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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-14
A Storm At Little Rock.
Especial to the AppeaI.l


Little Rock, Ark, Aug. 2.-The
most terrific as we'll as the most
destructive storm that ever visit.
ed this community fell here yes.
terday afternoon and last night.
About $50 o'clock the northwest.
ern horizon was shielded With one
of the most ominous looking
clouds that has started in that
part Of the sky for these many days,
and at 4:30 o'clock the food gates
of heaven seemed to have been
opened aud the pent up water per-
mitted to pass unforbidden upon
this portion of Arkansas. Little
was thought of this shower, as no
especial damage resulted from it,
although the rainfall averaged
more than an inch during the du-
ration, and the temperature drop
ped from So to "a degrees. After
the first cloud had passed over,
the elements still seemed dissatis-
fed and continued to growl as
though they had left something
unfinished, and the heavens were
constantly lighted with sheets ol
lurid lightning, while the roar OF
thunder was in striking resem'
blance to distant thunder. At 3
o'clock p. N. the trouble was re.
newed, aud for two hours a regu'
lar cloud burst of water came
down upon Little Rock, flooding
she cltv to an average depth ol
about twelve inches, anu along
the town branch from twenty to
twenty and a half feet of water is
reported to have been the depth.
The water reached into many OF
the stores aud residences that line
this part of our city's natural
drainage. The amount Of damage
which followed, from inundatIon,
is incalculable, but will reach at
least $4,000 here In the city, while
throughout the country $4,000
will be sustained to cotton and
corn.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-14
Fitz John Porter Placed on the Re-
tired List.

Washington, August 7.-The fol-
lowing order was issued from the
War Department to day: BY di.
rection of the President, Fitz John
Porter, having been appointed a
colonel in the army under the pro.
visions of an act of Congress-, ap-
proved July l, 1886, is hereby
placed on the retired list of the
army, in that grade as Of this date,
In pursuance of the authority con-
ferred by the said act aud at bis
own request.
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The Treasury Department will
soon issue the new 81 and s2 sill.
yer certificates. The 81 certifi-
cate will have as its principal fea-
ture vignette portrait copied
from the Stewart picture of Mar.
tha Washington. 1t is of large
size and occupies a place at the
left hand of the certificate. The
s2 certificate will have as its prin-
cipal feature a fine portrait of
Gen. w. s. Hancock, taken from
a photograph selected by the fam.
ily of the General as the one pre-
ferred by them. The designs for
both these notes have already
been prepared by the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing, and
proofs furnished to Treasurer
Jordan. The main object in the
engraving has been to obtain Sc.
eurity through fine work, and it is
believed tho free use of lathe
work. together With fine portrait
UurE. u1li make these notes pracD
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is a terrible blow 10 his PARENTS
Summit Times.

Summit Times.
Maj. Edwards had on board bis
car Wednesday a panther. two
thirds grown, that had been killed
that day by some workmen on the
ditch train near Duncan Station.
The panther leaped thirty feet and
lighted on large burly colored
laborer. who seized the brute and
held it fast until the "bossr went
some distance, procured gun,
and returning,shot the animal dead
while the man still held on to it.
We rather think the panther was
doing some holding too. as the
man was badly torn on his arm
and shoulder, but was not serious
ly injured. II is said that game
and wild varmints are getting very
plentiful ID the large swamps
where settlements are scarce
Leland Record.
The mad. stone owned by Mrs.
Winter, of this place, was again
brought into requisition on last
Saturday. A youth by the name
of Arndale. from near Grenada,
was bitten by mad dog and came
here and had the stone applied to
the wound. Tho stone adhered
to the bite for thirty hours. Every
few hours the stone was taken on
aud placed in warm water, which
has the effect of relieving the
stone of the poison, when it 10
again applied. Applications are
made until 1t ceases to adhere to
the wound, which shows that the
poison has all been extracted
absorbed by the stone-and a cure
effected. Since last fall the stone
has been applied in six different
cases Of mad dog bite, aud a cure
in each case effected, no uDfavor.
able symptoms ever appearing.
This stone has been in the family
for one hundred years, and origi.
nally came from Scotland.-Sardis
Panolian.
Vicksburg, Aug. 7.-Some time
ago, at a meeting Of the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen, of this city,
Alderman Crayton, colored man
who keeps saloon, offered a res
olution instIucting members of
the police force to strictly enforce
the State Sunday law. This, it is
believed, was done to appease the
Prohibtionists who were SO badly
defeated in the local option cleo
tion in this county. Mayor Pow.
ell thereupon issued an order con.
STRUNG the law and ipstructing
the police not to obstruct the run.
ming of transfer lines on Sunday
or to close ice houses, hotels res
taurants or the market.
This proved q bone Of conten.
tion in the board, and last night
Crayton moved to resclnd his for
mer resolution, which had been
adopted. The Mayor refused to
entertain the motion to resclnd
after the previous resolution dis
missing any policeman who failed
to strictly enforce the Sunday lsw,
giving as his reason that the board
had on u former occasion made
itself an object of ridicule by vot-
ing to refuse to observe the State
statutes. He was indorsed In this
course by a majority OF the board,
-Picayune special.
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One of the most brutal and sick
eninig crimes ever recorded in
this country was committed in
Tattnall county, Georgia, one day
last week. Mary Hollenback, COL
ored, who had been engaged to
prepare a picnic dinner, deliber-
ately killed negro child which
had been committed to her care,
and served a portion of the flesh
for the picnic feast. The other
portion of the remains was salted
down in a barrel for future use.
When her crime was discovered
she was arrested and made a full
confession. The enraged negroes
Of the community burned her at
the stake Exchange.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-14


New York, Aug. GA Boston
special says: The Board Of Rail-
way Commissioners went to Cam
bridge yesterday to witness the
operation Of a model OF the pro-
posed Meigs Elevated Railway.
The test was made with full sized
cars, over 1900 feet of road, built
with sharp horse shoe curves and
heavy grades. The trial was sat
isfactory, and was pronounced by
the President of the Board to be
wonderful. One mile of track viii
be built and operated In Cam
bridge, and then a franchise win
be sought to introduce the system
in Boston. The system Is q I'M
iQue one. Only single rail is
used. If 1t proves a success on a
large scale 1t is expected to reyo-
lutlonIze railroading.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-14

COMMUNICATION.
EDITOR TINES /:

GbAlOh lines
In your issue Of July 3lst | no.
tice the publication of three peti.
tons for .he sale of liquors by one
person, and think il not out of
place TO call the attention of your
Board OF Supervisors to the fact.
Under Section 1867 the Code
license to sell liquors is a person.
al privilege and not transferable
to another, aud the particular
place and house in which the
liquors may be sold by the appli.
cant for license, in the exercise of
his personal privilege. must be
designated in the license, and no
license "shall authorize any per-
son to sell vinous or spiritaous
liquors at any other place or house
than that specified in such license.n
The licenser must be of good rep
utation aud a sober and suitable
person to receive the license. The
clear intendment of the statute is,
that the privilege Of selling liquors
shall be exclusively a personal
privilege and that 1t shall not be
delegated to any Quo. THIS is
wholly inconsistent with the idea
that one man, either separately or
in partnership with another, may
sell liquors in your county at an
indeilnate number of places. Tie
privilege being one purely person
al, the lieenser in person must cx.
sreise ii. But how cnn he be
present at so many different places
| at one and the same timel Again
II Is Clear that if the person
secures one license no nGMber OF
after liceses can authorize him 10
sell liquors at any place other
than that stated in his arst license.
OF course the licenses, being per-
sonally present, may employ
clerks to sell his liquors; and the
same thing could be done in case
Of his temporary absence, for then
hc would be constructiveIy pres
ent. But If one man can get
licenses to sell liquors In fifty
different places iu yoar county the
purpose Of the law would be frus
trated.
The same reasoning would pre-
vent the granting Of license to
one who Is not a citizen Of, and
resident in, your county. Indeed
one court Of last resort has deter
miued this question against the
power 10 grant licenses to those
who are not resident citizens o.
the county In which the liquorl
are to be sold. This thing canno
be done directly or indirectly
The privilege is a personal privil
ege, AS well might your Board o
Supervisors grant licenses to |
citizen of New York or a whole
. sale liquor dealer in Chicago
Licenses to sell liquors ough
never to be granted where the.
! would afford no protection to til,
liceDser aud applicants ought no
TO be led into traps.
PuBLIcIs.
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4 Paradise For Old Maids.
lChleago Mail.l

The demand for women in the
Northwest is only exceeded by
the demand for rain. Out in Wag
on Wheel, Idaho, recently, a cou.
pie Of old maids were called to at.
tend a dying brother. The broth
er died, but before the girls could
get away the whole male popula.
tion was after them, including the
Mayor, Justice of the Peace aud
other notables. Excitement ran
high, and the bids we're six to one
Oh the Mayor ct al. In SIX days
after their arrival the battle was
over and the girls both engaged.
The Mayor had been cut out by a
strapping young miner Of 80. The
weddings were set and the mother
sent for, in order that proper eclat
might be given. The mother ar
rived In due season, and at once
ssiisd into the girls for their dis
respect Of their late brother and
their lmmoderate haste. She de-
clared the marriage OIL, and an.
nounced her intention Of taking
her daughters home with her. In
despair a mass s.meeting was called,
and the Mayor was appointed a
committee to wait ON the mother
and persuade her to reconsider
the former motion. Like all good
Mayors this gentleman waited up.
on the irate mother. He called
her attention to the great need of
Wagon Wheel, and in the name of
patriotism implored her not to in
flict such crushing blow on the
hopes of the town. The mother
was obdurate, and declared that
she would not depart without her
daughters. On this hint the May.
or spoke. He at once proposed a
compromise. The mother need
not depart at all. She was fair,
fat aud ffty-odd. So was he.
They would pool their issues. And
they did. The three women are
now concocting excuses by which
all their belated female friends
and relatives east can be brought
to Wagon Wheel.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-14

A collection comprising nearly
200 wild rattlesnakes ia owned by
a man in Susquehanna county, Pa,
who keeps them all in an immense
cage. He captured them early IN
the spring, when they were coming
cut Of their dcns for the season.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-14

An exchange asks: "Why do
men seek wives P' Perhaps it is
because suspender button has
lost its grip, and be doesn't know
how to repair the damage. When
a wife seeks the man be Is gener
ally ia some beer saloon spending
the money that should support
bis famiIy.-Norristowp Herald.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-14
,URr TERMS. 4TH DISTRICT
lRcUIT COURT CALENDAR, lsse.

|Quitman county-Begins on the LIST
Ionday list day. Of March and October
|lh day., and may continue judicial
ays.
C0ahoma connty-Begins on the 2nd
|onday Of March 18th dayl and October
|lfh day., and may continue Is judicial
IS.
Bolivar county-Begins on the 3rd
|5nday after the md Monday of March
Nh dayl and October Nov. Ist.l and
~ continue Is judicial days.
Sunfiower county-Begins on the 9th
Dnday after the 2nd Monday Of March
[pril 10TH and October NOV. 22ndl.
b may continue IL judicial days.
Washington county-Begins on thesth
bnday after the Ind Monday of March
nv 3rd) and October (Dec- 6fhl, and
III continue 30 judicial days
ssaquena county-Begins on the 18th
snday after the 2nd Monday Of March
INC 7th) and October (Jansary 10th
J, and may continue l2 judicial days
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-14

All postage must be paid .
stamp.
Letters in the United States
ounce, cents.
Drop letters, half ounco, ! ee1
Registered letters, 10 cents a
proper postage.
Pamphlets, newspapers, maj
zines, books, posters, ETC., eaclI
ounce or fraction, / cent.
Printed cards, blanks, seed
merchandise, l cent per ounce.
All matter not at letter rates
must be prepaid in full, wrapped
so that it can be examined without
destroying the wrapper.
Liquids, poison, explosives and
other dangerous matter excluded.
Unpaid letters are sent 10 IN
Dead Letter Office.
Letters part paid forwarded, bal
ance collected Of the receiver.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-14
Delta Land Agency.
GnEExyILLE, nrssrssIPPr.

will hereafter devote my entire at
tention and labor to the purchase and
location Of lands for those desiring to
settle or invest in the Yazoo-Delta.
am familiar with the lands throughout
this section Of the State and win an
swer all correspondence, furnish AZ
information, or make any examinafl41
and location Of lands desired. Plau{<<
tions also bought. sold and leased
q. NJ. HELM.
Real Estate Agent and Civil Enginc1z
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-14

Regular morning ice at II a. m, Evening
service, ! p. IN. every Sunday Communion
first sunday In each month VIM. Gross,
Rector. sahhath-sehool at 90 q. m VIM.
Cross, superintendent.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-14
cHANcERY COURT.

saquena county-Begins on the LIST
day of April and October, and may
tinue judicial days.
nshiagton county-Begins on the I'd
4&r a April and October, and may
lnns lo IodIoiel d1ys
hllvnr eounfy = Begins On ths lst
bday Of JSas and December and may
Stinue Y judicial days.
Eoahoma county-Begins on the "a
day OF Nay and November. and may
5tinue y judicial days.
Iunfiower county--Begins on the lst
) lay of Nay and November, and may
.inne judicial days.
huffman county-Begins on the 2nd
hday of June and December, and may
Atlnue O judicial days.
Regular meetings are held BY the
ard Of Supervisors as follows: Bien-
Dly lat Monday OF January to elect
Zee Commissioners. Annually first
bday Of MARCH, to receive Tax-Collec-
reports Of delinquent and insolvent
lst Monday Of August to receive and
y upon the Assessment Roll; lst Non
of September to levy taxes; I'd
bay Of December to pass upon the
pquent personal and poll list; and on
1ronday next succeeding each term 0
nit court.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-14

A new census of Rhode island,
of which the report has Just been
completed, gives e ''1''-'-''oe y
304,z ,zS4. OF these 4
females.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-14

Corner Davis and Poplar Streets.
e chLtg every SUNDAY af II q. N. and mp.
~. Plnlrf Mreing TUESDAY,, at 5.5Dp. m. Con-
trsiee ~ Snntlay VI each month, NJ u m. The
lnrl' <arprr, n SUNDAY nf each Quarter, at "
m ie La'lle= meeting. Thur-day, nj . y. IN.
lslr,las Schoei. 0:5p n. M ~ n. Ring, Pastor.
r. u. Canssl~nl st,teejni<n'ieni
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Preaching at n a M and 7 .. N. every sunday
Communion lat Sunday In February, May, Au-
gust and November Puyer-merilng every
Wednesday night. s. Archer Pastor Sunday
lrhuol nt9'. Sam. Brown sup.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-14

Hra.hxtari.n Muanh

Prcnehiug at II a. m. aud I p m every sun
day. rrayer-meetng every Wednesday night.
snn,lay-seheoi, a:50 X NJ siandifer. Pastor.
W. r. Trigg, supt.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.
st. Joseph Catholic Church
So. James Episcopai Church

High Mass at 10 o'cloek q. m and vespers st
1 y. M. first aud third Sundays Catechlsm
every sunday At 9a. m v q. Bohmert Pastor
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-14

Justices Court.
Justice O'Bannon, Court days,
and Sd Mondays Of every
nth.
Justice Alexander. I'd and 4th
|ndays Of every month.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-14

III supreme Court
erms of Supreme Court-Com-
ce on the list Mondays of April
October.
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Orders from transient customers. ver.
bal or written. for job work. advertising,
OF subscription. must be accompanied by
the cash. Accounts Of regular cnsto-
mers due and presented the ist Of each
month.
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csvsrr OFFICIALS.

|n2nnr o. TUE noARD OF srrERvisons.
~ District, Thos Worthington
bond District, Jno w Scott
'rd District, (Pres.l N Goldstein
birth District, s r. Swain
b District, Jno 7 Casey
Paty Attorney, j NJ Jayne
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-14

~ Nt>Inklls OF LkGIsLAfUNE.
R TriKe. JTAtterbury,
Peter Mitchell.
rkSArun rnou 2grn pisrmicr.
w. q. Yerger.
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ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES

aaFgtT adFertlsemfnIE. quarterly, halI'
yearly. and yearly.
Contracted for at Liberal Rates.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-19
is now 15.179. During the year 4.so2 ner

is now 1910. During The year 1892 per.
sons we're examined and 2, 725 appointed.
ALLAN LYBRooK, of Richmond, Ind, whe
was sewing as United States Consul at AL
giers, oied in that city on the Oath.
In the trial at New York of General Al
ex~anderShaler, on a charge of bribery in
office, tht jury on the 2Sth failed to agree
n were discharged.
OF the 500 bills introduced in the House
of Representatives at Washington up to
the 2Sth twAthirds went to three commit
tees, as follows: Invalid Pensions, 1900;
Claims, 1,o0o;War Claims, LOO.
EFFORTS to Compromise the trouble in the
Ohio Senate wete being made on the 2Sth,
committees for that purpose having been
appointed.
THE Massachusetts Secretary of State has
published a list offhe persons in that State
whose names were .sgally changed between
the years 1850 and 1888. TIL list comprises
nearly ten thousand names.
CHARLES ROBINSON, the first Governor of
Kansas, presided ovefNa meeting held at
Topeka on the Goth toS celebrate the quar-
ter-centennial of the State.
GOVERNOR RUsK, of Wisconsin, has is
sued a call for q speclal\election in the
Fifth Congressional districAte be held Feb
ruary %, for the purpose of electing a sue
cessor to the late Congressmsq Joseph Ran
kin.
GENERAL SHERMAN will, somA time next
fall, remove from st. Louis andtake up his
residence in a New York hotel.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-19
THE SENATE DEFiED.

Attorney-General Garland Refuses to
Transmit nfOrmatiO Asked for Com
corning Removals from Ohice-His Ac-
ton Endorsed by the President.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O.-The Attorney
General has sent a letter to the Senate in
answer to the resolution calling for tall
documents and papers in relation 70 the
management and conduct OF the office of
United States Attorney for the Southern
District OF Alabama" in which, after &C
knowledging the receipt OF the resolution
in question, he says:
In Response to said resolution, the President
OF the United States directs me to say that the
papers, which were in this department, relat-
ing to the fitness of J. d. Bennett, recently
nominated to said office, having been already
sent to the Judiciary Committee of the Sen
ate, and the papers and documents which
are mentioned in said resolution, and still
remaining in the custody of this depart
ment, have exclusive reference to the sus-
pension by the President OF George NJ. Dus-
TN, the late OF the office of Dis.
trict Attorney of the United States for the
Southern District OF Alabama. it is not con-
sldered !hat the public interests will be pro.
NOTED BY compliance with said resolution. and
the transmission OF the papers and
therein mentioned to the Senate in executive
sessAon. Very respectfully.
"A. II. Attorney General.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-19
DIxIE'S LAND,
Figures Showing the Rapid Progress OF
the Southern States SINCE 1880.

the Southern States SINCE 1850.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Jan. 3o.-The Balti.
more Manufacturers Record publishes it's
annual review OF the industrial growth OF
the South and the progress made in the
development of the manufacturing and
mining interests OF that section dur.
ing 1885, Notwithstanding the gen.
eral depression in business through.
out the country. A noticeable feature
is the wide diversity of new enterprises,
which include almost every industry known
in the country. The amount OF capital, in.
GLIDING capital stock OF incorporated com.
panies organized during the yearand in en-.
larging and rebuilding structures destroyed
by fire, aggregates see, 1872, 900, divided
among the fourteen Southern States
as follows: Alabama, S7,S41, 900; Ar.
kansas, $l,22O,O 900; Florida, S2,1O9, 900;
Georgia, 50, SOC, 100: Kentucky, s1s,23O,-
600; Louisiana, S2,11s,500; Maryland,
$685. 500; Mississippi, s761,5O North
Carolina, S3,230,OOO; South Carolina,
$3.50, 900; Tennessee, S2.692,o 900; Texas,
S3,232,o00; Virginia, $3,314,ooo West
Virginia, $12, O56, 600. Total, $66 sl2,-
600. Summing up some statistics OF
the South's progress since 1880,
the Record shows that since then
lo,40O miles have been added to
her railroad mileage, the building OF which,
added to the investments in old roads and
their improvements, foots up ST., 600, 900,
the actual cost Of the railroads of the South
and ~theirequipment, according to statistics,
being over $3.50, 600, 900. against $685.
100000 in 1880. The assessed value OF
property in the South has increased nearly
$1,000, DOC, 900 since 1879.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-19
EntOlnbed by Snow.

DENVER, Col, Feb. 1.-Information has
reached here of another snow-slide with
terribly fatal results at the Sheridan mine
situated near Telluride, Col. On Wednes.
day evening last, while twenty-five miners
were sitting in the b~oarding-house an ava
lanche OF snow descended without a mo-
ment's warning and striking the cabin,
carried it, with it's occupants, fully three
hundred feet, completely demolishing it
and burying the men under an immense
quantity Of snow. The noise was heard
ny men in the mine and, rushing out,
they saw at Il glance that q number
OF their companions were evidently buried.
1hey set to work with Il will to res.
cue them, and after several hours work
succeeded IN getting them all out. Sims
Bree, David Overstreet, Michael Mitchell
and William Hartford were dead: William
Delaney and John Hanna were fatally in
lured and several others were badly bruised.