The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-03-01
STATE GLEANINGS.
Visiting strangers complain of the lack
of amusements in VicksburS.

Visiting strangers complain of the lack
of amusements in Vicksburg.
Mr.. Douglas Fontaine, charged in the
court at Raymond, with the murder OF
negro by the name Of James Moore, AT
Edwards, last December, was tried on sat
urday and honorably acquitted OF the
charge against him. Judge ). 3. MOTIFS
appeared for the defense.
-Walthall Pioneer Whilst Martin Hit
was sitting up with the corpse of one OF
his neighbors last Sunday night, some en-
terprising person broke into his smoke
house, and stole all the meat he had. This
is about the fourth instance of the kind we
have heard of recently, where all the meat
was taken from smoke-houses.
Valley Flag As the steamer Fair Play
was coming around the bend above town
last Tuesday morning,a difficulty occurred
between the mate, Albert Strauss, and
colored deck hand by the name OF Solo
mon Sausby, Cor Salisbury, who was
shipped from this place, in which the
mate shot Solomon through the arm, in>
tlicting very serious wound.
Macon Beacon Last Wednesday night
the store of q. G. Tucker at Bigbee Valley
was burned. t. says sit occurred at =
o'clock, and had got such start before
it was discovered that did not save any
thing"
Ripley Advertiser We are reliably in
formed that VIM. Garrison, who lived with
Allen Roberts, eight miles Southeast of
Ripley, whilst chopping wood on Friday,
the 14th inst, cut his foot severely across
the instep, from the effects of which he
died next day. Mr.. Garrison was about q
years of age, and leaves wife to mourn
his death.
Jefferson Davis has declined the invi-
tation to deliver the annual address at the
next Commencement of the Mississippi
University. because of the precarious con-
dition of his health, and Senator Gordon
has been selected as the orator in his stead.
--Plsader: Several families of emigrants
from Alabama, took the train at this place
last Monday for the Lone Star State. Many
of them had never seen the cars before, and
their EXPRESSIONS of surprise were highly
amusing to the crowd looking on.
-Coahomian DIR. Isaac Hull, one of
Coahoma's eldest, best and most esteemed
citizens, lost his house, and everything it
contained by fire, last Saturday morning,
about 5 o'clock. The fire originated in
the parlor, where the family had been sit
ting till bed time.
Democrat Star The mail route to
Pennington and Gainesville, Miss, has
been changed, through the influence of our
able representative Hon. Chas. e.
Hooker. 1t is now carried by steamboat
from Lookout station on the N. 0. and
NJ. railroad three times a week.
-Paulding Herald We are informed by
Mr.. Brame, Tax Collector, that every war
rant issued during the year 1873 has been
cashed, with surplus of greenbacks of
about four or fl 70 hundred dollars paid into
the Treasury. Where's the county that can
beat that, considering the stringent times?
-Starkville Times Petitions are circu-
ating in this county, and we understand
hey are in all of the counties in the Judi
cial District, to procure names to forward
20 Governor Stone to induce him to exer-
Else that authority with which the law in
vests him of committing the death sentence |
If VIM. Cavanah to life imprisonment in
he Penitentiary. In this, the last and |
'nly resort, the friends of Mr. Cavanah,
are moved by just and righteous motive.
They know that he is chvalrous man,
full of good impulses, and that he stood |
up for his country when she needed true
and brave men, that he made gallant sol
der and they cannot with indifference see
him hanged.
-Vicksburg Commercial : About half
past eleven o'clock this morning, while on
our regular rounds, We droppedinto Justice
Grammer's Office, and seeing a colored in
dividual by the name of Toney Johnson,
seated on the mourner's bench, approached
him and asked, ''What's the matter With
you?" To which he calmly, cody and de-
liberately responded Use, cused of
boss We then inquired: is that all?"
To which he quietly answered, "Yess sab"
Justice Grammer says he is charged with
stealing a horse from a negro woman by
the name of Mary Schatfer, at Warrenton.