The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-09-23
POPULAR YOUNG MAN coMsnrs SUI.
cIDE-A CITY CLERK ELECTED. no
MORE YELLOW FEVER SCHOOLS
OPENED WITH GOOD ATTEND
ANCE.
General Officers From Mississip.
pi in The Civil War.
Jackson, Sep. 20, 1899.
Correspondence Magnolia Gazette.


stamping clerk in the jackson
post office, killed himself at the
family residence. at one O'Clock
this afternoon. He excused him.
self from the dinner table, and
on going to the back yard shot
himself in the head, the pistol
ball passing from the right to
left temple. In his left hand was
this note: ''It is on account of
poor health that | do this. Please
return gun to post office, c. W"
Young Whiting was very popu.
lar. He was sergeant in Capt.
Birdsong's company, First regi !.
ment. His father, W. A. Whit
ing, is a leading dry goods mer-
chant.
The vacancy in the office OF
city clerk, jackson, created by
the death of Major D. P. Porter,
was filled by the City Council
electing Oliver Clifton to the DO.
sition. Mr.. Clifton was mayor
in 1870, and in 1876 1876. He
was also clerk of the supreme
court for many years, and was a
member of the Legislature in
1875; 80 that he has all the quail
iications and experience for a
first class city clerk.
The public schools opened to-
day, nearly one thousand chill
dren in attendance. Millsaps and
Belhaven Colleges will open next
Wednesday, and both are as
sured OF full patronage.
The train from Natchez ven-
tured in today. The quarantines
against Jackson are being very
generally raised, and in a few
days trade and travel will be as
free and unlimited" as if its one
ease" had not occurred. The
people of Jackson are profiting
by sad experience. Very few
left this time, and still fewer
will leave the next.
President Kincannon, of the
i. /. g. c., writes as follows:
The College will open on We'd
nesday, 9th. If the fever scare
does not interfere with US we
shall be wholly unable to accom-
modate the students applying for
admission. Over five hundred
applicants have asked for cata-
logues since the close of last ses-
sion.
GENERAL OFFICERS FROM MIssIS-
sIPPI IN THE CIVIL WAR.
The data given below is the re-
suit of much correspondence and
investigation. 1t will answer
numerous inquiries from histo-
rians and students in this and
other states, received during the
past few years. If there are any
errors in the dates Of deaths, as
stated, we will be grateful to have
same corrected, or if any omis-
sions will be thankful to have
them supplied.
Major General Samuel G.
French--Died August 3lst, 1862.
Major General Earl Van Dorm
Died May 9Th. 1868.
Major General Edward G. Wal
thall-Died April 21st, 1898.
Major General w. H. c..
Whiting-Died March 10th, 1866.
Brig. General Richard Griffith
Died June Goth, 1861.
Brig. General William Barks-
dale-Died July 1st, 1868.
Brig. General Benjamin G.
Humphreys-Died Dec. 22d, 1882.
Brig. General M. P. Lowrey-
Died February 9th, 1885.
Brig. General w. F. Tucker
Died September Is, 1881.
Brig. General Carnot Posey-I
Died November 18th, 1858.
Brig. General Claudius w.
Sears-Died February 18th, 1891. |
Brig. General Samuel Benton
Died February 28th, 1854.
Brig. General VIM. E. Baldwin
February 10Th, 1864.
Brig. General Writ Adams
Died May 1st, 1888.
Brig. General Charles Clark
December 18th, 1877.
Brig. General VIM. s.. Feath- |
erston-Died May 28th, 1891.
Brig. General Douglas H.
Cooper-Died, 1867.
Brig. General VIM. L. Brandon
Died August 9th, 1890. |