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There was much in the life Of
Col. Edmund Richardson, who
died suddenly Monday night at
Jackson, Miss, worthy ofconsider.
alton. 1t requires immense force
and determination, business abiIi-
ty, energy and industry to acquire
the large fortune he possessed in
the manner he acquired it. His
wealth was not the result Of such
schemes and speculations as have
made the fortunes of Wall street,
as have enriched Gould and many
other mlllionaires; II was more the
result of hard work, and drawn
mainly from the soil. As cotton
planter. Col. Richardson was with.
out equal, and he was one of the
largest, if not the largest, farmer
IN tho world, eultivating himself
some sixteen to eighteen planta.
tons, with total annual produc-
ton of from 100000 to SSOO,OOO.
HIS fortune, therefore, represented
an immense amount of head work.
business enterprise and industry;
and it was twice made, for the for.
tune which he had accumulated be-
fore the war was swept away in
that struggle, and he had to bogln
the world anew.
Col. Richardson was a devouo
believer in cotton, and from tho
great southern staple sprang near
ly ali his wealth. Ie demonstrat.
ed conelusively how erroneous is
the idea entertained by so many
Southerners that cotton is no long.
CT king, and that there is no money
in its production. While engaged
in q general merchandise business
IN Jackson he became interested in
some cotton plantations and grad.
1ally branched out into every in.
1ustry connected with the great
southern staple. He raised It on
MS many plantations, shipped it to
his own house in New Orleans
'ne of the lagest cotton houses in
he world-iurnished with cotton
lis own mills at Wesson-the larg-
'st in the southwest-while the
ICED was crushed into oil at his
Refuge Oil Mill at Vicksburg. He
made 1t pay at every point, and he
ound in cotton mine of wealth.
His success Is conspicuous evi.
lence of the wealth the south con-
aims, and which needs only energy
nd industry to get from the soil.
there are to-day ten times the
hances that Col. Richardson found
Then he started in life, alone and
or when he started to
lake his second and larger fortune.
mid the wreck and havoc Of the
yar
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Mrs. Eliza Bowen, who died in
Galesburg, ILL.,, q few days ago had
very remarkable history. Her
husband was a negro, black as the
blacklist, while she was q white
woman. At ono time she
was the wife of Col. Hanks, of the
British army. The colonel came
to this country and located in Ken
lucky, where in the course of time
he became the owner of large
estate and many slaves. His wife
was thus supplied with every com
fort and lived in affiuencc. During
the late war Col. Hanks died.
Among his slaves was the man
Bowen. who shared the especial
favor OF his master. Strange as it
may seem, on his dying bed he IN
structed Bowen to care for his
wife. In the course of the war the
affairs of the estate became demon
alIzed, and it passed into other
hands. About twenty years ago
Bowen and the wife of his old
master married and went to Gales
burg to live. The last few years
their condition has been piuble.
She was stricken with partial
paralysis in one side. She crept
around the city selling trinkets.
Bowen was unable to work on ac-
count of extreme old age. The
city has been obliged to care for
them. The woman has been heard
many times to lament the woeful
change in her surroundings.-N.
.. Tmes-DemOcrat.
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About 8 o'clock Sunday morning
a drunken tramp printer who gave
his name as Charles Henry Ander-
son, and who is about 40 years OF
age; slender build, five feet five or
six inches high and weighs about
$50 pounds; he is rather quick
spoken and is quite cgotisticaI as
to his qualifications, entered the
BANNER office, which, as is usual in
printing offices, was unlocked. He
made an attack on small patent
lover clock-the large Office clock,
which is lndisposed, beng in the
hands OF a clock doctor for treat
ment-and nearly demolished it,
he went into the editorial room and
disabled the telephone by severing
the connection and destroying the
bells. He pied q few sticks of
matter on the stones and "mon-
keyed" with the steam engine. He
"distributed" the editors pipes and
smoking tobacco over the office
floor and dumped his spectacles
into the waste basket where re-
iectcd poetry finds resting place.
came here broke and
was given employment, he worked
two days and proved to be a very
competent hand. He said he never
"drank when at work"-this was
literally true. Saturday evening
he was given some money, and
during the night got drunk, crazy
drunk it would seem from the
pranks he played. He was trented
very kindly and promised perman-
cnt employment, so that he had no
motive for the mischief he did.
The colorcd boy who sleeps in the
Office hunted up the night police
man, who arrested Anderson in the
Office, and instead of locking him
up turned him loose. Anderson
had method enough in his madness
to Jump the town as he has not
since been seen. Printing offices
the state would do well
to look out for him; he might do Il
few days good work and then play
the same prank he played on this
Office. As it is we are very lucky
1t was no worse; because he might
have pied the entire Office. His
favorite hobby is systematizing
things, and he Systematically rum
ed the clock and iismantled the
telephone.
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Miss Jessie Wagner.

Is the daughter of Mr.. D. r. Wag
ner, of tho firm of Mcssrs. D. K
Wagner & Co., merchants in Water
Valley, Miss. He writes from his
home under date Of October 10,
1885, and says:
"Our little girl, Jessie, was taken
with scrofula about SIX years ago.
She was then only six years old.
We tried all the best physicians in
our town, as well as those at Hot
Springs and Eureka Springs, Ar
kansas ; in Philadelphia and New
York City, besides the virtues of
numerous other springs which we
visited, and did for her all that af.
lection and money could do for
about four years, and with all this
we barely managed to keep her
alive. She was the most afflicted
child | ever saw. She had abscess-
es on all of her joints and on her
neck, and small pieces of bone
worked from them for more than
two years, and her elbow and hip
joints stlffened. After trying, as
we thought, almost everything,
and apparently without any perma-
nent effect, in our dispaIr eoncIud.
ed to try Swlft's Specific. Strange
to say before she had finished the
first bottle we saw a change for the
better. Her appetite began to i'm
prove, and her eyes to brighten.
Soon she ceased to complain of the
distressing pains which had made
her life miserable for the previous
years. In ten months after she be.
gan to take S. S. S. all the abcesses
had healed up, and she now had
grown much taller and improved |
in weight twenty per cent. Now, |
with the exception Of n stiff elbow |
and hip, she is as well as anyone. |
No one who knew her condition |
four years ago thought she would |
ever get over it. We attribute her
recovery to Swift's Specific entire
Iy. l have seen it tried with several |
others here, and always with good |
results"
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer
;, Atlanta, Ga. l57 W. 23d st.,
New York. /
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County Court.

MoNDAY.-Thls court convened
in regular session to-day, Judge
Kirk being on the bench. The
criminal docket was taken up.
State VS.. Sam Oliver, colored
theft of property under the value
of $40. Plead guilty; fined s25
and costs and one day in the coun'
ty Jail.
State VS.. Ben Colbert, colored,
same charge as the above. Jury
trial !; fined $3.50 and costs and
one day in the county jail.
State VS.. J. W. Battle, aggravat-
ed assault. Jury trial; fined $50
and costs.
Tuesday-StGte VS.. Dick Wither,
all, colored, theft of property un.
der the value of S20-one bushel
of corn valued at rs cents being
the property stolen. Jury trial;
fined SIS and one hour IN county
jail.
States VS.. Herman FIoege, libel,
ing Clemons Hopper. Jury trial;
gui ty, fined 500 and costs.
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Allegro Shot.

Between IL and IL o'clock at the
steps of the colorcd Methodist
church in Watrousville Mr.. Dick
Hunt young colored gentlemen,
aged about 10, shot Mr.. Jim Jones,
another colored gentlemen about
the same age, in the breast with n
45-calibae pistol, the ball ranging
upward making o painful and per-
haps dangerous wound. 1t ap-
pears that young gentlemen had
gone TO Galveston leaving a sleeve
button in Mr.. Hunts possession
he sent word to Mr.. Jones to get
the button from Mr.. Hunt and send
it to him. There was n social con-
cert at the church ; before 1t began
Mr.. Jones asked Mr.. Hunt for the
button, and he made some excuse.
After the entertainment was over
Mr.. Jones accompanied by two
young ladies, one on each arm,
was coming down the stairs lead
ing from the front door OF the
church Mr.. Hunt met HIM and
said, "Here's the BUTTON" Mr..
Jones reached out his arm to re-
ceive it; Mr.. Hunt drew the pistol
and fired with the result already |
stated. 1t is perhaps unnecessary
to state that the young ladies were
very much alarmed, and Mr.. Hunt
was certainly very ungallant to
shoot in the presence of ladies.
After the shooting the shootist
skipped out by the light OF the
moon. For the information of
persons who are not familiar with
,oIored people it is necessary TO
state that in colored society it is
impolIte TO speak OF a person OF
color otherwise than as n lady or
gentlemen, rs the case may be.
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The far-rcaehing results and IN
tricate workings OF the "boycott''
is illustrated by the action taken a
few days ago by the Molders' and
Machinists' Union of Chicago,
growing out Of n strike of box
makers in ore of the factories Of
that city. The basis of the strike,
it IS alleged, was the introduction
OF laborsaving machinery in the
factory in question, and has re-
ceived the full countenance of the
local assembly OF Knights ofLabor,
of which organization the boz.
makers are tributary. The mould
ers and machilnsts have fled O
protest against this action, on the
ground that the machinery used in
the boxmaking is manufactured by
them, and that they are as much
entitled to protection as the box.
makers. What action will be
taken on this protest is not known,
but the point is nice one, and its
decision will be interesting to
laboring people.-N. o. Times
Democrat.
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Rabbi Gustav GottheiI. of Tenn
pie Emanuel, New York City, in
replying TO Prot. Adler, who re-
Gently criticized Reformed Juda-
ism IN the most caustlc manner,
said: "Whence comes this solicit
tude on the part Of Prof.. Alder,
who came to this country to help
the Jews weather their seven wears
of famine? Ethical culture rests
on the destruction Of all faiths. Is
it not better thing to eliminate
bigotry and superstition from re-
ligion2 That is what modern
Judaism means. is it right to in
cite Jews to abandon their faith, to
make them ashamed of the name
of Jew, and to sanction the stigma
on that ancient and honorable
namG:a Rut 4 cheap religion finds
the rcadiest market. 1t Is easier
to plant doubt than faith"
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Recorded by the county clerk
for the week ending Jan. 20.
Ut. Lott to Squire Brown 59
acres Byrd league 1914.
E. J. NeInast and wife to Xii,
Tough and Helvey 800 acres Hanks
league $40 and other valuable con.
sidorationG.
C. F. Herbst 10 Sam schlenkeT
8 IL acres IN Brennan $3.50.
NJ. S. Evans to T. ]. Evans 26l
acres Lynch league $1,000.
Ihos, Fl. Love to James Thomas
lot IN Brennan 1928.
c. Z. Killough to @. F. Helvey
$50 acres Hanks league S. etc.
Washington County Real Estate
and Building Association to Joseph
Tristram lot IN Brennan $1,000.
Washington County Real Estate
and Building ASSOCIATION to A. NJ
Glddings ct al lot in BRENNAN
$1,000.
W. B. Traynham and 1. N
OnIng TO Matte E. Traynham all
interest in certain lands; valuable
con siderations.
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The Yuma Indians of ARIZONA,
who, at the time of the American
occupation of California, were to
be found scattered over all the
desert bottoms of the Colorado
River and its tributaries, and who
were then supposed to number
5000 souls, now number only about
1850. The men are above the
average of any white race IN stat
ure; in fact, short man is not to
be found. Broad-chested and
strong-limbed, with q sprIngy gait
and q swinging stride, the Yuma
is no ordinary man, and capable
of wonderful endurance. Contact
with civilization has been the bane
of the tribe.
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The CITY Campaign Opens.

The canvass for the coming city
election opens to-day. The field is
open to all qualified voters and all
that is necessary to do to become
a Irregular ordained" candidate is
to announce IN the BANNER for the
Office desired, and pay the small
sum OF IS IN advance. In this issue
the following announcements are
presented:
Mr.. J. W. Hackworth announces
as candidate for mayor. He
needs no introduction TO the peo-
pie of BRENNAN. He was elected
for three consecutive terms as as
SCISSOR and collector, and for the
past four years has been post
master here. Mr.. Hockworth is q
popular man; he is polite, courteous
and attentive to his official duties
and during his Official career has
given general satisfaction.
Mr.. o. B. Potter also announces
as candidate for mayor. He, too,
needs no Introduction to our peo-
pie. Mr.. Potter has been engaged
in the livery business here for the
past ten or twelve years and
is q quiet unassuming citizen, who |
attends strictly 10 his own bust !
ness, and who is likely to do the
same thing for the city-if he is
elected. He was elected as alder
man from tho Second ward at the
last city election; his official record |
as alderman Is befole the people.
Personally Mr.. Potter is quite pep
ular.
Mr.. +. L. Salloy announces as
for city assessor and col
Iector. He is now serving his
third consecutive term IN that of
ice, which would seem to be good
evidence that he has discharged
his duties in 4 manner which has
gwen entire satisfaction.
To those aspiring to Office the
BANNER would say, don't be bash
III; if you want an Office make
'our want known to the dear pub
ic. The BANNER will give you a
rood send-off and place you fairly
'etore the people, and If you are
Tot elected 1t will not be the fault
# tho paper; but, 1t will be because
,ou didn't get votes enough.
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{. A. POTTER.
IiQeE1 HAPPY NEW YEAR Ii0oc>
$500 TO ALL I9eS>

l have a few REAL BARGAINS
to offer for January, and they
commence with a job lot OF Dress
Goods at Zoe per yard. These
goods are half wool and good
styles.
A lot of Cotton Torsteds at Sc
per yard.
A lot of double width Black
Cashmeres at zoe per yard.
A lot of Children's Jerseys at
5He, each.
A lot of Ladies Jerseys al !he
each.
A lot of Ladies Jerseys, braided,
at 81 each,
A lot of Ladies Jerseys, black
pleated back, at Sl.50 each.
A nice line of Ladies' Hem
stitched Handkerchiefs at 15c
each.
A nice line of Rob Roy Checked
FlanneIs, all wool, for children's
wear, at SO 1-3c per yard, reduced
from SOC Per yard.
Indigo Blue Prints, u yards fol
| 81.
Standard Prints, 1G and 2Oyards
for 81.
Shoes all reduced in price.
Mems Hats and Furnishing
Goods WAY down..
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Now and then q subscriber will
from anger or some imaginary
cause, order his paper stopped
never thinking that he is great
er lose than the publisher. This
class never fail, however, to read
it regularly every week. They
will manage by some means or
other to obtain copy to pursue.
Then there is class who never
subscribe, but depend upon bor-
rowing from their liberal neigh
Dor. This latter class, as rule,
are so stingy and mean that,
should one of them die, it is diff
fcult to finds friends enough in the
community in which they live, to
bury them.-LaGrange Journal.
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Everybody who goes to Bonn bay
pays a visit 10 the Island of Ele-
phanta to inspect the caves cut in
the rocks. 1t must not be cheer
iHl place to visit, according to q
recent writer in the London Tele-
graph. The sergeant in charge of
the place told tho visitor that he
has himself killed I5S reptiles,
cobras, carpet snakes and rock
snakes, since May last, when he
came upon his post. He encount-
ers them chiefly basklng in the sun
upon the stone STAIRS leading to the
excavations, and although un-
pleasant inhabitants, it is in har-
mopy with the genius of the spot
that an island sacred to Shira, the
Destroyer, should be peopled with
the hooded snake, which was ever
the emblem of his awful power.
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The roller-skating craze, which
had full sweep in Chicago, is rap
IDLY abating in that city. The
Journal says the places that were
opened a year ago In that city ''for
ruin are now closed for rent or
sale; the people who were so fast
to follow the butterfly are now
anxious TO tread on the worm. and
denounce the modern plague that
has blasted so many lives and
homes" The journal quotes the
manager of the finest rink in CHI
cagO as saying: "Promiscuous-
ness and excuses among the skat.
ers. and lack OF sense and often
Of morality among the managers,
may be said to have killed the
craze"
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The Italian police are making
vigorous efforts to stop the pur,
chase and expectation of children.
Several persons engaged in the
n"tarious traffic have been arrested.
An organ-grinder and his wife who
were arrested at Rome were found
in possession of two lads of six
teen and one of seven. whom they
were taking TO France to dispose
of in the labor market there. The
lads had been bought of their pa
rents IN the province of Cascrta.
One had been sold for S26, and the
other two, who are brothers, for
so IS each.
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President Cleveland reiterates
his intention not TO attend evening
parties ct all while he Is in the
White House and will only accept
dinner invitations from the mem
bcrs of his Cabinet. Miss Cleve-
land adheres to the same determ1-
nation. Both the President and
his sister are fond of dinner par
ties, the President having the I'M
usual fund of good spirit on such
occasions.
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imported Goods.

Just received: Austrian sar-
dimes by the barrel. Imported and
domestic sausage, of all kinds.
Canned goods in endless variety.
Imported Roqueport, Edam, Neu-
schatel, Frontage de Bris, Green
and Swiss cheese. Domestic Swiss
cheese. Imported Muenster, Dand.,
hamburger and brick cheese. West
fabian ham. Ncunaugen ham
Salt sardellesj anchovies and Hol-
land herring. Imported smoked
Hamburger eel, by the pound.
Lunch at all hours. Goods de-
lIvered free to families.
A. A. WoEHLER.
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Negro Emigration.

The New Orleans Tlmes-Demo-
crat referring to the emigration of
negroes from the south Atlantic
states to Arkansas says:
Instead of such n movement be-
ing injurious to the states from
which these negroes move, 1t Is
advantageous in several respects,
If in moderation. If thousands of
the whites of South Carolina for
instance, move to Georgia, Alaba-
ma, Florida and Texas, and there
is no corresponding emigration
among the negroes, that state will
find itself every year with a great
er negro majority. The proper
ton of the negroes in its popula-
ton has been increasing rapidly
from year to year, and some
measure is needed to prevent a
further increase. This, the negro
emigration toward Arkansas and
Texas will accomplish, at the
same time that there Is no danger
that it will in the least affect the
large preponderanoe of whites in
the latter states. Unless it is de-
sired to condemn certain sections
of the South to the negroes, to
make them absolutely black and
free from the influence of eau
casian civilization, a movement
such as has started toward Arkan-
sas should be encouraged within
legitimate grounds rather than op-
posed and prevented. 1t is only
when it takes the form of the Kan
sas exodus, when it leaves planta-
tions vacant and brings misery
and suffering upon the negroes
themselves who embark in it with
out knowing what they are doing,
that it becomes injurious and dan
perous.
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Was Willing to do Her Part
well, may l hope. then, dearest,
that at some time may have the
happiness of making you my wIfe?'
Yes, hope so, l am sure" she
replied II am tired of suing fell
lows for breach of promise. De
trOIt Free Press.
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The WATER MUDDLE.-lt is well
known that some months ago the
BreIham Water company institute
cd suit In the county court against
the city of Brennan to recover pay
for water service to the city In ac-
cordance with the contract made
by The city council in 1884, and
annuled by the city council in
1885. Tho water company has
withdrawn the suit from the cHHun-
ty court and is now preparing to
bring suit in the district court, the
object being to arrive at as speedy
a settlement OF tho controversy as
is possible. Whatever the result
may be IN the district court the
case will be taken TO the supreme
court. The water question excites
considerable interest and Is likely
to play an important part in the
coming city election. As the mat
ter is now in court for settlement
it is not clearly apparent what the
city council can do in the premises
unless it pays all demands OF the
water company, and this, as the
matter now stands, Is among the
improbabIlities. The BANNER has
had It's say on the question and the
case is IN litigation, and here so
far as the BANNER is concerned it
rests. If suggestions were in order
we would say that an amicable
settlement of the matters in con-
troversy by competent board OF
arbitrators would no doubt result
in q saving of money.
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Just received a full assortment
of white and red wine-best quail
ty-in quantities to suit purchas-
ers. Just the thing for the holi-
days. Also, all delicacies, sausage,
and canned goods. Low prices. A
good 10 cent cigar for 5 cents.
Large stock on hand, call and try
them. SAM MUERy,
Q. K. Saloon.
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Joel B. Frazier old sour mash
whlskey at Murphy's saloon.

"What's the matter, ST." you are not look
ing well so nothing! only slight cold
In two DAYS after the above conversation "Si'
was very Sick With pneumonia Had he a
first taken a dose ofSMITHiS BILEREANS
Il bean) he would have been surely cured
without harm. A cold is congestion; BILE
BEANS will relieve cold quicker than any
othsr remedy, as it relieves the congesteC
part at once, For sale BY all medicinedeal
ers. Price, 25c. per bottle.
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y number of New York physi-
clans have asked the board of
health to use its influence to secure
the passage of an act which will
protect physicians who in good
faith report contagious diseases,
against suits for damages IN case
the disease reported does not prove
TO be what ii was suspected.