The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-24
MISSISSIPPI NEW 8.

Inc COTTON crop mas ISilcu Oh 10
per cent during the last m"uth.
The Nicksburg Fair will com
mence Nov. 81 aud run four days.
Mr.. Russell johnson lately died
st his home ia Madison county, in
the 10th year Of his ngr.
Miss Bessie watkios a fp.mer
pupil of Whitworth, goes TO the In
dustrial College from Jefferson.
An unknown man. while drunk,
was run over and killed Ivy freight
train near VicksburG last week.
The landowners about Utica have
such faith in the future of that thriv-
ing little place that they ne not dis
posed 20 sell building lots vt any
price.
Natchcz imposes tax of only
fifty dollars upon liquor dealers.
About 81 200 is the aggregate rrve
nue. that city derives from this
source.
DR.. F. n. Gullcdge of Durant, has
Ivy actual measurement asccrtaincd
The fact that lie will make this year
of the Mosby prolific corn l33
bushels per acre.
Daring the year 1884 there were
22S2l miles Of railroad built in Mis-.
>issjppi, she leading all other South
ern States in this particulars.
Florida, with 1872 60 rdiles, being Sc.
cond.
Jefferson county's tax rate for the
year 1885 is seventeen and hall
II the assessment had been as grea'
a. last year, says the Chronicle, thu
rate could have been fixed at lJ9 ul
10 mills.
John G. Knight, a respectable
connected young man, who wa
charged with having fired the town
! of Ptlahatchie, in 1884. and was in
dictcd by the grand jury, was a.
Quilted.
The Wick burg papers claim tina
the water from the arlcsian we'll
bored at the ice factory in that cit
, contain SIEVE al medicinal properties
aud can be used with great benefi
>, by invalidS.
The Nstchez Democrat says tn
warrants OF that city now readil'
com mand 95 cents on the dollar, AM
within q short time when taX-pay
ing time begins, will be wort
d their face value.
: Mrs. II B Krlls, Of Favctte.
leadinI member of the W. & /. l.
has accepted the position of Lad
Principal in the Pass Christian In
stitule, with Rev. III. C.. Mayer u
head master.
Tie Industrial Loan Association
of Warren county has mad
arrangements To support tour yonn
ladies OF the county IN The Indus
trial College during the first ses>io
Of thi, institution.
y citizen Of Raymond il tn
proud possessnr Of Il >nikr that VA
made by the father Of sam Jones
the noted preacher and levivaii1t
Sans father was carriage make
as we'll as preacher.
The liquor question was lugge
> into the late canvass by some Of Tn
I candiiates tor the Legislature. !
:. st,aighL out issue was made and tn
!; advocates for liquor were defeated
Ctay County Leader.
Granny Ann Ho9on, An old color
ed woman OF Warren county recent
died ut the age Of 800. Her hair wa
> mixed black and gray and wa
!. three tcet long. A part Of it wa
sent to the Exposition last fall.
Matilda Dndi, a colorcd woma
aged over one huudrd Years, die
lately few miles south of Town
Her exact age is not known but ia
age of her Youngest sou Is said to b
"a years.-Port Gibson Rereiitc.
Mrs. FroMme, of PopIarvill'
Miss, lately gave birth |" II chll
three inches in length, weighing tw
ounces. All the limbs Of the chill
were perfect as were he ears, cy"'
nose and mouth. The child WA
alive and lived some liLtIe time afLe
a birth.
In difficulty between ID. G. Han
= xinson AID Mr.. Baldwin occurrin
IN the road near Warrenton. til
latter received four wcnnds from
dirk in the hands OF Hankimson re
-ulling in his instant death. Tn
parties left town together at abou
ii O'clock IN the morning, and, it
said, both had been drinking.
! The borrowing Is n copy o! n hal
hers advertisement in the Ray
4 mond Gazette Shaving To-
T -hampooing l5c, hair cutting Il
= children Is, for adults &c, mustach
/; I,eing 25c. rantsluon cleaning 90,
4 vest cleaning To-, clothing neatl
, and chrspIy repaired. Coat dyeln
75c to $l5 accordin" Ia weigh
partalonns, vest, dresses. etc. Cor
and luminous cured.
The second installment o. rrcei,
er's certificates Of Green's Bank ie
p due on the 10Th inst, but postpone
10 mant was asked hprnu3r of dpla