The weekly clarion., 1879-06-04

day but jury failed to agree, and it was eontir
ued to Saturday when jury decided j
favor of Burnett
We ike The name u Empire county fu'
nished Tor Kinds by sIsj Hsri'sr, Of tbs Gazsytr
! Hlnas i the ..E.s1p r. eauatsf with its a g
people, 100 voters, - townships, > towns o
so To ;, 600 inhabitants each, and 100000 acre
in cotton yielding A., 600 bales its banks schools
newspapers, energy and wealth and talent
Andy Matthews, white, who was in the Peni
tentiary for breaking IN Martins store here las
I winter, escaped from his guards on lnglesidt
plantation, Leiore county. April 1st The
Governor offers reward tor him and several
others. Matthews i Young and shrewd, lived
/ about here three or four years but came from
| about Louisville, KY, 50 said
Mr. =. u Baker. saddle and harness maker.
/ gave the deputy sheriff an adroit slip the other
( day and j. gone. The officer, Mr.. Millaney, Of
/ Raymond, had arrested Mr.. Baker some
warrant or court paper, when Baker asked To
I go into MImms store to get bondsmen. Milaney
allowed him Is 20 and followed, though not inn
mediately with behind him. Baker passed
! rapidly in and through the store, went cut at a
| back door jumped the Tot fence and escaped.
We learn that Gen. w I. Martin and the
railroad company, expect u build the Natchez,
jackson and Columbus Railroad Little
Bayou Pierre this summer, even If no money
arrangement be sooner made To finish the whole
line 70 Jackson. About three miles from Mar
Tin viii carry It over that stream Then the
new bridge to be built over Big Bayou Pierre
or the north prong, at Burtonton, viii afford
this section pretty good access TO the railroad
and To cheap and rapid shipments.
Cattle raising On large scale is entered into on
Big Black at Baidwins Terry Warren side,
by Polk Brothers, of Nickshurg. They have
now 500 head, and expect TO buy and raise many
more. The pastures, farms &c.. embrace 1000
acres much Of it Big Black bottom, and arrang-
ed in meadow and grass. They expect To sell
beef in the Nieksburg market, and 10 ship else
where. They are old business men of Nicks-
Hr 4 how 4
former Herbert place, and has one of the
largest and finest dwelling houses in our ceun-
try.
Judge c, ). North. of Natehez, is holding the
present term OF Claiborne Court in place of
Judge Chrisman. over one hundred witnesses
are summoned in the sander case, State
Braithwait Two murder eases are for trial in
each of which a thousand dollars lawyers fee i
paid by the defendant. One Of the eases is
against Col. Patton, OF Martin, charged with
killing negro, and Gen. W. I. Martin and pn-
other, counsel for defense. The other murder
ease charges a Mr. Cannon with killing MIR.
Martin of Port Gibson both highly respectable
citizens. Report came here Saturday that
Cannon was found guilty, and effort was making
for new trial or to modify the verdict.
In answer TO your Terry correspondent, the
tax assessment here is not yet complete. The
values offered are very likely about same as be
fore the railroad is delayed just now, and
not yet near enough to affect property. This
can be said, though that land owners here are
less inclined to sell since the railroad prospect
has been presented to them. There fewer
sellers and more buyers as the road gets nearer
more certain. This fact is realized by as
while actual prices have changed but little if
any. | know OF many who viii buy land and lots
just soon as it appears the railroad is TO come
and come speedily. We believe the road will
be built to jackson before great while, all
wishes efforts to the contrary notWlthStand-
ing But we are determined 10 have it to Utica
in one two wears, and our land viii be worth
double,
| must tell another snake story. Two gen
tIemen from here went 10 Cavuga on the same
day last week, and on the way each killed the
same snake dead very dead and left it the
road The first went along early in the morn
ing, and seeing huge snake across the road,
stopped, hitched his horse, got several rails,
logs rocks, &c. and beat and mashed said snake
till there no head nor body to the reptile
and not even sign of snake left. He rode on
and in hour two along came the other
man, also one of truthful and respectable
business men He found the aforesaid snake
across the road, with much timber, broken rails
&c around. The snake seemed to be recover
ing from some hurt or disability, and he at once
fell aboard OF it with poles, sticks, and such
weapons as completely bruised up the
snake breaking its body all TO pieces, leaving
it dead and scattered about the road Other
people passing later in the day all the other
signs, but part parcel of anything like n
snake So it appears the snake must have
covered life and strength and crawled away
Our Vicksburg and Meridian Road ought to
De part OF the great line from the W est dtll
South as ii is the shortest route, through the
cotton belt eastward to the Atlantic at BrunS-
wick, Savannah, Fernandina, and jacksonville.
Combination and effort should be made to finish
the line from Monroe west to Shreveport From
there the Texas and Pacific goes to Fort Worth,
and beyond, due west near 80 miles. The
Southern Pacific and California (owned by Cen
tral Pacific If Cal and Union Pacific is done
Fort Yuma, C.--.. MIA from san Francisco, 73l
miles of main line besides branches. And on
May 1st, one month ago, this Southern Pacific
Yuma to Maricopa in Arizona and Is being rap
idly built eastward. 1t is expected this road
will connect next winter at Tucson, Arizona,
with Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fee Railroad,
from the Mississippi River near Kansas City
now building mile day through eastern Col
orado and to go through New Mexico. Even
if Texas Pacific be pushed west to one or both
of these, would be better than to have di-
rect road to the Pacific from the South.