The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31

The Baptist church now uses unfer-
oo,od wine for communion service.
Mr. = F. Becker and wife and Will
ucGrath leave for New York next week.
Mrs. Eckhardt, of Sherman, Texas, is
ora visit TO her sister, Mrs. r. II. ThOmp-
son.
Hartmau's is headquarters for ladies
hats, and they must go, regal dless OF
cost.
Canned Meats, Canned Fruits and Veg
ctables, Laundry and Toilet Soaps at
Powell's.
Rev. DR.. Russell of Wesson preached
an able sermon at the Presbyterian church
Tuesday night.
Read the advertisement of Blue Moun-
tain Female College, one of the best
schools in the South.
There is nothing like pretty foot in "A
pretty shipper. Call at Hartman's and
get you a pair cheap,
There will be II mite meeting at the
residence of Capt. Powell Thursday even
ing All are invited.
Jake Boone left last Friday to take
situation offered him in the Office of the
Lake Charles (La.) Echo.
Peaches are selling at S1.00 per dozen
in New Orleans. The editor laid in sup
,I u.IiIn th.rn lac NopIoI
The New Missssippian said last week
;here was an epidemic of sickness" in
BrOokhaven. The N. NJ. is mistaken.
Friends of the LEADER will confer an
appreciated favor by reporting all per
Sonals or local happenings of interest.
Our farmer patrons should read the
plan printed on first page for killing the
cotton worms and prepare to act theron.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene LYMAN of Sum
init aud their sprightly little scion were
on visit to relatives here last Sunday.
Ed. Hooker, formerly of Brookhaven,
IS now editor and proprietor Of the
Franklin County Herald, Charleston,
Ark.
Mrs Hub Bowen, Of McComb, visited
relatives here last week, accompanied by
Miss Martha, who has been away for some
lime.
The Presbyterian Lawn sociable and
entertainment OH last Friday evening
were very enjoyable and success finan-
cially.
Mrs. Ada McNair is now organist at the
Methodist church. She succeeds Miss
Fannie Larkin who has served the church
long and faithfully.
Subscribers to the Mississippi College
Endowment fund who have not paid are
requested to call at Sherman & Davis
Bank and do so at once.
1t will be of interest to her many friends
to know that Mrs. Leila j. Cunning will
be married on the Goth of August to Col.
a. Z. Fletcher of North Carolina.
The Board of Supervisors meet next
Monday and will be in session all the
week revising and correcting The assess
ment roll, if it shall take that long.
Miss Annie Striebick of McComb City
who has been visiting the family of F.
H. Hartman for the past two or three
weeks, returned to her home Saturday.
Will Cupit, the little negro dwarf, was
locked up by the Marshal Saturday night
and fined $500 for using stick on a
country negro boy too freely Saturday.
There will be a meeting of the Y. w.
T. I. U. at the residence of Mrs. Gam
Drell this Thursday afternoon at 5
O'Clock. All members are urged to at
tend.
Rev. R. j. Boone, assisted by Revs. t.
W. White and j. o. Green, closed very
successful meeting at Mt. Moriah last
thursday, Fourteen new members were
received during the meeting.
The musical entertainment on August
"h by the Baptist choir will be something
worth attending The music will be the
oest that can be furnished by our best
local talent, and that is saying much.
The charges of the LEADER for publish
'ng obituaries, tributes of respect, ETC.,
VIII hereafter be one cent for each word
count the words and you can always tell
exactly what the cost will be.
"ereturn thanks to L. T. Fitzhugh,
J'r lor copy of the Memphis 'DeutchseI
Aeitung," containing handsome ad. Of
Tue fltzhngh Pharmacy. We hope to fin
"'Sn our translation of it by next issue.
Mrs. Seibles, who claims to be good
Judge on the subject, says there will be 8
regular real estate boom in and around
nfookhaven within the next IL months
a"u mat the present price of lands will
double and treble.
The brick work on the new Hard,
""'idlng on Front Street has begun, ane
'"ese two new stores will be pushed t
"" early completion. The fact that Mes
''s' Lewis & Mccormick are the contrac
'VrS Is guarantee that the work will b,
uone promptly and we'll