The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-08-18
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
TOWN AND COUNTY.


quire of Agent Bee.-
Little Misses Nellie and Eva Jones
are visiting in Jackson.
Rev. w. P. Price acceptably filled
the Baptist pulpit on last Sabbath.
Mrs. r. d. Sessions and little ones
have returned to their home in Match
ez.
Mrs. II. Brill was visitor to Bogue
Chitto relatives last Saturday and Sun
day.
Mr.. Lyman Zwirn aud family left on
last Sabbath for sojourn at Browns
Well.
eBWill exchange Soda Apparatu:
for improved real estate. Apply al
this office.
Mr. and Mrs. r. H. Hamilton return
ed last Thursday night from their
northern trip.
VIM Abshagen and son Willie have
returned from their trip to Chicago
and St. Louis.
If your time keeper is out of order
carry it Thos. D. Evans at the Front
Street Drug Store.
Mrs. Jno. b. Nalty and children re-
turned on last Thursday from a charm
ing visit to st. Louis.
Miss Emma Bee and L. H. Baggett
returned on Friday night last from
their trip to California.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Abrams and Miss
Theresa Mendle returned last week
from their northern tour.
Miss Miriam Crutcher has returned
to Wartrace, Tenn, where she is en-
gagged in teaching music.
Rev. Mr.. Roberts occupied the pull
pit at the Methodist church last Sab
bath morning, the pastor berg absent
If there is any thing the matter with
your watch or clock, carry it to Thos.
d. Evans at the Front st. Drug Store.
Sherman & Davis have added a new
store room to thei.r stores and are other
wise improving and painting on TIE in-
side.
Geo. Bowsky, the clothier, is in New
York laying in his fall and winter stock
and all may expect big bargains on his
return.
Prof. H. L. Whitfield, of Stems
Creek, and W. T. Pate, of Pittsboro,
are conducting the Teachers Institute
this week.
Thos d. Evans, the jeweler, can put
your watch it first class order. He
understands his business. Charges
reasonable.
Our genial friend, Will KEGS, of Fair
River, is attending big protracted
meeting in Jefferson county this week
and incidentally watching the matri-
monial market.
LosI--In Brookhaven one day last
week, small laundry account book.
The finder will be suitably rewarded
by returning same to w. P. Hubect at
John McGrath & Sons store.
Cynthia Gatlin was convicted on two
counts before Mayor Daughtry last
week for unlawful retailing and fined
S25 and sentenced to 80 days in each
case. She will get a dose of the coun-
ty farm.
Miss America Oliver, who is one of
the superior teachers in this county,
has been elected as a member of the
faculty of the Crystal Springs Public
School Miss Oliver and the school
are to be congratulated.
Peter Richardson, an Italian, and a
negro named Ross Sylvester, were sent
to the county farm for 10 days from
Justice East's court last Friday on
the charge of petit larceny and aiding
and abetting same. They claim to
have come from New Orleans.
STRAYED OR SToLEN.-From Brook
haven, August 2, white Pointer Dog,
about one year old, with a round black
spot on back and black around one
eye. Any one who will return this
dog to j. b. Hardy, Brookhaven, will
be literally rewarded.
Rev. s. w. Sibley, of McComb, ar
rived on last Sunday night and is pow
assisting Pastor Thigpen n a revival
at Union Hall. The hospitable people
of this church are entertaining their
friends in their usual sumptuors way
during the meeting.
Mrs. McNair, Misses Jessie McNair,
Edith Sherman and Rev. b. #. Jones
Fayette on Monday evening. delighted
with their trip and the success of Miss
McNair's recital, which brought the
handsome sum of eighty odd dollars.
just before going to press the editor
of The LEADER received telegram
from Rev. j. II. Gambrell, who was an
nounced to lecture at the Baptist
church tomorrow night, by invitation
Of the w. NJ. s., saying that on account
Of exhaustion resulting from work in a
protracted meeting, he will be unable
to reach here at the appointed time.
This win be a great disappointment to
those who had hoped to meet Mr.. Gam
brell again and hear his brilliant lee
ture on 1.-THE sTstor Crop" and it is
haped they mag enjoy this treat later.