The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-30
STATE GLEANINGS.

Col. -. a. hOlmhn, IL nv
murder of DR.. W. Il. Lowry aiu ~
John Arnold, at Johnsonyille. iase > WI II
ter. has made application to Juus -.
T IT, for q writ of habeas corpus
,rh;ch has been granted. The appnca,
w., NV will he heard at Rolling Fork on
J Su not fixed. -vicksburg Commercial
We learn that young man named
T,allie. from Choctaw county visr5
reIat;yes in this county, was dfown e,
az Chowder Springs, on the river low
miles below here, last Ihurs'"y'
Columbus Index.
Past Asst Surgeon Henry Harvey v.
G n son of Mr.. Theophilus Harvey
81 Crawfordville, Miss, was IN towh
Lost week on brief visit. He mas IusS
raturned from two years cruise IN tlio
Mediterranean, on the steam snip "e'-
tvsburg. Macon Beacon
Opr friend Jim Latham tells the piY
oost snake story OF the season. ne
S;IIod thirteen rattlesnakes IN one uen
an his farm near this place one gay ,asy
week Who can beat it?-Walthali
Pioneer.
Mr. A. X. Shaifer informs us tna1
from n planting OF three bushels OF lrish h
,ototoes he has sold over two hundfee
Bushels this season, and, we can certi,
fv that thew were both very large anu
choice potatoes. -Reville'
I'M Christman, Esq, sent us, TINS
weak a panther's foot. He says the
nantber was killed by Geo. Lee, coior-
I'D on the 10th inst. The animal was
ei H, rfeet in length and very fat
Coahomian.
| co,ored man named Charley VIII
Hams living on Mrs. Porters place. was
hronoht in and lodged in jail last FRI,
day evening to await the result q
wounds inflicted upon another coloreu
man named Charley Dortch, living on
| the same place. Both parties, were
cropping on Mrs. Porters pi"'0
: Friars Point Gazette.
9 On Thursday night a young nun nun
. named Charles Henly living O few miles
: north of Cumberland, cut down tree
It for the purpose of catching mink tue
$ tree fell upon Henly killing MN ~, ,nt
; stantly. Henly was young man lus'
crown. and the son of highly respec'a
;; 6le parents.-Walthall Pioneer.
l. ,rbev have a curiosity on Hopsor
!, Bayou in the shape OF an ola men pa
d fridge, who has two little chickens 10.
lowing her. She takes as mnch inter
est in them as if they were young
cartridges. -Coahomian.
q We learn that preparatory to assum
ing the dignity OF Co-ad]ator Aic h
bishop of San Francisco, with the riell
o, Of succession. Rt. Rev. VIM. Henr
Elder, bishop of Natchez, has REIN
nnished the latter title, and assumed
~ fhot of Bishop of Avra IN pd'ti6us mn
~ deli,,m and Administrator OF the Dloces
" Of Natehez. Democrat.
When JudgeHamm held his last Com
in here he announced that all male citizen
n of the State of Mississippi and OF I'd
Tinted States over q years OF age, al
ny legally qualified as grand and pet
;npors. He considers the statute requll
ar inc them to be "house holders" to l
TX! unconstitutional. This was our o.
ed messed opinion before Judge HAM
~ announced his. County supervise,
J. and officers of the court should tai
un notice and govern themselves accof'
ingly.--Democrat-Star.
ler On Sunday evening Caleb King,
nv Enolishman, who was laborer on MI
,ot Portor's place, was killed by neg
MS named Charles Henderson, living
de the same place. 1t appears that !,
~. white men, King and Price, were Il
or- ing together. and Price being sick
Sunday night, King was attending
IN him. Henderson having spite agair
Price was waylaying him and sci
,ts King moving about with a lantel
~" oT Thought it was Price and fired on h
,en with fatal effect. He then made OIL a
it's coming up this way passed throu
, in town. Officers were put in his pursu
'er. and on Tuesday Scott and Henry N
sell caught up with him on the stu
place between Gordon's and Glenda
at,l and brought him here where he is nj
ode safely lodged in iail.-Friars Po
OBJ Gazette.
up One night last week, Mr.. W, Il. ID
mans horse broke his bride at Klal
es- rack, and was homeward bound WI
taken up by Peter Williams, colo
-, bow well known around Macon.
the turned him into Sol Massengale's
flee lot. without Soils knowledge, howeN
nor, and then went into the house to stay
q to night and!take the train in the mornl
on,o SO he said, but during the night sile
80 " stole away with the horse and s.
lilD' Bride. When the latter saw the he
'up- tracks and missed his bride, he y
ket. knowed that something was wron
Mr.. Holman soon came into possess
ling of these facts, and tracked Peter
pro- Columbus, where he was arrested
plat the horse recovered. Macon Beac
ven> Another little ARRAY was added s
will. day night to the already long list
plat crime which has stained the namt
our city in the past few months i
particulars of this affair we will state
49,; we heard it.
'oui A negro woman was standing on
1t at sidewalk in front of the grocery of n
J the Hill on Levee street. Culkin, wi
tate, man, came up to her and knocked
,ome down, whereupon negro man by
orr name of Henry Macon iiterfered an
few ticks passed between him
Culkin. Macon was knocked to
n.u ground, and Culkin started off up
N.Y. street: Macon arose and started
y Oh pursuit, and overlook him near
man National Hall, about ono square Fl
ssed. Mrs. Hills grocery. He made In
com. at Cnlkin with knife; Culkin threw
6pbt his arm as il to ward off the blow.
r,oh received the knife which cut a i
Tp CASH in his left arm. In all probal
Ane ty, if he had not thrown up his arm,
owen would have received a mortal won
1t was thought at one time that
would bleed to death before med
+ has assistance could be obtained
aud burg Herald.