The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-07-12
PEROSAL.

Sunday.
Miss lone Harper and daughter, Miss Ma
ry Sue, of Tallahatchie, are visiting Mrs. j,
Z. Hughes.
Messrs. f.. Calm < Co., are temporarily in
the Winter building while improving their
own house.
Mr.. Walter Burlington, who Is now a resi-
dent OF Kansas City, Is back at his old home,
on business.
Rev. DR.. Lawson, of Grenada, and Rev. J.
NJ. Magruder, of Winona, exchanged pulpits
last Sabbath,
Mr.. O.. J. Nance and family returned last
Sunday from a visit to his former home, i'll
North Alabama.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. p. Collins returned last
Saturday to Hardy, after II two weeks So
iourn at RaiieJ springs.
Mr.. G. W. Eatman, who several years ago
was salesman for Mcssrs. Hughes & Nance,
returned to Grenada last Saturday.
Dr. W. W. Montgomery, OF Shaw's Station,
accompanied by his wife, is on a visit to the
latter's mother, Mrs. W. G. Chamberlin.
Gu friend, Col. Percy Ycager, has been
elected president of Mt. Nebo Alliance. We
congratulate the gentleman on his promo
ton.
The GAZETTE acknowledges a very pleas
ant call this week, from two ofTallahatchie's
belle =, Miss Sue Harper and Miss Mamie
Bailey.
Mr.. o. f. Bledsoe will lecture to the young
men of Grenada, at the Y. NJ. c. A.. rooms,
next Sunday. A large attendance is re-
uuested.
The advance guard of the Tippo fishing
club, consisting of MesSrs. Mullin, Barks-
dale. Iongstreet and Moss, returned ycStcr-
day. They appear very much pleased-to
get back.
Two more Alliances have been organized in
this coulty, one at Spears school house and
the other at Mt. Nebo, W. b. icager
president of the latter, and j. NJ. Koonce, of
the former.
The card of DR.. j.. J. Gage will be found in
this issue of the GAZETTE. DR.. Gage is well
favorably known rs one of the best pos
ted men In his profession, in the state. and
needs no commentator at our hands.
A fishing party consisting of ]. c. Long
street, Jack Moss. Chas. Trimbln, W, G. Me-
Lean, lobe Lake, II. W. Mullin Gus, Gerard,
]. II. Barksdalc and c. J. Austin went to
Tippo last Thursday, prepared for q weeks
amongst the snakes and skeeters.
Mr.. Randolph Gage returned last Friday
from Los Angeles, California, where he has
been sojourning for IL year of 80. He says he
had enough of California to do him the
balance of his life, md expresses himself as
being happy to get back to Old Mississippi
ana" nova
Capt. John Powell is very enthusiastic
,ver the proposed free school building. The
APT has no children to educate, but then he
'uily realizes the great importance that at
to good schools, and finally their ben
fit to n community, even as a business in
;estment.
John Gritfis doesn't make any attempt at
'locution, but whenever he speaks out in
every word.that he uttcrs IL full Of
meaning. He made about IA three line ad-
lress to the Grenada Improvement Compa-
~, at the court house last Tuesday night,
tut he said enough in those three lines to
ring down the house.
We publish elsewhere in this issue IF our |
'aper n card from Mr.. W. c. Mclean, that |
bic and talented young lawyer Of Grenada,
to become II candidate for Congress |
II this, the Fourth District, giving his rca-
ons for the same, after repeated calls hav-
ng been made upon him from various por-
ions of the district. to become Il candidate. |
Ir. Mclean is a young man, yet he has at
aimed eminence all over the State as IL
rominent aud prosperous lawyer. His true
'orth as Il fine gentleman and thorough
Is better known by his immediate
lends and neighbors, for though as talent
ms a Hooker or a Barksdale, he Is as mod
st and refined in his manners as Il cultured
Had Mr.. Mclean seen fit to become
candidate, and this district chosen him as
nc representative of It people in the halls of
ne National Congress, he would have made
lem II second II. d. Money. and their inter-
SITS would be safe in his keeping. He de-
|ined very gracefully, and pays Il high trib-
te to the candidates who are in the field, in
manner characteristic of himself. Vino
II Advance.