The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-24
Grenada Sentinel.I

Grenada Sentinel.
IL is with pain and sorrow that we an
nounce the death OF Col. \. L. Dunaway-
| which sad event occurred at his residence
| three miles from the city, on "wednesday
morning, the l7th inst. Col. DunawaY wai
| one OF the oldest and more respected cti
zens of this COMMUNICATING represented i
in our halls OF legislation, in days gone by
Copiahan
We learn that several heavy suits have
been brought To this term. Eight of which
| are against Copiah county on what are
| known As the Green Millsaps school war
rants; this debt, il it is debt, was con-
| tracted under radical rule, and we presume
! that our supervisors were wide awake and
! duly sober, when they refused to tax the
see what we shall see there are thousands
| OF dollIrs involved in these suits. Two
| colored men have sued the railroad for ten
! thousand dollars each. i'm the way OF dam
! ages for having been ditched or put OF the
| train And to cap the climax, we learn
| that white woman has sued "A married
man for breach OF marriage contract, piac-
ing the damages at five thousand dollars.
Meridian Mercury.I
\ south bound freight on the Mobile and
ONO Railroad very handsomely picked up
woman on the cowcatcheT Of the engine
between this city and Enterprise on We'd
neSday. The woman was walking on the
track, ana there was no suspicion that she
would not clear il in good time TO make way
for the engine until it was near upon her,
when every effort was made to check the
speed OF the train. The fireman huTFi, div
clambered around to the front of the engine
to do what gooG he could TO save her, and
hold hes on the cowcatcher as it tripPed her
and she fell face forward upon it, The
train was stopped and all hands ran 10 the
rescue. She was lifted from her perilous
position and laid out upon the ground near
the track nearly lifeIess. She soon revived,
however, and was carried ON down to En-.
terprise and placed in comfortable quarters
and surgeon called in by the railroad OIL
cials. she appeared considerably bruised
but 40 bones broken, and iatai consequence
not appreheuded. She seemed To be nm
known and declined to disclose her iden-
tity.
Brandon Republican,
o. W. Banks. son of G. b. Banks. who
lives seven miles west OF Westyillp. was
round dead in his field, betwceu his pillow
nahdIes, on the morning Of the 10Th, AT
ABOUT two O'Clock. lie evidently died from
heart disease. Mr.. Banks was a young man
ABOUT y years Of age, nd had been married
only about three months.
Brandon Republican,
An unfortunate difficulty occurred A.
Cato last Friday night. between MIR F. /
otandeier and DIR. Z. r. Norman, in which
Ihe latter was shot In the foot and ankle,
ed Both men stand very high in the COM
munity, and both have been looked upon
IS peaceable citizens, and we hope the mat
Ter will De amicably adjusted without fur
Ola"uo" nepublleah.l
Mr.. J. A. Mcneil, late Of Eagle Bend,
hiss, died on Saturday morning last. 18Th
INST, at O'Clock, at the residence Of Geo. n. |
Langford, of pulmonary disease, in the 49th
year of his age,
Raymond Gazette.l
We hear with much regret o fthe death OF
Charles Il. Mount, Esq. which event oc-
Cured at Nicksburg on the 18th inst. Mr. |
Mount was a son OF Mr.. Thomas Mount, for |
a long period citizen of this place. and |
was born at Alexandria, Va, about the |
year 1918, and was consequently about 90 |
years OF age. He removed from AleS andria |
about the year 1886 10 Yazoo county. this |
State-then to New Orleans. then to Cali
Iornia, then back to New Orleans, then to |
kaymond, where he resided from 1854 until /
1873 then to Vicksburg.
ct might have been added that Mr..
Mount at one time represented Yazoo
county in the Legislature