Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-03-04
WEssoN IrxMs.


DIR. Rcmbert, OF Jackson, was In
town Monday.
Mr.. Bingham occupied tho Mctho-
dist pulpit last Sunday night.
The patest medici,e man couldn't
beat William cut Of I'm dollar.
Miss Matte Linfield logan teaching
in our public school last Monday.
Tn. dye house is receiving new
coat OF whitcwash.
Capt. Earns and Lyell have their
show windows decorated more hastily
than anyone in town.
Mcssr.. Geo. and Win Woodbridge
are spending sometime with their
friends in Wesson.
Mr.. Longino was in town Sunday,
on his way to Jackson, TO defend Loft
tin in the Supreme court.
Capt. Lyell has exchanged his Craft
property with the Mississippi Nill'
for the lot just in front OF his house.
Mr.. westcrtield has abandoned the
state OF single wrctchcdness. The
best wishes Of this paper attends
him.
There will be a call meeting Of the
v. $. Library next Monday night.
All should turn out.
Juo. Aanguu, Esq., member o'
the lrm q. Mangum, Bntlsr X Co. Of
Wcsson, was u recent visitor TO our
city.
The blisd man has been telling ns
about the "kind OF personals devil
is" We have = number on u small
scale here in Wesson.
Wesson has received up 10 date
about 500 bales Of cotton, fully 1000
more than last year. This certainly
speaks well for our prohibition town.
The bras, band is making nice prog
ress, 30 we learn, but il would be
better for them 10 give Us concert
benefit so that we can speak more au-
thoritatiyely.
One Of our lightning ink singers
proposes TO call bookkceper's Icon-
ycntion in the near future, in which,
the principal topic Of discussion, will
be double cutry.
The Mississippi Mills are making 40
uoz. towels per day and an enormous
amour, OF rope. They cannot more
than dill half their orders, 80
great is the demand for tli. kind of
goods.
Our public school average last month
was H.. We arc glad to see more in
tere.t taken in this matter, and We
hope, Us the gentle sunshine comes
out, the crowd will continue TO In
crease.
We had q copper lightning rod man
in town last week, who encouraged
Us TO sell all the rod. now pat up for
old iron, and to have him "dx them
up" at the usual price, with liberal
discount.
In the near future, Prof. Morris,
from Illinois, will exhibit % trained
dog, in Wesson constituting clown
dogs, judges, politicians They can
read, write, and stuff the polls just as
any other politicians would do.
DR.. IIumphries, of Georgia, guar
dian For the Eugene Ray heirs, has
purchased their lot, adjoining Mr..
Dampccr, and will, in tie neartuturc,
erect a store on the same. Many re-
member Mr.. Ray kindly, aud will be-
glad to know that his little fellows
have u watchful guardian over them.
Wedding bell, chimed their sweetest
,Ori, last SUNDAY.
Though fools spurn lIymen's gentle
power.
We who imprsvc his golden hours,
by sweet experience know
That marriage, rightly understood,
Gives tO the tender and the good
\ Paradise below"
Quite an excitement prevailed in
we,son last Saturday night, over the |
alarm o; fire at the hotel. a long |
piece OF wood burned out too far, ig-
hitting the back part Of the MANTLE
piece. Ii was making Roadway up the |
'eiling, and, but for the timely assist
lncc Of willing hands, the entire
building would soon have been reduce
"a TO ashes. This is twice this house
has caught ON fire in one month.
Does II occur 10 anyone that We need
, fire company in Wesson.
Rev. j. Woodbridge died or Ca
arrhal pneumonia last Saturday
night. lie had been minister of the
gospel for fifty years-flftecn years at
henderson, Ky. fourteen at Baton
Rouge, La (; aud fourteen years at
his place, educated at Princeton, but
ias spent the major part Of his life in
he south. he was the originator of
he Presbyterian church here, and had
always been It, most jealous advocate.
The light ofhis example will long live
o mould the moral sentiment of the
in which he was univer-
ally respected. His funeral was one
n the largest ever seen in Wesson.