The leader., 1897-05-19
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

visiting bis uncle, Capt. p. G. Milan.
The charming Miss Daisy Dixon was
the guest of Miss Ruth Ratcliff last
week.
Justice 1. w. East, we are glad to
learn, is recovering from his recent Sc
we're Illness.
Chicken thieves visited Mrs. t. G..
Ratcliff this week and stole ten of her
finest chickens. Look out
Mrs. A. ID. McClendon boasts an in
dustrious hen who weans her chickens
in four weeks and goes to laying again.
1t costs nothing to look Come out
to the big auction sale of the Hoskins
Addition whether you wish to pur-
chase or not.
IL you want to keep posted on all
county mattera, call while attending
court and leave your subscription
for The LEADER.
You'll see lots worth big money dis
appear at your own price at the big
auction sale of the Hoskins Addition,
Friday at 2 80 o'clock.
No matter how little of the long,
green stuff you have, it will pay you to
attend the big auction sale of the Hos
kins Addition Friday at 2: 30 o'clock.
Mrs. Hollenbeck, until last Satur-
day The LEADERS next door neighbor,
has young chicken which was hatch
ed with one wing. With no sign of a
wing On the side where the missing
wing ought to be, it is as lively and
healthy as any of the rest of the brood.
Mr.. A. T. Longino, of Silver Creek,
was in town Friday. He had been rid
ing several days assisting his son, DIR.
J. T. Longino, in his search for his
lost horse, and did not learn until he
reached here that the missing animal
had been found dead several days be-
fore.
Rev. f. p. Douglass filled Pastor
Prices appointment at the Baptist
church at IL o'clock last Sunday, and
Rev. j. E. Thigpen at the 8 p. IN. ser
vice. The Baptist congregation was
greatly pleased and edited by the ser
mons of both of these sound Gospel
preachers.
On last Wednesday, after widely ad-
vertising and fruitless search of sew
eral weeks, DR.. j. t. Longino, of Well
man, found his chestnut sorrel horse
which had strayed off, dead beside the
railroad track a few miles south of
Brookhaven, where he had been killed
by the cars.
Mr.. Louis S. Gibson and Miss Matte
L. McDavid and Mr.. J. E. McDavid
and Jennie Gibson, were married in
Scherck's furniture store yesterday
afternoon. 1t was very matter Of
fact affair. Rev. r. j. Boone, wlfc is
an experienced hand in such matters,
tied the knot.
The LEADER received pleasant call
last Thursday from Hon. Joseph Ma
gee, Mayor of Tangipahoa, La, who
was here on visit to his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. S. F. Magee. Joe is one of
the Brookhaven boys who is making
his way in the world among strangers
and is wearing worthily the honors he
has won.
Probably the largest beech tree in
Lincoln county, is owned by Mr.. Dan
iel Hickman at his mill place three
miles south of Brookhaven. Three
feet above the ground it measures IL
| feet in circumference and 6 feet in
diameter. A whole picnic party can
find shelter under its spreading
branches.
The free show of Drs. Hutcheson g.
Laird, the specialists, just north of the
depot, is drawing hundreds every
night and is the source of great amuse-
ment. AS tooth-puller, DR.. Laird is
| tout of sight," aud DR.. Van Watts has
told him to go ahead and pull all he
can and he'll put in new grinders later.
THE LEADER is hearing from num-
Der of self sustaining farmers, in &C
cordance with our request on first
page, but not from near so many as we
would like. Mr.. j. M. Newton, of
North Lincoln, makes fine showing,
and is ahead of any body to date.
Let us hear from others who are liv-
ing at home and boarding at the same
place" We want the names of all.
A lumber scaffold gave way at the
planning mill of the Brookhaven Lum-
Der and Manufacturing Co. Friday
morning, and Joe Newton, colored
employee, was crushed to death beneath
a pile of lumber. VIM. Anderson,
another employe, received few
bruises. Messrs. Pfeifer & Dreyfus,
who compose the mill company, speak
in the highest terms of Newton as a
faithful employee, and work was sus-
pended at the mill until after the flu
neral, which they attended as fur
Their mark of their respect.
DON'T FEEL RIGHT
Whenever the liver becomes disordered there
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