The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-29
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''The weather has rather assumed
change to be COOL
The st. Marco Hotel is one of the best in
Mississippi. Try it.
The protracted cool weather has given
the gardens IL serious back-set.
Read the church directory, and keep
posted about religious services.
A few spring chickens have been brought
in, but they were still i'll the shell.
The Board of Supervisors hold regular
meeting at the Court House next Monday.
The rain and wind combined made last
Sat .rday one ofthe most disagreeable days
of tho season.
There are twenty-seven saw mills in Lin
coin county; in other words, the county is
doing numbering business.
Last Saturday Sheriff Mikell paid $500
for box of last years almanacs. He did
it at Tom Perkins express sale.
Our friends would confer favor by Civ
ing us names of persons visiting or leaving
here. We want to keep up the personal
column.
As we go to press, Mr.. Thos. Cunning,
ST., an aged and beloved citizen of this
place, is extremely i'll aud his recovery
almost dcspaircd of.
Rev. j. A. d. Jones, Presiding Elder,
will hold quarterly meeting at the Metho-
dist church in this place next Saturday
and Sunday. A full attendance is desired,
especially of the members.
The Easter services at the Catholic
church last Sunday were solemn and inter
esting. Father Bekkers, considering his
short residence in this country, speaks
English with remarkable fluency.
Quite number of the solid farmers of
Lawrence, Lincoln and Franklin have
been in town within the past week. They
report farm work progressing well, but the
cold weather keeps back vegetation.
BY reference to the proceedings of the
Teachers Convention held here last Sat
urday, it will be seen that a grammar, of
which Dr. H. F. Johnson is the author, has
been adopted as county text book. 1t il
said to be u work of rare merit.
Mr.. l.. C. Matthews has been awarded
the sub-contract for carrying the mails
from Brookhaven to Meadville and all in
termedate points. 1t has fallen into good
hands, and our friends along the route may
now rest assured of receiving their mails
regularly.
Elder J. r. Parish, of this place has just
several citizens of Magnolia, togo down
and deliver temperance lecture in that
town at an early day. He says he will en-
deavor to respond. He is whole team
on that subject, and has done the temper
ance cause an immense amount of good in
the past.
We must not fail to mention again and
recommend to the public Mr.. Day, the
photographer at this place. We believe
he will give satisfaction in every branch
of his business; but particularly in that
which embraces the difficult art of taking
infants pictures. He cannot be excelled
in this class of work, as we have occas ion
to know. Call early, and if you take the
"Baby," you will be all the more delight
ed with the result Of your visit.
We notice that smallpox is in Kinds,
Rankin, Pike, Holmes and other sections OF
Mississippi, and tho Times-Democrat is
authority for saying that it is in all the
districts of New Orleans and on the in
crease. In view of this situation of things
we hope those having i'll hand the sanitary
condition of Brookhaven will at once take
steps as to insure the city against such a
loathsome contagion. We do not write
this for the purpose of creating any un-
necessary alarm, but because there seems
ample ground for such precautions
roust-abouts who hang about the depot
platform every night, and when the pas
senger trains stop here, jump on the cars
and run through them, picking up all the
stray hats valises, ETC., which they car
grab with impunity, and then making of
with their booty. We have been request.
ed to give these parties-whether they bs
white or BLACKBURN warning. as somebody
will get into serious trouble if the practice
is longer continued. 1t would be well for
those who have no business on the train.
to keep off of them, any way, and ther
fhax will ha m of ha &c he l..
do have business, and not lay themselve.
liable to suspicion.
Among the uncalled for express packa
gees sold here last Saturday was one whiel
had been forwarded from Canton ant