Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-06
STATE HFRMs.

Government ollicefs with the Cap
ital Of the State located there.
We are glad 70 see that our old
friend Mr. Marry Moss, Of the
YazoO Democrat, has 80 far re.
covered as 10 be able to re.assume
his editorial duties. He has been
much missed during his absence.
The Meridian Flag has been
merged with the Gazette, and in
future Mr ]. L. Morris Of the
Flag, will be Of the editorial corp
of the Gazette.
We regret to chronicle the
death Of DR.. J. H. Wilson, long q
resident physician of this county.
But q short time ago he left US in
the bloom Of manhood to wed one
Of Arkansas fair daughters, and
ere the congratulations Of friends
have been given, he is called from
hence. His demise occurred at
the residence of his father, in Me-
ridian.-[Yazoo Democrat, July
3lst.
By reference to our advertising
columns, it will be seen that Mr..
G. A. Leake has located in this
place, and awaits the orders of its
citizens in reference to the boring
of tubular wells. AS a native
Mississippian, q gallant defender
of the "Lost Cause" and q work
man Of superior ability, we recon-
mend him to the public Ibid.
A steamer is now being built at
Yazoo City, owned by James B.
Winn Il Co. Her dimensions are:
Length 50 feet; Is feet beam /;
depth OF hold 81 feet I; capacity l26
tons. She has not been named as
yet. We understand that she is
designed for q low water trading
packet, to run in the Yazoo river
and its tributaries.-[ Ibid.
We have been informed of an
accident to occurred q few days
since, about sixteen miles north Of
this place. Mr.. Patrick McCor-
mick of this place was engaged in
digging a well, and after getting
to the depth of forty feet, he struck
q current of foul air. Descending
into the well, he had to be hauled
up Immediately. A colored man
named Joe Ames then went down
after a bucket, and Immediately
gave the signal to be pulled up.
When near the surface he fell out
of the bucket and went to the bot
tom. 1t was impossible to save
him. Ibid.
One of those melancholy homi-
cides occurred last Saturdy morn
ing which cast a gloom over the
entire community. 1t seems that
there had been some differ
ence between Charles Butler, a lad
about twenty years old, and his
brother-in-law, James Holder,
which eliminated on the morning
in quStion in the killing Of the lat
ter ct their home about six miles
from town. There are two rumors
in circulation concerning the affair,
one on each side Of the question.
We do not, for the present,
deem it right to give either. 1t,
however, seems that Butler had
saddled Holders horse and was in
the act Of mounting him to come
to town, when the latter told him
that he wanted to come
himself to settle for q life
insurance policy which he had got
in favor Of his wife. Here the
alteration took place, when But
Ter stabbed Holder three times,
each Of the wounds being mortal,
and from which he died almost
instantly. Whether Holder struck
Butler before the latter cut him is
the question to be decided. But
Ter fed instantly, ard has not,
at this writing, been apprehended.
Mr.. Holder leaves a wife and four
small children to mourn his un.
timely loss. He was a man uni
versally esteemed, and his death
caused a feeling Of the deepest re-
gret. 1t is 8 melancholy affair,
and we hope it will not be our mis-
fortune to be again called upon to
write another such.--Grenada Sen
tinel July Sd.
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