The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1895-10-08
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SOUTHERN oLEANINos,

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SOUTHERN olEANINos,
Rev. George W. Holland.
Rev. George W. Holland. ID. d., Ph. D..
died suddenly Of heart disease at Co
lumbia, y. c. DR.. Holland was born
In Augusta county, Va, fifty-seven
years ago. lie graduated from Roam
oke college in 1887. and studied the
ology in Union theological seminary,
New York, and in Gettysburg .(Pa.)
seminary, graduating from the latter
in 1860. He Joined the confederate
army in 1861, serving until 1858, when
he lost an arm in the northern vir-
ginia campaign. After serving three
years as professor in Roanoke college
and six years as pastor In Harrisburg.
Va, he went to South Carolina in
1873. and became a professor in Greek
in Newbury college. In 1879 he was
elected president of that institution,
| which Office he held at the time of his
death.
Town MARSHAL Assassinatsd.
Marsha, J. P. Lamb Of Palatks.
Fla. left town the other day to join a
party of bear hunters about 10 miles
distant. The hunters returned two
days later, and .when asked about the
marshal said they had not seen him.
Search was instituted, and the oody Of
Lamb was found about miles from
town. concealed | n underground. Tho
head had been shot off, and the body
riddled. The trail over which the
body was dragged to its place Of con-
cealment was plainly visible. The
place where the assassins waited for
their victim was also found. Marshal
Lamb incurred the enmity of tho
gamblers by the vigorous way in which
he enforced the city ordinances. and it
Is believed they procured his assassina-
tion. Feeling is very bitter.
| Col. d. 9. Troy.
Col. D. s. Troy, for the past quarter
of a century one of the most conspicu-
GUS men in business and in politics In
Alabama, died at Montgomery from
the effects Of consumption Of the bow
els. Col. Troy was about 90 years old.
Montgomery bar for thirty years. He
leaves q widow, daughter OF the late
Gov. Watts. and six children, all of
whom are grown. Col. Troy leaves .
comfortable estate.
Ewisging from the Rafters.
G. A. Northington. aged 81. proprie-
tor of the Clifton house at verbena.
Ala, committed suicide by hanging in
his barn. He climbed into . buggy.
tied a plow line around his neck and
to the rafters. and pushed the vehicle
from under him. His SON. Hendley
Northington, was SO much distressed :
ut the circumstance that he attempted
to end his own life by drowning in q
well. Mr.. Northington leaves widow
and Ave children.
| Rabbrs Oath Believed.
l. In the matter of the suit of the
Shaareth Israel congregation OF Dali
las, Tex, to restrain Rabbi Joseph
Rosebaum from performing services
for the Fort Wort congregation, Judge
Harris decided that the defendant,
having denied under oath that he ever
made contract with the Dallas peo-
pie, the injunction would be denied.
The case goes over until the next term
of the court for final hearing on its
merits
wsman Murdered by Robbers.
What is apparently brutal murder
was committed 8 miles northwest OK
Axtell, KY. few nights ago. Tho
body of Mrs Fenaugherty, the mother
of John Fenaugherty, a prominent
farmer, was found on the floor Of their
house dead with the skull crushed in
horrible manner. There Is no clew
to the murderer. Robbery led to the
crime. The SON had been absent from
home for two days, and his mother was
alone.
The Age-Hsraid Changes Hands.
The Daily State. the free silver DEM
ocratic morning paper of Birmingham,
Ala, has bought out the Birmingham
Age-Herald, sound money denocratic
paper, for SEQ, 000 The State will be
discontinued and the Age-Herald trans
ferred into free silver organ. Col.
Joseph Hodgson will be editor-in-chief
aud III. M. Wilson managing editor.
Col. Hodgson has been editor Of the
State.
The Drought In Kentucky.
/ The drought now prevailing in tho
neighborhood of Versailles. KY, is
the worst since 1884. A good rain has
not fallen in several months, and
crecks and springs have dried up that
have never been dry before. Farmers
are hauling water for miles. and
there are many cases Of typhoid fever
due to the drought.
J Two Deaths Resulted.
William Mcclellan, - well-to-do
negro Of Jenifer, Ala. committed sui
eide by cutting his throat from ear to
ear. No cause is assigned for his act
of self-destruction. Another negro.
who lived in an adjoining house and
had been i'll for some time, died when
he heard of the suicide.
Mills, Gin and Merchandise.
The store and stock OF general mer-
chandise, mills and gin Of E. A. Sim
mons, at Kewanee, Miss, Is miles
north Of Meridian. on the Alabama
tGreat Southern railroad, were de-
stroyed by Gre. Loss. 5000; partially
insured.
Il Tobacco Manufacturers Assigs-
Stultz. Lisbergcr Il Co. large tobacco