The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-15
ro,vN AND COUNTY ITEMS.

M. s,ldirrs rcurlon on the Goth will h
grand affair,
The colored camp meeting close
Thursday night.
Walker Hanford, of McComb City, wa
in town Sunday
Miss Mammie Perkins has been quit,
sck dnriug the past week.
There will be called meeting of tn,
Comfy Alliance tomorrow.
lawn parties have seen their best day,
IN Brookhaven, says society dude.
Dr.R.B. King, formerly of Rockport
Inns located at Red Star in this county.
Joe MaSce returned Monday evening
from a trip to Port Gibson and Natchez.
Noreton d. Helms will soon extend
their narrow guage railroad several miles
Mrs. Fitzbugb, "Prof Gus" Miss Alice
aud John returned from the Coast last
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. ii. Thompson return
cd last Saturday from their trip to the
Northwest
The mite meeting at Mr.. b. I. Atkins
last Friday night was greatly enjoyed by
our young people.
Miss Mary Denton filled Mrs. Crutcher's
position as organist Sunday night, Mrs.
Crutcher being absent.
DR.. Van Watts is likely to become pop
zlar as public lecturer. fie was invited
70 lecture at Brandon this week.
Vim. Abshagen's $500 and $2.25 La
dies Dongola Button are handsome. Just
40 hand. Don't fail to get a pair.
Miss Nettie Pearce, an alumne of Cen
tral Female Institute, Clinton, is visiting
Mrs. Jesse Smith near Union Hall.
Mrs. Mollie Daughtry Bullet, of Tex
as, is visiting her parents at this place.
and is welcomed bS her many friends.
Blue Mountain stands among the lead
ing female colleges of the South. DON'T
fail to notice their card in another column
Lewenthal's ice-cream parlOr is now
open to the public every afternoon, and
his popular soda water fount all the
time.
There Will be baptiGiRg ut hit moriah
church next Sunday by Pastor Boone.
MT. Hart, one of the new converts, is an
old man of IS.
The Presbyterian congregation will
choose their pastor for another year on
the fourth Sabbath. Rev. Mr.. Russell, OF
Wesson, viii preach on that day.
The Union Hall protracted meeting has
been al attraction this week. Rev. j. II.
Lane, of the Southern Baptist Theologic-
al Seminary, has been doing able service.
Miss Addie Marshall, who is so we'll
known as faithful, efficient teacher OF
young people, has an advertisement in
this issue. Read it and act accordingly.
Rev. A. d. Geren, the hard hitting col
'ored Prohibition speaker. will meet John
Barleycorn in an ungloved contest at the
Court Honse tomorrow night. Every
sbedy invited.
If BrooEhaven don't begin to hustle
soon she will be ovcrtaken by Bogue
Chitto. That town WIS never SO pros
porous in its history, and is still growing
and spreading.
The late protracted meeting Gt Mt
Zion church resulted in 10 accessiOns
The faithful pastor, Rev. j. Jasper Green
was assisted 10y Revs..J. Z. Thigpen and
f. P. Douglass.
The VIC. II. U. will hereafter meet
'evory Friday evening at 5 O'clock at the
Methodist church. Let all members at
Tend. An entertainment will soon bt
given by the Union.
The farmers who doesn't want poor
stock next winter had better bny one O
Judge Baggett's fine moving machines
and he cutting some OF his heavy grass
crop to ohink them with.
Real estate deals are SILL going on
Since our last issue, Mr.. N. Jones has pur
chased the Lewis place of 40 acres, adjoin
ing his late purchase from Capt. Hoskins
'on the Union church road.
Mr.. Thomas Sturges, who was for sew
eral years the private book keeper anf
confidential agent of the late Col. I
Richardson, is stopping awhile in Brook
haven with his family. They are thu
guests of Mr.. James Miazza, who is {
brother of Mrs. Sturges.
DR.. Van B. Watts, of Brookhaven, ;
well-know genial fellow, hut fearfully
wicked, wild and devilish, has been con
verified under Sam Jones' preaching. W.
have known IVAN for many years, an,
at is with great pleasure We record hi
reformation. - Gseagoala Democrat Star
Mr.. w. C. Summers, who has been pros
pectingin Texas for several weeks, pait
'us call last Monday. He was mucl
pleased with the outlook in the Lon
Star State, and Gays he will remove Their
with his family and locate as soon as b
can dispose of his crop interests on Fai
River.
Mr.. j. A. j. Hart, Democratic. nomine
LOT Representative, was town last Mon
DAY and paid the LEADER an appreciates
call He was returning from beat Is
where he had been in the interest of hi