The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-07-30
THE CITY
Is it hot enough for you 2'

-Bu-ines= is brisk in police circles.
Several burglaries have been committed
in Jackson in the past few days.
DIR. Kels is absent from the city on an
extended tour through the North and East.
State Treasurer Hemingway and family
will spend the next few months in Missouri,
III Madame Rumor speaks the truth, there
will soon he another demand for orange bios
SONS.
There will be a meeting OF the citizens
to-day, at the City Hall, to discuss sanitary
affairs.
Capt. Frank Johnston and family are
summering at Wytheville, Virginia. They
LETT last Wednesday night
MAJ. T. G. Wall and Mr. Henry V. Wall
went last week to Kozciusko, where they will
remain during the summer.
The yellow fever agitation having about
subsidized, the -treet-corner politician is again
asserting his right to be heard.
There was most delightful social gath
eriug Of young people at the residence OF Mrs
Buck last Wednesday evening.
Supreme Judge, J. 4. p Campbell and
family. went last night to Kosciusko, where
they will remain several months.
MIR. Alex Watkins, for the past year a
student Mt Centenary College, jackson, La,
has returned to his home in this city.
The union service Of the Methodist,
Presbyterian aud Baptist Churches will be
held next Sunday night at the Methodist
Church.
We have heard a good many Jackson
coloreds express their intention OF going to
Kansas ON the excursion on the 18th Of next
month.
We are glad 10 state that Messrs. Whit
field Griffith and Percy Lemly, after several
weeks of dangerous illness, are both in fair
way of recovery.
DR. Writ Johnston is devotiug his time al
most exclusively to establishing and inspecting
quarantine stations in this State-a duty
assigned TO him by the National Board Of
Health.
DIR 4. Hunter editor of the Crystal
Springs Monitor, and Democratic nominee
Tor the Legislature in Copiah, is in the city,
in attendance ON the Ninth Judicial District
Convention.
Rather a novel wedding occurred in this
city few days since The contracting parties
were an old colored woman, Aunt Lucy
O'SuIIivan, aged nearly 20 years, and negro
youth named Harrison, aged about %.
The Ninth Judicial District Convention
will meet al the Representatives Hall at 10
o'clock, Tor the purpose OF nominating
District Attorney The District is composed
OF the counties of y azoo, Madison, Kinds and
Copiah.
Fulton \. Stewart, son of our honored
townsman Col. Jas. ID. Stewart, died suddenly
of congestion at Eggs Point on the Missis-
sippi river, last Thursday. He was a young
man of great promise, and in his early and
unlocked for death his family and wide cir
Gle are sorely bereaved.
Since the absurd and causeless senation
last week over the case of a colored child
which it was ascertaiued did not die OF yellow
fever nor anything like it That it was beaten
10 death by its step father. Our town has been
free from excitment and hope abounds, that it
will escape the disease, Let everybody keep
cool, and think twice before they speak.
Remember that clothing bedding and all
other textile fabrics which have been used
about yellow fever rooms or persons having
had the yellow fever, which have been put
away in trunks presses since that time,
should be destroyed Ii is bad to lose your
clothing, &c, but not so bad as to throw your
lives and to sacrifice the lives of others by
propogating the death-dealing disease.
We would advise our colored population
10 make arrangements for finding temporary
homes in the country to which they NAV 90
on the first outbreak of the yellow fever
Cotton picking season will soon commence
and they can find employment which will ~
ford them shelter and living and some monav
besides. There is not the remotest probabif.
fly that free rations will be distributed tbe
coming season; and without them starvation
in inevitable,