The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-29
MISSISSIPPI.

! SOspcl oi the BapJlst Onurcn, a SOUND law
year, an earnest and eloquent advocate. a
estimable and influential citizen, a nobl
and upright man.
While two negroes were scuffiing a
Sprlngdale on the Goth inst, pistol fell on
OF the pocket of one and shot the other i
the thigh, inflicting very severe but no
necessarily dangerous wound.-Wate Val
ley Eagle.
coIored preacher. named Willis. a
White Oak, not having the same love as o
yore for his old wife concluded TO take
new one-consequeItly old wife stabbed
new one.-Crystal Springs Herald,
The Holly Springs Reporter announce
that work is to be commenced ut once on TIN
Street Railroad. which is TO connect tn,
Public Square of Holly Springs with til,
Mississippi Central Railroad Depot.
The storm on the night of the 10Th inst
| was the most severe that has visited oul
/ county for many years. No section seem:
/ to have escaped its ravages. Hundreds o.
| tress were blown down, and many fences
were leveled to the ground.-Holly Springs
Reporter.
/ The Conservative says, a negro named
/ Dan. living near Winona. in this county
one day last week, shot and dangerously
wounded negro man and killed negro
| child. lie was arrested and confined in jail
/ but made his escape during the storm on
/ the nigh; of the both inst.
Henry Ringer OF Walden accidentally shot
al d killed James Doone last week.-Good-
mar Star.
/ The Goodman Star of the BIRD, says: Big
/ Black has not been so full for several years,
/ on Tuesday morning the water being with
| in twenty feet of the railroad, and in the
street between I. j. Ford * Co.'S andJ. W.
Mitchell & Co.'S it was fully two, and in
some places three feet deep.
Viclsburg is to have brass band. The
/ instruments have already been received
SO says Patrick's Commercial Bulletin.
| The Columbus Index of the 10th. says
| There will be a meeting of the citizens of
| Columbus, at the Court House tonight, TO
make arrangements for entertaining the
members of the Illinois Press Association.
The News announces that the Corinth
Shoe fsctory has commenced operations.
The ladies' OF Brandon will give Straw
berry Supper, at the Shelton House, on
THURSDAY evening. the 10th inst, for the
| benefit of the Episcopal Chnrch.-Repub-
lican.
Business in Enterprise is Cooking up
80 says the Star.
The Signal gives an account of the dam
age done to Water Valley by the storm, on
the night of the 18th inst. as follows:
The tenement house of MIR. j. Y. Goode,
was blown down; an clubhouse of Mrs. Love
joy wa: removed away from its position A.;
small oRt houses at the residences of MeSSrs.
Gibbons and Estes were damaged; the Fair
Ground fence was considerably demolished I;
the tin roof on the Cotton Factory was
blown )tf; the magnificent Round House
had pant OF its root torn off and one section
of its b.ick work is gone; the steeples of
both churches are severely damaged; the
residence of Mr.. Chapman is badly injured
and a Ice building was blown a considera-
Bile distance away. We are glad to learn,
however, that no serious casualties happen
ed. Mr. Chapman was somewhat hurt, and,
we believe, IS the only person that received
any bodily injury from the effect OF the
storm.
The Water Valley Signal learns that Mrs.
Hunter was so seriously bitten by dog a
few days ago in Grenada, that her life is
dispaired of.
The Aberdeen Examiner says that the
supposed perpetratOr of the murder between
Egypt and OkO,ona, has been arrested, He
is boy about eighteen years of age, the
murdered was also boy, nineteen years of
age.
\ bird. supposed to be a Pelican, was shot
near Aberdeen that weighed about seven
teen pounds, and measured feet and ?
inches from tip to tipof win2s.-EXaminer.
Rev. Mr.. Davidson met with a serious ac-
cident recently. He had turned down the
lamp to a very small light before retiring.
Upon awakening lie found the oil in the
lamp on fire, and in attempting to eXtin-
guish il the ignited oil accidentally fell on
one of his feet which was very badly burn
ed.-Water Valley Signal.
The Washington County Times says that
smallpox is prevailing to 4 considerable eX-
tent along the river, and our people should
be on their guard.
The Palladium learns that DIR. ;. II. Moore
who was appointed sheriff of Chickasaw
county. has refused to accept the appoint
ment, and returned his commission to Gen1
AmeS.
a. j. Jamison, of Houston, has been APP
pointed Probate Judge of Chickasaw.
The Spectator says that there came near
being a fire in ScOoba, on the night of the
2lst inst.
The Falcon says that the kitchen of Mr..
II. G.. Smither, in oxford, was burned on the
morning of the 22d inst.
\ Pelican measuring eight feet from tip
to tip. was recently killed near Oxford
Falcon.
The Spectator says that the courthouse
of kemper county, was entered by some
persons unknown, on the night OF the 18th,
and the records in the Circuit Clerks office
and the Execution docket in the sheriff
Office. destroyed. An attempt was made to
open the safe in the sherifirs office but failed
4 fire company was organized recently in
Columbus; so says the Sentinel.
The Sentinel says that the Tombigbee has
overflOwu its banks and that the fiat grounds
about Columbus, are flooded.
During the heavy storm Capt. Milan, los,
nine head of cattle, killed by lightning. 4
negro woman was at the time milking COW
the animal was killed, and the woman was
stunned. and knocked over on calf stand
ing near, the calf was killed but the woman
strange to say, received no other injury than
a shock. A calf held by bow was killed
and the boy slightly stunned.-Brookhaye1
Journal.
4 negro stabbed another in Columbus re-
Gently for being unduly intimate with hi:
wife.-Sentinel-
The Index says that the rats are taking
the fields in Lowndes county by storm.
An afIray occurred in Brownsville, on tn,
+ 21st inst, between Thomas Williams anC
| Hugh Street, in which the former was NOR
/ tally and the latter slightly wounded
/ Corinth News.
/ The News says that Pinkney Clark, fcol
ored) who robbed the Postoffice in COrinth
on the night ofthe 18th inst. has been sen
/ to Oxford, Miss for trial before a militar,
/ court,
/ The Falcon gives the following account Q
+ the damage done by the storm in the south
western and western portion of Lafayett
I county:
Mr.. Jennings house was blown dow
and he was considerably bruised; his fence
| were all destroyed. Mr.. James Allies, hous
was blown away, and ne was seriousl
wounded. Every house and panel of fenc
On his place was swept away. On the plan
tation OF DR.. j. b. McEwen a number Of ne
gro cabins and his fences were blown away
The plantation of {. Nj. Phipps suffere
greatly, fully four and a half miles of fenc
| ing were thrown down, corn crib, stabl
and three negro cabins were blown down
The residence of w. &. Neil and a numbe