The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-10-11
TOWN AND COUNTY ITEMS.

Atonement Day!
The cotton crop is moving.
The Presbyterian meeting closed last
Sunday night with l6 accessiOns.
Moonlight nights and delightful prone
nadeS.
Have PATIENCE it will rain again after
awhile.
Tho Lewenthars are kept busy selling
furniture and wagons.
Mrs. Mary J. Ferris and children left
last week for St. Charles, La.
Kohlman is good short paragraphist,
and he sells goods at bargain.
Mr.. J. NJ Buckley, of jackson, has been
among his old friends here this week.
The store-front of Messrs. Krauss g.
Levy is receiving a new coat of paint.
w. l.. Mitchell, of the wide-awake
Copiah Signal, paid us flying visit Mon
day evening.
We have heard some very strong COM
plants against the steep place in the side
walk Just below Fitzner's. Can't it be
remedied.
DR.. Daughtry, the boss insurance man,
is now prepared to insure your home
against tOrnadOeS.
Owing to sickness in the family of Rev.
r. II. Purser, the prOtracted meeting con-
templated at the Baptist church has been
postponed.
Don't grumble at the dry weather; in
some sections of the country men are
grumbing because it is too wet. The
Lord can't please every body.
Read abont the Illustrated Historical
Family Record and Album. We have re-
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cheerfully testify that it is all that is claim
ed for it.
Mayor Cummings was able to ride down
town in buggy last Saturday evening,
and was warmly greeted and congratula-
ted by his many friends We are glad to
know he is still convalescing.
We had the pleasure of meeting Mr..
John Tucker, leading citizen and Demo-
crat of Franklin, in the city of onSTuesday
last. He is quite sanguine of the success
of the nominees i'll that county.
Our esteemed friend Penn McRee has
been circulating little among the voters
here during the past week. He is n pOpu-
lar candidate, a clever man, and will
make a splendid run, and, if elected a good
county Treasurer.
H. P. Buckley, the "old-reliable" jewel
or and matchmaker of No. ;, Camp street,
New Orleans, comes to the front with an
advertisement i'll to-day's paper. He is
Just in receipt of stock of elegant new
.jewelry and plate ware and as watch re-
pairer, still occupies his old place i'll tho
front rank.
A number of the Prohibitionists of this
county held business meeting at the
Court House last Saturday, and, as will
be seen by the proceedings published else
where, have called Prohibition mass
meeting to be held at this place on Friday,
October 18th, and invited distinguished
speakers to address the people on that oc-
casiOn.
Mme ReynOir, the favorte lady milliner
of New Orleans, has II neat advertisement
in to-days paper. Sho has Just replensh-
ed her popular establishment with all the
latest and most beautiful styles of mill
merry to be found in tho markets of the
world and is certain to please any one
who calls at her store, or favOrs her with
an order.
+. r. Harden, the prince of milliners,
No %, Chartres ST., New Orleans, has an
advertisement in to-day's paper. Mr.. Har-
don is already we'll and favOrably known
to most of our readers, but it will be a
matter of interest to them to learn that he
has at this time just returned from New
iorH ana other Eastern markets, where he
purchased one OF the most elegant ana va
RED stocks OF millinery goods, and can oifer
bargains to al! never before surpassed.
orders from this section are specially so
Melted.
On last Monday night Prof. and Mrs. E.
+. Powell babe alden torelatives and their
many appreciative friends in BroOkhaven,
and departed for the Southwestern portion
of California, where they will in future
make their home. Prof. Powell was for