The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-21

'erH1oht, III lol9. lie was a lawyer;
was States attorney for jefferson coun.
ty, Miss, for four years, and at the
time OF his death was a member of the
Mississippi legislature. He died in
1884. Can you give us the name and
address OF any member of his family,
or other person who can make us ac-
q%uainted with his history?
CHAs. E. PRENTIss.
For Editorial Committee General Gaia.
logue 1900.
In view OF the fact that many eli.
zens OF this and other States look upon
Col. Power and the office of secretary
OF State as a kind of joint bureau OF
information, he has been forced to the
necessity OF spending about SIS for a
copy of the Century Dictionary and
Encyclopedia, the newest and most up.
to-date, perhaps, hat has been put on
the marke The Colonel will be ready
for all parties seeking information in a
few d%ays-just as soon as the ten
volumes shall have arrived.-Jacksop
News.
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The Morris Ice Company, of jackson,
has a capacity of fifty tons per day.
Its wholesale price will be the same az
last year, and it's price to local CON.
sumers will continue half a cent a
pound delivered. Although the price
of coal has increased and ammonia is
controlled by a trust, water is still free,
and Mr.. Morris says he will continue to
keep the people cool at former rates.
Prof. j. c. Hardy was formally in.
stalled president of the A. and M. col.
lege on the 18th, Gen. S. d. Lee and
Col. w. B. Montgomery representing
the board of trustees on the occasion
Prof. Hardy was cordially greeted, and
enters upon his work assured of the
hearty cooperation of the trustees.
faculty and students.
A correspondent gives the number
OF slaves in Mississippi in 1860 as 1885,.
631. He wants to know the number of
ave-owne in the same year. The
United States census fails to show il.
and Mississippi has never been distip-
guished in a statistical way. If any
reader can give the information it will
be appreciated.
The secretary of State sent a circular
letter recently to the chancery clerks
requesting them to give the names and
domiciles of mortgage and loan COM.
panies doing business in their counties.
Several report none; others, q good
many. When reports are all in they
will be tabulated.
There will not be as many notaries
public commissioned as heretofore.
Governor Longino being of opinion
that where clerks or magistrates,
elected by the people, are conveniently
located, they should have the fees hat
the law allows for acknowledgements.
The Natchez Protestant Orphan Asy-
lum celebrates it's anniversary on
Thursday, the 10th. The ASYLUM has
been in existence more than four-score
years. This writer expects to be pres
ent to help the children enjoy them.
selves.
The people of Simpson will, on the
Goth, vote on the question as to whether
the courthouse will remain at Westville
or be removed to the railroad.
jackson is to have a $50, 900 planning
mill-to be in operation within four
months. 1t will employ about $50
hands.
The city of Natchez has voted to
issue $4,000 in bonds for s~choolhouse
purposes. The old "Natchez Institute"
is out of date.
Corinth issued $4,000 five per cent
bonds for street improvement, and hey
were purchased by a local capitalist, j..
w. Taylor, at 81. 03.
The improved price of cotton does
not seem to have diminished the record
ing of trust deeds in Kinds and other
counties.
Charles Spann having declined the
office of assessor of Kinds county, the
governor has appointed L. +. Chiles,
and he has entered upon his work.
Foreign corporations are sending in
copies of their charters to the
secretary of State, with the prescribed
fee of SIS, for fling.
Dan esteemed correspondent is anxious
to locate a copy of Gen. James Wilkin-
Memoirs. Who can put him on
the track?
Auditor Cole has refused to license
the Capital Insurance Company.
The expenses of the last session of
legislature amounted to $50, 2O9. "a. |
An Unselnsh Spirit.
Jesus was not self-engrossed. He
went through the world with His eyes
open for others. He saw the man at
the pool of Bethesda, He saw the great
sorrow Of the widow as she followed
those who carried her son TO the burial