The Hazlehurst signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-12
EDITORIAL ITEMS.

reported excellent.
Carrollton has instructed for TIL
den and Hendricks.
Clayton was squelched, but his
man was nominated,
A citizen OF Scranton had q ripe
watermelon on June 1st.
The Pike county cat crop is said
to be much larger than usual.
The Rankin county democracy ID
againiunited. and allis lovely.
Commencement exercises will be-
gin a. the A. & NJ. College on the
18th.
As fruit-growipg States, New York
is tho first aud Pennsylvania the
second.
Canton has onions so strong that
they pull themselves up, 80 says the
Picket.
There are 800 Masonic lodges in
Mississippi. having u membership
VI about 5000.
Que of the Mississippi delegates
voted for Blaine all the way through.
Who was he?
The Malone delegation from Vir-
ginia was recognized by the national
republican convention.
Mrs. Mary Leacnman. wife OF Judge
Leachman, died in Meridian Sunday
night after o short illness.
1t is now proposed to mako the
presidents term elk years. and make
him ineligible for second term.
A business dispatch from Phila-
delphia went to London aud brought
back an answer in tifty-fve minutes.
Daring a row at a negro church at
Canton one negro had his eye punch
cd out, and another had his lip Bit
ten OF.
W. b. Montgomery, Of Starkville.
tho "blooded cattle" king Of Missis-
sippi. ships 500 pounds OF buttor a
week.
The receipts OF the Y. V. & NJ. II.
r. r. at Yazoo City during its first
months operations were for tickets
$3.50; for freight, $1,000.
There seems to be some difference
OF opinion as to when the national
democratic convention meets. 1t
meets at Chicago on July sth.
The largest school in the world is
said to be the jews free school at
Spitalfelds. London. 1t has daily
attendance OF over $500 pupils.
D.. Q Griffiug haS retired from the
editorship Of the Port Gibson News
Mr.. Grifling con Quoted the paper in
an able manner and we regret to lose
him.
The Pascagoula Star says that
Hon. Chas. Hooker would adorn
the chair gubernatorial with digni-
ty unequaled 10y any other man in
the Stale.
Col. j. o. Burnside. Disbursing
Clerk Of the Postoflics Department.
is short s45, 900. He has been re-
moved from Office and arrested.
R,t,enness everywhere.
Miss Marion Booth, n young lacy
composition in the Pascagoula DEM
ocrat Star Office. aged fifteen. set
1900 solid long primer, in one hour.
Pretty good.
BY a vote Of seven to fonr the COM
mittee agreed to report in favor Of
seating Wise, the readjuster candi-
date, over Massey. who was run by
the democrats Of Virginia.
The students OF Whitworth Fee
malo College will prepare an exhibit
OF wax OF all the fruits grown in the
State for the Mississippi department
at the cotton centennial exposition.
The election Of Jno. r. Lynch as
temporary chairman OF the national
republican convention was quito q
compliment to the race which no rep
rescnts. but it did not win for Ar
thur.
Six thousand head Of cattle recent.
" stampodcd in Texas. They had
been five days without water, and
when they came in sight Of the river
they were so maddened that in their
frantic Efforts to reach the water hun.
dreds were killed and manned. Over
1000 are missing.
The main building now being con-
structed for the Worlds Fair at New
Orleans during the coming winter, is
the largest ever constructed Of its
kind. being $500 feet long and 800
foot deep. Oue Of the features Of the
exhibition will DO q grand $4,000 feet