The Brookhaven leader., 1884-02-28
cow AyD COUNTY srEns.

ont eyen-hapded Justice 20 All ahke.
Vote for an administration that will
,holish bad side walks, drain the carp
nOpds and gravel our principal streets.
Tur LEADER 10 indebted to Drs. J. W.
Podwsll, of Boguechito, and J. N. Martin,
Of this place, for q pleasant joint call last
Thursday.
Tbers Is now O probability, so we learn,
that Representative Watts will appear as
q, dark horse" when it comes to the home
stretch for Mayor.
The negro who had smallpox at DR..
Atkins place died last Monday night st
che pest house q few miles from town to
which he had been removed.
Mr.. W. r. Spencer, of this place, Ii one
Of the experts employed OH the books of
the Swamp Land Commissioner by Rep
reseutative Watts subcommittee.
Mai. j. +. Sessions, Judge H. Cassidy
and Hon. r. II. Thompson have been be-
fore the Senate Committee this week -
witnesses In the Copiah investigation.
Rev. II. NJ. Foley has assumed charge of
the A. NJ. +. Church at this place, in con-
nection with the duties of Commissioners of
Education of the two Mississippi COnferen.
ces.
Mr.. Albert Hitler, one of the popular
and successful Young business men of
Summit, aud one Of our first subscribers,
favored The LEADER with o call last FRI
day.
Our friend J. NJ. Tyler, of Boguechitto,
dropped in to see us last Friday, looking
rather the worse for his tussls with the
measles. He reports the lumber mart
hourishing.
Max Prlebatscb yesterday shipped
barrel of Lincoln county sweet potatoes to
&c. Abrams, San Francisco, California,
Well put Lincoln against the world for
sweet potatoes.
Mrs. Travis, . sister-in.law Of our
townsmau Mr.. Lem Lewis, died suddenly
of heart-disease in this city Monday MORN
ing. We learn that she had Just walked
in from the country, aud had not previously
complained OF being seriously unwell.
Mr.. S. c. Beavers, OF Concordia, Bolivar
county, is now THE LEADERS champion
subscriber, having paid in advance to
September LIST, 1885. Nr. Is. is al old
resident of Lincoln county and has many
friends here who hold him in high esteem.
Hon. v. B. Watts, who had leave of
absence on account Of sickness in his
family, favored US with o call last Monday.
He has q few words to his friends in
another column of to-days paper, in an
swer to THE LEADERS question, which
place him on solid ground regarding that
point.
Last Friday the entire working force of
The LEADER celebrated the first anniver-
sary OF the paper over large fat gobbler
presented MS by our good friend DIR. j. +.
Byrd, of the Friendship neighborhood.
Our only regret WAS that the Doctor did
not lend to enjoyment of the occasion by
his own presence.
DR.. j. w. Bennett has our thanks for q
copy of the Biennial Report of the Missis-
sippi State Board of Health for the years
lS52-'S3, and from which we copy the re-
port of County Health Officer Bowen to be
found in another column. Barring the
victims to alcohol. the report makes an
excellent showing for Lincoln.
Our young friend John NJ. Martin, now
travelling for the well-knOwn and reliable
printing and paper house of Messrs. Jos.
Levy g. Brc.. of New Orleans, paid us
pleasant call last Saturday, and gave us
his business card for THE LEADkR. Any
one who entrusts this house with it's or
ders will always get "a square deal"
Brookhaven and vicinity were we'll rep
resented in New Orleans at Mardi Gras.
Among those noticed there OH Tuesday
were Messrs. NJ. Levy, A. Bowsky, X. II.
Thompson, Irving Magee, w. Z. Chambtr-
lain, Chas ID. Benedict, II. Cassidy, j. +.
Sessions, A. Lewcnthal, DIR. j. b. Daugh-
try, NJ. Nalty, aud others whose names we
do not now recall. Among the ladies were
Mrs. A. C.. McNair, Mrs. Daughtry, Mrs. +.
A. Brown, Misses Hattie l.. and Sue Mar
tin, Mollie, josie and Eliza Daughtry,
Pauline Watts, Ida Scarborough and
others.
On last Saturday Mr.. Henry Marshall,
q brother of Mir. John Marshall, of Brook
haven, had the misfortune to get his hand
caught in the rollers of the planning ma
chime ut Wesson & Moneys mill, near
Bogne Chitto. Before the machinery
could be stopped his whole arm had been
drawn in also, and his shoulder dislocated
and terribly bruised. We learn that all
the flesh was literally mashed into jelly
the lenc tn of his entire arm, and though no
bones were broken, his recovery is almost
despaired of. Drs. Bennett and Rodwell
are attending him, and are doing all in
their power for his relief.
One day last week we called on our
esteemed friend and popular dentist DIR. j.
o. Frilick, at his HIS new office on
Cherokee street, east of the railroad, and
no where GU side of large city, have we
seen more conveniently aud neatly arrang-
cd dental rooms, and where every Late lni-
provement In the dental profession is
brought so fully into practical operation.
The Office is divided into three compart-
ments, each specially adapted to the use
for which it is intended. The Doctor,
with whom it il natural to be clever and
pleasant, is to be congratulated on his
new and advantageous professional faciii-
ties, and so are his patrons.
We copy the following from the Summit
Sentinel Of the 18th inst: at is with the
profoundest sorrow that we announce the
sad death of Miss Amanda Sample, eldest
daughter of DIR. J. r. Sample and Mrs.
AIRY Sample, whose gentle and loving
spirit winged its flight to the eternal
shores above, Wednesday night at about
IL o'clock. Aged about 16, she was just
entering upon the threshold of beautiful
and useful wOmanhood when cruel death
claimed her as its own. She was loved
and admired by all who knew her for her
many generous deeds and kindly actions.
Her death is terrible blow to her loving
parents. to whom We tender our sincerest
eOndalauna In. rhia hnur af THAR grief.