The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-01
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
s,.,,c Happenings Since The
1or,s Last Issue.

u.,,eburst has no vacant residences.
yorth Mississippian has invented
saea trap.
rllisville is to have public well run
na wind mill
" c.r.,al Springs is circulating petit
ton for water works
r.o new government building at Me-
.,iiau is nearing completion.
rhsL G. is putting in a we'll l6xl6
"a Io5 feet deep at Crystal Springs.
nrR RA venable is assisting Pastor
c.,,ov in a meeting at McComb City.
!, bsovy rain visited Monticello Sat
Iov night. Pearl river rose 10 feet.
uonrv MAYER, Vicksburg's new Re-
ll;oon postmaster, takes cha rye to-
day.
4, Ocean Springs there have been
,oo cases of dengue fever in seven
weeks.
,o,,;op of the Fifteenth Missis
.;nri Regiment will be held at Walden,
Sept.Sth.
1utber Manship lectured to big au-
dicpces on the coast and captured the
crowd" every time.
WI. Tegarden, who died at Battle
Creek. Michigan, was brought home
and buried at Summit.
rain and hail storm at Columbus
did considerable damage to fences,
corn. window glass, etc.
Rem Long. white carpenter, fell
from scaffold 20 feet high at Merid-
ian. and was badly injured.
The body of an unknown negro was
found floating in the Tombigbee river
at Waverly in Lowndes county.
State Senator II. J. McLaurin, was
elected attorney for Sharkey county's
board of Supervisors at a salary of $500
per year.
Jackson puts her negro wenches in
the chain gang for month whenever
one fails to prove that she is making a
living honestly.
Nv. Buchanan has sold out his
Senatobia Democrat to Messrs. .. j..
Jennings and w. G. Harper, who will
continue the same.
Pledges for the planting of about 175
acres in vegetables next year have
been secured by the Wesson truck
growers association.
A colored farmer named March Bay
liss carried the first bale to Monticel-
10, receiving premium of barrel of
-four and : cents for his cotton.
l. A. Donald, associate editor of the
Fayette Chronicle, and a member of
Jeff Davis Volunteers, died on Sunday,
the exposure at the encampment in
ducing pneumonia.
The assessors of the State are going
to contest in the courts a ruling of
Gov. McLaurin which has been adopt
ed by the auditor and treasurer call
ing down their pay.
Burglars made haul of 5000 cash
and gold watch at Scranton. H. M.
Plummer was the victim. They also
entered the residence of DR.. Kell and
secured IA few dollars.
US. Marshal McNeily, who was ap-
pointed ad interim by Judge White
under section 1913, Revised Statutes,
fled his bond at Jackson before Judge
Niles, who also swore in his deputies.
The managers of the bennington
Camp Ground announce that they are
well pleased with the results of the
late camp meeting. The associations
finances are in better shape than for
years.
The auditors Office is receiving more
inquiries for pension blanks than
usual, which makes it almost certain
that the Confederate pension roll of
'he State will be increased. An in
crease of the roll means q decrease of
the amount that will be paid to each
pensioner.
Jno. Grant, colored, who murdered
nagman Markett at Sawyer's Switch,
d miles north of Winona, has been cap.
tured He was identified by conduct
VI box on whose train Markett was
hagglng and who was an eye witness to
'he affair. Rewards amounting to s6O(
were offered for his capture.
The retail lumber dealers of the
o'ate met at Jackson to organize and
eiected A. A. Folkes, of jackson, presi
oeht; Il. H. Bennett, of Greenwood,
vice president; w. G. Harlow, Yazoo
wy secretary and treasurer. They
Will meet in jackson on Oct. II
Wnen they hope to have every retail
uealer present.
me Grand Lodge of the Knights Of
.iohor elected the following officers
'of The ensuing year: j. M. Black
past grand dictator; S. b. Watts, grand
ac'ator; N. b. Holt, vice grand dicta
sr' w. +. Herring, assistant grand
pc,ator; E. W. Smith, grand reporter
NJ V. Leland, grand treasurer; r
u Whitfield, grand chaplain; Ma,
ooosteln, grand guide; w. M. Smith
s'and guardian; II. I. C. Meadow
s'ahd sentinel; w. M. Hayden, C. p
brown and j. 7. Chinn, grand trust
'eS' W. ii. Wall, grand alternate.
Inc executive committee of tn.
ward OF trustees of the State Univer
s''s nave received bids for the timber
~ 'ne university lands known as tht
naval reservation lands, located in Har
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