The Brookhaven leader., 1889-10-03
THE STATE.
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED
AND CONDENSED FROM
ALL QUARTERS.

AltIluiuu ~ ~
press.
Blue Mountain Female College had
u fine opening.
The Greenvillc water works have |
been completed.
The Wilkinson county fair will he
gin October 22nd.
Meridian expects 100000 bales of
cotton the present season.
:. W. Collen, the aged postmaster
Mt Mississippi City, is dead.
The Little J. is now standard
guage from Harriston to Natchez.
The Marion negro rioters are on
trial this week in Clarke county.
o. II. Smith, a worthy citizen of
Lawrence county, died recently.
Judge VIM. Hancock has assumed
charge of the Meridian postoffice.
Work has commenced on the iron
bridge across the Pearl ut Month
cello.
The Copiah Republicans have de-
cided to nominate no county
ticket.
A conference of Prohibition editors
of the State will meet i'm Jackson to-
morrow.
Bishop Galloway raised $500 at
Water Valley for the Methodist
College.
Rev. j. H. Lane has returned to the
Baptist Theological Seminary at
Louisville.
The Mississippi Mills are now run
ming day and night to keep mp with
their orders.
Several bales of cotton wrapped in
pine straw bagging have been receiv-
ed at Dnrant.
Sam Jones will open a meeting in
Meridian about November 18th, to
continue 10 days.
The Democrats and Republicans
of Adams will fuse again this year on
the county ticket.
The Jasper Circuit Court had to be
pOstposed on account of the sickness
OF Judge Mayors.
r. L. Daniels and Miss Minnie Full
Ter, of jackson, eloped on the 22nd
and were married in Brandon.
Mrs. Lizzie b. Parker, Of Claiborne
county lost her gin house and two
bales Of cotton last week by fire.
Coy. Lowry has appointed Capt.
ThOs. II. Woods, of Meridian, Su-
preme Judge to succeed Judge Ar
mold.
Log tloaters on the Biloxi and Pas
cagouls rivers are seriously inconven-
fenced by tile dry weather and low
water.
\ bogus colored doctor named
Davenport has been working the faith
cure fraud on the negroes of jefferson
county.
The graded pablo school of Jack
son opened with 500 pupils, being an
increase of 100 over last Years at
tendance.
a grand picnic was held at Canton
on the 25tl in honor of the establish
ment of the Alliance bagging factory
at that place.
The farmers of Yalobusha county
say they will not wrap in jute, but
will hold their cotton until they can
procure cotton baggIng with which to
wrap.
The new graded public school
building at Hazlehurst has Just been
completed at IA cost of $4,000, and
was opened Tuesday by Prof. Perrin
and five assistants.
Sol. Purnell, an insOlent negro,
made an indecent proposal to young
white lady in Montgomery county last
week and paid the penalty of his
presumption with his neck.
w. NJ. Watson, ay0ung man of %
from Meridian, committed suicide by
taking an overdose of morphine at
the Edwards House in jackson last
week. A love affair is the supposed
cause.
Mississippi College opened with
about 200 students. The faculty has
decided to change the college holiday
this session from Saturday to Mon
day, that being found to suit best all
round.
Following is the result of the Ma
riOn county Democratic primary ::
Representative, j. NJ. FOxworth;
Sheriff, w. J. Cowart; treasurer, H.
Pope; assessor, John Magee; survey
or, A. II. Gales.
Captain A. A. Sharp, of the Missis-
sippi Valley Railroad, thinks the del
ta's cotton crop per acre is about the
same as in 1887, but is satisfied that
III the past two years the acreage has
been increased one-fOurth.
Ex-senator Bruce entered the white
peoples waiting room at the Jackson
depot the other night to buy n |
ticket, and was shown by Ticket
Agent l.. F. Montgomery, who is a
white line Republican, to the colored
waiting room.
The boiling Democrats of Warren,
have nominated the following ticket: |
d. N. Hebron, sheriff; r. V. Booth,
senator; d. ii. AlversOn, d. C..
and G.. NJ. Bachelor, rep
Geo. II. Tomkins, treas |
urer; Peter Crouch, assessor, and Sol |
Baular, coroner.