The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-07-21

ES~ We are authorized to announce L. b.
SHEARER as a candidate for reelection to the
MAyoraty of Okolona.
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tS~ We are authorized to announce II. II.
THOMPSON az a candidate for Town Constable
Election Let Monday in August.
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ty We are authorized to announce j. NJ
ROSSON as candidate for Town Constable.
Election in August next.
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o. Col. NJ. II. Mobley, formerly of
this region, died at Harlan, lows, on the
sth June last
~ The people Of st. Joseph, No.,
having built two theatres, now think of
building church.
Dull TIMEs.--Our city is extremely
dull, and the heat is most oppressive
Shirt collars and atarched chsmisettes
wilt like pcayines in Dog days.
H j. NJ. Rosson, ESQ.,, announces
himself as candidate for reelection to
the Constabulary. He has made very
good officer, and we hope he and all his
opponents will be elected
10 DR.. A. w. Richardson, whose card
will be found in the proper place, offers
his professional services to our citizens.
We hope he may receive a most liberal
patronage.
SOME CARRIAGES. - Mr.. White has
showed us some cabbages that are some
in point of size. One measured feet
and 2 inches in diameter and the leaves
were % inches in breadth by ~ in length.
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The CIRcus.--Last Saturday every
body went to the circus, and of course
was delighted. Intense heat, closely
packed pavilion and obscene ribaldry,
are wonderful generators of laughter.
o. 1t is remarked that though there
are three Democratic papers in Wash
ington, the late important letter of Mr..
Douglas was contributed to the National
Inteligencer.
MoBILE.-The democracy of Mobile
have nominated as candidates for the
Legislature, Gen. Toulmin for Senator,
and Messrs. Meek, Walker Forsyth and
Overall, for the lower House.
OF President Buchanan has formally
demanded satisfaction of Mexico for the
late outrages committed upon American
citizens by the infamous priest-ridden
government of Miramon.
II Major Hubbard, a farmer of this
vicinity, owns family of 6 negroes,
whose ages amount in the aggregate to
about four hundred and seventy five
years. The mother is an ancient looking
negress, whe says she's "gwine on two
hundred" Her youngest child is sixty
years old.
CT About the neatest watering place
puff we've seen is in the Washington
States. A correspondent attended
party somewhere, where he saw Miss
Butt, who is fair to behold, mot beauti-
full of fascinating manners, and splendid
iy endo,ced vith worldly benefits She
is north puff, surely.
MOBILE PoLITIcs. - The Southern
Rights party of Mobile County have
nominated the following ticket:
Senate.-Henry F. Drummond.
House,. H. Gindrat, John Morgan
Brown. M. G. McLemo-e and Thos. Blu
ford.
1t is strong ticket, and will doubtless
put through the Buchanan Hunkers on a
fast line.
or A little girl, Of this vicinity, says
the Grand Junction, (Tenn.) Qsid Name,
was cured of rattlesnake bite recently,
by the use of strong decoction Of white
ash leaves, taken internally, and also ap-
piled to the wound. The decoction was
not used until the day after she was Bit
ten. Had it been used Immediately after
receiving the bite, there would prob
ably have been no swelling at all.
GEN. WALKER TO BE MARRIED.--The
San Diego Herald says that Gen. Will
liam Walker has resigned fillibustering,
and intends to unite bis destinies with a la
dy of Lower California, who once saved