The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-09
THE STATE.

IF'htoIkion mas struck OOHteNlile. Win
Ill ,ree.
Natchez is going to possess street cars at
n early date.
The new depot at Coriuth is said To be
hing of beauty.
The Iuka Normal Institute has seventy
'oarding pupils.
Twenty nine years last Sunday the first
rain reached summit
North Mississippi Conference was held |
n koeeiusko last week.
The Jeff-rsun comfy fair begins on the |
e OF the present month.
Eilisyi.le now comes To the front with |
| desire Tor steam laundry.
The farmers of Benton county have
organized an agricultural club.
The Walden II raid will soon make its
iebut in the journalistic world.
The ice factory To be established at Yazoo
City wall cost fifteen Thousand dollars.
Mr.. F. Baer, leading m,rchaut Of
Vicksburg, died in that city, last week.
Raymond will enjoy pink tea and
waiter drill on the night OF Decemser
I'D.
An tACii titpt Wis VI tliat uttFF tOttoI =
oning mo Wsst Point than she can
handle.
About one hundred parties in Pamela
county aspire Ia the office OF deputy
sheriff.
Wild turkeys seem to abound in Ponto
toe county One hunter killed five in one
,norning lately.
Il is said that Canton ships surprising
Number OF jug To Pick ns, daily. Pick@n-
Is Il Prohibition town.
Mis- Henrie Tolson, OF Enterprise, h r
secured a clerkship in the Treasury D.
psrtmeut in Washington.
Tupeln has .'Ch .t4uqua Circle" which
is aidrng greatly 10 The pleasure and i'm.
prDvement Of lis members.
Northern visitors are arriving daily in
our Coast tos n~, and it Is thought the
hotels will be flied ere long.
\ wedding took place at Wahalak last
week, with the bride, Mis- Cordeila
Vaughn, aged thirteen years.
TIE country around Ba,esviile has de-
veiop,d into quite bear country. Fort,
bears have been killed in tue woods eight
miles from b tesvilIe, this fall.
A ii,tle boy OF ID K;.lh, named Jae Brit
ain, shot into drove OF black birds last
FRIDAY, tillig forty-five at one shot.
Mr.. Jno. Rowzre has retired from ihr
edigor-hip OF the Pontot"c OBSERVER, aud
is succeeded by Mr. n. W Bradford
Rev. C. ;. Galloway delivered his ''Illu-
trious Dance ieetur- in Summit last week
Tor the benefit Of the Method st church.
Mr.. VIM Groome has been appointed
Postmaster AT Nick,burg wee Capt. j. ID
Kinney, whose commission had expired
The matrimonial epidemic seems L.
have struck Crystal Springs with as mnch
force as some OF her larger sisters have
telt.
Mr., ". P. Pope, of Columbus. an, Ms,
Willie Beall, daughter OF Hon. Fred
Beall, of Wes' Point, were married last
week.
Or. w C. Craddock, a prominent physi
clan of Lowndes county, died at his home
lat week after a painful illness of great
length.
An exchange encourages Mississippi far
mers who have po"r lands, by telling them
that cotton seed bring ten cents bu,hel in
Memphis.
The new management Of the East Missis
sippi Exposition Association at Aberdeen
Is opposed to gambling privileges at the
annual fair-.
Rev. DR.. c. E. Dobbs, pastor of the
Bapti-t cl urch in Columbus, was married
last week to Miss Florence Hull, of Louis
vile, Kentucky.
it Is rnmored again that the De Smet
mills on the coast are To be purchased this
time by an English Syndicate We hope
the rumor Is correct.
Byhalia seems TO be the exception thar
proves the rule in Mississippi, for she
hasn't had and will not have a single
marriage this winter
The Pass Christian Beacon is living in
the hope of having its Xmas turkey arrive
soon. We fear it will not live long, ii that
hope is what is sustaining IT,
DR.. Holland, of Canton. who recently
imported thirteen head Of blooded cattle
has h'd the misfortune to lose four recent
/, from the acclimatIon fever.
One OF tie most entertaining Enchre
parties ot the season was given IN Y cks-
rnrg last week, bv Miss Annie Wrish, To-
her cousin Miss Burnett, of Port Gibson.
Mississippi editors continue in lnck.
MIR. Livingston Pevton editor of the Spec
tator, has been elected m lvor If Movers
vile and Mr. Mitchell OF the Signal
Cop ahan, one Of the aldermen OF Halle
hurst.
MARRIED, in Durant, December lit. 1885.
by Rev. j. II. Alexander and ] A. Bower,
DIR. Il Coleman and Miss Fannie Clark.
both al X cinsko W, know whereof We
Si' ak when We say tlIat two trner. nobl. r
hearts were never found, than these. and
We "i>h them life hrim-lull OF realized
hopes and anticipatiuns.
man by name of Kahn. a farmer of con.
siderable means, residing near johnson
vile. SnnflOwer comfy, was arrested ON
the Sth nit.. on a fequi-.iion from TIN. Gov
err rot Texas. IN which STATE he j. charged
with numbering two men II ye-.rs ago. H
was taken back To Tex IS. and il = bonad
he viii be able 10 establish his innocence
as he hears the reputation of being "a very
popular and excellent gentleman Elk.
The citizens of Moss Point have mi.
formed their military company. and also
have contributed so literally 10 the .r,,,r,,
fund that the erection of an armarv will h,
commenced in few DAYS. One of he n,ost
eligible los IN the town has been sec,,r..I
large enough to hold the building which
will be the largest hall i'm the town a.d
leave three-fourths of an acre SQUARE i,
front Tor drill ground. / the Moss Point
boys dent carry off the prize in the next
competitive Grill they ought To be ashamed
TO return to their generous itle CITY.
As every newspaper, great and small in
the State Is wearing on its shirt from. =
State News" column. we shall. next week
with the aid OF dull pencil and few ex
changes piece up one. II We find that thi
additional feature has tendency To in.
crease our circulation AT the rate OF saw one
hundred subscribers a week, il shall bs
continued If not, we will dispose of il ut
once Tor some old clothes or some advice as
TO how to run better paper.-W.st Point
New Era.
We think before the first column is made
readable it will be discovered that n sb,,rn
lead pencil and a goodly number of ex-
changes will be found necessary to aid
even Bro. Almon in his undertaking And
besides he will be at a greater disady,n-
tage that the rest OF the ne vs. patberers
Tor he will not be able to clip from his
own entertaining sheet which furnishes ms
with much that is readable.
jackson is good place for old maids
w" "iuo"s 10 go 10 just now; all the mar
-Iageahle girls are about disposed of or
spoken for, the supply is not equal TO de-
nand Then a rise is expected in the mat
-imonial market in January next. when
he Legislature meets. 1t il said that there
IRE not less than thirty widowerS and As
many old bachelors in the two houses
Vicksburg Herald.
Wtnona can't send any recruits. We
ave no old maids and widows are FOO sem
lbie to marry the average legi-latnr. es- |
.ecialiy bald headed bachelors. 81 the
api'ol city need not look in this direcs ion |
or heip.-Winpna Advance Don't alarm |
Yourself needlesiy, Mr.. Advance. W. |
raven the remotest intention of looking |
n your direction for help. thank YOU The |