The Brookhaven leader., 1889-01-10
THE STATE.
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED
AND CONDENSED FROM
ALL QUARTERS.

of Biloxi.
The Holly Springs Reporter is "a
years old.
DIR. VIM. Rebcr, of Brandon, died
last week.
Candidates for Sheriff are announc-
ingi Bolivar.
The knights ofLabor have "struck"
at Handsboro.
Horse thieves are operating IN
Lawrence county.
The masons of Fayette Lodge gave
n ball at that place last week.
r. C. Taylor, of Pamela county, IS
freauetly mention for Governor
The North Mississippi Conference
meets next year at Holly Springs.
A Young colored man was killed by
machinery at Greenville last week.
A through freight train was wrecked
at Terry Saturday by an open switch.
Three horses were killed by
freight train near Okolona last week.
Exum Brothers, general merchan-
disc dealers or Yazoo City, have fail
ed.
Near Kosciusko last week William
Culpepper shot and killed,,John Wal
lace.
Two negroes robbed W. II. Parks
at Shannon on the 3rd and got 81 100.
No arrests.
Baldwin proposes to turn Boone
vile down on the size and number OF
large hogs.
The Bonneville pOstotfice was robbed
astonishing over one hundred dollars
Il few nights ago.
The Georgia Pacific railroad will
build depot and improve their shops
ut Columbus, Miss.
The Chautauquan Circles of Crystal
Springs and Hazlehurst recently held
an interesting joint meeting.
The Stonewall Manufacturing Com
panv at Enterprise has had improve
ments done amounting to 5000.
The seventh annual meeting of the
horticultural society will he held at
Crystal Springs on January 18th.
Miss Georgia Foote and DR.. VIM.
Paine, Appointment physician of Aber-
deem, were married i'll Macon last
week.
b. II. Gillespie has been elected
Circuit Clerk of Monroe county to fill
the vacancy caused by the death OF
A. Wood.
The Catholics gave very success
full and brilliant entertainment IN
the Lyceum Hall at Summit on New
Years night.
In Adams county latel W. little ne
gro girl while getting bucket of wa
ter fell over into the Mississippi river
and was drowned.
George Gatlin, eldest son of the
President of the Board of Supersors
of Pike county. died from an acct
dental discharge of a gun last Friday.
Mr.. O. L. Carter, of Oxford, Missis-
sippi, has resigned the position OF
special agent to investigate Indian
degradation claims, at eight dollars Il
day.
Messrs. Stands and Johnson repre-
sent Hon. J. B. Morgan in the Chal-
mers contest in Tate county and w.
d. Miller, of Sardis, represents Chal-
merS.
A Yazoo county man has five bales
of cotton for which he was offered 20
centsper pound. 1t is of the "Sea Is
land" variety and of a very long
staple.
Ex-Gov. Alcorn of this State is
being prominently mentioned Tor Il
seat in President Harrison's cabinet.
He is probably the ablest Southern
Republican.
Pike county sent, on the Both, the
following young men to the A. o. M.
College: Messrs Barnes, Garner, Nc
Even, Smith, Hosmer, Cain, Ryan
and Garner.
The Vicksburg letter carriers have
been notified through the Postmaster
by the Government, that their salaries
will be increased from $500 to $500
per annum.
Miss Bessie Learned died at Nat
chez on December 31st. She and
her sister had returned rhome from
Wards Seminary to spend the holt
days. when she was taken quite Ill
with the above result.
About two weeks since the residence
of Capt. Paxton, near ArcOla in Wash
ington county was burned. 1t has
since TRANSFERRED that seven negroes,
five men and two women, conspired
to drug the family, rob the house and
then fire it, to prevent the escape OF
the inmates. Two of the negroes
made confession and all were captur-
ed, and as the dispatch runs, "disap-
peared somewhat mysteriOusly."
Lauderdale county seems fixing for
race riot. Some months since ne
gro entered the room of man named
Houston, several miles from Meridian,
and attempted to murder him with an
AK. Being discovered, his blow missed
it's aim, and he was afterwards lynched.
This aroused the wrath of his color,
Last November merchant named
Cunningham, killed negro whd' was
in the act of burglarizing his store
This aggravated the bad feeling and
WITHHOLD Spears as leader, the negroes
resolved to annihilate the whites
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