The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-05
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They are building a Eise fencs along the
line Of the Canadisn river in Texas which
5 to BE- 200 miles long.
The annual sun-d4nce Of the PoBcA In
dams is described As having . considerably
civilized aspect this year. There we're
blankets instead Of buEalo robes, paints
from a drug store instead Of dyes from
herbs. ropes insteado Of raw-hide stripes, and
glass beads in place Of wampum. The
savage character ofthe ceremony continued,
however, unchanged. the principal rite
consisting Of decorating the flesh in various
ways
Peter Cooper, the venerable Greenback
apostle, Is 81 years Old, hale and hearty.
1t is estimated that not les than $50
persons were killed during the recent tor
nadoes II Kansas, Missouri, love, Nebraska,
Dakota, and Minnesota, and that the total
amount Of property destroyed viii exceed
three and a half millions.
Mr.. Tulane, who recently gave 500 600
for the foundation Of a University in New
Orleans, IS a Northern man, who rode into
the Crescent City more than half a century
ago in search Of a modest business opening.
He found what be was looking for and re-
tired with a fortune soon alter the late
civil war began.
Al a meeting of striking workmen held
in Pittsburg. Pa, it was resolved to hold q
convention and nominate independent labor
candidates for Congress.
Another disastrous cyclone has visited
J the West, causing considerable loss Of hu
man life and great damage to property. A
destructive cyclone passed over Indianap
| oils, destroying much property and killing
! three persons.
q The Ohio Distillers and Liquor-Dealers
4 Association has resolved to vote for no mar
for any Office whatever at the coming fal
election, no matter what his party, unles
he commits himself against unfriendly leg
l~islation on the liquor question.
The South Carolina Legislature is in ez
ira session, pursuant to call of the Governor
to re-diSriet the State. The Governor
y message, which was very brief, was reaC
Resolutions bearing on the election an
registration laws have been introduced.
Henry L. Koft, of Cincinnati, shot b
wife Sarah and daughter Nettie, aged L
u and Immediately afterwards shot himsel
- Ill., a1.,-rs.aI 2ha o,4sra f,1,sI-
he Near Columbia, Tenn, two childre
of found an apple in a field, ate it and died
of a few minutes. 1t had been poisoned to ki
IF birds.
/: jackson county, Ga, is the only place
the South where clay fit for jug making
il found. Two factories are run in the count
Or and the jugs are all made by hand.
IF ONO has one-ffteenth of the 100000
RS school age children Of the country, but
We this million only 47c,279 attend the cor
OF mon schools daily, and, as it is hardly pr
bable that the remaining 523, 721 are all
be private schools, It appears that more thi
in half of the school age children must be d
Ii Ii prived of school privileges by being set
nd work at an early age, or are in idleness.
re, The Massachusetts Legislature, at the
cent session, passed a bill permitting WON
to practice law in the State. Last we
,al Miss Leila Robinson was examined a
p, duly authorized to practice.
ed Maine, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kans
m. California, North Carolina, Georgia a
lu- Arkansas will each elect one or more CO
i gressmen at large this year.