The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-06-06
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
Forest Register.

Forest Register
mas soI l6 years OLD weighing 200 lbs
| lie says IL was not good time for raising
| boy either.
Hinds County Gazette.I
A most distressing accident occurred al
| brownsville one dav last week. AS we I'M
derstand IL. a Mrs. Hardy was sick and call
ed In her physician, DR.. Whitehead, who
| prescribed and left She took one dose of
| the medicine and died within a few min
ufes. DR.. Whitehead was sent for and
doubted the idea that his prescription had
| produced death To test the matter and
show his confidence in the medicine, he
| took q small dose himself, which rendered
him insensibie Had it not been for the
arrival Of another physician. the result
which would have been as in Mrs. Hardy's
case.
| NickSburg Herald
\ negro man, who formeIy belonged to
Mr. Buckner and still a teuaot on the
| Buckner place, aged So years, was united in
| the bonds of matrimony yesterday by JUS
| t1ce Lowenberg, to an ebony dam>el of thir-
| ty-five. The old man has II children, 2G
grandchildren and few great grand
| children. Some of his sons and daughters
and grandchildren, many of them older
/ than the bride, witnessed the ceremony. He
! hasn't tooth in his head, but is spry and
| and active, and after being spliced, mounted
| his mule with agility anu rode off Is uncon-
cerned as ii it was an everyday occur
renee.
Winona Free Press
The residence ofDr. w. w. DIbney, three
mile from Winona, was burned on the night
OF the 18th inst. The house was large two
story framed building, with dining room
% feet long, and a kitchen 20 feet long i'm
medately in the rear, with "A long east gall
lery constituting the ell.
Choctaw Leader.
News reaches US Of the death of Daniel
Fondren, sheriff of Choctaw county, which
occurred at Chester on the 18th instant. Mr..
Fondren was Il most excellent citizen. and
as one of the chief officers of hiscountv dis
charged his duty faithfully. His death will
be sadly mourned by a host of relatives and
friends.
kosciosko Star
On Tuesday evening about 6 o'clock. the
usually quiet town of Sails was thrown in
to great excitement by the killing of Sine
on Clark, IN or near the store of Robv ~
Shelby. blessrs. Dewitt Roby and Mark
Shelby both fired upon him. but only one
ball took effect, the same striking Clark in
the chin and severing his jugulArvein.
Whose shot iC was that did this does not
seem to be definitely known. From the
Information that reaches us the killing
was wholly unavoidable and in necessary
with weapon in hand, and with threatening
demonstrations.
oxford ELgle.l
The trial of the Rev. j. p. Dancer, chlrg-
ed with horse stealing, came off last week,
and resulted in his acquittaI and, we learn,
a triumphant VindicatInn OF his hitherto
spotess character as a gentleman and min
lister.
Nicksburg Herald.
Cornelius Jones, colored, who is farm
| ing on the Riddle Tract, two miles from
this city. has shown a sample of cotton
from this place, containing twenty acres
1t is between twelve and .ourteen inches
| high, with the squares forming.
| Okolona States.
The hands have been secured by q con-
tract with the lessees of the Penitentiary
| to construct the V. & n. Railroad. The
! lessees require that the hands shall be fed,
| clothed and guarded, while the work is in
| progress The friends of the Road have
every reason 10 believe that no difficulty
will be experienced in raising the money
for this purpose.
! Meridian Homestead.
The many friends of Mai. j. NJ. Roberts
| will regret TO hear of his death which oc-
Cured 1T his residence near Ocean Springs
on the 18th, inst. Mai. Roberts was one o.
| the first merchants in business at Meridian
He came here in 1866 and soon afterwards
became a member of the firm of Breach
| Brown Il Co, that for many years did the
| largest mercantile business in this part o.
| the State.