The sea coast echo., 1893-12-02
STATE NEWS.
Cleaned Wlsh Care From Our Many Il.
changes.

Bob Bardette y lecturiug IN the
State.
Magnolia IL gettIng up a college
library.
Brookhaven's FIRE engine has been
In use 30 years.
A man advertises mad stone for
sale In the Pittsboro Banner.
Our religious editor gladly notes
the enlargement OF the West Point
Leader from 8 to 10 pages.
The Mississippi Annual Confer
ence of the NJ. Il. Church, South,
convenes Dec. 7th, ut Hazelhurst.
The Synod Of Mississippi, after an
unusually interesting session In New
Orleans, adjourned to meet In Aber-
deem next year.
The people Of Greenville, Miss,
are calling foi reform In the conduct
Ct municipal affairs and q reduc-
tion In the tax rate.
The Democracy Of Lefiore count
have honorei the Hon. j. X. varda-
man by unanimous denomination TO
the State Legislature.
The Grand Jury Of Sunnower
county says 1t would take on expert
to ascertain whether the books OF the
county officers are correctly kept or
not.
The coming special session Of the
Mississippi Legislature cannot ex-
tend over a period Of thirty days.
That Is something for which to be
thankful.
Our boast Of free ca ountry Is con-
siderably shaken, says an exchange,
when our President has to have q
mounted detective TO guard him
while on the byways. This is the
result Of unrestricted immigration.
The Mississippi Legislature will
convene In special session at atJackson
on the first Tuesday in January. The
session will last thirty days as per
limit and the members will receive
$500 per day. Only legislation re-
commended by the Governor will be
considered.
Among the patents granted last
week as reported by c. A. Snow &
Co, we find more car couplers than
any thing else, but two Mississippi
ans are Sin IL" for something else.
r. L. Etheridge, Of Quitman, some
thing for the manufacture Of Rosin,
and W. Lum, Of Carthage, 9 cotton
scraper.
The circuit court, at Brookhaven,
after being In session three weeks,
adjourned last Saturday. In their
aa~i rera.s tho Crana Jnry stated
shat they did not find any lawless-
ness by the 30 called white caps, and
we're OF the opinion that no such or
ganization existed in that county at
present.
The mossbacks of Meridian have
been relegated to the rear In che mu.
q NIncipal management of the city.
ri az petitions, one for and the other
ID bond the issuance of 800, 900 in
" signatlf. sewerage were open for
he and the fft the city hall last week,
h. vote Of 500 of sewerage won by
h On the 18th Of.
number of prominsember . large
+ meet in jackson Mieitizens will
= avowed purpose of formingith the
+ c'ation to establish an x-CoS asso-
Soldiers Home, at the Beauyoir' rate
4 erty OF ex-President Jefferson Dsvs
The institution will receive haa... as.s
: welcome throughout the South.
Maj. R. W. Millsaps, Of jackson
|
Mss miss who has already given th,
MI M,llsaps. College of that place ss5.
oov' mas proposed still greater mn,
nincence toward that institution. FL
oners to duplicate any amount tbe
people and church will'raise. The
limitation alto Is that he will give no more
'nan $4,000 in any one year. II Is
a,g great pity that Mississippi has no
other wealthy gentlemen as nh;,a aS NO
'nropic as Mr.. Millsaps. p'an-
Owing to the greatly decreased
revenue by reason Of so manv co',.' o,,.sa
e"s. nes IN the State going dry, which
GUS ON large fund, derived from
',quor licenses, it is expected tb.,
.ne special session of the legislature
% convene Y in January next, will he
compelled to increase the State tav
levy from five to six mills. This ,as,. M
pleasant exigency to contemn,.,.
a. as tn, .ne present State levy of five mill,
Is round quite n burdor miiis