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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29
Pointers.


The Republican Congressional Cam
paign Committee at Washington have
issued a circular offering to furnish to
all applicants the following documents,
which have been selected for their cam
paign; Speech of William D. Kelley,
House of Representatives, August 3,
1886, on the Morrison bill; speech of
Byron M. Cutcheon, House Of Repre-
sentatives, July 9, 1886, on Presidential
vetoes of pension bills; speech of VIII
liam Mckinley, Jr., House of Represen-
tatiyes, July IA, 1886, on the Treasury
surplus resolution; views of the minority
of the Committee on Ways and Means
on the Morrison Tariff bill of 1886
April u, 1886; remarks by Messfs. Reed
Hiscock, Cannon, Mckinley, Burrows
Henderson, Rowell, McComas, Laird
Cutcheon, Bragg and Randall on the
proposed amendment of rules, so as t(
permit the amendment of pension bill!
by providing taxation for the payment
thereof.
The Tariff and the pension vetoes; thu
schemes to tax one industry for th'
benefit of another, under the guise o
protecting American industry" anC
"to provide for the widows and orphans
of the Unions defenders, these are t,
be the keynotes of the Republican cam
paign. They will be struck with al
the Accomplishments, including thu
"solid South" and the ''bloody shirt"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29


THE United States Senate, as al pres
ent constituted, is an enemy to the pub
lie welfare. The Republican majority
consists of persons who represent the
gigantic moneyed corporations who are
seeking to control the government and
to WELD its taxing power for their own
aggrandisement The St. Louis journal
of Agriculture has this to say of it:
'.The Senate of the United States is
The enemy of the people. For the most
part the men who are Senator'S are very
rich men, and they procure their seats
therein pretty much as they do the
clothes they wear-by buying them.
They are remote from the people In
their elections they do, not come before
the people, hus are selected at second
hand by the Legislatures of the various
States. They are grave and dignified
and as unapproachabse as the North
Pole or skunk. During the present
session of Congress the Senate has done
three things The House passed bill
to unmask the manufacture and sale of
bogus butter The Senate did all i'm its
power to PUT the mask ON again and him
dered and delayed the act by all the
means in its power.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29

the attention of the next grand jury /.
cluded IN the programme, Is apt to pull !.
ores feeIings." "a
Our Coast friends are to be cona...
lated in securing the services OF Praf
Hurry of Illinois, as president Of The 80, a
tv OF the Gulf Coast College, at Hspd.l,,---ii'
the session OF which opened on l3,b ;1
Prof. Hurry has had large exuerisrI '''..'
the public and academic schools - n
West, and he viii have the active n-.,,' ''.'
alton OF pubIie-spirited, progressive -,
of trustees. The locality Is noted a.
healthtul atmosphere, exemption fr,n, ~.
iaria, and for the hospitality. in,sli;,s--
and morality OF it, citizens.
| We learn of what came near helm.
| fatal accident recently. Er-. NeJe,,S-f
a lady of high standing OF Isaare 60
| had been stopping at CastlHan Spring. ,-5
/ feeling the need of quinine sent tl B,-,--
/ fer thirty grains. On leaving iae Sp-;7-.
| to return 10 her home she took IA r.rs,2
containing two grains. Her son u1t;,.-
on the train that she was aIaruingl, NJ
| Morphine had been sent Instead al ruir;-~
and il was necessary 90 lead her uB A.
down the train and beat her ta ketn H..
from DYING. This heroic treatment ga
kept up for hours and her life was slma,,
despaired Of We are glad 60 learn NJ.
she recovered. Herald
The present faculty at Wbi.wor.b &.
composed of the following teachers. Iev..
| L. Fitzhugh, 4. NJ, president and pr5fs..
sor OF Latin and Greek: Prof. r :
| Ricketts,, A. NJ, mathematcs, astrgnorr
physiology; Rev. w. B. Murrah, 4. NJ
mental and moral philosophy. evidences /.
Christianity, logic and mathemagIc.. pri
q. T. Fi!zhugh, 4. T., University Of Nj.
sissippi, chemistry, natural philosophy
English literature and stenogrsplv; Prf
Chas. u. =. Eckhardt, Miss SaIie Jobu.5
and Mrs. w. Il. MUrrah, in charge Of h.
music department; Mrs. SaiIic X. Hs,
vocal teacher; Miss Maggie GcEveu. ar
teacher Mrs. Lila J. Cunning, a. f. l.. Il
charge OF the preparatory department
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29
The Shoe-Strlng District. "

The Northern Republican papers are
claiming the Mississippi river district
because it has majority of negro votes.
They have not yet learned that Repub-
lican majorities are no longer to be
estimated by the negro vote. State and
National Democratic Administrations
have dispelled from tie negro mind the
delusion that Democratic ascendency
means unjust government for the colored
race. 1t has taught them exactly the
reverse. As to the River District, the
jewellers thereof should entertain no
other thought but the reelection Of
Gen. Catchings. The Speaker appointed
him upon the River and Harbor Com
mittee, which deals with the question
that concerns them the most and his SER
vices have been invaluable 20 his con-
stituents. He broughtto his task talents
of high order, and the practical states
manship which displays taste in patient
labor and useful work. The interests
he has been chosen especially to guard
rise above partisan considerations, and
there could be no faulty surprising the
displacement of Gen. Catchings to make
room for an aspirant, upon party
grounds
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29
The Mississippi River Improvement

The Mississippi River improvement
has encountered a new, but not Decessa-
rily serious, obstacle. The appropria-
ton for improving the navigation of the
great river was opposed by all the influ-
ences which the railroad corporations,
and New York or New England could
command. The Railroads endeavored
10 defeat the appropriation because the
river is their most formidable rival as
an instrumentality Of interstate CON
merce. 1t is an easy matter for them to
prevent competition among themselves
BY pooling, but it il not so easy to form
such a combination with the open high
way which nature, in her benehceDce,
has made free for all. The only recourse
which is left them, Is 70 control Con
gress, and prevent the aid which the
common treasury would afford in the re-
movaI OF distractions to the navigation
Of the river. While they have not sue
ceeded in this selfsh policy, they have
seriously delayed operations. Tue New
England and New York motive is not
I less palpabie Whatever diverts the
trade and commerce Of the world from
these places, are nuisances in the esti
nation of the virtuous men who repre-
sent sheir interests in the national coun
ellis. With rare exceptions, impelled by
a common selfshness, they contriye to
defeat appropriations for improving the
navigation Of the Mississippi River and
facilitating the transportation of the
products Of the country southwark to
the open seas.
The obstacle above referred to as new
but not necessarily serious, is the decis
ion Of the acting Attorney General OF
the United States Mr.. jerks, in the alb
sence Of Mr.. Garland) that the salary
and expenses Of the Mississippi River
Commission cannot be paid out of the
appropriation which was made for the
Improvement Of the river at the last
session of Congress. 1t is held that the
APPROXIMATION must remain imperative
until the required provision is made by
Congress. 1t is the custom to make
this provision in tie bill as passed, but
il was stricken out through the vigilance
Of the enemies Of river navigation, and
their determination 70 thwart the meas
ure. As Congress will meet within two
months, its first duty viii be TO supply
the omission. II is presumed that II the
hearts of the Commission are IN the
work, they will not permit themselves
to be baAled in this trihing way. Mean
time, every friend Of the improvement
| in Congress, should be at his post, a
the opening of the session. 1t is appre
hended that factious fight will be made
against the appropriation. 1t will come
not only from the quarters we hay'
mentioned, but unfortunately, there ar
some friends of river improvement VIII
are bitterly hostile to the Commission
1t remains to be seen whether they vii
carry their hostility as far as to co oper
ate with its enemies in starving 1t out
Since the foregoing was written, GU
expectations are realized by having see
statement that the gentlemen compo'
ing the Commission have entered upo
: the work. 1t will remain for Congress
, to make the necessary provision to
: their salaries when it meets, and theE
it is apprehended, the Distractions
will do their worst.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29
The State Monument.

Commercial Herald.
We print an article from the jackson
CLARION in relation TO the erection of a
Confederate Monument to the memory
of the Confederate soldiers furnished
by the State. We heartily commend
this patriotic purpose to the consider
alton OF our readers. In the years to
come, when the present generation shall
have passed away, there should be some
permanent memorial to remind our de-
scendants of the endurance and gal
lautry of their forefathers. It should
be a matter of pride to contribute to
this noble purpose, and we trust that
the patriotic ladies of the State Memo
rial Association will not have to wait
long Tor the means to carry out their
purpose. Our citizens are gradually re-
covering from the poverty that followed
the close of the terrible struggle, and
they should now measure their decision
TO secure monumental shaft by some
thing more effective than talk-they
should, each according to his means
contribute some money. Ii the purpose
Is agitated in every portion of the State
beautiful monument can be erected
without any one being in the slightest
Inconvenience.
Mrs. Manship and the other ladies Of
the Association will receive the praise
of all the Confederates and their de
scendants in the State, and they ril
merit it, we are quite sure, but we mus
again remind Mississippians that the
ladies cannot erect monument witneu
| money.
We trust that our own gallant histori,
city will set the balance of the State al
example in this glorious cause.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29
Three Little Children Bitten to Death
by Rattlesnake.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Sept "a SAD
and terrible account of how three little
children met their death comes from Gov
ington county, near Andslusia. The three
children Of a respectable family, ranging
from to 6 years old, went out in the al
ternoon to play near the house A large
pine tree had been blown down, and they
were playing around n the hole made by
the roots OF the tree being blown up. The
evening passed and at night the children
were missed The parents instituted a
search and soon fonnd them lying near the
roots OF the fallen tree. The two younger
ones were dead and tha ldest was in a dy-
ing condition.
Upon investigation il was found that the
children had all been bitten to death bv a
rattiesnake, which had made its den under
the roofs OF the tree. Their bodies were
terribly swollen and looked as If they had
been bitten in several different places.
The oldest child died during the night
and the three little innocents were buried
together. In their play they had aroused
the snake and were bitten TO death before
they could escape It's terrible assaults.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29
TO the Voters of the State of Mis-
sissippl.

The undersigned having been DESIGNATED By tee
Hon Don A. Part.e-s, Judge Of the Clresit estirts
Of the Unised States Ter the 5th Judicial Circuit IN
his room and stead TO discharge al the duties IN
posed On tbs Cireuit judges under Title NANi'
Revised Statutes Of the United States has this day
opened Circuit Court for the state q Mississippi
al oxford. 10 remain open ior such business as
may come before il sadeT the Statutes q re
Uaited States. untiI and including the arst We'd
neslay after the first Tuesday in November next
All applications Tor the appointment Of supervisor
Of the election al members OF Congress 10 Be held
on the hrss Tuesday in November next, IN Tx
several counties ia the southern Jallcia, Distrie
CT this state. will be Iied with James II. Mckee
Chief Supervisor for that District in Jackson ans
all saeh applications within the several counties i
the Northern District will be Sled with ". q
Beanland. Chief Supervisor for the Northern DIS
trist, at oxford. All information aud neede'
blanks viii be furnished ~ said CHIEF supervisor
upon application TO them.
Tor the information ii The Coart As 70 the 'luslih
cation and fitness OF persons Tor The position 81 "a
pervl.ors the Chairman CT the Executive Commit
tee OF tho Democratic and Republican partie
respectively for each County IL Which application
may be made, viii please unite AID rceommen'
suitable persons who must be able read an
vrite the English lassuase, and must be quaiihe'
voters At the voting precinct in which they ara
act and ,.s.st, moreover, be Of seoa standin
and reputation ia the neishborheod IN which the
reside. An applications mast be signed by te
voters Of the county for which appiieation Is made
Appointments OF Supervisors OF election will b
made by said Court az oStor,l and commission
viii issue therefroRl.
~ A. Hut, Iudse.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29
The Mississippi River Levees-

Col. Thos. w. White, President Of the
Yazoo Levee Board, and Captain /. o..
Dabney, Chief engineer, have been in
New York, endeavpring to persuade the
Mississippi River Commission to EelP
the people of their levee district to the
extent of $4,000. The district ex-
tends about ITO miles along the river.
The farmers living on the banks of the
river two years ago put 100000 into
these Improvements, and this year they
put in $1,000 more. Messrs. White
and Dabney say there is no part of the
river where the efficacy of the levee sys-
tenn can be better tested, and they think
that portion of the Congressional APP
preparation for the improvement of the
Mississippi levees could not be better
applied than in helping those who are
so willing to help themselves.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29
A Progressive State.

Florida, in five years, has increased
her population from 269, 493 to 942, 45l F.;
her wealth from S3l, 057 ,S46 to SIC, 667 ;
sos; her railway from 52S miles to ,6S8
her school attendance from 9,3l5 to
G2,327. The bonded debt of the State is
Sl,067 400, the greater portion Of which
is held to the account of various educa-
tional and charitable funds, leaving only
$472, 700 held by outsiders, which sum
is steadily diminishing. The State
bonds are in demand at 1l2 to 125.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29
Hang the Acheans.

Memphis Avalanche.
1t is a cold day when Ohio fails to be
attracting public attention. The peni.
tertiary disclosures which are coming to
light will beyond doubt be greatly exag.
gerated for partisan effect Allowing
all due weight to this there is beyond all
question matter enough to call foI the
severest condemnation of the miserable
harpies who have cast Thurman, Pendle
ton and Ward aside and gone to mas.
querading. as thieves clad in Democratic
pelts. The famous Tewksbury disclosures
which dicgraced the State of Massachu.
sets furnish the only parallel for the
Ohio disgrace.
Our advice to al Democrats within
the State and without is to close their
eyes to the base partisan uses the Re
publicans viii make of them. 1t is idle
even to spend time trying to discount
them by the amount of partisan exag
geration. The prime consideration i
that John Mclean and his filthy Police
Gazette and its two-forked ring, pervad
ing both parties and belonging by nc
political or other decent tie to any, and
the Standard Oil corruptionists and the
Payne family, with its stif.starehed
standing collars and gold spectacles and
assumed respectability and the social
standing money gives, created corrupt
ruling ring and machine, which drove
Thurman into retirement, banished
Pendleton and rejected Ward, and
overcame all decency, picked up that
plastic piece of putty, called Hoadly in
Ohio and defed all decency.
The first duty Of the Democratic party
everywhere is to repudiats and crush all
such elements. This battle comes first
before the manlier and nobler fight
against Republicanism. No army can
meet the foe with its own ranks disor
ganized by smrgglers oent on plunder.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29

TaE Washington Post (Democratic)
observes that eff Democrats are success
full in maintaining the present majority
in the Fiftieth Congress, as seems I'M
questionable, Speaker Carlisle will have
to look about in lively manner to find
the right men to have charge of the
preliminaries of legislation. The Demo
cratic conventions show up to date that
not less than % of 81 chairmen of the
committees of the Hose of Representa-
tives have been refused denominations,
and not more than three quarters of the
conventions have yet assembled" The
Post doubts the wisdom of thus refus-
ing to reflect experienced men, for it
handicaps the party-though some of
the chairmen were properly shelved for
voting against tariff reform"
The public is looking with more than
usual interest to the result in the Louis
vile (Ky.) District. MIR. Willis, the
Chairman of the River and Harbor
Committee, is an exceptionally laborious
and useful member, and probably stands
nearer to the Speaker than any other
member of the House. He is a jealous
and powerful advocate of the lower
Mississippi river interests, and is entitled
to our warmest sympathies. His enc
mics are pressing him hard, and it is all
about the Louisville postoffice.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29
Diseased Cattle.

Several thousand head Of cattle in
Chicago have been inspected by veteri
narians whose verdict was that some
two thousand or twenty-five hundred of
them should be slaughtered; that the
lungs Of each should be inspected after
death; that the cattle found to be heal
thy should be sold for what they would
bring and that those found to be dis
eased should be cremated or destroyed
in some other efficient manner.
The Chicago journal says that the
disease with which the cattle are afflicted
is not pleuro-pneumonia, and describes
their condition thus:
Their lungs are in many instances
entirely congested and hepatized, or are
liberated and rotten. Their flesh is
doubtless contaminated with blood
poison Their milk Is putrid, and will
produce disease in those who consume
it. But this diseased condition of the
cattle is not pleuro- pneumonia. 1t is
the result of bad air, of confinement, of
stint lating and unwhOlesome food dds
| lllltTY SlDpS1 anu Vi StauUiHS III iltu vi
| lying in it and breathing it constantly
for days and weeks, till their lungs,
stomachs, their other vital organs and
their entire systems are saturated with
its fetid exhalatious Such condition
would produce loathsome diseases in
any class of animals if obliged to endure
it, and would poison and unfit them for
food products. Such animals should be
destroyed, and the greedy and con
scienceless rascals VINO have slaughtered
them for their meat or who sell their
milk to be consumed as food should be
punished
What proportion of the cattle slaugh-
tered in the West is subjected to the
conditions set forth by the journal we
do not know; but We have understood
for long time that the practice Of
fattening cattle and hogs on distillery
Stops was quite common.
The disclosures of the journal should
give fresh impetus to the raising Of
cattle in this and other Southern States
and should largely increase the demand
for home-raised cattle.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29

The season for the periodic sensation
about the exodus of the colored popula-
ton to the swamp" has come. We
hear that it has struck the Dry Grove
neighborhood in this county. If our
voice could reach the colored people
whereabouts, we would advise them to
stay where they are. The swamp"
country is good place for making
crops; the soil teens with fairness, and
yields generously when tickled with the
hoe; but Kinds county has rich soil
also, and for healthfulness, good living
and fair dealing, is unexcelled. 1t is a
good rale TO let well enough alone. OF
one thing, the colored people are thor
oughly cured. 1t is Of the Kansas
mania. 1t ragged among them some
years ago; but like yellow fever, it seizes
the same subject but once.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29
A Renegade.

Hen. l. !. L. Findley, of Baltimore
one Of theimmortal thirty-six who voted
with Mr.. Randall against the reduction
Of the tariff ON goods and for repeating
the tax on distilled spirits and tobacco
has been defeated for denomination, and
is an independent candidate, relying on
Republican support which be counts
largely upon re0iving in consideration
Of his tariff views, and also of his advo
cacy Of Civil Service Reform which has
kept Republicans in the Departmental
offices to the exclusion of Democrats
Mr.. Findley has established strong
claim upon Republican support, but The
Democracy do not intend that the I'M
holy alliance shall succeed.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29

THERE is some rivalrs springing up
in New York between the partisans of
President Cleveland and Gov. Hill in
regard to the next Presidential nominal
ton, and the friends of the latter are
claiming that they have gained an ad-
vantage In the recent action, whatever
it is, of the New York Democratic Stale
Committee. These factions must not
forget that though New York is large
State, it is not all of the United States,
and that the balance Of the country will
have voice In making the Presidential
nomination, the preliminaries Of which
can be postponed for months yet.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29

The Kinds County Gazette has COM
menced much needed service in call
ing attention the condition of the public
dirt roads in the county. We trust our
contemporary will not confine its obser-
vations to the roads which lead to Ray.
mond, but viii go over the whole ground,
and describe, as it has done in the case
OF the Raymond Bolton road, the condi-
ton of ALL 1t hiss been said that the
progress, if not civilization Of country
is denoted by its roads. Ali will admit
the Importance of their being kept in
good condition The Ge,ette refers to a
law which was passed in 1882 authoriz-
ing the Board of Supervisors TO purchase
all the necessary implements for work
ing the roads and cutting down the hills
thereon, the same to be paid for out of
the county treasury. 1t calls attention
to the fact that this provision of the
lay has never been carried into effect
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29
Extension Of the " Little j.

The progressive and public spirited
sheriff Of Neshoba county. Capt. r. L.
Brantley, in ordering from this Office his
tax receipts for the present year, says:
you can ship them to Meridian
il you think the Little J. will not lie
in operation to Philadelphia By that time.
We are all heavily struck on the railroad
question at this place, though it may
n yer come, but we hope some day in
the future we can 90 directly from Phil
adelphia TO jackson by railroad. !"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-29
Johnson's Island.

TdE CLARION has been furnished
with carefully compiled list of the
Confederate officers in prison on john
sons Island, in alphabetical order, by
messes and blocks. making total of
24so. Mississippi Il literally represented,
including many who have since died,
and others who are among the most use-
full and honored citizens Of our State.
The rank, command and the then post
Office address is given in every instance;
also list Of lis officers who died on the
Island in 1862 and 1883. We may pub
lIzh this interesting record ~ N early
dxy. The gallant men Who thus lived
VA suffered COX % long time would y
l1ast apprecIats such publication.