The leader., 1898-07-27
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
Mississippi Happenings Since
The Leaders Last Issue.

Aberdeen is discussing a cotton fac
tory.
The McHenry quarantine has been
raised.
Samuel Levy, prominent merchant
Of Meridian, is dead.
Incessant rains have materially in
jured the cotton crop.
Rankin has fourishing county Sun
day School Convention.
The Sam Jones camp meeting near
Gloster will begin on the 29th.
The Congressional primary in the 9Th
district will be held August 16.
Walter Cook was accidentally shot
and killed near Columbia by Thad
Terry.
Fire and water damaged the stock of
the Warner-S -Searles Co., of Vicksburg,
last week about $1,000.
Miss Mabel Rivers, of the East Mis-
sissippi Female College, won the Mis-
sissippi Chautauqua medal for elo-
cution.
Gov. McLaurin has appointed j. d.
Buchanan clerk of the chancery court
of Covington county, vice j. W. Ed
monson, deceased.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Power, of Jack
son, had their baby christened with
water brought by lady friend in a jug
from the famed river Jordan.
Harold Reid, of Canton, died on the
23rd. He was a brother of VIM. Reid,
of the First Mississippi Regiment, who
recently died at Chickamauga.
Al. Saucier, of Mississippi City, was
arrested and jailed for bigamy. He
confessed to having one wife in Harri-
son county and another in Perry.
The Ladies' War Relief Association,
of Canton, raised $40 last week for the
relief of the sick soldiers of the first
and second Mississippi regiments.
Later reports say the Westville Jail
was not coal-oiled, as reported, but a
fire was started in the bedding on
which Patterson slept by sparks from
the guns.
OPike county is to have new Jail, to
be built by F. B. & w. S. Hull, of Jack
son, the southern representatives of
the Pauly Jail Building and Manufac-
turing Co., of st. Louis.
Dan H. Gillian, travelling plumber
from Mobile, was shot and killed at
Columbus by Tom and Will Gunter,
two brothers, for assaulting young
daughter of Tom Gunter.
Sam A. Neville, of Meridian, asks
every friend of the soldiers of the First
Mississippi Regiment, to send him a
small contribution to assist in purchas-
ing a good horse for Chaplain Keen.
He will have every contributors name
put on list to accompany the gift.
The Democratic District Convention
in the 3rd, canvassed the returns of
the primary election, and declared
Gen. r. c. Catchings re-nominated for
Congress by majority of 315 votes
over Hon. Pat Henry. The district
executive committee, however, stands
Is to II against Catchings.
At Vicksburg on Friday w. j. Nc
Nair, who absconded Tuesday with
10000 from the American Express
Company, had preliminary examina-
ton and was released on $1,000 bail.
The specific charge against McNair was
embezzlement, $500 being missing from
the package of money he carried off.
A 1O-cent internal revenue stamp
must adorn every application made to
State Land Commissioner Nall for land
purchases. Persons desiring to pur-
chase land from the State land office
should not overlook this imperative
requirement. Nor should land pur-
chasers overlook section 255S, code 1892.
Under the provisions of the bank
ruptcy law, recently enacted by Con-
gress, Judge Henry G. Niles OF the
Federal Court for Mississippi has ap-
pointed the following able referees in
bankruptcy: For Jackson district, Wm'
L. Nugent for Meridian district, Hon.
Jas. S. Hamm; for Vicksburg district,
J. H. Mounger.
The merchants of Hattiesburg and
vicinity have decided to purchase and
run steamboat between Gulfport and
New Orleans as an Independent line to
handle their merchandise. From Gulf
port the freight will be shipped over
the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad at
their regular rates, which, as common
carriers, they cannot refuse to handle
The double brick store, known as the
Klotz building, ON Estelle street, now
occupied by @. Martin, has been pur-
chased by Mr.. D. T.. Peets, of Peetsville'
| who, with Mr.. Sim Norman, OF Wesson'
and a gentleman of New Orleans, at
present connected with one of the larg-
est commercial houses in the Crescent
City, will soon open stock of general
merchandise in Hazlehurst and do
large supply business.-The Courier.
Some of the boys who went from
Magnolia to the war in the First Regi-
ment sent to their parents part OF their
wages after the paymaster made his
first round of the camp. This speaks
we'll indeed for our boys, as many boys
no doubt, would have spent the money
foolishly instead of sending it home.
We need have no fear of such boys not
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