The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-11-25
STATE GLEANINGS.

A Legion Of Honor Lodge has
been organized in Hazlehurst.
Sweet Coahoma" gave a Repub-
lican majority If one hundred.
The cotton crop is reported very
.horti in Copi"h, and in many Others
ditto.
DR.. Hoyt, the Nashville revival
ist, is again holding service in Mis-
sissippi.
Felix Hitler, f. Hitler, and James
Priestly merchants Of Canton, Jailed
last week.
The Port Gibson post office is in
the same house that IL was forty
years ago.
The quarantine against Biloxi
has been removed by the State
Board Of health.
Mr.. Aaron Norman and Miss
Maggie Bright, were married i'll
Wes>on last week.
The Signal-Copiahan says that
Rev. w. Is. Bingham Is still confined
TO his bed with fever.
DIR. Rowan, of BcauIeLard, re-
Gently lost his span OF fine dun
horses by blind stag2ers.
Tie CoIored people of Liberty
have organized II Lodge Of the
Sons and Daughters Of Jacob.
Father Enright, the eloquent
Catholic divine, has beeu holding q
series ol meetings in Wesson.
G. /. Allen, HazIchurst druggist,
fell from u char which he had
mounted To extinguish lamp and
broke his leg.
The Copiah Circuit Court was
unable To clear the docket at the
last term, owing To the large amount
of old business on it.
An cx.convict named Danl
Williams, who has served two Years
IN the penitentiary for horse-steal-
ing, was jailed in Columbus las,
week Tor the same otftnse.
f. ID. Braden, Postal Clerk Of the
Aberdeen and Lexington Railroad.
who MAS fugitive, was arreste 10y
Post office Detective, at Indian
apnlis, Indiana, on the 10Th instant
and Brought back TO this State.
A petition to the Post Office
Department has been circulated in
Fayetie, Harriston and Union
Church, asking for the establish
mcnL Of daily mail service be-
tween Favettc and Union Church
via llarriston.
Mid Powell, colnrrd. who killed a
negro in the Pine Bluff neighbor
hood, was arraigned Tuesday and
plead guilty 10 maDslsnghter. where
upon the court sentenced him To
ten years in the Prnitentiary.. -
Signal Copiohdn
The voung America who under
took to sell liquor in Senatorial, in
violation Of the law, got irto trouble
with Judge ROanc and District
ATTORNEY O1leshv, -wOre lies, wae
Indicted for perjury, and is now
>ervin2 term in the Mississippi
Pentitentiary.
The grand jury of this county
only found 20 true bills, after cx-
aiming 200 witnesses in So cases.
They made report in which they
stated that the small number of
true bills found was due to the
wholesome effect of prohibition
Crystal Springs Meteor.
Judge Hill has made the injunc-
ton perpetual restraining the rail
road Com mission from interfering
with the Mobile & Ohio and Mem
phis and Tennessee Railroad Com
panies, so far as relates to freight
shipped from points within the
State to points without and uice
verSd.
The Board of Aldermen of Wi
mona have taken time nv the fore
lock and passed an ordinance pro-
hibiting the burning of fire-crackers,
Roman candles, sky rockets and
other fire works in the business pOr
iion of the town, or around any
warehouse, depot or livery
stable.
At Bay S.. Louis last week u
Young woman named ESielle BIaiz-
was guilty of the unn atural crime of
calling her father out of his store
and throwing landtu' of cayenn"
pepper in his cy.-, liter which h"
was c"whilcd 10y her 't'rpr" hes.
Both of the offenders were placed
under heavy bond to answer in
the Circuit Court.
The case of George Bee>ley FIR
killing Frank Starnes, in july last.
was taken up on Wednesday of last I
week and submitted to the jury on
Monday night at half past ten
o'clock. The State was represented
nv District Attorney Miller, AMI
the defendant by Messrs. Conn,
Jones and Matthews. No trouble