Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-02-18

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THURSDAY. Feb. is, 1892.
r-nt Sawmill Jones was with us
Tuesday.
rro LEADER is prepared to do job
nrintng. Send in your orders
hon i not "a boom town" Her
~.h i steady, healthy and substan-
tial --
pors & NJ. Ellis and VIM. Straus-
Law, Of Clinton, we're welcome callers
hiring the week
Capt. McNoily, of the Clarion mas
chased Senator Georges jackson
rosidence on State street.
pI McLaurin, Esq, of Rolling
r,rl, was licensed to practice before
.be Supreme Court Monday.
uossrs T. w. Campbell and VIM.
c.aoma of the Vicksburg Commercial
uarold we're taking in the Capital the
first of the week.
LETTER. in charge of Hers West
r,alsop store. and Miss Cora Heron,
g NcComb City, were married Mon
Jor DR.. Black tied the knot.
Mr. G c. Jones, of Madison Station,
NIGHT operator at the l. c. Rs H., this
eitv died Tuesday morning at Mrs.
wbitney's boarding house, Capitol
street.
George Pearson, of Raymond, lost
his Gin Saturday night by fire. 1t was
insured for $1,000 by Wharton u Rob
orts Of this city. The origin of the
fire is unknown.
DE- Henry, of Union county, a prom
mont member of the House of 1888,
uss . welcome caller at the LEADER
sanctum last week The Doctor reports
fine Prohibition sentiment healthy and
growing in his portion of the State.
Dir Vcnable's addr ess on Christian
Eiucation at the Baptist church last
Sunday night was religious and intel
lectrial feast rarely enjoyed. AS Presi-
dent of that noble institution, Missis-
sippi College, he is manifestly the right
man in the right place.
Senator McGehee returned from his
home in Franklin county last Friday,
where he was detained by an accident
70 one of his children. The little one
fell in the fire and had her face pain
fully burned, but we are glad to learn
that the injuries will not prove serious.
Prof. L. \. Wyatt, who has made so
signal a success of the Capital Com
mercial College, which he founded in
this city some eight years ago, Will
shortly move to Macon, Ga, where it is
his purpose to establish a branch in
stitution. The Maconites are to be
congratulated.
Messrs. johnson & Bro, dealers in
harness and saddlery, 21S West Capital
street. are commended to the readers
of the LEADER, who may wish anything
in their line. They do repairing with
neatness and dispatch, and are agents
for the popular Ideal wagon Give
them call.
The Republicans of this city elected
delegates last Saturday night to the
county convention which meets at
Raymond next Saturday. The Bruce
and Lynch men downed jim Hill and
his followers The struggle between
the rival factions in the county con-
vention promises to be a lively one.
Detective Jackson arrived in Jackson
Monday with Brooks Story, the noted
express robber whom he had captured
in Sharky county, and landed him in
the penitentiary for safe keeping.
Story is a brother of Eugene Story, the
desperate young outlaw who was hung
at Lexington a few months ago, and is
held to answer for the Durant express
robbery.
Rev. NJ +. Harmon, Pastor of the
Christian Church of this city, and Mrs.
Harmon, left last Monday for Brooks
vile, Florida, where Mr.. Harmon goes
to hold protracted meeting and died.
lcate new Christian church. Mr..
Harmon's pulpit will be occupied next
Sunday by Rev. Alex Watkins, and on
the Sunday following by j. A. Stevens,
evangelist of Christian the church.
We to-day publish the program of
the great Interstate Agricultural and
horticultural Convention to assem-
Die in this city on next Wednesday
We hope to see it largely attended by
people from every portion of the State.
En- Gov. Hoard, of Wisconsin, who so
captlvated Mississippians by his strik-
ing anecdotes and genial humor at the
convention few years ago, will be
among the many distinguished gentle
men from the Northwest in attend