The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-05-17
NEWS AND NOTES.

Bishop Green, of Mississippi, who hal
been presiding over a council Of the Episco
pal Church in Vicksburg, is 81 years old
and has been a preacher sixty-two years
He is now, and has been for thirteen year:
past, the Chancellor of the University of the
South, aud is the sole survivor of the ten
Southern Bishops who founded that institu
ton in 1860 His mental faculties are still
remarkably vigorous.
Governor Cullom announced to the IIli-
nois Legislature Saturday that be had ap-
proved and signed the apportionment bill,
and both houses adjourned sine die
The Ladies' Calhoun Monument Associa-
ton, Of South Carolina, have raised fund
of $4,000 toward erecting monument in
honor of John C. Calhoun.
There is talk of the nomination of Hon.
John Ellis, member of Congress from Lou
isiana, as an Independent candidate for Gov
ernor. 1t is believed if this were done he
would receive the support Of the Republi-
cans, and be elected.
A 3-year old baby on exhibition in Peters
burg, Va, weighs l4O pounds, and the In
dex-Appeal. which is an authority in such
matters, says that he is, moreover, a very
pretty little mountain of flesh, as clean as a
whistle and as fat as pig.
Mr. U. Marvin and wife of Stow, Ohio,
celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their
marriage on May Day. Their son, Judge
U. 5. Marvin, and their two daughters were
present, and also many of their 16 grand
children and L great-grand children.
General Grant breaks silence long enough
to characterize Whitelaw Reid, editor Of the
New York Tribune, as "a young man with
long hair and immense shirt-cuffs."
Danville, Ill.,, has Chinese citizen who
has an American wife and child. They
claim to have been married at Ottawa.
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt has secured the
former cook of the Baroness de Rothschild
at a salary of 81, 900 per annum-a sum far
in. advance of that received by the great ma
jority of preachers, not to mention editors.
It is said to be no uncommon thing nova
days for the swell aristocratic families of
New York to-pay their cooks $1,000 year
and upwards.
An Atchison, Kansas, special says an old
German farmer named Robert Bechter and
his wife, living near Leona, Kas., have had
a very unhappy life for the past few years,
and though eighty years old, had almost
daily quarrels Their son, Saturday, went
to town, and, on returning, found his father
dead and his mother dying from revolver
shots. The woman left letter. saying that
she had shot her husband because he intend
ed to dizinherit the son, and she preferred
that both should die in order that the son
might enjoy the property undisturbed
A number Of mills at Fall River Massa-
ehusetts, purchased through brokers consid-
erabIe cotton from a commission merchant
in Columbus. Miss. and named L. II. Green.
A portion OF the cotton arrived all right,
the remainder not coming to hand until
some time afler the drafts had been accept
ted. An investigation followed, and Mr..
Green proved to be the agent Of the White
Star transportation company, at Columbus,
and after sending part Of the cotton all
right, it IS said he took the bills Of ladingI
for the lading for the balance to bank in
Columbus and got the money on them.
The drafts we're forwarded here and paid Oh
presentation. Green fed. The loss to the
mills here is 100000. It IS understood
that the parties in Boston, Taunton and
Lawrence have been Fictimized in similar
manner. Its thought Green must have
realized considerable amount,