The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-16
STATE oLEANINos.


tragedy.
Bolivar and Quitman counties are
to have new jails.
Capt. r. F. Moore has been elect
ed mayor Of Columbus.
Three white patr,dges have been
caught in trap near Aberdeen.
w. r. Hyatt 4 CO., merchants Of
Yszoo City, have made an assign
ment
Mr.. F. A. Dunn and Miss Anna
Ferguson were married at Beaure
gard Sunday.
The Liberty Herald reports the
death Of Mr., b. 8. CRANKY, of
Am'te county.
The residence Of Mr.. r. D. Moore,
OF Amite county, was recently de-
troyed BY fire.
The Shubuta Messenger has been
enlarged from a six to q seven col.
nmn paper.
Col. L. A. Ragsdale, the oldest
and weafthiest citizen Of Meridian,
died in Memphis last week.
A negro was tnully murdered and
robbed by his c"lored ira. cling com
panions near TchuIa last week.
Mr.. w. l. May, Of the Wesson
Times, is sreaking of starting a
daily paper at Jackson soon.
Numerals yin bnrnings are re.
ported throughout the State a. the
result %: incrndia:ism anl accident
| Cap, W G. Gag, the slayer of
young Jore- in Wilk-rS"u county.
has hecn par'loned by the Gov
ernor.
A temperance mass meeting was
heM ut Hnzlrhur>t last F,ida,
night under the auspices Of the w.
e. r. U.
Negroes are emigrating in larg.
numbers from Monroe, a strong
whisky county, to Arkansas, a hal,
Prohibition Stale.
Over one hundred conversions
resulted from the recent pr",rac.ed
meeting in Poniotoc, conducted b,
Rev. b. N. Hatch.
| Mr.. Clark Flowers, of Franklin
county, has hog Of the Poland.
China stock which weighs from five
to SIX hundred pounds.
| The Yazoo Sentinel complains OF
short crops in the Del,e, and says
from present Indications this will
be the hardest year that section has
seen in = decade.
! A negro was shot and INSTANTLY
Killed toy drunken white mnn
near Columbus last week. The =,
turn OF sal"ons Ia e ,iu,nbus has ben.
truly return OF lawl,ssness.
Mr.. VIM. T. Head, Of Cnpiah couu
tv, aud Miss Varina Bonnev, o,
summit, were recently married.
The bride ia the daughter Of tn,
venerable editor oi the Sentinel
A pot office has been established
ut the State University. Letters t.
amy one connected with the Inst.tu
ton need not be directed to Oxfors-
but to "Universily'
A survey is being made for a
branch railroad To connect Aber
'lcen with the Kansas City road -,
Cation Gin, nine miics north. Th.,
gives Aberdeen three railroads
A fire occurred at Gre.nville, re
Gently, which DESTROYED 172 bales of
COTTON and box car, and it WAS
with great difficulty that the com
press was saved from destruction.
The people of Neshnba count,
sat down ON the proposition to con
tribute $3.50 900 Of their hard earn.
ings to and in the extension of til.
alchrz. Jackson and Columbus
Railroad.
Clarke county is in q state Of in.
tense excitement over the discover,
of iron. A negro, who had formerly
worked in the iron fields IA, Birm
ingham, was the first ore u max
the discovery.
The ma>ons of Mississippi are
cautioned against tramp VIII.
claims t." be u member of Hebron
L"d2e, No 465, York Springs, Pa,
giving his name H. John Cowelt.
John L. wis, Or John Sp eeney.
The 6fc department If Cnthmhu>.
Miss, vas called "ul three tines IN
| % e hight. ,,eceafiy, bv lutcu,iiar,
fires an,} about l6O bales OF cotton
"efs SET on DE aud dts,r, Eyed by
~ ,ncrndiary a, Greenville.
Mr.. j J. Prob. talented young
lawyer. lst- at Mead,iile, has re
moved 10 Natchrz for the practice
Of his profession Mr.. PROXY is
young, OF great capabilities. ot un.
firing energy. and we predict for
him bright and successful future.
Elk Sheriff Beck has been elect
ed Mayor Of Vickshurg. He brings
to the office the honor Of heine
charged with eight indictments in
the Crimina! Court, for alleged
crookednesa during his stewordsbir
AZ Sheriff, and the Hill City's nm
savory reputation promises. under
his administration, to be perpei-