The Brookhaven leader., 1885-06-11
MISSISSIPPI NEWS

! Aberdeen is already preparing for
/ her Fall Fair.
! There are only six applicants for
! the Vicksburg Postofficc.
: Miss Bette Dranc has been ap-
/ pointed postmistress at Dursnt.
! Mr.. Frank L. Causey is a candi-
date FOR the Legislature in Pike.
The Tunes calls for the organiza-
ton of fire company in Wesson.
NJ. r. Richmond, late of the Ri
I loxi Herald, has rCmcved To Texas.
Alfred Ulman, who killed Thomp
son at Bay st Louis, has been &C
quilted.
/ The Mississippi river is SAID TO be
seeking its old channel opposite
Vicksburg.
The ProhibiLionis,s are fast in
creasing and organizing along the
Mississippi Coast.
J. b. Brown has been elected
Marshal Of Vicksburg, vice j. Il.
Pegram, deceased.
Nr. Sidney W. Langforl, editor
Of the Pilot, has been appointed
postmaster at Rolling Fork.
There are nine candidates out for
State Auditor, with II. II. Hines
we'll in the lead.-POrt Gibson
News.
Mr.. L. Il. Neal. a wealthy and
highly esteemed citizen of Kinds
county, died at his home near Gin.
ton last week.
The Vick>burg Post says, Hurry
, up the water works else Prohibit
ton may leave us destitute of any
resource whatever
The gin and mill of Elijah Hank
err. at Shubuta, valued at $4,000,
were destroyed by fire last Thurs
day. No insurance.
Mr. J. A. Martin, editor and pro
prietor of the Columbus ludex. has
disposed of his interest in the paper
to his son Stanley Martin.
1t is proposed to have n competi
tive drill OF Mississippi companies
at Grecnville on the 4th Of July
first prize to be $500, second prize
$3.50.
The Rolling Fork Pilot and the
Hattiesburg Herald ale among III,
last OF many papers which hav,
come out squarely for ii. II. Hines
for State Auditor.
Three more bodies, or parts OF
bodies were, found by workmen in
eNcavating in one.Gf Raum's build
ings destroyed by the late fire in
Wick sburg, making total OF over
frrty.
The Supreme Court has affirmed
the decision Of the lower court in the
case A. J. Wilmington We. the State
convicted in Amite Circuit Court Of
selling wines i'll less quantity than q
gallon.
The Times SAYS the pnst"fflce in
Wesson is asked by Senator
Georgr, for Col. Wesson, and b,
Mai, Barksdalc, tor G.. A. Hamilton
One of them will get it when u
change is made,
The Southern Baptist says the
saloon men hired hacks and mass.d
the negroes at The Clerks office dur-
ing the recent new registration in
Meridian in manner that reminded
one painfully Of the old Radical re
g,me in Mississippi.
The "Seige of Vicksburg" is to be
put on canvass in panoramic form,
something after the Battle of Sedan
that has been on exhibition in New
Orleans during the Cotton Exposi
ton. Artists have taken notes and
sketches for that purpose.
The Supreme Court affirmed the
decision OF the lower court in the
ease Of Vim. Martin VS.. the State
and set July 9th, 1885, as the day
Tor execution. The case was ap-
pealcd from Jones county, where
Martin and another person hanged
L negro.
There ia soon to he a debate in
Wesson, which is to permanently
decide the question, HAS State
the right to secede 2 We are glad
to know that this will be settled, Tor
it has agitaled the citizens of the
United States for the past so years
Times.
Miss Lille Cook, of Warren coun
ty, cowhidrd DR.. Reese Cook, her
cousin. short time ago, because he
failed to keep his promise of mar
riage TO her. Her brother stood by
with his trusty revolver while she
administered the cowhde To her tru
ant lover. The parties TO the affair
are prominent in the county and DR..
Cook is a man of wealth and infiu-
encc in the community.
There arc a number of students
at The Mississippi Agricultural Col
lege who pay their way in work.
Most OF these boys are of the best
families, and have been well raised.
The President says that as a rule
| tho bnyS thaf work oil hu.f opJ ,noot