The Brookhaven leader., 1884-09-25
aLEANINas FROM THE STATE
PRESS.

Aberdeen has two military COM
panIes.
The State Fair promises unusual
attractions.
Tylertown has bad no rain for
several weeks. u
Crystal Springs viii have circu-
Iatipg library.
The young ladies Of jackson want
literary club.
The no fence law takes with La
fay cite farmers.
City tax this year at Bay St Lou
is is per cent.
jackson is like Romc-it has lots
OF cachling geese.
The vicksburg compress COM /.
panies have consolidated.
All the coast towns have Geve- J,
laud and Hendricks clubs.
West Point boasts Ssst it has the
ugiiest men in the State.
ChamberlainIIunt Acsdemy had
q fine opening this faA.
Weeds srrive at great perfection
ON Meridian's sidewalks.
The Sardis girls have come to the
front with base ball club.
Mr.. w. G. Benbrook, City Mar
Oh Il <f Not cha1 ba-o rocinpoH
The Institute for the blind will
open on Monday, October 9th.
West Point has literary society,
composed IF yoang colored men.
The West Point Oil Mill Compa-
ny manufactures its own barrels.
The Bridges Twins are making a
tour of Tennessee and Arkansas.
Okolona's 9 Hook and Ladder Com
pany is sn ornament to the city.
Many places are groaning over
the want of butter, eggs and chick
ems.
Many citizens of jackson have to
haul their water fiom Pearl river
and ice it.
The ladies Of Natchez are giving
entertainments to help out their Ex-
position fund.
The pea nut crowd may be happy.
The crop this year is far in excess
of any previous crop.
Hon. w. A. Roane is suggested
for Secretary Of State by CORES
pondenL of the Clarion.
Work on the road bet ween Mem
phis and Holly Springs IL being
rapidly pushed forward.
Blair Il Woodward. of Louisville,
Winston county, are the proprietors
of the only sassairas oil mill in the
State.
Near Heidelberg, Jasper county,
there are two valuable quarries ot
building stone containing seversl
varieties. ..... .t ras3- ae
Mr.. j. A. Hewsee, candidate from
this State, passed successful ex-
animation at the Naval Academy at
Annapolis. .tltfa b. tas
The managing Editor of the
Greenville Republican is going to
write book on the noted colored
men of Mississippi.
Mr.. Arthur Rucks. a promising
young gentleman of Greenville, died
in that city on the 18th inst, after
an illness of one day.
Dudley Institute and Jackson
Collegiate Acad, my opened ON, the
18th inst. with fattering prospects
for a successful term.
A couple married in Oxford re-
Gently on a months probation, and
at the end of that time dissolved by
consent of all concerned. ss
The Jackson mutuals PLAYED /.
game of base ball with the Yazoo
Stars at Yazoo CT y lately and de-
feated them by score OF 13 to 3.
Berry Day, charged with the
murder of Eugene McElwee in
September, 1883, was acquitted at
the late term of the Circuit Court.
One thousand seven hundred ard
sixty pounds of bone have been un-.
earthed in Jasper county. Suppos-
ed to be part of a monster of the s
ancient time. a
Mr.. Luther Manship. Of Jackson.
was one of the '.attraeticns" at .
musical concert in Natchez last
night. Luther il a whole team by
himself in the show business.
On the 18th inst locomotive ON
J. j. Whites saw-mill railroad, near
McComb City ran off the track and
was capsized. The engineer, OH.
Lambdin, was badly scalded, and
has since died.
A surveying party of fifteen men
under Maj b. H. Green. started out
this morning over the Gulf q Ship
Island r. r. Maj. Green was tho
engineer in charge when the surrey
was made in 1S56.-Clarioa, I7fh-
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