The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-01-14
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.

Summit has female whisky
seller.
The Bsrataris Canning Factory
at Biloxi was recently destroyed Ivy
fire.
Two Of the newly elected officials
Of Copiah county failed to make
their bonds.
The steam gin Of Thos. Sinclair.
of Copiah county. was recently de
stroyId by fire.
Hazlehurst wants n fire company
and equipments. The Investment
would be good one.
Mr. Pat Henry is canvassiug the
South Mississippi counties in the
interest of the State Ledger.
Amite county !begins the year
with twenty four papers on the pay
roll, at cost Of $40 per anDum.
/ Rev. G. b. Galloway will dedicate
the new Methodist church in IVES
son on til" fourth Sunday in Janu-
airy.
The Liberty Herald chronicles
the d, ath in Amitc county of Dr.
w. K. kinabrew, in the Goth wear of
his age.
Mississippi has three pages on the
floor o: this Congress, Masters Nc
Cardle and swords, of Vicksburg,
and Master Money.
Rev. T. b. Holloman, late of Va.
zoo City, succeeds Rev. W. b. Lewis
Of Crystal Springs, and Mr.. Lewis
goes to the Canton pastorate.
Gov. Lowry will be formcrallv
inaugurated for a second term to.
day, and grand Inauguration bali
will follow at the Mansion tonight.
A reward of $4,000 is offered for
Geo. w. Stokes, of Amite county,
who attempted to assassinate j. :.
Reynolds on the night of Dec. 18th.
The lumbermen of the northwest
are crowding the land office of Jack
son, Mississippi, in quest of pine
lands, so that additional force has
to be employed.
The Methodist Church at Halle
hurst has been fitted up with new
furniture, and the Signal now sug.
9ests some paint outside for the
sake OF harmony.
Miss Jennie Buck, a sister-in-law
Of Col, Jones ). Hamilton, was mar.
ried at Jackson on the 31st ult. to
Mr.. ). /. Cole, a promiaent citizen
OF Jat kson, Tenn.
Mlssissipp's song bird, Miss Cor
rune Moore, of Nicksburg, is pro
nounced by the most competent
judges Of vocal art OF Cincinnati to
be oest soprano OF that city.
The Index says The late Col
Vance of Hazlehurst was once
resident Of Columbus ard learned
his trade and served his apprentice
ship in the old Columbus Democrat.
The Sentinel says that Yazou
made n bad record for the first few
days OF the new year A suicide,
two accidental shootings. two at.
tcmpts at robbery and an attempt
/ at murder.
The jcwc,ry store Of Mr.. Eur,
/ helen Of NatchcZ, was robbed of
jcwelry recently to the amount OF
Sl,70O. The thief was traced and
caught and most Of the stolen pro
pcrty rcCovtr,d.
John B. Martin was convicted in
the Yazoo Criminal Court of at
tempting to poison A. NJ. Heath, and
was sentenced to six years imprlson-
ment. The case excited great inter
est in IazOo county.
We learn from the Natchez Dem
ocrat that the little son Of Mr.. James
II. Rowan, Of that county, died of
the wound received from the acct
dental discharge of a pistol in the
hands Of Master Theodore Carothers
The Signal-Copiahan announces
that it has sold a half-interest to q
gentleman who combines the three
indispensable prerequisites to ever,
successful newspaper enterprise
brains, character and means. 1t is
good paper.
The Mississippi bar association
was organized in jackson on the
4th inst. with one hundred members.
Judge A. M. Clayton was made
President, Gen. W. T. Martin, Col.
w. L. Nugent, and Judge l.. F.
Houston, Vice President, and T. A.
Melville, Secretary.
Nicksburg's debt is as follows:
The compromised bonded indebted
ness is $4,000, outstanding I'M
compromised $23 $50, new 5 per
cent. funding $435O, loan warrants
and other local indebtedness $37,-
4Sl, making total and entire deb,
of the city of $4l0,301.