The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-27

Much cooler.
Trade is improving.
Big time on excursion tonight.
Pleasant nights now for sleeping.
Base hall in this city is on the boom.
Only few tickets left for the X. Of p ex.
cursion tonight
First bales are now being marketed pref
ty freely in Mississippi
Everybody who can ought to 90 on the X
Of P. excursion tonight
The public schools Of this city will open
next Monday week, Sept 9TH
Our city marshall pulled" a blind tiger on
Saturday last Good pull Others.
Cotton worms are reported in the Delta
and also in portionsof Louisiana and Arsan-
sas
AT the big races at Eden on Saturday last
the Eden Girl was again victorious win
ming all races.
DE sure and see Hanneberg' show windows
on Saturday night when Illuminated by The
electric lights
The cold wave That struck Yazoo City on
Saturday night last has been general through
out the entire South.
The VIC, 7. U. will meet at the Metho-
dist Church tomorrow evening at O'clock
A full attendance is requested,
Get your partner young man for the X. Of
+ excursion this ev9ing Lots Of pleasure,
dancing and music on the water
What more delightful than few hours
run up the river on an elegant steamer, de
lightful for old, middle aged and young.
Call on R. S. wheless Ben Exum, P. B.
Powell. Geo Quekemeyer, Edgar Olden o.
Marlin stubblefeld for your K of p tickets,
The second bale Of cotton was received on
Tuesday, by Clark & Payne who purchased
it for 81 cents. It had a fine staple and was
raised on Mr.. r. S, Simmons Eldorado place
Wolf Lake.
Commodore Linken's steamboat Gamma,
left on Tuesday with full trip for Sunflower
river and Lake George. She will hereafter
make two trips week. one 10 satartia and
one to Sunfower river.
he first bale was received in Yazoo City
on Thursday the goth inst and was bought
by Clarke & Payne for s cents. 1t was raised
by Mr.. Sam Johnson near Free Run, who
has for several years brought in the first bale
Yellow Academy with Prof Jas. r. Gul
ledge, principal, will open on next Tuesday
September LIST. Tho students are requested
to be there on Monday before. This is one
Of the best schools in the county and taught
by excellent teachers
Yazoo City has tie | cit colored base bal
club in the county. It defefted Tast-wvvl.- alae |
szakes its.alllh and also the Silver City clup
a they want to Know II there IS any other
club iii the county, if there IS they would |
like to have a chance at them
The beautiful, graceful and swift steamer
Lancaster heads her PROV up stream this
evening freighted with happy crowd.
elegant refreshments, inspiring muse, the
mazes Of the dance and sweet MELODIES float
ing over the waters from famous vocal
quartet. Let everybody get their tickets.
The Tyrone Land Company he'd meeting
on last Monday, and concluded 70 have their |
property surveyed and cut up into 40 acre
lots Mr. Farley Of Canton, an expert civil
engineer was employed to do the work This
company owns 5000 acres of the finest
swamp land in the Yazoo Delta
The Illinois Central Till sell excursion
tickets at one fare for the round trip to Ar
kansas and Texas points on Aug. 25th,
Sept. 18th and Goth. 1901 Tickets good for
30 days from date Of sale. For further par
ticulars, call on or address agents at all prin-
cipal stations,
On THURSDAY night of last week the gin and
store on the no Mistake plantation was de-
stroyed by fiye. There was $1,000 insurance
on GIN, ne stock Of goods in the store be-
loneed tMr. Frank Smith, the lessee and
were atomplete loss. The gin and store
houywere the property Of the Tyrone Land
Codpany The fire is thought to be the
v5rlx Of an incendiary.
In another column of to-day's SENTINEL
will be found call for meeting Of Confed-
crate veterans Of the 18th Mississippi Regi-
'ment to meet at Natchez, on Oct 9Th. In
different parts Of the State they have what is
called encampments Why not organize an
encampment in YazDo City, composed OF
veterans Of the late war from all regiments
We lave heard some talk Of one being or
ganized and would ike to see H.