The Grenada sentinel., 1893-11-11
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CbLuxBUs, Oct s1.-The following q
4 Der WAS Issued here today: !, q
HEADQUARTERS MIasIBsI!Il DIvleIoHs
IL UNIIED CONFEDEnATE vETnHAHss,
COLUMBUS. 1lss.. Octoosr H. isss
0eneral Orders No. IL
1. Az announced in general orders No
, 10, from these headquarters under dat
Of August 18th last, tho fourth ennus
. meeting and reunion Of this division
will be held In Jackson, Miss., on Tues
day and Wednesday, tho 12th and 13tl
day Of December next. =.
.. To bs entitled TO representation II
said reunion, the respective camps com
posing the division are required. ON ~
ceipt Of this order to forward to the ID
iutant.general OF the division roll o.
their members, together with post
Office money-order covering the POI
capita dues Of 10 cents for the membsF'
borne on said rolls.
T. The major.genessl commanded
with great pleasure announces tina
Hon. J. w. Fewell OF Meridian, Miss.
has accepted 10 deliver the annual ora
tion ON the evening Of the first day.
session Of said meeting.
BY order Of 8. D. LEE,
Major General Commanding
e. T. SYKES, Adiutant-Genefsl.
Wanted to Kill His step-Fsthef.
HOLLY SPRINGS, Nov. S.-About
o'clock this afternoon Walter Mcdonald
. white boy, age 1e years, attempted II
kill Jim Swan, his step-father, in front
Of the barber shop on the public square
Of Holly Springs.
Swan is desperate character and fol
years has made Lie unbearsble for his
family. Mcdonald says he has beaten
him for twelve years. OF late he has
been whipping his mother.
1t appears that there was general
family row yesterday and Mrs. Swan
had her husband arrested for whipping
her.
This evening while Swan was stand.
ing in front OF the barber shop young
Mcdonald rushed up to him saying: ID
you, l have got you now," ut the same
moment plunging knife into his throat
Swan fell and tho iniuriated boy leaped
upon him and just a. he raised the
knife to make deadly plunge, City
Marshal Sigman caught his hand. Sew.
eral men assisted in taking the boy of.
The first wound, which IL serious, be.
gan about the ear and cut straight down
into the shoulder.
Mcdonald was lodged in jail 40 he
could not make o $3.50 bond.
Some years ago Swan killed man In
Memphis.
Holmes County Courthouse Burned.
LEXINGTON, Nov. Sat 4 o'clock this
morning the Holmes county courthouse
was discovered to be on fire. This largo
two-story brick building is situated in
the middle of the square and on every
side are stores, offices and places Of bust.
ness. The building was erected before
the war at a cost Of $25, 900 or $50, 900.
The fire originated in the Office Of the
chancery clerk. When citizens reached
the scene that Office with all Of its con-
tents was smouldering ruin.
The fire had crossed over into the cir.
cult clerks Office and was fast licking
up the records there, but by heroic
efforts many Of the records Of that Office
were saved.
The sheriff's Office was the last to
catch and sufficient time was given to
save from that office all of the records
and papers and furniture, including .
large, new safe that had recently been
bought by the county.
The superintendent Of public educa.
tion also saved all of his furniture and
papers.
The board Of supervisors 1t the %.
tober term had purchased handsome
set Of furniture for their room; this had
only been received few days ago. It
had been put in place and had made this
one Of the prettiest court-rooms in. the
State. This was all burned, as 1t was
impossible to reach the second story
when the citizens reached tho place.
A valuable law library, the property
Of the county, was also destroyed, but
by far the greatest loss to the county
was the destruction of the records In
the chancery clerks office. This in
cluded all court papers, books and land
records. The land deed books proper,
not including deeds Of trust and chat.
tells book, were in large safe, sup
posed to be fire-proof.
The indexes to the records were on
the outside of the safe and are lost, and
even II the deed records are saved there
are no indexes by which deeds can be
found.
J. W. Dyer, the chancery clerk, had
all Of his private account books de-
stroyed, including not only his accounts
with his office. but his plantation &C.
counts as we'll.
The courthouse was insured for So.
o0o The origin Of the fire is not known.
Different theories aro indulped in hn<