The leader., 1898-08-03
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
Mississippi Happenings Since
The Leaders, Last Issue.

Machinery for the electric car line
in Jackson has been purchased.
Harry Borr, 10 years old, of Madison
county, was drowned in Pearl river
Monday.
The Messenger says business houses
and residences are in demand in
Okolona.
Miss Martha Callen succeeds Mrs.
L. NJ. Evans as postmistress at Missis-
sippi City.
Canton claims COW half Jersey and
half Holstein that gives = gallons of
milk per day.
The Adams Democrats endorse Judge
W. p. Cassedy and Chancellor Pintard
for reappointment.
The Crystal Springs Camp Meeting
opens Aug p. Rev. Geo. r. Stewart
will conduct the meeting.
Henry's majority over Spencer was
llGO Spencer carried bis own county,
Claiborne, by 22j majority.
The people of Wilkinson county, in
mass meeting, endorsed Judge W. =.
Casscdy for reappointment.
Woodmen of the World at Ellisville
contemplate erecting a $4,000 hall. 1t
will be two story brick structure.
The Chicago recruits to the Third
Mississippi regiment have lots of fun
out of Jackson's little mule cars.
The Populists of the 18th District will
hold convention at Alderman, Aug.
3lst, to nominate a candidate for Con
gress.
The Meteor says that the last hun
dred carloads of tomatoes shipped
from Crystal Springs did not pay for
the crates.
The Congressional convention in the
9th district meets at Centreville today
Congressman Love will be renominated
without opposition.
Maj. Porter, of the First Mississippi
regiment, who was brought home very
sick of typhoid fever from Chckamau-
ga, is convalescent.
Miss Fannie Reber, of jackson, will
go to Santiago to nurse sick soldiers
under the direction of the Red Cross
Society. She is a trained nurse.
State Land Commissioner Nails an
nual report to the Auditor of Public
Accounts shows sales of 6000 acres of
land at prices ranging from 81 to Sc
per acre.
The broom handle factory at Hatties-
burg recently received an order for
100000 handles to be shipped to Chica
go. The handles are made of pine and
magnolia.
The Vicksburg Herald says the rains
in that section continue to come down
with daily and distressing frequency.
Weeds and grass are Aourishing and
cotton growing too fast.
Thirty-three Mormon elders who had
assembled at Mechanicsburg, in Yazoo
county, to hold a conference, were
driven out of the county by an armed
mob of 100 men. They adjourned their
conference to Jackson and held it
there.
The Illinois Central Railroad gener
ously furnished special car, free of
charge, to carry the remains of Lieut..
Gordon L. Sneed and funeral party
from New Orleans to his old home,
Kosciusko, where they were inferred
amid imposing ceremonies.
"Presented to Colonel Geo. NJ. Go
van, First Mississippi Volunteers, by
his fellow citizens of McComb City,
Mississippi, as a token of their esteem,
was what was inscribed on beautiful
ly mounted sword received by Col.
Geo. NJ. Govan from his McComb ad
mirers.
James Hill, register of the United
States land office at Jackson, has for
warded his official report to Washing
ton of the business done by his office
for the fiscal year ending July lst.
The report shows nearly 100000 acres
of land were sold to actual settlers
during that year for $l25 per acre.
There remains open to homestead set
tlemeut nearly 100000 more, the greater
portion of which land is located in the
long leaf yellow pine region of the
! State.
At it's first opening in November,
1913, the University of Mississippi en-
rolled about 10 students. At the close
of its last session in 1898 the graduates
numbered 73 The last session of the
| University, though beginning as late
as the 10Th of November, and closing
on the 18th of June, was one of the
most prosperous and successful in the
history of the institution. The stu
dents entered promptly, caught the
step of progress aud kept it straight
on to the end of the session. By close
and persistent attention to work the
course was fully covered, and the usual
advancement made.
| 4 Large Hotel Needed.
One of the self-evident needs of
Brookhaven since it has taken on q
new and larger growth, is new hotel
OF commodious proportions and mod
ern conveniences and appointments.
The hotels we have, good as they are
| in their WAY and hoWeYer well they