The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-02
TOWN AND COUNTY ITEMS.
Dwell wants to see You.

MFR. Andrew Atkinson, Of jackson, is
visiting friends in town.
Mrs. l.. J. Cunning recently lost
net canary, aged 9 years.
Misses Lizzie Britton and Kate Mikell
visited Wesson last week.
The Colored Baptists are having a new
stecple added to their church.
The w. CT. U. will meet at Mrs.
sessious at $3.50 this evening.
Mrs. s. n. Storm and Miss Sarah spent
.ome tine in Wesson last week.
Drs McNair & Mitchell have opened
aeutal office IN the Bank building.
Misses Susie and Mary Bee spent sew
.ral days in New Orleans last week.
Mrs. Marshall was confined to her bed
hy illness the early part of the week.
Christmas holiday goods now bring WIS.,
ions of Santa Claus.to the little ones.
Hon, A. H. Longino was paying Brook
haven or some fair one u visit last Sab
bath.
Prof. w. b. Murrah is attending the
North Mississippi Conference at West
Point
Our valued Bogue Chitto correspondent
furnishes us an interesting batch of items
this week.
large number of negroes are leaving
Ia,,z H. IL h..
Mississippi Bottoms.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. N. Storm now occupy
tie beautiful residence recently erected by
our friend Hr. Joe Storm.
An interesting meeting of the Band Of
Hope will be held at the Methodist Church
next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
An old subscriber in RENTING his sub
scription to The LEADER, says: 81 regard
it the best local paper IN the State"
Taxpaying is progressing at the Sher-
ifs Office. The short cotton crop makes
the payment of taxes quite burden.
Rev. j. r. Farisll's sermon at the Meth
odist church on Thanksgiving day was
an excellent one, bristling with good
points.
Mas Edwina Burnley, o member OF the
faculty of the Industrial College for
Girls, paid her home and friends u visit
last week.
Miss Rena Montgomery, of Franklin
county, pald Brookhayeu short visit last
week. While here she was the guest of
Miss Ada Sessions.
Miss Pauline Watts, Of Hrookhaven,
was one of the attendants at the maria 3"
csMr. d. E. Barnes and Miss Della john
son in IIazlehurst ON the 18th ut.
Mrs. Mildred Tibhs left Tuesday night
for Durant. where she goes to visit her
sister, Mrs I. J. Williams. We wish her
pleasant trip and il safc return home.
DR.. c. A. Teunison, of Monticello, passed
through town Monday, en- route t" New
Orleans to take a special course Of lectures,
and favored The LEADER with pleasant
call.
Mr.. N. A. Tibbs, who has been contin-
unusly connected with THE LEADER office
ever since the paper was established, LET t
Tuesday night for Jackson to take po-
sition in the Office of the State Ledger.
The best wishes of TIE LEADER accompa-
ny hun.
The collection at the Thanksgiving ser
vice last Thursday for the benefit of the
Protestant Orphan Asylum ut Natchez
amounted to Sl3. 90, and $l.75 additional
was contributed Sunday morning by the
Baptist Sunday School; all of which has
been duly forwarded.
Little Miss Nell Butler, after long
visit to relatives here, returned to kel
home in Washington county last week
Her father, DR.. L. f. Butler, who lately
removed from Wesson, has a lucrative
and growing practice in his new home,
we are pleased to note.
Steve Scobcly's saloon closed Tuesday
his license. having expired. He will here
after continue in the restaurant and fancy
grocery business at his old stand. Messrs
Cope and Lucich's saloon licenses expire
next Wednesday, which will leave only
two remaining, the last Of which expires
May 31st.
In his sermon last Thursday Rev. j. X
Parish, abiding to the unmindfulness o
some of the blessings of God, said thai
some of the people of Brookhaven pay NJ
more attention to the Thanksgiving proc
lamati0ns of the President and the Cover
nor than they do to the braying of don
key in the street.
Four young ladies are employed at TIN
Brookhaven depot, namely: Miss Addi'
Harvey, day telegraph operator; Mis-
Bannie Allen, night operator; Misses En-
ma and Mary Bee, book-keepers in tn
freight department; and the railroad OF
ticials say the Brookha depot and tel
egraph office are as we'll managed as an.
on their line.-State Ledger.
DR.. Wesley Martin purchased 1000 Peer
less cotton seed last spring to experiment
with on a small scale. These were oil
May 18th planted in hills 3 by fee
apart, and the yield on the less than one
tenth of an acre planted, was at the rat
OF 2O95 pounds of seed cotton per acre, ant
every boil opened and picked by Nov. LIST
The Doctor has been offered ond refuses
$500 per bushel for his seed, and expect
next Vaar IN ,,lant or IN acras If all n