The leader., 1897-08-25
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
TOWN AND COUNTY,

LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
TOWN AND COUNTY.
T.. C. Ratcliff had the misfortune to
lose fine horse this week.
Every woman needs DR.. Niles Pain Pills.
Mr.. Will Penn and daughter, Miss
Laurie, are visiting in Vicksburg.
Miss Maggie Brown, Of Jackson, is
visitor to Brookhaven relatives.
Mr.. Willie Schwem is employed at
Geo;Bowsky's great clothing emporium.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. d. McGrath and
children returned yesterday from the
coast.
Miss Susie Becker and Nellie Nc
Grath will enter school at Chatawa
this fall.
If your time keeper is out of order,
carry it Thos. D. Evans at the Front
Street Drug Store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Bee have be-
come residents of our town again. They
are cordially welcomed.
Miss Maggie McGrath arrived home
Sunday, after a long and pleasurable
visit to New Orleans friends.
Mr.. D. M. Lee, of Monticello, is
spending the week here-about and was
the guest of the Jones Hotel Sunday.
If there is any thing the matter with
your watch or clock, carry it to Thos.
ID. Evans at the Front st. Drug Store.
Mr.. Howard Redding is trying his
incubator again-with new and
strictly correct thermometer, we opine.
Rev. j. j. Green rejoices over the
success of meetings with two of his
churches, to which 81 accessions were
made.
Thos. d. Evans, the jeweler, can put
your watch in first class order. He
understands his business. Charges
reasonable.
The Kings Daughters are preparing
to celebrate their second anniversary
by giving musical entertainment on
the evening of September Sd.
Miss Birdie May has returned home
from pleasant visits to Bahala and
Rockport. She was accompanied by
her friend, Miss Seals, of Bahala.
Mrs. Tom Allen has been very ill
during her visit to Birmingham. Mr..
Allen has returned from her bedside
ndexpects her to return next Sabbath.
Miss Fannie Maxwell, of Johnson Sta
ton, and Miss Mamie Kerr, of Jack
son, we're visitors to town Monday.
Miss Kerr returned to the Capital City
yesterday.
Rev. b. F. Jones is assisting in a
meeting at Caseyville, which is one
of his former charges. Mrs. Jones &C
companied him and will remain until
tomorrow.
Prof. H. j. Wilson will respond to
the address of welcome at the Copiah
Sunday School Convention, which
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September.
Morris Mendle left Monday to &C
cept good business situation in the
State Of Arkansas. Morris is an in
dustrious young fellow and we wish
him much success.
Messrs. w. F. Jobes and w. w. Hen
derson have bought out their partners
in the livery business, Messrs. Will
Moore and E. H. Easterling, and the
firm will hereafter be known as Jobes
& Henderson.
Examinations of applicants for schol-
arship to the l. 1. & c. at Columbus
and A. & M. at Starkville will be held
at the Superintendent office at the
court house, beginning at a. m, Sat
urday, Aug. %.
G. w. Magee and JEFF d. Burkitt, of
Lawrence, brought in the third and
fourth new bales, respectively, and
took McGrath & Sons prize hat and
shoes. The BOBBY prize, a pair of
spurs, still awaits claimant.
Miss Maggie Flood, one Of our love-
liest young ladies, is again behind Nc
Grath's counters, after a long time
spent in nursing her invalid mother.
Mrs. Brennan, we are glad to state, is
now able to be about her home.
DIR. w. F. Toombs and family left
last week for his former home in Mis-
souri,. The doctor was an excellent
Christian gentleman and we regret
that he did not find it to his interest
to remain a citizen Of our town.
Rev. j. E. Thigpen and his attractive
young daughter, Louise, were in Brook
haven short while Friday. The I'M
usually bad weather interfered with
the progress Of the Union Hall meet
ing and with some other engagements
Bro. Thigpen expected to fill.
Are you dyspeptic9 II you are afflicted with
this distressing complaint 1t may do you good to
learn that tricky ASH BITTERS is a
prompt and radical cure for IT, II strengthens
the stomach and digestion. regulates the liver,
heals the kidneys. and by its agreeable eathartIc
eject II empties and purifies the bowels. Pleas
ant tasting and effective. Sold by C. Y. Grafton.
The Little Workers will give an en-
tertainment at Calisthenics Hall next
Friday evening at 8 o'clock. By the
special request Of the Little Workers
Miss Edith Sherman viii contribute
some Of her delightful piano solos and
Miss Jessie McNair viii conclude the
entsrtsinment with some other charm
inx readings All are cordially invited
p sttend.