The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-10-25
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
A Shorthand Chronicle of Cur
rent Happenings.

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beginning Nov 10Th.
The interior of the jackson opera |
house is being remodeled
A New York man intends locating
a large sheep ranch at Ocean Springs
The Munger gin plant at Vaughn's
station was burned on the night of the
18th.
The river mail service on the Vicks-
burg and Greenville line was restored
last Monday.
w. NJ Mansell was murdered at
Sunny Side. Oct 22nd, by negro
named Will Morton.
Centreville is soon to have bank
with L. B. Robinson president and John
A. Redhead vice president.
Jas. T. Glidewell, a prosperous far
mer of Okolona. committed suicide.
Oct. 18th, by shooting himself
A large cattle deal was sconsummated
at the Brandon depot last week by the
delivery there of stock worth $4,000.
Animmense cargo of lumber. i, ,70O,O 900
feet was shipped from Scranton,
Oct. 10Th, on the British steamer Gran
ley.
In Rankin county, out of sixty three
colored applicants for teachers license,
only ten passed the required examina-
tion.
Mr.. H. T. Crosby, formerly associate
editor of the Commonwealth. has as
sumed editorial control of the Green
vile Times.
The Baptists at Hattiesburg will
build new church, as the old one has
& been won in a law suit by the Gulf &
Ship Island railroad.
During the destruction by fire of
large gin worth $1,000, on Palmyra
lake last Saturday, Mr.. Chas. Bryan,
the manager, was fatally burned.
Last week, James R. Stewart. a
livery stable man at Crystal Springs,
4 was stabbed to death by Bob NARROW,
4 a young man we'll known about town.
Lee Nelms, young white farmer,
near Walden, became involved in
difficulty, Oct. Goth, with a negro
whom he shot and dangerously wound
ed.
Ex-Gov. Lowry is very hopeful con-
cerning the result of his candidacy for
the short term in the United States
Senate. He is still touring unin-
j structed counties.
Two prosperous farmers, Henry AL
ford and John Bacot, near McComb
City, quarreled over. stock and fences
and meeting last Wednesday while
they were very angry, Henry Afford
shot and killed John Bacot
Superintendent R. V. Bell, of the
Culberston oil mill at Jackson, was
stabbed last Saturday evening by a
negro named Perry. Mr.. Bell is not
considered seriously injured.
Mrs. Helen D. Bell. the efficient
State Librarian, has proven herself
brave woman with a high sense of
duty by remaining at her post during
the prevalence of yellow fever in Jack
son.
Chas. o. Somers, the express robber
whose sensational return to the State
penitentiary ON the 18th of last month
is still fresh in the minds of the people,
was pardoned on the Oath inst. by
GOVarnOr McT,aurin
The large steam gin on the Wood
burn plantation, on Sunhower river,
together with considerable amount
of cotton and seed was burned last
week. The amount of property de-
stroyed was worth about $500, half of
which was covered by insurance.
In conformance with the decision
of Judge Powell in the Madison county
contested election case between w. S. |
McAllister and j. c. Pitchford, can
didates for representative, third pri
mary was held Oct. 21st, which result |
ed in the election of McAllister
The report that Nathan johnson |
was shot and killed while going from |
Macon to his Winston county home |
was mistake. Johnson planned cir |
cumstances that would indicate his |
murder and then secluded himself. |
His motives were fear of the as
sassins who have been trying to exter-
inmate his family
Forest Johnson is the last victim of
the bloody feud in Winston county.
He was shot with three loads of buck
shot and instantly killed. while going
from his home to his mothers, about
half mile distant. This makes the fifth
man killed in less than thirty days
three white and two negroes. The
whites were Paul, Henry and Forest
Johnson-Henry was cousin TO Paul
and Forest.
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Deterly, who made an over
land trip last week, from Jackson to
IVicksburg, without health or fumiga-
tion certificate was arrested at the
latter place, for violating the city
health ordinance, thrown in prison and
fined $3.50. Mr.. Deterly, who is gin
and mill wright and claims that he
was travelling through the country in
search of business, paid his fine and
was allowed to go free.
A romantic marriage occurred at
Hattiesburg last week, the contracting
parties being Miss Sadie Leggett and
Davan SCARBOROUGH, both of McHenry.
The young lady left home for the
ostensible purpose of attending the