The Brookhaven leader., 1886-11-18
STATE GLEANINGS.

waterwOrks.
". J. C"or, Of IIazlehurst, has
made an assignment.
Mr.. G. w. Hamilton, Of Wesson,
is having new residence built.
The real aud personal property OF
Port Gibson is valued at $46O,9l6.
a Coffeeville man has raised 40
pears which weighed about sixty
pounds.
The Wcsson Methodist Sunday
School are preparing for Christ.
mas tree.
The Times saws Wesson has Z
sermons per week with prayer
meeting nights.
The Lafayette grand jury failed
to indict Chas b llowry Tor the kill
ing of ii. NJ. Sullivan.
Mr.. J. I. Wearhcrsby and Miss
Monte Watson were married III
Ilazlrhurst on the TN inst.
There are eleven secret frateni-
ties represented this year in the
State University ut Oxford.
The w. G. I. Us Of Fayette and
Crystal Springs gave public enter
tanments last Friday night.
206 witnesses were examined in
81 cases, and 90 bills Of indictment
found by the Copiah grand jury.
f. IIosrord will take charge of the
freight flee ct the Illinois Central
railroad at jackson on December
LIST.
A military company has been
organized by The students OF the
Chamberaiu-Ilunt Academy at
Port Gibson.
The Mississippi Supreme Court
was unanimous IN the opinion sus-
tanning the constitulionaIity of the
local option law.
The Signal-Copiahan says the
/ Circuit Court stenographer in the
! 10th district saves the tax payers
/ hundreds of dollars.
The cnterpli,ing State Ledger
issued an extra containing the Su-
pleme Court decision on the consti
tionality Of tue L. Cal Option
law.
Col. J. r. Galtney, Superinten-
dent Of Education Of Amite county,
and Miss Annie Haywood, OF
Raleigh, n. G., were married on The
9th inst.
Henry Jackson, a negro man who
killed jeff Jones, a man of his race,
in Warren county. about one year
ago. was tried and sentenced to the
pcnitentiary for lite.
/ In view If the recent decision by
the supreme court at Washing on
the r"lr rad commission has revoked
it's order al, cling int" State com
mtr>c on al the railroads.
Chalmers Will contest Morgan :
seat. He attempted To obtain II re-
~training len from Judge Hill u
prevent the ISSUANCE Of a certificate
OF election to Morgan, but failed.
The IIazIchursL merchants have
:! towardcd petition To Mr.. Clark
general manager of the Illinois Cen.
,ral Railroad, asking reduction
in TIE rate on cotton 10 New Or
leans.
The board 0flcvee commissioners
have met and fixed The advalorem
tax for the front Counties, com
posing the Yazoo- Mississippi delta
levce district, al III mills and l24
mills for the back counties.
The II year old mail rider, who
robbed the mail recent y between
Ackrrman and Louisville, was con
victcd ut Aberdeen and the United
States Court gave him couple OF
years at Albany, New York.
The Valley Flag says that on an
acre of land in Lehore county that
without lertilizing would have made
no more than 20 bushels of corn,
Mr.. w. l.. Ray gathered this year
las 1S bushels, having put on it
plenty Of cotton seed.
The following are the Congress
men elected for Mississippi. First
district, j. NJ. Allen; second, J. b
Morgan; third, I. c. Calchings
fourth, F. G. Barry; ifth, {. l..
Anderson; sixth, L r. Stocksdale;
seventh, G.. T.. Hooker.
Meredith Matthews appeared as
counsel in a case befnre the Circuit
court ON Tuesday II" seemed 10 he
we'll at ease AMI hauui, inc ta>" "a
a style which showed he had with
in him the material of which lawyers
are made. --Signal Copiahan.
Mr.. C. NJ. Jones, a clever gentle
man and a substantial farmer, liv-
ing about 6 miles north of here, on
The Terry road met with u fatal ac-
cident last Monday. He went out
to catch his horse when the horse
wheeled and kicked him in the stom-
ach. Two good physicians were call
ed in, but they could do him no good
and he died in short time from the
effect OF the kick. Mr.. Jones leaves