The leader., 1898-04-06
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
state Happenings Since The
Leaders, Last Issue.

The Ellisville News published wo
mon,s special addition, of 16 pages.
lodge of the knights of the Golden
pnlo has been organized at Jackson.
creenyille citizens do not want mu-
,;cipal ownership of electric lights.
1opis Carroll, infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. L. Carroll of McComb, died.
There is apprehension because of the
small pox which is spreading at Tupelo'
The State convention of Epworth
Leagues meets in Meridian, April 14th.
Cbas Gibson, of McComb, was mar
.;odto Miss Mabel Randall, of Contra
liza, Ill.
Mrs Martha Gary, aged 60, was
found dead in her bed at Ocean
Springs.
Rev. T. L. Mellen is conductingl a
Missionary protracted meeting at
Brandon.
Police are called for at McComb to
nrevent a nuisance of negro loafers at
the depot.
Mr. Wood McGehee, of Poplarville,
was stricken with paralysis and died,
aged 6l years.
A local camp of sons and daughters
Of veterans of the war, is being formed
at Crystal Springs.
Five cases of smallpox are reported
at Tupelo. The State Board of Health
has taken charge of the cases.
Mississippi offers fine field for in
surance companies. The Fire Asso-
citation, of Philadelphia, is the latest.
Will Mcdowell, of Birmingham, who
was attending the Queen City Business
College at Meridian, dropped suddenly
dead.
Rev. Edward Thompson is lecturing
through the State on the american
Sunday" and organizing "Sunday
Leagues
The Governor has appointed Leon
Lessee as treasurer of Tunica county,
and ]. C. Lloyd as coroner and ranger
of Lauderdale county.
In Simpson county in graveyard of
81 graves, the tombstones bear testi-
timony to the fact that the average
age of those who sleep there, was 81
years.
Hon. Pink Smith, editor of the
Greenville Democrat, will on the Goth
of April, take unto himself wife in
the person of Miss Anna Dudley, of
Texas
Mrs. Lide Merriweather, of Memphis,
and Miss Belle Kearney addressed the
Womans Suffragists at Greenville.
"Come, let us reason together" was
the fair Mississippian's theme.
The foundation of the new brick
Catholic Church at Jackson has been
laid. 1t is 13e by 60 feet, and will be
in strict Gothic style of architecture,
with seating capacity of about 1000.
Lieut., Joseph L. Jayne, United
States Navy, of Brandon, Miss, has
taken command of the U. S. torpedo
boat, Rodgers, at Norfolk, Va. He is
said to be the youngest lieutenant in
command of war vessel.
In the Rankin chancery court there
are lG divorce cases. Among them
Mr.. and Mrs. Turcott, who had II chill
dren. He had 9 and she had 8 when
they married, and naturally, the fami-
ly machinery became clogged.
The sword of Col. L. @. G. Lamar,
surrendered at Gettysburg, is in pos
session of the Union League Club of
Philadelphia, and his son-in-law, Hon.
H. Mayes, of jackson, is taking steps
to recover the valued relic.
During play of much merit at
Jackson's Opera House, bowling
bulldog rushed down the middle aisle
and-"disconcerted the players" the
Ciarlon-Ledger states. A bowling me-
cesslty is a new opera house lat the
Capital city.
Twenty three carloads of cattle
passed jackson, headed for Texas.
lhese cattle were bought in the vicini-
ity of Forest. Mississippi stock rails
efs should keep their cattle, feed
them at home, and not beome victims
OF speculators.
The Pascagoula Democrat as
sureS it readers that the gulf coast
counties are healthy and free from
yellow fever, dengue or "prevailing
lever" at this time. The coast towns
nave all been thoroughly disinfected,
cleaned up and put in good sanitary
condition.
T. f. Bess, a representative of the
prummond Tobacco Company, of st.
Louis, had been spending some time
with his family at Mississippi City.
ne went to New Orleans and arranged
ior an extension of his vacation. He
returned at night; the following morn
ing he went out duck hunting and in
cilmolng fence, his gun was dis
charged, the whole load entering his