The Brookhaven leader., 1888-09-13
THE STATE.
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED
AND CONDENSED FROM
ALL QUARTERS.

house.
Columbus wants steamers OH the
Tomhigbee.
jackson is to have one of the bag
ging factories.
England is the largest purchaser of
Southern Cotton.
Durant has received cotton wrap
ped i'll LOwells.
The Maycrsvillc Spectator needs
good proof reader.
The papers are filed up with "quar-
antincs" and trusts"
Carol county went dry, on the
4th, by over 300 majority.
The Woodvillc Y. VI. c. a. are pre-
pairing for an entertainment.
In Clarksdalc people compromise
theft if the thief pays for the goods.
The JET Davis Volunteers gave an
entertainment ut Fayettc last week.
NatcLcz Hospital treated 237 pa
tients during the month of August.
Hon. Isaac Lowenburg, Il leading
merchant of Natchez, died last week.
Mississippi doesn't wish to renew
her acquaintance with Bronze John.
Col. |. V. Enochs advocates small
cotton bales half the size of the pres
ent.
The Ledger will establish a
daily, if it receives assurances of sue
cess.
The Kcmper county Herald will in
future be conducted by Miss Binnie
Ninson.
Gen. Chalmers has been nominated
for Congress by the Republicans in the
2nd district.
Crops in Clarke county have been
cut off one-half by drouth, followed
bv an excess of rain.
At the 18th congressional convention
held ut Newton, Hon. {. l.. Andor-
son was renominatcd.
Only two columns of the reading
matter of the Duck Hill Furnace WAS
home print last week.
Hon. f.. Bark sdalc opened the Pres
idential campaign in this State at
Wayncshoro last week.
The Picavunc says as far as qHaTan-
tine is concerned Mississippi is too
much of IA prohibition State.
R.P. Moore, late of the WesSon
Argosy, is now associated with w. l..
Mitchell, of the Copiah Signal.
Mr. A. j. King, aged 81 years, and
for six Years II typo on the 1azoo Sen
tinel, died in that city last week.
Water Valleys ice factory is now
in motion and in connection herewith
! it is to have mineral water factory
and brewery.
DR.. i. W. PEBBLES, Of Jackson, and
Hon. K. c. Patty, of Noxubee, are ta-
vorahly mentioned i'll connection with
the Governorship.
II. {. Hood, charged with the muir
der of Mr.. Ed Short at Knoxville, has
been admitted to bail by Judge North
in the sum of $1,000.
a match game of base ball was
played at Scranton last week between
the players of that place and Ocean
Springs, the former winning.
The total tax of Kinds county is 10
mills; reduction of 81 mills from
last year. That county reports IL
large surplus in its treasury.
The creamery at Macon, in NoXu-
bee county, is shipping about 25O0
pounds of butter per month to one
grocery firm in Atlanta, Ga.
Hon. Thos. Il. Stockdale was renOm-
mated for Congress 10y acclamation at
Summit last week. A grand banquet
was rendered the delegates at night.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen
of Aberdeen have offered II prize of
$500 for the best plan of building for
free school house, to cost at least
$15, 200.
Hunter Houston, the little infant son
of Mr.. and Mrs. II. II. Henry, of Jack
son, died last Monday. The stricken
parents have the sympathies of host
of friends.
a Nicksburg telegram says from re-
liable reports from the surrounding
country it is learned that the dam
age to the cotton crop by the recent
heavy rains is at least - per cent of
the entire crop.
A Vicksburg Tri-weekly Wing,
dated Sept. 2Sth, 1917, was shown in
Yazoo lately by Capt. Charles Wal
lace. Colonel Alex. McClung, was
then an aspirant for Congress from
the then 2nd District.
Union county, in her recent local
option election, gave a majority of
$50 against the sale of whisky, an in
crease 95 over the dry majority two
years ago. The prohibitiOnists ear
ried every box in the county.
Circuit Court of Copiah convened
at Hazlehurst last week. In his
charge to the Grand Jury Judge
Wharton called attention to the fact
that there was not murder case to
he tried, no case of manslaughter
having occurred since last court.
On his recent visit to Natchez Arch.
bishop Janssens was presented by the
choir of st. Mary's cathedral with a
MASSIVE silver caster, bearing bangle
suspended from the center of the han
die inscribed: "MOst Reverend
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