The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-02-28
OYER TIE STATE.

y tea. MI. ". Oppenlelmer, or Aber-
deem, sold $500 worth of otter,
beaver, mink. and other skins of wild
animals to an Eastern firm, in one lot.
Aberdeen Examiner.
The town of Duncansby has lost an
other good citizen. Mr.. John Schmidt,
so long employed by Messrs. S. W.
Lachs & Co., died on Tuesday night
after an illness of several days. He
was young man of most exec lent
habits and attentive and faithful in
every position with which he was en-
trusted.-Spectator.
Some of our State papers that would
doubtless relish Senator Georges de-
feat, are over anxious for him to ex-
press himself on the sub-treasury
scheme. They hope, possibly. that he
will approve of this wildcat finance
and thus commit political suicide
They may husband their solicitude
when aOld George" goes before the
the people he win advocate sound
Democracy, and defend his party
against all who assail it.-Commercial
Herald.
Especial to The Commercially
Ripley, Miss, Feb. 2l.-After one OF
the hardest aud most earnestly con-
tested fights in the courts, Capt. X. j,
Thurmond has been acquitted Of the
charge of manslaughier for killing
Col. w. C. Faulkner. The jury re-
tired last night at 10 O'Clock, and to-
day returned a verdict of "not guilty.
The prominence of both Col. Faulkner
and Capt. Thurmond, and the number
Of able lawyers engaged In the case,
caused an immense crowd to attend
the trial.
The lamp posts are being distributed
over the city and being placed in
position for the lamps, which are to
shed abroad their light upon our streets
and by-ways. The Sun Vapor Street
Light Company of Canton, Ohio, have
the contract to light the city with 40
lamps for the period of three years.
Other lamps will also DC put in by
private parties, and we learn the rail
roads will also have some lamps. We
hope the lights will be good and OF
sufficient strength to light up the city
during the dark hours, BY this means
and with the day and night police force
the city should be well protected from
the criminal class, who generally do
their dirty work at night, and will be
a means not only Of enabling one to see
how to get about, but protection
also.-Delta Flag.
The Messrs. Sutter bavejust finished
the artesian well put down BY those
enterprising and public-spirited young
men, the Lewis Bros, that is 10 supply
our town with pure wholesome water
perhaps our greatest need. On
Tuesday last they must test as to its
elevation and capacity. The water
rises fifty-three feet and the flow Is
about ninety gallons per minute. The
water Is pure and sparkling with q
slight taste of chalybeate. These
waters will soon be fully Analysed and
the analysis will be published. AS the
well Is 727 feet deep we may be sure
that there IS no counterfeit about them
as we might expect If they were nearer
the surface. Pipe laying will now DC
commenced, and In very short while
patrons will have the water in their
houses. These young men should DC
well patronized, as they have been al
heavy xpense.-Democrat-Star'
A. j. Streeter, the candidate of the
three +. M: B. A. members of the I'LL
nols Legislature is perhaps as oblec
tionable to the South as any man inc
Republicans are likely to elect. lie Il
bloody shirt shrieker of the mos
advanced school, and Is more respon
sibe than any one man for the failure
of the II. M. B. A. to consolidate witL
the Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union of America at 81. Louis in 1889
The lamented Patty, who was an active
member OF the st. Louis conference
committe, believed Mr.. Streeter IN
duced the Northwestern Alliance and
tbe Farmers Mutual Benevolent Asso
citation TO withdraw from the confer
ence after the committee had virtual,
agreed upon terms of consolidation
twice. and hence we feel that nothing
would be gained by bis election. I'M
Messenger hopes the Democrats vii
stand by Gen. Palmer until he is electe'
or defeated.-Chickassw Messenger.
II il manifest from many statement
and criticisms we see in our exchanges
on this subject that some editors nav
never read the Constitution at all, O.
| If they have, do not possess the nnaer
standing of the average school ooy t,a y
what a travesty on a profession ina
noses az the educator Of the masso
and the moulder of public opinion
If such editors as those to whom w
refer will not or cannot inform them
selves, they ought at least to have IN
GOOD sense to keep silent, for mum
Ser of them are not only making them
selves ridiculous and bringing reproac
mon their profession in the eyes OF IN
tslligent readers, but they are doing
nosifive harm by misleading the pee
ple who depend upon the press 10
correct Observation-Disclosures.
rTbe people have too much intell
oence and sense Of right to be "mi'
leadp far by ignorance and spites.l
The Standard is sure that Georg
and Waltball have given to this All
ance % measure their best thought. III
sure they have the wisdom to sec I'd
NECESSITY for better condition OF Tn
farming and laboring classes, and II
soually sure they have the desire to q
t5e right thing at the right time, an
have % the boldness to stand for the righ
Having such high confidence In thei
Judgment, and in their political an
nersopal integrity, It Is more tina
pratified to be in such accord VIII
tbem on the measure under discussion
And while 1t believes every citize
should think for himself and arrive
Conclusions in his own way on que'
lions of so much public concern an
while It reserves to itself the right
annroye or condemn the public ute,
apces of any one or oil of our puol,
men. Il. at the same time, unhesitatingl