The Brookhaven leader., 1888-06-21
THE STATE.
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED
AND CONDENSED FROM
ALL QUARTERS.

formed.
Yazoo City has recognized its W.
{. II. u.
Lafayette county has been killing
mad dogs.
Col. J. J. Williams, of Grenada, has
lost his eyesight.
l.. q. C. Lamar is now visiting i'll
Lafayette county.
w. II. Crane, an esteemed citizen,
died at jackson on the 18th.
Apples aud cherries were remunera
tive in Bonneville this season.
Ground has been broken at Lexing-
ton for II new Presbyterian Church.
Ten ear loads of tomatoes were
shipped from Crystal Springs on the
18th.
The recent Y. NJ. {. A. entertain
ment ut Woodville was Il brilliant
success.
Mississippi College commencement
exercises begin this evening and close
next tuesday.
II. ID. Middleton, of Centreville, has
COW that has brought four calves in
eleven months.
Miss Rebecca Orr and Mr.. j. Quit
man Roberts were married ut Pearl
ingtOn, on the 18th.
The Rev. W. l.. G. Ilunnicut, of
Port Gibson, was elected president of
Centenary College.
Miss Mamie Bacon, of the |. |. &C,
was married on the 14th to Prof. G..
c. Cox, of Georgia.
The Land Company and Alliance
will give grand barbecue ut Beau
regard on July 4th.
Friends of the late DIR. NJ. :. Craft
contemplate erecting Il monument to
his memory at jackson.
Tom Weathersby, III Amite county,
was thrown from his buggy last week
and had his leg broken.
The Kosciusko Star says in TupelO
cucumbers, college graduates and 9th
er green things flourish.
DIR. A. d. McVoy has been elected
president of the Methodist Female
Seminary at Mansfield, La.
WhitwOrth College graduated 81
Young ladies this year, making its
alumnR something over 300.
a fishing party from Scranton,
/ In
pers, averaging Is pounds each.
Washington Ingc and Spencer Col
Inns, colOrcd, were lynched near
Natchez the first of this week for at
tempted rape.
Moses Jenkins, man who was Il
pillow boy ut the close of the RevOlu-
ton, died in Cotfeeville last week, at
the age of 10.
DIR. W. Y. Gadberry, of Yazoo City,
will he resident physician at White
sulphur Springs, Va, during the
summer months.
Mr.. NichOll, manager of the Natchez
Road, announces that arrangements
have been made to change the gauge
I W lIlt SltllNldIu NlulH
Mr.. w. b. Walker, of Aberdeen,
and Miss Mary Dudley Sykes, of the
same place, were united in marriage
on the Sth inst. by Bishop Galloway.
The Copiah Signal says a snake has
legs. A black runner being killed
i'll Hazlehurst was discovered to have
legs and feet measuring half an inch
in length.
The latest railroad racket is ii
branch line to be run from Hazlehurst
to ROckport, across Pearl River and
on through he counties of Simpson,
Lawrence, etc, as occasion may de
mand.
The Magnolia Gazette says it can't
live on compliments. 1t makes the
editors soul sick to "send the paper
on to Il complimentary friend with
never sight of silver to out -glimmer
the glare of brass.
In the Southeastern portion of Pike
county school house was burned
down by incendiaries last week.
Tackled to tree was a notice to the
teacher a respectable colOred man, to
| leave or he would be killed
The School Board of Vicksburg has
elected Prof. f. w. Wright, of Ken
dallville, Indiana, superintendent of
city schools. Prof. Wright may be a
magnificent teacher, but that is a long
way to travel for "wielder of the
rod"
Mr.. c. l.. Bradley, who for several
weeks has been confined in jail in
IazOo City for violation of the Local
Option Law, has been recommended
for pardon, on account of i'll health,
by the grand jury, composed of Is
prOhibitiOnists and ants.
Hon. T. c. Catchings has been nom
mated as his own successor by the
Democratic convention of the 3rd
Congressional District. The COnven-
ton was held at Greenville last We'd
nesday' and Mr.. Catchings was NOM
mated by rising vote there being no
opposition.
Capt. w. II. Hardy, of the Gulf g.
Ship Island Railroad, has sailed for
Europe, probably to lecture on "Per-
sOnal Journalism" and help the des-
pots across the pond to muzzle free
press. However, William will have
eDOuoh Of this sort Of thinr to do of