The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1886-12-11
.rruE five WISE sOLONs
IN SESSION.

OF THE FIVE WISE soAoNs
IN SESSION. r.
,ie,t sheriff Makes the @ Mres'
- Fitx.CeraId Is ON Hand
with Rroad Grin.
n,scuss the Weather, Allow
ots, Draw Pay and Adjourn
Yates i'm Connection with "the
Heavy" Proceedings.
friday evening of last week it
i rain, and about night it COM
to freeze; and on Saturday
: on waking up to take the b
train for Memphis, we beheld a
of the "beautiful snow," intensi-
the heaviest freeze, especially on
Ies that we have ever seen in this
many of the arborial surround
bending and breaking with The
Incumbent weight of ice. The
las perfectly beautiful to behold,
mo the line; and on reaching
his we found about six inches OF
and the jingle OF the sleigh bells
be heard in every direction. I'VE
red, and still the wonder grew"
this strange transformation OF
from her dark surroundings,
have terminated at this early
Of the year into the crystal light
|ung like pendant diamonds from
object that could hold a transpar-
y. We examined the question
ophically, physiologically; we
ned it from the lights of revelation
rom the basis of common sense,
liter all our investigations on these
ent basis, finally gave it up as one
ways that chance supersedes al,
means of inquiry. Having arrived
|ne Sunday night with all OF our
|uspended for a solution of the facts
denly it shot into our mind with
|rce of an electric shock that all thest
ge wonders and things were the
|e torerunners of tho meeting Of the
Fable Board Of Supervisors Of Grenada
\, State of Mississippi, whose conven-
] forms had absolutely changed the
! Of nature. Thus was the grea'
ery explained, and on Monday
] 2 o'clock three of these mighty
|eigns wended their way to the
|t.house and called together the
|ty Board of power, thought ant
ITO allow-not to allow-and to do
pay as follows" Among the thre'
|nt was our portly and majestic Pres.
Hon. A. L. Bridges, whose portrai
ad intended publishing in this issue
bur artist failed to come to time, bu
ope to have it ready for the next, al
1 no doubt increase the SENTINEL
lation, as there are thousands wh'
d like to gaze on his noble lace
classic old Democratic friend, MI
Williams, of the rural district o
sport, with all the stern dignity o
,nest and true man with an "heagl'
was thar as well as Virgil Eggles
he colored member of "four dollar
for "looking at BRIDGE" with hi
On another bridge, and "do draw
.s follows" The absent ones wer'
genial and clever friend Mr.. G. c
}, the "tall Sycamore of the Yallo
a." whose countenance was conspic
y absent; and last but not Away
in drawing pay" was our quiet
Q and unsophisticated friend (wh'
hs a ton when he gets mad) Mr.. Jas
[eath, who represents the centra
n of Grenada county in this Beat.
:. G. B. Jones, the modest an
etentious sheriff, being absent
ind the corner nudging some fello'
t the next Sheriff's election, W
ose) the meeting of the Board wa
d out at the Courthouse door b
pleasant looking, one-armed deput
jailor, Mr.. Yearger. After tn
1 salutations by the three member
her with our "humpty-dunpty
-natured Chancery Clerk, L. /
ler, and his "Aedgling" young dept
ID FitzG Gerald with pen holder j
and a broad grin on his face thu
,hed from ear to ear, (indicatin
his best girl had tickled him rigf
night previous)-they (the Board
eeded to business as follows, whic
be found on their minutes with a
,ional 'addenda' from the great an
SENTINEL:
PROCEEDINGS.
'dered that the following settlemel
pread upon the minutes as follows
ted States of America, District Cou
the United States for the Wester
vision of the Northern District
e State Of Mississippi.
P Townsend ! Judgement Dec. lS|
1852, vs. for $1535 10 at 6 p'
fenada county } cent int. per annur
ia and <co :, ,fo,,oJ h., ,~lo;pk;H IN I