The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-23
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
, sbort.Hand Chronicle of Cur
rent Happenings.

Short.Hand Chronicle of Cur
rent Happenings.
Tho Supreme Court met last Mon
day.
n;rt has been broken for Vicksburg's
new electric railway.
rB McGinty, of Fayette, killed
negro named John Dean.
Frank James, the ex-Missouri out
law is attending the Natchez fair.
meeting of the Mississippi Cotton
crover's Union has been called in
vicksburg, Dec. lst.
Congressman elect McLain, OF the
Sirtb district, will be a candidate for
the short term at the election on the
18th.
Gulfport is about to issue s15, 900 in
bonds, 5000 of which is to build a
school house and the other to be put
on the streets.
Seven negroes of Scott county
charged with the murder Of young
sibey last month, have been remanded
to Jail at Meridian without the benefit
Of bail.
The vote for congressman in the 9th
district resulted as follows McLain
3s76; Evans, 1890; Hathorn, 99S; Tur'
ley, 427. McLain's majority over all
was something near 450.
LIEUT.. Gov. Jones is spoken of as a
probable candidate for Governor. Hon.
IF. McCool, Speaker of the House, is
the only one publicly announced as a
candidate for Governor to date.
The Democrats of Clay county con.
vened in mass meeting at the court
house and drafted resolutions request
ing Hon. F. A. Critz to become can
dldate and enter the race for the
Governorship of Mississippi.
1t is probable that the case of the
State Revenue Agent against the coun-
ty treasurers, which failed of trial in
Vicksburg on account of quarantine
will be tried at the November term OF
the Madison county circuit court.
The Jackson Bulletin is now pub
lished as amorning daily and has been
enlarged. The pluck of its enterpris-
ing managers deserves recognition and
should be rewarded with success. They
furnished Jackson its only paper dur.
ing the yellow fever scare.
The Southern Dairyman is a new
Journal in the State, published at
Starkville, by Edwin Montgomery and
T. L. Reid. 1t is neat, we'll gotten
up semi-monthly magazine, specially
devoted to stock and dairy interests.
Dr. Sproles, for nearly 20 years pas.
TOR OF the First Baptist church at Jack.
son. has rendered his resignation to
accept call of the First Baptist church
AZ Vlcksburg. No man ever lived in
jackson more universally esteemed by
congregation and people.
oixty-fve counties in the State are
'ne oenehciaries to greater or less ex-
'ent OF railroad taxation, while the fol.
iO"ihg counties have no railroads with.
III their limits: Covington, Simpson,
Tml.h' Calhoun, Itawamba, Lawrence
neaAe' Neshoba, Quitman and Win.
ston.
Mchard Kitchens, a colored man who
n'es IN Rankin, has in his possession a
very old coin he plowed up last spring.
vi one side it has the following super.
TI1iplion In raised letters: "Carolus
i,i' Del gratia, 17S8." The date is
p'acea under the bust or image, the
same as on our silver pieces.
b., Inc new school building at Brandon
90 a' oeen named Johnson Hall, in hon.
a oi Miss Frank johnson. At the
.lne OF her death, Miss johnson was
0,s uins her 3lst consecutive session
uns sue Brandon Female College, which
t aer her management was one of the
'''' Auown schools in the State.
D,0aa aaieS D. richardson, the big cotton
a. 1.er ~ and millionaire, died suddenly
conas a,s Dahomey plantation, in Bolivar
N".n my lie was the eldest SON of Col.
~ oa n'chardson and was born in Is49.
l.rs "ned 10000 acres of rich cotton
tba most OF which is in Mississippi
l8ooo oanomey plantation comprising
nsu nrst Issue Of The Baptist, the
ann. naptist State paper, has made its
psr auce' ra.. 1t is a neat l6-page pa
! II gotten . up in pamphlet form, with
hna' =, oearcey as editor and T. J. Bailey
Of ,h manager. It is the successo,
thoa .ne Baptist Record and the Layman
and 'e :; Two papers having consolidated
pa. % devoted to the interests OF ths
oaptlsts of Miss;ss;., =,