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The daily critic., 1890-09-12

klJ7 FEET RELIEVED. DR.. WHITE,
- CaIROPOnIST
l4l6 Penna. ave, opposite WillaEd's Hotel.
Thousands from far and near visit Dr. Whites
establishment for relief from and avoidance
Of cOruE, buuiuns, diseased nails aud an
other foot troubles. Hours, q. m % . 2. m.
putting the ieet In good order. Established,
Els-WAsHIRGTON SAFE DEPOSIT co,
~ 9l6 and 9ls Pennsylvania avenue.
STORAGE DEPARTMENT.
Rooms IRE and burglar proof, and all above
ground, particularly adapted i0T the storage
oi furniture, pictures, &c au@lm
~cHARTERED By CONGRESS 1873.
FRANKLIN INSU RANCE co.
OF WASHINGTON, DC.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, s35so00. Has
never contested a loss bg ore, bat always
makes PROMPT ana Eberal adjustments. Dr.
Daniel b clarke prest George z. Lemon,
Yice-presf' Charles S. Bradley, treas-;L J. Zen
WICK Young, secyi WI 7. boteieF, g ssst s.,
kg~wHY NOT HAvE YOUR SHIRTS
~ made by one Cf the most celebrated
cutters In Amerlgaf Prices same as those
thild-rate cutters charge. p. 7. HALL, 3Js
Sc ".
H-J WILLIAM LEE
Cneeess0F 10 Henry Lees sous3
UNDERTAKEB,
s2 PA. AVE. \. w.
South Side.
Branch once, a9a Maryland ave e. ".
kF-LADIEsi LADIES' LADIES'
- Mrs, MCCadaTtY Is the only hat ana
bonnet-fFame manufactures in the city, Can
aud see Der new shapes, bieaea.ng aad
pressing. straw and telt hats altered % the
latest stglea. Orders promptly attended e.
ioQ9 g stree n y.
LOST AND FOUND.
4 0sT-MOSDAY AFTERNOON. POCKFT-
l. book containing card case, sum OF
money railroad passes aud papers 81 ia
glI'l 'llee t9 owner Liberal reward Wl. a5
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interest no delay whe5Ss sseg55.5{ E5 6 good.
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The daily critic., 1890-09-12
In mo Late senator Beck', memory.
Favorabiy Reported.

The bill to incorporate the Washing
ton and Highlands Street Railway Com.
pany was iavorably reported TO the
House TODAY,
The daily critic., 1890-09-12
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

w TTANTED-HORsEs TO PASTURE AT
w General Beale's farm at g. per MONTH
best OF pasture, running wafer aud plenty OF
shade with careful attention. Apply % gem
eral manager. r. B. LAFFEKTl, 10th 81 aud
Ia ave OT 40 The farm. Telephone cail, iOl'
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The daily critic., 1890-09-12

ng- EUREKA DEFILATORY
Win remove Objectionable hair from the face
and arms IN ten minutes without injury to
the most delicate skin,
WARRANTED.
PRICE g.
sent anywhere on receipt OF price. send
stamp for circular.
NEW YORK TOILET CO.,
Davis Building,
Pa. ave. and 18th st.,
Washington. D. G..
The daily critic., 1890-09-12
FOR KEET-RooMs.

LOR RRNT-2 FURNISHED ROOMS FOR
II light housekeeping; no Children or would
rent room TO gentleman aud Furnish break
fast; In family. Apply 100 p stn " side
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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-05-29
THE ATCHISON PURCHASE.
Terms by Which the Frisco Enters the
AtchiSon System


BosToN, May pa circular has been
ISSUED by George c. Magoun, chairman
of the Atchison, Topeka ~ Santa Fe
Railroad Company, formally announcing
to stockholders the requirement of the
St Louis & San Francisco road
The circular opens by congratulating
the stockholders upon the adjustment
of the funded debt, the aversion of fore
closure and the placing of the concern
upon a sound basis.
The geography of the properties is
detailed and a tabulated statement
shows the railway segments that make
the 1,32O miles of the st. Louis & San
Francisco system. The advantage of
this combination, as to the far south
west traffic, is dwelt upon and tabu-
lated statement from the railroad
manuals shows the capitalization and
stock status. 1t is stated that the
financial and physical condition of the
st. Louis & San Francisco property are
good, the company having surplus of
available and cash resources over its
floating Indebtedness and the tracks,
equipments, etc, are in condition for
economical operation.
The circular closes thus: ''In the pur-
chase concluded the first preferred
stock is not disturbed, and to holders of
preferred stock are given one and three
eighths shares Atchison Company's
stock for one share of st. Louis Il San
Francisco Railway Company, and to
holders of common stock three-quarters
of one share of Atchison stock for one
share of st. Louis & San Francisco Rail-
way Company. Your company has is
sued ST., OOO 900 par value new stock out
of which, when all stock shall have been
changed $40, 600, 900 par will have been
delivered for the st. Louis q San
Francisco Railway Company stock and
it's equipments, leaving $714, S25 par
value, new Atchison stock in your COM
panys treasury. Comparison of the
capital stock of your company is as fol-
lows: Capital stock before present ac-
quisition, S73, 900, 900; after all exchanges
are made for new acquisition, S101, $780,
165. Miles of road: Before present ac-
QUESTION, 7,115.15; after all exchanges
are made for new acquisition, s,966.37.
Capital stock per mile: Before, s10,-
$40 50; after all exchanges are made,
Sll, ,296. "a. Increase per mile of road,
$685. As"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-05-29
ADVERSE TO KEMMLER.
The Supreme Court OF the United states Re-
fuses to Interfere in the Murderer's
Favor.

The Supreme Court OF the United states Re-
fuses to Interfere in the Murderer's
Favor.
WAsnISGToN, May 24.--The Supreme
Court of the United States yesterday
denied the application for a writ of
error in the case of Kemmler, under
sentence of death by electricity. The
opinion was by Chief Justice Fuller.
The opinion first recites the proceed
ings in the lower courts leading up to
the bringing of the case to this court,
and says that it is urged in Kemmler's
behalf that tho Fourteenth amendment
is a prohibition on the State of inn
position of cruel and unusual punish
ment this being included in the
term due process of law" The origin
of the phrase cruel and unusual pun
ishmcnt" was in the English act of set
tlement in 1866 and meant that barbar-
Gus methods of punishment should not
be inflicted. 1t meant that man
should not be sentenced to death by
torture, but did not mean that the death
penalty itself was cruel. The Court of
Appeals held that the punishment in
hlbJtu VII hCIlllIlCl was Dub
that there was no evidence to show that
it was cruel. The Legislature of New
York had the facts bearing upon this
question and the court must presume
that the Legislature had devised a
pun shment it thought less cruel than
the former mode. That decision was
not against any special privilege set up
by the prisoner and was 50 plainly right
that the co urt would not be justified in
overruling it. The Fourteenth amend
ment did not materially change the
whole theory of the Government. Citi-
zcns still remain citizens, both of the
State and of the United States. The
only change in that amendment fur
shed an additional guarantee against
encroachment by the State upon the
fundamental rights of the citizens. The
privileges and immunities of citizens of
the Unit; States are protected by
them. Those are the privileges aris ng
out of the essential nature and charac-
ter of the National Government.
The Court quotes the opinion in the
IIurtado case on the meaning of the
phrase. due process of law. The change
in form of death was within the leglti-
mate sphere of the legislative power of
the State. The Legislature of the State
of New York determined that it did not
inflict cruel and unusual punishment
and its courts have Susta ned that de-
termination. Tbs court can not see
that the prisoner has been deprived OF
due process of law. In order to reverse
the Judgment this court should be com
PEELED to hold that the Court of Appeals
had committed an error so gross as to
deprive the prisoner of his const tutional
rights. The Court has no hesitation in
believing it can not do this.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-05-29
FARM NOTES.

Ounces need severe pruning. In
many cases the trees should be pruned
from one-third to one-half.
Cherry trees can be planted one rod
apart and can be set on the outside of
the orchard or along fence rows.
Instead of propping up fruit tree
that is overloaded it is better to thin
mems.
Young trees especially are often
badly injured, if not ruined, by being
allowed to bear fruit too early, or to
overbear.
Farming and the farm are never dis
tasteful to those who embrace it's oppor-
tunities. Let every farmer make up his
mind on the start to live and die on his
farm, and then let it be his lifelong
study and effort to make it of all the
places on the earth the one where he
wishes to live. e.-Exchange.
The ideal Kansas farmer is the one
who can get along with mighty little
cash. He raises his own flour, potatoes,
meat and cabbage, makes his own but
ter, and is independent of trusts and
combines. The nearer the farmers ap-
proach to this ideal the more indepen-
dent they are e-Salina (Kan.) Repub-
lican.
More corn has been listed this spring
than ever before in the history of this
locality. The reason is that the corn
crop suffered severely last year from the
Of nd licf;p &c
claimed as preventive because it
puts the seed deeper in the ground than
can be done with Valparaiso
(Neb.) Tribune.
There is no class of poultry that will
so thoroughly make its own living as
the guinea. When young they are very
tender and need good deal of attention.
They must be we'll shelterd and fed, kept
out of the rain and out of the dew in the
morning and evening until they get old
enough to run about. Then they will
take care of themselves.
The dahlia is easily grown, does not
require much cultivation though a
generous soil is desirable. When your
bulb bed is out of bloom plant some
verbenas on the same; they will shade
the soil and are much better thanweeds.
There are numerous shades of these
creeping things, and when the colors
are blended with taste, make very
pretty saucer bouquets.
A Cowley County farmer tells the
Winfield (Kan.) Courier that he sowed
eighty-two acres of winter wheat last
fall, on TWENTY-FIVE acres of which he
has kept eighty-five head of hogs and
nine COWS, and that the wheat on which
the stock run is in better condition than
if it had not been used for grazing pur-
poses. and that the pasturage more than
repaid him for the entire amount
planted.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-05-29
Letting Ieyee Work.

GREENvILLE, May 23.-At very i'm
ot -tant meeting of the Levee Board,
he'd at their Office today, bids adver-
tised for some time were opened by the
chief engineer, Maj Startling and Gen.
Ferguson. the secretary and treasurer.
The following is the work needed, the
bids and bidders:
Thirty thousand cubic yards at Cat
fish Point. awarded to Jeffries & Dam
eron at % cents yard. The levee will
run across the point twenty-five cubic
yards.
At Erston to Ernest Hyner at 33 cents
a ward. This levee will be built on the
river side of the present levee.
Eighty-fve hundred cubic yards at
Skipwith were given to L. c Dulaney at
20 cents yard.
Thirteen thousand cubic yards at
Huntington were let to E-Hyner at 81
cents. Around this break the levee
will be two and quarter miles long.
Thirty-fve hundred cubic yards at
Ofutt's had two bidders-E. Hyner at
25 cents per yard, and Burgess & Dock
cry at 24A cents.
The work will commence Immediately
upon the awarding of the contracts.
The length of time allowed for this
work is three weeks from the date of
contract. This will no doubt be COM
piled with, as the bidders are all we'll
known contractors.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-05-29
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

THERE have been the largest number
of changes and vacancies in the present
National House of any House of Rep
resentatives that has assembled since
the close of the war.
A DISTRESSING situation exists at
Barboursville, w. Va. Flux, measles
and typhoid fever are prevalent, and
200 persons are ILL., Business is at a
standstill. physicians and undectakers
are overworked, and grave diggers have
not been so busy for years.
THERE is an epidemic of hydrophob;a
in Breeds, Iowa, and vicinity. Mad
dogs are running loose throughout the
country, and stock has suffered to a
great extent.
REPORTS from all wheat growing
counties Of Texas show that there will
only be one-third of an average yield in
eastern and one-half in northwestern
counties.
A WARFARE has been waged against
illegal liquor sellers of Pittsburg
Within the past week over 5000 have
DeSn drFeSGeu, diIu JHc HliCo VIII "S5-S
gate nearly $4,000.
A TRAIN on the Cumberland Gap
Road at Williams Station, Tenn, struck
a well-known deaf and dumb resident of
that place named Robert Acubb, killing
him instantly.
THREE thousand eight hundred and
forty-eight immigrants landed at New
York on Thursday, May 22d.
THE business failures during the
week ending on the Esd number 222, as
compared with 212 the previous week.
For the same time last year the figures
were 229.
THE heaviest rain and electric storm
known in years passed over large sec
tion of Western Pennsylvania on the
Esd, doing great damage to property and
resulting in the loss of several lives.
MRS. JANE WHALEY, of Pike County,
Miss, died on the 23d. She was 9i
years and 4 months old, and had lived a
widow fifty-four years.
The House Committee on Elections
on the 23d decided to unseat two more
Democrats-Col. Venable, OF Virginia,
and Representative Elliott of South
Carolina, and seat in their stead two
negroes-Prof. John NJ. Langston and
James Miller, respectively. They unan-
imously reported adversely on the claim
of Gen. Chalmers, Republican contest
ant for the seat in the Second Missis-
sippi District, and favored Morgan,
Democrat, the present occupant of the
seat.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-05-29
THE HUMBOLDT CASE.
The Interstate Commerce Commission Al
lows Lower Rates to Kansas City From
California.

The Interstate Commerce Commission Al
lows Lower Rates to Kansas City From
California.
WASHINGTON, May 24.-The Inter
State Commerce Commission, in an op n
ion by Commissioner Schoonmaker, de-
cided the cases of Lehman, Higginson
& CO., of Hum boldt, Kan, against the
transcontinetal lines. Complaint was
made of unjust discrimination in
rates on refined sugar in car
loads by charging 65 cents per 100
pounds from San Francisco to Kansas
City, Mo-, and S5 cents per 100 pounds
from San Francisco to Humboldt, more
than 100 miles shorter distance, but not
on the through lines to Kansas City.
The Commission holds that the lower
rates to Kansas City are forced on the
carriers by competitive conditions be-
yond their control, and the rate
to Humboldt from San Francisco
was not unreasonable in itself,
but lower than it would be except
from these competitive conditions at
Kansas City, and it not appearing that
substantial injustice resulted from the
higher rate to Hum boldt, this rate and
the lower one to Kansas City were not
found to be in oontravention of the stat
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-05-29
Miscellaneous.

THE following persons were last week
convicted in the United States Court at
jackson on charges of cutting timber
from government lands: Willis Lewis,
Theodore Lee, E. T. Simrall, William
James. Joshua Lewis. Each was fined
a small sum and imprisoned for one day.
In affirming the decision of the Chan
cery Court of Madison County in the
case of Madison County VS.. j. Landen
Brown and others, sustaining the
validity of the bonds issued to the
Vicksburg & Canton Railroad, in the
hands of innocent holders, Chief Justice
Woods, speaking for the Court, deliv-
cred an exhaustive opinion. These
bonds were voted and issued some
dozen years ago, the amount being $751;
OOo and have been the cause of con-
tinued litigation ever since, as the road
was never built.
THE lease held by Biscoe & Speaks,
of Bolivar County, was Cancelled last
week by the Board of Control OF the
Penitentiary on account of cruelty to
the convicts. Convict labor Is in de-
mand, the Board of Control having more
applications than it can fill.
EIGHT of the Lincoln County bull
dozers were convicted last week OF
horse-whipping and threatening white
woman. Three of the indicted were
granted a new trial, but the other five
were fined 500 each and sentenced to
the county Jail for three months.
A NEW bank was organized at Kos
ciusko last week, and will be known as
the Farmers and Merchants Bank.
This will give Kosciusko two good
banks, as she has already one of the
best banks in the State.
HENRY SINGLETON, who escaped from
the penitentiary in 1878, was again
placed behind the bars last week. Sim
| pleton's sentence is for life, for the
murder of Marie Wren in Natchez in
1877.
CoEUR DE LEON DIVISION Uniform
Rank Knights of Pythias was orgs nized
| at Meridian last week. This is the first
division of the Uniform Rank in Mis-
sippi, and numbers thirty-seven men.
Mr.. EZRA LEEcH. while ditching in
his field on Conehatta creek, in the
northern portion of Newton County, last
week, is said to have unearthed ten
thousand dollars in gold. The money
is undoubtedly that buried by James
Copeland, the celebrated robber king,
who was hung in Wayne County about
1855.
QUITE a sensation was produced al
Natchez last week by the grand jury
sending in indictments against fourteen
of the leading saloon-xeepers for selling
liquor to minors. There will be some
interesting developments if the saloon
keepers undertake to make defenss.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-05-29
Killed m Crlnuie.

CATTLETsBURG, KY, May a4.-In the
store of Z. Walker, south of Pigeon
river, West Virginia, last Saturday, as
the result of an old feud, Jim Brewer
W thout word of warning struck Ike
Brewer, Jr., blow with his Winchester
rife across the neck, breaking it, and
after the dying man had fallen to the
floor shot him. Brewer was arrested
and is now confined in the Logan Coun-
ty Jail. Jim Brewer had gained cons.d-
erable notoriety by being the leading
character in the killing of the Bilden
brothers three or four weeks ago. ike
Brewer, Jr., was cripple, being min,,s
one leg.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-05-29
STOCK ITEMS.

Clover hay fed to the stock makes a
better manure than timothy, and IL hay
is to be sold from the farm let it be
timothy.
In shoeing, colts especially, consider
able care must be taken to do the work
properly or considerable injury may be
done that afterwards may be difficult TO
overcome.
There is room on every farm for some
hogs, but the number that can be kept
to the best advantage must be gauged
by the different conditions under which
the farmer is working.
Examine the pedigree as we'll as the
horse before breeding your mare. Some
horses may, with good treatment, pre-
sent much better appearance than
their real value warrants.
During the summer 1t will be good
plan to keep box filed with ashes, salt
and copperas, where the hogs can have
free access to it; one-half ashes, two
sixths salt and one-sixths eopperas is
fair proportion.
There are two objections to using
racks for hay in preference to managers,
one is the liability of the stock getting
seeds of various kinds in the eyes and
the other is the danger of injuring them
in putting hay into the racks with
fork.
While grass should be made the prin-
cipal summer feed for nearly all kinds
of stock with some variet es at least 1T
can not be depended upon alone. That
Is to say, much better results can be OBJ
tanned if some other material is given
in addition.
Avoid the ne ghborhood boar for
breeding. One objection to allowing
the brood sows to run out, is the risk
they run of getting with pig by boar
not fit for service, and the value of the
litter, even with the best of sows, is
largely determined by the male.
Even with fattening stock it Is not a
good plan to feed at any one time more
than the stock will cat up clean at each
meal. More than this is waste, and
when feeding for growth, especially so.
What is necessary is the amount needed
in addition to the grass TO keep them in
good thr fly condition. 1t is not good
economy to attempt to keep growing
stock fat; nor is it best to keep the
work teams nor milch COWS fat-St.
Louis Republic.
Few owners of horses are aware of the
importance of keeping the skins of the
animals clean. Proprietors of valuable
stock usually require their hostlers to
keep their animals so we'll groomed that
their coats II shine like new dollar,
and so clean that they would hardly soil
white handkerchief. This is done to
please the eye, the owners usually being
oblivious of the fact that by pursuing
this course they are using one of the
best means to conserve the health and
vigor of the animals. National Stock
man
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-05-29
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
An Important Decision.

JACKSON, May 22.-An important ha-
beas corpus case, being the first OF the
kind, was decided today. Calvin Hen
derson was sentenced to the penitentiary
June 30, 1885, for five years for grand
larceny. The law requires the superin-
tendent of the penitC ntiary to keep
merit and demerit roll, and allow each
convict who violates no rule Of the pen
itentiary credit Of three days on each
month of his term, and the superin-
tendent shall report these facts to the
Governor, who shall shorten said con-
vict's term for such time. The superln-
tendent failed to keep the record and
report the same to the Governor, where
upon Calvin Henderson sued out writ
of habeas corpus before Hon. Warren
Cowan. Chancellor. Henderson proved
that he had never violated any OF the
rules of the penitentiary, and should
have credit of $50 days, which would
have entitled him to discharge on the
3Oth Of December, 1899.
Held by the Court: The only power
for shortening sentence is an executive
order which the Governor is required to
make on certain conditions, of which he
alone is the judge; This executive
power is not conferred upon any court.
1t is essential to the independence oil
one department of the government that
it shall be free from interference by any
other department.
Henderson was remanded to the peni-
tentiary, after which he proved clean
record, and upon the recommendation OF
the Chancellor and Attorney General
his term was shortened by the Governor
and he was released.
Henderson has instituted civil suit
against w. L. Doss, late superintendent
of the penitentiary, for $1,000 for false
imprisonment
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-05-29
To Eight Grasshoppers.

ST. PETERsBTRG, May 24.-The Gov
ernment is about sending large de-
tachment of the army to destroy the
grasshoppefs now ravaging trans-Cau-
casia, and covering with their depreda-
tions an area of thousands of square
miles. The residents of the ravaged
districts fear a repetition of the fearful
famine of 1879. At present there is
hardly a green thing left, and the peo-
pie are dazed at the frightful prospect
bafora than