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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

NeW aderoi Court nIat
aisr'rnI.
Aberdeen Examiner.
Hon. L 81 Mcintosh. 81 lhs
dale nal, e now in WasAIngtc1 81
Interest Of the establishment 81
district Of the United States
Court, with Courthouse at Mez1
OF rather two neW Districts oE
Districts, with g Courthouse Me-
ridian, and another at some point oa
the south coast, and also the
ment OF an additional District Judge
IN the meantime Conefaas
Catchings hes q blu before CeasFe
for tho building Of 8 structure
Vicksburg for court-heuse. revenue
Office and p~ost-oaiee, and Hon. 81
Van Eaton Is asking for apublie bun
ing At Natchez.
OF course the river country wants
Federal Court whenever Congress
manifeats the slightest willingness
dish out another to Mississippi. and
Gen. CatChlngs Is determined 10 ma
q fight for 1t; and we think Il cutie
likely Natchez may dispute the claims
Of the Hill City. But Ii that sVenf
Judge Van Eaton, al Representative
Of the sea coast counties. as well as
Adams and Wilkinson On the river
coast, will have to make i chOiee. and
can hardly fail to yield to the manifsak
and geographical business Of The ses
coast claim; and 50 IL there II ID be b
new district the eight Is likely
to be between the seacOaak and.
the river; and If there aFe
to be two new districts, why. then
Catchings and Van Eaton viii prul
ably pool their Issues, and makea con-
sOlidated eight for the cost and FickE
burg; leaving Meridian entirely cut ol
their calculations. We are not IN Che
confidence Of these gentlemen 70 :
greater extent than TO have " from The
lips Of each, that he proposes 10 make
a stout fight for the location Of g Fed
eral Court within his own dielllHt
whenever Congress seems willing "a
hand those little fayors around.
But then II Congress Is ready 10.
grant two new court districts AZ III
time, to Mississippi, II viii mt BE-
very great additional tax upon Is gen
crosby 70 ask for three. 50 as to meet
the demands OF thesea coast and river.
while accommodating the Meridian
petitioners /; but then the Hon @. IA.
Singleton who holds the destinies Of.
the Fifth Congressional District IN his
hands, and has guarded the Interests
Of its people SO long and faithfully
may have peculiar ideas Of bis own IT,
regard to the location Of a Federal
Court within its bounds and may con-
slider that the claims Of constituents
in the Delta are stronger than those og
the constituents rear the Alabama
line, and SO conclude that the new
court. If established, ought to b. H.
Gated at Yazoo City.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

Famous Mr. Eads as . Bit Of q boy.
When about 10 years old his father
fitted for aim a small workshop, and
there he constructed models Of sawmills,
fre-engines, steamboats,, steam-engines,
electrical and other machines. One of
the pastimes Of his childhood was to take
in pieces and put together again the fam
lily clock, and at IL years he was aBle to
do the same with a patent lever watch,
with no tools but his po~cket-knife.
When 10 misfortune overlook his father,
and he had to Withdraw from schooland
work his own way.-Popular Science
Monthly.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
Tho Ridge ON the House Roof.

The origin of the ornamental ridge
with which large steep roofs Of houses in
England and sometimes in this country
are furnished is a curious incident in
architecture. In early times turfs or
I clods were placed on the upper ridges Of
the slanting sides of the rough roofs to
keep out the rain. Out Of these Jumps
Of earth clusters Of flowers and weeds
grew freely, which builders afterward
reproduced in the conventional foliage Of
the ornamental ridge.-Chicago Times.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

IT is claimed the President sat down
too quick and at the wrong time when
he went into the Senate chamber to
attend the funeral Of Senator Miller.
There are many disappointed states
men ready to testify that the Presi.
dent has d habit Of sitting down at the
wrong time and often sitting down on
the wrong people In doing so. The
President is not a ladies' man, but as
d amasher" Of men be understands his
business.-Post Dispatch.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
when BlIl-Boaras Flrss came INTO

"N NANH
Bill-boards came into use as articles
upon which announcements and procla-
nations were pasted in London about
the year 174O. A man by the name Of
LOOMS, who had been a street crier, OBJ
tanned permission from the authorities to
erect on vacant lots a number Of boards,
upon which he placed the official adver-
tisements Of the city and received a
small stipend from the municipal author
tiles for the service. The erection of
these boards and the matter placed upon
them Of course attracted the attention Of
the p~opulace, and they were constantly
surrounded by crowds reading the an
nouncements. This fact struck the
fancy Of a Jew clothier as being an adj
mirable plan to get an advertisement Of
his goods and place Of business before
the people, and he applied to LOOMS for
permission to have his proclamation
pasted on the same board with the Of
fetal announcements. LOOMS being un-
der the direction and in the pay Of the
city authorities could not agree to this
proposition without consulting his supe.
riors, and this was done.
The council debated long and seriously
over the matter, and at last gave their
consent on the condition that the Jew
pay the city so much a year for the priv
ilige. This was agreed to, and the bill
board and its covering was brought into
existence as one of t%henecessities of COM
MERGE. The Jews example was followed
by other merchants, and as LOOMS re-
ceived a commission on all the new con-
tracts made for billboard work, he soon
did a fourishing and profitable business,
and his boards could be found in every
quarter of the city. The idea being new
and novel, spread as such things do, and
it was not long until the billboard
was found in every civilized country
Columbus (Ohio) Capital.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

The EIectFo-Magnetio Locomotive IN 1854
Professor Page made a trial trip with
his electromagnetic locomotive on.
Tuesday, April %, 1851, starting from
Washington. The progress Of the loco
motive was at first so slow that boy
was enabled to keep pace with it for
several hundred feet. But the speed was
500 increased, and B~landensburg, a dis
lance of, / believe, about five miles and
a quarter, was reached in ~thirty-nine
minutes. When within two miles Of
that place, the power Of the battery be-
ing fully up, the locomotive began to
run, on nearly a level plane, at the rate
Of nineteen miles an hour, orseven miles
faster than the greatest speed heretofore
attained. This velocity was continued
for a mile, when one Of the cells cracked
entirely open, which caused the acids to
intermix, and, as a consequence, the pro
pelling power was partially weakened.
Two Of the other cells subsequently met
with similar disaster.
The professor proceeded cautiously,
fearing distractions on the way, such as
the coming Of cars in the opposite direc-
ton, and cattle on the road. Seven halts
were made, occupying in all forty
minutes. But, notwithstanding these
%hindrances and delays, the trip to and
from Bladensburg was accomplished in
n minute less than two hours. The
cells were made of light earthenware,
for the purpose of experiment merely,
without reference to durability. This
part of the apparatus could therefore
easily be guarded against mishap. The
great point established was, that a loco
motive on the principle Of Prof. Page
could be made to travel nineteen miles
an hour. But it was found on subse-
quent trials that the least jolt, such as
that caused by tie end of a rail a little
above the level, threw the batteries out
of working order, and the result was a
halt. This defect could not be over
come, and Prof. Page reluctantly aban-
doned his discovery.-Ben: Perley Poore.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
introduction Of Cattle Into America.

4MbEUuNOgAVM VA iOAseAO ANN~ M
The first herd Of cattle known on the
continent of America was brought by
Columbus on his second voyage. From
these, and from other small herds
brought by later Spanish navigators, the
wild cattle Of South America descended.
In 1868 the Portuguese took cattle and
hogs to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.
The Canadian cattle were introduced in
1908. In 1920 Virginia had 800 head of
cattle. The most stringent laws were
passed prohibiting the killing Of any do
nestle animal. In New England cattle
were introduced in 1924. 1t is said that
for a time price was regulated by color,
a red calf being cheaper than a black
one because it was more likely to be mis-
taken by the wolves for a deer and
killed.-Chicago Times.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26


ana the senate
A Washington special 30 che Times.
Democrat says: Public interest Ia the
Senate debate has entirely disappeared
hefe. The pr0sy speakers Of either
side have been occupying the floor
since Nr. Kenna sat down, and the
consequence Il deserted galleries and
empty chairs on the floor. Mr.. Dolph.
who concluded bis remarks TODAY.
spoke to less than fifty people IL the
galleries and TO probably half a dozen
Senator's IN al, but the spicy passage
between Mr.. Beck and Nj. Edmunds
served to enllven the scene for the few
who were present, but that vas but 4
%mOmentary breeze. II it was not that
q speech is expected from MI. Ingalls,.
who Is always eloquent and interesting,
the whole contest would be forgotten
outside the Senate chamber.
Mr.. Edmunds will, Of course, keep
up his interest. The result Is every
thing to him. He must pass his res0-
luton or else confess CO faulty and in
efficient leadership. to a mortifying'
miscalculatlon, which will give his en-
emies, both within and without his
party, q weapon with which to perse-
cute him for all time. Ha sees this,
and the result, and risk and anxiety
are telling on him. He is growing
sharp and exacting. His chief fear is
Of betrayal at home. He believes, and
it Is said with some authority, that MI.
Blaine is secretly opposing him, and be
has reason to know what that means
in a contest where, with every man
counted as safe, the majority is smslI.
1t probably exaggerates the case to
say that Mr.. Edmunds is expecting to
realize Presidential capital for himself
out Of the contest. Heis not a man
to be troubled by the buzzing Of the
Presidential bee. His is not the bon
net in which tits likely to take refuge.
But he wants to be Senator again, and
he must bestir himself to accomplish
even that much. His sins have not
been forgiven him. He did not sup-
port Mr. Blaine In 1884, and there are
lingering mutterings among the faith
full throughout all New England to
this day.
There are a great many reports fly
ing, but none Of them can be traced TO
reliable cover. The latest is that an
understanding has been reached by
which the collectors Of internal reve-
nue. are to be eliminated from the
black list and confirmed without de-
lay. just why this should be no one
pretends to say. The district attor-
neyships, the m~arshalships and many
Of the postmasterships are highly i'm.
portant places, and the men appointed
to fill them are worthy Of considera-
ton equal to that shown collectors Of
internal revenue. In some meas.
ure connected with this re-
port Is another to the effect
that the President will reappoint
at the close Of the session all those
officials rejected by the Senate for nc
other cause than his refusal to furnish
his reasons for the appointments.
"But can the President do such
thing with due respect to the Senate {?
was the inquiry by a gentleman to-da,
while discussing the subject.
1.-The President will probably hav,
very little respect LETT for the Senat,
by the time it a%djourns," was the reply
he received.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

THE three most dangerous problems
before the country to-day are those Of
the labor question, the Chinese ques-
ton, and the Mormon evil. The tariff
p~erplexities, the silver question, and
the quarrel between the President and
the Senate will each and all work out
their own solutions peaceably. "
would be rash to predict the same Of
any Of the Others.AMlnneapolis Tri-
bune.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
Additional Federal Courts in Mfssls
sIppi.
Special TO the Times. Democrat.

Additional Federal Courts In Mlsela
sIppI.
Special TO the TImes.D Democrat.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-Mr. Van
Eaton has introduced d bill Into the
house to create additional courts il the
State of Mississippi and regulate the
terms thereof. The bill provides that
the State be divided into two judicial
districts, as follows: The counties Of
Alcorn, Tippah. Benton. Marshall.
DeSotO, Tunica, Tate. Prentiss, Tisho-
miffgo, Union, Pamela, LafaYette,
Pontotoc, Itawamba, Monroe. Chickas
saw, Calhoun, Yalobusha, Quitman,
Coahoma, Tallahatchie, Bolivar,
Grenada, %Sunlower, LefiOre, Mont
gomery, Carroll, Webster, ChoetaM.
Oktibbsha, LOwndes, Noxubee. Wins.
ton and Clay, shall be known as aud
constitute the Northern District. The
remaining counties OF the State shall
constitute the Southern District of
Mississippi; that the present judge Or
the district Of Mississippi is hereby d.
clared to be the district Judge for the
Northern District Of Mississippi, and
the President Of the United States, }
and with the advice and consent OF the
Senate, is authorized and directed a.
appoint a district Judge for the South
ern District Of Mississippi.
The two districts are ii turn to be-
divided each into two divislon-East.
ern and Western. The division Of the
| Southern District is to be as follows
The counties of Kemper, Neshoba
Leake, Lauderdale, Newton, Scott
Smith, Jasper, Clarke. Wayne, Greene
Perry, Marion and Covington. shall
constitute the Eastern Division De tha
Southern District Of Mississippi, for
which a circuit and district court shall
be held at Meridian, In Lauderdale
county, on the irst Monday 0f
March and September Of each
year, and continues four weeks, &c
the business 90 long reqnIre
| The counties Of Hancock, HaFfis0n
and jackson shall constitute the
southern division Of the southern
district Of Mississippi, for which 4
circuit and district court shall be held
at Mississippi City, In the county az
Harrison. on the 6rst Monday of
February and August Of each year.
and continue four weeks, IL the husI.
ness so long requires. The remaining
counties shall constitute the western
division Of the southern disEliat-
for which \ circuit and as
trict court shall be held n
the city Of jackson, Id Kinds esanty
on the FIRST Monday q Hay
and November Of each ysaT, ~ coz
tinae four weeks. If the business -
long requires. Provided That the
courts at the ~pIacesinthe several divis
Ions named where there 4 no govern
ment buildings shall he held II build.
ings provided for that purpose without
expense to the United States The
circuit and district courts herein pro-
vided for may Do held and presided
over by said district Judges.
The bill has been pginted and Referred
to the judiciary committee.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
"1 Sent NV bow to Corlero."

II sent him off to college," II sent him
off to college," That is the epitome of
damnation of thousands of boys. Il sent
him off to college," Now, sir, you strike
me at a point where I am ready to say
this: 1t is a question in my mind
whether I will ever send one of mine to
a college or not. "Yes," you say, you
are opposed to education" No, l amt;
but I'd rather my boy would sit down in
heaven to learn his A B C's than sitting
down in hell reading Greek. 1 tell you
my congregation, if I had a good boy
who was loyal to God and the right, 1
might trust him at college; but if | have
got a hayward, dissipated boy I will
never send him to college to get shut of
him. You have made a mistake as long
as eternity to do so. There is many a
man who has sent his boy to college
because he did not know what else to
do with him. You had better lure that
boy to steal something and send him to
the penitentiary. That is my Judgment.
If he is no account the penitentiary is
about as safe a place as college, because
he will not only dissipate but ruin every
other decent boy he meets there. Let
him practice on convicts if you want
him to ruin somebody. Boys, let us lie a
comfort and consolation to mother
Rev. Sam Jones.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

BRUssELLs, March 20.-The Social.
lists OF Liege renewed their rloting last
evening, but the disorder was slight
and was quickly quelled BY the police.
The Socialists have arranged 90 hold 8
mass meeting in Liege to morrow.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
Transmission Of an Electric. current.

Recent experiments in France show
that the transmission Of an electric cur
rent over a distance Of fifty miles was
effected with a loss OF only 80 per cent.
Of the force with which it started on the
journey, The current was a tremendous
one, but no difficulty ensued from heat
ing Of the wire or the dynamo.-Chicago
Herald.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26
nepubIlcan Rlots IL snaln.

MADRID, March 70.-RepaAlie
rioters yesterday plIlneaa thb Gah Ai
mafadi IL Alicante Several shtfs
were fred. but tie police auppksmt
the disorder.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

Three or four new motors have been
introduced on the market, to be operated
by water, compressed air and gas.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-16
EEW9 OF THE DAY.

There is an encouraging outlook in New
York for the spring trade, and an increased
volume of business is expected.
Mr.. Fndlay is to be appointed to the
| craftsmanship Of the House committee on
banking aud currency to Gil the vacancy
caused by Gov. Curtn's resignation.
A private dispatch received by Archbish.
op Corrigan from Rome yesterday announc-
es the transfer of Bishop Becker, of Will
mington, Del, to the vacant see of Savan-
nah, Ga.
John 3. Cough, the famous temperance
lecturer, was attacked with stroke of apo
plexy, yesterday, while delivering lecture
at the Franklin Presbyterian church, Phila-
delphia. He was removed at once to the
residence Of DR.. r. Bruce Burns, near the
church. Late last night DR.. Burns pro-
nounced his condition as serious.
The Supreme Court Of Mississippi has de-.
cided the case Of NJ A. Pollard vs. the Phe.
nix Insurance Co. in favor of the defendant
The question was, whether merchants hay
ing insufficient license could enforce an in
surance contract. Nearly 100000 was in
volved directly and indirectly. This is re-
garded as most important decision, and it
is questionable whether under it a valid in
surance policy exists in the State.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-16
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Salvation Army has fallen into ii,rr.
pute in Fredericksburg, where it is row
lead by negro woman called Happy Jen.
nie," whose reputation is bad.
The Legislative joint committee charged
with the consideration of Nil propositions in
relation to the State debt refused yesterday
to hear Gen. Hunton on the West Virginia
certificates That gentleman and his friends
consider this disconr!eous.
Rev. George w. Lightner died at the res.
idence Of his son, George J. Lightner in
Falmouth, Stafford county, on Sunday night
in the S1st year of his age. Mr.. Lighner
was well-known in the bounds of the Balti
more Conference as a pious and faithful
minister Of the Gospel.
N. W. Shutter, general merchant, Of New
Market, Shenandoah county, has failed
His liabilities are sixteen thousand dollars,
eight thousand to Baltimore creditors and
eight thousand TO home creditors. He com.
promised with the Baltimore men at fifty
cents3on the dollar, cash.
Attorney General Ayers has written an
opinion for the Auditor, giving his conslruc-
ton of the effect Of the decision of the United
States Supreme Court in the Virginia debt
cases, which is substantially that, if a per.
son offers coupons for license tax which
have not been proven genuine, the collect
ing officer cannot, if be refuse it, modest the
person for doing business without license.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-16

A TERRIBLE mulberry esterday even
Ing colored woman named Ann Tervc
appeared at the Monkey House restaurant
about three miles from Norfolk, and not'
fed the people of the place that a murder
had been committed at her house near By.
On entering horrible spectacle was pre-.
sented. In the fireplace WAS piled up in q
heap the.ghastly remains of a human b'"g,
with number of charred chunks of wood
around it as if an effort had been made to
burn the body. An inquest was held, when
it was ascertained that the murdered man,
Cesar Morris, had lived with the woman a.
her husband. From the appearance Of me
room the man had been murdered in bed
with an axe, his head, both arms and ler'
had been cut of, and such other portions
of his body as could BIO hacked to pieces
Suspicion was at once directed to the wolnau
and che was ARE sted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-16
Probable Foul Play.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Feb. 16.-Mrs. John
II. Martin, residing on Eighthstreet, this
city, appeared at the police station last
night inquiring for her husband who, she
said, had been arrested and taken from his
bed at an early hour yesterday morning by
policemen. Not finding him she became
much agitated and related the following:
Her husband is an old soldier and had
recently received Information that pension
of 81 400 had been paid to claim agent in
this city. He began search for the money
but had failed to get any trace of it, Yes.
terday morning at 3 o'clock three men
appeared at their home, woke Martin up,
and after displaying police badges, read a
warrant for his arrest for theft. They hand.
cuf1ed him and took him away and no one
has seen him since. The police are working
on the case. Foul play is suspected.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-16

SILVER CoINAGE.-As stated in the
CAVITIES Washington correspondence yes
terday the act 10 maintain the parity ofsilver
and gold, introduced as substitute for all
other bills on the silver question, and au-
thorizing treaties with other nations for the
free coinage of silver with full legal tender
at uniform ratio with gold to be agreed
upon by them, was defeated in the House
committee on Coinage by vote of 8 to 4.
A motion TO report favorably bill for free
and unlimited coinage of silver, at the same
time disclaimi1g any sympathy with the
bill, was lost-yeas 1, nays S. a motion to
report adversely the bill 10 suspend until
further legislative action SO much of the act
Of February IS, 1878, as provides for the
coinage of standard silver dollars was also
lost by tic vote and motion to report
adversely bill providing for the free coin
age of silver into standard silver dollars
upon like terms as gold is now coined for
private holders; that the standard silver
dollars shall be the unit of account and
standard of value in like manner as the
gold dollar, and shall be legal tender for
all debts; that the provision in act of 1878
for the issue of certificates on the deposit
of silver dollars shall be applicable to the
coin named herein, and that the provision
for the purchase and coinage of oliver
bullion be repealed was carFied-yeas Z, ,
nays B.