A Temperance Alliance was organized at Pocahontas last week.<\/p>\n
Work has begun on the iron bridge across Hatchie at Statler’s Ferry.<\/p>\n
On Saturday last, the first day of May, there was a good deal of frost here, but it did not damage vegetation any.<\/p>\n
Mr. G. M. SAVAGE<\/strong> was up in town last Monday for the first time in two or three weeks. His many friends were glad to see him out.<\/p>\n A party of fishermen from Hickory Valley spent two or three days of this week at Statler’s Ferry.<\/p>\n Rev. Mr. Hope<\/strong> preached on last Sunday to a large and attentive audience at the Presbyterian Church. Hope his services may be secured as their pastor. We give him a hearty welcome.<\/p>\n Maj. W. B. RUFFIN<\/strong>, postmaster at Toone, is very ill, and is not expected to live many days. He had a stroke of paralysis sometime ago, and has gradually grown worse.<\/p>\n John BOYD<\/strong>, the colored barber from Toone, who is charged with stealing the money from Mr. W. F. FULLER<\/strong>, has been brought back to Jackson and lodged in jail. His brother, George BOYD<\/strong>, is said to have told on him, and George is being held as a witness. It is claimed that the prosecution is in possession of sufficient evidence to secure his conviction.<\/p>\n