Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-05


a. eleven o'clock SATURDAY night Mr..
murfay T., SMITH received q telegram
from the law firm Of Percy h YerpeF. ol
1reenvllle, announcing that i IiUt was lnimi.
nsht at MayersYlle, between white and
vgioIed cltlzels, and ASKING that d posse Of
armed men be sent there for tue purpose Of
preserving peace. He Immediately sent for
capt. CHARLES j. bearles Of the Volunteer
s0utlrOns and requested him TO muster a s0uad
OF twenty-five OF his men and be prepared
Then made with Captain John Is.
Mattingly for his fast tug Joe seay to be placed
~ readiness for immediate departure. Cant.
Searles az halt past II O'Clock formed his men
~ front OF The Vlcksburg Bank and Gen. N, II.
Harris mustered them into the State service.
and administered the required oath, the fol,
lowing being OF the number: Capt. U.J Searles,
Lieutenant ray henry, Sergeants Alex. Searles
n Robert Auter; COrpOrals U. Il. Beer and
Henry Winston, and privates II. d, BroughtOn,
A.. ~: Beer, Nath. Baszinsky, A, Deter, / ouls
FOX, VIM, Tillman, Nose HUrnthall, Dan Keef,
L. j. Tally, j. Ii. snider, &. +. Limrick, VIM,
BusSelman, James Young, Jerry PaytOn, James
M: L'hOste and Simon DeYOung.
The party embarked at two O'Clock am. and
arrived at Wilderness landing at ten a. m SuL.-
Day, a U, ID. reporter accompanying them,
Wnen IL was aseertalned that the cause OF APP
prehension had passed, and all was quiet.
tnOugn The citizens Vt Mayersvllle were pleased
10 see them and expressed their gratitude at the
prompt response OF their Nlcksburg brethren.
THE TROUBLE.
The 9. H. reporter ascertained that the
trouble was about d, follows:
In the town there lived a negro
barkeeper, by. the name Of Ebenezpr
Fowler, who had been in business there about
Twelve years and was a native of the place, he
being ab0gt f0rty-fiYe years of age He had
been a quiet business mar and the city council
mad but recently renewed his license with
Sheriff Frank Andersen and Mr.. Charles JEFF
lords as his %sureties. Although Fowler had a
family he had a very bad name in the conmu-
INTO on account OF his immortality and leWd hab-
Is ana ne had been known to make the remark
publicly That he would not give one white WO-
man Tor all The negro women II the town.
About a year since he and Il white woman,
the widow Of DR.. Basil Duke McGown, who was
moderately well to do in worldly affairs, She
running a clearinghouse and IA small store,
were the principals III II scandal, which proved
TO be founded on facts. Her store was adjOin-
ing the saloon OF Fowler, and he soon become
more Tree and Intimate v it'll her than was war
ranCed by common decency. lie exhibited notes
from her on the streets, which convinced good
%cltlZenSt at she was even more guilty than he,
u such were possible. Friends Of Mrs. NC
town, and OF her first husband, Mr.. Kingsley,
OF Bolivar county, went 10 Mayersviile for the
purpose OF furnishing Fowler in some way, and
proposed to tar and feather him, then make him
leave the country. Sheriff Frank anderson and
a number OF good citizens Of the town met these
parties and agreed to their proposition provided
The woman was treated in the same manner as
Fowler. This the parties objected to and the
cltlZens OF MSyersville then said that no
such steps could be taken. Mrs, McCOwn, in
course OF time, gave birth to Il child, and left
the o for parts unknown about six months
since. Fowler behaved himself 10 a measure
from that time until last Friday and Saturday
when he
CAPPED THE GILMAN.
In the town there lives a worthy livery stable
Keeper blythe name OF W.J. Ware, who has a
worthy and much respected lady for u wife.
Mr.. Ware Is also interested in a contract with
the government for getting out piIing in the
Arkansas swamps, where he recently
sustained serious injuries 10 one OF his legs and
was compelled to 20 TO Hotel Dieu, in New Or
leans, for medical treatment. Lurlng his alb
sence his wife. through the assistance of a
manager at the stable, attends to her husbands
home business. Her teams haul freight up
from the steamboat landing for the merchants
Of the town, and in this way Fowler became i'll
debted to the stable to the extent Of 1913. Last
Friday Mrs. Ware sent this bill to HMM an en-
velope by a little negro girl who works for her
trust with money, and with the bin
was a written request that he place
the money in the envelope and seal it
up that the girl might bring it safely to her. The
girl returned with the envelope Which contain
fed three dollars and the following note i'll kOw-
fler'S handwriting:
Mrs. Weir:-Enclosed So, ] send you what
have to spare, at the present, paid out all that |
have on hand. Thought l tod you bring it if
you can't make out with that let me know.
Mrs. Ware thought nothing of the note though
ono plo10i n Il Sar horoa%nld dntiee at ho,na
snsdsyT W. ta . m mJ a hmn"t ot tba froot Jod no amd
MIS-; war; nu9iu q NmooA au u 10 no on1 WI ~ pnu
Swer the call. When she entered the front
EOOn, w. ~ ~ = . In w. nj nnd 5fS hanSS o ~, t n
,nslHe' Mo ~ nv V%tn eSe entare1 he baId n
hhoDD' 81 ~ maner IN HE hand and eytendin1 If
piece u P@RTL III m nn 10 a . 80 co. MonW :, r. ~
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sne took anu reau % VIVA Suitn To, tbere ia nothing
uohey, 4 ani ~ ' " JUoi ioo ~ ~ 1T
loo lnuon " in0 ~ Nv " ehnrt9 ooofa IT, can COO
KNOW Wy A a. amd W." W. ,nbat Tine and niaca r. Won ~
SUu G.n.eH S,ybt tell her to call me ont If snV
oenu nei az n,5nT vn 70 t,iC ,vith von Thaa
one III tHe eVplu'i m"nU " ofhiin" ~ dasf rmN
money tlye Sou yeS, S"y onG 4 y VI II "0'i0'
tnlS nole as SUM aS yVua a az t. h,t II vos t,o
lhe[e wdS ~ SiEn "a the nOta 'recsived nv harr
same naHumllI dLanyS 90 h VsV coon a. She recoyered
tt no ptEe sbocEE which the contents of the note
from lne sIToN, WIZ W n n dressin% case toolI
gave neI, Sne 'uInou ~ ~ a anJ mresemtjn% If
IRON a drawer q a. I tooue ~ t M Muse imnSSad !
coMlhanueu rgMtSd w thot noIe y or Tho
aIely' A. s"l" Snd' mn n n tHreatening air
same tll1G "s9u ~ ~ viii Shoot );
2 2ne,,or onened the door and departed.
toWleT oPenee e ,ot tT cont for Districtl Ator..
Mrs WaIe IIa,.rgebat ta yv H9nS she deIiyered The
ney w. i raIriSn, 70 ovsr .tJh Tant Fsrrissh
notes, ana eHpialneu eNeaSti;nn,,,n - tS H"p ciiIzens III
nmedlateiyd G ;aiT ne g mstter before them' Pro-.
ne G0Wm an d la Mae tn tar and feather Fowler
? positions were llSue W a M nronoseG 70 70
and make MN ed'9 Inv adrift IN y esItitf 0n the
log MN ana Set i mtr not ~ To TetuTn
river WIN os nN'So re- orr. or him take him
A prOposltion was nd y h.v va Mrs Ware 'T nresent
before Ine iiaS1Ih f HmV yhicn met with favor and
S = 1ggmitEE was appointed and the mayor no