The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-01-18
OVER THE STATE.

Last week we received from Mr.. r.
III. Ferman mammoth head of cab
bage, which was firm and white, and
weighed fourteen pounds. Itwas pro-
duced in Mr.. Forman's garden at his
near town, and was finer
than any of the cabbage handled by
our merchants from other points,
Fayette Chronicle.
A charter is now being prepared to
incorporate company for the con-
struction Of railroad from Rosedale
eastward to the forks of Bogue Phalia,
which from thence Is navigable for
distance of over S5 miles. 1t is pro-
posed to run boats ON the Bogue and
to continue the railroad from the east
to some point on the Illinois Central
railroad, possibly Winona The idea
Is to build to the forks in time TO
market this years crop, and to CON-
plete the road afterwards as rapidly as
possible.-Rosedale Democrat.
On January lst, Mr.. lack Shcrrell,
while in the woods hunting some hogs
in company with Mr.. Lindsey, Cicero
Commander and father, near Adams'
mill, in Choctaw county, sccidently
shot his own brains out. II was sup
posed that he went to set down while
waiting for some Of the party that had
scattered off and struck the gun ham,
mer, some way causing II to discharge,
emptying the entire load in his right
eye. He lived about an hour.--Stark-
vile Citizen.
Mr.. John Smith, who came here with
his wife some time since from Green
vile and left here on the a. m. freight
train yesterday on the A. & v. Rail-
road for jackson in search Of work,
was brought to the city ON the accom-
mediation train yesterday with pis-
tel shot wound in the thigh near the
hip bone and sent to city hospital. Mr..
Smith says that while sitting In the
caboose when the train was passing
the five mile switch q man appeared
on top of the bank at the side of the
railroad, and fired point blank into
the csboose dosr, shooting him (Smith)
as above stated. The trainmen, how
ever, give different version to the af-
fair, and a party who examined the
wound Immediately after Smith claim
ed to have been shot stated that the
wound appeared to be several hours
old.-Evening Post.
Mr.. 9. b. Chase, young farmer
VINO lives In the Browns Greek neigh
borhood in this county, was in town
yesterday with wagon load Of canned
peaches of his own putting up. Mr..
Chase, as an experiment, put up eight
hundred or thousand two pound
cans, aud made a success of the busi-
ness, finding no trouble in disposing of
his goods at remunerative prices, for
they are as fine and fresh as can be
found anywhere, and in every way su-
perior to northern or western packed
fruit. Mr.. Chase also cultivated four
acres in cotton and he informed us
that the proceeds from the sales OF his
peaches were far in excess of that ofhis
entire cotton crop. Thus 1t will be
seen that 1t pays to diversity crops
and not to depend solely upon cotton
as a money crop. We want to hear Of
many more such farmers as Mr.. Chase
--Roonaville pleader.
We understand that Capt. Felix
Arnold, of Lee county, few days ago
shipped car load OF mules of his own
raising to purchasers in the Yazoo
Delta, obtaining handsome prices fol
them. This is the third expectation
of East Mississippi raised mules that
we have reported this fall and winter
and doubtless many shipments escaped
our notice.
Next year this business will "boom'
in our portion of the State and the
buying up of @three year old" for ex.
port will be common thing.
Monroe county farmers next winter
will be able to put hundreds of home
raised mules upon the market, aud
there Is not county In the State In
which the breeding of these animals II
not becoming prominent industry.
Mississippi stock breeders will MOI
long be content with the control o.
the "home Market" our horse and
mule rsisers, like our Jersey and Hol
stein cattle breeders are already look
ing for "other worlds to conquer
Aberdeen Examiner.
special to the Picayune.]
Jackson, Miss, Jan. 10.--Bishop Gal
loway to-day announced the trustees
of the new Methodist Male College
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