The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-01-20
THAT COLUMN OF "THl1s."
That Which we Learned From
Our EXCHANGES,

already large list Of industries an up
to-date trunk factory.
That there are ten counties in the
state of Mississippi which have no rail
roads.
That the senate of Alabama has APP
propriated $500 with which to purchase
a sword for Lieut.. Hobson. Wonder if
they have any charitable institutions
over there, and, if SO, how are they
maintainedy
That two bills have been introduced
in the legislature of North Carolina,
requiring all railroads in the state to
operate seperate coaches for white and
colored. ANOTHER bill was also intro
duced, to The effect that ''all the mon
eys arising from the taxation OF the
polls and property OF the white race.
for the pnAlic schools, shall be appfo-
p1iate3 q theseiloois Of the white race.
That the British bark A%leIina, of
Nova Srotla, saBk in twenty-five faith
ON Of water in front Of the &t. Pull
Mill wharf, the captain, mate and if-
teen Of the crew being drowned,
That the Filipino contingent at
Madrid has offered to assist the Span
ish government in obtaining the release
of Spanish prisoners in tie hands of the
insurgents in the Philippines.
That Commodore Phillips has sue
ceeded Rear-Admiral Bunce, in COM
mand Of the navy yard at Brooklyn,
on Jan, IA.
That the court Of cessation of Paris
has ordered a new trial for Capt. Drey-
fus.
That Chas. Broadway Rouss says he
will give 500, 900 for a Confederate
memorial battle abbey, to be erected at
Richmond, provided the citizens of that
place will donate an equal amount.
That the governor OF West Virginia
has asked the legislature OF that State
to increase the age under which chill
dren may not be employed, from IL to
IA years, and that a law be passed re-
quiring capital and labor to settle their
differences by arbitration.
That the Franklin Advocate would
like for Hon. G. E. Hooker to become a
candidate for governor. Since we
come to think OF ii, there are one or
two other counties which haven't fur
nished a candidate for that office. Next!
That Houston, Texas, has received
1000, 900 bales of cotton from Sept. | to
Dec. %. Houston is now second to
Liverpool in cotton receipts.
That the Weekly Panolian says: 1T
is a staid old girl who declines to have
more than one sutton at a time. Has
the Office of United States senator from
this state too few attractions to arouse
the fond ambitions Of more than one
mani" Now, don't be in too great n
hurry. brother, Never ennumerate the
production of your poultry until the
process Of incubation has proceeded TO
Il crisis. In other words, don't CONT
your chickens before they are hatched.
Never fear, therell be Others.
That Commissary Eagan uses no very
gentle expressions in his denunciation
of Gen. Miles, before the committee Of
investigation.
That Andrew Carnegie bas author
lied two friends in the United States
senate to offer the president $40, 900, 600
for the philippines. He says that lis
only purpose in buying the islands is to
set them free.
That Hon. Walter Trotter, Of Winona.
seems to have - very strong pull for
the attorney-generalship
That according to the Meridian News,
Lauderdale county wants to furnish
the next speaker of the Mississippi
house Of representatives. and Hon.
A. J.. Russell Is the mar
That the trustees of the Innate
asylum have leased 100 acres of land,
and will enlarge the asylum's dairy
herd and furnish that institution with
beef.
That Miss Annie Hobson, sister Of
the hero Of Santiago, attended a wed
ding at McComb City last week. But
we saw no account in the McComb
papers Of a kissing reception being ten
dered her, as was the case with her