The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-08
THE STATE.

rup, were married in Quitman on We edna
day last.
The Columbus people gave the e,,-.
paupers bountiiul dinner last ToanE.
giving day.
The public schools OF Vieksbrr, MI.
Prof. K X. Jayne as principal. OH '.I
last Monday. FS0eu
Mrs, Margaret f. Beall, of vieksbp-,
young woman greatly beloved, died Al 5s.
home last week.
a new creamery al Jessamine. be,x..-
Madison and fougaloo, will be 10 Or.
ton oy April LIST.
The stear1 gin OF Mr. 5. 2. McRss 3.
teen miles from Brookhayeu. va, des,r,r.i
by fire, on the 81 inst,
The Democrat says that VIck.bs,y
out Of old maids, and Natohez Is -
give an old maid show.
The Gulf Coast College bgiI5io,
Handsboro was dedicated Mondsy nv n.
Markham, oil New Orleans.
The Tupelo Chatauqua Circle are me-
ing great preparations Tor the celebrgr,o,
OF MELONS Day to-morros.
Miss Nellie Henderson. OF Naicbs, .u5
MIR. Jno. Ayers, OF New Orleans ~
married in Natchez last week.
Mr.. Jos. Gill, OF Bolivar county. and
Mss Annie Anderson, OF kirkwood. Nj.
son county, were married on IN, 1t inst
Yazoo City suffered a severe loss bv e..
last Saturday night. About sixty t1o,.-
and dollars worth OF property was ds.
stroyed.
Miss Bessie Rogers, the young West
Point poetess, Is contributing song lovely
gems OF poetry to several of our State Ell
changes.
Mr.. VIM. T. Head, of Crystal Spring.
and Miss Narnia Davis Bonney. OF sum,
nit, were married in the latter place ON The
30th ult.
The Harper party spent Saturday night
and Sunday IN NIcksburg, and were ele-
| gantly entertained by the citizens Of the
Hill City.
Tommy White, young boy of Enter
prise, was thrown from has buggy while
returning from funeral last week. and
Instantly killed.
Mr.. VIM. Rhymes, of Martinsyille. died
last Wednesday morning, from injuries
received by a fall from his buggy, while
mis- horse was running away.
There is good deal of excitement
1
that was seen in that vicinity recently, in
pursuit OF some children.
The Tenth Mississippi Conference held
very interesting session at West Point
last week. and decided upon Winons as
the place of meeting next year
Simpson county is to have poor house
that wall cost SI9o.99, and the contract Tor
keeping it will bs let TO the lowest bidder
on the first Monday in January,
The Volunteer Southrons have elected
Mr.. Julius Klein OF NIcksburg, President
OF their company, instead OF eiecting a
Captain To iii Capt. Searles' place.
4 recent Washington telegram states
that Mrs Shumas, OF Mississippi, has been
promoted from Glass i, TO Glass 8. in the
office of Superintendent of the Life Saving
Service.
7 The differences between the citizens Of
New Albany and the authorities of the
Gulf and Snip Island Railroad have been
satisfactorily settled, and the road will
take New Albany in it, route to the
Coast.
A load of cotton, weighing nine Thousand
pounds and drawn by eight splendid mules
was sent in to Vicksburg Saturday from
Col. Cordwents plantation to show to the
Harper party specimen OF Southern en-
terprise.
The parties implicated in the burning Of
Mr.. Harrison Calcote's gin last week we're
not lost lin the woods, as reported in the
community, but arrested ami conveyed 10
the Meadville jail in Franklin county
Natchez Banner.
A moonshiner's camp and several bar
rels of illicit distilled red eye" were dis
covered in Tallahatchie county by the
revenue officers and destroyed. The moon
sinners made their escape through the
canebrakes.-Ex.
Mr.. Jno. A. Galbreath. formerly night
operator at ,he Western Union office IN
VIcksbuTg, has been appointed assistant
postmaster in place OF Mr.. Steigleman,
who has resigned.
Rev. J. NJ. Scruggs, after four years
pastorate of the Methodist church, Column
bus, preached his farewell sermon on sun
day night, 18th ult., to very large aud
deeply affected congregation.
Mr.. Geo. H. Rigby is spoken of as the
successor OF Col. 4. D. Frost, as Superln-
tendent of the Natchez, jackson q Colum-
bus Railroad. Col. Frost mas rendered his
resignation to take effect January lst.
1t was currently reported last week that
the Greenville Compress had been de-
; stroyed by fire. Fortunately for Green
vile the rumor proved untrue. 1t had it,
t origin IN the fact that about l15 bales Of
, cotton stored outside the compress has
been destroyed by fire.
The Fayette Chronicle says Capt Put
Darden and wife returned last week from q
;; meeting OF the National Grange Al PnIia-
4 / HalThfa Ihay Aonhti a q. II
time, as the Captain was the recipient oil
many courtesies AS Worthy Master bu
that picture which the Philadelphia Time
published of him was "the unkindest Gu
of all.''
A report comes of the lynching Of tire
incendiaries in Franklin county, for th
burning of the cotton gin Of Harrison
Calcote. 1t appears that there was 10
OF cotton stored in the gin and the negrOe
stole three bales of ii. To conceal thI
theft they fired the building They wer
arrested, and while being taken 10 Jai
were lost in the woods.-Herald.
The residence of Mr.. Ben Lane Posey a
Bay St. Louis was found to be on fire las
week, but the flames we're easily extin
gulshed. The Progress says that Mr.. Poser
Is an extremely lucky man His hous,
has been on fire three times, but has neve
, burned to any great extent, and he ha
been through two wars, and was Otter
wounded but never seriously hurt.
Mississippi City special telegram 0
the 81 says Sheriff Seal returned thi
morning from Pennington, having in Gus
tody the Peruvian Seniors, whose rnisdeed
on the coast have given him the reputation
OF being the successor Of the famous pirate
Cole. Seniors. when seen in Jail this even
; ing, appeared TO be an idiotic sort Of fel
low. He has hitherto made three escapei
from custody.
The hrst death among the pupils OF the
/. /. q C., at Columbus, since the opening
OF the school more than year ago wa.
that OF Miss Moliie Yates, Of Vintou, Cla'
county, Miss, which occurred on Snnday
night, 2Sth ult. She was not boarding II
the college, but with family in town. anc
was apparently well on Thursday evening
She was taken with chill Friday morn
ing, which developed into congestion 0
the bowels with the above fatal result
Her mother was with her.
Robt. NJ. Patterson. the eldest son Of ON
esteemed fellow-citizen, Mr.. J. W. II. Pat
terson, yesterday ct his death in a mos
unfortunate manner. His mother an,
! other members Of his family were absen
leaving Robert at home. When they re
tarned they found him sitting in chair
dead, with pistol lying on the floor neal
bin. The deceased was fond Of handling
firearms, and the supposition is that he had
been playing with the weapon when it wal
accidentally discharged, with fatal effect
The deceased was an exemplary young
man OF about twenty-six years of age, and
his untimely death il deeply lamentei.-
Natchez Democrat, 9TH.