The Brookhaven leader., 1888-03-15
THE STATE.
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED
AND CONDENSED FROM
ALL QUARTERS.

9Th.
Natchez has the monkey and the
organ.
Hazlehurst is to have a new brick
depot.
Greenville's Hotel will contain 100
rooms.
"Chris and Lena win favors in
Vicksburg.
Copiah is the banner county for
matrimOny.
Clay county is receiving Northern
immigration.
Yazoo City enjoys boxing. Black
eyes the result.
The YazoO City silver cornct band
is to he revived.
Hog cholera is getting in deadly
work ut Summit.
A train wrecker has been captured
near Rolling Fork.
An immigration society has been
formed in Grenada.
Editor Moore, who was shot by edi-
tor Branch, is recovering.
The w. c. r. T., of Meridian, will
give an elegant supper next week.
DIR. Moore, of Summit, shipped five
bushels of radishes North last week.
Mrs. w. T. Ratliff made the first
shipment of radishes from Raymond.
A colorod boy, aged II, killed an
other, aged 9, i'll Nicksburg last week.
Brookhaven is the greatest faction
town in the State, says the State
| Organ.
1t is reported that calf was recent
ly born i'll Tippah county without a
tongue.
The State Board of Health is on the
Coast this week locating quarantine
stations.
Any one wanting baby girl, aged
months, may address Col. Power, at
jackson.
The Crystal Springs box factory
with 80 hands turns out 1000 boxes
per day.
Mite meetings and church enter
tainments are now rampant all over
the State.
There are no electric lights in the
Jackson insane asylum, as was stated
last week.
DR.. T. ii. Moore, of jackson county
fell dead at his dinner table recently
of heart disease.
Mr.. Holmes has succeeded Mrs.
Lindrose as manager of the Richardson
lIOnse at WessOn.
DIR. w. C. Black, of Meridian, has
been lccturing in Natchez on Chris
tian Womanhood.
West Point expects, on April 18th
to vote 100000 to the Memphis, Ok
ford and Columbus X. II.
While walking on the railroad be-
tween Johnston Station and BOguC-
chitto IL Mr.. Bolton was run over and
killed.
Rust University was burned at
I
brary of 10000 volumes was also
burned.
/ Corinth has Il b e c'I Ot p.O MIS-
case,to be tried at an early day. Both
parties belong to prominent families
at Corinth.
A negro woman was SO bcastly
drunk last week on the streets of
Natchez, that she had to be carried
away on IL dray.
Edwards has got its box factory in
full operation. Its capacity is 5000
per day. 1t is already receiving
encouraging orders.
Miss Sallie Is. Morgan, whose pen
is well known throughout our State, is
now the capable president of the Mis-
sisSippi Monumental Association.
The President of the GEORGIA. Pacif-
IT, K. X. has asked for Il contribution
of $50 200 from Starkville and county
to extend his road to Greenville via
, Wmona.
/ Attachments aggregating over S.
600 were run on the stock of McLaurln
x Co. at YazoO City, caused by the
sudden death Of Mr.. Will McLaurin
of the firm.
The Governor has not yet signed
the Summit tive-mile bill, and may or
may not do so, the constitution allow
ing him the privilege after the Legis
lature adjourns.
Oltenburg, of the Lexington Adver-
tiser, is using German instead of Latin
phrases, and from the way he refers
to Limberger cheese we infer he is 4
Saw kraW Dentcher.
The Pascagolla D emocrat Star has
entered upon its 44th year, neither
weary, weak or discouraged, but like
old wine, stronger and more sparkling
by reason of ripe age.
Albert Miller, atwelve year old boy,
of Pennington, was killed i'll SAW
mill at that place last week, by the
bursting of pulley which sent IL
piece of iron through his skull.
Two negro boys attacked Mrs.
Logue, near Vicksburg, and set three
ferocious dogs on her. Her son arriv-
ing prevented her being killed. Yc
gods! Is there no end to crime!
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Miller, of Crys-
/ tai Springs, have rendered Il home t"