The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-03
arouhharsa 9eader.
THURSDAY, Oct. q, 1850.
,cowS AND COUNTY ITEMS.

A
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Miss Fannie Deason is visiting heI
sister, Mrs. Hurst.
Mrs. Dave Allen has purchased tbs
the Tom Rails place.
Mrs. s. d. Patrick and daughter are
visiting relatives in town.
Mr. r. II. Henry, editor of the Clar-
;on-LedCer, was in town Saturday.
Wa are clad to see our young friend
,Iomrr Byrd out again after IL wrestle
with the chills.
Frank Butler, cOlorcd, recently fell
,,.,d. while attending Mt. Olive
church in beat 8.
The outlook for BrOokhaveH this
fall from a business standpoint is de-
ridedly encouraging.
Mrs. John |. Marshall and children,
uf BoCue Chitto, are spending the
week with relatives in town.
Mrs. John Nalty and her interesting
little children have returned from Il
visit to relatives in st. Louis.
The College musicale will take
,loce Mt the College Chapel Saturday
evening. Everybody invited.
Mrs. Patty Thomas, of Australia,
and an alumna of Whitworth College,
visited Mrs. J. II. Gambrell last
week.
We are glad to hear that Mr..
Patrick Grant, who has been quite
s,ck for the past two weeks, is now
convalescent.
y. l.. Clark and Walter Byrd, two
of Lincoln cOunty's most promising
Young men, left last Monday for the
State University.
The Republican delegates from this
county to the State Convention, re-
port having had regular-well, a
regular parrot of time.
There will be a good deal of civil
business on the docket when Circuit
Court meets, several suits OF Inpor-
,ance having been lately entered.
Mr.. John /. Marshall, of Bogue
Thtto, was here Monday and paid us
=. welcome call. He says the business
outlook is good for our sister town.
The Democrats of Bogue Chitto pre-
cinct will meet at / 1 o'clock day to
organize into club. Judge Cassidy
and others will address the meeting.
Persons desiring positions as teach
crs i'll the city public schools must
make application to the Board OF
Trustees in writing before October
10th
The Woman's Missionary Society
Of the Baptist church will l.eld IL
public meeting in that building Oh
next Sunday at 4 p. m. The public
are invited.
Ollie Connolly is now attending
school in St. Louis. Ollie is one of
BroOkhaven's most Industrious young
men. and if Ire lives will make his
mark IN the world.
Attorney General Miller aud Dr.. Il.
X. Applewhite will speak at the
Court House on the tirtt day of Cir
cult Court, the same being the second
Monday of October.
Mr.. +. r. Sherman returned from
Ashcville, n. e. Sunday, and we are
glad to see that his health has been
much improved by his vacation at
that mountain resort.
Nine towns i'll Mississippi have ex-
pended during the last two years,
$185, 900. for elegant. convenient
school houses. How much has Brook
haven spent for the same pnrposes
The Brookhaven Lumber & Manu-
featuring Co. have brought suit
against the Illinois Central Railroad
for $50, 900 for the destruction of their
mill last winter by the wreck on the
mill switch.
Rufus Evans and Virgil Stamps, the
two young men arrested by Conductor
Burns last spring charged with trying
TO wreck a train South of town, have
entered suit against the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad for $4,000.
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange
having gone back on the resolution
adopted by the bagging convention
ON September 18th, BroOkhaven mer-
chants will continue as heretofore tC
buy cotton at gross weight, giving the
highest price the market will justify
The famous Georgia Minstrels will
appear at Heuck's Hall to-
morrow night. 1t is the best
troupe of the kind on the boards, and
all who enjoy that sort of fun never
fail to receive the worth of their mon
ey when they give the Georgias a
hearing.
The meeting at Union Hall on the
2nd Sabbath will be continued
through the week, services being held
rach night. Rev. J. A. Scarborough,
the pastor, requests us to announce
that the preaching during the meet.
ing will be done by Gan educated
preacher"
Mayor Brennan was one of the del
egates from this county to the Repub
lican State Convention at Jackson last
week, and opposed the nomination
of State ticket. The last time MIR
Brennan went to Jackson as n dele
gate, he went as q Democratic shoutei
for Hooker.
Our streets had quiet appearance
last Thursday on account of the clos
ing of all tho lavish husinesa hOuse!