The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-03-30
a r HOBBS, Editor and Proprietor.
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.

MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
state Happenings Since The
Leaders, Last Issue.
Meadyille has one bicycle.
port Gibson had baby show.
yazoo City wants street sprinkler
yszoo City handled over $1,000 bales
of cotton.
The McComb City papers are great
on local items.
y Summit voted almost unanimously
for waterworks.
santinelli, the hypnotist, is the won-
der of the State.
Prof. Gentry's Dog and Pony Show
is touring the State.
CRYSTAL Springs and Hazlehurst are
shipping English peas.
negro theological school Is to be
established in Jackson.
Hon. A. II. Longino is prominently
mentioned for Governor.
franklin county boasts Of mother
with three pairs of twins.
The Brandon News says the jackson
umbless cotton is fraud.
A mutton fattening establishment is
new industry at Magnolia.
Mississippi falls into line with "Peace
with honor or war with victory"
Percy Harrison, a little boy Of Fay
cite, fell out of sapling and broke his
leg
The Presbyterian church at Jackson
took up collection of $500 to pay a
debt on their building.
DR.. b. N. Truly, of Fayette, acci-
dentally discharged a pistol, the ball
going.through his foot.
Capt. VIM. Groom, of the Vicksburg
Dispatch, has been appointed Treas
urer of Warren county.
Graham II. Flowers, of Franklin
county, veteran Of the Mexican war,
died on the 21st, aged IS.
Hon. Milton r. Jones, of Carlisle
was married to Mrs. Jennie Bachelor
Cardwent, of Warren county. i.
The Advocate complains Of bad
roads in Franklin county. Franklin
hasn't any road contractors either.
DR.. Thomas Purser, son of Rev. r. H.
Purser, of Wesson, was married to
Miss Mamie Meaders, of Grenada.
DR.. H. F. Sproles, of Jackson, will
assist in protracted meeting at Nc
Comb, beginning the fourth Sunday in
April.
Ed. Ryan, of Calhoon county, con
victed for manslaughter several years
ago, has been pardoned by the Gov
ernor.
Miss Lizzie Belle Carloss, of Jack
son, and NJ. Wood, of Yazoo, were
united in matrimony by Rev. H. F.
Sproles.
A train of q cars labeled "For Gu
ban Relief" passed on the I. G. from
Kansas, valued at $4,000. It was
loaded with provisions.
Justice of the Peace, j. r. Moore, jr.,
attempted suicide at Shuqualak. His
mother knocked up the pistol and a
scalp wound was the result.
Yazoo county will send some of her
most gallant sons to the front, in case
OF war, a number having rendered
their services to Gen. Henry.
The Copiah Signal, after short sus.
pension, has been revived, with DR..
4. A. Rowan again in the editorial
chair and Sam G. Ware as publisher.
A protracted meeting is in progress
at the Methodist church in Wesson.
kev. Robt. Selby and other visiting
ministers are assisting Pastor Adams.
State Superintendent Kincannon
mas sent to Consul General Barker
sl,oOO for the relief of the Cuban suf.
ierers, contributed by the public
school children of Mississippi.
Rev. DIR. P. S. Henson, of Chicago,
delivered his famous lecture at Mag
nolia on Fools" under the auspices
of the Magnolia Lyceum Association.
The Library and bedroom sets from
Jefferson Davis old home at Beauvoir
nave been shipped to Richmond, Va,
tnere to be placed in the Confederate
Museum.
AT Grenada, after Luther Manship
nad recited the "Old Confederate
veteran" one Of the heroes of the lost
cause, went forward and authorized
.ne speaker to draw on him for 500
Tor soldiers home.
VIM. Henderson, a negro, was ar
rested at Gallman for personating an
omcer of the United States and prey
'ng upon credulous negroes in the
matter OF getting money under the bill
introduced by Senator Thurston, pro-
''oing pensions for ex-slaves.
.. F. Price, of the Price House, of
sackson, celebrated his 59th birthday
" charging no guests for the banquet
spread. Mr.. Price is one of three
U"iidren born to Mr.. and Mrs. James
rice In North Carolina, March 18th,
,DD' They are J. F. Price, of jackson,
nenry Price, of Greenwood, and Mrs.
Nancy Phillips, Of Calhoon county, all
VI more than average height and size.