The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-06-16
rHE CITY.
Circuit Court couvens next month

Circuit Court convens next month.
According to the revised edition, it
as 'hot a. Hades."
| Corpus Christi services at the catholi
: church next Sunday.
!. There Is comparatively little sicknes
in our town at present.
Mrs. f. G. Barksdale Is on two week
/, visit to friends III Brandon.
Miss Maggie Hardy, OF New Orleans, i
visiting Miss Bessie Fearn. this city.
Proceedings Of Board of Mayor ane
Aldermen will be found on this page.
Miss Corinne Moore, of Vick-burg, j.
visiting the family of Dir. J. W. Beatty.
Mr.. George A. Bailey returned home
last week from the University Of Tennessee,
at Knoxville.
Everything i quiet as the grave at
police headquarters. The morals OF our city
are first class.
Mr. Andrew Wall j. at home for the
summer months from Cooper Institute,
Lauderdale county.
Mrs Yerger and Miss Florence Gerger
returned home Tuesday from a visit to
friends in Columbus.
The summer exodus Is likely to assume
gigantic proportions in the course Of the
next three or four weeks
The work Of putting Capitol street in
permanent good order will soon be com
menced. The foundation Is to b. Of brick
and gravel.
"A beautiful fountain has been lately
placed in the yard of the Deaf and Dumb In
stitute, making the appearance of the place
more attractive than ever.
The Peerless Jobber' is the name Of a
new steam press that We have recently
added to our job printing facilities. The
name seems to be well deserved.
Mississippi Commandery, No !. K. T,
has adjourned until the second Monday in
October, unless matters Of special interest
should require an earlier meeting.
Now that the beautiful moonlight
nights have gone, those long, nice drives
that were just to sweet for anything" will
have to be abandoned lis sad, but, alas.
its true.
Miss Ada Green returned home from
VIcksburg last Friday. She was accom-
panied by Misses Jennie Raworth and
Mabel Browne, who will remain her guests
several weeks.
Nothing has yet been heard from the
jail birds who made their escape from the .
prison last week, notwithstanding diligent .
efforts have been and are being made to
discover them.
Mr. Thos Palmer, one of Jackson's old
est and most honored citizens, left last
night for Colorado, where he goes in search
Of health and strength. He viii be absent
until next winter.
We had a pleasant call on Tuesday
from Mr. T. NJ. Henry, of Brookhaven. Mr..
Henry was on his way to West Station,
Miss, where he was married yesterday to
Miss Laura B. Pickens, of that place.
Major Barksdule IS absent from home
Columbus Female College and Col Power
is on visit to Oxford to witness the clos
ing of Union Female College of that place.
The Willing Hands Of the Presbyte-
rian Sabbath School will have an ice-cream
festival at the residence of Col. Power this
evening, from halfpast four to ten o'clock.
All who want to keep cool are invited to
give them a call
The examination Of pupils connected /
with Dr. Zealy's Seminary commences to-
day at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, and viii be continued
through tomorrow Parents of pupils and
the public are invited to attend. As there
are no graduates this year, there will be no
public exhibition.
1t is useless to disguise the fact that our
city is in a miserable sanitary condition,
and an easy prey to an epidemic or any kind
Of sickness Some OF the sewers running
through town are in great need of imme
date attention, and unless they receive it
soon. will be productive of bad results.
oh. for a piece of the cold wave that re-
Gently passed over Iowa and Illinois. Pieces {
Of hail as large As a oannon-ball and weigh ,
ing from one to two pounds fell This was
followed bv general freeze. We would like
10 divide with the people of that section ,
give them a little of our kind for some of I
theirs
Gem Fire Company No ?, of this city.
las shown its appreciation OF the many cour- :
estes extended to it by Mr. Geo. d. Law {
-ence. OF the V. & NJ. railroad, by eleeting
lim life honorary member ofthe company. :
This il creditable to the Gem, and high :
to Mr.. Lawrence, worthily CON ]
erred. :
Mr.. and Mrs. W. b. Jelks have the 1
of their many friends in the sad :
which has befallen them IN the {
oss of their infant son. Wilfred VI. The c
uneral took place yesterday, and was at
ended by a large concourse OF sorrowing
riends. +
-'the eclipse of the moon Saturday
light was one of the most beautiful sights .
We have ever witnessed Many Of our !.
itizens remained up to see it; while others :
p whose minds the great shower-of-stars
raud Wa still fresh, chose to retire early
n the evening rather than risk the posi-
ihty of another such disappointment.
"A runaway team on North NJ ain street a