The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-08
rowN AND COUNTY ITEMS.

day in town.
Watches, American and Swiss move
rnents ut StRff1eT's
Mr.. W. =. May, of the Wesson Times,
vas in town yesterday.
DR.. johnson preached ut the II. Z
Church ON last Sabbath.
The gravel walks on Railroad Avenue
ure great improvement.
Mr.. J. ". Case, Jr., remembered The
LEADER favorably this week.
stafier has everything from a silver
Thin BILE to Diamond Ring.
Col. Byrd, we regret to learn, has been
somewhat worse for the last few days.
Our Young friend J. NJ. White bright
ened our sanrtum with his presence last
Monday.
Miss Ada Sessions has returned from n
visit TO Miss Rena and Miss Olive Mont
Eotnery, Of Franklin.
Mr.. ID. b. Easter!ug, ono Of the most
worthy citizens of Lincoln county, died
at his residence near Bogue Chitto on
October 1st.
On orr 2nd page to-day will be found
striking and instructive illustration of
the comparative worth of the various
kinds of baking powders now in the
market.
We hear that Mai. r. w. Millsaps will
make Jackson his home at an early day.
Many friends here will regret to lose him
Mrs. MillsNps and Miss Fannie left for Hs-
zlehur.t last Saturday.
HIP. Buckley, the old reliable ieweler
Of No. 8 Camp street, New Orleans, has
q card in to-day's paper. Give him a
trial when you need any thing in his line,
and you will never regret it,
w. hope our correspondents will exer-
cise patience when their communications
fail to appear. We only have limited
space to devote to original matter, aud
when that is filed we have to stop.
Rev, J. II. Gambrell has just returned
from q successful trip to GreenVille. he
reports the Prohibition sentiment rapidly
developing in the great valley, and says
Washington county has 81 colored Prohi-
bitiou clubs organized.
Losr--Ou Railroad Avenue i'll Brook
haven, a lyre-shaped silver medal, the
word Emusic" engraved on one side, and
III. L. l., 1888" on the other. Any one
finding same aud delivering to E. Pfeifcr
will be suitably rewarded.
We are indeb ted to DR.. Geo. A. Teunis'
son, of Monticello, for pleasant call last
Tuesday. He left for home yesterday,
taking with him Mrs. Teunisson, who had
speut several days here visiting the tami-
ly OF her brother, DR.. Danghtry.
Mr., and Mrs Jno w. Martin, and Miss
Sne Martin, Mits Della M!k"iI aud Mr.
Thos. Perkins, took advantage - the cA-
curslon to st. Louis last Saturday night,
and are takits u the attractions of the
great fair, the Yelled Prophets, etc.
Col. Danl bennett and Mr.. Pat Henry
paid us pleasant call last Saturday. Mr..
Henry. who has travelled over the county
good deal i'll the interest of his ccle-
brsted linment, says the crop prospect IN
most localities is encouraging, and that
this time the people are going to elect
the prohibition Shanghai" to stay at
home.
It was the good fortune of the Editor of
The LEADER and Rev. J. II. Gambrell to
share the hospitality of DIR. and Mrs. F. F.
Herring, of this county, one night on
their recent trip to Meadville. The Doc
tor has q good farm, an abundant crop,
and family of children of which any
man might feol proud.
II the liquor men should manage by
close setting to get their candidate
''hatcned," it will be amusing to behold
the expression on their faces when they
discover that he is nothing but shang
hsi-and rather a poor specimen of
shanghai at that! Tho Prohibitionists
who went into the incubating business
with this "egg" two years ago, have been
there, Flip
As will be seen by reference to our an
nouncement column, there is "anOther
Richmand in the field" for Representative
In the person of Hon. r. X. Applewhite.
DIR. Applewhite is too we'll aud favorably
known by the people to need any COM
mendation at our hands He has re-
peatediy represented Lincoln county III
the Legislature, and always honera bly
and creditably to himself and constit-
uency.
All persons who expect to vote at the
coming election should call at the Circuit
Clerks Office and register. All citizens
of the United States who have resided in
the State months and the county thirty
days, are entitled to register; also, al,
natives who have become Of age since the
last erection. Persons who have changed
their voting precinct since the last cleo
tion will have to have their registration
changed also before they can exercise the
right to vote.
Young men who contemplate qualify
ing themselves for commercial life, are
directed to the advertisement of Jackson
Business College, to be found in another
column. The course of instruction in this
institution embraces all the branches of a
cOunting-house education, and is thor
ongh and complete. The course is both
varied and extensive, embracing the en-
tire scope of commercial science, and is
Taught nv n practical deyelopment q 4