The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-22

The Meridian Phosphate Mills are to be
rebuilt at West End.
Siarkyille is soon to be afflicted with an
other matrimonial epidemic
The Tupelo Journal is urging the esiao- /
Hshment Of pottery at TuPelo-
Mr.. Geo. Myer, popular young man Of
yicksburg, died last Wednesday
The Calhoun Rifles, of Canton, have
decided not to enter the State Drill
The Crystal Springs yidettes elected
their sponsor last week, for the State Drill
The Yocona Cotton Mills, of Water Val
lev, are being enlarged and otherwise I'M
proved.
A freak of nature-A Pamela county
youth who never witnessed base ball
game.-Ex.
Mr.. A. ]. Miller, of Scoooa. had bullet
extracted recently from his body which
was lodged there in 1868.
The Daily News, al Meridian has been
enlarged and the editors promise other
improvements in The future
The Banner says. The sound ot the
hammer and hnm of the saw" Is heard on
every hand around Clsrksdale.
Commerce parties have been introduced
in Raymond, and are productive OF mach-
enjoyment TO the young people.
The Moss Point Rifles have taken formal
possession of Camp Henry, at Pass Chris
tan, and are now in camp there.
The vicksburg Cotton Exchange opened
in Vicksburg Monday, under favorable
auspices, in their handsome new quarters.
The Meridian planning Mill Company
is enjoying a large patronage and doing a
very fine business Tor 50 young sn orgsni-
zation.
CIarksdale counts among It's other bless
ings, "the most accommodating and eff
cient postmistress in the State of Missis-
sippi.n
The Meridian Rifles and the Broom
Brigade were very handsomely entertained
last week by Miss Annie Ball, sponsor for
the Rifles
Chamberlain Hunt Academy, and the
| Female College at Port Gibson both
opened well, and with full attendance,
| last week.
The State Military Encampment Grounds
at Pass Christian will be called Camp
Henry" in honor of the Adjutant General
| VIM. Henry.
| Mr. r. c. Howell and Miss Mamie Rob-
inson, OF Hazlehurst, were married on the
18th inst, at the residence of the brides
uncle, Mr.. John j. Robinson.
A horse shoe of artificial flowers, made
| by Miss Carrie Mills, of Summit, Miss,
took the first premium at the A. 4 NJ.
Fair held last week at Greendale, Ky.
The name of the DeSmet Mills, at Moss
| Point, has been changed 10 Pascagoula
| Mills. They have been extensively re-
| paired and will be in operation next week.
The railroad hotel at Clarksdale is
nearing completion. II Is very neat in
appearance, and bids fair to be one OF the
best hotels on the line of the H., n O. &
| I. II. r.
| The Natehez Banner suggests that one of
| the city's bluffs would be proper site for
the erection of memorial arch commem-
orative of the Natchez soldier boys who
fell in the late war
| Mr.. Charlton Clark, an attache of the
| Kosciusko Messenger office, complies the
State News for that paper, and makes one
of the most readable columns to be found
in any OF our papers.
A company has been organized to estab-
| fish at Allen Staten, on the Mississippi
| Valley road a factory for the manufacture
of base balls, bats, etc. They commence
with $25, ca ital.
| DR.. ". D. Bragg has rendered his resig-
nation to the Board of Health, as quaran-
tine physician at Round Island. The
| Board appointed in his place Dr. Z. F.
Griffin, OF Moss Point.
| Mr.. Calvin Wells, OF Raymond. is now
absent in Kansas City, Mo, where he ex-
poets to locate early in December. He
will, however, continue his law partner
ship az it now exists in Raymond
|
bishop of the diocese OF Cincinnati, is now
in our State, and is being warmly well
coined by his many old friends. He was
formerly bishop of the diocese of Natchez.
The State Industrial Institute and Col
| lege commenced its second session vester-
| day, with an overfiowing attendance of
young ladies ambitious to avail themselves
of the great benefits it is equipped to con-
| fer.
Mr.. Bob Farley, of Perth. Jefferson
county, was unfortunate last week, as to
shoot himself through the hand while
handling pistol. The wound, though
very severe, is not fatal, we are glad to
say.
United States Engineer B. FL. Ovens,
who is to have charge of the work of
macadamizing the road leading from Nat
chez to the National Cemetary, has arrived
| in Natchez, and will commence work at
once.
The military spirit is fourishing in
Vicksburg Both the Rifles and the South
rons now have spacious armories, elegant
ly furnished, and the Southrons have
| ordered new uniforms which will cost
$1,000.
The Merchants Bank of Grenada was
organized last week with the following
officers: Mr.. Sam Lawrence, President
Mr.. J. W.sMcLeod, of Oxford, Cashier
and Mr.. Benz Price, of Oxford, and Messrs.
B. T. Thomas, w. n. Pass, w c. Mclean
and Jno. Powell, of Gre NADIA, directors
The conservation of St Mary's Cathedral,
in Natchez, was observed with great sol
emnity on Sunday last. 1t is a magnifi-
cent structure, having cost about $50, 900,
and the services last Sabbath were most
imposing. Several bishops and a large
number OF priests assisted at the consecra-
ton
Miss Minnie Hunter and Mr.. n. B.
Pleasants, Were married in Memphis. re-
Gently. Miss Hunter has for several wears
been one Of the leading singers in Mem
phis, and as she is a native Mississippian
much interest is felt in this State. in her
career. Cordial congratulations are ex- |
tended her, as Mrs. Peasants.
Capt. C. J. Searles, of the Volunteer |
Southrons, will leave IN few days for ST. |
Louis, his future home. He will there be |
the Western representative of the LARGE |
cotton and commission house OF the Rector |
Williams q Burnett Company. OF Vicks- |
burg. His departure will be quite a loss |
to Vieksburg, and especially to the South |
rons.
While carpenters were attempting to |
raise a house in Vicksburg last week |
belonging to Mr.. John b. Smith, one of the |
rollers slipped, and the whole frame buiId- /
ing came crashing to the ground. People /
IN the neighborhood, hearing the crash |
and seeing the dust, for a short time enter |
tanned fears Of an earthquake or some
kindred calamity, but were relieved upon
learning the true cause.
Miss yarina Davis, now in Richmond
mas been elected an honorary member of
Lee Camp OF Confederate Veterans. and
was rendered reception at the Soldiers
Home last night. Miss yarina has Just
returned from Fortress Monroe, where she
visited the quarters occupied by her father
during his imprisonment. The Child of
the Confederacy is sharing much of the
love that the South so proudly bestows
upon her honored father, Jefferson Davis.
1t is stated here that the New Orleans &
Texas Railroad will the coming season
construct branch road running from
Ciarksdaie, Coahoma county, down Cas-
sady Bayou and down the west bank of
the AGO River, crossing at Yazoo City.
snen down the east bank OF that river to
sicksourg. This line would penetrate a
great r1orffo., IF ~ x.,o.. |