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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

FROM the present boom in railroad
projection, application for charters,
etc, it is evident that capitalists have
sized up our Railroad Supervision law
and the decision of the two Supreme
Courts, State and Federal thereon, and
are of the opinion, that there is no
harm in it to them; the only sufferers
being the taxpayers, who are expected
to contribute their annual tithes to
support a lcrdly concern that is in
operative, and whose servants, the
commissioners, have nothing to do,
but make believe.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

SUGAR of course comes in for the
deepest cut, cries the Washington cor
respondent of the New Orleans Times
Democrat, in alluding to the new tar
if bill. Why there should be any
tariff on sugar. is a question the cotton
planters could never satisfactorily an
swer. We hope every Congressman
from the Cotton States Wilde his level
best to have all the tariff taken off
sugar, and every other necessary Of
life.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

GEN. LEW WALLACE, late of the
Federal army, and Gen. B~eauregard,
late Of the Confederate army. are re-
quested to read and ponder the follow
ing from the New Orleans Picayune 4:
"Useless discussions of the late war
will not cease while men live who are
under the impression that they were
the wars heroes"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19
LAMAR.

The telephone monopoly newspaper
brigade have let up on Lamar. They
soon found they were doing him more
good than harm, by giving his friends
the opportunity to prove their charges
utterly groundless, and to refer to the
Southern statesman's long life of
official purity, his economy and his
poverty,
Mississippians watched the attacks
and the effect with intense interest,
but with unlessened confidence in
their fellow citizen. The shafts of
hatred and SANDER shave fallen broken
and harmless at his feet" and to-day
he is more sincerely respected and
loved than ever before by those in his
own State, who know him best.
And with what feelings of graft
tude and pride all Southerners
refer to him. They know him
as a statesman, the peer Of any, and
entirely above the plane of those who
have in the least prostjtuted their
official positions.
He is a Southern man, but none the
less a national statesman, and the
worst point that the most unscrupu-
lous Northern partisan sheet can make
against him, is, that he is a Southern
man.
The honor of the South is safe in his
hands.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

AT a recent meeting Of the Georgia
State Agricultural Society, it was re-
solved that "home-made fertilizers
r the most beneficial" The society
also advocates the importation of in
telllgent p~easantry, holding that the
negro car never attain that degree of
intelligence necessary in science. The
society favors the cultivation of less
acreage, diversified farming, and the
education of labor.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

w. w. KENYON, G. B. Poole, NJ. p,
Dooley, S. Davis, w. 0. Coleman, II
A. Wilson and w. T. Carley and other
stockholders, have now before our Leg
islature a bill to incorporate "The New
York, Mexican & Texas Air Line Rail
way Company" the main line to COM
mence at the most eligible point on
the east bank of the Mississippi river
south of the Yazoo river and north Of
Bayou Pierre, running thence in a
northeasterly course on the most prac-
ticable route to and through the coun-
ties Of Leake, Neshoba, Winston or
K :mper to a point in Noxubee county
on the Alabama State line in the di-
rection Of the Warrior coal fields, on
such line or lines as may be determined
OF located by actual survey. The pro-
jectors of the road obligate themselves
to begin its construction within two
years from the granting Of the charter
and to complete it within five years.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19
CRANaE TIE SYSTEM.

It is estimated that one hundred
thousand cattle persisted by cold
and hunger, within the last month in a
section of country not over a hundred
miles square, at Kansas City. In the
whole State of Kansas it il believed
that four million dollars would not re-
pay the loss of stock from
the recent cold weather. In
all the Northern and Western
States, and in Texas, the loss has been
almost incalculable. What has hap
pened this winter will happen again.
The sections of country referred to
cannot guard against the cold, and as
soon as the immense losses are over
come by future breeding, or possibly
before that time, the cold will
do its work again. This is
not very encouraging for the stock
raisers but still they must make the
best of it.
In the Cotton States a good crop of
the staple has been raised, but we
doubt that the people as a whole are
any richer. The price of cotton has
ruled low, when the cost of production
is taken into consideration, but
not low, when compared to
the price of the other necessaries CT
life. Cotton has sold during the sea-
son about 20 per cent below the aver
age price, but other things have sold
as low and some much lower. In view
of these facts cotton producers cannot
expect much better results from the
present system. If they get a
better price for cotton, they must
expect to pay more for meat, sugar,
coffee, medicines, clothing and SO
forth. If they raise larger crops, the
price will decline still more.
This is a correct view of the situa-
ton in the cotton States at the begin
ming of 1886, and it is very important
for each cotton producer to seriously
consider it. Cotton must be produced
very nearly as a surplus crop, or
the producer must expect to live de-
pendent on unreliable labor, and Dor
row money from year to year.
tits encouraging that any cotton pro-
Queer a better his own situation, by
diverSifying his crops and stock rails
ing, whether his neighbors do or not,
for if it required a combined change,
the prospect would be gloomy indeed.
Cotton is quoted for next fall, net
price, at about eight cents a pound
the more that one raises at that price
the poorer he will be, unless he raises
it as a surplus crop. Let the cotton
planters turn farmers in the true sense
of the word as quickly as possible,
and there is no reason why they should
not be the most prosperous and indie.
pendent people on earth. They can
raise stock without fear of the cold,
and with very little labor and as the
demand for labor is lessened, the more
certainly a a days work be secured
for a days pay.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

Fire proof Paper May be Made"
says a scientific exchange, "from a
pulp, consisting Of one part vegetable
fibre, two parts asbestos, one-tenth
part borax, one-ffth part alum" Ii
is a pity that such facts as the one
following cannot be written, printed
or otherwise preserved, upon some sort
of indestructible paper. "My wife
suffered seven years and was bed rid
den, too" said w. E. Huestis, Of Empo
ria, Kansas, "a number Of physicians
failed to help her. DR.. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery cured her."
All druggists sell this remedy. Every
body ought to keep it. 1t only needs
a trial, e.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

"JUsT as Gen. Buffers lack Of con-
%spicuousness was beginning to worry
the country, a Louisiana member in
PRODUCES in the House a bill directing
the Secretary of the Treasury to report
what became of funds seized by Benny
when in command at New Orleans.
Gen. Buffers connection with funds
always excites interest. Boston Rec
ord.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19
Struggled Rifles captured.

GALVESTON Feb. ia special to
the News from Matamoras, Mexico,
says /: The military commander of this
district has received a report from up
the river that the cavalry scouts had
succeeded in capturing a portion of
the 1,l00 rifles recently smuggled
across the Rio Grande from Texas,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

SENATORS Evarts, Sherman and
Logan, assisted by Governor Foraker,
of Ohio, with other prominent states
men, will take part in a grand Repub-
lican pow-wow and banquet at Detroit,
Mich, on the 22d inst.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

II is the man with his last summers
linen buster for an overcoat who curses
Signal Officer Hazen and his billiards,
while the woman with a new seal-skin
sacque smiles serenely when she reads
''another cold wave coming"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

RELIGION is far from being a dead
letter, though grammar is considerably
wounded. Vide the writings of Father
Quito and Rev. c. G. Andrews in the
Daily Clarion.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

"ToO muchee by in by" is what the
Chinaman told the matchmaker when
he carried his watch to the latter to be
regulated because it ran too fast.
Tha' what's the matter with our Rail
road Supervision Law. Its ahead of
time.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

A JONES county nan brought a suit
in the ChanceEy Court, alleging that
"his wife was so e%xtravagant that she
was about to bankrupt him"
Wanted protection, probably, from a
free.trader.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

THE Grenada Sentinel states that
within the past few weeks nearly a
thousand negroes have taken the train
at Batesville for Arkansas and the
Mississippi Valley.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

A CHINESE philosopher says "the
mint is full of gold, but there is no
gold for the mar who is full of mint
julips."
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

LEE, MagFuder, Grant, Mcclellan.
and Hancock have passed over the
river,7 and joined Stonewall Jackson
and Mcpherson "under the shade Of
the trees"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19
Attend to it Now.

Many suffering people drag themselves about
with failing strength. feeling that they are
Parker's Tonic they would find a cure COM
mencing with the first dose and vitality and
strength surely coming back to them.
81 am Go ears old; have been sick nearly all
my life and ought to know something about
medicine by This time. l have used Parker's
Tonic freely for more than a year, and consider
1t the best remedy | have ever known. In fact,
weakness, debility, rheumatism, and that dis
tressiug all-g0ntneSS and pain from which |
suffered so long, it has 10 equal. l do not see
how anyone can ford TO do without so valu-
able a medlci e."-MRs. HATTIE N. GRAVES,
cor. East and Front streets, Providence Il. 1.
Parker's Tonic.
Prepared by Hiscock & Co. N. VI
SOLD by all Druggist in large bottles at One
Dollar.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

MAJOR LOGAN WALKER, of the
Holly Springs Reporter, is highly ia
dorsed by the papers and prominent
men in North Mississippi for Railroad
Commissioner.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

1T costs $lC0 a year to keep the
town clock of Corinth in repair"
Another proof of the truthfulness of
the old adage. "Time is money"
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19
A Remedy for Lung Diseases.

DR.. Robert Newton, late President of the Ec-
lectic College of the city of New York, and form
er y Of Cincinnati, Ohio, used DIR. WIN. HALLS
BAIsAM very extensively in his practice, as
many of his patients, now living, and restored
to health by the use of this invaluable medicine,
can amply testify. He always said that so good
a remedy ought to be prescribed freely by every
physician as a sovereign remedy in all cases of
lung diseases. 1t cures Consumption, and has
no equal for all pectoral complaints.
For sale by all druggists.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

TIE brakemen on Morgan's Louis
lana & Texas Railroad; the Texas
Pacific have, struck for higher wages,
and its freight trains have stopped.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

AMERICAN statesmen are beginning
TO realize that Uncle Sans" domain
is being given away too fast, and Con
gress is going to stop it.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

DR.. DOwNEs, the immoral Boston
preacher, says the press is "the devils
advocate" The press congratulates
itself that DR.. Downes is not on its
side.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19
FREE INSURANCE..

We have conversed with both our
Representatives from this city about
securing for this State relief from the
insurance monopoly that prevails, but
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

Dr.. J.. Burton TORY, Of Washing
tn county, Miss , and Miss Fontaine
Garrett, of Canton, were married in
that city on the 10Th.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

OUR State Board Iof Railroad Com
missioners are holding a consultation
over the tariffs of the Illinois Central
Railroad.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

WORTH, the man milliner of Paris,
makes more "bustle" than any other
man living.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

SENAToR-ELECT DANIEL is to make
the address at the unwilling of the
Ben Hill statue at Atlanta, Ga.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19
Mr.. Watterson Getting Wen.

LOUISVILLE, Feb. I'M. Waiter
sons condition is much improved. He
rested well during the night and talked
cheerfully with his family this morn
ing.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

"IRY not the pass" said the man,
but ne was not a member of the Legis
lature.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

FOURTEEN of the thirty-two priso-
ners in the Jail of Washington county
are charged with murder.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

THE enterprislng advertiser proves
that be knows how to buy; because in
advertising he knows how to sell.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19
Won MOltka Sick.

BERLIN, Feb. 17.-Count Won
Moltke, chief marshal of the German
empire and chief of the general staff,
is seriously i'll.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

TIE worst foes Of doctors are exer-
else and soap and water.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

JACOB SHARP is a blunt but not a
dull witness. He says just enough to
whet the edge of legal curiosity.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

MISSISSIPPI aas $4,000 delinquent
poll tax payer.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19
Monumental ]8uala

a PURE hafsf far men-and a pure
ballet for " in,a
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

OLN' WINE lGLD ECO11 11ANOONh
was borne yesterday to his grave in
the town which gave him birth, to
sleep in the soil Of the State which
delighted to do him honor. Like Gen.
Anthony Wayne, whose headlong
military career his own resembles, and
who lies buried in the same county,
death has brought him back to the
peaceful fields which his own valor
had protected. The highest oppor-
tunity of war and with it the highest
laurels of conflict were denied him;
but within that limit, in the brief list
of those who shone alone in the shock
of conflict, the knightly thunderbolts
of blazing battle, Hancock's name will
be seen bright against the smoke of
wal while men flame at thought of
high daring. 1t was meet that this
a whose fame rang with the noise
Of shouting men and clashing armies
should have been buried in the peace,
the rest and the serene quiet which his
yalor had spread over the fields he
loved. His very presence gave the
4 and stir, the power and martial
pomp of an army with banners, in life
his air of command needed none of the
trappings Of power and in death none
were wanted to reveal to all men the
perfect soldier .-Philadelphia Press.
MUST FORK OYER THE SPOONS.
Congressman Blanchard, of Louisi-
ana, is pressing his resolution before
Congress requesting the Secretary of
the Treasury to report to the House
the amounts of money and valuables
appropriated by Generals Butler and
Banks, during their occupation of New
Orleans in 1862, 1868 and 1864. This
is a movement of great importance
to the citizens of New Orleans who
suffered fearfully by the lawless and
violent acts and appropriations of
these Federal officers. A recent num-
Der of the New Orleans States says
1t is time the Government of the
United States had taken some measure
to repair this Wrong.doing of those
officers and erase from our national
escutcheon the stains and dishonor in
ficted by those Imarauders. The ex.
pense and delay in the adjustment Of
the private claims Of citizens who
have suffered by their lawless acts
have been such as to prevent relief to-
many of the most meritorious claim
ants who have been impoverished by
the vandalism of these generals.
The report called for by Mr.. Blan-
chard's resolution will bring directly
to Congress all these claims, instead of
suhjecting them to the hopeless pro-
cesses and merely technical pleas and
delays set up in the Court of Claims
and in the Departments. Our people
will appreciate and commend the vigi-
lence and energy of Mr.. Blanchard in
bringing this matter before the repre-
sentatives of the people of the United
States, who, now that the passions and
animosities of our civil strife have
subsidized, will approve and applaud
any acts by which the honor and name
of the Republic may be rescued from
the shame and disgrace of the lawless
spoliations Of peaceful communities,
which were perpetuated in the name
and with the presumed sanction of the
government.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

THE decision by our Supreme Court
in the Pollard insurance case will star
tie nearly all the business men of this
State. The decision is doubtless in ex-
act accord with the law, but custom
in regard to the matter had been con
sidered stronger than law. There
are few business men who
connect a privilege license with
the validity of their insurance, but
they must do SO now. They must in
crease their license or take out less in
surance, for the two must accord.
The hard feature Of this decision is
that the underwriters have taken the
money from their customers when the
insurance was worthless above the
amount corresponding to the sum for
which the privilege license vas grant
ed.
This is another unanswerable argu-
ment why insurance in this State
should be made free.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19

SENATOR JACKSON, of Tennessee,
has introduced a bill providing for the
appropriation of $4,000 to pay the
Methodist Book Concern" of Nash
vile, for buildings destroyed at that
place by Federal troops during the
war. 1t is more than probable that
the bill will pass. The New Orleans
States wants Louisiana Senators and
Congressman to introduce a like bill
for New Orleans for reimbursement
for the destruction of the Touro
Infrmary by United States troops
during military government.
The Red Cloud chief., 1886-06-18
WALNUT

Uncle josiah Rinker is again visiting
friends on Walnut Greek.
MIR \ Pierstoti-s nephew from LohfF
Greek, has been visiting INN.
While Mr.. VIM. Beeiy WAS AWAY
ped Ing washing machines. which he
makes, the news came 10 his family
that his father. who lives near Smith
Center, had suddenly died. His broth.
er george started with his wife and
three children 10 the funeral, and
While crossing the creek N A place
supposed To be safe they were all cap
SIZED. Mr.. Beeiv secured his si>,er-in
.aw and the older children. but the
baby Heated away and could not I've
found until II was drowned They ar
rived n their journeys end VITA the
dead child Just As the people were re-
turning home from the burial.
Mrs. Mark Noble is very sick.
Ne>>rS David and Oliver Noble re-
csIred 4 PAIR OF dried sea-horses from
their cousin who lives near the At
lantIc coast, in New jersey. They are
quite 4 novelty. BETA.
The Red Cloud chief., 1886-06-18
LOCAL NOTES.

Miss LINN, Owen is sojourninr it
Kansas.
SEWING machine for sale. Enquir,
of f.. \. Young.
WANTED.-N situation As cook o,
laundry work by the day. Apply ,c
Mrs. l%Iorncr. oyer Iind>ey's mca'
market. Red Cloud.
Second-h range for sale. A
bargain. Reason for selling. | hay,
two. VIII give buyer his choice.
]w Gro. NJ. PLUME.
| can loan YOU money nj curren,
rates of interest, on real estate fol
any length of time from one year 70
five years. II &. W. Barker.
For sale cheap. one good soda ioun-
tain. Enquire of f.. a. Young. a. Nv
Mrs. GEO. b. GATES is the possessor
of Il very fine new buggy.
one good Mason Il lIamlin organ
for sale. Apply to J. ". Warren. op-
posite Chicago Lumber Yard.
Screen doors Screen doors Screen
doors cheap AT Chicago Lumber Yard
House Ia rent. with six rooms and
good cellar. Situated on WebSte,
street near school house. Apply TO
II. Il. SimonS ur Haley Bros.
coon buggy for sale. Inquire OF J..
". Warren. the hardware and general
notion man.
+. L. lioSroRp, formerly manager Of
the Il. x NJ stock yards, was in the
city the other day.
Do not forget that the Golden Eagle
keeps the best stock of boots and shoes
for men. womer and children, a,
prices that none VIII 90 away di>.atis
fled.
MIS-. lICLASIsKI and her mother.
Mr.. Plummcr. left last Saturday for "A
visit with relatives III York and Atchi-
son. The mother goes thence To her
home IN Chicago. Mr.. II. i lonesome
again.
Screen doc :, Screen doors Screen
doors cheap at Chicago Lumber Yard.
WNNTEn.-By a gentleman, a FIR
n'shed room, without board. Address
r. +. W, lock tox l..
10 to j. W. Warren. when in want !
of hardware and second hand goods
lie keeps everything and YOU can al
WAYS find bargains there. II YOU have
anything 10 sell, see him. Don't for
get the place. opposite Chicago Lum-
ber Yard.
furniture o! all descriptions at
Takers old stand, a; price, that defy
competition. Away. see Us before
YOU buy, a. We buy EXTENSIVE. ", and
can therefore sci! cheaper than anv
in the valley he sure and see
IL. +. Y. TAYLOR.
IL times ot prosperity prepare for
diversity tv havin, your farm prope
y. buildings, furniture and stock in
against loss OF damage hy fire.
lightning. cyclones. tornadoes. and
'lnd sto-ms IN the old reliable CONT
insurance company o: ..ew
York. C. +. Woop, Ag.n,
Il Red Cloud. Neb.
The Red Cloud chief., 1886-06-18
Strawberry Fest val -

The people Of Covles And y%icinI,.
gave q strawberry and ice cream fe.,
! tival Thursday evening, June 10. fOr
the bencf, Of the Union Sunday
School. ~ the evening Va. pleasan,
and the hall was crowded t. il. fullest
capacity, all did ample justice e. the
bountiful rep2-t 50; before them. !,
was thought that the total receipts
could be somewhat increased by the
arrangement; for two tables, and the
leaders Of each striving to see which
could secure the greater number Ia
| eat their table. Accordingly. table
No. l was .uperintended by Mr..
Chance, assisted by Mrs. Edison and
Mrs. Foe. and table No. , was super
intended By Mrs. Buick. assisted By
Mr.. Fuller and Mr.. Snoi.ra,-.
Both table. were a credit Ia the place
aud 1t j, hard T. lay which deserves
the most praise. Some thought that
table No. > va. a little the most
snowy, and it certainly wa> / marvel
of ncatnc,, and beauty, but a. table
NJ. ! received a little the most ca,h.
W i" not feel like expressing our
opinion a, IL the superior merit 81
either table oycr the other. The
ladies ui table NJ. ! wish To- express
their thank To- all who helped in the
enterprise, and c-peciallA 70 Mr.. Gil
ford for the use Of dishes and bcauti-
fol bolucts: to Peak 4 Latta for use
dishes 10 Mr.. Ward for bouquet: To-
Mr.. and Mr.. Livingston for use ot
hall and general help, and 10 the
young ladie, who helped orange and
wait upon the table. The ladies Of
table No. wish to express their sin
cerc thanks to all who rendered a.
s%i~tancc, and especially the young
waiter. Misses Mablc Wright. Nc,tic
Payd"n, Rosa Middleton and Dora
Ward, for the ncatncs> and dispatch
with which they discharged their
wok. W. are pleased To- record tina,