the other lhand he can, and is
sustained by the Supreme Court, the
public can only submit to the ~exactions
J Of . rich and rapaciOus monopoly.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

IT would hardly be Ian act Of ecOnO-
my to call a constitutional convention
at a cost Of $4,000 or $4,000 to the
tax payers, when as much good can be
accomplished by a few j%udiclOu8
amendments. 1t too frequently hap
pens that wholesale changes in State
conventions, their repeal and the max
ing of new ones, are inspired by those
having some especial ak to grind. The
present Constitution. in the main, is a
very good one. We don't see that il
could be much improved. Atleast, the
Improvement proposed is hardly worth
the cash necessary TO effect it.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

WE trust that the bright prospects
of Vicksburg will not be retarded or
blighted by the neglect of the people
to secure much needed reforms in the
city government, while there is an op-
portunity.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
OUR 80 a%OYERNMENT.

OUR CITY GOVERNMENT.
The reform that began 50 happily
last year in this county is far from
complete. Indeed in The city there
are indications of ruinous retrograda-
ton instead Of progress in honest, eco
nomical government. We have a mu-
nicipaI government that is wholly
unsatisfactory and the citizens should
seriously consider the situation before
the Legislature %adjOurns.
The people who own V~icksburg,
carry on business here, and who make
honest livings here, are in serious dan.
ger of again being cursed by extrava-
CANT and dangerous misrule. Our
municipal government, with the ex-
ception of a few members, has no
standing. In the coming months and
years it will not be able to make any
financial arrangements to economically
conduct the affairs of the city. The
makeup of the Board of Aldermen
is entirely unsatisfactory, and
at this important iuncture in
the history of the,city, public affairs
are at the mercy Of men not fit to man
age them.
This is a short plain statement of
facts. What is to be done about it?
We are firmly convinced there
should be a radical change in the City
Government. Instead Of an elective
Government, we should have one APP
pointed by the Governor. Our present
Government is an elective one, and it
is a humiliating failure. We
have a Government, that verges
closely on the brink of disgrace. And
there is nc promise for the future with
the present form Of municipal rule.
We are cursed by frequent and totally
unsatisfactory elections. Under any
ordinary circumstances we are heartily
in favor of universal suffrage, but in
Vicksburg, where large numbers of
voters have been so often c%orrurted,
and where they are made up Of such
homogeneous elements, the election
Of officials is not wise or safe.
We have too many elections, anyway,
and they are irritating and injurious.
There is little or no confidence
in the classes of voters to which we
have alluded, and the honest citizens
are becoming apathetic and diSpirited.
In making the changes to which the
honest citizens are entitled, there need
be no change of names, adoption Of
the taking district plan," Oh
anything of that sort. AL
that is needed is to modify our pres
ent charter, so as to give the Cover
nor power to appoint, say five Com
missioners, n from each Ward and
one from the clty-at.large to carry on
the city government. One of them
a act as Mayor, and they can az
point all other needed officials. Allow
the Commissioners fair salaries, and
still the form of government will be
cheaper than the present one.
There is not the slightest doubt that
any Governor will give us better men
in Office than our hoodlums, bummers,
thieves and ignoramuses will elect.
Such a change would at once restore
confidence and give sincere reformers
renewed hope.
We have very capable Legislators
and our good citizens have only to
indicate their wishes. We are for
abolishiDg municipal elections, and we
are sure that if our citizens do not
embrace the present opportunity to
abolish them, they will regret it in the
years to come
IOTTTJ II r HcT n IN 1ynv 4 nvr@xvrVO
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

A REPUBLICAN member of the Vir-
ginia Legislature has introduced a
resolution directing Virginia Congress
men to pilot a bill through to lend
eachIState of the Union a sum sufa.
cient to pay its debts.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

REPRE- ENTATIyE FRANK BURKITT
is determined that a seat in the Legis-
lature shall not Re a "fat take" and
has introduced a resolution to fine all
absenteeS IS zach for every days alb,
sence without leave.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

In a recent interview the Hon. JEFF
ferson Davis said he favored strongly
the principle of a tariff for revenue
only, and, on the question of silver, he
gave it as his opinion that the interests
of our section were opposed to suspen.
sion. He expressed himself as greatly
pleased with the evidences that the
President is giving Of craftsmanship
and fidelity to the Constitution.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

CONGRESSMAN SINGLETON, the Chair
man of the Library Committee, is of
the opinion that the House Is ready
and anxious to pass an act for the
erection of a new Congressional
Library building, and that such an act
will be passed at this session.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

AND now it is proposed that United
States Congressman shall pattern after
Mississippi Legislators. A bill has
been introduced prohibiting our ma
tional lawmakers from riding on the
railroads with free passes.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

The New York Sun says: W. do
not believe in Civil Service reform by
means of competitive examinations
but until the plan is abandoned it is
the duty of Democrats to try and do
the best they can with it,"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

AMARRIED woman in West Virginia
Is reported to have been bed-ridden for
the past forty years. Here is one in
stance where the husband gets up first
and builds the fires.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

CONGRESSMAN DORSEY, OF Nebras-
ka, says "If Congress shall attempt
to carry out the reforms in relation to
the coinage of silver recommended by
the Secretary of the Treasury, this
country will be forced ito undergo a
panic such as we have never expert
enced.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

THE magnitude Of the recent de-
eision by Secretary Lamar may be ap-
preciated, when it is stated that the
business of one telephone corporation
is worth ten million dollars a wear,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

THIS is a hard year or preachers.
Not less than five are being tried by
their respective charges for immoral
conduct, and one killed himself rather
than be tried. 1t is well to add, that
these Reverend gentlemen, none Of
them, hail from the South.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

"IF Mississippians would be wise
they will make no change in the man.
ner in which they obtain their judicial
officers. A Judge ought not to be
forced to %electioneer for denomination.
He should feel independent and un-
trammeled," is the wholesome advice
given us by the Mobile Register,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

THE New Orleans grand jury has
indicted presidents Of the Trades
Union for libel in carrying a banner
labeled, Fined 5000 a year for being
Union men,"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

PURSUANT to the request of the
Board of Agriculture in several States,
two bills have been prepared and will
be introduced in Congress, one taxing
the manufacture and sale of oleomar-
garine, and the other regulating the
sale of all limitations Of butter and
cheese.S
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

G. P. HUNTINGTON. the railroad
nagnate, has control, east of the Mis-
sissippi river, Of 1882 miles of rail-
road. He can travel from New York
to San Francisco over a system of
transportation largely controlled by
himself.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

IT is now In order for the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen to pass resolu-
tions Of regret. and 81 forth, and for
the folks in the Third Ward, who
elected Alderman McKenna, to ex
press their grief at the loss of their
net.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

SENATOR j. z. GEORGE has our
thanks for a copy of the decision of
the US Supreme Court in the Missis-
sippi Railroad cases. The full text of
the decision is entirely too lengthy for
publication in our columns.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

Mrs. HENDRICKS is living quietly in
Indianapolis, engaged in arranging her
late husbands papers, which were left
in some confusion.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

THE North Dakota Convention pass
ed a resolution TO make tfforts for the
Territory's admission into the Union
without division.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

THE election of our esteemed cotem-
porary Mr.. r. H. Henry, of the Jack
son Ledger, to the lucrative Office of
State Printer is a compliment worthily
bestowed. We have not the least
doubt of Mr.. Henry's capacity and
reliability, and his great popularity is
demonstrated by the large vote he
received.
At the same time there are circum-
stances, which prevent the result
from being a rebuke to Col. Power
1t is not a question of his capacity or
honesty or standing. He has made a
fortune as State Printer ; and the re-
suit simply demonstrates that the Dem
ocratic Legislature thought he had
filed the office long enough.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

LocKY, the English historian, says a
man is a traitor or a fool TO advocate
an Irish Parliament.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

A BILL has been introduced in the
Iowa Legislature to remove Mayors of
cities who refuse to enforce the prohi-
bition law.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

BECAUSE a fellow is always on the
floor brawling "Mr. Speaker" or snap
ping his fingers at a page, is no sign
that he is a statesman.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

THE citizens Of Vieksburg need a
reformed government. The only way
they can get it is by abolishing the
present one.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

ANOTHER election ordered in this
city. In the language of the late
lamented Artemus Ward, this is too
much.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

THIS year, in this city, there are at
least three elections in sight, when
one election in three years would be
sufficient. A special election is order.
ed to fill the vacancy for Alderman in
the Third Ward, an election for Con-
gressmen will occur in the Fall, and
another election for Mayor and one
half the Aldermen, will occur in De
cenber.
This frequency of elections is
a great evil. Our popula-
ton. is kept in a ferment all
the time, and the hoodlums, ignorant
negroes, strikers and intriguers are
constantly pushing themselves to the
front. The good citizens, who only
want what they are clearly entitled to,
effective, impartial and economical
government, are greatly discouraged.
There is no rest from the constant
struggle against the worst and most
vicious elements of a city SO located as
to be always Hooded with INSCRIPTIONS
men.
The situation is serious now, and
there is no logical reason to hope for a
change for the better with the present
order of things.
Let the municipal elections be sup.
pressed. The Governor would appoint
good and true men, representing all
the various important interests, to rule
the city. The city would prosper, and
the danger from the elements of So
ciety to which we have referred would
be averted.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

Miss CosMER, of West Virginia,
took poison because her parents would
not permit her to become a Mormon.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

PRINCE BIsMARcKi is the first Protes-
tant that has ever received the decora-
ton of the Order of Christ.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

A MAN, lamed Sylvester Rock, died
recently 10 North Carolina at The goo'
old age of 100. RICK of Ages"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

A COMMITTEE of five will go to
Washington City to represent Memphis
on Western waterways matters.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

THE people Of Crystal Springs built
a big ice.house during the late cold
spell and saved several tons of ice.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

CIVIL Service Eaton, who has re-
Gently been confirmed, it is said, VIII
resign in February.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

CINCINNATI is unfortunate. First
she had fire, then flood, Lthen riot, and
now she has Sam Jones.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
Parker's Tonic.

VICKsBURG has a chance 10 grow,
and will grow rapidly, if the citizens
do their duty,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

Mr.. BLAINE is not particularly in
terested 10 the Presidential succession
bin.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

WHEN shooting begins in a Vicksburg
saloon absence of body is preferable to
presence OF mind.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

How is it possible to have a dull
day in the Lower House with Sharp
in the Speakers chair.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

INJUNcTIcNs are being served on the
owners Of buildings in which saloons
are located in Iowa.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

In Illinois recently they convicted a
millionaire of being accessory to MUIR
der, and sentenced him to serve a term
in the penitentiary. If he had lived
here, the intriguers ct al would have
elected him to the Board of Aldermen.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

1T is mentioned incidentally in a
horse article that forty years ago there
was not u regular trotting track in this
country.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

THERE are said to be $50 newspa
pers in the United States, printed by
colored men.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

TWELVE new bishops were appoint.
ed by the Pope at the Consistory on
the 18th.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

DE LEssEPs says 1888 will see the
completion Of the Panama Canal
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

The Chamber of Commerce at Bel
fast, Ireland, has denounced Home
Rule.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

A PORTION Of New Orleans vas in
undated recently by the heavy raias.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

EARL SPENCER says that Gladstone
and he are one on the Irish question.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

THE book critic and reviewer will
turn owe many a new leaf this year.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

SMALLPOX is raging in Canton,
Ohio.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
Attend to it Now

Many suffering people drag themselyts about
with failing strength, feeling that they are
steadily sinking into the grave. when by using
Parker's Tonic they would find a cure com,
mencing with the first dose. and vitality ana
strength surely coming back to them.
~ am So years old; have been sick ne riy az
nv life and ought to know something about
medicine by this time. l have used faTkers
Tonic freely for more than a year, and CONSIDER
1t the hest remedy 1 have ever known. In tact
/ now find no other medicine necessary. for
weakness, debility, rheumatism, ana ma disII
tressing all-gOneness and pain from when l
suffered SO long, 1t has no equal. | do not see
how anyone can afford to do without 50 yalu-
able a medicile. mrs. HATTIE N. Ks,
cor. kast and Front streets, Providence 81
Parker's Tonic.
Prepared by Hiscock. & Co. n; ~
Sold by all Druggist in large bottles at one
Dollar!
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

PAsTEUR has i~ustreceiVed a present
Of 5000 from a French Count.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

Mss CLEVELAND always speaks Of
her brother as the President,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

CODES are intended for some higher
and nobler purpose than to be set up
as targets in legislative halls for poll
ticians to shoot at.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-21
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
He Will Deliver Lecture at Montgomery,
Ala.-Preparations for the Occasion.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. March 20.-The monu-
ment committee to-day received from Jefferson
Davis. ex-President of the Confederacy, q letter
officially accepting the invitation to lecture in
Montgomery in behalf of the monument to be
erected on the Capitol grounds here in memory
Of Alabama soldiers who died in the civil war.
Mr. Davis will be here about the last of April.
His lecture viii be delivered in large ware
house. with a seating capacity of five thousand
people. He will also lay the cornerstone of the
monument. which will cost 500, 900, of which
5000, or enough to complete the pedestal,
has already been raised. John w. Daniel. of
Virginia, has been invited to deliver an address
on that occasion. Ali men who bore prominent
parts in the civil and military service
of the confederate government have been
invited to be present to meet Mr.. Davis; as,
also, many prominent men Of the North, and ex
Union generals not now in active service. All
OF the Alabama State troops, some thirty
companies sJrong, will be here, and invitations
will be sent to militia companies of all the
States, North and South. The great interest in
the occasion centers in the fact that on the porch
of the Capitol building here jefferson Davis took
the oath of Office as President of the Confed-
eracy, and that government was here organized.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-21
More Mail from the Oregon.

New YORK. March 20.-Augustus H. Hughes,
of Minnesota, has put in claim of $775 against
the owners of the steamer Oregon for lost dia-
monds and valuables. Unless the claim is paid
ne will begin an action.
Certain downtown firms have informed the
pilot commissioners and masters of vessels that
they will pay SIS for every mailbag hereafter
recovered from the steamer Oregon and deiv-
cred to the postofce, until the sum of 3d. $50 has
been exhausted.
Two more mailbags have been received at the
postofice. making 224 in all. These bags con-
tanned only newspaper mail for other United
States offices, which was in such bad condition
that very little of it can be forwarded.
The greater portion of the officers and crew of
the Oregon shipped for England onthe Catalonia,
which sailed from East Boston this morning
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-21

FAIRY Queen" entertainment at Fort Wayne. !.
Mrs. Dan Burns and Miss Ida Early returned
from Kansas on Saturday evening. Henry
Miles and wife visited at Coldwater, Mich. on
Sunday. The ladies of the Christian Church
viii give pink social on Friday evening. March
26. The social at the residence Of
JEFF Payne on Friday evening was q
very pleasant affair. Miss Heniey's kin
dergarten opens on Monday. the 29th. :.
Mrs. Judge Lowe, of Kokomo, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. T. W. Mcclure. Mrs A. A Rob
back was called to Missouri, Sunday, by the
serious illness of her father. Miss Jennie
Frazer, of Warsaw. is visiting friends here. :.
Miss Eva Stitt is home from Glendale College
She gave pleasant party on Friday evening. :.
Mrs. McAuley, of Detroit, is visiting Mrs. S. B.
Tinker
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-21
Sensation at Livingston, I'LL.
TO the fpdianapolis Journal

ppeCiai I'd the In0lAnapots JournaA
MARSHALL. ILL.,, March 20.-The village of
Livingston, three miles east of here, is in
tensely excited over the conduct of Fl. L.
Atwood, of that vicinity. He lost
two children from smallpox, at Prairieton, twelve
miles below Terre Haute, year ago. He de-
termined to take up the bodies and renter them
in the Livingston Cemetery. He was warned by
physicians that this would most likely result
in spreading the contagion in Livingston, and
also in Terre Haute. through which he would
have to pass. He would not listen to them, but
started on Thursday to carry out his design.
An urgent message was sent to Terre Haute,
warning them to stop Atwood at all
hazards. An officer was sent at once to
Prairieton to arrest him in his work.
He declared he would accomplish the
work il he had to walk ovor dozen
dead bodies; but he was forced to return home
as he came. He stubbornly declares that he
will yet carry out his design, which would en-
danger dozens of lives He is being yigilanty
watched and trouble is yet feared.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-21
Distinguished Proselyte.

ATLANTA, Ga March 20-Some sensation
was created in religious circles here to-day by
the announcement that ex-Chief justice o. A.
Lochrane had decided to abandon the Protestant
Episcopal Church and become Baptist The
Judge took an active part in favor of prohibition
in the late elections here, and was thus thrown
into companionship with Rev. DR.. j. B. Haw-
thorne, the Baptist pulpit orator. After the
election the preacher accompanied the Judge to
his home on Peachtree street, when the wine
casks and bottles were rolled out and emptied of
their contents into the streets The intimacy
thus begun will be sealed in few days by the
immersion OF Judge Lochrane at the hands of
Dr. Hawthorne. The Baptists of Georgia vie
with the Methodists in political strength, and
there is rivalry to which catches the
biggest fish.