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improved pig trough. The sides Of tho
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Tic -HeI There illustrated is proof against
aimas, ans winters cold, and especially
n tlc opening I'll towards the south The
Lsg.l Ilo-s ~ hoy so closely packed on
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Although many advise the use of red
pepper. il should be given very moder-
ateiv. A teaspoonfal in the soft food
for fifty hens, three times week, will
be found sufficient
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rHg srAxpAEp or .EAca1Ne

all over the State has been raised, not
witbstandiug waiting and guashing
If teeth The spirit OF Indignation
has ragged in many a pedagogic bosom.
a friend should bear t?Irnd's inlirm
ity," yet some Of the aforesaid official >
best friends are 'disgruntled." Th, re
Is threatened tempest in the ballot
box, but the good results of This un
popular reform will be so apparent
before the next election, that this
mighty exponent of some great unknown
algebraic quantity will ride u victory
on his successful system Of % per cent.
charge, Chester, ehargel On Stanley
on ~ The counter current will be strong
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-24
INDIAN sUMB.EE

spreads over the land. The school chill
lren gather for the duties Of the day.
There are many OF them, for they come
from village aud country. Their faces
are bright aud their hearts full of Joy,
for Of troubles as yet they know nothing.
rne teacher sits amor 2 them, digesting
notes aud messages, each directing a
separate manner of teaching, as to what
they shall be taught aud how and where
or whether ut all, or whether not at
all-laWs for automaton teachers-fgure
heads to sit at desk and obey orders
But The State Superintendent Of Pebble
Education has settled many mooted
question by simply enforcing few OF
nnr srhnnl 1--WE.
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to the consideration of the Legislature
9f the State | wonder If our Governor
has seen il? ! hope SO, for / have State
pride enough to Mant our Governor 10
see everything that any body e se's Gov
ernor sees. That suffrage question will
make many a good man take tie fence. Il
is more rickety and crooked fence than
than that of Prob btion, on which tie
average politician is SO gracefully bal
auced. But time is working on them
both, and the old rails are beginning to
give away and twist about, see saw, fly
up in UNEXPECTED places, SO that the
man of the people must jump one way
or the other.
Well, Back Hawk was honored the
other day by visit from her Congress
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on conviction be punished for H.
offence BY fine not exceeding ffty S AZ
lars, and by imprisonment in the co,' eot
Jail not exceeding sixty DAYS: AM ,Opat!
the second offence by fine Of o rnI lof
dred dollars and imprisonment ~ Aan-
county Jail for four months. on y tne
the third, or other offences, bva sa LOT
five hundred dollars and imprisoruns0
in the county Jail for six months i ~
selling of liquors in violation os 4! me
Act. shall also be nuisance oo5 tois
same may be abated by 81 appror. TIE
proceeding at law, or enjoined a. F'' y
application of any citizen of thi. * ele
by Chancery Court of the p-onar o a.sA'e
ty, and there shall be no properly i .ouh'
Intoxicating liquors kept or oflera1 a !!
sale in violation of law. III
SIC. 9. That nothing In thu.
shall be so construed as to prevan, AZ y
manufacture of wine or cider for "a. 'as
tic or sacramental purposes, nor ~
anything herein contained prera. ..'1 !
censed druggists from selling or fnrn;.l,
ing pure alcohol for medicinal. art s ,,;ss
tific or mechanical purposes; ana an
every sale of wine, the seller shan II
guilty of misdemeanor. and MAJ
punished as provided BY section : g
this Act in reference to violations ~.
of; and nothing herein contained ~ ~,
prevent physicians of good standina1;
this State, from keeping vinous sni,;.- !
Gus or malt liquors for use in their M n,.'
| tice, and dispensing the same for :.
use of their patients; Provided h.
ever, no such liquors shall be kep ~ \.
physicians at any drug store or ON.
public place, or disposed of in quaDt;,;.
of more than one pint, and it sbsji !,
unlawful for them to sell it at all
| SIC. 10. That this act shall take :.
feet and be in fore from and afte,
passage.
Approved March u, 1886.
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WHILE in Jefferson county las: week,
the proprietor of TIE CLARION paid a
visit to ''The Pines," the home of Hon.
George Torrey, two miles from Fayette.
He found this honored and respected
citizen of Jefferson county Frustrated by
the infrmities of old age, being now in
his seventy-eighth year. His sight has
almost entirely departed, and his failing
appetite has so weakened him that he is
unable to leave his bed. But his mind
is clear, and he still feels lively inter-
ests in all public affairs, and the calls of
his old friends afford him great gratifi-
cation. Mr.. Torrey was one of the most
extensive and successful planters of
Jefferson county, was several times a
member of the Legislature, and has
been active in most of the political con-
tests in the county for the past forty
years. Some years ago he visited Eng
land, Ireland and Scotland in the inter-
est of immigration, and was quite sue
cessful in that venture. His aged wife
is also afflicted, but able to minister to
his wants, and both are under the tender
care of loving son, and have the best
wishes of host of friends that the last
stage of their earthly pilgrimage may be
free of clouds, and bright with the sun
light of their eternal home
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BARKsDALE MAJoRrTIEs
6ooKER MAJoRITIEs.
Barksdale's maioritv-27.

Barksdale's majority-24.
The foregoing count includes the bogus
Hooker vote at Grand Gulf, and the
pretended majority claimed for him at
Brandywine. Still it puts Barksdale
ahead in the popular vote. But for the
cunning trick at Grand Gulf he would
have carried that box, and exhibited
larger majority in the aggregate.
When the Convention was organized
the Barksdale men were clearly in the
ascendant. This is shown by the official
proceedings, and by the partisan tele-
gram to the n. o. Picay,eae, which stated
that the Barksdale men had control of
the Convention and worked it for all it
was worth" They unquestionably had
entire control of its organization, and
we're in the majority as well before as
after the Committee on Credentials re-
ported; and majority of the Conven-
ton voted for and adopted the substi-
tute for the report of that Committee,
which substitute recommended the new
Executive Committee to order primary
election; and majority of the Conven-
ton voted for and adopted the motion
to adjourn sine die.
There was nothing which savored of
"bolting" in the proceedings of the Con-
vention. They were perfectly regular
from beginning to end. Instead of post
poning the selection of District dele
gates, the Convention might, at once,
have proceeded with propriety to their
selection, but in spirit of Cancellation,
that important duty was deferred till
the 2lst of August, when there will be
fair test of the will of the Democracy
of the county. the Barksdale delegates
who controlled the Convention, thus at
tested their desire for harmony and
their confidence in their strength.
After the Convention had adjourned
the larger portion of the Hooker men
met and organized "side show (which
they have advertised as "Conven-
tion"), and then proceeded to go through
the farce of appointing delegates to the
District Convention. A more unmiti-
gated sham than this pretended "Con-
vention," was never attempted on public
credulity.
The foregoing unvarnished statement
shows: 1. That Barksdale had major
ity in the precinct meetings; 2. That
he had majority of the Convention,
even including the irregular delegates;
3. That the Barksdale majority con-
trolled the Convention; and (4) that
finally, in the spirit of harmony, as well
as in the perfect confidence that they
represented the will of the people, they
proposed to leave the question to the
Democratic party to ascertain their sense
through primary election; and their
proposition was opposed by the Hooker
minority, who seemed bent on ruling or
running, and organized a boiling Con-
vention and appointed delegates of their
own to the District Convention in def
ance of the will of the party and its reg
ularly constituted authority.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-28

The Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue. has made preliminary report OF
the operations of the internal revenue
service during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1886. The total collections
for the year were s116,902, Sf5. The
total collections for the previous fiscal
year were $112,421, 12l-showing an in
crease of "a, 481, 724. The increase was
made up as follows: 81 ,5Sl, 055 on spirits,
81, 500, 274 on tobacco, 81 AS, $40 on fer
mented liquors. This amount was re-
duced by decrease of $4,000 on banks
and bankers and decrease of $40, 554 in
miscellaneous receipts. There was an
increase of 252, PIP, 121 in the number of
cigarettes, an increase of Isl ,925, 855 in
the number of cigars, an increase of l ;
010,574 in the number of pounds Of
tobacco, an increase of 1906, 108 in the
number of gallons of spirits distilled
from grain and other material, and an
increase of 152,49S in the number of
barrels of fermented liquors, as COM
pared with the previous fiscal year. Re
ports of receipts during part of the
month of July indicate that the receipts
for the year will be considerably in
creased.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-28

AS this paper was going to press, we
received a lengthy card from Col. T. R.
Stockdale which, for want of time and
space, will not appear until next issue.
In his first card, which was written
hastily, where he uses the words, "and
promulgated by Van Eaton's friends to
defeat me by SANDER, when they found
they could not do it otherwise" he de-
sires to say: "and promulgated by some
of Van Eaton's friends to defeat me by
SANDER, when they feared they could
not do it otherwise" The word found
was doubtless a misprint in the card as
first published, and Col. Stockdale dis
claims any intention to include all of
Major Van Eaton's friends in the para
graph quoted.
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The Sunday Law in vicksburg.

Mayor Powell has issued the following
order, which has been very generally
approved by the people of Viclzsburg:
VIcKsBURe, Miss, July "a, 1886.
J. B. Brown, Esq, City Marshal
Having been called upon by you to con-
strue the law in regard TO violations of
the Sabbath under sections 2949, so, 81,
81 and 1858 of the Code of 1880, would
say that it admits of broad, liberal and
common sense construction, to-wit: Ho-
tells, restaurants, boarding-houses, ice
houses, barber shops till 10 a. m. hacks,
omnibuses, transfer wagons, express
wagons, livery stables, baggage and milk
wagons, delivery bread wagons, baker
shops, telegraph and telephone offices,
butcher shops and the regular market at
the market-house until 8 o'clock a. m !;
the delivery of the daily papers to sub
scribers.
The above are necessities and contrib.
ute to the comfort and health of the
public, and in my opinion do not come
within the meaning of the statutes and
should not be disturbed.
JOHN w. POWELL, Mayor.
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Al correspondent Of the Wesssn Times,
Ii his real 70 come to the rescue of Sam
coadjutor in Mississippi, tells
Us exactly what he said in his speech
at Wesson. The views expressed by
Col. Hooker at Wesson are in strict
accord with those of Mr.. Randall, except
that Mr.. Randall has too much sense 10
believe that the people viii ever consent
to the repeal of the tax on whisky, and,
therefore, he confines his efforts in the
direction of continuing the oppressive
tax on food and clothing and other
necessaries TO the repeal of the tax on
tobacco. But here's what the Times
correspondent gives as Col. Hooker's
language:
"What Col. Hooker did say in his
speech at Wesson, was that he was in
favor of apolishing the internal revenue
including that on whisky and tobacco
that he was not in favor of taking one
dollar more from the pockets of the
people in the way of taxes than wa:
necessary to an economical administra
ton of the government. For this stand
he had been classed as Randall Demo
crat, and If that constituted San
Randall Democrat, he was proud t.
follow in the wake of so distinguished {
leader. The Times should not misquot,
Col. Hooker's speeches, as means O.
boistering up his opponents interests
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-28

The House Committee on Public
Lands have decided not to take further
action in regard to the Gulf and Ship
Island land grant at the present session.
The friends of the measure will repose
on the vantage ground they have already
gained until the next session, when the
question will be resumed. This plan
accords with the views of Senators
George and Walthall, and Representa-
tives Van Eaton and Barksdale, who
have given the matter special attention,
and whose course has been characterized
BY great activity in support of the ex-
tension of the grant.
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~ officers Of the Grand Lodge knights q
Honor recently in session at Jackson; p
O. Sims Is the new Grand Dictator and III;
7 N. Green. State Medical Examiner, ana
Jacob Gattman one of the Trustees y. I'll
lie 4 Grand Comm ander OF the Knights OF the
Golden Rule, and /. Y. johnson, represen-
tative 10 the Supreme Grand Lodge OF Inc
same order. which assemblies on August
|16. RIB. Brannin is Grand Lecturer oil
the Masonic Grand Lodge
The pepitentiary convieis at Blue Noun,
tain Convict Camp, adopted and requested
| to have published an expression OF hearty
thanks to "Mr T. G. Lowrey, Miss Elite
Watson. Miss Bessie Darlington, Miss
| Cora Buchanan, the friends and citizens
generally OF the town and vicinity OF blue
Mountain, Tippah county, Tor having on
10th day of July, 1856, prepared with their
own hands and furnished at their own ex-
pense nice dinner for the benefit OF us
unfortunate prisoners" and Tor this unex-
pected and unsolicited kindness they pray
that s'the blessings OF Him who doeth all
things we'll, may ever rest upon them
| Rev. FL. F. Sproles, Statistical Secretary
of the Mississippi Baptist State Conven-
ton, reported the following interesting
figures as to the denomination in Missls-
sippi Number of churches 9l5, minister:
AS, baptisms last year 1926, membership
SO. 499. In the General Association o.
Mississippi the number OF churches, lis
ministers, 20 baptisms, 672 membership
1894 Total white Baptist churches, 1897
ministers sos; baptisms, 1904; member
ship, 6S, 693. General Association eoloreS
Baptist churches, 1864 ministers, innu
merable; baptisms, 1888; membership
!, I56, 375. Total white and colored Baptist
in the State: Churches. 216l baptisms
1882 membership, 225,06s.
The Yazoo Band has received lette
, from the managers of the Vicksburg Fai
Association, finally declining TO pay then
j the 5000 prize money to which they wer
/ entitled. We have seen a great deal c
the correspondence, and know that an
e | fair-minded person would condemn in ur
r measured terms this action on the part {
the Fair Association. The Band went I
: Vicksburg in good faith, and it was nC
e their fault that no other band had tn
courage to appear against them. In I'll
first place the Association added insult I
y injury by emitting their names from ii
7 list of successful contestants, because II
Band went to Vicksburg to win the chan
r pionship, and after winning il, were FL
h titled to both the money and credit. Wick
\ burg owes it to herself, as we'll as 1azo
st to condemn the Association which h
thus brought discredit upon her fair nam
i-Yazoo Sentinel.
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The Latest From Claiborne Com
mittee Equally DIVIDED Primary
Election to be Held.
PoRr GIBSON, July 81, 1886.

FORT GIBSON, July p, 1886.
Special to THE CLARIoN.1
The County Executive Committee met
this morning pursuant to call-the sixteen
members being equally divided between
Hooker and Barksdale. A motion was
passed declaring the three members from
Grand Gulf-the disputed precinct-not
entitled to seats in the meeting. and re-
commencing the voters of that precinct to
NIL the vacancy at the approaching pri-
mary election. When this resolution was
offered the Hooker members OF the Com
mittee Withdrew. Alta late informal meet
ing efforts to agree upon some satisfactory
compromise failed, consequently the pri-
mary election to choose delegates to Dis
trict Convention will Be held rs heretofore
ordered.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-28

IT is mistake that the Claiborne
County Convention appointed the Elk
ecutive Committee that called the pri-
mary election. The Committee was
selected by the Democratic Clubs of
Claiborne county, prior TO the assem-
bling of the Convention, and all but
three of its members were regularly
selected.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-28

The irregularities end informalities'
at Grand Gulf and Brandywine, refer
red to in the resolutions adopted by the
Convention were cheats and nothing
else.
At Grand Gulf the meeting had been
fixed for o'clock p. M, but at II M,
when there were less than twenty men,
bers of the Club present, the Hooker
men being in the majority, it was called
to order by the President, Hooker
man, its business was transacted, and it
was adjourned by l p. m. At the hour
agreed on for the meeting a p. m. J
there were more than enough Barksdale
men present to have changed the. result,
but they were without recourse except
to appeal to the Convention, as in Clai-
borne county ali delegates are elected
by the Democratic Clubs, and not by
meetings of Democrats as is usual in
this and other counties. 1t is significant
eHtis az NtiduQ Oull3 Tue NOb6S Oh LWO
persons who were not present were
counted for Hooker, the votes having
been sent to the meeting in sealed en-
ve.ops..
At Brandywine, after the ballot had
been taken and the result announced as
tie, and without retaking the ballot, a
Hooker man was allowed to vote and
change the result. In addition to this
two of the men who voted for Colonel
Hooker were not lawful voters in the
county of Claiborne.
1t will thus be seen that the reasons
for requesting the Executive Committee
to order primary election, appealed
strongly to the Convention, and there is
not fair-minded man in the State who
will not say that the action of the Con
vention was more than warranted by all
the circumstances.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-28

III is reported that the Hooker faction
in Claiborne who bolted the regular
Convention on the 18th, was to have
held meeting at Port Gibson yesterday
to devise a plan for extricating them
selves from their dilemma. Why, gen.
tIemen, the way is as plain as the road
to market. If you have the confidence
that you profess to have in your strength,
why don't you accept the invitation to
a trial of 1t in the primary election on
the 2lst August?
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Col. Stockdale's Democracy me
Travis Letter.

We have been asked to publish the
following letter as pertinent TO the Issue
between Col. StockdaIe and the Wood
vile Republican:
Editor of The Gazette:
DEAR SJR:-Your note is before me,
enquiring IF was a delegate to ana
present at the Republican Congressional
Convention in 1875, held in Brookhaven,
which nominated John r. Lynch Tor
Congress-and if Col. Thos. 4. Stock
dale was at that Convention and gave IN
his adhesion to the Republican party
In reply | would say that dlsPosi-
ton to do justice to a man who IS most
unjustly assailed by portion OF the
press of the 9th District, prompts me 70
answer fully the questions propounded'
all of which are within my knowledge.
was at that time Sheriff OF f1Ke
county, having been elected on the he
publican ticket, and was one OF the
leading Republicans of the county. l
and one other white man and seyerai
negroes were delegates to that ConVen-
ton and were present at it. Col. 1. H.
Stockdale was not there, and did not al
that time (nor did he at any other time
to my knowledge) give in his adhesion
to the Republican party. If he had
done so | certainly would have known
It, for my knowledge embraced the
bottom facts and most secret machinery
Of the party in the district at that time.
Col. Stockdale never did affiliate in any
OF the Conventions of the party ana
was not regarded by Republicans as
member of the party-but on the con,
trary was always regarded by US and
known to be Democrat. For SIX
years, | attended every Republican Con,
vention that was held but one-and
Sol. Stockdale never took part either
privately or publicly in any of them
4 ne was q Republican he was very
'reacherous one, Tor he was doing us
more harm on the stump than almost
my other man in the district.
1 was mild Republican then. have
zen ever since, and am one to-day. II
Republican were to run for Congress
2 this District and liked him would
'ote for him.
4ou arc at liberty to make such use
+ this - you think proper.
Very Respectfully,
]. q, TRAv1s.
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1t may have been novel idea for the
Chairman of the Claiborne County Con-
vention to place on the committee on Gre
dentials two gentlemen who were mem
bers Of the only delegations whose rights
to seats in the Convention were in con-
troversy, but the Convention instructed
the chairman to do that very thing.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-28

Ar Nicholson, Miss, station ON the
line Of the N. 0. & N. f. Railroad,
on the oath inst, Conductor John c.
Carlin, shot and mortally wounded
Joseph Jopes, who was approaching him
with drawn knife. Nicholson is in
Hancock county.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-28

THERE was reunion of Hoskins'
Battery at Brookhaven, Saturday. OF
l6o members who Joined the Confeder-
ate army only about 80 are alive to-day.
Their gallant Captain, Jas. A. Hoskins,
was present at the reunion, and spoke
with much feeling to the little remnant
of his old company.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-28

WE gee it stated in various exchanges
that there is man living in West Vir-
gia "a years old who was bugler for
General Taylor in the Mexican war.
We see no reason why bugler of any
war should not be alive.-Lerington Id
yertiseT
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-28

1T was stated in Washington paper
on Thursday last that Public Printer
Rounds would resign in few days, and
that he had purchased the Omaha Re-
publican at cost of one hundred thous-
and dollars, and would assume charge of
same in October. 1t was also stated
that Mr.. Keaton, of the Memphis APP
peal, would be the probable successor of
Mr.. Rounds.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-28

We did not indorse Gen. Logan as a
suitable person to be the Vice President
OF the United States, and we have been
much annoyed by his obstinate hatred
to Fitz John Porter; but since be made
the fur fly from Field Marshal Hal
stead, in the Senate on the 2lst, we are
willing to pardon many of his trans
gressions.