The leader., 1897-12-15
LETTER FROM THECAPITAL.
Things That Were Done, Seen
and Heard Last Week.

and Heard Last Week.
Special Correspondence of The Leader.l
JACKSON, Dec. 13.-Gov. McLaurin
has named Drs. Harralson, of Biloxi,
Cant, of Water Valley, Tackett, of Bi.
loxi, Purnell, of vicksburg, Dunn, of
Greenville, and Folkes, of jackson, as
a commission to proceed to Cuba for
the purpose of making clinical study
of yellow fever as found In and on its
native heath, to make observations on
the sanitary conditions of Havana. and
other ports between which and the
State of Mississippi there is business
relationship. The commission is a
good one-composed of physicians who
had more or less to do with the recent
epidemic in this State, and will come
as near arriving at the object Of their
visit as would any others.
The penitentiary board of control
has leased 8,347 acres of land in the
delta upon which the State will make
a little more cotton next year. 1t is
possible that a few thousand acres
more will be leased or farmed on the
share system. The State has made a
good crop this year in spite of very
adverse conditions, and of course is en-
couraged to try it again on a still
larger scale.
| The railroads centering here have
made special Christmas rates over their
lines, tickets at one and one-third fare
being sold after December % and good
till the first of January. This will en-
able many a poor fellow to eat turkey
at the old home or with distant friends.
John Criddle, well-known farmer
of the Clinton neighborkood, was fired
upon from ambush the other night and
three buckshot pierced his back. 1t is
stated by the attending physicians that
he will recover, and if he does it is
pretty safe to say he will not prone
made along a lonely country road any
more at three o'clock in the morning.
Dan Morrison is snuff drummer
who makes this city his headquarters.
On Thursday last he was knocked silly
by an Illinois Central freight train at
Pickens Station. When the train
stopped Mr. Morrison left his seat and
about that time the train gave big
| lurch and landed him on his head in
the middle of the floor. He was un-
conscious for several moments, and is
now at home for much needed repairs.
| The moral of this is that you had
better keep your seat till you get to
the next station.
The Mississippi Historical Society,
of which ex-Gov. Lowry is President,
will meet in this city on the 9th and
7th of January. Bishop Galloway will
open this meeting with one of his char
acteristically able addresses, and will
be followed by several other we'll known
educators and public men of note.
This meeting is bound to be Of great
interest to all students of history, and
will do much to perpetuate whole lot
VI hiooAooipPi SAOAohSoS'
In speaking of the shelving of Judge
Mayors, of the eighth circuit district,
the Forest Register thus expresses my
sentiments: at is all right for Judge
Mayors to retire if he wants to, but the
Register. for one, would be quick to
resent any move that is intended to
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room for another"
AS State land commissioner Col.
John M. Simonton is a decided sue
cess. During his incumbency of less
than two years he has paid into the
State treasury fees amounting to the
sum of S45, ,969. 81, and is now preparing
a. report to the legislature that will
show the workings of his office in plain
md unvarnished language. He has
366 36l acres on his forfeited tax rolls,
but reports that considerable por-
ton is improperly listed.
The home and contents of the resi-
dence of Mr.. Sam Davidson near this
place was destroyed by fire the other
night. Among other things burned
was slOS in money-s2O in gold, IS in
silver, and the balance in paper. Aft
er the fire Mr.. Davidson scratched
around in the ashes and found the sill
yer and gold melted and run together,
Ebut nary scrap of the paper. do
fhic xyifh dRSlr4 10
help along the gold bug cause, but 1t is
d fact that the paper money was gone
forever, no one would give him more
sban 40 cents for the silver and the
gold piece is still worth $50 any where
in the world. That's hard sort OF
nut to crack, but of course some fellow
y;ll hammer ON il. Z. +. FRANTZ.
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