The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-02-08
OYER THE STATE.

pointed Judge B. 7. Kimbrough, of
Oxford, Chancellor Of the Third Judi
cial District, vice J. G. Hall, deceased.
Judge Kimbrough had several contes-
tants for the position. lie was one of
the ehancellors deposed by the bill of
the last Legislature redistrieting the
State.-Clarion-Ledger.
GreenviIle has property valuation
of 81, ,lS5,34S, and tax of IA mills ON
the dollar. Na.chez is much wealth.
Ter city, but has lower assessment,
and consequently higher rate of tax
alton. Such allow assment and con-
sequent high rate are positively in
furious, as they give strangers an
erroneous idea when they compare
Natchez with its neighboring cities.-
Natehez Banner.
This community was never so start
led as when 1t became known yester-
day evening about o'clock that tho
old house of Quarles, Rogers Il Bounds
had made a general assignment for the
benefit of their creditors.
No house in the State enjoyed the
confidence of the people at home and
abroad more implicitly than they did.
The firm was composed of ID. +.
Quarles, ]. w. Rogers, J. S. Bounds
and ii. 5. Bounds, all of whom have
been doing business here for many
years, and for the last tour years have
done large wholesale as well as re-
tail business.-Meridlan News.
The Aberdeen Examiner published
a statement from an old citizen of
Monroe county, that the winter Of
1S26-97 was if anything, milder than
this. This old gentleman, J. ID. Meal
lister says there was no winter that
year that by the middle of April
corn was laid by, and cotton knee
high, and wheat ready to cut. He
further states that on the 18th of
April severe freezo-a regular bliz-
zard-came and killed everything. But
in a few days the weather became
mild and beautiful agaln-farmers re-
planted corn and made excellent crops.
Mr.. McAllister thinks "history will
repeat ITSELF" aud that we may look
out tor killing frost in April.
bolivar Counth Democrat.
State SenatorJ. W. Cutrer sends the
Democrat the following extract from
the proceedings Of the Senate. We
publish 1t in justice to Mr.. Cutrer, and
in explanation OF his attitude as re.
CARDS the jeff Davis County Bill:
JANUARY Is, 1890.
Extract from the Senate Journal,1
BY Mr.. Cutrer.
"Afr. President IL desire to have
spread upon the Journal of the Senate
my protest against the time and meas.
ure Of the passage of Senate Bill No
23, entitled, AN Act to create an addi
tional county to be known as jeff Da
Wis County
al was absent from the Senat,
Chamber both when the bill was IN
troduced and passed, on leave of ab
sence, detained by illness, l had re
ceived no inhmation that such meas
ure was In contemplation, nor knowl
edge that its passage was desired, un
It'll, through the press, on the day fol
owing Its passage.
Especial to The Commercially
Columbus, Miss, Feb. Capt. L
! w. Banks, while on his way to tow
to-day, was arrested by Constabl
Burton Winston in front of the ofiic
OF Capt. l.. M. Tucker, brother-ir
law and one of the bondsmcn Q
Abrahrm G.. Humphries, and taken I
the Mayors office. On his trial befor
the magistrate he protested against th
: proceeding, saying that he had "mad
no threat nor done anything to wal
rant his arrest, nor to justify the coCI
In putting him under bond"
When the Mayor was put on II
stand he said in reply to Capt. Bank
demand for the cause of arrest, thI
: while he had heard no threats, he WI
Q satisfied that the peace of the tow
was endangered.
Capt. Banks continued his protes
+ saying that it was a strange proceedir
that put peaceable and law-abidii
q citizen under arrest when he had sal
Q or done nothing that portended dang
just because little braggart had bee
l. swaggoring around on The streets"
y The court ruled that Mr. Humphri
J was under bond and Capt. BAN
g would have to conform to the san
!. ruling. Capt. Banks then demandt
u that Humphries be released from bon
u but that having been refused, Cal
Banks signed his bond, whereups
y about forty of our best citizens yolu
u tarily signed the bond.
10 Three of the bondsmen of A.
!. Humphries are of his family, and
u the remaining three who signed 1t tv
l. have to-day withdrawn their nam
from the bond.