The Brookhaven leader., 1888-09-06
THE STATE.
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED
AND CONDENSED FROM
ALL QUARTERS.

Nickshurg has driving club.
Wcsson has a dramatic company.
The Yazoo City Item has suspended.
a wild man has been seen in Yazoo.
Wesson taxable property is 81, $780,
600.
The /. c. II. X. is selling its Delta
lands.
Meridian will soon have an Expo
sition.
Holly Spring sports dancing
school.
Mississippi has 81 L. s. government
clerks.
Prof. r. X. Jayne is now in Wash
ington.
Grcenville will soon have a pump
factory.
Normal Colleges are springing up
in the State.
Yazoo cotton planters are gloomy
over the crop.
Bay st. Louis had fine military
ball last week.
A bagging factory is one thing
Meridian wants.
The ''Blind Tiger" will have to
go from TazOo.
The State corn crop is estimated at
5000, 900 bushels.
Port Gibson has "Colored Dixon
Dramatic Troupe"
jeff Davis is studying the Missis-
sippi River Overtlows.
the Panolian, published at Bates
vile, is offered for sale.
Magnolia had nice concert last
week that Melted $4,000.
The cotton worms are doing great
damage in the YazOo Delta.
Meridian is to have the most com
plete city school building in the
State.
Clark of the kosciusko Messenger
is the champion State news con-
denser.
Mrs. Riggan, formerly known as
Miss Helen Gadberry, now of Texas,
has been visiting in YazoO City.
A very small vote was polled in the
prohibition election in YazOo county,
but it was unanimous for prohibition.
A new postofice has been estab-
lisbed at Massengale, Jasper county,
with Curtis b. Massengale, Postmas
ter.
A train on the Starkville branch ran
over negro boy but he still survives.
The engine had gone to the shop for
repairs.
Howard Tulley, who was laid to
rest at Cotfeeville in 1869, was removed
to Fort Worth, Texas, by his son,
recently.
Lee Hinson, who killed DR.. SIM
mons in Pike, has been denied bail,
aud his brother and half brother are
out on bond.
A colony of 26 families of Michi-
igan people are locating % miles north
of Gulf Port on the Gulf and Ship Is
land Railroad.
The Mississippi State Wheel, an
organization of farmers, similar to the
Grange and Alliance, met in Brooks
vile yesterday.
w. f. Mollison, colOred man of
Mayersville, refused the nomination
for Congress rendered by the Repub-
licans of his district.
Prof w. E. Hughes, a talented sing
er, of Tennessee, conducted the vocal
services at the First Baptist church in
Meridian last Sabbath.
Among the gubernatorial possibili-
ties are Barksdale, Lee, Power, Van
Eaton, FeatherstOne, West, Stands,
Ford, Singleton and Etcetera.
Miss Winnie Davis is spending some
time at Bar Harbor, Maine, the guest
of Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, wife of the
editor of the New York World.
Judge Hill has ordered the Federal
Court at Mississippi City to be adj
jOurned over to the regular term on
the third Monday in February, 1889
The south bound passenger train
ran off the track at Durant Saturday
night smashing the engine and caus,
ing delay, but doing no Serious dam
age.
The Amite and Pike county Co.
operative Alliance Warehouse AssO
citation has selected in McCOmb City {
site for warehouse, containing
acres.
The State Alliance has appointed {
committe to induce the cotton factO
ries of the State to manufacture /
substitute for jute bagging. This is ;
good move.
In Webster county II negro wal
lynched, Aug. n, for forcing an en-
trance at night into a lady's residence
and criminally assaulting her and he
young daughter.
John Ramus, a colored sport living
near Silver Lake, while out huntin,
shot and killed Peter French, a youny
deacon of the African church a
Greenville last week.
In the murder case of DIR. Flee
Simmons, Hons. Hiram Cassidy an(
Jas. c. Lamkin are for the defence anl
Hons. Geo. S. DOdds and A. j. Nc
Laurin for the prosecution.
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