The leader., 1897-11-24
LETTER FROM THECAPITAL.
Things That Were Done, Seen
and Heard Last Week.


Special Correspondence Of The Leader.l
JACKSON, MISS, Nov. 22.-So
far as the city of Jackson is con.
cerned quarantine restrictions are
a thing of the past, and those of
her neIghbors who so desire may
come on to see us when they get
ready, and we'll he glad to see
them, too. Though the State has
not lifted her bars against all
places, the rules have been relaxed,
and travel has become pretty gen.
eral. 1t really looks like everybody
is trying to ride on the trains at
one and the same time, to make up
tor time lost during the two months
oCdetention at their homes. Jack.
son cOngratuIates herself on her
ESCAPE from the fever, and to cele.
brate and express thanks the peO.
pie generally will Join with the
preachers on Thanksgiving day at
the Presbyterian church, when DR..
DuBOse, of the Methodist church,
will preach.
Business has opened up to
considerable extent, but nothing
like the merchants would like to
see, wherefore they have arranged
for a series of " Bargain Days.
days OH which they will mark all
goods down to the very lowest
notch and invite the citizens of the
country for many miles around to
come and buy. Doubtless the
stores of most other Mississippi
towns have shelves of goods which
under ordinary circumstances
would have been sold long ago,
and which owners would be happy
to get rid Of at most any kind OF
an old price.
The newly selected city engineer,
Mr.W. g. Kirkpatrick, has arrived
and begun the work of surveying
the streets of Jackson, preparatory
to grading for the electric railway.
and that he may submit an esti
mate of the cost of building a sys
tenn of sewerage The trolley wires
have not been put up yet, but we
imagine we can hear the hum Of
the electric current from the depot
to the capitol and on to the lunatlc
asylum already. And then another
evidence of the faith we have in
the building of the line is found in
the fact that we no longer defend
our little street car mules from the
slurs and ji5es OF visitors and out
side newspaper men.
At their meeting here this week
the railroad commissioners instruct
ed their clerk to cite The freight
agents of all roads doing business
in this State to meet with them in
December for the purpose Of ar
ranging a uniform rate on cotton
seed. The Board OF Control also
met and along with lot of routine
business found time to discharge
1J. w. May, the sergeant OF the
Rankin county convict farm. The
complaint against Mr.. May was
that he was letting convicts escape
faster than the Sheriffs of the State
could put them IN, and at the rate
they were going farm hands would
sOon have been scarce. Some live
or six got away during the past
two or three months, most OF them
desperate white men. and the re
wards offered for their recapture
aggregated about 81 900.
The warden Of the penitentiary.
Hon. Walter McIlanrin, informs
| me that the State is going to make
more cotton this year than last, and
that the prospect is for something
like 1000 bales. The c0ncensus OF
|opinion is thar the delta never did
raise such crop of cotton as II
has this year, but unfortunately
the price is two or three cents too
lsmall to admit of much ii any profit.
THIS kind OF crop news does not
convince one that Overfi0ws are
lsuch disasters after all.
The Board Of Trade was reorgan.
Eized the other night and has gone
actively to work to bring abOIt a
lchanye of schedule on the Little D.,
i line that runs from this city to
Natchez, and wholly in the interest
,f the latter place. For instance,
al trains on this road run out
| # Jackson in the morning and
lback in the evening. The con
fseauencc il that people coming
ITO jackson from any pOint on the
road are forced to remain IN Jack
son two nights and one day. In
Eview of this, long lay-Oyer and con
seanent expense, few people come
To Jack son tn trade from down the
Natchez road, and for that reason
the business men of the community
thaye resolved to bring about a
, change of schedule that will at
l,east give them a freight train to
Jackson during the forenoon anu
, which will return in the afternoon
lJnnsmuch as the County Of Kinds
luaye s2OO, ,OOO TO help build the
Irad. the people OF Jackson feel
like they are entitled 10 this much
Ieonslderatiou. And then there Is
! Esomethiny real funny about those
s2OO. 900 OF bonds. Kinds county
has never received her stock III
Eths enterprise, and somehow OF
other no one seems TO know any
: thing about them. The INTEREST y
: called for regularly just the same,
/ land is always paid. -
II During the past week two jack
lson boys have been accidentai',
Ishot while Uut hunting. One oi
the nnfnrtunates was little dark
I nv who lost 4 leg by the sliscl'args
Of his companiOs''s gun. Tne o'nel
!. lease was that Of little harvey
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