Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-05
FROM our sTATE EXCHANGES.

| 4a1oO Glty heFaius We learn NOm
that clever man and successful Silver
Creek Planter, MF. Wm. Lambath, that
the people In bis section are getting
along % we'll In their farming opera
ions % could possibly be expected
under the circumstances.
YsE9O Valley Flag: Under recent
Act Of the Legislature colts ''foaled in
Mississippi" are exempt from taxation
until they are three years old. The
Legislature intended this as & gentle
hint, not 10 the colts 10 come to MissIs.
sippi to be foAled, but to the farmers TO
raise more horses.
Pascagoula Democrat: While over.
hauling Q large chain on dredge. boat
No. 2, Of the New Orleans and Mobile
railroad, which is at work In the canal
between this place and the West side.
q projecting rivet caught the thumb Of
Mr.. Fred. Miller tearing of the flesh TO
the bone. DR.. Blount was called aud
smpulated the wounded member.
Canton Mail, 3Oih: By a dispatch re-
ceived In this place on Tuesday from
Vicksburg, we learn OF the killing Of
George LeSke, by hiS cousin, Harry
BOsworth, at q place near Helena, Ark.
We have not learned the particulars,
but understand that the shooting was
justiiable, and that upon an investiga.
lion before Magistrate, BosWOrth was
acquitted and discharged. -
Mayetvllle Leader: And now that
COahomiaD and other Journals have
spoken, and pronounce their articles in
regard to J. L. Alcorn, mere pleasan.
try" and nothing more, we hope II
may have the effect OF drawing the fre
from one who had no serious inten-
tions. As the Coahomian 10 published,
we might say, within stones throw OF
Gov. Alcorn's residence, we presume II
speaks authorilatively. What next?
NatcheE Democrat The first lot OF
cotton goods produced by the NatchCE
Cotton Mills was put on the market
yesterday, through the agency of the
house Of Henry Frank. As the goods,
Eve bales, beautifully marked with the
stamp Of the company, were being
hauled through the streets on q dray,
they attracted no little attention. They
were delivered by Mr.. Jos. B. QuegleS,
an attaChe of the house OF Henry
Frank, 10 the various purchasers " whO
took this frat lot up.
Coahomian, Goth: A very sad acci.
dent occurred here yesterday. Little
Lawrence Simmons, DR.. Slmmons's
little three year old boy, was playing
with dog, when II snspped ct bic face,
tearing the upper eyelid and the skin OF
the brow. Fortuuately, the eye-ball
escaped injury, but the doctors
fear the child will be more OF
less dishgured. No dog should be per.
mitted 10 live that shows disposition
to bite . human being. In the history
Of the world no dog was ever known
to bite the right man.
YaSoO Valley Flag: During tn,
storm last Wednesday Capt. s II
WhilwOrth was struck by Lightning
!. which passed from bis left Shoulde
down his left arm and eide, across thl
abdomen and down the outer side o
his right leg, tearing the shoe from BIZ
foot, aud burning him severely al
along its course. At the time Nj
WhitW0Fth was on his plantation
: about six miles from town, and lhreC
or four mileS from his residence, super
intending some laborers. DR.. Cald'
we'll, OF this place, was summoned Il
attend him, and he reports him as do
| Ing well, with prospects for speedy re-
= covery. .
: Yszjo Valley Flag: Quite severe
and destructive gale passed about i've
miles TO the south and west OF tOwI
0 last Wednesday. The dwelling house
> on the Greeubiiar place, occupied bS
7 Mr.. Vaughuers, was blown down, bu
: without iDjuring any one in person. A
7 Glen Mary, every house on the riVeI
9 front, four in oil, we believe, was bio WI
l. to the ground, buryiDg some of the In
: mates In the debris. A little girl abou
J eight years old, by the name OF IdellI
: Smith, was killed outright, and bel
I father, Bill Smith, aud Caroline Wat
q son, were severely hurt, though NJ
Q bones were broken. On Col. T. J. Ed
% mondsOn'S place the Clubhouse wa
. utterly demolished, one or two cabiu
d we're blown down, and Haynes POr
ter's girl Alice, aged about u years
y had her leg broken by falling timbers
b BLENNER ASSET The "home" Of Bleu
o neFhasset was on an island In the Ohi
10 river, q few miles from Parkersburg, Yves
n Virginia. Mr.. Blennerhasset only cam
into Mississippi lOt the purpose OF execu
ting HE part Ol the treason OF Aaron Burr
VI The ruins Ol Blennerhasseps house arr
70 still very yi,lble, or were In 1871 whe
o we were last there -tVicksburg Express
3. Blenuerhasset was citizen Of Clal
}. borne county for years. He settled OF
e a place eight miles southeast Of POI
ls Gibson, aud called 1t lie Cache y thS
p place be afterwards sold 10 DR.. Gayle
N and then II passed into the hands q
Ie the Cobun brothers, then into the Of
tate Of D. Geo, Humphreys, and Ia nON
k owned by L. John Butler. The fri
IN criminal case reported In the law r.
70 ports, after the State came into th
10 Union, was the State vs. Herman Bier
ls nerhasset, for shooting John Hay
IN John Hays lived on the place whic
10 now belongs TO Capt, JeT. Whitney,
Port Gibson Reveille.