The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-01
THE STATE.

Col, A.4. Harper mas
Alabama.
The trial of young Walter Lamar -
Yazoo CITY, comes eff tomorrow
Kosciusko has silver cornet oahos III
which three of the players are ladies. Il
4 norpoise. FIVE feet long. was eap'urea
l.-f SUNDAY in front of Bay ST. Louis.
y.zoo Civ is looking forward to me
..-1r estahlisbment of a barrel factory
p-of r A. Whitfield has been chosen |
Prssident Of the westville High School
Mr.. w. A. Diers, city editor OF the Dem Dem
ocrat. is candidate for mayor Of NS'cnsA-
The Israelites Of Meridian VIII soon or
qanize benevolent association III '''''
Parisot & Co, of silver City. on
the Yazoo, River, have made an assign
ment. -.
Moss Point saws the Advertiser, Is Jus.
begi1 ming to feel the in press Oh Deter
The Yazoo Presbytery Of the Cumberland
cbnrcn will convene in Kosciusko Deem
Cant Pratt. the very popular condnctor
an tbe Yazoo road, resigned his position
last week. -.
The new Methodist church IN SsiiIs
will be dedicated on the second Sapoath o.
this month.
Miss NJ. F. Blackwell has assumed the
nnbl;cation and business management OF
the Forest Register.
Captain B. F. Jones, the ex-|idoWet'
:. IN very poor health, and Is re-
generating at his old home, Winona.
The burning of the Kosciusko Academy
was caused by an incendlary ana no' y
carelessness, as was at hrst supposed
The North Mississippi Conference OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church eou'h'
| viii meet at West Point, Miss, to-day
Mr.. Steve Redding, OF MoCom3 City,
formerly OF Hazlehurst, fell from iTei ~.
| car. near Manschac, and was Killed. last
week.
The CITY authorities, and people gener-
auy. of hatcher, are discussing water
works. and the sentiment 10 their favor Is
very decided.
NIL Showers Hicks, Superintendent OF
| Fdueation in Jefferson county, and Miss
| Emma Bean, of the same county, were
married Nov.2 "a.
Mr.. d. E. Burns, Of McComb City. and
Nf;ss Dalla Johnson, of Hazlehurst, were
| married at the residence OF the brides Ia
| Their. on 18th ult
The Meridian Oil Mills have completed
their electric light plant, which Is WORKING
| to the entire satisfaction OF the managers
of that corporation.
Rev. DR.. Zealy has declined to serve the
BAPTIST church at Wmona longer, as ms
duties az Principal OF the Winona College,
occupy all his time.
About go negroes left Raymond on sun
dav last Tor the Mississippi bottoms. Sew
eral hundred in ali have gone from that
town and neighboFhood.
The editor OF the Winona Advance is
informed that a farmer in Carol. county
raised this year on one acre Of well tertii-
| lied land 145 bushels OF corn.
The mercantile firm of e. L. Hudson 4
Co, Brandon, failed on 10Th ult. LiabiiI-
ties. about $4,000 assets, enough to
cover, if claims can be collected.
Col. f. d. Frost, the superintendent OF
the n. J. & c. e. r., has rendered his
resignation, to take effect Jan. !. Captain
George II. Rigby is mentioned as his prob
able successor.
Mr.. Robert Willing, Jr., of Fort Worth,
Texas, and Willie Fiowers-and one of
the fairest that ever bloomed in Copiah--
were married at Hazlehurst, on the even
ing OF November %.
The twenty-frst anniversary of DR..
Sansom's pastorate of Christ Church IN
| Vicksburg, was celebrated last Sunday.
! Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson preached
the anniversary sermon
Ex-senator Branch X. Bruce, formerly
Of this State, has been visiting Mrs.
Crockett. in Des Moines. The two were
once owned by the same Virginia master
and sold to Missouri man.
Mrs. C. A. Saunders was burned to death
near Starkville last week. Her clothing
caught fire while she was standing near
the CRATE, and she was burned beyond re-
lief before assistance reached her.
The most brilliant wedding of the year
in Meridian, came off last week. Mr..
Louis Rosenbaum and Miss Cornella Metz
ger, both of Meridian, Were married at $50
P. M, Sunday, in the Jewish Synagogue.
A very beautiful rainbow wedding"
took place in Louisa, Virginia, Nov. l0tn,
In which Mr.. Jno. l.. McCue, Of Albemarle
county, Virginia, and Miss Bertha Keene,
Of Yicksburg, figured most prominently.
Brandon Female College can boast Of
more little beauties, OF the trying size, than
any other college IN the Union. rney are
not only bewitchingly beautiful, but are as
smart they are handsome
Mr. r. NJ. Buckley, OF the mercantile
firm OF j. E. Buckley & Son, of Meridian,
was married at Enterprise on the night OF
the oath ult., TO Miss Renie Barnett, at the
residence OF Mrs. j. G. Davis, the brides
aunt.
On the Esd ult., while Mr.. H. Robinson
and his two sons were picking cotton near
Walden, and standing near one another, a
tree blew down, hurting Mr.. Rob nson,
broke the arm of one son and killed the
other.
A Grenada bachelor, who is beginning
to reach the shady side of the Hill of Lille,
sent one dollar to a man in New Jersey for
the receipt, How to get good wife," and
received for reply, Marry her."-Grenada
Sentinel.
Mr.. Warren Lowther, a worthy citizen
and planter, residing near Stems Creek
Rankin county, died on Friday morning
| last, Of pneumonia. He leaves a family
and wide circle Of friends to mourn his
departure.
The Brookhaven Leader says The grave
of the lanented Dr.. Ii. +. johnson is kept
as bright and beautiful by the hands Of his
devoted family IS are lasting memories OF
him in the hearts OF his many friends who
will always mourn his loss.
The Meridian Water Works Compapv
have opened their Office and have com
menced work constructing their dam.
which will be two miles from the city.
| The hydrants have been scattered through
out the city and the pipe is on the rail
Rev. n. c. WATSON died at his home in
| Attala county, on Thursday last, 18th.
He was a member Of Chanel MasnFfr
| Lodge, No. $50, and was buried on Friday
with the ceremonies OF the Order, conduct
ed by Past Master John Riley, Of Kosci-
usko.
The dedication Of the Gulf Coast Col
lege at Handsboro, Miss, will take place
Monday evening, Dec. g. The exercises
viii he under the direction Of Prof. ]
Hurry. Addresses will be made by Rev.
Drs Markham and Smith, Of New Orleans
and others.
Dr.. j. II. Rhodes, Of Learned, and Miss
Ella Siyiey, OF Oakley, were married
Thanksgiving evening at the residence al
the brides father, ". K. Sivley, ESQ. The
bride Is represented as zone of the loyeliest
Of her sex-sccomp lished, beautiful and
withal, practical" Our best wishes to The
happy counle.
The Aberdeen Electric Light Companv
has been recognized, and has Contracted
with the city authorities to furnish the are |
light at sixty-6ve cents each per nigh,
They also furnish one light each to the |
Mobile and Ohio and Canton, Aberdeen |
and Nashville railroads.
Mr.. Evans, OF the n. o. Picayupe saws
that Brookhayen is the greatest chicken
market on the line of the Illinois CenfraI /