The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-04-23
TOWN AND COUNTY ITEMS.

Priebatsch's printed lawns are daisies.
,Billy Smith" is pretty badly scared up.
Spring calicoes, all styles, at Prize.
batsch's.
Miss May Mllsaps is now sick with the
measles.
Chickens may soon be bought in the
egg shell.
Priebatchs' new stock of domcstics can't
bc beaten.
Mrs. Fr.lick is recovering after a dan
Cerous illness.
The white blossoms of the blackberIies
are now visible.
Mr.. Geo. McClendon made flying trip
TO Jackson Saturday.
Mrs. C. b. Galloway left for New Or
leans Monday evening.
The aisles in the Presbyterian church
have been newly carpeted.
Mrs Brill has one of the finest gardens
in town and she deserves it.
Little Miss Virgie Clapp is gone to
spend a month in Memphis.
Who's to he May Queen this year
When is the first picnic TO take place
If you want something neat and nobby,
buy your spring hat from Priebatsch.
Tattling tongues should be Quoted
don't notice them is the best way to do
it.
The Brookhaven cemetery contains
some of the finest tomb-stones we ever
saw.
A new brick opera house is soon to be
built on Front Street. Let us have it by
all means.
Mrs. N. L. Hubert and Mr.. S. +. Magee
and family returned from New Orleans
Monday.
Singing Sunday evenings has been re-
sumcd at the Methodist and Baptist
Churches.
Hon. A. II. LOngino was in town last
Sunday and Monday and favored The
LEADER with a call.
Little Richard Latting is visiting
''Grandma BaSgett,' who, we regret to
say, has been quite ill.
Prof S. Il. Childs, travelling for p.
Werlcin's Mammoth Music House of the
South, was i'll town Tuesday.
We return thanks to Hon. j. Z. George
for two packages of fine cotton seed, with
which to start our plantation.
Col. w. ID. Holder, candidate for State
Auditor from Lafayette county, paid our
city short visit last Wednesday.
We were pleased to meet Rev. w. b.
Bingham last Sabbath who was faith
fully filling his appointments here.
Mrs. Mollie Remington, an alumnte of
Whitworth College, is visiting her rcla
tives, Mr.. Frank Martin and family.
Mrs. Melissa BessOnett deserves special
notice for her untiring efforts in behalf
of the entertainment Thursday night.
All who knew Miss Melissa wilkins,
will be greved to hear of the death OF
her husband, Mr.. II. Lehman, OF New Or
leans.
Grand Opening of Spring Millinery on
Saturday, April 18th, 1885, at L. +.
Brennan's, Railroad Avenue, Brookhaven,
Miss.
The next meeting of the w. c. T. L.
will be held at the Presbyterian Church
next Monday evening at half past
o'clock
We venture to say that those young
ladies, who suffer with measles at the
College, will never forget Mrs. Kidds
motherly kindness to them.
The ladies of the w. c. L. U. of Brook
haven are working nobly in the cause o.
Prohibition. Among other things they
have organized tlourishiug COlored Wo-
mans Christian temperance Union.
A prayer-meeting, in behalf of the Pro-
hibition cause in this City, will be con
Quoted at the Baptist Church tonight by
Rev j. X. Parish. All friendly to the
cause and the public generally are earn
estly invited.
The Mississippi Presbytery will convene
i'll the Presbyterian Church in this City
To day at ii O'Clock, and continue i'll ses-
sion from day to DAY until next Monday.
The public generally are cordially invited
to attend its sessions.
When the liquor traffic is cleaned out
of BroOkhaven-as it will be before the
close of this year-the men who have
been engaged in it will meet and unani-
mously pass u resolution of thanks to the
Prohibitionists for getting them out OF a
mean and unpleasant business.
We were in error in stating last week
that Jesse Taylor is Principal of the
large colored public school at this place.
Mrs. A. d. Townsend, an experienced
teacher and one of the most intelligent of
her race, is Principal, assisted by j. Tay-
lor, Mrs. Ii. d. Moore and Miss p. j.
Stuart. As stated, the school is an I'M
usually fourishing one, numbering over
22O pupils.
At their meeting on Monday night,
18th inst, the Vigilant Fire Company
elected the following officers for the ensu-
ing six months: j. B. Nalty, President
A. LewentLal, Jr., Vice-President; L.
Thurrer, Secretary; I. Ii. Perkins,
Treasurer; j. w. McGrath, Foreman