The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-01-17
News AND NOTES.

S+AAt - tNeAS VI AENs
Jane White (colored) sues d. l. Stafford
(white) for $1,000 damages for breach Of
promise in Boston. Plaintiffs age is 40, and
the defendants CO. White is sentimental
philanthropist, who carried the joke too far.
The National Board Of Health is advised
that during the last two months 5000 people
at Capetown, South Africa, have been at
tackled by the smallpox, and 24O0 have
died, All efforts to check the disease have
proved unavailing, owing to the opposition
of the negroes to vaccination
There is triangular fghtover the United
States Senatorship in Nebraska, with a
chance for Democrat or anti-monopolist.
Kansas, for the first time in its history,
has q Democratic Governor, Hon. George
w. Click.
The widow OF Chief Justice Hardin, of
Kentucky, has been found living in tum-
bledown Louisville rookery in actual want
II. & L. Silverman, merchants engaged in
business at Indian Bay, on White river, in
Arkansas, have been attached by their cred
itors.
The Democrats and Greenbackers Of the
Michigan Legislature held caucus last
week and after adopting the three quar-
ters rule, balloted for candidate for United
States Senator On the seventh ballot
Byron g. Stout of Pontiac, was nominated.
A young lady of IS, giving her name as
Mary Myers (assumedl and saying she re-
Gently ran away from her step-mother at
Beauregard, Miss, attempted to join the
Variety Theatre at Dallas, Texas, on the
11th. She was taken out of the house to a
hotel by policeman.
Mrs. Michael Corbett, of New York, pre-
sented three daughters to her husband on
Thursday night. This evening Mrs. CSrbett
introduced a reporter to the babies. The
trio were quietely sleeping in bed at the
left of their mother, who was looking well
and was quite conversational ''The doctor
says they are the healthiest and finest babies
he has ever seen," bestowing side glance
of admiration and affection upon the three.
'fhey weigh six pounds apiece"
A special from Lynchburg, Virginia, says:
At ball in Bedford county, young lady
named Idelle Read said to Scott Clayton,
who was calling figures, that he was not call.
ing correctly. He made some sharp re.
ponse, which was resented by one of Miss
| Raada1 admirara A rp,etaod 4 Pa,l.ada1o n,
words passed, and Barksdale drew a knife
sprang upon Clayton, severing the jugulal
vein and causing immediate death. The
scene in the ballroom was siekening, women
in fancy ball dresses tainted, falling into
pools of blood, and a regular melee followed
among the partisans of the two men. Barks.
dale escaped, and completed the tragedy
by shooting himself through the bowels, anC
died
The negro has been making himself fell
in Colorado. The place was Gunnison tn,
opportunity, a baby show for the benefit O
a church. 1t was an exhibition Of whit,
babies. A negro baby appeared at the show
in its mothers arms. Both baby and mother
were put out Of the hall by policeman
against the protests of a number of believers
in political and social equality, and bi,
row ensued.
South Carolina is crowding Georgia il
the cotton manufacturing race. Nine new
factories have just been chartered in thu
former State, with an aggregate capital o
$1,725,s00.
In FIVE years the sales of government land
in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana
and Mississippi have increased fourfold
The pine lands have been especially in dc
mand.
The Ohio House Of Representatives
which is two-thirds Republican adopted ,
resolution yesterday highly complimentary
to Senator George II. Pendleton for hi
efforts towards civil sefvice reform. "Gen
tleman George" has scored point
The Brooklyn Circuit Court has awarded
Miss Mary Alice Almont Livingston full
verdict of $4,000 against Henry Fleming
the wealthy oil merchant, who seduced he
under promise Of marriage.
The Illinois House passed resolution
declaring any officer of the statea in
egible to the United States Senate. I
was inteAded to choke off Gen. Cullom il
that direction, but he was nominated by til
Republican caucus all the same.
Owing to the smallpox epidemic in Bal
timore, Health Inspectors have been place,
at the depots at Washington, and passen
gers are closely scrutinized, while eac,
turnpike leading into the city is watched b
policemen.
At Wheeling, West Va, Mrs. Hettie Gun
ningham, widow, at noon to-day threw he
three-year-old boy from the suspension
bridge at Fairmount into the Mononghehel
river, a distance Of % feet, and then jumpe
in herself. Both were rescued after foa
ing over the dam below the bridge, and wit
/ difficulty resuscitated.
Atha Thomas, Of Williamson county, wa
! elected Treasurer Of Tennessee on the %
ballot He Ia a nrominant lavyer of Frank