The Brookhaven leader., 1886-08-19
Town AND COUNTY ITEMS.
RIA psw Court House is finished.

rha nav Court House is finished.
Ho0s are dying of cholera in beat :.
yoters. read the poem We publish to-
day.
Mrs l.. A Kidd visited jackson last
week.
Nr. Ed. Powell is on q visit to his
fathers family.
Mr.r.H IL. Campbell left for her h"me
near Winona on last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Heuck have return
"a from their trip TO Meridian.
Rsv. ]. r. Parish is an indefatigable
worker for any cause he espouses.
Lawrence county expects To have \
new iail. See notice to contractors.
Hrookhaven was largely represented at
the Crystal springs Camp Meeting.
Our Brookhaven merchants will make
their preparations for an immense fall
trade.
Onr county officials have removed into
,h.ir new quarters and look as happy ~
Of yore.
The Brook haven Democratic precinct
rn.etinc will be held at the new Cont
House next Saturday at IL o'clock.
Mrs. Andrew Watson and five children,
If stoneville, Miss, are visiting her step
mother, Mrs. NJ. E. Strickland.
Col. Hooker addressed q small audience
at the Court House last saturday night on
the issues involved IN his canvass for Con-
gross.
Miss Fannie I.arkin deserves thanks for
her efforts in behalf of the Prohibition
campaign-her singing and playing on al
most all occasions.
A number of subscriptions of Proh,bi-
tion campaign subscribers expired with
our last issue. We would be very glad 1t
all would renew now for the year.
In order to arrange joint discussion
with Col. Hooker, Major Barksdale had to
arrange his appointments at Bogue Chit
TO and Lard's Mill each day later
We are indebted to Messrs. N. v. KEGS,
y. McRee and several other valued friends
for pleasant calls and renewals Of their
subscriptions during the past week.
Owing to the number of sbsentees at
tending Camp Meeting the congregations
at the Methodist and Presbyterian
churches last Sunday were unusually
small.
The w. c. T. L. will meet ut tho Pres
byterian church every Thursday evening
at s o'clock. The Band of Hope meets at
the Methodist Church every Sabbath
evening.
Major BarkSlalc will speak at the new
Court House tonight ut O'Clock on the
political iSsuos of the day. The LADIES'
are especially invited TO honor him 10y
their presence.
TINE LEADER acknowledges the cOurt
CIV Of a call from Hon. c. X. Dale, of
Lawrence, while on his way to the Con-
rres.ional Convention at Mississippi City
Monday evening.
Rev. f.. p. Douglass will preach in the
the Presbyterian Church on next Sab
bath, the ~ inst, at IL O'Clock A. NJ, and
sp.M. Rev. J. II. Parish will preach at
Fair River at the same time.
Mr.. J. s. Burns, one of the successful
and well-to-do farmers of Fair River, pre-
srnted US with the first open boil OF cot
ton Of the season. Mr.. Burns has ono OF
the finest fields of cotton we have seen
this year.
Our baseball boys who were summon.
ed to Franklin county last Saturday To
answer to q charge Of disturbing the
peace Of family during their recent Wis
it to play . match game with the Scotch
Roughs, came out with flying colors.
The trial was novel and amusing one.
Hon. A. II. Longino passed through
town Sunday evening en- route to the
Congressional Convention W hich c"nven-
ed at Mississippi City yesterday. II the
Convention should get mp deadlock, 1t
couldn't find q better clark horse" with
which to break it than the popular young
statesman from Lawrence.
To Jno. H. Martin, Esq, T. Dsbney
Marshall, Esq, Of jackson; Rev. W. Z.
Black, d. D., Of Meridian; J. 8. Sex
ton, Esq, and Rev. T. J. Nicholson, OF
Hsxlchurst, the W. C. T. U. of Brook
haven return: warmest thanks for their
kind and successful efforts in behalf OF
Prohibition during the recent campaign
The Presidency of Whitworth College
has been unanimously rendered by the
Board of Trustees to Prof. L. T. Fitzbugh
ofthe State University, who has under
consideration it's acceptance. Prot. fits
hugh is an educator Of long experience
and IN all of our acquaintance We do not
know Q man who would come nearer fill
ing the place of tho late DIR. johnson.
ROck.oANDER.