The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-12-20

Jas. MOreheau, OF Holmes county,
was killed last week by his mule kick
ing him.
The monument fund to the memory
of ROderick Gambrell has reached
$237.47.
r. S. Magee, of Simpson county,
was recently thrown out of his buggy
and killed.
w. F. Harrington, native of Law
renee county, died at kOsciusko on
Nov. 22nd.
Col. A. j. Paxton's residence at
Arcola was destroyed by fire on the
18th. Loss $4,000.
Senator George A. Guice, of Mead
vile, was granted patent last week
on a car-cOupler.
A man named Hudson attempted
suicide in Vicksburg on the Sth by
taking chlOrOfOrm.
The Iuka w. C. Il. U. keeps up
good Temperance school, having semi
monthly meetings.
Mr.. Isaac V. EnOchs of Terry, and
Miss Mary Rawls, of Poplarville, were
married on the End.
ID. r. Branch, the Winona Times,
and Miss Lula wilkins, of Duck Hill,
were married last week.
The race track at Greenville was
bought for $4,000 eight years ago, and
sold for 500, 900 last week.
DR.. j. j. Wheat has resigned his
PrOfessorship in State University to
enter the Methodist ltineracy.
Another gin house cremated last
week near Port Gibson. Four gins
destroyed by fire this season.
Miss Laura Tillman and Mr.. 10
Flowers. of Crystal Springs, were
united in the holy bonds last week.
Miss May Britton of Natchez and
Mr.. Lemuel p. Conner, jr, were mar
ried by Rev. Jos. b. Stratton, d. ID.
last week.
The steamer Barksdale, loaded
with 9S1 bales of cotton, 1000 sacks of
seed and other freight, was burned on
the Yazoo river last week.
MIS-. NJ. G.. Liddell, mother of Mrs.
j. G. Lyell of Wesson, died there re-
Gently. She was for many years
resident of North Miss issippi.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Manship, of
jackson, celebrated their golden we'd
ding on the 18th, 10 of their children
being with them and the widow of the
Justice of the Peace who performed
the ceremony so years ago.
Mr.. L. S. Pearson, of Memphis, was
fined $50 by Pamela county court for
carrying on the jug trade in Batesvllle.
Judge Rogers held that when the
money was collected and the whisky
delivered at the above town it was the
same as the sale of liquor at that place.
The Yazoo comfy Grand Jury was
unable to discover any of the persons
who lynched Wilkes Arnold, the ne
gro who murdered Capt. r. G. john
son, although about fifteen men who
were among the lynchers are known.
The jury in its report took occasion to
state THE belief of it's members that
several of the lynchers had appeared
before them as witnesses.
Garley Brown, ofWater Valley, who
gained unenviable nOtOriety few
months ago in connection with the
factory girl, Willie Tisdale, who was
sent by her betrayers from Water
Valley to Memphis, and there died
miserable death from malpractice,
has been taken to Memphis under
requisition from the Governor of Ten
nessee and required to give bond to
answer for his share in the crime.
Two negroes, who live near Blount-
vile, were brought over to town and
lodged in Jail last Friday evening,
charged with murder. 1t seems that
last April peddler, name and resi-
dence unknown, passed through this
county, and after crossing the river at
this place going eastward, suddenly
and mysteriously disappeared. Mo-
attention was paid to the matter at
the time, however, as the man was
looking pale and sickly and. the general
impression was that he had died nat
ural death. Subsequent developments,
however, proved this to be untrue.
One of the negroes, There were three
implicated in it) Bill Barnes, confess
ed to robbing the man and pushing
him in a canal, at the same time i'm
plicating these other two negroes.
He then skipped. The remaining two
negroes were at once arrested and
had preliminary trial, but nothing
definite was learned. They claim to
be innocent of the charge of murder,
but acknowledge robbing him, and
then giving the money back.-LaTreHce
County Press.