The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-10-12
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
, sbort-Hand Chronicle of Cur
rent Happenings.

rent HappenihSs'
Tho property assessment of Hatties-
burg is sSOO,Ooo.
The vicksburg Fair has been post,
,oned until Nov. 28th.
Neridian's new trunk factory has
.ommenced operation.
Mrs Brown, of Amite county, is
.ostmistress at Woodville.
Tho october term of the Copiah Cir.
soit Court has been postponed.
Dr Vernon L. Terrell has become
hook. keeper in Magnolia's bank.
Mcdowell Butler, son of DIR. F. E.
Rntler. of Amite county, is dead.
al R. Sanders had his hand badly
,.csrated in gin at Sandersville.
The quarantine epidemic is worse
than the yellow fever epidemic 16 to l.
Capt. VIM. Baskin, mayor OF Madi-
son and gallant Confederate veteran,
Is dead.
cot. Edwards, young lawyer at
Westville, accidentally killed himself
with revolver.
Rev. Z. b. Graves is carrying on a
series of meetings in the Summit
Presbyterian church.
The Educational Courier, recently
published at Poplarville, now evolves
from the Capital City.
There are now seventeen counties
and twenty towns in the State where
the mild yellow fever prevails.
Yellow fever frenzy and quarantines
have paralyzed the congressional cam
paign in every district in the State.
The Copiah Board of Supervisors
has ordered full stock law for beats
l. and 5, to take effect Feb. 1, 1899.
E.A. Bishop, of New Albany, Ind,
has purchased from w. B. Rodgers the
Chronicle at Laurel, and has taken
charge.
Mr.. Joseph Raines, proprietor of the
Raines House at Jackson, died last
Wednesday of heart failure. He was
good man and widely known.
Joe Fox, who was charged with arson
after the burning of the Housmann
building in Yazoo City, was released,
the evidence being insufficient to hold
him.
DR.. H. E. Mckay, "the strawberry
king" of Madison Station, is dead.
He refugeed to Kentucky to escape
the yellow fever, and died of another
ailment.
By order of the commissioner of the
general land Office, the register Of
public lands and receiver of public
moneys haye closed their Offices until
the quarantines are raised.
The First and Second Mississippi
regiments have had their furloughs ex-
tended to Nov. 18th, on account OF
quarantine regulations, 1t is expect
ed they will then be must ed out.
Col. Power writing from Jackson says:
We have a large unemployed and
destitute colored population here, and
many whites in extreme need. This
makes the situation uncomfortable for
those of us who want to help but can't.
Ralph o. Chisholm, of Yazoo, who
left his home over year ago to join
the regular army, was reported some
months since to have been shot for
desertion. He is now at home on a
10 days furlough and is sergeant ma
jor in the 7th army signal corps.
Miss Ella Garner, daughter of Thos.
V. Garner, and Mr.. Henry Farnham,
of Magnolia, married last week. The
groom was one of the most important
witnesses against Garner in his recent
trial for murder, and the marriage was
opposed by both of the brides par
ents. She being of age, however, the
license was granted.
The 18th day of October will usher
IN the SOth birthday of Gen. Henry l..
Burkitt, father of Capt. Frank Bur-
KIT, OF the Peoples Messenger. The
latter will hold family reunion at his
nome in honor of the event, and in
addition will entertain all his friends
IN Chickasaw county who were born in
1918, or previous to that time. Five
are already on his list, as follows: T.
W. Williams, Col. ]. L. s. Hill, DR..
nal Green, Jas. Lloyd and DR.. j. T.
Harrington.