The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-08
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MISSISSIPPI MATTERS,
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
BY J. L. POWER.

',..rrY or MISSISSIPPI

/, OIL .''f,t.eutennial Anniversary.
e saIs,Ion Of half century in
IN W. ,ostIutiou Of learning is
!. d.. aammemorated aud es-
a.. thut institution is the
M r.fty of a great state. The
,,npIal anniversary of the uni-
b, Mississippi was to have been
u, ~, nII. AT the opening of the
closed, but yellow fever
ntipe troubles sllash all pro
D 1.-The university and all other
ha state had all they could
moved off on the regular
n school work,
n.,ersity Of Mississippi was in
n Feb q. 1874. Its first
we're. j. Alexander Nentress,
o,itman. William l.. Sharkey,
NJ Clayton. William y.
rocob Thompson, Pryor Lea,
carey wilkinson, james NJ.
r,hn.I McCaughan, Rev Fran
Ia .John N. Waddel, A. H..
There have been niuety-three
IN date. and of this number
haye PASSED over the river. In
are the names of one cabinet
i,pr United States senators,
,reseutatiyes in congress, three
atatiyes in the Confederate con-
grss United States and Confed-
bates Judges, five chief justices
.,nrame court of Mississippi,
ssoeiate justices of the supreme
ZEN circuit judges and chancel-
bishop. eight doctors Of divin-
~ doctors of law. Judge j. A.
rafuwbus. is the oldest trustee.
w, 6f the uinety-three were APP
nrfar to. and fifty since his APP
amt iu 1872. OF the tifty-stN
ave died. thirty-seven died dur
.,:..-, With thpnniyersitv.
s'''', lt-ti,o,isbed and nonu.
'ss5'. pahart Fulton was a
l'-'''., IT, ,,.ben. Jrdge Orr
became a trustee. He was the
s.a'"s - the class of 1869
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