The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-10
Gown AND COUNTY ITEMS.

POwelPs.
Connection in the piano trade is sharI
and spirited.
Judge Chrsman is holding Court THU
week at Jackson.
Go to Powelrs for your Flour, Hams
Lard. Coffee and Teas.
Gal Dabney Parish was in town yester-
day in all his gorgeous loneliness.
Judge Baggett has gone to st. Louis to
,ov in n stock of horses and mules.
There is u good demand in town for
,yood this week with little for sale.
Major Sessions is attending q session of
tho Railroad Commission at jackson.
The Presbyterian mite meeting will be
held at Mrs. Heuck's tomorrow night.
lanes Davis, late deputy marshal, has
zone into the bakery business at Wesson.
MIR. ID. A. Patrick, of Hattiesburg, was
visiting old friends here during the past
week.
Major Millsaps spent Monday in town
and was warmly greeted by his many
friends.
French Prunes, Currents, Nuts, Rails
ms. Extracts and Spices at lowest prices
at PowelPs.
The whistle of the new lumber manu-
facturing mill of the Messrs Priebatsch is
now heard daily.
large number of our citizens went
down Sunday night and Monday morning
70 view the railroad wreck.
The wrecked cars aud locomotive
were brought up and placed on the
switch hero yesterday morning.
Joe Thirsty, colored, was fined and SELL
fenced to Jail for thirty days last Tuesday
by Justice Mcmillan for burglary.
Those wishing to negotiate loans Sc
cured by first mortgage on real estate,
are referred to Hon. A. c. McNair.
The Baptist mite meeting, which was
to come off at Judge Chrisman's tolnor-
row night, has been postponed for one
week.
Miss Minnie SmuIr, who is becoming
quite an efficient operator, had charge of
the telegraph Office at Crystsl Springs
part of last week.
Revs. A. A. Lomax and A. +. Watkins
began their New Years work last Sunday
by preaching to good-sized congregations
nj their resnaetiye churches
By request of Bishop McIntyiere,;w is
sick, Bishop Galloway left last Friday
night to preside over the Florida Confer
ence, which met atBartow on yesterday.
Messrs II. II. Thompson, A. Lewenthal
and A. c. McNair spent Monday in Jack
son attending the meeting of the State
Bar Association and the banquet which
followed.
Cur appreciated friend, Mr.. w. w. Will
liams, Of Silver Creek, was in town last
week and paid the LEADER II welcome
cali. He came to bring his sister back to
the College.
The prizes at the Rifle Range are SIS
for the best score; $3.50 for the second best
and $3.50 for third best score. Contest
closes Saturday night. 25 cents score.
Turn out and try for the prizes.
Mr.. +. s. Barnes, who lately came hero
from Michigan, and friend from Illinois,
have purchased rs acres of land from
Capt. Cotton, about a mile from town,
and will engage in.truck farming.
Tho gin, grist and saw mill of C.
C. Cole, of Beat 3, was destroyed a few
days ago by fire, and as he had no insur-
ance, was total loss. Mr. Cole is hard
working, Industrious man, and such a
misfortune seems hard indeed.
Mr.. Fl. N. Brown, of Topeka, Kansas,
was in town last week prospecting aud
paid the LEADER pleasant call. He ex-
pressed himself as being highly pleased
with Brookhayen and surrounding
country, and said he wouldI SO report to
many of his friends in the West who now
have their eyes turned southwark.
Will Russell was slightly cut in the
breast by Clinton johnson at Mrs. Mary
Robinson's on Fair River recently. The
knife glanced off without. entering the
cavity, and johnson then ran, followed
by shot from Russell which did not take
effect. The affair will be investigated.
Capt. ALI. Moreton, Mr.. John Marshall
and his little grand daughter and F. F.
Becker, of Brookhaven, and Mrs. A. E.
Thompson, Ham Easterling and Jas
sasser and little son, of Bogue Chitto,
were on the train Sunday night when it
wrecked and miraculously escaped injury
with the rest of the lucky passengers.
Any one desiring any kind of religious
literature or books, including Bibles,
flynn Books and standard works, would
do well to see or address Rev. X. j.
Boone, ..colporteur and agent for this class
OF literature. He makes speciality of
Baptist Doctrines" work that should
he in the hands of every Baptist family
IN the land. See his advertisement.
Attention is called to.the advertisement
IN this issue of the celebrated w. l..
Douglas $500 Shoe. which is handled ex-
elusively in this market by VIM. Absha-
gen, our progressive Cherokee street
Shoe Dealer. You will find all of the
Douglas shoes ljust rs represented, and
worth more than shoes of other makes
that cost much greater price. We have