The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-05-24
THE STATE.
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED
AND CONDENSED FROM
ALL QUARTERS.
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quarts of Strawberries.
Congressman Stockdaie appears to
be having q walk-over.
Jackson is royalty entertaining her
many visitors this week.
Hon. Robt. Powell, of Canton, has
moved to Fort Smith, Ark.
Mrs. Wentworth, venerable lady
of Meadville, died last week.
The Summit Sentinel last week
celebrated its fifteenth anniversary.
A telephone line is to be construct
ed from Raymond to Cooper's Wells.
The Rodney saw and oil mills burn
ed down on the sixteenth. Damage,
$4,000.
The Democracy of Carroll county
instructed for Hon. c. B. Mitchell for
Congress.
The spring opening of the State
Fair began yesterday and will close
tomorrow.
The Georgia Pacific is letting out
contracts for its extension through
Mississippi.
The expenses of the last term of the
circuit court of Warren county reach
ed Sc, 525.15.
The treasurer of Jones county was
robbed the other day, but the thief
only got ST..
S. NJ. tombstone, of Aberdeen, lost
house and stables by fire last week.
Loss, $4,000.
There are fewer foreign born peo-
pie in Mississippi than any other State
in the Union.
The Sea Shore Methodist Camp
meeting will open the second We'd
nesday in July.
The Kinds county Democrats have
endorsed Colonel Hooker for re-elec-
ton to Congress.
The Prohibitionists in Pike are or
ganizing clubs and getting ready for
the election in August.
Jas. KincannOn, of Lee, has formal
ly announced as candidate for Con-
gress in the LIST district.
jackson talks of reviving the Kir-
miss this summer for the benefit of
the Confederate monument.
More business was done at the re.
cent Grenada Convention of the Press
than at any former meeting.
There is a mining party, made up
of prominent citizens of Macon, search
ing for silver near that place.
Col. Jas. b. Gordon, of Pontotoc
county, has withdrawn from the race
for Congress in the 4th district.
Mrs. A. NJ. Hillman, of Central Fe-
male Institute, attended the Southern
Baptist Convention at Richmond, Va.
OF all the voters at Greenville but
single baker voted against the appro-
priatiOn for the Georgia Pacific rail
road.
The Lew Presbyterian church at
TazOO City, will be dedicated on the
30th inst. by Rev. DR.. Palmer of New
Orleans.
Gen. Lee is giant in the alliance
ranks. His highest ambition is to
assist in elevating the agriculture of
the State.
The Greenwood Enterprise puts at
the head of its columns the name of
Col. j. L. Power, of Kinds county, for
Governor.
The Democratic convention of Pike
county unanimously endorsed Hon.
ThOs. r. Stockdale for denomination
for Congress.
The first box of peaches was ship
ped from Terry, May 18th. Owing
to the recent cold weather hardly half
a crop is expected.
The Democratic convention of
Wilkinson county instructs its dele
gates to favor the call for Il constitu-
tiOnal conven tion.
The Grand Avenue Hotel, of Me-
ridian, Mrs. L. A. Ragsdale proprie-
tor, is one of the very finest and most
elegant in the State.
Capt. Ed. Anderson, the retiring
master mechanic of the J.. n. o. g. r.
X. r., was presented with fine gold
watch by his employees.
The Mississippi Dental Association
met i'll Grenada last week and were
rendered, during the session, a grand
banquet at the Chamberlain House.
1t was not Congressman John Allen,
of Mississippi, who voted against TAX
ing up the River and Harbor bill but
Congressman Allen, of Massachusetts,.
The Press Convention passed res
Ofutions that its members would not
support for a second time a county
officer who sends his printing away
from his home paper.
Justice l.. Q. G.. Lamar, of the
United States Supreme Court, is ex-
pected at jackson in a few days,
where he will sit with Judge Hill in
some cases to be heard before the
Federal Court, now is session.
The PascagOula Democrat Star says
several editors got through jackson
last week without being murdered or
even slapped in the face! And adds
that ''these editors had the audacity
to gaze into the face of Col. Jones S. |
Hamilton"
Beauregard is now interested in the
discovery of mineral water within one
mile of town. The springs, iron and
are located on the tract of