The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-11-28
THE STATE

L ne heTluiln Odhcltt HcutlOHs AHc
( escape of three colored men from the jail
of that city.
/ Dr. J. j. Thornton, formerly of Bran
don, and later of Pass Christian, has re-
moved to Fort Worth, Texas.
/ \ locomotive boiler explosion occurred
at Grenada, on the 10th, resulting in the
death of the fireman, named Simpson.
The Carthagenian says that Rev. o.
III. p. Davis intends joining the Confer
ence and devoting his time exclusively to
the preaching of the Gospel.
The Columbus Index says that Gen.
j. G. Hornsby died at his residence, a
few miles southeast of Columbus, on
Sunday night last, of pneumonia.
The Kosciusko Leader says that the
johnson boys" accompanied by a L. s.
Marshall went TO Frank Gregory's house
with the intention of arresting him and
taking him to Oxford, but he fortunately
he was not at home.
Another one OF their exploits is the
running off of Mr.. Rowling from the
country Mr.. r. is quite an old man
almost decrepit from age, grayhaired,
and Baptist minister of the Gospel -
After INDUCING in such choice and
chaste epithets towards him as CD
id old Baptist Bald Head" they
threatened to arrest him and carry him to
Oxford.
The Okalona News learns that L. S.
Marshal, with a squad of soldiers, entered
Buena Vista and arrested number of
the citizens said to be engaged in the
disturbance in that place last Monday,
and carried them off to Oxford
The Grand Jury of Winston county
makes a favorable report published in
the Banner upon the law-abiding dispo-
sition of the county. The Banner calls
on the people to pay their taxes and save
their property from confscation,
The First Annual Fair of the East
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical
Association, will commence at the Fair
Grounds, two miles west of Meridian, on
the Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad, on
next Tuesday, the Goth inst
The Meridian Sun learns that on last
Friday the hotel in Louisville, Winston
county. was burned, and that the insur-
ance had expired about ten days before.
All the furniture in the second story was
lost.
The Handsboro Democrat says the fol-
lowing is the vote of Pearl county for
Representatives
Slaydon, Liberal Democrat ....... 50
! COwan, (Negro,) Observation-Disclosures. 10
Mitchell, Observation-Disclosures. ...... 4
| Sones, .............. zee.
The county went largely for Greedy.
The West Point Citizen copies the fol-
lowing extract from a private letter from
| Verona:
III. w NllJ VI AAAIhlilOhAg NAlsssJ hlNAl
in Verona, on the 9th inst, from taking
four morphine pills for quinine. He adj
ministered a similar dose TO two Of his
children for chills. One of them died in
twelve hours, but the ether vomited up
portion of the medicine and recovered.
DIR. Weir was an experienced physician,
and leaves many friends to mourn his
/ loss"
We learn from the Central Star that
Harvey Sample and Jno. Ambrose, left
Holmes county on last Wednesday fol
California.
The Meridian Mercury says that il
the Lauderdale Circuit Court, Girard
was found guilty of shooting Henry
Moore's dog. Girard was sentenced t.
Imprisonment in the county Jail sixty
days, and find s.. He was zealously
defended by Judge Robb. 1t is rumor
ed that the case will be taken 10 the Su
preme Court.