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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-25

A Fostoria (O) special Of the 14th
says: zone Of tho most phenomenal
gas wells ever known was discovered
just west OF Fostoria this evening, Ia
Hancock county. The drill had only
reached the depth OF $50 feet, which
fact makes the gigantic gasser stiIl
more OF prodigy since gas or oil was
never known TO have been found here
at a depth less than from 1000 to 1000
feet. The driIIcrs heard the roar OF
gas as the driIl tapped the reservoir
and ran for their lives. The driIl was
hurled TO a height OF 100 feet. The
gas at once ignited from tho fires ofihe
boiler and shot a steady flame 15O feet
into the air. Enough oil Is thrown out
with the gas to keep large space sur
rounding the well as lake of fire, and
II is impossible 10 get closer than 100
feet TO the burning well. The entire
plant of the drillers, including the en-
gine aud boiler, Is a total loss. The
surrounding vicinity is boggy, low
wet place, aud, for a quarter OF milo
around, the gas Is coming up through
the earth with such force that ground
and water are thrown to n height Of
ten feet or more. The roar OF the gas
can be heard for nearly ten miles. OH
men declare that nothing like II has
ever been known. II Is 10 entirely new
territory aud Is supposed to be pock-
Of which viii soon blow itself out. lis
volume goes above all records"
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-25

Vicksburg at last has as finely
equipped a dairy as there is in the
state. T. NJ. Logue & Sons have
one hundred selected COWS, two
hundred and fifty acres Of fine pas
ture land, bold, cool springs of pure
cold water as clear as crystal all
under good wire fence. They have
four thousand square feet Of covered
shelter to house stock in winter,
which will be largely increased this
fall. They have the Daval cream
separator, the Alpa invention, which
has proved to be as great an ad-
yancement as was the introduction
of the cream separator in the first
place. They have a cooler for TAX
ing out the animal heat and cooling
the milk, and the dust proof milk
buckets. Being thus equipped they
expect a large increase in their bus
mess and have perfected arrange
ments to put in as many as one hun
dred more cows.-Vicksburg Her.
aid.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-25
LynohInas, North and South.

There have been so lynchngs since
the beginning of the year 1894, Of
which 9 were In northern states aud
and Al In the southern states. Kansas
bad 4, Ohio AID Indiana 2 each, and
Pennsylvania l. In the south Alab-
anna leads the list with II lyuchings,
Louisiana Q, Arkansas z, Georgia aud
Kentucky each, Tennessee, North
Carolina, and Oklahoma each, aud
Florida aud Texas each. OF these
80 victims of lynch law S8 were negroes
and IL were white men. or the Al
Southern victims only 8 were charged
with the horrible crime OF assault. In
this country there Is no excuse what
ever for lynch law,and The lynchings
in the north were an even greater dis
grace TO the communities where they
occurred than those In the south, be-
cause public sentiment In tho north
has always recognized lynching as one
OF the worst crimes against society,"
Intcr-Ocean.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-25

Persons who sympaGhize with the
afflicted will rejoice with ID. Il. Carr,
of 1885 Harrison street. Kansas City,
he Is an old sufferer from inhamma-
tory rheumatism, but has not here
toforo been troubled in this climate.
Last winter he went up into Wiscon-
sin, and in consequence has had an
other attack. at camc upon me D.
gain very acute and severe" he said.
"My joints swelled and became in
famed Z; sore tc touch or almost to
look at. Upon the urgent request OF
nv mother-in-law tried Chamber
lain's Pain Balm 10 reduce the swell
ing and ease the pain. and 10 my a.
greeable surprise, it did both. /
have used three fifty-cent bottles and
believe it to be the finest thing for
rheumatism, pains and awellings ex-
tant. For sale by DIR. w. ID. Redus.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-25

From Texas exchange we obtain
this interesting news:
1Mr. j. 4. Wade, of Kansas, left tho
Populist party the other day, giving
the following as bis reasons for 90 do
ing: because the Populst party Is
run by lawyers without clients, by doc
tors without patients, by preachers
without pulpits, by women without
husbands, by farmers without farms,
by financiers, without finance, by ed.
ucators without education, by states
men out of n job.n
Mr.. Wade's epIgrammatic remarks
are not the children of bis braiu. Thoy
are adopted, and were waits on the
common of Kansas politics at least two
years ago.
There is much meat, however, In
Dir. Wade's explanation Of second
revolution In his politics. We would
also like TO know why he ever Joined
the third party, whose preachers, wo-
men, financiers and statesmen he knew
then as well as now2 What party did
be leave and why2-Republic.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-25
More stlIIs RaIded.

The reputation of Union county
as a rendezvous for wild cat stills is
in the ascendency. Last week three
of the establishments that convert
sorghum and corn into a poor quail
ity of liquor were raided and a stop
put to their operation. Whom they
belonged to was hard TO tell as the
operators made good their escape.
A negro was detected getting away,
but his flying feet were too much for
the officers. The one found at Dix
ie Shelton's place seemed to be In
complete and only used as a vessel
in which to steam fruit. New Al
banv Gazette.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-25

Port Gibson, Miss, January 18th, 1893.
Messrs G. McIaun and Bernard Forster Special Agents
II affords me pleasure recommend company IN the hgn-
est terms With US of the estate OF onn T.
ceased has been entirely honest and honorable IN every espe
filing every promise and obligation Yours was the nst COM
which NV father would further state hat .ne re-
hort Going the rounds that The Mutual e neo tne
e the estate and requested that we take out insu
rc instead i entirely without foundation whateverH IouIs was
the only company several in which my atne was The Mutual
;fe one n the VERY BEST companies in every respect
Most Respectfully J. w. - - % D rao~
Executor OF the Estate Of John r Taylor
The false repor circulated by friends and agents OF other com
nst The Mutual Life proves their inability 60 cope WIN u'e
oioest 'aises' anu 49, Fl G. McLAURIN, Special Agent
Port Gibson Miss. January i7th 1894
r. C; cacLauin Special Agent: - .x+.s rifc Insurance
v heavy line insurance IN The Marus ~ H. lT % aaned
L - = ;fe Insurance take pleasure 10 feconime1 % DT Nm
% - ,le 4, osurng public Respectfully J. 'aeN
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-25

Wagons have been running regu.
larly for several days hauling some
large and very valuable stock logs
to the depot to be shipped. These
logs, mostly poplar, will be made
up into furniture, some of which
no doubt will be sold here and may
be purchased by the man who
shipped the logs. Thus he pays
the freight there, the factory's nrice
with a big percentage added and
freight on the goods from the fac
tory to Hickory. The raw material
is here and the factory should be
here and save this great expense in
freight and the foreign factory's
pro6ts.-Newton County Progress.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-25

New Orleans does not like the
idea OF having Natchez take from
her The trade of the Atchaialaya
and Courtableau country in south-
west Louisiana. The Times Demo.
crat says I;
"It Ia about the last part OF Louis
lana where we would expect an in
vasion; but the Shaw did we'll
there, was welcomed everywhere,
and sold lots of goods, many oil
thsm-we would note peas as an
example-lower than New Orleans
can do, or rather has been doing.
'sNatchez will send another steam
er and The indications are that II
will have a weekly steamer there in
direct competition with New Or
leans. It is not at all oreditable to
the enterprise or commercial ability
of the city that a small town like
Natchez can underseII 1t and take
business away from IL at its very
DOORS"
To which the Natchez Democrat
replies
''Natchez Is in this trade 10 stay.
However absurd II may seem. her
merchants. already underselling
those of New Orleans, believe they
will be able TO meet and overcome
all competition. The peopse down
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-25
STATE NEWS.


Those who imagine that there are
more drunken men in a prohibition
community than in O saloon town
would change their minds if they
should visit Jackson and note the
number of drunken men seen there.
There are more drunken men in
Jackson in oEe day than there are In
Yazoo City in monih.-Yazoo City
Herald.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-25

Though The petrol Is swift, the frig<
ale bird Is far swifler. Seamen gem
orally believe that the frigato bird can
start at daybreak with tho trade winds
from tho coast of Africa and roost the
same night upon tho American shore.
Whether this Is a fact has not yet bceu
conclusively determined but II Ia ccr-
tain that this bird 10 the swifcst OF wing
cd creatures, and Is able to fiy, under
favorable condilions,two hundred miles
an hour.-Our Dumb Animals.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-25

An exchange says; Never judge
man by appearances. A shabby
old coat may contain an editor, while
The man wearing the high plug hat
and supporting a dude cane may be
q delinquent subscriber.-Ex.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-25

DR.. s. F. Scott, Blue Ridge, Har-
rison Co., Mo-, says: "For whoop-
ing cough Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is excellent." BY using it
freely The disease is deprived Of all
dangerous consequences. There il
no danger in giving the Remedy to
babies, as il contains nothing inju-
rious. 25 and 80 cent bottles Tor
sale by DIR. w. ID. Redus.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-25

! "a, el,'s,''',ra'g'c l,',',, Persons
y u q ogtfwee,se sl.a ..il,i nervousness resulting
trohn's y. @ll' l,e relieved IS Il ling n
'aa crossed reiiines On sfaposs 1anasas
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-25
LOOK OUT!
lG FLIES and MOSQUITOES Are CQniDrI
Prepare fe% Esae%geaev
by Securing


KEEP THE SUN OFF
by purchasing fine silk par
asol at OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. orc
The largest line of black and
colored parasols in town
from 25c upwards.
We have the only styles in
MEMS STRAW HATS
at Isc, 25c, soc, 7sc and ST..
Just received a new line of
MEMS NECkwEARs.
Latest styles CT double bow.
at 25c, sold elsewhere at soc
Lawn Ties, embroidered, at Isc
SHIRTS.
200 Laundried Shirts at. -. soc
100 White Shirts, laundried, zsc
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-25

As prologue, must tell Jon, win try my best
TO say
What thanks we owe the Press, for blessings
we enjoy TO day.
Religion, wealth and labor by Its strength are
made secure,
And poetry, and politics, and women all endure.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-25

Poem delivered by Mrs. z. r. Montgomery
before the Press Association, May 10Th, 1s94.l
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-25

TIL evangelistic journal pours
It's fountains 10 each thirsty soul
That, stained with travel. stoops TO drink
The saving waters as they roll.
Helping 10 stay all pestilence
That body and that soul convulse,
The Press like an inspired leech,
Medicines 10 the worlds quick pulse.
Rousing 10 nerve spirits that quail,
And urging brave ones on TO win.
Like the bare-footed friar, IL stirs
Crusades against the hold Of sin.
In the busy marts OF commerce,
Where the ledger rules the day,
Where "wealth accumulates,n 'tis said,
"And men, alas, decayr'
Where the market Is the column
Ger which hoary sages pore,
And the rise and fall OF stocks ia
Studied deeply DER and Ger;
Where the ancient fsith OF Mammon
ls the creed that they confess,
Ev'ry Crocslls bends in homage
To the Advertising Press.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-25

This rich relative OF yours, is he
= distant relative y eyes, extreme
y distant, since he became rich p
N. Y. Press.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-11
The Passing of Italics.

After an existence of much utility of
about 400 years it is noticed that italic
is declining mcasurably in the favor of
printers, particularly Oh newspaper
work. 1t is occasionally seen, however,
i'll important editorials. This lack of ia
vor has, it would seem, become more
marked since typcsetting machines have
come so largely into use OH the daily
newspapers
Tho increased output from the ma
chimes has strong tendency To do away
with the use ri italic, every effort being
directed 10 the simpliiication of their
product. Thus il has been considered
good enough to put the names of news
papers and other titles i'll roman Oh
newspapers the composition for which
plaint has been uttered, and if there has
been any comment it has been too weak
to make itself heard. The public does
not care anything about the matter All
that Is wanted lisa readable paper. When
machines arc turning out thousands of
ems per hour i'll the usual rush to get IL
paper TO press, there is no time to be
frlttcrcd away in going to IN italic case
situated perhaps at The other end of the
composing room. The face stands as
much chance of being used Us there is
OF rcvcrting TO the custom of correcting
III the form. -Buokmakcr.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-11

Thursday night, and during it's contin-
uance prominent member of the fret
known artif1oer was made an Entered
Apprentice. The assembly was honored
with visit from the Rev. j. Cleveland
Hall, chaplain of Peasants Lodge, No.
SO. This brother is an enthusiastic
Mason. Upon call he made most ear
nest and interesting speech npon the
theme Of Masonry universal. We agree
with him that there is no better field,
outside Of his church, for the active
work Of the clergyman who is a Mason.
than in the duties appertAining to
Masonry. In what other place can
man meet his fellow-man upon terms of
equality, let his creed be what it may,
80 that he believes God to be tho Su-
preme Architect and Governor OF the
Universe land that belief he must pro
fess,) than in the Masonic Lodge? We
know OF mono other.-Lynchburg Ad-
vance,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-11
& AlLSOSDc
SAlLROA
N N : s +. W. NoffoIksHesIefa
ssY,r2ZyTy5,TyYy.

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT NOVEMBER 10, 1893
Westbound Leave Roanoke Daily.
500 a. M. Washington and Chattanooga
llmited) for Bristol and beyond. Stops
at Christiansburg and Radford, also
at principal stations west Of Radford.
Pullman sleepers to New Orleans and
Memphis, dining car attached.
7:20 a. Ii. for Radford, Bluefield and
Pocahontas
4:40 p. NJ. the Chicago Express for Rad
ford, Bluefeld, Pocahontas, Kenova
Columbus and Chicago. Pullman
Buffet Sleeper Roanoke to Columbus
without change. Also for Pulaski,
Wytheville, Bristol. Knoxville, Chat
tanooga and intermediate points. Pull
man Sleeper East Redford to Chat.a-
nooga.
North and Eastbound, Leave Roanoke
Daily.
11:55 q. IN. for Petersburg, Richmond
and Norfolk
1850 a. IN. for Washington, Hagerstown,
Philadelphia and Now York.
l1:15 p. ~. for Richmond and Norfolk
Pullman sleeper Roanoke to Norfolk
and LynchburG to Richmond
1880 p. II. Washington and Chatta-
nooga limited) for Washington,
HagersJown. Philadelphia ana New
York. Pullman sloepers to Washing.
ton, Philadelphia and New York via
Shenandoah Junction and Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. Stops only at
principal stations.
Durham sDiyision-Lcave Lynchburg
(Union station) daily 1913 p. NJ ior
South Rcston and Durham nnd inter
mediate stations
Winston-Salem ivision-Leavo Roa-
noke Union station) daily l2:lo y. N
for Rocky Mount, Martinsvillc, Win
ston- Salem and intermediate stations
For all additional information apply
at ticket office or to w. b. BEVILL
General Passenger Agent, Roanoke, Va
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-11
Victoria. Shortbrcad.

There is I'M old woman up at Perth,
III Scotland, who communicates with
Queen Victoria every day in the year.
Her majesty is fond of most things
Scotch, among others shortbrcad Now,
Tor some reason or other shorthrcad can
not be made in Enlgand us ii should bc.
But few years ago her majesty discov-
cred ut Perth an old woman who could
make 1t as no one else, even in Scotland,
could make it, since which time the
same aged dame has every day baked
with her own hands Il cake of short
bread, packed it herself and dispatched
1t to the queen. philadelphia Ledger.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-11
Produce ana merchandise.

NEW YORK, April lO.-Flour held at
old prices, buyers looking for concss-
sions; trading light; Southern -four dull
steady; common to fair extra, 2.O0@
3 90; good to choice extra, $1,000. CO.
Wheat dull, 64@64 13 elevator, G5X
a1oa,; options opened firm at A@t,
advanced 1@1H cent. rallied 4 and
closed steady at KOS cent below yes
terday; trading moderately active; No
red. April, GA; May, 6isl; June, 655f
Corn dull, firm; No. 2, AK elevator,
45@45ls afoa.; steamer mixed, Al; op-
lions advanced &c, fell &c, closed
weak at Is @ &c over yesterday with
trading Dull; April. a.; May, 44S; July,
frmer; April closing, 37I; MAy-July,
81; n ? white, May, 404; spot No. .,
37A @37]s; No. white, 4l@4l Il; mike d
Western, 37h@3sM; whito DO 800
43M. Hay steady, quiet; spring, 60Ge65;
good to choice, 75@S5. Wool steady,
fairly active; domestic fleece, 2O@25;
pulled, l6@25
Bcefquiet, steady; family, 12@14; OK
ira moss, S.O0@S.5O; beef hams dull at
1G;,icrced beef inactive; city extra India
moss, 1S@19. Cut meats firm; picked
bellies, 7@7A; shoulders. 4; hams,
0M; middles nominal. Lard Quot, easy;
Yves tern steam 95; city, ~ @73s; May,
$50; pril 90; July, 7 so; pork quiet,
higher mess, IA 00@ IA 25; extra prime,
10 CO@13 so Butter firm. fair demand,
STATE; dairy, nominal, 1894: do, old,
100 II; do, creamery, now, %; Western
dairy, nominal, 11@l5: do, creamery,
nomina 15@25: elgins, %
Rice, fair demand, firm; domestic fair
to extra, 3x@5h; japan, 4X@49l
Molasses, foreign nominal; New Orleans
open kettle good to choice, 3O@3s, quiet,
steady. Peanuts steady. Coffee options
barely steady, 5@25 points down; April,
1920; June, Is so; September, Ii so;
November, IA 10; December, IA 90; spot
Rio dull, nominal; No. :, 1TH. Sugar,
raw quies, steady; refined quiet, stead Y I;
off A, IL 1904; standard A, LIDO 4
4; cut loaf. l3-l6@5; crushed, 4 - l6
@5; granulated, 4 l-16@4ss. Freigh
to Liverpool dull, steady; grain. I'd.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-11
ACCIDENT TO w. C. OVERLY.
Head Badly Cut From Fall From Run
away Team.

Head Badly Cut From Fall From "a Run.
away Team.
W. G. OVERLY, tho butcher, met with
a painful but not necessarily serious
injury yesterday afternoon. Ho was
driving out Jefferson street in company
with a Mr.. Walker, OF Bedford City.
Several mem bers of tho Washington
Y. M. G. A. baseball team were racing
up the street. They fria htened Mr..
Overby's horse, which wheeled around
and started back toward the city. About
opposite E. II Stewards house the lines
broke and Mr. overly attempted to
crawl over the horses back to stop him
In doing SO he fell over the dash
board striking his head and shoulders
on the cobble stones between the car
tracks. Tho horse turned into Walnut
street and Mr.. Walker jumped out, es-
Gaping injury. Mr. OVERLY was picked
up, placed in a car and taken to DR..
Strickland's Office where his injuries
were attended to.
The doctor found a deep cut on his
head and his back and side were also
hurt but not badly.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-11
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Now York stock Market.

New YORK. April Speculation a.
the Stock Exchange was quiet in all
departments to-day. The sales OF stocks
were lac, 600 shares and of railway and
miscellaneous bonds Sl,446,000 The
dealings to-day were practically confined
to half dozen or go socks. At the
start American Sugar doomed into prom
1nence and rose nearly point on the
Hill speech, which was interpreted as
meaning postpone ment of action on
the Wilson bill. The rise in Sugar led
to fractional Improvements in the
money market, but Chicago Gas then
developed weakness. declining TO sex,
and the ea1ly gain was partially lost.
Delaware and Hudson was another
weak spot, falling from 140 to 1881.
Tho statement by Director Spencer that
he would not oppose The plan OF the pr ss-
ent IN management in the matter OF new
stock issued led to decline General
Electric was heavy. declining rs, tolh
The grangers, coalers and the south
westornerS were all shade weaker, but
there was no special cnange. Compared
with yesterdays final figures the unu
sua!y active stocks show losses OF l@
l Is pcr cent. outside of Delaware and
Hudson and Richmond and Terminal,
and lead gained 1s@4 per cent; Amer
lean tobacco tx. The rise in the last
named is OF no special Significance; tho
tho IN arkes closed steady in tone. Rail.
way and miscellaneous bonds were
strong. Ire ,sury balance, coin sos,
$4,000, currency $50, l62, 900.
Money on call easy at per cent, last
loan al i closing offered at l per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 3}s@4H per
cent. Bar silver, 62sI. Sterling ex.
change is steady, with actual business in
bankers' bills at 4s7@4ST4 for sixty
days, and 4SSH@4sSA for demand
posted rates, 4Ss@4S94. Commercial
bills, 1856 16@4 s6H for sixty days. Gov
eminent bonds steady. State bonds firm
Railroad bonds strong. Silver at the
board was neglected