The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-03-31

capture u. w. Carr.
To authorize the board of supervisors
of jefferson county to examine and pay
accounts of certain persons rendering
services in smallpox cases in 1896, and
preamble to explain same.
To restore the right of suffrage to
George Payne, Jr., a citizen of Benton
county.
To enable the board of supervisors OF
Jefferson county to compensate Mrs.
Kate w. Grafton for repairs done to
and insurance paid for the Fayette Fee
male academy during the time the title
thereto was vested in her.
To restore the right of suffrage to
John d. Brown and Billie Bright, citi-
zens of Benton county.
To authorize the board of supervisors
Of Tate county to pay DR.. Thomson
for services rendered.
To amend section 900 of the code SO
as to permit a county treasurer to either
produce the county funds before the
board of supervisors or a satisfactory
sworn statement from a responsible
bank tina. the funds are in the bank to
the credit of the county treasurer.
To amend section 202 of the annotated
code of 1892 and section 1 of chapter 60
of the acts of the special session held
in 1898 in relation to examination for
admittance to practice as An attorney
and counsellor at law.
To change the time of holding super
visors' court in Itawamba county from
the first Monday of March and Septem-
Der to the second Monday.
Interesting Correspondence.
LYON, Miss, March IL, 1900.
Ny Dear Colonel Power =
wish you to give me a certificate under
your seal that l did carry and deliver
the 10000 percussion caps and the dis
patches to General Pemberton during
the seige Of Vicksburg, as l wish to
leave it as a legacy to my heirs after ]
have crossed the Great River.
With a comrades love for you and
yours, l am, as ever, your friend,
LAMAR FONTAINE.
JACKSON, Miss, March Is, 1900.
Major Lamar fontalne:
MY Dear Friend and Comrade-Your.
of yesterday received, requesting 9
statement that you entered Vicksburl
during the seige with dispatches and
percussion caps. By way of reply,
take pleasure in copying the following
from my daily journal of the seige:
May 2S, QS63). We have at length def
mate information from General Johnston
by Lamar Fontaine, who reached the city
this morning. He brings a dispatch from
General Johnston to the effect that he wa
at Canton with about 10000 troops, ant
that Loving was in jackson with 10000
Fontaine, whom / met at Pemberton'
headquarters, brings intelligence that tn,
enemy burned up all the public buildings il
jackson except the capitol and governor
mansion. Capital reported to be at Enter
prise for time being" y =
Cordially and sincerely yours,
j. L. Power,
Adjutant First Regiment Mississippi
Light Artillery.
Corporations for profit desiring to b.
chartered under the laws of Mississippi
should state definitely the amount o
} capital stock. Under the schedule o
fees adopted by the legislature at tn,
recent session, the fee on a capita
stock of from $50, 600 to $4,000 is $1,000
If the charter should say the capita
stock may be increased to 800, 900 o
81, 600, 900, the fee will be one-tenth o
one per cent, or S1.00 on each Sic 0
; over the 500, 900. If this is observed
, will save correspondence and delay
, Several foreign corporations doinI
business in Mississippi have alread
filed duly certified copies of their char
tiers, and paid the filing fee of SIS. 90.
To Investigate state Farms.
The Legislature. just before adjourn
: ment, provided for the appointment G
3 a joint committee to investigate tn
9 several State farms. Following is til
committee and the postoffice address {
each member:
On part OF senate-E. II. Moore, Ros'
= dale; r. f. Abbay, Commerce; L.
Dulaney, Duncansby; A. f. Gardne
. Greenwood, and j. w. Heard, We,
Point.
q On part of house,. II. Sharp, Penn
@ j. ID. Stennis, Bailey; E. N. Thoma
n Greenville, s. w. Jones, independents
d aud Z. r. Wren, Cooper.
The Legislature made no change
the primary election law. The senat
s passed a bill containing some needle
reforms, but it reached the house t.
late for some important amendmen
that were deemed necessary by mar
members of the house.
d If you want an easy chair that wi
make you comfortable for the remand,
st of your days, write to Rev. W.
Larkin, treasurer Tougaloo Universit
a Miss, and get one of. the MORT
% patent. The price, without cushion
d, is S.. To see it is t. want it.
Coahoma has been added to the cou
ties that elect their superintendent
ID education. They are now appointi
oplv in Adane Hindc Worrnn O.,