The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-14
OVER TIE STATE.

AuufcHh VIII uc plcdrcu ~ huoh
that he has been elected President
of the Whitworth Female College
to succeed the lamented DR.. III. F.
Demonstrating Post.
Judge Harrison is receiving ev.
cry day applications for catalogues
and requests tor Information in
regard to the |. /. & @. The indi-
cations are that the College, at
the nsxt opening. will be crowded
to its utmost capacity with pupils
from every part of the State
Columbus Dispatch.
A colored family, in the vicinity
of Lyon, having chills and fever.
sent to a dry goods store at Lyon
for some qulnine, and by mistake
were given morphine. One wo-
man took a dose and died, one
took an overdose and vomited it
up and recovered, and another
took dose and had very hard
time to get over it.-Friars Point
Gazette.
h Auditor Stone on yesterday adj.
dressed circular letter to tiS
boards of Supervisors directing
that in making the county levy for
the year 1886, they shall regard
the three and one half mills levied
under ian act in relation to public
revenue" approved March 18th,
1886, as the State tax proper, and
upon which the county levy for
1886 should be based.-Jackson
Clarion.
The South bound mail train last
night happened to quite all acci.
dent while running at the rate of
45 miles an hour between Lula
and Coahona Stations, caused by
spreading of rails. The engine
and baggage car passed over all
right, but three coaches were over.
turned, one completely upset.
Fortunately no one was seriously
injured. but a few were bruised
up.-Leland Record.
A young gentleman who came
up from down the river yesterday
tells us that the cotton worms
have made their appearance on
the blackburn" place, about two
and q half miles below this city,
and that they had completely de.
voured about two or three acres
of the cotton on that place. This
is the only locality in the county,
so far as we have heard, in which
the worms have appeared in any
great numbers .-Natchez Demo
crat.
Il ID learned from Mr.. j. NJ,
Cunning that the arm of Mating
Fly = Cunning is reeotiatipg for
the sale Of . large body or land,
located on the Mississippi Valley
Railroad, between Harriston and
Gloster, TO 400 Italian families who
intend to engage in fruit culture
there. Ten families are ell route
at present as an advance guard.
The lands mentioned are a part Of
the finest fruit country in the
South. The immigrants will also
make speciality of growing veg.
etables for the Northern market,
Evening Post.
There is little prodigy in town
In the shape of a black girl, aged
two years. She recognizes aud
gives the names of about twenty
songs as their airs are struck on
the piano, or as their time is beat
on table. The latter is remark
able in a child, as few musicians
can distinguish one air from an
other simply by its time. The
mother of this child, having beer
raised up in the house by Mrs
Ware, has had free access to the
piano, and has composed waltz
and a march, each very pretty
though she has no acquaintance
with notes, and has had no instruc
tion.-West Point Leader.
At Cotton Gin, a small town
sixteen miles north of this place
ayoung lady by the name of Wood
son, who claims to have been in
suited by David Martin, a young
man of the neighborhood, fired
one shot at him with pistol with
out inflicting any injury. She
keeps a small store in Cotton Gin
and had warned Martin not to en-
ter her premises. Disregardinl
her command he entered, and al
he did, she shot at him. He strucl
her with chair, and broke he
arm, preventing her from firing |
second time. he was arrested
and placed under a bond of 1,O0'
to keep the peace.-AberdeeI
Weekly.
Mr.. - Moak, son of Jacol
: Moak living about six miles. from
Summit, went out bird hunting b.
himself last Tuesday. Not CON
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