The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-07-18
AROUND TOWN.

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en- a visit.
NJ. SamH Goodwin has zone to Jefer-
son county TO visit q sick brother.
Rev. Mr.. Gates will preach in the Bap,
tiss Church next Tuesday night.
Rev. II. F, johnson ard his daughter,
Miss Sal!ie, have gone to the Sea Shore
Camp Meeting.
Mr.. Geo. Crosby, who is doing business
for DAnsiKers Son.. Of New o leans, Ia
now 10 our city.
We had to omit the notice Of Mrs. Full
ler's school this week, bat i, will have our
attention In the next issue,
Miss Mollie Daughtry and Miss Annie
Hooker are now spending their time in
Canton III ''Celestial City" OF this State.
We are authorized to state that the
County Orange will meet at Grafton Hall.
on the fnt Friday iu August at ii a. m.
The mercury has been as high a. 90 this
week, in this Office. The thermometer
was suspended from the ceiling at the
tine.
The Congressional Convention Of the
Fifth District will meet here IN Tuesday,
the Sd day of September, to nominate a
candidate for Congress
Mr.. F. Levy and family, recently from
Crystal Springs, are o stopping at Mrs.
Decells. They will locate al this place
and we wish them success.
We have been informed hat q little
stranger appeared at Capt. J. A. Hoskins'
lat Sunday night. 1t ia q little girl sind
weighed fourteen pounds.
Rev. MI. Bingham, of H~azlehurs., will
hold divine service in the Presbyterian
Church, nsxt Saturday and Sunday. There
will be morning and night service each
dav.
Miss Jennie Larkin has gone TO West
vile TO take charge Of a school. She ia
a graduate of Whitworth College and fully
competent to teach. We commend her to
the citizens Of that place.
A game Of base ball was PLAYED at the
Montgomery place last Friday. Mr.. Tho'.
McCrath was the leader Of one side and
Mr.. Chas. Penn was the leader of the other
side. Thu McGrath side came ont yicto-
rious.
A colored penitentiarv convict was killed
last Friday, ai the gravel pit. in attempt
ing to make his escape. Another convict
was wounded y, the same time in making
II similar attempt. One succeeded in max
ing His escape, but has since been cap
tured.
Mr.. Max Piieha,sch brought into ihis
Office a few DAYS ago the largest beet Of
the season. 1t was raised by S II. Whit
worth, on his farm. in Yazoo comfy. 1t
weighed four pounds and ten ounces and
measured twenty-five and three-qHarter
inches in circumference. 1t beats all the
beets Of the season.
Mr.. Jno. J. Burke has bought the place
known as the Montgomery place. 1t has
n first class residence, pleasantly located
and Mr. Burke rnny consider himself for
tunate in becoming its purchase. His
idea IS to plant largely Of fruit trees and he
hopes, in a few years, to be able TO have a
frst-class fruit farm. The undertaking is a
laudable one and we hope lie may succeed d.
Lucy Rennett, an unfortunate colored
woman, about one hundred years old, was
run over by the cars last Friday, in the up
per part Of town, and was instantly killed.
Her body was run over BY several & It's OF
the construction train, AMI was terribly
mangled. II appear. that she was in the
act Of crossing the track when the train was
rapidly approaching that point. She
doubtless saw the train approaching, but
failed TO avoid the danger that so suddenly
terminated her career.