The Brookhaven leader., 1890-10-02
Miscellaneous.


THE meeting of the Grand Camp Of
Confederate Veterans at Meridian has
been postponed from the 9th to the 10th
of October, by order of the Grand Com
mander, E. C. Walthall.
THE Hazlehurst High School opened
last week with 300 pupils in attendance.
CoAHoMA COUNTY for the last school
year paid si,6O5.5o for colored and$3, $40
for white schools.
A HORRIBLE accident occurred recently
on Thomas Atkinson's place, near jack
son. E. E. Evans, manager of the place,
was feeding the gin when his hand got
caught in the saws and before the ma
chinery could be stopped, his entire arm
was pulled in and literally cut and
sliced in shreds all the way to the
shoulder Before medical attention
could reach him he bled to death.
Mrs. LOUISA WRIGHT, of Wesson, died
last week. She was so years old, and
had been resident of the county for 65
years. She leaves large number of
relatives and friends to mourn her loss.
Among her relatives are some of the
most distinguished people of the State.
THE continued rains have damaged
the cotton crop of Madison County at
least 25 per cent, according to the.state-
ments of the best planters. Cotton on
bottom lands, where the growth of the
weed is very vigorous, is rotting badly,
and even on the hills in many places
cotton is sprouting in the bOlls.
THE requisite amount of capital hav-
ing been subscribed and 20 per cent.
paid in, the stockholders of the Summit
Cotton Mills met last week and APP
pointed Board of Directors. Some of
the most enterprising and monied men
in that section are at the head of the
enterprise, and the factoryis now an as
sured fact.
GRENADA is determined to have water
works and electric lights, and it has
been decided to leave the question to
vote of the people as to whether they
should subscribe to the enterprise S20,-
900 in per cent. bonds, to run for
twenty years.
THE handsome bank building at Val
den that has been in course of erection
for some time, has been completed, and
the Walden Bank opened for business
last week with paid capital of $4,000.
The bank commences business under
bright prospects and promises great sue
cess. The merchants cotton warehouse
is almost completed, and will greatly
add to the town receipts this year.
FOUR of the Western excursionists
who came down on the recent excursion
from Nebraska and Dakota have decided
to locate at Brookhaven W, tn their fami-
lies. Quite colony of Western people
have already settled there and others
are expected. Brookhaven is on quite
! a boom. Cotton receipts are l, 1870 bales
ahead of any former year. Several new
stores and dwellings have just been
built, or are under contract, and there
| is not a vacant store or dwelling in town.
THE receipts of the Natchez postoffice
have increased 3SS per cent. during the
last three months. The business of the
money order department has increased
| so per cent. in the same time.
TUPEI.o was in an unusual state of ex-
citement last week, caused by the arrest
and prosecution of white man by the
name of Chalmers and two negroes for
enticing away laborers and hiring them
to GO to Arkansas to pick cotton. Chal-
mers and one of the negroes, who are
from Arkansas, were tried and convicted
and fined $50 each and costs, which they
paid. The last Legislature of Missis
| sippi passed an act making 1t q crime
| punishable with a fine Of 500 for any
person to entice away another's labor
ers without his consent.
THERE are &, 500 acres Of land in New
ton County subject to homestead entry