The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
s,,te Happenings Since The
Leaders, Last issue.

The Canton Times advocates a tax
90 dogs.
The Monticello Academy opened
with 81 pupils
,,tsop's new circulating library
has 1000 volumes
paint has no vacant dwelling
r business houses
c,,iab county doesn't owe a dollar.
mills is the tax levy.
/, half interest in the Ellisville New
South is offered for SALE
Street hands at Jackson are cutting
,rass and cleaning ditches'
, seven. n.year-old negro child was
killed by lightning at Flora
The tax for county purposes in Law
renee is fixed at seven mills
10 new names we're added to the pen
.;on roll in Franklin county.
Hon. J. C. Kyle, ex-Congressman, has
moved from Sardis to Oxford.
Henry Kernaghan stands good
show for the Jackson postoffice.
CRYSTAL Springs public school has
.bolisbed her music department.
The Fifteenth Regiment Reunion at
Walden was attended by 5000 people.
paudemonium reigned supreme in
R;loxi during the yellow fever scare.
Scranton wants an oyster canning
factory like Biloxi and Bay st. Louis.
pascaeoula is to have twin propel-
lar steam boat completed by December.
st stanislaus College closed on the
d on account of the yellow fever scare
Ex.treasurer Andrews, of Pike, was
acquitted of the charge OF embezzle-
ment
The attendance upon the four col
leOes at West Point numbers 1000 stu
dents.
In Jones. Jasper and Clarke coun-
ties corn and cotton crops are GO and
20 per cent. short.
piscah has been heard from. A new
postofflce by that name has been es-
tsblished in Rankin.
Everybody has been excluded from
the Jackson Union depot except en-
ployees and passengers.
Scranton has the prettiest and most
comfortable postoffice on the Coast
and perhaps in the State.
Hon. ]. M. Jayne, of Greenville, was
made president of the board of Mis-
sissippi levee commissioners.
Pike county's tax levy is placed at =
mills, and the public school term is in
creased from four to six months.
Prof. R. p. Linfield has accepted the
superintendency of the Cumberland
Normal School, Cumberland, Miss.
The Scranton Chronicle is a new
candidate for public favor. 1t is an g.
page paper by the Chronicle Pub. Co."
Dunbar Jenkins, formerly of Fa-
yette, was waylaid and killed near
Newton, La. Robbery was the object.
5. Z. Hill, insurance agent, is in Jail
at Meridian charged with embezzle-
ment of $50 by J. T. Davis, of Colum-
bus, Ga.
The old capitol roof is being repair
cd at Jackson to keep out sun and
rain when the Legislature meets in
January.
The contract for water works and
electric lights for Scranton was let to
Z. M. Buckhalter & Co., Birmingham,
Ala, for s2O,6S6.
Judge Nileshas pretermitted the fall
term OF court at Meridian, thinking it
wise for people to stay apart during
The fever excitement.
NJ. Flippin, of Wesson, went to
sleep on his gallery with his pistol in
nis hand or lap and awoke shot through
'ne thigh and is in critical condition
Inc first cotton sale of the season
was made at West Point, 100 bales be-
INK sold by the Bank. 500 has been
invested in construction for this sea.
son.
"eo' draham, who was charged with
'nooting negro in cold blood, took
p0'Son and died at Sandersville. He
raves demented wife and FIVE chill
dren.
''a'e Supt. of Education A. A. Kin.
s0nnon, will make an address ON "Ed-
r'a'lon In Mississippi" on Mississippi
18th. N''
ine Belle Memphis, the Steamer up
- winch the Mississippi Press Asso-
ua'lon took their excursion from Mem
I pu's 70 st. Louis, sank near Cairo. No
hses were lost.
An attempt to burn plantation build
rs: sss was made at Dry Grove. The fire
Sas. s,as discovered, only one out of three
'uinRs that had been fred was con-
diary. WIN " an 'n00n
!, .ue grand jury of Pike county was
session IA days, examined 347 wit
e ses' found 46 true bills, dismissed
A. vases referred II to the justices Of
=. peace and continued 8. A new Jail
'as recommended.
hols !. the annual meeting of the stock
A.sss .sls OF the Mississippi Chautauqua
0,ss,ay snoly A. Lotterhos was elected
A., 1'oent with Rev. NJ. L. Burton, gen.
i.s No y manager. Mr.. Burton Is prepar-
y 'ne program for '9s.
roa ylder the auspices of the Grand
Nise OF Masopc A. q