The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30
TOWN AND COUNTY ITEMS.
Don YOUR fall "duds. "

Don your fall "duds."
Apples, oranges, and lemonsst Pow
elPs.
The Board of Supervisors meet next
Monday.
Miss Maggie Willis, of Vicksburg, is
visiting Mrs. Galloway.
Rev. Mr.. Ellison, of Greensburg, La,
was in our city Monday.
Dune. Sessions has returned to school
at the Characterization Academy.
Hon. K. II. Thompson and wife have
returned from their trip to the West.
Mai. R. w. Nillsaps has our thanks for
copies of the Nashville Banner and I'm
ion.
A heavy rain fell Tuesday last and
since that time the weather has been
clear and decidedly fsll-like.
Messrs. Prentiss Buie, J. NJ. Hoskins
md Jesse Taylor are the new election
commissioners for Lincoln county.
DIR. Benefits OK team ran away last
week with real zest. A nest of humble
bees are supposed to have had something
to do with 1t.
The w. c. T. U. will meet at the NJ. Z.
church at this evening. An interesting
meeting will be held and all members
and others interested should attend.
The Fair River Association will meet
with the Friendship Baptist church
nine miles west of Brookhaven on Fri
day before the third Sabbath in October.
Bishop Galloway filed the pulpit at the
Methodist church Sunday morning and
Rev. G. NJ. Riggan, at evening service.
A protracted meeting is now in progress
at that church
The latest London success, the power
fnl melo-drama, "Uuder the Lash" with
its wealth of magnificent scenery, will be
presented at Heuck's Hall next Tuesday
night, by the talented young actor. Wal
ter S. Sanford, supported by the original
New York caste.
Col NJ. B. billiard, who has been
spending few weeks with the Messrs.
Nikas on the Menelas plantation, paid us
a pleasant call last Friday. Col. billiard
s q versatile and able writer, and in his
capacity as correspondent for number
of Northern aud Southern journals, is do
ing much for the material advancement
of the South.
Rev. J. A. Scarborough will begin
protracted meeting at Union Hall church
on Saturday before the 2nd Sabbath in
October, in which he will be assisted by
Rev. r. J. Bailey of Goodman, Miss Mr..
Scarborough speaks of laborng in
another field after this year, which will
he greatly regretted by his many friends
in this section.
Mrs. NJ. f. Strickland, Mrs. J. II. Gam
brell, and Miss Addie Marshall attended
the State w. c. T. U. at Jackson last
week us the representatives of Brook
haven Uuion. They report the State
meeting grand success and were
We will be favored by one of them
with n sketch of their trip for our next
Issue.
Mr.. s. X. Williams recently located at
Brookhaven, who is an expert stock and
dairy man, was in town this week look
ing into the ability of people to contri-
butte to a creamery to be established at
an early day at Brookhaven. The fac
tory to be run upon the cream gathering
plan, which means that the milk when
taken from the cow is placed at once in
q creamery on the place furnished by the
company. Every day an agent of the
company will 60 around to each patron
and take the cream, leaving the milk on
the farm to he fed to the calves or pigs.
The company will pay for the cream at
the rate of from 20 to IS cents for what
will make one pound of butter.-Crystat
Springs Meteor.
The Editor spent Monday and Tuesday Of
this week at Meadville where the Frank
lin Circuit Court is in progress. Judge
Chrisman is presiding with his usual dig
nifty and ability, and Judge Cassidy, Maj
Sessions and A. C. McNair Esq, are in
attendance representing the Brookhaven
bar. The docket is very light one, the
principal case before the court being a
civil proceeding by Mr.. Thompson, of
Knoxville, against the l.. NO. g. T. Rail
road for personal injuries sustained by
alleged carelessness of the Road officials.
The suit is for $4,000. The plaintiff is
represented by Messrs Sessions and
Cassidy, and the defendant by Col. c. p.
Nelson of Woodville, and Col. W. A.
Percy, of Greenville, the Railroads attor-
neys.