The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-08-14
STATE NEW S.

| saving vi nay, "ihlc SIuSS Ol ulllcTtHt
kinds is so Standardization Beacon,
AS soon as the weather will admit
of 1t, u portion of the roof of the
Natchez Cotton Mills will be cut
away and the work of running up the
walls OF the third story will be begun.
Everything is now ready for the start
ing Of this work Natchcz Democrat.
We hear with pain that DR.. sgd
Kennedy's reason has tottered and
gone over. We sincerely hope that II
is merely a temporary alteration. a
friend has visited the State Asylum
to find medical treatment at that eX-
cellent Institution, but found diff
ficulty by reason Of non-resdence to
get him in.-Meridian Mercury.
"A plot was arranged Saturday night
by two prisoners confined in Jail to
overpower the deputy sherifls ON their
Sunday morning rounds. A third
prisoner in the same cell called up a
deputy at II or O'clock in thu night
and revealed the whole arrangement
Raymond Gazette.
this city of our friend, Gates Dibrell
who has been in Texas for some
months past. Gates is looking well
but says he was quite sick for several
weeks while he was gone. In his
opinion, neither Texas nor any other
country will compare favorably with
the Mississippi prairies, and he lis right.
-Okolona Messenger.
The Coroner. Mr.. J. w. McNamee,
informs US that on Sunday last, an
inquest was held over the body of II
negro child near Houston, and the
verdict of the jury was, "came to its
death by violence" The circumstan-
ces point to the mother of the child
as murderess, and she has or will be
arrested and held to answer for the
crime.-Okolona Messenger.
Adams county has the highest
salaried School Superintendent in the
State, his salary being 5000 per annum.
Kinds, Marshall and Washington
come next, salary 800 each then
CoahOma and Monroe, each $3.50. The
rest range from $500 down to $50, as
the annual pay of the Superinten-
dents of the several counties respec-
lively .-Natchez Democrat.
Mr.. J. c. Chappell, clerk of the
probate court of Warren county in
1866, did on the sixth day of February,
1869, issue to John Girard, colored,
license to marry Miss Louisa Thomas,
colOred and on the twenty-third day
of July 1880 Elder Wesley Miles
united this couple in the happy bonds
of matrimony, only eleven years hay
ing elapsed since John got his licence
to the time he married. He weighed
the subject weIl.-Vicksburg Com
mercial.
We hear that the worm is damaging
the cotton in some sections of this and
Monroe counties, and il is stated also,
that in some neighborhoods the black
rust is doing serious injury. On the
1st of this month the prospect for cot
ton was never better, but the planters
know it is not safe until this month
has passed, and much uneasiness is
felt among them, least some disaster
may befall the crop, and the indica-
tions are that their fears were not
without foundation. -Okolona Mess
enger.
We are panied to chronicle the death
of Mrs. Ann Naughton, one of the
most respected ladies and oldest resi-
dents of this city. Mrs. Naughton
died at 10 O'clock Sunday nigt in the
year of her age. A
good Christian, devoted mother and
faithful in the discharge of her every
duty, she has passed into the grave,
leaving memory precious for the
halo of good deeds that surround it.
Her funeral took place yesterday
from st. Paul's, Catholic Church, and
was quite largely ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
burg Herald.
Mr. VIM. Mccoy, who has just re-
turned from visit to Texas, reports
the crops from Corinth to Mempis
failure, from Memphis on through east
ern Texas they are tOlerably good in
some places, West of Brazos as far as
Austin they are very good. On the
train there were about six hundred eX-
from half dozen or more
different States, and vote was taken
of the crowd to see how the political
pulse stood, which resulted as follows:
Hancock 1898; Garfield "A; Weaver A.
PontotOc Democrat.
We regret to hear of the somewhat
sudden death of Mr.. John CaVelier, for
many years a resident of this city,
which occurred at the residence of
Mrs. Sellers to-day. The deceased
gentleman was perhaps not Familiarity
known to some of our citizens, but
when men were needed to go to the
front, John Cavelier was among the
first to shoulder his musket and go.
A gallant soldier throughout the entire
for freedom he came out of the
war, and resumed his old business in
the timber trade and died to-day, re-
GREETED by all who knew him.-Vicks-
burg Commercial
The people of Lawrence county tell
Of fast by an old man whose name
was Sutton, that ended twenty-five
laws sooner than DR.. Tanner from
There appears to be no
loubt of the facts of this case, as
here are perhaps half a dozen per-
IONS living in this place who are cog
liZant of them. Sutton attempted |
suicide, and the CHASTITY wounds he
Inflicted on himself were cured. He |
,ried second time to end his life, and |
vas again saved. Finally he deter
mined to starve himself to death, as
hat was a method which his friends |
,ould not succeed in thwarting. For |
fifteen days he resisted all appeals to
axe food, and at the end of that time
lied of starvation. He was an old |
nan, and left reputable family.
Both his son and grandson were in
urn frequently elected to the Office of
,heriff of Lawrence county.-Brook-
raven Ledger.
Elseweere we notice the snatching
# Mr.. w. A. Battaile's hat from his
read at Magnolia, as the north bound
rain was starting from that point.
IN Tuesday, with his customary
and vim, our young
riend repaired to Magnolia and soon
Dund Ike Carpenters father, (colored)
With the hat on his head claiming
hat it had been given TO his son by
itizen of the town, which ON investi-
.atiOn proved fallacy, and Ike, after
ue trial was committed in default Of
all to await trial at the approaching
erm of circuit court. We hope our
riend, manager Clark of the G. st.
:. & n. o. will prosecute the thief
igorously, as this has become fire.
uent occurrence on this and other
ines of railroad. Too much praise
annot be accorded Battale for ms