Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-26
FROM ouR STATE EXCHANGES.

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Of the Railroad Directory during their
canvass Of the city on Thursday lasl,
succeeded In dlsp0sing OF, 10 q few per.
sOnS, eleven thOusaud dOllaFS Of the
mortgage bonds Of the Company. There
stlll remain to be taken up Of these
bonds only thirty.fOuF thousand dollars,
which We doubt not will soon be sold.
Holly Springs Reporter: The season
has been q most propilious one for
farmers il has been the best they
have bad for years and they've i'm
proved II by hard and actiYO work.
The corn is about planted, and many
are now planting cotton. The wheat
fields look promising. The same may
be said Of the oat and grass crops. The
farmers are pushing their work, aud
We rejoice 10 SEQ the prospect 90 fat
tering.
N ,tohez Democrat: II is with regret
we announce the rather sudden death,
which occurred in this city yesterday,
OF Mrs. Josephine Sax, the eslimable
wife OF Mr.. Thomas Sax, and daughter
OF the late Mr.. Simon Rice. As late as
Wednesday last Mrs. Sax was attend.
Ing 10 her domestic affairs, but on
Thursday noon she was taken III and
on yesterday morning she died. Her
funeral will take place this afternoon
from her late residence, on State street.
Greenwood Valley Flag: The SheF.
itf Of Ysz)o county says bis chief dep
uty has not been round for several
days, AMI he 'acks $500 Of being
square with the county. His accounts,
like himself, are 10 q bad shape. He,
being neither round nor square, as Mrs.
PartingtOn would cay, bis triangular
&C ION indicates that he has gone OBJ
long to perdition. He was being
pressed for u settlement, but plead lhst
he had lost his books, and left on the
Home last Sunday. His books were
found Monday, and revealed his de.
falcaliOn.
McComb City lntelligOncer We are
panied to learn that Mr.. Joseph H.
Pack wood, of China Grove, IL suffering
terribly from the effects Of vaccination.
The attendant physicians, we under.
stand, soy that his arm will have to be
ampulaled In der to save his life. II
seems that Mr.. Fleetwood innoculated
himself three or four iimes before al
lowing the virus TO take, aud all OF
them taking at oEce, the most serious
results have been produced. W. hope,
ere this, be is much better, and rapidly
improving. - Since the above
was put in type, we learn from Hon. S.
Z. Packwood, brother of Capt. p, that
the report that his brothers arm had
been amputated 10 incorrect, and that,
though still suffering greatly from the
effects OF the virus, be Is now much
better, and rapidly recovering.
Port Glib .0n Reveille: On Tuesday
the election was held, to determine the
question of"Donation" or mo Dona.
lion" oil $40, 600 Of the bonds Of Port
Gibson, payable In ten years, and bear
ing 6 per cent interest, to the MiSsis
sippi Valley and Ship Island Railroad
with the following result: Number o
votes registered, 26l for donation,
1876 ; against "DonatlOn," 80; not vOt-
ing, l6. The registration stood: Whites
Ill colored, 80. Last Satur.
day night the residence, a costly and
commOdious one, of Mr., David Jun.
kin, four miles from Natchez, was en-.
lirely destroyed by ire, together with
provisions, furniture, and farming i'm
plements, epC., stored Ia the basement
Sggregating a loss Of nearly ten thou.
sand dollars. This was The hospitablC
residence, years ago, OF the late Capt
B. Z. Smith, and since, OF Capt. Enstis
Mrs Z. X, Byruc, Mrs. T. j. Ably and
Mr.. Stephen + smith, of this county
we're born, If Sc are not In error, or
the place.