The Brookhaven leader., 1891-03-05
Miscellaneous.

HoN. w. F. FITZGERALD, who has
been appointed Supreme Court Commits
sioner of California at salary of 5000,
was born and reared in jackson. He
was for years District Attorney for War
rem County, and was the Republican
candidate for Attorney General on the
Ben King ticket in 1881.
CAPT. JAMES f. GRESHAM, senior
member of the firm of w. G. c. Gresham
& Co., an old and respected citizen of
bonneville, died last week. He was one
of the pioneers of the county, and had
been leading merchant of Bonneville
for the last twenty-five years. He was
at one time Sheriff of old Tishomingo
County, and was well-known throughout
the State.
The Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany has made arrangements for the
location of a coal chute near Holly
Springs. An immense shed, capable of
holding 1,OOO,0 600 bushels of coal, is to
be built.
THE delinquent tax list in Lafayette
County for the year 1890 is the smallest
in twenty-five years.
THE family of the late DR.. c. K. Mar
shall, of Vicksburg, have presented the
splendid library of that distinguished
divine to the Millsaps College. DIR.
Marshall was an accomplished litera-
teur, and his collection of books is said
to be one of the finest in the State.
AFTER one of the hardest and most
earnestly contested fights in the courts,
Capt. R. J. Thurmond has been ac-
quilted of tho charge of manslaughter
for killing Col. w. c. Faulkner at Rip
ley. The prominence of both Col.
Faulkner and Capt. Thurmond, and the
number of able lawyers engaged in the
case, caused an immense crowd to attend
the trial.
A RECRUITING station of the United
States Army has been established at
Jackson. Recruits are wanted for the
Fourth United States Artillery, now
serving in the South.
THE Women's Monument Association
has fixed June 3-Mr. Davis birthday
as the day for unveiling the Confederate
Monument at jackson. Adjutant-Gen-
eral William Henry has issued call to
the National Guard of Mississippi re-
questing each company to be present
and participate in the ceremonies. Miss
Winnie Davis will be among the distin-
guished persons present.
JAMES HOLIDAY, aged about 20 years,
living at Faust's Shop, in Monroe
County, died of hydrophobia last week
from the result of the bite of mad cat
that entered his room at night six weeks
ago.
THE merchants of Oxford offer a
premium of $1OO for the best acre Of cot
ton in Lafayette County for 1891, and
the farmers all over the county are
forming clubs of ten or more. Each
member pays S., to be given as pre-
MUM to the raiser of the most cotton on
an acre by member of that club.
REV. J. B. GAMBRELL, agent for the
collection of the endowment fund of the
Mississippi College at Clinton, made his
report last week to the trustees of the
college. He reported $4,000 collected
in cash, and subscriptions and notes of
s16, 500. This is independent of the
$500 donated by the National Educa-
tional Society.
THE body of Louis Spears, who mys-
teriously disappeared from Aberdeen on
New Years eve, was found last week
floating in the drift near the mouth Of
Mattubba creek, tributary to the Tom
bigbes. 1t vas thoroughly identified,
and the verdict of the Coroner's jury
was that he came to his death by drown
ing while laboring under temporary in
sanity.
THE Governor has flled the vacancy
on the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Board of
Levee Commissioners by the appoint
ment of Capt. r. c. Irwyn, of Tunica
County, vice G. Ferguson, of the sane
county, resigned.