The leader., 1899-11-29
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
4 Short-Hand Chronicle of Cur
rent Happenings.


of s26, 1881.
The Gulf Coast towns now have the
long distance telephone.
\ $4,000 lumber company has been
established at Ellisville.
Quite a number of Bohemians are
coming to Biloxi to work in the can
neries.
Gov. McLaurin has appointed {. L.
| Adair mayor of Indianonia, vice Peevy
deceas ed.
The long and disastrous drouth at
Scranton was broken by a heavy rain
last week
The seventh Mississippi boat bear
ing the name "Natchez" has gone to
/ the bottom.
At Terry, last week, John Slater, a
negro. shot and killed another negro
! by the name of Will Malone.
The last weeks issue of the Literary
Digest contains splendid halfto
! likeness of Mississippi's next Governor.
! If the speaker of the House is elect
/ ed on the first day of the session then
the State officers will be installed Jan.
| 18th.
Geo. W. Johnston died at Bay st.
| Louis from injuries received short
| time ago in the ice factory at that
! place.
Hon. L. C. Dulaney, of lssaquena,
succeeds Hon. William &. Ierger as
trustee of Industrial Institute and
College.
Near Howison. last week, a passenger
train on the Gulf and Ship Island rail
road was ditched. Fortunately, no one
was hurt.
Morehead's cotton factory is said to
1 be an assured fact That enterprising
town already has college, hotel, saw
mill and artesian we'll
The governor has appointed Hon
j. c. kincannon to the office of rail
road commissioner made vacant by the
death of Hon. j. J. Evans.
The North Mississippi Conference is
in session this week at Greenwood
Under its control are Millsaps College
and Grenada Female College
jackson oil mills will close down
probably by the first of February be
cause of the difficulty in securing
seed to keep them running longer.
Hattiesburg's population has reached
1900, and at the solicitation of the bus
mess men of that growing town, the
weekly Progress has become daily.
Rev. John \. Stevens. of the Christ
ian church. has been conducting a
successful revival meeting at Water
Valley. The church at that place has
800 members.
Last week Mr.. James Trip, of Jack
son, shot but did not seriously injure
Joe Thomas, negro chicken thief
who was making off with one of his
fine chickens.
In the football game at Jackson
Friday between the teams of Cniver-
sity of Mississippi and University OF
Alabama. the Alabamians won by a
score of to >.
Warden Parchman. of the peniten-
tiary. announces that in future nc
"trusties" will be permitted outside the
walls after o'clock at night, and then
only on business.
Charlie Johnson. well known Ii
quor dealer of Vicksburg, attempted
suicide last week, by cutting his throat
from ear to ear. 1t is barely possible
that he may recover.
There are three announced candi-
dates for the Speakership of the next
House. They are \. J. Russell of Me
ridian. George Anderson. of Nicks-
burg, and Peter Kyle. of Pamela cOun-
ty.
On Thursday, December II, the Ma
sonic lodges in Mississippi will observe
the first centennial of the death OF
George Washington The grand secre-
tary has prepared an elaborate pro
gram for the occasion.
Last Wednesday night, Marshal
Weathersby of Wesson, while trying tc
arrest a crowd of hoodlums who were
engaged in painting the town red
shot and MORALLY wounded a man by
the name of James Randall.
Dock n. Tharp, the young Mississip
plan who was tried in Washington foi
the murder of his comrade, Aaron d
Bishop. of the volunteer army, was ac,
quilted, but he will now be tried foI
assault with intent to kill Officer Dor
sey.
The remains of Mrs. Benjamin Hum
phreys were brought from Greenwood
to Port Gibson and there laid to rest
Nov. 22nd. The Daughters of the Con
federacy attended the funeral III {
body in respect to her who had beer
their honorary vice president.
A stock company capitalized al
$4,000 was organized at Hattiesburg
last Saturday, to be known as the
! DuckSWOrtb Land and DEVELOPMENT