The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-25
CLINTON ITEMS
By MARIN.

/ Weather cool and fair.
Business only moderate
Mayor and Magistrates court both dull.
Precinct meeting next Saturday, 2Sth inst.
Mrs B. W. Henry has returned from her visit
/ to NlcksburS very much improved
Our town presents quite lively appearance,
being full OF visitors, and still thty come.
Mr. John Carraway Of Jackson, and worthy
candidate for County Treasurer, in town
last Thursday.
AT the meeting OF the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen, last Teusday night. both the Mayor
and Marshall elect were duly installed.
/ We attended the exhibition of the Preparato-
~ class of the college Saturday night and were
much pleased with the exercises, especially the
juvenile singing class.
Mr. sam Livingston, Deputy Circuit Clerk,
was in town "Wednesday. We are very much
under the impression that he would make a.
good clerk as he does Deputy
/ The examination Of classes in the Mississippi
( College have been i'll full blast this past week,
and from what we can learn the Professors are
all well satisfied that the boys have been doing
! their duty.
/ We were indeed glad to Clinton squibs in
/ the Gazette OF last week, also the improvement
/ in the Record since il left this place it having
Clinton items last week. Gents. there's nothing
/ like following the good teachings and acts of the
Clarion.
Last Monday night when the eoIored colored
/ G. L. q. pOf O. +. excursion was returning home
! a negro woman, by the name of Clara Barrett,
of jackson, was taken from the train at this
place whilst giving birth to a son. Both, we
understand, are well.
1t is to be hoped that all the voters in this
precinct will attend the attend the meeting on
the 18th, and send only such men to the coun-
/ V convention. who know lust enough pOliti-
cal chcanery To defeat any man measure that
may come before that august body with any
thing OF that kind.
Married, at the residence of Mr.. O. B. Cox,
ON the night Of June the 18th, by the Rev. DR.
Hlllman, Mr. Geo b. Lewis to Miss Aggie
Johnston. May their future life be bright
and beautiful softest skies, and eloudIess,
save with rare and roseate shadows, as twould
be, could love fulfill its prayers.
The Commencement Sermon on Sunday
morning, by Rev. W. Z. Paxton, of Warren,
Arkansas, was about of the best of the
kind we ever heard, and the sermon at night be
fore the Missionary Society, by the Rev. John
II. Eager, of Brookhaven, Mississippi, was one
that would be of great credit to older and more
experienced divines.
In returning from our fishing expedition, last
Tuesday evening, about three miles from town,
some four or five little negro children
the roadside and we noticed that the legs of
one of them was covered with spots about the
color Of the complexion of perfect blonde, he
being as black black could be. Since we
came home we have made enquiry, thinking
probably the spots were caused from burn, but
learn that all of a family of four or five children
are marked in the same way.
Last Friday morning with pencil and note
book in hand, we attended the examinations at
Central Female Institute, for the purpose of
taking notes and making special mention of
some who might excel, but in this we were dis
appointed, as found that the instructions
which had been impaired To the scholars were
such that all were indeed excellent. We were in
deed pleased with the recitations OF poetry, and
the spelling for a prize by Miss Fannie Thomp-
sons class in which, after hard contest Miss
Katie Lacey of Bolton, was declared the victor.