Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-08-15
TOWN AND COUNTY

Services at the Baptist Church mex,
Sabbath.
Mr., and Mrs. Lyman Zwirn are Wis
ting North.
Miss Ada Lumpkin is the guest OF
Miss Lula Green.
Miss Mary Jordan is enjoying visit
TO .McComb City.
Pres. Fitzhugh and family left yes
tsrday for Chicago.
Mrs. Willis, of Copiah, is visiting her
brother, DR.. Barber.
Parties to the Exposition from our
town are becoming frequent.
Miss Dora Naudain has returned
from visit to New Orleans.
Hon. r. ii. Thompson and wife are
on their way to the Worlds Fair.
Prof. Girault is an able expounder
of the law relating to public schools.
The w. C. r. U. will meet at Mrs.
Woodward's next Friday evening at 5.
Louis Levy is visitor from New
Orleans, to his mother, Mrs. Kohlman.
Rev. J. J. Green is conducting re-
vival at New Zion, near Crystal Springs.
Miss Josie Hurst, one of our pretti-
est girls, lis visiting friends in Nc
Comb City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon, of Port Glib
son, are visiting their sisters, the Miss
es Giartman.
Miss Bette Beacham, recent grad
uate of Hillman College, has been the
guest of Mrs. u. d. Davis.
The Demorest Medal Contest will
take place in the Baptist Church, Fri
day evening, the 18th inst, at 7:3O.
Mr.. John McGrath landed in New
York last Sunday, and will visit the
Exposition before returning home.
Rev. j. H. Lane, an eloquent young
divine, arrived yesterday and is now
assisting in the Union Hall meeting.
Mrs. Ed Schaller was elected Essay
ist by the Grand Lodge Knights and
Ladies of Honor at jackson, last week.
We are glad to hear of the recovery
of Mr. j. S. Burns, after three months
suffering with infammatory rheuma-
tism.
Hon. j. J. PROXY is in town.
Miss Edwina Burnley, Robert Rick
etts and others leave for the Mecca of
America today.
Misses Maggie Ewing and Bessie
Hoskins "stood up the longest" at the
spelling match last Wednesday night
at the Court House.
Rev. j. NJ. Weems returned from
Lake last Friday accompanied by Miss
Zula, who has been spending the sum-
mer in that pleasant town.
We regret to hear that Mr.. Jones, of
Vine Dale, has been seriously i'll, as
the result of an accident. by which he
was struck in the side by pillow han
die.
E. NJ Bee was the first depot agent of
Magnolia, and served twenty years,
when, in 1875, he came to !. Brookhaven
snd has nearly rounded up a score of
years here.
How people will brave the elements
to go to places of worldly amusements;
but, alas! how great hindrance a lit
tie sprinkle proveth to divine worship,
and that, too, on the one day set apart
for His service.
An unknown man, we'll dressed, was
found dead on the railroad a mile and
half this side of Johnson Station this
morning, with his brains knocked out
The Coroner is making an investiga-
ton as we 90 to press.
l. c. Smith, our county treasurer
met with painful accident last Tues
day. He was knocked senseless by a
piece of casting that flew off of pull
ley wheel in rapid motion, and sus
tanned severe cut across the fore
head
E. B. Perkins, representing Fair
banks Soap Company, visited his ia
theirs family here last Saturday ano
Sunday. 1t is understood that Mr.
Perkins will enter suit against the Hi
nois Central for 900 for injuries re
ceived last winter.
To avoid the rush, apply AT ONCE tc
Prof. Edgar Green for the position o.
boarding house-keeper in the Law
renee County High School This in
stltution had an attendance Of lGO pu
pills last session and has fine prospects
for still greater number next term.
Virgil Keene, who assaulted JohI
Johnson on Fair River, with a knife
had preliminary trial before Justic'
Mcmillan Saturday and was bound
over to the Circuit Court in the sun
OF 800. A. G. McNair, Esq, appeared
FOR the defense and Judge Cassidy rep
resented the State. johnson is get
ting we'll.
The service rendered the teachers O
this county by Professors Trawick ant
Tappan cannot be expressed in dollar
aud cents At the closing eyerciSeS oil