The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-07-03
Especial to Times .Demoerat.l

euootlHS auIa1 OCCuiEtu mere 10
day about II O'clock between John
Mckee, James Mckee and VIII.
Pease on one side, and Alex. Board
on the other, in which Board was
killed, having received nine shots,
two of which entered the brain,
one the neck, and the balance his
body at different points. james
Mckee was shot in the arm and
thigh, but is not considered dan.
gerously wounded. L. Staller,
father.in-law of Board, received
shot through his arm.
The cause of the shooting was
remarks SAID to have been made
by Board about a lady relative of
the Mekees and a sister TO Peace.
The parties are all in the hands of
the officers awaiting the coroner's
verdict.
We are sorry to learn that Mr..
Jesse Haley, a resident of this
place, and for some time past a
brakeman on the Illinois Central
Railroad, met with 4 sndden aud
violent death at Brookhaven, last
Thursday morning, while in the
discharge OF his duty. He went
north on No. 3, Thursday morning,
and when he reached Brookhaven
he was accidentally killed by being
crushed 10 death by the train.
His mangled remains were brought
down to Summit Thursday evening
for interment. Mr.. Haley was re-
Gently married, and bis sudden
and sad death is a terrible blow
to his young bride. - Summit
Times.
We notice in a recent issue Of
the Vicksburg Post some advice
given to the citizens with reference
to gravel. 1t advises against the
use of too much as needless waste
aud points to the streets of Yazoo
City as an instance that deep gray.
el is not needed. We have in.
quired of several who possess in.
formation on the subject and find
from them as the Post suggests
that six inches will pave almost
any street if the grading is good
1t should be rounded up in the
center so that the water may run
off. A street which is not much
used needs not more than -four
inches. The road should have 6
good hard foundation. In YazoC
City the street is first graded
travelled over o few weeks uuti
it is solid, then rounded again anC
? the gravel laid. Where there il
heavy hauling eight inches in thu
center and taperipg off to fiy'
inches on the side would be better
? We are satisfied the result hal
been to make the streets of Yazo'
City the best in Mississippi.-Ya
zoo City Herald.
. Especial to Times.Democrat.I
, Vicksburg, June 27.-Last nigh
about 10 o'clock a tragedy occur
, red at a store kept by a man nance
r L. Binder in Eagle Bend, abou
forty miles above here, on Mr.
Richard Peelers' plantation. Th
particulars, so far as ascertained
. are rs follows:
, The usual Saturday evening
, gathering that occurs at the couu
> try stores in that section, wher
more or less drinking is done b,
both white and cOlored, was abou
! at an end, and Binder, wishing t.
close up for the night, requeste'
| the parties to leave. In the crow
q were two white men named Henr
| and Alfred Morgan. one of whor
being in liquor refused to alloy
. the colored porter of the store
, NJ. Brown, to close it, and afte
/ some words passing between ther
E Binder told Brown to close up an
E if anything happened be would b
responsible and protect him, upo
which Brown retired to anothe
!. part of the store, and when he NJ
! peared again he was armed with
+ double -barreled shotgun loade
, with buckshot, and without FIJI
E ther ado emptied one barrel Int
the body Of Alfred Morgan, wh
fell dead in the store door.
When Henry saw his brothe
J fall he Immediately started to rul
: but before he reached the fror
gate Brown brought him dow
with the contents OF the othC
barrel, killing him instantly. Dut
u ing the shooting he also woupde
I d negro named Cornelius Jaekso
u in one arm and the side.
TOO BAD.
+ Jno. A. Logan yesterday exhau
ted his stock of classical know
s edge, speaking on the Fitz job