The leader., 1897-02-10

Is said to be the first time such q
ease has ever been heard in Mis-
sissIppi, aud the first appearance
OF "a .'promotcr." in our courts
The case WAS appealed.
The celebrated COoper's Well
property has been put in the hands
os Gtn. Will Henry, who is author.
Ized by the Messrs. Spengler, OF
jackson and Vicksburg, to form n
stock company with u capital OF
100000 for the future manage.
ment of the plant. The shares are
800 each, the Spenglers agreeing
to take S1J.000 worth. Gen. Henry
thinks he can dispose of all the
stock to Mississippi capitalists,
several shares being aleady spoken
for right here. This is doubtless
the finest piece of watering place
and hotel property in the South,
aud there's "miliOns in it" if prop.
erly pushed. The grounds cover
"a township, GAO acres, there are
two handsome buildings, one cf 63
and the other Of 100 nicely furnish
ed rooms, billiard and pool tables,
pianos, nice walks and drives, and
the finest well of mineral water in
the country.
auditor Holder has received a
lette: from Gen. Marcus j. Wright,
OF Washington, ID. c., inquiring
as to the Whereabouts of W. IL.
Haynes, either dead or alive. He
was assistant commissioner of sub
sistence to Gen. Charles Clark, III
Mississippi, in 1862.
The Illinois Central has advised
the Railroad Commission that they
have put in effect the new schedule
OF freight rates ordered Oh bagging
and ties, cotton seed, hay, brick,
grain, cattle, hogs and sheep. 1he
|. q. doe, it's best to encourage
diversified farming in Mississippi,
and has accomplished wonders all
along its line, building up and set.
tling the country with thrifty
truckers and farmers wherever
given halt chance.
Jackson, following the example
of New York, and Chicago, has
reached out after the suburb on the
West, thus adding 1000 or more to
her population. These people liv
ing just outside the corporate limits
are mostly business men who make
their living IN town, get full bene
fiji of our city improvements, and it
is proposed to give them an oppor-
tunity to assist III bearing the bur
dens. Some of them are ''kicking"
high, but it is not thought they can
defeat the measure.
A. B: Wheeler, a livery man of
this city who has just returned
from his old home in Nebraska, re-
ports having bought all the corn
he wanted at II cents. on board cars
and laid down here at 81 cents.
The Western corn crop is the
largest ever known.
Messrs. w. l.. Dinklns, J. J.
Henry and Walter McLaurin re-
port only one more place to ap.
praise, the "Dabneyn place, and
also the penitentiary property in
Jackson, when they will be through
with a tough job, especially in such
weather as they have had the past
two weeks. While crossing a
bayou in lssaquena county, a few
days ago, the mule ridden by Mr..
McLaurin disappeared in hole,
nothing but his ears showing
above the icy-coll water. Mr.. Nc
Laurin got hold OF these, however,
and SWAN out saving the mule as
well as the Warden. Dinkins and
Henry enjoyed this little epi.
sOde a great deal more than Nc
Laurin did.
The city council has at last de.
clded that the Capital of the State
should rise above the dignity of a
cattle ranch, and will adopt a COW
''Ordinance" There ara hundreds
OF people here, however, who want
to continue to farm in town.
Il. e. FRANTz.