The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-02-26
TOWN AND COUNTY ITEMS.

Next Monday Sheriff McEair will sell
tho delinquent lands.
When in New Orleans, go to Kalar's
Lodging House, 1919 Camp st.
Hon. r. II. Thompson took in the Ex-
position tho first Of the week.
Fresh Southern grown garden seeds and
onion sets at lowest prices at kohlmIn's.
A good many local aud other interest
ing items were unavoidably crowded out
OF this issue.
DIR. Frilick left yests rday fbr Union
Church on professional trip. He will
be away about eight or ten days.
The walls of Mrs Brooks new brick
store house on Cherokee street are near
~ completed. Mr. G. NJ. Bessonett is the
boss workman.
1t now turns out that they love WHISKY
80 well at Bogue Chitto that they don't
charge the seller any license. How is
this, Mayor Curtis
Uncle Billy Larkin says that the day it
showed our esteemed friend Capt. Milan,
was 40 busily engaged all day in planting
coru no couldn't be blown off by the din.
per horn.
A neat new awning now adorns the
front of II. Brilrs boot aud shoe shop ard
Nrs. w. l.. Bowen's millinery store on
Cherokee street, in place of the old one
torn down during the late fire.
Some church members sign whisky pc
titions and then go to church and sing
with all their might, "What Shall the
Harvest Be ~ just as if it could be any
fhiufr alae lint a crnn nf trnnk arda
A handsome bronze sign in the form of
n huge pad lock, new counters and
handsome new scissors case are some of the
recent improvements to denoted at the ex-
tensive aud well-kept hardware establish
ment of Mr. j. r. Perkins.
A two inch snow fell here last Satur-
day. The fakes were the largest ever
seen in this section. 1t was quickly fol-
lowed by rain and hence it's beauty was
soon married and the festive boy had
Int u brief season to revel in the fun of
snow-balling.
Miss Sue McClcndon is in Vicksbutg to
attend the marriage of her brother Mr..
James A. McClendon and Miss Tululs b.
Evans, which happy event took place Mt
o'clock last evening at the residence OF
the brides parents. THE LEADER ex-
the happy couple.
Mr.. William Baggett and wife, of San
Francisco, have been here on visit the
past week to relatives and friends. Mr..
Bsggett is an old Brookhaven boy and
eon Of our worthy and honored towns
man, Justice w. p. Baggett, and one
whom we are glad to know has met with
positive success in his adopted homo in
the far West.
The Meteor says Crystal Springs IL by
far the prettiest town on the Big j. rail
road from jackson to New Orleans" That
lie n mistake. Brookhaven is the prettirst
town OIL tho railroad between New Or
leans and anywhere. The saloons are
the only ugly feature about it, not mean
ing ut all to say that even they are not al
wrll-kept as those of any other place.
On last Wednesday night McGrath's
store WAS hurglarously entered through
back window and the safe broken open
and $644 in money extracted thcrefrom.
The burglars then made their exit
through the back door. They also broke
open window of the poStoffice and stole
81 ia cash from. the stamp drawer, but
made failure at opening tho iron safe.
The robbery was mahifcstly committed
by experts, and was one of the boldest
ever perpetrattd in this community. Sus-
picion rests on three strangers who were
seen in town the day before. bnt al eff
forts ia apprehend the perpetrators have
fhus far failed. One of the implements
with which they accomplished tie rob
berry was a brace which they had first
stolen from PenD's wagon shop.