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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-01-30
Forty-one counties Of our State
are dry-thirty wet. II w. @. r. U.
department, Brookhayen Times.
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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-01-30
TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION.

Among the most important q ues
tl0ns on which the legislature i,
engaged i the suppression of in,
temperance and the restraint OF
tile liquor traffic. The people ex.
pect aud demand some advance in
our Legislation upon this subject
Despite stubborn and strong or
position, AID the monie inrrest
Of those who have invested in the
business, sentiment in favor Of
rigorous repression by legal enact
ment has grown with st ally, per.
slstent movement, Indeed the
growth OF this doctrine has been
rather remarkable. Ii has rvi
dently come t. stay. Respectful
heed 70 IT'S request il wise policy
and the best philosophy. To de-
ride the movement as u riotons
religious craze, led by drlirious
fanatics and dogrnatic cranks, il
to repeat the mournful folly OF
those who cannot discern agd will
not learn.
1t is idle to underrate its
strength or prOphesy its certain
and speedy death. Whether or
not we approve al the methods OF
its leaders or repudlate tile ex.
traval ant aud indiScrlminate ut
terances Of extrrmi It's, we must
face the fact thaC this set tilnent
has become dominant convection
Ii the State.
The Code Commissioners have
carefully prepared chapter nn
the question, which, III nearly
every l,rlicular. il most admira-
Bile. With less than thus the pro.
ple will not be satisfied. In some
respects it Is an improvement Oh
former statutes, but not in advance
OF the earnest demands Of the
State. III the measure should he
,.lnascnlaied by amrndm nts, 80 as
to dis ,ppuiut its broatlest anl best
friends, we fear it will result III
widespread dissatisfaction and
possible political revolt,
Fnrtu lately for the Democracy
OF the STat~, and doubtless also for
the ends sought by the advocates
Of statutory suppression, the issue
has been kept out of party conven-
ions and platforms. That pol cv
i IS hoped may prevail in fn,nre.
BY wise Y, dispassion It ly hand
ling thA question, bowing 10 tile
sovereign will Of the peopla, grant
ing reasonable, respectful demands,
party strife will not he precipi.
Gated. The Clarion claims not to
be the special organ Of this or any
oihrr question on which the demo-
cratic party has not spoken-is
net in the curtain councils of tile
friends or foes of this class ai legis-
lati0n-hut as an interpreter OF
the thought and wishes OF thu
Whole peuple, is compelled to v
that a measure less imp .rativr
thali the report Of the Code Com
will meet wide and
stern ,lisiayOr.
The revenue feature Of that chap.
ter il open 10 criticism. InAtead
Of giving One.tbirl Of the licems
money 10 the State, oqe-third TO
the county, and one-third to the
municipality, it would he better TO
cover the entire amount into the
StaIe treasury for establishing aud
maintaining an institution for enc.
briates. II III" Legislature thinks
such specific direclion is uuneces-
sary, then it should be pad into
the treasury OF thr State for general
eXpenses.-Jacksnn Clarion.
An amusir0 inrilant occurrad -
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-01-30

An amusing incident occurred III
a Newark music store the other
day. A new and yerv pretty
b,llad is rniitIel, "Ki~s Me-" A
very pr tty girl having heard Of
The song aud thinking she won d
get lt with some others stepped
Into music store TO make q pur-
chase. One OF the clerks, a modest
Young man, stepped up to wait OF
her The young lady threw her
ve back, sayi &: ~ want 'Rofk
Me 10 81 ep p''' The clerk grn the
-Ohg and iint it brfre her. "N0w .
sad the young dy, 81 want Wan.
le,ing Refugee" Yes, ma'am ?
sail the clerK, bOwing and n few
minutes lie produce the Refugee
snow, kiss Me- said tile Young
lady, meaning, If con,s 81, the sopg
above mentioned. the pppr clerks
eyes almost popped fl as lie
looked at the young lady IN aslun-
ishment, for he was not aw are OF
the fact that a sODg by tn name
had been written. .sWn-what dit
you say, mIssiv kiss Ne, . said
sh-. II can't do it, mss, / never
kissed a toung lady in my liz, Z"
SAID lie cler9. ADont that time
a vii dropped, a Young lady lett
"a hurry, the clrk ielt SICK, and
the propri 10 lost the sal OF some
mu-ic.-foung Ladies' Fasui Jn
Baz r.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-01-30
The WInter ~ nisoonlont

aud colds When yet i euld 10 to YOUR
druggist aud get hottie ot thu fAv niitn
remedy for enugls aud cold, aud cfo ~ A.
eelhldres- Marsdru'a Pectoral Balm,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-01-30
or rNrrREsr TO Grnnrns.

50 much has been said about the use ~ senle
al the gin hquse that we call particular attention
70 a new book entitled Pnets about Scales
published by "JONRs or BINGHh NTOH," 10
Bnshamton, N. Y. Iteoninins full information
rogar'iing costs patents. &C., and should be read
BY every intelligent ginner A postal Will get II
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-19
CONDENSED TELEaRAMs.

JOHN f. BRIGHT, who shot and
killed his wife in Laney County, Mo-,
q day or two ago, has been cuptured,
had trial, was convicted and executed.
Judge Lynch presided.
ELLA, girl employed as waitress,
who is charged with causing the deaths
of nine persons, was lynched by mob
Of masked men at Rayville, La, ON the
18th.
WAR among the manufacturers of
chewing tobacco seems imminent, and
the consumers of the weed are likely to
become the benetlciaries of the threat
ened conflict before many weeks.
EIGHT prisoners-fve negroes and
white-broke out Of TIE county Jail at
Admission, Ala, ON the 15th.
THE red-hot campaign in Louisiana is
coming to another turning point. A
primary occurs on March %: it will de-
eide which of the two Democratic
tickets stays in the 6eld. Never has
the State been SO thoroughly canvassed.
The Foster faction has four regular
campaigning parties going through the
State, while the McEneryites have three
parties.
The damage done by the last blizzard
grows in extent as the different points
of the Northwest are heard from. The
damage at Duluth, Mimi, is estimated
at 100000.
For several months there has been an
epidemic of 'burglaries at Helena, Ark.
No clews were left which would point
to the perpetrators.
Much uneasiness is felt by American
stock owners, and particularly by Sec
retary Rusk, on account Of a serious
outbreak of foot and mouth disease in
Great Britain.
w. A. PLUME, a young man 81 years
Of age, was married at jackson, Mich,
on the 11th to Mrs. Amanda Bentley,
aged 10 years.
A BILL has been introduced in the
Canadian Parliament to prohibit the
importation and immigration Of for
eigners under contract or agreement to
perform in Canada. This is retaliatory
measure against the United States.
ALEXANDER HocKAwAY, of Blue
Ridge Township, Ind, on the 11th cele-
brated the one hundred and twelfth an
niversary of his birth. He was born in
1850 in what is now Kentucky. He is a
blacksmith, and has never taken medi-
! cine but once, and that was after he was
100 years old, He ID IN excellent health,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-19
OIL TRUST TO DISSOLVE.
The Standard Oil Irust to BE DissOIved-A
Late Ohio Decision thu Cause.

The Standard Oil Irust to BE DissOIved-A
Late Ohio Decision the Cause.
NEW York, March IL IS. T. Dodd,
solicitor of the Standard oil trust,
stated yester !av afternoon that it was
the intention of the concern to dissolve
at the coming meeting and not to or
ganize in any way. The stock held by
the trustees will be returned to the va
rious companies and the affairs of the
trust wound up.
The announcement that the mana
gers of the Standard oil trust have iu-
vited the certificate holders to vote on
motion to dissolve the trust has
aroused wide interest and a keen desire
to know the form under which it is
proposed to conduct the enormous bus
mess of the concern
In accordance with provision in the
trust deed special meeting of the
holders of the trust certificates has
been called for Monday, the 21st, to
vote on the proposition. At that time,
too, these holders may decide the mode
in which the affairs of the trust shall
be wound up and whether the trust
property shall be distributed or
whether part. aud if so what part shall
be divided and what part sold and
whether such sales shall be pubic or
private.
s. I. Dodd, the. solicitor for the trust
said:
eve think. the trust has been bene-
ct to everybody. Besides largely re-
ducing the price OF oil to the consumer
it has enabled every person in our en-
ploy who has saved a dollar or got a
dollar to invest to share in the profits
of the trust, and in that way it has been
profit sharing industry.
mo, we have no intention of reor-
ganizing the trust; our purpose is to
dissolve, not to reorganize. This de-
cision has been brought about in part
by the decision against the trust in
Ohio, but more largely by the opposi-
tion and legislation against trusts of
this sort in different states and which
has become burdensome. The decision
in Ohio was the first one given against
our trust deed in any state. OF course
it only affected the trust in that state.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-19

Several Ellis Introduced in coneress in Ito,
gard 70 Irrigation and Arid I.ands-1hs

tnNleaAi ION
Several Ellis IHtroduced in congrrss IN Be-
gard 70 Irrigation and Arid Lands 1hs
Propositions
WASHINGTON, March IL. There is q
high tide Of prospective Legislation on
the subject Of irrigation Mr.. LanhGm
has his arid land bill in the house and
Senator Warren has introduced a
similar measure ia the senate. Several
minor bills have been introduced touch
ing the irrigation question with
out going to the extent OF
ceding the arid lands; and stiil
another bill has been introduced
by Senator Dolph. This bill approaches
the problem from another direction.
1t proposes that the United States shall
issue funds TO the order of any stnts or
territory for the purpose Of providing
for the requirement and construction
of dams, reservoirs, canals, artesian
and other wells, and any and all other
works and means to be used for tho
development conservation and furnish
ing of water supply for irrigation In
aid of agriculture, etc.
Senator Dolph explained, on intro-
dueing the bill, that it was not drawn
by him, but by a gentleman who has
given much attention to the subject
The author of the bill-Judge J. w.
Gregory, of Kansas--claims for it that
it offers the means of solving the
problem of the reclamation of arid
lands most completely, in the shortest
p ssible time, at the least cost under
all the benefits of local self-govern-
ment, whether the public lands shall
be ceded to the states or not,
and In such a manner that peo-
pie now occupying arii lands
may be the first ones benefited, as
they ought to bei and that the benefits
of such reclamation will accrue most
largely to owners of small tracts OF
land, and tend to subdivide the re-
claimed land into small holdings rather
than to aggregate it into large bodies
under syndicate ownership; thatit will,
incidentally, increase the volume of
currency of the country in a perfectly
safe and healthful way, not leading to
hasty imitation or injurious specuIa-
tion, and that the securities will not be
burden upon existing property, but
will be safely based upoa newly cre-
ated real values.
Under the provisions of the bill not
more than $4,000, 600 of the currency
provided for could be issued TO single
state in single year, nor more than
total of $40, 600 600 to any one state
or territory. The administrative
charge of per cent, with all pay
ments on sinking fund account for the
redemption of the debentures, makes
the entire expense Of such currency to
the benefciaries range from to s.S
per cent per annum to discharge
both interest and, In due time the
principal The bill not only does not
appropriate any money on the part Of
the national government, but its opera
tions would create revenue instead.
1t neither favors nor conflicts with the
movement to cede arid lands to the
states and territories, and is applicable
to the deserted homestea1s and barren
lands of the eastern and southern
states as well as to the ari areas OF
the west
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-19
OPPOSING SALISBURY.
English Liberals Opposed to a Change Oi
Policy In the RehrInR Sea DIspu.e.

Engllsh Liberals Opposed to a Change OF
Policy In the Fehrlng Sea Dispu'e.
LONDON, March 19.-Lord Salisbury's
delay in arranging FIR renewal of
the modus vivendi in the Behring sea
matter has been matter for private
consideration by the leaders of the OPP
position, resulting in q decision not 10
move in the matter until the policy Of
the government appears more definite.
The foreign office is unusually dilato-
ry in the production of the papers in the
case. Apart from the extreme tory
organs, the opinion of the country is
dead against Lord Salisbury for risk
ing a quarrel with the United States
for the sake of the small capital in
vested in fish boats.
Today's number of the Speak
er indicates the attitude of the
liberals in arguing that the reasons
that induced Lord Sail bury to agree
to the modus vivendi in 1891 apply
with equal force in favor OF renewal
in 1892; that if the English government
is confident of the strength of its case
there is all the greater cause to be con-
tent to await the decision of the arbi-
tration tribunal and to be ready mean
while to meet the Washington eXecu-
tive on provisional arrangement
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-19
BROKE HIS LONG FAST.


A 73-Year-Old Faster "Threw Up the
Sponge on the Fortieth Day.
JEFFERseNvILLE, Ind, March 12-
Theodore Hopwood, the 7S-year-old
faster, closed in on his fortieth day at
sunset and threw up the sponge, de-
claring that he had accomplished a
feat equal to that of Tanner The
old man became weary in his at
tempt at self-starvation, SO he de-
cided that it was much better to
eat and be merry in his declining
years than continue the course he had
been pursuing. Hopwool, at the be-
ginning of his fast, weighed 24O pounds
and was possessed of q remarkable
constitution. Now he is nothing other
than skeleton in appearance. He is
a strong believer in materialism. In
consequence he denies the existence of
spiritual substances and maintains that
the soul of man is the result of par
ticular organization.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-19
NEW DISTRICTS.


The BrI Agreed Upon For the New Con
gressIonaI Districts Democrats Havs
Fourteen aud the Republicans One-VOte
Of the New Districts.
JEFFERSON Cry, NO., March IL The
democratic caucus has at last fixed up
bill rearrapging the congressional
districts. 1t is the measure that will
become law and no further changes
will be made. The republicans have
one district and the democrats the
other fourteen by from 1000 to 5000
maj rity. Following is the corrected
bill with proper numbers. the figures
of votes being based on 1890 returns:
First-Adair, Clark Knox, Lewis, Macon,
Marion, Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby.
Population, 173 III; democratic plurality, 1870
Second -Caoroil, Charlton, Grundy Linn,
Livingston. Monroe, Randolph, Sullivan. Pop
ulation l79, ,344: democratic plurality, 6sI2.
Third--Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, De Kalb,
Daviess, Gentry, Harrison, Mercer. Ray,
Worth Population, 174,7s6; democratic plu-
rality, GAS
Fourth-Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Holt,
Nodaway, Platte Population, lG4,264; demo
cratic plurality S,769.
Fifth-Jackson and Lafayette. Population,
i9O,694; democratic plurality, 5,ll0
Sixth-Bates, Cass, Cedar, Dade, Henry, st.
Clair, johnson, Population, 16l.78i; democratic
plurality, 5,737.
Seventh-Boone Benton, Greene, Hickory,
Howard, Pettis, Polk Saline. Population,
Nl,7ll; democratic plurality. 6s16.
Eighth-oallaway, Camden Cooper, Cole,
Dallas, Laclede, Maries, Miller, M oniteau
Morgan, Usage, Phelps, Pulaski Population,
1886; democratic plurality S,S8s.
Ninth-Audrain, Crawford, Gasconade, Lin
coin, Montgomery, Pike, Rails, St Charles,
Warren. Population, l52, 443; democratic plu-
rality, 41i2.
Tenth-Fifth, Seventh Ninth, Eleventh,
Thirteenth and Twenty-third wards and pre-
ciIct l4S of the Twenty-seventh ward of the
city Of St Louis and counties of st Louis and
Franklin Population, l67, 1886; republican plu-
rality g. 222
Eleventh-Fourth Sixth, Eighth, Tenth,
Twelfth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth, Eighteenth,
Twenty-sixth and Twenty-eighth wards and
precincts liz and 1lS of the Twenty-second
ward, and Twenty-fourth except precinct l2i,
all of the city of St Louis. Population lS2,-
93S; democratic plurality Liz se
Twelfth-First, Second, Third, Fifteenth,
Seventeenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty
first and Twenty-ffth wards; the Twenfy-third
ward except precinct f19, and the Twenty
seventh ward except precinct 14S, all of the city
Of St Louis. Population, 163,S62; democratic
plurality, 1879.
Thirteenth-Carter, Dent, Iron, Jefferson,
Madison, Perry, Ste. Genevieve, St Francois,
Shannon, Reynolds, Texas Washington, Web
ster Wright, Wayne. Population, ls6,99i;
democratic plurality 5,52s.
FOurteenth-Bolinger Cape Girardeau,
Christian, Douglass, Dunklin, Howell, Missis-
sippi. New Madrid, Oregon, Ozark, Pemiscot
Ripley, Scott, Stoddard Stone, Taney, Butler.
Population, 2O4 994; democratic plurality, 4,O79.
Fifteenth-Barry Barton, Jasper. Lawrence,
Mcdonald, Newton, Vernon. Population, 1883, :
O7t; democratic plurality 3Oi1.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-19

EDWARDS PIERREPoNF, who died on
March 6, was born in North Haven.
Conn, March 4, 1914 He entered Yale
college and was graduated in 1887 with
high honor. Immediately after gradu-
alton he began to practice law at Co.
lumbus, O., with p c. Wilcox, where
be continued until 1876. when he went
to New York. Upon the death of Chief
Justice G. Oakley he was elected a
judge of the superior court He was
active in organizing the Union Defense
committee, and among the members Of
which were John A, Dix, Hamilton
Fish, A. I. Stewart and many other
prominent citizens He was appointed
minister to Russia in 1873, but declined
the honor, and in 1875 he was appoint
ed attorney-general of the United
States and remained in Gen. Grants
cabinet until Mar, 1876, when he was
appointed United States minister to
England
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-19
SHOT 20 nEATh.
Three Negroes Who shot Several once
at Memphls Lynched By Masked nLen.

Three Negroes who shot Several Omcers
at AIemphIs Lynchad By Masked hEen.
MEMPHIS Tenn. March 10. bout
o'clock this morning seveRty-five men,
all wearing black masks, appeared
suddenly on Front street near the jail
From whence they came no one would
this morning hazard even guess. No
one knew them to assem- BILE, no officer
of the law noticed their passage through
any street nor did any person intercept
them in their quick and quiet march to
Shelby county jail.
The watchman at the jail Office was
having a chat with prisoner, when a
ring was heard at the outer gate and
Watchnan O'Donnel walked to the
door. Who's there2" he demanded.
Hugh Williams, of White Haven,
came the reply. II have prisoner.
'.All right. said O'Donnell; 'this ia
the place aud am always ready to re-
ceive them.
With that O'Donnel hurried to the
gate and unlocked it, Two or three
men pushed in Immediately.
The men were masked. What does
this mean?" queried the watchman, az
he reached for his pistol.
There was hurried consultation
among the mob, wait of few min
utes aud rope was produced with
which the watchman's hands were
tied.
The keys were found in the jail of
fee, and the men fled swiftly into the
Jail and in minute were in the cell
room of the negro department.
Now began a search. There were
twenty-seven negroes there, all under
arrest for completely in Saturday
nights affair and it was no easy task
for the men to distinguish the wanted
negroes from the other blacks in the
dark OF the night. On they went from
cell to cell, the thoroughly alarmed in
mates coming to the cell doors and un-
willingly aiding them in the search.
Finally the men wanted were found
They were Calvin Mcdonald, William
Stuart and Theodore Moss. The mob
took them to the outskirts of the city
and shot them to death. The mob
then dispersed
Their crime was the ambushing and
shooting down Saturday night last of
four deputy sheriffs in bad negro To-
cality known as "The Curve" while
the officers were fulfilling their duty
by looking for negro for whose arr
rest they had warrant None Of the
officers were killed.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-19

THERE is slight touch of romance
In the history of Isaac Rakestraw, of
Geneva, Neb, and Mrs. Catherine
Raines, of Silver Creek. Col, who were
married at Lincoln, Neb., the other
day. They are both 6S years of age.
Forty years ago they were lovers in
their native village in Ohio. Their
paths diverged, AMI until few months
ago they had not seen each otter since
early youth. In the meantime Mrs.
Raines had three matrimonial ventures:
Rakestraw had had four wives but
when they were again thrown together
1t SO happened that neither had at that
time matrimonial incum brance. The
Old spark was quickly famed into a
living flame. y
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-19

NEWS from Egypt is to the effect
that the new khedive intends to begin
his reign in brilliant way by recover
ing the Soudanese empire, which was
lost to Egypt with the rebellion of the
mahdl and tne faft OF khartoum The
latest information from the Soudan in
dicates that an invasion. properly or
ganized and commanded, would not
fail Of success; that the people are ripe
Tor change, and that the Egyptians
would be welcomed by the masses of
the inhabitants as delivered from an
tntolerable tyranny.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-19
s.l. r.nLn yYill nave Naturnl Gan.

SALT LAKE CIrr, Utah. March a..
A trio of Ohio capitalists, who have
been here for some days have consum-
mated negotiations for piping the
natural gas Of the wells at the lake
shore into this city. The deal includes
a controlling interest in the stock of
the gas company and a like interest in
SIS. coo, coo of bonda The money to be
derived from the sale Of bonds to be
used to defray the expenses OF laying
the pipes. This work will be COM
meneed shortly, and it Is intended to
furnish natural gas to consumers ia
the city by September
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-19

MINNEsoTA's legislative committed
undertook to investigate the alleged
wheat combine, but after proceeding
for some time discovered that it was
powerless to effect what the trainers
OF the law under which it works in
tended c NJ. Amsden, a prominent
Minneapolis elevator man, denied the
committees right TO inquire into the
matter of prices Reference to the
law showed the correctness of the Do
sition, and the committee was power
less to pry further into the workings
OF the alleged combine except by vol.
untary testimony.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-03-19

MRS FLORENCE ETHEL OSBORNE
pleaded guilty to larcency and perjury
in London and was sentenced to nine
months Imprisonment at hard labor.
MITCHELL. the prize fighter, made a
speech at Toronto the other day, after
his set to with Slaviu in which he said
he wanted to fight Sullivan for the $685.
600 purse offered if such a match could
be arranged.
GEORGE COLDS OF San Diego, Cal,
shot and killed himself, being the
second case of suicide over the failure
Of the California National bank.
The foods were so severe in Spain
that it took several days before railway
and telegraphic communication were
restored.
THOUSANDS Of starving laborers are
clamoring for work in different cities
Vt Germany