Mississippi News Briefs from Yazoo to Vicksburg
Entities include Vicksburg Hornet, Yazoo electors, Holmes county, Holmesville, Pike county, Coahoma and Jackson. Mentions state finances with $15,000 to the State Treasury, Centen nial Cotton Exposition pledge, deputy assessors in Pike 1883, whisky sentiment rising in Holmes and Pike, city officers elected in Yazoo, and clergy deaths. Also notes Mississippi press changes and a governor style political chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaton Lamary
Osford
Minois Railroad
Vicksburg Hornet
Holmesville
Pike
A. P. Spark—wan
G.M. Govan
S. R. Lampkin
S.A. Matthews
Pike County
J. M. Caldwell
Carrollton
Maj
Walpole
Cedar Keys
Florida
Walpole & Johnson
Roudebush
A. É& M. College
Jackson
T. A. Magee
Franklin
Yazoo
Crime of rapa prompts cry for clemency in Mississippi
The piece urges Governor Loney to avoid leniency in a life-imprisonment case tied to a violent crime. It argues clemency risks public anger and compares potential leniency to a lynching, insisting laws be carried out fully and fairly. It cites fear of mob justice and defends executive discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapa
Liver
Gavarnor
Nobbe
Leaner
Meadville
Mississippi
Porter
Ferrest
Sentinel
Summit
Central Africa
Parker Place
Pike County
Franklin County
Deaf Mate Voice debuts from Jackson Institute for the Deaf
The Deaf Mate Voice, a four page publication from the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb in Jackson Mississippi, showcases deaf students printing and editing. It aims to express themselves while teaching typography, priced at 30 cents a year with Prof. Dobyns praised for launching the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute For the Deaf and Dumb
Jackson
Miss
Ollives
Dobyns
Meeting of Methodise Ladies in South Mississippi
The Mississippi Conference of the Women's Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church South met at Madison Station last Thursday with Mrs. E.R. Stedman presiding. Delegates attended as officers were elected for the next year, and a basket dinner followed a program of addresses by clergy. The Central Female Institute concert, led by Prof. E. Menger, was announced for tomorrow, promising strong attendance and local musical interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Women's Society of the Mthodist Episcopal Church South
South Mississippi
Madison Station
E.R. Stedman
Jackson
Demoss
Vicksburg
Lizzie Culley
W. B Lewis
Crystal Springs
C. B. Galloway
New Orleans
Annie Dempss
Central Female Institute
Clinton
Misa
E. Menger
Seasina
Mississippi lynching debates mob law and press bias
The article denounces mob violence in Mississippi including hangings and bulldozer outrages, criticizing The Summit Sentinel for praising such acts and highlighting bias in reporting. It cites local cases in Vicksburg Jackson and Okolona, condemning sensationalism and urging consistency in journalism.
Reading notes and political notices across Magnolia and Jackson
A compilation of brief items covers political endorsements and denials, candidacy bets, and civic notices. Mentions Gen Gordon, Dr Mullenn, W. T. Starkax, Jervensus Davis, Elizabeth Pinkston, and Tennessee and Copiah county figures. Also notes church, building, and office announcements, and a court-house contract transfer with Hull brothers prominent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridewell
Magnolia
Messrs
W. 5. Hull
Jackson
Hull Bros
Pike County
Shooting in West Jackson Shyle leaves man wounded
Sunday night about nine o'clock T. J Bolton Jr of Bolton shot J. H Glass, a former city resident, in West Jackson Shyle. Initial reports claimed a arm wound, but later confusion suggests the event may have been misreported by the Clarion's dispatch from the nation's Times-Domorrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Bowrey, Jr
Clarke Brothers
Vicksburg
Jas. Glass
Jackson
Edwards Ioise
Glass
Bolton
Clarion
N. C
T. J Bolton, Jr
J. H. Glass
Shyle, Ledger
Times-Domorrat
Captain Darden of Jette County A State Grange Leader
Capt Darden a planter and veteran of the Western Confederacy is praised for integrity and business skill. A State University graduate of 1856 he served in the army and later led the State Grange for six years laboring to empower farmers through organization and reform. He advocates tariff reform tax fairness and ballot purity while pledging continued public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tae Bal
Darden
Capt
Our State University
Order of Patrons of
Thislandy
Grange
Ffrom
State Grange
Europe on the brink of a political blaze in 19th century turmoil
The Herald warns that Europe faces an uneasy year as revolutionary and anarchist movements spread from Neres to St Petersburg. Across nations like Ireland, Austria, France, Italy, Turkey, and Norway, strikes, trials, and uprisings fuel a potential great conflagration, with rulers anxious over rising democratic currents and nationalist unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neres
St. Petersburg
Andalusia
Caar
Dublin
Vienna
France
Lyons
Bismarck
Italy
Turkey
Balkanes
Norway
Europe
W. ¥. Herald
Pike County cotton bales misrepresented in census Compendium
Officials dispute the Compendium of the Tenth Census figure for Pike County cotton output in 1879 arguing the county produced about 9000 bales rather than the 6507 bales reported. The correction appears in the Migautio tazette under the signature Facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike
U.S
General Chalmers and the Hubbell payment scandal
A New York Herald report recounts General Chalmers, an ex-congressman, pressing for funds from Jay Hubbell to pursue an independent administration candidacy in Mississippi. Hubbell paid 250 dollars after inviting Chalmers to return in the evening, raising questions about campaign finance ethics and whether the payment was for influence. The piece notes Chalmers had been expelled from Congress and questions whether he should be seated again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waabio
Toilelow
Chalmera
Hotbet
Republicar Campagn
Chalmers
Lynch
Bee
Jay Hubbell
Mucbbell
Congress
Mississippi
Canshidate
Sven Jay Hubbell
Tgtinet
Hubbell
Hoe
Gen Chalmers
Mr. Hubbell
Gen. Chalmers
General Chalmers
Hublell
Trubbell
Teo
Mr. Chalmers
Tie
Manning
Ivan
Sin
Imers
New York Herald
Mississippi Valley Sanitary Protest Urges National Board of Health Action
The Sanitary Council of the Mississippi Valley asks President Arthur to place a $100,000 Congress fund under the National Board of Health to prevent epidemic disease, arguing nine tenths of valley commerce and population are not protected by state guardianship and urging federal control over river sanitation and quarantine decisions. Grand jurors listed for Copiah County Circuit Court to convene April 23 in Hazlehurst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Davia
Bloomington
H.C. Conn
Copiah
Ife
Board of Supervisors
Pike County
Bonn
Arthur
Sanitary Council of
Mississippi Valley
Ohio
Indiana
Minois
Kentucky
Iowa
TemllaWater
Michigan
Wisconsin
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
National Board of Health
Congress
Mississippa Valley
State Board of Health
Sanitary Council
New Orleans
Fort St. Philip
St. Louis
Towa
Missouri
Mississippi River
Gulf
Stubbon
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Copiah County
Hazlehurst
J. F. Enochs
J. C. Harris
Emanuel Slunter
Henry Loeb
M. Beasley
T. J. Farmer
H. A. Barnes
C. A
H. F. Buffkin
A.J. Thompson
Jack Spinks
H. C. Mc
Contest politics and misused costs cited in reports
The column warns that thirty to forty contests may fill the forty-eighth Congress seats and most claims rest on expenses reimbursements rather than real foundations. It denounces the contest business as fraudulent and notes misstatements about J. W. Land’s Mississippi offices and a Arkansas treasurer deficit controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turre
Natchez Democrat
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brookhaven, Atwixs
al. Norrs
Pike County Boart of Supervisors
Chicago
Port Gilson
Seaant
Hacot
Wike County
Court House
Minors Central
Grirrira Exons
Natchez
Pert Hradxran
Ton. J
Hamilton
Senate
Holmes County
W. H. Forest
J. B. Forest
Memphis Avalanche
Vicksburg Herald
Yazoo County
Cipcult
Joux Wowsano Payne
Oak Hill
Washington
W. W. Corcoran
Largehearts
Tunis
Africa
KR. R. Lepaxcren
Leilhotter
Omer
Matt Simmons
Gen. Tucker
Okolona
Finley
W. J. Lacey
Gen. Davis
W. T. Houston
A. B. Hurr
J. M. Buckley
Southern Yellow Pine Lumber
Campbell Power Press
Wilson
Ile
John Brown
Haipir’s Ferry
West Liberty
Albert Boykin
Geo. Smith
Mr. Furlong
Smith
Yazoo Sentinel
Ueury
Pane. Werovensy Reaoe
Eprromaner
Toe
Times and Intelligencer
Dr. Mullenn
M.D
Me. W. T. Starkax
Capt. W. T. Tyler
McComb City
Franta
Brandon Republican
Peyton
Cooper’s Well
Jervensus Davis
Confederate States
Southern Historical Society
Nashville
Tur
Fliza Pinkston
Madison County
Rutherford B. Hayes
Stanley W. Matthews
Hans
Jefferson Davis
C. E B. Hooker
Association of the Army of Tennessee
Government
Messrs Dumesnil Stone Company of
Memphis
Democratic Executive Committee
Copiali
A. Hunter
Crystal Springs Monitor
W.S. Gresham
Soctallban
Sante Councilet
Lowry
J. W. Land
J. W. Smylie
Churchill
Lert
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