The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09
STATE GLEANINGs.

Sunday in Vicksburg.
Joe Muh, a young man raised in
Jackson, died at Hot Springs last
week.
Pike county has q flourish ing agri
cultural society, Of which DR.. Hart
is President
The next meeting Of the North
Mississippi Conference will be held
at Winona.
Asa Dunaway's house, in Pike
county, was destroyed by fire
short time ago.
Bill Patterson, q colored brake
man, was killed by the cars At Du-
rant on the 2ud.
Tommy White, a lad Of II, was
thrown from buggy at Enterprise
last week and killed.
Mr.. A. II. FAINT, Of Wesson, wants
400 house cats for which he is will
ing 10 pay so cents per head.
Natchez had a Gre Saturday night
consuming her principle hotel and
two or three lesser buildings.
Mr.. Jas. M. Miller. OF New York
and Miss Jessie Gilmore, OF Crystal
Springs, we're married on the lst.
Harrison county has memorial.
ICED Congress to have the quaran.
line station removed from Ship
Island.
Rev. Bob Pearsou's revival in
Meridian is unprecedented. Several
hundreds have protested CONVEX
siun.
The Leland Record, published in
Washington county, says the
negroes continue to pour into the
bottoms.
Geo. Fl. Goodwin had his Jaw
broken and was rob led of $500 in
The rear Of Macon saloon last Sat
urday night
Geo. W. Moore, a Shubuta mer-
chant who made an assignment, was
detected stealing and hiding out
goods from his creditors.
Yazoo City had 100000 fire
Saturday night. Syme Of the pin,
ciple business houses on Main
street were laid in ashes.
The State Treasurer says he will
sell no more State bonds until Jan,
uary or February, 1887, Of which he
will give due notice in the jackson
papers.
The Baltimore & Ohio Express
Co has established its agencies on
he Queen Il Crescent lines Of Rail
road and the Southern Express has
Withdrawn.
VIM. p. Rhymes, q prominent citi.
Zen of Marlinsville, Miss, was
thrown from buggy by runaway
mule in Wcsson last week and sus
tanned injuries from which he died
From January the LIST; 1856, 70
November IS h Starkvile shipped
by express 3O,397 pounds of cream,
Al 500 pounds of butter and 1850
pounds OF buttermllk.
The Signal ,Copiahan complains Of
Wess' people who attend church
and g. to sleep and snore on the
front benches, and suggests the
adoption of sleeping chairs for their
benefit.
1t is humorously remarked that a
number Of the most loud ,nouthe,l
whisky men OF jackson during the
late Local option campaign are now
the most clamOrous advocates OF
water works.
DR.. w c. Black has been trans,
ferred by The Bishop from Meridian
t. Columbus. A strong effort is be,
ing mad. by the people of Meridian
tP have the order revoked, and To-
retain this powerful and gifted min
lister.
The jury in the case Of Charlie
Marsellas, on trial for killing the
drummer, Gibson Davis, in Dnranr
last December, returned q verdict at
acqultal. They were ont wen,v five
hours. Mr.. Davis widow is resid
ing with her parents in Brook haven.
The U. S Court in session a.
Jackson adjourned on the 2nd inst.
Judge Hill, in diScharging the
Grand Jury, said that there wis
little crime committed in Mis>is
-ipli. AMI that her people had ~
mach regard tor The laws as any
State ia The Union
The Post ufficc NJ ] ,hnsion's Sta
ton has been discontinued, AM
hereafter all mail for that pninL W Ii
hsve To be addressed to summit.
The reason Of This disconiinuance
was because the postoffice author
tiles refused to paw, as they have
been doing heretofore. a person to
take the mail from the mail crane 10
the postOffice, when it arrived night
and morning.
A committee Of ladies in jackson
has been organized for the purpose
of building Bishop Galloway a
hondsome residence in that place.
The, havd issued a circular appeal
ing to each pastor in the Mississippi