The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-01-13

marca. Madison is thriving station.
Canton and Crystal Springs are both call
ing aloud for fire companies.
Canton wishes to be the Capital of the
State. Would it NOT be cheaper for the state
TO move Canton to jackson!
L. L. Pitts, Esq, has sold out the Southern
Journal Office 10 n. IL. Webb, Esq. Inc
Journal dies, and the Brookhayen Citizen Is
issued from the Office.
The Natehez Courier, says Charley Thorn
as. (colored) supposed To be one of the par
ties implicated in the murder of Mr.. Cisle,
was arrested Sunday evening and tried on
Monday before Justice Lynch. He was COM
mitted TO jail to await his trial before the
spring term of the Circuit Court. The muir
dered mans watch was found on his person,
and he had been spending, during the few
days previous to his arrest, much more mo-
ney than he could have attained by honest
means. We understand that the officers of
justice are on the track of the other parties
Implicated, and it is anticipated that they
will soon be lodged along with Charley 10
await the decision of the Circuit Court.
The Scooba Spectator says:
Our readers will remember a quiet. gem
tlemanly young man who worked in the
Spectator office last summer named John
Benton.
Since leaving here, he became hopelessIy
insane, and has been constantly under the
watch of his fathers family, with whom he
resided in Meridian. Last Saturday night
escaping vigilance of the family, he lett the
place, and visited a neighbors-Mr. DuBose,
who, being aroused by the furious demon
STATIONS OF his yard dogs came out with a
double-barreled gun and, after repeated un-
needed warnings TO the intruder to halt, fired
both barrels of his gun, mortally wounding
young Benton, from which he died few
hours afterwards. No blame attaches to
Mr.. DuBose, not knowing who Benton was
| until after he fired on him.
DR.. Hallowell, who has established an in
Urinary at Chalk Bluff. this way from Enter
prise, lately reported that one John NJ.
Davis tried to murder him, and advertised
| him i'm the Enterprise Star. Davis. in re-
| turn, writes from OkoIona. and adyertises
| Hallowell and his paradise" Infirmary as
first-class humbugs. He denies trying To
murder him, but says he did try to chastise
him for his impositions and villainies.-Me-
ridian Mercury.
The Meridian Mercury of the 9th, says:
Mr.. j. W. Harvey's horse fell through a
bridge with him yesterday, in the western
part of the city. and hurt him quite serious
ly, we hear. As reported, the horse fell up
| on him, and both were so fastened by the
timbers that he could not be extricated un-
till assistance was procured. We do not
hear yet of the extent Of his Injuries.
Mrs. Scott Siddons is playing in Vicks-
burg. She made her first appearance a
Rosalind, in Shakespeare's beautiful come.
dy of "As You Like It,"
The Columbus Index comes to us with ;
long account of the hanging of Charles
Humphries, negro, on the 9TH, in accord
ance with the sentence of the Court, TO
numbering, some months since, Mr.. Mclean
iel white man.
The Columbus papers give accounts of thu
arresting of Il rec leading Radical negroes
Cato Dawes, Joe Hahn and lack Alexander
for burglary on the morning of the 9Th
They had many stolen articles in their pos
session at the time.
Canton beats any point between the Ten
nessee line and New Orleans, along the lin
of railroad. in the amount of cotton shipped
: SO says the Mail.
Ia the Crystal Springs Herald we find tn
! following A gentleman who rode - mile
before breakfast, last Monday morning, mar
7 rates the following: A few miles west 0
> town. he being nearly frozen. dismounted d
} warm. The fire was SO small as to be scarce
! ly visible through the almost impenetrabl
pine thickets before him. TIE his surpris
there sat a young girl, thinly but well dress
ed, and near her reclined a young man o
) about fifteen summers. They had no be-
+ clothes, and little fire, while cold northern
: blast swept over the frozen ground. Wha
they could have been doing at that hour l.
mystery. The gentleman supposed it wa
only a juvenile elopement e AD,or oBai
viHcet."
The Mail In speaking of Canton says :
Buildings are going up on the East sides o
town as fast as the wOrkmen can get tn
e bricks and timber. Tupper's building j
f almost finished; Cassell q Baughn will be il
, their elegant new store ere long, and tn
splendid Odd1ge l1eMil Isl pf RISE are q
be followed by other buildings. Canton ha
. her mead up. a number, Of stockholders
Mr.. A. l.. Couch at the head, design erectin;
/. a large hotel on the site of the Stone Honse
next spring. The hotel is to cost $4,000.
|. From the Columbus Sentinel we take In,
.. follow ing We are glad to state that tn,
columbus Steam Laundry" of Mr.. w
: Holder Berry, is in the full tide of successful
operation.
Quite a number of the washer-women O
the city, like Othello on a certain memorabl,
occasion, now find their occupation gone
and are seeking employment as cooks ant
house-seryants. But even these situation,
are not as plentiful now as they were veal
or TWO since, as very many of our house
wives have accustomed themselves to entire.
!, ly dispense with negro labor of any kind
about their premises. Presently. when tho
Danes and Swedes come more will be thrown
out of town employment when sister DinaI
will have to HE herself not to a nunnerv
but to the cotton field, where she properly
: belongs.
h.
Judge Taber of Carroll county. was killed
a few days since by barrel ofhour falling
on him from wagon.
Hiram Shackle was brutallY murdered al
Meridian recently.
Tie Holly Springs Reporter has the fol-
lowing:
SUDDEN DEATH.-On Thursday morning.
Dec. 24th, at O'Clock, Mr.. T.. 5. Goode, as
slstant depot agent at this place, died very
suddenly. He was taken sick on Wednes-
day afternoon, and in II hours was a corpse
He was a stout, robust man i'm appearance.
and bid fair to live many years. Mr. Goode
! was from Lynchburg, Va, and had only
| been in our midst for two or three months.
lie was an exemplary young man, and had
endeared himself to all who came i'm contact
with him. His remains were sent to Lynch
| burg, where he formerly resided. lie Is
thought that his death was caused by con-
gestion ofthe lungs.
The Holly Springs Reporter saws. on
| Christmas morning, little Walter McGuirk.
was accidently shot in the right foot nv n
pistol in the hands of little Dick Lewis
fortunately, the pistol contained no ball.
Inc WaddIng went through the shoe at the
lnstep, and penetrated the foot TO the depth
of half inch. The little fellow has suffered
greatly, but we are glad to learn that the
wound Is healing. We hone'he may soon be
out able TO Join In the sports of his COM
Will llins anu WHO
days. I'M ''''i-
The citizens of Holly Springs have held an
immigration meeting for the purpose of de-
vising means for the Immediate introduction
of quite number of Scotch IMMIGRANTS
So we learn from the Reporter.
The New Orleans Picayune SAYS:
Work on the Chattanooga Railroad be-
tween this point and Mobile is, we are
pleased to learn, progressing rapidly and
satisfactorily. The contractor of the first
section has advanced his work in the civ
limits as far as Elysian Fields street. and
II rom mat point TO the Riggolets the road bed