The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-07
OVER THE STATE.

q Stannel0, daughter OF the late Ut. anu 9dr
John NJ. and Bette Stewart, in the q
i year of her age.
81 Capt. A. T. Wimberly, of Cofeeville, LEI
: Monday evening last for Washington CITY
. to be gone month or so.
] The Sweet sweepers have arrived a
: Canton.
On Thursday evening information va
: received at Aberdeen that nameless out
rage had been attempted upon the person
of the daughter of respected citi
! zen, little child barely seven years o
age. Inquiry soon developed the fact tina
the fend was negro, George Beckett b!
name Through the efforts of the officer
the wretch was arrested after resistance
during which he received a pistol-sho
wound, and was safely lodged in Jail anC
then hung.
The WestviIIe News says that Mr.. F. P
Howell happened to the serious misfortune
of getting one of his legs broken. Himsel
and Sheriff May had started beyond Strong
river, in buggy, and had got about two
miles from town, when the horse became
frightened from some cause and started tc
run Mr. May succeeded in dismounting
uninjured, but Mr. Howell got ne of his
legs fractured just above the ankle. He is
under the treatment of DR.. McCallum.
The News says that the Rev. ]. Gilbert,
of Mt. Olive, has abandoned his place and
removed to Gallman, Miss. His plantation
was so torn up by the recent hurricane as
to place it almost hopelessly beyond repair.
The Greenwood Flag says that Col D. A.
Outlaw has removed with his family to the
Gulf coast, where they will make their
future home.
The 3enatobia Express says that Lt.GoV.
Stands has returned home from Nashville
He is in improved health.
The Express says that Longtown, Pamela
county, is soon to lose one of her best citi-
zens in the person of DR.. H. A Moody,
who has sold his home with the intention of
moving to Florida.
The Examiner says that Col. Lamar has
resigned the appointment as one of the
West Point visitors, on account of the pro-
tracted illness of his wife which necessitates
his constant presence at her bed side.
The Wesson Herald is glad to learn that
Col. Ben. King is not as sick as we reported
in recent issue. He is now at the resi-
dence of his son-in-law, DR.. J. A. Rowan,
in Lawrence county, and is said to be i'm
proving fast
The editor OF the Ripley Sentinel has
recently travelled over considerable por-
ton of the agricultural districts of Tippah
and Benton counties, and says that the crop
outlook is very unfavorable. Wheat is
in the MAN. Oats are almost
failure especially the late varieties. Corn is
far from what it ought to be. Cotton looks
more hopeless than he ever saw it.
The Crystal Springs Monitor says that
Mrs. Catchings, most estimable lady, died
at the residence of her brother, DR.. Smith,
on Tuesday night.
The Yazoo Sentinel says that Mrs. Emil
line Harris, resident of this county for
about thirty years, died at the residence of
her daughter Mrs. D. Bunch, in Benton, on
Sunday morning last, at about one o'clock.
Her death was very sudden one. Up to
late Saturday evening she was apparently
in good health During the night she was
seized with violent coughing, and died in a
short time thereafter. She was the widow
Of the late Robt. Harris, Esq, and devout
member of the Baptist church. Her remains
we're buried in the Yazoo City Cemetary
Monday.
Favre-Died at Pennington, Mississippi,
Of pneumonia, ON April 9, 1882, Onezan
Favre, aged 40 years. Like Christian he
met the King Of Terrors as he had the foe
upon the field of battle, unfinchingly and
without fear. Commencing his wife and
little ones to the care of his brothers, and
his spirit to the God which
gave it birth, he calmly and peacefully
passed away.
The Greenville Mississippian says that
Messrs. B. B. Gordon, A. X. Parker, N. ].
r. P Cuban, T. J. Willis, R.
B. Mason, of Virginia, and Mr.. E. N. Rails
IN, of Grenada, composing the engineer
,orps employed by the G. P. r. R. Co., has
cached Greenville. They intend making
! survey of the proposed route between
5reenville and Egypt Ridge.
The Bonneville Pleader mentions hor
.ible murder of an elderly lady in Prem tiss {
county. 1t says that Miss Serena J. Ben
on, a most worthy and respectable maiden
ady, some sixty years of age, was brutally
md foully murdered last Thursday morning (
n the broad light of day, So me twenty-five
'teps from the public road, five miles west
If Bonneville. Miss Benton has been liV-
ng in that part of the State for over forty
Years. She formerly taught school, sup :
ported herself and with the proceeds of her
abor, bought her farm upon which she
vas living, with her tenants, at the time of
ler death. She was murdered while on a
Tisit to some neighbors. Morgan Hamilton,
negro, is in Jail as being implicated in the
murder. The evidence is not yet made
public.
The Starkville Citizen says that Mr..
Toby Johnston, of Columbus, made his c
maiden speech to an OktibAha jury, Mon
lay. in the Matthews-Quinn case. Mr.. t
is young man of extraordinary
bility, and his speech was highly: though {
complimented. z
The Brandon Republican says that Capt.
v. P. Maxey and wife left last Tuesday t
light for New York and Chicago, and thatft
hey viii probably make one of those cities
heir future home, but wherever they may I
ecide to stop, the Republican wishes them
he very best Of prosperity.
Friars Point Gazette: sixteen prison
rs in our county jail, three of whom are
reachers, are now holding a protracted s