The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-11-13
OVER THE STATE.

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have made up his mind to have re-
NAMED at home after the 4th of
March.-Ciarksdale Banner.
The election on Tuesday in this
county passed on very quietly.
There being ne contest, not more
than 200 or 500 votes were polled.
Not near all the boxes have been
heard from as We go to press aud
we are therefore unable to give
the returns.-Yaxoo Sentinel.
The Pargoud passed down We'd
nesday night with S.977 bales of
cotton and 6,l00 sacks of seed.
The fog was so dense when the
Pargoud reached Natchez that it
was several hours before she could
effect a landing. and had to be as
sisted finding her way to the land.
ing by the bell on Com. j. b.
O'Brien's coal Office which was
rung continuously tor some time
for her beneft.-Natchez Demo-
crat.
Judge Simrall, the Republican
candidate for Congress In the
Shoestring District, has been
Using Frank Burkitt's "Wool Hat"
articles to prove the dishonesty
Of our Democratic administration,
and telling the people that Bur.
kilt is a Democrat. We knew the
Judge was politically bad, but we
never thought he would resort to
such means to deceive the poor
ignorant negroes of his district
Brandon Republican.
There vas q premium offered at
the Madison county fair to the
person raising the most corn on
one acre, and the gentleman who
carried of the blue ribbon raised
974 bushels. We are reliably in.
formed, and that too, by a planter
whose integrity Is as pure us the
purest, that there was raised on
one acre of we'll fertilized land In
Carroll county, this year, 145
bushels of good corn. The gen
tleman made a speciality Of this
aero, and measured the land Will
the chain.-Winona Advance.
| jackson, Nov. In the Su
preme Court to-day Justice j. A. p
Campbell delivered the decision
III the case Of Schuler VS.. r. M
Bordeaux, sheriff aud tax collector
of Lauderdalo county, which in
volved the constitutionalily o
the local option law. The two
grounds considered by the cour
upon which the appellant clalmi
the law to be unconstitutiona
were first, that the act violated
the constitution of the State In no
making the result of the election
returnablc to tho Secretary o
State; and second, that the ac
was not declarative of the will o
the Legislature, but depended up
on a future contingency for It's op
Grafton. The court upheld the con
stltutionality of the law and decid
ed the local option election Il
Lauderdale county valid.
The court also decided the cleo
tion in Kinds county legal. i
, the Kinds county case the cour
stated that 1t required q determil
cd effort to consider seriously th
argument made by the counsel fo
! appellant.-Special to Commercia
Herald.
T II is stated that G. z. Hunting
ton and r. T. Wilson, of Ne'
! York, and LELAND Stamford, G
California, contemplate forming
combination to open up and cult
!, vate about 100000 acres Of Ian
on the line Of the Louisville, Me-
Orleans and Texas railway in th
u Yazoo Delta.
The road owns 100000 acre.
but have sold about one-third
actual settlers. 1t is the intel
tion of the gentlemen to bring th
y land to the highest standard {
cultivation.
The lands In the Yazoo vale
+. are recognized as the finest cotto
}. lands In the South. They will Gu
! tivate principally cotton, usin
the latest improved machinel
y where practicable.
The continuous line of leve.
which extend from the high grouu
below Memphis to the hills of tn
city guarantee protection fro
high water.-vicksburg Special
. N. o. Picayune.
The Hernando Creamery W,
duly opened on Monday, by simp
and impressive ceremonies. The
were present at the opening qui
:. o a number of ladies and gentlemt
- = and, d of whom, showing by the
looo~arootioo ooI oof,.r. an ttvc