The Weekly Democrat from Natchez, Mississippi • Page 3

7 THE CHLOROFORM HABIT. A LITTLE BUNDLE OF RAGS. OFFICIAL. BOARD OF ALDEKMEN. The New chancery Clerk's Office.

Capt. Brinton B. Davis, the successful bidder for the building of the new chancery clerk's ofllce is under contract to complete the same by December 15th, 1S88. lie is a very energetic and enterprising builder, who does not allow the grass to grow under his feet, and we daresay will have the building completed within the time specified. A New Kuterprise Talked Of.

We heard a Natchez gentleman yester thorities to protect her rights under the bond. Which was unanimously adopted. The ordinance entitled "An ordinance to pro vide for the issuance and negotiation of improvement bonds," was placed upon its third reading anil passed, title standing as staled. It was then referred to the committee on enrolled bills, who reported the same as correctly enroll ed. The bill was then signed by Ihe mayor and attested by the Clerk.

On motion of Alderman Dixon tho street committee were instructed to cover the gutters on both sides of South Union, street with two-inch plunk, and do whatever brick work is necessary in the premises. Alderman Mulviliill untitled tho Hoard that tho heavy rain that had just fallen had carried away part of the earth ami brick work in the bayou at tho head of State street, and moved that the committee on public property be instructed to employ laborers and save what brick they could, mid it was so ordered. Alderman Dixon, as chairman of Ihe flounce committee, report ml that it would be necessary to cllee.i a small temporary loan to the oily. It was moved bv Alde'rmini Aldrich Ilia! the llmincc committee be and is hereby empowered to such an amoiiul of money as may ho required for immediate- use ol tliu various de partiuents of the city. On motion the board adjourned until the next regular meeting.

THUS. li. QUAKTKHMAN, City Clerk. "AjTmtnrxAxi'E Vickuburu'n Cottou Business Compared With That of Natchez. The total receipts of cotton at Vicks-burg from Sept.

1st, 1887, up to May 29th, 1888, were bales, against for the same time last year. The shipments during the same period in 1S87-8 were against 44,892 for the same time in 1S8G-7. These figures would seem to indicate that Vleksbiirg as a cotton market is not very much ahead of Natchez, the difference in receipts being only about 14,009 bales, with a like difference in the cotton shipments from the two places. The probabilities now are that Natchez will, if the crop turns out all right, handle at least 00,000 bales for the season of 1SSS-9, and possibly more. Vicksburg, consequently, had better look well to her cotton business, or we may catch up with and pass her in the quantity of the staple handled.

Supreme Court Decisions. The following decisions rendered by rr A Man lirivcn to It by Stork Gambling Is Cured by Hard flowing. "If you were not a personal friend of mine," the dentist, went on to say, "I shouldn't, do this; it's horribly unprofessional, vim know," Then he took a small lniitle. and with a small glass measure Ue carefully meted out the ihfce. "There are thirty drops of pure chloroform here," he said; "when you go to bed pour the chloroform upon the center of a folded handkerchief, lie upon your side on the edge of your pillow, and inhale the drug, carefully keeping your mouth closed.

SnilT away at it just as if it were smelling salts: the pain will disappear, and you will sleep like a top." Now I longed for night. When it arrived I jumped int.) bed, thirsting for Bleep, anil can-fully carried out my instructions, lowered the gas I took (he folded handkerchief, emptied the content-! of (be little bottle upon its center, laid my head upon the edge of tlie pillow, closed my eyes and mouth, and proceeded lo inhale as directed. yet rapidly, a feeling of drowsiness crept upon me. First 1 seemed to iie looking upon a black and inky darkness: then the darkness seemed softly illuminated by miitfde points of light, like JUant stars. Presently the light of these stars became more iutenso, ami I noticed that they wur.

arranged in innumerable parallel rows. It gave ine a Strange pleasure to upon them. Now (ho pain in my lauo disappeared, tho stars seemed to grow brighter mul to increase in size. i'lien suddenly they all began to revolve at the same Lnslant. I gar.ed at them (this, at any rale, was the sensation) with a sort of pleased astonishment and rurioMly.

As I gazed (hey revolved still more rapidly; then 1 heard a pulling noise, which increased in rapidity, exactly resembling the sound made by a (list, int. engine leaving a station, and (lien I sawk into a deep, tranquil, dreamless Bleep, whiah lasted all the, night. In the morning 1 woko greatly freshed and the pain in my face bad gone. The one sound night 'h rest had done mean immense amount of good. My mind no longer dwelt, painfully upon my miserable trouble.

1 could face 1 he share list with calmness. Onoe more I was a comparatively happy man, and I went on with nif ordinary avocations in a half jubilant str.ii-'. llui i.giin rhat night sleep avoided tne, I counted l.OiMI, I repealed the multiplication table, 1 tried to picture in my mind's eye an innumerable succession of sheep jumping over a hurdle, I tried to recall the lad Sunday's sermon; all to no avail. Morning came to lind mo stil3 weary and wakeful, and so I resolved call again upon my friend the dentist. I did so, bul my visit was not altogether a success.

On learning what I wanted my friend sternly refused fresh supplies. Chloroform, iie said, was a dangerous drug: to use it once was all well the habit of taking il, was worse than dram drinking. "When I began to entreat he bowed me out of the room, I indignantly marched to (he nearest chemist's and asked for an ounce of chloroform as calmly as if I had been demanding a black draught. The chemist inquired if I were a chemical man, and upon my replying in llie negative declined to supply me. Afterward I went to four other chemists with tlie like result.

How I obtained the drug at last is neither here or there; but by the exerciso' of some ingenuity I became possessed of a pound bottle of chloroform and a two drachm glass measure graduated in drops. And now I found myself in possession of a panacea more potent than "poppy or maiiilragora, or all the drowsy syrups of the world." Every night I used to procure sound and comfortable sleep, and I went on doing so unconscious of my danger. For throe hole months I continued in this course. The habit had mastered me from tlie first. This is an honest confession and not a sermon, and I am bound to state that tlie only inconvenience I ever experienced was a slight feeling of nausea in the morning.

Two distinct desires irresistibly prompted mo tlie one an intense longing for sleep and a refuge from menial worry, the other a hankering after the pleasurable sensations which the inhalation of the drug invariably produced. Ily ibis time the habit had taken such a hold upon me that during the daytime I could think of little else but of my pleasure Income. To produce the desired elTeet (he dose had been slowly increased. I was now inhaling regularly sixty drops every night. Probably 1 should not be here to toll tho tale if I hail not, become engaged to bo married.

My I future brothers-in-law invited me to accompany them in a lioat-ing party on the upper Thames. I accepted; and (hen il, suddenly struck mo that 1 should be deprived for one wholo week at least of my favorite drug. Je- (eetion in such indulgences would cer tainly break oil" the marriage. would not do to be found out: so I started with out a single drop of my divine elixir. I was quite out of practice in sculling and fit night (hue I lay down to rent tired as a dog and dead beal.

That was my salvation. Isli-jil like a (op, and 1 have never inhaled a single drop of chloroform since. 1 know a good deal more about it now than I did then. I know now that had I shifted in my sleep on to my face I might have l-en siilfi icated. and pro bably would have been.

1 know now that had vomiting (alien placi and it is one of the commonest results of the insulation of the drug-there was every likelihood of a similar I know, too, (hat with a slightly larger dose there was every chance of my being found dead in my IkjiI. Cor. St. James' Gazette. The Animals of Rome of the animals of Japan nre quito dilTerent from tlie same species which are seen in America.

Tlie cats, for instance, have the shortest kind of (ails or else none at all. iieing deprived of this usual plaything, they are very solemn pussies. An American once took one of these tailless cits to San Francisco as a curiosity, and it utterly refused companionship wilh the long tailed feline specimens there; but. finding a cat whose tail nad been cut off by accident, tlie two became friendly at once. Japanese dogs fire almost destitute of noses, having tho nostrils set directly in the beau.

The smaller the nose, the more valuable the breed. Boston, Budget E. Deyfus offers 350 boxes Lemons A little hungry uiouth; A tiny shaking form; Two little naked feet, Out iu the bitter storm; A tntlered bundle of rags and Htaius, A beggar from door to door, A freezing bundle of aches and puina, A starving child of the poorlj Two pleading, tearful eyes That none will over miss; Two little sunken cheeks That never knew a kiss; A tattered bundle of rags and stains, Who whines for a crust to cat A freezing bundle of aches ami pains, A homeless child of the street Two tiny purple hands; A shock of tangled hair; A little weary head Asleep on the pavement barn; A tattered bundle of rugs unblessed, Whose strife is forever o'er: A wretched bundle of woes at rest, A froeu child of the poor: i'onizetti Miilh-r in l-'rank Leslie's. Their Merit Was Worth Sound ing. Th" cows of a (loorgia fanner got into-tlie pen field of his neighbor ninl le-slroyed about ten bushels of Thereupon tli" hitliT farmer presented mi account claiming for leu bushels ol' peas at sixty cents; per bushel.

Tlie owner of tho cows examined (lie account mid then said: "Look here, myrows ute up ten bushels of your peas, but you know the rules in fathering peas is to xivo one-half for 1 1 io gathering. So you see my cows were entitled to live bushels of those peas for picking llieni. Tln'rel'oru I only owe you lor live bushels tit- sixty cents, and that makes Here's vour money." And at they settled. Chicago News. Tho Psychology of Hnuihvrit log.

Tho North American iieview prints a series of the autographs of Napoleon, written at various epochs in his eventful life. Starting in his early years with a bold and clear signature, il retains most of these characteristics in the days of his grealest successes; but parallel with llie declining fortunes of the great man is a degeneration of his aulograpli. until at the end we have more than the rudest, characterless scrawl. The autographs cannot but suggest the ravaging changes in the nervous system that, were tho physiological eoncomilant of the turmoil raging in the hero's mind. Science.

f'nildinicnts rroniotc Digestion. Tlie value of (lie various condiments in the preparation of combination dishes is great. Used with discretion they stimulate tho nppotilc and promote digestion, red pepper being specially valualilo in this connection. The various herbs and spices are exceedingly valuable; salt is absolutely necessary to health, despite all contrary assert ions of the food cranks, and the condiments employed in making salads promote the digestion and assimilation of till food eaten at tlie samo time. Chicago Times.

Spiders That Capture Itlrds. Tho tarantula, of Snulli America is so largo and powerful that it attacks birds, Hell, the naturalist, found a web stretched across a tree in which were entangled two birds, one in he clutch of 1 ho spider. In some places they often bite tiie feet of horses and cause their death. A naturalist in tlie Amazon country reports seeing tho native children leading about the huge spiders by threads of fibre wound about their lsidies, as boys do dogs in our own country. C.

F. Holder. I'nner Jliide from Wood. Making paper from wood pulp is one of the greatest of modern inventions. Paper was formerly made of rags, but the demand for paper greatly exceeded the supply of rags, and it is not many years ago that poplar and other soft woods were ground up into pulp to take the place of rags, in all hut the finer kinds of paper.

Yet tho wasps had been setting an example in doing this for untold centuries. American Agriculturist. Itonbona Instead of Lovo Letters. Engaged couples in France do not exchange love letters an we do; you never see a French girl with a box containing daintily tied package of letters, of which the key never leaves her possession such things are unheard of, but boxes of Ixin-bons and exijuisite (lowers are sent each day with tho card of the future husband. The Argonaut.

ltlbs HrokfMi by Coughing. A London coroner has raised (lie (pies-tion whether a man can cough himself to pieces. A broken rib was found in deceased lunatic, when medical evidence was brought forward to show that under certain abnormal conditions bones may lie broken by muscular ellorls, or even by a violent (it of coughing. Aikansaw Traveler. London Houses Growing More Modern.

For a long while the London houses never changed their nppoarane. New, when a house needs rebuilding, the front of it is apt to lie remodeled, not in tlvi staid old stylo which litis prevailed hitherto, but according to modern fashion, New Orleans Times- A Niirrow l-isciipc. Jones was so awkward tlie oilier evening oh to sit down on a gentleman's silk hut, crushing il Halter than a pancake. "And to think," was his comment, "that it might have been the new one I've just Judge. Speed of tin- lllccliic Current.

Experiments on tlie speed of the electric current prove that if a proper conductor could be wound around the globe a signal parting from it at any point of it, would return to the starting point in one-half a second. Chicago Herald. 1'rovoUod Her Sympathy Husband (groaning) The rheumatism in my leg is coming on again. Wife (with sympathy; Oh. I am so torr3', John.

I wanted to do some shopping today, and that is a sure sign of rain. The Epoch. During the past season two naturalists, O. W. and E.

Peckham, have found that wasps rememlierthe locality of their nests for ninety-six hours. There are in the country nearly -100 colleges, with about professors and 85,000 students. An order for 200,000 campaign torches is being filled in Taunton, Massachusetts Citv Hall, May 25, lass. The Mayor stated he lintl convened the Council together upon the following notice received from live members of the Hoard, to wit: City Olkuk's office, May sSftth, IHsS. A special meeting of the Hoard of Mayor mid Ahloriueii ol Ihe City of Natchez is hereby called to bo held this (Friday) afternoon, the 25lh (lay of May, A.

isss, nt fi o'clock, for the purpose of considering and passing an ordinance to provide for tlie preparation and issuance oi "Improvement Honds," in accordance with the act of the Legislature, of Ihe Slate of Mississippi, entitled "An act to aulhor-ize the City of Nutuhez to l-suo and negothilo bonds for public improvements, approved March 0, 18.SS. It. S. HLXON, 1. W.

MULVlllILL, JOS. ItUAI.K. UKO. I'. KK1IX, L.

li. ALD1UC1I. l'KKSKNT. Hon. Win.

II. Mallory, Mayor. ALDEHMEN. L. (i.

Aldrich. A. Howe, It. S. Dix W.

Mulviliill, Dicks, Jos. Itcale, Jno. Urndy. AIIKRNT. Alderman Geo.

T. Helm. Tho special committee submitted "An ordinance to provide for issuance and negotiation ol iiuprovuincnt bonds," which was read for information. It was then recommitted to the said committee for amendments. On motion the Hoard took a recess subject to the call of tlie Mayor, at such lime as tho said special committee would recommend.

THUS. It. yUAKTKUMAV, City Clerk. CITY HALL, May 28, 1SS8. The Hoard reconvened subject to the call of the Mayor.

Hon. Win. II. Mallery, Mayor. ALOEUMUN (4.

Aldrich, I. W. Mulviliill, u. n. iiixon, A.

u. Howe, V. II. Dicks, Jno. clrady, Geo.

T. Helm, los. lteale. The. special committee subiniiled the amend ed ordinance entitled "An ordinance to provide (or is nance and negotiation of improvement bonds." (Said ordinance having been read for information at Hie former meeting, )was passed to a second rending by its title.

It was then read section by section, and after considerable, discussion thereon wns ailoptril. Alderman Aldrich requested to lie reconlcdus upon tho adoption of the llrst section. And under tho rules the ordinance was laid over until Wednesday, May ail, lsss. Adjourned until to morrow. MiitIIO.

THUS. It. yUAUTKHMAV, City Clerk. City Hall, May no, lsss. Tho Mayor state.d he convened tho council togutliur under Ihe following cull CITY CLKHK'H Ol'Tl Cli, May aoili, isss.

A special meeting of the llo.ird of Mayorand Aldermen of the City of is hereby called to be held tbis Wednesday) afternoon, the aiilh day of May, A Hi A o'clock, for the purpwse of receiving a petition from Ihe Nalche, Water Compimy and Miinuel II. liullock, dated May 12, ISSS, accompanied by a petition from Dennis Long and lieu. I. Long. Louisville, dated May IX8S, and acting thereon, und'such other business as may legally come before it.

1.. (. AI.DIIIi.'il, T. liKIIN, 1' W. Mi HULL, WM.

It. DICKS, A. I. HOWK. runsiiNT.

Hon. Win. II. Mallery, Mayor. ALDEItHEN.

G. Aldrich, I'. V. Mulviliill, li. Dixon, A.

L. Howe, Win. li. Dicks, lieo. T.

Kelm, Jno. Cirady, Jos. lteale. The Mayor reported ho had notilled C. L.

Delnlleld lind Chester II. McKarland, representatives of Sam'i it. Hullock, to be present ill this meeting, and he had received the following telegrams MniiiLE, May at), ISMS To Manor Mallery: Will von kindly defer action on contract un til regular meeting; unable to reach Natchez to-day. samcki, it. iiiu.i.ock, for Delulleld.

Vicksiil'ikj, May an, lsH. To Mayor Mattery: Please ask vour Honorable Hoard to defer ar tion on our contract till next regular meeting UIIKKTKK II. MCI" A It LAN II. The Mayor also presented the following co.n inunicatiouswnic.il no nan received: To Ihe lion the Mavor and Aldermen of tho (Jilv of Natchez. Your petitioners, the Natchez Water Compa ny and Sam'i It.

Hullock, respectfully show that tnev are iniormeti anil oeneve inai your nonor able body Is about lo take action in the matter of the water works ordinance, passed March 'ild. ISS7. hostile to ineir rights thereunder. That the construction of fie system of water works, as provided for in said ordinance, has been deluved lor many reasons ansoiuteiy no yond tho control of your petitioners, tho chief one of which lias been your petitioners inability to market the securities of the Natchez Water Company. Tins nas uecn uue to tne nice uitii an unprecedented condition of dullness has prevailed in the market lor investment securi ties for more than a year past, but, at the pro sent time, negotiations arc pending which, bo yond any doubt, will successfully mature within sixty days from the date hereof, and hich will ao terminate thut the immediate continuance of work upon the construction of the water works plant will lie assureu.

Your netitioners beg leave to call tlie atten tion of your honorable body to tho fact that they aooepicu too oroiuance in gooo iaiin ana entered into a penal bonds of twenty thousand dollars. Willi responsiuie sureties, eon- diti ned. among other things, for the prompt performance of the work, so far as tho time of construction is concerned. That, io pursuance of the terms of said oidi nance, ami with Hie intent to faithfully carry out the provisions of the bond aforesaid, your petitioner severalty entered inio contracts, providing for the manufacture and delivery of mat erial tor use in connection wun sum woi-kh, That vour netitioners are now engaged in perfecting poms for the continuation of and raHid completion of said works, and that any adverse aciion now ny your honorable body would not fail to prove damaging to the bent interests ol the citv, inc vt atur company, tne contractor and bi-indstnen. Your petitioners, therefore, respectfully pray that your honorable body will refrain from taking any action in hostility to their rights in tlie promises, or which would involve them in a dispute with Ihe citv of or that would prove detrimental to the immediate active con tinuancc of tlie construction of tuid water works.

heal And your petitioners will ever pray, etc. Dated May 12th, 1K8H. TIIIO NATCH KZ WATICK COMPANY, IIJU. HOI.T.MANN, I'resKlulll. All est: ClIAHI.liS M.

HlillHIAN, Sec'y. SAM'I, It. KUU.OCK. May II, To the Honorable Mayor and" Aldermen of the City of Natchez, Miss. Gentlemen llefcrring to the petition of tho N'ltcbez Water Company and tfam'l It.

Hiulook, of date May Vi, Ihss, rcmiesting your honorable body to refrain from taking any action which would involve them in a dispute with the City of Natchez, or prove detrimental to the immediate active continuance of the construction of the water works in your city, we, the under signed, being tho sureties on the bond referred to in said petition of the Natchez Water Company ami 3amucl it. Hullock, rcspectlitlly sub mil that we have read the said petition, and we do now respectfully join in said petition to your honorable body. Witness our'hands this 11th dav of May, issj. I.oNG, Witness, GIvO. J.

LONU. W. It. WALKKIt, JK. Which, upon motion of Alderman Dixon, were received and placet before the Council for con sideration.

After full discussion of samo Alderman Aid-rich offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the mayor be Instructed to notify Messrs. S. R. liullock of New York, and Dennis Long of Louisville, the former priucipals and the latter sureties on the water works contract, that if said principals enter into an agreement with him (tlie mayor) on or before the 11th of June proximo, making voluntary surrender or rescision of their contract, that then, in that event the mayor is hereby instructed to make similar agreement to release said principals and sureties from all liability to the city of Natchez for failure on their part to carry out the contract entered into with the city on tho 23rd of March, 1887, and that failure on their part to accept this proposition willtbe followed by active steps on the pat of the city au- day talking about establishing an electric lighting plant in our city. lie has, we believe, the means to Inaugurate such an enterprise if he desired to, and can no doubt enlist other capitalists with him if he wishes.

Natchez is away behind her sister cities in this particular, and it would not surprise us if ere long we were upon to state that an electiic light plant has been set up here. Who Mr. Woiuitck Was. JlrrJohn A. VVomack, who was killed atBovina, in Warren county, last Saturday, was the gentleman who desir- ed to lease the Adams county convicts Borne time since.

It was perhaps a very good thing for the county that the an thorities did not enter into a contract with Mr. Womack, as this tragedy might have upset it, and another contractor would have to be looked for elsewhere, Tlie "a.tch2 l'ostntllce. To-day (Wednesday) being 'Decora tion Day," a legal holiday, the Natchez postoiliee will only be open from eight to nine o'clock in the inorning.and again for one hour after the distribution of the noon mail. There will be a collection of mail from the boxes at eleven o'clock in the morning, but no delivery except at the postoiliee. Stick a pin here so that you will not be likely to forget it, and eo to the postoiliee at the wrong time.

Meeting With Much Encouragement. We are gratified to hear that Mr. Hugh Watson is meeting with considerable 6uccess in his canvass for patronage for the mammoth immigration edition of the Trinity Herald, shortly to be issued This edition will bo gotten out under the auspices of the Louisiana Immigration Association, which lias subscribed for, and will circulate a great number of copies of the paper. The association has, we understand, put up a large cash prize for the country journal that issues the handsomest immigration edition, and Mr. Watson intends to compete for it.

We hope he will succeed in winning it. The Cotton Receipts of Natchez. The receipts of cotton at Natchez for thejseason of 1S87-8, up to this date haye reached and gone a little beyond 47,000 bales. As compared with last year this shows a considerable increase, and the indications are now that the increase next season will be considerable greater than it was this. There are some three montli9 left of the cotton season, and it may be ttiat tlie receipts miring mat periou will bring the aggregate number of bales up to 50,000.

Natchez is as good a cotton market as there is in the South west, and this fact appears to be fully realized by both buyers and sellers. A Competitive Examination. Col. Thomas K. Stoekdale informs us that a competitive examination will be held ittjlattiesburg, Perry county, on Monday, June 11, 18SS, to select a candidate for the position of cadet in the National Military Academy at West Point from the sixth district of Mississip- pi.

Young gentlemen desiring to com pete for tlie place will please appear be fore the committee there on that day, The committee will bo composed of lion. N. C. Hill, Ellisville; Rev. II.

C. Smith, Thompson, Hatticsbuig; Mclnnis, Hattiesburg; Rev. J. M. Smith, superintendent of public education Per ry county, and J.

W. Walker, superin tendent of public education Covington county, any three of whom will act. Widening or the Gaugo of the "Little Intelligence was received in this city yesterday by General Manager Nicholl, of the Jackson Columbus Railroad, indicating the probability of an early widening of tlie gauge of that line between Natchez and Jackson. A letter is now on its way from New York to Natchez which will no doubt give all the details definitely, and when it arrives we shall hasten to lay the information it contains before our readers. It may not consequently be a great while before our citizens will be called upon to give a tangible expression of their interest In 'accomplishing the work of widening tlie gauge of the "Little Off for the Summer.

Among the other passengers that the steamer T. P. Leathers added to her list at this point yesterday were Mr. and Mrs. J.

N. Carpenter and daughter, Miss Camille, Miss Saline MePheeters, Miss Sophia Wright and Miss Elodle Rose. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter have gone down to take charge of their elegant summer home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

The IMumire by Yesterday's Kaiii. regretted very much to hear that all the work that the city has done in the bayou at the head of State street, was yesterday destroyed by the water that passed through the bayou caused by the heavy rains. The brick work was just about completed, as was also the dam that had been thrown across the bayou, and their destruction by the flood will entail considerable loss on the city. It was an experimental work, and we regret that no opportunity was bad to test its efficiency for tilling up the bayou, To Provide for Ihe Issuance and Negotiation of Improvement Homls, Section 1. He it oidained by the Mayor and Aldermen of Ihe Cily id Nalchez in council convened, That the llonds to be issued and lie-golinied in purMHiiico of an act, oi the Legislature of the Si ale of Mississippi entitled "An Act lo authorize the I ily of Natchez to issue anil lloiiil.

for l'liblic Improvement, approved March lilb, isss," bull lie lithographed bonds of the denomination live hundred dollars each, and of the following form, to-wit No Split). United Stutes of America, Stale of Mis issippi, Cily of County of Adams. Know tilt hif Thtw Prcsi-nts: '1 hat Iho Uity'ol Natchez, a municipal corporation under The laws of the Male ol Mtssii-sip-pi, lor value received, promises lo pnv Ihe bearer the sum of 11VK IICNDItKI) in lis tvveiiiy years lroni tho dale hereof nt Hie ollice of IlicVily I ri -usurer, Willi interest at the rale of SI I'hli CKN T. per annum payable on Ihe lirst bay of January in each year at the same place on the preseiilation and surrender of ilie coupons for such inierest hereto annexed. Ihe said Cuv of Nalche.

hereby reserving the right lo pay lids Bond at uiiy Tunc alter live years from the dale hereof, provided that such "payment be made at. the lime and place at which Ihe interest is payable and that two months notice be given of such payment and whi so paid inleresl on Mis Horn! to Vense. IhisHoiorA issued accordance with Ihe provisions ol an net of the Lcgi-inline of tlie Slateoi Mississippi enli'led "An Act lo the City of Natchez lo issue and negotiate Homls for l'ublic Improvement," approved March llili, A. I), isss. he total issue oi these Homls ih not lo exceed one hundred thousand dollars, and under the provisions id Iho above mentioned act suid Honds are exempt from luxation for county or municipal purposes unlit their mul I'll v.

IN WIT.NK'mS WHKKKOK the V.iyor of said City of Nutclic. by virtue of an oidinance of tlie Mavor and Aldermen of said City entitled "An Ordinance to provide for the issuance and negotiation of Improvement Honds" ord, lined the. day of A. D. Ishs, and of a Hcsolulinn of said Mayor and Aldermen adopted al a meeting held on tho of A.

D.IS has hereunto set bis hand and caused the seal of said City to be ailixed and attested by Ihe Cily Clei and has signed tho coupons hereto annexed, this, the day id' A. registered in the otlice of the Clerk of the City ol Nalchez this day of A. D. Mayor, Citv Clerk. That suid Honds shall each have ii'tuchcd there I twenty coupons conditioned for Hie payment of the annual interest thereon at the rale of six per eeniuni per annum coupon No.

1 lo be ol Ihe following form, lo-wil STAT1-. Ol' MlS-ISMl'I'l, CITV OF NATCHEZ, County of Adams, Will pay the hearer heieof at the ollice of the Citv Treasurer on Ihe llrst day of January lie mi iti of dollars. iniecest then due on Hood No Mayor, City Clerk. And the remaining coupons thall be of the following form, namely STATU OF MISSIsSIITI, city oi' natciiez, of Adams, Will pay the hearer hereof al the ollice of the City Treasurer on Hie lirst day of January the sum of thirty dollars, one year's interest then duo on Honif No Mayor, Citv Clerk. Sue.

2. He it further ordained, That the Fi nance Committee of this Hoard he and is hereby authorized and directed to procure ill once two hundred bonds, with the requisite coupons annexed, of the form, workmanship and denomination herein before described, ami deliver the same to the City Treasurer to bo by him care fully preserved until the same may bo needed for issuance from time to timo in accordance with resolutions of this Hoard. Sec. A. He it further enacted, That whenever the Issuance and negotiation of any 01 sum llonds shall be deemed necessary by tiio Mayor and Aldermen for the purpose of defraying the cost of some public improvement, ihe sum Mayor and Aldermen shall, by resolution, provide for the Issuance and negotiation of the amount necessary for biicIi purpose and the Mayor and City Clerk shall thereupon execute the rciiiiitc number of bonds ami accompany ing coupons by signing the same and ullixiug to the homls the corporate seal of tho Cily of Natchez, after dating such Honds and III ling tho proper blanks 111 the attestation clause thereof Willi the dale of the passage of the resolution by virtueofwiiiclisuc.il llonds are issued, anil lining tho proper blanks in coupon No.

1 Willi Ihe aiuoiinl of the interest which will be due on the Horn) on the lirsl day of the following January orovidcil. however, that no Homls shall be issued, negotiated or delivered furor on account of iniv improvement the cost of which will ex ceed the sum of Five Thousand Dollars unless such improvement shall have been llrst authorized by a vole of a majority of the property holders of said City as provided in said Act of the Legislature. SEC. 4. lie it riirinercnacicn, i nai.

wnenever the Mayor and Aldermen shall deem I' desirable to make anl improvement the cost of which will exceed tlie sum of ive I lioiisiind Dollars they shall, by resolution, make all necessary provis ions for the submission ol the ipiestion or snc.ii imoriivemcnt to Iho vote of the property holders (d said Cily at an election to be hold upon the same notice and in the same manner as far as nossible as ol. Iicrclcotions Ml said City lull with out registration of voters excising the conli-tn-poraneous rei'i I ingot the names of the voters WHO pni Lll.ipHIC "I INC LI, Ml. hue. He il further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the City Clerk to keep as a part of the records of his ollice a well bound book iu which he shall register, contemporaneously Willi issuance thereof, all lic.nds issued in pur suance of sum Act, oi ine i.cgisiaiiire nno oi uus ordinance, specifying Ihe number, date and denomination of each Hond, the dale of its maturity, the particular piece of public work for which, and the date of the resolution under which, it was issued. Sec ti.

Ho it enacted, That the cou pons whii'h will accrue on any outstanding onus on the llrst nay ot onnnury or any car shall bo receivable for any City taxes of tho preceding year or for any preceding year sub-scpienl to the passaice of litis ordinance and that after live years from date of issuance of any tends the Mavor and Aldermen muv provide that such Honds shall be receivable in payment of City (axes. sue. 7. lie it turtiier enacten, i nattnc mavor and Aldermen shall annually provide bv taxation for an inierest fund and a sinking fund for the payment of the interest and principal re spectively of the outstanding Homls, and sepa rate uccountsor sam several special niniis snail be kept bv the Citv Treasurer; and said Mayor and Aldermen shall from time to time provide reso ution for the cancellation and oblitera tion or destruction of such of said Honds as may have been redeemed or paid. hF.cn.

He it liiriner enacieu, nai ordi nance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. ordained and piiulisiicu tins ainii day of aiiiv Iseal.l W. II. MAI.LKKY, Attest: Mayor. Tnos.

It. Quaktkii.man, City Clerk. Passengers forgot more than 10,000 different articles in the cars of the New York elevated roads last year. They included gold watches, umbrellas, under wear, and were sold at auction on Thursday. At Elmira, N.

a robin is said to have.deliberately suicided because of. separation from Its mate. Electric motors are to he given a trla on the Brooklyn City Kailroad. the State supreme court at Jackson last Monday will be of local interest in Natchez and Adams county: Johnston, Tallman Co. vs.

Tnttle Brothers. From Adams circuit court. Keveised and remanded. James Williams vs. the State.

Con victed In Adams circuit court for assault. Allirmed. Jas. Kivara vs. Emily McAllister et als.

From Adams chancery court. Af- lirnied. Isaac Sloan, vs. the State. Con victed in Adams circuit court of usurp ing ollleial power as a justice of the peace, and for malfeasance in oltice as a justice of the peace, by trying and sen tencing to punishment a party for un lawful retailing, whoji the same is an indictable offense, on which conviction lie was lined and removed from olllce.

The court says that though the case tried by defendant was an Indictable offense, yet lie clearly had jurisdiction theieof, as a justice of the peace. The judgment of court below is reversed, the indict ment quashed, defendant discharged from custody, restored to his ollice, and commended for his action. W. L. Jackson vs.

Kobort Scanlan, administrator, et als. From Adams circuit court. Reversed and execution quashed. The court adjourned till Thursday next. JmliailH Resisting Arrest.

May 110 dispatch from Duluth, says: Two deputy sheriffs went two days ago to a Bear lake Indian camp in Itasca county to arrest an Indian "Cut Face" for the murder of Suawuion Joe Bonville. Arriving there they learned he had left and followed him to a Net lake gamp. Enticing him into their canoe they bound him and started off. The alarm was given and sixteen bucks gave chase soon overtaking them. After a fight, in which both sheriffs were badly wounded, but not seriously injured, "Outface" was re- eased and both white men captured.

Through the intercession of an Indian who spoke English tho sheriffs were released but told that they would not be allowed to take any Indian for killing a white man. Touched for Twenty-five Dollars. The following from a Nashville paper will be read with interest; Mr. J. F.

Foard, president of a Nat chez, National bank, had bis pocket touched for $23 while attending tlie May Drill last Thursday afternoon. He at once reported to Chief Clack, who placed tlie case in the luinds of Chief of Detectives Porter. Mr. Foard stated that the thief secured a 820 bill and a 5 bill, and that lie could identify the last named beyonu any chance of error, since it was the llrst bank note he ever signed as president of the Natchez institution. For tli is reason he would never part with it, knew its number and the peculiarity in that particular signa ture.

The thief, a man named Bellows, was captured, and the $5 bill described by Mr. Foard was found on his person. The "Little J. Gauge. The news received in this city relative to the widening of tlie gauge of the Natchez, Jackson Columbus Railroad between Natchez and Jackson, was most welcome to our citizens, and they at'e anxious to sec an early commencement of the work.

Everybody believes that it will be largely advantageous to the business interests of the city, that it will help out our hotel and other enterprises, and indeed be beneficial iu a thousand and one ways uirectiy ana indirectly to Natchez. Let the jjhod work begin as speedily as possible. While workmen were digging a trench across the Boston common their spades struck against some hard substance, and upon excavating further a human bone was brought to light. Work was contin ued more carefully until an entire skele ton of a man was seen. It was in a fairly good state of pieservation, and was not badly disjointed.

The bones are supposed to be those of an Indian. The New Hartford, Tribune of May 18, says: "Latest advices from Goshen report only four snow drifts as left iu that town." The Wiusted Herald of the some date says: "On Monday of this week, 15th, snow could be seen in five different places from Winchester Center, in banks on the Goshen and Nor folk hills." Mrs. llattie Marshall, of Jacksonville, opened a swelling on her nose with the ordinary brass pin. Blood poisoniDg set in and her death followed. -r very cheap.

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