Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-15
-o1uN AND COUNTY

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allows your spring garden?" "Haint
got any,"
,notber "hard cold spell" has been
,be experience of the week.
Mics Jimmie Daughtry is visiting
,or brother and sister at Houston, Tex
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Maxwell, of Mon
..aollo we're in town Sunday and Mon
day.
, GOOD many hardy Northerners are
sookipg the Sunny South in this local
ity. Welcome
urs Hobbs and little Mary are
snending the week with Prof. and Mrs
Menger at Clinton.
Miss Elmira Hays, daughter of
erocb Hays. of Clear Branch, died on
last Thursday night.
M town on the l. G. has better
reputation abroad than Brookhaven,
and she deserves it too.
Mr. Schwem will soon erect grist
mill on his steam gin site. Another
Gin may be added next fall.
DR.. Venable will preach at the Bap-
fist church hereafter on the Ind and
4tb Sabbaths of each month.
Rev. J. E. Thigpen, Union Halls new
pastor, will preach there this year on
tbe 3rd Sabbath of each month.
Miss Carrie Dunn has resigned her
position at DR.. Lewenthafs drug store,
and is succeeded by Miss Ella Lewen-
thai
Notices of sheriff's and trustees
sales are conspicuously numerous and
bespeak an unhealthy financial condi-
ton.
MARRIED-At Antioch church, by
Rev. r. J. Boone, pastor, on Jan. 18th,
1895. Mr.. C. w. King and Miss Mary
Peavey.
The many friends of Mr.. u. ID. Davis
regret that he has suffered a relapse
during the past week. He is reported
better today.
Mr.. C. II. Mills is again night opera
tor at the depot. He is good one,
and THE LEADER is glad to learn he has
come to stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Richards will
move this week to Houston, Texas.
Their many Brookhaven friends regret
to see them go.
Misses Minnie, Daisy and May Hos
kins are now excepting house" togeth-
er at the cottage just north of Mr..
Pfeifers residence.
Mr. J. L. White is rebuilding his saw
mill west of town, which was destroyed
by fire short time ago. Mr. White is
displaying the pluck of Spartan in
his business reverses and richly de-
serves the success which THE LEADER
hopes awaits.
Brookhaven is highly favored this
week in an intellectual way. Mr.. Paul
tombstone, the great mind-reader, will
lecture at Heuck's Opera House to-
night, and next Friday night Prof. Mer-
rill, the noted elocutionist of Wander
twill appear in Whitworth's Lyceum
Course.
The third entertainment of the
Whltworth Lyceum course at the Col
lege Chapel Friday night-Prof. Mer
rlll of Vanderbilt University. Prof
Merrill comes highly recommended as
an elocutionist, and the Brookhaven
public may expect something fine. Ad
mission, 90 cents; children, half price.
good crowd of Northern prospec-
tors came down on the I. G. excursion
last Wednesday. Among them were
ii, W. Churchill, G. w. Hess, w. l..
Paterick, j. M. Spiker, John Anderson,
H. Eastwood, John Malm, J.. H. Hodge
man and II. A. Mahoney, of Aurora
ILL., and II. D. Sanford, of Pipestone
Minnesota. Messrs. Churchill and
Mahoney already have investments
here the others come prospecting for
homes, The party was piloted by w
+. Ihayer, who is largely interested
III Lincoln county real estate, and A
L. Denton, who is agent for a number
Oh hne properties hereabouts.