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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08

II. Vassar, Commissary Second
Brigade; Capt. N. j. Taylor, Four
teenth Mississippi Volunteers; Ser
geant Major E. o. Sykes, q believe
he prepared this roster.
Company A---R. l. Lawrance, First
Lieutenant G. H. Anderson, Second
Lieutenant E. F. Martinier, Third
Lieutenant w. A. Ashby.
Company B-Captain J. e. MINI,
First Lieutenant P. H. Wilson, Sec
ond Lieutenant y. S. Weir.
Company C-Second Lieutenant
Fl. L. Muldrow, Commanding, Third
Lieutenant J. H. Cox.
Company C-Jno. P. McGovern,
Second Alex. Troller, Third W. II.
Mcdonnell.
Company First Lieutenant F.
NJ. Nabers Commanding, Second
Lieutenant w. J. Crump.
Company Capt. P. d. Dugan.
Company G-First Lieutenant w.
Fl. Tabb Commanding, Second Lieu
tenant H. w. Doss, Third w. D..
Outlaw.
Company H-Captain W. H.
Crumpton, First Lieutenant, W. L.
Spinks, Third Lieutenant r. d.
White.
Captain Third Lieutenant Geo.
W. Pennington Commanding,
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08
plan by the Constitutional Conven-
tiOn
And this 10 what the Merida

And this 10 what the Meridisn
News says about il:
An interesting article will be found
in this issue Of The NEWS in the
shape ofa communication addressed
to number of distinguished Missis-
sippians by Judged. A. P. Campbell,
relative to a new basis Of voting in
this State.
1t will be seen that Judge Campbell
provides for the right Of suffrage to
every one who now has that right,
but proposes additional voting
power to those holding real estate.
No statistics are 1t hand as to the
number of voters holding real estate
other than farms, hence the number
of new voters that would be created
by a property valution of $500 or
$1,000 cannot be indicated.
But from the census report 0f18SO
an approximate figure may be
| reached as to the number of new
voters the 40 or so acres would
create under Judge Campbells
proposition.
From the census report it is OBJ
| tanned that in 1880 the total number
of males in the. State. 81, and over
was 23S, $50. or this nuinber 13O, 27e
were colored and 108, 254 were white
thus showing cOlOred majority o.
22,O24.
The reports also show that in 1885,
there were in Mississippi 101, 77a
farms comprising 1885, 462 acres
or an average of 1855 acres to farm
These farms were divided as fol
lows
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08

Governor Stone scored another
point for Mississippi by offering a
reward for the arrest of the coward
w miscreants who fired into the
mail car or the Illinois Central road
at McCoOps station last week. The
bullets were intended for the colored
mail clerk, but fortunately missed
their mark. If the guilty parties
are captured, as it is to hoped that
they will he; they should he punish
ed to the full extent of the law
Mobile Register
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08
CAMPBELL PLAs
The Memphis Avalanche is md.
estly sarcastic as follows

The Memphis Avalanche is md.
estly sarcastic as follows
Tho method of regulating suffrage
suggested by Chief Justice Camp
bell, Of Mississippi, has certainly
the merit Of originality. He would
give every qualified elector the right
to cast one additional vote for every
forty or eighty acres Of land owned
by him or bis wife in the comfy of
his residence, and one additional
vote for every $500 or $1,000 ofreal
estate less than forty acres owned
by him or his wife, where he does
not own more. To be sure, he adds
the condition that not more than
ten additional votes shall be cast
by any one electOr, but the provis-
ion would still give the large land
holder q decided advantage over
his poor neighbOr. As the poor
folks are in the maj0aity in Missis-
sippi, there ia not the slightest pros
pect of the adoption of the Judges
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08

Mr. Sam Jones can be very unlike
Christ in language when he is dis
posed to be severe on those who do
not think as he does. In a sermon
at Tyler, Tex, he is reported as say
ing: "You little Tyler infdel, you
narrow-eyed fool, fly can sit on
your nose and paw you in one eye
and kick you in the other."-Pica.
yune.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08

The State of Mississippi has hanged
q white man for the murder of a
negro, and fashionable military
company in New Orleans has ex-
PEELED one of its officers because he
refused to apologize to a colored
whom he falsely accused Of
theft. We hope Senators Chandler
and ingalls, will be indulgent to
the S0uth.-Nati0nal Democrat
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08
RIGHT.

Our correspondents have had
lots of fun nominating and suggest
ing delegates to the Constitutional
Convention. SO many have we
published that other matters have
been crowded out To reduce this
press upon our columns We shall in
future charge 10 cents a line (eight
words to the line) for all such COM
munieations-cash in every instance
to accompany the article. This rule
Slss sppiles ts Go ;fT;iF7so ia
'boOsts-n-AmOry Star
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08
THE worlds fair is to be held il

The worlds fair is to be held in
1898 and to commemorate the fourth
centennial of an event that will then
have happened just 40l wears before.
The date has been deferred by Con-
gress because Chicago cannot get
ready by 1892, and the affair has
thus been deprived of most Of its
significance. Instead of celebra-
ting the discovery Of America it
now becomes simply big Chicago
attraction.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08

Ex-United States District Attor-
ney Lea,withdraws his card denounc
ing Congressman Catchings, and
all is now lovely between them.
Mr.. Catchings will not stand for re-
election, but goes, after his present
term expires, to Chattanooga to
practice law,
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08

The "valley fellows" are in bad
fix. The 'hill fellows" are poor,
but they don't have to fee periodic
foods, and they always have enough
to eat and oft time: a penny to
spare.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08

Mr.. Carlisle estima, es that it will
take $4,000 federal 0 icials to carry
ont the provisions Of the Lodge
election bill. That is one reason
that the Republican politicians are
in favor Of it.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08
A VAIN HOPE

WE hope the convention will fix
it so that dry counties will not ne.
c"ive any of the revenue on liquors
sold in wet counties. That would
be inst-Winona Advance.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08
IAih mississippi Regina ent.

The sub-ioined letter will prove
# interest to the survivors Of the
.ul Regiment, Mississippi VOlan-
U.s. Captain &. o. Sykes, of this
r. ', b airs witness to the kindness
Ut Colonel Wilcox, also to his high
character as gentleman and soldier.
Captain Sykes has invited him to
visit Aberdeen and be his guest Ell
r,ute to Vicksburg. Should he
come the remnents of the old l4th,
III tais county, will be able to pay
aeir respects in person to this
evidently, noble-hearted and clever
man,
ELGIN, ILLINOIS, March 20, 80.
Or. (. A. Guilbcrt, sec'y. Jackssu, Miss. q.
Dear sir-His excellency Cover.
n IT Stone, writes me that you are
secretary Of an association arrang
in : a reunion ofEx. Federal and Cor
ft 1erate veterans at Vicksburg
(He fails to state your address). Ny
RI asons for writing him and also fo1
writing you, were these: After tn,
battle at Fort Donaldson as Lieu
tenant Colonel of the SD Illinoil
Infantry V0lunteers.I commanded
the escort of a large number o
prisoners to Chicago. Illinois. o.
February 22nd, 1862, the commits
stoned officers were sent back from
Alton to st. Louis, and before part
ing the Federal officers on Boar,
the "Stephen Decatur" gave
Washington birthday dinner to tn
Confederate officers. With thei
good byes they very cordially inv
ted me to visit them at their home
should an opportunity occur, an,
hoping that l might meet with som
of them at the contemplated reunion
| have promised myself the pleasur
of attending should nothing nov
unforeseen arise to prevent. hav
the names of a large number of tn
prisoners in our charge, and an
not quite certain, but 1 believe quit.
confidently, the list enclose 70,
contains the names of the gentle
men who dined with me that day
If you can put me in correspondent,
with some of them will you kindl,
oblige me by doing so; and an,
suggestion or assistance you may b,
able to give toward enabling me t,
meet them will be highly apprecia
ted.
Wishing you the most abundan
success in arranging and conducting
to happy a conclusion the con
templated reunion, I am, yer!
respectfully yous, >,
JOHN s. WILCOX.
Col. W. E. Baldwin, Fourteenth
Mississippi Volunteers commanding
Second Brigade; First Lieutenan
Samual d. Harris, A. A. A. General
7. A. Burke, Acting Aid de-camp
J. W. Moore Tor Morse) Topog
Engineer; Capt. A. G. Scott, Quar-
:termaster Second Rrigade: Cant w
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08

1t se~"f - be generally under
stoo ., &c franchise problem is
the f" 4 :aaDartant matter that will
COM -p before the G. c., but no
salts ecto sniution has been thus
far 81 gResf"d. md the present out
loo. ",es pot reveal a prospective
solution OF the problem of the con-
Vention EnsciuskO Messenger.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08
EOrSale lsl. Rent


The General Passenger Depart.
ment advises that tickets will be
placed on sale at all stations fro N
Holly Springs to Sulligent inclusiv e,
at rate Of one fare for the roam d
trip, during the Rev. Sam Jones
meetings to be held in Aberdeen
commencing April 18TH.
GEO. L. RATHER,
Agent.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08

than 40 acres he could increase his
holding to the required amount, but
if his farm of less than 40 acres was
worth $500 he would not have to ill.,
crease his holdings by the purchase
of perhaps very valuable land.
Judge Csmpbells opposition is a
novel one, and Is it leaves qualified
electors not holding property the
right to vote, those, which will out
number the property owners, will be
free to vote as they please.
Another interesting feature Of the
Judges proposition is that it will
place the control of the States
affairs almost entirely in hands OF
the farmers of the State. This fact
alone would have . tendency to
cause farmers to increase their hold
ings and to cause others who are
not owners to acquire property.
The situation in Mississippi is one
which requires extraordinary meas.
ures to CONTROL, and Is the years
60 by the matter Of maintaining this
control will become more difficult.
For instance, In 1880 the colored
vote ontnumbersd the white vote
by 22,OO. Allowing . ratio of 80 per
cent. increase for the past ten years
the voting population this year will
stand ITO, 900 colored against 141, 600
whites, q colored majority of29, 600,
and unless some measure is adopted
looking to white supremacy to cure
the presnt evil the twentieth century
will open with q black majority OF
$4,000 votes in this State and every
ono Of them better qualified by edu.
cation and experience in political
Affairs to WELD the ballot for or
against the best interest Of the
State.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08

1t will be seen from these figures
that the great bulk Of these farms in
this State lie between 10 and 500
acres. If 40 acres is made the basis:
about $4,000 farms will be shut out,
if 80 acres is the basis $1,000 farms
out Of the 1O1,772 will not be repre-
sented. Aud If one additional vote
is given for each 80 acres the large
land owners will poll at least $50 900
votes, q number exceeding the total
white vote of the State.
If Judge CampbelPs proposition 10
simplifed to allowing one additional
vote for every 40 acres or to q
smaller quantity valued at $500, the
number Of new votes thus created
will equal fully 100000 aud no large
land owneas will be able to cast
over one vote and still enough votes
will be provided for. to overcome
any preponderance Of the cOlored
votes over the whites in this State.
The value Of the 1O1,, farms in
1880 was $92, ,915, an average OF
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08

The 1iaintlve and never to be
forgotten Burns, never uttered
truer words than these.
Inc honest man though ever so cor,
is King o men for a that :"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08

"The guilty fee, when no man
pursueth."
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08

Thu terrific calamity that has
BE- Z EN- ! aIiSTills sssf 1siy nss
ara lei in the history of cities. The
dread wrath Of the elements has
seldom 'eated itself on populous
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08
And Brokers IN future Contract

We realize the
and methods
found satisfactory The seller In this PLANTERS sell deliver
through with and haadg
addition regular commissions
Orders By
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IA
[NOvlS W. mi
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08

Oering the sam Jones' Meetlmg
NJ will keep open a RESTRAINT in
the building formerly occupied by
DIR. J. W. Eckford, where meals
will be furnished at all hours of til
day and night 1 have also arran.
ged a system for cheching baggage
aud packages belonging to visitors,
which will be great convenience
to those attending the meetings.
w. L. PEUGH.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1890-04-08

~ Office haars, 9 A. M. ts5P.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Cremation and Embalminr.

Thus heroic men were crystallized int
imaginary figures of gods, and in time
the notion was conceived of retaining the
matter for the perception of the spirit.
Thereupon sprang forth two methods OF
disposal of the dead-one, the subsection
of the body to fire; the other. the sub.
lection of it to process that should save
it from decay. Strange it may seem thai
two plans so different in effect should
have the same origin. Yet the fact is so,
The institution of the process of burning
the body, from whatever source or sug.
gestion it may have been derived. had nc
touch of materialistic feeling. The men
who transformed their greatest men into
gods, and who carried out their Young
dead to the funeral pile before sunrise,
that the sun should not be the witness of
so terrible calamity as the cessation OF
life while yet it had not neared its per
fected glory, were not men tainted with
the doctrine of negation after death. Not
at all! The burning to which they sub
jected the dead body was to them q pro-
cess of publication for the soul, which.
left unclean in its earthly state, required
to be made perfect by the absolute puri-
fication of the easement in which it had
been enshrined on the earth. Thew SUBJ
Jected it, therefore, to the pur, the great
purifer-the fire. Further, they thought
in this publication that that they sooner
set free the indestructible principle of life,
to enter the more speedily into the do
mains of the blessed. This was the
Greek ideal of cremation, and it colors
still many thoughts of man. 1t is the
root of faith to the present hour, though
differently symbolized.
The process of embalming had its
origin in a similar but in another current
of development The noblest human rep
resentation was by the Greek subjected
to the most consummate publication.
that it might be freed of dross of earth.
By another intellectual process the effort
was attempted to preserve the animal
body so that it might, in the course of
the suns and at some strange and event
full moment, be united with the principle
that had left it and revivify. Again, in
this ideal projection we see the origin of
thought that remains still in the MANY
thoughts of mankind, the root of a faith
symbolized differently, but a faith of
millions Of our race. The art of embalm-
ing, founded on this last named ideal,
acknowledgement a second hold-from
the lower or instructive interests of hui
manity. 1t led to the retainment of those
who on earth had been loved and ad-
mired, nearer and longer, as it seemed,
with those who lived to love, to remem-
Der, to admire. For this reason the prac-
tice of embalming great personages has
retained its place, while recently, in 6
country among the most civilized and
the most advancing America the prac-
tice has received advancement, not mere
ly in its application to the great dead, but
to the dead generally, among those in
whom the tie of attachment is closest and
most abiding. -Esclepiad
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
MUM JIM,s FISHING Bali.
a Sportsman Who Could Catch Trout with
Anything He Made Use or.

For number of years from my
earliest recollection there lived for
much of the time at my home in w.
In northeastern Connecticut, an old
Indian named Jim Wamsley, or Jim
lnJun, as the folks at home and the
people in that neighborhood called
him. be was one of the very best of
the Narragansett tribe He was to me
as much and sometimes even more of
companion than was any of the bows
OF my own age. He was quite lover
OF nature and a tiptop woodsman; |
nave yet to see an Indian that was not
BESIDES, he was no mean herbalist,
knowing the properties and uses of the
banks, roots and leaves of about every
medicinal plant growing in that sec
ton, If some good old lady or an in
valid had use for any herb Jim was
sure to know exactly where to get it,
W neither he got his knowledge of the
plants from others of the tribe, or from
white persons with whom he came in
contact, | never knew.
But by all odds fishing was his
forte, either for trout or pickerel. He
seemed to know of every place in all
the ponds and streams where a fish
would be likely to hide. and almost
always brought home good sized
string of them. As | grew older |
often accompanied him in his fishing
excursions, sometimes with and often
without the consent of the folks at
home. He would very frequently go
on Sundays, especially if pleasant; and
sometimes when | was sent alone to
church or to Sabbath school | would
skulk off behind walls or hills to meet
him at some place agreed on, then we
would have jolly good day of it.
was not setting a very good example
surely. Once in awhile on Sunday
evening, after coming home, | would
catch something else beside fish that
was not quite SO agreeable. Well,
through life we all have to take the
bitter with the sweet.
In fishing for trout Jim never ap-
peared to have any particular system,
but would follow it in kind of hap
hazard style, with common pole cut
in the woods, peeled, and of consider
able length. For bait he would use
worms, grasshoppers, flies, millers, or
any insect that he could readily find;
but whatever he made use of was, in
his hands, effective
Sometimes when hungry he would
clean goodly number of the fish, and
having built fire on the bank of
the stream or in the forest, he would
lay them ON the live Goals and broil
them to a nice brown color or fry
them on nice fiat stones; then what a
splendid feast we would havel Is ones
appetite better or the sense of taste
more acute than in later years9 1t
seems to be SO. Since then, scores of
times, when on fishing trips, l have
eaten trout cooked in all styles, broiled,
Drowned nicely in a frying pan, or
made into a chowder, but somehow
they never seemed to have that double
extra good taste of those prepared near
the brookside by old Injun Jim.
Forest and Stream.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
VictOriR's Throne.

The English coronation throne is
not raised dais of gold or precious
stones, as many have pictured it in
their imaginations, but a common,
high backed oak chair of antique style,
which has served in its present capacity
Tor SIX or seven generations, its exist
ence having been traced back to the
time of Edward l. The back and sides
OF the chair were formerly painted in
various colors, but all the wooden
parts are now hidden with heavy silks
and velvets embroidered in gold. I'm
der the finely upholstered seat is a
rough sandstone, 26 inches in length,
III In width, and inches in thick
ness 1t is the famous ''Stone of Scone,
sad to have served as seat during
me coronation ceremonies of the early
scottish kings. Louis Republic.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Senator stanford,s 500, 900 Tomb.

The architect who planned the mag
nificent mausoleum of Senator Stanford
at San Francisco says that it will be the
most elaborate repository for the dead
ever built in this country. In style of
architecture the simple but effective
methods of the ancient Egyptians will be
followed. Massive imperishable granite,
of light shade of gray, with an interior
lining of the finest Italian marble, will
be employed. The item of expense has
not been considered, the designers being
given carte blanche as to cost and di-
rected to secure the best of material and
workmanship to be had.
The total outlay necessary to complete
the tomb and prepare the surroundings
will reach 500, 900, and may considera-
bly, exceed that amount. The item of
transportation alone will be large one,
as the granite will all be shipped from
Vermont and the marble from Italy.
The site selected is beautiful four acre
plot in the senator's grounds, just out
side of San Francisco. 1t already con-
tains handsome shrubbery, and occupies
an altitude commanding magnificent
view of the bay. A driveway sixty feet
wide will be made, circling around a
slight elevation, on the brow of which
will be the tomb. The art of the land
scape gardener will be employed to beau
tify the approaches and render even more
effective the vistas of the park.-New
York Mail and Express.