The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-09-15

tigers have opened their eyes and
Saturday night the town was painted
red, but Notwithstanding police officers
say order shall be maintained.
A dispatch in the Times Democrat
of recent date, mentions the arrival at
Gulfport of 26 families from Michigan.
They have come to join colony, loea-
ted on the line of the G. 4 S. I.R. r., 26
miles from Gulfport.
The festive Jim has not put in an ap-
pearance in this county up to this date
and ifhe does come it will do him We
ry little good, for Democrats and Re
publicans want Gen. Catchings to be
his own successor. Let Jimmy come
On however, he 'siust losing time and
money and can get anything IN the
end.-Mayersville Spectator.
The cotton factory at Port Gibson
is running full time and gives employ
ment to about 100 persons of whom
so are manufacturing. Only brown
cottons are turned out at present
Mississippi has room for many such
mills and Vicksburg has especial adj
vantages as a site for one.-Evening
Post.
The agitation in favor of smaller
cotton bales is becoming so general all
over the South, that it would not sur
prise us il a revolution in cotton pack
ing should take place within the next
year or two, and instead of the staple
being put up in five hundred pound
bales, it viii be put up in neat packages
of two hundred and two hundred and
fifty pounds.-Natchez Democrrt.
And this DIR. Thos. w. Stringer is
the same Grand Mogur who collected
near 5000 from some of the colored
people pear Shell Mound, promising tc
send them a charter Of the lodge he
organized among them, but failed tc
send on. We have copy of the orig
nal instrument with which he dcluded
our colored citizens, under his sign
manual. Good company for future
Congressman of the 3rd District, ain'i
it now?
| We understand that Mr.. Ed. KoerbeI
had an adventure yesterday. We ar,
told that while strolling through tn,
woods south of town, somewhere neal
the Somerville road, his dogs trced
panther. 1t was rather lean and hun
CRY looking and some seven or eigh
feet long. Having nothing but fin
shot, Mr.. Koerber was unable to d.
more than rout the savage from hi
high retreat. With leap of abou
sixty feet il alighted in the Bayou an,
made its escape.-Natchez Banner.
In the storm Friday night negro rid
ing white mule was struck by light
ming on the Drazier place just belo,
Rosedale. Tho lightning struck th
man on the head, then glanced dow
his side and vented its full force on tn
mule. The rider was unconscious som
time, but finally made his way HON
and in q dazed way said that some. on
struck him with a stick. lie is no,
entirely recovered. The mule, ala
was Killed in his tracks.--Bolivar Den
ocrat.
Mr.. McGrath, of the firm of ia
McGrath n Son, N. o. passed her
Tuesday and requested us to say ths
they have on hand 100000 yards {
, Calcutta and Dundee bagging of tn
following dimensions; 29x40, 29x4
and 29x4s. They are also agents fc
foreign bagging, and can have an III
limited supply here in thirty day
: This bagging is as good, If not sup,
rior. to the "trust" bagging, and wi
: be sold at much lower figure than III
! piratical price established by the trus
If you are compelled to use baggin
Immediately, buy this and smash tn
: trust to smithereen.-Copiah Signal.
A hunting party composed of tn
following gentlemen, Mcssrs. S.
Park. r. A. Park, J. I. Matthews an
c. g. Shive, after chase of seve
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