Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-05-27
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bridge the Big BLACK river at bald.
Wtn'- hsry.
fise ~As-~a % Ms~~ss s...as.a, lsas
tie blade rust. II j. feared this will
extend a. thr stalk.
From al parts of the country We
hear cheering accounts II the corn.
4 PL Gibson standard.
Th, Meridian Mcrrur, announces.
that the fruit crop promise, a. BE-
very g""d "a that vicinity.
The Raymond Gazette announces
th, death % col Wilson 4 Dillon.
40 ola an highly respected citizen
~ iliuI- county.
Their are l1htcn pauprrs ou the
county "a tAy poor house. beside.
uth,r- thlt are allowed certain
amounts earh month tur their sup
port LihyrfN Herald
Several nre mule, were lost In The
EmnrN y.-hhlrhoui iu the earl,
part ut tlg vr.k. -uryzc weed being
supposed to d, the immy llatr rau~e.
- Lexington Advertiser.
Onc negro hot auuthrr nn Nr !
J. Porter, place on Saturday ui.ht.
~ fired thruI-h tuy open door n,a
the huu-., -Iriukiug thc other man
With -Mal shot Aud all uu account
~ d woman. ltp-tal Mirror
W learn tlat The GranI jam ha>
found "a true h.ll against a. 4. Nor.
giu tor fh. murder ui Mr. q. 4. iii
lizard OtheI-. u ~,,tss tuu-. should
D, indicted iur mdiug 10 d., same
business lazpo Herald:
John Ea-fyrIiug. negro hnN of
paulilng, hired a. J. A. Mrpcyitt. 81
THAI place. worked two IaNs aud then
walked % with silver watch. two
parr q, pant, aud tiur ~hItt The
watch has Nrncvit', initials ,rt un
thr uudri>iic uf the ease.
Judge Chalmers having been
sworn in on the 1t inst.. and judge
tamhyll on thc l0th. tine supreme
Court with Judge Simrall as Chict
JusticrI = now fully competent both
mentally and phy sIcaliy, 10 Transact
thc brsiuc~- that may come before
IA, rapidly aud l,arncdly.-l lCauou.
lufDrmalicu come. here D. the e.
CT that tie railroad anl cApr,s.
u-.rt, "a Walden, have ahsrpui,i.
th, ga, ou FRIDAY night thc other ou
Saturday mght last, aud that thoN
ary dciauil.r- a. thc tune oi several
thousand doJIar..-Lyxiugtou A..
N,rll,yr.
Two feuis ia human shape lurd
a couple Of country girls into deu
- niamy in thi, city, day before
y .stcriay plci them with wine anil
ruined them. W. prupo-e 70 grt thr
names ~ toe hrutcs, aud by puhli~h.
ing them. make the town two hot
.rr them Nicksburg Tribune.
Thirteen car loads of iron passed
loWu the y O., SL l.. a &. AZ. x.
Ibis morning aul twenty five car
Dads last Monday. A large
+. ng Ol wurkmcn are al work on the
iuc commencing al New Orlcan.
aud working northwarl, aud putting
Coz rad ~ thorough repair. The
company are determined 20 spare
uH pains or expense Ia put the ruad
iu tip-top order Jackson Times.
II j. idlc now to talk about the
cui-of aud it, effect upon the com
m,r,Ial community We arc con
irputod by very painful and stub
horn .acts, and must deal with the
situation a. We ind a. The river J.
gone and our only hope fora current
ra-t the city, i ~ changing the chan.
ucl % the laEoO river. 80 as 10 bring
that river down through Chickasaw
Bayou, aud along the old race track,
cmPtyrng into the lake ~ the west
margin of the National Cemetery
| lNIrkshurg Herald.
Now that the cut -OtI has been made
by the Mississippi River, aud Nicks-
burg Is left a city on the Lake, the
citizens there ane discussing the FEST
hility of turning the lazoo into
thIckasaw Bayou, aud the Bayou
into the Mississippi. 80 as TO have a
current run by Nicksburg. The -
timatcd cost l. s2DO, 900.
ln making the cutoff the "Fathcr
of Water has prOvon 10 be a more
successful engineer than Grant, IN
that, while Grants canal" was open
, A. he left Il. the river selected an
other aud different place and made
the cut-ofl there.-[ Advertiser.
During the last week workmen
have been engaged in raising the
roof Of the Capitol over the senate
Chamber. The roof has been raised
about n foot and made level. A
large number of new braces have
been put IN position, increasing the
strength ofthe roof Harry Taylor
ESQ, had the contract for the job,
aud that is sufficient guarantee that
IL has been done A !. Fred Lynch,
Esq, has been engaged IN replacing
the broken plaster ornaments, and
putting n new dress on the walls Of
the gallery. The Senate chamber