The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-01-26
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
state Happenings Since The
Leaders Last Issue.

Leaders n LaSt hsouO'
uor;d ian needs more factories.
Nocomb's young men held Grand
Ball
Miss Emily Luckett aged 49, died at
Yazoo.
v;cksburg wants an employment
bureau.
,,rnors are others"-beside Judge
McLaurin.
scranton caught some of her bold,
bad, burglars.
uazlehurst is enthusiastic over her
cotton seed oil mill.
Jackson is considering having a
Mardi Gras of her own.
A case of yellow fever is reported
70 miles from Edwards.
The Mississippi is "cutting a big
suelln this wet weather.
Mrs. Alice Mclean has been made
~nostmistress at Greenwood.
In 1896, Pike county ginned 1881
bales in 1897, 15,641 bales.
Mrs Eliza Talbert, wife of Hon.
Polk Talbert, died in Amite county.
The Copiah Signal will enlarge. 1t
;s now the official journal of Wesson.
sao5OO has been appropriated to the
A. & NJ. College, $1,000 less than last
year.
NJ. L. Reddock, Republican, has
been appointed postmaster of Yazoo
City.
DIR. ]. L. NJ. Curry, agent for the
Peabody and Slater funds, is in the
State.
Meridian has an organization known
as "The Associated Charities Of Me-
ridian."
Hon. H. c. Conn, of Hazlehurst, has
been reappointed Chancellor of this
district.
The special examiner of the Pension
Bureau, is in Jackson, looking after
bogus claims.
Conductor Martin Arnold, of Can
ton, lost his home worth $500, by fire,
Insurance, $1,000.
A negro dispensing blind tiger whis-
ky was given fine of $3.50 and ninety
days in Jail at Wesson.
Mrs. Jane Lamb, aged 80 years, dice
in Wesson, at the residence of her SON.
in-law, DR.. E. A. Rowan.
Water Valley lost 5000 during an
unusual down pour of rain. Stores and
the l. c. Railroad shops were the suf-
ferers.
Robt. Shaw, a white man in Vicks
burg Jail, attempted suicide by swal.
lowing strychnine, belladonna and
Spanish flies.
McComb has under consideration
waterworks and electric lights, a Ia
Brookhaven, which is enjoying the
luxury of the latter.
Bishop Derrick, of the A. M. E..
Church, will call an educational meet
ing of the ministers of his church at
Jackson in May.
John A. Howard, a popular young
school teacher, of Winona, became de
mented and was placed in the Asylum
at jackson, where he died after foul
days confinement.
An Orphanage building is being
erected by the Palmer Orphanage AS
sociation at Roodale, near Columbus.
1t will be of brick and stone and will
contain forty rooms.
The Meridian Herald's editor is still
after the festive cow-one smaller
than an elephant" entered one of the
stores and now it's "Hang the COWS
anyway" If old Brindle were not de
horned, one might take this freedom
OF speech for physical bravery.
The South Atlantic & Gulf Port
Quarantine Convention will meet in
Mobile, February 9th. 1t is hoped
Mississippi will send large delega
tlon. Some very powerful influences
will be exerted to secure national pro
lection from contagious and infec-
tious diseases.
James H. Mullins, of Carrollton
Ala, ingratiated himself into the
graces of the postmaster at peerbrook
and carried on zone of the most exten
sive mail robberies ever known ir
Mississippi for years." He has beer
arrested and languishes in. Wes'
Points Jail, in default of $1,000 bond
lie made a full confession.
At the African Methodist Confer
ence, at Yazoo City, charges were
brought against Rev. E. II. Williams
Tor gluttony. A letter was read from
one of the members charging Brel
Williams with eating two chickens ant
not leaving. anything for his children
Bishop William Benjamin Derrick, O.
6reater New York, presided.
A Washington telegram states tha
ehe bill for the relief of the Catholic
@lnrch at Jackson on account of prop
srty destroyed during the War, ant
winch Father Oliver went to Washing
.on to see about, has been reported
iavorably by the committee on wal
claims. The matter will be referred
20 the quarter-master. general to as
certain and report damages. Con
sressman Henry has the matter il
charge.
W. j. Mack. negro, of Yazoo coun
", claims to have found scopy of ,
,ester written by our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ, in which are all sorts o
blessings for the faithful aud no Sat