The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-02-01


There will be citizens meeting in
the Court House tonight Friday to
consider the desirability of having
manufacturing enterprises in the town
and the methods of securing them.
Every man interested in the welfare Of
the town should attend, We under
stand that Mr., b Sweat, former
citizen of Alfalfa, but now a capitalist
of Michigan, will be on hand and NAV
offer sugge7tQns or make the people a
direct proposition rs to the csta fish,
mtnt Of factory. Every merchant.
banker, lawyer and business men gen
orally should attend. Now is the
time to push Koseiusko forward.
One night last week the houses of
possibly several dozen negro women in
town We're posted with notices for the
inmates TO leave koscusko at once, and
we understand that several of them
have done 50. 1t sometimes 10 doubt
is gOtd radiance for an obnoxious
wench or two to leave town under or
ders, but when good negroes and bad
negroes, WORTH cooks and other serv-
ants are terrorized by irresponsible peO-
pie, perhaps mere boys, it is carrying
matters too far. Whatever else may
be SAID about them, negroes are very
necessary as servants and when you in
terfere with them you interfere with
the rights of white men to hire labor
Our jovial and popular friend, Mr..
Z ias Phillips, tells MS that his sing e
leg is very tired Ct the hard work incl
dent to holding him on the saddle dur
ing his many official trips over the
county, He is also afraid that, if
he remains Assessor longer, his MISS
ing limb will never have chance to
grow out. With these facts in view,
he comes before the people this week
end asks them for the Office Of county
treasurer, for which he is il every way
qualified, He has already served the
county well, and this is the best guar
antee that he will do so again. In spite
OF his one leg he is hustling runner
and will be hard to beat.
The extremely muddy condition of
the streets around the square has be-
come so obnoxious that the Board Of
Alder men have requested the Mayor
to correspond with the railroad officials
and ascertain what sufficient quanti-
tv of crawl would cost to make hard
street. The Mayor will probably be
ready t. report at the regular meeting
/ next week. We understand that the
railroad once offered to haul -:the gravel
here free of charge,lf the town would
t pay for the loading and unloading. II
| the streets were once properly shaped
ND and Their covered with good layer
a of gravel. citizens could walk across the
! streets after the hardest rain without
A carrying ten pounds of real estate on
/. their shoes. aud wagons would run a
t hundred per cent lighter.
g Victor Cook, son of Mr.. VIM. Cook
j is we'll known in this county, being an
9 intelligent and popular young man
c For someume he has been tlagmsn OF
r a railroad over at Wick sburg. Last
Monday evening, he received hi:
month pay at Nicksburg and started
off on the train. He was on top Of the
caboose as the train approached Por
;, Gibson at II: SO ?. NJ, when some one
approached him from behind ant
. knocked him insensible with blow OF
II the head. The party or parties then
robbed him of his watch, 5, me 500 II
> money. and rolled him off the cahoos'
while the tram was still at full speed
>, Fortunately he fell clear of the cross
ties into II I'd and slush, or he nigh
; have been killed. His principal injGr,
was a severe confusion near the rlgh
It ear. Two negroes have been arreete'
81 for the crime. The doctors are conf
= dent of Nictor's recovery.
ID Last Monday night about one o'cloc
a Salem church, eight miles South .
lie Kosciusko, was discovered TO be on fire
pr The discovery was made too late
Ne save the building, however, and IN
e. latter was u total ruin in short Will,
d, There had not been services of AN
s. kind in the church since Sunday, al
lie then there was no ire because ID
house had neither stove nor fire plac,
tv and 50 the conformation undoubtedl
in appears to have been of ln"endiarv OF
III GIN. it was new church, just fms he