Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-04-14

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r1,IpsDAY. April Il, 1892.
D-.ons receiving copies of the LEAD
rbo have never regularly subscrib'
,or Il. will understand that they are
90 sample copies or on the order OF
o,o else. It is not onr style OF
-, business to send the paper to
ohio never ordered it, and then
when he has taken it out OF the post
a,o for awhile, demand payment.
cant Burkitt was with us Tuesday.
lHpt.
,r.o Jackson building and loan asso-
.Iao,s are doing good business.
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The heavy and incessant rains OF The
- two weeks have operated serious
= oraipst the gardeners and farmers.
Davis lessee of the Fair
o-arnds has notified all parties that
.ha, must not shoot or hunt within the
enclosure. -----
,oiuter to advertisers: The
,u,Drp will have II large circulation
among a constituency not reached by
any other Jackson paper.
Tho citv council of Jackson has add
oaa 900 privilege to the State tax for
Soninc cigarettes. making tho total tax
.oocb dealer who sells them $500.
son of Rev. L. S. Jones, pastor of
.ho West Jackson Methodist church,
ooused some excitement during past
rook bv making trip to North Missis-
siDpi without notifying his parents of
his intentions.
negro named Jim Scott brutally
murdered his wife in South Rankin
Saturday. In confessing his crime,
bo assumed as a reason for his act
that the murdered woman failed to
have his dinner ready on time.
Hon. d. C. Casey, Chairman of the
State Alliance Executive Committee.
WAS inclined to sass" the Democratic
Committee last Tuesday because of the
action taken by last years Democratic
Convention against the Sub-Treasury'
MrL.P. Brown, of Meridian, one of
the most loyal Prohibitionists of the
"Mighty East" was in town Sunday
and Monday, on visit to his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Brown, Sr. The
LEADER is indebted to him for an APP
preciated call.
4 squad of convicts were engaged
the latter part of last week in topping
some of the old china trees in the yard
of the Governors Mansion, and in cut
ting up others which had fallen down,
Several cords of good stove wood was
the net result.
Some of these days, when the life of
some innocent person is lost by the
failure of the city authorities to erect
railing along the east approach to the
Town creek bridge, the city will proba
bly, have a damage suit on its hands
and every body will be very sorry.
Earle Brougher, Esq, now success
full attorney at Greenville, Texas, and
candidate for District attorney of his
district, has been visiting relatives
here during the past week. His Mis-
sissippi friends are watching his race
with interest and hope he may capture
the prize.
Mr.. Hindman DoXey, associate editor
of the Copiah Signal, was in the city
Tuesday and favored the LEADER with
a social call. The Signal is an aggres-
Slve and outspoken champion of ALI
ance principles and Prohibition, and
deserves a strong support at the hands
of COpiahans.
meeting at the State Alliance Exc
cutlve Committee was called to meet
here Tuesday, but failed to obtain
quorum, owing to high water and in
terruptions in the way of travel
chairman Casey and Hon. L. j. Mill
SapS were the only members who showed
up President Jamison, who was ex-
pected here on that day to confer with
the committee on matters for the good
OF The order, was detained at home by
sickness.
Inc following gentlemen attended
Tue meeting of the State Democrat
Executive Committee in this
GUY Tuesday, either as men,
OerS or proxies: Messrs. r. H.
thompson, R. E. Wilson, Edgar S. Will