The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-14
STATE GLEANINGS.

The Natchpz Democrat reached
its twenty first year on the 7Lh inst.
Mr.. Chas. Harris and Miss Clara
Mimms were married in Utica last
week.
Rev. NJ. A. Bell, pastor Of the
Methodist Church at Flora, died
last week.
Crops in Rankin are reported very
short, averaging about One-half the
the usual Yield.
Mississippi has voting popula
tion of 100000. OF this number
1000 are lawyers.
The Illinois Central Railroad con
templates building a branch from
Muldun To Columbus.
DR.. 5. 5. Franklin, one Of the old
est citizens of Columbus, died last
week in his Seth year
Holly Springs is to have a com
press. Col. J. G.. Clark, OF the |. {
Il. r., donated the land and 5000.
Among the recent deaths in the
lower end Of YaZoo county are Mr..
Joseph ;. Lee and Dir. Ii. futile.
The wells down on the coast are
going dry, and the Cult Coast Pro
gresS suggests tie earthquake As
the cause.
Mr.. Moss, who killed John Cook
about one year ago in Columbia,
was tried on q charge Of murder
and acquitted.
Farmers drive their cotton wagons
hight through Brandon to Jack
son, - miles beyond. That smacks
Of q dead town.
Mr. II. p. Beeman, Of the Gull
Coast Beacon, and Miss Lizzie
Middleton, of Pass Christian, were
married last week.
Mrs. Rosina Williams. Of Jackson,
wife of Mr. Charles Williams. the
proprietor 9th Pearl River Foun-
dry, died last week.
The next meeting of the Union
Baptist Association will be held
with Greenbrier church, lear
Hermansvi.le, Claiborne county.
w. A. Shippv, the man who killed
J. p Avery in kosciusko in July,
1855, was tried in Madison county
last week on a charge Of venue and
acquitted.
The New Mississlppian thinks in
two years Crystal Springs, Canton,
Brandon and other small towns near
will be the suburbs Of jackson. Go
it, John.
The Magnolia Gazette SAYS the
Pike county Jail has became unpop-
ular with the colored folks for the
reason that they some times sec
chooses in it.
In Rankin county, out OF 60
teachers examined, thirty-one sue
cetded and twenty nine failed
Thirteen whites and two blacks
received first grade certificates.
The will of the late G.. H. Crump,
leaving all h property to the pub
lie school OF Yuzoo City, and which
has been contested by his heirs, was
sustained by the Chancery Court.
A competitive examination Of
those desiring appointment as cad
ct to the u. 5. Military Academy at
West point, will be held at Summit
Miss, on Wednesday, October -,
1856.
In Yazoo City last Thursdy Chas.
Mechanics shot and mortaIly wound
ed Nellie Lawrence and then shot
and killed himself. A whisky flask
nearly empty, was found lying in
the room.
A new post office has been estab-
lished in Franklin county, at the
residence of DR.. A. M. Dodds, on
the mail route from Brookhrven to
Meadville, called Umbra, DR.. Dodds,
Postmaster.
A new postofiice has been estah-
lished in the northeastern part Of
Claiborne county, on the route from
Rocky Springs to Cayuga, called
Reganton, in honor of MIR. j. A.
Regan-W. c. Hicks postmaster.
Senator f. C. WaltLall has con-
tributed 800 to the Confederate
Monumental Fund. He has also
agreed TO take charge of collecting
a fund for the soldiers of his old
brigade. Let others follow Senator
Walthall's example.
The City Council of Hazlehurst
have adopted the Local Option Law
as an ordinance of that city, but
provide that the penalty for a VIC
lation thereof shall in no case exceed
a fine of $50, nor Imprisonment in
the town prison more than ten days
for any one otfense.
The American Herd book associa-
ton held its annual meeting in Holly
Springs on the oh, there being
present forty members. The report
Of the secretary shows the registra-
ton of 500 animals during the past
year. The volume of the Associa-
lion Herd Book will be ready for