Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-08-08
TOWN AMID COUNTY

Mrs. Floyd Bowen visited here last
week.
Vivian Byrd of Texas is on visit to
his old home.
Mr.. Jobes now occupies the Mat
thews residence.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
Parsons is very i'll.
Mrs. Powell is again suffering with
her disabled limb.
Capt. Myers and family now occupy
the Millsaps house.
The Board of Supervisors will be in
session all this week.
Her numerous friends regret the ILL
ness of Mrs. Barber.
Miss Susie Powell and Albert are
visiting in Monticello.
Protracted meeting commences next
Saturday at Union Hall.
Luther Harvey is back after two
years absence in Mexico.
Mrs. Judge Conn, of Hazlehurst, Wis
tied Mrs. Barber last week
Mrs. Geo. c. Briley, of Magnolia, is
the guest of Mrs. Henderson,
Miss Ella Bethea was among her nu-
merous friends here last week
Rev. j. NJ. Weems is conducting a
protracted meeting near Lake.
Attorneys Thompson and McNair
are attending court at Monticello.
We regret to hear of illness in the
families of Messrs. Gage and Moore.
Prof. Germany, who.is always a well
come caller, was in to see us last Tues
day.
Little Ethel Conn is visiting annie
Merle",, of whom Brookhaven has but
one.
G. L. Fitzhugh, Esq, of Memphis,
spent days at the College last
week.
Rev. Chas. T. Mckee preached fine
sermon at the iMethodist Church last
Sunday.
Isaac Zwirn has arrived from the
Fatherland, and is the. ..guests.of his
brother here.
Mines. Cope and John Penn were
among the passengers to the Worlds
Fair last Sunday.
Miss Bessie Cassidy occupies the
dignified position of sponsor for the
Becker Zouaves."
Mrs j. S. Carson and Miss Nora Bag
gett, of California, are visiting rela-
tives in our town.
Prof" Clifton Green is home again.
He possesses many of the elements of
successful teacher.
Miss Bessie Hoskins charmingly en-
tertained company of young friends
on last Wednesday evening.
The Demorest Contest will have to
await recruits. Will not parents en-
courage their children to enter?
Mrs. Underwood, of Terry, came
down Saturday to visit her mother.
Mrs. Decell, and returned Monday.
Ike Ward, a third negro implicated
in robhing Smiths store at Montgom-
cry, has been captured by sheriff Nc
Nair
Judge Baggett has enlarged his resi-
dence and made valuable improve
ments on his already handsome prop
erty
Mrs A. ID. McClendon is much disa-
bled on account of a severe cut on her
right hand which required the sur
geon's needle.
Mr.. Howard Pickens and wife are
recreating in Mississippi, and are at
present visiting relatives in this me-
trOpOlis.
DR.. Holcombe, an eminent homeopa-
thist of New Orleans, was summoned
to the sick bedside of Miss Alice Fitz-
hugh last Tuesday.
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Crystal Springs and Wesson respec-
lively, added much to the Baptist
Church choir last Sabbath
When the lightning flashed aud the
thunder roared recently. Mrs. Weems'
parrot exclaimed as she viewed the
raging elements Bye-bye, Polly"
DR.. Otken most acceptably filled the
pulpit at the Baptist Church last Sab
bath, as was testified by the undivided
attention of his large congregations.
Virgil Keene, who cut John johnson
on Fair River, has been released on a
$1,000 dollar bond. His preliminary
trial will take place next Saturday
before Justice Mcmillan.
Mr.. j. N. Cooke says the Hazlehurst
Lumber Company will rebuild. For
tunately he was not heavy loser by
the late disastrous fire, the personal
property he put in the enterprise not
being burnt.
Miss Georgia Powell, who has been
employed as stenographer in New
Orleans, has arrived on visit home
Miss Georgia belongs to that widening