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The Southern herald., 1886-05-01
Notes and Suggestions.

Spinach is Persian plant.
Cows pay better than wheat.
Moldy corn will kill cattle.
Horses always do better on cut
food.
The English walnut Is fruitins
near Rochester, N. Y.
Tough meat is made tender BY
lying a few minutes in vinegar,
Flowing too deep hurts land
which has hard, wet clay bottom.
A cup Of hot water drank before
meals will prevent nausea and dys.
pepsia.
Leave plenty of potato to your
potato eye if you want strong
plants.
One in a faint should be laid
fiat on his back; then loosen his
clothes and let him alone.
TheAustralian Chemist andDFO
gist says that essence of pepper
mint painted on a burn causes the
pain to cease at once.
Never wash in warm water be.
fore going out in the cold air.
Such a practice will roughen the
skin. Warm water should be used
OILY before retiring.
A growing inability to sleep in
sickness is ominous of q fatal roI
suit; in apparent health, it in H.
Gates the failure of the mind, aid
madness; so on the other hand, In
disease or dementia, a very slight
improvementin the sleepingshouid
be hailed as the harhinger Of resto.
raiinn
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01
Bellies Fight a Duel.

New Milton, W. Va, April %.
A romantic scandal has leaked out
within the precincts Of this staid
old town, and has set people by
the ears. The principals are two
rival society bellies. An affair Of
honor, it appears, arose between
them, and was settled with swords
in the bona fide French mode.
Miss Matte DemOnterey is the
daughter of a rich stock raiser
She is a dashing brunette, educated
abroad, and her velvety eyes have
pierced the soul Of many a male
admirer. The only rival she owns
in the social field is Miss Grace
Dare, a blonde, equally dashing
and accomplished. Two months
ago announcement was made of the
engagement Of Miss Demontel ey 10
Mr.. William F. Appleton, cashier
of the New Milton bank. A month
passed and the engagement was
mysteriously broken, and ten days
later the rival of Miss Demonterey
Miss Dare-was known to New
Milton as the fiancee of the pre-
sumably tickle Mr.. Appleton.
At a ball recently given here
the two beauties met. Just what
occurred is not definitely known,
except that the two left the ball
room hastily and surreptiOusly,
with blazing eyes, and without
their escorts. What followed is
alleged to have transpired about
two miles from town, in a cleared
space in the woods, and by the
romantic moonlight. Both were
fine horsewomen, and they gal
loped thither, with their seconds
and swords, to settle their trouble
according to the code. The names
of the seconds are not known, but
they are said to be gay girl friends
Of the principals. The ground was
chosen, the swords measured, and
the two fair amazons removed
their protecting corsets. Fencing
being o fashionable accomplish
ment, both handled the glittcring
blades with murderous skill while
the seconds stood apart and shiv-
cred together.
The outcome of the duel is not
known, as the ladies have not been
visible since, and the greatest ef-
forts have been made by their re-
spcctive families to hush up the
affair. II is not believed either
of the duelists was hurt beyond a
few scratches.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01
The Last Fight of Lees Army.

Ben. Perlcy Poorc: Gen. .Cadmus
Wilcox, of the Confederate army,
fought at Gaines Mill and Frazcr's
Farm, commanding a brigade of
1 1,S00 men, out of which he lost
1855, the heaviest per cent ofloss of
any brigade in Lees army. At
Gettysburg it was Gen. Wilcox
who, reporting a disaster to his
brigade to Lee, received the memo
rable reply: "Never mind, general,
this is all my fault, and you young
men must help me out of it," Col.
Freemantle, a British officer, was
near Lee at the time, and afterward
wrote an account of it, in which he
refers to Wilcox as general wear
ing a short, round jacket and a
much battered straw hat" In
August, 1863, Wilcox was made
major general, and commanded five
brigades. At the final surrender,
Wilcox and Sheridan were the first
general officers to meet. They
were both on the skirmish line, and
learning through a flag oftruce that
Lee and Grant were in correspon-
dcnce, Sheridan said to Wilcox:
"If this is true we should arrest
this affair at once, and have nc
more people hurt" This ended
the last fight of Lees army.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01
A New Volume.

This issue of the Southern Her
aldis thecommencemento Of Volume
XXI Of our paper, which we have
sent out to our readers every week,
with few exceptions, for all these
iong years, and We hope. TO continue
b do SO, and make it as interesting
and useful as We possibly can
The Herald will be contributed to
by correspondents from various
points of interest, centres Of intel
ligencc, and marts of trade, and
will at all times hold a well de-
fined political status in the ranks
of the Democratic party, whose
principles and platforms it has
advocated in the past, and will in
the future ever be found battling
for. We will also do all that VIC
can for the advancement IF educa-
ton among all classes of our peo-
pie, the establishment and build
ing up Of institutes of learning,
and of the enterprises of the age
that best characterize its progress.
Connie icing with this issue we
change the Herald to seven col
umn folio. With heightened COL
umns, and an additional column
to each page, our reading matter
will be about the same as in the
past eight months, or perhaps not
quite so much. We will also in
the place of some standing adver-
tisements which have appeared in
our paper, but are now left out,
be able to offer reading matter,
which we think will greatly add
TO the value of the Herald as a
family newspaper. With the lights
before us, we think it probable that
when the fall business opens VIC
will again add to the number Of
our pages, as well as to the inter-
est Of our paper, and We hope
that the people throughout the
country within the radius of the
Herald's circulation will aid us in
our efforts to furnish theaa a first
class country paper.
We have not been sparing in
our efforts to make the Southern
Herald serve the purpose of a
we'll conducted newspaper, nor do
We intend TO neglect any thing in
the range Of our mission that will
add to the usefulness or interest
Of our patrons and friends, and
we hope, by consistent course in
the conduct of our paper, to re-
ceive an increased patronage, both
in the number of our subscribers
and advertising friends. Should
we meet with proper encourage
ment in the publication of our
paper, we will feel called upon 10
make special efforts to align the
Southern Herald with the best
papers in the State.
To those friends who have SC
generously given us their support
and influence, we return our most
grateful thanks, and trust that the
intercourse that has existed be.
tween us in the past has been as
profitable to them as it has beer
pleasant 10 us. To all of oul
patrons do we renew the assurance
that we will spare no effort to make
the Herald in every way deserving
their support, and we ask that they
will continue to exert their infu
ouco in onr hobolf
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01
Nominated by Mistake.

Correspondence Chi
cago News; "Did you know" said
a New York member Of Congress
this morning "that the nominating
of Horace Greeley for the Presi-
deDcy in 1872 was the result Of a
blunder, and that those who were
surprised the most were the very
people who had done the most tc
bring it about?"
"It is an interesting story. il
you remember, it required great
effort on the part OF Lyman Trum-
bull, Carl Schurz and the other
friends of the liberal movement tC
enlist Mr.. Greeley's sympapathies
in the. cause. When he did so,
however, we Democrats felt that
he had secured a powerful ally, and
our hearts warmed, as it were, to
our old enemy of the Tribune.
Shortly after this the Democratic.
Liberal Convention met at Cincin.
natl. The New York delegation
was not pledged to any candidate,
but the prevailing sentiment was
that David Davis was very popular
with the moncyed classes of the
East. He was a man of high char.
acter and broad attainments, and
we believed his candidacy would
give us a good fighting chance Of
securing the electoral vote Of Hi
nois. But We felt very grateful tc
Mr.. Greeley. We decided, there
fore, that we would give him a
complimentary vote in the Conven-
tion as an expression of ourkindly
regard. We went out oCincinnati in
special train, with drums beating
and flags flying. sevcnty-two del
cgates, and probably two hundred
others who had no business there,
but wanted to see the fun. AS soon
as we arrived we began talking
Greeley. This was done or lark
you must remember, but we talked
about him so much tha we soon
started a great boom forhim. We
concluded, however, that this
would do us no harm, and that at
the proper moment, re could be
quietly set aside, wher we would
bend our energies, frs to the NOM
ination of David Davis, or, falling
in that, the nomination Of Charles
Francis Adams. Tic Kentucky
delegation was headel by Cassius
NJ. Clay. They hadno candidate,
but they heard so much talk about
Horace Greeley arund New York
headquarters that tley believed we
were honestly in fvor of the old
man, and, to our lorror, when that
State was called, what did Clay do
but announce tht Kentucky cast
her 2G votes for Horace Greeley.
AS We had pledIed our first vote
to Mr.. Greeley re were bound to
make good the promise, and when
New York's 72'otes followed Ken
/ tucky's 26 the Convention became
wild with excitement, and from
that time unil the roll-call was
finished nothing could be heard
but shouts fc Greeley. We at
tempted to chck the tide on the
next ballot, put it was too late.
Greeley waslominated on the Sec
ond ballot, ad the maddest set of
men in Cinnnati that night were
the mcmbeJ of the New York del
egation, wbsc choice was David
Davis of Ilnois."
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01
Van Eaton and the Educational
Bill.


Bill.
In a private letter, Of April l4th
addressed to the editor Of the Sum
init Sentinel, Judge Van Eaton,
Congressman from this District,
defines his position on the Blair ed
ucational bill. He says, "Iregard
it as the most cunning and danger
GUS and hurtful measure for the
South since the dark days Of recon-
struction. Offspring of the brain
of a cunning South hating Yankee
crank, its intended evils are many.
The first is to deplete the treasury
in the interest of high tariff robbers
and New England factory lords;
second, to make US pay to educate
the negro for the most part. But
they say it will give Missi' S sppi
over $4,500,0 900. Not unless we
raise by taxation the same amount,
maxine say 100000 in s years.
Then we've got to be taxed our
share of the 81, 100000 We are to
get under the Blair bill, for it's not
in the treasury; it's got to be put
there, and you and | have got to
put our hands in our pockets to help
do it. The other, or the States
81, 100000, we must raise directly
by taxation, for we get only as many
Blair dollars as we raise ourselves
and then what is it all for? Com.
mon schools. No scctarian school
or academy can get a cent, and as
the Africans outnumbcr us in Mis-.
sissippi, and there must be nc dis
elimination on account of race OF
color, of course they will get the
lions share, as its Yankee author
means they should, of the largely
increased taxes the bill makes us
pay; for, as usual, the darkey will
pay none, and get most of the ben
eft. O! most benilicent scheme!
%! cunningly devised trick! But
this is only small part ofthe bills
devilment, and besides, it is out,
RAJ eously unconstitutional. 1t is
true, all the rest of our delegation
voted the other way on the ques-
ton of reference, but it is also true
that neither they or our Senators
like the bill any better than l do; the
only difference is voted my con-
victions. Another thing: | know
grave Senators voted for the in.
iquity with the hope and belief the
House would kill it. Rcmonstrat.
ing one day with one Of that body
of national fame for favoring such
a measure, he laughingly said;
eyes, it's a bad measure, but you
fellows over in the House will nev.
er let it become law" and | DOM
believe we will. Why? Becasue {
majority of us are Democrats.
have some mighty good company
notably, Senators Ceke of Texas
and Morgan of Alabama, two as fine
specimens of Southern manhood
democracy and statemanship as thC
country can produce"
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

On the 21st Of April the U. S.
Senate passed 525 bills in three
hours, the greatest number ever
passed in the history of Congress
during the same length of time.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

The Judiciary Committee of the
b House Of Representatives
has reported favorably the bill in
iroaneed BY Mr. Van Eaton provid-
ing for shs appointment of another
United States District Judge for
this State and re-dividing the two
Dismi6ts. The re-division of the
anthern District provides for the
alaingoftheUnied States Courts at
-tAri1ian and Missis.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

A Pennsylvania lady raised
twenty-four boys. Thirteen were
il the Union army and one in the
confederate, eleven Of whom were
killed.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

Ed. Coker, a promising young
man Of Edwards, in this State, is
supposed 10 havcE committed sui
aide in New Orleans, one day last
Keek, By taking morphine.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

AT HarristoD, Miss, on Friday
night last, attn ball, VIM. Whitney,
Of Fayette, was killed by young
man named Drew Wyche.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

The State Board Of Health was in
session at Jackson on the 21st.
Forty county health officers were
recommended to the Governor for
appointment.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

One ofthe three wings compos-
ing the old Libby Prison, at Rich
mond, Va, collapsed on the even
ing Of the 2lst. The building is
used by a fertilizing company.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

Gam Jones and San Small have
been invited blythe citizens Of Jack
SIN, Miss, to open a series Of
meetings in that city.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

Jefferson Davis is to deliver the
sa,lsess at the unyeiling Of the Ben
lIiII statue in Atlanta, Ga, to-day.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

Nv FSank Dyer, formerly Of
Yazoo county, has been appointed
4. s. Marshal for Utah.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

Moonshiners h We threatened to
hurn the town of Fulton. They
allege that one oftheir number was
murdered by the jailor, and did
not commit suicide ms was claimed
at the time.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

Laverty, State Prison Keeper of
View Jersey, has been impeached
and found guilty by the Senate, for
"riminal conduct, and removed
-
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

There are 400 cases on the docket
II the U. &. Court at Nashville,
'enn., for violations ofthc revenue
I.w.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

Anegro cotton sampler of Vicks-
burg, named A. H. Andrews, has
brought suit against the Compress
Company Of that city, for defama-
tion of character, and claims
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01
Editorial Items.

dead.
President Cleveland is said to
favor a revision OF the tariff.
/ Buffalo gnats have made their
appearance in the swamp country.
Mr.. l.. Alcus diedin Brookhaven
on the 18th Of April, aged 62 years.
A horse died in Natchcz, last
week, that was in his 33d year.
The city of Vicksburg has 300
school children on the rolls.
Iowa Greenbackers have issued
a call for State Convention May
: 9Th.
About twenty missionaries sail
cd from New York for Africa
recently.
A tunnel on the L., N. O. & T.
Railroad one mile south of Vicks-
burg is III feet long.
There are II, 900 miles of railroad
in the South on which the gauge
will be changed on the 31st of May.
Mr.. Thos. c. Moore and Nil, s
Josie Daughtry were married in
Brookhaven on the 21st.
Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,,
has introduced u national inquest
bill in the U. S. Senate.
Col. A. G. Horn, formerly editor
Of the Mercury, died in Meridian
the 21st.
DIR. .Hoyt, Presbyterian rcvivalist,
began a meeting at Brookhaven on
the oath.
The drummcrs met in convention
at Jackson, on the oath, and organ
lied an association.
/ Another of the wolf-bitten Rus
sian mujiks under treatment by
Pastcur has died of hydrophobia.
Judge L. NJ. Pipkin, late of ST..
Helena parish, La, has moved to
Lake Charles, Ia, where he will
| make his future home.
Miss Melissa Howell, of Coving-
ton county, in this State, was re-
Gently Killed by being thrown from
buggy.
General Master Workman Pow
derly and Jay Gould have been
giving their views before a Con.
gressional Committee.
About one mile north of Brook
haven a white infant was found in
an old well, on the 23d. There
was no clue as to.its parentage.
A Kansas Congressman wants to
pension Union soldiers who were
captured and held as prisoners dur
ing the war.
Two hcadlcss bodies have been
found in a field near Clarksville
Tenn. The bodies were supposed
to be those of u white man and
woman.
The King and Council of the
Sandwich Islands have issued an
order that no more Chinese will be
admitted into the Hawaiian King.
dom.
Shoemaker, Republican ex-
postmaster of Baton Rouge, has
received permanent appointment
in the Treasury Department a
Washington.
On the night fthc 23d, the lcvet
16 miles below Helena, on Arkan
sas side, gave way, and thousands
of acres of land have been submerg
ed.
In the Methodist Episcopal Con
ference at Fulton, NcwYork, a res
olution asking the Bishop not t.
appoint any person a presidin!
elder who uses tobacco was adopt
ed.
Mrs. Marshall Montgomery, O
West Point, in this State, a bride O
only three months, accidentally Gel
backwards over a toy wagon,
short time since, and died from tn
nervous shock in one hour afte
the accident occurred.
, An immense swarm of wha
seemed to be June bugs passe,
, over Scott township, Ind, on Sun
E day, going eastward. They fleN
! about ten feet from the ground in
t stream 200 yards wide, and wer
over two hours passing. They mad
r noise as of a storm.
c A gang of thirty thirsty tough
: from Beaver Brook. Conn, tn
i other night took possession c
: George Morgan's cider mill, j
which were several barrels of har,
c cider. When Morgan found then
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

talue of exports from
during the twelve
1arch 81, 1886, were
and during the pre-
I've months, SAB, ,7s1,-
fease ofs77, 1884, ,O9S. The
values Of the imports for the twelve
months ended March 81, 1886,
were e6f4, ,77S, $40, and for the pre-
ceding twelve months, s596, ,2O2,-
055, an increase Of s1S, ,576,015.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

Miss Emma Norment, who killed
her seducer, a young man named
Arnold, in Memphis, Tenn, a
short time since, has been &C.
quilted.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

Last year 27s, 100000 stamped
envelopes were sold by the U. s.
Governments.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

4 Saturday nights frOlic at El
l.asO, Texas, furnished two murder
cases
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

Nalchez merchants propose tC
organize d Merchants Exchange.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

Gen. Stephen D. Lee says the
people of this State are making
sNpid progress towards a diversif.
s ION of crons
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

the local option election held
lcorn county, on the 2lst, the
.-sunderlhen new law in this State,
there was 4 majority of forty-two
against prohibition.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

The Democratic Executive Com
mittee of the Fifth District Of this
State have called a convention to
meet at Forest, on the first day Of
September, to nominate candidate
for Congress. There are already
eight candidates announced from
that district, and several counties
to hear from.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

uponhim, and response, II do, ?
was given in o low tone.
The Southern herald., 1886-05-01

A number of colored citizens Of
Kansas have petitioned Congress
asking Government aid in emigrat-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-04-02
Lenrosr in New BrnusKick-

Ottawa, Ont, March 27.-The
Chaplain of the lazetto at Traeadc,
N. B. who is here urging the Gov
eminent to increase The annual
giant for the support Of the institu-
ton, reports that of late, owing TO
complete isolation, the requirement
of leprosy by Inheritance is fast de-
creasing and generation or two
more will witness its virtual exter-
mination. At present the inmates
number about twenty'four, females
being in the majority. Frequently
during the experience of the rever-
end chaplain the number has been
larger. The oldest inmate, who is
n wv upwards of 70 years of age, has
dragged out his misera BILE existence
there since 1910. The pIague-strick-
en-, pass their time year after year
in quietness, looking forward 10
death. The Chaplain says of the
original outbreak in New Brunswick
little Is known, the fishermen along
the coast having sufiered from it for
sight or ten generations. His ex-
perience, he adds, shows that con-
tact, unless the parts exposed are
abradeI, rarely results i'll the t!a'.s
Of the disease by incubation.
It is understood that the Govern
ment intends establishing a Iazaret-
10 at Victoria, B. T.. at which point
a number of cases are reported. The
disease has been brought into that
country by Chinese.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-04-02
J. NJ. MORRIS.

The conscience fund, and accumu.
Iation of stolen moneys returned to
the United States Treasure by peni-
tent Republicans, continues to grow.
It'grows slowly but it Crews. 1t is
one of the most encouraging signs
of the times when We see Republic
can4-lt may be leading Republi-
cans-repudiRting III this way the
cardinal principles of their party,
a letter recently received ut the
Treasure Department mentioned an
Enclosure of $500, which the sender
feared would keep him out of the
kingdom of heaven if it were not re-
turned. This letter shows evidence
notonIy of quic!sensd conscience
and contrite spirit but Of positive
disapproval Of the Republican party.
Hitherto Republican statesmen nave
not desired any thing better than to
obtain the earth and the fulluess
thereof. This man is he first Of them
to realize the golden orportuniti,
for pavements contracts and Broad
way franchise in the n ew Jerusalem.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-04-02
REPUBLICAN, PERITY.

The National Review cOmmends
the words of Col. Mcclure OF the
Philadelphia Times, when he said
damn the constitution. Ifit be-
comes an obstacle in the way Of our
progress we over ride it. The Re-
view calls this an advanced and
progressive policy. Republicans,
and protective tariff Democrats,
have been "damning" the constitute ,
for years, because that instrument
condemns their robber tariff idea.
They have about as much respect
for the conslitutiOn-the organic law
upon which our system IF Govern
ment is fuunde las they have for
the rights of others. What do they
care for constitutional provisions so
long as they can grow rich at the
expense of the teSming millions who
have been heweIs Of wood, and
drawers or water for the "buslne>s
interests" for the last quarter OF
a century? No matter who sinks,
50 they can swim. Repu blicans,
and high tariff Democrats are upon
the same plane, 50 Ear as selfishness
and a reckless disregard Of the
rights ofOthers, aud the good sf the
g )vernnent, is concerned. All such
are as devoid patriotism, as they
are OF correct idea Of what is due
from nan to man. What do they
care for that old democratic idea of
the greatest good to the greatest
mum ber?.