The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-06-18
TOWN AND COUNTY ITEMS.

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Marriage bells tonight
A fine rain Tuesday afternoon.
Powell's is tho place for Groceries.
Read notice Of valuable mill property
for lease.
Mrs. Brooks second new store is receiv-
ing the finishing touches.
Remember, The LEADER will be sent TO
new cash subscrib, rs from now till Jan.
LIST, for s1.OO
Rev. j. X. Parish will preach at BOgue
Chitto next Sunday afternoon at half
past 3 o'clock.
Hon. A. II. Longino favored the town
with a call Sunday. He had just passed
through the WessOn fire.
TIE LEADER to all NEW CASH subscri-
beers until Jan. LIST, SO, for al. Now is
the time to enroll your name.
Mrs. Williams and two children, OF
Grenada, have been visiting their reia-
tivcs, Rev. j. H. Cambrell aud family.
A runaway match was arranged for
Last Monday night, hut the plans of the
young people were discovered and frus-
trated.
Rev. J. +. Parish closed his school for
ooys on the 9th inst, after quite sue
cessful term of three months. He will
reopen in September.
LosT-iu Broohhaveu, gold breast pin
SGT with briliiants and one pair of di a
mond ear rings. Any one finding Same
aud reporting 70 this ot,ioe will lie suita-
bly, rewarded.
Miss Henry, who during the sessi on,
has had charge of the elocutiOnary de-
partment of the College, will give an en-
tcrtainment ut the College Chapel on to-
morrow friday night.
The closing exercises of Miss Mary Nc
Closkey's school came of at Heuck's Hall
last night and were very interesting, The
latcness of the hour fcrbibs IL more ex-
tended notice at this time,
The citizens OF Old Brook and neigh
borhood have organized flourishing
Union Sunday-school. When they get
their new house of worship completed,
they also expect to have preaching regu
lary.
Our young friend Warren W. Hoskins
has our thanks for an invitation to attend
the Commencement exercises of the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College which
began OF the 14th inst, and closed yester-
day.
Mr. II. Il. Craig, and Miss Cola Barr,
formerly of Jackson, were married in Sell
MA, Ala, on the 3rd inst. Miss Cola was
we'll known in Brookhaven society, and
her many friends here unite in wishing
her bright and happy future
Nothing would give Brookhaven Il
boom as a cotton market aud bus ness
centre just now like Il compress. Can't
Mr. Peter Lucich, who has the money, be
prevailed on to 90 into this enterprise
He is the man for it if he would.
The first cotton bloom was shown MS
last Saturday by Mr.. Maurice Levy. 1t
was from the field of Mr.. George Snyder,
ono of his customers, who lives on Harvc's
Creek about II miles west of this
place. and has several acres of cotton now
in bloom.
Tom Broland, brakeman, had his au-
kle crushed while coupling cars here last
Saturday, necessitating amputation of
the leg below the knee, which
was done by Drs. Bennett and Bowen.
He was atterward removed to McComb
City, his home.
The Baccalaurate sermon, preached by
Rev. H. F. johnson at the Methodist
church last Sunday to the gradr ating
class of WhitwOrth College. was a practi
cal, eloquent and soul-elevating dis
course, and caused many hearts to warm
aud eyes to moisten.
The ladies of the w. C. T. U. feel deep
~ grateful to Sheriff McNair for courte-
sizes shown them last Saturday, and if we
may judge from certain expressions
heard he will be the stronger in his
next race by a considerable number of
votes, even fthe ladies can't use the bal
lot Themselves.
That eloquent and scholarly divine,
Rev. DR.. C. K. Marshall, of Vicksburs,
will preach the Commencement sermon at
Whitworth College next Sunday at II
o'clock in the College Chapel. All who
hear him are sure to enjoy a rich intel
lectual and spiritual feast.
Messrs. Stewart Il WOrrell has remov-
cd their drug store from this place to
West Jackson. They wisely concluded
that the drug business was about to be
overdOne in this place-oI, as one of the
fraternity facetiously remarked to us a
few days ago, that there was IAN epidemic
Of drug stores"
Mrs. L. Byrd, the wife of DR.. J. Z
Byrd, of this county, died on the 18th
inst, in her sixty-seventh year. Thus
another good woman has left earth fol
heaven. Husband and children have our
warmest sympathy in this their time OF
sadness. suitable tribute to heI
memory will appear in future issue.
W. j. Smith has concluded to proceed
to sell liquor under the license recently
granted by the Board, and trust to luck
and the mercy of the Court, notwith.
standing the fact that if SAID license is
declared illegal--as is nearly certain tc
be the case--he will DO liable to indict.
ANx 1.i. h nj