The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-07-24
MISSISSIPPI

an inl'n'nan 'inna negro ~ tho mime
of Samuel "owcrs. living ut Forest Miss.,
beat his seven year Old son tn doath nj that
place last week. The Register Of that town
says: sit appears thai sam Powers had a
little boy about seven years old. named
Frank. and hat the boy had run away from
was returned to his inlunian parent last
night. After getting him home he began
whipping him with !, piece of rubber hose,
about a quarter OF an inch thick, two inches
wide and twenty inches long, and contin-
ned whipping until he vomitcd blood ut his
feet and died III a spasm. iIe was encour-
aged in the act by negro woman known
as Sou Barnett, who refused TO allow other
negro women present to stop him. The
witnesses present say that he whipped tho
boy fully thirty minutes" This monster
made good his escape after committing the
reyoltins dced, aud thus escaped "short
shift and long rope rope" which was il
readiness for him had the Infatuated popu-
Lace succeeded i'll catching. him.
Mir. A. Il. Cassell of the firm Of Hartiaway
II Cassell of Niclsburg was married last
Saturday at Natchez to Miss Carrie L.
Drake OF that city.
The question otprohibition will be sub
Eitted TO the voters Of Kinds county, Miss,
on August lOtl! for ratification rejection.
The city of Natchez will have IL new CEN
sus taken beginning August Isl. Six census
takers have been appontcd--one for each
o: the :"ul wards and two for The suburbs
OF the city.
According to the Banner the principal
topic OF conversation in Natchus is the
North and South railroad. 1t says that
every body seems 10 be in favor OF the road
and there will DO but little opposition to
voting 100000 toward building it, provided
that the people can fell assured of getting a
through road.
The Natchez Banner says that work on
the compress there is being pushed rapidly
forward and that the massive machinery
weighing 100000 tons, and costing So, OUO
Will be in position within a few days.
''Mr. j. Il. Stokes of Bolivar, a most vel
come attendant upon the recent convention
informed us that his wheat crop, 400 acres,
! threshed out fully twenty bushels per acre.
In quality it takes rank with the best.
r. II. Hawkins. brakeman on a freight
train of the Mobile & Ohio railroad, fell off
Train at Crawford, Miss. last Sunday
morning and receive injuries from which
he died.
The Macon ice factory began operations
last Monday.
G. w. Robinson Of Pensacola, Fla. pur-
chased last week the De Sn1et saw mills,
which are located at Moss Point, paying
| therefor the sum of IS, 600. The mills were
| in litigation and this action closes the great
est law suit of Southern Mississippi.
THE WEST.
Advices from Indian Territory say that
the drouth continues over nearly the whole
| of the Territory and that Murrain has broke
out among the cattle in several localities
| and many are dying. Topeka. Kansas adj
vices are to the effect that the present is the
worst drought in Kansas known since 1873,
and unless rain falls soon the corn crop
Will be ruined. Tho last rain fell in the
latter part Of Juno, since which time it has
been intensely hot. Tho oat and wheat
celied tho estimates OF the State Board of
Agriculture.