The Hazlehurst signal., 1884-01-31

lOt Sueriu.
The Senate has rejected the Mex
lean treaty.
Texas is said to be the wsalthiest
Southern State.
Ex-senator Longino is reported -
still improving.
Simon Bonner will DO hung a,
Port Gibson tomorrow.
The Minnesota Penitontiary burn
cd on tho night OF tho 25th.
A rich gold mine ha, been discov-
cred in Sewer county. Tenn.
Some days ago Frod. Douglass
was married to n white woman.
Tslmagc's church has 2,969 men,
bers, or Ola more than Bsccher's.
II took Ill ballots to elect presi.
dent Of the Board Of Supervisors OF
Clarke county.
Ex-Governor John Lotcher, Of
Virginia, died at his home In Lexing.
ton on the 26th.
]. W. Dent, o cousin OF Gen.
Grants wife. committed suicide in
A lady has been appointed a'sis-
tant passenger agen! Of the Ciucin-
natl Southern railway.
In Congress last week, the House
passed resolution declaring all rail.
road land grants forfeited.
The saw mill Of Mr.. Sutton. q few
miles south Of Brookhavep, was
burned one night last week.
Gen. and Mrs. w. S. Hancock
visited their son, Russell Hancock;
in Coahoma county. last week.
The bill to repeal the lien law was
defeated by q vo!e..oi IS to 81. Co
piah's representatives voted for lie
repeal.
A bill has boon introduced to al
low two dollars and fifty cents per
day 10 grand Jurors, in lieu OF two
dollars.
Harry Moss, we'll known to the
newspaper fraternity, died on We'd
nesday Of last week, in jackson, Of
pneumonia.
An amendment to the exemption
law to exempt all hogs raised in this
State from seizure for debt was killed
In the House.
A majority OF the committee on
elections decided that Manning did
not have q prima facia title to his
seat in Congress.
II is said that Mississippi has
more old men in proportion to pop
nlation thaa any State in the Union
except Louisiana.
Tho st. Charles Hotel, at Padu-
cab, Ky, was burned on the 10th
inst. The building was three sto-
~ brick and was owned by We'll
Bros.
Mr.. J. N. Carpenter. q farmer
living in Claiborne county, fell from u.
his horse, while going to town Mon
day, and broke his arm iust above
tho wrist.
Hattiesburg, on the N. o. 4 n. L.
r. r., in tho eastern part OF this
State, is becoming quito . town.
The railroad is constructing q large
hotel there.
From tho published reports OF the
various asylums in the United States
it appears that within the last ten
years tho number Of insane persons
has nearly doubled.
Samuel Hawthorne, who, some
years ago. killed. young Lem Mageo,
brother Of tho dialect poet and song
writer, Bob NcGoo at Vicksburg, has
again been sentenced to the psaiten-
tisry for life.
James Mutt, who killed Dukes in
Pennsylvania for betraying his sister
and afterward numbering his father
was acquitted o fow days since on
the ground OF emotional insanity at
the time Of tho killing.
The Express and freight safe OF
The agent at Edwards Depot. was
burglarizsd on the 21st inst, during
the agents absence. The sum OF
$4,000 was stolen. Mr.. Barber, the
agent, il responsible for the amount.
Taere is NO clue to the thieves.
In an accident on the Louisville.
New Orleans & Texas railroad at
Port Gibson on the 18th Q train fell
through bridge into Bayou Pierre;
the engineer and three others were
drowned, the engine and three cars
being buried in the water.
Tho Federal Court at Oxford rem
dored Judgment against tho Men,
phis & Selma Railroad Company Tor
ono hundred and ninety odd thou i
sand dollars in favor OF Hamilton q
Green, who had the contract Tor bull
ding tbe road from Holly Springs to