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Year: 1879

The men and women of Maine, who are total abb
stainers from and in favor of the employment of
all wise and prudent means tor the prohibition of the
liquors, are invited to meet in Mass Convention at
Year: 1879

The "still waltz is the latest.
Olive Logan says that u young
American lady, while attending n
ball in Paris, was discovered by her
mother sitting in IN alcoye with an
army captain who had his arm
around the girls waist, and when
the old lady expressed her astonish-
mcnt and disapproyal, the girl said
she had promised TO waltz with the
captain, but was so tired that she
had concluded TO give him still
waltz. a man il always finding
out something in this world We
never knew before that we could
waltz. Peck.
Year: 1879

Plattcvillc Witness Jonas Jones
and his hired man Of Smelker were
driving in II wagon last Saturday
n week, and Il fash of lightning
struck SO near them TINT they
were knocked of the wagon, one
on side and the other on the
other side. One Of the horses was
knocked down, and the other got
away and ran. The two men were
inscnsiblc for n short time, but the
hired man coming TO first, went 10
the assistance of Mr.. Jones and
soon they were NIL right again.
Year: 1879

put very speedy end to the trust.


l hope that upon dispsssionate
consideration Of the whole subject,
the people Of your county, as well az
the supervisors, will approve of the
proposed compromise as being bet
ter, much better, than a contlnu-
ance of the litigation, with all the
contingencies which are involved.


Yours Truly,


L. l.. SpOoNKR


As soon as the act mentioned
shall become law the settlement
will no doubt be contaminated, and
then the people of Douglas county
may congratulate themselves on their
comparatively easy escape out of a
very bad fix. And Mr.. Walbridre,
We have every assurance, will go to
work with his known energy
70 secure the building of the long
talked of railroad from Superior to
the Northern Pacific Junction.
This road can now be finished for q
comparatively small sum. AS q
good portion of the line V as cleared
snd graded In 1873, aud the slate
dyke near the Junction blasted away.
experts claim that the entire line Of
p miles may be made ready for the
iron at an expense Of not over
$500 per mile. The settlement is
not as favorable for the county as
many would wish, but we teel sati =
fed is The best that could be Sc
cured even at the end of protract-
ed and expensive litigation; and
the alternative seemed to be TO get
out OF bad bargain as best We
could, resolving Tor the future to
profit by the lessons of the past.
Year: 1879

City Cou1cil.-Friday night was the regu-
lar meeting night Of the City Council, but
there was not quorum present, and those
who were in attendance adjourned. There
will be a called meeting tonight, at which
time the newly-elcctcd members will take
their seats
Year: 1879

Died in JaH-A negro whose name is at
present unknown, died in the city Jail here
Saturday about II O'Clock. He bad been
sick for several days before his death, and
was sent TO Jail by Mayor Clarke for being
yagrant. His remains will be inferred
this morning ut the expense OF the city.
Year: 1879

The above unanimous report is to be
adopted by the City and County Committees
before it will become operative.


The representatives OF the city would
have preferred date month laicr than
that agreed upon for holding the primary,
but the county-nen said the day named
would suit the farmers better, and in de-
ference to their. wishes it was agreed upon.


1t Is supposed that the city and county
VIII each nominate delegates on the day
they nominate senator's. This plan, how
ever, does not deal with that subject. us..
Year: 1879

!. Any person who has become twenty
one since the last election, or who will be-
come twenty.one by the time OF the ap-
preaching election. may vote at this primary
by satisfying the judges OF that fact and OF
his intention to support the nominees. In
every such instance the judges shall make
poIl-book.
Year: 1879

8. All persons who desire to be voted for
shall notify the secretary OF the City Con-
servative Committee on or before II NJ. OF
Monday preceding the day OF the primary.
Said names shall he arranged in alphabetical
order and printed, and said ticket, and no
other, shall be received By the judges OF
election-each voter striking from the ticket
all but two names. The cost incurred for
printing shall be paid by the candidates
when they give their names to the said
secretary to be placed upon the ticket


FINANCIAL.


Q. The city and county shall each pay its
own expenses i'll carrying this plan into
operation.
Year: 1879

A YAzoo City correspondent Of the
Memphis avalanche tells how Dixon
was murdered, as follows:


Dixon was shot five times in the
back, not bullet in the front. There
are thirteen shotgun bullet holes in
the back of his coat. Dixon lived
from O'Clock in the morning until
4:3O in the evening. He leaves q wife
aud six helpless little children. II he
had had fair showing he would have
left his mark, but his enemies feared
this, and did not wish him to live un'
til the meeting of the independents
the next day. The Democrats openly
boast that Barksdale will be acquitted
from any blame in the shooting ot
Dixon. A plot was made to kill
Flanagan the night previous, but he
circumvented it by going home Q
different route than that usually taken
byhim."


The account first sent out by tele.
graph was bad enough, but it bore
evidence on its face of an attempt to
keep back a part of the truth. Nc
amount of whitewsshing can conceal
the Camnable fact, so potent to every
intelligent mind, that Dixon is thu
victim of proscriptive party, led By
men who are determined to rule ol
ruin. This is the process by which
the South is made solid for Democracy
Democratic editors may appologise fol
and excuse the assassin, Barksdale
but the law-abiding people of the
country will be against them, until
they explain away the facts.
Year: 1879

IN the last two sessions of Congress
Mississippi Congressman were fierce
against The bayonet at the polls. Now
would be good time for them to ssy
something about the use of the shot
gun to suppress Independent candi-
dhtes
Year: 1879

The first grand reception of the Norm
Social Club, to be given on Friday eve
ming, November 2lst, promises to rank
with the very best to be given this sea
son. The character of the young GET
tlemen competing the club is a guaran,
tee that the tone of the reception will
be all that could be desired, and tb,
list Of managers contains some veterans
in this business.
Year: 1879

Mir. Chastine Cox's lawyers did pretty well, but yet it would seem that if they had dwelt more upon the fact that it is the prisoners fondest hope to become minister of the gos- pei it would not have been without it's effect upon the court.
Year: 1879

Trigga is the latest new planet which has been discovered. We may now expect some sen-of-a-gun of an astronomer to discover lock, stock and barrel, and blow the whole universe to pieces.
Year: 1879

This. dear children, is the shoe of Chi

 nese lady; see how little it is. what nar-

 as Deacon. .~,s. Father says S his H sole s',T will

 fall through crack in the floor some day and get lost, ? was the shrill comment of boy l given to sharp listening. The superintendent

 pnt the Chinese shoe in his pocket, and re- lquested the school to sing Pull for the
Year: 1879

Before gust of whirling dust
Dainty Minnie and Millie flew,
Hurryng in from the coming shower,
For their pretty feathers and flowers were new
And their crimps would wilt at breath of mist
CThey guarded them even against the dew),
And their rufes would droop so on they pressed,
Till the wide doors opened and let them through
Under the rainbow, after the shower,
Meg and Motley came to town;
Meg had tangles in her hair,
Molly wore a tattered gown.
Both had baskets scaIlet-heaped
Their little feet were bare and brown,
And under the brim Of their poor straw hats,
Their bashful eyes look down.
The bobolink sings in the dripping elm,
The west is gold and the cast is gray,
And the wind is sweet as sit me down
To copy pictures as may.
Two are fairer than can draw,
Both are sweet in q different way,
And wonder which one you would choose
Ifthey were hung in the light of day.


Anna Boynton AreriH in So. Nicholas.
Year: 1879

GooD ADvICE.-A great many date
their fall to period when they disobeyed
their parents, and being out late at
night on the street corners, where idle
and disorderly boys would congregate
together. Now, fathers and mothers,
let me urge you to know where your
children are after dark. And then again,
do nothing in thoir proeonoo which YOU
would not want them to do. Home in
fuence will always tell, be it for good
or for evil. Dime-novel reading has done
a great deal to corrupt the morals and
foster crime in this country And just
here let me say a word to young men
and women: Avoid bad company, for the
old adage always holds good: birds
of feather flock together" If seen in
bad company you will be regarded in
the same light as your bad associates. If
you should 90 out to the ash box. and
put your hand into the ashes, perhaps
there would be no fire to burn you.
Nevertheless the coal that you touched
would blacken your fingers. So be care
ful of the company you keep, and select
for your associates and friends those who
are among the good and the true. If
you do this you will find it easier not to
contract bad habits than it will be in
after years to get rid of them. Live a
life of usefulness, and make the world
better for having lived in it.
Year: 1879

A Detroiter, who died the other day,
had invested in lottery tickets for Is
consecutive years and never drew prize.
He had been buried two days when his
last ticket turned up lucky. The prize
was silver plated butter knife.
Year: 1879

MoDiler, no returning board frauds, no
electoral commission, no Belknap. The
Southern men act with the Democrats
of the North to restore good Govern
ment. Whenever the Republican Sena-
tors abandoned vituperation and ven
tured to touch on the merits of the ques-
ton they were illogical. One Senator
asked if we fear thirty soldiers in North
Carolina. We do, just as the Hollander
does the first crevaSse in the leak that
may lead to an inundation-just as the
physician breads the first speck of gam
creme in his patients wounds. The
logic Of Republicans is that elections
shall be free, if we have to surround the
polls with bayonets. They shall be ac-
cording to the State laws, if we have to
overthrow the civil authorities by force
to have it our way. They shall be pure,
if it takes John Davenport and every
criminal in our cities to manage and
give them purity. They shall be con-
Quoted without the appearance of vio-
lence, if artillery has to be turned on
every ballot box, and they shall be fair,
if we have to arrest every man who Of
fers to vote the Democratic ticket. I'm
less we can use the army at the polls to
count in the next President, we will
obo ndon tha dnfnnSoc of tho nountrv
What the people most need is rest. The
residents of his section desired it above
their chief joy. The policy Of concilia-
ton pursued by the Democracy of the
North would alone secure this. Let us
initiate her who has covered the battle
fields of the rebellion with her robes of
green. Let us throw the mantle over
the memory Of the past.
Year: 1879

Tie couple then took the next train
back to Beaver. where Jones hired O
room in small house, which has on
ly three rooms in it, two of which
were already occupied by negro fami-
lies. The reckless girl sent home for
her trunk, piano, and some Of the or
naments from her room, and this was
the first intimation her mother had
Of the marriage. mother tried to
persuade her daughter to her home,
but she refused. Her father Is not at
home and knows nothing as y,t OF
the affair. 1t IL not known how Miss
Mason became acquainted with Jones,
or where she ever met him.-Threats
are openly made by the young men
of tarring and feathering Jones and
driving him out of the town, The
girls mother is crazy with brain fe-
yer, i.
Year: 1879

New materials show the increasing
tendency toward bright colors, and
the very newest and most novel of all
is the old fashioned changeable silk in
superior grade, with polka. dotted
silk In two colors 10 make in combi-
nation with It. As yet there Is not
yard Of silk In the country, but some
patterns have been sent to private
establishment by the commissions
nare in Paris, which arrived only
two or three days ago. One Of these
is changeable In green and gold, hav-
ing q golden sheen through which the
green shines. making the most per-
feet effect. tie silS which accompa.
nies II and which is to be used IN COM
binatlon as n trimming has over-shot
gold colored satin dots on green
ground. Another very lovely one has
fawn color and gold combined in the
same way. In everything there is the
increased color; very few black dress
es are worn out Of mourning except
silk and rrenadine, and they are
lighted up by emhroideries in satin or
gauze or by bows Of color -BoSiO on
advertiser.
Year: 1879

She was one Of those women you
couldn't quarrel with. She was that
agreeable that her old man got tired Of
it, and tried to have fight for n changc.
SO one night he let ont strong language
and hit her on the head with the fire
irons. She smiled, took him by the
hand In an atlcctionatc manner, and led
him down stairs and into the street, and
kissed him, and handed him over to n
policeman. And she went down next
morning and got him six months In
such nice, agreeable way, that the re-
porters fell quite in love with her. And
when she was going away she lent over
the dock and kissed him and said, "Takc
care Of yourself, dear. | will have n
nice dinner for you the day you come
OUT And the last thing he saw as he
went down the steps, was his amlable
wife kissing her hand to him and smil-
ing as swcctly as ever.
Year: 1879

paper Office with his nose spread
all over his face, replied to a police
man who interviewed him, 81 didn't
like an article that 'peared in the
paper last week, an | went in to
see the man who writ it, an he war
there !"
Year: 1879

LEfom the Husbandman.l


Herds and focks are doing well, and there
is no probability of such change in the
weather as to cause loss.


From the present indications, it is safe to
say that the population of the Museleshell
and judith valleys will exceed thai of the
Missouri valley within the next eighteen
months.


Not long since A. Hamp, of Dry creek,
went out hunting. The weather being very
cold, he made pair of moccasins out of raw
elk skin and put them on over his boots. He
had not proceed far on his hunt before he
discovered mountain lion following him
up. The animal was keeping pretty close
and continued to close in on the hunter until
within fifteen or twenty PAGES, when Mr.. H.,
thinking there was not much time to lose,
drew his gun to his shoulder and took dead
aim, the ball having good effect. On receiv-
ing the charge the lion leaped ten feet in the
air and tried to alight on the hunter. but Mr..
b, with a blow from his gun managed to
knock him off and be fell ID katch Of
brush, and be thinking hIm dead 1ljzed him
BY the tail and started TO drag hin cot, but in
an instant the lion jumped hiQh Ia the air and
landed On the other side of TIA thicket. He
quickly picked up bis gun and gave him two
more charges which settled hn FOR good.
III
Year: 1879

The bill to exempt railroads from taxation


was reported back to the House this afternoon


with the majority report recommending that
it be considered in Committee of the Whole
and the minority report recommending that
it do not pass. The minority report was
adopted by vote of IA to 10. A motion was
made to suspend the rules and put the bill on
its final passage, which motion was lost, not
receiving a two-third vote. A motion was
then made to make the bill the special order
for Tuesday, the 18th, at 1890, in Committee
of the Whole. This motion was amended to
Thursday, Goth inst, and the amendment was
carried by vote of IA to 10. This postpones
further consideration of the bill until the last
day but one OF the session, and practically
kills it.
Year: 1879

The grand masquerade ball to be given on
the evening of the 21st under the auspices of
the Harmonic Gesang Verin Society, promises
to excel any one of the several which have
proved so successful and satisfactory in past
years. Every necessary preparation is being
made by the managers to realize the best con-
ceptions of bal masQue, and no event of the
season is destined to awaken so much interest
in social circles. 1t is intended, we under
stand, as new feature, to award number
of prizes to be distributed to the best sustain
ed characters in mask, to be distributed &C
cording to merit. The committees are all at
work, and the affair is eliciting the co-opera-
ton of the best people of the City.
Year: 1879

Our Holiday edition of 10000 was so near
ly exhausted the first half of January that
we have only been able since to partially fill
orders. The edition is entirely gone now,
and any further demands cannot be met
Year: 1879

me Mufdefef OF Mrs. Hull.


NEW YORK, June 25.-Chasttne Cox, the
murderer OF Mrs. Hull, was brought to this CITY
this morning In custody of Cant Wiiltams and
Detective Schmittberger. He was taken TO
police headquarters where large and curious
crowd had gathered In expectation of his
arrival. From police headquarters he was sent
before the coroner who formally Committed
him to the charge OF the police. Cox looked
nervous and glanced from side to side as n fear
Ing an attack from the crowd,
Year: 1879

The CommonwcatI's Attorney charged
the Jury rot to fail to do their duty in this
case; not TO endorse the idea that any man
can cowhidc another for fancicd wrong
and then shoot him on tile plea OF scll-de-
fence.


In all that he had said he was animated
bv no spirit of revenge or malice. lie
spoke earnestly. but not with passion.
Year: 1879

ST, LOUIS, June GA special to
the Post Dispatch from St. Charles,
Mo- says John Blan was hanged
there this morning for the murder of
f, Warren.


After the black cap had been ad-
justed Blan told the sheriff he wished
to say something The cap was re-
moved and Blan then made brief
speech to the crowd present, which
numbered several thousand, in which
he acknowledged having committed
the murder, and said whisky and bad
company was the cause. He warned
all to shun both. The cap was then
replaced, the drop sprung, and in a
few minutes Blan was dead.


When Sheriff Revenge notified Blan
to prepare to leave his cell, he sud
denly threw his spiritual adviser, who
was standing by his side, into the
corner of the cell, sprang through the
door Of the cell into the ante.room of
the Jail, and was just rushing out
into the Jail yard when he was caught.
and after a desperate struggle he was
overpowered and returned to his cell.
Year: 1879

Chicago Times.l


A decision of the Tennessee Su-
preme Court, rendered on Saturday,
affirmed the validity of the legislative
act abolishing the city of Memphis
and holds that the re-incorporation of
the people and territory of that de-
funOt municipality as taxing dis
trict, under a general law of the
State, is also valid. The vacation of
the city charter was resorted to as a
means of escape for the people from
the taxation necessary to pay the city
debt. The same matter has already
been on trial before the United States
Supreme Court for the district of Ten
nessee, and that Court ruled that the
act repeating the city charter was
null and void, and intimated that
unless the State Court accepted this
view of the matter the United States
Court would undertake, through its
own ministers, the levy and collection
of taxes sufficient to satisfy the claims
of the citys creditors. The decision
now made by the State Supreme Court
clears the way for the threatened
subsequent proceedings of the
Federal judge. 1t is probable, how
ever, that the matter will be taken
into the United States Supreme Court
before anything of consequence is
done in the job of assessing and col
lecting the tax. The power Of the
Federal courts to enforce payment of
municipal debtssin this way has been
asserted by the Federal courts in
other districts in times past, but from
the failure of the Supreme Court to
affirm it, no taxes have yet been col
| lected by United States marshals. A
definite decision on that point may
now be reached. 1t will be of par
ticular interest TO an immense number
of municipal hondholders, as well as
to many municipal corporations whose
people have voted them into debt with
great enthusiasm, and devoted great
deal of ingenuity ever since to the
discovery of some way Of getting out
again without paying. If it is found
| that the Federal courts, while holding
that such debts must be paid, have no
power 10 compel payment, the iugen-
ious device of the Memphis people
will be likely to be initiated
by other overburdened communi
ties. The prospect is not entirely
pleasant for the bondhOlders but if
they never get their money, they will
at least have acquired knowledge that
may be valuable, They may be ex-
peoted to know enough hereafter to
keep their money in, and city bonds
out of their pockets And It is not
probable that any material interest of
the country would suffer much if a
dollar were never again loaned on the
faith of towns, counties, or States
The "pay-as -you-go principle is a
good one for communities whose peo-
pie have certainly no moral right to
leave the result of their thriftlessness
and folly as a legacy TO their sue
cessors.
Year: 1879

MEMPHIS was occupied by the Fed
erals on the 9Th of June, 1862-seven-
teen years ago to-day. There was no
resistance from the shore, as the
Confederates had retired and made
no attempt to defend the place. Some
gunbOats here which were attempting
to take on coal were caught and made
a slight but useless resistance. Some
were sunk and the others easily cap
tured. AS a naval battle it was a
small affair, but to the thousands of
spectators who lined the bluffs it
was regarded as a grand engagement,
scarcely surpassed in the annals of
warfare for grand scenic effects. The
anniversary of the day comes and goes
and we scarcely think of it. A great
deal Of history has been made in our
own country and in the rest of the
world since then. Those living who
were in the war then think of it as
something in the recent past, while
the younger generation of people who
have grown up since the war, if they
ever heard of the fall Of Memphis at
all, class it along with the incidenta
they have read of the Mexican war,
of the war of 1872, and o. the first
great rebellion of this country, Mem
phis had population of $4,000 in
1860, Al 900 in 1870, and with all our
misfortunes will probably show up
from $4,000 to $1,000 in 1880, when
ahe Federal census will be taken.