The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-12-06
A Trip 60 ,EontIeeiio.


Court week aud the ancient and
historic town of Monticello was
filed TO her utmost capacity. Mon
day. every body was disappointed.
Jurors aud witnesses, lawyers and
litlgants, those who had business
and these who had come just to see
other people attend to theirs, waited
in vain and the evening and the
morning were the first day and no
Court The trains had missed con-
ncction, and both Judge and Dis
trict Attorney had been delayed "a
hours in consequence.
Ii the reader likes depression,
while he is waiting in his magma
ton with the lest Of the crowd for
The Count TO srrivr, We will take a
view ~ the town.
The first impression made on the
mind Of stranger visiting Monti-
cello now is, that i: is az old town
that has been severely dealt with 10y
She ravagcs of both time and storm.
and st is bravely striving to Use
superior to the destructive march Of
both. Here and there may Re seen
enc Of the old residences left BY tbe
terrible tornado of April %, 1852,
but the business houses ard most OF
the dwellings have been built since.
Tue lowing constitute the business
firms Of the place:
C. r. Dale IL Bro. dealers in Gen
eral Merchandise and plantauon
supplies.
A Cohn. dealer in General Mer,
chsndise and plantation supplies.
F. VI, Pepper, Post Office and Fan
cy goods.
Louis Conn, dealer in General
Merchandise and plantation supplies.
Bishop 4 Weathcr.by, Druggists
and I'racticing Physicians.
The Medical Profession is also
represented by DR.. 5. D. Muse, DR..
Geo. a. Teunisson; and our talent
ed young friend, ex-senator Longino,
singly but well, represents the Legal
Profession.
The hotels OF the place are kept BY
Capt. +. NJ. Bcal, Willis Hartzog,
and Mrs. o. WeatheIsby. These
are always crowded during court
week, but at other times business is
dull. 1t was our good fortune to
fall under the care of Capt. Beal and
his excellent wifi, and, as all guests
do, We received from them the very
best of treatment.
There are still many signs of the
storm about Monticello, such as scat
tered timbers, piles Of debris, topless
trees, etc, but these are gradually
disappearing. The Court house,
which was unroofcd by the storm, is
now one of the hands,mest and best
in the State, and a new Masonic
Hail and Baptist Church building
combined, graces the town.
Tuesday morning Judge Mayors
and DiStrict-Attorn, Huddleston
arrived and court was opened. There
was light docket, as we were told
has been usual ever since the sale of
liquor was prohibited in the county.
In his charge to the Grand Jury,
Judge Mayors took occasion to con
graduate the county in this behalf,
stating that whereas, when he held
his first courts ia Lawrence before the
new order Of things, he could not get
through with the business in two
weeks, owing to the size Of the cIimi-
nal docket his terms now are only Of
a few days duration, and the Court
expresses to the county about two
thirds less than under the whisky re
gime This term the Court went to
work as stated, observed Thanks9iv-
ing day and finished the business by
Friday dinner. The most serious
case tried was Felix Hooker, colored,
for assault with intent to kill. He
was sentenced to the penitcntiary for
two years.
Lawrence is about out Of debt and
her warrants at par. She is blest
with good, sober, efficient officers and
will be for the next two years, as the
following successful names daring
the last election will show: Sheriff,
d. J. Cannon; Chancery and Circuit
Clerk, c. Z. Watts; Treasurer,
Alfred Sharp; Assessor, D. NJ. Lee ;;
Surveyor, ". B. Easterling, Coroner
and Ranger, A. Hartzog.
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