The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-12-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Yellow fever Is assuming alarming pro-
portions in S4nto Domingo.
D. Hofheinsr 4 Son, elothiers, have failed
a. Norfolk. Va, in the sum Of s75,OO0.
Thomas J. Barger, prornineut l.~yer q
Philadelphia and er-City Solicitor. Is dead,
In Augusta, Ga, there are ten cotton
mills in operation, and another Is being
built.
J. Bancroft Davis, Of New York; has
been nominated to be Assistant Secretary
Of state.
Mr. yanderbiIt's wedding gift to his
daughter was $250,0OO in United States
government bonds
Miss Carrie Brainard has been engaged
as pastor Of the UniversaIist Church in
Leroy for another year.
The North Carolina Grange, lately in
session at Weldon, has adjourned to meet
next year at Rocky Mount.
The Southern Presbyterian Church has
gained in in cities FIVE years 10 per cent.
III '"S y o per cent
During recent heavy rainfall in Iowa,
the ground was found covered with tiny,
blood red, living creatures
Henry Lamar, of Muscatine, Iowa, will
be los years old if he lives until the 2Oth
of March. His health is excellent and his
spirits good.
A physician at Douds, Iowa, trusted bis
sense of taste in compromising a medicine,
and swallowed a fatal dose of gelsemium,
mistaking it for cocoa.
The widow of Emilede Girardin is said
to be dying from the abuse of morphine
She cannot sleep, and lies day and night on
a sofa praying for death.
The Rev. David Hill SAYS idolatry has
lost its hold on the minds of the Chinese,
but the worship Of ancestors has largely
taken its place. Thirty-million pounds are
said to be spent annually in this worship
Two farmers named James L. Payne and
John Blanck, of Caroline county, Md, had
a difficulty on Wednesday, in which the
latter was killed. Cause non-payment of
rent. They fought with clubs
Licenses to sell liquor in Nebraska are
hereafter to cost 81 900. There is a hot
and bitter contest over the law, and the
Liquor Union has raised considerable money
to contest its constitutionality and prevent
its enforcement.
The lynching of a young woman 10 years
Of age is the latest crime of the "Knights
Of the Switch in Indiana. The rufians
hanged her twice, but she was cut down
after they had thought she was dead, and
she is now close to death.
A boy at Columbus (ohio,) swallowed
20 feet of red ribbon, in order that he
might afterward pull it out of his mouth,
conjuror fashion, and astonish the family
The result did not, however, astonish the
family half so much as it did the boy.
The proprietors of all the hotels in St
Albans, VT, have agreed, rather than close
their bars, to suspend business until the
temperance movement is ended, and the
place is now without public accommoda
tions.
A writer in the Lancet strongly advo
Gates open carriages for doctors: San oper
vehicle enables the doctor to purify himself
even to his hair, after quitting each sicI
room, thus insuring safety not only tC
patients, but also to the members of hi
family"
Mabel Morley was compelled to attemp
her usual daily feat of walking tight rop,
to the pole of circus tent at Athens
Texas though she declared she was dizz,
: from illness. She fell and was killed
Somebody committed murder and ought t
be hung.