The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-31
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
A Shorthand Chronicle of Cur
rent Happenings.

- AAsshs VIII VI Seh
rent Happenings.
Z Gulfport is to have bank.
The Gazette says New Albany is on a
boom.
A case Of small pox is reported seven
miles from Laurel.
w. H. Waeston's residence at Missis-
sippi City was robbed of $780,
Quitman has 20 artesian wells, some
of them furnishing 200 gallons of water
per minute.
jackson received her first bale of
new cotton just one week later than
Brookhaven.
John Boyd was held on a bond Of
1000 at Ellisville for the murder of
Ed. Campbell.
Ex-Cashier Martin, of the Rosedale
bank, is short in his accounts 5000
and has disappeared.
James Donaldson, white, criminally
assaulted a colored girl ten years old
at Fayette Saturday.
Yellow fever is reported at Taylor,
Miss, a small station south of Oxford.
II was promptly quarantined.
Geo. G. Broome is announced as a
candidate for mayor of Wesson. He
ought to sweep things clean.
A new bank is to be started at Rose
dale with w. B. Roberts at the head.
1t will be called the Valley Bank
w. T. Holland, native of Jackson,
died in Washington City last week and
was brought back to his old home for
burial.
The Copiah Signal records the death
of Mrs. Amanda Mathis, wife of John
w. Mathis. She was buried at Beau
regard.
Mary Hawley, colored, was murder
ed at Fayette Saturday by man nam
ed Jenkins. Her skull was fractured
by blow
VIM. and Charles Fowler, two noto-
rious young thieves, were sentenced to
the penitentiary from Leake county
for two years.
Adjutant General Hamilton's resig-
nation has been accepted by the Gov
ernor and Gen. VIM. Henry appointed
to fill the vacancy.
Prof. A. A. Kincannon has become
the owner of the celebrated Lauder
dale Springs, situated at Lauderdale,
Is miles north of Meridian.
The county pension boards, compos-
ed of the sheriff, clerks and boards of
supervisors, meet on the first Monday
of September for the purpose of exam
lining applicants.
The 18th annual convention of the
Copiah Sunday School Association
will be held at Pleasant Valley, open
ing at 9:3O q. m. Sept. 2, and closing at
5 p. m. Sept. 3rd.
A spunky little widow lady at Jack
son arrested a squad of soldiers who
were about to go in bathing near her
premises and marched them back to
camp with shot gun.
An attempt was made to burglarize
the Amite county safe containing $13,-
900, by drilling and using dynamite.
The burglars were frightened off before
accomplishing their purpose.
The Lynch and Hill factions have
made peace in the 3rd district and will
nominate candidate for Congress.
The aspirants are Isaiah T. Montgom-
cry and C. J. Jones, both colored.
The governor appointed w. r. Har-
vey surveyor of Washington county !;
w. A. Temple, constable, district No. 8,
Newton county, and P. L. Oneal, con-
stable, district No. 4, Harrison county.
The Times Democrat correspondent
says the heaviest rain of the season
visited jackson on the 25th, during
which some of the occupants of the
leaky old Capitol had to- raise their
umbrellas.
Near Redbone, Warren county, lot
of would-be assassins shot into relig-
; ious meeting at long range. Rev. Mar
tin, Miss Ella Cotton, Miss Mary Acuff,
Mr.. Richard Robinson and Mr. Irving
Fortner were all struck with small
shot, which caused but slight injuries.
Hazlehurst is probably the only town
in Mississippi that ever had three oil
mill outfits put off at it's depot within
the brief period of ten months. The
first was erected here, the next one be-
ing taken across the country to Simp-
son county, and the third to the Bar
low neighborhood in the southwestern
part of Copiah.-COurier.
Jackson's gas works got out of order
last week and many stores and dwell
ings dependent thereon had to resort
to candles and kerosene. An enter
prising merchant of the town who is a
wide. awake advertiser, seized the oc'
casion to invite the public to "Come
and see the novel sight of modern
store being 80 years back date on its
lights. Every thing in my store up to
date except the gas"
A charter has been granted to the