The Magnolia gazette., 1892-03-26
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
Items Of Interest Cleaned from IN
6aEette's Exchanges.

hte AidttH.
Measles appear to be epidemi
in several towns.
Tupelo received lO,10l bales 0
cotton this season.
/ Il. II. Ratclil is railroad agen
at Gloster now.
Buffalo gnats are killing stocE
IA the delta country.
New Albany wants an artesiau
well aud street lamps.
The burned district at Prentiss
is being rebuilt with brick.
Canton and Durant will soon
have new depot buildings.
Rankin county farmers will raise
considerable tobacco this year.
A merchant in Tunioa, has on
hand $500 worth coon skins.
The cold wave last week damag
ed the fruit crop throughout the
State.
Tue Mississippi grand lodge OF
Odd Fellows will meet nc Holly
Springs May 8.
The marshal OF Armory killed a
NJ gro Thursday while attempting
TO arrest him.
A. Parker, ex-sheritf Of Amite
coenty, died NJ ,nday in New Or.
leans, aged 90 years.
The dramshop chapter of the
new code makes five columns in the
Jackson Clarion's small type.
The new Jewish club house At
Natchez was opened recently
with appropriate ceremonies.
John w. Oliver, OF Wesson, and
Miss Bessie Pillow, OF Greenwood, +,
were married Wednesday.
Major Il. Barksdale is favorably
mentioned as candidate for Con.
gress in the seventh district.
Some theft entered the residence
OF Ike Sauls, of Tllton, aud stole
two trunks with 5000. in money.
Coleman Blackburn will be
hung IN Fayetle, April 20, the
supreme court having affirmed the
decision of the lower court.
Miss Crystal Watkins, of New
ton, disappeared Friday night aud
her parents are very uneasy. ltis
supposed that she has elopod, [
The box and basket factory at
West Point will not be built, be-
cause the citizens Of the place
failed to take stock ia the enter
prise.
The Gazette suggests Hon r. $.
Ford, and Hon. q. ID. Stands as
delegates from the State ut Large
to the National Democratic Con
ventlon.
Rev. J. b. GambrelI has de.
cined the hatteriug offer made
him to become editor of the Texas
Baptist Standard, and will rem ain
citizen of Mississippi.
Hon. s. w. Miller, OF IIazlehurst,
will deliver the annual address be-
fore the literary socielits Of Missis-
slppi College next May.
The Pearl River Alliance, of
Madison county, has UNANIMOUSLY
endorsed the platform adopted by
the s.. Louis conference and re.
solved % not support any party
not in accord with the same.
viii A. Herman, the poet, is
visiting friends in Mississippi. He
is perhaps better known by his
nom-de-plume, "Kenneth Lamar"
though many Of us remember him
as editor Of the Okalona (Miss.)
States.
Dougal McDougal, formerly Of
Iowa, aud late proprietor of the
United States hotel at BroOkhaven,
left for parts unknown Saturday
night. He took his family with
him, but left his creditors unpaid
behind him.
Mrs. Vic Gamhrell, Of Brook
haven, was painfully burned ab0nt
the face and neck last week. She
was sitting near the CRATE with .
package of gun powder in her lap
which suddenly exploded. Her
outer clothing WAS nearly all con
sumed and in the attempt to check
ihe flames both hands were severe
Iy burned. She IS now improving
and we trust will soon be well.
From the Greenville Democrat
we learn that Hon. Juan Nix has
introduced bill IN the lower house
OF the legislature to provide for a
reasonable compensation of the
members Of the present Legisla.
ture for extraordinary services reD.
dered and mental, physical al d
financial damages incurred in con
sidering and passing upon the
Annotated Code at the regular
session OF 1892, aud for other pur.
poses. Referred TO Committee OF
Propositions and Grievances. The
hill provides that the ATTORNEY
General be required to bring sui
against the code commissioner
for the sum Of s2G,700 and Il
nroapcute the same TO sDeedl