The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-06-06

MRs. FANNY JESSISos MCPHERSON,
widow OF Colonel John Mcpherson, died
at Frederick, Md, on the night OF the
S0th, aged ninety-one years. She was
born on the night on which General
Washington died. During the admin
istration Of President John Quincy
Adams Mrs. Mcpherson was ono OF the
bellies Of the White House.
A HURRICANE swept over Sofia, Bull
garia, on the 1st, completely leveling
tho buildings In the northern portion OF
the city, and wrecking many structures
in other portions. Eleven soldiers we're
killed and several others injured, and q
great number of civilians were killed or
injured. The pecuniary damage TO the
palace will reach $500, 600.
REV. SAM SMALL. the noted Southern
evangelist. has been elected president
OF the Methodist University in Ogden,
Utah, and will make that city his future
home. This necessitates severing
his connection with the Southern Meth
odist Conference and affiliating with
the Northern Methodists.
THERE were 1,69s immigrants landed
at the barge Office in New York, on the
1st-590 by steamer Rhaetia, from Ham
burg. 74s by the steamer City Of Ches-
ter. from Liverpool; s39 by the steamer
Umbria, from Liverpool; 81 by the
steamer Tower Hill, from London.
THE grave at Kingston. Jamaica, Of
Robert Munroe Harrison, brother Of Will
liam Henry Harrison, ninth President
OF the United States, was decorated, on
the slst, by resident Americans. Mr..
Harrison was for thirty years United
States Consul at Jamaica.
THE fire bosses at the Stanton mine,
at Wilkesbarre, Pa, operated by the
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company,
reported the mine so full Of gas, on the
lst, as to be unsafe. Work was ordered
suspended.
THE anti-lottery members Of the
Louisiana Legislature claim TO have
one-third Of the members of both houses,
which Is enough to defeat the lottery
scheme.
THE memoirs OF Talleyrand will be
published in four volumes, of which two
will be issued at as early date as pos
sible and the remaining two at later
time.
A DIsPATcH from Paris says that
Count Herbert Bismarck is engaged to
marry the eldest daughter Of Lady Dud-
ley.
THE two sons OF Charles johnson were
killed by lightning. on the 1st. three
miles south Of Chillicothe, o.
The fugitive mayor of Cedar Keys,
Fla, Cottrell, has been heard from in
Honduras.
WILLIAM ID. Cross, OF Washington,
was, on the 31st, sentenced to hang
January ., 1891, for killing his wife in
October last
THE school-ship Saratoga sailed from
the breakwater at Philadelphia on the
lst for her first sea voyage. She has 103
boys on board, and will visit Fayal,
Southampton, Lisbon, MADEIRA and
other points, returning about October.
SEVERAL men were painfully wounded
by runwads in a sham battle at Van
Courtland Park, New York City, on the
s1st.
THE st. Louis Post-Dispatch trip-to-
Europe contest among the lady school
teachers Of that city was concluded on
the 1st by the announcement OF the re-
suit. The whole number Of votes cast
was AIS, ,519, Of which Miss Madge Fred
erick received SO, $50; Mrs. Rose Wright
Tanning, 70, 2s1. and Miss Callie Pritch-
ett "A, 563. The two first named will go
to Europe. and Miss Pritchett will re-
ceive the consolation prize Of $500
gold watch and chain. G. K. Shirley, OF
st. Louis, guessed within one OF the
highest winning vote, and gets trip to
Europe also.