The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-03-26
Miscellaneous.


dents of the Mississippi Valley will be
called shortly to take action with refer
enca to having made an immense map
of the alluvial lands of the Mississippi
Valley, showing lines of leyees and
other features of interest. Statistics of
the crops grown on this area will be
presented on this map, which is in
tended for exhibition at the Chicago
Worlds Fair, and is expected to be of
great assistance in the campaign of edu-
cation on levee matters inaugurated by
the levee interests last year.
Gov. STONE has appointed s. T. Har,
key notary public of Tupelo, vice Har-
vey C. Medford, resigned; Edward Dren-
ming, of Yazoo, member of the Board
of Trustees Of the Alcorn Agricultural
and Mechanical College, vice w. H.
Snodgrass.
REV. GEO. s. INGE, the celebrated
evangelist, is conducting a revival at
Columbus. Mr.. Inge has held many
meetings in this and other States in the
last few years, and has met with great
success.
OWING to cross currents in the river
at Warrentoh, which interferes with
accuracy of results, it is now anticipated
that the government station at Warren
ton for observation of velocity and vol
ume of the Mississippi river will be re-
moved to Natchez.
SOME unknown persons entered the
store of Seward Bros, at Ackerman last
week, blew open the safe and carried of
the contents. The robbers secured only
about 1925 in money. Mr.. Seward had
expressed several thousand dollars to
New Orleans few days before. Notes
and accounts amounting to $4,000 or
81 900 were left unmolested.
AT the burial of Mrs. Slocumb, at
fernando, last week, two children
tainted. They were not in any way con-
nected with the deceased, so no cause
can be assigned. The little girl re-
covered in about fifteen minutes, but
the boy was carried from the cemetery
in state of Inconsistencies.
The city council of Columbus has
passed an ordinance requiring all dogs
to be killed that are found on the streets
without being muzzled. There has
been considerable scare of mad dogs in
| that section recently.
THE Penitentiary Board of Control
| last week paid into the State Treasury
So, 900 as the net receipts from the peni'
tentiary since the last payment.
HENRY STANTON, young white man,
wanted at Greenville, for large forger-
les, was arrested at Birmingham, Ala,
on the 10th. 1t is said he is also wanted
in Memphis on the same charge. The
authorities at Greenville were notified
of his arrest, and replied that an officer
would be sent after him at once. Stan
ton has been here only few days, but
when arrested had in his possession q
/ forged check on the First National
Bank of this city, which he tried to de-
stroy.
ONE of the important criminal cases
in the Circuit Court at Holly Springs
last week was the Wooldridge-M Morgan
murder case. Judge Greer, Of Memphis,
Is an attorney in the case. The suit of
Wooten against United States Marshal
Burton, for $1,000 damages for assault
was also tried.
AN autopsy was held last week on the
remains of w. II. Brabston, killed July
18, 1889, in melee at Newman's Grove,
in Warren County. Wilfred Brabston,
ousin of the deceased, is on trial for
his murder, and the post norton was
undertaken at the Instance of the States
attorney. The body when disinterred
was found almost perfect, though in
tered eighteen months ago.
/ Mrs. RoRoTHY CARLTON, widow of the
late w. 4. Carlton, died at Sardis last
week, aged Sc years. She leaves five
children and many friends tomparn her
loss.