The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-10-16
GLEANINGs FROM THE STATE
PRESS.

{ jackson vii be on swell DUNG
. Fair Week.
The Coriah Circuit Court NE, s
October 9th.
Columbus is to have a new Pres
byt, rian church.
The prospects for the State Fair
are unusually bright.
Mr.. r. G. Lauiu :, Jr. and family
have removed from Memphis TO Gre
NADIA.
VIM f. Todd. Jr, inflnt son of
DR.. W f. Todd, died in Clinton last
W elk.
TIE liquor tax in Meridian is
$1,000. This includes. both State an
city tux.
The geese arc prohibited in
Fayette-lrom running at large on
the cts.
Mr. c. ". Parker and Miss Mag
gle Stewart were married IN Jack
son last week.
Mr.. b. ID. Williams and Miss
Kate Guthrie were married in New
ton on the 7Lh.
TIE Meridian Mercury h; d the
misfortune some days ago to have
one of its rms pied.
Paul ii. Wofford, son of Mai. j.
L. Wexford, of jackson, has been
licensed to practice law.
Mr.. William V. Johnson and Miss
Mary E. Wentzel, both Of Biloxi,
were married OF the 8.h.
C. F. Sandiford, a prominent
young lawyer OF Belen, was assassi-
mated o the nj ght of the 9Th.
Kleinston is so overrun with cock
lie burs that it is suggested that its
name be changed to Cockleborough.
Lewis Green, Jr., former cotton
b oker Of Columbus, was arrested
last week for forging bills of la,ling.
Major Barkslale will speak at
Wesson Oct. 25th; Hazlehurst, Oct.
9th, and Crystal Springs, Oct.
% h.
A lady correspondent OF the
Natchez Democrat suggests that
ladies be admitted into Jcffersou
College.
During the speaking at Archusa
Springs, a fire. consumed the resi-
dence of Mr.. y. b. Collins, at Quit
man.
john Greet, Of Biloxi, a, boy of
nineteen wears, el ped last week
with a widow who has three chill
dren. ...... --T
A barrel of fre-water, alias whis-
ky, exploded in Canton saloon
last week, cnveloping the room in
hames.
The enterprising lalies OF fhe
Baptist church at jackson will fur
nish meals to visitors on the Fair
Grounds.
An old Indian agent of this State
named Smith IS getting up a com
pany If Choctaws to play at tue
Exposition.
Gov, Lowry was handsomely and
unanimously endorsed by the solid
Democracy of Rycky SpringS, Clai.
borne county.
Rev. B. D. Gray is now installed
as pastor of the Baptist church at
Clinton. He is an Alumnus of
Mississippi College. 81
Major Green, the surveyor of the
line, says the Ship Island Railroad
terminus will he between Mlssis-
sippi City and Biloxi.
Rev. j. H. Anding, well known in
South Mississippi, is now Financial
Agent for Mississippi College with
headquarters AT Blue Mountain
f The Meri,lian Rifles are making
= preparations Il grand military
: bali during the week of the Slock
f Breeders Fair, which b gins on tbs
5 9th.
The two negro guards in charge
. VI e''C iCN>UdT9 jan WIffu tue L"o
white prisoners recently escaped.
have been arrested and placed under
= a $1,000 bon to appear before the
u. 5. Court in November.
The Heidelberg Review having
" stated that Judge Mavers had salt
=; "that the man who shot DR.. j . NJ.
d Byrd ought to he strung up by
e mob, the Judge comes forward and
, denies the statement.
e The Mississippi Levee Board, at
Austin, made a contract with K. +.
:, Wilson, who contracts to build amt
Il repair all levees f'r twenty-five cents
/ per cubic yard. payment to he made
b in bonds issued by the Board al face
\ valne.
Il Gen. Lee says the A. d NJ. Col
il lege opened this year under
favorable circumstances aud with a
! larger number OF stndentsathan for
!, several years, and that apparently