The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-08-21
OVER THE STATE.


to act as President Of Whltworth
College, to which position he was
recently elected, he not wishing
to give up his charge in this city.
State Ledger.
Meridian, Miss, Aug I3.-In at
tempting to kindIe FIRE with kerr
osene to-day Mrs. JENNIE Walker
was burned to death. The can ex.
ploded. which set fire to her cloth.
ing and her body was charred be-
fore assistance came. She is the
wife of Charles Walker, a promi-
nent citizen.
The death of DIR. johnson will
not prevent the continuance of
Whitworth Female College. The
next session will open as usual,
with a full corpse of professors
and teachers, aud, in due time a
President will be selected and an.
nouDced. Mrs. Kidd will be re-
tanned in charge of the boarding
departmeDt.-Clarlon
The Board of Supervisors of
Holmes county, adjourned on the
9th without ordering an election
under the local option law. The
whisky license was raised to one
thousand dollars, ed the people
generally of the county are re.
ported to be highly pleased with
the action of the board.-Summit
Times.
About the meanest thing that
has occurred OF late in our town,
that we know OF, is that some per.
son, or persons, have made targets
fevery window in the Episcopal
church. The windows are gothic,
and made of beautiful stained
glass, and there il not now a sin.
gle window in the church that has
not one or more holes shot through
it. 1t ought to be ferretted out,
aud the miscreants exposed and
brought to justice. -Lcxington Ad.
vertiser.
Oxford, Miss, August l4.-Bem
Price received the appointment
this morning, from the Board ol
Trustees Of the State University
as secretary pro tempore of that
body, to succeed the Hon. II. M
Sullivan. deceased. The honor
was unsolicited and altogether un
expected to him. The mantel
coul,l not have fallen on ablel
shoulders. II is regarded here at
indeed grand compliment worth.
ily bestowed.-Appeal special.
Hiram Seligman, about II years
old, was accidentally killed on the
side track at Greenwood. last
Monday. 1t appears that he was
sitting on box car, when a train
was backing on to the side.track
and from the jar when the tram
struck this car. the boy was thrown
between the two cars and run
over, with the above stated result
We understand this is the third
hoy, belonging to the same family
sent home dead to his people In
New Orleans, from Greenwood
He was on a visit to an uncle
Lexington Advertiser.
Capt. w. ii. Hardy, president
of the Gulf Il Ship Island railroad
says that road is now assured. HI
does not expect to do much the
present year, further than com
plete the road from Ripley to Pom
totoc, complete the survey Of th,
whole line aud secure the right O
way, etc. He expects to begii
work with large force on tn,
seashore end on the first of Janu
ary next, and push the road rapid
ly to completion. THE road vii
be three hundred and seventy.tiv'
miles long, and will extend through
the central portion of the State
Natchez Democrat.
The rails on the extension wer,
laid all but 3OO feet at Z 0'clocl
Wednesday evening and woult
have been finished that day bu
for the time taken in asserting
! them to fit properly. At eigh
o'clock yesterday morning the las
rail was laid, making a continuou
line from jackson to three mile
above Green wood. The telegraph
line to Tchula for the railroad viii
be completed by ten o'clock to
day and the surfacing will be fin
ished by Saturday. The extension
from Greenwood to Yallobush,
river will be commenced Monda,
from point 'three miles allow
Greenwood, the entire distanc'
/. being eighteen and quarter miles
Trains will be running by Septem
Der 10th, If not sooner.-Yazo'
City Herald.
Col. A. L. Blackburn has Gu
this year 40 tons Of clover from