The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-05-14
TOWN AND COUNTY ITEMS.


p,,d notice of stIaycd mare and colt.
Mrs. Ewing has been quite sick during
tho week.
Nrs.J. b. Nalty visited New Orlean,
last week. p.
Columbia Euslaved netted the Brook
haven Union $40.
Capt. A. A. Boyd, High Sheriff of Pike,
was in town Monday.
Miss Kate Mikcll is attcndiDgthe Press
Convention at Yazoo City.
Mrs. McNair entertained the wander
rrs" on last Monday evening.
Capt. Powell is to erect new residence
an his old site on Court street.
DR.. Tom McNair paid a professional
visit to Monticello last week.
viii Penn, Jr,, has gone to Hazlehurst
to take a situation in q store.
Mrs. Mildred Tsbbs and daughter Miss
Josie, visited jackson Saturday.
Master Joe Chrisman has returned from
visit to relatives at Cleveland.
The street hands have been doing some
rood work on South Jackson street.
Miss Anna Easterling, of Bogue Chitto,
visited Miss Pauline Waits this week.
Miss Bessie Hoskins visited home Sun
day and was warmly welcomed by many
friends
Work is under way on Mrs. Ewing's
new residence near the new public school
building.
Mrs. Jennie Bishop of Monticello, has
been visiting her parents, Mr.. aud Mrs.
Frank Larkin.
Rcys. J. II. Gambrell and X. j. Boone
returned yesterday from the Southern
Baptist Convention.
Vivian Byrd, who has had cases for
some time OF the Mississippian, is spend
ing few days at home.
Zach McClendon, who has been paying
"thc old folks at home a visit, returned
to Water Valley Monday.
bOD NdSSeuN VI JdtNSOll 10 uCtO tS'ihb
as ,teuographer in the case of Rufus
Evans VS. l. C. Railroad.
Superintendent Turner, Trainmastcr
Fitzpatrick, and number of railroad
men are here attending court.
Mr.. J. b. Nalty, our popular Front
Street grocer, left on business trip last
4
Helen Huntlcy is visiting with little
Eugcnia at Flora, having been accom-
panied thiihcr by Miss Belle Kearney.
The musical Wanderers will give a
charming concert on the evening of May
18th, for the beneft of the Presbyterian
church.
Miss Lowell and her assistants of the
city public school, will close the term on
Friday, May %, with a public entertain
mcnt. 1t promises to he II very entertain
ing affair.
Prof Edgar Green, the popular princi-
pal of Grange Hall School, passed through
town last Friday en- route to Clinton to
attend the anniversary exercises of the
Philomathean Society.
Mrs. Ada PROXY has returned to her
home at Natchez. Mrs. PROXY is now
president of the Natchez w. c. T. u,
which was finely represented at Conven-
ton by herself and Mesdanes Wright
and Blackburn.
The Library party at Mr.. Chas. Heuck's
Friday night was lar gely attended and
proved q delightful affair. Mr.. James
Pickens beautiful tenor song, "Down on
the Farm" was one ofthe most enjoyable
features of the evening.
Hon. Joseph Dale, editor of the Law
renee County Press and candidete for the
L. S. Senate to succeed Walthall, passed
through town Thursday en- route to the
Press Convention at Yazoo City, and
favored this office with pleasant call.
The LEADER is indebted to the follow
ing distinguished gentlemen for pleasant
calls during the week: Major E. Banks.
dale, candidate for U. S. Senator; Hon.
7. S. Ward of Madison, Hon. s. s. Hud-
son of Yazoo, and Hon. j. b. Greaves OF
Kinds, candidates for district attorney.
The Presbyterian, Methodist and Bap-
fist Sabbath Schools will JOIN in a union
picnic at Old Brook on Friday, May 10th.
Friday, May 22nd was announced last
Sunday as the time, but the date has
been postponed week later on account
of the closing exercises of the public
school.
Mr.. E. C. Gambrell, of Meridiad, repre-
sentipg the Church, School and Home
Furnishing Co., recently organized in
that city, with his father, Rev. j. b.
Gambrell, as President, was welcome
visitor this week. This company makes
specially of pianos, organs, church and
school furniture.
1t is with sincere joy the LEADER IL
able to announce that Rev. A. A. Lomax
who has been dangerously i'll at his home
in Hazlehurst, is convalcscing. Long may
tins faithful servant of God, whose very
4 life is ministry of love and sunshine. bs
spared to bless his family and the people
among whom he labors.
The Goldthwaite, Texas Advocate hal
this to say of an old Brookhaven boy wh'
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