The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1884-07-19
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.

rhe City and County Of Grenada-Far'
ming and stock Notes.-The Work Of
.Texas aIist-Graysport, Har'
av and Elliott stations.
The following we find in the New
orleans Picayune Of last Saturday, writ
teu by Mr.. II. H. Hargrove, their cor
respondent, who spent several days in
Grenada county, a few days since:
While the fair little city Of Grenada
suffered a sad experience from the blight
inc poison of the yellow fever epidemic
Of that fatal year, 1878, when many @
her truest, noblest and most enterprisins
citizens fell helpless prey to its insid
ious approach, leaving behind them
heart-broken people to mourn the unhap
DIV sight of "the Conquest of Grenada
ffo feel that time could scarcely assuagt
the pain and rebuild her broken fortunes
recuperate her detected energies and re
poprilate their once beautiful and happy
bomes-there can be no doubt that sht
has emerged from this load ofsorrow ane
commercial detection, gradually rising
till she is to-day the proud successor 0
her own past, and the peer OF any OF hel
sister towns in Mississippi. .
The little city of some $500 people il
nestled between small range OF hill
which belt it in nearly everv direction
though the principal point of the place
is on beautiful level plot receding from
the Yalobusha River with slight incline
/ which constitute the natural draining
channel for the town. There are to b
found here some splendid homes ant
beautiful yards large stores, fine hotels
and very handsome foursstory higt
brick college building, and just nearing
completion an exceedingly fine cour
house which cost $4,000. But it is o
the more substantial advantages, th,
business and Developments of Grenada
which is desired to be placed before th'
readers of the Picayune.
The population as was said above, j
about $500, and is gradually increasing
all the time. There are some fifty sub
stantial merchantable houses which car
nv large stocks in almost every line
They supply not only fine local trade
but to remote points they look for mucl
of their best business AS they shi]
$4,000 to 10000 bales OF cotton, (whicl
is the largest on the Illinois Centra
Railroad, between New Orleans ant
Cairo,) they must necessarily drain sev
eral adjoining counties. To conduct thi
business the merchants, in addition t
their own cash balances, have ampl
emensyed. facilities in the banking firm {
N. @. Snider 6 Son, who constitute a
important factor in the business of tn
city. There are number of able law
yers here, among whom is that distin
guished Mississippian, Gen. E, G. Wa
thall, who has SO often been spoken of a
the next Governor of his State. Th
medical profession is we'll represented
but they complain that Grenada ha
her misfortune in bad health all in
lump, all at once. The trad 5 are gen
orally doing very well, and offer roor
for others of their craft
The city is out of debt and has none.
$500 to $4,000, III tl;e treasury, wit
but little taxation. A part of the taxi
ton goes to increase the public scb0'
fund, so as to give a session of geve
months in the city. Speaking OF schoo
suggests that there is very fine or
here the Grenada Female College, VI
der the care of Rev. T. j. Newell. Tf
building is very handsome four~stol
brick, which can accommodate lare
number. 1t Is well sustained, receivir
recognition for its thoroughness and e
ficicncy from many points in the Stat
"A The Grenada cotton seed oil mills is OF
of the latest evidences of its enterpri
and success. 1t was organized about
year since and has very successfully pas
ed the critical point--the first season.
The several religious denominations
The Baptists, Methodists, Episcopaial
the Presbyterians-have good church
and generally large and dev94t congreg
tiops. But speaking f religious ma
ters, the Picayune REPRESENTATIVE new
visited a section wherf 20 mfch religion
talk was INDUCED in dt lone tiKe wblc
has been brought abotNby~ He Tex
Evangelist, Maj. Penn, of whom PhsSEi
TINEL says. 4
@On last Monday night tbg eHinel
\ Evangelist of Texas closed hY meetir
Of ofeighteen days in this place. Fro
opening until the closing prayer Of the
long services deep and solemn intere
pervaded all classes who flockcd to he
him. Those who attended from me-
curiosity hung with respectful silen'
upon his every word and went away..in
humor to laugh or scorn at his teaching
On Sunday morning at 10 O'Clock |
preached to an audience Of about tv
thousand people, some estimating It mnc
larger, There were persons here from a a
the surrounding towns, including Sard
Oakland, Garner, Hardy, Water Vale.
Coffeeville. Duck Hill, Winona and sey
eral other places. East and west OF th
railroads, the people came in by hui
dreds, some OF. them distance Of moi
than twenty miles. Thus they poure
in from all quarters. and wended the
way to the large awning improvised ft
the purpose, southwest Of the squar
Great as was this assemblage Of men an
women from SO many different quarter
there was no jostling or scrambling IL
Seats, but quietly, and we may say reN
erently, each one sought place to su1
DIS taste, or was conducted to one b