The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-19

Batesville will have ! string band.
West Point will have wood-work fac

The Columbus police are 10 DC uni
formed.
The Corinth cotton factory is to be sold
in June.
The stock ordinance is working well IN
Meridian.
Eight cents per dozen is the price oil eggs
in Ripley.
Rev. DIR. Hoyte is doing great good IN
Meridian.
The Sea Shore Camp Meeting will be
held in July
Leland will be money order office on
the LIST of July.
Col. Charles F. Sherrod died in Column
bus q few days ago.
Mr.. J. j. Moore died in Summit on the
9th inst, aged 45 years.
The large and hourishing city OF oeran-
ton has only three jewellers.
Vicksburg is full of thieves, who were at
tracted there during the drill.
Mrs. Rosa Davis, of Holly Springs, died
on the Sth inst, aged 50 years.
The Mis- issippi Press Convention Is In
session this week at West Point
The ladies of Crystal Springs gave
"peaeh blow" festival, last week.
Mr.. d. Coker and Miss Matte Hansford
were married in Meridian last week.
EIlisville enjoyed concert last week,
under the management of Mrs. Nanslyke.
Mrs. J. T. Harrison, OF Columbus, has
the finest collection OF roses IN the South
The name Of the Mayor OF MayersyIiie
is Mayer.-Mayers, of the Democrat Star.
Col. c. E. Hooker viii deliver the Com
cement Grafton, at Jefferson College, IN
June.
Mr.. John Stackhouse and Miss Ellen
Coor, of Hazlehurst, were married last
week
The Meridian strikers have all applied
| for work and been returned to their former
position.
The graduating class of Mississippi Col
lege will consist this year of five youns
ministers.
Harrison county will probably try the
ballot on the prohibition question at an
early day.
The Nickel, is the name of new pape
published at Centreville, Miss, by Mr..
L. Ramsey.
The striking yard men, who quit work il
Meridian a few days ago, have not vet re
turned to work.
During the revival just closed at the 4
& NJ. College, about one hundred student
were converted.
Mr.. Ed. Anderson, of Centreville, an
Miss Daisy kirkpatrick, of Natohez, wer
married last week.
The Grenada Gazette intends giving
new hat to the subscriber bringing ther
the finest watermelon of the season.
A new steam brick machine, with all tn
latest improvements and of immense ca
pacity, is now en- route to Greenville.
The first issue of the new Meteor, i
charge of Messrs. Hurt & Branch, has bee
received, and is very entertaining reading
The Kosciusko base ball players had
contest with the Walden club few day
ago. in which the former were vicforiou
Mr.. A. J. Green, of Vicksburg, an
Miss Efie L. Brandes, of Oxford, WEI
married in the former city on the l3t
, inst.
The annual excursion given by the I
& N road for the benefit of the orpha
asylums of Mobile, will probably tax
J.. place at Biloxi this year.
Mrs. Beard, who lives in VIcksburg wit
her mother, Mrs. Kirk, disappeared fror
her home few days ago, and nothing hs
been heard of her since.
The largest sale of cotton ever made o
the n. O. & n. E. r. r. was made
Elllsville last week. A. J. Weems sol
500 bales 10 Ret & Co., of Meridian.
The people of Gloster are anxious {
have a new county formed of portions
Adams, Amite, Franklin and Wilkinso
counties, with Gloster as the count
seat.
Greenville is organizing another milit;
f. ry company, with Morris Elkins as car
tain. Captain Elkins is from the 22d Ne
York Regiment, the crack regiment of thu
: State.
, DIR. J. 7. Z9aly has been elected by tn
) Trustees to take charge of the Winon
Female College for the remainder Of tn
session, in place of Mr.. Bacon, who die
recently.
/. Mr.. Jesse Pullar, native of Summi
was killed in Texas a few days ago, by
stray shot from d herder's camp. He wa
about twenty-four years Of age, and great
esteemed.
Rev. DR.. Hawthorn and ex-Goy Col
quit, of Georgia, have been engaged I
run against the whisky traffic of Lauder
dale county, which is to be settled on tn
Sth prox.
One OF the Port Gibson paper. state tha
the giant OK, measuring / s. hands in heigh
and belonging to John Robinsou's show
died in that place last week, from bein
over heated.
The philosophical merchants of Kosci
usko have decided to build large ware
house for the storage of cotton, which will
| haffR hon to
ner's agents
At Circuit Court, Bay St. Louis, 10
Crane was sentenced to be hung on 25tI
in April last. The case will be appeale.
to Supreme Court.
EIlisville is decidedly on a BOOM
number OF new houses are being built. |
has two turpentine distilleries, six sa,
mills, two grist mills, two schools, tw
churches and about twenty stores.
Mr.. NJ. E. Bacon, President of the Wi
mona Female College, died on the morning
of the 10th. He was buried at Oakwoo,
cemetery. His death is greatly depore,
by large circle of devoted friends:
The new railroad hotel at Holly Springs
erected by the Illinois Central, is said to b
one of the most elegant and best equippe,
hotels in the South Passengers will TAX
meals there, instead of at Grand Junction
Cadet Douglas T. Terrell made hi
friends in Crysta' Springs happy for few
days by stopping with them on his rout
from Pensacola to Annapolis, where h
goes for his final examination, after si7
years of naval duty.
The pest of the valley plantations buf
falo gnats, were late this year, but the,
have appeared in full force now, and ar,
doing great damage. number of mule
in the Lake Washington portion OF tia
country have been killed.
The city editor of the Meridian New
asks, what is sweeter than little girl !?
and then answers, "a big girl" We reall,
didn't expect anything of that sort from
the News handsome young editor, from al
that we have seen and heard.
Mrs. Virginia Benson is very DESTROYS o
learnina the whereabouts of her two bows
Ben and Riley Benson, who left her abou
Christmas. Mrs. Benson is a widow lady
aud is distressed about her boys vii
exchanges please copy in the interest o
humanity? Address her at Winona.-
| Times.
A Hodgeston, Ind, lady dislocated her
jaw while chewing gum.-Ex.
This lady has evidently never visited
Grenada, or she would have been on to al
the different movements and fancy touche.
that are connected with the art OF chewing
gum. We know a few Young ladies who
are graduates in this art and it is pleas.
ure to see them chew with their gum
Sentinel
On Thursday, (l3th) Rev G. w. Wood
bridge was installed pastor of Rodney and
Bethel Presbyterian churches, by d com