The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-28
OVER THE STATE.

menL list we md that Holmes
county has in her large domain
but one pistol. Think of it; one
hip.pocket gun in a population
that contains 5000 yoters.-Lex-
ington Advertiser.
A darkey was captured at Fort
Adams a few days ago who has
been prosecuting a systematic
stealing of meat, etc., from the
landings between that place aud
Bayou Sara, for the last twelve
years. His stealings will foot up
|Aeveral thousand dollars.-Natch
ez Democrat.
The levy made to meet the ex-
penses of the county for the next
fiscal year amounts in the total to
fifteen mills, and is distributed as
follows: State tax 81; General
County, 54; Bridge l 8 A; School,
Al. This, we believe. is the ont.
side limit allowed by law.-Fayette
Chronicle.
Tom Rowels (colored) shot and
killed r. b. Cook, (white) at Nor
ton on last Saturday night. Row.
els tried to escape but was dlscov
cred on Monday night hiding in
an old barn. The negro resisted
arrest aud shot j. NJ. Stephenson
and p. Hackler. The two men re.
turned the fire and shot the negro
down. Rowels died the following
day. Stephenson and Hacker at
last accounts were doing well.-
State Ledger.
AT a meeting Of the Vicksburg
City Board of Education last week /,
contracts were made with Beck 4
Bro. for the erectio of two hand
some buildings for the public
schools of the city. The Main
street building will be brii1k and
ireproof, two stories high, Is
rooms 20 feet by 81, with all the
modern improvements. The other
building will he frame, one story
high, with six rooms.
Natchez, Aug. 20.-While Mr.
and Mrs. Nat. Ratliff were driving
IN a fuperal procession their horse
took fright aud ran away. Mr..
Ratliff jumped out but before he
could render any assistance to
Mrs. Ratlff the horse plunged
over q preciplce with the buggy
and its occupant. The fall. which
was about sixty feet, killed the
horse and fatally injured Mrs
Ratliff.-Picayune special.
We are Informed by Gen. B. s.
Kicks, our Levee Commissioner
that at the request of a number ol
residents Of our Levee District, the
Pre- sident of the Board has call
ed a meeting of the Board for Tues
day, August 81, at Clarksdale. The
delegates selected at the meetings
of Valley planters should attend
If possible, as it is a matter of vita
interest to the Valley planters
Yazoo City Herald.
Employers of convict labor will
have an agent of the United State:
Bureau Of Labor among them in q
few days gathering up statistics
We only give this as a hint to met
who would like to have theil
houses reported as in good order
for all of the convict labor EN-
ployed any where in the county
will be reported upon at the nex'
session of Congress, and its con
dition, ETC., be discussed and de
scribed.-Aberdeen Examiner.
The following fguers will show
the amounts appropriated by Con
gress for the different rivers ant
bayo in Mississippi. The frs
figures show the amounts recon
mended By the engineers /, charge
of the various districts and the
last amounts show how much wat
actually appropriated: Yazoo riv
er, $4,000, 10000; Sunflowel
river, $4,000, $4,000; Tchula Lake
$4,000, $1,000; Tallahatcbie river
$4,000, $500; Yallobusha river
$4,000, $4,000; Steel's bayou,s5,OOO
$1,000; Big Black river, no addi
tional amount needed, $4,000.
Vestiges of the time when thu
region was a portion of the sea arr
to be found in many places in th,
vicinity of Vicksburg. The fossi
shells of clans and scallops ant
many other blvalves and univalves
still found living in the Gulf o
Mexico. are scattered through ant
above the strata of stone whicl
form the foundation of our hills
and many fine specimens of cora
may be found there also.
At the Lake House, near th,
National Cemetery, a fine speci
. men of a madrepore coral was Il