The Brookhaven leader., 1891-07-02
TOWN AND COUNTY ITEMS.

TOWN AND COUNTY ITEMS.
Register.
Rain Is badly needed.
Celebrate the Fourth.
Hlnckbcrrics " i'll soon be gone.
lime was u scorcher. Now for July.
Mira Woodward is much improved in
health.
Miss Lee Crutchcr continues FRUSTRATED
by fever.
The Board of Supervisors meet next
Monday.
Ucmc.raiscd water melons are getting
plentfnl
Mrs. Crutcher has been "a sufferer from
rheumatism.
REGISTRATION for the November election
closes today.
The mercury crawled up this week to
100 in the shade.
The LEADERS subscription list is grow
,Dg every week.
Nus. Ewing moved into her new cottage
on last Tuesday.
Paul Hobbs has retained from ten
DAYS visit to Clinton.
The building movement continues and
tie machines are all busy.
Rev. A. A. Lomax will preach at the
Baptist church next Sunday.
Miss Ruth Crutchcr is visiting friends
II Tensas Parish, Louisiana,
Lewis I. Fitzhugh, Jr., will spend the
Summer ut the College with his wife.
Mrs Pickens and Miss Wade are visit
ing Mrs. Octayia Butler at Glen Allen.
All candidates who mean business should
place their announcements in the LEADER.
Mrs X. G. Latting and children of
Memphis arc visiting Grandpa and Grand
ma Baggett.
Mrs. Hurst has had relapse and much
anxiety has been felt by numerous friends
on her account.
We return thanks to Mrs. Jones for an
Invitation to attend the picnic near her
home on next Saturday.
Rev. Geo. Woodbridge rendered his res,
i.nation rs pastor of the Presbyterian
church on last Sabbath.
The Fourth Of July picnic at Cold
Springs Saturday will be on a grander
scale than ever before.
W. Il. Herring formerly of Fair River,
but now residing near Beauregard, says
he has Il fine crop-lots of cotton blooms.
Mrs. blanchard and her daughter Miss
Mathilda, after spending u month i'll
New Orleans, returned home last Sunday
A social club is being formed among the
young folks OF the town. They Will hold
their first meeting at Heuck's Hall this
evening.
Rev. w. H. Huntley performed the mar
liage ceremony of Miss Sue Tarpley and
Mir. Garter, of Georgia, ut Jackson last
Thursday.
The w. G. L. l.. will meet on Friday
afternoon, July 10Th, at 3 O'Clock at the
Methodist church A pleasant meeting
IS i'll prospect.
Bro. Woodward has received another
comfortable" present in the way OF aquilt.
This time il is from the w. NJ. s., OF
Pleasant Grove Circuit.
Mr.. Bee arrested two negro boys while
fighting and slashing at each other with
knives at the depot Monday and turned
them over to the Mayor.
Mrs. Ada McNair returned from Tennes-
see last week accompanied by her sister,
Mrs. Sebastian, who will spend few
weeks in Brookhaven visiting relatives.
Pres Fitzhugh and family accompain-
ed by DIR. Murrah and family, left for
Mount Eagle on yesterday, where the
Doctor will deliver an address July goth.
Mrs. McInnis, a daughter of Rev. 10.
Seph Buckles, and lady of many admir-
able qualities, died at her fathers home
last Thursday after a lingering illness
with consumption.
Rev. r. B. Hewitt, of Beauregard,
preached an earnest sermon on Secret
Prayer at the Baptist church last Sab
bath and lectured on Temperance at the
court house in the afternoon.
The Lincoln County Davis Monument
Association has forwarded to the treasu-
Ter Of the Central Association $10O.25.
This speaks well for Lincoln county. Will
more pretentions counties do as wellf-
CtdrioR-Ledger.
DIR. c. W. Grafton, principal of the
Union Church High School, passed
through Brookhaven Tuesday enroate home
from visit to his alma mater, the State
University, where he attended the COM
mencement exercises.
Excursion tickets to Minneapolis and
return will be sold by the Illinois Central
K. r. July 5 to 8, good for return until
Jelly 18th, with privilege of having time
extended to August 26th, 1891. For tick
cts and full information call on local
agents.
Capts, MOreton and Hoskins are max
ing an effort TO run a special train from
brOokhaven to Cold Springs and return