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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

There are, besides, As special students
who do not come into any sort OF COMPARE
son with ours.
Now, according to the principle laid
down by DIR. Thornwell, that it is only the
graduates who count, it Is manifest hat in
spite of the disparity between the Univer'
sity and the Agricultural College IN
aggregate numbers, the true criterion of
success" puts the University first, in the
proportion Of eighteen 10 twelve. Indeed
The proportion is really greater il is thai
of eighteen out of a malriculation of two
hundred and two against twelve out OF
naturalization of four hundred and fifteen
l lack the lime to examine fully into the
meaning of that tremendous elimination
which prevails in all our Institutions, and
which in the one under consideration strips
fifth class, 227 strong, down to II before
graduation.
This communication Is already trying
the patience of the reader. shall close
by showing that even in well-equipped and
handsomely endowed colleges, where popu-
iation is dense, that magic word, mum
bers," so potent in this land of much Fot-
ing, loses its meaning and ought 10 loss Its
spell.
take that old and honored school OF
learning, Columbia College, New York, u,
the head of which for many years has been
our ante bellum University Chancellor
Dr. Fred. A. Z. Barnard, known 10 all Mis-
sisSippians
Wllh roll call of over one bsndred in
siructors, as against our thirteen, this Is it
sount for ISSfl-S6
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State Board of Commissioners Of
Election.

JACKSON, MISS, August 81, 1886.
The State Board oil Commission. rs OF
| Election met here to-day, and appointed
| the following County Commissioners Of
| Election:
Alcnrn county-John A. Dilworth, George
Cox, G. d. Winston.
Amite-George A. McGehee, J. III. Jones,
Peter Robinson
Attsla-Heury F. Adams, j, Gwin, J. W.
Qaarles-
Benron-G. H. Harrison, c. o. Spencer.
Wash McKie
Calhoun-I- A. Pulley, L. Pate, J. G.,
Ryan.
Clsiborne-John c. Watkins, T. NJ. Rae,
A. NJ. Addison.
Covirgion-J NJ. Edmonson, Lawrence
MeCallum. n. w. TannehilI.
DeSoto-E. B. Gwyn, T. A. Dodson, Simon
Mcmillan.
FrankIin-H. G. Butler, R. K. Scott, War
rem James.
Harrison w. T. walthall, Jos r. Davis,
w. p. Locke.
Holiness. q. Alexander, l. A. Powers,
J. j. John-on.
Issaqnena--E. n. Scudder, James T. Gram.
ling, James Williams.
Observation-Disclosures o. Priddy, Ell Phillips,
John J. Walker.
Jasper--R- s. Buckley, Daniel o. Finn, A .
b. Cotton.
JONES'. L. wilborn, E NJ. Devali, sam1
Priest.
Lsfsye,,e--J.T T. Wood, J.w. Luekie. Wash
Porter.
Lauderiale-J. r. Mitchell, 4. NJ. Hous-
ton, ]. r. Smith,
Lawrpnce-A. E. Wethersby, 2. p. Jones,
Winfrrd Scoft-
Leo +. Sykes, l. G. Boggan, Clinton
G. Jones.
L. aore-J. l. Davidson, George w. Ar
mold. Luke Wilkes.
Montgemery-G. A. Spivey, w. r. Saun-
ders, John n. Vaughan.
Pontotoc-C. d. Fontaine, Richard Lilly,
Samuel Duncan.
P.no'a-w. F. Carter, George w. Deafon,
Cage Bsllentine.
Scott ames A. Ware, J. E. Hunter, Jas.
H. Owen
Simpson G. Berry, Jr, T. L. Menden-
hall, =. p. Brown.
Smi,h-J.J J. Scarborough, T. NJ currie, J !.
w. Bryant.
Tate-Ed I. weems. James n. Womack, /
zack p. Smith.
Tippah-A- n. Clayton, W. T. Smith. T.
w. Coesitt.
Union-w. A. Stocks. T. A. Hin. L. Jar
Wis.
Wa-hinTtan--F. L Bates, Theodore Pohl,
Peter Mitchell.
Wayne, D. N. Taylor. B. s. R.msey. VIII
liam Yeomans
Webster Samuel l. Cook, James +. Endy,
J. A. Holland.
The Remaining counties we're pa@sf a,
there being 70 applications nor recommsn-
dations therefrom. Appointments will ~
made - a0on ~ proper names mre fut-
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The total vote OF the Convention, Grand
Gulf excluded, was forty four, majority
of which WAS twenty-three; but Barksdale
had twentysix, being more than q majority
by three. Now if the Barksdale men
had beea ~ lacking in integrity as
Mr.. Briscoe's article would have the
public believe, why did shev moi
instruct for Barksdale as they had the
power to do? And Why did they declare
the Convention null and Void as Hr.
Briscoe says, "and resolve that primary
election should be ordered?' Had every
voting place been represented in the Com
vention the total vote OF the Convention
would have b.en fifty -four, a MAJORITY OF
which is twenty eight. Let these figures
be considered in connection with the action
of The Bsrksdale men il The Convention.
and a reasonable conclusion is that the
Barksdsle I1en were not willing to exercise
temporary advantage occupied by them,
which they had a perfect right TO do, ac-
colding to all precedent, but were willing
10 have fair trial OF the strength of the
two candidates throughout the county !:
hence they recommended primary election
instead OF at once in-fructing for their
candidate as they had The poser to do.
Does such conduct, such forbearance, on
the part of the Bzrksdale men, warrant
Mr.. Bri-coe in stigunatizing them as WANT
me II IsTEGKIIY?
Mr.. BrIscoe Comments upon the fact
that Capt. A. K. jones was made Chairman
Of The Convention, though not delegate
from any club. III there Is any merit in
this chsrge, why did not the Hooker men
defeat his election? They say they were
10 MAJORITY until ruled out by the conn.,
miiiee on credentials, but the vote on tenn
porary chairman was certainly taken be-
Tore committee on credentials had been
appointed. The SEATS Of the Grand Gull
and Brandywine delegates were in dispute,
and Briscoe says, ~The chair appointed
two Hooker men and six Bxrksdaie men
on the COMMITTEES ION credeniisl-1 ssseIec-
ted from the Grand Gulf and Brandy wine
cInbr;" thus the Impression is produced
that the entire committee on credentials
Vas made up of delegates from The two
di=tricts in dispute. He further says,
These deleg2tes' &. e, the two H0oker
men and six Bzrksdale men) -wrre in
rtructed to vote for Hooker 81 their clnbs,
though srnono B,rksdaIe PAKTmAns-
The fact il thai only two, out 81 eirhf.
men On thu committeo were from the
Grand Gulf ard Br1ndyuine cluhr: dry
were g. F. niuheroon, iron Grnnd Gull
81 = 3 JoIsrfoo, fxom nk1ndywine u
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

TAERE seems to be some hitch in the
matter of successor TO Public Printer
Rounds 1t was first announced that
Gen. Rodgers, of Buffalo, was to be the
man. Then Mr.. Thos. E. Benedict, of
Albany, informed the press reporters
that he had been appointed, and had ac-
cepted, and that his commission was
waiting for him at Washington; but a
special to the Times Dersocraf from
Washington, says that the officials at
the White House know nothing of it,
except what they see in the newspapers
the custom being FIRST to register and
then bulletin commissions before send
ing them. Late advices confirm the
report of Mr.. Benedict's appointment.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

The trustees of Whitworth College
are TO be congratulated on the admira
BILE selection they have made as Presi
dent of that institution Prof. L. T.
Fi,zhugh. For several years. he ha,
been an efficient aid faithful Professor
i'm the University Of Mississippi, aud
was unanimously ne elected at the last
June meeting. His son in-law and
daughter, Rev. Mr. Murrow and wife
will also be members of the faculty. II
is pleasant to know that a school thai
has achieved such remarkable success,
Is to be continued 80 complete in all it.
appointments.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

ThE Lsffiin & Rand Powder Com
psny's magazine, located in the suburbs
of Chicago, and containing IA, 900 pounds
of powder and half as much dynamite,
was struck by lightning on the morning
of the 18th ult. The explosion was ter
rite, killing one person outright, fatally
injuring four, and infiicting painful
injuries on more than twenty others.
A few houses in the neighborhood we're
entirely destroyed The shock was felt
throughout the city OF Chicago.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

We find in the Lexington Aduerfisel
: well merited compliment by Auditor
Stone to the articles on Public A6airs
which are being written for that paper
by Hon. J. f. Gwin, one of the mosi
talented and inf rental members Of the
last House Of Representatives. We arr
transferring these articles to our col
umnz The fourth, which we print to-
day, suggests Constitutional Conven
ton ~ the remedy for growing debt and
unequal taxation. We hope that Mr.
Gwin viii elaborate this topic III biz
NEXT artisle. This journal, ii u known,
heartily kavors . ConstItusiousl conveD'
tlcn. and ~ endsavorsd, ~ winssr u
or11r1ts 49, rfs1o@ and eae1p1ly
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01
Franklin Comfy.

Col. Hooker carried Franklin county
by vote of sc to &c. At Antioch pre-
cinct, casting six votes in the Conven-
ton, he received majority of one vote.
Had the polls been kept open a short
time longer the result at that precinct
and in the Convention would have been
different, as enough friends of Major
Barksdale were on their way to the
polls when they were closed, to have
given the box to him.
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The Convention.

The Congressional Convention has
completed its temporary organization,
with w. c. Wilkinson, of Copiah, as
Chairman, and L. F. Ch:les and f. l..
Martin, of Kinds, as Secretaries. The
Committee on Credentials, composed Of
four Hooker men aud one Barksdale
man, is now considering the contests
from Lincoln and Claiborne counties
Since Hooker has fourteen uncontested
delegates against Barksdale's thirteen, il
lie not hard 10 divine the result, ia tht
light Of occurrences during the process
of temporary organization, Of which W.
shall have more 70 say next week.
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Foe TUE CLAE1ox.J
One Deiusion About the University

In the year 1888, DIR. James n. Thorn
we'll, one of South Caroi,nz's prs,foundest
scholars, addressed an open letter TO Gov
erDor Manning on Public Instruction 10
that State. Among other wise uttsrznses
ia that paper was the following, IN re
Spouse 10 the complaint that there were too
few students at the College:
Numbers in themselves are nothing,
unless they represent those who arr really
devoted 10 the business Of the place.
What real advantage would il be 10 have
four or five hundred pupils mairiculated
here he was then President OF the ;. C.
COllege], If some remained only lew
months, others remained longer IN idle
uess, and out Of the whole number only
four or FIVE applied for degree ? That
four or Eve would be the true criterion OF
success. The resr question, insist, is
how many graduate Thi- is the decisive
point. As long as we receive the whole
lamber of young men in the Stale who
are 10 be literally educated, whether that
| number be greater or smaller, We are doing
| all that we are appointed 10 do, or that
we can be iegiiimaiely exp, cted To do; and
| q decline IN Numbers is not q necessary
proof Of the declension OF the College /; il
may be only a pi COL that the demand i
cezsing fSr higher instruction. The work,
| however, TO be done loses none OF it's im-
portance in consequence OF the failure Il
appreciate its value and the remedy ]:
not 10 give II up AMI yield TO empirical IL
novatious, but 10 peisevere in faith ana
!-atienee, relying upon time a. the grea
lescher vi wisdom"
/ do not care to add line 10 these
weighiy words. They are as true now, al
they were thiIty-three years ago THEY al
ply as fully 10 the University oil Mi--issip
pi, as they did TO the South Carolina Col
lrge. Ny own observation and experience
would incline me 10 60 further, aud even
maintain that, within certain limits, an in
4rilution is doing better work with fewe
pupils.
But even granting-what is not true
that the number of students in attendanc
~ fair measure of the value OF an institu
lion, it is not just TO compare the statistic
Vf the institution for any given year wit
its own statistics for another year. Fol
causes may have been at work, afIectin
The general field of education, and henc
not applicable specially % any one ind
vidual school Of learning The only eqni
able comparison Is that instituted betSee
institutions Of the same or nearly the sam
grade within an area pres umably subject !
the same general influences. In the case
, the University of Mississippi, its friend
are willing to widen the field OF compar
son and TO invite an estimate of its wOrl
class by class, as compared with the wor
of schools of wholly different purpose,
For the school-year, 1SS5-S6, the Un
Yersity of Mississippi had in training:
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

The Railroad Commission, on Friday
last, restored the old freight classified
ton on the ' and NJ. Railroad, and
made slight reduction in the rates
heretofore charged The Com mission
has also cited the officials of the Mem.
phis, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
Company to appear before them on the
9Th of September, looking to change in
the rates of that railroad, as lately pro
mulgated by the Commission.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

You will observe that We outnumber
this institution III our total, and in the
number of our graduates. Ii it were fair
to count it, sp, cial and elective STUDENT
it would be about even with US. IL out
numbers us a little in awsiudents and
post-graduates. It's grand total is 2i3 !;
ours, 202.
Comirg nearer home, let IA look into
the statistics of The A. & NJ. College of Mis-
| sissippi, situated at Starkville, that COM
paratively 7eung institution, which har
done so we'll under the management OF
Gen. Stephen D. Lee.
With teaching force of nineteen, ac-
cording to the catalogue of lS35-S6, IA
against ours of thirteen, it counts up for
| 4 itp
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

It will be observed that our examina-
tions cut of a larger number relatively be-
tween the fourth and the third classes
We ou,number this institution in orr Total,
and in the number Of our graduates.
Take now the University College oil
South Carolina. That lime-houored insti-
tuition, almost extinct under the reign oil
the robbers, revived when good govern
| ment was restored, and ia once more in a
dourishing condition, with teaching
force Of seventeen a. against ours ui
thirteen. Putting aside here also the law
| students, the post graduates, and, along
with these, special students incapable Of
being classed-lhey are really students o
the agricultural department-'he count
| for 1885 is:
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

REv. JAMES G. BEECHER, of Coscob
Conn, brother of Henry Ward Beech
er, committed suicide by shooting him
self through the head with a rife, a,
Elmira, n. Y, on the 18th ult. He had
been for years q sufferer from mental de
raDQement
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

Col. HOOKER has been in the habit Of
amusing himself in the canvass, in COM
pairing our editors head to a pumpkin
and other members of the vegetable
kingdom. That was joke. The MAJ
velous peculiarly of the Colonel is that
he is able to make so much chin music
without having any chin. This is not a
Joke, but fact.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01
Who Was the Color Bearer I
PHuADELPHIs. Aug. 81. 1s81

To the Adiaiznt General OF Mississippi.
DEAR SIR. At the battle of Gettys
burg, July n, $50 p. n, Bsrksdal~'s
Brigade charged through the fros,Is
House yard, on the right of First Bri.
gadc, First Division, Fifth Corps. The
tag oi the leading regiment Was borne
20 bravery by the color bearer through
the gate Of fhe yard, and l saw him 50
plainly In advance of his regiment, that
am anxious to get the name of his reg
iment fur insert on in the History Of the
Il8th Corn Exchange Regiment, Penn
syivani1 Volunteers, now being written.
If you can aid me in this, you will
greatly oblige, yours,
J. l. SMITH,
Late 11Sth r. v. R<xt.
Mississippi papers will please notice or
copy tie foregoing.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

In this issue, "A Trustee" of the State
University pays we'll deserved tribute
TO General A. p Stewart, who for twelve
years has 20 ably presid d as Chancellor
of that institution. In his departure
from Mississippi he will leave behind
the record Of high duties efficiently
faithfully and fearlessly performed.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

WE see that the Hon. J.. C. Balch, for
merly an esteemed citizen of this State,
residing at S4rd;s, has been nominated
by the Democrats OF Pulaski county,
Arkansas, to represent that county in
the LeaisIatnre
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

WITHIN the past week the lives of
two of the most useful citizens of our
State have been suddenly terminated by
heart disease = Taos. J. HANEs, at
Vicksburg, and Ds. c. HOOVER, at Nc
Comb City. The first named died on
Wednesday night, after be had finished
some writing, and Dr. Hoover on sun
day morning, at half past eleven o'clock.
Both were high tened, useful citizen.
and christian gentlemen, and promi-
nently identified with the benevolent
fraternit.es of the State.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

"OSE delusion about our State Uni
versity" ought to be efTectually dispell-
ed by the lucid array of facts and fig
ures from Prof. Hutsou, which we
publish to day They appear to be nm
ansWerable.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

Prof Lawrence C. Johnson, Of Holly
Springs. hiss, who has been for several
years attached 10 the United States
Geological Survey, on the 18th inst. re.
ceived merited promotion that advane-
ed his annual paw several hundred dol
lars.-Aberdeen Examiner.
The proprietor of The CLAKIoN notes
the above with special pleasure. Mr..
johnson was a member Of the Constitu-
tional Convention of 1865 and 1t was
upon his nominating speech that this
writer was elected the Secretary Of that
body. II was our 6rst employment after
the war, but We have managed to keep
busy ever since.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

GEN. JoHE NEwToE, Chief Of EDgi
neers Of the United States Army, has
been appointed Commissioner Of Public
Works, for the City of New York, rice
Rolhn NJ. Squire, removed.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

TIE President has appointed Hon
Thos G. Manning, of Louisiana, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten
tiary of the United States to the Repub.
lie of Mexico, vice Henry r jackson
resigned
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

AFTER October 81, all -oleomargarine
not duly marked, branded and stamped,
in accordance with the act of Congress
and the regulations Of the Internal Rev
eDue Department, will be seized
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

THE Democratic State Convention Of
Illinois endorsed the action "of those
Democratic Representatives in Congress
who were faithful to the cause of tariff
reform"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

1t will be seen, that even Columbia Col
lege, with q total of z73 "a against our to-
tai { 2o2, graduates only one more than
we do.
We are then teaching and sending Out
into the world u fair number of students
a. compared with other reputable inslitn-
lions with anything like the same environ
ment
Ii would be easy to show that the grade
of scholarship impaired here compares
favorabiy with that Of other such institu-
tions.
Ii would be eaay 10 show that the num-
Der of students here last year compares
favorablv with the areruqs a tendance in
the past history OF the institution. Year
BY year. numbers ducsuafe in all inslitu-
tions.
Ii would be easy to show that the num-
Der OF new instiIu lens of high grade, in
the general area from which this Uuiver-
sity used TO draw, has been far greater
than any proportional increase in popuia-
ton and property likely 10 supply the
place Of matriculafes 10 Withdrawn.
But these are subj cts which would war;
rant seversl separate articles.
appeal 60 the public for nm unprejn-
diced consideration Of sound principles and
equally sound facts, that ought 10 DO away
with rome uuwzrranted objections 10 their
own University.
CHARLES WOODWARD HuTsoS.
University Of Mississippi.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01
The Primary in Claiborne

A Jejure correspondent OF the ledger !
speaks of Major Bsrksdale's victory in
Claiborne as ridiculous victory" be-
cause the average Democratic vote in
that county for the years 1880, 1881 and
1884 is one thousand and eighty-three
votes, and lac received e'less than one
third of the average when he was yirtu-
ally running by himself" The State
ticket 10 1885 was virt ually rhnning BY
itself, and the head Of it receiged 10
Claiborne county only ASP votes; and
the county ticket in Claiborne county
in the same year was virtually running
by itself, and the head of it, an ardent
supporter Of Col. Hooker, only received
464 votes.
But suppose we compare the vote Of
Jefferson at the primary election il that
county, when Major BArEsdale was not
virtually running by himself, with the
Democratic vote cast in some previous
years:
l880-For Hancock 943
1881 - For Governor. ........-. III
1884 For Cleveland. ............l 1910
1885 For Governor. .......-...-..... 1880
The average vote Of Jefferson for the
years stated is one thousand and seven.
ty-seven, and if any friend of Col. look
er can derive any comfort from the fact
that his candidate received less than
one-fourth Of the average, or, TO speak
more accurately, 2l9 votes, he is welcome
to it.
The average Democratic vote il Jeher-
son county, for the years stated case
votes) was cast at the primary in that
county for both candidates.
Take Claiborne for the same years:
1880 For Hancock. 061
l88l-FOr GOvernor....."....-..... l2l(
1884 For Cleveland ..............-. 100;
IS85-For Governor 10:
The average vote OF Claiborne, fol
the years stated, is nine hundred aLt
forty-three and if both candidates hac
been running in that county, it is no
probable that a much larger vote would
have been polled than was polled il
Jefferson, where the Democratic averag,
is larger than in Claiborne.
We might safely rest our belief tina
Maj Barksdale is the choice of Clsitorn,
county on the vote cast for Gov. Lowr,
and Sheriff Walker in 1885, when tn
one received ASP votes, and the othe
464; but we think the ground Of our be
lief is strengthened by comparison o
the votes of the two counties in whicl
primary elections we're held. Maj. BArks
dale's majority in Claiborne was 328 OF
of 339 votes.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

In this estimate, take no account Of
law-students, and | also exclude from il
the post-graduates, of whom indeed resi-
dence is not required. 1t will be seen that
the total on this count is lSS students
Now, the first Catalogue that lay my
hand on-and | take them at random is
hat of the A. d NJ. College OF Alabama,
situated at Auburn. 1t is an institution
that does good work, but it does not pro-
fess to give the Liberal training which 1t is
our aim here to impart. What are It's
| statislies for the iSS5-Sh2 See
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

The Democratic Congressional Con
vention, in session at Alexandria, Va.
adjourned without making a nomina
ton. The district II now represented
by Hon. J. s. Barbour.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

Gov HUoHE9, the democratic nolni-
nee, and Judge Gregg, the Republican
nominee for Governor Of Arkansas, are
having Joint discussions
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

A LARGE portion Of Bayou Sara, La,
was destroyed by Ere last Friday morn
iug-the work of an incendiary The
estimated loss is S125, 600,
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

SLIGHT shocks Of earthquake we're felt
at Augusta, Ca, and Wilmington, y.
c., on the morning of :he 2Sth ult.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

Rgv. ALEX MAgKs, rector Of Trinity
Episcopal Church, at Natchez. died at
WYtheyille. Va. On .he 18th nit
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

TIE Fifth District Congressional Con-
vention assemblies at Forest to-day