The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-09
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
BY KATE MARKHAM POWER

One of Claiborne countv's u.r
boys who wore the gray" is anvia-'
to get ON the trail of ANY Office.
slssippi Cavalry. This company
sissippi Cavalry" This COMPANY
raised in Claiborne county h,t We"
of its members were from adio,n'.'
counties. The first captain wac -
seph M. Magruder, killed at CAM
he was succeeded by William NJ M.'
tin, killed at Harrisburg, and no hr
Dr.. G. E. Buck" Our corresnonaos,
desires a roster of the comnarv "
possible, and will gratefully receir.
any possible information concerpjng
any member of it. 1t is known tha.
there is a roll of the company eytsn.
but 1t seems hard to find If or o.
curate information concerning #
Our correspondent IF. H. FoOto
Port Gibson, Claiborne county, bs.
after continued effort, succeeded IN
perfecting the roster Of Port Gibson
Rifles, Tenth Mississippi, and Is com.
piling, with a fair degree Of success
the roster Of Capt. A. ]. Lewis com.
pany. His attempt to get any records
whatever Of Company X, First Light
Artillery, Abbay's Battery, has 50 far
been a complete failure.
1t does seem that some OF "tbe
boys" who were in these companies
might give their Comrade Foote the
information he desires and thus com.
plete the roster, for the sake of their
children and their children's chill.
dren,' If for nothing more. OF course,
they are on record in Washington.
but it is never an enticing job to I'm.
wind the red tape that so completely
hides all documents of the govern
nent from eyes that long to see them.
An unusual point of law has Just
been decided by the Chancery Court
of Clarke county which is OF more
tnan ordinary interest to the general
public. An injunction was secured
by the county restraining a lumber
manufacturing company at Quitman
from using artificial means in fore
ing water from its own a~rtesian wells,
on the ground that the underground
water supply was being depleted by
> the excessive use, and the flow OF
: water at the courthouse well, fed
: from the same underground stream,
had been greatly weakened. The
Chancellor dissolved the temporary
9 restraining order, whereupon the
. lumber company brought suit for
i damages in the sum Of 81, 800 and re.
> ceived a verdict for $500. This estab'
. fishes a precedent in law, as it is the
u first case on record where the control
u OF an underground stream Of water
Il has ever been brought into question,
although there are many court de-
- cisions regarding surface streams.
e To one who watches daily the work
g men toiling, each in his appointed
d place, to make as nearly perfect as
u he can the splendid new Capitol build
& ing, it is most interesting. The founda
II ton story and the first story are up
Il and the walls of the next are rising
% slowly but surely to their place Ihe
Il foundations to the scores OF stately
10 marble columns are in place and the
IL building daily grows in dignity aNC
{. beauty.
The great event in Lowndes couhu
;, last week was the fair, which ATTRACT
70 ed crowds of visitors and proved :
~ great success. Every county IN u'
State should do as Lefiore, LoWndes
Grenada and a few others have uOn'
n. this year in the matter of fairs s'O''
Ia exhibits, etc. Nothing is so good III
a community as a healthy rlVar'
Il. among the people as to who can rais
the best products of garden, field, PAT
- dock. stock yards, barn yards, ETC.
.r, News comes from Washington tina
or Chief Engineer Gillespie, in MS d
IS. nual report, asks an appropriation =
he S44, OOO. 900 for additional coast III
IL lenses. and the Mississippi River OoH
ly mission asks for s3,70O,OOO. rms Is
he large appropriation and great 'lins
should be accomplished Tor u
Father of Waters if 1t is allo"eu'
That excellent county paper v
-, Westville Neus, entered upon us w
20 tieth year with the last issue ~
ing the coming month the prop[ietU1
OIL Mrs. r. ]. Geiger and H.. A. Gelse
wo will move the paper to the rai ,,t;s
les SO as to secure better mail iaclliIo
rs. This clean, reliable and eAce', e.
to county paper merits all the eoou NO ~
tune that seems to be coming 10 "" %
and we hope it will live long " '
!" joy it's prosperity.
III. The Vicksburg Elks have Joiheu II II
long list of their brethren ~ ,sr
H., South in the matter of entertain ~ N
of and will give a big street la,l III ~ n
CITY from the 18th to the ZSd ~ ~ II
he month. 1t will be all right II u, Il
nd Vicksburg lodge is in charge u Inn y
fun. and crowds of those WIZ az
en- their capacity for fun,mahN"e
pleasure-giving will be there'
THE once pretty little river towA Il