The leader., 1898-05-11
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
state Happenings Since The
Leaders, Last Issue.

Ipauer Itst hSS"N'
Ocean Springs boasts a clear bill of
health.
1oigh watkins, an old Jacksonian,
is dead.
Mr. C.. NJ. Farr and Miss Daisy
uvrick we're married at Bolton.
Farming operations are reported
three weeks late around Utica.
The Governor has pardoned Robert
r Fox. one of the Dinkins murderers.
Charley Brown, colored, had his
,igbt leg cut off by the cars near
Jackson.
Chancellor Cohn granted twenty
divorces in one day. The parties were
all colored.
The Governor pardoned KirbyMiller,
who five years ago, killed the Mayor
of Hazlehurst
The First National Bank of Green
,,;,le has rendered Gov. McLaurin $500
for the use of the Mississippi troops.
The Wesson Rifles were given a
Grand reception and supper before
leaving for the encampment at jack
son.
The Copiah Signal has discarded its
16.to-l heading and substituted the
nicture of an owl, the emblem of wis
dom.
Two negroes named A. johnson and
Lewis Williams escaped from the Port
Gibson Jail by tearing up portion OF
the floor.
Meridian is to have a $4,000 Acade-
nv building for colored students.
The corner stone was laid with Ma
sonic ceremonies by colored Masons.
The Supreme Court will finish rem
dering decisions on cases in the Sec
ond District within the next few
weeks. after which it will adjourn un-
til next October.
Frank H. Foote, colored, formerly
the postmaster at Port Gibson, plead
guilty in the federal court to the
charge of embezzling government
funds to the extent of S1,741.57.
Mr.. Jack Thompson, son OF Hon.
r. II. Thompson of Jackson, has been
appointed major and aid decamp on
the military staff of Governor Nc
Laurin, vice Gerard Harris, resigned.
The Institute for the Blind has been
closed until next November. This
step was decided on by the Board Of
Trustees because of the mutiny among
the pupils incident to change of
Superintendents.
The Coffeeville Courier addresses
the following to the farmers "Plant
more cotton. It will be lower in price
next fall, and we will need it to buy
corn and meat, both of which will be
high enough to suit the widest fancy"
Dr. Steel, of Vanderbilt Prof. Need,
of the University of Alabama, and
Prof. Boyd, of the University of Lou
isiana, have been selected to pass upon
the manuscripts of the oratori cal
contest, which takes place in Jackson,
May y.
The States cotton has been sold by
the Board of Prison Control. Lot at
Greenville brought 5.65; at Yazoo, 5.32;
at Greenwood, $50. No reflections.
There were 1900 bales, making in all
about 1900 bales made by the State
last year.
The Second Mississippi Regiment
will be ordered to Jackson, between
the 10th and 18th inst, but must not
move until they have authority from
headquarters in that city. Orders
will be given to the Second Regiment
as soon as tents can be supplied.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has filed it's quarterly report
with the Railroad Commission. The
capital stock is stated at s1O0,OO0,O0O.
Iaxes paid in Mississippi during the
quarter, $337.3O; receipts within the
State, &l, 1929; expenses, s26937.77 :;
net receipts, s4,2O7.51.
The following officers were elected
TO conduct the next State Sunday
school Convention. ]. S. Rea, of
Wesson, president; w. w. Perkins, of
batesvllle, vice president B. Il. Web
ster, of Louisville, secretary and treas
urer; Luther North, of Yazoo City,
assistant secretary Miss Carrie Giles
ple' OF Greenwood, statistical secreta-
ry' The twentieth convention of the
Association will be held in the city of
GREENWOOD on the second Tuesday in
May, 1899.