The Southern herald., 1890-08-08
Editorial Items.

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Capt. r. A. Holloway died il
Winona on the 25th Of July.
A case Of lsprosy has been an
nonnced 10 exist In New York.
Major s. NJ. Eaton has been ap
pointed postmaster at New Orleans
A tornado occurred on Fridal
last at Weirs, N. II. Not mucl
damage done.
Jordan Wallace, a negro maj
living in Yazoo county, claims to b,
113 years old.
Hooker carried Madison county
in the primaries, whereupon Barks
dale retired from the race for Con
gress.
A negro horse thief, who resisted
arrest, was shot and fatally wound
ed near Greenwood, in this State
on the 1st.
Wilmot R. Gibbs, a venerable
citizen of Hinds county, died or
the 18th Of July, at the age of 81
years.
$4,000 worth Of postage stamps
were stolen from the Newport, R
l., postofice, on the night of thu
Goth Of July.
The first Republican State Con
vention heldin South Carolina since
1882 has been called to meet ir
August.
An independent candidate wat
elected delegate to thee Constitution.
al Convention from the counties o.
Yalobusha and Calhoun.
State Senator John w. Cutrel
shot and killed Freeland Chew,
editor of the Friar's PointC Coahomi.
an, in the sheriffs Office at Friar's
Point, on the Both. Cutrer is native
of Osyka.
Cincinnati, July ga Times
Star special says that incendiaries
set fire to theresidence Of Rev. David
Plumb, in Gale, Ind, early this
morning and destroyed it. Mr..
Plumb was fatally burned, and his
wife and three children perished
in the flames. Mr.. Plumb is a
prominent Methodist minister.
BillNye writes TO the bald.hcaded
man who asks for his advice on
hair restoratives, as follows: "Take
your hair restorative money and
buy town lot in a growing town
that supports its home paper and
advertises, and go ahead, and you
will be fixed, and the man who is
fixed don't care whether he has any
hair or not,n
Denver, July 90. The News
Cheyenne (Wy Especial saysG George
l.. Thompson, the postmaster at
Warren, Wy, has been requested
to resign by Postmaster General
Wanamaker. It's said that Thomp-
son has been charging five cents
each for two.cent stamps, telling
the patrons that the high rates on
freights rendered it impossible to
sell for less money.
Portsmouth, N. H., August H.
Yesterday afternoon the town of
Ossippee, North and South Wake
field, were visited by a cyclone.
Trees were blown down, barns un-
rooted, and heavy bodies carried
through the air for a considerable
distance. Reports from the lake
region say the cyclone was very
severe in that section. The steamer
Mount Washington had her decks
swept clean and furniture damaged.
Letters from South America re-.
port that the Chilians scorn the
idea of extending any trade ad-
vantages to the United States.
They claim that their copper pro.
ducing industry was greatly injusod
by the American tariff and that the
United states have no such claim
upon their good will as England,
which admits their products free.
A similar feeling toward the U United
States is said to be prevalent in the
Argentine Republic, and the Eng
lish do not foster IL.
A dispatch from Austin, Texas,
Of the 1st, rays millions Of cotton
caterpillars have invaded the fields
in this section Of Texas, and plant
ers and farmers are busy poisoning
them. They are reported very bad
along the Brazos river, and it may
be that the cotton crop of this state
will be seriously injured. The pests
are at least three weeks earlier
than usual, and they are here in
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