The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-25
SOUTHWEST KINDS ITEMS.
BY TALLAHAL-A.
UTICA, Miss, June %, 1879

UTICA, Miss, June %, 1879.
| Precinct meeting next Saturday, 2sth inst
/ Thermometer past few days %, and 9S once OF
/ twice before that.
| VIM Benton, Tax Assessor of Claiborne, was
here last Monday.
Some nice apples and peaches have been in
market here
There are, and have been, several children
seriously sick.
5 D. Currie, Esq, of Edwards, was here a
few days last week.
Growing crops continue very fine, and peo-
/ pie generally keep well up with their work
| Several of our citizens Will attend the com
mencement exercises at Clinton this week.
Ripe tomatoes and large cabbage heads have
been in use from our gardens week or more.
4 soda water fount now yields its delicious
beverage at drug store OF Dudley & Son.
Large crowd in town Saturday. and consider
able trade. The Masonic meeting that day was
largely attended.
Col J. d. Stewart, OF Jackson, candidate for
the Senate IN this district, has been visiting our
people He made a good impression.
Crossing places at ferries on Big Black are
almost impossible, from deep, soft mud at edge
of the stream each side.
several OF our Hel4hb8TS nave bcen very sue
eessful this year with poultry, and have more
young chickens than ever before. Some few
Others have lost all theirs by cholera disease.
ORGANISATIONS were in Vicksburg last week
and bought good -four at IS p per barrel; bacon,
So p per hundreds meal, s. - per barrel and
other groceries all very cheap for cash
4 child of }. B. Ross, Esq, died last Monday
night He was very sweet and a4eetonate
little boy OF near two years age, and l. about
the fifth Mr.. Ross has lost i'll the past six or
eight years.
There is TO be newspaper started at Ed
wards its politics and purpose are not vet pub
licly Known. 1t is understood, however, to be
some sort of a special organ to aid one or two
certain parties in getting elected to Office and to
defeat certain other candidates,
II is said good stout steamer Is building for
use on Big Black next winter and spring Much
of timber. snags, &c, are to be cut out and the
next boat the Willie Collins, is to run regular
ly from Halls Ferry and above down to various
points ON the Mississippi. Such an enterprise
ought to pay well and cheaper freights also.
Mad dogs appear occasionally. Several have
been killed about the places of Mr.. Lowry and
and others near Auburn. One was killed near
the residence of :. ID. Mimms Esq, here on Fri
day, 18th. Another mad dog went out from
Edwards and is perhaps yet at large. People
are preparing for a pretty general dog killing.
The lumber mills run by steam in this section
of the county, far know are, that Of Mrs.
Gibbs near Lebanon; Mrs. Bush near Auburn
and Mr.. kirkpatrick, just east OF Auburn 1t
is said Mr. kirkpatrick's mill has capacity for
grinding fifty bushels of corn an hour, and for
saving 10 600 feet of lumber day There are
several grist mills and gins near here, viz: at
places OF DIR. Low, j. b. Ross, f. A. CuTrie, T. I.
Hart, etc
Persons from here who have been building at
Martin, for the past two weeks say prospects
for pushing the Natchez road forward very
good. Mr. Fitzpatrick, the Superintendent, says
the money loan has been agreed on, or can be
closed at any time but some necessary details
are awaited Just now He thinks ten or twelve
miles of the road can be finished i'll this direc
ton By next winter, even if plan be not
cured to put the whole line to jackson on con
tract. 1t is affirmed the money can be had at
once for building the road, but whether on liv
ing terms is not stated.
Pine lumber and timber cannot be had CON
vicinity here. Mr. Kirkpatrick has a small body
of pine land near his mill, the only track per
haps in this parto of Kinds. The nearest mills
to for pine lumber two at Pine Bluff ten
or twelve miles South. Good heart lumber
there is $40 per thousand, $12 for choice lots,
IS for very common and mixed. Col. Patter
son at Martin has large extent Of timbered land
near the new town, and far, he allows all
persons building there to get sills boards, posts
&c. free. There many large tracts of pine
and other timber Martin, and one two
saw mills are about ready to start work from
five to eight miles west of the place.