The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-05
THE STATE.
eridian has a cigar manulletory.

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Meridian has cigar mandatory
The Focus is a new Cotfeeviile paper.
Anding IS the latest place stirred up by
The Barataria Canning Factory has re-
sumed business.
Biloxi is the only Mississippi town that
taxes drummers.
The only two cigar factories in Mi7s's-
sippi are in Meridian.
Two hundred acres are planted IN straw
berries around Darant.
The Catholic Fair in Nicksbnrg last
week was a phenomenal success.
The Phi Sigma Society of the University
will celebrate lis anniversary on The Soth-
The Oxford Telephone states that knee
pants will be worn at the University bali
The Columbus Dispatch newspaper and
10 priating establishment Is offered ioT
sale.
A company who propose to renovatf
feathers will open in Columbus IN lie"
days.
Mr.. james A. Stevens and Mis-, Mary
Gosa, of West Point, vera. married last
week.
Yazoo City has me material Tor gun
club, and wants one organ zed during 'ht
summer.
Port Gibson thinks she is blessed with
more lovely shade trees than any town IN
the State.
T. ST airs. OF Oxford, has been employed
as base ball pitch, at fine salary, by The
Grenada club.
The Rifles friends In Vicksburg, will
tender them a grand concert, between this
time and the drill
Mr.. L. S. Field, of Temple, Texas, was
married last week to Miss Carrie Kramer,
Of Enterprise, Miss.
The Yazoo City Herald wants the mer-
chants TO begin closing their stores at SIX
O'Clock Immediately.
| 1t is probable that the Gull & Ship Is
laud Railroad will not pass through Ne
shoba county, as at first intended.
A gentleman Of Carroll county stocked
his fish pond with trout aud is delighted
with the result OF his experiment
Mr. Liddell has resigned the editors
chair in the Yazoo Valley Flag office, and
| Mr.. Coleman has assumed control.
A little daughter of Mr.. Lowenburg, OF
Natchez, was seriously injured by a TAI
last week, which resulted in badly broken
arm.
The Cold Water Herald came to US Thu
week. with the Herald on the outside ano
The Marshall County Register on the IN
side.
Pennington suffered from severe hail
storm last Thursday night. Nearly al
The window glass in the town was demol
ished.
Mr.. J. A. Flanagan. living near All
Mount, has invented Portable wire fence
which he is maxim: arrangements to have
patented.
H. II. Kain, of NicksBIrg, dealer il
fancy groceries, made an assignment las
week to T. NJ Folkes, for the benefit OF hi
creditors.
Ledore county has taken good step il
the way Of getting rid OF dogs. 1t vii
levy a tax of one dollar per head, which
will be rigidlY enforced.
The Falcon says ait is whispered" tina
"Oxford has quite a number OF the mos
beautiful and highly accomplished spider
legged dudes of any place OF her size In lh'
South"
The elderly female members OF th'
Press will have IA lonesome time at Yves
Point, as Col. P K. and Saw Mill Jone
have both departed the life OF single
blessedness.
The surviving Confederate soldiers Twin!
in the neignborhood of Satartia will hav,
a reunion June lst, to which all IN tbs
countrywide fought for the Lost Cause
will be invited.
Mr.. John Mc.Cabe, former resident o
Natchez, renowned his faith, and EN-
braced Judaism in Birmingham, Ala, re
Gently, and was Immediately married L
Miss Fulz, Jewish maiden.
At The Presbyterian church, in Lexing
ton, Tuesday night, April 18th, 1856, b,
Rev. J. H. Alexander, of Kosciu-ko, Mr.
L. H. Doty, of Kosciusko, to Miss Josa
phine Barbour, of Lexington.
The Aberdeen Examiner says the Cor
don House has been leased to Nh
Chris Hinkle, the we'll known host o
Jackson, who will take charge on the frs
inst, retaining Mr.. McEachen in TIA
office.
Miss Lallie Hoskins, the lovely daughte
of Capt. Hoskins, OF Lexington, wa
married last week to DIR. d. S. Humphrey
Youngest son of ex-Gov. Humphreys. Th
young couple have our best wishes, am
sincere congratulations.
Mrs. Saunders, "a blind woman. who ha
blind son, and who lives on piece o
property belonging to Mr.. Alex Kuhn
north Of the city cemetery, was sitting il
, a chair in her house Wednesday night ans
had her son standing near her, when som'
miscreant opened window and fired ;
load of buekshot into the wall Just Owe
her head In the darkness they had free
in the direction of the sound OF her voice
thinking she was standing up, bHt fortu
nately she was erouched down in the chair
She is very poor and without means ofsup
port-Vicks burg Post.
The following interesting item we fine
in a Natchez special to the Times Demo
ocrat E tster services in Trinity Episco
pal Church were. largely attended. Tn,
sermons at both morning and evening ser
vices were by Bishoy Hugh Miller Thonp
son, and were remarkable for their grea
power and eloquent delivery. The chill
dren's festival in the afternoon was mad,
doubly pleasant, il possible, as the pastor
| Rev. Alex Marks, was the recipient on be
half of the Sunday school, OF present o.
$4,000 to build a new .choolhouse, by :
donor who wished to be unknown The
present came in we'll, as after eleven year,
Of labor the children had been able tC
gather sufficient only to pay for a lot anc
make commencement TO build.