Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-04
PORT GIBSON.

This outlet Little city Of Shade
Trees on a Boom--The Cotton
NILS to be Started Up--The
County Financially Healthy.
There is perhaps no town in the
South. which has q better developed
evidence of a sudden boom than Port
Gibson. A C. H. reporter visited that
place Sunday for the purpose of at
tending church. After gretting a
friend at the depot upon his arrival,
asked if there was any news in town;
was told that the cotton mills were
soon to be started up, that the COM
pany had perfected arrangements to
place machinery in the mill and
would be ready to start up by October.
He said they have secured a full line
of machinery, including liz looms and
all the auxiliary accomplishments to
make it a frst-class mill. The struc-
ture is one of the finest brick buildings
in the State. 1t was commenced three
years since and was finished about
eighteen months since. The stock
company to whom it belongs are all
business men Of the town. After
erecting the building and putting IN a
fine battery of boilers and engine Of
sufficient power to drivethe machinery.
The funds became exhausted
and the mill boom has had a
stand still up to this time
A short time since a capitalist who
has the proper machinery to place the
mill in working order, opened CORES
pondence with the company, and the
result is an arrangement has been
contaminated which viii soon place
the mill in operation. The company
have expended thus far on their plant
about $4,000. The entire populace
are elated over this turn of affairs and
a thorough investigation Of the facts
convinced the G. H. man that they
were j~ustifably so.
The oil mills closed down for the
summer, with a long blast from
their whistle on Saturday evening.
The mill has had a very prosperous
season having US d up about $500 tons
Of seed, selling their product as fast as
they could make it, and at the time of
closing had but $50 barrels of Gil on
hand, all of which they will be able to
place Immediately. The mill will I'M
dergo thorough repairs during the
summer months.
A pleasant hour was spent at the
courthouse with Circuit Clerk E. JEFF
Smith and Chancery Clerk James, when
we were furnished with much interest
ing data as to the condition Of the
county, financially and otherwise. Mr.
Jones referred to his books and said
after the bills and expenses Of the
present circuit court are paid we will
have in the treasury to the account Of
general fund about five thousand dol
lars, and to the credit OF county
school fund about two thousand dol
lars after the county schools hav'
closed on the fifth of June, theyhaEint
been in session five months. Tit
value of real estate in the county al
per the assessors books il
1885, 408.20, and of personalt,
$555,ll8.l5. The taxes coll' cted las
year are as follows Personally IS,
1888 81 poll 1854 real estate SIG,
942,60; addition special 1886 n
Aggregating $26,66l84. He said ouI
heaviest items of expense are th'
bridges of the county of which tier
are a great number. In his enumera
ton Of the bridges he said there wer'
three very fine iron suspension bridges
and six covered suspension bridges
besides a number Of smaller bridges
The May term of the Circuit Court
which convened on Monday, May 24th
for a two weeks term, lasted but fou
days, when the docket was cleared up
Ga Saturday night the local burglar
made "A raid on the residences of a mum
Der of citizens, securing a lot o
money from one, but being frightened
away from the others. One sus
picious looking white man
an itinerant tinker. and tw'
local negroes were arrested on sus
picion and had a hearing before Mayo
Person yesterday. The merchants o
the town all complain of a derth ii
business, but say the prospects fron
the country is very gratifying, thougI
a good rain would help things out.