The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-11-08
STATE GLEANINGS.

A difficulty occurred at Vaughn
De- Station on Saturday night between
dge Two colored men, Jim Peyton and Jerr,
our hoDerson in which tho former shot the
rod later dead with pistol. Peyton madc
Mail " - o N''''''"
Some eleven to twelve hundred bales
lta- OF cotton bought here yesterday by
,er, brokers' on act of spinners, Chiefly
thfou8h the firm of the Messrs Gravs
VI THESE l5O from Enterprise, 100 from
tuscaloosa and 100 from Livingston.
DIG MERIDIAN is gay little cotton market.
CO. TOR fact. Meridian Mercury.
'n- We were pleased to meet on Tuesday
81 IN our office, Mr.. e, s. Wilson, who is
an travelling IN the interest of the Jackson
COMET. We commend Mr.. Wilson TO
the courtesy and kindness of our ueo-
pie, and can say with truthfuness, that
he represents one of the very best
O. papers III the State. -ReveiIle
g. Last Saturday and Sunday Bishop
H. Quintard preached some excellent SER
1t mons, one on the ''Rite of Confrma-
in ton IN the church of the Nativity" to
m largo and interested congregations.
- He is one of the first pulpit orators in
the South, and aside from this is a
1t most logical and convincing speaker
lie Mississippi Times.
- The sound of the hammer is heard at
II the camp ground. The work of repair
} ing the damage done by the tornado |
II has commenced, and that part of the
Il tabernacle destroyed by the storm is
, nearly replaced The work is being
= done under the supervision of Mr..
Motley, of New Orleans After the
completion Of the improvements in
) tended the rounds will be in q better
condition tlan ever before Democrat
| Star.
Near Il '2nzi on Monday last a load
OF buck sat- was fired at James Carter.
Englnepr 1t the Passenger train, and a
few of Nc sr,tl took effect in his arm,
A boy So OF -Lr. Bayard, was arrested
on Wei s>.ay charged with the deed. !
but we llaye not learned the result of !
tho Investigation which was set for /
Thursday. -Corinth Herald. :
We learn that a pistol shooting &C. f
CURED at Quitman, last Monday, be- h
tween Mr.. G. Etheri3Yy ..., Ts.lS Fair -
child, Jr. The parties Tcr. III yJr, e
close reach of each other and though "
several shots were fired no harm was y
done except slight wound Mr.. Etho- il
ridge received in the arm. The case OF
was heard before the Justice-Col Col Il
Inns defending-and the parties fined al
for an atfray, that being the most that 81
could be made of the evidence. Mis- be
sissippi Messenger. be
On Friday afternoon, Oct oath, III, III
while little Ionic Kemp, aged about 4 W. W.
years, second son of Mr., G.. r. KEMP Ii
was at play with several other children W., M
at the lumber yard of Mr.. r. Ell. Hoff- nv
man, very near his parents residence on
Union street, large pile of plank,
some 5000 feet, toppled over and fell
upon the little fellow, crushing and od
his body terribly, and killing as
him almost instantly. His elder bro. ito
Their aged six years was also badly do;
Mail. ma
One of the most painful accidents, W., =" =
in death, that it has been our fl
luty to record in some time, happened wi,
asst Saturday, tho %, at West Pasca- ma
youla, the victim being Fernando Gau- hin
ier aged Is years and months, son of foo
Mr. E. Gautier, proprietor of the mills rol
vt the West Side.-Democrat-Star. kit
DR.. Rawls and J. B. Coleman brought i 5n,
he8lo n1!n W 1o"1' one aay thlS ODE
implicated in crime in Madison county. wiz
10 was arrested by the above named woI
artles near Conway, and upon being wild
rrested admitted that he had just run to
way from Scott because of having way
nocked man down with an axe, near can
lorton. He is at present lodged in Nov
Ill at this place. Carthagenian. dis
On last Sunday morning q little two i 41ri
ear old son Of Mr.. Harmon Blood t 1tt,l
orth, found n pistol, where it had W."
cen deposited in the house by some dre9
ember of the family, and ran to his who
Their exclalming I'm going to shoot bod,
III" and fired before he could speak fam.
he pistol had two balls i'll it, one en- deaf
ring Mr.. BIS right leg just above the cat {
lee, and the other his left groin, sign
nging downward. Physicians pro- to h
'uce his wounds not dangerous itch.
llahatchie Sentinel. rates
On last Wednesday afternoon a l%t ~,
rious shooting affair occurred between J !! T'
/. Raynor Whitfield and Mr.. Newman o 9,,, :,
'rn in which the former was wounded find
the mouth and hip. Pistols were draw
ed in the reGounter, which came off tell ,
Front street between the grocery tlreal
res of Messrs. Cunningham and doan
rroum. We refrain from giving him,
ther particulars as the matter will
1btless undergo legal investigation, ,
| we are not well acquainted with
facts which caused the fight.
IATER.-Since writing the above we r,o,,
IN that Mr.. Whitfield died on Thurs The N
morning at oclocK'-Corlnth for, as
raid. don't ,
esterday evening Mrs. Thomas Gar Every
/, who lives about three miles below Dalcc
n gave her little child, aged about entities
zen, months a fatal dose of NOR a ay,3 Is Is
ne by mistake, supposing it to be fIa,,@n
nine. The little one went on at ebiaf
: for n while and fell to sleep ut MI h.
ut the usual hour and was put to his f,c
In an hour or two its parents ton TO,
rived its heavy breathing. and then, meuts
ley recalled the recollection of the hand o,
icine, a knowledge of its fatal answer
acter flashed upon their minds, and her eye
lessenger was dispatced for Dir. inc rear
derson; but all IN vain; the dreadful ~ -
On had accomplished its work, and s''e gen gen.
t l o'clock at night the little one - .I
thed its last.-Valley Flag. e l,y,
Thursday of last week DR.. Whar- the gent
was Scalled to see a child of Finn ishment
ans, tcolored), who had spasms ious ges
Examination the doctor decided that palms o
hid had been poisoned, and on any you
citing the medicine given by the Partioul,
er, found it to be strichnyne in HeLs'.,l-'
of quinine; The child, aged t Nv ~, J y~
six years, died, and at the in s .iiy i,''."
, the poison was traced from one ceeds
10 another until 1t seemed to have interestir
first found In the late residence of Lovemak
red family who had yellow fever, is freque
ear. The poison was in the pc way, and
vial in which it is originally pur- papa is il
/. but tLera is no evidence or the wh0ls
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