State Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi • Page 2

STATE LED (xETfc A CKS OX. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1887. Inotttnte NEXT LEGISLATURE. THE COXFEBEXCE. IMPROVEMENTS AT HOME.

It is not nnco.umon to heir expressions of regret that Mississippi is not R. II HnrirJY. Proprietor OFFICIAL JOORS'AL OF THESTA TIC. MERRY CHRISTMAS! The glad i hoi id ly season is come agiin the' reign triumphant of dear old Santa Cliu, Jollity and general and hearty Good Cheer. To morrow the inhabitants of the civilized world recollect, with thanksgiving, gift-making and joyful lestiv-ity Him, the Jesus, who, born a manger, divinely lived and died, passing into the highest heavens and leaving below a spiri'ual influence and blessings and powers which have transformed the destiny of nations, and which, now, after nineteen centuries of human history, are only beginning to be appreciated.

Let us especially us of the South, of Mississippi, devoutly rejoice over the goodness He has showered upon us; and, though peiiods of our history are marked by clouds and gloom and tears, a review of the closing year finds the Sun of Prosperity arisen and shining. To its readers, to its contemporaries and to all people everywhere the State Ledger wishes a ilerry, Merry Christ TIEE THREE IITJXDRED JUGS. An interesting suit is in progress in the Yazoo county Circuit Court, growing out of the "jug trade." For some time past the Creamery saloon at Flora, Madi-on county, which is an anti-prohibition county, has been shipping a large number of jugs of liquor to Yazoo, a prohibitum county. District Attorney R. N.

Miller sued out a writ of injunction before Judge Wharton against the- Southern Express Company, restraining it from delivering the jugs, which, it is claimed, are shipped by numbers and paid for in Yazoo and not in Madison county, and is therefore a violation of the Local law. The saloon men threateu t-t bring suit against the Express Company if the jugs are restrained, and the Express Company will bring suit against the State tor interfering with its business. The court has the best of the fight at present. The writ is made returnable next March, and three hundred jugs have taken up winter quarters in the Express office. The Institutes held during December been highly successful.

They hftT. attended by about seventy-five teacher. atl seem to have awakened to the fact that there is an active field of labor before them and many have gone forth into that field U) make better effort and win greater gUCCeM than ever before. The great need in schools is a uniform series of text Vook It is to be hoped that our next I-egislatur will pass a law regulating this much needed reform in our country schools. VVe are K'tlj our State Superintendent has a recorumen.

dation to this ejTect in his bi-ennial report, which will be submitted to.our body of law. makers for their action. Teachers in the different counties iHoald send petitions to this honorable body r. quiring it to give this matter an thry nj favorable consideration. Tk next Inni-tute for white teachers will be hold in EJ.

wards, on January 7th, and it in houed that all teachers of the county will ba present. The following are the different places of meeting during January, when the prt-gramme for Institute II will be taken nP and discussed. One at Edwards, January 7th, for hit teachers; one at Jackson, January 14th, for white teachers; one at Raymond, January 21st, for colored teachers one at Clinton, January 28th, for white teachers. The announcements for February will be made during January. All teacher and many patrons and trustees of both public and private schools are requested to ba present.

Hon. W. II Stovali. Some parties having questioned the 11-gibility of Hon. VV.

H. Stovul to take hit seat in the House of Keprcseutative on account of his being a member of the Board of Levee Commissioners, he addressed a note of inquiry to the Attorney-Uene ral concerning the matter, to which ho niieiv-ed the following reply: Statk ok MiHsissiri. Attounky General's ovkici Jackson. 28, My dear sir Owing to my absence your esteemed favor of the lGtu inat. did nrt reach me until to-day, I now bve to say in reply, that I am not aware of nny Incompatibility between ofllce of Levee Commissioner and momlier of the Legislature, nor of anything else thnt will disqualify you from holding both placet.

Yours very trul, T. M. Millbk. Only On Wife. In Greece, Syria, Palestine, and Asia Minor generally, Greek moniuteriei art very numeroun, and each ban usually a large population of able, bodied and indtu.

trious monks. Ouo curious difference between the Greek and Roman Catuolle churches in this particular. The prlcsti of the Greek church may have oue wife only, aud many droll stories are told of the zealout care manifested by Greek prlcsti for the health of their contorts, knowing that if the one wife dies, ftlngle bleNteduet is their fate the balance of their day t. Ou traveler notes a Greek priest doing tit week's washing, and when aaked wby, very naturaly replied 'My wife is sick, and I'm afraid to OTer-work her." Greek monks, however, like those of the Roman Catholic churcb, doot marry, and, in order to remove as far hi possible from the temptation of the world, utually locate their monasteries In almost inaccessible places. on On tha Diufe.

In a recent sermon in St. Louis, Iter. Sain Jones thus describes a dude: What's a dude: lie in to the body of society what a pimple on my lace is to my physical body exactly. What it a pimple on my facef Just an outward manifestation that the blood is wronjr. That's all.

The blood Is out of fix. When you wake up some morning and see that white fos tering pimple ou youi face that's a dudo, Now, what's a dudedinef Well, yoo take that pimple and squeeze it and you nave a auueuine someining mat hat been squeeeed. Mow, that's the whole thing In a nutshell. And these tbinga that I have been talking about their Alexanders, with their card rooms and dance rooms and beer gardens and bar-rooms and theaters they are the parents of those evils that are demoralizing society and producing something that God never thought ot himself when he made man a dude. The dude has stolen a march on creation, for I don't believe God ever thought of the dude when he made Adura, or tu ought the race would ever come to that.

Tho llattle Crj. "Reduce the taxes" is the battle cry of the Democracy under the lead of their President. "Reduce the taxes" is the response of the masses who are burdened by tariff which compels 00,000,000 of people to pay tribute to (10,000. Presldont Cleveland hat sounded the keynote of next year'a campaign. His way to prevent the accumulation of hundreds of millions fa the Treasury vaults is to leave the money with the people to tax theia not one more than is necessary to pay the cxpon-ses of the Government, houetlly aud economically administered.

A Mraa Bubsrrtbr. "A man who hat read our paper for four years, and during the time bought a dollar aud a half's worth of blank deeds aud mortgages, never pay Ing a cent for either, betides borrowing one doltur and twenty-five cents in cash from us, because we never felt like indulging him any longer, stopped his paper a tew weeks ago." -Abbeville Ala. Tinms. The latest fad in social circles among the young ladies in Chicago In news claases. A large party meet twice a week In the afternoon, and the teacher, a lady of great culture, discusses with them the newt of the day.

She takes a newspaper, and, se lecting matters of foreign and domestic in terest, discusses and explains them in a most entertaining manner, the members the class asking questions and making comments and suggestions freely. Last week the chief topics were the execution of the anarchists, the illness of the Crown Prince of Germany and its possible conse quences, the scandal in official tirclet fn Paris, and the meeting et the Fisheries Commission In Washington. Mrs. Agnes Steiber and her niece, Mrs. Anna Beucht' of Newark, N.

J. are engaged in a legal war for Ihe possession of an old family Bible. Mra. Steiber bad the book for nioeteen years and Mrt. Beucha bor rowed it.

Mra. Steiber wanted it again, and her niece asserted that she owned it, alleg ing that her grandmother gave it to her. Replevin suits followed from each side, ant now the case is In a fair way to get to the Supreme Court befere It is settled. There are three ministers in the present House ot Representatives. Judge Stewart of Georgia, and Cbeadle of Indiana, are ex-preachers, but the new Congressman from New Hampshire, Rev.

Mr. McKincey, has been in the Univertalist pulpit during his whole active career. He is the first Dem ocratic Congressman from New Hampshire fn ten years, Oddly enough, the last Democratic Representative from that State was Frank Jones, the brewer. A leading wholesale dry goods dealeFol Lynchburg, states that whereas a few years ago in his sales of a certain line ot cotton goods 75 per cent, of it was the product of Northern mills, now 96 per cent fo his sales of the same grade of goods It the product of Southern cotton mills. XnvrBHni if tie Ctntiry.

The steamboat, the reaper, the sewing ma- cuine, Cars runninsr bv ntpht and hv Houses lighted by gas and heated by steam, urtgut eieciriciiys ray. The telegraph's click speeds like lightning reieasea. Then the telenhona rma tn t-1 it? An, to put on the finish, the last but not i la the famed little Purgative Pellet. Last but not leaat la Dr. Pinmit'a Plaaaan Purgative Pellet, because it relieves human suffering, adds to the sum of human com tort, and enables the relieved sufferer to enjoy the blessings and luxuries of tne ago we lire in.

GOV. THAYER PROTESTS. On the 20th instant, John M. Thayer, Governor of Nebraska, arose, girded his loins, paced frantically the avenues of prejudice and selt-conceit and evolvad the following, which was forwarded in hot haste to the State's Senators in Washington: Dear Sin--A8 a citizen of the United States and as a Republican, I respectfully, but most earnestly, protest against the confirmation of I. Q.

C. Lamar as a juetiee of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was a bold and defiant advocate of the dissolution of the Union in 1809 and 1861. lie was at heart and in principle just as much a traitor as Jeff Davis. He has never recanted his treasonable sentiments.

A man with such a record should never be placed upon the bench of the Supreme Conrt of the United States by the votes of Republican Senators. He is not a fit person to interpret the Constitution of the United States. Very truly yours, J. M. Thatke.

Governors may rage and "protest" and some people imagine vain things, but the gratifying probabilities are that L. Q. C. Lamar will be duly confirmed; and if, possibly, hb should not receive the deserved honor, it is not likely that the failure could be attributed to the influence of such blindly and bitterly puerile objections as those advanced by John M.Thayer, Governor of Nebraska. A prominent Republican remarks that the Democratic National Convention can not be ot the sama interest as the Republican.

It will be," says he "more of a 'town-meeting' affair nominate by acclamation and go home." Perhaps but, it so, it will be a mighty important town-meeting." It is not unlikely, either, that it will prove highly interesting to a political organization commonly and unfavorably known as the Republican party. Amokg the enertainments of the season worthy of special note are the Christmas Military Ball and Banquet by the Crystal Springs Volunteers, Tuesday, the 29th the Grand Ball and Banouet by Mount Barton Lodge No. 13, Knight of Pythias, Meridian, Thursday, the 22nd, and the Fancy Dress Ball by Myrtle Lodge No. 36, Knights of Pythias, McComb City, Friday, the 23rd. The State Ledger returns thanks for polite invitations to these elegantly enjoyable affairs.

Information of a truly dramatic incident comes from Newark, N. Last Saturday night a ruffian named Lea-ry cut the throat of a boy eighteen years old because he refused him moDey to buy beer. Leary fled, and in a distant part of the city knocked at the door of a bouse where he was unacquainted and asked permission to wash his hands, which were stained with hlood from his victim's wound The permission was granted him, and, when he was afterward arrested, it wasdif-covcred that the woman who assisted him to wash away the traces of his crime was the mother of his victim. Cruellt biting blizzards and heavy enow storms have been distressing the inhabitants and seriously impeding railroad and telegraph service in the West and North-west this week. The theimometer is coldly misbehaving.

Even in the Sunny South the weather has not been excessively balmy and Springlike. It is feared there is keen and wide spread suffering in West Kansas on account of th- great scarcity of coal. Senator Beck introduced in the national Senate Tuesday a bill providing that "every person who carries on the business of a retail dealer in liquor, manufacturer of tobacco, snuff or cigars, or dealers in tobacco, without having paid a special tax therefor, shall be liable to a fine ot $500 or imprisonment in a county jail, without hard labor, of not more than one year." The good old Democratic party will begin the gladsome New Year with a heroic Leader and a clearly-defined issue, but the Republicans what have they to offer Ihe citizens what can they do save disconsolately yank the reyed and tattered bloody-shirt? The contract is glaring. There's life iu the old land yet, but the "formidable opposition seemeth more and more to wilt. Jake Kilrain and Jem Smith, celebrated prize fighters, engaged in an international contest on the island of St.

Pierre, on the river Seine, France, last Monday for the diamond belt and the championship of the world. After being engaged two hours and thirty- five minutes they agreed to consider the fight a draw and pledged themselves to fight Sullivan. The Caldwell Printing Company, Birmingham, failed Wednesday with liabilities about And as sets, it is believed, very nearly to cov er. JUr. Unas.

tl. Caldwell, son ot Dr. Caldwell, one of the wealthiest men in the city, was the head of the business and charges the wreck to the mismanagement of his partner while he Cald well was absent. Represintative Glover, of Missouri, will introduce a bill in the House amendatory to the inter-state commerce law, to provide for the supervision of telegraph lines. He thinks that it would not be practicable for the gov ernment to run a postal telegraph ser vice, and considers hi theory as a so lution of the telegraph question.

Senator George has proposed an amendment to the Cullom postal telegraph bill to provide for the construction of a telegraph line from Atlanta, Ga.t to El Paso, Teaas, via Birming ham, Meridian, Jackson and Vicksburg, Monroe and Shreve-port, Marshall, Dallas, and Fort Worth. TeT C. L. Bradley, agent of the Cream ery Saloon, who was found guilty of -violating the local option law in the Circuit court of Yazoo county, has been fined $50 and sentenced to sixty days imprisonment in the county jail The been appealed to the Supreme court and Bradley placed under a bond of 250. A riot took place at Glen Mary, Tnesday night between a large crowd ot white and colored men, It was the evening following pay day and the men were, indulging freely in drink.

More than two hundred shots were fired. A white man and a boy were killed and a number of others in jured. I.i.t of Appointment of Presiding EMera and. WOODVIIXB DISTRICT, J. A.

ELLIS. Woo Iville Station, Jones; Percy Creek, Brown; Centreville, Howard; North Wilkinson, Moore; Amite, Brow nd; Wilson, Cecil; Bayou Sara, Bradford; Jackson, Penn, WLLinfield; Pipkin's Chapel, Healey; Clinton, Ii 8 Jones, East Feliciana, Roberts; East Baton Rouge, Anders; New River to be supplied (ELSingletary); Livingston, Tucker; 8prinfield, ISandell; Amite City, Keeue: St. Helena. Ellison; Josiah Pugh, Prof Palmer's Iustitute. SEA SHORE DISTRICT, T.

6. WEST. Mos- Point, Drake; Ocean Springs, Thompson; Pearliogtou, Chambers; Covington to be supplied, (OR Ellis); Augusta, be supplied, (A Cox); Columbia. Oalloway: Mt Carruel, Downer; Bethel, Meador; Hattiesburg, fim-mons; Poplarville, Hays; West Pearl, Crymes; Whittington, A Breland; Vancleave, Lovett; Amerieus, Marble; Bay St Louis, Boone: Sea 8hore. Jones, Abbey, superannated; Asst.

Prof Vau- derbilt University, KBims. JACKSON DISTRICT, D. A. UTILE, P. E.

Jackson Station, Andrews; est Jackson circuit, Cowan; Madison, A Newsome: Sharon. A Powell; Camden, I Robertson; anton, W. Lewis: Edwards. I Cooper; Kay mond. Ballard: Flora, Huntlev: Benton.

Parker; Yazoo, circuit, Ii Scarborough; Anding, Woodwaid: Mt Olivet, coiin; Silver Creek. Clara; azoo City, oodward; Missionary to Japan; Lambutb. MERIDIAN DISTRICT, R. D. NORS-WORTHY, P.

E. Meridian Station. EBlack; Merid iau Circuit, Jones; Mariou, Holland: Enterprise Circuit, RJ Rayner; Waynesboro and State Line, Elgai; Sandersville, Ware; Vossburg, Langford; T1, i n.v 1 1 Vlft.ron. 21i 11 ill a T. Carley; Winchester, Morse; Clark Campbell Rinnsville, It Witt; Laudderdale, Lewis; DeKalb, ville to be supplied.

(J Baldwin.) East Mississippi Female Collearo, A McVoy Presd. BROOKHAVEN DISTRICT, W. WEEMS Brookhaven stat ion, A Watklns; Summit, Lewis; McComb City, vv Adams, sx Burton; Wesson and Beauresrard, Mellen Providence, liiues; Hazlehuret, JNlcholson; Ciaiiman, Bancrourt; urystat springs, lart, Howell; Frankliuarton, A New Hope, to be supplied by VV Hover; Topisaw, srvlev; Col lege, Walter Featherstun, Supenntendeut American Bible Society, McLauren; VICKSBURO DISTRICT, W.L.C.HUNNICUT, Vicksbursr, to be supplied (VV KM, William; Wasnington to be supplied (L McLaurin); Natchez Wesley Chapel, Havmon; Warren, Kraaiey; boutn warren, Jones; Mayersville, Skipper; Anguilla, Harmon; Rolling Fork, I Dominiok; Rocky Spring, TTnral Itartin If Ril.lai-. AJa.i rl Bradford; Burtonton, Drake; Roxie, Young; Fay-ettee, JAB Jonef; Port Gibson Station and Femnle College, II Moun-ger, Prest. and Pastor iu charge.

BRANDON DISTRICT, P. A. JOHNSON.P.E, Brandon Station, Featherstun Marvin, LP Meador; Neshoba. Miller; Trenton, Rawls; Lake, II Caldwell; Conneuatta, Cam-mack; Walnut Grove, WCammack, A Vance, Carthage, Ellis; HillBbwo, A Sibley; Fannin, Tucker; Shiloh, A Miller; Raleigh, Evans; Newton, I Peebles; Westville, Jones; Morton and Forest, McDonald, A Johnston, Agt. Centenary College.

Transferred WTiimin, to East Texas conference; Thos Bradford, transferred to Indian Mission conference and appointed toChllocco School. For Secretary of the cenate. The State Senate could do itself no greater credit tkan to consider favorably the candidacy of Mr. B. T.

Hobbs for its Secretary. He is comptent, conscientious and comes up to the strictest requirement. His selection will be generally recognized as a just tribute to his manly character and a graceful acknowledgement that fidelity to one's convictions and devotion to priuciple are not without their reward Duty never had a more faithful champion, truth a more earnest advocate than he and while all may not approve his views, none can heir but respect his honesty and sin cerity. Besides his election does not mean an endorsement ot his views, but an en dorsement of his bo'd and manly policy, certifying thereby that fearlessness coupled with conscientiousness had won the Sena tor's confidence and respect. Mr.

Hobbs also represents the claims of the young llemocracy who desire a change in order to remind the honored incumbent that public office is not a vested right. Nor are Mr. Hobbs claims upon the party of an inferior nature, but this sounds stale and 1 II not pursue it. 1 have said that the selection of Mr. Hobbs would be a grati fying endorsement of a manly course, and I'll add that it will be an encouragement, to th jse who are leaderi of thought "to do right and fear not.

It. U. ATi. Rrslgnatlonot Rabbi 11 loth. Rabbi Bloch, who for the past year has been in charge of the congregation of Beth Israel in this city, having resigned to accept charge of a congregation at Portsmouth, Ohio, the officers of his church show how they regard him by the following jACKsox.Dec.

13, 1887. This does certify that the Rev. A. M. Bloch.

the worthy minister of our congrega tion. Beth Israel, was our spiritual adviser for a second term, and we do cheerfully state that he has discharged all bis duties ably and faithfully and has always given entire satisfaction, and to our great rezret has received and accepted a call to a larger congregation and resigned his position here, and in order to comply with hia wishes his resignation was accepted. He carries with him our best wishes For his success, and we do most cheerfully recommend him to the congregation as oae who has proved so worthy and deserving with us as a capable minister, a fluent speaker, and an experienced teacher and zealous worker in God's Vineyard, a courteous gen tleman and scholar. P. Habt, President, Laz.

Kabn, Secretary, A. Lehmas, Vice-Pres't, Sam'l Lewiiak, Treasurer. Rabbi Bloch will leave for his aew field next week. Conference Thanks Before adjournment the Methodist Con ference passed the following resolutions Resolved, That the thanks of this Con ference are due and are hereby tendered to the families of Jackson for the large and generons hospitality they have dispensed in the entertainment of the Conference. 2.

That we gratefully accept the court esies ot thel. U. a. K. and Al.

14. to our Conference in reduction of the rates of travel, and that Mr. L. F. Montgomery.

agent of the C. R. has placed us under many obligations in making arrangement for the above reduced rates. 3. That we acknowledge with thanks the many courtesies shown to the Conference by those newspapers of this city who have published onr proceedings and have dis tributed their issues among us.

A Topeka, Kansas, telegram, under date of 11th inst-, says: Judge Brewer, of the United States Circuit Court, yesterday issued a decree declaring the Walluf Brewery, at Lawrence, a common nuisance, and directing the United States Marshal to shu it up and abate the same. Ibe decree also perpetually enjoins the brewery from manufacturing or selling intoxicating liquors. This is the first brewery that has been declared a nuisance under the prohibitory law of Kansas, and the decree is in accordance with the late decision of the United States Supreme Court on the prohibition question. rOSTOFFICE ADPRES or THE MEMBERS ELECTED. The Next Senate Solidly Democratic, With Ten Republicans in the House, Including Five Colored Eighteen Old Representatives Returned.

We reproduce, in order to accommodate all who have applied for it, the lit of Sens a tors and Bpreentative9, wilK poitoffice address, all corrections having been made. SENATE. G. D. Shands.

Pres't- Senatobia it nis F. M. 2nd Dis. W. A.

McDonald. 3rd Dis. Thos. M. 4ih Dis.

C. A.Marshall 5th Dis. N. A. Taylor 6th Dis.

J. B. Boothe 7th Dis. R. A.

Dean Ashland Springs Hill Senatobia Sarditt Ulenville. Cofleeville 8th Dis. S. M. Ross.

9th Dis. J. W. Cutrer Friar's Point 10th Dis. 'Wm.

T. Houston UKoiona Hth Dis. J. L. Tnrnage- Fulton J.

C. Burdine Suiithville 12th Dis. J. C. NeiUon Columbus 13th Dis.

A. A. Montgomery- Osborn Jas. VV. Barron Ackerrnan Hth Dis.

3 as. K. Binford Duck Hill loth Dis Wm. G. Yerger Greenville 16th Dis G.

A. Wilson- Lexington 17th Dis. Presley Grovea Offahoma 18th Dis. H. J.

Gulley Louisville 19th Dis. George G. Dillsrd Macon 20th Dis. P. Walker Meridiau 21sl Dis.

R. P. Austin- Harperville 22d Dis. VV. M.

Buchanan- Brandon Dis John R. Cameron- Canton 24th Dis. 'Win. H. Luse Benton 25th Dis.

Geo. M. Batchelor Bovina 26th Dis. D. C.

Casey Rolling Fork 27th Dia. C. M. Williaoiaon Raymond 28th Dis. "Stephen Thraaher-Port Gibson 29th Dis.

Alex. Fairley Mount Olive 30th Dis. T. A. Wood Quitman 31st Dis.

"Roderick Seal.Mississippi City 32nd Dis. T. B. Ford- Columbia 33rd Dis. Will T.

Martin Natclnx 34'h Dis. G. A. Guice Meadville 35th Dis Wm. V.

Love Liberty 36th Dis. J. N. McLeod-Harrison Stat'n 37th Dis. J.

L. Morris -Waynesboro 38th Dis. "Geo. S. Dodds -IlHilehurst Senators holding over.) HOUSE.

Geo. M. Marshall- Natchez G. F. Bowlea- Natchez Adams- Alcorn T.

H. Underwood- Kossuth Amite Polk Talbert- Gloster Attala A. VV. Skinner -Chitta R. B.

Sanders- Kosciusko Benton H. P. Bolivar J. E. Mound Landing G.

VV. Huntley Rosed ale Calhoun E. R. Enochs Pittuhoro Carroll M- Southworth Carrollton T. W.

Sullivan Carrollton Chickasaw Frank Burkitt Okolona J. VV. Winter Houlka Choctaw Lafayette Ackerm an Claiborne VV. T. Port Gibson Clarke C.

A. Stovali- Shnhiita Clay VV. B. Gunn West Point T. W.

Davidson Montpelir Coahoma VV. H. Stovali- Stovali D. II. Hopson Clarksdale Copiak J.

F. Sexton Crystal Springs J. L. Ramsey Haxlehurat Covington N. C.

BlouniMvillf DvSoto L. W. Williamson Pleasant Hill J. M. Granberry -Horn Lake Franklin Dr.

W. L. Godbold, ville Grenada Jas. C. LongstreeU Grenada ureene D.

W. McLeod Leakville Hancock Thos. R. Harrison Calvit Rolierts-Mississippi City Hinds J. B.

Greaves Edwards A. Puryear- Palistine C. E. Hooker, Jr Jackson Thos. M.

Griffin Utica Holmes J. S. Hoskms Lexington W. P. Tackett Lexington Issaquena S.

B. Black Ben Lomond Itawamba VV. P. Jackson J. M.

Pascagoula Jasper W. W. Jefferson J. S. Hicks Fayette Jones T.

W. Collins Ellisville Kemper John H. Overstreet-Kellis' Store Lafayette J. R. Btowers- Oxford G.

O. Davis- Paris Lauderdale J. P. Keaton -Toomsuba R. H.

Whifield Meridian Lawrence G.A. Teunnison Monticello Leake E. D. Terry -Thomastown Lee O. L.

Kennedy Guntown K. Li. Shannon Shannon Leflore VV. S. Barry Shell Mound Lincoln J.

U. Brookhaven Lowndes J. II. Sharp Crawford J. H.

Simmons Caledonia M. M. Burke Columbus Madison James R. Flora C. W.

O'Leary Sharon Marion D. M. Walkins Columbia Marshall M. J. McKiony Holly Spring T.

B. Luck Pleasant R. S. Greer Bethlehem Monroe James T. Dil worth Aberdeen J.

R. MurfT. -Buttahatchie T. A. Oliphant Smithville Montgomery W.

S. Hill Winona Neshoha L. Stainton Philadelphia Newton J. H. Reagan Union Noxubee J.

L. Clemens Macon J. S. Madison Brooksyille 1 1 rr I is. m.

a. nomas Macon Oktibbeha J. H. Askew Setwunisville Dr. J.

G. Carroll Starkville Panola Jno. Fowler Courtland C. K. Caruthers- Como B.

H. Payne Reynolds Perry J. P. Carter Hattiegbnrg Pike J. H.

Crawford Tylertown Pontotoc C. B. Mitchell Pontotoc Prentit E. Alexander. Southland Quitman J.

A. Reed- Rankin L. H. Babb Brandon Henry L. Jacksou Scott J.

H. Beeraan Ely 8harkey--F. P. B. Brooks Blanton Simpson Q.

W.Johnston Dlo Smith J. L. Patton Raleigh Sunflower Marshall Brown-Indian Bayou Tallahatchie John Bailey Charleston Tate J. R. Puryear Thyatira J.

T. Eason- Coldwater Tippah S. O. Love Lowery Tishomingo M. P.

Harrison Iuka Tunica R. F. Abbay- Commerce Union W. P. Stewart Cotton Plant Warren L.

W. Magruder Vicksburg Murray F. Smith -Vicksburg J. H. Brabston Bovina Washington R.

B. John T.Casey W. H. Wilctinsk i Wayne Dr. J.

R. S. Pitts Waynesboro Webster J. R. Nolen Greensboro Winston T.

P. M. King Wilkinson J. H. Woodville VV.

A. Dickson Cenlreville Yalobusha A.H. Willi amson. Pine Valley Yazoo T. R.

Holloman- PhoBoix J. 8 Reid -Palmetto Home C. H. Perkins FLOATERS. Prentiss and AlcornH.

H. bo rough Amite and Pike S. M. Benton and Tippah Jag. C.

Harris-Ripley Holmes and Yazoo P. Lex- ington Kemper, Lauderdale and Clarke A. F. 4 Enternrine Newton and Leake J. R.

hatta Lincoln and Jefferson J. J. Whitney. Fayette W. TBanner Yalobusha and Calhoun J.

Pontotoc aud Unioa M. I. Fairview. A Springfield, 111., correspondent writes: Jules Cottel, of this city, when young was intimately acquainted with Sadi-Car-not, the new President of France, having attendee school with him at Chalons Sur-Marne, where Cottel's father was a professor. In the fall of 1851, when Louis Napoleon was preparing to hire himself de clared Emperor, Cottel was thrown into a dungeon at Paris along with SadUCarnot, ex-President Grery and others holding rad ical opinions.

Later they were transported to Algiers, where Cottel and Sadi-Carnot were messmates. At that time Carnot was eighteen rears of as and Cottel ninotMn They were the youngest in the prison. They were detained at Algers six; months ana men aiscnarged, Cottel coming to this country and SadUCarnot returning to France. Cottel is wery reticent on the subject. Col.

John H. Odeneal of Jar It son herd of one hundred and seventy five cattle on his Hinds county farm. Of this number seventy-five are registered Jersey cows and heifers, and ninety are cows of high grade. He will save this season two hundred tons of excellent bar from native trraaaea. Farm.

of Jones, make a note of this. Elliss vine on a boom like Alabama, lenn- and other Southern States. And tbosi who indulge in such expressions seem to think the fault lies with our people, who are wanting pluck, energy and enterprise. While it may be true that we are somewhat lacking in these particulars, yet a little reflection will satisfy any intelligent man that the great mas of the people are making but sure progress in building up the country, and that marked improvement ha been made in all our material, edncational and religious Mississippi is an agricultural State, yet she has within her limits vast for ests that yield the finest timber, and many Dever-failiDg streams that would afford water-power for the largest lactories. And the time will come when these and other natural resources will be profitably utilized.

But we must be patient and content with the apparently slow progress we are mak- rr. i ing. ine results oi our iarming operations this year have been satisfactory. Crops are made on less credit than heretofore. People are more slf-supporting and are beginning to see the necessity of diversifying their crops, for raising more and for improving their lands.

In going through the country, away from the thoroughfares, one will see lands being cleared and brought into cultivation, new fences, new houses being erected, stock looking well, and an air of thrift and industry pervading many households where domestic comfort is not neglected. As an evidence of the financial condition of the people, we are of opinion that there are fewer debts collected by law now than ever before. A decided improvement has been made through the State in educational facilities. A stranger to be told that there are more schools of a high gradf, in some of our poor hill counties, where boys can be fitted to enter our Colleges and Universities, than can be found elsewhere within the same erea in the South, would be amazed. But such is the fact.

There have been built up and supported by the citizens, who are directly interested in their success, and no pains or expense is spared to employ the very best teachers Our public schools, too, show a decided improvement. The State University and ail the Colleges the Stat are flourishing. The statistics of the different churches show an increase in membership and perhaps never in the history of the world has there ever been more harmony and fraternal feeling among the different denominations than at this time. In going through the country a stranger would be surprised to see the number of neat and sightly new churches in almost any neighborhood. And on the Sabbath he would be still more surprised to see, even in remote and obscure parts of the country, such well disposed, attentive and intelligent congregations.

The people of Mississippi have no cause to think other States have out stripped them in all that makes life desirable. If we do not have those wonderful booms that some States have, we are exempt from that specu lative spirit that has caused the ruin of so many we have the climate and the soil and the people and the insti tutions to make us a happy, prosperous and contented people. The marriage of the Hon. John V. Cutrer and Miss Blanche M.

Clark, which transpired on Thursday evening, the 15th instant, at Clarksdale, is a society event worthy of special note The marriagp, with its accompanying circumstances, was of marked elegance and taste it took place at the resi dence or the bride. lie nouse was beautifully decorated with flowers, holly and mistletoe. Dr. Palmer, of New Orleans, officiated. The dress of the bride was of exquisite richness and taste.

Mr. Cutrer is one of the most promising of the young lawyers of Mississippi. At the last contest he was elected to the State Senate from the Ninth District. His wife is the daughter of Joh'n Clark, one ot the oldest and most highly esteemed citi zens of Clarksdale she is the niece of Gov. James L.

Alcorn is beautiful, intelligent and accomplished. Almost immediately after the marriage the bride and groom left for Florida, where they will remain until the assembling of the Legislature, when they will come to Jackson. What' next shall it become neces sary to organize a Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Famous Authors? A late bit of information is as follows: Mr. Donnelly's publications on the Bacon cipher have moved Swinburne to produce a paper on a similar sub ject entitled 'Dethroning Tennyson; a Contribution to the Tennyson-Darwin Controversy. Mr.

Swinburne avers that be has been entrusted with the papers of Celia Hobbes, a lady languishing unjustly in Hanwell Asylum, who devoted many years and extraordinary cryptographic astuteness to proving the Darwinian authorship of the poems attributed to Tennjson." The article, it is announced, will appear in the January number of the Nineteenth Century. Susdat, the remains of the five an archists were consigned to their last resting-place. More than two thousand sympathetic people, believers in the cause of the dead men, eed a fiercely cold prairie wind to attend the funeral exercises at Waldheim cemetery near Chicago. The scenes and demonstrations at the grave showed too well that with the "Martyrs" the idea of Anarchism was not buried would that it had been! But exciting inci dents, sullen wrath, wild denunciation, groans and muttered curses marked the interment. Plentiful crops of the mischievous seeds have been and are being sown; what of tne harvett what of the future? Who can say what trials may not await this nation.

Matkick Bernhardt, son of the cel ebrated actress, Sara Bernhardt, has been married to Princess Virginia Clo tilda Jablononski, great grand-daughter of Lucien Bonaparte. auBscBirriojf payable ix advasck, One Yar $1.50 Mis Monllm l.OO JAI'HMtN, HATIKUAT, 24. 17 DAILY STATE LKUGKIU Commencing with the assembling of the Legislature the Stats Ledger will be issued daily during the session, and will print the official proceedings, besides the other news of the day. Price for the session $2.00, payable in advance. In clubs of five the price -will be $1.50 each, with a free copy to the person sending in the club.

Mb. Jos. S. Armstkoko and Ida Dabney were married at Raymond last "Wednesdav. The New York cigarmakers are threatening a general strike.

The thing will probably end in smoke. A Chicago correspondent writes that Nina Van Zandt, "widow" of Anarchist August Spies, is going mad. A Washington dispatch says that none of the Mississippi delegation of Congressmen will go home for the holidays. Wednesday the Virginia Legislature, in joint session, formally declared Jno. S.

Harbour elected United States Senaior. Mr. W. W. Downing, Chancery clerk of Hinds county, and Mrs.

E. T. Coor, were married at Kaymond last Wednesday. Congressmen are like school children and some other folk young and old they don't labor with frantic extrava gance during holiday times. Moke than 7,500 persons took part in a street procession in Pittsburg, a few days ago, in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Pope Leo XIII.

Gold has been discovered at Black Rock, and a yield has been obtained of thirty ounces to the tan. The whole neighborhood is wild with ex citement. Tns gurgling of a little presidential boomlet for Ingalls, the bright and garrulous Kansas Senator, seems to be audible to close listeners to the sound of the political wave. AncHBisnop William', of Iloston, will, it is rumored, be the next recipient of special papal honor in Amer ica. The report is that the Pope will make him a Cardinal.

i'dgk J. E. Tkidlk and James A Ramsey, loth prominent citizens of Farmersville, Louisiana, engaged a street fight last Monday with pistols and Loth were killed. Incoming vessels report that a very rough "norther" swept over the West Indies on the Cth, 7th and 8ih doing great damage. About seventy vessels were wrecked.

The ever-hovering, ever threatening European war cloud appears, of late, somewhat denser more ominous, than usual. Can't those big bullies, the Powers, fight or shut up It is a good thing there is an all- wise Providence in the Universe, else some set of fellows would organize a "Trust" to capture the whole earth and build a barb-wire fence around it. The Mississippi Valley Route is running a series of holiday, excursions over its line at very favorable rates, and its accommodation and enterprise are no doubt well appreciated by the public. Miss Margaret S. Nichols, daughter ot Col.

Wm. S. Nichols, assistant Door keeper of the National House of Representatives, was married at Galveston, Texas, on the 21st to Edwin J.Mars shall, of Chicago. The address of UeneraPS. D.

Lee, of the Mississippi A. and M. College, to the State Grange, on the occasion of its recent convention in this city, appears in full in to-day's paper, and it will well repay careful reading. We have received some fine specimens of job printing from the Magno lia Gazette bearing the imprint of that office. Amoncr them is a fine sample of association minutes which would be a credit to any office in the State.

A Georgia paper reminds its readers that, although goldraining is an old industry in the northern section ot the State, there is reason to believe that there are millions in it still for experienced miners bacsed by ample capital. 'Ihk Radical St. Louis Globe-Democrat announces at the head of its editorial columns the following suggestive ticket For President in 18SS, Joseph R. Hawley, ot Connecticut for Vice-President, Gov. John A.

Martin, of Kansas. A Cofteky lle, special of the 20th instant to a New Orleans paper thus gives further advertisement of glad tidings The welcome news has reached here from Calhoun county that in the election contest case the Democrats were victorious in every instance withthe exception ot one. Au. the communities announce holiday entertainments, but it is reported that Verona is to have a series of weddings, a concert, a masquerade, a drama, a Christmas tree, numberless sociables and a Leap Year party. The harrowing suspicion is suggested that somebody is going to wake up with a headache in Verona.

A MosniKNT costing $7,000 is to be erected in Chicago as a memorial of the heroism cf the policemen who fell on the occasion of the collision with the Anarchists at ifaytnarket Square. The monument will be raised near the centre of the square. The necessary amount is already in hand and the work will begin soon. Thb city fathers of Vies sburg are wild on the subject of retrenchment and reform. The police force has been greatly reduced, the city physician's salary reduced trom from 140 to $10 a month, chain-pang guards discharged, they have called a council of finance, to be composed of the three bank presidents, to assist them in solving the money problem.

mas! Miss Nellie Blt is one of the industrious and adventurous lady journalists of New York city. During the past few months she has been pertorm-ing, under the direction of the "World," some especially brave and creditable reportorial work. This, upon its appearance in the columns of the paper, besides attracting wide attention, will be of considerable public benefit, as it has to do mainly with the exposition of fraud and mismanagement public institutions. Miss lily's method is to enter (disguised of course) the institu tion whose iniquities she would expose and partake of its experiences (as, for instance, the asylum on Blackwell's Island, where she remained sometime pretending lunacy) obtain her facts and afterwards write them up for the paper. 'I he' "World" has reprinted some ot the most remarkable of her experiences in a neat, cheap volume and readers find it of thrilling interest.

The Gulf Coast Progress, on? of the best among Scuth Mississippi ppr has experienced a burst of righteous indignation, so to speak, and takes its Jackson contemporaries to task for tailing to give it due credit for articles and clippings reproduced from its col umns. Among other remarks th Progress has the following, which the State Ledger cheerfully prints as the amende honorable: Several of our esteemed Jackson cotem poraries have lately honored us by repro ducing several articles and clippings from this paper, but have promiscuously credited them to every paper on the seacoast, ex cept the Progress. It "does us large tproud" see so many ot our exchanges at the capital clip trom our columns, but if they don't givs us due credit in future, we will take back every word we have said about fitness for State Printer, and send our "fight ing editor with peace bond attached" to tackle the whole Jackson press. Now amid the Christmas ca rols what hoarse, discordant notes are The Memphis Avalanche ot Wednesday says: The time has heen when the Appeal was the organ of the rock-ribbed Democracy Now it is a traitor in the camp. Mark that a traitor in the camp.

And the Appeal of Thursday says This is a lie, and the writer of it knew it was a lie when he penned it. Mark that it is a lie! How truly dramatic and intense lne unpleasant supposition is sug gested that our esteemed contempora ries have been taking lessons from Dana and Pulitzer, the forked-light ning journalists of New York and the effete East. Otto Schiltner, of South St. Louis, attempted the grand Buffalo Bill act a day or two ago. Having surrounded a large quantity of bad, bad liquor, he essayed to prove to some of his friends that he could ride a horsa as well as anybody.

He mounted a Mexican po ny, and, while riding at full speed, at tempted to snatch his hat from the ground. But much beer had made Schiltner fat. As he leaned over, the animal stumbled and the two fell together, rider underneath. Otto was killed very fatally dead. There is a vast amount of this description foolery going on injthe world, especially these holiday times.

Newspaper enterprise is good, but newspaper enterprise sometimes runs against a snag. Some weeks ago the New York Herald with a grand blare of trumpets "exposed" a big concern known as the Tortilla Mining Company. But now it has turned out that, very probably, the company is not a fraud at all, but reasonably straight in its dealings. At any rate it has instituted a heavy suit against the Herald and is spending money to make the situation uncomfortably tropical for that paper. Newspapers ought not to be in too great hurry to rush into print.

Thk Keeley Brewing Company of Chicago is playing the boycott game on a large scale. It has issued instructions to brokers who purchase barley for them that they must have a guarantee from the seller thtt the barley was not grown in either of the prohibition States of Iowa or Kansas. They don't admit, however, that this step is taken on account of the prohibition which exists in those States, but claim that the barley is not as good as that raised in other States. Not many folk in this country, perhaps, are aware even of the existence of such a personage as King JaJa, of Oporbo, Wett Africa. But JaJa is, and is, moreover, a wild, wicked man.

He recently caused one hundred and fifty of his subjects to be beheaded as a warning to others not to permit trad ers to go into the interiors The British government has decided to banish him to St. Helena, Napoleon's old is land prison. Thb year closes with many horrors in the old world and the new: ex tremely rigorous weather many places, famine, fires, explosions, dreadful railway accident0, vast and destructive overflows, distress and perplexity of nations; yet, though these sharp peaks and edges of suffering are so, we have much to rejoice over crops gen erally have been good and prosperity abounds and increases in the majority of places. The one thing to ba said for President Cleveland," remarks Gen. George A.

Sheridan in a recent interview, "is that he is the first Democrat within my memory who has dared to say, as the representative and exponent of his party, something that means something. He has made an issue, and although he will get whipped on it, I admire his courage." Cleveland, having, said something that means something" has said more than have his opponents in very recent times, for all their bragging, and he will hardly beaten by the strength of objections to the message, when the spirit of the message itself commands the admiration of all parties. Thb many kindly commendatory notices which Mr. E. L.

Martin, of the New Mississippian, is receiving from leading State papers in aU regions of the Stat, with reference to his candidacy for the office of Clerk of the Houe, shows conclusively that his special fituers for the position is generally appreciated and given cordial emphasis. We believe Mr. Martin would perform th duties of the position with entire satisfaction. Walter and Ben Cullom were ar- iMgnea Derore Judge vv barton The Circuit court at Yazoo City last Wed for the killing of A. J.

Land Via a rum last June, a severance was granted in the case and B-n Collum was tried as an and acquitted Walter Collum will be tried at the May term. A stort comes from Locust Point Ottawa county, Ohio, a town on Lake Erie, of the discovery of a new m.im- moth cave under the lake. The dis coverer claims to have dived under a rock and come up on the other side in the wonderful cavern. The story may be true but it flavors of a myth. Robert Louis Stevenson, the latest popular writer, will have an article entitled A Chapter on Dreams" in the January number of a leading Magazine, in which he will describe some of the phantoms which disturbed his early years and gave him the bent which has made him an author of ro mances.

To Col. Bob Ingersoll, the Hon. Mr Bradlaugh, of England, and sundry famous Infidels of every land could you, singly or collectively, with all your spacious theories and tangential flights, avail to make anything like one real old-fashioned Southern and Mississippi Christmas The carrying on of the English over our champion slugger, the Honorable John L. Sullivan, is only equalled by the carrying on of certain sets of milk, sops in this country over any dis tinguished and characterless foreigner who hails these shores. "What fools these mortal- be The following fourth-class post masters in this State, have been com missioned this week David H.

Davis Poplar Springs Wm. M. Burford, Chapel Hill Henry C. Wells, Etta The Star service between Greenwood and inter City has been increased to fix times a week. Mr.

J. W. Buchanan, editor of the Grenada Sentinel, and Miss Mamie Hood were married in the Presbyterian church at Grenada last Wednesday. Rev. J.

C. Carothers tied the nuptial knot. The happy couple left imme- diatrly on a trip to New Orleans and other points. Improvements, somewhat startling in scope and variety, are being pro jected by a Durant paper. The Democrat, in its latest issue, hurled the following upon an unsuspecting world: On and after January 1st, 1SS8, this office will have two new spittoons, a clean towel, a shotgun for delinquent subscribers and the man who leaves the door open.

Among the names of residents of Southern States placed on the pension rolls this week, on account of Mexican war, are the following Mississippians Joseph Andrew Applewhite, Vaiden William L. Mitcham, Armistad Ida widow of George Williams, Goodman. Yesteedat was the anniversary of the Pope's ordination to the priesthood. The event was celebrated by the Catholic world generally. About two hundred and seventy millions of people render obedience in all things spiritual to" Leo XIII.

One S. W. Jordan, claiming to be a prophet ot God, killed Frances Driver, a woman, at Sel ma, Alabama, lat Sunday. He said that God had told him in a dream to sacrifice her. A mob would have sacrificed him but be was protected by the police.

The celebrated steamship Great Eastern, the largest ever built, was sold to a London firm for about who will knock it to pieces for the metal and other material. The vessel was too large to be serviceable. The collections of Internal Revenue for the first five months of this fiscal year amounted to $51,860,549, an in crease of $3,854, 42 compared with the corresponding period of last year..