The Brookhaven leader., 1886-05-20
STATE GLEANINGS.
Utica has gone dry.

Rev. DR.. TToytc is carrying on a
successful revival at Meridian.
Jesse Fuller, former citizen of
Summit, died in Texas recently.
The Summit Amateurs will play
the Lady Of Lyons on June 18th.
Mr.. j. Moore, a respected citi-
zen of Summit, died on the 9th inst
The residence of w. f. Blades.
near Osyka, was destroyed by fire on
the 3rd inst.
The Protestant Orphan Asylum at
Natchez celebrated its 70tn ami
versary ON the 4th inst.
There are 26O qualified voters OF
the town Of Kosclusko, of whom Isl
are white and 76 colored.
Bob Turner, charged with the
murder Of Albert Lection in Lafay-
cite county, was acquitted.
There are 80 furnishing Prohibi-
ton clubs in Lauderlale county and
still they spread and multiply.
Robinson's circus gave a perform
ance in Vickburg for the benefit of
the school house fund of that city.
Wesson has a band of Hope with
over 80 members. Mr.. S. p. Bloom is
Superintendent and Mr., Monroe
Smith Secretary.
DR.. II. f. Mckay, the strawberry
king of Madison Station, will berry
the members of the Press Associa.
ton at West Point.
Mr.. A. f. Dawson, a highly re-
Spectcd lady and q sister OF DR.. r
II Winter, died suddenly in Jack
son last week of congestion.
f. R. Taylor and D. S. Kaufman,
two Of the men who committed the
Tchula robbery, were sentenced to
0 years in the penitentiary.
Miss LEILA Hunt, daughter Of Capt.
Thos. w. Hunt, formerly of JetIer-
son county, was recently married in
Fargo, D. T, to Il Mr.. Cole.
Joe Crane was convicted Of the
murder of WIN. Sparrenburg at Bay
st. Louis on the 18th inst. and sen
fenced to be hung June 18th.
Attala has instructed for her
county man, Hon. c. L. Anderson,
b. H. Polk, formerly citizen OF
Vickshurg, died in Lincoln, Neb.,
on the 18th inst.
The people of Chester are anxious
to have a new county formed of por
tons OF Adams, Amite, franklin
and Wilkinson counties with Clos
ter as the county seat.
Carroll Ward, aged II, attending
the Chambcrlin-IIunt Academy from
St. Landry Parish, was drowned in
the Bayon Pierre near Port Gibson
last week while bathing.
The noted Baptist divine, DR.. J. B.
Hawthorne, of Atlanta, AMI L. 5.
Senator Colquit, of Georgia, will
speak for Prohibition in Meridian
! pending the local option contest.
The people Of Clay county spend
about $4,000 per annum for whiS-
ky. This is about 81 per capita OF
taxpayers, and $23 per capita of the
voters. Think of this and you may
arrive at true solution of the hard
times prohlem.-Cloy County Lead-
I En-.
Berry Cochran and John Davis,
white men OF Wavne county, were
convicted in the Federal Court of
deprrdating on public lands. In
view Of eXtenuating circumstances,
judge Hill let them off with light
fines and upon the payment of the
costs.
An unknown white man was found
murdered at n point near Redwood
Station, ten miles north of Vicks-
burg, last week. He was plainly
dressed in dark clothes, had mus
tache and light whiskers, and was
apparently 80 years of age. He
was killed with buckshot.
Encouraging news continues to
come to US from all parts of this
county, and the probability has
grown into almost certainty, that
Kinds, the empire county Of Missis-
sippi, in the coming election, will
Danish the groggeries from her Dor
dcrs.-Ne'0 NjSStSSipptan.
The Womack bridge over the Ho-
mochitto river in Wilkinson county,
built last year at cost of 5000, was
washed away by the late heavy
rains. Mr.. John Davidson was
crossing the bridge on a mule when
it washed away. The mule was
drowned, but the rider saved him
self.
The case of Melton Woods, charg-
ed with the murder of Richard Hen
derson, which occurred on the Flow
ers place, Is miles west, came up
on Saturday, the jury finding Woods
guilty of manslaughter. The court
thereupon sentenced him to three
years in the penitentiary.-Signal
COpjdhan.
At the inter state free for all drill
at Vicksburg last Friday, the Mont
gomery Grays carried off the first
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