The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-21

been finished, and corn was grow.
ing nicely.
Talking about fools, but didn't
the people of Louisville, KY, do
the nice thingl Mr.. w. X. Brown.
editor Of the Louisville Times, was
here Monday and gave the Govern.
or check for nearly $1,000, colt
trlbuted by his people for the Mis-.
sissippi food sufferers, and which
has been sent to variOns points III
the Delta. Mr. Brown had sim.
| liar sum for the Governor of AR.
kansas, and left here for Little
Rock.
Mr.. L. w. Caldwell, of Chicago,
is here and will remain week or
two looking into the inducements
jackson has to offer for the invest.
ment of a large sum of money in
electric light and electric railroad
plants, etc. He took a birdseye
view of the town Saturday and in.
formed me that he was delighted
with what he had seen. Wouldn't
Jackson put on city airs sure
enough if she had electric cars,
sewerage and new capitol ? The
long cared motive power would
have TO 60 then. Under the fran,
chise mentioned last week as hav-
ing been granted, the price of elec
trio lights is made 80 cents per
month and gas $3.50 per 1000,
which is just half what we pay
now. In the event Mr.. Caldwell
secures u contract for lighting
the streets he willspend hismoney in
Jackson.
The Board of Control got 1S4 he.
gro cOnvicts out of the Delta on
Thursday, and on Monday march
ed them four abreast to the State
farm in Rankin. Such large
striped regiment created quite a
sensation as they marched through
the city. They were "a careless,
happy looking lot in spite of their
degrading uniforms and seemed
wcll,fed, clothed and cared for. On
Saturday the white conyicts, about
80 in number, were transferred
from the Rankin farm to Oakley
farm in this county, so as to keep
the two races separate.
A few days ago a..white convict
named Lem Screw, sent up from
Union county, was assisting in
digging new well on the Rankin
place. While being drawn to the
surface he lost his hold on the rope
and fell a distance of % or 80 feet
to the bottom, being very severely
injured, though no bones were
broken. The unfortunate fellow
was brought to the penitentiary
hospital and attended to by DR..
Writ johnson.
The confirmation of Alex. Cook
as marshal of the northern district
of Mississippi has slightly disfig-
ured the Lynch Republicans here
abouts, but they say they are still
in the ring and express confidence
that Mr.. Mckinley is going to di-
vide the spOils for them.
A negro nurse girl, Charity Will
lis, was sentenced to pay fine of
$40 and costs in Justice Lewis
court Saturday for assaulting and
beating two white children in her
care. The fine was made small be-
CduSc luC SIIl . IdCuCI uou otdlSu
he would whip her in the Jail yard
if permitted, but after sentence
was passed, the old man concluded
to pay the fine. The nurse is a
regular fiend and deserved to be
soundly thrashed with hickory
club. During the absence of her
employers, Mr.. and Mrs. JOS. Asch-
er, she became incensed at some.
thing a year-old tot did and whip
ped her wilh a barrel stave.
The case of the State Revenue
Agent VS.. the L. n. o. & Il. r. X.
for about $25O,OO0 back taxes, was
re-argued before the Supreme
Court this week, Messrs. Beckett
& Ortiz, of West Point, and Judge
Campbell, of Jackson, for the State;
Hon. 4. Mayes, for The railroad.
Z. Il. FRANTZ.