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

SENATE.

JACKSON, MISS, Jan. 30.-An act
was introduced to compel the Gulf and
Ship Island railroad company to COM
ply with the terms of its contract, to
receive the transfer Of the penitentiary
lease and in default to lease the peni-
Tertiary to the Natchez, Jackson and
Columbus railroad, and two hundred
copies ordered printed.
Bills Referred-Act to provide for
the incorporation Of railroad COM
panies; to facilitate the construction of
telegraph lines; to amend section 2206
of the code in relation to enrolling
judgments from justices courts; 10
incorporate the Durant academy; to
amend act to incorporate the Yazoo
Delta railroad company; to amend the
the charter of the Natchez, Jackson &
Columbus railroad company; to change
the time of holding circuit courts in
the counties of Lowndes and Winston.
In the house the usual
local bills were introduced,
among which were acts relative to
the collection Of public revenue in
Warren county and to abolish the rail
road commission, introduced by Mr..
Magruder.
A resolution to postpone the election
Of superintendent Of penitentiary uh-
til February 18th was adopted.
The house voted to accept an invi-
tation to visit the girls school at
Columbus. Both houses will adjourn
Wednesday for this purpose
Several members left for home to-
night, with the intention of not re.
turning till the week after next. Very
little work will be done next week, as
it is thought little more than a quorum
will be present Monday.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Magru-
der, repeating the railroad commits
sion amends the first three sec
lions of the law of 1884 defining ex
tortiOn and discrimination. The
amendment provides that in all cases
where plaintiff RECEIVERS damages for
unjust charges, he shall have a verdict
of not less than ten dollars and au-
thorizes the ASST nment of a claim for
damages to n e'son who may bring
suit. 1t repeats all the balance of the
act from section four to twenty.seven
The bill prepared by Messrs. Magru.
der and McCEbe, In relation to the col
lection of revenue in Warren county
provides that taxes shall be paid
in cash after October first; that
the board shall make no allowance I'm.
less there is cash in the treasury, ant
authorizes the board to borrow money
for 1886 and l887-not more than $40,
600 each year-limits the amount 0
levy to twelve mills; funds outstand
ing debts and forbids an allowance fol
repairs of roads unless first allowed by
the board.
A bill by Mr.. Bush, of Kinds, is
pending, which directs all bridges over
Big Black to be removed or draws con
structed. 1t involves the bridges built
by Warren county.
A bill of general interest is pending
from the Judiciary committee, exempt.
ing all money from taxes loaned on real
estate at 8 per cent, interest.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-05
Raetrop Itema.
Special to Commercial Herald.

opecldl W OOHAhcFctdl ueralo.
BAsTRoP. La, Jan. 30.-District
court has been 10 session here for the
past four weeks. The grand jury adj
journed yesterday evening, after re-
turning twenty-three indictments.
The Bayou Bartholomew, which has
been in good boating order for the
past month, is now falling and unless
there is rain in a few days, it will not
be in a navigable condition. About
one fourth Of the cotton crop Of the
parish still remains to be shipped.
On account of the low prices Of cot
ton seed, our planters have abandoned
the sale Of the Weather clear and
cold,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-05

property the deceased might have left, AMI
in anticipation Of tho Jury finding a verdict
Of felo-de-se. In ordinary CASES, he said,
so far as he could see, there was not, uu.
fortunately-and be regretted to say it,
any evidence to show that the deceased was
not perfectly sane when he arranged 70 take
bis own life and did take II. The only sug.
gestion to his mind, even Of eccentric.ty in
the matter, was that he should drive him
self up to the spot where he was discovered.
T1is was no doubt a strange thing to do.
Nevertheless, It was clearly by forethought
and design. On the day when be. felt that
To he Continued,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-05
Horse Thief Killed

LITTLE Rock, Jan. 3U.-An I'M
known horse thief was shot and killed
Thursday evening a few miles north
of Ar~kadelphia, in this State, by a
sheriff's posse, who had pursued the
the thief from Wills county, where he
had stolen a horse the day previously.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-05
0 Carried OFF.

New York, Jan. 3O-It was rumor-
ed this afternoon that burglars sue
ceeded last night in carrying off the
books of the Broadway railroad COM
pany's Office. There is intense excite
ment down town over the rumor.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-05
Funeral of Gen. Freeman.
70 not~Ynoratnl nOnn1d

JACKSON, Miss, Jan. 28.-G-n. John
d. Freeman was buried to-day from
St. Andrews Episcopal church. He
died several days ago in Colorado, and
his remains were brought to the capital
of the State, in whose history he has
figured so prominently, for interment.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-05

NOT MUCH WORK 10 BE DONE
NEXT WEEK.

The House to Visit the school ut Column
bus-Tszt Of the Bill 20 Collect the
Revenue in Warren County and Other
Interesting Matters.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-05
HOUSE.

Last night the house met and
rescinded the action whereby night
sessions were agreed upon and spent
the entire day in discussion OF re-
peal of section 1879 of the Code,
known as the lien law. The bill pass
ed the second reading by a vote of IS
ayes to SO nays and lays over for en-
grossment. Its final passage is doubt
full.
Col. w. H. Hardy and Col. w. G,
Falkner, have been granted the use of
the hall Of representatives and will
deliver addresses tonight on railroad
topics.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-05

~
Night Sessions and Discusses the
Lien Law.
Special 70 the Commercial Herald.
SENATE.
JACKSON Jan. 29-The following
bills were introduced and reported:
TIC define the liability of persons or
corporations issuing bills OF lading
and warehouse ree;pis
To incorporate the town of Como.
To authorize the board of mayor
and aldermen Of Jackson to levy a
special tax to pay for an iron bridge.
Act In relation TO State and county
prisoners.
To repeal section 20 and the proviso
to section five of an act to incorporate
the board of commissioners for Boil
var, Washington and Issaquena cOun-
ties.
To compensate the chancery clerks
for services performed under section
2,ll6 to 2,l74o of code.
An act to declare the Big Black
river a navigable stream.
Act TO authorize interpleader at
law to regulate the payment of cost
therein.
To amend act to encourage the es-
adjustment of factories in this State.
Act imposing a privilege tax on emf
grant agents.
10 regulate and provide for the cost
of officers and State witnesses from
insolVent ~convicts sentenced to the
penitentiary.
TO require the circuit and chancery
courts OF the State to find the facts in
certain cases.
An act for relief of d. Shelton, a
minor, of Sharkey county, was passed.
A bill revising the road law and pro-
viding for the method of working pub
lie roads, passed its second reading and
is now ready for engrossment.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-05
IOUsE

The bill repeating section 1859 Of
the code, the lien law, passed by a vote
of So years to As nays.
MI. Gwynn introduced a reso-
luton, which was adopted.
authorizing the committee on
public officers to investigate certain
charges made against certain State
and county officials by parties in a case
now pending in the United States
court at Oxford, and appropriating
5000 for expenses. Said charges are
such as give the impression that the
passage by the last legislature Of the
act to incorporate the British Land
and Freehold company, limited, was
brought about by fraud, bribery and
corruption.
The act to insure the more faithful
performance of duties of trustees Of
public schools was tabled subject to
call.
The following bills were referred :
To amend the act in relation to final
record Of judgments in circuit
courts ; to amend the law in
relation to carrying concealed weapons
which provides that pistols Of the size
used in the army can be worn outside
of the outside coat; to fill vancancies
Of circuit judges, pro tenn. which pro.
vides in case Of disability of a Judge
some LAWYER may be salacted n OF an
be paid pro rata from the Judges
salary; to change the management Of
the public schools system; to provide a
series of text books for public schools.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-05
THE LEGISLATURE.
The Lien Law Repealed by the
House--Charges of Bribery to be
Investigated.
Special to Commercial Herald.
SENATE.
SENATE.

JACKSON, Jan. 29,-The act to pro.
vide for a convention Of the people for
the purpose of revising the constitu.
ton. was ordered printed.
The act to reduce the salaries OF
members of the legislature was in
definitely postponed.
Act to prevent gaming, was recon-
United.
Act to incorporate the Kansas City
& Birmingham Railroad Company,
with sundry amendments, was adopted.
One amendment provides that the road
shall not run nearer than twelve miles
to the Memphis, Birmingham s. At.
lantic road, a road also chartered by
this legislature.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-05
THE LEGISLATURE.

A Number Of Bills Introduced In the
Senate--The House Disoontlnues
Night Sessions and Discusses the
Lien Law.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
A Decidedly "Odd Character"

There is now pending before the probate
court of this county rather interesting case,
in which some queer traits of character are
revealed. 1t is an application for the APP
pointment of guardian for Zechariah
Brown of Fletcher. The application grows
out of the fact that Brown is alleged to have
certain financial obligations, and has also
such novel ideas of living and business that
his friends and neighbors can do nothing
with him. Mr.. Brown is about sixty years
old, and lives alone on his place in Fletcher,
having no buildings but two large barns,
filed with hay. For the last fifteen or
twenty years he has lived there, sleeping in
the hay NOW, and cooking his victuals out
of doors in large iron kettle. For some
fifteen years he has allowed his hay to ac-
cumuate, selling little or none of it during
that time besides the two large barns full,
he has some fifteen hay stacks-refusing to
sell any of it, because he considers that " it
is better than money at ten per cent"
Some time ago he froze his feet badly and
narrowly escaped losing one of them by
amputation. His neighbors recently adj
vised him to sell part of his hay to meet his
pecuniary obligations, and, on his refusal to
give somebody power of attorney to effect
a sale, this application for the appoint
ment OF guardian was made.-St. AibdnS
Messenger.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
Personal.

+. e. WooD, for twenty years merchant
at Passumpsic, and prominent in church
and town affairs, died Friday morning, after
a brief illness.
Hon. LUcIUs E. SMITH of Monkton died
suddenly, while in f. H. Deans store in
about sixty-five years of age and had been
a member of both branches of the legisla-
ture.
COLONEL WILLIAM III. BAXTER of White
River Junction died suddenly at the Van
Ness House, Burlington, Monday, of heart
difficulty. He was sixty-one years old, un-
married, and possessed of considerable
wealth.
JUDGE POLAND and wife, it is said, will
spend the winter at Washington. The
Judge has been president of the First Ma
tional Bank in St. Johnsbury since its or
ganiZation, and it is expected that he will
resign the position when he leaves, and
there may be other changes in the board of
directors.
HENRY r. BRENNAN, manager of the Star
Theater Company was mustered into Will
lam G. Tracy Post, No. 80, G. A. r., on
Monday evening of last week. Mr.. Bren-
nan enlisted when but fifteen years of age
in the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery,
which was attached to the celebrated Irish
Brigade, and served throughout the war,
receiving an honorable discharge in August,
1865.
RI REV. BISHOP BIssELL, who has been
ailing for some time, had an attack Sunday
morning in the shape of temporary paraly-
sis, which, having passed away during the
forenoon, left him quite weak and prostra-
ted. His physicians say that the attack
was not one of real paralysis and did not
arise from any serious trouble of the brain,
but was caused by some difficulty Of the
stomach, and that there is reason to expect
that the bishop will soon be up and out
again.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
Vermont Neurology, 1885.

Forbes furnishes to the Boston journal
the following list of the more prominent
persons, residents or natives of Vermont,
who died in 1885:
SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
Francis " Randall, Northheld, colonel Thirteenth
Regiment born In Braintree, aged 60; H. NJ. Page, at
in Cabot aged Is; T.. A Tilden, at Allston, Mass,
second lieutenant, Second Regiment, born in Barre,
aged -; John w. Phelps, Guilford, colonel First
Regiment, breYet brigadier-general aged IS; Henry
IS; George NJ. Clark Reading, first lieutenant Six.
teenth Regiment, famous in minstrelsy, aged 81 ;
William w Lynde, Brattleboro. captain Company y,
Eighth Regiment, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the
aged 56 Nathan Robinson, Marshheld, private,
Fourth Regiment aged 81 Sabin Curtin, Windsor,
private, Eleventh Regiment; W, I. Boynton, North
Held, captain, First Regiment; Rufus Brown Lowell,
Eleventh Regiment; William Is. Jennings, Burling-
ton, Twelfth Regiment.
VETERANS OF THE WAR OF 1872
solomon Soule, Fairfield 30; Franklin Robinson,
South Hero, a.
CENTENARIANs.
Hannah Holland, Townsend, lOli John Daley Rut-
land, 100,
EX-GovERNoRs.
Julius Converse, at Dlxyille Notch, n. H., August
10TH aged SO; born In STAFFORD, W.T. member of the
first Vermont senate heutenantgoyernor lsb'b2 and
governor lsl2-7i John Il, Page, at Rutland October
5ih aged 50; born in Rutland in 1926 representative
in 1852, 49, - and sO trustee and president Rutland
railroad 1864 TO 1893, president National Bank of
Rutland 1864 to 1884, treasurer and president Howe
Scale Company 1873 to 1886 state treasurer 1860 to
field, Mass, December 18th, 1885, aged 30; born In
bennington, July 20, 1895; he was elected repre-
sentative in 1921 clerk of Bennington county In 1928
states attorney from 1929 to 1888, member of con-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
Marriages.

In Montpelier, Dec 81, by Rev. l.. ID. Mason, An.
gelo X. Beede OF Topsham and Laura NJ. Lytte of
Chelsea
In Montpelier, Dec. 30, at the American House. by
Rev. ~ Edward Wright, Frank r. whitney and Eva
q. Cummins, both of Middesex.
In Middesex, Dec. 81, Frank II. Buckley and Hat
tie l.. Palmer, both of Moretown.
In Lyndonville, Dec: 80, George I. Severance and
Carrie Weeks, both of st. Johnsbury.
In Northhed Dec. 3O by Rev. I. =. Booth Homer
i. Wade and Mary q. Stark both of West Farm
ham, L. q.
In West Hartford, Jan. ], by Rev. S. l.. Vincent
Frank Il. Kinney of Braintree and Bella Il. Hutch.
inson of Brookfield.
In PlainHeld, Dec. 81 by. Rev. J. A. sherburn
Stephen ID. Cate Of East Montpelier and Inez NJ
Tinkham of Plainhed.
In Newbury, Jan. |, at the Sawyer House, the resi-
dence of the brides father, by Rev, s. l.. Bates,
Maurice A. Gale of White River Junction and Ida B
Sawyer of Newbury.
In Northheld Dec 80, at the residence. of the
the brides parents, by Rev. II. r. Frost of Mont
peer, william NJ, jackson of Fayetteville, N. Y,
and Ella NJ. Dutton of Northheld
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
Addison County Winter Markets.

An Addison county correspondent says
that but little snow has fallen so far and the
fields are bare as in midsummer, and roads
cut up by frozen ruts. Hay has steadily adj
vanced in price, until S13 and S14 ton is
paid by the buyers and shippers, taken from
the NOW. Numerous buyers are securing
the county, contracting ahead as far as posi-
BILE. Good stock hay brings from 80 to $40,
while bright oat straw can be bought at So
and 81 a ton. Oats have advanced from
one cent a pound to thirty-fve cents a
bushel, at which price thousands of bushels
are changing hands. Buckwheat is plenty
at fifty cents a bushel; dressed beef sells at
four cents pound for the whole carcass,
and hides at from six to seven cents pound.
Dressed hogs bring four cents when weigh
ing 300 to 600 pounds, and under 300 pounds
at three and one-half cents; dressed mutton
four to five cents; turkeys fifteen cents and
chickens ten to twelve cents. Cows sell at
$50 to $50, and new mich cows at $40 and
$50 yearling cattle are priced at $40 and
S15 a head two-years-olds at SIS to S25,
three-years- Odds, S25 to $50. Horses sell
at advanced prices, fair animals bringing
$50 and $3.50. Yearling colts bring from
$50 to $50 and twO-years-old colts from $50
to $75. Several Massachusetts, buyers have
recently been in the county, selecting year
ling and two-years-old colts, somewhat
new feature in horse buying for the vicinity.
Lumber and building timber is in good de-
mand, and in the back mountain towns of
Lincoln, Rlpton and Starks6oro active
preparations are in progress to supply the
demand the present winter. Delivered at
the head of river navigation or, at railway
stations, inch spruce and hemlock boards
bring $11 and S12 thousand feet, and build
ing timber and complete bills of lumber of
all dimensions, $12 and IA. Money seems
scarce and labor is in limited demand. The
fruit crop was large in the county and there
are yet remaining unsold several thousand
barrels of apples, which are being bought at
$1.50 barrel for the best fruit. Potatoes
have advanced from thirty cents in the fall
to forty and fifty cents a bushel delivered
on the cars. Several wood pulp mills have
been built on many water-courses, and these
for their poplar and pine wood at So a
cord Springfield Republican.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06

THE greatest consolation to one growing
old is the improved surroundings which
come with age, experience and wisdom
We are reminded of this fact by the appear
ance of the new Seed Annual of ID. NJ. Ferry
& Co., the celebrated seedsmen of Detroit,
Mich. They enjoy the enviable reputation
o, D1lmg oe W,ue ~ any 4tsS N S Irm ~
lions of people, gardening both for profit
and pleasure, have found evor-increasng
satisfaction and delight in using their seeds
Every one desiring seeds of the highest type
and best quality should secure their An
nual 1t is sent free, ON application.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
BUGBEE's ESTATE,

= STATE OF NEK MHNI Washlhgtoh DIstIlet; So
trlct, on the 5th day of January A. ID, 1856:
Truman G. Kelton De bonis non, of the
estate of Chester Bugbee late of Calais i'll said Dis
trict, deceased, presents his administration account
for examination and allowance, and makes APP
partition of the estate of said deceased
Whereupon, it is ordered by said Court that
to a session thereof, to he held at the Probate
ONCE in said Montpelier, on the 3Oth day of
Jan, A. D. lSS6, for hearing and decision thereon
And 1t is further ordered that notice hereof be given
70 an persons ieles!ed oy puonGatloh OF tne Sans
q state Journal anewspaper publish he'd at Montpelier
previous to said time appointed for hearing that they
may appear at said time and place, and show cause,
II any they may have, why said account should not
he allowed and such decree made
By the Court.-Attest,
1896 A. c. AYERILL Register.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
Tbe Markets.
Vermont Produce.

WATERBURY.-Butte in tubs sells at Is to
22c, in boxes at 81 to 23c, and in prints at %
TO Doc per lb; eggs, "A to 25c per dozen
chicks, 10 to 12c per lb; fowls, l6 to lSc per
pound
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT grades of butter sell
at 10 to lSc, and October make at 20 TO pc
to DC per Id; eggs, 20 to 22c per dozen; hay,
$40 per ton.
MoNTPELIER.-F reshly-made butter sells
at IL to pc for selections, summer-made lots
are very dull at II to 16c cheese sells at 0
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06

In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, IN said Dis
trct on the 5th day of January A. ID. 1856;
Martha NJ and Joel Remington, Executors OF the
ington late of Waterbury, in said District, de.
ceased present their administration account for
animation and allowance and make application fora
decree OF distribution and partition OF the estate Of
that said account and said application be referred
10 a session thereof, TO be held at the Probate
ONCE i'm said Montpelier, ON the LIST day of Feb,
A ID iss6 for hearing and decision thereon And,
il is further ordered, that notice hereof be given
In an persons interested by publication of the
three weeks successfully in the Vermont Hqtch,
man g. State Journal a newspaper published at
ing that they may appear at said time and place
account should not be allowed and such decree
made. By the Court,-Attest 49,,
1886 A, q. ANERILL Register.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06

CONSUMPTION CURED.-An old physician,
retired from practice, having had placed in
his hands by an East India missionary the
formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure of consumption,
bronchitis, catarrh asthma and all throat
and lung affections, also positive and rad
ical cure for nervous debility and all ner-
vous complaints, after having tested its Won
has felt it his duty to make it known to his
suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive
and desire to relieve human suffering,
will send, free of charge, to all who desire it,,
this recipe, in German, French or English,
with full directions for preparing and using.
Sent by mail by addressing with stamp,
naming this paper, w. A. Noyes, 149 Pow
er's Block, Rochester, n. Y.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
geoal Clothes.
A NpREw HAsKELL,s ESTATE.

N STATE OF VERMONT, Washington District SIS.
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in said Dis
trict, on the 3Oth day of December A. ID. 1885:
Christiana r. Haskell and Ira g. Jewell, Admins
traitors of the estate of Andrew Haskell late of Calais
in said District, deceased present their admnstra
ton account for examination and allowance. and
make application for decree of distribution and
upon, 1t is ordered by said Court, that said ac-
count and said application be referred to
session thereof TO be held at the Probate 0hice,
in said Montpelier, ON the 29th day Of Janu-
And, it is further ordered, that notice hereof be
given to all persons interested by publication of the
three weeks successfully in the Vermont
WdfchmdR q State Journal, newspaper published at
Montpelier previous to said time appointed for hear
ing, that they may appear at said time and place,
and show cause, If any they may have, why said
account should not be allowed and such decree made
BY the Court-Attest.
1896 A. G. ANERILL, Register
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
Deatbs.

In Burlington, Jan. 2, William Grogan, 81.
In Burlington, Dec 20, Mrs Horace W. Smith
In Pittsford, Dec 30, Mrs. Chauncey Thomas, SO.
In Burlington, Jan A. Colonel william II. Baxter
of White River Junction, 81.
In Middlesex, Jan. 5, of pneumonia, Mrs. Hattie
Hazen, q years and months
In Hyde Park, Jan. g. of canker-rash and erysipe-
las, Leo, youngest son of George G. Maxheld, 3.
In Emmetsburgh, Iowa. Dec. &c. of paralysis of the
brain, Mary A. Eastman daughter of the late Charles
q. Eastman and wife of Hon Il. j. Hartshorn, In the
31th year of her age.