The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-08-02
Pen Pictures by Newspaper Cor
respondents Culled From Old
Scrap Books Of that Period,

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Rose Hill cemetery, Meridian,
which were to have taken place
June 81, had to be postponed on
account of a steady down pour
OF rain on that day. Another
announcement will be made.
a distinguished and greatly
beloved citizen of Mississippi died
at his home in Madison county
on Tuesday morning, July %,
the Hon. John r. Cameron. in
the fifty fourth year Of his age.
He was an extensive and suc-
cessful planter, was a state sem
ator, and was a candidate for
governor eight years ago. His
death is a great loss not only to
his family, but to the entire state.
The State Lunatic Asylum has
one Of the best stock and truck
farms in the State. Of its dimeu-
sions-110 acres in corn, 30 in
sweet potatoes, truck patches
that will yield all the vegetables
required by the Asylum popula-
ton, sixty Jersey and grade mich
COWS, and fine orchard and
vineyard. The herd Of cows is
to be increased TO 100 so as TO af-
ford the patients an abundance
Of milk. The aggregate value Of
the Asylum farm products is up
wards Of $4,000.
Hon. John II. Dinsmore, Of
Noxuba, and Dr.. W. G.. Kiger,
of Warren, are mentioned for
president protein Of the senate.
Any survivor Of Wards Bat.
terry, who can certify to Orlando
Merrill having been a member
thereof, Will do the old veteran a
timely service BY 50 doing Adj
dress the editor Of this depart
ment.
The Palmer Orphanage, Col.
umbus, has enrolled twenty chill
dren TO date. The superintend-
ent was recently asked why he
did not let the public know some
Of the special needs Of the or
phanage, through the papers,
and he responds with the follow
ing as a starter: A dining table,
a dozen chairs, buggy, an or
gan, a dozen mugs, clothing for
boys aged from six, seven and
ten. and girls aged seven, eleven
and twelve, and all kinds Of vege-
tables, watermelons included. He
acknowledges donations OF a sad
die, a meat chopper and a re-
frigerator. If the orphanage is
not supplied, it will not be be-
cause Of the unwillingness Of Su-
perintendent Bedinger to let its
wants be known.
The election Of Gov. A. J..
McLaurin to the United States
Senate is now generally conced-
ed. His term will begin March
4, 1901, until which time it looks
as ii Senator Sullivan will hold
the seat he now occupies. Those
who are keeping states are trying
to figure out who will be the next
! governor Of Mississippi. Judge
Longino is considerably IN the
lead with instructed votes, and is
the second choice Of several
counties. Judge Critz is next in
the race, and the other candi-
dates have more or less support
in reserve. Either would make
a good governor, so that the con-
yention is to be congratulated in
advance on the selection it shall
make.
The grasshoppers have done
much damage in Bolivar county,
especially on the Dahomy plan
tation, where one cotton patch
of three hundred acres was de-
stroyed, and two thousand acres
much damaged.
| Hon. A.. J.. Russell, Of Lau-
| derdale, Hon. George Anderson,
Of Warren, and Hon. A. s. Kyle,
\ Of Pamela, are candidates foi
speaker of the House.
The Patrons Union will hold
| its annual session at Lake, from
July 81 to August A.
The mississippi Rifles il
the name of a company recently
organized in Jackson, with {
membership Of about forty. Th'
name selected is the one by which
the company that left Jackson il
, March, 1851, was known. /
was commanded by Capt. Rober
/ A. Smith, who became colonel o
the Tenth Mississippi, and wa