The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-10-04
STATE GLEANINGS.

Osneal, (col.,) was away IRON &c 20 re
,or,;no the Lord, some one sou nro ~ p
bio cotton pen, but from some cause eo ~ d
'na ~" not Acknowledgements II WAS .o1 N
' w"s Ranse says now he musS c,
e e.,eetcb MS we'll as pray. Macon @
Beacon. y y
. ,rotractod meeting, commecing TO- + +
,norrow. will be given at the ffespy- y
.a,;an i,bnrch here. The Rev. L; o.
Da";els will be ably assited by the Mev' !
Tohn Hunter, of Jackson, who Will III
Two here in time to condnct the scr .
,,;c o on Monday night. Success 70
f the Reverend gentlemen. EDWARDS
Citizen.
Wa are pained to learn that Mr.. John
nj SHAW. met with bad accideIt az
tha Foundry of Shaw & Sons IN inns
c c on wednesday evening. A neavy
,,;cce of iron falling over struck nm on
the ankle, breaking the ankle pohe'-
Water Valley Courier.
Mrs. Mary R. Lester, OF the vl ,:1ay
Of Jackson, Is visiting her accompissnIe;; s
Laughter. Mrs Robert Bowmah' OF Ihis
c;ty She is the mother of those worCny
voTng gentlemen, H. ID. ana d. W.
lester, of this city.-Yazoo Sentihel'
Mr. I'M. McCallum, Jr.. informs us
~, iatter that Mr.. Peter Wade was killed
by a log falling on him, in Perry couh oi;
on the 18th inst. Mr.. Wade was IN m oiu
and respected citizen OF Perfy'-i'o'
ocrat.
A neero was captured Wednesday
NIGHT for stealing some STOCK anu
,rouobt TO iail. just at the gate' ne
woke brol,e loose from the guardland escaped.
Several lU shots we're fired at him, bit
there is nothing to Indicate ne mns
touched. He has not been he"ro 'fon
so far.-Macon Sun.
The Grand Jury, on MONDAY ey :e1l
;no retnrned into court thirteen DIS
and adjourned. The following are the
convicfions had at this term; all coloreo:
Henderson Buchanan, Larceny
years in State prison. :,
Henry Caffey, Larceny years III
State prison. :, 5 po+4orv
with intent, &c, year IN the Oo"h'y'
iail.-Chicasaw Messenger.
Tn political affairs Jackson county Is
stroioht ont and out solid. Not an ln-
danendent candidate in the field, to our
Inowledpe, and if there is Greenback'
; labor-to-reform convert Wltnih t tho
: county limits he is to modest 10 ie' 'he
:. fact be known. -Democrat-Star'
: The long line of mourning FRIENDS
o IL uostor5ov attended all that is NOR
d tai Of the late Mrs. Mary j. A. Cara
n dine attested the respect and esteem IL
which she was held by the communit.
Of which she has so long been an orna
ment. -Fayette Chronicle
a. Everybody reports good crops, an'
:, tbo season seems to be favorable 10
At the Gathering, and we hope our agrietul
9, t,,raI neonle, the prop of this agricultu
val country, will have plenty OF tn
~ GOOD things of life next year, for thel
lie WeIl get our share, and SO will the res
ID Of mankind. Chronicle.
~ A very painful accident occurred
Sc Charley NJ, son of Mr.. W. d. Berry
It's last Thursday morning. He was a.
lie tending to his fathers gin, ana
VI some means was caught in the shal
Nv from which he could not extricate HIN
~ self, breaking his right arm IN wv
- places, and one OF his nngerS' n !,
u father happened to be near by. or Il
IN would, no doubt have been killed. :
of Westville News.
fa- This distinguished son of Mississippi,
he Hon. G. e. Hooker, recognised as u =,
he most brilliant and gifted orator IN u
limited States Congress, Will addre
the people of Winston county ct LOU
Vile on Saturday tho 4th day OF OCT
'eu Der. He comes to represent tne lem
'p- cratic party and will present It's gre
in constitutional principles to this people,
Mt Louisville Index.
'eh Last Thursday q l6 year old color,
ld- girl, residing in what Is known as u
adj 75Boot Leg" of Carol county, aoo
ed. two miles south of Millican's Spring
vas missed from her home. Scare
al. vas instituted, and on Saturday NOR
,on ing her body was found in by-pa
through the woods, about mile ire
'oN her home. with her throat cut and sc
er- eral wounds in different parts OF h
lue bodv. which also bore evidence
EN- having been violated at about the TIL
me of her death. Valley Flag.
An old but active and vigorous &c
tleman of this county informed us II
of lavs since of a spectacle he witnesse
can Which seemed to afford him much pri
to and qualification. 1t was three infau
~ in the act of being nursed at the sal
." time. bv their respective mothers,
nat of whom was his own immediate
; at snrino. another was his grand chi
and the third was his great grand CHI
How is this for addition, multipllcatl
'us- and division? He wants to know W
lsly can beat it?-Liberty Herald
ght, The Woodville Republican says s.
ore. eral head of cattle have died n
the Bayou Sara recently, in the intestil
its of which were found numerous partlc
.ho of glass balls, such as are used by
sportsmen in shooting matches. i
'ne cattle had been suffered to Craze
grounds where several glass balls CT
tests had taken place We can hare
Iay- credit this piece of information
ross Natchez Sun.
ana Our friend Malcolm Mcintyre of
lpt> fore, was in town this week. From b
lost we learn of q remarkable occurel
egal which happened i'll Six Mile Lake
" A. other day. An alligator eighteen
long, was discovered floating in
lake, and upon investigation 1t
. 20 found that the alligator had caught
goat. and in attempting to swallow
Is d the horns of the goat caught in
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