The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-11-19
TOWN AND COUNTY ITEMS.
Read the new liquor petition.

Read the new liquor petition.
New sugar house Moiasses at PowelPs
Dunk Sessions is at home on short va
cation.
Powell has the finest fruits and candies
in town.
Don't forget the oyster supper to-mor
row night.
Ben Lapkin has gone to Vicksburg tC
engage in business.
Vivian Byrd has returned to Clinton to
work on the Sword and Shield.
An interesting communication on the
Joint discussion was unavoidably crowded
out of this issue.
Rev. J. b. Bowen, of Union Church,
filed the Methodist pulpit last Sunday
night.
The w, C. T. u. will meet at Mrs
Burnley's tomorrow evening at 4:3O
o'clock.
The Hog Ordinance was treated with
such contempt by His. swineship, it had to
be repealed.
The "Little Girls" have our thanks for
kind invitation to attend their concert
tomorrow night.
There will be baptizing at Little Ba-
hala church at IL o'clock OH the 9th Sun
day of November.
There were four accessions to the
Methodist church last Sunday, including
Major and Mrs. J. f. Sessions.
Notwithstanding the Captains philippe
of last Friday night THE LEADER will
continue to appear regularly.
Rev. j. r. Parish will preach at the
Baptist church next Sabbath at IL A. NJ.
and p. NJ; at Old Brook at 2:30 p. NJ.
Mr.. Thos. Kelley and Miss Maggie W.
Atkins were married at the residence of
the brides father, DIR. II. p. Atkins, on
the 9th inst
Rev. r. ]. Boone preached at the Union
Chapel at Old Brook last Sabbath. He
expects to remove to the vicinity OF
Brookhaven soon.
The behavior of few boys at the
Methodist church last night was simply
disgraceful. Let's have no more hood
loomism on such occasions.
Mr.. Joel Moak, one of the substantial
farmers of the lower portion of beat l
and a staunch friend of The LEADER, paid
lis a pleasant call last Saturday.
The Editor of The Leader earnestly de-
sires every merchant and business man OF
Brookhaven to attend the joint discussion
at the court house tomorrow night.
A large number of our people of both
colors and sexes manifested their interest
in the liquor question by attending the
public discussion last Friday night.
Mr.. J. NJ. Wooley, ST., of Caseyville,
who had his leg broken about month
ago while leaving town, was well enough
to return home this week .-WessoR Times.
The oyster supper given at Heuck's
Hall Friday night, 10th, will be all that
the most fastidious could desire. Oysters
25 cents per dozen. Hot coffee 5 cents
per cup.
Mr.. Walter w. DAWN, of New Orleans
and Miss Hattie L. Martin, of this city
were married at the Methodist church last
night. A more extended notice of the
ceremony and reception in our next
Mr. Marvin Tyler, of Lawrence county
was In town last Saturday and assured III
our informant was mistaken about hi
having lost 500 sheep by the high water
OH Fair River. He never lost over so, i
so many.
MI II. T. Beacham, one of our valued
friends and patrons of the Caseyvill'
country, favored us with pleasant cal
last Saturday and left some shekels in or
der that The LEADER may continue t.
visit him.
THE LEADER acknowledges the courte
sy Of call from the following friend
and subscribers during the last few days
Daul Hickman, Jos. Burns, j. f. Adams
}. Neal, }. ID. Mcfarland, Revs. E. P
Douglass and r. j. Boone.
THE LEADER is not given to habituall.
dunning its patrons, but we will gentl.
remark just here that if all of our delin
quents would come right along within
the next 80 days and settle up, it woul'
be regarded by us as an eminently prope
thing for them to do.
The clothing of the little six-year-ol'
daughter of Mr.. w. +. Parsons accident
ally caught fire last Monday night Will
she was handling lamp, and but for tn
desperate efforts of her father, the littl
one would have been dreadfully, perhap
fatally, burned. Mr.. p. saved his child
but in doing so blstered his hands pain
fully.
On next Wednesday evening Miss Zul;
Brooks, one of our loveliest and most ad
mired young ladies, will be led to tn
altar at the Presbyterian church by Mr.
Chas. F. Malone, popular and prominen
business man of Atlanta, Ga. After tn
ceremony the young couple will be ten
dered a magnificent reception at the resi-
dence of Capt J. c. Hardy.
Little Annie Buckley. of Jackson, VIII
is attending Whitworth College, receives
fall while at play last Tuesday after
noon, resulting in the breaking of he
right arm between the elbow and wrist
/ The little unfortunate was attended b.
Drs. Bennett and Bowen, who set til
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