The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-03-23
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

The big steel tank is nearing COM
pletion.
Aldermen C. B. Perkins went to New
Orleans Monday.
Mrs. Geo. Lewenthal has returned
from a visit to New Orleans.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ryan and Mrs.
ALT. Enos, of Summit, have been
guests of Mrs. Thos. d. Evans this
week.
H. P. lotteries is putting in a soda
fount and will serve all the favorite
drinks this season. He will also serve
ice cream.
Prof. E. L. Ragland's recent speech
before the Board of Supervisors in
defense of the county road contractors
and favor of better public roads has
been highly complimented.
Saturday, April End, will be great
day for the ladies at McGrath's. 1t
will be the occasion of their Spring
Millinery opening and promises to be
a revelation to all who witness It,
Read their big ad. on first page.
All members of the hose company in
the fourth ward, and all persons in
said ward who are willing to enlist as
firemen, are urgently requested by
Foreman McGrath to meet at the
Mayors office Thursday night at 8
o'clock.
Mrs. w. S. Bowen, who went to
Jackson last Friday to hear Bryan
speak, enjoyed the distinction of being
presented on the cars with bunch Of
beautiful roses by the great Nebraskan
"a compliment she most highly ap-
preciated.
VIM. Turnbough and w. w. Hender-
son left. for st. Louis Monday and
will return next Saturday with a car
load of horses and mules, which they
propose to sell at auction on that day.
1t will pay those needing such stock
to await their return.
The Lincoln County Populists will
hold mass meeting at the Court
House Saturday, April 2nd. A vote
will be taken as to the date of holding
a national convention for the nomina-
ton of a candidate for President. July
4, 1898, May 16, 1899, and February %,
1900, are the dates proposed.
j. A. Sartin, dealer in general mer-
chandise at Sartinsville, made an as
signment Monday; liabilities, $4,000,
assets not known, but estimated at
5000. There are preferred creditors
to the amount of 5000. Mr.. Sartin is
a brother of Mr.. Doc Sartin, of Brook
haven, and is we'll known here.
One of the best pieces of police leg
islation the Mayor and Board of AL
dermen have adopted in long
while was the passage of the new or
dinance against horses, cows, ETC., run
ming at large on the streets, The or
dinance as to cows and calves does
not go into effect until Oct. LIST, but as
to the other animals enumerated, il
takes effect at once.
Mr.. w. f. Jobes, our newly appoint.
ed postmaster, says that the report
that he had brother in the post Office
department ut Washington, who as
sisted him in securing the appoint
ment, is erroneous. He has only two
brothers and they are living in Kansas
He says he has cousin in one of thu
departments in Washington, but hi
had nothing to do with securing the
appointment. The Brookhaven post
Office is counted among the best Off
cial plums in the State. The salary Ii
81, 800 year, besides an allowance o
$4OO for Office rent, clerk hire, fuel, etc
The bond required is $4,000.
The firemen of the third ward de
clined to accept the southwest corner
of the Court House square as the place
for building the house for their car
and hose. They asked the Board O
Supervisors to grant them the use Of
the northwest corner, and as they would
not do this, but substitute dthe south
west corner, the fire boys of the thir(
ward got on their metal and decided tx
go elsewhere. Mr. George Bowsky ha!
generously rendered them the use of &
site on his lot on First street, between
PENIS shop and the new Baptis
church, which has been accepted.
On account of an order passed by
the old Board of Supervisors and re
affirmed by the present Board against
the Court House being used for pro
miscuous public meetings, Elder N. L
Clark abandoned his meeting to be
held there this week. He will proba
bly, hold meeting at some other place
in Brookhaven at an early day. When
some of the Baptist congregation pro.
posed to hold services in the Court
House pending the building of their
new church, they met the same diff.
Guilty and the proposition was with
drawn.
Capt. C. Lyell recently sold out his
mercantile interests in Wesson with a
view to moving to Jackson and estab-
fishing a cotton rope factory. The
LEADER is now much gratified to learn
that there is at least possibility of
diverting Capt. Lyell to Brookhaven
with his new enterprise. The citizens
of Brookhaven are moving in the mat
ter and propose to offer him the neces-
sary ground for his factory, as an in
ducement, and it is earnestly hoped
they will succeed in getting him to
locate here. Brookhaven would most
cordially welcome both him and the
rope factory.
81. ID. Ellis" has been posing through