The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-07-08
MISSISSIPPI.

The Fayette Chronicle has seen model
of the cotton scraper invented by Mr.. 1. w.
Burch. 1t has been sent on to the Patent
Office.
The Crystal Springs Herald learns that
Radical negroes fired pistols at and made an
attack upon Henry Smith, a Democratic
negro, recently, threatening his life.
From the Brookhaven Journal we learn
that Mr. FriZZel, engineer at mill near
Brookhaven, and negro employed at the
same place, got into difficulty. Result
the negro received lick on the head with a
stick, and pistol shot in the arm. and Mr..
FrIzzel heavy blow on the head with a
stick, which almost fractured the skull.
The Canton Mail gives an account of the
entrance of DIR. Diyine's house by burglars,
and says that appearances indicated the use
of chloroform.
The Eagle gives an account Of the meet
ing Of the Stockholders in the Water Val
ley Cotton Manufacturing Company. The
following Board of Directors was elected:
MeSsrs. John Mcfarland, A. j. McCon-
nicO, FL. l.. Duncan, Col. Sam. Tate, and Gen.
Z. G. Walthall. The Board completed its
organization by electing Capt. Ii. L. Dun
can President.
The Pamela Star wishes to know why the
authorities permit an idiot boy to roam at
large through the county.
The Fayette Chronicle says that the negro
murderer that escaped from Jail has been
re-captured.
The Washington County Times says q
colony is being formed in Greenville to set
i'm British Honduras, under a grant of land
made last year to an American company.
The pioneers will sail in July to select a
location.
The Bulletin says that band of Gypsies
passed through Louisville, Winston county,
recently.
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.-Just as we go to
press, we learn that man hailing from
Water Valley, painter by trade. shot and
killed a negro man at Oxford, on Wednesday
last. The negro had either applied for or
had been appointed Mayor of Oxford. The
killing was done where a large number of
negroes were assembled, and the homicide
was arrested by them and very roughly
Misunderstanding his head i'll several
places. He was finally locked up and we
learn that a large crowd of negroes are now
watching or guarding the prison. Serious
apprehensions that the prisoner will be
mobbed ale observation-disclosures Sentinel.
Vicksburg papers contradict the report
that cholera is prevailing in that city. We
had not heard it.
The New Orleans Picayune says that the
members of those splendid fire companies
Club, for the benefit OF the Lauderdale
Home, magnificent silver salver. pitcher
and four goblets. This is doing the hand
some thing, boys, and the good wishes OF all
Mississippians, and the thanks of the or
phans will go with you for it.
The Meridian Mercury gives an account
of the accidental drowning of young man
named James ROshOre in the creek near that
place, recently.
Tho ~ ford no,,arS o,iva q dataiIad aceaunt
of the shooting affair that occurred in that
place on BIRD inst. We have already pub
lished on account of it taken. from the
Grenada Sentinel.
The Friars Point Delta says that a couple
of freedmen got into dispute in that coun-
ty on the I'D, and one of them shot his an
tagonist in the neck with pistol, from the
effects ofwhich he died in few hours. The
murderer was committed to await his trial
in October.
A man named F. NJ Powell married ON the
Sd of May, Miss Martha Alexander. the
daughter of a poor widow lady living in
Lafayette county, and on the 9TH ofthe same
month, he borrowed the only horse she had
and left for parts unknown.
The Friars Point Delta says that John F.
Riley, who was cultivating farm in Goa
homa county, was shot and instantly killed
by an unknown assassin, while at work on
his plantation, on the 2lst INST subsequent
ly one Charles Lee went to the Point, ac-
knowledged that he perpetrated the crime,
and is now in jail.
The Oxford Falcon says diAiculty oc-
CURED on the 21st inst, fifteen miles west of
Oxford, between q freedman and freed
woman, which resulted in the death of the
former. The weapon used was butcher
knife. We have not learned that any steps
have been taken to arrest the woman.
SAD ACCIDENT IN CoPIAH.-We learn from
private letter that sad accident occurred
near Caseyville on Monday, June 2lst. Mr..
VIM. Anding, in attempting to shoot a
squirrel, shot his wife In the head. the ball
(rifie) coming out about an inch from where
it went in. The brain is exposed in both
places. No hopes of her recovery. The
since. Mrs. Anding is a daughter of Mr..
Reese Wooley, Of Copiah county.