The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-05-13
STATE aLEANTNGs.

Nathan Martin OF Utica died last
week.
Mr.. J. C. Clark. Of the Messenger,
was reelected Mayor Of Kosciusko.
Lauderdale and Adams counties
hold Local Option elections June
9Th.
L. Summer, aged 73. fell dead at
his residence in Port Gibson last
week.
The Lafayette Circuit Court con
vened on the 3rd with 5 murder
cases on the docket.
The Summit Sentinel chronicles
the sudden death of Mr.. N. Fl. Kuy-
kendall, OF that place.
The graduating class Of Missis-
sippi College will consist this year
OF five young ministers.
A Meridian woman has been plac-
ed under bond of $50 10 keep the
peace toward her husband.
Chickasaw county votes on the
question Of sale or mo sale" un-
der the local option bill, on the 18th
inst.
Sam Kendall, farmer living near
Grenada, last week took an overdose
Of strychnine by mistake and died
from its effects.
Rev. Chas. b. Galloway will
preach the annual sermon at its clos
ing exercises of Port Gibson Female
College in June.
The Vicksburg Herald wants the
Hon. John NJ. Allen TO stand up and
explain why he voted against the
River and Harbor bill.
The Harrison county Democratic
Committee present the name of Hon.
Roderick Seal as a candidate for
Congress in the Sixth District.
Rev. Sam Jones has consented to
spend q week at the Seasbore Camp
Meeting, which has been changed
from the l4th to the 18th of July.
The Grand Lodge Knights of
Pythias meets in Yazoo City Tues.
day May 18th, 1886. This is one OF
the fourishing secret orders of the
State.
The Vicksburg Southrons, the
only Mississippi Company repre-
sented at the Savannah inter state
drill, took the first prize in the maid
en- drill Of $500.
Mr.. R. H. Snyder, Jr., editor of
Tensas Gazette, was married re-
Gently to Miss Efiie Harrison, the
daughter of Wade Harrison, ESQ
Of Church Hill, Jefferson county,
Miss.
DIR. David S. Humphreys, young
est son of Ex-Gov. B. G.. Hum
phreys, was married last week at
Lexington, Miss, to Miss Lallie
Hoskins, daughter of the editor of
the Bulletin.
The Inter State Drill is carving
thousands Of visitors to Vicksburg
this week. The fare for the round
trip from Jackson is $3.50 tickets
sold up to Friday and good for re-
turn until the 10th.
Brother Mitchell, Of the Signal
Copiahan, and Brother Anderson.
Of the kosciusko Star, were defeated
for Mayor in their respective towns.
Reason The other fellows got too
many votes. They both take their
defeat gracefully.
Mrs. Marshall Montgomery, of
West Point, Miss, accidently tell
backward over a toy wagon, a few
days ago, and died from the nervous
shock one hour after the accident oc-
Cured. She was a young and happy
bride of three months.
Thos. j. Fields killed Joseph D.
Shamburger near Crystal Springs
last Thursday because the latter
had made criminal assault on
Fields sister. There were no wit
nesses. Both were married men
about n years of age and farmers.
After the killing Fields went to
town and gave himself up.
The Capital Light Guards by &C
damation elected Miss Kate Power
as sponsor of the Company with the
request that Miss Mamie Campbell
be chosen one of her Maids Of
Honor. This request has been &C.
coded to, and Miss Ida Mitchell,
Leila Beatty and Mary Cooper have
been named as the other three.
One day last week, while cyclones
were uppermost in the minds of The
citizens of our sister city, large,
dark cloud rose apparently from the
ground just north of the depot, and
after remaining stationary for a
short while, moved off to the South.
While there was no con sternation, a
good deal of uneasiness was felt and
some were considerably alarmed.
The sky was clear at the time, and
no other cloud was seen anywhere
Signal COpiahan.
The Signal-Copiahan says before
the late strike was inaugurated, the
stockholders of the Mississippi