The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-08-23
STATE CAPITAL NOTES.
THE RAILROADS OPERATING IN MIS-
sIss1pPI DO NOT SHOW MUCH
Surplus in Their Reports to the
Railroad Commission.
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jackson, August 21, 1899. |
The battle draweth nigh. The !
advance guards are arriving.
The skirmish lines are forming. |
There will be some sharp shoot
ing on Wednesday and Thurs
day, and while some will win in
the fight, others will achieve a
lot of experience. l received a |
letter from a friend a few days
since Who was a candidate for a
county office, and who got left
in the second primary. He re-
marked that he thought he knew
the people of his county pretty
we'll, but he did not know, before
that SO many of them were so
forgetful OF their promisesl Had
he received all the votes prom
ised-or that he thought were
promised--he would have been
elected, with several hundred
votes to spare. Some candidates
are too sanguine, and take too
many things for granted, or their
hearing is not always good when
they are listening for the friendly
encouragement of the voter.
Capt. j. G. Lyell has with
drawn from the race for railroad
commissioner for the Southern
Distric5, the chief reason for his
so doing being s'the action of the
Convention of my own county
(Copiah) in ignoring my wishes
and my candidacy and forcing
upon me a delegation to the state
convention whom all know to be
antagonistic to my candidacy. -
This leaves the field, for that
district, to Messrs. M. M. Evans
and a. O.. May.
That section of the Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley Railroad for
p,erlv known as 1.-THE Little J. "
bas oeen placed on the assess
ment roll Of Kinds county, by
the Railroad Commission, the
valuation and stale tax Tor each
year from 1868 to 1898 being
given, amounting to SIS, 102. II
for the state, and about the same
sum for the county. The total
\. value from jackson 20 Natchez
is S3,031, 314. The road runs
through Kinds. Claiborne, JEFF
ferson and Adams. 1t barely
touches Copiah, at Carpenter
station.
The trustees of the institutions
for the deaf and dumb will ask
the Legislature for authority to
sell the properties in Jackson,
and just west of the city, and in
vest the proceeds in more ELI
gible and spacious location,
where the mutes cannot only be
instructed in books and handi-
craft, but in agriculture, horti-
culture and the care of stock. A
good orchard and truck farm
would contribute largely to the
subsistence of the Institutions
for there are two, white and coll
ored--besides yielding some rev.
enue toward other expenses. The
proposition is so sensible, ano
will involve so little, If any ex-
pense to the state, it will nc
doubt be approved.
Col. j. S. Hamilton, who was
SO seriously hurt in the head las
week, by falling down stairway
in his residence in jackson, has
been restored to consciousness,
and it is thought win not be per.
manently affected by his injuries
The State Board of Examiners
will meet in jackson on 25th inst
for the purpose Of grading th'
examination papers OF the sum
mer normal teachers.
Cooper's s Well is having /;
large patronage this summer
the guests ranging in numbe
from 100 to 250. The rates ar
S15. 90 week, or 5000 month
The celebrated DR.. j. Marion
Sims, who visited the Wells pri
or to the war, so emaciated tina
he had to be carried, decided be
fore he left, that the water wa
worth thousand dollars a montl
to him.
'sThe Lumberton Leader j
the latest venture in Mississippi
journalism. &. D. Shanks, pub
Usher. Itleads off in good styl
by holding up "Lumberton, th
Coming City of the Pine Bel
Reeion!'' The first duty Of
newspaper is to its own town an
county.
The railroads operating in Mis-