The clarion., 1886-08-25
THE STATE.
The ''wet" majority in Tippah is s..

The wet majority IN lippah is S4
There is not vacant house IN Macon
DeSoto county has seventy free NJ.
lie schools.
Leaore county gave majority Of sos
"for the sale"
The official majority in Madison copn,v
against prohibition is 72l.
The new Baptist church al Wess.o .;,,
be dedicated on Sunday next
Mr. Amos Tins and Miss Agile VIII.
were married at Walden on 18Th.
Summit has the only Lodge in The g..
OF ''The Daughters Of Rebecca. I. o.
The Kosciusko Star printing ofScs w..
destroyed by the recent fire in that Tow
Thos. Mckenzie and Miss Lille Ncc,.
we're married at Como, Panola county ~
18th.
The South Mississippi Colored Fsir,,,,,
be held at Brookhaven, October 26. and con
tinue FIVE days.
Miss Lula Rives, of Macon. hs. io;,.4
the Sisters of Loretto, receiving the nam.
of Sister NJ. Dolerosa.
MrJ. b. Wilson and Miss Cora NlpBn
of Grenada, were married in Bowlin.
Green, KY, on 18th inst
Hon. s. VI. Roane will address the "a
mers of Calhoun, on the living issues NJ H..
day, az Pittsboro, Sept. 4.
The personal assessment Of Warren
county, for 1886, foots up Sl-4S-->
against 81, ,245, ,9Sl last ye,r
Col. A. l.. Black burn, of Tate eopn,,
had six acres of land in clover thar n-.
dueed forty tons of excellent hay.
Mr.. Lille Smith has been elected S,av
ard of the East Mississippi Asylum in
place OF III. ID. Cameron, resigned
Mr.. Carey BirdsoLg was badly iniur-5
in the face by the firing OF a cannon al
Hazlehurst on Saturday night, l4th.
The assessment roll of Holmes sbov..
only one pistol in tkat county. What a law-
abiding people Pike county shows np a
total of 10.
Mr.. l.. q. Wright aud Miss Matte Hes.
ter were married ON 9th inst. at the resi-.
dence of brides mother, ten miles west at
| Hazlehurst.
The Mississippi Mills will not employ
any Knights OF Labor, and twenty mem
bers of that organization called for then
| time on 10Th.
There are no vacant residences in FAy.
cite, so that the prediction that the town
would move to Harriston is not being ran.
! idly fulfilled.
| The personal assessment roll Of Smith
county foots up S269, ,500-an increase OF
$Sl. 976 since 1880. The assessment iu-
cludes 53 pistols.
Robert Barry, son of Maior A. F. Barry
| residing near Martinsville, Copiah county
died on Saturday night, l4th The afflicted
family have THE CLARroN's sympathy.
Mr.. Bem. Price, local tres surer OF the
University of Mississippi, has been elected
as Secretary of the Board Of Trustees. To
| fill the vacancy occasioned hy the death Of
| Mr.. Sullivan.
| The Sub-Soiler and Democrat complains
that the negro vagrant row almost controls
| Corinth, and wants to know If there Is NO
remedy? Give them an opportunity 10
| improve the streets.
A mad dog entered the Episcopal church
at Holly Springs, during service on Sunday
morning, 18th. The swift aud silent de-
parture of the assembly" followed. The
dog was dispatched.
Mrs General w. F. Tucker has been ap.
pointed postmistress at Okolona. Her
| husband, who was assassinated a few years
ago, was one Of the hravest and truest men
this age has produced.
Hattiesburg will have barbecue on
Saturday next, when steps will be taken
| toward securing the crossing Of the Gull
and Ship Island Railroad through that
progressive little town.
The Canton Daily Picket has been pub
lished for five months, and Capt. Ross avs
| that sit bids fair to remain one of the per
manent and live institutions of one Of the
| liveliest and best towns in the State"
The Supervisors of Prentiss county, at
their meeting last week, declined 20 order
| an election under the local option law
the petition therefor not containing one
tenth of the registered voters OF the county.
Miss Fannie Larkin, by her singing and
playing on all occasions, contributed great
ly 10 the success of prohibition in Lincoln
county. She was formerly a iavorite
pupil OF the State Institution for the
Blind.
The Raymond Gazette calls upon the
board of mayor and selectmen of that town
to stop the firing of cannon, which has be-
come "a horrid sound, to the injury OF the
sick and the disgust of sensible people"
Mr.. Henry L. Mayer, ot Issaquena
county, has eighty acres in broom corn.
The crop Is an ex pertinent, and If success
ful he will establish broom factory IN
Vicksburg, planting several hundred acres
OF the corn on his plantation
Smiths saw-milI, three miles south OF
Buckatuna station on the NJ. IL O. K. f.,
was destroyed by fire last Monday morn
ing. The loss in mill and lumber Is about
$4,000. -Four freight cars on side track
were burned, and the track considerably
damaged.
The stockholders of the Meridian News
offer the paper for sale. 1t is one OF the
best equipped printing establishments IL
the South West, but would do better in the
hands OF one or two practical men, than
under the control of board OF Managers
who know nothing about the business.
The Prohibition Executive Committee
OF Madison county has served public notice
upon King Alcohol that they ''are still iu
rebellion az ainst his authority, that their
flag is unfurled to the breeze and that they
shall continue TO wage unceasing warfare
againt the enemy of mankind, and viii
never cease the struggle until every saloon
In the county Is abolished"
Yesterday evening, as The funeral pro-
eesslon OF little Daisy, daughter of Mr.. "
H. Ratcliff, left the residence Of Mrs. Car
ter for the place Of sepulchre, the horse
drawing the carriage containing Mr.. and
Mrs. Z. \. Ratcliff and Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry
Mock, became frightened and refusing ~
obey the rein Of tine driver dashed down
steep descent on the private road side
Mr.. Nat RatclIf and Mr.. and Mrs Mock
sprang out OF the vehicle and saved them
selves; but Mrs. Rstclif fell to the bottom
Of the chasm with the horse and buggy
her friends hastened to her assistance and
when they reached the bottom OF the declivi-
ty, they found the buggy mp set, the horse
stunned with broken shoulder and Mrs-
natciit lying near the animals head in an
unconscious condition, with no pulse al the
wrist and only faint futter at the heart
he lady was conveyed home and messen-
gers dispatched at once for Drs. johnson
and Harrison. While awaiting their ar
rival, camphor and other stimnlants were
freely used in order u revive Mrs. Ratcliff
AZ length she showed evidence OF lie BY q
iaInt gasping. When the doctors came
they found, upon careful investigation. no
bones broken, but symptoms OF internal
hemorrnage, of such a nature as to pre-
;iude the hope of her recovery.-Natchez
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