The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-31
Town AND COUNTY ITEMS.


iins flour.
Rey.L. s. Pikcr continues Ill at DR.
Benefits.
Mrs, }. II. Gambrell has been quite i'll
for week.
Mr.. Heuck has purchased a fine up
right Emerson piano.
Go to Powelps for yQnr Flour, Hams,
Lard, Coffee and Teas.
II will soon be time for merchants to
pIant their spring ads in the LEADER.
w.P. Cassidy, ESQ, of Summit, was
in town Monday evening on professional
business.
French Prunes, Currents, Nuts, Rails
ius, Extracts and Spices at lowest prices
at Powelps.
Rev., b. Gambrell, of the Baptist
Record. spent Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day in town.
Rev. r. b. Downer, was q visitor here
last Sabbath, and preached at the Meth
odst church.
Cards are out for the marriage of Miss
Mollie Daughtery and A. C. Bullitt, ESD,
of Orange, Texas.
There was short snow fall gu Monday
morning, but few hours after the sun
shone out resplendently.
Howell, the photographer, Is getting
some splendid life-like pictures of some
of our Brookhaven people.
The truck farmers and early gardeners
have received onsiderable back-set by
this weeks cold snap.
White Swan Baking Powder at Pow
elps is equal to the Cream tartar powders
and the purity guaranteed.
Miss Miriam Crutcher, who is now
teaching in Kavanugh College at Holmes
willie, paid visit home Sunday.
Our Jewish friends are preparing for
grand ball to DO given at an early date.
1t is to be magnificent affair.
Make no mistake this year as you did
last, by buying worthless seed potatoes.
Powell has pure Western stock.
There were thirty-two present at the
Baptist Sunday School last Sabbath, al
though the weather was discouraging.
Bishop Galloway has been confined to
bed several days by illness, bnt we are
glad to announce is now convalescent.
Valuable personal and real property
will be sold at auction next Monday by
Commissioner r. w. McNair. A good iu-
vestment for somebody.
Mrs. s. C. Buffaloe, of ia ckson, came
down Tunesday evening TO visit her moth
or, Grandma Bowen" who, we regret
20 say is sti II seriously i'll.
Joseph Dale, of the Lawrence County
lTess spent several days in town last
week. Joe has "a fine head for business"
and is making good paper.
Rev. Geo. Woodbridge preached at the
Presbyterian church last Sabbath. He
would have had mach larger congrega-
tion, had the weather been more favor
able
Messrs. ii. J. McLaurin and P. b. God
bold, agents for the LeConte Nursery,
who have been here for several
weeks past delivering fruit trees to their
customers, leave in day or two for
Caseyville, where they will dispose of
other orders They are excellent young
gentlemen and have created most favor
able impression upon all with whom they
have come in contact while here.
Our esteemed friend DIR. E. A. Rowan,
of Beauregard, has renewed his subscrp-
tion to the LEADER with the remark that
he has tried doing without it awhile and
can't give it up. We can return the Doc
tors compliment in all sincerity by say
ing that Prohibition, political reform and
other good causes would find it exceed
ingly difficult to get along without him.
Dr. Wesley Martins effort to get up an
exhibition from Lincoln for the Great Cot
ton and Cane Palace ut New Orleans,
which opens February 18th and con-
tinues until March the 10th, should meet
with the hearty cooperation of every one
having fine specimens of garden or
farm products. The exhibition will be
attended by thousands of strangers from
the North and West, and creditable ex-
hibition from Lincoln county might lead
TO great results by directing attention to
the eeunty's resources.
AS we came limping down town last
FRIDAY morning great many of the Gu
rious bystanders seemed to think our
iameness was due to the fact that our
morse had fallen down with us on our re
turn from Monticello two days before /;
out the horse was not hurt, and only that
morning we met with an affection
through terrible jump we took from
January over into the first of June. It
eheered the Doctors heart to see us so
afhieted and thus give him new case,
out he can't cure us, for it remaineth that
Ut. Wesley Martins basket of fine garden
truck, was reality. That astonishing
basket held carrots and cabbage and mus
.ard and lettuce all planted or set out in
november and onions of palatable size set
In December. We take down our sign
and say if anybody can excel DR.. Martin,
we are willing to leap again into the
siiuring arms of the summer time