The Brookhaven leader., 1884-12-18

Naichcz last week.
Mayor owcnburg, OF Natchez,
has b, en- re- elesiCd.
Kendall and Hunter, the Raw
mond shnuters, are beth getting
well.
The .tot1i city regfstrstfnn of
Natchez is l 1882 Or 242 votes behind
1882.
The recent Oktibbcha county
grand jury returned twenty. thrce
true bills.
Cap Murphey, lately assassi-
nailed in New Orleans, was native
OF Warren county.
Dr.. Henry Vaughan. w. Fl. Elliott
and JEFF Moore, all citizens OF Yazoo
county, died last week.
The contest between the Prohibi-
tfonists and the ants of Meridian
is still hot and unsettled.
The elephant Car of Barrett's show
ran off the track near jackson, but
resulted in no serious damage
The citizens of Jackson are
taking active steps for the formation
Of a waterworks company in that
city.
Mr.. Thomas Cohoon, of Jackson
was accidentally shot in the arm nd
shoulder while out riding with some
friends on the 7Lh inst.
Mr.. A. nj. Vance, the young man
who was sent to the peniteuliary
from Newton county recently, was
pardoned few days ago.
Base ball is carried To such an
extent in Vicksburg ON Sundays az
to disturb public worship, 50 says
correspondent of the Post.
Hon. T. S. Ford, recently appoint
ed Attorney General of Mississippi,
whose life has been despaircd of for
the last few weeks, is reported con.
valescent.
Mr.. NJ. M. Evans, Commissioner
of jackson county, has at the Expo
siiion pine plank siXty-fve feet in
length, ten inches in breadth and
Two inches thick.
The young ladies cooking club of
Jackson is tlourishIng and source
OF great pleasure to the participants
and the lucky young men invited to
sample the cookies.
DIR. C. A. Rice, OF Vicksburg, has
been appointed uperintcndant of
the East Mississippi Insane Asylum
and that institution is now ready
for the reception of inmates.
Tie Board of Trustees of the
East Mississippi Insane Asylum,
elected Mr.. Hugh ID. Cameron,
steward of the institution and fixed
his salary at $1,000 per annum.
Jackson witnessed a double we'd
ding on the 10th, st which Miss
Lettia Simmons and Mrs. Brady,
sisters, were the brides, and Mr..
Joe Muh and Mr.. Sanderson, the
happy grooms.
Rev. NJ. A. Bell, of the Silver
Creek (Methodist) Circuit. was mar
ried on the 10Th inst, at the home
Of the brides mother, near Bentonia,
10 Miss Fannie Hutchins, Presiding
Elder Ellis performing the ceremony
Thos. Broadly, colored, attempted
to assassinate Justice Jefferson in
Issaquena county last week. He
killed Jefferson's horse from under
him, but Jefferson returned the frc
disabling Broadly by shot In the
leg.
The steamers w. P. Thompson
and Capt. Miller coliidcd near
Natchez last week, and both boats
were greatly damaged but no one
drowned. Buffalo Bills show was
on the Thompson and suffered
serious loss.
The body OF a little negro boy
was found in,the woods in Kemper
coupty last week with his head
: hearly severed from his body. His
sister, about seventeen years old.
was arrested on suspicion of COM
uniting the murder.
VIM. Martin, a white man, has
just been convicted by a white jury
in the county of Jones, Of having
assisted in hanging a negro, the
hanging being done through pure
cus,edness. He was sentenced To
be hung on the 1st day of January
The Kosciusko Star makes men,
tion oil the fact that an ALtala coun-
ty gentleman raised, the present
year, from one-third of an acre Of
land. over five hundred pounds of
sugar, fifty gallons of syrup and
saved two thousand stalks Of seed
cane.
According to the census of 1880,
Mississippi has 100000 acres OF
improved land under civilizations;
average value SIS 90 per acre; num-
her OF inhabitants te the square mile
"a Ten yeays.,ago the average per
Yquare mile was '16. This shows an