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Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-04-17
STATE NEWS.


STATE NEWS.
Harriston is to have two new hotels.
Pamela county needs colored laborers.
The river is rapidly rising in front of
Vicksburg.
Water Valley decides not to tax.
drummers.
The Madison Oil Mills make 10 bar
rels of oil week.
Farming is somewhat backward in
East Mississippi.
The State Press Association is post
poned until May 49,
The burnt district of ElIisyille is
bein rapidly rebuilt.
The interest in the Methodist revival
at Oxford is unabated.
Cotton continues to come into Ellis
vile in large quantities.
Holly Springs has an Art Studio
which is open to the public.
Yazoo City is to have sash, door and
blind factory costing $25, 600.
Mrs. Andrews, and old and highly es-
teemed lady Of Biloxi is dead
The Yazoo City council has resolved
not to impose drummer $ tax.
A Mr.. Merrill died at Columbus last
week of congestion of the brain.
Columbus will be full of visitors to
hear Sam Jones and Sam Small preach
Workman have been put to work re-
moving the debris of the collapsed bull
dings.
Albert Jean was severely wounded
over a game of craps, at Arcola re-
Gently.
The famous Busch-Zouaves of ST.
Louis will attend the inter state drill at
T1cKsburg.
The Huntley Gilbert dramatic com
pany is showing in Meridian to large
houses this week.
A large hotel is to be butt at Natchez
if the lots occupied by the collapsed
buildings can be had.
Mr.. John II. Martin will reply to Miss
Maude Exum's Address Of Welcome at
the Press Association.
Miss Maude Exum is to deliver the
address Of welcome to the Press Asso
citation at West Point.
The Woodyille Republican is the old
est paper in the State, having been es
tablished in 1823.-Cldrion,
Choetaw county is going to hold an
election under the Local Option Law.
Kemper county is also hustling her
self.
A dog supposed to be rabid, is biting
other dogs in Vicksburg, and thereat is
the editor of the Herald greatly
alarmed.
The fire committee Of the Vicksburg
Board resolved at recent meeting, to
buy two new horses for the Washington
company.
The Prohibitionists of Copiah county
are not going to let the county go by de-
fault. They held a meeting at Crystal
Springs last Tuesday and stirred EN-
up.
John w. Ward is at it again-we
mean editing-it seems impossible for
some men to keep out Of the paper bus
iness. His latest is the Clarksdale
Banner
The nextannual session of the Knights
of Pythias will be held in Yazoo City
May 18th; and the Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows will hold their meeting at Port
The Clifton clarion., 1886-09-22
Soda Locomotives:

Philadelphia Record: At the Baldwin Locomotive Works there are in courss of construction fot1t locomotives which are designed to be run by soda, Which takes the place of fire under the boiler. Soda has much the same power as coal without any of the offensive gased which that fuel emits: The er: zines are now nearly finished; and are to be shipped within two weeks to Minneapolis, Minn., and are to be run on the streets of that city; where steam engines are forbid den.
 The engine has much the same appearaiice as passenger car. IL is about sixteen feet long; gttirely boxed in, with no visible smoke stacks or pipes, as there is no es baust or refuse. The boiler Is of copper, eighty-four and half inches in diameter and fifteen feet long, having tubes running through it, as in steam boilers: Inside the boiler will be placed five tons of soda, which, upon be- ing dampened by jet of steam, produces a1 intense heat When the soda is thoroughly saturated; which will occur ID about six hours; tie action ceases, and then it is necessary to restore it to it's orig inal state by forcing through the boiler stream of sttperheated steam from stationary boiler; which drives the moisture entirely from the soda, when it is again ready for use. The exhaust steam from the cylinders is used to satu- rate the soda, aud by this means all refuse is used.
 These engines are the first of their kind that have beer built in this country, and are being con-. structed under the supervision of George ,Kuchler, a German engi- neer The engines will have about the same power as those on the New York elevated roads, and will readily draw four light cars. Soda engines are now usea in Berlin and other European 'es very successfully, and they also traverse the St. Gothard Tunnel, under the Alps, where the steam engines can not be used, because the length of the tunnel renders 1t impossible to devise $ system of ventilation which will carry off the foul gases generated by a locomotive. Sc o7efpowering would those gases become that suffocation would en- Sua
The Clifton clarion., 1886-09-22
The Oyster.

New York Graphic; aWhere are the oysters cor1sumed?''
 "Mainly in New York; was the reply. About 2OO,OOO,OOO per year is the amount of the New York consumption. The hotels here use nearly 100000 per day, nearly all Blue Points. The hotels have improved very much in this respectin the last half-dozen years,' as their patrons showed that they knew good thing and demanded it. To few Eastern cities, how ever, this is confined, for all through the West even the lest hotels slap down the cheapest quality of oysters before their guests. The Western people are being educated up to knowledge of oysters, and the demand for tho best qualities is rapidly growing. Chicago is the distributing centre for all that region, and takes about 3O,00O day. They are sent West without the shells in large pails containing 1000 aid chunk of ice. You do not often find oysters on the shell in Chicago on account of the heavy freight charges. It is cheaper to send a barrel of oysters to Europe than to Chi cago."
 "When is an oyster ih the best condition?"
 "When between 2 and 3 years old. The planting and cultivation of oysters is what makes them ex- pensive, for they must be taken care of like flowers. We plant a number of seed oysters in a certain place, and leave them there on a mud bottom to fatten and grow for couple of years or little less, and then remove them to d hard bottom. on which they get their shape best; there they remain per haps a year, and are then fit for market. Oysters very often grow to be dozen years old, but after 4 years are not good"
 Dry-Goods Chronicle: American inquisitiveness and ingenuity unit ed have produced thread made from the blossom of the comrion milk-weed which has the consist encv and tenacity of imported flax or linen thread and is produced at 8 much less cost. The fibre is long and easily carded, and may be readily adapted to spinning up- on an ordinary fax-spinner. IL has the smoothness. and lustre of silk, rendering it valuable for sew ing-machine use. The weed is common throughout this country; bnt grows profusely at the South. The material costs nothing for cultivation, and the gathering is as cheaply done as that of eottcts.
The Clifton clarion., 1886-09-22
Arizona .s New Mexico R. R. Time

Trains run daily, Sundays excepted.
 w. H. JONES. GenI. Superintendent
The Clifton clarion., 1886-09-22
Skipper Toms snappers.

Capt. Tom Kelly, now dead, was one of the pioneers in the Rio trade and man of Irish wit. The last boat he commanded was the brig Lapwing. The Captains of other vessels used to call her Tom Kelly's wooden shoe. Capt. Kelly got into little difficulty with the custom house officials in Rio at one time. He was hauled up for trial and accused as a Frenchman for violating the customs rules of Brazil. "A Frenchman, did ye soy?" said Capt. Kelly. Be jabers; did ye iver see a Frenchman with a foot as big as that?" and he held up his big feet The Court of h. quiry laughed and let Capt. Tom go. Capt. Tom was annoyed, as the other old pioneers were, by the Rio custom house officers, who in the olden days persisted in even searching a mans pockets when he landed there.
 While the Captain was loading in Baltimore for Rio one day, a colored man with two snapping- turtles about third grown board ed his brig and offered the turtles for sale. "Phat ye want for'em7" asked the Captain. "Quarter dollar apiece" "How long will they live?" "Live till dey die, boss, Zen sometimes longer, Doan want ter feed'em, nuther." "I'll take 'em," says the Captain. He put the snappers in a box and placed them in the cabin. He nursed them carefully and watched them closely until he got back to Rio. When he got there he put on his oveftUat; although it was warm, and put a snapper Tn each pocket. He landed at the Palais steps and started up to the custom house. An officer got on each side of him, lowing and saying "Bono Carito no, bono Americana" and each one slyly thrust hand in Capt. Kelly's overcoat pocket.
 The snappers grabbed finger of each of the hands, and the air was blue with Brazilian oaths, but the turtles wouldn't let go. The officials begged the Captain to stop and release them, but he pre- tended not to know what was the matter, and telling them he was in a hurry, dragged them along to the custom house. When he got there the mems hands were taken from his pocket with snapper clinging to each, and the turtles heads had to be cut off before they would release their hold. The chief of the custom-house was angry and was about to reprimand Capt. Kelly, when he told him that he had brought the turtles as present to him, and that he had no idea that his subordinates would attempt to rob him on the way. Capt. Kelly's pockets were never searched after that.-Balti- more Herald.
The Clifton clarion., 1886-09-22
Some Famous Old Men.

T
 The longevity of famous states men is remarkable. Imagine Lord Palmerston acting vigorously as Prime Minister of England when over 80, governing the vast British Empire with steady hand, and making speeches three hours long in the House of Commons, and rising next day fresh as man of 40! Think of the venerable Gui- got, the French statesman, who, at the age of 87, was still writing histories, presiding over religious conventions, and carrying on llve- ly discussions in the French Aca- detiiy.
 The late Lord Lyndhurst made able speeches Tn the House of Lords when he had passed his 9Oth year; and his long time rival, Lord Brougham, wrote his autobio- graphy, in three goodly volumes, when he had nearly reached 90 years.
 The Marquis of Lansdowne, who, as Lord Henry Petty, was leading member of the "All the Talents" Cabinet, of which Charles James Fox was the chief, in 1906, was still an active member of the House of Lords nearly sixty years in 1863, and died in that year at the age of S3.
 The Duke of Wellington took part in public affairs until his death, in 1852, in his S3d year.
 In former generations energetic statesmen of advanced years are found thickly scattered through the pages of history. There was the old Marquis of Winchester, who could remember Edward w, the first York sovereign, in 1483, and who, when he died in 1572, at the age of 97, was holding office under Queen Elizabeth.
 Referring to the statesmen of our own country, it is familiar fact that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the second and third Presidents, both died the 4th of July; 1926, just half century from the day when both signed the Declaration of Independence, Ad- ans being 91 and Jefferson s4. Andrew Jackson lived to be S2, John Quincy Adams to be s1, Madison S5.-Youth's Companion.
 Berlin papers copy from tic Germania the account of an i'm portant discovery in glass manu- facture made by Friedrich Sic mems of Dresden. He has sue ceeded in casting glass in the same way as molten metal is cast, and obtaining an article corresponding to the cast metal. This glass is hard, not deafer in production then cast iron, and has the advan- tage of transparency. so that all flaws can be detected before it is applied to practical use. It will be much less exposed to injury from atmospheric influences than iron. The process of production is not difficult, the chief feature being rapid cooling. The hard ness and resisting powers of this cast glass are so great that experi- ments are just now being carried out at the Simens glass foundry at Dresden with the purpose of as certaining whether the material could be employed for rails on railways.-London Times.
 The election of Mir. John Fitz- gerald to the office of the Presi-
The Clifton clarion., 1886-09-22

The persistence of woman is shown by an extradition case re- gently before Gov. Hill at Albany. Four years ago Mrs. Julia Dunn of Union, Pa, charged assault upon an old man worth $3,00O,O00. The defendent proved an alibi by two men on whose farms he held mortgages. Mrs. Dunn prosecut- ed the witnesses for perjury. They were bailed by the rich mans friends and fled to Canada. Then Mrs. Dunn went to Canada in mems clothes, became friend of Brown. one of the witnesses, and furnished him capital for a peddling trip. Then she induced hlm to cross the Niagara River, Brown not knowing the stream. Once on this side, she had him locked up and procured requisi- ton from the Governor of Penn sylvania. This IS the process which the rich man fought before Gov. Hill on behalf of his witness, alleging that Brown was induced to enter the country by fraud. But Gov. Hill granted the requisi- tion, and Brown, and perhaps the millionaire, will have to answer in Pennsylvania courts.-Springfeld Republican.
 tis estimated that the wheat crop of California will be worth $54,OOO,OOO this year, as against s2S,OOO,OOO last year; and that the barley crop will fetch S16,0O0,0OO, a gain of S7,OOO,OOO over last year. The area sown is said to be but fraction larger than in 1885. Rec ent estimates place the wime crop at $18,OOO,000, instead of the $25,- 100000 estimated earlier in the season. Last years crop was $15.- 100000.
 "I wish I had money, I would like to be solid man," remark ed a Texas inebriate to a friend. There is only one chance for you, Colonel" "What is that?" "Go to Alaska. It is cold enough there to freeze whisky. That's the oEly chance I see for you to become a solid man" ."-Texas Sif- tings.
The Clifton clarion., 1886-09-22


 The election of Mir. John Fitz- gerald to the office of the Presi- dent of the Irish National League of America is an honor to Nebras- ka and a credit to the conservative forces which governed the deliber- ations of the great convention just c'osed at Chicago. Itsymbolizes and affirms the sentiments expressed and practiced during the present year by the Home-Rule party in Ireland and its supporters in Great Britain. Mir. Fitzgerald brings to the position the ripe experience of a successful business man. Cool headed and cautious, naturally averse to display, and an unwaver ing supporter of Parnell, he will raise the standard of the league above the petty political factions which have hampered the manage ment of MT. Egan. Mir. Fitzger- aid is a man of ample means, a good organizer, and will devote himself to strengthening the ad- vanced position of the Home-Rule party in IreIand.-Omaha Bee.
 My son." said a mild, soft-voic- ed gentleman, as he put his head out through a car window and ad- dressed boy on the depot plat form iii an Idaho town, "f see several strange-looking Cinnamon standing over there by that pump. Do you have many such in thls village?"
 ''1'hem ain't Chinamen; them's Injins," replied the boy. Didn't you ever see any before?"
 Certainly not, my son." said the gentleman, regarding them with great interest; liam one of the newly appointed Indian Com missioners making an official trip Vest" Exchange.
The Clifton clarion., 1886-09-22
Clifton POstOmce.

Clifton POstOfice.
 Regular hours from 7:s0 a. m. to I:sO ?. m. Registration from 9:30 a. m- to D. m. Money Order hours, a:s0 a. m- to p. m: Sundays. office open from II a. m. to F m. Mail departs for Solomonville Tuesdays, Saturdays. Mail closes 6:3O a. m.
 Mail for Morenci closes at p. m- a, No foreign or mutilsted money will be received for stamps. box rent or postal orders. Parties calling for mail matter other than that which is addressed to themselves must present an order for delivery.
 C. M. CLARK, P. M.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-11-05
rhe Colorado state Ticket.
Personal Tax In Mexico.

A capitation tax has been introduced In
the State of Guerrero, Mexico. Every
male inhabitant, from IS to go years Of
age. is to pay twelve cents per annum,
while field laborers shall pay an extra tax
OF six cents per month for public i'm
provements. and all who have Il yearly
salary of $3.50 and over, twelve cents
extra monthly. All who may practice any
profession are to pay q license fee of from
so cents to So monthly, according to the
amount of business they may do. All
public employees will pay, instead of the
above tax, an annual assessment amount
ing to IL per cent Of their yearly salary.
The law il said to have been SO far vel
received.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-11-05
eureka Dailp 9entinel.
FRIDAY....... NOVEMBER s. 1886.
ELECTION PROBABILITIES.

With three exceptions the whole
Democratic State ticket seems to have
been beaten by majorities ranging from
three to eight hundred. Belknap, Fitz.
gerald and Sadler are probably elected.
Belknap is almost certainly elected,
while Fitzgerald and Sadler have, &C.
cording to latest advices, each a good
fighting chance. In both cases the ap-
parent margin is not in excess OF three
hundred. The SENTINEL believes that
both are elected by small maiorities.
We have no hope of anything else on the
State ticket.
The Legislative tickets have run re.
markably close in all of the counties.
In Storey county the eleven Republican
members will get through by possibly
less than fifty majority. At a late hour
yesterday afternoon the Democratic
ticket was only seventeen behind, with
three hundred votes to count. The
chances for Republican success there
seems the best. Washoe elects the solid
Democratic ticket, thanks to the manly
stand of General Powning and his
friends. Humboldt does the same. Elko
elects two Democrats and two Repub.
licans. Douglas elects one and one. SO
does Churchill. At some points in the
eastern part of the State the Legislative
ticket was slaughtered in the interest OF
certain parties on the State ticket. This
was done to some extent in Eureka
county, as is we'll known now that the
battle is over. Considering that there
was not a dollar behind the Democratic
Legislative ticket in any county in the
State it ran exceedingly we'll. 1t did
not cost the railroad company less than
5000, 900 to elect the Legislature for
Stewart, and it barely succeeds by the
skin of its teeth. AS we figure, con
ceding that the eleven are elected in
Storey county, the Republicans will prob
ably have fourteen majority on joint
ballot. But they are elected by insig'
nifcant majorities. A change of lOC
votes in the right places is the State
would have returned q Democratic Legis'
lature. In view of the vast amount Of
money spent by the railroad company,
together with the combined pressure oil
all the corporations in the State, mining
and railroad, the result is not to bt
wondered at. The only wonder is thai
the Democrats came so neal to winning
LATER-Since the above was in type 6
private telegram has been received, stat
ing that the entire Republican Legisla
tive ticket is elected in Storey county.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-11-05
RUSSIA SHOWS HER TEETH.

Russia has sent cruisers to Varna for
the protection of her subjects in that
city. A step like this is calculated to
excite general apprehension. A mere
tryo in the history of modern Europe
knows how p%erilous a thing it is to in
wade a foreign port for the purpose of af-
fording protection to a particular class Of
foreign residents. Many cases of en-
broilment have arisen out of this very
method of "aiding ones own." In the
present instance the movement is unique.
It is undertaken under circumstance
neither of anarchy nor even of hostile
collision. No war, civil or otherwise, is
going on in Bulgaria, nor does it appear
that the estate of siege has imperiled
anybody's safety at Varna. So that if
the presence of Russian gunboats in that
port is not already q menace, intended as
such, it may very rapidly become
one,e especially in view of the Russian
claim to the right to send the
crews ashore. Unless the Bulgarians
can be depended upon to show in this
new situation the courage and forbear-
ance which have hitherto characterized
them, the earlier Europe is prepared for
a long threatened outbreak the better.
On the other hand, an antagonist deter.
mined to push matters to extremes is
best met boldly when he shows his hand.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-11-05
r-a.,ss1n.s Election Close.

CtNc1SNATI, Nov. 4.-NothiDS dehni'e
can be stated in regard 10 Carlisle's cleo
,ior until the official count ia completed.
Tbis will begin on Friday afternoon. The
Times Star this morning does not change
the outlook, which is considered favorable
to Carlisle by q close vote.
Cong ressmRn Morrison Defeated.
ST.. LOUIS, Nov. 4.-Dispatches from
Belleyille, Ills, say that Hon. ". R.
Morrison (Dem.) for reelection to Con-
gress from the Eighteenth District has
been defeated by his Republican opponent,
Judge John Baker, by a majority OF about
1000.
A Democratic Gain.
CoScoRD, N. H., Nov. 1.-The election
of McKenny DEM to Congress in the
First District over Haynes (Rep.) is con-
ceded by a plurality OF about $50. This is
a Democratic gain of one member, and it
eoually divides the New Hampshire dele
cation.
A Democratic I.Oss,
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 4.-The = Dem
ocrats have lost heavily in all the districts
throughout the State. OF ten Districts in
the State the Republicans have carried six,
he'll Democrats three and Labor one, being a
net loss OF five Congressman to the Demo-
orats.
Co~urtesies to President Cleveland
BosroN, Nov. 4.-The Board of Alder
men voted to extend the courtesies of the
oitv TO President Cleveland. who will at
tend the Harvard College celebration on
Monday next.
a $1,000 Blaze.
MEMPHIS, Nov. A tire to-day at noon
burned the Chickasaw Cooperage Com
pany's works on front street, entailing q
loss of about 500, 900.
A Solid Democratic Delegation
Elected.
JACKSON, Miss, Nov. ALI parties
have conceded the election of a solid Dem
ocratic delegation to Congress from
Mississippi.
The Colorado state Ticket.
CHICAGO, Nov. 4.-Scattering returns
from Colorado indicate the election Of the
entire Republican State ticket by q small
majority.
Woman Suffrage Granted in Yer.
mont.
MONTPELIER, VT, Nov. 4.-The House
of Representatives to-day passed a bill
granting suffrage to women by q vote o.
1856 to 80.
Iowa Returns.
DEs MONIES, Nov. 4.-The Republican
majority on the State ticket is 10000. Tht
| Republicans elect eight Congressman,
gain of M
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-11-05
LAW AND THE "LIMITED."

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
has rendered an opinion of wide interest
to corporations that run and passengers
who travel on "limited trains.
A man took the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Limited express at
Cleveland for Erie. He had an ordinary
passenger ticket. The regulations of the
company called for a special ticket on
this train. The conductor refused to ac-
cept the ticket held by the passenger
and also the full amount of fare in money
which was offered. The man was put
off the train at night in a dangerous
place and was injured by another train.
He sued the company and got a verdict
for $4S, 900.
The case went to the Supreme Court
of the State. That tribunal holds that
the company had a right to require
special tickets Of passengers travelling
on the "limited and to put off any one
not having such ticket. But the COM
pany was not entitled to treat as a
trespasser any person not provided with
o special ticket, but only as a passenger
who had taken the wrong train. If un-
willing to carry him it was bound to put
him off at a station or some other safe
and proper point, and was liable in dam.
ages for any injury caused to the passen-
ger by reason of his election in a danger
ous Mace.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-11-05
Good Things at Lambert's.

Johnnie Lambert is just in receipt of g
consignment of fresh apple cider-the besl
ever brought to this market. Hereafter
on the arrival OF Thursdays train. he viii,
receive q large quantity of fresh fish. He
also makes a speciality of keeping fresh
eggs. He keeps the best of everything in
the market.