Columbus index. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1869-1893, 1874-05-08
The Columbus IRdeU.
TUESDAY MORNING. WAY 5, 1871.
Town and County Notes.

"A negro man, weighing over
pounds, surrendered himself to
Sheriff Lewis, last Saturday, con.
Tossing himself a fugitive from jus.
tice, having killed another freedman
in Georgia. His object, he said
was to get the benefit of the reward
offered for his apprehension. The
Sheriff sent him to Jail. In this
case, crime, instead of virtue, may
have its reward
Capt. THos. S. Cook, agent for
that sprightly little daily, the emo
bile Graphic" has been in the city
several days, presenting its claims.
The "Graphic7 is always full of the
latest news, with pen and scissors
of equal sharpness, and independent
as wood sawyer in politics.
The Board of Supervisors at
their meeting, last week, appointed
a committee to examine the Jail and
Courthouse, to make such sugge3-
tions for repairs as may occur to
them. In the case of the Jail, to
TenOvate it now is almost like clock.
ing the stable after the horse is sto
len" The INDEX has been urging
an appropriation for a secure Jail
several years, but without much
effect, and the result has been sew
eral emptyings Of its contents.
The move is a good one, however,
for future security, and we are glad
the Board took the step both as to
the Jail and the Court house..
The cry comes from the country
all around-He cotton is dyiRg! We
do not believe in that sort of special
Providence, but it does look like a
warning to farmers to PLANT
CORN in abundance, and all will rc
well.
-CAPT. WOODBRIDGE, the blind
Confederate soldier, leetured in Con.
ccIt Hall, upon "Light and the
Eye" last Friday night, to a very
small audience. The Capt. is no or.
ator, but his lecture is certainly en-.
tcrtaiuing and instructive-the de-
scription of the PelTyville battle,
where he lost his sight, most pa
thctic. What q consistent people
we are, to be sure: strcwlug flow.
ers upon the graves Of dead soldiers,
and ncglecting the claims of the
helpless living ones! But every
body was so plagucy tired Friday
night, especially those who rode,)
and, then, female pin.mOney and
cigar and liquor change are con
foundedly scarce.
We neglected to acknowledge
the pleasure Of visit, last week,
from MR.. FRANK G. BALDWIN, an.
other Columbus boy, now a resident
of Jacksonville, Texas. He is much
pleased with his second home, and
looks as healthy as a frOntierman
The strawberry crop is reported
very short in this section. Unless
it is plowod up and planted in corn
there will be great destitution among
neutrality-suspicious..
The steamer, Lulu D., Capt
Stone, came to our wharf yesterday
morning, bringing a lot Of building
castings for Goldsby d Smith. Fail
ing to obtain any cotton, she left
about haIfpast ten, with several
passengers and some freight foi
Moorc's Bluff. The freight ON Tho
castings from Mobile was LITTLE
less Than halt Railroad rates Capt
Stone reports the recent overflow tC
have been higher from Gainesvill,
down than was ever known before
it being four feet above that of 1917
He states there is hardly Il house left
ON any Of the river plantations. anC
the planters are all moving away.
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