The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-02
STATE GLEATINGS.
Yesson has three beef mark cts.

Monday night.
Jackson refused to vote 100000
for the Little j. machine shops.
Miller & Britton, Of Haz'ehurst,
made an assignment last week.
The Supreme Court has adjourn
ed uutil the first Monday in Jan
uary.
Capt. Jno. W. Powell and r. F.
Beck are candidates for Mayor OF
VIcksburg.
A late revival in the Baptist
church at Liberty resulted in about
40 accessiOns.
VIM. Swift, a colored man liv-
ing near Liberty, is the father OF
forty-thrce children.
The Oxford Falcon SAYS that the
Young ladies Of the French Camp
Institute hunt "possums."
jackson has Is whisky saloons and
the last one will retire from the bus
mess after the 9th of March.
Elk President Davis passed
through Vicksburg last Saturday
on the way to his Brierfeld plan
tation.
The Liberty Herald chronicles the
death of Howell G.. Wall and w. l.
Ewell, two old citizens Of Amlte
county.
S G. Redding, a young man of
Hazlehurst. was killed last week
while braking on the cars near
Manshac.
Jn9. F. Baskins, for the last 80
years a citizen Of Clinton and vicin-
itv, died at his residence in Clinton
on the l7tb.
! The North Mississippi Confer
ference is in session at West Point,
presided over by Bishop Duncan, Of
South Caroiua.
Mr.. Robert Willing, Of Fort
Worth, Texas, and Miss Willie
Flowers, of Hazlehurst, were mar
ried last week.
A car load Of cotton caught fire in
Vicksburg last Saturday, and was
badly damaged before the flames
! could be eXungulshed.
Thanksgiving was observed in
Wesson, KevS. Jones and Morris
officiating at the Methodist church
The Mills were closed up.
Mr. George Carroll, a farmer in
Carroll county, raised A. bushels OF
corn on one acre Of ground, and
challenges the State for a greater
yield.
A gin and one hundred bales OF
cotton belonging To ex Auditor
G"in, wrie burned on the l6 h, inst :.
Loss about $50, 900, insuran, e
$1,000.
V.y<~hprL has a growing Cplorcd
EpiStnpq, Cilu'ch, vita Rev. GIborl
Ml.td,et"r, 60 ore |, lately conhrmr1
hN Bishop Hugh Miller rhompson,a s
pastor.
We learn 'h.t saw mill belong
ing L. Nj. Gage, about 3 mile,
son beast of WesSon. VAS Ge~trov' d
h' Ere Saturday nlgut last " IS
son Times
William Robinson, a RAILROAD EN-
ploye, was fouily murdered in Merid
ian last week, sad p gambler named
John Doherry, has been arrested as
the murderer.
Col +. d. Frost, for several years
the Superintendent of the "Littlr
j." Railroad has rendered his resig-
nation to take effect Jan. LIST, He is
one of the most perfect gentleman in
the country, and superior railroad
man.
A moonshiner's camp and several
barrels of Illicit distilled cred eye"
were discovered in Tallahatchie
county Ivy the Revenue officers and
destroyed. The moonshiners made
their escape through the cane
bra kes.
1t it stated that &. P. Huntington,
Il +. Wilson, and Leland stanton d
are about to open and cultivate in
cotton 100000 acres Of land in the
Yazoo Delta. along the line of TIE
Louisville, New Orleans & Texas
Railroad.
Rev. r. G. Pearson has been car
rying on a big revival in Meridian
1t is said that Mr.. Pearson can
truthfully lay claim to being the
peer of Sam Jones. 40 far as sncc t,s
is concerned lie 10 native Of
Mississippi.
Ii B Bruser, of Vicksburg, has
contracted to build for the Refuge
Oil Mills three tanks with a capac-
ity OF 100000 gallons. They are
to be completed in ninety days and
will be The largest tauks used by any
oil mill in the United States.
A singular freak of nature oc
Cured recently near Abedeen, in the
birth of g child whose mother was
a bright mulatto and Its father a
black negro. Half of the child's
head and body is jet black with
kinky hair, while the other half is
white with light hair.