The leader., 1899-11-01
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
4 SHORTHAND Chronicle of Cur
rent Happenings.

The long drouth at Ocean Springs
was broken on the 9th by heavy
rain storm.
In the trial at Meridian of Zeb Smith
for the murder of his son, Jake Smith.
the jury disagreed.
Mr. J. X. Crawford, of Crowley, La,
and Miss Laura May, of Jackson, we're
married on the 26th.
The Mississippi State convention of
the Christian Church cOnvenes III
West Point. Nov. LIST.
\ special term of the Supreme Court
will be called by Judge Woods for the
first Monday in December.
The firemen of Biloxi treated them
selves and their friends to a great
banquet last Thursday night.
The esteemed Meridian Star an
nounces Mr.. II. S. Evans as an aces
sion to its editorial department.
The Gulfport Southwark, since Mr..
Wilkes became lessee and Mr.. Richard
son editor, is greatly improved.
The residence of Robert Mckinney.
treasurer of Covington county, was
burned at Williamsburg on the 25th.
In the next week or two. Mrs. Otti-
lie Berton will begin the publication
of literary journal at Port Gibson.
James Shrader. white convict who
has served four years of life term,
was pardoned last week by the COVER
nor.
Willie Moore. a drunken negro, fell
asleep ON the railroad track at Centre
willie and was run over by the train
and killed.
After an exciting hunt last week
the officers of Scooba captured tiger
of the species known as blind, which
was domiciled in a store.
Miss Jennie Leftgovitch, "A sales
woman in Meridian. was painfully i'll
iured last week by the falling of IA
large box from the second floor upon
her head.
Mr.. Yates L. Holmes. of the Holmes
Lenoir Company, and Miss Minnie
Lenoir were married at Magnolia on
the 18th, the Rev. Albert K. Bond of
ficiating.
f. B. Boyd, prominent citizen of
/ 81 4 . -, F,..,,
buggy last week. Mr. Boyd was
dangerously hurt and his wife pain
fully injured.
The preliminary trial of Ro bert
NARROW at Crystal Springs for the
killing of j. K. Stewart resulted in
NARROW being admitted to bail in the
sum of $1,000.
After the removal of quarantine
restrictions, the Mississippi football
team will try to arrange game at
Jackson between itself and the eleven
of some other Southern college.
At Braxton, one night last week, An
drew Price and John King, two student
room mates quarreled over a lesson and
| Price struck King ON the head with
| piece of scantling. intiicting severe i'll
/ juries.
\ fire at Verona on the 9th de
stroyed 200 bales of cotton at the
Mobile and Ohio depot, the livery
stable of j. NJ. Clark and warehouse
of T. NJ. Clark. The loss is about
/ $1,000.
James w. Tankersley. one of La
fayette county's oldest and most re
spected planters, died Oct 18th, hay
ing been stricken with paralysis while
attending to his business on the
/ streets OF oxford.
EXGov, J. NJ. Stone. president of
the \. y NJ. College, says that he can
receive no other students into the
college until there is an improvement
il the yellow fever situation in Jack
son aud other infected points.
On the 18th the student body of the
University of Mississippi celebrated
at Memphis the football victory OVER
Central University of Richmond, Ky.
The following day the Mississippi
team played the University Of Nash
Vile.
Bishop Galloway has returned from
attending the Tennessee conference of
| the Methodist church at Columbia.
! He says that at ii meeting held at the
opera house the sum of $4,000 was
donated for the twentieth century
fund.
The presence of yellow fever in the
Penitentiary has caused Gov. McLau-
rim to issue am order for the removal
of the cOnvicts. DR.. Johnston,
prison physician, will arrange "a camp
for them remote from danger of in
lection.
The Lamar Literary society of
Millsaps College has elected the fol
lowing officers: Commencement de
baters, l.. f. Magurder and W. W.
Holmes: anniversarian. Mr.. Y. ".
HOlloman; anniversary orator. Mr.. c.
n. Guice.
a novel exhibit at the Vicksburg
fair is that of Mr.. V. V. Montgomery
of Kinds county. 1t consists of extra
tall stalks of cotton covered with
miniature monkeys, each with cot
ton sack suspended from its neck
On account of quarantine restric-
tions, Judge Niles has pretermitted
the regular term of the Federal court
for this district, which would have be
gun on the first Monday i'll November
A special term has been called to be.