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The leader., 1897-09-22
THIS AND THAT.

Two-thirds Of all the letters that pas,
through the post Offices of theworld arr
written or sent to people who speak
English.
On some of the western ranches the
cowboys use bicycles, instead OF horses
in herding the cattle, while the ground
is free from snow.
A bee stung David NJ. Kepley, OF
Louisville, on the top Of the nose. His
face turned purple, and for hours the
doctors thought he would die, but he
recovered.
In the basement of Rev. DR.. Hancher's
Methodist church, In Kansas City, is a
room where bicycles are checked. and
another where babies are checked while
the mothers attend Divine service.
Miss Phoebe McThoy, who for the
past seven years has worked as serv-
ant in Flushing. N. Y, has been in
formed by her uncle's solicitors, in
Scotland, that her uncle has left her
fortune of over 100000.
A Brooklyn burglar entered q room |
in which a young lady lay peacefully
sleeping. He admired the pretty pic !
ture, and stole a kiss. The lady |
screamed, the house was aroused, and
the burglar was captured.
In 1858 Mrs. Margaret Kirchoff, of
Teignmouth, England, went to bed in
good health, saying she would remain
there until she died. She kept her
word, and died there the other day,
having spent 39'years in bed.
An immense photograph is in course
of construction for the Paris exposition
of 1900. The apparatus will be of such
large dimensions that it is expected it
will make the human voice heard by
an audience of 10000 persons.
Nothing of Importance, not even /,
crime, ever happens in Baltimore, lit
tie town in Windsor county, Vt. In
1910 its population was 2o7; since then
its Inhabitants have been constantly de-
creasing in number, until to-day they
are only SO.
During recent tests benzol has fur
nished favorable results for illuminat-
ing purposes An addition of Is per
cent. of benzol to alcohol for an incan-
descent alcohol lamp showed a saving
of 20 per cent. as compared with pure
alcohol.
The leader., 1897-09-22
Plea for the Orphans.

To the Commercial Appeal:
As you have kindly noticed my enter
prise. the Mississippi Baptist Orphan
age, and as your paper is read by many
of my friends in Mississippi, write to
state to them that am here in the city
of jackson with twelve orphan children
in my care, dependent on voluntary con-
tributions for food and clothing, and
we are shut up in the city by rigid
quarantine regulations. While there
is no yellow fever or dengue fever in
the city, and while the children are all
in perfect health, and while we hope
the scourge may not reach jackson, yet
there is danger that, in the panic and
excitement of the times, the needs of
these little ones may be temporarily
overlooked. We are trusting in God
and in the liberality of his people, and
oil who are benevolently inclined Tor
help in this time of need.
Yours sincerely,
l.. S. FOSTER, Superintendent.
jackson, September 18th.
The leader., 1897-09-22
Tearing Up the Railroad Track.

JACKSON, Sept. ia body of citi-
zens, at an early hour this morning,
made an attempt to destroy the Pearl
river bridge on the Alabama & Vicks-
burg road. The officers had been
warned and the bridge was strongly
guarded. While the authorities were
guarding the bridge the party of men
went to the coal chutes and destroyed
the track for some distance. Trains
had been ordered to pass jackson at
twenty miles an hour. The train pass
ing here at pm. yesterday ran at the
rate of four miles an hour. This caused
the trouble.
The leader., 1897-09-22

Torn Tomkins. who had fragment Of Z
newspaper in bis hand, rolled over Until
be faced Wocbcgone Williams. nearly ST.
ting the haystack on Ere In the operation.
sad remarked:
SAY"
"Woty" returned woebegone Williams.
81 guess mebbe water amt 50 bad after
all, IL Teller tackles IL right"
"Such as how" demanded Woeberons,
somewhat startled BY the suggestion,
IVY, here'sa item that says Count Malfke
Bretagne."
"Sayi I thought there was somethin'
funny in the way them swell guys keeps
crossin' the ocean. Now | understand it,
And after a full and free discussion both
decided that they would risk the water
themselves under such conditions-Chicaeo
Doaf
The leader., 1897-09-22
After the pnIIf7U

'1f any Of my friends CALL" said the candi-
date for congress, YEARLY, as he came down
from his private parlor and walked up to
the clerks desk, tell them I've gone out for
a walk"
Going to stret,h your legs bit?" asked
the affable clerk
Just the other one," said the candi-
date sadly.-Detroit Free Press.
The leader., 1897-09-22
Remarkable Earnings of a Rallroad.

The Gulf & Ship Island railroad has
been running through from Gulfport to
Hattiesburg not yet one year, but we
doubt if any railroad in the country
can make an equal showing in proper
ton for mileage to its seventy miles.
The reports for the first six months of
1897 show that the Ship Island road has
handled over 63,O 900 tons of freight and
its receipts from passenger traffic alone
was slS, 752. 81, to this is to be added the
express and mail business. There is
reason to believe that the traffic on the
road will be doubled next season if not
increased three-feld.
The leader., 1897-09-22
Jack Case Continued.

The case against Guy Jack, merchant
of Scooba, charged with the murder by
poison of Charles T. Stewart, on whose
life he carried SCI 200 insurance, was
called in the Circuit court at Dekalb
last week, and by consent of both the
defense and the prosecution, was con-
tinucd until the March term of the court.
The leader., 1897-09-22
Sale of Alabama Coal Lands.

The Illinois Central Railroad Co. Is
said to be back of the purchase of 15,-
Walker counties, Ala, and will shortly
put agents in the field that will extern
sively develop the purchase for the pur-
pose of supplying their road with the
greater part of their fuel, besides cater
ing to the Mississippi and Louisiana
domestic market. The distance from
the land purchased to the illinois Gen.
trail railroad is about 100 miles. The
sum paid for the tract is said to have
been in the neighoorhood of $50, 900.
The deal is one of the largest that has
taken place in Alabama in some years,
and immediate development is in
tended.
The leader., 1897-09-22
Renection. of . bachelor.

Some folks are so humble that when they
get to Heaven they will go way around and
knock at the back door.
When a man gets excited in an arguments
he always says il does make him mad to
hear people talk so foolish.
Nothing makes a girl so mad as for man
to pretend not to notice when she has fixed
her hair up the way he likes it.
When a man goes out to shoot bear and
ends up by picking huckleberries, he is very
apt to tell it the other way round.
A man will go to the devil for woman,
and woman will go to the devil for a man
If she can't get one from somebody else.
When a man has to work hard to get
along his wife always says it's because he's
SO good. natured he let's people impose on
him N " Press
The leader., 1897-09-22
Fatally Stabbed His Broth or.

At Middle Fork, Bell county, Ky,
Wills Bailey and his brother George
had an alteration over so cents which
George is said to have owed Wills, but
refused to pay. Wills stabbed George
near the heart, infiicting wound
which will prove fatal. The men were
farmers and had always been on the
best of terms before.
The leader., 1897-09-22
Moved the COnyicts.

As precautionary measure the peni
tertiary officials have moved all of the
convicts from jackson. Sixty-three ne.
gro convicts were taken to the Rankin
county farm and ten whites to the Oak
llev farm. OF the number nineteen
kvere women.
The leader., 1897-09-22

Isaac Ii. Lotion. negro postmaster
Of Hogansville, Ga, was shot the 9TH
er night by unknown men, and was not
expected TO survive his injuries. LOT
ton was appointed over the protests of
the white residents of the vicinity, and
the post Office since has been boy
cotted.
The leader., 1897-09-22

The new Canadian census shows that
II in every 1000 of the Canadian pop
u.ation were born in the United States
This is seven more In the 1000 than the
number reported from all Enrepeap
countries outside Of ursst prltslHs
The leader., 1897-09-22

r. A. Corner, who came from the
North, and who did an extensive bust
ness at New Albany in wagons, bug
gies and farming implements, and also
in general merchandise, has skipped
the country and his stock Of goods has
been sold out to various persons.
The leader., 1897-09-22
Leaped to His Death.

Walter Rossere, a well-known young
man of Meridian, Miss, was killed near
Newton, on the Alabama & Vicksburg
railway. He had been at work at jack
son, and left on account of the proxim-
ity of yellow fever. Before the train
stopped at Newton he jumped off, in
tending to visit his young wife, and
was struck and killed.
The leader., 1897-09-22

Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett, the venera,
BILE mother of State Senator Bennett,
and one of the richest women in cen,
trail Kentucky, died at Richmond, Ky.
The leader., 1897-09-22
A Preyentable Disease.

That yellow fever is preventable
disease. 1t can be kept from spread
ing by isolation or non-intercourse, or
complete separation of the sick from
the we'll. When the infection is car
ried in clothing or other such material,
it can be destroyed or rendered harm
less by the application of wcll-known
and practical methods of disinfection,
The leader., 1897-09-22
Court POSTPONED.

Judge w. +. Stevens announces that
The term of Circuit Court announced to
convene in Calhoun county this week,
das been pretermitted on account of the
Fellow fever and the strict quarantine
Regulations, and that he will give them
special term of court later.
The leader., 1897-09-22
Tbot T,rrtLIe scouree.

Malarial disease IL invariably supplement-
ed by disturbance Of the liver, the bowels,
the stomach and the nerves. To the removal
Stomach Bitters is fully adequate. IL "flls
the bill'' as no other remedy does. perform
ing its work thoroughly. Its ingredients are
pure and wholesome, and il admirably serves
to build up a system broken by i'll health and
shorn of strength. Constipation, liver and
kidney complaint and nervousness are con
ouerad by n
The leader., 1897-09-22

Wilson & Brown, who have been
prospecting for water at Enterprise,
Miss, have struck a fine vein of ar
tesian water. They only bored l56
feet. 1t runs at the rate of ten gallons
per minute, and the quality is very fine
for drinking purposes. 1t is highly
mineral, but very palatable.
The leader., 1897-09-22
Had the Governor Guaranteed.

Governor McLaurin was in Smith
county when quarantine was estab-
lished at jackson against the world,
and had to get permission from the
quarantine authorities of jackson be-
fore he could enter that city.
The leader., 1897-09-22
Dismal SWAMP On Fire.

The great Dismal swamp of Virginia
and North Carolina, covering an area
of perhaps 400 square miles, is atire
from one end to the other. the result of
an unprecedented drought and Excess
sively hot weather.
The leader., 1897-09-22
efg:. nays, SeayeaSY9 and Perkins,

'eftgP;, nays, Seavey and Perkins.
'lored School.-The petition of -
Q Cranberry, Sam Anderson and c
rs to locate the colored school at Z
hing Star Benevolent Hall was re- e.
ed and filed. Action on same was ~
poned until next regular meeting.
seting hours changed.-On motion,
it ordained by the Mayor and
ID of Aldermen of the city of Je
'khaven, Miss, That the time of az
ing of the Mayor and Board of AL =,
len be changed from $50 o'clock q,
to 7:3O o'clock p. m. on the first ~
'days of each month. ~
es-Cohn, Perkins, Moreton, Sea- =
md Schnorrenberg. Nays-none. "
nway official subdivision map ~
of r. NJ. Conway and =,
RS, the owners in fee simple of GER ~
lands within the corporate limits 81
9 city of Brookhaven and outside %
Q said city limits and to be includ- &c, "a
erein, and more fully and partic- -
y described and plotted in plan, 90
or map of said territory herein y
ut to be subdivided and included Su
ID city, together with a map of
forests through which the alleged pa
lay, the Cuban guide pushed on wit
out faltering, the carriers followiI
and the horseren bringing up Il
rear.
The forenoon was well advanc
when we came to an open space on
hilltop where, amid some bush
shaded by a clump of palms, we foul
some Cubans on the watch for o
coming. This was but an outpost, t
camp occupying a strongly fortified p
sition across o little ravine further o
above which steep precipices rose. {
closer inspection found that the on
practicable way 10 that hill top W
that by which we had gone, and hu
bred men could have held it against
army corps.
Two days after we started back, b
before leaving l witnessed the exec
ton of the traitor. He was tried, co
victed and hanged on a tree. AS '
were leaving, five minutes after, Il
captain of the escort suddenly vault
from his saddle and sent several b,
let's into the swaying body.
"Ah, That's for lucky trip to us
he cried, 'sxultantly, as the last sh
cut clear through the cord and let Il
half-dead body fall with a sickenil
thud.
At this there was chorus of vel
and "Vivas!" upon "Vivas." rent Il
air. The whole camp seemed to be
an upfoar of delight. OF courss,
was really all the rottenest supers
ton; but the Cubans believed it tc
an omen of good luck, and went
their perilous way rejoicing.
For my part, did not feel so well
ease. ] bethought me that there we
more Spaniards left in Santiago to Loo
after US. Sure enough, however, '
got through without hitch, and al
snenked into Jamaica unseen and u
Suspected. TIP. PORTER
The leader., 1897-09-22
Probably Hanged the Wrong Man,

1t begins to look as if the lynchers
who hung young Wall, the supposed
assaulter and murderer of Miss Cook,
in Patrick county, Va, had hanged the
wrong person. He was wead-ninded.
and the evidence against him was very
scanty.
The leader., 1897-09-22
SOUTHERN oLEANlNcs.
Preacher Murdered In Te.ss.

Rev. II. NJ. Williams, who had been
conducting a protracted meeting at
Mount Airy, in Cass county, Tex,
started to go TO near Buchanan, In
Bowie county. to hold a meeting there.
He failed to reach his destination, and
a party was organized TO search for
him. They traced him TO point near
Wilson's ferry, on the Sulphur,
where he disappeared. The ferryman's
wife gave an accurate description OF
Rev. Williams and his horse, and said
he had come to their house and that
her husband, Jerry Wilson, a negro,
went off with him to put him over the
ferry. Wilson denied his wife's story.
About fifty armed men took him in Gus
tody, and after repeatedly hanging and
otherwise torturing and threatening
him, extorted a confession from him.
lie said that he did not kill
the preacher himself, but that
two other negroes did, and
IL they would spare his life he
would take them where the body had
been thrown in the Sulphur. This was
at night. The next day he declared
that he had made false statement to
save his life. The sheriff of Bowie
county by this time had arrived and
took charge of the prisoner, and with
great difficulty managed to save him
from the mob and succeeded in getting
him in Jail. Search for Williams body
was continued, and it was found two
miles below the ferry, with the head
split open and entirely nude.
The leader., 1897-09-22

Mrs. w. b. Gill, widow of w. b. Gill,
who during his lifetime was noted
throughout the country for his benev-
olence and work IN Y. NJ. c. A. ciccles,
died at her home in Selma, Ala.
The leader., 1897-09-22
Reyiv.l at HolIendale.

A great revival is in progress at Hol
iendale. The stores are closed day ani
night, and the whole community i,
deeply stirred. The meeting is con
Quoted by the North Mississippi confer
ence evangelist, Rev. w. NJ. Mcintosh
The leader., 1897-09-22

Ralza Morse Manly died at San
Diego. Cal, aged 70. He was for 20
years at the head of the Virginia freed
mems bureau at Richmond.
The leader., 1897-09-22

Mrs Gill. widow of the late w. NJ.
Gill, died at Selma, Ala, after ten days
illness. She was one of the wealthiest
and most prominent women in central
Alabama.
The leader., 1897-09-22
A Life Sentence.

Berry Graves, colored, charged with
the murder of Louis Ray, was given a
life sentence at Danville, KY, q few
days ago.
The leader., 1897-09-22

c. c. Cooke, railroad agent at Dub
lin, Miss, killed himself. He had or
dered casket, and left $50 for funeral
expenses.
The leader., 1897-09-22
Bad Negro Shot.

General Body, q bad negro, was
shot, not fatally, by deputy sheriff,
at Florence, Ala. He was charged
with forgery.
The leader., 1897-09-22
A Bright idea.

.Algy-Td like awfully to know whether
she'd marry me or not.
Reggie-Why don't you ask her, deah boy,
Algy-By Jove, that's a good idea, will.
What head you have, old man.-Yellew
Rook
The leader., 1897-09-22
Proved His Innocence

Henry Stalk, negro, was caught
near Griffin, Ga, and was about to be
lynched. He pleaded for a show, and
proved his innocence.
The leader., 1897-09-22

my lord" said the foreman of an
Irish jury, when giving in his verdict,
1--WE find the man who stole the mare
pot guilty.
The leader., 1897-09-22
VIM. L. Wilson Installed.

VIM. L. Wilson, ex-postmaster gen.
eral, has been installed as president
of Washington and Lee university, in
Virginia.
The leader., 1897-09-22
A Fatal Mistake.

At Hennessy, Tex, q doctor gave .
patient carbolic acid for whisky; fu-
neral.
The leader., 1897-09-22
Mother Mary Masdalene.

Mother Mary Magdalene, superior of
the Ursuline convent at San Antonio.
Tex, died recently.
The leader., 1897-09-22

The Star tobacco factory at st. Louis IL
the largest in the world. The buildings are
in two rows: 2400 feet on Park and 2400 feet
on Folsom avenue, with total width of al
feet. You will discover the reason for this
marvellous growth if you give Star plug
fnhacno n trial
The leader., 1897-09-22
Monroe County Circuit Court.

Circuit court is in session at Aber
deem, Judge Sykes presiding. The en-
tire term of three weeks will probably
be consumed.
The leader., 1897-09-22
Another MN for Birmingham.


Another rolling mill of immense pro-
portions will be built at birmingham.
The leader., 1897-09-22

Some people even think it is something
to be proud of if they are in debt heavily to
some prominent man.-Washington Demo
The leader., 1897-09-22

When a woman win, abe will and vet
when she says abe will shs may not,--N J
The leader., 1897-09-22

A cablegram from Constantinople says
that "the sultan wants time" He ought to
have eternity.-Chicago Times Herald.
The leader., 1897-09-22

Allie Tidwell stepped on nall et
Psducah, KY, and died u loea;aw.
The leader., 1897-09-22

Cholly-Why do you wear boomers?
Carrye-Well, have perfect right.
Flows your left IN. Y. journal.
The leader., 1897-09-22

No matter how well man likes whisky.
he likes to surprise people by telling them
he has ashington Democrat.
The leader., 1897-09-22

After physicians had given me up, was
saved by Piso's Cure.-Ralph Erieg, VIII.
Transport. Pa, Nov. y, 1893.
The leader., 1897-09-22

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kine's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle u
treatise. DR.. Kline. 933 Arch ST.. Phila., Pa.
The leader., 1897-09-22

We know of nothing that is as hard to
find as a matchbox in the Washing
ton Democrat
The leader., 1897-09-22

To Cure q Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Csc.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-02
NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Notice is hereby given OF the follow
ing changes in the buoyage OF this
district which Affect the list OF bea-
cons. buoys and day marks. Pacific
coast, 1895.
Coos bay bar, Oregon, page Sc: North
Spit lefty buoy No. l. This buoy,
which has been heretorre reported
adrift, and which was formerly n
black tirst-class can. marking the
outer submerged end of the North spit
jetty, was replaced March l3. 1897. by
a black seoond-class can buoy moored
about one-fourth mile west northwest
three,fourths west from the position
of the former buoy. The buoy Is now
In II feet OF water and marks the
extremity of the sand spit making
out from the outer submerged end of
the North spit jetty. Its bearings
are; Cape Arago lighthouse, south
southwest one-fourth west; Yokam
point, south; Guano rock. east south
east three-eight,ls east. Vessels should
not pass between this buoy and the
outer buoy.
Columbia river, channel over Walk
er island bar to. Martin island. page
Is. The following changes have been
made to mark the recently dredged
channel across Cottonwood island
shoal:
Rainier buoy No. /. A black first
class spar buoy was established March
26. 1897, in twenty-four feet of water
to mark the edge of the spit off the
lower end of Cottonwood island, and
should be given a berth OF one hun
dred feet. The bearings are as fol-
lows: Rainier wharf west southwest
one-half west; Dobelbower Landing
post light, southeast. one-rourth east.
Cottonwood island shoal buoy No. 3.
A black first-class spar buoy was es-
tablished March 26. 1897. in twenty-five
feet OF water. and should be given
berth OF 80 feet. The bearings are as
follows: East end OF Cottonwood island
east one-fourth south; Coffin rock light
south southeast tbree-fourths east:
Dobelbower Landing post light west
three-fourths north.
Cottonwood island shoal buoy No. 5.
On March 2s. 1897. the number OF this
buoy was changed from l to 5. This
buoy should be given a berth OF so feet.
By order OF the light house board.
JNo. p. MERRELL.
Lieut.. Commander, U. S. Navy,
Inspector 18th L. H. District.
Ofice OF U. S. Lighthouse Inspector.
Portland. Oregon, March 20, 1897.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-02
GOVERNM BNT PROPOSALS
WANTED

PROPOSALS for fresh bccf and
fresh mutton; once Cmef Commits
Shry, Vancouver Barracks Wash,
April /. 1897 Scaled proposals, In trip
lioate viii be- received here and at
offices OF CommksarieS at following
named posts, for fresh beef and fresh
mutton 20 be delivered NJ that post
only) until L.. O'Clock n.pon, May i
1897, then opened, for furnishing and
delivery TO subsistence department. IT,.
$, army the fresh beef and fresh NUT
ton called for by the Commissary at
post to be supplied during six months
commencing July 1, 1897; Boise Bar
racks and Fort Sherman Idaho; Forts
Candy Spokane. Walla Walla mmd
Vancouver BarTpclts. Wash. Fresh
beef shall be good In quality and con-
dltion fit for immediate use. and from
fore and hind quarter meats proper
uonally. including all best cuts there
OF. Fresh mutton shall be OF good,
Tat and marketable quality. from
MtuhtIu uNti blg teAAh
years old. Beef and mutton b. be
dressed and trimmed and delivered in
bulk. as prescribed in circular Of In
structions TO bidders. Proposals will
be aasso receiNd statirtg prtceht which
bidder will deliver fresh beef or mutton
of character above stated. and TO be
delivered of temperature not greater
than so degrees Fehrenheit. Govern
ment reserves right to reject the
whole or any part OF any or all bids.
Information furnished here. or by
Commissary at the several posts. En-
velopes containing proposals should
be marked Proposals for Fresh Beef
(or Mutton) at -" and addressed
to undersigned or to COmmissary at
posts to be supplied. w. II. Nash,
Lieut. Col, A. G. @. s.