The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-01
THE STATE.

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Columbus
Magnolia's new courthouse bell weighs
80 pounds.
one week from to-day. the Coast camp
meeting begins.
The Raleigh Review il ueat new paper /
that reaches US.
Corinth is agitating the subject Of estab- +
fishing 4 creamery.
Oxford wants new railroad depot
Fx. She needs IT,
Liberty will soon possess the much !
talked OF shoe factory.
White 'sblack-berries" have made their
appearance on the Coast.
The Indianola Times has made it debut
in the field OF journalism.
Mr.. W. c. Tucker, venerable citizen
of Columbus, died last week.
CRYSTAL Springs wants a goat law
similar to the dog law in other places.
Miss Necie Warren, OF Brookhaven, and
Mr.. Chas. McNair, were married recently
Rev. Nelson Collins, Baptist Pastor
and Missionary, died at Rolling Fork, last
week
The ubiquitous blackberry vendors are
gradually giving way TO the watermelon
force.
Kosciusko has a Molasses Evaporater
Factory, under the management OF Mr. Il.
B. Hadden.
Miss Turpin Simpson. living near CO.
lumbus. died very suddeRly last week, of
brain fever.
1t is said that Winston county rejeices
| in A finer corn crop this season, than any
since the war.
Little Miss Essie Baum, OF Meridian, was
thrown from her horse few days ago, and
severely injured.
Meridian will really have the Union
depot at an early date, all distractions
/ having been removed.
Mrs. D. G. McRae and sister, OF Ray
mond, were thrown from buggy last week,
and very seriously injured.
Mr.. Sam. Cox, living near Starkville,
fell from a wagon few days ago, tract1r-
ing one OF his limbs seriously
The young society people OF Columbus
enioved a delightful moonlight row up
the Bigbee river few nights ago.
Miss Sallie Johnston, of Clinton, deliver
ed the yaledictory at Central Female In
stitute, at the late Commencement.
Miss Annie Cooke a sister-in-law Of
Mai Pat Henry, of Brandon, died few
days ago after an illness OF many weeks.
Rev. Edward Wurtz, VINO was a minis
ter in the Synod of Mississippi about
twenty five years ago, died in Philadelphia
4 few days ago.
Mr.. Orick Marye Port Gibson gentle
man, won the gold medal at the shooting
contest of the Nevada State Rifle Associa-
ton few weeks ago, for the third time IN
, | succession.
A colored man named Smith, living on
Cold Water river, killed his. mother-in-law
: last week, by breaking her neck with a
. hoe. and then throwing her into the river
His crime was discovered, and he has beer
arrested
1t is said that Miss Hills essay and val
edicory surpassed in excellence any ever
before delivered bv a student OF the [ nj
versity. At its conclusion she was com
, pletelely covered with the flowers her ad
mirers showered upon her.
The public well at Biloxi was so defileC
BY the introduction of alum, one day las
week, as to render it unfit for use. This
was quite a serious otiense, as numbers O
families in the vicinity depend solely upoi
= this well for their supply OF water.
I Misses Wick Hill, Fannie Hooper anc
F. Jamie Thompson, the lady graduates a
2 the University of Mississippi, presented
I very beautiful floral offering to Col
, Hooker, in evidence of their appreciation
! of his eloquent speech, the subject of which
{ is "The Nineteenth Century is Woman
I Century"
: There is society for the "Preventior
q of cruelty to animals" in successful opera
ton in the city of Mobile. This is an ex
: ceedingly commendable institution, an,
we think that a similar society should hav
> been organized and enforced among tn
young ladies who visited the A. NJ. Colleg
! during commencement 1t would hav
: saved our young men much pain.-Eas
6 Miss. News.
The medals for defamation at the Uni
: versity Commencement, were awarded a
/ follows In the Hermean-Freshman con
test, to Messrs. John Ross and Dude,
Fsatherstone In the prize Sophomor
: Defamation, Messrs. Yerger Hicks an,
Henry Maybin. In the Sophomore class
Messrs. w. Il. Hill and I. w. Yates Ii
: the Senior debate, Messrs. w. p Tacket
/ and W. f. Williams.
The officers of Yalobusha county hav
! been giving their printing to a certain ST
/ Louis firm, but will not do so any more
= because the Board of Supervisors, finding
: that bill OF S27S would have been don
7 by the local printers for $17S, ordere,
e that hereafter the county printing shout,
r be done at home This same st. Loui
a house does the printing for half the coun
4 ties in the State, Pamela included.-Ex.
1 At the meeting of the Board of Supervi
e sors OF Harrison county recently, licens
7 to retail vinous and spirituous liquors wa
! refused an applicant because of the film,
/ and effect OF a prohibition petition. Unde
= the law, the late applicant cannot appll
again until twelve months hence. At III,
: July meeting OF the Supervisors of tn,
e same county. another application for licens,
! will be acted upon and the prohibitionist
expect to easily defeat the same
t Miss Victoria Hill, the first honor grad
uate of the Mississippi State Universit,
{ at Oxford, is a bright, sensible young
p woman, who has been at the Varsity 70
/ several years. She is popular with tbr
girls, and her student qualities have no
taken any of her girlIsh feminity from
her. Out OF hours she can chew gum, dc
her hair up in curl papers, and adore
new dress as heartily as the dearest it'll
, female numbskuH that ever liyed.-N. O
Picayune.
The Masonic Lodge, No. 81, OF THU
, place, has recently placed thirteen as fine
and magnificent lamps in their Hall as We
have ever seen in this section. They were
purchased especially for the Lodge from q
firm in Louisville, KY, and the emblems Of
the order, a compass, square and an all.
powerful &C. is beautifully wrought OF
each side of the globes. They produce a
soft and mellow light, and are a great i'm
provement on the old style of lamps used
in the Hall, and improve the appearance
OF its interior greatly.-Summit Sentinel
On Wednesday, oath inst, at Starkville
Miss Alice Montgomery, daughter OF Col.
w. Il. Montgomery, was married to Mr.
John W. Pope, of Little Rock, Ark. The
ceremony was unusually beautiful and
interesting On the following evening
during the thunder storm, the home 81
lately the scene Of such Joyous festivity
was suddenly transformed into one of sor.
row. The lightning struck and instantly
killed little Walter Montgomery, brother
: OF the bride Of the previous day. Col
Montgomery's barn was also struck. but
the fire was extinguished by neighbor.
before serious damage was done.
VIII the Pittsboro Banner please rise
and explain the manner In which kisse,
happened to be called yankee nickels' in
their fast little burg?" The term puzzle.
US, we confess.-CLARIoS
Well, we don't exactly know, Miss. but
think 1t was the invention of one of our
sweet girls (all girls are sweet to deceive
''the old man = but we do know that the
substituted name has not changed the
, ingredients" "That, which we call q
rose, by any other name would smell a.
sweet Banner.
And so, you think ''That which we call a
kiss, by any other name would taste a:
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