The Brookhaven leader., 1889-01-03
Town AND COUNTY ITEMS

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fire.
Brock Parsons visited his mother las
week.
Dr Frilick spent few day Mt home
Christmas.
lewis Decell and win McGrath are 4
whole team at fire.
LIKE Bowen spent several days in
town the past week.
The County Alliance holds a regular
,,es,inr here tomorrow.
Lewenthal, Jr, went 10 Monticello
on legal business Tuesday.
L.sMikell spent the holidays at home
with sisters and daughters
Miss Dannie Harvey, Of McCOmb, was
in town on visit last week.
Can't. and Mrs. Buffaloe spent portion
Of the holidays visiting relatives here.
All bnt Is or 80 of the College boarders
went home to spend the holidays.
There was pleasant social gathering
at DR.. Daughtry's Monday evening.
Lewis Fitzl,ugh came down from Jack
son to spend Christmas with relatives and
friends.
J. J. PROXY and wife, of Natchez, spent
the Christmas time with Major and Mrs.
Sessions.
Charles Perkins, who is attending
Sonle's Commercial College, spent the
holidays at home.
Mr.. Bee doesn't generally get excited,
Int anyway he's had his furniture in
sured since the fires.
The Presbyterian supper at the Court
House last Wednesday night was very
select and pleasant affair.
Miss C. Gifin, grand daughter of Adam
Giffin of New Orleans, has been visiting
Misses Emma and Mary Bee.
Christmas again seems long way off to
the little ones with their already dIlapi-
dated dolls and broken toys .
Onr brilliant young friend G. T. Fitz-
hugh, who is attending the law school at
Oxford, spent the holidays at home.
A pound party, complimentary to their
son Robert, was greatly enjoyed by the
Young people at Mr.. and Mrs. Jordan's
last Thursday night.
A Christmas fight occurred at Bogue
Chitto between Messrs. J. II. Allen and
Elan Robinson in which both used their
pocket knives and were slightly cut.
A furniture factory has been recently
started at Brookhaven. Miss, where 1t is
said some very elegant plush parlor suits
have been made Chickasar Messenger
Bishop Galloway preached Mt the Meth
odst church Sunday morning and at
night delivered an address on Religious
in Mexico. Both discourscs were highly
enjoyable.
Hardy Magee, of the Osyka Two States,
spent portion of the holidays in town
visiting relatives and friends. The
LEADER is indebted to him for pleasant
call during his stay. .......
An elegant dinner was given on Christ
mas day to Mrs. J. W. Clapp, of Nom
phls, by Mrs. NJ. V. Powell and social
gathering was enjoyed by the young peo-
pie at the same pleasant home on Friday
evening.
Mrs. Znck Hoskins departed this life
on Thursday night last. To the seven
motherless little childr n many hearts go
out in sympathy. Mrs. HoslSins was
daughter of Mrs. Hardy who preceded
her to the grave only two days.
A Christmas day in the Sunny South
without fire and the tuneful mosquito
flying around seeking a place to present
hsever ready "bill," was novel expert
ence to our Northwestern friends who
spent the 18th ultimo in Brookhaven.
Christmas here was the most orderly
ever witnessed, even though a few peo-
pie who cannot restrain their appetites
and ignore an old custom, did send for
their Christmas jugs. Verify, Prohibi-
ton is wonderful Improvement on the
old order of things when drunkenness,
profanity, fights and rowdyism ruled the
hour.
A correspondent of the Magnolia Ga
zette speaks in most complimentary terms
OF Mr.. H. Il. Beacham, who lately moved
back to his old home near Caseyville, and
says during his short residence in Pike,
he won by his gentlemauly department
and loyalty to principle a host of admi-
ring friends. "Harve" will always win
friends where moral worth and true cour-
age count for anything. 50
Amidst the joyous festivities of
Christmas, the spirit of one of our long
time residents passed quietly and sweetly
to the realms beyond. Mrs. Hardy mother
OF Capt. j. c. Hardy, had been sufferer
Tor years, and her death was but happy
release from earth's pains and trials. On
wednesday the funeral services were ten
derry conducted by her pastor, Rev. A. A.
Lomax, of the Baptist church.
Rev. j. NJ. Weems, late presiding elder
OF the Brookhaven district, babe his
friends and brethren formal farewell
at the Methodist church last Sunday
night and will leave to-day with Mrs.
"eems for Mexico, where he goes as