The Brookhaven leader., 1888-05-03
THE STATE.
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED
AND CONDENSED FROM
ALL QUARTERS.

Madison ships garlic to New Orleans.
West Point will have May ccle-
bration.
Croquet parties are now coming
forward.
ProspectOrs are busy sounding
Duck Hill.
Counterfeit silver dollarsarc abroad
in the land.
Bolton has a handsome new hotel
i'll progress.
Cooper's Well opened for the seas
on on the 1st.
Grenada will royalty entertain the
Press on the 9th.
Farms sell in Clay county at from
$40 to $50 per acre.
Columbia's Y. VI. c. \. is growing
in power every week.
20 bales of cotton were burned at
Aberdeen on the 18th.
Starkville has voted $4,000 to the
Georgia Pacific Railroad.
Crystal Springs expects to ship
5000 boxes of tomatoes.
The firemen's parade in Columbus,
on May 31st, will cost 5000.
jackson now comes to the front
with transportation company.
The Grass Growers Convention
will meet i'll jackson, May 23rd.
The Durant Democrat publishes the
names of its delinquent subscribers.
Bishop ii. NJ. Thompson confirmed
Il class ofnine at Jackson last Sabbath.
James Mansfield, aged Is, was
drowned on the 2Sth near Grecnville.
The fo0rage of the Canning Factory
at Crystal Springs is $4,000 square
feet.
The Y. NJ. G. A. of Meridian recent
" rendered reception to Miss May
Cowan.
Last week the Crystal city shipped
L full cars of Strawberries, and cars
of peas.
The Southrons, of Vicksburg, have
entered for the inter state drill at
Nashville.
Natchez, jackson and Port Gibson
celebrated Decoration Day with great
ceremony.
Rev. Mr.. Stewart, misSi onary to
China for II years, has been lecturing
in Meridian.
The w. c. T. L. of Crystal Springs
recently gave Il delightful social en-
tertainment.
A brilliant wedding was that at
Starkville of b. Blumenfcld and Miss
Carrie Fried.
The Meridian Daily News has cut
down its size from an eight to a seven
column folio.
The Durant Democrat is making it
uncomfortable for the !'hlind tigers
of that place.
Receipts of Columbus poStoffice for
last l2mOnths were Sc, 769, an increase.
of 20 per cent.
The Phoenix Fire Company, of
Nicksburg, gave brilliant banquet
and ball last Friday.
The late Carroll county court sen-|
fenced George Young (col) to hang inI
Walden on May 18th.
The President has approved the bill
providing for sessions of the United:
States Court at Mississippi City.
The 33rd Anniversary of the Her.
mepean Society of Mississippi College:
took place last Friday evening.
DR.. J. w. Holland, of MadisonI
county, recently shipped two car
loads of HOlstein cattle to Texas.
The foundation of the VicksburgI
court house is decaying and it is fear
ee the building will soon tumble.
Mr.. w. A. Henry, of the Yazoo Sen
tinel, is doing all he can to make thes
coming Press Convention a success.
a new artesian we'll to cost $425s
and to supply 6 gallons of water perl
minute will soon be bored in Tupelo.
Senator George introduced bill
to provide for public building at
Meridian to cost not more than $780,
900.
The Duck Hill Furnace blasts forf
f. Barksdale for Governor; while thes
Newton Dispatch is for ThOs. b. Ora /
ham.
The Clarion Ledger states that the /
acts OF the Legislature of 1883 will bel
ready for delivery about the LIST of {
June.
\ boiler explosion at Armstead,
Miss, on April 18th, killed S. ID. Per-
kinS and There Demming, white, and
Joe Hill, colored.
Batesville has been selected as the :
place for holding the annual picnic of
the employees OF the |. c. II. r. This /
picnic will take place May IL.
Dabney Marshall, the gifted young /
editor, of the Meridian Democrat, has
been invited to deliver the annual
Grafton at Centenary College.
A drunken man at Columbus found
his way to one of the rooms of the |.
|. and {. last week and caused theI
greatest CONSERVATION. The girls lett
whisky alone, but it doesn't let themI
alone.
Maj. w. T. Walthall of Biloxi hasI
been appointed by President Cleve.
land as Consul of the ~ . m Dapoa