The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-05-31
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GEN GRANTS mother died recent
~ 10 her s5th year. She was buried
a. Cincinnati.
ST.. ANDREWS cHURGH. Jackson, has
called the Rev. Mr.. Gaylor to sue
coed DR.. Tucker.
Mr.. JNo. HALL KInIoNs has been
elected Mayor of Oxford to fill out
the unexpirel term of Hon. Patton
B. Murray. deceased.
A STOCK company in Grenada have
raised $4,000, and have ordered the
machinery for an oil mill, to be es-
tlblished at that place at once.
Slxb,xes of slung.shots were seiz.
ed last week by the New York Po-
lice. They were shipped by BAlti,
more house to the gun house of Juo.
p. Moore & Sons and were invoiced
as chocolate.
OYER 100000 in. the United
States notes and gold and silver GER
tificates were reduced to pnlp in the
Treasury Department last Wednes-
day. This is greatly in excess of
the average amount destroyed.
The wife of Senator Fair, of Ne
vada has been granted a divorce
and allowed by the court 81 100000
in money and bonds and palatral
residence in San Francisco, also the
custody of her three youngest chill
dren.
THE U. S. Land office at Jackson,
Miss, sod Mississippi lands in the
month of April to the amount of
$l2I,342, and entries were made for
$50, 900 more. From January to May
500 homestead applications were en-
tered.
Hon. J. PRoCToR KN UT has been
nominated for Governor by the
Democrats of Kentucky; and Hop.
I. Z. Morrow by the Republicans
Both conventions showed DISPOSE
ton to let the Tariff question rest
for the present.
BIZ a letter from the London Mis-
siOnary Society in response to some
inquiries OF Mayor Capers, Of Magno-
liza, Rev" W. ii. II. Ellsworth, who
visited Magnolia during the early
spring asia Missionary, is an impos-
tor. Look out for him.
REGISTER BRUCE prefers the term
negroes when applied to his race,
rather than "colored persons" He
says the name negro has a history
and he is proud of his lineage and
fatherland. One who prefers to be
called colored person, is unworthy
Of his rlce-
LAST Thurs lay night Vicksburg
and Meridian Railr Dad freight train
ran into the rear end of another
freight, when crossing Big Black
trestle. Engineer Singleton and two
negroes were badly injured. The
engine and train were considerably
damaged.
DEMOCRATIC. Executive Committe
of Copiah county have called a
county convention to meet at Halle
hurst, on Monday, July 10th, 1888,
at IL o'clock A. NJ, for the purpose
of nominating candidates for the
several county officers, and to ap-
point delegates to the senatorial and
judicial district convention.
THE Mobile Rifles took the first
infantary prize at the grand Nash
vile drill last week. The New Orr
leans CrescentS took the second, and
two New Orleans Artillery compan-
les won the Artillery prize. F. j.
Badger, of the Crescents, won the
prize as the best dri led soldier, max
ing four prizes altogether won by
the New Orleans contestants.
ACCORDING to the American News
paper Directory of Geo. P. Rowell &
Co., for 1888 there are in the State
of Mississippi three daily papers,
five tri weekly, one hundred and SIX
weeklies, two monthlies, of which
the Clarion and the Patron of Hus-
bandry (now suspended but shortly
to be revived) have decidedly the
largest circulation, being estimated
at over 5000.
In giving the starting point in
the lives of some of the distinguish
ed men of the present day, it is stat
| cd that Snnafnr Rack otartod in life