The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-06
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y. SCOTT HELD FOR MURDEU
sew YORK, Jan "A special from IA.
Poieou, ono states that Squire Pevton Be-
! !Iie "nom exGov. Scott was examine on
,,o,,,.'5 ~ OF killing young DTury pro
~ - 'he deed murder in the first deEe
""u '0o'' was taken to Defiance Jail.
THE CENSUS.
"AsHINGToS, Jan. 1. The Censns ofi,e
nas neally completed the first count M the
topui"'l"h oi the United States. which
Inv Ilo"s AL aggregate of nearly ihy.oue mil
EAk-sPLifIiNG wHfrTAKEE A,,orHrR
CHANCE
AsHiNGToN. Jan. Tin p-,.;l.,,t
alter a long aud careful c.p-iI.-.ti-,,, 49,
at last decided to grant Cadet NVL;tt.torrs
request LOT tuA 10y court martial. Tbis
y q .e''SAel AZ the Cabinet meeting
1850 u"N ouy was kept secret until TODAY.
nc ooaiU NIi 9e appointed hy the Presi-
ueht IN lew days. Nothing i. known IA
yet AS to ITS composition
DESPERATE FIgHr BErwrFy A WHITE
- 49, y NEGRO ASY-rwO
NEGROES KILLED AND SEVERAL yror-Np-
ED.
FORTRESS NoNRuE, Va. Jam IA
Iistul oA4ce otcutfet ou FRIDAY evening al
omllhNiiir, h'leeu miles west uf here. be-
tween Whltc mad named Dunn and 10 party
OF coiorei men who Aad MOI to .r .,,,l,.. "a
military company. One ot tHs MON ,tp rlt
Dunn 10y the whisAtgs aud slammed his t.,l,
whereupou he drew .f.-I'.-r.l,i ,,5.toi
and Killed the negro. Dunn Cham IAN into
a store and loaded hl, pistol. when 4 crowd
headed by Dan Cook, with a drawn sword
attacked him he shot Cook desJ i'm MS
tracks, after which he seized n bntehcr
KNIFE ana cut ms way uat One man,
named I'D; Drew, was badly cut in the aJl,.
dOmen and will probably die. ,yhiIa nrba-s
were more or less injured. Dunn gave
himself up and is now iu jail az Williams,
burg.
IMPORTATION or SPECIE.
NEW YORK, Jan 1.-The ..esr.g;.
France, from Europe, brought SII2 sOu0 Inn
French coin 't
MORE LYNCHING NFEDru-r,fl. .,
LITTLE GIRL By A MICRO.
LITTLE Rock, Jan. "a aosr, r,nsl
slX-year old child this afternoon. Ht v',s
arrested ana Wlll be tried 90 morrow
CoLoRED ENoDUsrERs TRYING rosI-r rtrFl
TO THEIR OLD HuAu-
WASHINGroN, Jan. Some ty,cIve ID
fifteen cplored people arrived Hgre ta.dav
from Indiana IN "A destitute .rIuIitioff
Having mo- money The rairulu, refused AZ
carry them any further. and they ar,. heinz
cared for toy some charitable pOorIe. They
suffered severely from want Iu lae-e bitter
cold days. They are, OF course. portion
OF the exodus tide which pa-..thlougf.
here en- route TO Indiana from Nuh Caro-
lima last summer. The oldest ian iu the
party said teryeutiy to-day chat s.vishcd
10 the Lord that he had never leHAis COM
Portable home iu die south
PROMINENT APPLICANTS Font-ua.wooba
SUCCESSOR; JUDGE -nrEALL. A1eNe hV
NUMBER.
WAsHINGToN, Jan. 5-'The 'rr-idept
has not yet selected q successor Id, judge
Woods rs United states Circuit judge for
the 9th Judicial Circuit Th, moro promi-
neut applicants who are being pressed bv
their friends for the position are Samuel n
kice, OF Montgomery, Alabama; ~. d.
Slmrall, OF Mississippi and Judge Se,tlo of
Florida.
ASTOUNDING ACQuurAI OF "A MONSTER
MURDERER
Special Telegram 20 the g. O. Times.
JEFFERSON, TEXAS, Jan. 5.-Abe Ro,hs
child, hitherto charged with one OF thg most
infamous and devilish crimes, the murder
OF the beautiful and lrail Bessie Moore, has
been acquitted as was expected ana n- your
pondent forcshudowcd some time ago.
Acting District Attorney G.. T. Todd madV