The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-03-13
OVER TnE STATE.

The Grenada Sentinel states
that within the past few weeks
nearly a thousand negroes have
taken the train at Batesville for
Arkansas and the Mississippi Val.
ley.
The Mississippi Mills are making
forty dozen towels per day. and an
enormous amount of rope. They
cannot more than ill half their or.
ders, so great is the demand for
this kind of goods.-Hazlehurst
Signal.
The third attempt has been made
to wreck trains above Anguilla re-
Gently, and discovered every time
before any accident occurred.
The railroad authorities have of.
fered reward Of $3.50 for the ar.
rest and conviction of the guilty.
Deer Greek Pilot.
Several Illinois capitalists have
been in our city this week, look
ing at lands in the coHnty with a
view to purchasing. They were
brought here through the efforts
of Mr.. j. B. Wilson, and two of
them. Messrs. Day and Cruzen,
bought about 1000 acres in this
county.-Yazoo Sentinel.
A fellow was indicted at the last
Circuit Court of Tippah county
for stealing. He gave bond for
his appearance, and last week was
again arrested, this time for steal
ing the indictment 10 the first case
from the Circuit Clerks Office
Summit Sentinel.
The students of the University
Of Mississippi are memoralizing
the Legisla, In opposition to
CO education of the sexes in State
institutions. Now that a separate
college has been established for
the girls, we incline to the opinion
that they should be no longer ad.
mitted to the University or A. and
NJ. College.-Clarion
The Senate has made the follow.
lug combinations: Levee Com.
missioners Upper District-C. L.
Robertson and G. G. Crews, of
Tunica Thos. w. White, of De-
Soto; Thos. II. Collins, of Sun.
flower; b. W. Sturdevant, of Tai.
lahatchie; b. s. Kicks, of Yazoo
J. +. Townsend and W. II. Stovall,
Of Coahoma; W. A. Turner, Of
Quitman county.
The Courthouse bill has been
passed. The bill, we learn from
the Clarion, was amended, which
we presume will allow Jamestown,
Oh the Mobile & Northwestern r.
b., to become q competitor for
courthouse honors. The fight for
it will be hot one, and if Clarks.
dale gets it, as she is entitled to,
there will have to be both money
and work lsvishly expended
Clan ksdale Banner.
We are informed that early III
the morning on Monday last, that
an attempt was made to assassi.
nate Mr.. Wylie Morgan. We have
not heard the particulars, but from
what can be gathered it seems
that as Mr.. Morgan was walking
on his gallery about 8 o'clock in
the morning some party standing
behind a tree near his house snap.
ped two caps at him. The hour
was early and the morning being
dark and very foggy Mr.. Morgan
failed to recognize bis would.be
assailant.-Woodville Republican
The Herald received on Tues.
day, with compliments Of Master
Claiborne Yandell, the largest egg
ever seen in Yazoo City. 1t was
of the Plymouth Rock variety and
measured s inches lengthwise,
inches in circumference and
weighed eight ounces. 1t con
tanned .wo yolks and q full quota
of white, and was delicious eating
Holmes county considers |,
would be great hardship to have
to be forced to pay 1t pro rata Of
the levee tax when the citizens il
il, whose lands are overflvwed are
opposed to levees. Would no,
the same argument hold as goot
as to the tax to pay the salary o.
a Judge or Chancellor If the citi
zens of Holmes were united in de
sIripg to have no judiciary system
True, one is a general, the other ,
special tax, but is there any differ
ence In principle. The levees pro
tect and benefit Holmes as mucl
as they protect aud benefit Yazot
and Lefore, just as the judiciar,
system protects and benefitl
Holmes. Yazoo and Letiore.-Ya
zoo CITY Herald.