The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26
Town AND COUNTY ITEMS.


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MAJOR Wilmoth is still on The look-on
,,,t that rich widow.
N.,ls served ut Nil honr~ chrnp a.
wIlmotls restaurant.
R,y.A.A. L"max is expected t" prenci
81 ;he Baptist church tonight.
The moon will riso in total eclipse, OF
Saturday,, the % Of this month.
stranger made his appearance through
81. clouds yestcrday-thc sun.
Tall the ladies' Powell has the finest
r,rdies. Fruits and CONNECTIONS.
Won don't know how cheap yon can
hsy until you zee Powell's goods.
The surprise party at Capt Hoskins' on
Friday night was pleasant affair.
The Y. NJ. C. A. continues to boom and
manv new names are being enrolled.
C1s1rRNs-A. Riggs & Bro, 2i7 Dclord
s,,cet, near Dryades. New Orleans Send
for price list.
George IIoskins Of the L. S. Army,
West Point, New York, is home on a visit
to his parents
Miss Addio Marshall left last Tuesday
,y.,,inr TO teach school several months
at CarrOllt"n.
Parties attending Circuit Court will
find Wilmoth's Restaurant the place for
good cheap meal.
Fol. J. NJ. Wcsson was i'll town last
Saturday and honored this Office with n
call.
The charming Miss Lulah Ragsdale,
has returned from Shreveport, much to
the delight of her many friends
new member Of the Board of Super.
yi.ors saws the Board has only held one
meeting yet and he has already got five
dollars worth of cussing.
4 large number of the leading citizens
of the county, too numerous to personate,
have been in town this week attending
Conrt aud on other business.
Onr Young friend, Thos. II. Johnson,Jr..
of Crystal Springs, who is one of the jal-
Is fraternity of drumlncrs paid us an
appreciated call last Monday.
Our worthy county man, S. I. Oliver
hns removed to his new home just north
west Of town. He and his family make
desirable accession tn our community
Mai Sessions was reelected Railroad
Commissioner over his opponent fion.T
V. holland, of WoOdvil'e, by q vote of 80
10 81 high and inst compliment to
faithful and competent official
Some suspicious looking characters
have been seen prowling around town rhc
last week, suggestive of robbers. Mrs.
Bowtn's millinery store was entered Sum
day night, hut nothing WAS found missing,
4 continuation OF the New Year Reso
!urions c"uld not Toe given i'll this iSsn"
for lack of space, and as they will he get
ting rather odd before another pancr we
"iI have to forego their publication al
together.
Both of our banks now have their new
fire and burglar proof safes in place and
are fixed up IN neat and handsome style.
The Citizens bank, by MeSsrS. Sherman
Il Davis, looks like a regular city affair.
with it's handsome bronze iron railing.
Our talented and popul ar young friend,
Lewis Fitzhugh, who is now working in
jackson, has been home on visit to his
parents. Lewis is one of our best and
most promising boys and we are always
gal to see him.
Or. Traer, the great phrenologist. was
in town last Friday evening and favored
this Office with an appreciated call. The
Doctor is now delivering an interesting
course of lectures ut Wrsso,, but thinks
he will favor Brookhaven with another
visit before he departs from this portion
"fthc State.
Our genial clerical friend, Rev. A. +.
Watkins, is likely to very soon have IL
splendid opportunity of putting his New
Year resolution, that of marrying the first
pretty girl who proposes, to u practical
test. Since last weeks paper this office
las received delicate missives from two
charming young ladies, each proposing to
open correspondence with our nodes
young bachelor friend and exchange pho
tosraphs. These letters have been duly
turned over to him and we anXi ously
await further developments.
Rev. A. A. Lomax preached his first
sermon here last Sabbath, as pastor of
the Baptist Church, and notwithstanding
the nnfavorable weather, had fairly
good congregation. His sermon was u
truly cdifying and inspiring one to every
christian who heard it. Rev. j. X. Far.
lsh whom Mr.. Lomax succeeds, is justly
reckoned among the ablest and most
learned of Mississippi Baptists, and the
church and community here are to be
congratulated Oh having one 50 well
qualified in every respect to succeed him.
Rev. J. w. Mcneil, of Crystal Springs,
delivered an address at the Court House
last Monday, by Invitation of our Hort-
cultural Society, which was, or should be,
worth many, many dollars to every would
be truck farmer who heard it. Mr..
Mcneil is one of the most successful hertz