The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1889-12-21
OYER TIE STATE.

le funeral OF 1Ou- dcitNto SUI
Wednesday. Mr.. Brooks states on
be card that he also saw the Lincoln
nneral. but that this last was far more
Valley Courier.
The Miller-AIexander Co. of Green
lille. broke dirt this morning on the
larket Street lot of w. A. Ragsdale
! Co, upon which they are to erect .
rick store room to be used as hard
yare store. Contractor Harris has
he walls of McDonald's six new brick
,ouses near the G.. P. depot, fully un.
Ter way. They will be completed
within thirty days.-Greenwood En-
erprise.
The best cropping we have heard OF
n the county was done this year by
ur. j. I. Anderson, q brother-in-law
If Mr.. &. Sharbrough, on the plants-
ion of the latter, near Campbellsvilis-
Mr.. Anderson worked himself nine
lcrcs in cotton, paying out $40 only
for work and the picking Of two bales.
lie has already shipped seven bales,
has six more in the cotton house, and
one in the field to pick. He came from
Kinds last year and is highly satisfied
with his experience in Yszoo.-fszoo
Herald.
Especial to the Avalanche.l -
Jackson, Miss, Dee. l7.-Great IN
terest is becoming manifested In the
election to take place here
on the first Monday In January. Both
sides have been very active In having
their voters to register. The rcgistra,
ton closed tonight, showing . tota
of 932 as against 720 two years sgof
The increase has been with the white
vote which is now 5S5 as against 37s
in 1887. The colored vote lacks one
of being as great as that registered al
the last election. There u now
white majority of 23S.
Democratic success Is regarded u
certain.
One of the most encouraging sign
of Mississippi's prosperity is noticed
In the fact that great number 0
horses and mules are now being raises
in the State. On last week Capt. Fell
Arnold, of Lee county, shipped a ca
load of mules Of his own raising 10 tn
Bottoms, and will realize handsome
profit on his Investment. Should ou
people quit the old time folly OF rails
ing all cotton and corn and diversif,
their farming operations, 1t would no
be great while before state Of indie
pendence never known before woul'
pcrvade every industry aud every clas
receive material benefit as a result
this new order of things,--Meridia
Democrat.
Especial Dispatch to Avaisnchc.]
Greenville, Miss, Dec. 17.-At HUI
tington, at about 10 o'clock last nigh
the principal business block was d.
stroyed by fire. Among the store
burned are:
Shelby & Co., storehousc and part
stock burned; half insured.
II. Dardell, saloon with all the col
tents. nc insurance.
st. Louis cheap store and entir
stock was a total loss fully insured.
Buelps grocery store an entire stocl
no insurance.
The loss Is estimated from $4,000
to $4,000.
The origin of tho fro is unknow
but It Is supposed to be tho work of .
incendiary.
Especial to Meridian News1
Purvis, Miss, December 14.-Tl
State and defense in the Kilrain ca
announced ready tor trial yesterdI
afternoon, and after securing t
Jurors, court adjourned at Q o'clock Ia
night to 8 o'clock this morning.
| Court convened at o'clock, al
after examining witnesses, ETC., L
court charged the jury and they
| tired. H F#+fs
On the return of the jury they a
nounced that Kilrain was found gull
Of assault and battery.
AT 8 p. m. sentence was passed
Kilrain. It was that he be incarc,
ated in the county Jail for a term
two months aud pay a fine of two hu
dred dollars.
II Capt. VIM. Muldrow has sold
Joseph Gray, of Temple, Texas,
head of fine grade Jersey cattle.
has sold 80 head this year at handso
prices. The breeding of graded J
sey cattle in this county Is paying
dustry and brings many thousands d
/. lars annually into the county, frem
distance. We claim that Oktibbs
has more fine cattle than any county
the State. In this connection we W,
to say that we were told by a gen
!. man that had travelled very extensiv
from California to the Gulf, that
had the best country for horse rails
in the United States, that nowhere t
he had travelled could horses and lnl
) be raised SO cheaply and could be o
at so good price right at home, a,
East Mississippi. What is the real
we don't get at it?-Citizen.
/ Two men, Tucker and Mullen, '
are from Madison county and b
been engaged in getting stave tim
in this county for some time, were
camped In a house owned by Mr.. HI
man, and were making preparation
remove their camp. They both
> stepped out in the gallery of the hot
, whom some one in ambush fired Vi
them killing Tucker instantly
slightly wounding Mullen. Our 81
i'll, j. I. Hunter, was sent for, and
.. tice M. H. Lack having impanele
jury of inquest, the verdict was
the deceased came to his death b
gun-shot wound in the hands of &
Freeman. The verdict was based n
the testimony Of Mullen, who sta
,e. that when Tucker fell be struck
door Of the house, which was fol
open, and the light from lamp
!. upon man not more than ten u
an whom he recognized as Chas. Freer
, Mr. Freeman was arrested by the 8
y. iff, and Is now in jail, awaiting
liminary examination.-Scott Regi
A Mrs. Crittendon, of Amite cou