Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-11-27
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
Items Of State News Gathered from
Our Exchanges.
Clinton wants a creamery.

O1lnUOu WduUS d CREAMERY.
Natchez wants water works.
Meridian will now have electric
lights.
Cotton receipts ofMeridian up to date,
1900 bales.
The cotton crop of Holmes county is
one-third short.
The public schools of Vicksburg will
open December 1st.
The Yazoo Building and Loan Asso-
citation is fourishing.
Capt. w. IL. Hardy will address the
citizens OF Harrison county next Mon
day.
L Colored field hands continue to leave
the hill counties for the Mississippi bot
tom.
The county schools Of Warren county
opened last Monday with a full atten-
dance.
The A. 3 NJ. College has the largest
attendance of any College in Mississippi.
The l. /. 4 c. next.
Chas. Mitchell a negro porter of
Vicksburg shot himself in the foot
while loading pistol.
Lexington had colt and mule show
this week, several editors were present,
but in what capacity we known not.
The Mississippi Stock Breeders As
sociation has reorganized and purchased
twenty acres of ground near the western
suburbs Of Meridian.
| The First National Bank of Yazoo
City has received $4,000 from Wash
ington in fve-dollar notes, which will
be put in circulation as soon as signed.
Clay Newland, of Holmes county
took dose of carbolic acid on the 9th
and died within three minutes after he
had swallowed it. He thought it was
spirits ofnitre.
Major W. S. Belknap, Superintendent
of the V. 4 NJ. and V. S. & P. Railroads.
has, it said, resigned, and Col. H, 2.
Clarke of the Wabash system is, it is
said, to succeed him.
The Circuit Court of Holmes county
is In session at Lexington with a light
docket. There are three murder cases
however, and the court will probably
hold the entire three weeks.
The two Colleges at Clinton are in a
most hOurishing condition. Mississippi
College has about $50 in attendance, and
the attendance at the Institute is also
large. Especially is the Art Depart
ment gaining favor
The revival conducted by Rev. R. G..
Pearson at Meridian, supasses anything
ever seen in that part of the State, over
400 conversions, and many accessions to
various churches. are the visible results
OF the meeting so far.
The Water Works Company of Meri-
dian have opened their office and have
commenced work, constructing their
dam, which will be two miles from the
city. The hydrants have been scattered
throughout the city and the pine is on
the rail-
The bill filed by Joseph Baum ct al
in the Chancery Court of LauderdaIe
county to contest the local option elee-
tion on the 8th of June last has been
dismissed by the complainants. This
leaves the present local option law in
full force for two years from the day of
election.
Engineer Nelson has returned to
Natchez from a reconnaissance of the
route Of the New Orleans, Natchez and
Fort Scott Railroad between Vidalia
and Monroe and reports having found
route The country for the
most part is level and much of it natne
rally has the greatest overflow
though he traversed some syamny ree
gions where embankments no less than
twenty feet high will be required.
Nothing has yet been done towards
permanently locating the line of the
road, but IN couple of weeks, Col. r. L.
Bush the head of enterprise. and Chief
Engineer H. R. M. Witmon will arrive
in this city, then the work of permanent
location will be commenced and pushed
to completion.
News has been received here of the
seizure and destruction by Deputy Rev
enue Collector Gazette of an illicit dis
tillery in Tallahatchie county. The
had chosen the site oftbeir
wild cat manufactory of red eve" in a
dense canebreak, remote from the habi-
-ation ofman. Capt. Gazette, who is a
brave and feerless officer, organized a DOS
zee OF deer hunters, and pack of hounds
soon had fine buck under full chase.
As he expected, the moonshiners, who
nothing, appeared heavily
armed, expecting doubtless to get the
first shot and secure it without coming
IN contact with the supposed hunters,
Seeing their mistake two of them fred
several shots at the hunters and ran.
The hunters returned the fire in
vigorous style, but owing to the dense
forest and thick cane no one was hurt
The still, lot of the wild cat red eve"
several barrels OF mash and a quantity
IF other material were then totally de-
'troyed, it being impossible to move
hem. A pursuit of the moonshiners
allied, SO dense was the canebrake, but
hey will be doubtless be captured and
brought to justice soon, as the revenue
are determined to put stop
Q moonshlning, no matter now much
he labor or how dangerous the under
aking