The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-01-05

by the people of the counties to be trav-
ersed.
The committee requested Bishop G. B.
Galloway, Secretary of State j. L.
Power, Hon. Edgar s. Wilson and
Capt. William McCloy to address the
people during the early part of Janu-
airy, and they have consented to the fol-
lowing appointments:
Observation-Disclosures, January 0,
at IL o'clock am
Edinburg-Thursday, January 10, al
II o'clock a. IN.
Carthage-Friday, January IL, at IL
o'clock am.
Walnut Grove-Saturday, January IL,
at 10 o'clock am.
Other dates will be announced later
for Houston, Noxubee, Lowndes, Ran
kin and Kinds. The gentlemen named,
and their associate promoters, are all
very hopeful that the road will be un-
der contract before the close of the first
year of the new century. Old Missis-
sippi is certainly getting "a move on her.
Mule Meat In the vicksburg Siege.
cohs VIM - "A HaatC oo oaia ~
have been delivered to the soldiers within
our lines, is reported to have said that he
would not surrender our city so long as
there was q mule or dog left whereon the
men could .subsist. The possibility of such
animals being brought into requisition as
food induced some Of our officers the other
day to try mule meat, and accordingly q
couple Of these animals were slaughtered,
dressed and properly cooked, whereof a
large party partook. We learn the flesh is
not only very palatable, but decidedly pref
cradle to the poor beef which has been dealt
out to thesoldiers for months past, and that
a willingness was expressed among those
who tried the meat to receive it as regular
~rations. We have not yet learned of any
one experimenting with the flesh of the
canine specie. The proprietor of the Citizen
insinuates that the above officers omitted
to extend the customary courtesy to the
press, and broadly asserts that mule meat
would not ''go bad. "-Vicksburg Daily Citi-
zen, June 30, 1868.
Editor Swords appears not to have
known that mule meat was quite lib
orally used for several weeks prior to
the printing Of the above paragraph.
The new infrmary Of the Industrial
Institute and College was formally de-
clared open on the night of December
20 with appropriate ceremonies, and
was named tom Franklin Hospital"
of whom President Kincannon, in his
remarks, very justly said: Happily for
the college it has upon it's governing
| hoa-I /, .,aoAesf,1 h.s... L.
meath whose broad and manly bosom
there throbs a generous heart; who,
following the emotions of his impulsive
nature, has given literally of his time,
of his talent and of his influence to the
u%pbuilding of the college, and to whose
%unf1agging zeal more than to any other
agency is this magnificent hospital at
tributed, and to whom the young women
of our common wealth are indebted"
I~s5O-19OO.
On Christmas Day the American Ex-
press Company celebrated the fftieth
anniversary of its history as a corpora
ton, and in a way characteristic of it's
fair dealing with the public and appre-
citation of employers. On that day each
person in its employ, from division man
ayers to porters, received a beautiful
card with ''the compliments Of the sea-
son." and a IS gold-piece. We do not
know how many employees the company
has in the service, but there are 1914
offices in Mississippi and about 800 en-
ployes, so that the total for this State
thus distributed on Christmas morning
was fully $500. The total of this
Christmas present must have been $780,
900 or $500, 900.
A beautiful monument has been
crested in the cemetery at Greenville to
mark the spot where rests one of the
best and purest sons that Mississippi
ever produced. Here is the inscription:
WILLIAM GWIN YERGER,
Born July %, 1910,
Died November 8, 1899.
"Life's race well run,
Life's work well done,
Life's CROWN well won,
And now-THE REST"
The Grcenville Spirit says: "The SUI
PAShhS cSaupy u thC oCuiDlOT , uTD Is
shown in the l~ife-size statue that stands
above the tomb. 1t is a perfect image
of the living man."
1t is all a mistake about Col. Z. L.
Russell resigning the presidency of the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad. There was
no foundation for such a report. His
relations with the company are just as
pleasant as at any time during the
twenty or more years that he has been
connected with it. His friends and the
patrons Of the road are delighted that
his administration will extend into the
new century. He is an ideal Missis-
sippian and a tiptop railroad man.
A correspondent asks: What are the
terms for admission to the A. and M.
College-expeuses, etc?" The young
: man must have scholarship sufficient to