The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-05-05
STATE NEWS.


From the Meridian Mercury
On Saturday last, boz tie western lr
northwestern portion Of Che county.
Winfield Hand, bruthcrut i hu Hand.
once this city, was WavlaiI and ..af
by - Hughes, and seriously. Ir.t
fatally wounded We have not y.. .l-
tanned the foil particulars. As Ne a..e
Il, the parties had quarrel ou DC n.I
where, with the other road haud-. they
were az work, and Hughc- subsequently
posted himself with d doubIe-hgrrgI guu.
where he knew Hand must pass .u going
home. Hand came riding by iHgm.u-I
about shutdown, and Hughes shot him
/ first in the face and neck. NherouDou t.e
horse wheeled. and BE- fired again oul hit
him in the back of the head neck and
shoulders Hand did not fall, aul biz
/ horse carried him 20 a ueighb0r's house
where he was helped of and cared tor.
and DR.. Pool sent for. Hughes escaped.
The particulars Of one brother shoot.
ing another in Quitman are thus related
in the Enterprise Courier:
The parties 20 the affair were II. j.
Parker our well-known Circuit Clerk.
and his brother John. The PARTICULAR.
as We gather them. are about as follows
On Thursday night John Parker came
TO the residence Of his brother JeH ma
Quitman, being under the influence ~
liquor. Mr. JcH. Parker requested him
to retire which he refused 10 do. Then
the former started TO cject him by force.
when John Parker drew his pistol and
fired, the ball striking a finger of thu
right hand, decorating 10, and thence
passing 20 the right eve, which Is totally
lost. The wounds, though Of course nec.
essarily most painful, are not thought Go
be dangerous
From the Canton Citizen.
A colored boy named Dunmore Garner
aged 10 years, employed at Mr. Henry
Lords grocery store, met with a fearful
and fatal accident while eNuugui.hiue
the lamps preparatory 20 closing up for
the night In turning out one of tho
large lamps, il is supposed the flame tUI-
lowed the wick below the burner. mud ir-
nited the coal oil, causing am immediate
explosion and envelopiug the poor crea-
ture in blaze Medical attention WAS
promptly rendered aud everything done
that could be to alleviate the suHerins
Of the poor unfortunate creature. who
fingered conscious for about eight hours.
and then passed from his suHerngs into
eternity.
From the Duunt Advertiser
Our community was greatly shocked
day before yesterday evening, at che
news that DIR. b. w. Moore was diving.
The Doctor had been on the street thai
in his usual health, had gone
home, ate his dinner and afterwards done
a little work in his garden. AT about
four p. NJ. he was stricken with apOplcXv
and paralysis, and fingered in q condition
of unconsciousness until about eleven
that night when he died.
Ia the death of DR.. Moore, this CONF
nunity has lost one Of its most worthy
md useful members, and his family and
friends have sustained loss that b ire
parable.
From the Water Valley Couricrl
Mr.. Jake Milan, an old citizen OF This
county, died very suddenly at his resi-
lence near Garner Station, on Saturday
evening last. lie was sitting al the ta-
Die eating supper, when he fell from hls
hair in a fiji Of apoplexy, and died In
very short time.
From the Pascagoula Star1
We learn from a reliable source, that
Worthy Master Hemmiugway of tho
State Grange, will visit the soacoast
counties shortly, for the purpose of organ
zing county oranges under the iustruc-
ions Of the National Grange.