The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-12
THE STATE.

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The peach crop in Carroll county
failure.
Oxford is exceedingly anxious to h.v.
water works. nave
Vicksburg last week. 'eU IN
Dewitt Clinton Burch died A..
4th, at Senatobia, OF consumption.
The Old Mems barbecue and picnic -.
Corinth last week was big sncceSs -'s'
Juo. B. Howard, Jr., aged four
died in Holly Springs on the 5th ins,.1'
The Raymond Gazette reports ch;--
Cling at that Office, weighing ~ oa ms
The Yazoo City Herald repor,s
tity OF isinglass dug up in that e mao,
recently. '0ua'y
The "Bulldozers" OF Raymond ,r.,
ing war mercilessly on the geese wb;eS
fest that town. IL
West Point has not a vacant store bo-
within her borders, and several partie .','.s
desiring to rent. AZ
: Pamela. county has but two pers,,.-
now. Two other having given IN -
ghost" this hot weather. ~
Some of the Columbus ladies viii
pare during the grape season otia m
sacramento fruit OF the vine"
Mr.. W. w. Reeder, Of New orlean.
married on the evening OF the 9TH n NJ.
Lizzie c. Klein, OF Vlcksburg. -''''
Mrs. 2. L. Collins of Missis,ipni .. 49,,
in the Postoftice department. has ~
promoted to 81 900 elerkship.
Charlie Harkins, a eolored man Ev;.
near Black Hawk, was murdered in hiss
last week by an unknown party.
| Canton claims more boot blacks in n..
portion to It's size than any town in Il.
State. She Is welcome to all she has.
| The Methodists of Wesson have recss,l-
purchased a lot upon which they intend y
erect handsome church and parsonage.
Jas. Lee, OF Lafayette county. while ,,v
ing to carry a gun on a wild mule ~.
shot and killed by the accidental disc6ar~s
OF the gun.
Frank Dowd OF Aberdeen rode f,,,,
Oxford to the latter place, distance ii 4
miles, on his bicycle. The trip was made
in three days.
With good field glass Vicksbura On
miles distant and Natchez, g. miles, can
be seen from the summit OF a lofty hin Il
Kinds eounty,CEx.
The new Phoenix Engine No. , va.
: christened in Vicksburg on the eth H.
little daughter OF Mr.. II. DEMO did tbs
honors very gracefully.
Capt Levy S. Kent, Master OF ,ba
American Schooner Forest Home. OF New
: York, suicided ON board his vessel at Pearl.
ington, on the 9TH inst.
e The Camden Silver Cornet Band q
Camden, Miss Alden, conductress. gave
e an entertainment last week, aud realized
r nearly two hundred dollars by the effort
1 The editor of the Utica Comet is very
!; much surprised that he did not receive an
!. invitation TO Princes Beatrice's wedding
/ He considers the oversight direct insult
:; One-half interest in the Marshall Coun.
d ty Register, published at Holly Springs. /,
t for sale at small figures and liberal terms
t For further information, address L. $
s Mosby, Holly Springs.
h A little daughter OF Mr. Ike Smith
'. while cleaning looms in the Wesson mills
r, last week, lost part of her thumb. and bad
}. the tendon attached TO the thumb extend.
d ing to the elbow, torn out.
l. 1t has been ascertained that two brothers
l. Bradford by name, murdered Joe Kizer
g in Tuniea county on the Both nlt One OF
l. the brothers, Melton, has been arrested and
the officers are well on the track Of the
5, other one.
e An old negroes died in Yazoo county ne
4, Gently, aged one hundred and thlrty-iour
G. wears The Herald says she is spoken Of
-. - q
E. Freedom" was tattooed and branded NJ
a f. on left arm. Her name was Mariah
t Garter.
Miss Mary Adams has been chosen SpDu-
sor for the Volunteer Southrons, at the
rs coming drill. Misses Ines Lum, May War
is ner and Esther Myer are her maids oil
IL honor. Miss Annie Wright has been
il chosen by the West Point Rifles, and she
has selected Misses Mary Burke and Mamie
\. Bowen, as maids of honor.
d. A very touching scene was witnessed IN
the Methodist Church at Enterprise a lev
DAYS ago. Mrs. Mollie Price Evans died
- at her home in West Point recently and
. was buried in Enterprise. During the
e. funeral services, and over the silent formo
its mother, her little daughter, too young
re to know her loss, was solemnly dedicated b
,God.
II Last Monday a colored women, the vile
OF Dan Lee, was buried near Sails and
n while the funeral ceremony was going on, a
st large white bird, supposed to be crane
alighted and remained for a short time IN
&c a tree over the grave. From the fact that
IN it came from the direction the corpse had
of come and went back the same way 1t Wa
II regarded as ominOus by many OF thos5
7. present and created considerable consierna'
tie ton among them.-Kosciusko Messenger
D. A carrier pigeon recently made is way
n to the residence of Mr.. John Carmicals IL
ID Montgomery county. On the lett leg wa
a metal band with figures SO" On 10
tie wing feathers was printed "Bordentown
he n. j. Brooklyn, \. Y. Washington GIty
Abingdon, Va. Orange Courthouse, a
,e New Orleans the capital letter X, July
y 1885" with other places, dates and hgufes
n Doubtless this is the homing pigeon turned
= loose in New Orleans July D. II was al
right neutrality-suspicious. Leader
d Mrs. NJ. Doche, the enterprising propfie
tress of the Silk Filature, or Keeling estab
"a lishment, in Alcorn county, near Corinih
e Miss, writes as follows:
Il ~ We are getting on spien
- didly with our business, and all appear
ances indicate chat we will handle over
! ton and a half of eocoons this season.
:. This is an enormous business ior one
Mississippi silk Keeling establishment, ana
we have another in the same locality thai
we hear is doing wel1.-Aberdeen E1ami
ner.
y Columbus has been imposed upon lately
e by Sweet little, darling dude" as be j
= styled by "a victim" who came there
r, from his fathers "Villa in Toronto" TO see
}. the country, and cut a swell with the an
3 of an English Lord. Being OF 50 uitIa
), fashionable type and the son oil a iaoa-
: lousy wealthy ~ man. he naturally toos
in society with vengeance, until ne sna
denly left, "on pushing business" also lei
his unsuspecting friends out OF the pocke
to the amount of thousand or Two
Columbus has received lesson wflcn
should be of value as an example to many
! of our towns so ready to accept the ol5
yarns OF any stranger who chances IN tneii
way.
Educable Children in Kinds.
Raymond Gazette