Natchez Courier (Natchez, MS) - 01/02/1871
1871; Gale Group;
Autores
Clarion, "Night Thoughts", Raconteur, J. H. Schenck, M. D., Henry C. Griffin, City Clerk,
ResumoNews: The question has often been asked, says the Memphis Appeal, When William of Prussia assumed the functions of Emperor of Germany, he did so under a compact composed of three divisions—the Crown the Princes and Parliament, Nature, more kindly than the Radicals, is doing all she can towards obliterating the traces of the late war, Henry Rochefort has just republished in pamphlet form his articles which appeared in his journal, the "Lanterne", Judge Black to Senator Wilson A Reply to the Eulogy, A lady residing in a German city, which is heavily taxed for both men and money by the war, writes to her friends that the cost of living is so much increased in consequence that she has to pay 65 cents for a pair of white kid gloves "with two buttons," that a new silk bonnet costs nearly a dolar in gold, a cab for two persons to the opera and back, 37 cents, and washing is charged for at the extravagant rate of 12 cents a dozen pieces, The special term of the Adams County Circuit Court, convened in Natchez Monday morning, Jan. 30th, Judge Abel Alderson, presiding; J. T. Buie, District Attorney, Governor Alcorn on the Bible in Public Schools, Official Proceedings of the Mayor and Aldermen, The New York Observer New Year Book and Almanac for 1871, has been published by Sidney E. Morse, Jr., & Co., New York, A rising young lawyer of St. Louis recently received a call in his office from a handsomely dressed lady, who wanted a divorce, The last year has been to most men in business a season of large expenses and moderate income, Reconstruction, A Georgia paper desires the World to note that at the recent election in that State it was enough to paralyze a regiment of statisticians to note how many young blacks in voting announced themselves as having been born in May, 1849, Mississippi Items, As an instance of how Texas wives take their husbands home, a Denton paper states that a handsome, dashing woman rode into a village in that region a few days ago, and, alighting from her horse, went rapidly into a drinking-saloon, where a number of "sovereigns" were having a "high time", By Telegraph Special to the Natchez Democrat, The Journal of Commerce, commenting editorially upon the astounding corruption in Congress which all this betokens, says, Music, it is said, was practiced by Jubal, the brother of "Tubal Cain," consequently music existed before the flood and hence Apollo, Orphens, Amphion, Linus, Thamiris, though ancients, are in reality moderns in musical matters, This is the appropriate motto inscribed upon a beautiful banner presented by an admirer of the Natchez Firemen, and a friend of the orphans, to be voted to the most popular fire company in Natchez, from the table of Mrs. David and Mrs. Botto, at the Fair for the benefit of St. Mary's and D' Evereux Hall Orphan Asylums, to begin in Institute Hall next Tuesday February 7th, The appearance of Hon. H. D. Foster as pall-bearer at the funeral of the late John Covode was a striking evidence of the fact that partizan feelings among gentlemen never reach beyond the grave, Mississippi Legislature Special by Telegraphs to the Democrat, Mississippi Legislature Special by Telegraph to the Democrat, River News Special by Telegraph to the N. O. Times, The principle that the dealers in intoxicating liquors should be held legally responsible for the evil consequences that directly ensue from the traffice has often been presented by writers on intemperance; but that principle has been generally rejected hitherio as impracticable, The Liver is more frequently the sent of disease than is generally supposed, for upon its regular action depends, in a great measure, the owers of the Stomach, Bowels, Brain and the whole nervous system, R. W. Flournoy's Description of Gov. Alcorn, It may be deemed visionary to predict that in less than ten years hence Natchez will be twice as large is it now is, twice as populous, and infinitely more prosperious; and that Vidalia will be itself a town of no mean proportions, Some few years since one of the clerks in a prominent banking house of Albany, having had an intimation that it was proposed to dispense with his services, boldly entered the private office of the president and said, A correspondent of the Abingdon Democrat, writing from Knoxville, Ill., relates the peculiar death of a miser residing in the latter place, reputed to be worth $20,000, Signs of the Zodiac, The era of Governor's messages has set in, Bishop Elder, The Washington correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce, speaking of the character of the present legislation of Congress, says that no matter what project is started in favor of any interest, industrious, experimental or charitable, somewhere in the bill or resolution will be found a clause authorizing a land grant, A New York Fashion writer of late date says, Gov. Baker, of Indiana, in his recent message, dwells at length and with great severity, upon the facility with which citizens of other States, after a pretended residence in Indiana, obtain divorces, and then return to their homes from which they fled for that very purpose, Dr. Schenck Advises Consumptives to Go to Florida in Winter, Hans Christian Andersen confirms in his reminiescences of a visit to Dickens, the old story that "Agnes," in "David Copperfield," was Mrs. Dickens, A Railroad Bridge at Natchez, The Lesson of Disaster, In obedience to a call, the clans are flocking into Washington with cries of outrages, Multiple News Items, Paris has capitulated, Mississippi Finances, The New Orleans Picayune says that quite a stir has been caused among the literati—and whose who consider themselves such—by the announcement that a Mobile lady is now engaged in preparing a revised edition of the biographical sketches of Southern writers for the press, Future of the Auglican Church, The Pittsburg Leader says, The Home Insurance Company, of New Haven, connecticut, after an unsuccessful effort to place it upon a solvent basis, has been put in liquidation and Mr. S. E. Merum, Vice President, is the assignee, An Austrian paper relates the following affecting anecdote of some French prisoners that escaped from a German prison, Hydrophobia, The Vidalia Railroad Committee met pursuant to adjournment, in the Board of Trade Rooms, Monday, Jan. 30th, present, Judge Mayo, Chairman, The Wilcox (Ala.) Vindicator chronicles the death of Tony Boykin, a colored man of that county, and pays the following tribute to his memory, A New Rule of Evidence. Editorial: The Pulpit and the Press, In our own country and time we have witnessed the desolutions of war, but it would appear as though our experience was but an ordinary one, compared with that which the warring nations of Europe are now suffering to their cost, Death has … from our midst in the person …, We are requested to state that, at the Orphans' Fair, to begin February 7th, among other attractive features, will be a splendid fire hat, to be voted to the most popular officer in the fire department of Natchez, We have heard an interesting narration of how a great evil was corrected in one section of this county. Miscellaneous: BOTTO & LAMBERT Publishers & Proprietor. Business: Market Reports, Markets. Classified ads: Multiple Classified Advertisements. Letter to the editor: Correspondence. Shipping news: The River and Steamboats.
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