Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-15

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by the Legislature. The one
pointing out the necessity of
devising some means of tquallzlDg
taxation in all parts Of the state can
not be acted on too soon.
The whole message should be care
fully read by every patriotic citizen.
Trouble Between Managers Of
Operahouses.
SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. 9.-Rev. Geo
C. Mime, of Chicago, played in Nes'
Ions Operahouse, at Carbnodale-
Thursday night. There are two-so,
cllled Operahouses in that town, and
for some time a bitter rivalry has ex-
listed between ex-Mayor Juo. Nealon,
manager of the former, and James
O'Hearn, manager of the O'Hearn
Operahouse. After the performance,
Manager O'Hearn presented MIR. Mine
with a bill of twenty-five dollars for
the rent of his Operahouse, the TRACE
dian said be knew nothing about such
bills, and O'Hearn told Mr.. Milne that
mis- agent had engaged the honse by
telegraph and that the dale had been
kept for Mr.. Milne. Then il occurred
to the tragdian that a lost telegram
which his agent had sent to the man
ager of the CarbOndale O%perahouse
Operahouse had been delivered to
O'Hearn, Mr.. Milne explained to
O'Hearn that both himself and his
agent supposed there Was only one
Operahouse in Carbondale and that
the correspondence had all been done
with Manager Nealon. "Well what
are you going to do about it?' asked
O'Hearn. II don't see that there is
anything to be done about it, and l
am not going to do anything" replied
Mr.. Milne.
O'Hearn thin said he would attach
the property unless his bill was pad at
once. Mt. Milne then summoned
several of the company, got a baggage
wagon and went to the opera,house to
take the property to the depot. 1t
was then about midnight. O'Hearn
was on hand, and some words were
exchanged with the actor. Mr.. Milne
overheard one of the truckmen tell
O'Hearn that he would drive to barn,
and when the trunks were loaded
Mr.. Milne mounted the seat
beside the driver and said he
would go to the depot and get
his checks. A considerable crowd Of
O'Hearn's friends followed the wagon,
and Mr.. Milne was struck On the head
from behind with the butt-end of a
whip. The blow crushed his stiff hat,
cut his head badly and partially stunned
him. Another blow followed, and
then some one seized the tragedian and
pulled him from the wagon. Mr..
Milne was bleeding freely, but he
wrenched a whip from his assailant
and pummelled him until he howled
for mercy. The driver called for help,
and the tr~agedian's assailant ran away.
Other rutliaDs attempted to interfere,
but the plucky tragedian drove them
awey with the whip and then drove
the wagon to the depot. Mr.. Milne
brught the weapon to Scranton. 1t is a
hickory stick three feet long and nearly
two inches in diameter ; the upper
end is covered with raw-hide and stud
ded with brass nails.
Railroads Ceased Selling Tickets to
Omaha The Lowest Point Re-
ported by the Signal Service.
CHICAGO, ILLS, Jan. ga strong
wind is blowing through northern Il
linois, drifting snow badly. but the
cold is not so intense as that which
prevailed in the West and North. At
& o'clock this morning the mercury
registered 10 degrees above zero in
this city and has risen 3 to A degrees.
Omaha reported % degrees below zero
and clear. 1t is still blowing hard in
central Iowa, with the thermometer
at % degrees below zero at Des
Moines, and at St. Paul it is quoted Is
degrees below zero. The embargo on
railroad travel in central Iowa has not
yet been raised. Railroads have ceased
selling tickets to Omaha, and unless
the situation improves during the day
no through passenger trains were ex.
pected to leave for the west tonight.
The lowest point reported by the sig
nal service this morning was at Min.
nidago,, on the Canadian Pacific
railway, and in Manitoba, where Che
thermometer registered 81 degrees
below zero. Winnipeg quoted A
degrees below zero. Rec ipts of live
stock at the yards here this morning
were light. No cases of freezing are
reported. The Chicago & Milwaukee
and st. Paul e. Burlington have not
had a train from Council Bluffs since
Thursday.
LITTLE Rock, Jan. 9.-From an In