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Year: 1877

Holly Springs (Miss.) Reporter: Mr. N. II. McComb, Of the Red Bank neigh borhood, had, in December, herd of sheep numbering ninty-two. The num- Der has since been increased by the ad- dition of eighty-two. At no further cost, these lambs in the summer, will bring, in this market, four dollars each Make your own figures. There is a barrel of money in sheep-raising.

 Will some of our cotton raising farm CTS figure out the above sum and then tell us if they can beat it at cotton-rais- ing? We have very often wondered that there is so little attention paid to sheep-raising in this section. of the State. We have frequently heard me from other States remark upon the healthy, clean looks of what few sheep they have noticed here and upon learn ing that sheep live the whole year round here, healthy and in good order, without scarcely any feeding at all, they have expressed surprise that our people did not pay more attention to sheep-raising. The net profits which may De derived from llock or sheep we do not think can be beat by any other industry followed in our country. Pope county ought to export wool and mutton enough every year to amount to thousands of dollars. There is an immense quantity of wooden goods im- ported to this county every year, all of which mioht he manufactured at home wooden mills if our people would only pay a reasonable attention to sheep raising.

 We submit that it would be a wise and paying exchange for our f;HAiers to get rid of some of their hungry dogs and their worthless razor-back hogs and try flock of sheen
Year: 1877

We reproduce to-day from the Saint Louis Trade Journal and Price Current an article giving a very fair description of that portion of Arkansas lying in the Ark ansas River Valley between Little Rock and Fort Smith. Pope county lies in the very heart of this choice scope of country, being about half way, or 75 miles from either terminus of the Lit tie Rock aud Fort Smith Railway. The Arkansas river bounds the county on the South, and the above named line of railroad runs through the entire length of the county parallel with the river. from east to west, about twenty five miles. The position of the county on the map of the State makes her one of the first counties in the State. In point the State Auditors office show that Pope county stands near the top of the list, the value of her real and personal property for 1876, being surpassed by only five counties in the State. This, when we take into consideration that there are twenty-two eoundes which outnumber her in population, isa show ing which speaks well for the county.

 The population of Pope are noted for being thrifty, industrious and hospita- ble to strangers.

 The county can afford homes and lands for thousands of new corners, and all who may come will be cordially welcomed. The lands are cheap and the present is the time to secure homes and lands. We refer those desiring general informa- ton as to the inducements offered by this part of the State to theatrical from the Trade Journal.
Year: 1877

MT. R. W. Peevey, member of the House of Representative from St. Francis county, and one of the 47 who voted against the Printing Bill at the recent session, comes to the front in the last number of the Forrest City Times, to vindicate himself from the censure which has been so universally and so deseryedly bestowed upon him- self and his associates for opposing a measure of such manifest utility. His explanation is as clear as mud, and suf- fices to confirm us in our belief that the members who voted against that measure are more to be pitied than censured, for we now see that it was through pure ignorance and stupidity more than anything else, that they were actuated.

 We therefore say, forgive them for they knew not what they were doing, But while we ask for these bcnighted creatures a free pardon for their past plumbers, we must warn the people oi the different counties against again placing them in positions where their
Year: 1877

1 As will be seen by the proceedings of l last Saturdays meeting, which we pub fish in another column of to-day's pa- per, the initiatory step has been taken in the formation of County Immigra- tion Society for Pope County. The Secretary appends to the reported pro- ceedings of the meeting an earnest call upon our citizens for their active CO., operation, and we hope the importance of the movement and the utility of it's purposes will commend it to our people so strongly that they will cheerfully take the proper interest in it. The or ganization may be made an instrument of great benefit not only to persons contemplating settling in our section of the State, but also to our own citi- zens, as through it they may find an easy way to advertise their lands which they desire to sell, and secure purchas- CTS of the same. The Vice Presidents for the various townships should lose no time in placing the objects and pur- poses of the society before the people of their respective tow ships, and in eff fecting their township organizations. The matter of getting up statistics is of great importance, and we trust there will soon be in the hands of the Secre- tary such a full volume of statistics that he will know, when applied to by parties hunting homes, just where to cite them to find desirable place in any township in the county.

 We hope to be able to report an ac- tive interest in this matter as soon as the vice-presidents can work up their townships.

 In this connection we trust our John son county friends will also be up and active in organizing and perfecting an active, energetic County organization. The interests of Pope and Johnson are mutual, and the scope of country em- braced in these two twin counties af- ford fine attractions and will afford homes for hundreds of new corners. We must work together for the inter ests of our section of tine State. We shall be proud to have Johnson enter into jealous and friendly co-opera- ton with Pope for the advancement of this section of the State, and we new tender the good citizens of that County the use If the columns of the DEMOCRAT for the publication of any proceedings of their Immigration Society; any sta tistics which they may wish to publish, or any other information in reference to their county.
Year: 1877

ignorance may prove disastrous to the best interests of the people and of the State.

 surely the Iaw-making power is in dangerous hands when it is entrusted to men who cannot write single sem tence without betraying the most egre- gious ignorance, not only or the rudi- mentary principles of composition, but also of the needs and demands of the times. Honesty in such a case is no protection to the people or to the pubic service, for bad law framed by the laundering ignorance of an honest man, hurts the state and the people just as much as though it had been enacted by sharp scheming rogue2 through dis honest motives. Above all things let

 us have laws framed by intelligent men.
Year: 1877

'N", AR''' EDITOR DEMOCRAT: Sir l will give you a line from Gumlog; the wheat crop is looking quite fine now they are improving finely; the oates are looking well, the corn crop is nearly all planted and quite quail tity of it at that, and the people are preparing their cotton land; potatoes are up and looking fine, if the frost don't hurt them we will soon have new potatoes to eat The peach crop is going to be very plentiful this season unless sad accident happens to them yet. Apples will also be eplentiful,

 The Gumlog church is going up slowly but surely, and there are other improvements going on in the settlement. Truly, &c,

 GUMLoG.
Year: 1877

A LITTLE incident occurred irthe yicin ity of Deadwood City, the other day, which shows that the Sunday School book writers cannot expect much verifcation from that irrcligious locality. It seems that an ex- emplary young miner named Austin was in the habit of frequently reading from d hymn book, the gift of his mother, and which he always carried in the breast pocket of his coat. One day while that gar ment was hanging on bush at little distance, a party familiar to juvenile read CTS as a bold, bad man," came by, appro- priated the same and put it on. As it con- tained all the pious youths money as well as the hymn book in question, fight was ineyitable, and both men fired at the same time. The bullet that should have killed the thief lodged in tEe hymn book and enabled the desperado to walk off with sacrilegious grin upon his countenance The good young man was killed as dead as door nail Verbum sap.
Year: 1877

THE Enterprise tells us that Charley Spencer and Dan O'Leary have struck big and rich mines Of copper and lead in the little known plateau country between the big and Little Colorado rivers, and to the north of San Francisco Moun- tain. The great importance of this discovery is due to It's occur ring in section of this Territory which has generally been, without examination, considered non-lnin- eral. The San Juan country, of Colorado, extends down into Ari- zona and, below the snow line, is a perfect park. Stanton reports immense coal fields out that way and the above named gentlemen report wood, grass and water plenty around their new prospect. Coal and metal, occurring in the same vicinity, can build up the biggest settlement in Arizona, in spite of present difficulties of ac- cess. We shall have to cut Yava- pal up into several counties. She has now got too many good thing; for one county.
Year: 1877

THERE is a bill now in Congress for permitting and aiding the Southern Pacific to build their railroad and telegraph from Yuma to the Rio Grande. Who was it that said they want no aid-or permission?
Year: 1877

Not long since the writer witnessed
a strange sight in tho Record Office.
Our attention was attracted by several
Iusty squcaks from tho inside Of q pail
almost full Of waEcr, into which half.
grown mouse had fallen. The alarm
had hardly died away. when four or
fTc more mice appeared on the sccno
and began clambcriug to the top cdgo
Of the pail. For several moments af.
ter gaining the top Of tho pail and
catching sight Of the m,asG in the wa.
ter. a slncakiug coniab was held.
First one mouse and then another
would cling to the rim of the bucket
with his hind legs, aud while almost
touching tho water with his nose,
squeak out their consolation or advice
to the immersed but while all this vas
going on, the swiming powers of tho
unfortunate mouse in the pail wcrc
rapidly giving out. At last happy
thought seemed to strike the biggest
mouse in the crowd, and almsst with.
out n squeak, he firmly fastened his
fore feet on the edge of the phil, and
let his body aal tail hang down. Tho
drowning mouse saw it, anil making
last desperate effort for life, swan to
the spot, seized the tail of bis brother
mouse, and amid sqaeaks OF delight
from all tho mice present. was hauled
high and dry out Of the water and over
the edge Of the bucket.-Corimc( U;nD
Record.
Year: 1877

The hopeful feeling which his char
acterized this market for tho past two
months still continues. There is an
almost universal feeling that business
has settled down to n firm and healthy
basis, and while in many cases selling
prices arc so low that they leave no
margin fur profit, there seems to be no
reason to doubt that tho outlook for
next years business is good one
December will be dull month in some
trades, as it is to be expected, FIt tue
opening Spring will probably bring
volume OF business which has not been
'qunlcI since the Spring Of lS7S.-
PHIsJurgh MmutnctWDr.
Year: 1877

CONGRESS adjourned at noon yesterday
without making the appropriation for
the Army and Navy. In regard to the
question of an extra session in conse.
quence Of failure OF the bill, it is stated
by an official of the War Department, who
is likelyto be well posted, that under an
old law the War and Navy Departments
can be carried on for two years without
any special appropriation. That is that
drafts OF the Secretary of War and Nayy
will be honored by the Treasury Depart.
ment. II that be 80, then the calling Of
an extra session is not altogether matter
Of certainty.
Year: 1877

In his sermon recently preached in
Chicago Mr.. Beecher said: ave pity
anybody that does not know enough to
say the Lords prayer; but l never knew
SperSOn in my life who knew enough to
say it right. Not one in million that
can say the Lords prayer can go through
the first sentence right; Tor ii Is ankle
deep to the men that ordinarily use 1t,
whereas it is deeper than ever plummet
sounded in the hearts of those that use ii
in its full and proper spirit"
Year: 1877


The Galican Diet has been closed by the Governor
without awaiting the discussion of the address. The
course of the majority IN the Galician Dict lately
caused some anxiety as they proposed sending an
address to the Emperor Francis Joseph expressive
of the national aspiration of the Poles, and it was
feared that such step might cause dlspieasure in
Russia and Prussia.
Year: 1877

The next assault was made under the eve of Ra-
detzky and part OF bis staff. Gen. Dimitriofsky,
Chief of staff, placed himself at the head of the
storming battalion, although he had to be sup
ported by two men as he had just previously been
stunned by earth thrown up by an exploding shell.
The Russians advanced steadily They rushed oyeror
through the abatts they even got into the redoubt
and actually held it for a few seconds but were
driven ont again. They surrounded the place on all
sides, pouring into u a terrible fire, but were
again driven back,
Year: 1877




Gen Radetzlly, on the 25th. attacked the Turkish
rcdoubt from the direction of the pass, and also
from the Gabrova side There was continuous
musketry and artillery fir. for hours. The Rus
slams advanced under cover of the trees, which
were, however, too small to afford good
shelter In short time they reached
within fifty yards of the redoubt. Here they found
the Turks had cut down the trees around the
Yeloubt, making an abattis over which it was
almost impossible TO pass. They gathered around
the edge and suddenly made a rush for il, but were
driven back with fearful loss The soldiers
became entaugied in the masses Of brnshwood
and trunks and limbs of trees, over which
they were obliged to scramble, while the
Turks poured in a terrible fire upon them. At this
short distance 10 moved them down like grass. OF
the first assault against the redoubt in which one
company was engaged, very few got back to tell the
tale. Gen. Radetzky sent roinforcements, and the
attack began again, but dispositions were made to
place large force in such positions that could pour
heavy fire into the redoubt to cover the assault
unit the assailants were almost up to the parapet.
This attack seemed almost on the point of success,
for the Colonel in command said that if the reserves
were given to him he could take the redoubt. The
officer in command of the reserves let them 60 but
they were nevertheless. repulsed.
Year: 1877

OFF the coast of one of the Orkney Is
lands, and right opposite the harbor,
stood lonely rock against which, in
stormy nights, the boats of returning fish
ermen often struck and were lost.


Fifty years ago there lived on this is
land young girl in cottage with her
father; and they loved each other very
tenderly. One stormy night the father
was away on the sea in his fsherman's
boat, and though his daughter watched
for him in much fear and trouble, he did
not come home. Sad to tell, in the morn
ing his dead body was found washed up
on the beach. His boat, as he had sought
the harbor, had struck against the Lone
ly Rock and gone down.


In her deep sorrow, this fisherman S
orphan did not think of herself alone
She was scarcely more than a child, hum
BILE, poor and weak but she said in her
heart, that while she lived, no more boats
should be lost on the Lonely Rock, !" if
a light shining through her window
would guide them safely into the harbor.
And SO, after watching by the body of
her father, according to the custom of her
people, until it was buried, she laid down
and slept through the day f; but when
night fell, she arose, and lighting can
die, placed it in the window of her cot
tage, so that it may be seen by any fish
erman coming in from sea, and guide
him safely into the harbor. She sat by
the candle all night, and trimmed it, and
spun but when the day dawneG, She
went to bed and slept.


AS many hanks as she had spun before
for her daily bread she spun still, and one
over, to buy her nightly candle; and
from that time to this, for fifty years,
through youth, maturity and old age, she
has turned night into day, and in the
snow storms of winter, through driving
mists, deceptive moonlight and solemn
darkness, that north hern harbor has never
once been without the lighto her candle.


How many lives she saved by this can
die, and how many meals she won by it
for the starving families of the boatmen,
it is impossible to say. How many dark
nights, the fishermen depending on it,
have gone forth, cannot be told. There
1t stood, regular as a light house, steadily
ms constant care could make it. Always
brighter when daylight waned, the fisher
men had only to keep it constantly in
view and were safe there was but one
thing to intercept it, and that was the
Rock. However far they might have
gone out to sea, they had only to bear
down for that lighted window, and they
were sure of safe entrance into the har-
Dor.


But what do the boatmen and boat
mems wives think of this ? Do they pay
the poor woman No; they are very
poor; but poor or rich, they know better
than that. Do they thank her? No.
Perhaps they think that thanks of theirs
would be inadequate to express their graf
itude or perhaps long years have made
the lighted easement so familiar, that they
look upon it ms matter of course, and
forget for the time the patient watcher
within.-Jean Ingc'ov.
Year: 1877

THE HOTEL THIEF" Steal !" said
the old man, in accents ofintense scorn.
Steal Why, you would be astonished
to find how largea proportion ofthe trav-
cling public are internal thieves. They
steal the bed-clothing, pillows, boot jacks,
soap, soap dishes-eyerything, in fact
which they can carry off. Every ybody
steals soap. We expect that, and don't
kick. The first thing to be done when n
fellow comes to the Office topay his bill is
to send the porter up to his room to see if
anything is missing. When a fellow
comes down with his valise in his hand
we are unusually suspicious. The only
way to get even with the thieves is to
keep thief account. Whenever any
thing is missed | charge it up to a fair
value, and the next time / catch a thief
in the act | make him pay the entire
amount or go to Jail. One day n nice
looking fellow came down with valise,
in his hand and inquired the amount of
his bill. The moment | saw him knew
he had stolen something, so ] rang the
bell and gave the porter the wink. | pot
tered about the books while the porter
was gone, and | could see he was getting
uneasy. lie had a notion to bolt. but
just then the porter came down, and |
saw by his eye that something was miss
ing. l jumped over the counter and
grabbed the rascal by the throat. Open
that valise, you thief, says l. He got
very white about the gills, and began to
beg. When the valise was opened sure
enough there was new bed-spread for
which | had paid five dollars. 'Bnl,'
says |, bring me the thief account
footed it up, and it amounted to Just fifty


six dollars. You pay that says l, or
go to jail He thought it was very hard


10 have to pay for other mems stealings


but, on the whole, concluded that it was
cheaper than to 60 20 the Pententiarv.-
Compounding felony Well, yes, it
did have that complexion. But maybe
1t nipped thief in the bud. The girls
are generally honest, but once in a while
we catch one Of them. One time there
was an internal tree pedGler stopped with
us, and he had black satin vest stolen.
paid him five dollars for it. He des-
crlbed 1t very accurately. There was a
yellow spot on the collar, where he had
dropped some acid on it, and his name in
full was written on the leather with which
it was bound at the bottom. suspected
the girl Mary. We watched her for
week or two, and concluded we were mis-
taken, when, one day, fellow came in
with black satin vest, and there was n
round yellow spot on the collar. 1t was
Mary's sweetheart. Icolared him. Jerk
ed up his vest, and found the name of the
tree peddler on the leather. lie owned
up that Mary had stolen the vest and
given it to him. At that time the thief
account was only seven dollars, and so he
got of cheap. p."-LHdtanopoils Heyald.
Year: 1877

Nashville American: The fire.
men on the Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad left their situations,
Thursday. They claim that the
cause of the strike is the imposi-
ton upon them Of an arduous
task, for which they receive no
compensation. Heretofore a force
has been employed by the Com
pany to rub the engines and keep
them clean. Now they require
this duty Of the firemen, in order
to reduce expenses, without any
extra compensation
Year: 1877

The Supreme Court of Tennes-
see on Monday last decided that
Rail Road Property in this State
was subject TO taxation by the
State, County, and Corporations.
This will help the Corporation of
Cleveland, and the County of
Bradley, but will be heavy on the
Rail Roads. "
Year: 1877

QUELLED. The start toward general
riot made by the hoodums of the Bay
City was checked very suddenly. The
firm demeanor of the police the first night
of the move, the prompt measures taken
by the authorities and perhaps above all
these the attitude assumed by the citizens
generally in forming Committee of
Safety, convinced the vicious element
that there was danger of return of the
stirring times of '56, when Judge Lynch
put in an appearance and dealt out justice
with n rigorous hand. 1t is IL thing to be
6eplored that movement sometimes
harmless in itself will draw around it n
class OF rufiians who in its name commit
outrages which the original movers would
shrink from. So in this San Francisco
trouble-from meeting of workingmen,
held to consider the situation of their fell
low workers ir the East and express
sympathy with them, the hoodlums ana
bummers branched out to commence Il
work of violence and devastation. The
prompt check it received will have tend
ency to convince the viOlators Of law that
the time is not yet II healthy one for them
to commence operations. Committees of
Safety were also formed ut Oakland, Sac
ramento and San Jose, although in the
two last named cities there was no at
tempt toward mob demonstration.
Year: 1877

EIGHT TO SEvEN.-The institution of
the Electoral Commission has had bad


effect on Democracy, inasmuch as it has
taught them TINT eight can out vote seven
all :he time and they hasten TO put the.


new found knowledge TO immediate use.
The Senatorial Convention which met at
Soda Springs last week was composed of
fifteen delegates, Of whom seven were
from Shasta and Trinity eight from
Modoc and Siskiyou. When it came to
the nomination Of q candidate for Senator
the eight had it all their own way, and
nominated Ream, Of Siskiyou, on the first
ballot. 1t is darkly limited that there was
a little bit of an understanding between
Modoc and Siskiyou, that one should fur
iish the Senatorial and the other the As
s'mbly candidate, and if it had been
Republican convention we might give tho
intimation credence, but inasmuch as
none but members of the great party Of
Refor-r-r-r-m Reia-w WV m !" took
part in the proceedings, we are forced to
tho conclusion chat the innuendo is an
unmitigated SANDER. AT the same time
we cannot help thinking that as Siskiyou
has supplied US with a Governor and
District Judge, it looks little bit "hog-
gish" to send a pledged delegation to
log-roll and gobblc up the State Senator
also. The District is strongly Democrat.
l., each county having given Tilden a
majority last year, nevertheless, we have
head Of dead things crawling" before
n9y, and they may start little this year.