The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-01-24
NEWS AND NOTES.

and county for having been grossly negli
gent Of their duties, in that they did not
take proper sanitary precautions previous
to the introduction Of yellow-feyer into PEN
sacola in 1882 "
ST. LoUIs.-Miss Zeralda Garrison, who
fell into the hands Of the mashsrs and was
reported to be abducted, has been taken
East by her uncle, G. L. Garrison, by advice
Of the family physicians, to be placed in an
asylum for treatment for nervous disease.
A card signed by Drs G. S. Walker and G.
w Stevens will be published in this after
Moons Post Dispatch, in which they state
that q full examination Of her meatal con-
dition showed that the Young lady was de-
ficient in the development Of her mental
faculties to such an extent as to make her
irresponsible at times for her actions. Ir
regularities Unnatural functions, well known
to the family physicians, easily account for
this With regard to her physical con-
dition, an examination warranted the con-
clusion that she was not subjected to any
physical violation during the time of her
disappearance.
At st. Helena, CAL, J. O'Rourke shot and
fatally ounded his wife. M
At Pittsfeld Mass, Joseph Butler, mar
ried and 27 years old, plead guilty to the
charge Of raping his niece, aged II, and in
tent to rape two others, aged seven and
eight He was sent to the State prison for
life.
At Trenton, N. j., Rev. John D. Miller,
! in opening the proceedings Of the House,
prayed that no member might be forced to
explain to an inquisitive constituency when
he returned home how, having come to
Trenton poor, he went back rich on a salary
l of $500 for the legislative session.
Governor Ludlow, Of New Jersey, wants
: the railroads of that State to pay 100000
! more taxes, and suggests legislation for that
$ purpose. He says the taxes on private
; property and on the railroads are unequal
Col. Greenburg L. Fort, ex.Congressman,
z died in Lacon, Illinois, last week, after Q
short illness
g The Lower House Of the Missouri Legis
8 lature contains forty attorneys and fourteen
editors.
Women stenographers Of the highes
"a clnaa cor mand and receive salaries Of $l0N
; year and upwards, when employed il
! large establishments.
IS In corn-raising contest near Rome, Ga.
3 five young men took part. The winner o
: the prize raised thirty-seven bushels ant
seven ounces on half acre.
! Maj. Campbell Wallace, one Of the mem
% bers Of the Georgia Railroad Commission
es celebrated recently the seventy.seventh an
It. niversary of his birth. He has an extends
experience in railroad affairs as Superin
tendent and President and is now ban
o. President at Atlanta, as well as Rai!roa
Commissioner--in all positions commandin
ID respect and confidence.
K Contrary to reports trac6laying on th
" Southern Pacific Railroad in Texas, is nj
yet completed. A gap of $500 feet remain
to be closed. Construction is impeded b
the unfriendly nature Of the ground
hit Kitty Marsh, the Vermont girl who ra
n away with a mulatto, has been found wit
vs. him in a small village in New York Stat
- - and reluctantly consented to return hom
re A meeting Of colored men in North Care
lima has been held to inaugurate the fir
railroad enterprise ever started exclusivel
by men Of that class. Several thousand do
lars were subscribed. The projected roO
en- is to run from Wilmington into the easter
as counties of North Carolina.
au News comes of the death Of Mrs. Emn
,st Stillwell, the confessed Ohio murderess
'at so many.of her relatives. Up to the last 81
he maintained the truth of her confession.
nix The first cargo Of corn in bulk shipped
yIn Europe from Savannah, Ga, was loaded
~ the 18th.
to Congressman Hammond, of Georgia, viii
,ot at home for the Christmas holidays, said
M friend II am hardly as sanguine Of
m Democratic victory in 1884 as most of n
ne party colleagues are. You see, while t
..'Ss Republicans lost great many votes in t
Fall elections, we did not gain them.
carried New York by an overwhelming m
iority, not because we recruited our part
RE but because something like $50 900, M
York Republicans didn't vote"
an Fifteen matrimonial associations in Lou
on lana and Mississippi have been declar
on fraudulent by the Post Office DEPARTING
nd Bishop Joseph c. Talbot, Of the Epis
re- pal Diocese Of Indiana, died at Indianal
ure lis, on the 18th of paralysis, aged 65.
lies At shelbyville, Ind, divorced coup
ald tired Of going II alone have become m
an an and wife again.
Ier- Gen. W. G. Pendleton, chief Of the ar
pie. lery army in Northern Virginia in the Il
-ty, war, is dead.
No Prof. Mitchell, before the MississiI
Wy river committee, expressed the opinion Il
when the Mississippi Improvement is C
80. nletad under the present plan, a chan