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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18
APiague OF Mice.

Australia Is suffering from a'plague
Of mice. II is said that from Coome-
barabran to Coolah there Is hardly a
residence that is not troubled in this
way. The mice come in droves and
eat everything III the place. On one
station 2s. per 100 was offered for their
destruction, and during single night
1000 were killed. The price then went
down TO Is.
In one hotel In three nights 1000
mice were killed with mixture Of
flour and strychnine. AT another place
the mice ate the whole carcass of a
freshly killed sheep in one night, leav-
ing only the bare bones by the morn
ing. At another station man was
kept whose sole duty was to keep the
mice away from the provender during
the time the horses were eating It, and
this the man found difficult task.
The week before the races ut Coolah
the vermin got into the horse boxes at
the station and actually ate the band
ages from the legs of the race horses
Sleeping people are said to have been
attacked by them. The crops were be.
ing destroyed. The mice climbed up
the stalks and ate the cobs. Many
fields, acres in extent, had been aban.
doned, the corn being eaten complete
ly away. People were at their wits
end to devise the best means for de.
stroying the pest. The mice burrowed
in the fields like rabbits in miniature
warrens.--Pall Mall Gazette.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18
An Example OF Loyalty,

Three years ago Col. Joseph Bar
bierc, late of the Confederate army and
hailing from Tennessee, was appointed
clerk In the pension office at Phila-
delphis by Gen. Davis. AS soon as II
was discovered that Barbiere was a
Democrat the Republican press of
Philadelphia and the State raised such
howl that Barbiere was forced to re-
sign. The Grand Army Post Of which
Gen. Davis was member had denoun-
ced his action and threatened his dis
missal unless the resignation was in
stantly procured. One of the charges
against Barbicre was that he had writ
ten book entitled "Scraps from a
Prison Table," in which had spoken Of
Lincoln as ~ political scavenger,"
Stanton as "thc arch military fined Of
the War Department" and Wendell
Phillips as "a dirty dog and fanatic"
Now, It seems, Col. Barbiere, who Is a
resident of Doylestown, Pa, has gone
over to the Republican party, has been
lecturing under the auspices of Grand
Army Posts, and Is described by the Re-
publican papers Of Bucks county as moi
only a gentleman and q scholar but .
man of almost saint-like parts The
Philadelphia Press Is authority for the
statement that Barbiere has. regretted
the publication Of his book afrom soon
after It's publication up TO the present
day and speaks Of the man whom il
denounced few years ago as wanting
In common decency and icommon
sense" !" ns Z man ofelligh. q. Ilmiral.
Ine intelligence As ren Fks the
Philadelphia Record, 4the Il latIon /
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18
Yellow Fever In Florida.
Especial to Times-Demoeratl


Jacksonville, Fla, Aug. 12.-This
mornings report shows a total OF
eighteen cases, three eonvalescents and
one dangerously i'll. There had been
three new cases reported up to
o'clock.
The panic drove Off the largest por-
ton Of the citizens and its food supply
is cut short. The hotels are all closed,
as well as most of the restaurants.
Many of the manufacturing establish
ments viii close tomorrow, throwing
many hands out of employment. The
city authorities apprehend that great
privations will fall upon the poorer
classes, who are thus deprived of work
and at the same time prevented from
going elsewhere.
The situation appears dark. The
most discouraging feature is the con-
tinued hot and murky weather and the
fact that new cases develop in all parts
of the city, showing that the fight will
be stubborn one. As there are eight
or ten weeks yet of warm weather
many people are very much discour-
aged over the outlook.
Washington, Aug. lS.-[Speciall- IA
private telegram from Goldboro, N.
c, states that yellow foyer has made
its appearance there, telegraph opera
tor who recently came from Jackson
vile, having been stricken with the dis
ease. Great excitement prevails. The
patient has been isolated and all efforts
made to prevent the spread of the dis
ease.
Jacksonville, Fla, Aug. l4.-[Asso-
ciated Pres. THE latest news from
Tampa is to the effect that thero are
four suspicious cases Of sickness there
and three cases of yellow fover, being
In the house in which Wsterman died
a month ago.
Manatec has two cases and Plant
City one.
St. Augustine is still wildly alarmed
for some reason or other, and 2,00C
persons have left there In the last day
or two.
The feeling here is better and quiet
or, as the disease seems so mild.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18
Not Ashamed OF The Tag.

Not long since, while taking trip
through Mendocino county, l dropped
into a prominent newspaper Office, and
while chatting with the editor, we'll
to-do stock raiser of that county drop
ped in and plankcd down the neces-
sary amount for two years subscrip-
ton in advance for the paper, and at
the same time remarked:
al want the tag on my paper be In
such shape that | need not be
ashamed, when friend calls at my
house, to let him see IL. You may be-
lieve me or not, but It's fact all the
same,r he continued, that little mat
ter like that has already saved me con.
siderable money; and one particular
instance want to tell you about.
had some dealings with certain man,
said he, "and one day, while at hii
house, for the purpose of selling him
some sheep, CHANGED to pick up his
newspaper. Iobserved by the tag upon
the margin that he was terribly In
arrears for II. The fact that a man
would allow his newspaper account to
run on, year after year, to such an OK
tent, set me to thinking, and | resolved
that should he ask me for credit--hs
already owed me for fifty head Of fin'
sheep-T would respectfully declin,
his request. As l had anticipated, hs
did ask me for time, which not onl,
refused him, but demanded the amoun
already due me. lie was unable t
meet the obligation just then, he said
but would be very soon. l sold my
stock elsewhere, but l never got The
money out Of tho man for the sheep !
had previously sold him, nor do
expect to. Had | not seen the felI-tale
newspaper tag he might have stuck
mo stu further. Now, whom Pm IN
doubt as to man's responsibility. "A I
want g enalle uz< . ee1uz4leiy size
| hun un Il to get my opt|o on hI1 news
paper tag, and III uInc cases out of ten
IN never be u1Istskon ID M esIImaIo
! 81 him. z-C Cloy1r<lele Coz
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18
GEESE In HARNESS.
"Lay Down the shovel and the Hoe.-

A gentleman who has just returned
from the central part or Alabama tells
the following wonderful story. which
gives a new departure for farmers In
the South, and which If found to be
successful win be as novel as it is prof
liable and labor saving. lie says:
When was In Alabama, between
Porter's Gap and Mlillerville, came to
a country place where man was dri-
wing ten or twelve geese from branch
toward a cotton patch. "what Is that
you have on the necks of those geese ~
said |.
"Thosc are gourds full of water.
drive the geese into that cotton patch
and keep them there all day wedding
out the cotton. There Is no water in
the cotton patch, and l have to give
them water; this is the way to keep
them there. Those geese win weed
out more cotton in day than two
people would. They viii eat the grass
and weeds, but they won't touch the
cotton.n
"But how do they get water out ol
those gourds under their necks?r
"They drink out of each other,
gourds. Each gourd has an opening
in the side, so that another goose car
put his bill into the gourd and drink
If you win stay here long enough yo,
will see 1t for yourself"
| waited there half day to see tha
performance, and finally saw II. TIT
geese did just as the man said the.
would. When a goose got thirsty h
walked up to his neighbor and COOL!
drank out Of the gourd ON his neck.r
| When asked II he had yet made I
crop with the help Of the geese, he re
piled that he had made small croy
last year, but had only n limited mum
Der Of geese as he was just experimen
ting. This year he had over q hund
red geese in harness, and they hav.
succeeded in keeping his crop cleaned
out so far. lie has a hundred acre,
under cultivation, and says he will
make the best crop he has ever made
When asked how he came to think OF
using the geese Us farm hands, he re.
piled that two years ago he had a
small patch Of cotton near his house,
In this patch the geese raised about
his yard were allowed to run. lie no
ticcd that the cotton had little or no
grass and no weeds at all, and he be-
gan to watch the geese. lie found
that they eat every weed and every
blade Of grass, but they did not touch
the cotton. Finding how valuable
they were for this purpose, he resolved
to Try them on larger scale, and is
delighted with his experiment. His
naighbors have paid close attention to
the matter, and next year will start q
largo number Of geese in harness in
their crops.
If the farmers experiment Is as sue
cessful as he thinks II will be, It Is
only question Of few years until
tho whole cotton crop of Alabama
will be weeded out by the ordinary
farm goose.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18
A Sunday skIrmIsh.

Cattlctsburg. Ky, Aug. 14.-Sunday
the Hatfield squad to the number Of
sixty passed the mouth of Better creek,
and Captain Hatfield told an old miner
there that he had better leaye as there
was going to be trouble. Shortly aft
erwards he heard the skirmish between
the Hatfields and the McCoys, the lat
ter being forty-five strong and lying
in wait for their enemies. After the
smoke of the battle had cleared away,
1t was discovered that three Of the
Hatfclds were killed and two wounded.
The end Is not yet, but the Kentuck-
ians have the best of their enemies,
inasmuch as they are thoroughly orga-
nized an well armed.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18
|litW0Ptl Female College,
BROOKHAvEN. MISS,


fHE 29TII ANNUAL SESSION
|Of this renowned and popular institu-
pn Of learning
ill Open 10Th OF september, 1888,
ith Faculty, curriculum, and general
1uipment unsurpassed by any Female
pllege in the South rhe Faculty viii
)nsist Of Ii able teachers, ) OF whom are
pLLEGE-BRED MALE PRoFEss0Rs. The
usic department viii be directed by
POT. VIM. Henninges, of Cleveland, o.,
graduate of the ROYAL CONSERVATORY
DRESDEN. Boarding department Just
Furnished throughout with new and
tractive furniture. Location remark
PIE for itF healtbfulness. For further
formation and catalogue, apply to
l.. I. FITZHUGH, A. NJ,
July 21-2m. President.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18
A sOSG OF DREAMS.

A dream Of merry child at play,
blue-eyed and fair, froliesome, gay,
Glad as the birds in the springtime are.
sorrows aaoat like clouds sfar,
Careless Of trouble, untouched BY fear.
singing her way through the golden year.
dream offs woman. old and gray,
Wrinkled and bent. vending her way,
Lonesomely toward the Last milestone,
Where the grim, dark shadow Of death /.
thrown,
storm-stained and weary. and worn with
care
The candle Of life at its final aars.
dream ofa grave In churchyard lone,
Neglected, drear, with weeds o'ergown,
With only the ehirp efthe criekes's song,
sit sings In the grass the whole night long
To obreak the silence that broods so deep
where the wornout soul and body sleep.
Susie N. Best. In Home Journal
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18
A STATE QUARANTINE.
Especial to Commercial Herald.l

Especial to Commercial Heraldl
jackson, Miss, Aug. 13.-The Mis-.
sissippi State board of health to-day
promulgated the following order
which was sent to all health officers
throughout the State:
JACKSON, Miss, Aug. IS, 1883,
at is hereby ordered by the Execu
tive Committee of the Mississippi
Board Of Health that on ana after this
date no person, baggage, freight or ar
ticle capable Of bearing infections shall
be permitted to enter this State from
any Of the fever infected points In
Florida. The health officers through
out the State are charged with tho en-.
forcement of this order and any viola
ton Of 1t should be promptly reported
to this office.
"WIRT JOHNSON.
''sec. Mississippi State Board OF Health. !"
The Board Is preparing to take very
strong steps to keep yellow fever out
Of the State, and whenever deemed
necessary very rigid quarantine will
be established.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18
OF FICE RULES.


prixilere Of changing regular advertisements
6ce 4 month without charge
~, ,oeals.n space of five lines or more,
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mis- each subsequent insertion, Less
an five lines, 10 cents per hne for ilrst
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et,cn other reading notices same
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|enstomers will please give exniicit dl-
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adyeytisements. nd
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18
| UNIVERSITY
MISSISSIPPI.
10 37th Annual Session Of this Institution
will Open on
THURSDAY, 27th SEPT. NEXT.

|The faculty. consisting of eleven Pro-
ssQrs, and one constructor, Is full.
be buildings are in perfect order; the
fuation is elevated, and perfectly heal
". Necessary expenses need not ex-
Fed $3.50 or $500 for entire course Of
be months. Law students 500 and
%. Erhe new school is in operation,
n Its curriculum equal to any in the
hlted States.
Tor fnll particulars, and for Historical
Current catalogue, address EDWARD
lyEs, Chairman Of Faculty. Universi-
Miss, or
BEN PRICE,
Secretary Board of Trustees,
Oxford, Miss.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18
ANNouNCEMENTS.

i've are auth orized to announce
los. WoRrHrNGToN candidate for
beriff at the next county election
Inject to the decision of the Demo-
tatic Convention.
We are authorized to announce
[oKr. PRINCE candidate for Sheriff al
be next county election; subject to
be decision of the Democratic Con-
ention.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18
FoR SALE CHEAP.

One Owens Lane and Dyer engine
ID boiler 20 horse power 9x16 cylen-
tr all in good order and may be seen
[nning at my mill.
lone 7x14 Stationary engine. One
o-fue boiler SO inches II feet long
IItIl steam and mud drum md ffE
{ont. j. II LEAvENvoHrH
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18
" WIRT JOHNSON


The following call was issued to-day
"The trustees of the Industrial Insti
tute and College are requested to meet
at the city of Columbus, on Monday
3D. day of September, 1883, for the pur.
pose of clecting a president, vice DR.
II. W. Jones, resigned, and business
manager and bookkeeper, and for the
transaction of such other business as
may come before them.
RoBT. LOWRY,
,,----- ~, ,.s., -. a.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18
Central Female Institute,
CLINTON, KINDS CO., MISS.

|he Thirty-sixth Collegiate Year OF
this Institution viii commence ON
tuesday. SEPT. 25th.
Every ad vantage for thorough educa-
|onal work G an here be found. Among
Sese are /: Prestige Of a long and unin-
Srruptedly successful career; Extensive
Sbinets, libraries, apparatus, instrnc- ,i,,I,le
Of experience zee ana hoaroys PIUses sniov tSs
nmforts Of a home, characterized by
,atness. order and refinement.
Number of pupils limited, thus secur-
kr 70 each the personal attention Of the
pnductors Of the institution.
Send to DR.. WALTER HILLMAN for cata-
gue. m
GEo. WHITFIELD. Sec. aug
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18
.~rsr advertisements. quarterly, half
yearly and yearly p.,..
Contracted for at Liberal Rates.

,rasrs from transient customers, yer
4 rrS ~ written. for job work, advertising
suhscrinfion. must be accompanied by
cash Accounts Of regular eusto'
n due and presented the lst OF eacf
knfh.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18

Mr.. II. +. Krlger has had built two
very stylish cottages On Washington
aEe1ae, aeak nc Il u. ~ q 4 depot
They vii make very desIrnbIe resi-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18
Special Dispatch to Avail anche.

Special Dlspatch 70 AVaIancnu.
Tupelo, Miss, Aug. 12.-The local
option election at this place passed off
quietly. Tupelo precinct gave a'wet
majority of 40. The vote: s1s wet
and 149 dry. The wet majority in the
county win reach from $50 to 200yotes.
The county went dry two years ago by
500 majority.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18

Yesterday Mr.. J. c. Lloyd, Mr.. Ed.
Watkins and others closed q trade with
Mr.. Louis A. Ragsdale, through which
he transferred all of his rights, title and
interest, to the gentlemen named, in
the Planters Compress and certain ad-
joining property, his half interest in
that portion of the estate of the late L.
A. Ragsdale which he bequeathed to
his son Louis and his daughter, Mrs. G.
G. Coffee.
This property consists of numerous
blocks and lots of real estate in the
city, of suburban property and ol
country property, aggregating in all
about 10000 acres.
The consideration given Is said to be
about $3.50 O,O00.-Meridian News.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-18

The cotton crop in Claiborne coun-
ty has deteriorsted very much during
the past ten days, on account of the
parching dry weather, and the visions
of an overwhelming crop in which
some of our people had indulged have
already faded. 1t is the same tale eve
ry year,-glorious reports in July, un-
certainty in August, and poor yield
In the fall.-Port Gibson Reveille.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-10-27

pay all the expenses of moving, and
they most heartily thank each and all
who have contributed to their success
in donations, subscriptions, loans,
advertising, patronage, and cheering
words and smiles. The regularmonth-
ly meeting of the board of forty will
be held at the new rooms on Thurs
day, November 1, at 1920 a. N. As
this is the last meeting of the year
and the annual reports will be read, it
is hoped there will be a full board
promptly on hand and prepared to
stay till the close of the meeting.
One of the saddest events of the
year that is drawing to a close, was
the death of Mrs. r. S. johnson,
which occurred in this city last week.
Mrs. johnson was a woman of un-
usual graces of mind and character,
and was especially endeared to hosts
of friends. In her family devoted
wife and mother, and TO them the
sympathies of all hearts are extended,
in the home made desolate by the IT.
reparable loss. The funeral took
place on Sunday last, the Rev. 7. c..
Barrett of the Presbyterian church,
of which she has been for long years
a member, officiating.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-10-27
TO MOTHERS WHO READ
THIS PAPER.

Some reasons why you should use the
CHARM FAMILY MEDICINES, prepared at
Bonds Pharmacy, in lieu of Patent Medicines:
LIST. They are simple, safe, and reliable rem.
edies for the uses indicated.
I'd. They are not patented or secret their
composition is known to, and approved by
our leading physicians.
3D.. They are the rery best remedies to use in
the absence of a competent physician, and
should be Kept IN the house.
4th. AT TINS season of year the Blackberry
DlarrhGa Cordial, the Cough Syrup, the Never
Failing Chill Cure Qiquid or pills. and the
Vegetable Liver Pills are in SPECIAL DEMAND
and give perfect satisfaction. The Candy
Worm Expeller, the Irop Tonicand the Arnica
Lniment are needed atdH times
Satisfaction, in their use, is GUARANTEED,
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-10-27
TO THE LADIES.

MRS. r.. o. SMITH, formerly Of Little Rock,
desires to inform her friends and the public
generally, that she is prepared to purchase for
them the best materials at lowest prices Her
many years experience and most excellent
taste is sufficient guarantee of satisfaction
to those who may desire her services
orders solicited Address,
NINE. M, SMITH,
III West 23d Street, New York,
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-10-27
focal GIeonines.

is recovering
Miss Annie May Lowrie has been
quite ill, but is recovering
The house-breakers are continuing
their depredations in the West End.
Miss Ida Benson returned this
week from apleasant visit to st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Deshon are
going to New York City to spend the
winter.
Many weddings in fashionable cir
cles are anticipated for the opening
season.
The Presbyterian Synod of Arkan-
sas was in session in this city during
the week.
The most popular resort of the
seoson is the dry goods store 120
Main street.
Miss Julia Cochin, of Benton, is in
the city visiting Mrs. Fuller, l21l W.
Fourth street.
Mr.. Ed. Gsell has gone to Rich
mond, Va, to attend the convention
of locomotive engineers.
Odd pieces of china that house
keepers have no use for, are very ac-
ceptable at the Woman's Exchange.
A new profession-not over
crowded. The Arkansas Gazette calls
Mr.. Chas. E. Cunningham "a financial
DOCTOR"
Mrs. T. G. Upper, formerly of this
city, now of Leavenworth, Kansas,
was among the graduates at CHATEAU
qua this year.
The most elegant lap robes in the
city are displayed by G. 0. Kimball,
dealer insaddles, buggy harness, ETC.,
1924 Main street.
Miss Lillian Granger, who has been
visiting in the city for the past two
weeks, left Tuesday for her home in
Houston, Texas.
Mr.. j. W. Hansell, travelling sales
man for Hill, Fontaine g. Co., of
Memphis, Tenn, spent Sunday in the
city visiting friends.
Rev. DR.. 7. G. Upper, of Leaven-
worth, Kas., has been elected presi-
dent of the Imperial Club in that city.
1t is Knight Templar organization.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Lincoln, of
Iowa, and Mrs. Il. E. Spears, of
Minneapolis, are visiting the family
of DR.. G. j. Lincoln, 301 L. Seventh
street.
The managers of the Woman's
Exchange thank their kind friends
most heartily for their liberal dona-
tions sent to their new rooms on West
Third street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Logan II. Roots,
having left their daughter, Miss Fan
ME, at Vassar college, arrived home
Wednesday, after an absence of three
and half months.
Mr.. Harry p. Ricketts,, of Mem
phis, and Miss Mary Dashell, of this
city, were married Tuesday afternoon
last, from the First Presbyterian
church, the Rev. T. G. Barrett olllci-
ating.
The popular pastor of the Christian