The leader., 1897-09-29
s,,te Happenings Since The
Leaders, Last Issue.

tar WOrKS III WV
Granada gave $500 to the yellow
tevor sufferers at Biloxi.
7, 7s 2.43l deaths occurred from
rollow fever in the State.
PORT Gibson's Oil Mill has a steel
smoke stack 100 feet high.
lack Frost appeared in several
towns. He is much desired.
The stock growers of Monroe county
have organized an association.
Judee w. G. Henderson has been
,DpOinted postmaster at Biloxi.
The Brandon News is the liveliest
p,per ever published in that town.
A hose wagon ran over Charlie
younp at Greenville and killed him.
Another blind tiger in Port Gibson
maid s29.25 for his unlawful existence.
VIM Stanill, aged 10, died at Topi
saw He was an exemplary young
man.
Miss Mamie Streibich and Mr..
Eugene Brasneld were married at Nc
Comb.
Manager Oulif is rejoicing in beau
tifully fitted Opera House at Crystal
Springs.
The shot gun quarantine has no fear
for Cupid and matrimony progresses
as usual
The catfish have been quarantined
in Pearl River, because they came via
Biloxi, etc.
Jackson has become famous for
having "lost her head" during the
fever scare.
At the teachers examination in Pike
all applicants for first grade certifi-
Gates failed.
Out of twelve white applicants three
stood the recent examination in Law
renee county.
Camp Fontainbleau" is the name of
the detention camp 8 miles east Of
Ocean Springs.
Crystal Springs local telephone ex-
change demands the employment of a
superintendent.
Some of Mississippi's towns are said
to be painfully clean;" others, "dis-
tressingly healthy"
Copiah Association has been post
poned until Thursday before the first
Sunday in November.
Mrs ]. G. Hall, relict of the late
lamented Judge J. G. Hall, died at
Meridian and was buried at Sardis.
The quarantine system" is receiving
almost as much attention from the
State press as the prevailing fever.
Miss Clara Mortimer, an excellent
young woman of Crystal Springs, has
been made postmistress of that city.
Maj. Simpsons new barn burned
near Grenada, and 60 tons of newly
cut hay and mule went up in smoke.
Miss Ellen Terrell, of Sardis, was
awarded the first premium for the
best sample of wood carving at the
Nashville Exposition.
A W. c. 7. U. was organized at
Kossuth with nineteen members and
nine honorary members-these latter
being gentlemen of the town.
Rev. II. Leduc, for 80 years pastor
OF the Bay st. Louis Catholic Church,
died in Paris. He was 63 years of age
and was buried in his native heath.
Hon. A. Mortimer Dahlgreen has
oeen appointed disbursing agent of
Tue United States Marine Hospital
service for Mississippi and Alabama.
David G. Humphreys, only son of
Capt. B. Humphreys, of Port Gibson,
was thrown from his horse and killed,
us neck being broken. He was large
planter.
Six popular Democrats are in the
neid for Circuit Clerk in Monroe
county, More than a two years. va
Cancy is occasioned by the death of
Lawrence Ross.
hev. I. s. Powell, a Mississippi Col.
iege graduate and Baptist minister
uled OF yellow fever at Augusta. He
was convalescing rapidly; but took a
oath and died within "a hours.
Ihe opening of the State University
nas oeen postponed from Sept. 3Oth, to
saate yet to be named, and of which
uue notice will be given when the
yellow fever excitement subsidies.
AT Cedar Bluff, near West Point, g
lumber OF negroes grossly insulted 9
cumberland Presbyterian minister
".u murderously assaulted number
0'white men. Two were captured.
hrs' Anna Henry, who died a,
u"ards, was a sister of District At
sorney j. b. Greaves. His wife Mrs
u'eaVes' now has the fever, and hi.
tack.
me editor Of the Alcorn Democrat
an out-and-out prohibitionist ant
; S so long as the Lord allows US t.
uaoit this terrestrial globe, we intent
~ wage an uncompromising war upo 1
Tue liquor traffic."
4 b. Johnston shot and killed Car
.r'man, local music teacher, in th,
wy OF Columbus. Hartman persisted
paying undesirable attentions Il
,sunsson's sister, although warnet
Ia a' ne would be shot as consequence
snston was released on 5000 bal
. 49, the case will never be heard o