The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-10-06


The rains of the past week dd greater
e damage 70 the crops than the entire previous
unfavOrable season. as tine crops were NOR.
advanced and greater amount or the sts-
. pie exposed. Worms have injured several
crops severely, though confined 10 a small
! number Of places, aud on some oil them 0nIt-
passing through field in a small belt.
! Charley Bickham, a gentleman Of color
who stood very high ia the estimation 1i
the opposite seN.oi his color, undertook ~
! demonstrate the feasibility OF tlIs MAN IN,
the woman IA question. whom he aIIeges
has on several occasions attempted 10 ALA
Mate his affections from those of his wiz.
by Knocking her ia the head with pius
, knot. At last accounts the woman was ir =
critical condition, and the perpetrator of
the vile deed had fed.
Brookhaven Ledger
Green b. Jordan, and John Stewart H.,
old and Respectable citizens. who lived "a
few miles southeast of Brookhaven. died b
short time ago They were the last of tbs
hTst settlers Of that neighborhood. having
lived close neighbOrs for over sixty wears
I They always voted the Democratic ticket.
/ The Lincoln county census shows tbattb,
oldest man IN the county is Shadriach Bowl
D "a
woman Is Jane Culver, colored. who lives rf
Nathaniel Watson's on the Homocbitfo
river. She has seen ninety-seven snmuers
There are 1896 white and lg4 colore3 ynter.
Cotton raised by white Labor g .23g bale. IL
black Labor z, 26S bales.
Columbus Index
The result of such a long continued
stretch or spell of clouds, rain. mist ami
close, damp atmosphere, will be found iu "a
ieartully diminished cotton crop notwith-
standing the delusion is being kept mn tbat
we are safe for six million bales Not only
has the cotton been injured, but eyerthiup
else perishable has been affected.
Brandon Republican
Circuit Court of Newton county ad-
Journed last Friday evening. The most
important case tried was that of the State
VS.. L. J. Harrison, charged with setting fire
to hls StoTe house in Hickory in March.
1878, 10 defraud the Mississippi Planters
insurance Company. IL will be recollected
that the fire was very destructive The
jury was out bat short time aud returned
a verdict of Not Guilty The State was
by Capt :. h. Watts District
pro ten. and Mai. w. T. powe,
and the defence by Messrs Keith Bolton
J, +, n. Huddleston Jr., and McCuno.
The crops on the hills in that county are
turning out better than WAS anticipated a
lew weeks since. The people seem 10 be
prosperous and thrifty compared with
ormer years
uka Mirror.
They came by railroad--on ioot-from
cherokee, Alabama, and their names were
\. Dowdy and Fannie Fitzpatrick. Bidding
Iehappe 70 all obstacles with tender emo-
ions burning in their bosoms they sought
he assistance Of Squire Seay in linking
heir youthful hearts into one common
estlny. The accommodating Squire soon
made them bone OF one bone and flesh of
ne flesh" and they went on their way
nth hopes of the future bright rs school
iris dreams, and countenances radieut
18th matrimonial bliss. This thrilling
loial event occurred last Tuesday evening
Ieridian Mercury
We hear that Judge Hamm, on Tuesday
forming, in Clarke county, sentenced tho
ldian, Willis Isaac, convicted ON Monday,
manslaughter, 10 twenty years i'm the
This murderer got off easy at
nat, The evidence was quite clear and
inclusive that he shot and killed his man
lthout cause or provOcatiou. But he was
runk yet not drunk enough not TO know
lat he had Committed "a terrible crime, for
e attempted 10 eVade ita consequences by
light, which is in law and common sense q
Of guilt superadded to the
Ositive direct testimony. When the Indian
as made to understand that he must go to
ne penitentiary, he broke out vehemently
gainst the sentence: ono penitentiaryl
Ie want to be hung. Take me to Eater
rise and hang me next Saturday"
berdeen Examiner
DR.. r. A. MINIS brought us in two beau.
full sweet potatoes on Monday morning,
lat weighed five and three quarter pounds.
hey were specimens from a patch about
ty feet square, from which he expects to
g about sixty bushels. We do not offer
ese beauties as champions, but merely a5
ecimens of the Monroe county sweet pO-
toe crop Of 1880,
Our franklin county queriest d. A. b.,
no wishes to know about Alfalfa, Lucer-
q, or French Clover, is informed from the
perience of our Mr.. d. r. May, that 10
ii only succeed on rich, deep soil in which
9 roots will penetrate eight or ten feet
It that Oh hard, pure clay sub-s0il, unless
Chilly fertilzed, it will not grow. We
We cultivated on the up-lands in Rankin
unity, in drills, whore il attained the pro-
rtiOns OF a bush or shrub, three to four
It high, The soil was rich and well sub
lied. Planted about ten pounds seed 10
e acre. On Mr.. Mays land here it proved
Times.
-enada New South.
Col n. Howard, who settled in this place
lOng its first inhabitants near fifty years
o, departed this life at Como, in this State,
Saturday last the 25th instant, and was
TERED with appropriate ceremonies, by the
Id Fellows, about four miles Northeast Of
is city, on the evening of Sunday last, i'm
2 presence Of & large and sorroW-stricken
embly. composed Of many ofour best citi-
IA from all walks Of life,
The cotton crop Of this and adjoining
lnties is thought to warrant the expecta-
n of about seventy-fve per cent, or three
rths, of the crop Of last year. Some es-
nate the shortage as even greater say one
rd eff Nor is the quality so good a.
usual.
About nine or ten O'Clock last Sunday