The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-05
VOLUME XIV.
NEWS AND NOTES.


A bill has paased the lower House Of
Congress, to pay for the use Of the orphan
asylum property at Natehez during the var.
The great California millionaires don't
run to family. Leland Stanford has but
one child, boy Of thirteen. Flood has
son, not a very satisfactory speeimeH, Of
twenty-five, and daughter, fine young
lady. Mrs Mackey has daughter, Miss
Bryant, by her first husband, and two sons,
who are yet boys, by Mr.. Mackey.
Miss Jesse Green, Of New Orleans, La,
daughter Of Protestant Episcopal parents,
embraced the Jewish faith, and was married
10 Mr. Isaac Feitel, Hebrew, in that city
recently. Shortly before herpublic declara-
ton Of her change Of faith they we're mar
ried by civil magistrate after it they
were united by the Jewish rabbi.
Ashland, the home Of Henry Clay, has
come back into the possession Of his family,
having been purchased few days ago by
Major Henry Clay Mcdowell, who married
the daughter Of Cols Henry Clay, of Buena
Vista fame, a granddaughter Of the states
man. Ashland, fifteen years ago, was pur-
chased by citizens Of Lexington, as a site
for an agricultural college, which proved
an unsuccessful project.
Missouri has a law forbidding the manu-
facture or sale in that State 81 bogus tutter,
nomatttr whether represente1 70 be genuine
OF not.
The Athens factory pays dividend Of l2l
per cent, besides a sinking fund to purchase
new machinery when needed.
A school for training shepherds has been
established in Algeria. The pupils are in
structed in all that effects the breeding and
rearing Of sheep.
Newbcrn, n c., has a eaunery with ca
pacity Of 5000 cans per day. 1t is now
canning berries and will soon can peaches
also, vegetables and oysters in season.
a saloon keeper named Smith shot and
killed his wife in Chico, California, on the
29th inst. lie was soon afterwards captured
when it was found that he had swallowed
poison. A physician was called; bat it was
expected that if his efforts proved success
ful Smith would be lynched. The cause OF
the tragedy was domestic trouble
An Italian laborer was stoned to death by
a gang Of ruilans at Catskill New York.
The Democratic State Convention Of Cal
iiornia has nominated John Daggett for
Lieutenant Governor. J. r, Glasscoek, of
Alameda, and c. A. Sumner, Of San Fran
cisco, we're nominated for Congressmen-at-
large General Rosecrans was nominated
by acclamation for Congressman from the
First District. The other Congressional
nominations were James II. Budd, Second
District; Barclay Healy, Third District,
and p. ID. Tuley, Fourth District The
State ticket was completed by the nomina-
tion Of G.. =. Dunn, ex-Auditor Of San
Francisco, for Comptroller Thomas l..
Thompson, of Sonora, for Secretary Of
State Mr.. Baldwin, of San joaquin, for
Attorney General Prof. w. d. Wicker, ol
Alameda, for superintendent OF Public In
struction J. w. Mccarthy, of stanislaus,
for Clerk of the Supreme Court, and Mr.
Wiley, of San Diego, for Surveyor General
The latest snake story from Georgia is
thus told by the Rome Bulletin. "The
other day a certain young lady in Rome
started out shopping. While putting on
her hat she thought it felt rather heavy
but not noticing anything put it on her
head. On her return she asked her sister
to take OF her hat, that she thought some
thing was on it. Her sister took off her lat
and while doing so came near being bitter
by a snake. The lady had worn the snake
around with her all the time, unconscious
of its presence"