Lamar County AlArchives News.....The Lamar News May 12, 1887 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Veneta McKinney http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003775 February 3, 2007, 3:00 pm Microfilm From AL Dept Of ARchives And History May 12, 1887 Microfilm Ref Call #373 Microfilm Order #M1992.4466 from The Alabama Department of Archives and History THE LAMAR NEWS E. J. MCNATT, Editor and Proprietor VERNON, ALABAMA, MAY 12, 1887 VOL. IV. NO. 28 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION One copy one year $1.00 One copy six months .60 All subscriptions payable in advance. 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A cesspool in a college yard; the Vincent trial; the city election, and a supposed unsafe bridge, were some of the things that the Montgomery people were troubled about last week. – [Decatur Free Lance] Of the Ohio man in a mob and in the militia, the observant Chicago Herald thus speaks: “Ohio should be proud of its militia. It was in Ohio that a mob drove a reservoir on Tuesday, and it was in an Ohio town that a mob put a regiment to route and burned the courthouse three or four years ago. The Ohio man is thoroughly at home in a mob. In the militia he loses confidence. It has been suggested that a grand banquet be given the State Press Association when it meets her on the 25th, and that invitations be sent to a number of leading journals through the country to send representative to be present on that occasion. The suggestion is a most excellent one, but if it is adopted our people will have to subscribe liberally for their entertainment. – [Age] The country editor is rapidly being shorn of all his little privileges and perquisites. After a while he will be expected to announce candidates for nothing, puff everybody for nothing, be a boot-lick for every one-horse politician, and the ---ot-ball of the party, and if he dares kick will be bulldozed into measures by the threat of withdrawal of patronage. The --- that will quietly submit encroachments upon its rights and privileges out to receive the contempt it so richly deserves. If the press had the independence it should have it would not blow the horn of the politician, who, as soon as he be elected to office, straightway forgets all favors and does not give a finger to advance the in--- est of the power that helped to make him politically. The – amount of gratis work tendered by the press is one --- that has brought it into contempt with the politicians. He cannot do without is influence, and if he had to pay for his work done in his interest dollars and cents, he would --- a higher regard for the editor and the editor’s pocket – be a little heavier, where business was recognized --- legislation of the comp- --- or not. – [Ex] THE GOOD FORTUNE OF A SOUTHERN GIRL Washington, May 6 – One of the clerks in the Fourth Auditor’s office of the Treasury Department is in Central Alabama. About four years ago the young lady secured a clerkship in the Treasury Department at salary sufficient for the maintenance of her widowed mother and herself. A few weeks ago she received a letter from a banking house in Birmingham, Ala, asking the lowest cash price at which her mother would sell a farm of 100 acres several miles distant from the city. The farm had hitherto been regarded as worthless, and her mother had mad repeated efforts to sell it for even a few hundred dollars. The young treasury clerk is as sagacious as she is pretty, and before replying to the letter took counsel with a friend familiar with property values in that locality. He informed her that coal in great quantities had been discovered in that locality that $100,000 would be a fair price to ask for its purchase. This the young lady did. Yesterday she received a notification that her proposition had been accepted. It is probable that Auditor Shelley will soon be making a requisition up on the Civil Service Commission for another clerk. President Cleveland and Gov. Bob Taylor are both honest men and true Democrats, trying honestly and conscientiously to do their duty by the people. Both of them are being abused by political ringsters and tricksters. Such men do not suit the politicians whose highest ambition is office, and who care nothing for the Government, but are watching the treasury with keen rapacity, always ready to satisfy their greed for gain when occasion offers. The State Ledger in an article on the Labor question, has this to say: The chief origination and the leader in this great Labor Movement, is the Knights of Labor. Their platform at present is loaded down with too many issues, but these are the views of this particular order alone, and may, of course, be toned into a platform upon which the general Labor Movement may unite…… The Ledger is mistaken in saying that the declaration of principles of the Knights of Labor are the views only of this particular order. The platforms of the Farmer’s Relief, the Alliance, and the Wheel, are the same as that of the Knights of Labor, almost verbatim et Literatim, and were evidently taken from it. This is evidence that the great labor movement is backed by the laboring masses of this country, embracing about two thirds of the vote of the United States, and it means reform. It means death to the political rings and destruction to political parties whose leaders antagonize this great reform movement. Corruption, fraud and political chicanery have run riot in our land, but the masses are beginning to see and are arousing themselves to meet the necessities of the times. They are quietly but solidly organizing for the contest, and as sure as the sun shines there is going to be a political revolution in this country. Clay County already numbers more than one half of her voters on the side of this reform movement. – [West Point Leader] The number of Railroads in the United States is stated at 980. “So live, so act, that every hour may die as dies the natural flower; that every word and every deed may bear within itself the seed of future good in future need.” THE TRAIN IS COMING (picture of a train). Get ready for a ride but before starting call around and let DR. G. C. BURNS sell you a nice bill of goods at hard pan prices. Go to ECHARD’S Photograph Gallery, Columbus, Mississippi when you want a fine photograph or ferrotype of any size or style. No extra charge made for persons standing. Family groups and old pictures enlarged to any size. All the work is done in his gallery and not sent North to be done. Has a handsome and cheap line of Picture Frames on hand. Call at his Gallery and see his work you visit Columbus. A. A. Posey & Bros Livery, Sale and Feed Stable, Aberdeen, Miss. They have also just received a fine stock of buggies in which they give such bargains as to defy competition. Prices including harnesses ranging from $30 upwards. COLUMBUS ART STUDIO Over W. F. Munroe & Co’s Book Store, Columbus, Mississippi. Fine photographs of all sizes at very reasonable prices. Pictures copied and enlarged. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Call in and examine samples. FRANK A. COE, Photographer WIMBERELY HOUSE Vernon, Alabama. Board and Lodging can be had at the above House on living terms L. M. WIMBERLEY, Proprietor. ERVIN & BILLUPS, Columbus, Miss. Wholesale and retail dealers in pure drugs, paints, oils, paten Medicines, tobacco & cigars. Pure goods! Low prices! Call and examine our large stock. Ad for book “The Girl I Left Behind Me.” By T. T. Haydock ATTORNEYS SMITH & YOUNG, Attorneys-At-Law Vernon, Alabama– W. R. SMITH, Fayette, C. H., Ala. W. A. YOUNG, Vernon, Ala. We have this day, entered into a partnership for the purpose of doing a general law practice in the county of Lamar, and to any business, entrusted to us we will both give our earnest personal attention. – Oct. 13, 1884. S. J. SHIELDS – Attorney-at-law and Solicitor in Chancery. Vernon, Alabama. Will practice in the Courts of Lamar and the counties of the District. Special attention given to collection of claims. PHYSICIANS – DENTISTS M. W. MORTON. W. L. MORTON. DR. W. L. MORTON & BRO., Physicians & Surgeons. Vernon, Lamar Co, Ala. Tender their professional services to the citizens of Lamar and adjacent country. Thankful for patronage heretofore extended, we hope to merit a respectable share in the future. Drug Store. Dr. G. C. BURNS, Vernon, Ala. Thankful for patronage heretofore extended me, I hope to receive a liberal share in the future FARMER’S INDEPENDENT WAREHOUSE. We have again rented the Whitfield Stables, opposite the Court house, for the purpose of continuing the Warehouse and Cotton Storage business, and we say to our friends and farmers of West Alabama and East Mississippi, that we will not be surpassed by any others in looking after the wants of our customers to make them conformable while in Columbus. We will have fire places instead of stoves for both white and colored; separate houses fitted up for each. We will have also good shed room for 100 head of stock more than we had last year; also a convenient and comfortable room for our friends who may come to Columbus. We do not hesitate to say that we can and will give you better camping accommodations than any other house in the house in the place. Mr. J. L. MARCHBANKS of Lamar County, Ala., and MILIAS MOORHEAD, of Pickens County, Ala., will be at the stable and will be glad to see their friends and attend to their wants, both day and night. Out Mr. FELIX GUNTER will be at the cotton she where he will be glad to see his old friends and as many new ones as well come. All cotton shipped to us by railroad of river will be received free of drayage to warehouse and have our personal attention. Thanking you for your patronage last season, and we remain the farmer’s friends. Yours Respectfully, J. G. SHULL & CO, Columbus, Miss. PHOTOGRAPHS – R. HENWOOD, Photographer, Aberdeen, Miss. Price list: Cards de visite, per doz………$2.00 Cards Cabinet, per doz……….$4.00 Cards Panel, per doz………….$5.00 Cards Boudoir, per doz………$5.00 Cards, 8 x 10, per doz……….. $8.00 Satisfaction given or money returned. Ad for Demorest’s patterns, Sewing machine, Portfolio of Fashions (picture of sewing machine $19.50) J. B. MACE, Jeweler, Vernon, Alabama. (PICTURE OF LOT OF CLOCKS) Dealer in watches, clocks, jewelry and spectacles. Makes a specialty of repairing. Will furnish any style of timepiece, on short notice, and at the very lowest price. Our stock of Furnishing is full and complete in every respect. (Elaborate drawing of goods sold) Largest Cheapest best stock of dress goods, dress trimmings, ladies & misses jerseys clothing, furnishing goods, knit underwear, boots, shoes, & hats, tin ware, etc., etc., at rock bottom figures at A. COBB & SONS’S The Coleman House (Formerly West House). W. S. COLEMAN, Pro. Main St. Columbus, Miss. Is now open for the entertainment of guests, and will be kept clean and comfortable, the table being supplied with the best the market affords. Rates per day…$1.50, Rates for lodging and 2 meals….$1.25, Rates for single meals…...$0.50, Rates for single lodging…..$0.50. call and try us. LIVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLE. J. D. GUYTON, Prop’r., Columbus, Mississippi. (picture of horse and buggy) Ad for Collins Ague Cure PAGE 2 THE LAMAR NEWS Vernon, Ala. By E. J. MCNATT Entered at the Post-office at Vernon, Alabama, as second class mail matter. WILLIAM T. PRICE - STORIES ABOUT THE DECEASED CONGRESSMAN The following extracts are taken from an interesting article on the late Congressman Price written by J. A. Walrous for the Milwaukee Sunday Telegraph Ii is true that Mr. Price was plain spoken, and that at times he said what was very severe, but those who knew him best knew that there beat within his breast a heart as tender as that of the most sympathetic woman. I never knew a man who more readily heard and responded to the cry of distress than W T. Price. During the years of the war, and for several years afterward, he had a stage line from Sparta to St. Paul. Large numbers of soldiers on their way home on furlough or discharged remember Judge Price’s generosity. I was at Sparta the winter of 65, on the way north. There were two or three coaches filled with passengers. Among them were seven soldiers who had been discharged for disability. All were sick and some of them looked as though they would not be able to reach home. Price happened to be at Sparta that mourning. He said to his agent: “Don’t take a penny from those sick soldiers. While I am running this stage line to make money, I don’t want to take money from men who have lost their health while fighting the battles of their country.” The agent came back and said he had done as instructed, but there were four or five other soldiers who had just money enough to pay their far but none to spare for their meals. “Did you take the money?” “Yes, sir,” “Take it back to them, and whenever the stage stops for dinner, supper or breakfast see that their bills are paid, as well as the sick men.” I was a soldier myself on leave, and stood near Price as he made the remark. It touched me to see a stranger so kind and generous to comrades, and I must have looked sober and thoughtful. Price saw men and said, “Is anything the matter with you?” “No, sir” “Got money enough to go through with?” “Yes, sir, thank you.” “If you haven’t, say so.” Just then he saw the gold cord on my pants and in his prompt manner said “You are an officer. If you haven’t money enough you ought to have. You can pay your own fare.” The way the sick private soldiers stepped their hands at the remark made me wish I have never seen a shoulder strap. On the way up I rode with the driver part of the time, and we talked about Prices’ treatment of the soldiers. I asked if it was a common practice with the proprietor to treat solders in that way. He said “You would be surprised if I were to tall you that thousands of soldiers have gone over this line free, and he has paid for their meals besides. Mr. Price didn’t go to the war because he was heavily in debt and felt that if he entered the service his creditors would lose, also he staid at home and has paid every debt, a hundred cents on the dollar, and every penny of interest. He has been making money with the state line, and he says that if he didn’t go to help fight the battles of his country he could remember the men who did go, and I tell you he has been remembering them. No poor soldier will walk over this line so long as Bill Price owns it, and none of them will go hungry, either.” An old resident of Black River Falls, in talking about Mr. Price’s goodness of heart, said “I don’t suppose that there are twenty men in Jackson County whose deed so charity combined equal those of Mr. Price. Why, during the war one of the customs that he kept up religiously was to have one of his men find out the families of soldiers who needed assistance and supply their every want. Sometimes I have seen three wagons-loads in a day start out in various directions through the country to supply needy families with flour, jets, coffee, tea, sugar, sirup (sic), clothing, and other articles. One of the strictest orders was “Never let any of these people know where the goods come from.” With all his care many of them found out. I was in his office the summer of 1865 one day when a man in blue uniform came in. “Is this Mr. Price?” “It is, sire. What can I do for you?” “I have come down to pay you.’ “What is your name? I don’t remember you. Guess you don’t owe me anything.” “Yes, I do. I owe you a great deal more than I ever can pay. When I was in the hospital at Petersburg, wounded, you kept my family from starving. I have come down to pay you for the provisions you sent them, and to thank you. Here is $50. I don’t think it is enough, but if it ain’t I will send you the rest.” “My good man, I didn’t’ take any provisions to your house. Maybe some of my men did. You don’t owe me anything. If you do I don’t want it. Keep your money to improve your little place, or buy a cow or yoke of oxen. How did you come down?’ “I walked.” “Are you going to walk back?” “Yes, sir” “No, you are not! You walked enough in the army.” Price was keeping a livery stable at that time. He had a rig brought to the door, and the old soldier rode home. Mr. Tilden frequently invested in railroad stocks whenever there was a decline in the market or a chance to get in on the ground floor in a deal. It netted him, however, to be considered a speculator. He would indignantly repudiate the characterization and say” I am an investor, not a speculator. I buy when I consider stocks are a good purchase, then I decide on the figure I will sell at. Just as a grocer marks his selling price, and I sell whenever I can get my price, without reference to the market.” AN OLD FAMILY The Smiths are a numerous tribe. Who hath not known a Smith? They are an old family. History makes no mention of the time when there were no Smiths. They take their name from the trade of their founder, as do most families in some way or other. The Fletchers were arrow-makers, as their name signified, and the Taylors, the Skinners, the Butchers, the Brewers, and other familiar examples. Probably the original Smith, old Smith, father of the first “Smith Boys’ was Tubal-Cain, who ran a large establishment where swords and armor were fabricated in quantities to suit. Tubal was a familiar figure to the schoolboys of thirty years ago, and they delighted to read “in concert”, that is, in dissonance, that by the fierce red light of the furnace bright the stroke of his hammer range. But we digress, and have been led into the digression by reflections upon the antiquity of the Smith pedigree. That it is ancient is evident’ that the family is still numerous and flourishing is made equally apparent by the great gathering of the clan Smith at Peapack, N. H., a few days ago, when three thousand Smiths, descendants of Zacheriah Smith, who settled there a century or more ago, reported for pleasure. One is readily prepared to accept the statement of the reporters, that when the three thousand Smiths sat down to dine together, three thousand Smiths feeding as one, the scene beggared description. Among so may people there were, of course, many types of the genus Smith. There were Smiths with raven tresses; Smiths with golden locks – called red hair by brunette Smith girls; tall Smiths, short Smith; radicals who firmly believe that all Smiths are created free and equal; patrician and exclusive Smiths, from Smithborough, who wish it distinctly understood that they are the same in blood with the Smiths of Smithville, but in worldly circumstances far different. All these and many more were present. Lizzie Smith – lives there a man with acquaintance so circumscribed that he has not known a Lizzie Smith? – read a poem “written for the occasion.” Really, we don’t know why the Smiths have not a good reason to feel that the poet was only stating the facts. For the Smiths have given to the world many men of first-class talent, if they have not swayed empires or written popular novels. America has special reason to remember the Smiths, for the name is intimately associated with her history from the time of that never- to-be-forgotten club meeting at which Capt. John Smith came so near being immolated by the first families of Virginia. Probably the doubts which are cast upon the authenticity of his narrative are due to the hostility of the Browns or some other clan a little less numerous than the Smiths. That “Smiths are crowding vale and hill” hardly needs demonstration, but if it did the circumstance remarked by one speaker at Peapack, that on the borders of Cayuga Lake dwell four hundred Smiths, who hold reunions annually, would be accepted as evidence. The Smiths may fairly claim to be one of our oldest families. – [Boston transcript] ETON MONTEM Any old Eton boy would tell you that you might as well never have been born as not to know about Montem. Why, Montem was as old as Queen Elizabeth’s time, and Queen Victoria was very sorry to have to consent to have it broken up. The senior colleger was captain of Montem, and he sometimes made £1,000 out of it. On the morning of Montem day, the captain gave a great breakfast in the Hall to the fifth and sixth forms. Then the boys marched twice around the school yard, the ensign waved the great flag, the corporals drew their swords, and the procession started through the Playing Fields to Salt Hill, in a long line, accompanied by two or three regimental bands. The officers wore red-tail coats, white trousers, cocked hats with feathers, and regimental boots; and the lower boys wore blue coats with brass buttons, white waistcoats and trousers, silk stockings and pumps, and carried slender white poles. But before this, long before sunrise, the salt-bearers and their twelve assistants had gone, some on foot and some in gigs, to their places on all the great roads leading to Eton, to beg “salt” from everybody they met. Salt meant money; and everybody had to give them salt. George the Third and Queen Charlotte always gave fifty guineas apiece. The money went to the captain of Montem, to help him pay his expenses at the university to which he was to go after leaving Eton. The salt-bearer carried satin money-bays and painted staves, and as receipts for the salt that they secured they gave little printed tickets with the date of the year, and a Lain motto. Everybody went to Montem. King George always used to go, and Queen Victoria went. There was always a “Montem poet’ who dressed in patchwork, and wore a crown; and he drove about the crowed in a donkey-cart, reciting his ode and flourishing copies of it for sale. When the procession came to the top of Salt Hill, the ensign waved his flag a second time, and that ended the celebration; only the boys and the visitors all went to the inns at Windsor for the big dinner. – [Edwin D. Mead, in St. Nicholas] E. Berry Wall, once the king of the dudes in New York is in Washington and his garb at a recent ball is thus described: “He wore the conventional suit of broadcloth, claw-hammer coat, white vest, and trousers with silk stripe down the side. With a white tucked shirt was worn a high, plain collar, the edge meeting in front and rather higher than at the back. His fee were encased in dancing pumps and black silk stockings, with fine horizontal stripes of white about an inch apart and small diamonds embroidered between the stripes. Light pearl kid gloves with three rows of heavy black stitching on the back, encased his hands. The regulation white tie was worn, while a boutonnière was fastened a large white convolvulus “ SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY Inventors would do well to make note of the fact that a machine is greatly needed that will cut up corn as it is found on the hill. The Spanish government has established three medico-legal laboratories, where analyses ordered by the courts shall be made. Accused persons may employ experts to watch the work. An international exhibition devoted entirely to telephony is to be opened at Brussels in January. It is intended to arrange for a series of historical exhibits showing the development of the art from its earliest infancy. A new English paint is ordinarily of a brilliant red color, but darkens as it is heated, becoming quite brown at a temperature of 180 degrees. As it cools it regains its original redness. It is recommended as an indicator of hot bearings in high-speed machinery. A misunderstanding led to the erroneous statement that experiments are about to be made in Dresden with cast glass for rails. The attention of Mr. Siemens has been given to the production of railway sleepers of hardened glass, which have proven very satisfactory in recent tests. Having shown experimentally that the friction of ice and water results in the positive electrification of ice, and consequent negative electrification of water, Herr L. Solenche considers it possible that the friction of cumulus and cirrus clouds may be sufficient to account for thunder storms. A new alloy, melting at the low temperature of moderately hot water, and considerably below that at which the magic spoons of long ago were fused in a cup of tea, consists of 48 parts of bismuth, 13 of cadmium, 19 of lead, and 20 of tin. It resists considerable pressure, and it s especially adapted to may important uses. The “Tonquinese Academy” ahs been established at Hanoi, in Tonquin, but Mons. Paul Bert, the French resident general. An important function of the society is the initiation of the people of Tonquin into a knowledge of modern sciences and civilization. The membership is limited to forty, with an unlimited number of correspondents. One pound of coal, according to recent Franklin Institute tests, will yield an amount of light averaging 150 candles with the electric are light (about sixty percent of this if glass shades are used). Twenty candles with incandescent lamps, and fourteen to seventeen candles with gas. In this estimate it is assumed that steam coal is burned under a good boiler for the electric lights, and that gas is obtained from a bituminous coal. Much seems to be expected of a new French method of protecting iron from rust. It was first suggested by DeMeritaens of electrical fame, and consists in placing the article to be protected in a water-bath at a temperature of from 158 to 176 degrees, through which is passed an electric current of just sufficient strength to decompose the water. In an hour or two the iron acquires a coating of black magnetic oxide, which will make a brilliant polish, and effectually resist further oxidation. Steel articles were readily coated in the first trials, but success with wrought and cast iron was only reached when distilled water was used. It is estimated that each year from 34,000 to 35,000 cubic miles of rain falls upon the surface of the globe. What becomes of it? The rivers seldom carry off one-half, except in regions of close-grained rocks; the rest disappears by evaporation, by the absorption of the earth, and by being taken up by plants, animals, and mineral oxidation. In most parts of temperate latitudes the removal by rivers is from a third to two-fifths of what falls; in warm latitudes the amount is less, and may be under one-tenth. The Mississippi carried away one-fourth of the rainfall of its drainage area, the Missouri, three-twentieths; the Ohio, one-fourth,; the rivers of England and Wales, nine- sixteenths. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND’S BROTHER To the Century, Colonel W. C. Church contributes an article on Nassau, entitled “A Midwinter Resort: with illustrations by Winslow Homer. From it we quote the following: “A tragedy is connected with the principal hotel, the Royal Victoria, which associates it with our own recent history. It is brought to mind by a notice found in the Nassau Guardian of fourteen years ago, to this effect: NOTICE All persons having demands against the estate of the late Lewis F. Cleveland, deceased, are requested to render statements thereof duly attested, on or before the first day of May next, to John S. Darling, Esquire. All persons who are indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to the said J. S. Darling. Grover Cleveland W. W. Stephenson, Executors January 20, 1873 “One of these executors has since been called to administer upon a larger estate. The occasion of his visit to Nassau in 1873 was the sudden and melancholy death of his brother, the lessee of the hotel. He was lost on the steamer Missouri, burnt off Abaco Island on the morning of October 22, 1872. Another brother of President Cleveland, Mr. R. C. Cleveland, and a broth-in- law, were also among the victims of this disaster. Lewis Cleveland was a man of strong personality, and stories told of him would indicate that some of his characteristics of his distinguished brother are family traits. An inexorable rule of his hotel management forbade the payment of fees. One waiter who accepted a Christmas gift was promptly dismissed. The lady whose gratitude for special service had thus found expression finally secured the reversal of the sentence, on condition that the gift should be retuned. “I will not,” said Mr. Cleveland “have those in my house who are unable or unwilling to fee he servants put to any disadvantage.” It is told of Mr. Cleveland that, as he was on his way to the steamer at New York, he said “ I do not know how it is, but I have an impression that I cannot get rid of, that this will be my last voyage.” So it proved, not only to him, but to sixty-eight others of the eighty-five persons who sailed in the Missouri as passengers and crew.” SEVEN WAYS OF MARRYING There are seven separate and distinct ways in which the nuptial know may be tied, and the attending expense of the different modes varying from $1 to $1,000. The least expensive, and the one seldom adopted, except in cases of elopement, is that afforded by the justice’s office. There a couple can be firmly united in the space of a minute for a small sum. It is customary for a groom to dress as he may please when the marriage is to be performed by a justice, and a dress-suit would be sadly out of place in the musty law-office. The one great advantage of the justice-shop marriage is its cheapness. As some people object to being married by a justice of the peace, preferring the sanction of the church in addition to that of the law, the young people may visit a parsonage instead of a justice’s office with the same preparation. The ceremony may be fully as informal when performed at the minister’s home, the only difference being that not less than $3, and, better still, $5 or $10 should be paid for the service, although there is no fixed sum charged. the most popular ceremony among people who do not class themselves as in “society” and also among many who do, is a quiet home wedding, where the bride is attired in a suit of plain white or a traveling dress, and the groom in a plain black or brown business suit, where only a few friends and relatives are present. The affair is informal, perhaps a modest supper of lunch being served after the ceremony is performed, and the entire expense to the groom being covered by $20, or even less. This is the most popular wedding ceremony, and this is the way in which fully 25 percent of the young people are married. Next in point of favor and inexpensiveness is the informal church wedding, being similar in all things except that the service is performed within the portals of the church. If the affair is strictly private the bride and groom may be unsupported, or have bridesmaids and groomsmen, as they please. In the latter case full-dress suits should be worn, increasing the expense. The “full-dress wedding,” as it may be called when the ceremony is performed at home, is next in favor. Elaborate trousseau, full-dress suits, bridesmaids and groomsmen, flowers in abundance, and a host of invited guests are the requisite followed by a reception, feast or lunch, as the contracting parties may desire. The seventh and last, and most popular, is the full-dress affair performed in church. Among people who desire to create a stir in society this is the favorite. It is expensive, and in many cases unsatisfactory. – [Brooklyn Magazine] THE MAN WHO SAVED THE QUEEN’S LIFE The London correspondent of the Belfast Morning News gives some curious particulars about the man who saved the Queen’s life near Kensington palace in 1821, when her Majesty was only 2 years old. The man was an Irish soldier named Moloney. He was walking near a carriage in which the infant princess was driving, and when the carriage was upset he rushed to the child’s rescue and brought her safely out of the broken vehicle. He broke his leg, however, in the attempt, and sustained other injuries from which he suffered for some time afterward. The duchess of Kent, the Queen’s mother, gave him the munificent reward of £1 for his heroic act. In a few years he was sent out to India with his regiment, and there he spent upward of twenty years, returning to England a pensioner of 6 pence a day. Being in great distress – 6 pence a day being unable to maintain the poor fellow – he wrote to Her Majesty reminding her of the important service he had rendered to her in early life. No notice whatever was taken of the application. Nothing daunted, however, he wrote again and again, but still no response came from Windsor. To shorten the story, he kept reminding Her Majesty for nearly twenty years that he had saved her life, and as he was beginning to think at last that he could never succeed in exciting the royal gratitude to do anything for him, he received through the post a small donation anonymously. The following week it was repeated. Upon the introduction of postal orders he got one for £1 almost every week, the donor being still nameless. As the orders, however bore the Windsor postmark, he suspected the source whence they came. At last one day a slip of paper, which appeared to have been put into the letter accidentally revealed the name of the sender – Sir Henry Ponsonby, the Queen’s private secretary. Since that time Moloney was originally intended for the church, but being a wild young fellow he left home during his student days, taking with him a large sum of money which belonged to his father. This he soon spent, and then he enlisted. He knew classics fairly well, and while a soldier used to amuse his companions by quoting verses from the Lain and Greek powers. He is now over 80 years of age, and lives at Hounslow, near London. CRAECUS AT THE CAPITAL - anecdote A BOOTBLACK’S STORY A little over seven years ago, a bootblack from San Francisco wandered to this city. He managed in some way to eke out a scanty living by following his profession. During the six months or so that he was around our streets he made may friends through his quiet, respectful manner and bright and intelligent face. He differed from typical newsboys and bootblacks of the metropolis in many ways. At last he disappeared from our city as quietly as had been his arrival. No one knew whither or why he had gone as he had made no confidants while here, and kept his business to himself. Last Saturday he returned to this city from the northern country on his way to San Francisco, but not as a bootblack. The bright, intelligent-faced boy had developed into a tall, finely-proportioned man with a sunburned, happy countenance. The change is accounted for in the following story, told by himself. He had started from San Francisco in the spring of 1879 with the intention of going to the northern counties to take up land. He had left all of his earnings, which he had been saving up for the purpose, with his mother and younger brother, and started out to work his way by boat, but that failed, and he was compelled to travel overland. “I was pretty near discouraged of my project after I had been in your city about a week,” he said. But at the end of his six month’s stay here he left with $49. He did not stop to add further to his exchequer until his arrival in Medocino County. There again he was almost disheartened in learning that he was not old enough to take up land. But he made a vow that he would not return to his mother in the big city until he could bring more money than he had given her on his departure. Days lengthened into weeks, and still he had no regular employment, and would have starved without the aid of some of the citizens to whom he had told his story. At last he chanced to meet with a tall, rough-bearded man, who proved subsequently to be his benefactor in a most singular manner. The man, whose name was Randolph, was intoxicated, and would have fallen over a steep grade had he not reached him just in time. Fearing to let Randolph go home alone he accompanied him up a steep and tortuous mountain trail to his cabins, situated on the border of his claim of 160 acres, covered thickly with valuable timer. Although Randolph loved liquor, he carried within his breast the warmest of hearts, and on learning the lad had saved him and also of his little benefactor’s forlorn plight, he would not listen to his leaving him. Four years passed, during which Randolph and the bootblack worked together. The cabin was transformed into a cozy little dwelling. The possessions of Randolph, which are now shared equally between him and is protégé, were increased to 800 acres; roads and tramways had been constructed, and stalwart woodmen had cut a deep swath in the timber. At the end of another three years which brings ups up to the present time, other improvements have been made, and the little bootblack is returning to his mother and little brother after all threes years a rich merchant. The firm of Randolph & Co. is estimated to be worth $60,000. – [Santa Rosa (Cal) Democrat] SEVEN WAYS OF MARRYING – (same as above article) (last column - can’t read) PAGE 3 THE CAMBODIA HOUSE – Article describing a Cambodian house – (can’t read all of article) ONE KIND OF READING – article about devoting an hour to reading every day (can’t read all of article) A MISER’S DOG – article about a dog and his owner AN UNFORTUNATE OCCURRENCE – anecdote about marrying a millionaire PIERCE AND HAWTHORNE Soon after Gen. Pierce was elected President, he visited Boston and received a visit from hi sold friend, Nathaniel Hawthorne, to whom he said “What can I do for you Nat?” “I have long wished to see you,’ replied Hawthorne, “and I have hoped that you would be able to appoint me to a foreign mission.” “No, no” replied Pierce. “Let me tell you a little story” Soon after Gen. Taylor was elected President Jenifer went to him and asked for a foreign mission, saying that he could live on his outfit and save up his alary. The President appointed him. He went to Vienna, lived snugly on his outfit, saved his salary, and was happy in the realization of his plans. One the eve of his departure he called on the Countess d’Barbery, who was mistress of ceremonies - ---, and expressed to her that his --- position as a bachelor prevented him from reciprocating the attentions which he had received. The countess listened to him graciously, and then said that it would not do for him to go away without giving an entertainment. This she offered to arrange, and told him all he would have to do would be to pay the bills. The entertainment was a magnificent one and the bills amounted to upward of $3,000. So Jenifer’s came home penniless and had to take a subordinate clerkship in the treasury department. Now “continued the President-elect, “I do not propose to send you where you will have a repetition of Jenifer’s case, but I will give you the consulate at Liverpool, where you will be able to save a little money. “ The Liverpool consulate was accordingly given to Hawthorne, and he was enabled to save a considerable sum while he held it. – [Ben Persley ----] MISSING LINKS A prospector found a nugget worth $62 at Big Creek, Ore. In Arizona men with fur caps are set down as tenderfeet from the East. There are 101 persons who bear the name of Smith in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Gov. Lee of Virginia is credited with being the champion checker-player of the South. The interesting assertion comes from Paris in the last year the dogs there killed 1,700,000 rats. The wine makers of Los Angeles, Cal. have decided to send someone to Washington to secure needed legislation. An ordinance requiring the removal of all swinging signs from the streets of Baltimore, Md., has gone into effect. In New York City there are said to be 8,600 families who receive help from charitable associations and the city. In the stomach of a bullock killed a few days ago at Adin, Cal. were found horseshoe nails, screws, bolts, and tacks. It is claimed that San Diego County, California, is raising raisins that can compete successfully with those produced in Spain. Mayor Hodges of Baltimore says a true Marylander would halt outside the gates of Paradise to eat a dozen raw Chesapeake oysters. W. G. Deshler, a millionaire banker of Columbus, O., has presented the Women’s Benevolent Society of that city with a check for $100,000. As proof of the Democratic tendencies now ruling in royal Britain it is said that Miss Gladstone danced recently with her father’s coachman. The house of Mrs. Hicks-Lord is New York looks like a big bric-a-brac store inside. She sets out very strong punch at her entertainments. Ex-Empress Eugenie is now at a villa just out of Naples, in such close retirement that even her nearest friends have difficulty in securing admission to her presence. The need of a strong leader in France today is made plain by the enthusiasm aroused by Cambetta’s name and by the praise lavished upon him by former enemies. Congressman Tillman, of South Carolina, never wears an overcoat, and in the coldest weather leaves his sack coat unbuttoned. He is sixty years old and in good health. The amateur dramatic company of Pelouse City, W. T. broke up in a fight with guns and knives because it could not be decided which one of three men should play Macbeth. Queen Victoria never eats any but stale bread. This, however, is believed to be more a matter of taste than necessity. She is probably able to buy fresh bread if she desired it. There is a dog at Magog, Quebec, that will mount the toboggan sled, go down the slide, draw the sled back, and go down again as many times as his owner commands him. Jordan B. Noble, the drummer boy at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815 and a veteran of the Mexican War, is still living in New Orleans. He is 87 years old, and quite infirm. Miss Bessie White, who, by the decision of a Kentucky court, is allowed to dispense medicines in that state, is a sister of ex-Congressman White of Kentucky and is a profound mathematician. A tunnel twelve miles long is to be run in Nevada County, California, for the purpose of draining certain mines in that section. A company with $1,000,000 capital has been formed to do the work. John West, colored, who in his time has been a slave, a doctor, and a preacher, and who was the oldest man in Hunterdon County, died at Labertville, N. J. recently, aged 97 years. He was born at Raleigh. One of the most successful commercial travelers in York state is a negro. He knows his business thoroughly, is respected by all who knew him, and so far as know, is the only colored drummer in the country. In Eastern Europe politics is in its usual state of deep complication. The report that the Czar’s mind is affected is generally accepted as true, and any sort of an explosion may be expected in that autocratic quarter. John C. Calhoun, grandson of the great South Carolina nullifier, is the second largest cotton-planter in the United Sates. He was a Captain in the Confederate army at 18, and is now only 41 years of age. Levi P. Morton’s sign, put up when he conducted a tailor shop and dry good commission business in Hanover, N. H. is still visible to the students of Dartmouth College as they take their walks through that village. Mrs. John C. Miller, of Keysville, Mo., has a ship biscuit which, it is said, was brought from England in 1630, and which has been handed down from generation to generation. It is kept in a glass bottle, and is as hard as a stone. Mrs. Catharine McCoy, an aged, blind, and very poor widow who lives in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, claims hat she has in her possession indisputable evidence to prove that she is a second cousin of George Washington. Charles E. Grover, late Division Superintendent of the Boston & Albany Railroad, began service on that road as water boy on a train. But this is by no means the only instance in which railroad men have risen to place and wealth through water. The Emperor of China is the shortest monarch in the world, being only five feet tall; the Emperor William of Germany is the tallest, being just six feet; Prince Albert of Germany, nephew of the Emperor, is six feet, six inches tall; the Emperor of Russia is nearly six feet. The feasibility of using the telephone upon moving trains especially where the traffic is not crowded has been satisfactorily demonstrated by experiments upon thirty-three German Railroads. On heavier lines, it appears, the telephone has not proved sufficient for the purpose, and has been sued as an auxiliary to the telegraph. Ben Ahmar was recently rewarded with the Cross of the Letrich of Honor for bravery as a lion-killer. In Algeria, in twenty-six years, he killed over 200 lions. One lion is estimated to destroy 10,000 francs worth of capital annually and to keep it up for ten years at least; as the lion-killer saved Algeria about 20,000,000 francs. An inebriated prisoner, on being led into a San Francisco police court, declared that he could “buy out this old prison” and as he spoke he slammed a big sack of coin on the prison-keeper’s desk. The latter calmly emptied the sack, but as it only panned out $365.80 he refused to sell, and instead gave the capitalist the use of a cell for the night. They have what is called a “spotter” car on the New York Central Road. It is provided with a tank of colored fluid, and when the wheels roll over a rough place in the track the fluid is spilled on the spot. It is so arranged that the track superintendent can, while seated on the inside of the car view the track, and thus detect any flaws that may exist. There are thirty-seven persons and corporations in Boston that are assessed for more than a million each. The tax of $1,000,000,000 is $12,700. Among the millionaires are Frederick L. Ames, Samuel C. Lawrence, Arioch Wentworth, James L. Little, Quincy A. Shaw, and Joshua M. Sears, who is the largest individual taxpayer. Mr. Sears’ tax bill this year is $47,531. A tobacco journal says that when a cigar maker gets right malicious and desires to do his employer great damage he gets to work on the best brand and then puts a single hair from his head in each cigar. This trick is exceedingly difficult to detect, and will destroy the flavor of every cigar it is applied to, with a far-reaching injury to the reputation of the brand. SAGACITY OF THE COYOTE – article about coyotes A HOODLUM QUEEN The leading spirit of hoodlumism in this vicinity is a girl named Ellen Roth, writes an Easton, Pa., correspondent of the New York Herald. She is 17 years old, a devotee of the demijohn and a genius – an evil one – of a locality known as the “Tramps’ Paradise”. This locality is the Lehigh Valley Railroad cut opposite Easton. The girl is apparently as free from the feeling of fear as she is from that of modesty. She earned the tile of ”the train-jumper” some two years ago by appearing in male attire and leaping upon rapidly-moving coal trains. She is up to all kinds of wild pranks, is thoroughly versed in the ways of wickedness, and figures on more than one page of police-court records. Ellen started upon the wildest kinds of a spree one Saturday night. About a dozen young men of the neighborhood were with her. Their attempt to gain admission to the Ebro Hotel shortly after ten o’clock resulted in the landlord closing up for the night. A general fight on the Snufftown road was the next incident. Pistols figured in it, and the girl got a knock-down which did not prove a knock-out. Then followed a bit of an encounter between ex-Constable John R. Laubach and the gang, who subsequently had a free fight among themselves, during which the Roth girl did her share of giving and taking blows. Her last adventure for the night was a chase after three fellows, who leaped upon a passing coal train to escape the gage. She caught the train too, but was unable to catch them, and a so returned to her friends hanging to the caboose of another train. The girl is a terror -------in the community and would like to see her placed under restraint, and an effort for her reclamation or suppression is on foot. VICTOR HUGO – New Stories of His Vigor and His Remarkable Eyesight – His Tenacious Memory AN INCONSOLABLE GIRL – joke Ad for Brown’s Iron Bitters Ad for Plowboy newspaper Add for Globe Cotton and Corn Planter and Fertilizer Distributor (picture) PAGE 4 LOCAL DIRECTORY CHANCERY COURT THOMAS COBBS Chancellor JAS. M. MORTON Register CIRCUIT COURT S. H. SPROTT Circuit Judge THOS. W. COLEMAN Solicitor COUNTY OFFICERS ALEX. COBB Probate Judge R E BRADLEY Circuit Clerk S. F. PENNINGTON Sheriff L. M. WIMBERLEY Treasurer W. Y. ALLEN Tax Assessor D. J. LACY Tax Collector B H WILKERSON Co. Supt. of Education Commissioners – W. M. MOLLOY, SAMUEL LOGGAINS, R. W. YOUNG, ALBERT WILSON CITY OFFICERS L. M. WIMBERLY – Mayor and Treasurer G. W. BENSON – Marshall Board of Aldermen – T. B. NESMITH, W. L. MORTON, JAS MIDDLETON, W A BROWN, R. W. COBB RELIGIOUS FREEWILL BAPTIST – Pastor –T. W. SPRINGFIELD. Services, first Sabbath in each month, 7 p.m. MISSIONARY BAPTIST – Pastor W. C. WOODS. Services second Sabbath in each month at 11 am. METHODIST – Pastor – G. L. HEWITT. Services fourth Sabbath in each month. 11 a.m. SABBATH SCHOOLS UNION – Meets every Sabbath at 3 o’clock p.m. JAMES MIDDLETON, Supt. METHODIST – Meets every Sabbath at 9 o’clock a.m. G. W. RUSH, Supt. MASONIC: Vernon Lodge, No. 588, A. F. and A. M. Regular Communications at Lodge Hall 1st Saturday, 7 p.m. each month. – T.W. SPRINGFIELD, W. M. W. L. MORTON, S. W. JNO. ROBERTSON, J. W. R. W. COBB, Treasurer, M. W. MORTON, Secretary Vernon Lodge, NO 45, I. O. G. F. Meets at Lodge Hall the 2d and 4th Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. each month. J. D. MCCLUCKEY, N. G. R. L. BRADLEY, V. G. E. J. MCNATT, Treas’r M. W. MORTON, Sec. MAIL DIRECTORY VERNON AND COLUMBUS - Arrives every evening and leaves ever morning except Sunday, by way of Caledonia. VERNON AND BROCKTON – Arrives and departs every Saturday by way of Jewell. VERNON AND MONTCALM – Arrives and departs every Friday. VERNON AND PIKEVILLE – Arrives and (sic) Pikeville every Tuesday and Friday by way of Moscow and Beaverton. VERNON AND KENNEDY – Arrives and departs every Wednesday and Saturday. VERNON AND ANRO – Leaves Vernon every Tuesday and Friday and returns every Wednesday and Saturday. Large profile (picture) of a man (not sure who this is – maybe the editor) LOCAL BREVITIES No it wasn’t dynamite. It wasn’t a cyclone. “Tote” fair, do nothing dishonorable. Remember the Golden Rule. Honesty is the best policy. A guilty conscience needs no accuser. All is well that ends well. A game is never won until it’s ended. An honest man is the noblest work of God. As the old cock crows, the young one learns. As the twig is bent the tree’s inclined. Be sure your sin will find you out. Biters are sometimes bitten. Forbearance may cease to be a virtue. Birth is mush, breeding more. Curses, like chickens, go home to roost. Every dog has his day. Present inclinations for a fine crop are very flattering. Commercial men were interviewing our merchants last week. Mrs. MACE and Mrs. RECTOR have returned. The acreage in corn far exceeds that of last year. Mr. TROY LANGSTON of Detroit was in town yesterday. Mr. W. J. SANDLIN of Pine Springs paid us a pleasant call Monday. Hail has been reported to have fallen at Kennedy on Tuesday last. Capt. J. D. MCCLUSKEY has just returned form a trip to the Magic City. Mr. WM. B. BRADLEY of Columbus, paid his respects to the News first of the week. A malignant form of Flux is prevailing in the southern portion of the county. A. A. WALDON, U. S. Marshal for this district, was in Vernon yesterday en route to Detroit. We were pleased to receive a visit from Mr. S. W. VICE, of Kennedy, on yesterday. We were glad to meet Esquire W. W. PARNELL of Beaverton in town first of the week. Col. NESMTIH has been absent for several days piloting the R. R. surveyors. It is said that the surveyors have received orders to continue the survey to Decatur. We were pleased to receive a call from Mr. A. B. DUNCAN of Caledonia, Miss on Monday last. A number of the colored people went fishing on the 8th, instead of attending their festival. We are having beautiful growing weather and we may expect General Green to keep pace. Prof. BLACK made a trip in the southern portion of the county first of the week. The Educational Board met in regular session last Saturday. Several teachers in attendance. Mr. E. D. GILLMORE, of Itawamba County, Miss., called on the News on first of the week. Mr. W. L. MORTON, Jr. of Millport has been visiting relatives in Vernon and vicinity for several days. Esquire R. E. BRADLEY has a dog with so many noble traits that he has named him Grover Cleveland. Commissioner’s Court met Monday and adjourned Tuesday at noon, all the members present. The time of the court was fully occupied. Messrs. SANDERS & SWANZY have completed the bridges between this place, and their mill, which is a great convenience to Vernonites. Rev. W. C. WOODS will not fill his next regular appointment at this place, but instead, will preach on the 5th Sabbath in this month, and Saturday before. We have received No. 1 of “The Free Lance” a newspaper just started at Decatur, by Mr. T. L. CANNON. It is a credit to Alabama journalism; we gladly place it on our X list. Messrs. WM. R. and FLEM BRADLEY, went out on a hunting expedition on yesterday morning, their success in killing game was as follows: 6 squirrels, 8 snakes, 3 hawks, and 1 bird. Distinguished speakers from Columbus will address the people in behalf of the Tombigbee Railroad at Vernon today (Thursday) and at Anderson’s Mill next Saturday, 14th. The singing on Sunday night conducted by Mr. M. F. DENMAN assisted by Dr. R. L. BRADLEY was a success, the attendance was much better than usual, there were a number who could not find seats. CORRECTED. It will be remembered that we stated a week or so ago that Capt. D. J. LACY was one of the proprietors of the Courier. We correct his at Capt. LACY’S request, as he emphatically disclaims the honor. And says he with four others only loaned its editor the money to pay for the same. Mr. DAN SPRINGFIELD, of Mormon Springs was the guest of his uncle Rev. T. W. SPRINGFIELD on Tuesday night leaving Wednesday accompanied by Miss HARRIET SPRINGFIELD who goes with the anticipation of recuperating her health. Dr. W. L. MORTON left on Monday morning last to represent the Vernon lodge No. 45 of the I.O.O.F. in the grand Lodge at Mobile, Ala. Mr. N. F. MORTON accompanied him to Columbus. FROM INDIAN TERRITORY – KULLY CHANA, IND TERRITORY April 23rd, 1887 Editor Lamar News: Dear Sir: If it is agreeable with your feelings to grant space in the columns of the News, I am ready to gratify Mr. Warwick’s request by letting him hear from the Indian Territory. Of course I love the people in Alabama, the state of my nativity, but I have left there and never expect to return to stay, and it becomes necessary now to “write up” the Territory and Ark. One W. J. Watts, a correspondent of the Fort Smith Elevator, a native of Indian Territory said if the Indians are to be – as they must become in the near future a part of this great Government with rights equal with all other U. S. citizens, it is now time they were preparing to meet the issue. He further says if on the other hand they are to be barred from civilization and the present trivial form of government is perpetuated under the now existing laws of the several Nations it will only be a question of time when the five civilized nations will be monopolized by those who are better enlightened, and the poorer class will be trodden down as is now the case in some localities where the rich are permitted to fence and cultivate all the land they are able to put in cultivation, and then can prevent any other citizen from settling within ¼ of a mile of their improvement.” He said a great deal more, but I will desist on the subject for the present. Fort Smith is destined to become a great city with its 6 or 7 railroads, some of which are under courses of construction. Coal, lead, and other minerals are being raised from the bowels of the earth in vast quantities in Scott, Poke, and Sebastian Counties, Ark. Respectfully, P. R. WILEMON STATE ITEMS Blount has a military company. Black lead has been found on the Manning place in Pickens County. The Rome & Decatur R. R. is about completed from Gadsden to Attala. A project is on foot to build a railroad from Atlanta to Selma, a distance of 175 miles. A German vegetable dealer, W. L. P. Mueller, committed suicide near Birmingham on the 20th ult. At Anniston the car works are turning out five completed cars per day, and soon will increase the number to fifteen. Contract for the Montgomery Oil Mills has been let. It is to be completed by the first of August. J. L. Martin, formerly city editor of the Montgomery Dispatch is now city editor of the Anniston Hot Blast. The Alabama Press Association will meet in Birmingham on the 25th inst. Great Preparations are being made to give the quill drivers a good reception. Colonel Warren B. Reese was reelected again on the 3rd, mayor of Montgomery by over 400 majority, notwithstanding formidable opposition. Considerable excitement is said to exist a few miles southwest of Opelika. It is said that a mad dog is known to have bitten about forty sheep, goats, cows, hogs, and dogs. It is said the dog has been killed. The Montgomery Advertiser desires the Alabama Press Associates to go to Denver in September to meet the National Press association, which meets in that city at the time named. The Baptists of North Alabama are making determined efforts to remove Howard College from here to Birmingham, or to build another Baptist College at that place. – [Marion Standard] Mrs. Tom Smith, a white lady living near Warrior, last Sunday gave birth to three children, all boys. The same woman has given birth to six children in less than two years. Col. Jones of the 2nd Alabama Regiment State Troops, has issued a circular letter to the companies composing his regiment, appointing June 6th as the date on which they will go into camp. The grounds selected is at Highland Park. Vice President A. M. Quarrier, Comptroller Cashman Quarrier, Judge Bruce, Messrs Eastwood and Talfauri, of the Louisville & Nashville, perfected articles of organization under the law of Alabama, for the new road to run from Columbus, Tenn. to Sheffield, Ala. NEWS ITEMS Dom Pedro, of Brazil, is dangerously ill. New Orleans had a 100,000 fire on the 4th. Louisville, Ky. had a $250,000 fire on the 2nd. It is stated that fields of iron ore have been discovered near Little Rock Ark. The unveiling of the Calhoun monument at Charleston, S. C. was a brilliant affair. A man was hung in Nebraska, recently, for a murder committed 15 years ago. One of Rev. Sam Jones’ latest belts in Minneapolis, Minn. is that “hell is selfishness set on fire.” At the combination horse sales at Lexington, Ky. recently 286 animals were disposed of for $70,275. Five boys poisoned near Boonville, Ind. from eating wild parsnip, which they supposed to be spignet. Two gold mines, said to contain fabulous wealth, discovered by American explorers in Mexico. Five miners suffocated by coal gas at Ashland, Pa. They left four widows and seventeen children. The American Bridge Works, consisting of six large shops and covering about five acres of ground, was burned in Chicago, on the 3rd. Loss $400,000. Rev. Sam Jones was called home from Minneapolis a few days ago by a telegram announcing the serious illness of his wife. This leaves the revival services there in charge of Rev. Sam Small. Moody, the evangelist, has received from an Englishman now in this country a letter urging him to make an evangelistic tour through India, and inclosing a check for $25,000. The fishermen of Gloucester, Mass. have named one of their new vessels “Senator Morgan.” They write to the Senator in the following complimentary way: “The fishermen of Gloucester have not forgotten your manly stand in behalf of their craft in the Senate of the United States. They had hoped to meet you with the Senate committee last autumn, and have testified in person their pleasure, but unfortunately you were not present. Among our nautical habits is that of naming a new vessel in honor of some friend or benefactor, and being about to launch a new and substantial fishing schooner, I desire to name her with your permission, the “Senator Morgan.” We think so good a name will make her a lucky craft and she will be a continuing reminder to all our people that in the hour when the fishing interest of the United States, beleaguered by a tireless national enemy, needed the helping hands of strong statesmen, among them Senator Morgan, from Alabama, came like a pilot to guide the northern baroques out of the troubles that surrounded them. I am aware this compliment is to be measured by the hearts you have made happy rather than by its intimate importance, and therefore entrust you with permit it to be paid.” Our senator accepted the honor in a graceful and manly letter. HOW TO SAVE OUR BOYS – anecdote Restaurant, Aberdeen Mississippi Those visiting Aberdeen would do well to call on Mrs. L. M. KUPPER who keeps Restaurant, Family Groceries, Bakers and Confectionery, Toys, Tobacco, and Cigars. Also coffee and sugar. Special attention paid to ladies. VERNON CIRCUIT - FAYETTE C. H. DISTRICT M. E. CHURCH SOUTH – Appointments Vernon 11 a.m. and 7 ½ p.m. 4th Sunday Springfield Chapel 11 a.m. 1st Sunday Moscow 3 ½ p.m. 1st Sunday Lebanon 11 a.m. 2nd Sunday Newman’s Chapel 3 ½ p.m. 2nd Sunday New Hope 11 a.m. 3rd Sunday Mt. Nebo 3 ½ p.m. 3rd Sunday District Conference will embrace the 5th Sunday in July. GEO. L. HEWITT, Pastor Estate of A. H. GIBBS, deceased Letter of Administration of said decedent, having been granted to the undersigned on the 29th day of April, A. D. 1887, by the Hon. Alexander Cobb, Judge of the Probate Court of Lamar County. Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred. W. M. MOLLOY, Administrator ADM’S NOTICE Probate Court Estate of MARY ANN GIBBS, deceased. Letter of Administration of said decedent, having been granted to the undersigned on the 29th day of April, A. D. 1887, by the Hon. Alexander Cobb, Judge of the Probate Court of Lamar County. Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred. W. M. MOLLOY, Administrator KINGVILLE HIGH SCHOOL will open Oct. 25, 1886 and continue for a term of nine scholastic months. Rates of tuition: PRIMARY: Embracing Orthography, Reading, Writing, Primary Geography, and Primary Arithmetic, per month, $1.50 INTERMEDIATE: Embracing English Grammar, Intermediate Geography, Practical Arithmetic, Elementary Algebra, and U. S. History, per month, $2.00 HIGH SC HOOL: Embracing Higher Algebra, Geometry, Physiology, Rhetoric, Logic, Elocution, Latin, per month $3.00. No incidental fee. Board in best families from $1.00 to $2.00 per month. Tuition due every three months. Discipline will be mild but firm. Special attention will be given to those who wish to engage in teaching. For further information address B. H. WILKERSON, C. Supt., Principal. Kingville, Ala, Oct. 20, 1886 Ad for The Daily Commercial of Chattanooga, Tenn. – A Republican newspaper Ad for The Empire News Persons visiting Columbus desiring anything in the Millinery line, will do well to call on Miss TILLIE BAILEY (Below Morgan, Robertson & Co) Miss Tillie’s taste, together with her experience, cannot be surpassed in Columbus or elsewhere. THE FERNBANK HIGH SCHOOL under the Principalship of J. R. GUIN, will open Oct. 25, 1886 and continue for a term of Ten Scholastic months Rates of Tuition: PRIMARY: Embracing Orthography, Reading, Writing, Primary Grammar, Primary Geography and Primary Arithmetic, per month $1.25. INTERMEDIATE: Embracing Brief English Grammar, Elementary Geography, Elementary Arithmetic, Letter Writing and Hygiene, per month, $1.50. PRACTICAL: Embracing English Grammar, Practical Arithmetic, Complete Geography, English Composition, U. S. History and Physiology, per month, $2.00. HIGH SCHOOL: Embracing Rhetoric, Elocution, Algebra, Natural Philosophy, Botany, Geology, Zoology, Hygiene, Physiology, Latin, &c, per month $2.50. Discipline will be firm. Special attention will be given to young men and women who wish to engage in teaching. Good board at $7.00 per month. No incidental fees. Tuition due every five months. Correspondence solicited. Address J. R. GUIN Fernbank, Ala. G. W. RUSH J. W. CLEARMAN Cheap Cash Store, Dry goods, Clothing, boots & shoes, school books, &c. Coffee, sugar, tobacco snuff crockery and tinware All at Bottom prices. Give us a call. GEO. W. RUSH & CO. Remember This when you want clothing, hats, underwear, that BUTLER & TOPP deal only in these goods. You can get a better selection and a great variety to select from than is kept in any house in Columbus. We carry suits from $6 to $30, and hats from 50 c to $10. Call and see us. 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