The Brookhaven leader., 1886-08-26
STATE GLEANINGS.

) The Liberty Herald chronicles the
death OF +. G.. Roberts.
Meridian is to have new daily
paper by Mr.. j. ). Evans.
Leake, Scott and Jasper have in
strucled for your Uncle Otho Single
ton.
The Vicksburg Herald suggests
Hon II. d. Money rs candidate
for Governor.
Rowls, the negro who assassinated
Cook at Morton, was killed while re-
sisting arrest.
Aberdeen received the first bale Of
new cotton on the goth. 1t sold for
ID cents per pound.
The first bale of new cotton was
received at Greenville ou the 10Th
and sold for 10 cents.
A party of colored people at
Natchcz were poisoned, but not fa-
tally, by eating ice cream,
Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson is
having q residence built at jackson,
where he will permanently locate.
For the year ending June 30th,
1856, $47,0N2 was collected from
internal revenue license in this
State.
Mr.. James Hinson, of Amite coun.
ty, was seriously injured by fall
ing beam while removing his mill a
few days ago.
Judge John d. Shields, author of
Memories of 5. :. PrentiSs," com
mitted suicide at his home in
Natchcz recently.
The Meridian Free Press, "a
weekly journal of independent
views" will make its bow TO the
public on the 2SLh inst.
Last week George Hanna, press
man on the Commercial-EI Herald,
dropped dead at his residence in
Vicksburg, of heart disease.
In the late Local Option contest
in Kinds, the Dry Grove precinct
was true To its name. IL gave the
dry ticket 90, and the wet o.
One night last week negro man
was killed on w. | Causey's place,
several miles west of Liberty, by tho
accidental discharge OF a pistol.
) The Winona Advance las been
presented with radish which is II
Dches long, measures 10 inches
around the top, and weighs ) pounds
A construction train on the V. d
NJ. Railroad backed over a cow neal
Brandon on the 2lst, wounding the
engineer, fireman and a train hand
the Two latter fatal y.
Ben 'hnson and A. Finley wee
recently killed in Kinds county by
DR.. Lester in sell defense. Finley
and johnson attacked the Doctor
while he was on his way to see a
patient.
Howard Wilson, q printer, and
Miss Eva Latham, of Meridian, ran
away and married last week. Miss
Latham is the daughter of wealthy
parents. The couple returned soon
after the ceremony.
Carey Birdsong, Of Hazlehurst
had his face and eyes badly injured
on the night Of the l4th by the
premature discharge of a cannon
which was being fired in honor OF
Col. Hooker's victory in Kinds.
Thomas II. johnson, who killed
vonng Bolton q few weeks ago fol
the alleged seduction of his daugh,
ter, and who was admitted to bail
at the time, has been indicted fol
murder by the grand jury Of Rankin
county.
Owing to some informality in
making the returns from one of the
boxes, the Board of Supervisors
have been enjoined from declaring
the result of the recent Local Option
t election in Yazoo county, which
, went in favor of the Prohibitionists
by 269 majority.
AT Vicksburg Sunday Allen Lind
say, diminutive negro, stabbed his
,, wife fatally. She was in the habit
of beating him, and he had threat
ened revenge. When stabbed the
woman was bathing, and rushed
through the house screaming, Will,
torrents of blood poured from 6
, wound in her chest. Lindsay made
: his escape.
While Mr.. and Mrs. C. N. Ratlif
of Adams county, were following the
remains Of little niece to the GENE
terry, their horse took fright and rar
over a bluff into deep bayou. Mr.
Ratliff saved himself by jumping
but horse and carriage with Mrs
Ratliff fell about fifty feet, and the
lady was fatally injured, and the
horse was Instantly killed.
When Col. Slockdale returned tt
his home at Summit last week after
receiving the nomination for Con
gress the entire town was out await
ing their arrival, and was wild will
enthusiasm. Flags were flying from
Eoyaru hone fhn fripn of nnns