The clarion., 1885-09-02
THE STATE.

Two Gtea m UOSir hstS s-s'tN =
port. in one day last week.
v;cksbure Young ladies aud gentlemen
have organized tennis club.
The cboctaw Indians of this State call
R;-hop ] Jausens aMingo Chitto."
The Ripley Sentinel has been much
enlarged and improved recently.
Ma; IT. Powe, of Newton, died last
wa.sk at the age Of sixty three years.
A mail route will aoon be established
between Ashland and Holly Springs.
Columbus suffered from two incendiary
fires last Friday night; no serious loss.
Mr. Joe Mayes and Miss Florence Brit
tain were married last were in haz'eharst-
Mrs Aletha Terrsl. mother of Judge S.
n Terral, died at QuiIman on the I'D
inst.
A, Rodney last week, Frank Lauche
suicided By shooting himself through ine
heart.
The new clock for the Female College IN
Columbus has a pendulum weight OF SUI
pounds.
The Grenada Gazette now reaches our
table and its perusal affords us pleasure
and profit.
Carroll county has lost another valuable
citizen in the death of Col. L. c. Everett
of Vsiden.
The Catholic church in Raymond will
be dedicated next Sabbath, Bishop y ansen'
officiating.
A turtle weighing l6o pounds was ship
ned 10 Colorado from one of our coas
towns recently.
Hon. w. Fl. Cook, nominee for th'
Legislature from Lowndes county, died Oh
the 10Th at Artesia.
Moss Point now lises to inquire why sh'
can't have terra Gotta mauutactory, al
we'll as Pullman City, Ill.
The river-bauk caved at Vicksburg oil
the 2Sth. causing extensive damage 10 th'
street railroad and car sheds.
Wesson Is having a good wagon yarC
| huit for the accommodation OF iarmer
| who bring in cotton to market.
The Southern Press, of Brandon, ha
gone the way of most newspapers IN tn
field of Mississippi Journalism.
D. w. Hamiter, of Mississippi, ha
cured the position of principal in tn
| Bethany school in West Alabama.
| A popular brand of -four in the Mem
| rhis market l. made from wheat raised i
| Washington county in this State.
| Mr. w L. Brdsong. we'll known an
| highly respected young man "f this State
died in Hazlehurst on the 30th ult
| A man named Henry johnson, living a
Jacksou's Point, inhumanly murdered hi
little step-son. Charlie Hughes, last wees
A very interesting tournament was hel
| at Graftou's Mill in Madi on county la.
week, by the young men of the neighbor
hood.
J. w. Kuykendall, section boss on tn
| VALLEY road, was married in Vicksbur
yesterday to Miss Ellen Cooper both {
Gloster.
One of the two candidates for sheriff i
Marshall county is 80 clever that in h
rounds he sometimes wipes dishes for th
girIs.-Ex.
Miss Ada Griffin, daughter Of DR.. P.
Griffin, died at her fathers home
Meridian few days ago, in the eighteent
year of her age.
The little daughters of Mr.. and Mrs T
F. Hutchins, of Cayuga, Missouri an
Mamie Irene. died of congestion on the l6t
and 10Th instant.
The Moss Point Rifles have received
sufficient amountby voluntary contributio
to enable them to buy handsome uniforl
for the company.
Chas. Hawkins was murdered in Caro-
county, few days ago; his own motht
TWO sisters and brother-in law are charge
with the crime
On Sunday last, the PRESBYTERIAN churc
in Walden reached the hftielh anniye
sary of its organization, which was appr,
: priately celebrated.
The concert of the season was given
Sewanee recently for the benefit of tn
Univ. rsity, in which Mrs. Iglehart,
Vicksburg, was the vocal star.
The most destructive fire suffered /
fazoo City in years, occurred on the 20;
: inst. The fire occurred in the businea
center of the town and the loss to built
ings and stock is great.
Arrangements have heen made betwee
: The Greeuville & Vick>burg and We,ter
Union telegraph companies by which Il
latter will run their wire. into Greenvil
and do all commercial business.
At the marriage in Forest of Mr.. Boot
Lowrey ard Miss Pattie Lowrey last weel
1t Is said that the officiating minister, Il
bridesmaids and groonisuI. and all th
guests, bore the surname of the groom.
Il The Columbus and StarkviIe branch,
Of the VI. g. 0. r. r., have been leased
the Georgia Pacific, and will be operate
by, and in connection with, the latter roat
BY this change, Columbus becomes a wa
station.
The Beacon says that Macon hasn't
. | haco ha IL
,rtesian we'll, a town hall. cotton yard,
) bank, nor even a public horse-race, an
yet it abounds in cyclones, fires and bus
ness failures.
During the illness of Judge Stovall an
; his son, of the Shubuta Messenger, NJ
Almon of the West Point New Era wei
down and took charge of the Messenge
. and sent it out to its subscribers in hant
some style.
| We see from tie Raymond Gazette tn;
the Spengiers are arranging for the cot
struction of another h@tel at Cooper's Wei
similar to the first in size and convenience
Also for ball room, and the ornaments
ton of the grounds.
r bert Doxey and Mrs. Johnson. Iivin,
near Holly Spring., we're arrested a fe'
avs ago, as they were on the eve O
leaving this country, on the charge o
having caused the death, by poisoning, o
Mrs. Robert Doxey, few days ago.
Meridian suffered another disastrous
strike last week when the news boys strucl
| Tor cent and half. Their place O
of meeting is in rear alley of the Mercur,
etfice, ard The flights of eIoquenee occa
| sioually taken t'y their leaders were start
ling to say the least of it.
The Utica Comet of last week contain
an authorized ~ announcement Of tn
| name of j. E. Almon of the West Poip
New Era, for the office of State Liar an,
Commonwealth Prevaricator. We ar
awaiting with interest and impatience th
| arrival of the next New Era.
The county superintendent of ed uca
ton in Warren county recently receive,
two bills, one of five and one of six dollars
from the county superinten lent of Lincoll
county, for pupils from Warren county
taught at Whitworth, during two month
of last term. So Whitworth seems to be
tree school.
/ w. J. David, the young missionary +,
| Africa, from Mississippi, while cros~in,
the ocean year or more ago had th,
misfortune to lose child which wa
buried at sea. He was returning I,
| America few weeks since while on th,
ocean his wife died. She was buried /,
the sea. Her la-t words were: .sSeve
give up Africa. columbus Index.
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