The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-04-21
STATE NEWS.

From the Calhoun Times.l
The fruit is yet uninjured by the cold
weather.
From the Shubuta Times1
The farmers in this section, have had
good weather for working the past week"
From the Columbus IndexI
Mr.. Angelo Ferro, for many years
good and useful citizen Of this city and a
successful merchant, died suddenly on
Monday night last.
From the Natchez Democrat
The Adams county Changers are thor
oughly alive to the necessity for a cotton
factory at Natchez We understand that
Pine Ridge Grange and Kingston Grange
are moving to have another Grange or
ganized in Adams county.
From the Sub SoiIer
Mr.. JAS. McAnulty, who spirited him
self off TO Texas so suddenly, few weeks
ago, returned on Saturday last. He
likes Texas very much, but like many
others who leave Corinth and Acorn
counties, he has come back.
From the Brandon Republican,
A man calling himself j. Simmonson,
representing himself as one of the victims
of the South Carolina Ku Klux trials,
Just released from the Albany On. Y.,)
! Penitentiary, has been swindling that
place end recommends that he be passed
around.
From the Columbus Index.]
| The revival services going on at the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church under
the management of its able pastor, Rev.
j. NJ. keeton, are meeting with some sue
cess. He is assisted by the pastors of
the Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian
Churches and much good will be accom-
plished.
| From the Meridian Mercury.l
| On the 18th inst, Albert Russell, a
young man barely grown, shot and
| wounded negro named jim Wallace,
down near Williams u Coverts Sash and
! Blind Factory. 1t was the end of diff
Guilty between them that had been pend
| ing more than week. The negro had
threatened Russells life.
From the Grcenville Times.1
Losses at the second Greenville fire,
johnson & Co, $50, 900; Nathan q Pohl,
81, 500: +. Enos, $4,000; j. Heidingfel-
der. 81, 800; jacob Alexander, 81, 800;
|. 4. Newman, ST, 800 Julius MARITIME,
$500; Dr. White, $500. There was par
tial insurance on some Of these losses
and there was considerable loss by parties
who moved out of their houses in the vi
entity of the fire.
From the V ick>burg Times.l
Gen. w. I. Martin, of Natchez,
President of the n. & j. r. r. Company,
is not discouraged by the general demon
alization of railroad enterprises, but Is as
active and hopeful as ever. He has re-
Gently written n very urgent letter to the
citizens of Fayette, calling upon them for
aid to complete the road to that place
when it will find basis to obtain credit
and the road can be completed to Jack
son.
From the Brandon Argus.
A hurricane swept over the northern
portion of Rankin county last Thursday
night, devastating fields and dwellings.
The severest shock was felt on the plan
tation of Henry McLaurin, Esq, about
, twelve miles north of Brandon. On this
place fifteen buildings were blown down.
A large tree was thrown against Mr.. Nc
Laurin's residence, but fortunately did
not crush it in so as to injure any of the
family. His loss is very severe.
From the Meridian Mereury.I
On the 18th inst, at Hickory, two
white men, chopping in the woods, got
into a quarrel, and one of them threw his
!. axe at the other, missing him. The other
went to the house, got gun, and went
back and shot the man who had thrown
the axe and killed him. He returned to
I a. hot he
had done. Some persons went TO the
scene and verified his story by finding
the dead body When the party returned
= the SLAYER had left We did not learn the
: names of the parties.
: From the Pascagoula Start
:, The Pascagoula and Jackson Railroad
! is a subject that has been quietly dropped
: and nothing said about it for some time.
To some, perhaps to a majority OF persons
the idea of railroad from this place t.
: the interior of the State may seem chi
!, merical, but stranger things than that hav'
: happened, and it will happen some o
these days-of this we have no doubt a
: all. The matter ought to be agitated
and if the gentlemen who compose tn
corporators were TO hold meeting per
haps something of benefit may be evolved
:, Not very many years ago, MIR. Bald
= win of Mobile used to button-hole every
+. person he met in the streets and tall
\, about a railroad from that city, nortl
through Tennessee, and every bod
thought the old gentleman cracked AM
ii voted him bore of the first grade, bu
: the result of his persistent talking wa
of the Mobile and Ohio railroad. A railroad
from Mississippi's chief port northward
b. either to Jackson, or continuousl
e through the State between the NJ. d O. I
c. R., and the New Orleans q Jackson raj
a road is for the State necessity, and the
d she can ship her produce through her ow
ed port. Will not some of our inhuentli
IL citizens who are corporators take some a
ton in the matter