The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-07-04
THE STATE.
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED
AND CONDENSED FROM
ALL QUARTERS.

Quitman county instructed for
Cameron.
Julius West, a young negro, was
drowned at Greenville Monday.
Ex-Cohgressman Fl. d. Money and
family are summering on the Coast.
Sarah Sully, colored, died at Duck
Hill recently at the advanced age OF
104.
Gov. Lowry reviewed the State
troops at the State encampment last
Friday.
The residence of Rev. J. Ii. Kenne-
brew, of Columbus, was burned on
the LIST inst.
The oxford Eagle wants Major
Strickland of Marshall county for
Lieut.-Governor.
At Pass Christian last week a negro
named Tom Manuel was shot and
killed by white man.
Hon. j. NJ. Jayne, q son-in law of
Gov. Lowry, has been nominated for
State Senator from Washington coun-
ty.
Steve Allen, colored, was legally
hung at oxford last week for the
murder of Section Boss Hobnell a
few months ago.
John Diamond, who about six
months ago killed young Stewart at
Arcola, has been liberated from jail
on a bond of $4,000.
The editor of the Knoxville Pro-
gress has been presented with two
tomatoes weighing one and three
quarter pounds each.
DR.. G. A. TeunissOn was elected
President of the Lawrence county
Sunday School Convention and Prof.
w. F. Mclnnis secretary.
Engineer Faulkner, of the |. G..
Railroad, was shot and MORALLY
wounded at Grenada Saturday morn
ing by negro brakeman.
There are now four candidates for
Lieutenant-Gov of Jack
son, McCool of Alfalfa, Conn of Co
piah, and BledsOe of Grenada.
j. B. Buchanan, young farmer
residing three miles west of Horn
Lake station, Miss, shot and killed
Henry Wynne, a negro farm hand,
last week.
Geo. w. Mccain, an aged tele-
graph operator, suicided at Meridian
on the 2Sth, by cutting his throat
with a razor He was a brother of
Commodore Mccain.
The Pascagoula Democrat Star says
that in its town reeling drunkards
and profanity are about as common on
the streets as cattle and dogs. At
night the hoodlums run riot.
DR.. Winter has been appointed
Clerk of the L. S. Circuit Court, and
also Clerk of the L. S. District Court
of the Southern District of this State,
vice Jas. M. Mckee, resigned.
A passenger train ran into the rear
end of a freight on the V. &. NJ. Rail
road near Hickory last Saturday
and smashed several of the freight
cars. No body seriously hurt.
Prof. r. NJ. Sanders, president of
the East Mississippi Female College,
was seriously injured on the 2Sth
while getting a book from a case
which fell upon him, breaking his
collar bone and otherwise injuring
him.
The excursion train on the Little
j. Railroad, returning from the mill
tary encamptment at Natchez, was
derailed Friday night few hundred
yards East of Raymond by some one
misplacing a switch. Fortunately
no one was hurt.
The express companies have de-
clined to reconsider their recent ac-
ton, by which soda water manufact-
urers of Vicksburg are required to
pay charges on empty cases returned,
instead of receiving them free of
freight, as heretofore.
R. H. Henry & Co. have completed
arrangements for the great Mississippi
editorial excursion through the North
west and announce that it will leave
Jackson July %, over the Illinois
Central Railroad. Circulars contain
ing full details have been mailed to
all members of the press.
The Georgia Pacific Railroad has
been completed to Greenville from
Washington, ID. G.. 1t runs, begin
ming with Greenville, through Vino
ma, West Point, Columbus, Birming-
ham, Admission, Charlotte, Danville
and Linchburg to Washington, D. c.,
making a road lilo miles long.
The corner stone of $15, 900 pub
lie school building at WessOn, will be
laid by the Masonic fraternity to-day.
An interesting programme has been
arranged for the occasion, which will
include the usual Masonic ceremonies,
short addl esses, historical sketch of
Wesson, etc. The I. G. will give a
one fare rate from all stations.
The Democracy of Lawrence coun-
ty met at Monticello Monday and in
structed it's delegation to the State
Convention to vote for the following
candidates for State offices: Governor,
j. M. Stone; Lieutenant Governor,
M. NJ. Evans; Secretary of State,
George M. Govan; Auditor, W. w.
Stone; Treasurer, A. Q. May; Attor-
ney General, L. M. Miller.
A party of fishermen from Rankin
county set out line in Pearl river,
near Canton few nights since, for