The Brookhaven leader., 1885-04-30
MISSISSIPPI NEW S.

Tupelo has a pig with ) feet.
Lcakc has ; candidates for asses
sur.
Spring fights have opened in Yves
sou.
Nine candidates are out for State
Auditor.
:. a. Gunter wants to he sheriff
in Choctaw.
\ synagogue is to he erected in
Port Gibson.
The peach and blackberry crops
will he n success.
DR.. f. Castcel, of Meridian,
diel on the 10Th inst.
Many new residences are being
erected in Port Gibson.
Ellisville has about s12 900 in
vested in steam saw mills.
Hon. Stanley Gilbert, Of wesson,
has resumed the practice of law.
Prot. Lynch and Miss Alice Her
ring of Walden, were married recent
ly.
The corner stone Of the State Fe.
male College will lie laid early in
May.
1t is sail that Gen. Chalmers is
now ambitious To he postmaster at
Sardis.
T. j. Wyatt and Baxter Wilson
ycarn for the sherifr's office in
Holmes.
Hon. II. s. Van Eaton will deliver
the annual address at the Gillsburg
Institute.
The Yszoo City compress it is ex-
pected will be completed in about
ninety days.
The Wessnn Times has live TEN
perance department edited by Dir
E. A. Rowan.
Preparations are being made to
begin work on the government build
Fling at Aberdeen.
A negro girl near Learned at
tempted to poison her fathers fami-
~ with strychnine.
An old gentleman named John n
Games, died suddenly near McComb
City on the 22nd inst.
Mr.. c. NJ. Bankston, of Halle
hurst, shipped the first English peas
to Chicago on April 10th.
Joe Price, while intoxicated, shot
Champ p. Day Through the arm with
IA pistol on the 10Th inst. at McComb
City.
Two hundred and sixty scholars
are enrolled in the public school at
Wesson, which require the employ
ment of six teachers.
The burnt portion of Bcauregard
is being rebuilt. II. Moody is erect,
ing large store house, and George
! Holloway large livery stable.
The State Ledger and several 9TH
er papers charge one dollar for ev-
cry 70 words in communication
recommending or supporting candi
dates.
AT meeting Of the creditors OF
Harris, Dodds Il Co. at IIazlehurst
On the Goth, it was decided to, grant
the firm an extension and allow them
TO proceed with their business.
Henry johnson, colored, who rob-
bed l.. b. Williams store at Magic
liza, was captured at Osyka on the
18th by Deputy sheriff Walker. lie
made full confession, duplicating
two other negroes named Dan Allen
and Scott James, WHO have since
been captured.
Rev. J. w. Lumbley formerly of
this State and graduate of Missis
sirpi College, was recently drowned
in the Sabine river. Ark. He was
on his way to fill an appointment To
preach and in attempting'to cross
| 'iIC IlNC' WI d 'aIO was ulO" utt.
leaves a widow and two small chil
dren in INDECENT circumstances.
A quarry has been recently dis
covered in the Brushv creek hills, in
the western part of Amite county,
containing large quantity of stone
suitable for building and paving
purposes. A company is about to
he organized for the purpose of de-
' l>ring and utilizing the products
o. this deposit, and in order to make
it accessible, it proposes to build in
the near future a branch railroad to
it from some point on the L. N. o
and L. Railroad, a distance of five
or SIX miles.
Vicksburg had the most destruc-
tive fire on the Dist inst. for 20 years
resulting in the destruction of at
least half a million Of dollars worth
of property on Washington and
I Crawford streets. Among those
burned ont we note II. B. Bruser,
Maurice Meyer & Co., Mrs. Bloom,
Warner & Seals VIM. Chamberlain.
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