The Brookhaven leader., 1885-04-16
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.

had bng To- go mai.
Hon. A. j. McLaurin, Of Brandon,
lost little daughter on the lst
Mr.. A. l.. Sanders, one Of the rep
resentative men of Alfalfa, died on
the Goth ult.
There has been a COOL deal of OK
ciLemcnt in ALtala county on ac-
count of mad dogs.
A mad bull recently played
smash" among the tomb stones oil
the Canton cemetery.
The young ladies of the College al
Port Gibson have little newspaper
they call the Maggie"
Mr.. Robert Frazier, an old and
respected citizen, OF Montgomery
county, died near Duck Hill on the
9th.
The Forest Register says, an old
man aged 10 years, joined the church,
recently, under the preaching of Rev.
Mr. IlOvt. ...
Mr.. Wolf Aaron, merchant OF
Rolling Fork, killed himself with a
pistol in his store on the evening OF
the 3lst ult.
NJ b. Lowry, prominent young
attorney OF Blue Mountain, will write
The life Of his father, the lamented
Gen. NJ. Z. Lowry.
Sol. Rotchschild, n Jewish Mer-
chant OF Nirksburg, was recently ar
rested for burning his store anu
dwelling to obtain the insurance.
Another fire at Grenada on the
Both ult. destroyed Mrs. Davis :esi
dcnce, occupied by n. Habcr.
rhe residence was insured for $1,000,
valued at $500.
The Fire Department of McComb
City have recently purchased an Gle
CANT hand engine for $2S5, which
weighs 1000 pounds and throws o
stream $50 feet high.
She Vicksburg Herald says ::
"The shooting afiray between Hon.
Ham Carter and Alderman Crayton,
cnlored gentleman, is universally re-
grct,ed-especially the bad shoot
ng."
According to Times Democrat
special, Mrs. Cox. a colored woman
on W. f. Hunts plantation, near
Grecnvillc, la ely gave birth TO three
boys and one girl. The happy tam
lily are doing well.
The residence of Mrs. Margaret
Mckenzie, of Montgomery county,
was destroyed by fire, with all the
furniture, The inmates barely escap-
ing in their night clothes. Loss
$1,000 no insurance.
j. NJ. Gibson, an attorney OF
Vickshurg, has brought suit against
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany for $500, for failure To deliver
Il telegram sent ON New Years Day
from Jackson TO Vicksburg.
MIR. z. A Kelly of Knsciusko,
Mss, while in New Orleans on hi
way to ST. Landry PARISH, was in
weighed up town by two men, drugged
and robbed of $4,000 in notes, his
watch, revolver, and all his loos,
change.
c. II. Robinson. @ prominent far
mer, of Madison county, was shot
on the night of the 2nd INST, by ar
unknown party. Four shots were
fired, three taking effect--one in The
mouth, one in the breast and one il
the thigh. A negro suspected o
The act. has been spirited away, anC
it is thought lynched.
Mrs. p. W. Corr, of the Education
al-Journal, Of West, was awarded
recently, the first prize by The
Southern World, published at Allan
la, Ga for the best story written ny
Southern woman. The prize wor
was thirty dollars. Her story emit
tied Forty Years Ago" will appear
in the Southern World.
Mat Simmons, charged with thu
murder ofGen W. F. Tucker on Sept
i4th, 1881, in Okolona, was tried OF
a change of venue to Clay county
and on April 3rd acquitted. Gen
Reubin Davis, who defended Sim
mons, made speech Z! hours long
Smith Shaw, charged with the same
crime, is yet TO be tiled.
The people Of McComb wan,
Postmaster Collins leappointed not
viii hslanding he is a Republican
and have so petitioned the authori
ties at Washington. For scvera
years past DIR. Collins has conduct
ed the business of the post office 81
as to meet the requirnents of the
business men and to the entire salts
faction OF. every body. 1
During a storm last week the resi-
lence OF Mai. B. II. Green of MEG oml
City was struck by lightning ant
damaged to a considerable extent
The head of the bed occupied b,
Mrs. Green's sister and daughteI
was only a few inches from the wal
of the room struck, aud the ladies
were completely covered by the fall
ing plaster, but fortunately neithe