Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-09-21
Mass Meeting.

At meeting of the people Of Claihornr
parish. held At the Conrt.honsc on Tues
+lay. the 10th Of september, for the pur
po-e of expressing the sentiments ufthr1
|Prorle OF the occasion If the death "f the
president. Allen Bark-,lalr, Esq. wa, on
Imuti"n Of Gen. Young, called toihc chair.
| be chair appointed The fnllnning commit
tee on resolutions, Ia wit: T. II. McClrn-
lion, II L Webb, J. W. McHrnry. ElbertI
I;try aud 7. Il. Meadows
On motion Of Judge g. 4 klllgore the
mrrting ndj"urnrd Till half past O'Clock
h. IN. to give the Committee al Rrsolu-
ti"ns an opportunity '"PrrParc resolutions.
Al the hour named the meeting rra-scm
| BLEED aud the Committee reported the fol !
lowing resolutions:
WHfKfts, We, the people If the parish|
If tlultniuc. III - n,rtlu. az Cotuol'n,c|
a>~,mhtrd At the Cuurt.h"n-- III the tow u,
ut Homer nu tins the @uih daN If Srptrm-
h-r. Auuu Douihi. Ill. aud Of the ludr-
I
and five; aud
Whereas. W. have just received with
ID, tp Irgrrt the sad tidugs of the death "
Iunr bcluVrd aud m"st nnllr President |
IGhNEEN JAMES, \. GARFIELD. which,
- great calamity took place AT L., O'Clock
y. m September 18th. Isl; and
Whereas, We. in common with the rrstl
f this great Nation. receive the t"uchlng
land pathetic intelligence with profound
.sympaihN aud the deepest feelings uf mel.
anch"lN; aud
Whereas, TIL" acts Of tho cuwathly al
-R-siu " h" ha- thus tuthir>-i, wiunght thlS
disaster upon our Nation, ARE condemned
| Nv III ~ the m">t hitter terms and trvlmg>
Therefore. h u
Rcsolrrd. That Nc recognize the loss aud
,ii>n.frr Sustained hy cur Nation IT. the u;t-
timely death -: - worthy a patriot AND
[aud sterling Executive - the iatr firsi !
dent, jaws \. G,KIitIp, ~ -r""d {"
uour that has ever hirrr bcfIll,n tins
{Rrpoblc.
Ecsolrcd. That We tender rur heartfelt
-ynrathicS ard sttcct, feelings at c"td"-
hence to the wifv aud children thus ,or,lN
t~r r.
Hsolrrd. That y copy of these resolutions
lac furnished the CltIlprur Guardian with
'taHt-t 10 PHbl>h.
J. w McHENRY,
ELRERF GRAY,
i l. NEBR.
TALBOT II MEADOWS.
T. II. McCLENnDN,
Committee.
After addresses by Gen. Young. John T.,
Hul>c, J. H. thaPprll, Judge Graham and
Rev. James l.. Thoruhcrry. the resolutions
submitted 10y the Committee were unani.
m"u>iy adopted. aud on motion the meet
Iug adjourned
ALLEN BARKSnALE, CLa'm.
J. r. MooEf, Sect.
District Court convened Monday morn
ing last. The Court appointed John II
IChapi~ll foreman of the Grand Jury and
the following grand Jurors we're drawn;
y. II. II. Tay Tor, Jas. H~-i, J. +. Aldtich,
a. X. Chngman, y. Il. Patiilo, J. :. Krn-
|hrick. II. J. Savers. II. +. Allen. John Mil
Der. A. +. Wilder, LIE. Camp, A. T. Nrlson,
w. J. Mercer, Nathaniel Gresham, {, L
firc. Judge Graham delivered att imrrrs,
eivr aud able charge TO the Grand Jury
District Attorney ALEU- B,rkSialc is on
baud, aud a. usual is prepared to make
The way Of the traasgressoE hard indeed.
Nr. A. ". Palmer, Of this parish, had the
misfortune la m.si with n scrions arri-
lent last week One Of his legs was brok-
IN and also one OF his arms both brok-i'
aud disiocsted. We do uot know enough,
about the particular. to give any detailed
Recount. The injuries wrrr occAsion-d by
Ills mules running a~av ~iih hu wagon:
the wounds are qaite painful. We trust
that MIR. Palmer may soon .eccver from
the eIccts of his serious and painful Acci-
dsr'