The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-16
Local AND OTHER NOTES

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day. II
Mr.. A. Q. May, Sheriff of Simpson .
county, gave us pleasant call on Friday
last
Trade in fishing tackle is brisk and
the usual number Of fish stories are
atloat
Mrs. DIR. Ellis of Canton, is visiting
the family Of the Governor at the Exec
utive Mansion.
A member Of the Capital Literary
Club" wants to know what has become
of that institution
Mr.. Wesson, of the great lumber
firm Of Persons, Wesson & Co., Bogue
Chitto, was in the city Saturday.
Mrs. r. n. Miller Of Hazlchurst, a
fayoritc in Jackson society, is visiting
Mrs Gcn.J. A. Smith.
Mr. johnson of the Dur1nt News
was among the welcome callers on THE
CLARION yesterday.
We had the pleasure Of short chat
with our good friend, Mr.. w. o. VIII
kinson Of Crystal Springs last evening
lion. r.. II. Thompson, accompanied |
BY his handsome, manly and bright little |
son, Harvey, spent Friday and Saturday
in our city.
Capt. Fred Hcll, the distinguished |
attorney of Wc8t Point, ATTENDED court
in this city last week, and favored US
with call.
West jackson Fire Company, No, /,
has arranged for grand excursion to
Natchcz on Thursday, oath, inst; fare
for the round trip, $3.50.
Col. l.. y. Frost of the Little y
the great Railroad manager gave The
CLARION the light of his countcnancc
only for a moment yesterday,
-Mcssrs. Geo. Lemon, Lawrence Fra
giacomo, Sol. Dreyrus, wife and two
children will start for Europe next Sun
day night, to be absent during the sum
mcr.
Mr.. John Hart is making improve
ments of much needed kind, by adding
new front gallery to his handsome
brick building corner Pearl and Presi-
dent streets.
The city public schools will close on
Friday next, after a session OF eight
months. The teachers have been prompt
Iy paid, and there is small balance
to be carried over to next session.
We arc gratificd to note an agrcea-
BILE acquisition to Jackson society in the
persons of Mrs. r.. II. Henry and chill,
dren. They have taken the handsome
residence of Capt, Stevens, on Amite
street.
Mayor Mc(iill has had some much
needed work done in the city cemetery.
The rank weeds and small timberg growth
have been so chcctually cut away as to
afford an unobstructed view through the
entire enclosure. II required several
men for several weeks to do the work.
We sec in attendance on Supreme
Court this week, Mr.. Joseph Hirsh and
Hon. Martin Marshall, Of AVicksburg;
Col. Il. 0. Reynolds and Maj. Baxter
Mcfarland, of Aberdeen; Judge J. A.
Orr, of Columbus; Judge Shields, of
Natchcz; Hon. A. II. LONGING, of Brook
haven, and Hon. +. d. Pratt, of Canton.
The excursion of Hope Fire Com
pany to Natchcz last week was Il COM
plete success. The Company was very
hospitality entertained which is the |
Natchez style of doing things-and the
Company treasury was replenished to
the amount of $34l.00 as the net profit
of the trip.
A number Of white fremen went
down on the excursion train of Hope, |
No. 3, colored, on Wednesday. The
Natchez frcmen gave them cordial
welcome, prepared refreshments and
sleeping apartments for all who came,
and showed them around the city with
the genuine old time hospitality for which
Natchez is so famed.
The twin daughters Of our friend,
Mr.. II, Q. Bridges, of Summit, who sang
SO sweetly in the concert Wednesday
night, are models Of beauty, intelligence
and childish decorum. They are pic
lures the one of the other, and attract
attention everywhere by their charm of
manner and graceful bearing. They
are indeed little jewels.
The receipts of the Mite Society at
Fair Lawn Institute amounted to about
fifty dollars. The performances were
excellent. The ladies and gentlemen of
the Society deserve great credit. We
are delighted to learn that Mrs. Charles
Campbell, with others, is arranging for
splendid entertainment at the Opera
House.
MIR. w. B. Jones, of Madison Station
was one of the callers at THE CLARION
office Monday. The Yazoo and Missis-
sippi Valley Road passes through his
plantation, and have located depot
thereon and named it "Flora," in com
pliment, we believe, to his wife. Mr..
Jones is live farmer and keeps abreast
of the times.
The entertainment at the Opera
House, Wednesday night, for the benefit
of the cyclone sufferers was an occasion
of rare enjoyment. The musical feast
was spread without stint, and our best
amateur talent was placed at the dis
posal of the conductors of the enterprise.
Everybody came away highly delighted,
and the handsome sum of $l35 was real
lied for the cyclone sufferers,
AT the annual election Of Gem Fire
Company, the following were elected Of
iieers for the ensuing year: Foreman,
John McGill; LIST Assistant Foreman, j.
w Albrecht: "a Assistant Foreman II