The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-04-10
VOL. IS.
OVER THE STATE.

NO one has yet paid q license TO
sell pistols in this city, and the
merchants having them in stock
have laid them aside for the pres
ent. We doubt whether any Of
them will find it profitable to pay
the license.-iaZoo Sentinel.
A dealer in family groceries and
supplies in Greenyille, advertises
butter for sale from the creameries
of Starkyille, Miss, and Elgin, iii.
A speciality is made of the butter
from those creameries, and it is
warranted as being free from ad.
mixture, pure, sweet aud whole
some,n and it is needless to say
that 1t commands ready SALE
Aberdeen Examiner.
AT Buena Vista on last Thurs.
day night a negro named Isaac
Williams became enraged at anoth.
er named Archie Moore, and as
saulted him with razor. Moore
ran aud Williams followed and
overlook him and cut his throat
from ear to ear. The murderer
was afterwards arrested and made
an attempt to cut his own throat
but was not as successful in his
experiment ON himself as he was
with his enemy. A woman was at
the bottom of the Chicka.
saw Messenger.
Three hundred aud forty seven
laws enacted by the last Legisla.
ture, not more than dozen of
them of a general nature, and
more than half Of that number det.
rimental to the best interests of
the people. Ye Gods, what
record !-Chickasaw Messenger.
Well, keep quiet. You were one
of those legislators and ought to
know that no law was enacted to
compel a man to criminate himself.
Brandon Republican.
Drs. r.. II. Edwards and II. s.
Toombs, Censors for this Congress.
sional District, examined a mum.
Der of applicants for permission
to practice medicine yesterday,
and issued certificates to Drs. G.
N. Dexter, of Friars Point; II. M.
Edwards, of Centreville; John
BONNER and George L. Pope, OF
Washington county; b. w. Inman,
of Woodville; Jos. Darling and
Phil. A. Adams, of Bolivar county
Evening Post.
Al old and honored citizen oil
our county, died last Saturday
morning and was buried Sunday
in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Col
Sessions was born in Natchez, his
mother, Miss Howard, having
been born there while the countr,
was Spanish possession. Unit
the last II or Is years, which he
has spent in this county, he lived
in Natchez and Jackson, being al
one time Mayor of the latter city
He was the father of Mrs. Jas. 4
Meade, of this place, with whose
family he and his wife resided
J His genial disposition aud cordia
, good humor made him friends ev
, erywhere, who will sorrow Will
7 his loved ones over his departur,
9 for the other shore, even thougl
he had passed his "three score ant
ten," being at the time of hi
death, in his 72ud year.-Lexing
ton Advertiser
The news of Mr.. Hunter Sharp
4 accidental shooting at Artesia OIL
< Wednesday wasa most disagreea
: BILE surprise to his many friend
r here. The way 1t came about wa
i as follows: A negro emissary o
r some colored Association or Oh
der has been visiting Artesia fo
some days and OH Wednesda
y made himself rather too free abou
Mr.. Chidsey's hotel. A son of Nj
b Chidsey attempted to compel hit
to leave when the negro attacke
him and would have doubtles
done him serious injury had nc
the young man called upo
:, Messrs. Bush and Hunter Shar
who we're standing near by fo
! help. They at once responde
r whereupon the negro broke an
q run. Messrs. Bush and Shar
rt followed, the former drawing h
: pistol and discharging it at ii
he fugitive. Just as he did so NJ
Sharp run ahead of him and +
ceived the bullet in his left Il
below the knee, the ball passir
Us between the BODIES and touchir
the nerve. DIR. Brownrigg wi
summoned by telegraph and four
0 upon examination that the woun
while quite painful, was not da
gerous.- Columbus Dispatch.
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