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Lewis Dennis, who killed Circuit Clerk John White, in Raymond several years since, and who was tried in Hinds county and sentenced to hang, after his case was reversed by the supreme court and remanded for new trial and by a change of venue tried in Madison county a year ago, convicted and sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced by Judge Potter to two years in the penitentiary. The case is a noted one, and has been pending for seven years. Mon. J. B. Yellowly, supervisor of the census for the Eighth district of Mississippl, is having a busy time arranging for the preliminaries for the enumeration, which he is to be prepared to begin with on April 15 next. While the people were rather slow at first in the matter of applying for positions as enumerators, there is no lack of them now, the list including women as well as men, and, as a rule, they include persons who seem well qualified for the duty. Finding it impossible to give employment exclusively to white enumerators, because of the lack of applications, the census supervisors in Mississippi are now enrolling negro enumerators. It is the intention of the supervisors, however, to employ the negroes, insofar as possible, in districts populated by their own race. George Burdette, a young white man, was robbed at Vicksburg by two unknown white men. They afterwards tied Burdette to the railroad track and left him to be run over by the incoming passenger train. Burdette screamed for help for an hour, and finally attracted a negro passing, who pulled him off of the track just before the train dashed by. S. J. Dickey, 83 years old, died at Olive Branch. He was one of the wealthiest and most prominent men of DeSoto county. His country home was the scene of many business transactions, men far and near seeking financial aid, and his upright dealings with them always commanded their respect and friendship. The trial of W. S. Mustin, wealthy liveryman of Columbus, charged with the murder of J. W. Smith, lasted just two hours, Mr. Mustin being acquitted by the jury on a peremptory charge by Judge Buckley. He was indicted on testimony furnished by Henry Betts, the negro who actually killed Smith. In his confession before the grand jury Betts swore that Mustin agreed to pay him $100 to kill Smith. Mississippi statutes make no provisions for accessories in cases of this kind. The Citizens Bank of Scobey was placed in liquidation by Earl Brewer, of Clarksdale, and the doors closed. There was considerable excitement in town when the fact of the closure became known, and depositors gathered around the bank clamoring for their money. They were soon quieted by Mr. Brewer, who gavé his personal pledge that every stockholder and every depositor would be paid in full, dollar for dollar, the amount of their stock and their deposits. One of the largest and most intelligent audiences that ever gathered in West Point assembled in the courthouse to hear Dr. S. A. Knapp, of the department of agriculture at Washington. Farmers and business men from every part of East Mississippi were here, showing by their presence the great interest in agricultural subjects that means so much for the life and general uplift of the state. One hundred and eighty-three dollars is the result of a little extra energy on the part of an enterprising farmer living near West on three-quarters of an acre planted in turnips. He has already sold sixty-five buggy-loads of turnips and salad in the home market, netting him $140 cash. He estimates that he will get twenty loads more that will net him $43, making a total of $183. This is equal to $244 per acre. A sensation was caused in Meridan when it was learned the late grand jury had returned indictments against the Eagle Cotton Oil Company, the Mississippi Cotton Oil Company, the Southern Oil and Fertilizer factory, four of the biggest corporations in the city. The specific charge contained in the indictment follows: "Did unlawfully adulterate cotton seed meal with hulls and other substances without noting said adulteration on each sack or receptacle." With the bestowal of sixteen crosses of honor, a patriotic address by Prof. Charles Mason, of the Bolivar public schools, songs and the U. D. C. ritual, the natal day of Gen. R. E. Lee, "the greatest commander developed on the Southern side" and the equal of any on the Northern side, was celebrated at Bolivar. Gov. Noel commissioned William Lee, of Mendenhall to act as sheriff of Simpson county, vice E. D. Hubbard, the popular young sheriff who fell a victim to the negro assassin's bullet. The appointee was chief deputy in the sheriff's office at Mendenhall, and it was com municated to the governor that his last wish expressed wah that Lee receive
