The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-03
~, .yD COUNTY ITEMS.

''I I.., sunday the mail train going south
cas- hours late
Tbs last two nights have been tie cold
ost Of tho seaSoh'
pickeps is On i vistit to ftictids and
..i.tiyes la Holmes county.
NJ II ID. bennington, of Lawrence, was
Ii.;tnr to our town lust Friday.
Nal PAT Ouertermous. of Boguo Chitt6,
been In town several days the past
week.
Tb.re WAS a very enjoyable masquerade
- al the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. +.
K Martin on last Friday night.
Pew. J. II. Gambrell and wife left for
roniah last Monday, which county Mr.
Gsmbrell will canvass for Prohibition
Mr. lanes T. Dardcn and his mother Mrs.
sarah Darden, of Bolivar county ale on
. yisit to her daughter, Mrs. Judge Nc
MILAN. ,L
notwithstanding the somewhat irclcm-
ant weather, the most of OUR merchants
had all the customers they could wait on
M",srs Powell & Clapp, u. C. ercnnan,
uaek 4 Robson, and j. X. Perkins all
have bright new signs. To see shch
things is good sign for our town.
Nessrs. Wash kyzar, G. II. Robertson,
# W. Nevils, DIR. J. +. and Mr.. j. VI.
Byrd, of this county, have been among
he late visitors to THE LEADER office.
ur. Jack Parish, who was called to
Jackson suddenly Just before the holidays
To the bedside of sick wife, returned yes
lerd.y, and reports Mrs. Parish out of
danger.
There will be u lurnbermaIs convention
held at Jackson, Miss, February ID and
l6, We hope to see this county well rep
resented. Our extensive and growing
lumber interests demand it.
Chancellor McI.auriD, after being water
bound two days, got here yesterday and
opened Court Iii the Mayors office. Owing
TO the destruction of the Chancery records
the term will be "A short one.
There is petition being circulated in
Town to have the Legislature except the
corporation of Brookhaven when it comes
to pass prohibtory law for the county.
We will publish it next week.
Our old friend, Mr.. II. Il. Evans, of
Cincinnati, who has been spending the
Christmas holidays on a visit To his daugh-
ter Mrs. W. II. Penn, Of this place, paid
lis a pleasant visit last Monday.
Hon. +. A. Dickson, Senator-elect from
the 10Th district, honOred on: Office with u
call last Monday, and left substantial to-
ken of his appreciation of The LEADER.
We regret that we were mot IN at the
time.
Our esteemed young friend John NJ.
Martin, who is now representing the Sta
tiOnery and Printing house of Messrs. Jos.
Levy x Bro, Of New Orleans, spent a
boil
Brookhaven.
Our highly esteemed fricrd Miss pilia
Mikell has our thanks for a variety of
delicious cake from her New Year Feast.
1t was enjoyed by the entire LEADER of
nee amidst many good wishes for the fu-
ture of our gentle friend.
Ed. J. X. Parish. of this city. will
preach this year for the following church.
~: Kvram, Minds county, the LIST Sabbath;
Pleasant Grove, the Ind; Mt. Moriah, the
3rd, and Saturday before tor each, and
brookhavon, the 4th, morning and night.
Several of our Lawrence county friends
have lately called upon The LEADER
during our absence without leaving their
names. We hcpe they will call again
whenever convenient, as we are always
glad to meet our friends from that quarter.
Key. w. b. Bingham has accepted the
fall of the Presbyterian church at this
place to preach twice II month instead OF
once rs heretofore. He will begin neA I
Sunday and continue to preach hrouehout
the year on the lat and 3rd sabbath of
each month.
Mrs. f. 5Lcnger and little sou Luther, of
Clinton, spent seve.al days of last week i'll
Brookhaven, the guests Of the editor and
family, to whom they are closely related.
They returned Sunday, Mrs. NJ. expressing
herself as greatly pleased with Brookhayen
and it's surroundings.
Rev. j. A. Ellis took leave of his many
friends at tins place last Mond-y to enter
npon his new field of labor as Presiding
Elder of the Jackson dist rict. His charm
ing daughter, Miss Jessica, accompanied
him, and will spend awhile visiting friends
and relatives in Meridian.
Al brilliant Leap Year Party by our
society bellies was the event at Heuck's
Hall last night. Tho early hour. at which
we go to press fOrbids an extended notice
The young ladies have our thanks for an
appreciated invitation to participate in
the festivities OF the occasion.
Sheriff Mikell, Circuit Clerk Warren
and Superintendent Spencer have estab-
lished their offices ~ the Storm Building,
WneTe tHey are III rt;tulleSS 10 tFaHSdCt
any business appeftaining thereto. Chan
Gerry Clerk Martin has nothing left with
which to set MP an office, but CAN general
y be found at Meade's drug store.
Mr. l.. n. Patterson, died on last Tues
day, LIST inst, at the residence Of his son-n-
law, Hon. X. II. Thompson, of this city.
His passing away was rather sudden, but
not altogether Unexpected, as he had been
III feeble health for some weeks past. He
had reached the ripe old age of 80, and
was highly regarded by all who knew
Him.
We r,turn thanks to the managers of
the Presbyterian Sunday school and
Church Reunion for an invitation to the
elegant entertainment and supper given
by them at Heuck's Hall or last Tuesday
light. We were unavoilably kept away,
much to our regret, but we learn from
those who were more fortunate, that the
affair was a success in every particular.
The manner in which Christmas passed
off in Brookhaven, all things considered,
was credit and decided compliment to
the character and law-abiding spirit of
our people. Aside from the noise of the
inevitable boy and fireeracker, the shouts
OF merriment and peals of laughter and
general relaxation from business, there
was nothing which particularly disttn-
gnished Christmas dav from those which
preceded and followed it. happy and
fortunate contrast with the reports that