The clarion., 1885-11-25
THE STATE.
Starkville wants a fine hotel.
Meridian complains OF thieves.

West Point boasts of its healthfulness.
A new paper at Pickens, called tie Post,
will appear on the 9th.
Yazoo City now has military company,
called the Yazoo City Rifles.
A colored building association has BET n
successfully organized in Vieksburg.
Mr. Frank P. Lynch. worthy young
gentleman of Iazoo City, died on the 18th
Starkville claims the champion bird
hunter of Mississippi, boy not twenty
years old
r. C. Coleman was shot and fatally
wounded nv Pat Harrison. at Greenv'le on
Monday last.
Vicksburg is to have two new National
Bank, each with a capital OF one hundred
thousand dollars.
Col. w. B. Montgomery has received six-
teen head OF fine Brittany cattle, and will /
establish heard of same on one OF his /
grass farms in Oktibbeha.
A large bear walked into BatesviIle last
week, and was killed nesr the hotel, in the |
most public part OF the town.
The Office of the Enterprise Courier
caught ire few days ago, but was eNt'n- |
J gui~hed before doing much damage.
The buildings at the Fair grounds in
Meridian were burned on The night OF ths
2lst. 1t was the work Of an incendiary.
Miss Ethleen Percy the belle of the
coast, and Mr.. j. d. Dodds, OF Atlanta,
! Ga, were married at Pass Christian last
week.
Mr.. Tom Stanton, OF Oktibbeha county,
| died in Demopolis, Ala, on Saturday last
while on visit to his daughter. His re
mains were brought to Sturgis, Miss, Tor
interment.
Willie B. Coin, son OF W. \. Coin, died
at his home in Corinlh, on the i9tE. tie
was a very promising young man, seven
teen years OF age.
The northwestern portion OF Harrison
county is sadly in need of a pos6ottice, a.
The people have to go twenty or thirty
les for their mail.
The burnt district OF Hazlehurst will be
rehuit at an early date. None but brick
buildings will be allowed to be erected on
the square that was burned.
A car loaded with cotton canght FIRE at
V.cksbnrg last eek, and set fire TO car
10 ,ded with furniture. The cotton and
furniture was damaged to the amount
S4 900.
: J. r. Hilgora. farmer living near
Rocky Ford IN Lafayette county, captured
alive raltiesuake, measuring FIVE feet eight
inches n length, and seven inches around
the body.
A difficulty took place near Cofeeville
last week, between Mr.. J. NJ. Hyde. a
farmer, and peddler, which resulted II
the shooting of the peddler, who aied in a
lew hours.
? Miss Addie Deuy, daughter of the pro
prietor of the Washington House in Vlcks
burg. died on the 18th inst. Her body
was embamed aud sent to Louisville for
iuterment.
The Circuit Court at Hazlehurst ad
journed on the 18th, after session o.
nearly four weeks, and dispusing of the
> heaviest criminal docket ever known IN
Copiah county.
. Gray's steam mill, near Durant, with
twenty bales of cotton, burned last Mon
I day night. No insurance. We are sur
r prised that Capt. Hays should permit any
, body 10 his county to go uninsured.
!, Mr. H. c. Watlington has built him
o store house sixteen miles from town on the
Vaughan's Station read, and expects at al
early day to secure a post-office there to b,
h kn,wE as Halifax.-Yazoo City Herald
The Volunteer Southrons, of Vicksburg
gave an exhibition drill last wee k, for III.
benefit of the Galveston fire sufferers, anc
= netted about $500. After the drill the,
were presented with a handsome silk fias
/ by the citizens.
- A Picayune special announces the deatF
!, of Miss Carrie Sue Hale, at the Starkvill,
= | Female Institute. She was the daughte
= # DIR. and Mrs. Hale, of Starkvile Sh,
e E was greatly beloved, and her death i
. mourned by the ,ntire community.
E The Winston Signal says that man II
that county went to get married last week
> and when he reached the home of tn,
! lady, he found he was week ahead o
u time, and his girl was not at home; but h,
hunted her up, and they had the weddins
; anyhow.
y We learn that there is a secret organiza
tion OF some sort in midst. The OH ct
e d purposes of which is a this wriIin.
{ not definitely known, but it is understood
that each member takes some sort of al
u oath or obligation, not To recognize 81
coun, enance any one who will not join il
: with them, and to ostracise all who rs no
one of them.-Brookhave Radiator.
S A negro by the name of Hence Hill, VIII,
lived near Lodi, but in Webster count,
e was assassinated few nights ago by som,
:. u. known party. Hill, his vile and :
t negro man were returning home from :
t frnlic, when Hills wife told hun to stol
y and get some wood to make a fire Will,
5 he was gathering up the wood. the assas
= sin fired load OF buckshot into his body
D killing him instantly. Winona Times.
e The Carroll Watchman says that con
siderable excitement prevails in the neigh
(: borhood OF Emory on account of the death
V oi some negroes in that vicinity Gu,
e negro was hung by mob near their few
\ days ago, and since that time, two more
r have been found dead with no knowledg.
of who killed them. 1t has greatly enrageo
the negroes of the neighourhood, ano
!. caused them to make threats of resalia-
lion.
o A party of gentlemen were out deer
, hunting IN Carroll county last Tuesday
Mr.. Louis O'Neal and Mr.. Calvin HarreIl
Were placed on the stands, few hundred
yards apart to await the coming Of til,
deer. Mr.. O'Neal in a short time left hi
stand and went toward the place where
' Mr.. Harrell was stationed. When in aboul
/, hfty yards of Mr.. Harrell, and whik
going through the bushes Mr.. O'Neal was
fired upon by Mr. Harrell several shots
I, taking effect and killing him almost
:, instantly Grenada Gazette.
Silas Russell, of this neighborhood, com
mitted suicide on Wednesday evening, b,
shooting himself through the head with a
pistol. The young man was a we'll to-do
farmer, universally respected, but had
fallen behind with his crops, and beside.
3 he was involved in. love affair thai
2 preyed upon his mind. Before commit
ting the rash deed, he shaved, dressed him
self in his best, and pinning to his coat u
t note indicating where money could BE-
, found, with which to defray his burial
: expenses, blew his brains out with pistol.
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