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The Brookhaven leader., 1888-09-27
rhe New COTTON Ragging.
Editor Brookhaven Leader:

Editor Brookhaven Leader:
IL appears that the FaEmers Alliance
is really in earnest about finding a
substitute for jute bagging, with
which to wrap their cotton this season,
and it also appears that they will sue
coed in finding the article in the cot
ton cloth bagging now made at the
Lane Cotton Mills at New Orleans.
This alone is quite encouraging.
Every thing connected with this new
cotton bagging is so favorable to the
farmer. Just fancy, it is made of our
own home-raised material and has
been produced and is manufactured
by a Southern cotton manufacturing
establishment. As though it had been
predestined by an allwise Providence
to become home industry Of the cot
ton belt, it will require 100 or 1901
bales of cotton to make enough Of this
cloth bagging to wrap the entire crop,
which will in itselfimprOve the mark
ct for cotton. The money that is paid
out for it goes to the cotton grower i'll
the first place, for the raw material,
and secondly to home establishment
for its manufacture into bagging. Oh
course this keeps. all money invested
for bagging right here at home, in
stead of sending it off to foreign coun
tries where we certainly will derive
no benefit from it, while if the same
money is kept at home in our own
Sunny South. it will always turn over
and over for our own good. 1t should
be the desire land feel certain it will
be) of every honest, industrious and
country loving farmer to wrap his
cotton in his own home made materi-
al. mean cotton cloth bagging
which is really home made, because il
is not made abroad citherraw or man
ufactured. | first saw an article III
the weekly Picayune headed a substi-
tute found. | mentioned it at an ALI
ance meeting on the Sth instant. The
result was a motion was set on foot at
once to appoint corresponding com
mittee, for the purpose of acquiring
some knowledge OF the new bagging
The committee was at once appointed
and | was made chairman. | wrote
at once to Lehman, Stern & Co. fol
prices and sample, which they sent
promptly. The same are in my pos
session, and will be willingly shown
and explained to any farmer. Every
one that has seen the sample is de
lighted with it, and it is beyond a
doubt the very thing to wrap cotton
with. | intend to make it known tC
every one possibly can, and do every
thing can to encourage the Use OF
! this new bagging, throughout the
length and breadth of the cotton belt
have the sample and know the
prices, and know full wellit's no hum
bug. 1t is also my desire to show il
and explain its merits at the next
meeting of the Cotton Yard Associa-
ton at McComb City on the 26 inst.
and hope there will be many Alliance
men to see for themselves.
F. w. STANLEY.
| McComb City, Sept. 18, 1883.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-09-27

Little Springs, Sand Hill, Sloan,
New Salem and Union Alliances held
joint meeting on Sept. LIST, and
pledged themselves to purchase no
hagging, until after the meeting of the
State Business Agents, called by the
State Alliance, assembled in jackson,
August, %, unless they can get it at
8 or 10 cents per yard, but will use
cotton goods. such as towels, etc., i'll
its stead. All true Alliance men and
farmers throughout the STATE were
urged to cooperate in carrying out
this purpose.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-09-27

growing to failure on account of
the yellow fever panic and iron-clad
guarantees, to receive our regular
supply of paper, the LEADER is COM
PEELED to appear this week It's half
sheet. We ask our patrons to make
due allowance, and assure them that
the deficiency viii he rcmedied as
soon as circumstances Will possibly
permit.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-09-27

The Memphis Appealputs the prac-
teal operation of protection briefly,
but forcibly, as follows:
off a woman who goes to house
keeping pays so cents for an iron pot
or pan, she gets 80 cents in goods and
20 cents worth of protection. If she
buys clock for So she receives So
worth of clock and 81 worth of pro-
lection. If she wants a sewing ma
chine and pays 500 for it, she gets 81
worth OF machine and SO worth of
protection"
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-09-27
Report Of the Copiah Grand
Jury.

We make the following extract from
the report of the Copiah Grand jury
which adjourned on the the 18th inst:
We have been in session eleven
days, and examined 29S witnesses, Il
list of whom is herewith returned.
We have found 1919 bills Of indictment,
one of which is for rape, one for alb
ductiOn, two for grand larceny. 10 for
assault with intent to kill and muir
der. 81 for misdemeanOrs and the re-
mainder for violations Of the prohibi-
ton law. 1t would appear from the
numb bills for violating the liquor
law that great many persons have
violated the same, when the facts are
that only five or six persons have
been indicted for selling whisky, ard
the balance have been for selling va
rious preparations, other than whisky,
under the name Of Pine Apple Balm,
Cherry Tonic. Jackson's Cordial and
Bittcrs, all Of which, it appears from
the evidence before us, are intOXica
ting and prepared especially to sell
as IL substitute for whisky, and not as
medicine. In some cases parties
indicted by us for selling these prep
arations, we think, did not wilfully
violate the law; but we were compell-
ed under our 0aths to bring in indict-
mcnts against them, as the special
subject are very strict. In such cases,
where the parties come forward and
plead guilty, we ask your Honor to
remit the imprisonment and impose
nominal fine, and i'll case you do
not feel that you are authorized
under the law to do this, we ask that
you Join with us i'll petition to the
Governor FOL their pardon, feeling as
sured that in future they will not vio-
late the law. We are satisfied that the
sentiment of the people of Copiah
county is in favor OF prohibition and
it is the duty of every one to obey
this law, if not, they may expect to be
punished.
We are gratified to report that no
case of murder has been committed in
the county within the last twelve
months, and we are OF the opinion
that crime is decreasing.
Another part of the report says:
We find upon the books Of the
chancely clerk the sum of 1858. 75now
charged up to the former sheriff for
jury tax and fines and forfeitures i'm
posed by the circuit court, dating back
for several years and which remains
upon the books in an unsettled con
dition. Mr.. Cranberry, the chancery
clerk, informs us that credits
are claimed upon this account
but he does not feel authorized to al
low the same. We learn the board of
supervisors now have a committee at
work to settle this matter, and We
think it will be done satisfactorily to
all concerned.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-09-27
THE STATE.
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED
AND CONDE%SED FROHs
ALL QUARTERS.

Quarantine is the order ofthc day.
The Industrial College opened with
$50 girls.
Summit has been crowded with cot
ton lately.
Rev. Sam Jones will be in Green
Vile next month.
Arrington's saw mill near Ellisvillc
was burned on the Goth.
Osyka holds its election for Mayor
and Aldermen this week.
Mr.. G. j. Subway, an old citizen Of
jackson, died Oh the 18th.
The Graded High School of Crystal
Springs opened with 200 pupils.
The Okolona Times, Geo. w. Wal
Ter Publisher, has made its debut.
Bro. D. N. Huff, of the Magnolia
Gazette, has returned from Atlanta.
Cable Weir, Il man noted for his
charity, died at Natchez on the Goth.
Rev. w. l.. skinner preached the
opening sermon for ShuQulak Female
College.
A man in Ya2oo City was fined $40
and jailed 20 days for violating the
local option law.
A poplar tree in Attala county
measures SO feet in circumference and
II feet in diameter.
Conway is the name Of a new siding
four miles north of Crystal Springs,
and the Meteor grsheth.
The panic of Jackson ard Meridian
was fearful, on the arrival Of Yellow
Jack at the former place.
Mrs. Scott Newman died near
Meadville on the 18th. She was ii
true woman and leaves husband and
several small children.
The University of Mississippi, at
Oxford, has postponed the opening of
its session until October Is, because
of quarantine troubles.
Rev. j. d. Jameson has assumed
editorial control of the Macon Sun.
We welcome him to the fraternity and
"iSh nun 1t idppy SubOCSS'
At q recent meeting of the State
Democratic Executive Committee it
Was decided to begin vigorous cam
yass of the State about Oct 1st.
At Magnolia, during Court week
the young people will give an enter
tainment for the purpose of raisiug
money to buy furniture for their new
school house.
At "A meeting of Armstrong; Brig
ade, at Durant, September 6, $4,000
were contributed by the old soldiers
who managed to get there, to the
monument fund.
4 donation party was last week
given Rev. Il. Il. Purser, of Wess0n.
The members of his church voluntari-
~ contributed to him $50 worth of
this worlds goods.
The Durant Greys, the youngest
military organization in the State, sent
$1,000 to the monument fund. 1t is
hoped the other galiantyoung soldiers
will follow suit.
The COpiah bar presented to Judge
Wharton a beautiful silver epergne,
upon his retirement. Hon. }. S. Sex
ton made the presentation speech,
which moved TIE judge to tears.
A negro man and woman, fleeing
from the fever at Jackson, jumped
from moving train South of Crystal
Springs, where they were refused
permission to get off, and both were
killed,
Robert Bunting, a young white man
and desperate character, was foully
assassinated last week near Port Glib
son. A young man named Van, with
whom he left town, both being drunk,
has been indicted. charged with the
crime.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-09-27
MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE, j.,
CLIFTON, KINDS CO., MISS.
THE SO EENUkE. Sc SSION
opens Sept. &c, 1893.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS LAST sESsIos. ssc

Daring tue present vacation the Build.
ings will be put in thorough repair an In.
structor for the Chair of Natural Science.
will DE elected, and other changes arc
contemplated that will make the old Col
lege better than erer. Its reputation for
hOrOughpess Of instruction, and COED order
will be maintained.
In this Institution the training Of stu
dents for right IiriRg is considered as im-
portant rs instruction in the Arts and
Sciences. The object Of the College is 10
dtyOung men 10 become good citizens Of the
Republic.
Send for Catalogue to
PRES. W. S. WEBB.
Clinton, Miss.
w. +. RATLIFF, Pres. Board Trustees.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-09-27

Our ''devil' was reading an account
OF the murder OF young Brown at
Memphis, the other day; when he
came across the sentence, "He was
shot in the rotunda at the Peabody
Hotel" raised his eyes from the paper
and asked: "What part of a man is his
rotundaF Leriagton Adseytiser.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-09-27

The notorious Rod Lowry is again
in trouble. This time his escapade
was in Brandon. where he assaulted
one DR.. I. II. Loflin, throwing bottle
of water at him but missing him, and
striking another man, August Bushing,
infiicting a serious wound. Lowry
now languishes in Jail in default of
bail.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-09-27

The Yazoo County Farmers Ali
ance has adopted rigid boycott
again jute bagging. The resolution
practically stops the sale of jute bag
ging in that county, and its place will
he taken by the Lane Mills bagging.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-09-27

All the papers at jackson, Meridian
and few other towns have Temporal
riiy suspended on account of the yell
low fever scare and guarantees.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-09-27

DIR. w. S. Langley, superintendent
of tire blind asylum at Jackson, died
there on the 18th, in his so year. He
was the founder and first superintend-
ent of the Lunatic Asylum at jackson.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-09-27

cases roported-Meredith Watts, Lew
is Livingston, Adam Scbsler, Lee
John Harris, Joe Mccoy, all colOred.
There was one desth-John Harris,
colured
On Sunday there was one new case
reported--Joc Simmons, butcher,
who had refugeed to the country some
four miles; and there were two deaths
David Nipple and j. A. Calhoun.
shotgun guarantees have been es.
taLlished against jackson all over The
South. Memphis, New Orleans, and
ali towns in Mississippi have their
gates closed and guarded against her.
Since Friday, no trains have been
allowed to stop there, but all go
laundering through at the rate of 10
miles an hour. The nearest place the
trains stop to deliver any thing is at
the Asylum Switch 2 miles North of
the City. On the V. & NJ. railroad
all trains have been entirely suspend
ed between Vicksburg and Meridian,
and panic has prevailed at these
two places almost equal to that at
Jackson itself.
THE VERY LATEST.
Special to the Brookhavan LEADER
JACKSON, Miss, Sept. -, $50 A..
M.-Therc have been no new eases
here since Sunday, and but cue death
Mr.. Lee, who died last night. Mrs.
Lee and Joe BOURNE are very low and
may die at any time.
Of the cases which have died, none
had black vomit, but all died from
suppression Of the urine.
\ census was completed Monday,
showing 222Q people left in the City,
427 of which are white, and the rest
colorcd. Fully 80 per cent. OF these
have never had the fever.
The lateness of the season and the
temporary check in the fever would
he more reassuring did we not rem
ember the experience of 1878. The
first case of fever in this city in 1878
was Aug. 81, the next Sept. %, the
third Sept. %. The last death was
Nov. 2S. Total eases III 1878 100
whites 173, cUlored3l7. Total deaths
S+whites -, cOlored SO.
The Howard Association has been
reorganized with Col. James ID. Stew
art, L. 5. Register, as President; Thos.
4. Helm, first vice-president; Mayor
Henry, second vicc-president, and
Col. j. i. Power as secretary and
treasurer. Tonts are being received
and Il refugee camp will be establish
ed six miles north Of the city on the
Yazoo Valley Railroad.
Dr.. Hunter, Dr.. Andrews and Fa-
Their Quito are the only ministers left
in the city.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-09-27

Tho Gulf View Hotel at Mississippi
City was summarily closed last week
by the Sheriff levying on the cooking
range and stoves, and such portable
articles as were claimed by the cred
itors. The guests all left. The ba-
ker, butcher and milkman are also
left.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
Children Crushed.

A panic occurred on the night Of the
30th in a crowd of little children atten l.
ing the annual holiday celebration of
the Haymarket mission IN Seamen's
Hall, corner of Lake and Desplaines
Street, Chicago. The mission is con-
Quoted by the First Congregational
Church through superintendent, Rich
ard d. Lay. The location is Just half a
block from the scene of the Anarchist
bomb throwing, and most of the half
hundred children present were drawn
from the squalid tenements in the
neigh borhood The little ones were
passing up and down stairs when a
shivering youngster attempting to poke
the fire in the hall overturned the stove.
Supt. Lay thoughtlessly yelled: Fire p
"Fire - and a wild rush by the children
followed. They were met by the
others coming in, and all were
wedged in the narrow stair
way. Scarcely any escaped without
being crushed or trampled upon, but so
far as known there is only one fatality.
Emil Wey. aged 9, cannot live. Two
sisters, Lille and Louise Lemker, aged
10 and H. are very seriously hurt and
the elder may die. A boy, William
Sauders, is the only one else reported
seriously injured. The superintendent
was at once placed under arrest
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
WORK OF A TIDAL WAVE.
Portland, Me-, Narrowly Escapes a Great
Disaster.

Portland, Me-, Narrowly Escapes a Great
Disaster.
PORTLAND, Me-, Dec. 30.-It is evident
that Portland escaped great dangers
during the recent storm. The great
gale struck Portland Head at $3.50 O'Clock
at time when in this harbor the wind
seemed to be dying out. Up to that
time the wind had been terrific,
blowing fifty miles an hour. Then a
great wave made its appearance,
coming in the shape of
pyramid. 1t struck first against the
outer line of the rock, and at that time,
when the fountains of the mighty deep
seemed to have broken up, a mass of
water lowered up even with the light
house Between the line of rocks ex
tending for perhaps 100 feet along the
sea line and the shore is an opening
some four feet deep and vary
ing from ten to twenty feet
in length. This space was never
filled with water until last night,
when the wave broke and filed it from
above. Waves of ordinary size and
power breaking and pressing benin
added their strength to that of the mon
ster, and the entire mass was hurled
sixty feet above highwater mark against
the engine, boiler and foghorn house.
The force of the blow was sU:;h that the
building, built as strongly as possible,
was bent, twisted, and shattered. Great
iron stays were snapped as though they
had been pipestems, sud the recedlng
wave carried with it everything on
shore. including stones weighing tons.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
LOST OFF NANTUCKET.
The British Steamer Newcastle Cit
Strikes the ShoaI and Sinks.

The British Steamer Newcastle City
Strikes the ShoaI and Sinks.
BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. 29.-The schoon-
ar Agnes [. Grace has arrived here from
Boston and reports that she was board
ed on December "a, at r. M, by the
crew from the Nantucket south shoal
lightship, having with them the captain
Of the British steamer Newcastle City,
from New Castle, England, November
%, for New York, and who reported the
loss of the Newcastle City on the day
previous. The crew was saved and was
On the lightship, and wished to be taken
off, as provisions were getting
short. 1t appears from the
statement of Capt. Thornton, of
the lost steamer, that his vessel was on
the inside, between the lightship and
,hree fathoms deep, while the steamer
drew over twenty-five feet. The sea
was very high at the time and the bot
Iom of the Newcastle City was crushed
In when she struck the hard sand. The
officers and crew had much difficulty In
escaping from the wreck. The crew
numbered twenty-five.
New YORK, Dec. 29.-The cargo of the
Newcastle City, consisting of iron, &C.
ment and fire brick, was valued at $751;
300 and is fully insured. The vessel was
worth 100000 and is only partly in
sured.
1.-THE steamer Newcastle City was a
screw vessel of 2, 129 gross and 1884 net
tons. She was 2S5 feet long, Sc feet
broad and "a feet deep, and was built at
West Hartlepool, England, in 1882.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
R4GE FNg7O A FREIGHT.
Terrible Accident on the Pennsylvania
Ohio Road.

Terrible Accident on the Pennsylvania g.
Ohio Road.
MEADvILLE, Pa, Dec. 31.-The fast
Chicago express on the New York,
Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad, consist
ing OF two sleepers and five day coaches,
collided with freight train No. %, con-
sisting of two engines and sixty
cars, three miles west of this
city at O'Clock this morning.
Five persons were killed outright among
whom was passenger. Thirteen others
were wounded, nine of them fatally
The following are the names of the
killed SO far as ascertained:
WILLIAM GEORGE, engineer.
- HUMEs, fireman of leading freight
engine.
+. P. SWAN, engineer Chicago express.
ARTHUR IRWIN, fireman Chicago ex-
press.
Both trains present a terrible scene Of
destruction, as the fast express was
making up lost time. The blame is said
to rest with the engineer and conductor
of the freight train, who were running
on express time.
CLEVELAND, o., Dec. 31.-Gen. -Supt.
Shaler, of the New York, Penn
sylvania & Ohio Railroad, left for the
scene of the wreck at Mead vile at noon
to-day. He stated that the passenger
train was two and half hours late and
the freight crews supposed that the ex-
minus of the division,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
WORSE THAN THE RENDERS.
Fourteen Human Skeletons Found Under
q Dakota Cabin.

PIERRE, d. T., Dec. 31.-For months a
certain degree OF mystery has surround
ed the movements of John Lablant a
Sioux Indian half-breed on ranch at
Willow Greek, fifteen miles west Of
this city. Lablant's ranch was formerly
the stopping place of Black Hills
travellers. A posse of men
organized at Fort Pierre to 60 out and
make thorough investigation Of the
premises In one room in front of a bed
was observed trap door. 1t was hung
on hinges, and would drop when a cord
was pulled. Opening the trap the hole
was found to be twelve feet deep and
fourteen feet square. AS soon as the trap
was dropped the stencil that arose was
terrible The examination of the cavern
revealed the skeletons of twelve grown
human beings and two smaller ones. No
clothing was found in the hole. The
only article of any kind was an iron bar
about two feet in length, which it is sup
posed the fend used to murder his vic
TINS after be had dropped them into
this hole. The ranch is in lonely spot
ON the bank of a creek ten miles from
any other human habitation. Lablant
has not been seen for several days
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04

RECENT annual agricultural returns
IN Great Britain show that the area
Of wheat has Increased by $4,000
acres during the past year, and that
of barley has decreased by 17S,OOO
acres. Broadly stated, there is less
land in grain by $4,000 acres this
year than in 1886, q reduction Of
$500 in green crops, and a reduction
Of no less than 6,4OO acres IN hops.
There appears an Increase OF hearly
5000 acres in flax. The extent OF ar
able lands low out of cultivation In
England and Wales is less than in
1881 by upwards of $4,000 acres.
Nearly 1000 acres of the decreased
acreage in hops is in the county of
Kent, where much of the land has not
been otherwise utilized. Hops have
been grubbed up in consequence OF the
unremunerative character OF the crop
from the prevailing low prices, due to
foreign cOmDetltiOn
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04
HIS CLAIM IN VIEW YORK.
A Man Who Proves Ownership to Sixty
six Acres of the City Site.

A Man Who Proves Ownership to Sixty
six Acres of the City Site.
DOVER, N. H., Dec. 27.-Dr. w. Weber
stated to-day that the claim of his father,
VIM. Weber, as one of the heirs to .
plot Of land, sixty-six acres in extent,
located in New York City, south of
Canal Street, has been proven. The
said plot, now studded with mas
sive books of buildings, was bought
in 1868 by Fred Weber of Holland,
who settled on Manhattan Island short
time previous. In 1874 Mr.. Weber
leased the land to kinsman, Wilfred
Weber, Jr., for 200 years. DIR. Weber's
father is of the seventh generation Of
Weber senior who originally owned the
land. On the expiration of the lease
in 1874 the land naturally reverted to
the descendants of the original Wilfred
Weber, and for few years past William
Weber and other descendants have been
busily engaged proving they were direct
descendants of the first owner. Now
that it is proved there will be a meeting
of heirs in New York January 20, to
complete the arrangement for plans for
getting possession. The property is
valued at $40, 100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04

A NEW invention for the propelling
of street cars is in the application OF
the gas engine to moving tram car.
All such attempts have failed hereto
fore for the reason that the gas engine
starts and stops too slowly. In this
case the engine will be in motion con-
tinuously, and the power will be
thrown off and on, as the occasion
may require, by the use of movable
friction wheels geared on an endless
link belt. This belt is to be attached