The Brookhaven leader., 1889-03-14
THE STATE.
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED
AND CONDENSED FROM
ALL QUARTERS.

: Nicksburg mas o,UUU utuuqucnt
polls-more than half the voting pop
ulation.
The Mississippi Press Association
holds its annual convention in Green
Vile early IN May.
The first dirt on the New Orleans,
Natchez and Fort Scott Railroad, was
thrown at Natchez last week.
The hearing of the complaint
againt the Clinton military conf
panies has been postponed till the
18th.
The Republican Jollification at
Natcbez on the 4th over the Inaugural
ton of Harrison is said to have been
q tiz.
The Vicksburg people are discuss
ing n railroad from that city tn the
Yazoo branch, to he built by the |. c.
road.
The Floweree Ice Co. of Vicksburg
have lust received a new machine
that will manufacture 20 tons of ice
daily.
] L. IA
editor of the WInona Advance, is q
candidate for the Legislature from
/ Lefiore.
By late act of Congress, the gov
eminent lands in this State will
hereafter only be sold to home
steaders.
The Lexington Bulletin says the
order and morals of its town have
greatly improved since the closing of
all the whisky dens.
The Knights of Labor who struck
for fewer hours at Moss Point have
caved and gone back to work on the
old schedule.
The elegant residence of DIR. G.. S.
Roudebush, near Madison Station,
was destroyed by fire last Saturday.
Loss over Sc, 900 with no insurance.
Mr.. J. B. Holley, agent for the
Georgia Pacific r. R., suicided at
Stoneville, Miss, on the 2Sth of Feb.
No cause for the act can be assigned.
Homer c. Powers, of Starkville, is
candidate for internal revenue COL
lectOr for the district Of Louisiana,
and is now in Washington urging his
claims.
The business men of Yaz0O City
have organized IL company with "a
capital of $4,000 to purchase and
conduct first-class stock farm near
that place.
The new Methodist church at Me-
| Nair was dedicated last Sabbath.
Services were conducted by the Rev.
w. c. Black, of jackson, and Rev. j.
A. B. Jones.
An Alliance in Lee county has pass
cd resolution not to support any
candidate for sheriff of that county
who will not name his deputy be-
fore the election.
The bank at Bullitt's Bayou, above
Natchez, caved in last week, carry
ing away nearly two acres, taking
with it the store and warehouse and q
large seedhOuse.
Farley Starks and Andrew Average,
two cOlOred men employed as dining
room servants at Vicksbnrg got into a
row Sunday, which resulted in the
latter getting seriously shot.
The poll tax delinquents are now
being hauled mp before the J. P.'s in
the several counties of the State and
the public school fund is growing
daily. Let the good work go on.
The two frame storehonses in West
jackson, owned by Hamdsberry heirs
and occupied by Mrs. Albrecht as a
residence and grocery, were destroyed
by fire last Saturday, Enochs Bros.
office adjoining and some lumber were
also burnt.
Last week when the remains of
J. II Haverkamp, who died in ST.
Louis, were carried to the Yazoo GEM
etery for interment, the eolOred
grave-digger was found lying insensi-
bic by the open grave and on being
carried home, soon expired.
Crystal Springs expects to ship an
average of thirty five car loads of
fruits and vegetables per day, during
the coming season. Besides the large
acreage in peas, potatoes, beans, ber-
ries, ETC., they have one thousand
acres in peaches, and expect to plant
400 acres i'm melons.
Judge G. S. Mcmillan and J C Bald
win are candidates for the U. S Dis
trict Attorneyship of the Southern
district of Mississippi and H. c. Niles,
Judge Frazee, Meredith Matthews
and Ex-Judge Chandler for the
Northern district. 1t will be
some time before appointments OF
this character are acted upon.
In Natchez on the 9th inst,a col0red
woman named Mary Miller, residing
in the suburbs of the city, shot a
white man named Hy Hunter in the
head with revolver, the ball strik
ing just above the right eye and run
ming down toward the left side of
the face. He had been living with the
woman for sometime past and they
have had numerous quarrels. The
woman escaped after the shooting and
is still at large.
A big immigration movement has
been inaugurated at Vicksburg, head
ed by Capt. +. M. Andrews, G.. G.
Pegram and other live men. The
land owners of the county are to COM
pose gigantic stock company, pool
ing their lands and organizing regular
~. They will then advertise them in