The Hazlehurst signal., 1885-06-11
LOCAL NEWS.
Town AMI Country Items Condensed and
Spread Before our Readers.

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Judge Pcyton held chancery court
in Yazoo county last week.
Miss Agnes Harris is visiting the
Misses Ncsmith, at Martin.
AS the locusts disappear "the sum
NE. Dude taks7 ,heir place"
Miss Leoutne uil!er, of Canton,
Miss, Is bers visiting relatives.
"A lady phrsnol ,gist was in town
a..t week. butipet with poor sue
Cess;
Mr.. John StacI house, from near
Utica, was q visitor TO our town
Sunday.
Felix Hitler, Esq, of Summit WASH in
TO wn Sunday, visiting his brother
Charlie.
The finder of bunch of keys will
confer favor by leaving them at
this office.
We learn the new livery stable
will be occupied by Messrs. Wat
sou & Higdon.
Mr.. r. Z. a. Stuart attended the
closing exercises of the Wesson
school last Friday.
Mrs. Lucy Harper, long a resident
of this place, died on Sunday aged
seventy.siS years old.
Ono hundred and seventy.two
boxes OF peaches were shipped from
here on Friday night last.
Mrs. T. J. Hargravc spent last
week with her sister, Mrs. DIR. Me-
Cnllum, in western Copiah.
Encourage your children 10y at
tending the closing exercises of
school to-day and tomorrow.
Mr.. b. F. johnson was taken sud.
denly i'll last Saturday, of comics
ton. We are glad to see that he
is mp.
Us. Sexton, Esq, will deliver IN
address before the Boys High
: chool at summit, on the evening Of
the 10th inst.
Mr.. KIotz received telegram in
forming him that Mrs. Klo,z and
Miss Eva had arrived safely in the
old country.
Rev. WIN. w. DE Hart will hold
service in the Episcopal church, III
uazlehurst on Sunday, the 18th
inst, Mt IL o'clock.
Messrs. John Oliver, and -
Patterson, of Wcsson, spent Sunday
in our town. OF course they came
up TO see some of the boys.
II. S. Morrison, Esq, left Sunday
night for Wichita Falls, Texas, on
a prospecting tour, aud if he likes
the country will locate permanently.
DIR. a. B. Pitts recently purchas-
ed the Morrison livery stable and is
having it repaired and renovated
1t will be an Improvement to this
part of town.
Our justice court was held in the
courtroom several days last week, in
order 10 accommodate the spectators,
who were attracted by the impor-
lance of the cases.
Hon. G. S. Dodds was invited to
address the alumni association oil
Mississippi College at Clinton, next
week, but was forced to decline on
account Of pressing engagements.
A special election was held in
Beauregard, which resulted as fol-
lows: f. f. Pierce, mayor; III. f..
Carter and Ike X. Morris, aldermen.
They were qualified and sworn in
on the 9th inst.
A Georgia Judge does not dcliv-
or charge to the grand jury but
has it written out and lets ttem
take il to their room and digest it
at their leisure. That plan would
be a good one for Copiah.
WIN Durr has thanks for box
of nice peaches. A young man
who is so considerable to an editor
is bound to make good husband,
and when he gets old enough to
embark in the matrimonial business
we advise all the girls to try to
catch him.
Our young lawyer friend, Ramsey,
was the innocent cause OF agood
deal of commotion one day recently
lie was walking along the street
with a couple of young lady friends
from another town, and citizens at
once thought he had under ms
charge the southern gems" from
Atlanta, and such hustling around