The Brookhaven leader., 1886-04-08
rowN AND COUNTY ITEMS.


An sorts Of pillow gear at Kohlman's.
M. z. ID. Davis will soon build new
resi,leuce on his lot Oh Railroad Avenue
Cant. 8. C.. Bufialoe and lady of Gre
NADIA will make Jackson their home III tn
fntnre.-SpOrd aud Shield.
The next meeting of the w. c. I. L
win be held at Mrs Daughtry's promptly
M four o'clock Friday afternoon.
Prof J. w. Bethea, of Summit, wa
ampur our welcome callers last Saturday
We we're glad to learn that his school II
progressing finely.
Nj. Josh Priebatsch has greatly I'M
proyed the Butfalue place, recently pur'
cha sed by him. Among the latest addi'
tons is handsome yard fence.
Messrs. T. T. Meade & Co. have remov.
"A from their old stand to the Priebatsch
Building one door further west on Chero-
lee street--a decided Improvement,
Hon. G.. X. Dale was in town last Fri
day and favored The LEADER with a
abort call. He Las many friends and adj
us;rers in Brookhaven and Lincoln coun-
ty.
prcsiding Elder Wctms will hold quar-
terly meeting at the Methodist Church
i'm thls city next Saturday and Sunday.
The members of the church are especially
urged to be present.
The City authorities have been after
The mischievous meddlers with the city
Iamps. The small boy who plugs holes
through the glass protectors hereafter
with his "colored shooter" will he dealt
with.
Since our last issue we have learned
that Archie McLain, formerly of this
place, who was arrested gu suspicion OF
having been implicated in the Tchula
r .bbery, was released, there being no
evidence to Justify his retention.
Ed. j. A. Scarborough requests us to
announce that he will meet his congrega-
ton at Union Hall at the next regular
appointment in April. He says measles
liz his family caused his failure to keep
his appointment in February, and the
suse of his failure in March will be found
in Isaiah g.: 6.
The cold weather this week has been
remarkable. Monday Overcoats and
wraps were in demand the same as if it
were mid winter. Tuesday morning the
earth was literally white with frost, and
ice WIS also observable IN many places.
The weather has since been gradually
moderating, but it is still unseasonably
cold. Early vegetables, including Irish
potatocs. have suffered dreadfully, and it
Is feared the fruit crop is also CRAFTY in
jured.
We to-day lay before our readers the
chaste and beautiful address delivered by
Mis- kdlie V. Marshall on the occasion of
the anniversary entertainment of the Wo-
mcns Christian Temperance Union of
Brookhaven, on the evening of March
18th, and of which il was one of the most
distinguishing features. Clear and con-
aeter and mission of the w. c. L. u, its
earnest and appealing eloquence faith
fully reflects the sentiments and desires OF
the noble and devoted band of more than
three score women of our town who are
enlisted under the white banner inscrib-
ed "For God, and Home, and Native
Land" and should arouse every chivalrie
con of Lincoln county to do heroic battle
On the side of right in the struggle soon
to be joined against the infamous trafhc
in human life, happiness, and every thing
else which woman holds most dear.
Mr. and Mrs r. Babcock, If Wataga,
ILL.,, left for their Western home last Fri
day, after having spent week as guests
at fhe Decell House. Mr.. Babcock is one
OF the intelligent and well-tO-do farmers
of the West, and himself and wife have
been spending the winter in the South
for the purpose of seeing the country and
ENJOYING our mild winter climate. THE
LEADER is indebted to him for several
very pleasant calls during his short stay,
and we were more than once impressed
with accuracy of his observations about
our State and her needs. He seemed to
be especially struck with the loose and
unscientifc style Of Southern farming,
and the comparative scarcity and abso-
lutte inefficiency of public schools, and
the amount of illiteracy among the white
people of Mississippi to say nothing OF
the blacks. One day while here he went
ont and spent day with Col. bennett on
the Picayune Farm, and there he said
found things in decided contrast with
many other places he had observed since
be came South-good fences and gates
on their hinges clean yards and lots,
compost heaps, good out-buildings, fine
young fruit trees, garden, bee hives,
poultry, and a general appearance OF
thrift and good management, seldom ob
servable before, and which he says distin-
euishes the farms in Illinois from those
II the South. With BrOokhaven he ap-
peared to be- also well pleased, and will
carry with him pleasant recollec tions o.
those of our people whom he met.
MARRIED.