The comet., 1879-11-29

Mr.. Jihkins, of this State, saws Il
prouuest moment of his life was when.
the Aberdeen Fair, his Berkshire boar W,
tiea 10 the blue ribbon, taking the pris
over several Tennessee competitions.
Macon Sun.
John Helms, Of Lee county, was kiIle
by James billiard, of the same county, nea
Saltlllo, last week. Capt. billiard was
former sheriff of Lee county. He was i
jail at Tupelo on Friday, awaiting an ex
animation of his case. Macon Sun.
Land owners of Forest, build more hous
es. People desire to come here to livs an,
cannot find home in the town for Rem
and but few for sale. The yearly rent will
gives good interest on the money invested
Forest Register
A private letter to the senior editor O
this paper from Gen. Martin, president o.
the Natchez road says: "We are begininf
to see our way clear to finishing on to thu
Hlnds coutyl line at no distant period
We are carrying cotton from Martin tc
New Orleans for $1.50- --other freights il
proportion Raymond Gazette.
We learn that one day last week a colord
woman living near Laurence Station in
Newton County left her children at houe
and went off to be gone all day, sometime
during the day the house took fire and
burned down together with every thing in
it. The smallest child was so badly burn
ed that it died the next day. Forest Regis
ter.
On the night of the twentieth passenger
train on the Vicksburg and Meridian rail
road ran over and terribly mangled man
who was lying on the track The man run
over proved to be an Indian, and is sup
posed to have been murdered and laid on
the track, pool of blood was found
near the spot where he was run over
Vicksburg Commercial.
The board of supervisors, at their meeting
which commences Monday next, should au-
thcrize the appointment of three deputy
sheritfs to be stationed at the lower steam :
boat landing This locality has become
rendezvous for thieves, garoters and hard
citizens generally, and as the city police
have no authority to act outside the city
limits, it will be in order for the county to
appoint officers to protect life and prop
erty. Vicksburg Commercial.
scutfie over pistol and a shooting
scrape later in the day last Saturday, live
ly scene in Justice colrt Monday, an exhi>
bition of a shot gun and pistol at distance
of fifty yards apart on Tuesday, prayer
meeting Wednesday night and another row
Thursday morning resulting in the partially
scalping of negro, together with report
ed round or to two in the afternoon, and a
,tag dance last night at Bachelors Hail.
followed by a general serenade Is, we believe,
about all the amusement Chester has offord-
ID since our last issue. Can't we have
'ociable, or something to relieve the mo-
Recorder.
They have had visit fom Judge Lynch.
Il Jefferson county. From the Fayette
chronicle we learn that on Wednesday of
asst week, Mr.. Gus Cobb, Jr, was knocked
N the head and killed, in the Union Church
eighborhood, by a negro man named
ohm Graham. The negro was captured,
nd placed in the Fayette Jail for safe keep
ag. On Sunday night last, a party of
Unknown men, about a hundred strong,
anne into town, took charge of the sheriff,
OF possession of the keys, and took Gra-
am from the jail. The next morning his
ody was found hanging to the old pecan
zee on the Sellers place, about mile from
'wn. The coroner held an inquset, and
le jury's verdict was changed by unknown
arties, "-Natchez Democrat