The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-20
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

Mr.. Miazza's house will be beau
tiful one.
F. II. Hartman is considerably un-
der the weather.
Rev. B. F. Jones has had serious
attack of grippe.
Mrs. ]. ]. PROXY is with her mother
at the old homestead.
Sheriff McNair and wife have both
been victims of the grippe.
Chas. Hamilton, one of our worthiest
young men, has been quite ill.
I'VE admire the man who saves his
honesty, in crowds of knaves."
Rev. j. A. Scarborough says we look
"homely" in our old business.
Pink Magee, Of Texas, has paid a
pleasant visit to his father, Mr.. Irving
Magee.
Mrs. B. F. Jones has been very i'll
for more than a week, but Is i'm
proving.
The LEADER has had gratifying en-
enlargement in the way of plenty of
Job work.
Two weddings in Brookhaven last
Thursday. Who says We are not pro-
gressive
H. Cassidy, Jr., has received the ap-
pointment from the Governor of
notary public.
Quite a number of new pupils have
been enrolled at the Public School
since January LIST.
On Sunday evening, Miss Octavia
White left for Starkville to visit her
sister, Mrs. Walker.
DIR. Will Penn, West Jackson's prom
inent dentist, visited with the home
folk last Sabbath.
Little Miss Carrie Cassidy and
midget" Watts have been afflicted
with throat trouble.
Miss Lena Allen, of Norfield, and
Miss Nellie Smurr, of Wellman, spent
Sunday with relatives.
City Marshal Hurst and Mrs. Hurst
have been great sufferers with grippe,
but are now recovering.
Mrs. Kelly, an inmate of the poor
house, was buried last Wednesday,
Rev. Mr.. Crisler officiating.
Rev. j. E. Thigpen, who has many
warm admirers in Brookhaven, en-
joyed short visit here Monday.
Hons. Hiram Cassidy, E. F. Bren-
nan and A. G. McNair attended the
Supreme Court in Jackson Monday.
Be sure and go the Hebrew Society's
entertainment at Mr.. and Mrs. Josh
Priebatsch's tonight. Admission, 25
cents.
Rev. Chas. Oberschmidt will preach
at the Presbyterian church on Friday
night preparatory to communion ser
vice ON Sunday.
'sSchwem's smallpox house" has
been burned to the ground-to the
relief Of all the alarmed who ran to
the fire a week ago.
Hon. w. F. Parsons has purchased
the lot in front of his present home.
1t is one of the handsomest residence
lots in Brookhaven.
Rev. Harry Brown, of Beauregard,
Col. Shropshire, j. e. Evans, and John
Fitzhugh, of Jackson, attended Luther
Manship's entertainment.
With Whitworth College, st. Francis
School, the Public School, the Com
press, Foundry, Canning Factory and
the prospective Sanitarium, Brookha-
ven's advantages are manifest.
We would like to see some of our
thoughtless boys and girls who forget
to be courteous to each other and to
their elders, go to Mr.. r. H. Hamilton
and find out how ''to make their man
ners."
Circuit Clerk Oliver has purchased
% acres of desirable lands from F. F.
Becker In the suburbs of town and
win soon begin the erection Of a
nice residence and other improve
ments thereon
Chas. Hamilton's illness was a source
of unusual regret to himself
and interested friends as he was
expected to serve as one of the attend
ants at the Ewing Circuit marriage and
20 take the Arst train thereafter for
another wedding in New Orleans. The
grippe gripped him and held him here.
Mr.. 8. Kohlman and wife, accom-
panied BY Miss Eva and Nathan,
spent . portion Of last Sabbath at
Crystal Springs, with Mr.. Kohlman's
motheE. whose seventy fifth birth day
occurred on that day. May our
worthy townsman enjoy many repeti-
tions 81 TIE pleasant occasion
lfias Cora Parsons has been reelected
by The Board Of Trustees to teach
~ Edwards public school near town. |
Mn Ooea served - assistant in this |
aehool tuo terms before she became
~ prlncipal. and this repeated en-
(egsenent By ths trustees Is compli-
mont q vhish she and her friends may
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