The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-09-04

nearly thousand acres in cotton
and corn in Adams county. We
think that we can safely say that
John r. has no idea of becoming
a candidate for Congress this year,
in opposition to Col. Stoekdale,
but We have an idea that he means |
mischief in the Third District,
among Tom Catchings' people.
We think it safe to say that be
will not be so thoroughly absorb
ed in his harvesting business this
fall as not to take a hand in the
canvass.-Aberdeen Examiner.
Lynch's movements are of ut
ter Indifference to "Tom Catch
ings' people.1
Five lunatics are now c0nfied in
Warren county Jail, place which
was never intended for a lunatic
asylum, and where, of course,
though the officers do all they can
for them, they cannot have proper
treatment and attention with a
view to their restoration to sanity.
The State has an asylum at
Jackson and another at Meridian
but these unfortunates can obtain
admission TO neither, it is said be-
cause both are full already and an
asylum, unlike an omnibus, has not
always room for one more occu-
pant. In any case, it is the States
duty to take care of lunatics and if
there is not room in its present
asylums it should enlarge them
Evening Post.
THE Greenyille jail is inflicted
with 6 Iunatics, all negro women,
who cannot be provided for in the
asylums.
The oil mill is being repaired,
new machinery is being put in,
and everything put in readiness
for the fall business, II will com
mence running again about the
middle of October.
The mill is now under control
of the American Oil Trust Co.,
which has purchased. or rather
exchanged, stock in the Trust Co.
for controlling interest in oil
mill stock. Tho Yazoo Oil Mill
Co. still owns the mill, however,
with the same Board of Directors
and Major Chas. Mann is Secreta.
~ and Mr.. w. d. Pugh, Manager.
The American Oil Trust Co. is
simply u pooling arrangement
among the various mills to reduce
the expense of selling their pro.
ducts, and TO keep up the price of
oil and seed cake. In other words,
it is simply an agreement among
the mills not to cut one an0ther's
throats -Yazoo Sentinel.
How about the throats of the
producers
The Railroad Commission has
been in session during the week.
On Thursday they met with the
representatives of the Gulf and
Ship Island Railroad and agreed
upon the terms Of contract for the
lease of the Penitentiary convicts.
The Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Company are to give 100000 bond
with good surcties, each of which
must be worth the amount for
which he subscrlbes, in real estate.
The Commission has heard the
complaints of citizens along the
Vicksburg and Meridian Road,
from both East and West, of the
high rate of tariff and have also
had some of the railroad officials
before them. They are now re.
vising the rates of the Vicksburg
and Meridian Railroad and will at
the earliest practicable moment
remedy the Irregularities growing
out vf the adoption of the new
classification by which rates on
some articles of freight carried
over said line of road, were in.
creased.-State Ledger.
Especial to N. o. Picayune.
vicksburg, Miss, Aug. H.-At.
torney General 7. NJ. Miller, of
Mississippi, has drawn up the con.
tract, in accordance with an act of
the Legislature, in which the State
leases to the Gulf aud Ship Island
Railroad for five years the con.
victs in the Penitentiary tor $780,
900 per year, payable in the first
mortgage bonds of the road. The
attorneys for the road have made
serious objections to some OF the
provisions of the contract, which
is now before the Railroad Com
mission.
The general terms of the con.
tract have been agreed upon. One
clause IN the contract, which is in
accordance with the act of the
Legislature, is that no convicts
can be worked outside of the walls
except on public works. This
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