Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-02-16
STATE ITE.us.

- Morton, Miss, has twelve
stores aud newspaper bat no timer
OF blacksmith.
- vicksbarg and Jackson have
caught the fever Of retrenohment IN
their city governments.
THAT great and good loyal or
gan, the SigRet, N dead; age, 10
months.-Tldal Wave.
~-Gen. Lowry was the first man
In the State TO expose the Pearl raw
err navigation swindle.
~The ofice ot Lieutenant
Governor will probably be abolished
by NJ present Legislature.
- Mississippi has now only six
companies OF II. =. soldiers posted
On her soil. Look out ior reinforce
meats before tall.
s~Attala county warrants are
worth dollar tor dollar. How much
= Kinds County script worth.
Nothing.-tHlnds County Gazette.
s1rThe people warmed up the
Governor last winter with three
hundred and eighty Eve DOLLAR
worth OF wood and coal, and cooled
him down in summer with thirty
dollars worth of ice.-Clanon.
s~ We regret 10 learn that Bill.
ley, Mr.. W. l.. Mitehell's little son
was badly burnt last Thursday
morning by getting too near the IRE.
His clothes caught hre aud Mr..
Mitchell, ih endeay oring tn save him
got his hands burnt also.-Brook.
haven Citizen.
sw The engine of the passenger
train on the V. 4 NJ. r. r., bound
we-t ran OF the track about two
miles west of Jackson and was badly
smashed. No person was injured.
The passengers walked back Ia the
city.-Jackson Times.
swThe small pox seems TO be on
the increase In Columbus. Seven
cases have been reported already
Eve negroes, and two white children.
-Four ofthe Ave negroes have died.
We mention this as q warning
Columbus Democrat.
h~ Mr.. J. VI. Caldwell, q substan.
tial citizen Of Chiffon county, Alaba.
ma, l. In our city, in company with
Hon. j. VI. Wes~on, and oontem.
plates selecting land somewhere
near the y. %. ~. L. A 4. X. r.,
south of Jackson, for the settlement
Of q colony, consisting of twenty or
more families. Welcome.-lClari.
on.
- A correspondent of the Ray.
mond Gazette tells how Dr. Shelby
and Mr.. Clay were elected as Rep
reseBtaiiyes from Bolivar: The RAIDS
split and had two full tickets. Ia or.
der to catch white votes, each wing
put on their ticket one Of the gentle.
men named. The whites all voted
for Shelby and Clay, and with the
negroes voting for each on the Oppos-
ing tickets, they were elected leay.
ing the two colored brethren out in
the cold.
- Meridian IL an Inflated city,
II has had far moTe than It's share OF
destructive fires. On Monday night
Of last week, Ph9nix Hotel, q large
unoc~upled building, was discovered
10 be on fire In the third story.
This house and some Others were
consumed. The insurance on the
buildings burned was slS,s The
cause at the fire il unknown, bat
generally Supposed 10 have been the
work II an incendiary. The Mercu-
~ says: "The entire botel was un.
occupied, and IL must have been eth.
er spontaneous combustion or inccn
diari1n.
49, Mississippi a. q State, not
outstanding her wealth and posi-
tion, will make poor show at the
Centennial and will probably reap no
advantage from any display she may
contribute for that occasion. She
has no manufactures that would
justify her placing them side BY side
with those Of the East or even ol
Georgia or Tennessee. Her agricsL
tural products lacks variety, aud
even those available are the same
produced by every one Of the Guli
States. In cotton alone she stands q
chance Of being respectable, but II
she wished she could send rs fine
a body Of men rs can he produced
on the continent. N the Governors
Of all the States, however, are To be
present, and premium j. offered
for the most unpopular, Mississippi
would take ID by acclamatiou.-TMa