The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-06
THE STATE.

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Grenada Is afflicted with band OF
Gipsies-
Decoration day wa. fttingiy observed in
HazIehurst.
Mayersville is having too much rain,
says the Spectator.
The public schools Of Issaqueua county
closed last Friday.
The Gulf Coast Beacon has just oelebra-
ted it, fourth birthday.
Mr.. James Shields. Jr., of Brandon, died
last week, aged twenty-five years.
..Pinkeye' is prevailing to an alarming
extent among the horses IN Sardis.
Mrs. Elise Goodloe Greaves died near
Livingston, Madison county last week.
After May Ist Copish county viii abolish
the retail liquor traffic, save IN one small
town.
With the addition Of just seventy more
saioons Mississippi's number will reach one
thousand.
The Kinds county Sunday School Con-
vention will meet this year in Edwards /
May 2Sth.
Capt. f. O. Sykes, OF Aberdeen has
been selected a. Internal Revenue Collector /
for Mississippi
A Shubuta youth, Isaac Champenois, /
broke his right arm near the wrist, while
skating last week.
The Forest girls inaugurated the picnic
season by pleasant moonlight entertain
ment Friday evening.
Kosci uslo claims TO offer the greatest
inducements OF any town IN Central Mis-
sissippi, to the trading public
Judge VIM T. Champlin. the oldest
member OF the bar on the coast, died last
Tuesday, aged seyeuty-tour years.
Mrs. w. r. Bracey, of Macon (aee Xix,
of Virginia. died At her home last week
/ leaving a husband and TWO little children
/ The Enterprise Guards, disbanded last
week and efforts are being made 10
+ organize Il new company under the OLD
name
Miss Aline Soria. beautiful brunette
/ of Pass Christian was last week married to
Mr.. Bussiere Rouen, a young notary OF
/ Orleans.
The Picket saws that many early vege-
tables are coming in but the people oil Can
ton fail to enjoy them, As the truckers are
bombarding Chicago.
The following from the Kosciusho Star
explains ITSELF Mr.. Colmerry.s thumb l.
not so pretty a. II was, but It knows more
of how base bail feels.
Mr.. B. F. Lipscomb, Of Tarboro, y. C.,
and Miss Sarah Marchant, adopted daugh-
ter of Dr. Oates, Of Warren county, were
married in Nicksburg last week.
Our sympathy is extended to one OF
the editors of the Ashland Register, whose
paper reached our table last week draped
in mourning for his honored father.
We understand the managers OF our fair
are already making arrangements for their
fall exhibition. They are now considering
plans for a speed ring.-Macon sun.
On Thursday last grand requiem mass
was sung at St. Paul's church in Nicks-
burg for the repose OF the souls OF the
men who lost their lives in the recent ire
Mr.. Jas. A. Berry was elected mayor OF
Friar's Point last week. His opponent
bore the name of c. J. Hyland, which fact
caused the Gazette to try its hand at pun
ming.
The shell-roads around Pass Christian
make such capital tracks, that bicycle
club from New Orleans has arranged to
make frequent excursions to the Pass this
summer, for the purpose OF enjoying these
roads.
The Amateur theatrical club of berdeen
presented the society drama meta" to a
delighted audience last week. The club
will keep up these pleasant entertainments
{ throughout the summer months.
I Since the enforcement of the stock law
in onion county the town people have
sold their mich cows, and the country
) people have raised the price OF butter from
, ~ to 20 and p cents a pound.
We learn from the By nalia Journal that
Blue Mountain Male kcademy, Of Blue
I Mountain, and Waverly Institute, OF By.
: halia, have been united, and large school
is expected at the latter place next fall.
Married-In Holly Springs, in the Pres
byteriau church, on the 2Sth OF April, by
!, the Rev Mr.. Jones, Mr.. Robert Goyer, o
i Memphis, Tenn. to Miss Salle, second
: daughter Of the late DIR. VIM. Compton.
!, A man named John Meeks, of Corintl
was poisoned last week by his wife, II
: order that she might receive the benefit o
: his policy in some benevolent association
0 Of which he was member, amounting tC
/. eight hundred dollars.
; Henry Berger, proprietor of restaurant
{ was waylaid about l. o'clock Monday
u night by two men, near his residence an(
r during the scuifle he was shot through th'
y leg. Knocked down and robbed OF abou
d $500. The thieves escaped.
: The memorial services at Port Gibson OF
/ the 9th of April were very impressive anC
It appropriate. Col. c. Z. Hooker addressed
o the multitude assembled to do honor t.
e "those dead heroes of ours" and many wa
e veterans were in attendance upon tn
: ceremonies.
5 Miss Fannie Falkner, of Ripley, me
I with a serious accident last week Will
Il waiting at the depot for friends expecte'
l. on the incoming train, in some name
e the train threw her down, and the frs
S wheel of the car ran over her foot crushing
e it very badly.
It Mr.. J. Equen, of New Orleans, and Mis-
d Willie Sykes of Columbus, were married
April IS at the home of the brides par
ents \ more beautiful wedding ha
never graced even the charming city 0
Columbus than this, when one of East Mis-
sissippi's very loveliest daughters took upol
herself the holy VOWS.
Typhoid fever has made deep inroads il
a once large and happy family living nea
=" Cedar Bluff, Clay county. Within tire
weeks, Mrs. Fannie Luther, formerl
n Mrs Holloman, her son, Tom Hollomal
e. aged twenty-five, Arthur Hollomon age
twenty-five, and Lena Luther aged sixteen
have all died from it effects.
Pittsboro, in Calhoun county, was neve
Q known to have passed though SO sad a sea
e son as the present is with them. Measle
/ rage in the place to an alarming extent
|. and with great fatality. Several death
}, have already occurred and many other
!. are yet very i'll. The town has a popula
= ton of two hundred and fifty, and out 0
:, this number there are scarcely enougl
! well persons to administer to the wants 0
the sick.
Commissioner of Agriculture and I'm
+ migration Major T. 6. Wall, is again mad
: happy by the receipt Of the information
. that Mississippi has been awarded tn
! sweepstake prize of 500 and a gol,
: medal for the best collection Of varietie
e of fruits in solution, in glass of 100 or NOR
, jars at the competitive display at the Ex
position. which was open to the world
He invites fruit-growers of every cline t
2 immigrate TO Mississippi, and says 9TH
is the promised land" It will be remem
bered that heretofore Mississippi wa
awarded eighteen premiums on apples a