The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-02-24
NOTES, NEWS AND NOTIONS.

At grand dinner given to Dorsey,
ex-carpet bag Senator from Arkansas
by prominent Republicans of New
York. "Our' Bruce figured as "the
Senator from Mississippi" The Lore
be praised, this farce will soon be ended
During the seven months ending with
the 31st of January, the Bureau of Sta
tistics reports that the United States
received "A, 839 emigrants from Canada
of whom it safe to say Mississippi got
not one. Reason. She makes no effort
to induce immigration.
The negro Methodist church in Col
umbus recently paid the fine of one OF
its officers who was in Jail for lumber
stealing The church trial found ode
''brudder not guilty, but wise him to
''be mo 'kerful in future when he goes
'tde hind lumber pile to fray he
'oughtenter never to do it, coping it be
''just afore day"
Over six millions of silver dollars
have been distributed from the New
Orleans mint in Mississippi, Louisiana,
and Texas during the business season.
Now is the time to press a bill through
Congress to deprive silver of its legal
tender functions. Such a bill would
be highly advantageous (to the gold
bugs of Wall street, as it would imme.
diately take a large sum out of the
pockets of the people who hold this
money Or the bill in another form,
providing that 4124 grains of silver to
the dollar is not "honest money!" and
requiring $50 grains to be minted here
after, will answer the same purpose.
In a recent trial in California,
in which the accused was charged
with numbering a woman, there was
two lady lawyers engaged; Mrs
Clara Foltz for the prosecution, and
Mrs. Laura De Force Gordon for the
defence.
There are thirty-eight States, eight
Territories, the District of Columbia,
and the Military Province of Alaska
under the United States.
The eight Territories are Arizona,
Dakota, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico,
Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
Four of the Territories have more
inhabitants than Nevada, viz Dakota,
135, 1870; Utah, 1905; New Next
co, lis, 430, and Washington, 1920.
OF these, the two first have over twice
as many.
Tue State ofDelaware has only 2,748
more inhabitants than the Territory of
Utah.
On the 18th inst Gen. Fl. Uhl, a
prominent New Yorker, killed himself
accidentally while cleaning a pistol. On |
the same day young railroad clerk in |
Chicago was showing his pistol to a |
friend, who was visiting him, when it
went off and the friend fell dead. The |
classes North, we are told, |
'wn no pistols or deadly weapons of any
lind this barbarious custom is confined
exclusively to the South.
The time draweth nigh when each
armer viii say to his neighbor we must
olant more corn, and less cotton, if we
lesire to prosper, A short while
hereafter he viii plant q third more
'otton, and third less corn, than he
lid last year, and think he fooleth his
leighbor who is doing the same thing.
The Southern people have been accus-
omed 70 regard the Northern Democrats as
heir friends. They are beginning to un-
erstand that they have been deceived.
ince the Democrats have had control Of
s0ngrem the South has received scarcely
pything New Orleans Times
When the Republicans had control
4 Congress the South received great
eal md she hns not forgotten IT.